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COOPERATIVE EXTENS ON

V

ORK

IN

AGRICULTURE

A..1ID HOME EIO

OMIC

S

.

STATE AGRICt:LTURAL COLLEGE OF COLORADO

,

U

.

S. DEPART

~

OF AGRI0ULTURE

AND

DOUGLAS COUNTY COOPER TIMG

.

ANlnTAL REPORT OF COUNTY

AGENT

ORK

.

December

1

,

1923 to

November

29, 1924,

inolusive

.

(3)

AllMrYAL

P.EPO

T II

EX

.

Page

.Agricultural Resouroe

of

Douglas

County

• • • • • • • • •

1.

Brief

History

of

County Agent

W

ork

in

Douglas

county..

2.

Summa

y

of

W

or

k

from Dee. 1st,

1923

to Mo-eember

29~h,

.

1924.

tL,

cneral

Summc.iry

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

.

• • • • • •

11.

Tentati~e

Pro ram

of

WoTk

for

1925 •

..

-

·

.

• •

17.

Statistical Re~ort Summary

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

,

! I I , I

I

j .1

I

I

I

(4)

I .

i

t

,,

COOPER

.

TIVE

EXTE]$I0N

ORK

IN

A

GRICULTURE

A

ND HO~ ECO

mMIC s

.

STATE O• COLORADO

.

RESOURCES OF

""'

DOUGLAS

COUNTY

.

COLORADO

.

1924

.

·

rea

i

n square

m

i

les

• • • • • • • • •

·

arm

a

ea in aores

• • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Grazing l

nd

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Dr

y

land

,

a

c

res

• • • • • • • • • • • • . • ••

Ir

r

i

gat

· d 1.1.nd

.

a.ores

. . . , •

9

10

1

00

,

221

278

,

258

86

,

92

1

'1,

94

1

o

,

S69

Natural

hey

l

and

, a

cres

• • • • • • • • • • • •

E

l

evation

o

f farm

lands

• • • • • • • • • • ••

Total population

• • • • • • , • • • • • • • •

?lumber

of farmers

.

• • • • • • • • • • •

.

• ••

Aver ge iz

of

farms

,

ao

a

• • • • • • • • •

Tax

v

aluation

of

County

• • • • • • • •

.

•• ••

6

,

500

to

7

,

660

t~

5

,

51

7

I

mportant

Corn

Hay

rib.e

a

t

O

at

·

s

••

R7e

,

crops

,

1924

.

Aorea

e

.

4

29

7 4

.

29

11,

215

,

526

.

00

16

,

840

Grain Sorghums

l,

81

4

.

.

••

'1

2

,

23

0

Potatoes

• •

5

,

298

Sudan

Grass

• •

• • •

.

.

7,

850

Bar

l

ey

• •

• •

1

,

938

Number

of

Li

vestock

, 1

~24

.

Range Catt

l

e

• • • • • • • •

·

• • • • •

Dairy Ca

t

tle

• • • • • • • • • • • • •

H

o

gs

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

~

_

Poul

try

• • •

• • • • • • • • , • • •

H

o

rses

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

She

e

p

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

nlea

·

• • • •

• • • • • • • • • • • •

Bes

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

*

increase

'

deoress

e

11.,ao

5

,

032

2

,

23

7

2

,

064

2

,

093

1.

238

89

6

1

• • •

..

• •

•••

*

'

dozen

.

I.

sta

n

ds

The

ab

ove

f

i

~u

re

s

ta

k

e

n

f

r

o

m

th

e A

sses

s

or's re

p

or

t

.

-1-44

2

'1

6

5

4

7

'

'

(5)

All .. I

r.rr

...

03Y

of

COUNTY G · NT

·o..

ll

no •

Lot).,.,

~

0

-:I

. a

.

,

1917.

the

fir

t

Oovnty

nt

w

s

plao

·

ed

in

tt

:.

1

s

C

o

unty

by

the

"'xteneion SerTioe

tor

pa.l't

tiane

work

,

ortly

ter

this•

ai-x-an

8· •.

n

ts

r

...

mad.

r1he:..

by

th

ave

is

enti

·

tim to

t

-n

on orlq

i

th th

x

e

tion

o

o

t

l

p

tim

,h

7

a

f

191

nd thew

nt

rot

1919.

r

a

b

en

an

E

tanaion

A

en

·

t in

th

Oounty

ell ·,

he

·t

i

e.

OO!lVi

a

1

nd

educ

tiw

th

rmer

It

ye

r.

I

th

(6)

-2-,I

The dairy and

·

livestock industries of

t

he

Coun ~

y

have

had

spasmodic help from time to time but

noth~ng

has been

aooomplished as yet which

can be

oonstdered

as

being of a

permanent nature

.

The principal

work

which

FJas

taken

up was a

Oow

·

Testing

Ass

.

ociation for dairy

improvement

which

met

with a

sad

misfortune

.

due to the indisoret methods used

by

the last

Cow Tes tor, c

usin

a breed

fi

ht

among

the de.iryment of

the

County. In

the

livestock

work

.

disease

eradication

and general

feeding problems have been taken up. At the present time the

marketing side

of

the

livestock

game has been

taken

up from the

gener.::..l

gra.din

standpoint

and

this

was

started this

fall with

a

gradinst

demonstr

a

tion

given

at

one of the lar est

cattle

r

n

nches

in

the County

.

·

Boys

and girls

.

club ork in

Douglas

County started

,

i

th

lots of enthusiasm

a.nd

from reports

it

seems that there was

promise

.

of

havirui

some

very

successful

work

but in

the

second

and

third

years nttmbers o:f' bop:s and

girls

were

started in on

work

dnd

then the

ork ias

not

carried to

a

completion. This

has

made

the

"Ork

very difficu

l

t in

the last

two years

bec

au

se

the

boys

and ~i

"

:l

s

became

so

disoouraged

that their

youn

er brothers

and sisters did not

have the

interest

nor

the

backina

of the

parents

to even

start

the

work at

this tine. !his year

we

had

26 club

members.

20 of

,vhom

eompleted

the

vi>

rk.

In

the general

Mork

o

f

the

County, the

work

carried on

~a

of

a

miscellaneous character

and

had to follow u

p

from yeEir

to year.

'

Some very

good ,mrk

has been done in

c~op

s

am

poultry

and

prevention of

diseases

in

a

ll lines

of

livestock

but has not

been

correlated 1n

such a

manner

as

to be

able

to

make

plans and programs which will

lead to

r1ard

the

adoption

by

general public

.

In

the

poultry

this

ffOrk

in

the

last year

was

ta

k

en up through the demonstration farm

method and some

real

re-sults

were

obtained.

Through

public and

personal

aont

a

ot

aon:e

of

the disease prevention

method are gr

_.d

ually being tak.en up

throttcrhout

the

Oounty.

The

1.vo

rk

1"'

hich perh ps has

suffered the

most

from

.

e

Extension

ervice

standpoint

is that

am

ong the

women

.

So

e

very -

:

ood

:1

ork

vas

ta

k

en up

at

the beginning of the

Extension

Service in DouRla County but because of laok

of

de-finite

information,

bein left, s the ohan es

were

made

throu~h-out the past years. the

work wa.s

not

continued

and

consequently

the omen of the

County do not have the oon:fidence in the

Ex-tension Servio

that must be had to obtain real results.

The County Fair in the past few years has made

per

-haps

as

big a

stride

for

real

future

poasibl:lities a

,

s

sny

other

project

in the

Extension

program. In 1920 from

e:porta

it

appears

that the

people

ere not intere ted

..

in the exhibit

side

(7)

-3-of the Fair. Some very

good

pioneer

·

ork was done at this

time and has been bringing

ees

ults

the la.st three 7ears. This

last year e had

larger

and better exhibi'ts than has ever been

sho

.

wn at

the

County

Fair. i'he people

ar

beginning

to

have

a

real interest

and are

a.eking

quest

ions

tba

t

show

the

Fair

is

really havi:og results. The·

exhibits have grown

.

to

such an

ex-tent that

last

year

it

waa

neeessary to limit the exhibits to

"Douglas County

produ.ot

·

s

only.

The Extension Work

in

Douglas County has at

the

present time the brightest future that

it

has probably

9Ver

had

in

the

history

of

Extension

v.rork

in

this State.

!here

is

a

real interest awakening

which

,

1£ used properly bl" -getting the

projects across

which

Douglas County is most in need

of,

will

mean

not

only

a

future for

Exten.sion

Service but

a

bigger·

fut-ure

for

Douglas

County agriculture

and livestooy· itself.

(8)

-4-SUM.MARY O

.

COUNr.,Y EX~

~

rs

ION

1

·

10RK

IM

D'')U

QL

AS

COUNTY

from

DEC

.. r'iBER

let,

1923

te

J"O

~

¥

iBER

29th• 1924

ORGA I~ATION!

The or anization work done in the County consisted

mostly of

orkin~

with the organizations all ready established

in County-,

as

there a.re already too many

organization

s

·

to have

any real results

with

new organizations.

The new

·

orga.niz

,

ation

work

which

\Vas

started

consisted

o

.

f Junior olub organizations a.nd of

Dairy

Improvement

o:rganiza.tio

.

with

one

new

Women6

'

Club for carrying on extension

work

.

The

work

all carried throuP,"h

t

-

he year very

aatisfact

-orly

except

the

dairy

work

;

the

summer

rush

.

and

a

deflatecl

pric

for

milk

caused the men to loose interest

and

v

ork

ru

s been

at a

standstill.

·

:for several

months.

(The results of

ork

will

be

t

L

en

up

in

another

part of report.)

The

'i~,ork

in the County this year

was

taken

up

under

:he

folio

~

inc,

he

c:i.

dS

and

will

be

explained in

full

under

those

topics.

1. Crops

.

2. Livestock.

3. Pesta.

4.

Home

Work.

5. Poul

try.

6. Fair.

Work

of

a

definite nature

still

is

slow.

The times of unrest

and

other disturbing

£

oto-rs

have

made

the

work

exce-ptionall7

hard.

Ho

·

wever

,

this is

gra.dul.lly

smoothin~

over

and prospects

for this

next year

are far from

as

dark as

last

year.

All

of

illork

this

year in County was

very

badly

hampered

by

the

lon~

drout~

(9)

-5-CRO

PS

:

In

the

oertified seed

r,r

ork

in

the

County

this ye r.

seven

men

ere

secured

to

~et

better seed corn; of these seven men

none

had

their

seed certified bu

t

one

selected seed..

for next

ye

'j.

r. Two 6ther men

€:trew

White

Australian

corn

seed

..

uw~er

reg-istered

seed

regulations

and made

special

seleotion of seed for

next year. The only other

work

doBll

in

the

seed

oertifio

ation

or better seed work was the workiDR

rs;ri

th one certified seed

gro

er of

Minn

.

13

ana

the

securing

of

a

m

:-.

n to grow

pure

Girka

wheat.

LEGU

i!ES

:

Legumes

are

probably one of

the

most needed crops in

Douglas County. This

work

was

started

by

securin~

enou~h

seed

for two or

more

~

ores for nine men in various communities of the

County.

Thie

work was

hampered a grea

t

deal because of the

long

drouth th

~

t occured

h

ere this summer.

Only

one

of farmers

was

able

to ~et

s~ed back from

plantin~

.

However. the farmers

still

believe

that there is some

possibility

of

getting

results

from

field

peas

in

this

ColUlty

and

we

are

plannin on tryin

~

peas

again

next

year.

PASTURES

:

~ t u r e

work

while checked to

some

extent because of

the

drouth

,

gave

some

ver

l

good

results. One man

put

in

seven-teen

,J..

Ore

;:;

of rye

pasture

,

carried 25 cows

for

six

weeks

,

day

. and

ni~ht.

and

'

hen

carried

same number of cows

for

th

.

ee

weeks

longer just at

night. During the

first six

weeks the

cows

gained

25% in

milk

flow over

what

they were

givinr

on

native

pastures

.

Another

farmer planted seventy aores of rye

pasture and

by

allowing

cattle

to

range over

this

pasture

and

also over

his

320

acres

of

native

pastu

e,where he had in

p

evious years

only

been

able to oarry 40 head.

he.

r nan

average

of 82

head

on this

whole

pasture and

n·s

ture was in better shape this

fall

than last.

Some

of

.,h

e

other men,

however,

did

not have aich

good

re-sults

bec~use of

Q'.'ettirut

pas

tu

.

res seeded

a

'

11

ttle too

latv·

Seed

used in

t~ese

demonstr tions

was

of the Petkus or Rosen

v

a

riety, none of the

oo

rm

on

rye

bein

rr

11

sed.

·

One farmer planted rye pasture~ yea~s ago. He used this

pasture for t,,o

years and

this

year took the cattle off early in

(10)

-6-1

CROPS~o

ntinued

. / ' r n

a

field

-';

est of

Coioeas Ba

"

ley

there

were two

acres

of

C.oloess

seed

p

l

a

nted

besides a

field

of 55 ~ores of Oderb

u

~

er Barley

.

Both

ff..elds

w

ere

treated

exactly

the

s

.

me

and

;neither

fiela

.

ad

any

rain

for

97

days

.

The

Oolces

s y

ielded

l 7t

bushels

pe

r ~

ere

and

off

the

55

ac1·es

(11)

the spring

and

harvested stx

bushels of

grain

to the a.ore.

Tnis

is of course an unusual circumstance and could not be

.

recommended

althou~h

it shows

the

hardiness and

possibilities we have in rye

for

pastures.

·

Rye

pastures have come to stay and spring planting

is ::provin

.P'

the best

;

good

results are beinO' obtained from fall

pl

~

nting but the pasturin~ must be

1

atched

very

carefully

to

pre-vent the rye from beardin~ out. If the rye beards out

it

very

na-turally outs

the va

.1-

ue

of pasture.

·

LIVESTOCK:

DAIRY:

In

the

dairy work a

n

attempt as made at the first of the

ye-r

to

get

a

number of

farmers to keep records on their dairy

cows and to

have

a test made eaoh month on each cow, thus

ryiving

informa.tio

ri

hich

would

give

each man eomethin

,

by

which

to weed

out

the "boar

c

er" cow.

At

first

this ork progressed very

Tlioely

but

as

the

spring and si.unmer work came on, very few men actually kept

it

up

a

nd

nine

disposed of poor cows as they felt

perhaps feeding had a

good

deal to do

with the

lack of milk flow.

The sudden drop in

prices

of

butter£at

also

had considerable influence on lack

of

in-terest. Another f9rotor probably accounting for

.

lo

·,.r

erin!"

of

interest

was

that

the County Agent was unable

to

devote

as

much time in

summer

in

en other

projects

ere bein~ started and

followed

up.

BE"EF

,

The

production of beef cattle is

one

of the main

indus-tries in Douglas County. The analyzing of this work and finding

out what is needed most ia still in

progress

,

two

proje

cts

have been

quite

definitely decided upon.

First,

better pasture management

and second

,

grading of

cattle

for sale

and

:producing better

grade

of feeder cattle.

A

third

pro

.

.!eot

has

possibilities

and that is

the

direct

sale of

feeder

cattle to

the feedmen

in the East.

Along the line of

pasture

management nothing has been

actually accomplished

up

to the present time.

Gr

~d

ing

work

was started

the

first of November

vhen

Mr.

·

wa:tlaoe,

u. s.

D. A •• and Professor B'airban::s, Livestoo Specialist

(12)

of the Colle~e, gave

a

cattle

grading

demonstration

at one of the

larger

cattle ranches. This meetin

was

a

County

wide

meeting

and

mu.oh interest

was

shown.

Prospects

for real results

are

very

good

for

future

improvement

.

The

ar

uments presented

by

Mr.

/1/alla.oe

carried

weight and the livestock men are thinkin~ for next year.

HOGS:

Ver

:

.

-.:

little

interest

has

been

roused in the production

of

hogs up the

present

time.

By

far the larger part

f f

the

dairy-men

sell whole

milk

and consequently this phase of the

work

does

not

appeal

to

them

as

it

otherwise ""uld.

There is, however, some possibilities for some extension

work

here, both in the increa.s

·

e number of farms raisiru,, hogs

and

in the

proper

care of hogs.

TIOGS.:

The prairi

dog campaign this last year has been

prin-I

oipa.lly

of

a olean-u;p

work.

The

,.,ork

started

with

approximately-900

acres, scattered

over

the

entire

County.

The

work

was

car

ied

on cooperating with the

u.

s.

Biologioa.l Survey and very good

re-_sults

have been obtained. Progress has been ~ood

in

spite of the

difficulty

experienced

by- dogs moving frorp.

place

to pl

.

.

oe; on the

last check made the

15th

of

November

the entire

County

now

is

clean

exoept a small area in the Southwest

portion

of

Co1U1ty inhabitated

·

by

the Whitetail prairie dor..

Tnis

district

is isolated from the

rest of the

County

by

mountains o that

thrj

·

fina.1

work

can

be

com-leted in the early

spring

.

In the cooperative

work

th the

u.

S. Biological Survey,

considerable

experimental

poison.1:ng

was

oarried

on-.

Experients

were carried

using

different stren th of

poison and

dif£erent

me-thods of mixin~

poison, usinf different materials for

getting

the

poison to

adhere

to the oats. It

·

was

found that

the best

stren~th

·

of poison was 1 Oz.

processed

strychnine

to

30 1uarts of rolled

oats

aa

it was the most

effective.

Of the

various

materials used for

getting

the poison to

adhere

to the rolled oats,

it

was

found

that

-beet

molasses

was the best. It was also

fou.no

that the b

·

eet mola-

·

sses

mixture

was very good for clean-up wor as prairie dogs which

discriminated

a. a.inst

oaro water oats, readily took the beet mo-

.

lasses oats and in a majo~ity of towns

poisoned

ith

this

miEture.

10o% kills were reportec.

COYOT~S:

In the

winter

some

e~rperimenta1

·

ork was

car~ied on

by

(13)

'""!8-by u. s.

Biological ork in the County, testing results of

various

poison

in the field.

Some

very co

n

clusive

results

.

,ere

obtained

.

Early this

sprina aid

1

s

ive to stock men in coyote

n

oisonin

1here

lo ses ere oc

,.

·uri~o-

among

you,.ng

calves

from

coy-otes. The

killin

as

stopped lthough only thee dead coyotes

were

actually

found.

~~

one of

the

lar est cattlemen of

the

County

re

-orted losi

appro imately 100 calves from coyote. The

s.

Biolo~ical

Survey

as immediately asked for

help

,

a hunter

as

sent

out

nd

in four eeks, 18 coyotes ere ki

~

led n all lo

1s

o f ~

calves

w

s

stopped.

~

IB 'ORK:

The womens'

o~k is very rapidly

~aining

a stro

foot

-hold

.

Early in the

sprin s

e meetin s were

held

in four

differ-ent oommun1 ties. Som of

this

1

1

ork as very suoces

ful

and

orea

ted

in.terest and some as received

1th

indiffereno.

In the summer Miss Sheridan visited several of the

Communities

with

the

County' A ent,

and

throu h

her

some real live

interest

tas

aroused among the omen.

As a Tesult of this ork Miss

Hyde of the Colle e as secured for ovember 12 and 13 and

t

vo

very

successful me tings in millinery

demon tration

were

held.

Interest

has

also

been brou ht to life in other communities as a result of

t i s meeting

an

t e

fist

meeting as a direct result will be held

in

C

stle Rook,

December

6th, with the aid of the

Seufin

Club

of

Louviere. Very little of the ork

planned

as

oarried out but a

st

t

has

'been rru de.

'T'

¥:

Th poultry

work

in the County was the bet

or

anized of

11 the· ork. Three de onstrations ere started and t

completed.

In eleven months

the

two demonstrato·s made

1,225.76

abo~e all feed

costs. Seven me

ti s ·ere held in different communities, t king

up

disease

revention and feedin and culling fore

production.

The

or_ from every stand oint is very satisfactory. Some 789

: 7 h e n s

ere culled

by

farmers and 426 birds ere culled out as poor

pro

-du.oers a

a.

sold.

nm

:

·

A

ene

al revision of the premium

·

11st as made early

in the year 1th a

general

idea of

tressinR the more important

(14)

-9-projects in the County. !his has had some very good results and

a gene

-

ral

interest

in the

liveatook and crops

is

growing

.

The

.

premiuma awarded stressed the standard crops more than others and

asa result more exhibits of these crops were brorurht in

.

The Fa1r

·

was not only

·

a success from the exhibit side

but also from the

financial

side

.

The boys

and ~irls

olub

work

in

the

Oou.nt1 was not as

strong as

·vi

e

11-

.l

hoped

at

the

be

inr

:

in:r

of' the year

·bee

,

use of the

inability

to et l,.aoers., Two

boys

were

seouredfor corn clubs

but

sic

rn

ea

s.

and

a.cc· dents prevented both from completin9.:' the work

.

Thre

e

boys carried o

.

n calf cl

"tJ

or

k

n Castle Rook and comp1eted

work through

the

year

.

·

A poultry

c

lub was

org nized at Sedalia

and

completed the ork lthough not

·

as

satisfac~orily as should be be

-cause of~ la.cl: o

.

f'

leadership

and 1

t beirg impossible for the

Ooun)y

Agent to meet

,n

1th

the

boys

as often ashe should ba.ve

.

A

girls sewin club at Louviere

was

or

0

anized

lin

t

er

.

tb.e le

_:

ders ip of

s. Richardson. Ten girls completed the entire

ye~r

s

work

and

a demonstrdtion team was sent to the StateFairat

Pueb

l

o

.

A

Club

Day

r.ra.s

given at

·

Louviere

and

41 persons were

preeent

t

t

the mee

·ting

.

\

ive boys ui1der the leadership

of

Mr.

Peterson

or

-~anized

a

garden club and all

completed the

ork.

A representa~

from this elub as sent to the State

Fair

at Pueblo.

~

Prospeots

novr

for mo

e

and

·

b

et'le

· rk for 1925 look

very

eood.

Prospective

leaders

have

bean secured in some of the

new districts and

t1',e

ones

·

who have bad the clubs this year are

willing to take

uy

the

work again

next

year

.

(15)

'

-..

....,

....

. '

~\

,:

..

.

GENERAL

Stn.UU.RY.

;

~,

'

/

~

-

~ \ : . '"11::; \ ~ 0 •• . . ~ .. .-,:,,. V. 0 ..,

W

or

k Pla

~

ned for

1924.

W

ork

Acc

o

mpl

is

hed in

1924.

I•

C:r~ps:

A.

··

Certified

Seed

.

1.

Corn"

eeoure

four

grower.s

to

pro-duo~

oertified

Minn

.

13

.

Corn

,

secure

four growers to pro•

·.

duce Pure

Imp.

\"Thi

te

Austral

ian.,

nr'der certified

conditions and

make

seedselection

and

seed

plots

.

2.

Rye.

seoure

six growers

of

Rosen

Rye

certified in

full

of

24.

3

.

Potatoes,

secure

f

ive

men

in

meun-tains to

raise certified seed potatoes.

4.

Sec1re

Girka or

Beardless

T.

R

.

f

or

full of 24.

I. Crops:

A

.

·

Certified Seed.

1. Six

farmers

secur

ed

to

grow

.

reP-istered iinn.

13.

O

n

ly

·

ont,

however,

had

seed

registered

and one o

~

her saved

seed.

Tw

o

farmers seenred to make

special

selections

o

·.·

White

Australian. one

o

ther

growing

selected Whi

.

e

Australian but

not

under

certi

f

ied

condit

ions

1n every respect.

2. None.

ork of

past

years

With

f

ai

l

ure

to find sale for

reg-istered seed

has

c

au

sed

a

l

a

ck

of interest in

reg

ist

er

in

g

.

·

Most of

aar

mers

.,

however,

u.ae

seed

which

was originally

regis-tered.

3.

N

one.

Potatoes in

Divide

Dis-trict has

been a

var

y

uncertain

crop

f

o

r

several

years.

4.

One farmer

secured to

p

[a

4

t

seed

w

lii

ch is of

his

01

m

selection

(16)

---

-I

....

N

l

Work Planned

_

for

1924.

B.

Legumes.

1.

Secure 12 farmers to ,

.

nt one

or

&wo

acres

of

fie

l

d

peas

a

n

d

oa

t

s.

2.

Seoure 3 farme.r~ to

<lemon-strav

sweet

~

l

over

~,-

p~sture

,

s.

-

, ' , - - ~___,,~_ ~

Work Ac

c

ompli

s

hed in

1924.

lv Ni~e men secure to plant fiel

d

peas

in

one or more

a

cre

n

lots.

Some

of the

plots were pl

s.

nt

ed

with

oats

and oo

JIB

witho

uc

.

Bec

a

use of tho very lon and

un-usual drouth, no

a

o11cl

u

s

ion

s

coul

d.

be

.

drawn for t

h

is

last

year.

4

2. ~he 3 de

m

onstrators pic

k

ed

f

or t

h

is

w

ork

did not use fields for

p

ast

u

res but either

out hay

or

left

it mature for seed.

C.

Pastures.

_

-

~

-

"-

-

-

--- ---~---

1.

Seonre

3

men to grow

-

eye

paEftur

&

.'·

f

~

"'

-

Five

--m

en seaure'd to demonstr

a

te aar

1

:-

y

ing

-

- _,lroep

._

r

'"'-

~.0-2.rar

-

o~

c~pr

y

in

p

·

ca

p

acity.

oa

p

aoity 9f

eye

pastures. As a re

s

ult of

.--.

.:--

-

- -

-~

t

hese

pastuTes

8

o

t

her

men

h

a

ve

-

decided

D.

Clubs

·--

1.

Orfr.a.pi

z

e

two

_

~

c~~n

slu.bs.

·

cer-

/

--.- _.-'· ~

-etfi

,.

e.$1,

_

_s-e~~

-

'

s· / ·/

-,

('

,• ' ,,

- y;:::,~;

j

.

2.

Ori

a

nize one pot~to o1

-

1iW,

cer-tified seed spud.

---

"'"

__ _

II.

Livestook.

A. Dairy.

1.

·

Get 5 farmers to

r

een

reoords

·

and

,

eets on

in

d

ivid

u

al

cows

for

at

least

six months.

2. Give resu

l

ts

plenty

of publicity.

to put

i

r-r_e pastures fo

_

r

t

he

coming

year

_

·

1.

-

None o

f

t

h

is

w

ork

aoaom

p

lished.

,-,...

-~::/'

~-.-f•

1. Noth

i

ng

a

ccomplished.

1. Nine men

1.

e e secured to

llee:p

records

an

a

accounts.

Wor

k

l

a

sted

o

ut five

m

onths until the

h

eavy

s

pring and summer

w

or

k

began.

2.

Publici

t

y

w

ork was

in

perso

na

l

contact

wit

h

a fe

a

rticles in the local paper.

(17)

I

...

~ I

Work

Planned

for

1924.

3. Cooper

te with

cooperation

in.

getting- milk t

·

est

aaaooia-tion.

4. Put on Publicity Campaign

for

bet

t

er

Sires

-

.

and

if

possible

get

three

men

to

buy

Reg.

Sire.

5. Or~anize at

least

two

dair.y-

cal.£

clubs and

continue

1923 club.

13.

:Beef.

1.

If possible

get men

to

standard

ize

marketin~

classes.

·

En-

·

courage better

sires

wher.

e

_

needed.

Work Accomplished in

1924.

3. Nothing of

a

definite

nature has

been

worked

out

Ul)

to the pre~ent da,te.

4. Two men secured repistered sires through

the efforts of

·

the

County

.

Agent

.

A

general

campaign

for

better

sires

was

st rted

Nov.

1st

at the

oattle grading

demonstration

held

on

the

Ratcliff

.Dillon

Ra.neh

.

5~.

·

·

One

dairy e

..

1

:f:

_

qlub

orga.niz

ed

.

in

th thre

·

members

.

11.'hre

+

e b9.y.s

ha(l

·

ive

&airy

calves.

Three

heife

·

rs

and

two

bull

a

?;!.

lves.

Both

bu.

J

l ca.lve

·

s

a.re

re

,.

istered.

I. Grad.in_~

:

o

·

eattle

prog:r

a

w

started.

Nov.

·

-1st

.

i

th the assistance

of

.

Mr.

Wallace

.

t1.

s.

D~ A •

.

an

.

d

Mr. Fairban

1

s.

L1vesto1Jk

Specialist of the College~ at a

demon-.

stration

held at

the"'?" R nch.

"'·--- --

-,<

!

gener

.

al

ma.r

~

etinc- program

is started

·

·

·

·

whereby

we

boJ)e

in the

futur

e

to be

able

o.

Hogs.

III. Pests.

1.

,

Have

three

go~d

live pig clubs

and continue 1'923 club.

A.

Plan

final clean

up for 1923.

-

·

to

sell t

e

feeder

eatt1e

·

a1reet

to

the

feeder men.

lo

None of this

work

\.Vas

completed because

of inability

·

to

·

P-et

leaders

.

·

A.

Olean

up vror

··-

ri

th

the pr irie

dogs

has

progressed until

e have only

a emall

)'.)Ortion

of land in the

.

extreme SW

part

of

the

County in·

the mount

a

ins here

tlere

are

any

dogs

ieft.

This

work

will

be completed nd the County

entirely

free

of prairie

do~s

in

the

early s

n

ring.

Fut

n

re

worlc

will consist of

J?rotecting

the County

boundaries

from reinfestation

(18)

t

~

'

Work P1anned for 1924.

B. Put on campaign

against

and aosrotes.

IV.

Home

Work

.

P:pies a

A

.

At

1~

.

ast four

demonstrations

on

elothing

,vork.

B. At lea..

0

+.

1nro

demonstrations on

cannin

C.

Organize two

ao i.n:'l"

clubs.

ork

AocoJnPlished

in 1924.

B.

Assistance o-1 ven

in

locating

and

A.

o.

di

rn

~

out

seve

al

coyot

de1

,

in

the s-c">ring.

Assistance

also

~

iven

in

aidin.o- the

u.

S. Biol

_

o

-

ic

l.,(.1

Sur-vey

to secure

land

11:pon which ~o

do

some

e

erimental

poieoninq:

in

the

field

.

Aid

~

1ven one bf

the

largest

cattlema

n

in the

ooun

y

to·

stop

the

kil

i~~

of calves

-

Y

coyotes.

Stop

-in~

of

k

illing

as suocessfu

ly

accomplished

.

A"d

ive

·

to

The

Gree

n

l

ana

Cattle

Co. in securin~ a

Government

Hunter

in

July,

,h

ere

approximately

100 oal ves

·

ha.

cl

been

kil•

ed

by

coyo

es

.

Ei;"'hteen

coyo

Jes

were

killed

by

·

'-he

Runt

,

e

·

14

old

ones

and

4

pups

.

T'hre

e

o

-i;be

ol ones

were

said to

have

been

at

least 12

yrs.

old

and rere

th.ee le

~~ed

animals.

.

A eneaal meetin,e-

aalled

to

put

on

a

coyo

1

;

e

campai

gn

durim

•;

· nter but

p.p

to

the

present

time no real otion

has

been

started.

Four

demonstr tions h ve

been

held

in

County. One in Millinery

by

·

liss

~va

Floy

Smith, t' o

millinery

by

s-.

13l

d.n

ohe

E.

Hyde

and a

genere.l

sew1Dg

demonstration

by

the Lo~viers S1ming

Club.

Nothinp- accomplished

.

One sewin

""'

olub organized

with

e:x.-ce

pti

onal

ly

good

leade

:-

s

ip

at

Louviers.

Other

prospective

c

l

ubs

failed

because

of

lac

k

o

·

leader

...

(19)

:

,.;,

r

Work Planned

for

1924

o

D. Org~nize two canning

olubs.

Vo

Poultry.

VL.

·

Fair.

A

.

Rave

at

least five oullin~

demon-strations

a.nu two

oa.ponizin

tt

demonstrations.

B. Get

five people

to

keep

records

of eggs

and

oost of feed.

A.

B.

o.

n

·

.

Mal

te

the

192

.t..

F

a

il'

better

a.nd

larger than last year.

Special

campaign

to get the

f~rmers

themselves to

exhibit

at the Fair.

Rold

at

lea.st

three

o

ommu.ni

ty

Fairs

at some date

prior

to

State

Fair

.

Rearr

ang

e and oorrect Premium List

as

it

siands

pow

~

.

Work Aooomplished 1n

1924 •

.

D. Bothing

aocomplished

.

A

.

Seven ou

_l

in~

and

disease

prevention

demonstrati

o

ns

held

in

Count7. '189

hens

culled

by

farmers

,

426 birds

ou

"'Ml

ed

out

and

sold. No

oaponizing

demonstr

~

tions

held

.

B. Four

people were

secured

to keep

-

re-co rds

and

o osts.

tm of

v,hic

h

made

a

net

profit

above feed oosts in 11

mont~9

.

o

f

$l225

.76,

these

two de

m

on-str

ators

et

a

riti

,..,.

':~r

:t

th

a

total

of

361 birds.

A.

B.

o.

D.

The 1924.Fair

was

larger

than

1923

in

e~ery department

with

the exception

d

the

HoGt:

])epartmert

t.

,

A

bet

,

te:r and

more

general

interest

throughout

the

Oount7.

was shown

at this Yair

than at

any

t

me in the history of

the Douglas

O

ounty

Fair.

This

campaign

v as more

sucoeesf

;

l than

an tic

ipa.ted.

No community

Fairs held

.

A

OlulJ Fair

or Club

Day

was held

1

t

Lottv-iers.

Rearran ement of Premium Lit

was

made

~

nd Premiu.m

List turned over to

(20)

I

-~

O'l

I

·

Work

Planned

for

1924.

_M

iscellaneous

Work.

Work Accomplished in

1924.

·

1 ••

A general effort as made

by

the

County

Agent

throu;,-hout the

entire

year to stren~t

en all

ojects

for

the comin?

year,

1925. Considerable

dis ease preve

n

tion

,.,ork ·was

done

con-sis

ting

in the main of

·

ork done

vii th

livestock.

our

different

commun-1vies

-ere

il•en aid and

adYice

as

to

the oheokin~ and

treatment

of

the sore

moutb

which

oecured in horses and

e ttle. Thi!:! inform

·t

ion and aid wa

secured and

o-

iven

\

"th

the

as

!,J

istanoe

of the

St

:1

te

Veterinary Of:fice

in

Denver.

A

number of men

were given

adivoe

on

·

dairy and 11vestoek feeding

as

wall

as

po1::ltry

throu

:··

h

perso

··

al calls at

t'he of.Pioe. Distribution of

exten-sion and department bulletins a

well

as College bulletins was made

by

~ak

ing a bu

'l

etin rack which displayed

the bulletins to a better adv

a

nta e

than

had

heretofore

been

poSiiJible.

A

~ene

al campaign has been started

and is

v1ell

unde ·

way

to make the

womens' vork more

erfec-';ive

and

of

a

more

d

ef · ni

,

e na

tnre

than

in

the

p

ast

two

years.

A

general meetin of

representatitres from every community

in the

Cc,unty

was held

ana.

a

tentative

(21)

TElTTATIVE PROGR

AM

FOR

·

l925

a

!he program

.

of wo·

rk fo

.

r 1925 will not be

greatly

di:ffer

ent from that 1hich was planned

f

or 1924

.

The

w

ork in

livestock and crops

will

be

praotically the

same

.

The ,,ork

,

however, in the

13oys

and Girls

'

Clubs

and in

the

·

omens

'

work,

we intend

·u

o

make just as stron

g

as possible without getting

too

much started to be unable to com

p

lete all

.

~

The

poultry work

will be

increased

but w

i

ll be

carried on

by

the

demonstration

method so tha

t the bulk

of the

work can 'he

carried

gradually and wlthout

a.ny

hardship upon

any

-one concerned

.

The other rork will

in

all

probability '

be

oarriea.

on in appro~ima.t

ely the same

manner

o.S

w

a

s

o drri

ed

on

thi

s

last

year

.

It is the plan of this o:ffioe to have a

meeting with

the

newly- eleoted

Oommissioners

and the one Commissioner

holdin

o-

over

,

and make de

f:

inite

plans for the entire

y·ear

'

s work

of 1925

.

(22)

-Form No. 285

March I, 1924

COOPERATIVE EXTENSION WORK IN AGRICULTURE AND HOME ECONOMICS

U.S. Department of Agriculture and State Agricultural Colleges

Cooperating

Extension Service,

Office of Cooperative Extension Work .. Washington, D. C.

ANNUAL REPORT OF COUNTY EXTENSION WORKERS

This report form is to be used by county extension agents, such as county agricultural agent, home

demonstration agent, club agent, and negro agent, reporting on their respective lines of work.

State ____ _

lf agent has not been employed entire year, indicate exact period. Agents resigning during the

year should make out this report before quitting the service.

Approved:

Date

___

/

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: ,,_

-DEC 5

1924

Date

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. .

·

·

~ / ~

___________________

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, · '· ~ . ·• ... ~ District Supervisor.

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---State Extension Director.

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