Annual report of county agent work, 1919: Kit Carson County

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Annual

Report

of

County Agent Work

1919

Kit Karson

County

Colorado

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CO-OPERATIVE EX ENSION WORK I ARGICULTURE

A rn HO:ME ECONOMICS

State Agricultural College of Colorado and U.

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Depart-ment of Argiculture Co-operating.

ANNUAL RE 10RT INDEX.

Page County's Agricultural Resoux-oea • • • • • • • _• _{• •} _• Brief History of County Agent Work and Resume

of ork in the Year 1919. • • • • • • 1 - 3 Organization _•

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Executive Committee lleeting • _•

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Livestock Improvement •• _{• •} _• _• _• _• _• _• _• _• 17 -18

Pit Silo Campaign • _{• •}

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Pit Silo Excursion _• _• _{• • •} _• _{• •} _• _{• •} _• _{• 20} -22 Stock Judg~n& Demonstrations _• _{• • •} _• _• _•

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I ive Stock Sh:f.pping Association • _• _• _{• •} _• _• 24 -25 Crop Improvement • • _• _• _{• • • •} • • • • • • 26

Crop Demonstrations _• _• _• _• _{• •} _• _• _{• •} _• _• 27 -28

Corn Project for 1920 _• _• _• _• _{• •} _• _• _{• •} _• 29 -30

Freed•o Sorghum ••• _• _• _{• •} _{• •} _{• • •} _• _{• •} 31

PJ.ant and Animal Dieea.se Control, • _{• •} _• _• _• 32 -31

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Plant and Animal Pest Control • Home Improvement •

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_• _• _• Farm ana.gement _• _{• •} _{• •} _• •

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Agricultural Resouroes o~ Kit Carson County, Colorado.

Contains 1,582,400 square miles.

About 513,934 acres in farme.

Total popul~tion 15,000.

Rural population 12,000~

Number of· farms 1;244.

Average about 413 acres eaoh.

Elevation of :farm lands frpm 4,200 to 4,500 feet.

Principal crops in order of a.oreage are as follo\vs:

61,76.3 corn; 39• 020 spring wheat; 27; 608 winter

wheat .; 27.044 bar3..ey: 12,667 eye; 18; 077 grain

sor-gnurn; 91293 sweet sorghums; 5,555 millet: 1.53o oats;

1,277 :potatoes;

There a.re in .the county livestock as follow$!

l5,o6l horses; 1,291 mules; 29.179 range cattle;

5,836 milk cows; 5,210 hogw; i,256 sheep; 33 goats; 6,492 dozen poultry.

And pure bred animals as follows: 70 stallions; 120

mares;

250 ulls; 475 cows; 160 boars; 240

sows;

10

rams; 50 ewes.

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-1-BRIEF HISTORY OF COUNTY AGENT· WORK AND RESUME OF \VORX IN THE YEAR 1919·.

County agent work was started in Lincoln and

Kit .Carson Counties .on the first day of August, 1915,

with P. N. Flint as County Agent.

This was a very large territory, made up of a

total of nearly three million a.ares. However, 1. •

Flint held numerous demonstrations and exoursions, at the same time organizing a number of Far.mers Clubs and interesting many people 1n County Agent work.

The rork was continued separat~ly in Kit Carson

County by J..r. Flint from February l, 1917, and by

April 1, 1918, he had orga.ni~ed a Farm Bureau which

was composed of an Executive c·ommi.tt e and an Ad-Visory Eoa.rd in three districts, (being the three Commissioners Districts), in the County.

Due to illness :Mr. Flint resigned and · • H.

o.

Strange was placed as County Ag~nt in April 1918.

As the program of work plan was being talked

about and it was discussed by 1~. Hoohbaum at the

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cided to work tvi th the tlf.rllf' plan ~.nd no attempt was

made to use the old Farm:Suxe u. The county agent

made the acquaintance of .11 the men with whom 1 •

Flint !tad b~en working and also got on a working

basis with men in other oommunitiea.

!n the fall of 1918 a preliminary organization

meeting 1>- S held at Burlington, and l&:r. A. E. Lovett,

State Leader of County 'Agents presented the progr~

ot

work plan of Farm Eureau

work.

At this

meeting

it ~aB deoided to organize ith the new plan and

a.coordingly the colllmunity centers w.ere d~te~.n ined

and . plans completed

tor

th.e organization of eao .. of

these eommunitie • The oampaign was nicely started

and two c-ommuni ties had been organized when the flu and a deep snow prevented a.ny more organization work during 1918.

During the following year eleven communities

were organized under the program of work plan and eome definite things aocomplia~ed under each

pro-Ject.

The .!.:Axeoutive Oommi ttee w'hioh had · two meetings the remainder of the year planned ome of the rork,

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but were in action only one half of the year a.s the annual meeting was not held untll late in June.

A newer idea, to us, of the Program· of wo·rk

pla.n \Vas presented at the district conf'ere·noe ·of

County Agents at olorado Springs. and this has

been supplemented by two Tieits from R. R. I&n•

easter, Assistant County Agent Leader. He has

helped to outline the work for 1920 • . a.nd has driven

home the idea that self sufficiency will be taught

by a method or plan of work which is done by the

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-4-ORGANIZATION.

The organization work for 1919 was prevented by an eighteen inch sno~ and the •flu'. t was the

12 ~h day of 1 •• brl.l a.ry, before an organizat

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n me ting

111. roads ·e e very b d at th:la

ti~e. )U~ t1e f.i. t ~etl g me h 1 ( t Second

Cen-·~ al ~ i ,h f 55. Jler group had

.lreac y cJ. c • c ed o 1 progr n of ~ork and it was ada

more oomplet ! t this me ti:ng. c;:,. c1. iL . a follo a:

G. R. eese, • Y. Grove, rt Strong,

il.:.i~ · "icklr"' 1, and

7111 o 1ar ·J,

Adam fies ·er,

_j. a.11 ' • nning,

· r1:1. '.olJ t ....,tins on,

~a. , l t Con·.!.-"ty •

c ark Reese,

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y,

Livestock Impr ve Lent,

Crop Impr :::me 1t,

_lt ... nt a. . ~ .. n.ms.l Disease,

)1~- ~ an n_ma.l Pcstu,

_Joys and 1!.rla ~lube,

.. _m C .1 vonic o(>;3,

nt.

Bethel Commu j:4;y h d ·.. o~ ·1.niza 1: o. 'f ee.,· g th

1ight of ~ b uary ~6. 1 1 a1 attend nee 15 eople •

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Calvin, Mrs. Mo1fa.i r, .Jerry Ji.r!olia.ir, E. E. Reeve~. Frank Yelek, toy

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Hoover, Mrs. 1ence, -5-Ohairman, Seoretary, Livestock Imprevement, Crop Improvement

Plant ana i ... l'litnal Di sea.se

'Ple.nt and nimal Pests

Rome Conveniencet:J Boyz and Girls Club

Mr. Aaa Wood, Farm Jlfanagenlent.

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At a meeting n Carlvary Connnunity with 18 pre•

sent, the follOwing program of vork was selected, the

evening of Febru&.ry 27a G"ha.s.. George, Vie Strod~, Claude Herr~ll, T. 0. Thompson, Roy George, Ross George, . ill Butler, l!rs. Cha.s. George, riill Butler, Chairman Secretary, Livestock Improvem nt Cro:p Improvement,

Plan·t and Animal Di eea.ses

·Plant and Animal Peats, Boys and G rls Clubs,

Home Conveniences,

farm ,-"'anagement.

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Rook Oliff Farmers Club \v&a organized by the tirat

Ooun t.y Agent and. it has been an example of what a.

com-munity can accomplish along social lines. r.rhe best

prof1ecta they ha.ve put thru are large and .. ,ex•y success..

ful m ',etings and Fourth of July cel~.:bra.tions. l.ta.ey

of the men are Equity to.embera a.n"' ·thi a y ar ~hey

start-ed a.n,-t helpstart-ed to oomplete a co•o ... era.tive ·telephone

aeaooia.ti(Hl whioh is the best in this Jounty. On

Febru ;r~r 28. an o;rga.nita.tion meeting .. -ras held in· this

com.rnuni ty and tJte following program o1 .... wor.t:. -vr-J.a

out-lined hy the 1Je le:

Dek Martin, ~nair.man,

Ben So!lex. Secretary,

w.

J. Pe teraon, Dek ~- ~:rtirl, Clark

Reese,

B. Soiler,

s.

L. Haye~, Ltveatook Improvement,

Plant and Anilnal Diseases Plant. and Animal Pests,

:B.oyi;;l and Girls Clubs,

Farm ~.la.aageruent,

Hom~ Conveniences.

lizpa.h Cor.nnun·t:y suppo-rts a live Gr~"'lge. On th

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Ji(rs. Tilbury and

Mrs. Calhoun, Home Conveniences,

G. :Ba.dema.n, Farm 1Jranagem.en

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!r. P. N. Flint, the first

county

agent, in this

County, .had organized Idle Wild Community as a

Farmers Club. The interest was

very

poor after a

certain time, and it was d·ropped. On March 22nd, a.t a.n organization meeting the people outlined the

following program of work:

li;. J. alone,

o.

s.

Brown, Jim Dunn, and

Bill 'ryne, P. D. Harvey, s. s. Hughey, Mark 'l'a.lbo t, Hrs. Tarhbot and

o. s.

Brown. Chairman, Seareta.ry,

Liva-s took Improvement,

Crop Improvement,

Plant and Animal Diseases,

Plant and Animal Pesta,

Boys and Girls Clubs,

Mrs. J.

s.

Hughey, Home Conveniences,

l r. J. E. Baker, Farm , . nagement.

The Golden Rule Community is a very strong

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-9-Program of work at an organization meeting held on Uaroh 2oth:

Roy rfest ~ood,

Joe Lundgren, Chas. Br eier, Geo. Powers, Ed Leuthj e,

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E. Kline, .. s. festwood, rs. F. . ~. Brown, Chairma.n, Secretary, Livestock ~mprovement, Crop Improvement,

Plant and Animal Diseases, Plant and Animal Peets, Boys and Girls Clubs, Home Conveniences,

Joe Lundgren, Farm l anagement.

The Plainvi ev1 Farmers Club was organized by •

Flint and had always kept up a moderate amount of in-terest. On arch 29, the people outlined the follow-ing program of work at an organization meetfollow-ing:

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J. :Buchanan, F. J. reeks, Fred Wallet, John Needler, A. Stalg,ren, Ral orro , Urs. orro , Chairma.n, Secretary, Livestock Improvement, Crop Improvement,

Plant and Animal Diseases, __ lant and Animal _ ests,

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-10-J1.~rs. Weeks, Heme Conveniences,

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J •• Buoharia.n, Fa,rm Management.

Jewel Communi ·ty had outlined a pro~re.m o:f work

in liovember, 1918, and M:r. W. G. Jami:so:.-1, As.sistant

Stat e Leader of County Agents, conducted the neeting

as a demonstrat~on meeting. The people et again

on :March 24, and the completed. l)rogrwn of work is as-follows: John Ho liha.n, Gee. Martens, L. H. Ryan, Chas. Par-eons,, Fr"d lla:rtine, Bill swai:~n. Albert Swaim, Cha.i,rrna.n, Secretary, Livestock Imp:t'ovement, Crop Improvement.

Plant and Animal Diseases,

Plant and Anim.a~l Pastw,,

Boys and Girls lubs, ·rs. Geo. rtens, Home Convenien.oes,

Geo • Mart en a, Fa.:r1n Ma.nagemen

t.

Fairview Corrmunity ia another connuunity with. a. very strong Grange. At a.n organi2;ation eeting on

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( ert Loper, ' Alva Ba.con,

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Dunlap, John Blomquist,

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·Jhitney, J. K. Patterson, r. ~fetzel. ~r. i tney, .,~\H:rs. Loper, -11-hairman, Secretary, Livestock Improvement,

Livestock Shipping Aasooiati~n,

Crop Improvement,

Plant and nimal Diseases, Plant and Animal Pests,

Boys ar:.d Girls Oluba,

Home vor.venienoP.s,

The An~1ua1 m .... eting of the Kit Carson County Farm

Bureau wa.s held in rona., Colorado, on the 31st da.y of

l. ,:~e~ting c3.1led to order by tenporary

chair-n, Adam Pl'iester,

2. E;'.{pla .. ation of Cou ty Farm :Buree .. u, Rufus

:r.

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Assi~tant 'ounty Agent Leader,

3. Reports of Community Progrruns of ·1ork. 4. Planning of the County Prograr of ork.

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-12-6. Appointing of Committees:

Constitution and By laws; Dill Adams, Bill Swaim,

T. Deer,

Uomina.tj ng Committee;

7, Ad,i ourmnent. for noon.

B. ~ ... usia

w.

J. Peterson,

Dek Martin,

Geo. Po .ers

9. Jhort talks by Conmtuni ty Co:nmi tteem .n.

10. Ranort of Constitution ~nd ~y L~ws Committee •

. A.d. nt!on.

ll. Repo ... ~t of Nomi.nating Cour t . ~ ,e.

12. ~lection of Officers.

13. · ..r should Farmers belong to :t.he Farm

:Bureau? County Agent.

14. Short meeting

ot

newly electf(~d

ort·

oers and

Ekeautive Committee. '

The County 'Program of work was ~.dop :..ed a a ·"'ollo\'VS:

Livestock Improvement,

Crop Im.prov _;ment,

-~ la.nt and J\..ni1nal iseases,

Plant. and Animal Pests,

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Hon1e Convenienoe.s1

Fa... o. ~· anagemen t.

After the report of the nominating committee,

ll r. Peter eon • .,. r. :t1artin and 1-Ar. Po erst the

follow-ing officers

were

eleoted:

J. 0. H~ndriokG, Adam fiester, :tn. Ad.~a, Cha~l. Geo~ge, Ch .. ~a. Pr~:rsohe, Clc-.rk Peese, J 0 .. Fendricks, Vlill Butler, Vr~. Ben H. Boese,

Ben ·• "'io iler,

President, ·

Vice Pret.1iden t,

Secretary,

Liv took I~~roveruont,

~!ro p Imp:ro""rO:G1c :rt,

I•lant 'nd f\ni "'1 Diseases,

Pl nt and Animal P st",

:Boyn ar- l Girls Clubs,

Home Conveniences, Farr:1 li{1:nagement

A dtscn.u~sion VIa$ brought up r.ogard..:.ng the

feasi-bilit.y of publi ahing a. Farm :Bureau :p~er.

A membor~hip oan~aig ·~~a diaousaed. It wae

decided. if possible to uee the Fa:.:.w Bureau paper in the member ah i p Ca.rrJ.pai gn.

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EXECUTIVE OOIOJI!TTEE lii:tftBTING .

'The first meeting of th~ Executive committee

was held at Vona, on ~uly 19, 1919.

The meeting was called to Qrder' bout Two o'alook in the afternoon a.nd a great :many di:?feren~ plana were

collsidered Ior the dif~erent County Projects whioh had

been decided upon before. The follo ing definit ork

was palnned:

LIVES'lOCK: 1. To issue a cu:roular showing the :plan for building a Silo derriolt, ( 3y Auguet 15.) ·

2. To buy hand power winoh' s

for distribution to farmers at cost. In order to

atimulQte Silo building.

5. To arrange f r demonstrations.

4. '110 try and get 1nen to go

to-getner in buying derricks. winches, ensilage cutters and engines.

5. To arrange for a pit ailo

excur-sion to Cheyenne ?fells, about August the 15th. Speakers,

Pionio dinner. eta.

la. To plan in detail a Calf Club Campaign.

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-.15-CROPS:

l. T.o mail out circulars for complete

crop rotation :pro,je.ot, with letter fro:rn the orops ooun.ty p:rojeot lea.der.

2. To arrange for reo0rds of ~ll the

De-monstra.ti.ons in l'rops aa:rried on the sUllll1ler of 1919•

Recorda to b - co:mpletad after check on dam.on~'~x-atfon

has been made.

PLANT. . ID ANDSAL DI Sii!ASEO:

'l.. To :mail circular ot" dia~ribU '!~ e in some

ann r a ci-rcul ... r hioh will empha.sizf~ nef~d. f f

treat-ing and methods of t:resting fo:x· smut

2. To arrange fo:r d m..:ns+-:r•r1~tions in smut

tl:"estl'n~nt. (To b~l eomplete by Augu~t 30 if poss5.ble.)

lU"AJ.f.? P. ~ D AN"'J ... !.A p:gs~rs:

1. ~~o t'rrar1ge demiru:t~a.1,iona to :~ oison

grasahoppe.cs on· 1. fall when. t .... :.. -ye.

2. alfalfo.. anu. oth ~r orops.

:BOYS Al\11) GIRLS O!,.lJB ~TOPJC:

Plt ns disoue·aed, ::cga:r·d: ng helpint~ :i 11 ~h€H.:':ls. HO~ CON11 . IE.JfCES:

To mail ci 140 1la.r to stimulate interest in

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-16-Letter from County Project Leader also. To stimulate campaign for trees around th$ home.

This program was followed as outlined for the most part. It is a.n improvement over any other worlt done here; where d.esfini te v1ork ha.a been outlined and

carried out. It was not the right thtng though,

be-cause the de£ini te details should coma rro1n the

oorn.-munity from the people and should be planned by the

people, because the people want it. This plan is being .x.ollowed in the organi~a.tion work this fall,

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-17-LIVESTOCK IMPROVEMENT •

...,Joys a.nd Gi~rlo a.lf ,,lubs.

foe :f'it-st · rk on livestock ili!J)rovemen ... d· ring the year rr o with the Calf\ Re,: lizing tnat tl1 is

county ar.d. no rg t.:1at tl1e Courtty Olr(b L .. adel~ waa

very 1uey u~ t:. other n1a.tt J a.nd the.t

s.asiata.r·c{\ · Gal:t- Club .. o ... k, t'he County • gent start d t< 1e1~"'•

·-"""""'~"'i"";,:. ~

• • , ; : ; ; . Geo •

timE::.

·o~i~~ o y n te~ ana club agrce.nenta ~ere p

e-pa.red on t 1. · .~. pJ. c('~tor and the club 1 ader and County

registered Shorthor~

fif"·een :rho e.nted Holsteins.

llot-r Co n ... ,} t • T •

.n w .re

en-Club c:oe iali'=·~.~~ T1. "" unty Club Leader,"':-'~':'. Chaa.

G.aorge and ~h ·' !ou;1ty .: cent drove o R .d til low County

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Six registered Shorthorn heifers and one registered Shorthorn bull were bought and one registered·Red

Poll bull and one heifer VJere bought.

The.ae \Vere finally tested and loaded at Bartley,

Nebraska, and shipped to Yuma, Colorado, accompanied

by the County Ag nt.

The calves \vere · dr1 ven aero s s the oountry a

foot a.nd vte were met a.t Jose by .!r. G· orge, :Mr. Butler,.

and Mr. Davis, who loaded the calves and hauled them

home to the boy.s. These oalvea coat $161.00, each,

and ~ere all at the County Yair and tnany poeple were

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-19-PIT SILO CAJ[PAIGN.

The Ex outiv Committee of the Farm :Bureau

planned the toll wing Wt)rk on livestock at the July meeting:

1. To issue a circular sho~ing a plan for

building a silo derriak (by August 15).

2. To buy hald power winches f0r distribution to the far-mers at cost. This v~s to sho an aay

way to raise the ensilage from a pit silo by hand.

3. To arl"ange for d mi.nstrations.

4. To try to get men to go together and buy derricks, winches, enf1ila.ge cutters and engines.

5. To arrange for a pit silo enoursion to

Cheyenne Wells, about August 15, Speakers, Dinner, etc.

In :pursuance of the above :plan the following circulars were issued to 500 people after approval by

County Livestock Project Leader.

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~taft nf C!rnlnrabn

O!nnptrntiue iE.xtett.aintt 1ltlfnt·k itt J\grttulturt

. SILO

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FELLS .

EXPERIMENT STAT!Ul~

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FRIDAi AUG"15 th.

THE STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE OF co~t,At'l')ft).; ,.,_ Di""' '""~r _,.~ _{..j,.!;j.~...} l. n ~.o-.~A" ~ _~_{c.w.o~.~...~o}... ~ _{s_p.aa._ __}kj ng-.

U. 5. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, AND EXTENSION SERVICE COUNTY AGRICULTURAL KIT CARSON COUNTY .. COOPERATING

AG'ENT WORK

The Em.cutive Committ~u,~r@!!t Carson Eou.n.ty Fe.=

Bureau

at

the re.guJ~ meeting at f'l'-1::La .. on Jul.y 19th·, dooi.dod to ma..~ s strong ~

~~.gn to :moraaso th.e . ni.lWbox of Silos in thl.s County. Ma..ny plAns ~

O.j..scus.sad and the foll~"ing wa.s decided upot1,., .

l. To i.s.sue a o.u:.cuJ . .a.1: eb.o1.-vi~ pl..a.n fox ·builging do.r.riclt .,WhJ..oh

will servo :from on.o to . fc·)lr Silo r s. ( Pi\ ) •

2 • To buy a, hand powe.:· flinoh for d..i..atribution to Silo Man a.t

cest " ( A Winah can b·e bought for l5 ~50~~ F oO ... B .Dcnvc.r , in lots Of ten)

w.h.iab.. Will rai.~>e enough Silage 1or

as

cows

o.t

one time. '

· 3~ To appeal to groups of F~ers to get togotber and. Co-oper.a .c

in bUil.ling Pit SUos; bi: a.n e.x.cba,ngc

o.f

Lr.:1,pox and going to.g.atlle.:r to buUd.

the

fi7'st derrick., buy tne Winch., make durJP bu.a.k.ots etc-.

4. Tl) ax.r;mge for the County Agent to give demo.nst.rations t~

groups who a.r(.=} ready to bUild Silo.e,dem-onstrat1on to oon.sj.st of~laYi.ng

out a.nd starting the curb ,ma.k.ing the de.rxiok and the uae o.f th.o

Wi.n.oh-uao Of tools to ma.k.e a. smooth :a:ound wall a.nd. oom.ont mixtu.:t:es a..."rld method.~£

Of p.l.o..sterlng. . .

5. Th.e Far:.n Bu.x.ea,u reocomcnd.s that

e.

wall th~eo to f.Jur teet

hi..gll be put a.ro'Ulld the Pit SiJ ..

o.s

be.oa.use of danger of ctoclt falling in. , 6. A f\l.rthex &p~oaJ. is made t.b.a,t grou~s o.f men wi.L. co-opam~·

in buying the En.silage CUtter and Engine in orcie.r to lt)1Ue..r the coat of

filling pe.r i?ilo and to lowe.r ·the cost o.f idle equ:i..pm.ellt per ma.n.

· · 7. To a.xrauge fo.r a. Pi.t Silo E.xcur.s1Qn tQ the Qb.ej.enne W.al.ls

Ez,ps;rj mant Sta.t1Qn, w.h.ezte t.here a.re four ez.cel:l..cut Pit Silos~s.e.rve.d by

·one· de.rri.~a.nd ma.nyn oth~ inte.resting things which

a.r.e

wc.:z;t.b wbile seaing ..

Yr Ada.ms ,ma.nag.e_r o! the StatiO-n has invited e-v.e.:rybody to bring

a.

basket din.n.ex and enjoy the abade. H-e wi~l be one of ot12 Sp..eakt=-1l:S and c~n~iv-e

numc.rous points in Silo bui.l-®ng. He -vtill a:J so tell of some dry ~ ·· ~~

iments. Mr Adams is a practical fa..r.m.er and' has dC\n.e much t(; furt.u..e.r

the

pop~ity o.f th,e Pit Silo. Thi.s ax.ourt.Jion· wiU be held Friday~ugu.st the

l5 th and. the roturn txip will inclUde a trip to the Bev~idge Sunsb:lfl.e

Fru:ms, whc:ce a large numller of Re.gi.atex3d. HeJ:efo.rda a.:r..e kept i:n ex.cellen:t shape thru the use of SUo1a.

The A,peaking will be a.ftex a, picnio din.nar ·a.t the E:x;.peri.m.e.nt

Station wh.io.h is lo.oa.ted. jus·t

i

mila due sout.h of Ohayenne W-ellst.

· This WilJ. be f!'u:r ·first Fa.r.m :Bureau Ex.cursio.n ard e~ybo.d.y

sho\Wi invite thie.r .n.ei.ghb-o.r s.rui be sure ·Lo get the J1 tney t~e in tilrla

to.r the picnic djnnar.

Approved Ch~~orge _

Les.cie.r fo.r Live.s·tock lm]J.I'ovm.cmt Proje.o.t.

Kit Caxson Co~ty · Faxm Bureau .•

,.-, - .fl./

4-lvi:o.

St.r.d . .nel ~Edi t1l.r of '' Western Fau L.i.fe ~·

_·has

"promi.flSd.

tO

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.,. .. :

TYPE OF SILO DEFRICK USED BY J ') ~~ ~,.'\DAHS. CMEY~lHTE \":!ELLS

EXPERIME1T'I' S'.:.' ri'l'.LON ~ H0 has two 60 ·ton and two 40 ton

Silo 1a _I _allse:-:··vcd _bythi.s derrick. Raises fe.ed fox _ao _OOWs

at one time l1y hand. l3 feet high.

Bill of Materi.aJ.s.

a axa

ten feet long.

Twenty two feet Of 4 X

a.

Wire cable for a 30 ft Silo 50 to SO feet

lt

in~'"l •. T";/o pulleys. 9 feet long. 4 X 6. vvire ca.bl.e.

I

J

Hand Power wincb bolts on

Feed for 20 cows at on.a pull.

The biggest obj eotion to the Pit Silo is..rthat most

far-me~s do not have an easy way to get th~ Ensilage out.

the above derrick with a Hand Power winch will raise fe.ad

for ,Zb to 25 cows a t one time. A one man job.

Help to get

your

neighbors together who will build Pit Silos a. "hd get togetger and bu.ild a Silo Derrick a:i.1d

get a. winch and bUUd Pit

·silos.

A Four Horse Power En;;ine

will fi~l Pit Silos. See about buying the Engine and Cutter

with your neighbors.

H.O.Stra.nge.

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PIT SILO EXCURSION.

Cheyenne Wells is 38 miles from Burlington, and about 60 miles from Flagler. An experimental

sub-station is located there and some of the first and

bes pti silo \vork in the West haa been done there by

Mr. Adams.

On August 15, 1919, thi :t .. ty people drove to

Chey-enne ells, some of them ooming 60 miles, and started the program ·with a chicken dinner in the grove.

_.Adams, manager

or

the Station, then gave a talk, regarding his experience in building silos and the orowd was in the building where hia four-pit silos

are se~ved by one derrick. He told the poeple how to

dig and plaster the silos and then deminstrated the

use or the home made dtrriok, raising 900 by hand

in three minutes.. M;r. R.

w.

Clark, livestock Special·

ist, from the Coll ge, gave a short talk on s·ilos and

ensilage, then Mr, Adame gave a. demonstration in the

use of ·milking machines ~hioh he 1 a successfully using.

Ie also showed the various adobe bu;ildings and discussed

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(

-2}.-The crowd then went up to the Co-operative Cre~

ery and Cheese a.otory in Ch yenne Wells and inspected

it.~

~· Every man ~ho was present declared his intention

immediately

~

of building a silo and two silos were built

after thia excursion.

____

/

As a result of the pit silo campaign the follo

-1ng men built or rebuilt pit silos:

r. S. Strode Guy l oDona.ld, Art Strong, Roy George Vern Coakley, E .

.r.

alo~e. Guy McDonald, Roy George, Roy George, • J'. ·alone,

one new silo, two new eilos,

Solid wa 1 in old silo, one new silo,

one new silo,

Solid wall in old silo,

one derrick and hand power winch (after :plans)

one derrick and hand power winoh, (after.plans).

one round wooden form for

solid wall after plan ), one round wooden form for solid wall (after plans),

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-22-Vern Coakley, one round woodwn form· for

solid \Vall (a:fte pl ns).

·11a.ny en re inte:r~st~~d in silos fol" the fir t

time and were pr vented from bui[ding by the Shortage ~~

labor.

Tlie Oounty Agent demonstrated and h lped to bu ld

the d.er:rioks and forms :for the solid wall. ~l'hese

same form.a will probably be used in :many othe · places

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STOCK JUDGING Dl~ ... Ql{STRATIONS.

The High School Class in Agruculture ~nd a £ew \

fa.:rm.ers were guided by the County .l~.gent to the Joim

Davis ranch, where registered Shorthorns a.nd Clydes•

-dales were judged. After lttnch the party proceeded

to the Hugh ranch where some higl claes Herefords were judged. JJ:ore Herefcrdo were in ected t th

Rosser Davis ranch and a class

or

Duroc Jerseys we:re

judged. J bout 25 people ve .... e in the party.

·nother eu.oh exoursion was la.te:r c rried on a.t

the :Beveridg ra.noh and some Hereford classes were

j dged.

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-24-:LIVE STOOK SHlPPIJ:lG Ad;:;OCIATIOl't.

b1 irview 'ommuni ty planned or1 a shipping aaaoaia-tioxl in tl1,eir pr gram of work and selected John

Blomquist as cotra. i tteema:n. llearly all of the oom•

munities in the ""ricini ty of :Burlington a1·e G:t·ange Communi tif.:.a, .and it was suggested that the Pol.llona

Grange take up this mat ter. t.~.IJ1 county ~gent visited 1.1~. iest :?oo<i , i'a,f:;tex• o:e the :Pc.\JnOll.a Grange a.no. ·found

hitn busy }'lan+ ing pott~tpea. He go-t on he planter

and drop]H:Hi potatoes ~·ud talked liv·e st ok Shipping

assooiation·a hila · .r. ~testwo(~ \l drove the t eam.

T:~e Courlty Agent vis:.. ted .E;tr. Blomquist to te*lk

shipping a~sociat:i.ons and f'" ,und him busy harvesting

~heat. te t alked shipping a s sociations Yt.ltil running

a h.ea,der ba.rge. As the ou toome of these two V'i ai ts

it ;ve.s d.ec ided to have soma men fro11 the .B lreau of

wla ke ·s to tell the people at a Pamona. Grange m~eting

about Co-operative Live Stock Shipping Associations.

Mr. Sweet and ~.~r. Heppe of the Bureau of' Marketa

t alked to 18 people at this meeting and they decided

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(

All of the people u~re to ~~v· .. ~·tise it and get a.

many p ople intereated a.e po es·ible.

~ 1·. J"'tJ),~;; e Lalke :1 ~flippir g as ociation to 45 men

on ~th1.o d,._y and they daci . e{l t' ~rga:n z • .J.l!ey

seleoce-)·d a ·soa.rd et' J.;irectors and got 40 paid ttp

members that d y. The Board of Direct.o .s l' il"ed Jl'r. J hn Do gg s of Fa x · i ti Cornrauni ty as llianag ...

and he haa since shivped 14 aarloa s f c~ttl~ with

..:.. saving of b tt~·- tha. ~zoo.

"

to · hs oar loa • This

:tu a. aaving of )280 . v0 a 1 they a:re o ly startec. ~ .. e l~a:n~\ .er, ! ·r. BoggH, s keeping a ve y

thoroug .l. a.· d a.cc trate reco· d •

.!Jo~ns preliraina.ry work has been done · n th~

Stratton and · laglet' Corrcrtun1.t.:iee, and ass.oc1ation

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/Sllim

~ESTERS,

The first wo:rk on this project

,/'

was to distribute the 650 rag doll seed oorn testers and 1000 blotter testers.

There ware distributed in the schools by ten

demonstrations, in which the proper methods of using

the testers were described. The teaohers took a

:personal 1ntere·st in this, in many cases, and sa.id

that t.neir pupl.la tested fair amounts of seed oorn and grain.

The1·e h ~.s been no method of oheoking this

work but the teste ent into at least 500 dif·

' ~

ferent h mes ana we:r·e supplementeil with the inter- , ..

/ /

eat of tne OlLi.ldren in the testing work. __.,/"

(34)

(

-2?-CROP DEMONSTRATIONS.

~T:

K-.n Red wheat vas grown by :Lester

:Bever-idge, John Blomquist and T. J. Short. Mr. Beveridge

got a yield of 25 bushels to the acre and his other

wheat yielded 16 bushels per aore.

:Mr. Blomquist got a )field o£ 7 bheuels per acre,

and his other wheat made 12 bushels per acre• H

says, however, that he planted his Kan Red wheat too

thick and has planted 20 acres with a. oheck plow

again this fall~

r. 7.

J.

Short says that his I<an Red wheat

made 10 bushels per aore more than the local wheat

and his neighbors ha.v·e secured seed from him•

Mr. · • J'. Peterson tested Karkov wheat and he

got a yield of 33 buShels of Karkov wheat as

com-pared with 16 bhsuels of local turkey red,. He had an attractive demonstration of thia at the county fair

and many people ~sked questions about it.

ur.

Vie Strode made a test of ; n.erioans rheat

and reports a yield of 10 bushels ·to the care b:;/e~ter

than the local turkey red. T.

J.

Short is testing

Kan Red and Ka~~ for 1920.

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CORN:~} The Co.unty gent aeoured #100

of

Minn~

esota. /!13 corn seed from :Boulder County for the corn , clubs. a.ny men are now raising this corn and there

is much favorable comment for it.

''

l.lr. L. H. Ryan made a. test of :Minnesota 1/13, Iowa gold mine and Iovra. silver ~nine. He ia unable

to give definite results as yet, but he speaks

very favorable of the Minnesota :/113 •

..:r. Ryan • s ear to row plot of 1113 was planted.

too thinkly and no results we~e secured.

lJ.r. Chas .. Parsons made· a teatof Iowa eilver mine and :.linneaota. #13. He reports that the silver

mine is the best yielder but that the #13 is com-paring very favorably this year.

~r. Parsons also planted an.ear to row plot of

Iowa silver mine and he round one very productive

ea~r vihich produced as muoh. as 15 other ears in the

plot.

heing

He wUl continue this next yeo.r a.s well a s /

a demonstrator on the new corn projeo~

The corn project which has already been started for 1920 is as follows:

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(

-29-OORN PROJECT for 1920.

WHICH determine the best varitiea of corn

tor

Kit

c

reon

County,

\VHEN Season 1920,

WHERE In the following Cormnunities: P1ainview,

Mizpah. Rer.mes, Golden Rule, Idlew~ld, Calvary,

Pro-gress, Shiloh, Se-co-nd Central, BIJokcliff • Pleasant Meadow, Bethel, Fairview, and

Jewel.

V·mo Lester Rhodea, Plainvievt; 'Y. B. Hook,

llizpah ; John Davis. Hermes; F. F. Brown, Golden Rule;

r. Talbot, Idlewild; Ray George,

Calvary;

A. Fischer,

Progress;

s.

L. (...lJ:lase, Shiloh; V. F. Strode, Second

Central; Dek Martin, Roakcli:ft; Gue Ba.dema.n, Pl_eanant

adow; Jar~ McNai~. Bethel; J. K. Patterson,

Fair-view: and Charles Parsons, Jewel.

llOW Mr. MoClymonds, Extension Agronomist. for

Colorado Agriculture College will furnish six pounds

each of the following varities of corn, for eaah of

the demonstrator mentioned above:

Golden Glow Iowa Silvermine. Iowa

Gold.mine, Reeds Yeilow Dent, Minn #·13 ,

.

· ite

Australian Flint, W.

s.

Selection {133. Blue

Squaw oorn.

Time of planting as near l y lOth as possible

by all demonstrators, as the season permits.

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-30-To sgow as many people ~a possible the results

of this test, the community ill arrange for a.

husking bee at the dew..onstrators :tarrn and attempt

to get. a temm and wa.gon to shuck each variety and

the yield estimated by a :Board of Judges. The

judgea will at the same time attem_~t to estimate

tho ~na1lage value of eaoh variety as it stan's

1n the field.

P...fter the yield ih measured, .typioal ears of

each variety will b displayea and a contest put on in picking the beat ten ears of oorn.

This project to be com:p:leted by lovember 15, 1920.

Some of the demonstrator~ h~ve already been

secured.

vmAT will be t:.. report o:f all the demonstrations

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There are many varieties of cane grown in Kit

Carson County.. and among

the

new ones, the raost

favorable one is white Qa.ne. In talking this ove.r

with eome far.mers Freed's sorghum waa m nt!oned and e decided

to

get some need a.nd try it.

• Ryan planted 1/:'100 of s ed on 11 acree and

hi a opinion is that -reed.'p ~orgh.um is the be·st

· cane~ tie h~ve. His orop was badl 'r damaged by hail

but the ~leld ·~s good. There is lnore foraga than

011 other oanea alld the seed doea not have any ta,nnio

acif. T1-;.1s rr.akes the seed as palatable a feed as

a11Y

ot

the grain ~org~ums.

J~. Pf ~ster a d Mr. Grov~, al$0 tri d Freed's

sorghum and th y L<lth say tha+ it 1 e bet t·c:r than other

canes.

In order to give wid.e publioi.ty to Fr·eed' s s6rghmn next ye r we are planning to get each of

the corn deminatrator ....

to

plant a ·est plot of

. Freed's sorghu~ so peonle oan see the resum sat th

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PUNT AND

BLACKD1 G. In many of the meetings held in all

parts of the county, the question of bl~okleg has

arisen. !]:hey ask 1£ it is a. contagious disease and

ft.bout the va:rious vaooines. The county at4:ent has

talked u 1on this S1lbj e t in nea.r l y ev ,.:ry colf'.Jnttni ty

and e.npha.sized the germ free a.ggres in which give life inun ni ty.

been :31 demthnstratjons vti th a. total

of 28 meetings, total attendance f 118 .eople,

and 1, 005 cattle vacotnated. at the blackleg demon-strations T ere ha been a..n additioYL'3.1 use of 1000

doses of this s~~e vaccine which in moat cases is the

direct ren~,lt of theee e:m.onst:ra.tions.

Some of the demonstrations were a:r.r.- nged for in

advance. These ere very ell attended. Many of

them ·r~ere men who aalled u:p and th County .Age 1 t would

as them to get all th :r ne:i.ghbors to come who 1ere interested.

All ho attended the d.emonstrat-ton ! o.rd a

discus~ion of the various vaccines and were asked

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in an ieeptic precautjons. ~tie .ork has saved at

least 50 calves ranging in value ~rom ~20 to ~50 each.

s~roT The xecutive committee ~lanned on a

smut caml)aign atld planned to send a aircul~r in order

to reach ala~ e n~~er of pp~ple · ton· time.

The circular on the next ;page ;as mailed. to

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\"'VREA~ BARLEY OATS

MILLET

SORGHUM RYE.

THE KIT CARSON COUNTY FAPJ·.i BUREAU .

RE00M14ElmS

THAT EVE.RY 'FAPJ!ER TREAT THE FOLLOV!I~G QlaiNS ~'fOR

SMUT. you can insure your Fe.zlJl Roo61.Pta from

loss by smut for 2 oonts a,n acre. O:o..o p1nt

ot

Forma.J d.ohydC in fo.rty gaJJ.ons of ~to± ,1T1ll treat

fo.rty bushel-s of Wheat. Cost Of about 8 oonts an

a.c.ro cv·.~ w.hon :rou a.dd labo e <X) s t • ·

Corn Smut and loose smut· of barley are

not

ooz:r-..

troll,ed by these mothocts.. . ·

Th.o E.xocutivo Oommi ttc-e o.£ tho F.cw:.-m Bur{)&u 11'11Jh,eo

to a,.sk evoo.:y Fa:.cmer who treats hi.s gra.U. for smut> to

ropol't the a.mount and mothod too Mr Cla..rk Reooe who

is Oo1.mtynProject Lead.or fo.r

·me

Plant and Animal ~is~.o

Pro j c-ot., Send a card. to Mr CJ.11-rk Roaoe-1 Seibert, Colo.

POTATO SCA.B I; - One pint of E'a.:cJJaJ d.Abyd.@ to 30 gallons of

• Ta..ter." Soak un.out spUds fox two ho'gXs. Ona ao~ution may bo

used for four wa.s.hings. Pl.a:Jt tr.aatod tUbors 1n clean t;oll•

FOR1-L\]~DEHYDE LENGTH OF TIME

KIND OF SMUT BOLU'"l'ION TO SOAK.

Bunt O.X StiD.king Smut.. l pint to 40 gal.lons. 10 t ·o 30 minutes~

Clo.sod smut. n " n •

lll k.ind.s • u n 10 to 1.5

om

in u.t es.

All ki.nds. tt " 4tO to 60 minut.oo ...

Kexn.el smut.. 11 _n 10 to

ao

_m1nu:;.;ca ...

St.cm Smut. 11 _tt 10 to l5 _minutes~

USE ONE OF THREE METH.ODS.

SOAKING METHOD. "-Clean gra.j n tho..r(;Ughl y. Dip loosely fil..l.cd. a&o.ks in

solution~ dxa.in, J-.Ji:Lo grain a.nd ot.")Vel' wi tl1 sa.ck.s; which have

ooen

aoak.od ill

tihc solutton,n.ot loss than six now than 12 hours. Spread out in a thin

layer e.nd dry thoroughly. Until perfectly dry tr.aatod a~ is ~omewha.t

swol~~.

l

f plan:t.ed in thio condi tlon the s.ec.d.lY.C must be sot to allow m0J.'~'0

seed pax ao.rc. Do J.lt.>t lot tr-P...d.terl. s.e.od freeze c-r sprout. Tree ted seed may

be kopt tn.de.finitely if thCJroughly dried and prote.oted from f'\JXther

oon-tamina·tion. Storage sa.oks a.n.d. bins shvuld bo treated with Fo.rma.Ldehyd.e :

Svlution~

SPRINKLING METHOD c Spread gxain on olo.an flocu:, wagon bad ox oa.nv~

Sprinkle s-olution as it is being shovel-ed around. Shovel over at loast

thr.ee tira.es-. Pile and cover as under ao.&king method. DRY. If stored put

in dxy sacks which have been treated in Formaldehyde solution.

OPEH TANK METHOD. Grain containing smut ba.lls must be poured loos.o

into solu.tion. Stir thorou.ghl.y and sk.i.m o.ff Smut Ba.ll.s. Soe.k lQngt.h of

time giv0n ill ta.ble, :remove g.r&in,oover as d.ireoted a.bova~d.r.y thorough.ly,., CELLAR FUMIGATION. Fo.r 1000 Cu Ft of epa.co, use 8.3 o'\lll.CQe of Potas-sium

Perma.ngallato., a.nd t.hre.e pints of Fa.rmaJ dehyde. Should not be less than

l6o bu.ah.o~s ot· potatoes pe.r 1000 ou ft. Sproa.d orystals of Permanga.na-t.e

in s.evox.eJ. pana. Add Fo.rxnaJ del)yde at th.e rate of 3 pints to every 2.3 oun...ar..J of permangan.a.te. Ke£3p atara.g,e house o~o.aed tightly fo.r 24 hours, then op~

and ve.nti.J..ate. .

ANTIDOTE. Gj. ve Ammonia in d.i..lu.ted solution With mill or Whi t.e of egg,

a.lao i.nhaJ..ati.ooo of amm~ni.a.

. SEE your. Community C'ommi tte.ema.n for Plant a.D!i An' mal Diseas-e a.nd. hal.~ b im a,.n.ange

a.

deJ:Xhins tra t ion 1n t.rea.t iD.g_ _gra.i na for s.nru.t ···

APPROVED. Clark Reece.

County P.r.~ j eot

Lea:a:et

for

Plant and Anlmal Di.s.ea.se Pro j oot.

H

.o.

Strange.

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(

It in impossible to give a oheck on rewulte in this ca.~1e. Th ... re is no doubt however that there

was more wheat treated thia year tha.n ever before •. One man treated more than 4, 000 bushelE;h Ue i~si or+e

of the largest wheat growers in this county. ~Ch·e

County Agent has heard of lt.I.Qny :-new members in th

smut testing ~Qmily •

.,q

The in argument is that the wheat can be in•

sured from s:::nut~ for less than two cents an acre if

they will ttrea.t 1 t, for SltlUt.

our

p$ople are used

to hail insurance so thia smut insurance looks

chean to them.

Six dem nstrat!ona were given on treatirtg

whea.t for smut, a.t one of these cane and barley

were aleo treated and thirty bushels of potato·e--·

tr~ated tor sea •

The work on smut tre tmant ha s saved ,~1. 400 00

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/ PU~NT Alf.D · 1T!M~ P"f-ST CO;t'l~RoL.

/J"ACK RtillBl?S. The County Agent heard complaints

about jack rabbi ,~s the first :month 11->t this year. A

were nly fair. It is -~1~:rd tc t";.et r::.'ib ~esu ts from

tnick 'bu·f~ they do abov:t · :)200, 000.

oo

wo th oi damage

O.ue method which 'brought fair resa.lta was salt

'bored :Unto -t e ·bottoms of :fence osts, ..just about the gz·ou:nd line. This method has spread all over the morth

ra~bbi ts poisoned ·this way.

Another method found ·,o ba v~ry effecti e was

12 quart oa.ne ;;)eed, 1 oz. Strychnine alk. 1

oz.

·baking soda, mixed dry, 1 tablespoon s ~..arch .. 1~adu

:i: 1;o st&l'"uh ~ · lution. . our dry roi:{ in al wl .

.r

a.:nd add

l teeeupf 1 salt. then mix all over ~ane seed.

L~. Jame Silver of tne Bioligic~l Survey

(44)

(

-36-Eleven demonstrations were held and eleven meetings with 55 people in attandanoe. A total

\

ot

6,000 rabbits vere poisoned with a probability of

~re ~nd at least ~1,000 saved from d struction by

t . 0 rabbits.

The

Board of Commissioners bought

~50 .00 of poi on and the far.mers bou ht some.

The ~ampaign this fall has been started.with a

more definite nlan.

irst .. --the call cam from the :pro le. One

community petitioned the Board of ~ommissioners to

buy th ₈polson and they would pay one-fourth of the

oost

or

it.

'fhe co1nm.:i.asionera bou 1t >200 .00 of o son to

st rt ith and demon~tr~t·ons have be n h-1 in two

oom:muni ties.

T e unty Agent p:r p e.. he poison !·1 one-half

ounce box a, properly labeled and went into Id e ild

a.11d Ca va ey co. 1111 ties, a de nons ratio eting

e ounty

Ag nt demonst:t:'a.t d th mixing ""' t.. poiso and the

roper a; plicZ-t:ton of it. The o mntunlties seleoted

oqmmitteeman to aolleat one-fourth of the cost

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agreed to report their results to him d h9 is to

repo t h ..,..esult and s ... nd one·fourth of the ~Joat f

th poiaon to

J. o.

Hendricks, who i County Proj ot

Leader for plant and nimal p st control ork. 1 e

proj ot for 'his fall follo

·mien.---

Jack Rabbit •

.

HO--- Any one in this County ho ·s int r• ested in using the best way to get rig. of the jack

rabbit •

·---· The best ti e i e in the rinter, . hen

the :rabbi ta are oolleatea in bltr:Hlh A-;, espea!aJ .. l .. after

sno storms, when the trail are plain in the corn

fields. or a other place wh.er they a.re fe ... ding.

VrnrnRE-··· In oo~~uniti~e or pla ea n thi Co nty

h

re

the p ople i . to do ueh ~ork •

.--- HO ----·- Sotre co_ nuni 1 · s p ~t:.i t · o1 ed he Board

of o iasion to approp i~te money

tor

bb·t

po oning and tbi' s done.

1'he trychnine eo ta .. 2. 00 ner ot no anc the

men who e~ tio ed aid

tn

t they ouJr pay. one•fourth

t e cost of Ahe oiRon.

Hethod of .ixing th, poison: ·

1. x1ix

·lt

tables:poor1 fuJ l of ₁a.un ry starch in

cup of . ater and stir into* pint of b·mling water to make a

th: n

clear pa .te.

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2. ~ix together dry

t

ounce owdered

strych-nine and

t

ounce of baking soda and stir slo

uy

into the hot starch paste.

3. Stir in

t

teacup of table salt.

4~ Apply this mixture to six quarts of clean

cane seed.

5. e poisoned bait is ready to put out as soon as mixed. It is import nt that the bait is

put out where the rabbits are KNOWN TO FE]jD ·AT IIGHT,

and should be scattered slightly on we1l worn tr~ils

and other places where there tracts in the snow, show that they congregate in considerable numbers. If th

loose grain is slightly scattered there is no danger

of stodk picking it up. A CLEAR COLD NIGHT ~fiTH

CONSIDERABLE SNO ON THE GOU!'lD IS THE IDEAL TID TO

POISO RABBITS. If the poisoning is put o:f'f until

after the weather gets warmer, the rabbits scatter and

the opportunity to destrpy large numbers on a small

ar~a. ;is lost.

CAUTIOI'f·--All poisoned ba.i t and. all uncleaned poison utensils used in preparing the bait, should be

kept plainly labeled and out of reaoh of irresponsible persona or livestock.

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lethod of g tting results nd oh eking results.

The Idlew1.ld Community, .Torth of Stratton, hav selected Mr. E. J. Malone a.s ·Chairman or Committeeman

and they get the poison from him and pay

*

of the cost

to him. They a.lso report their results t him and

the Chairman. ill turn this money over to lJ r. J.

o.

Hendricks, who is in charge of the pest control work. It is important that results are also reported.

Demonstrations will be given in mixing a.nd a ply-ing the poison, by the County Agent and some of the

men who have done this work will be glad to demin·

strate.

PRAIRIE DOGS.

Three d ... monstrations ha'fe been given with three d monstration meetings. Ten prairie dog towns h.ve

been poisoned and cleaned up. l'r. "" . Van "1a.nning, Committeema for this projcot has don exaellent ork in &econd C ntral Community. He hao talc ... n ·orders

and distributed 30 gallon of poison although part of this has bean on the squirrel p ison ork.

The prairie dog towns are very scattered in ti1i

caunty and it is hard to get a concerted effort by

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..

40-GRASSHOPPERS.

Three demonstration meetings

w.

r eld and

pQison mixed and applied at each. One hundred forty

~crea ere poieoned by a number of different people.

Results were goo in all case a but one and it 'las four ks after the »oisoning before thia field

tas inspected. The hoppers \vere not regarded as

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I

J

HOllE IMPROVE:MENT.

The executove committee

tried

to · range a series of one dey ·nstitutes but arrangements were

not completed. They also lanned on c circular

to a number of women, with the idea of interestiri

them in the 1-Iome Improvement work and in hopes

that they ight ge~ th to sen

for

"Farmers

Bulletin 927n, and thus get an interest st rte

The following circular and:;r.letter _' _.

w s :mailed t ·o 500 women:

The xeeu ti v Corm · ttee of the Kit Carson County •arm Bureau at the regular meeting a.t Vona., Colorado,

on July 19th, d cided to mail out t e enclosed

cir-cular in order that the Woman's part of the Har.m Bureau Program might in a small way be started. The

Iceless regriger tor is a great help to th housewife

ho cannot -et ice, and if you will sand .for *'.i'armers

Bulletin 92711 , 1 t ill g:i. e c mpl te inst ructions -tor

making it as well as a descript1on of · ny other things

which are of interest to house ives.

The present arm Burea plan of work is for each community to decide wha.t problem ill be solYed r

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-42-Conmtunitiea decided on a. :program in home conveni-ences but no deflnite part of the \vork to be taken up • .

Consequ ntly the Executive Committee has decided upon this method and it is hoped that next year moat of

the Co:mmuni ties will find some epee.ltal probiem to work upon.

An interesting subject \Vhioh ~as di scusaed at

I

this meeting was, Trees around the Home".

It has been repeatedly stated by a number of

p ople that every farm home in Kit Carson County could have a nioe · €rov~ of treea surrounding it.

Some of the statem·enta made at the meeti.ng a.re as

follows~ '1It will increase the va.lu$ of every

acre of land to have a nioe gr~ve around the Home ."

nThe women should

see

that the m~n get the ~rouna

ready thi.s fall so they oa.n buy trees :erom the State

Forester next sprine; at a very reasonable .:>rice."

"It does not pay

tp

plant trees in sod so a liberal

strip should be plowed for the trees this fall;*'

Lilac buShes and Flags seem to grow any nlace and under any conditions here.~ Farm Bure~u eans to

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-43-women as ushal will do more than their part. H. O. STRANGE,

County Agent."

(

MRS. BEN H. BOESE,

County Project

Leader

for Hom Conveniences Project .

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Form No.6. (Revised 1919.)

COOPERATIVE EXTENSION WORK IN AGRICULTURE AND HOME ECONOMICS.

U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGES

COOPERATING.

STATES RELATIONS SERVICE, OFFICE OF EXTENSION WORK, NORTH AND WEST,

WASHINGTON, D. C.

ANNUAL REPORT OF COUNTY AGENT.

Due November 30, 1919.

state,

---~~---

county, ______

r..J.

_(!!~~

Report of ____________________________

~'

---~d4£..-~---

---______ ,

County Agent.

From

-~Stq,-_'/R'__,

to November 30, 1919.

( rr agent bas not been employed entire year, indicate exact period. Agents resigning during year should make out this report before quitting the Service.)

Approved:

Date, ____________ ___ ___ ___ _ _ _ _ _ ___________________________ _ (N arne) _____________________________________________________________ _

•

President of Fa.rm Bureau.

Approved and forwarded by:

Dat~, ---~-

_ __

_/J;/ _____________ _

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2

SUMMARY REPORT OF WORK OF COUNTY AGENT.

To THE CouNTY AGENT:

In the annual report due from each agent it is desired that the agent give a clear, concise account of the work of the year. This report should be divided into two parts: (1) A narrative report, and (2)

a tabulated or summary report.

(1) Narrative Report: This is by far the more important part of the annual report and should be in effect a statement in orderly fashion, and under appropriate subheadings of the work done and the results secured under each project undertaken, as well as the n1iscellaneous work accomplished. 'rhis report may be illustrated with photographs, maps, diagrams, blue prints, or copies of charts used in demonstration work.

(2) Summary Report: This is really designed to be a summary of those features of the narrative report that can be tabulated. In order that cmnparable State and national sunnnaries may be made, it is necessary that each agent use practically the same method of tabulating. To secure such uni-formity, the accmnpanying blank has been prepared. It is based on the report blanks used by the agents since the work started and covers only the more usual phases of the work. Under each sub-division of the blank, space is provided to accmrunodate such entries as an individual agent may wish to make. Some of the questions will not apply to the work in a certain county, and these, of course, need not be answered. It may often happen that the added items are more important than the pro-vided headings. It may also be necessary at times to 1nake estimates, but, so far as possible, all data should be based on office records. The following pages are designed as a form which the agent may

use in accounting for such phases of his work as it may be possible to put in tabular form.

Instructions for tabulating results of demonsta,tion worlc.-Below are given instructions for use in

filling out tables on page 5 of the summary report.

These tables are for the purpose of tabulating the definite demonstration work* of the agent where accurate known results were secured. Under each of the following titles with appropriate subheadings list all demonstration work in relation to that subject: Corn, Oats, Wheat, Potatoes, Alfalfa, Other Farm Crops, Orchard Fruits, Small Fruits, Truck Crops, Soil Demonstrations, Liming, Green Manuring, Drainage, Miscellaneous Demonstrations in Relation to Crops and Soils, Feeding Demonstrations, Stock Judging, Hog-cholera Control, Blackleg Treatment, and Miscellaneous Demonstrations in Relation to Live Stock.

(1) In column 1 give the total nu1nber of den1onstrations in regard to each particular subject, whether a meeting was held or not, but do not list demonstrations given at miscellaneous public Ineet-ings, such as institutes, short courses, far1ners' clubs, etc.

(2) In column 2 list all demonstration meetings held.

(3) In column 3 give the total attendance at meetings listed in column 2.

(4) In column 4 give a measure of the total number of units involved in the demonstration in terms of acres, tons, bushels, etc.

(5) In column 5 give results of demonstrations, expressing results in terms of increased yield in bushels, tons, dollars, acres, etc. Indicate the measuren1ent used. Do not give the increase in percentage.

(6) In column 6 give the total profit secured due to increase as given in column 5 after all addi-tional expenses of the method demonstrated, including the extra cost of harvesting and marketing, have been deducted.

*A demonstration is an effort designed to show by example the practical application of an established fact. Demonstration may be of methods or results.

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R. 51 R. 50 _R.₄₄ _{R. 43} _It_4t

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On this page draw or attach a map of your county, showing community boundaries and number of bureau members in each community.

Locate officers and executive committee with an X. I.; ate community committ~em n with a dot.

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i

3

$ , ,, 2_ _·-· --11 f.S' 17 IS .! J I 19 2 -' T. i I JJ JS I' 31 t 5 ~ T. i I

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4

On thi paO'o draw or attach a map of your ounty, showing community boundario., and locating th ro 11 demon. trntion. li tcrl on page ,') of this report.

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5

SUMMARY REPORT OF WORK OF COUNTY AGENT.

Name of demonstration, classifying under (1) crops, (2) live stock, (3) sJil, (4) farm business, (5) miscellaneous.

(A) LIST OF DEMONSTRATIONS. p· Number of demon-strations, 1919. 2* Number of meetings at demon-strations, 1919. 3* Total attendance at meetings, 1919. 4* Total units in demon-strations, 1919. 5* Resultant increase (yield per acre or other

measurement), 1919. 6* Total profit due to increase given in column 5, 1919. - - - 1 - - - - -- 1 - - - - 1 - -- -1-- - - 1 ILLUSTRA'l'IVE EN'rRY. 12

3 ,.

~ j() I I .3 II ~ 250

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DISTRIBUTION· OF WORK OF COUNTY AGENT.

(Inrlude both field and office work in each project.)

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Febn>"'Y·I --.- - _:

December. January. March. April. May. June. July. August. September. October. November. TOTAL ..

Days. DaJfS. Days. Days. Days~ Days. Days. Days. Days. Days. Days. Days.