Annual report, county extension work in Colorado, 1922: Arapahoe County

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COOPERATIVE EXTENSION ·ORK I

GRICULTURE

AND HO)E CONO"ICS

t

te Agricultural College of

Colorado ~

u. s.Department of

Agriculture and Arapaho County Cooperating.

ANNUAL REPORT OF COUNTY AGENT ORK

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-s-STATUS- OF OOUNTY

ORGAliZ TION.

coWlty org n za.tion of Arap hoe County as a county

Farm

er due to the fact th

t

th2

organiz tion

it

ex1

t

d.

sup

rfioi

l

org-

ization ithcut any re l fouad-tion. it could

of

th1

lack· of foundation th

bar

hip

·hiCh t

fell off yearly untill

it

di ppeared entirely

Had 'he organization been a purely county organiz tion and not

hooked

p

to . tat

and

n tio a.l organiz tion, the condition ou d h :we

been better and no doubt the

origin

l organiz

t1on

aved. Ho ver the

d

for d es eto.

de from the t te organiz tion e peo1 lly r

th

nua.l du for the

oounty

_ember

o h i gh

th~t

practically none we're

bl

to

join

even

tho

they

1 hed to do o. It

the fe ling ong tb

em era

th

t

they had

reall y received very little from either th

ooua:ty

or the

t te organization , h1oh

rnight

be true , but

they

for the mo t

art

did

:re liae

tba:~

the

national

body

had

really

accompli. bed

aometh1ng.

If they

could have

done

o ~ th

y

would have to a

probably been illing

to

b

ve

p

1 th

n tion

l

ue

~ but

tbia eemed to not be po ibl •

·The

policy

here .

in

th

i

county to ard ll f rmer Qrg iz ion

1 the same. e ndevo to tre

t

them all

ali ke

and

f

~or

non of the •

It

i

our

1m to work

it

l.l a:nd thru ll 1n

any

anner th

t

can b

of a sistanoe to the far

era

at 1 rge or even to the member • Mo

t

ll of

the work done in the pa

t

year ha been done tbru the Grange , the F

Union local • omens clubs eto.

Fro the forgoing it ill be

een

th

t

t th pre nt ti

i

no co

nty

organiz tion in this county. However there are quit

of loc.al

of

the t o organizations named nd thru thee e h ve

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--PROG 0

ORK

At the last annual meeting of the Arapahoe

County

Far

this

body

s

till

some

hat

ctive, progr of work

much e this program

goo

on 1

w follo d out so

~

E

peci

lly

llt h ,-

or

ne

he

p

t

y

ar.,done

out

1 the pro r

adopted.

.

Due to the fact ho ever

tll.at

the organization oeas d to . ct d

to

tb

f

ot

th

t

there a no

community organiza:tio ., only

the

aupe

fioi l

le dera, th oommunity end ever having been ore

t

d,the work

for

tbe

most part oa.rrJ.ed out · itbout the i.d of

community

le .ders. 0

eeveral

f

the

project

ery

littl was

ever

ao • hil o.

othe~s

h work

en done . Followin

i

g

ven tbe project

op

e

th

l

o h

pr done .

·

P

.s:r ,)

'ITROL•

T

e

object

of

this

project

to

~1·

Ar pahoa County of the

exi •

t1ng prairie doge . The ork s pl nned divided th o

·1P 1~

up 1 to

t

o

p

rts. The

e:

ring campaign and the fall c

apign.

Si

oe

back 1

1917

l1

ork h s been

done

on the

prairie

o

of Ul1

county.

:Most of

it

s

unorganize,d

and

done

i

th individuals . and

quently

little

as

ooomplished-

Ho v r

i

1920

ffort as

e

to

e

the ork startect on an organized b

1a, in tact

th1 ove had been st-rtea

year or o sooner than this date . Ho ever d e to the fa0t th

t

cert~1B

persons estim- ted that it

~ou.ld ~·

30, 000 to 40. 000 to do the or ,

it

as

let drop

after

o .~,. f1oi

l

notices had been sent out and other prep rations

had been a.de. Due · to this oondi t io he w st rt.ed th ork

p

a· n in

the spring of !922 m

y

person doub.

the re nee of

t

e o e and 1.

took some little time to

convince

them tba we

~

ant business. However ae

soon as the

f

ot wa.s est bli

hed~

th

~

great majority of the people threv

in

lith

us and worked to ake th oa.mpaig;n a success .

Vr·.

s.J.Hanks

of

Deer Trail as appointed field deputy. '!'he work

as carried on under the

provisions

of the Color do Pest L

d mo

t~i f

ot ·uea.rly a.;l.l

the

to

nehip of

the ea.tern half of the county , re

creat-ed pest diet riots under the

leadership

of former

County

Agent

• Groom.

The active

fi

ld ork st rted February

Iet ~ I922 .

Three dates for final

inspection ere sat e follo s; Ranges 5'7 and

58

comprising four townships ,

.Ka.roh I5tb; Ranges 59

d SO

also

our to nshipe, Apr 11 I

t;

a.nd Ranges

61 and 62 made up also of four tonnships April I5 h. Printed notioe

ccompanied

by

letter er seat

out

to ll 1 downer • The first poisoned

grain

as ixed

t Deer

Tr

il

on FebrJ&rY I5t • Sever l sto ms tended to

delay the 1ork and th fin l dates had to be extended sever l times in

order to be fair to the l

do

ners.

The poisoned gr· in used as mixed coording to the Biological

Survey formula nd a

prepared and sold to the people by the county· at

cost . Speo1 l b gs ,rrinted with the campaign slogan ere used for the grain

and lso speci 1 letterheads d envelopes with a n at cut and the oam pign

logan

ere

used in all oorrespondeno • 1 o on each bag of poisoned grain

as attatohed

tag ~ g1vi

short direction and a rning. A oonsid r ble

mount. of ne s i:Jjer e prepared

~d. ~

in the looa.l press.

The County Agent a.oted ae c·ounty Pest Inspeo or and ev u

ho

1

e h

one an in the

field all the

me

and

t

o

part

of

the time

a

the ork ... ook o

uoh time ·tha a.ll other project had to be ore or

leas

neglvo d in

order to m ke - ucc s of this main o e .

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-

5-e id5-es th5-e h lp in th5-e county

al o reoe1v d tb

1 t

oe

·Of

Jo aph

Key

s

,Biological

Ass1 ant , in

charge

of rodent ork 1 the

olora.do

diatr1et~he

quarters" Den er. And also e ·er often ss1t d

by

"r. . L. Burn

tt;

eputy state

~

o

olo 1s't , in oha.r of rodent control.

T e uoo s of the or in the oounty

due

in

g

e

t

me sure to the

siet ce of . bea to n . ..

t

to our

f

ld deputy st e give the

c edit for the remark bl speed .that the ork

ooomplished and

the

g~od t-

ill th :t as esta.bl1eh d and ma1nt ined

t:owa.rd

the peopl

and

that

of the people to rd the oounty. nd the solid euppor\ of the Honorable

BoaTd of County Commissioners must not be o erlooked. They have 1n very

in · ance 'uppor ed. the ove

d made

the

a co ss possible

by

thi solid

b eking. It c

be

truthfully

id

~h ~

this

ork as

carri

d

o·

olean

d

a.oo

.

d

f

r

I

he

w-

o

aft

no 1

u

o

lie u d in

any

st c . e pro ad

tot

ople th

t

apuolic

work

oan be h

led pparently free from . gr

ft nd \o th 1r r al.

int

ret

~nd

done

\i 1 th

eed d little

p

ns •

work.

In cl

nl

g

u

h

f

r

a.i

ing

ogs oar

b1sulph1

e g· a as

d

l

• ·e

·ound

t

r

o uld o tain

jute

b 11 e bad uc

atter

success

i

h

th as . One of the main trouble we h

it

the

p

ople a

to get them o put out enough gr in nd to put it out right . Also in the

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..

-6-as

use or ·the

hole

was not com

le'tely

closed.

re used.

ere needed for ihis

ound ot: o

bo

bisul

ith

this

3350

jute

ball

• 18.560

ores of

non-A

grea;·

deal of the

t

1 ...,

bet

.een.

the

olos

ing of the sp ing

cam-.. d th ·

start of

the U'll work

taken

up

in

preparing

for

tb

f

ll

• N,

notice

re rn

il d

o

t

ll l

do nere on

September

20th.

A l

te

a.l

o

ccomp~ ie

thee

notices as be-for • These notice e e

- _ lad

t:o

all,

hose in

th · eastem

h

.

ell

those

in

the estern. The

reae-on

for m.a.1l1ng to thos of th

~

as

ern as

to

ba.ve

them see that all

were being

treated

all.k and also o

call

on

them

to make

a ale up

. ca.m~

ign

during the fall

mon'ths .• In the

cas-e o

the

fall.

ork

.only

one

fin&l

date

a et

ed.

d~

founf in the spring ork

that instead

of being

a

help the

og es <&ng

fi

l

ate not

only

e e

not

he.l

but a

nusiance

as

the peopl

ould

put

ff

the

w~

k

till

th l

e .

in

~e.and

1 stead of·

ing progress

.. y

th1-

me

bod

lHi

were del

y

d. As

i

the

apri

or

.numerous

press

articles

h

;vr

been .ru ,no only in the local

p

es

but 1n t e large

c1

ilie

o

Denver as ell.

Oux-

prairie dog · ork is

rece1v.e.i.ng

quite

a,

great ttea.l

of

ublicity~

-and

th1& il'!.

it

elf has help d to

keep

it

a ljcve.

1.ssue •

.Also to

eep

it

before the

peopl

the Cotmty T~easurer

very

kindly

allowed us to

rint our elogan etc. on

the

fa.o-e of

his

deli

gu

t

cards

whoih

to

the "

ber of ae

er~l

thoun d .e• maile otto lando ners. Also ene lope

ioke~

here obta.in"'

d

e

being

us

by

all

the oo

ty

off

aes

on

heir l te -a.

l •

.Al o

nrairi# dog

oasd

w

d.

up,pz1nt -

d

1 b ing

s~d

tc

irt

struot

·h

ne e

1

eded and

a

a.ving

con

1derabl.J

letter writing.

nother

ol1ang

for thi

f

ll is the &d.d:ition

of

a

:almaller

bag for poisoned

oat • Tb gr

in

the

pest

spring

·a.

put

up in bag hold.hg 35 lbe#and IS lbe

r

p

otiv~ly.

Th1e fall .e ill also

uee s

~1

bag that

wi~l

hold? or

8

~hs.

..

d

w

lll be

hand.y

fo. ho e h . g

a.U

f

ted a.orea.gee,

a.n for

th

w ·

hin ··

·y.

t

a

f t

o

t

in

clea; i ...

g

up. All b

are

p:rinte

before.

Th._

p

1

f

tlt

po · on

d

grai

~

his

f l

has been cut ·ue to th

lo

~er

cost

of rnateric-.ls. Due to the f.a.ct

that

lffr. H s our fo er deputy oa.n not con ..

1 ue to act

for

personal re,sa.on of bUsinees,te have

appointed ·

new

deputy

[r.

W.B.

D~tri

:a.son

who

bai~~

an old:

resident.

in

the

oountl

and kno

~ing

:the

country :el . ah ul.d: .. -..ke

good

a.n

1n the

place.

no

ver it nnJ.e be eaid

~ n(Nt Mr. H~ k·

ooe

su.., of hi o k and

regr

tb

t

he

cannot

con- ·

tinue. Be ide

1~·.

Dais

n,lr.,

Leo

J.Luoey of

BYer

~h·

s been

h·-lpin

e

in

t

f ·

ld .

ofl!k.

· doing

oons1de•

ble

ocntr cting

hi el.&

hi

fa.~l

d

do

1

tt

e

i

ap ting.

Howe

r h.e

1s

Tery

v l.u bls in

a.

J.il:li

ing

~

the field d h

ved e any trip

out ov r the oou • }

r.

Luoey

ie also

(8)

Th fi

· he lan no

re to put

by the

oounty~for

the pu ose of

1ng do s . Due to the

f

ct

that the

into

h

fi

ld

-a-LIVESTOCK•

The object of ou 1.1veetock

project

a.a,to ork with

d possibly

organize out JUre

bred li

e ·took breeders of

tbe

eet end

of·

the eo\mty.

To intoduo irrigaAed p eturee and to organize several l1vestook elu _s

in the

Boy

d Girl· Club or •

In the ork of

org

izing the

breeders

m cb a done . Ho

ever

after

n eroue eeti

g ,

lot of

etter riting to. the effort c e lmo t to

n

ght .

Our

pl

i&e to have all

t ·he

different

ola.s ee of tock to be

o:r-ganized

under

one head.. This

idea

~ent

ell un"ill apparently some of the

breeders decided that

they

-v

ould rather have separat org&Uization • At

h is

dat

the matte·r 1

a.t

stand

ill ~ however

the probab-1lit1e

r th&

a beef c

t _

e b e ,.d-ers

org

1za.tion ill

be

the

outsome

of the

star

ade.

~

en

if e

did

not

get

bat

e ent after, -e

did accompli h

o

ething

Thia district s}ttroun

1ng

t

e

otwu of

Littleton,coun y seat , 1n

e

1ty

has

the honor of h

~ing

the most and the best

pare.bred

livestock of the est.

Acoord1ngly I have been working 'c a coaaidera.ble extent with

the

Commerce

Club of Littleton in advertis-ing this fa.ot the the country. Our herds a.re

at thi ri\ing showing at the Royal at K sas

City ans shortly ill be

sh ng at the Intern tion

t Chic o. These m

n

ha e ith

t

e

l1~t le

le lets calling ttention to the Littleton district . These leaflets

ell

consider ble ne m tter ere r1tten

by

There

ie no que tion

but ha.t interest 11

piokin

up in the livestock m ttere and e look for

some real ·developementa he coming

ye

r . hen it is re lized th

~

practi c lly

nothing here\ofor

:hM

ever been don in

the

west end of this county 1t

ill be realized tbat r ul'ts cannot

be

brot on the inute. Ho ever in

nearly ev

ry

ay tbings look good here and th people generally

hav~e

a

· · b

tter

understanding

of

hat

extension ork

.1e

and

t

1t

oa.n b made

to

o for

t.h

m. _

Aa

regards the p sture end of

his

projec-t little need

be

s id.

Not lese than six irrigated paeturee b :v-e been put in or ·•ill be put in a

· result of

our

ork. This country needs

p

t

res d

it ill

o

ly

ean

tlle starting of the move to

get it going

among the

big

breeders . Among

·th

ae

p

ure there ill be one s eet clo er,three t e

gra.es;and

the

toher

t

o ill prob

bly

be

t

e

gr

s

also.

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,-/

L1v took$>espeoially

1n

\lle

est

end 1

po

sib1l1

y -·

r

aome

good wor • e re not.

overlooking

the

fao and ar planning o " c

t1tr~1ng

and 11ler

-tt·

1n the effo:rts that have

been

eta.rted. We ha.v here

.bout. ·

Littleto hat

w

ar

pro pted to call 1

t ,

The Pure Bred

Live took Cente

of

th

/

(10)

c _oP I

_OVE

_T•

obj ot of the o op project

ture

et oion ; F 11

ry

l

te

under

dry

l - con ition •

See Re

ist~

t1on; This included Kanred

No I3 o n.

0 Tri ls . To

ry

ou

under

d.ry

1 n -y

and Girl Clu or •

r ;

in he pr g and

et olov r

h t,Golden Je el corn d

i

_•

cindition the Ne r . o 2 o

_,.

ts .

0

they

(11)

fARKFTI

Q ..

min

tn

regr

ooul

t

Th obj ot of the

To .e

t

blish, if po

A cow

itte

thi

projee

ll th

re

t

t ble to sa

other mov

l

up a

d 11

te

ers

from

the

1

dle

this past fall. Ho ev

took listed, not on

the blank sent the •

e on

-1

-IO•

keting project

aible. more effioie t ystem of

rketing.

c

rry

out

ct.

To my

good work

ct .

r

it is

for

1 ty

ooul de 1 d r

n an

di

o

n 1

t

t e ta;

y

part to get

t

1

(12)

POULTRY•

los

r

e o

j

ot

Fir

t -

To

•

Seoo~d.-

To

A

to r

s e purpose.

lo

the

t

1

p

ojeo

r

1 O*

u.s for l.o

f

flock •

'

one of consider

ome time.i

follo e .

rc

h

to e

-

II-of

c

1 lt

to tb

p

o l

cia

ly

since

ve been th

t .

Duri

oultry

o the conditions

ys .

ade of ver 1 poultry farms

d htoheriea for this

t the s

e

the ohio loss as being inv s igate •

•

b

t

r

• the

l

or ,

g

not

(13)

able to give

any

results

from

~hem .

Poultry next to livestook j is one.of our biggest aeseta for the

fa:rme~s

heTe.

In

the

we,st

end

of

this

country

are

a

n11mber

of

large

and

ell managed poultry pla.nts.

I~ea.r

Littleton

we have twe of as fine pure

·red poultry :tamers

r.~~rS

are

in

this tate . Over the

e

stern

ead.the

dry

land

se~t1on,

tb.ere

are

any 'farm

flocks and it

will be one

of

our

Fr!ain

lines

ot

ork to h lp thee& fa.rmer

, and

eapecia.ll.y their wive:s.tin &king

their flocks

better

Slld

composed

of

h1ghe·r

p:rodue1ng

hens .

(14)

-

!3-HO '"E IMPROVErfENT•

Objeot- To brig

tc :the

how.s

wives of

th~

county a.ll po ible

~

siat

1·

1

t:h

i:r

n

'Oro

lema.

Tbe uoces of

the

Ho

L ·

I mp

ov

1ent project

i

in gre· m a.sur

du to the a1 tanc of Mrs . Ch· Jon s of Littleton. She of ll the

o igin

~ly

ppo1nted of fice a of th

County

Farm Bur au h

ulfilled

her

a,i

"'o assist.

She

h;"l.

g ven

much. of

her

t

1m

a.nc1

energy to the ork

and only

tor

her

nearly 11 the many meetings and

ae

onstr tion held

ould not .have been possible. Ju.at r c

nt.ly

ehe.

has

been further providi g

herself it de

1~abl

1nformat1o by ttend1ng the special ooucees in dr

e-'"ing

and h"'

t

~ing 1

g en

1 D

ver.

At

he

es

nt

t

plans

· e

in

the m 1 g

to

h

e her

put in oh rg of this womene ork,

t

least

in the , e

t

ud of

th .

county , aud to

fu

1 h

:fund to r 1mbur.se

h

r :fer

the time she 1 ee to

t

work.

Up

to

this

ye

practically no omens

me

ting ha.d

ever

en -held

the west end of

t

e

cotm

y.

In

fao a has been

sta~ed bexore ~

o

i

of

work done h

~etofore

as don

bout

two or three small to e .

How-ver th

p

t y

~

r

the .om n of the west end get ome

oi

the ood tha.

their due.

Many

m et1ngs have been held and e ver l one

and

t

o

day

dressm

tng

d illi ary chools have been carried ou,. The demand for this

kmd of wor is

ay

yon our a

;p

bil1

y

of

m.

eting

it.

This

county

eboul(l have

a.

regular

bcme

demonstration agent

and

she would be

ery

b

y p

rson to

ay

it

be

~·

id.

Quite

a,

number of dress

1e:r:e

started

as

re ult

of

th lheeting ,

n r~s.o hats fie '-' ' • d

a

arte •

A o

one or tv1o

dres

fora tneeting

ere

bel •

For

he

moat

p

rt

all

he

m et1ngs we ·e held

tbru th

looal

womena clubs , an .

ntost: of

the

~

were

h

ld

n

the

st · nd of

the co ..

1ty.

Th :t·t :ndanc ·

ae

g

nerally

good d

if

not

storms

or some

otl1er

good

e

aeon aooo ted for 1t.

e

hit

ce

and s ve l

til'fl

e

be

done h

re

if

it

~ere

po

ibJ.e. The

at, .

e

Hay

es.la~

lyres

gned,Yra e

BLanch Hyde

~4

all cont.

t

be for

f r

a

ay

wee

able .

In fa.ot we · :ere fo u te 1n obt ining their rvio s probably a.s

often as an o her one ooun

y •

.,ban

it

ia considered that

t.her

was

litt.le done with

1.t only in

the s ing and later

f

ll

months~it

1'" good

t

know tl1a.t aoruething around

tMenty

tings have been held and no :Lees .

f. b.

n

prob

bly

t

o

hundr·ed

o n

h

ve been r

aoh

a..

T $

ork

ill

be

con~inu d

(15)

BEE

nt

e

to

jeot s

to

f .

ooun

y

b

ooompli h d

~d

si

oe th n mo

t

be~n

o

rriw o

by

th ssooiat1o

-I •

gs ·

d

fi

ld

de on trations have been h

l~

on

d these

h·

e b e quit

11 attended.

The

f1

footing

and l oks like it going to

leiv

oo nty

(16)

BOY

D GI L CLUB . ORK.

d De

r

Trail

a

ou

try. L

o

ould oome of

t.

Q

-15-f

irly

lw-ader ..

tern

r

(17)

_,:I · LL NEOU .,

it

1s n-ot u

o

k

1s

~

-Is-tt d.ed

n

(18)

-

17-AN LYSIS OFt ABULAR S

ARI S•

In re 1 in

g

the

tabul

1 e are compell d to 1p

bout througho

t

th heet · to find items that m et the

co.nd1t1ons

and

the wo k

re. Ae ha been t ted befor ther

i

no oounty organiz )ion

such in exi t o at pre en"·

The ork noted on

pag

ight

w

s for the mo

t

part

Yi

ory.

o· men ne r· Littleton v ntur d

i

to pot oes and .mad

success of th

ent r • The

d

w .

r

t

d the crop

car d for a r co nded

by

the ep c1 lists at the College. 'l'hre others er, ass1 t

d

and induced

to ·Ut

1~

eet clover. Th se

no of, there re ore

but

h

v no

exac~

eoo

d

of them.

-~

On page n1n 1

reoorded

the results of

~he

&pl'ings pr 1r1e

do "

eork. The

figure& do not

touch

the

f

ll

10rk

t

all.

1 estim t

c1

,I do

not kno how m

y f

a . ork

w

giv n is the tot 1

or

ag

ithin the ar that

orked

over. In

so

p

ts of

it

of

oou:rs no

dogs xisted hile

over

th va

t

ma.jolt'ity dog

· r pr a · \ in

reat r or less m.nber • The pounds of poiso ed oat 1

x ot , f1

tons b in mixed d old from

Dee~

Trail th h

adq,uart rs. Tb

tall wor ·ill not run quit

·O

high prob bly h re being bout o d one

half to· nehip l e a to

ork

ever , ho ever hen tb

,outl1ned

ork

1 pleted th1 winter

~o

ly

spring t

l·t '

ice pi

o

ork

b ndon .

On page

ten the figure are

ot exaot .for th re on that 1n

bo h cases demonatr t1ons

~ere

giv n in the field and I

ftgure

th

t

l a

t

th numb rs

gAven

fell d th out. In fact

I

know of

t

m

y

or

ore

tha.t did

o as a reSlllt of

the demon

tration.

The Bee K

r Assn.

ntioned

on page

a

n hae

been

d1

oue

e

nd r

it

proper

heading.

gain on p

lv the figures

on

poultry ar ot ex ct. I

t

four o five

t

the number giv n uld

be

nearer corr ot.

e n

t

recorda to bow I

ure the umber given 1

sily

Th

giv n on p

thirteen are not

t

but

s e .

Sev ral of the bee n

in

th association

have

ver l hund d colonie

th

aelve

and o goes

into

the thou

ds. The work st te reached a

good

many

people

and

1 ·onld

tlU&

r tha

larg

percent did o take up

o of

tb

pr tioe

d

osnt ted. Tb

re·de

s associ

t1

n noted

not compl t d ls still

in

the mak1n

~it

shoul b fini h d thi inter.

Th

fume oco11nt

book aoted on

p

e

fifieeD ·

re

distr1but

t

our

fa.ir. I

o not

J bo

m

y

eceivi g the k pt e r cords. l't

·y

· pp

ar

q

eer

th

t

h

~e

not .

ore

reco

de

for

sucm

things . · Ho ever as I

hav no. office help d no

plaoe to

keep

records

if

I h d

tb

, l t

all

b en

ai

ly

itnpoesibl to follow

1

tte.rs

ap as

they

should

be.

Ho ever our m in

rk, th

p

t

oo rol,

b n

ll done

d r co

ds

a:

il bl on

it.

(19)

-

IS-~ARY

D OU

LOO •

in look1n

back

o er. the

y

ars or

it

does

not

z ter

g

tting the m_teri l tog ·t r

~

don and forgctt

th

s

Taking

Yerything into oon 1d r·tion thing look

brigb~er·

for

n

1 o-rk 1

this ooun

y

tb · for so ethim , t

·any

rat uch

-. righ r th·

ye r a.go. P ctic

lly

very

corner

ot

tbe

oQunty h

s

been

r ch d in o

y

or

oth r

d th

p ople kno gene ally th·' th

y

h ve

cou

ty agent

t le st .

(20)

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ARAPAHOE COUNTY PRAIRIE DOG CAMPAIGN

I

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~ Return in 5 Days to ~

~ Arapahoe County Pest Inspector

I

~ Court House ~

I

LITTLETON, COLORADO

i

!

"LET'S KILL HIM"

I

(21)

Form

6 ..

Revised April,

1922.

COOPERATIVE

EXTENSION WORK

IN

AGRICULTURE AND HOME

ECONOMICS.

U · S · Department of Agriculture.

State Agricultural College, and

County

Extension Organization Cooperating ..

States Re lations Servic

Office of Exte nsion Wo: Washington, D. C ..

If agent has not been employed entire year, indicate exact pe riod. Age n ts resigning during year should make out this report before quitting the s e rvice.

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(For map of State showing location of cry~ty, photograph illustra t-ing some pbase

of

county agent work, or brief summary of outs tand- . 1

·----·---i_n_g_fe_a_t~u-_r_e--s-of_t_he work)~

_j

Approved

Date ________ ~---~ (Name) ________ _{President of Extension Organ iza tion#}~---

(Address) ____________________________ __

Approved

ari9-

forwarded by: . . ~ ·

(22)

;Q'stat~-r-.---Suggestions Relative to the Preparation_ cf the Cou11ty .Agricultural

. .Agent's Annual Report ..

The annua,l report is a review, analysis. interpretation, and presentation to the people of the cotraty, the State and t:b...e Nation of the sum total of thre

activities of the county aBricultural

~gent

for the year. The making of such a report is of primary ·value to the county agricultural agent and t:Qe. county

extension organization.

The narrative report should be a statement in orderly fashion, and under apJ?ropriate subheadings,, of the work done ... methods used, and results secured

·under each project, as -well as of the general work accomplished. Every

state-ment should be clear-cut, concise, forceful, and, where possible, reingorced

with ample data from the statistJtal summaryv In the prelJaration of the part

of

the report relating to each project, the results reported in the statistical

summary for the project should be analyzed, conclusion dravvn, and ~eccrrm1enda

tions made. The report may well be illustrated with photographs1 maps, dia-grsms • blue _prints or cc..t?ies of charts and other forms used in demonstration

work.. Full credit should be given to all cooperating agencies,. The lines should be single-spaced, ~ith double space between the paragraphs1 and reason-ably good margins left. The statistical summary will grow naturally out of

the field and cffi ce records.

The following p-lan is suggestive of how the re_port may be clearly and systematically outlined:

SUGGESTIVE OL1TLINE OF .A.t,"1_{JNUAL N.A..'RRATIVE REPORT ..}

1. Cover and title page .. . II. Table of contents~

III.. Status of county ext-ension organization ..

(1) Form of organization - distinctiv-e features ..

(2) Function of local people. corrunittees, or project leaders in developing the progr~ of work.

(3)

General policies) including relationshiFS to other

organizations~

IV.. Pr ograro of work - methods employ-ed and results achieved ..

106-SRS

( l) Factors considered in determining pr ograro of wcrlc..

(2) Proj·ect activities p.nd. results

-(a) In tr..e development of the co·unty extension

com-mit tees during tile year. {"b) In soil improvement.·

(c) In cro~ production.

(d) In live stoCk production. (e) Ir- fann economics.

(f) In .-.oarketing (buying and s~lling}.

(g) In farm heme betterment. (h) In boys1 and _{g5_·~·ls'} cl-u.bs.

(i) In other ~rc~e~~ a~tivi ties.

(3) Char~cter and. scop~ c_~ of f i ,~e and field service •

(23)

3

-V. Outlook and recom..Yfiendations, including sug2;estive program of work for next year.

VI~ Summary of activities and accomplis~nents, preferably of one or two

ty-pewritten pages only placed at the beginning or end of the narrative report.

Statistical Summary.

To supplement the narrative uart of the report, and in order that ccm~

parable State and National summaries can be made, it is necessary that each agent include a statistical SUD:hllary of the work in his county. r.rhe following

form has been prepared to insure uniforrnity in reporting. In addition to the

questions asked under each subdivision of the report, space is provided for the State to add other questions of State-wide importance. .Addi t iona.l room

is also provided for each county agent to add other important statistical in-formation not covered in the series of National and State questions. For the

s~~e of clearness the questions are arranged in the same order as suggested

for the narrative.

~~tension Organization Map.

On this :page draw or attach a map of your county, showing boundaries of ccmmunities or other local units organized for extension work.

Locate county extension committeemen with an X.

Locate c~uunity extension co~ittebJmen or proJect leader~ with a dot.

(24)

-

4-Co~ty Extension Organiz~~

( .

l. County executive carunittee and · county project leaders serving during 1922 (list below):

:I

Officers and county Name of project or project leaders~ activity of which

leader has charge.

1

-~~

~~~~~~

[plo,

a

0 /'

2.

3

. .

4

' I h ../

6

t

7

8

I

9

10 1 I

2~ Does the extension organization provide for (a) Home economics work?

{b) Boys' and girls' club work?

Address

3.

Does the county extension service publish an extension news or simila.I'

publication?

4.

Extent of co~unity org:anization!

106-SRS

(a)

(b) (c)

Number of c~uunities or local units in the county recognized by

the county extension service

---~---~~---

Number of ~cmrr1unities now having community committees ---Total number of carmunity committeemen or community ~oject

(25)

5 -5-

Meetings relating to extension organization and attendanc0: (a) County extension cannittee meetings (County

executive canmittee) - ·-

-(b) Community committee meetings

- - - -

----(c) County project committee meetings

Total

-Total

attendanc~

(d) Number of above meetings not attended by agents ·

-List belmv any additional -work relative to county extension organization not covered by aYove questions:

Soi1-Imorovement Projects.

In answering the followiEg questions, report only results of the activities of the county agri cu.l tural agent too.t are supported ·oy records. .Answer i3:!ary

_9-nes-tion. Use figures wLere work done can be su~ported by records fer ~urrent yea~.

Use nunf .. n (unfinished) where work is unfinished or no record available; 11_{N •}.A .. 11

(not applicable) where question does not apply; riou (zero) where no work has been

done.

Drainage and Irrigation. Number.

6.

Drainage systems planned and adopted

-7.

Acres involved in Question

6

-8. Irrigation systems planned and adopted

-9·

.Acres involved in Q~estion 8

-Fertility.

10. Farmers consulting agent regarding use of fertilizers

11. Tons of commercial fertilizer included in Question 10

12. Acres of clover or other legumes turned unG.er for soil improvement

----13.

Farms on which s·oil was tested for acidity

(26)

.., 6-

_{Uurrib er}

~

14..

Farms on v.fhich lime or lirrestone WfJS 1.1scC..

-15...

Tons of lime or licneatone included in Q,uestion

14 -16..

List below

tr~e org~~ni::ations

01 ..

aasc~iations

relating to soils that the agent.

assisted in fonuing in 1922: \

Or~~ize&

in 1922.

----~.

---+1---l----1

---

-~---J

Soil-Improvement Demonstrations*- 1922.

---.----1 ~fi Heo lngs at t· I 1

u

_rn·t · s ::tn

I

ll!.C ... - ....,_ J...:>::~.selPLesultant

i

...

1.

demonstrations demons tra- -oer a. ere r:·r ofi t

dsmons trat ions Number

I~ind of

Started

j:

Com~ N-om-

-Total

ticns ~r othar c:b.x3 to

·· 1

~letedi

ber attendance 1 unit ! increa.se __ _

---~---~~~~~~~-~~~~~~1---~~~---·-+i___

I

Drainage

I

"---+----~~---Fertilizers 1

1~---~---l---ti---·---Lnne an&

lline~trne

I

~----~---t--~---+---4,---List

o·~:ners

-+

1 _II j }

j ! !

l

r

~---·-·---~---+~---.---'---l

I

f------1---+--l---~---~--_j-

.

---t,· ____

L _ _______

·-+---~----+-!· ~-~~

---~---l

_ , _

L___

~---~r---~-~~--~---*A demon~tration - is an effort to show by e:;.:am}!le the pr<.1-ctical a:pp.lication of an establisheO.. f a ct. I'emonstra.tions r:1ay be of metJwds or results ...

(27)

- 7

~ Crop Pr cj ects.

In answering the following questions, report only results of the activities of the county agricultural agent that are supported by records. Answer every .9J!estion.. Use ~es where work done can be su_pported by records for current y2ar,. Use nunf .. u (unfinished) where work is unfinished or no record available;

":-:J".,A. n (not applicable) where question does not apply; "0" (zero) where no work

has been done ..

Corn.

Number.

17o Farmers planting selected seed corn- - -

~

18 .. Farmers selecting seed corn for neAt yearts crop

-Bushels seed corn selected - - -

0

20 .. Farmers testing seed corn for gennination - - -

~

- - -

~21. Bushels seed corn tested for ger.minatipn

-22. .Acres planted with tested seed - - -

C)

23.

Other farms on which corn growing was introduced or far.m praQtice

relative to corn culture improved - - -

c:)

24.

23

Wheat, Oats; Barley, and Rye.

25.

Farmers treating seed wheat for smut - - - •

26.

Bushels seed wheat treated for smut - - -

c:)

27.

Acres sovvn with treated seed - - - .__

Q

28. Other farms on which wheat growing was introduced or farm practice

reJ.ati ve to wheat culture improved - - -

0

29.

.Acres involved; ix:uQuestion 28

0

30.

Farmers treating seed oats for smut

31.

Bushels seed oats

~reated

for smut - - -

c:J

32.

Acres oats sovv.n with treated seed- - - --

c:)

33·

Other farms on which oat growing was introduced or fann practice relative to oat culture improved - - - ·

34.

.Acres involv?d in Question

33 -35·

Farms on which barley growing was introduced or farm practice relative to barley culture improved

-106-SRS

(28)

3

-36..

35 -37..

Farms on which rya g:cmving vva-3 in:troduc.eC.. or f:;...:rlli • .?r ... ctic.. 7

re-lative to rye culture ioproved

-Bea~s and ?otatoes.

39·

Farms on which bean grmvJng was int.cod.ucE:d or fa:.'IU pl."'acti ce rela1;ive to bec.n culture irc.prove:l

-40. Acres involved in Question

39 ...

-41.

Fa...."Y'ffiers treating see1. potatoes for clisease

-42.

Acres involved_ in Question

41 -43.

Farmers s~raying potatoes for disease

-44 -

_{. Acres involved in Question}

₄₃

\

45.

Other falins on which :potato growing was introd:u.ced or farm practice rela"tive to potato c-~:tlt-:J..re irn2roved

-l-t6.. Acres involVed in Question

45

-Leg~es, Other Hay, and Forage.

(J

0

0 Q

0

47.

Farms on which alfalfa growing was intronu~ed or ~arm practice

O

relative to alfalfa culture iwproved.

-48.

Acres involved in Q.uesticn

47

-49. Farms on which sweet clove~ ~~owing was introduceQ or far.m

practice relative to sweetclover culture im?roved

-50.

49 -51.

Farms on which red, alsike, or wl'lite clover vvas ir..trod·ci.ced or farm practice relative to clover culture improved

-52.

Ac~es involved in Question

51

-

- -

-

- -

-

-53..

Farms on vvhich soy bean grov;ing was introduced or farm

pra,c-tice relative to soy~bean c~lture tmproved

-54.

53

Farms on whi ell s or g~-::ur~, m.i lo, ka.fir, or fetel1i ta gr ovvii'lg was

int~od.uced or farr.r .. p:cact;ice relative to t~1eir cu.J.t-c:.I'e i

rn-proved - - - ~ - - - ~-

-3

0 a

0

56. 55 - - - -

~

- - - - -

c:2

(29)

9

-Jm-pl .. ove d Se e.i ._

57.

List in the following table work done in cc~~ection with seed improvement:

. Improved seed secured ImproYed seed for sale Crop

No. of Bushels No. of Bushels

farms farms (a) (b) (c) (d) Corn- -Wheat

-

-Oats - -

-

Rye -Potatoes

-

-I

I i

Rodent and Insect Pest Control.

58 ..

59·

60.

Farms on which rodent-control methods were followed Acres involved in Question

58~----Pounds of poisoned bait involved in Question

58 I

l

I

~

!

I

Names being

61.

]'arms on which insect control methods were followed

-62.

61 -

~

-63.

Pounds of poisoned bait involved in_Question

61-Fruit .. of varieties standardized Number ..

/cbo

~<;?g)

L(

&:0

I

SJ

(J(J{)

-n:.

-a--_flG/

0

64~ Farms on which orchards were planted (ap];-les, };;eaches, pears, ~

citr~s fruits, etc.) - - -

l-J

65..

Acres involYed in Question

64

0

(30)

· +

10

-l\ft_illJ ber.

66

/

-.

Fe. -~"T'lS · ()U " - Nulc 1--. • h f rul .. reJs . t + ·.vers prur..ed - - - -- - - -__ _--2--~

67.

Acres involved _{in Question}

₆₆

_-

-

_- _-

_-

_{- -}

_-

_{- -}

-68 ..

J:t~a::'IDS on _wr..i.ch_{fruit trees were} _sprayed

-

--

_{- -}

_-

-

_-

-

_{- -}

- -

-Acres involved in Question

68 -

_-·_-

-

_-

-

-70.

Fal~s

on which bush fr1uts ·were planted or farm practice relative

to bush-fruit cult-cre impro7ed-

-71...

Ntimber .of acres involved in Qu.estion 70

-72.

Boys• and girls1 _clubsincident _{to crop}production _{agent assisted}

in or gani ~1b:g-"~n.

192? """" ·

-73.

74 ..

Members enrolled iri above clubs

Members in above clubs cOm.r·leting work

-75-

List below the organiza tion s or a.ss,:)ciations relating to crops that

the agent assisted in fcnning in 1922.:

/{[()

0

---·---~---~---~---Organized in 1922~ Type of or;ganization Number Members

Potato gr·cv<~ersl associations Fruit growers1 _associations

---~---\---,,---+---·

---.,__~-1--t---.

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11

-Record of ~ Demonstrations* - 1922.

-

Resultant

Kind of _Number _{Meetings at} _{Units in Increase profit} Demonstrations _{demonstrations dGmonstra- per acre due to}

Started I

Com-

Nun-

Total ti.ons or other increase :pleted ber ~ ttend.ailce c:; unit

Alfalfa - -

- - -

-Clover - red,white,

I

and alsike

-Corn, seed selection

I

Corn, varieties

-Oat smut control -

I

Oat varieties -Orchard spraying -

I

erchard pruning -Pasture seeding or

I

i

i I renovation -

_-

-

I i

I

1

Potato disease contJol

Rye varieties - - -

I

_i

I

j

Rodent control - - i

l

I ! Soy beans -

-

_-

_- j

I

! Sunflowers -

-

--

_i ! t _r Sweet clover

-

_-

-

l

I

; '

Vfllleat smut control :

I I Wheat varieties

-

_-

_l

I i ' List others - - -

-I

,

i ! I

i

l

I I 1

I

:

!

*

A demonstration is an effort to show by exam?le the practical application of an establisped fact. DeQonstrations may be of methods or results.

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12

-In answering the fo1J.ow5.ng g-:.1es t5.ons, 2.-.. P.po:·t only ~es:.u ts of the act_ivi ties

of the C011.!ll:C~ agric,.lltu.ral age:1t tt.tB.t. ar·e s1:;91K:r~A.d by records.. A!.l?_v_:~I;__ !!.Y!.:TY:.

.9)~~=-~-~ c~~ UGe .:~.t~!~!: ~~ whei."e work do~Je .:'.3-r. "tie S"l111:90:rted by racc·rd.s f or ... -.c'lnTeDt year·

"[:;.;;•:: . l~l)n£'1 _{('tl.nfir!i :~:u.ed.)} where work _j_s _{l1}:J.ilnishecl}_{.;r no}_:rec.G~davailable; _nr~.,. _{.lt •.}11

(net applicable ) where question does not apply; '10" {zero) where no work has been

·.O.Dz.l.e.

76.

Registered horses secured ( (Stallions

(Mares

-(Dairy - -

-77..

Registered bulls secured (

(Beef -Number~

()

0 ()

0

) ) ) ) ) (Dairy - - - ~

-78.

Registared cows secured (

(Beef - - -

0 _)

(Dai:ry

--79-

High-grade cows secured (

(Beef

-(Rams

80. Registered sheep secured (

(ENves -

(Boars

-81~ Registered hogs secured (

(Sows - - - __ _

82. Cow-testing associations oreani~ed in 1922

-0

0

0 ()

83..

Cow-testing associations in cour1ty (including Question 82 and

those previously organi;;;ed) - - -

Q

84.

Number of mambers ir. above associations -

l:)

____ _

85,. Cows tested

or

1~"'lder test in 1922 fer mi.J.k p:ooduction through all

Q

such associations orga1;.ized in 1922 o:r· p:ceviously

-86.

Cows tested for milk production by individuals

0

Cows discarded as ~esult of test (Questions 85 and 86)

0

~88. Farmers assisted in figuring.balanced rations (all animals)

-_ 0

89.

Silos constructed - - -

-

~

-

-90 •.

Farms on whiCh poultry practice was improved.- - - /() 106-SRS ) ) ) ) ) )

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1.

9?.

93·

94. 95 . 13 95

AnUna ls te s ted for tuberculosis -Animals treated for blaCkleg - - - - ~

Hogs vaccinated for cholera -Hogs treated for hemorrhagic septicemia Farmers using selffeeders for hogs

-Farmers assisted in controlling contagious abortion

Fanns on which beekeeping was introduced or the handling of bees improved

-Number of hives involved in Question

97 99-

Boys' and girls1 clubs incident to live-stoCk production agent

assisted in organizing in 1922 -r

100. Members enrolled in above clubs 101. Members in above clubs ccmpteting work

-Number.

0 g

0

0 I

)o

p4/

/{]&?~

I

0

102~ List bel~; the orginizations or~astog~~tions,re~utinS0tn

liva

stoCk that tne

cou_~ty agri~ultural agent assisted in forming in· 1922!

Organized in 1922 Number Members Bull Associations Br eeders1 _Ass~ciations Poultry Associations Eee As sociations

2S

Sheep Associations

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-

14--

---

_-

----~'

Rind. oi' _N _{llieetings at}

1

_{Units in} _Increase _{Res1.1l tant}

Demonstrations _{___} _{d€rl.z;s~1~.Y.J;t,::- ~r-E..}_demonstra- _per _profit Star oed.· . Ccm-~1;~il~:·To-,~:Citi ens unit due to

- _{pJe"- ·d} ~ "-+ -·~ I incre2...se. Be~:Jf - •·f, 1 oer 3.v ... eJ.aa.ncef--~attle feeding

I

!

I

_I

blackleg control _I Dairy _feeriing

I

I 1 I

i

r Hog cholera I

I

control

_!

!

flog f eeding I ( ' I

--:Bohlt;;-y ..:culli.ug _i !

j

_I

I

-l

_I

! I l:'oultry f eeding

I

_! ₁

l

... --!

_I

List others I

I

i

l

I

_j

-

_I I

--State S~pp lement.

This space is left for each county age~t leader to include su~plemental ~ues tions relating to live stock a_tJ:plicable to hts State~

*

A demonstration is an effo.tt to show by exarr.ple the practical a.:.J:Pli cation of an ~ .Kt?t.blisned factr Demonstrations may be of methods or results.

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.,

15

-List below any additional work relative to live-stock proj.ects ··not covered

by above questions or in State Supplement:

Farm-Economics Projects.

In answering the following questions, report only results of the activities of the county agricultural agent that are supported by records... Answer every ques-~· Use figures where work done can be supported by records for current year. Use HUnf .. " (unfinished) where work is unfinished or no record available; "N. Alt n

~at.

applicable) where qu.esti on does not apply; uon (

z~ro)

where no work has been

done; 103 .. 104 .. 105. 106 .. 107 ... 108. Farm Management.

Farm account books distributed ~ ~ -Farmers keel_5ing records in such account books through the year Farmers assisted in summarizing and interpreting their accounts -Faxmers making changes in their business as result of keeping

accounts

-Other farmers adopting cropping. live-stoCk, or complete farming

systems according to recorrnnendations

-Farms ·on which buildings pther than homes were constructed or

remodeled according to plans furnished . :

-Number.

0

0 Q

0

Farm leases drawn or modified - - -

-

- - - _-~;;;;;...--

()

110~ Farm _{Management and farm account} _scl~ools_held

-111. _{Farmers assisted}_{in keeping}_cost_{~ pr()dv.o1;.ion,'r~C_{)rds_}

112.. Farm laborers supplied through county extension service

11). _{Farmers assisted}_in_{securing tract0ts, sprayers, ditching}

machines, or other machinery to economize labor

-106-SRS

0

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16 -Cred.i t.

Number ..

114 ~

F _{arm Loan Associatio1s agent assisted in organizing- - - -} _~

~

115. Other credit

associa~ions

agent assisted in organizing - - -

0

116. _{Farmers involved}_in_{Questions 114}_and_{115 -}

0

State Supplement.

Tr~s space is left for eaCh county agent leader to include supplemental

~uestions relating to farm economics ap~1icable to his State:

List below any additional work relative to farm-economics projects not

covered by above questions!

Marketing Projects. , Buying and Selling.

In ansvverir1g the. following questions, report only results of the activities

of ·the county ag.c~tultural agent that ate i)u_pported by records. Answer e7ery

g;u.es-tion~ Use figures whel~e work d.one can be su:_i>ported by records fo~ .-. cmri·eJ;,tt'iyear ... 0

Use.''Unf. n (UP..finished) where work is unfinished or no record available; 11N. A.11

(not applicable) where q_uestion does not apply; non (zero) where no work has been done.

117.. In Table I list the cooperative associations which the county agent has

helped ·to form · in 1922, and amount of business done: