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Annual Report of
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County Agent Work
in Colorado
L'921
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COOPERATIVE EXTENSION !ORK
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AGRICULTURE
AMD HOME EOONmn:os
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State Agricultural College of
Colorado,
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Depa.r
t
of
Agrioultur and Dougl
Oounty
Oooperatin~
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ANNUAL REPORT OF OOUNTY AGENT WORK
Beoe
1b
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1920 to ltov mber
30,
inoluaiv
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RAYMOND H
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UILLER-
OOUMTY GENT
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-;\GRIOULTURAy BE~OUJlQ~S OF DOUGLA,t3
OOUUI
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Groaa
Area
. • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
810 Square !Ule
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Fa:tm A:rea
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5S5
Square
Miles
.
Population
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3
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517
Rural
Population
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973
Number of Farms
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461
Number of. Aorea
to
Farm
(Average)
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726
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eva.tion
of Farm Lande
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1500
to 7
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000
:reet
.
Prim)1paJ. Oro
·
pe in
Ord.er
ot
Importanoe
t
Oorn
wHay
-
Oats
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Wheat•
Rye• Barley
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Ora.in
sorghums
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Potatoes .. Sudan
Grass •
Enuneut
.
Nearly a.l.1 of the crops :rataed
with.in
the
Oounty
~ze me.rketed
through
L1
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Ve$took
.
Thus ma.king the
pr1no1pal
rtuioull'o&e
of
·
the
Oounty
...
D.airying
a.nd
gdner&l
Stock
Ra1e1ng
.
Total N·umber S
t
loe
Filled
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171
.
. .
County A.gent work was . started
in
Douglas
County
May
let
.
1917
,.
Tht
agent vuis.
tir~t
employed
tc
.
aeaist
in
tea~)hing
a.rt-:ttioultural work
1n
the County High
Sohool and aft~r a.rd 41reotly
empl
.
oyed to take
ttr;,p
a.ot1ve
Oounty
Agent work
.
Sino~ the wo:rk wae
new
,
to the ptople, and as the purpose
ot
the work was almo•t n
-tir
,
el.J unkno
,
•n, h1a
greatest
'
taak
lVa.i.t
in
try1r1g
to
ohow
just
what
the purpose
.
wae
.
1\vo main
projects
were outlined and
followed
\Vi.th
some
measure
ot
s1'ooes0,
na.mely,•~P,est
Control
and
Dairy
lmprovement
r,
.
Pest
Control embraoed the killing of
pra1r
,
ie
dogs
ot
whioh ·th.ere seemed
to
be
·
'
millions
:
.
Sever.al pest
dietr1ate
were
forrned
a.nd
a.o'ti1'~ orga.ni£ed
efforts
were made tc)
lea
.
sen
the
number of doge in theue di&triatEa
.
Oa.iry
Improvement
·
be1ng
the
next
ptojeot
of importance
wa.e
begun
through
.
organ11ir1g
a OO\f
ferit1nf.J
Aaaooia
.
tion
with the
purpose in m111d of improving t
.-
he
da.try
l11rnirr
so through weeding out
boarder oows and
in.EJtruoting the dairymen
i
,
n
the
advantages
gained
by
keeping :reoorda
~
the
individ.ua.l
membera
of
their
herds.
Although
tht
test4':te
p~o-reci very
uns.Atisfaoto~y the pteJeot
pro'V'ed.
ot
great
va.lu.e
and
·
Pormed.
the
ba.eia of building
the best
he;u
in
the county
.
A
Farm
Burta.u
was atarte.d
but
notbing aeems
to
have been
aeoompliehed th.rough its efforts., tbough
tt
1e
quite
probable
that
··.
ha4 the
~ent
liv
·
ed
?nl:tDh
good would
h&ve been
aocompliehed along
tl1~
;
~
,
line
.
r-Jb
other
Oounty
Ag
e
1 t
\tae
employed to
carry
forward
\heit
work
a..lr
.
eady
m~,,
·
Another Fara
Eu:tei:tu.
waa started
whiob
!a.red no
better
than
the
first on•
.
1,0:k
wa,:i
mapped out a.nd
orgiua11
.
ed
in
ea.oh
aommu nt
ty
in the County
.
It
looks
,
a.a
thotJ.gh
things would hrJ.'\fe
been aooompli$hed had. the ~gent
au.f-":'ieient
tirne
·
to keep
in
touoh
With the v
i
us
organiza:tlons
tmd assisted
them
to
cru·ry on
to
completion their plans
,
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A
Farm Bureau
News
BulJ..etin
,,.
waa
started
and
run for four
months, windiug
up
aome
.
$251+
in debt
.
fbe
entire
oou.nty waa
organized
into
pest
dl1atr1ote
,
Fifteen diatricta in all were formed
and
def1n1~t
d
tes
W$re
et
for poiaon1ng
and also follow
up
dates
were set to complete the
work. After the
date$
set
the
O'ounty
.Agt1nt
work1flg
W'1
th
, the
and
visited
land not poisoned
.
!oat of the resident landowners
made a Jood
ho1ving
but land o ned.
by
out of Oounty
people wae
left
unpoieon~d
.
-4-After
thia
survey a contraotor .as procured to kill the
doge left
at
15¢
per
aore
.
A total of
25
,
04-0
aorea were covered in
thi
w
f
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After
completing
the
·
work in a community the
Oounty
Agent a.a notified
and he a.nd the community oha.irman prea·onally
in-spected
the
territory
and
u
poa~dly
oompleted tie
erad1ca
ion
ith
oarbon
bl
•
aulfid
.
From
v1ork
done
at this t1m
1
t
wa.s
eatime'tad
that ·
ty
-iv thou
and
f"l"'es
ere
poison
4 by the
owner
th mae
-,ea
.
5
,
g3:3
gall a o: poison rere mixed on the ground
and
S77
gallons
more
were aeoured from the Oollege mak1nr a total
0£
6
,7
10
gallon
of
poi on used
in the
oampaign or enough poison to kill 1
,
342
,
000 dogs
.
The oontr c
or
furnished a com9lete report of the
work
as
to looat1on of
lt-11nd
by
townsh1p
6range and portion of
aeotiot1
,
the
aor age
poisoned
and the oner of the land
.
A.ter 1nsp otion
thi
.
sheet
was
o
.
K
.'
d
by
the community
chairman on
peat
oontr
l
.
Be
re
ork
·1as
charged
as a lien
against
the land,
the
owner · as 1
ver1
'
a ohanoe to
pay 1
t
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A
tot
l
of
$3
700
a.a set
aside
by
the county to carry
on
the o:rk,
aome
o
·vh ·
o.
a
<:
lleot
d
·
baok
&a
taxes
.
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It
·.;
u
ietimst
,h~
9si
f
dou
r
lled
on all land
pois ned and
95%
of al doge in the County
.
It has aince been found
that thj_a
estimat.,
w .. ,
s
ve·':y
high
and that not over
4~
of the
doge
ere
.
otually
diapos
of
.
Theae
let,
multipli d, of oourae
.
and
the
eginn
ng
of
th
follow
i
ng
t
-rCJh
.1.oun
as
ny
dog as eve
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One of
th
oat pl
aeinP'
pi
oca o
v
o:rk
~
oc
mt)lished
in
1919
a
the
Boya
and
Gila
Club ~ork
.
A
gr,'t vork
i
oarried to
completion
with the ,
s ·
r
tn.n
e of
n.mty h irma.n of. Club ork
•
Mr
.
G
.
L
.
Nixon nd
the
Girls
Club
Lead r,
Mrs
•
.
ta.u
e :Hoskin
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Through hi
ork
53
boys
a.n
i
·irl
o ~ouxe
pur
bred
pig
;
S6
enrolled .. n se
w
ing an
oo in
r;
3
in o n
,m
rl.
9
n
oultry
,
6
in sheep,
7
in oal
nd 2 pota
o
.
A
club o
p
a
hel at the
Oounty
qai
a.nd
altogether
Olub ork iaa a
g
eat
auooess
.
A silo
oaropaing was
planned
and an exoureion h ld
.
Eight
silo were built aa direot
results
of thi trip
.
The Agent
as
ated
in
re
-
organizing the
Oovv
Testing
Ae
oiation
b
through the undesirability oft
t
s h as oo
No definite results were e.ooompliahed
along
orop
im,.,.
provement
lines
theugh
a.
few
oorn variety tes,ts
were
started
.
Working
with the
o
.
&
s
.
R. R
.
a.
potato
proje
-
ot
was stat"ted
.
A
potato bak
wa.a
held on September
7th.
1,19
.
As
a
reault
of this
work 6
;
400 poundlJ of certified. seed potatoes were ord.ered from
Minnesota
by
a ven Douglas County farmers
,
Th seed proved
to be very poor and
d~taea.sed
but
enough
potat
,
oea
were
raised to
give us a good.
start
in
seed
p
otato raising
for
1921.
A
great deal o:f the
agent's
tim
\Va.a
ta.ken
up
in
la.te
summe~
and tall in
helping
m
ake the
County
ra.:tr
a
suooeaa
.
ner
,
l'le
·
a.oted
as secretary and did all
,
ol rical
1Nork
besides
as
-
slat
ng in
getting in exhibi ta
,
Th Ol.ub
w
ork ex.hi
bit
tended
gretttl.y to
make
the
Fair a
euooess
~
some
53
laborer• were
plaoed, thus ,
ssisting
th
fatmers
materially in
getting
the.1r fa.rm
work
don
.
fhe
Agent
latt
early
in
the fall
fo
.
r a
simtl1ar
poeitton
1
sour1 le,-v· ng
-
the
'
county without an agent
until
1ta.x-oh
lat
,
1920,
when the oommiaa1oners were
able to
seaure
the present
inoutnbent.
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The
f
irat
ten
days
of
the
new
Agent
•
e
time e
.
ro spent
with
va.rioue
othei
agents
gettin
g
familiarized 1th
the
Colorado
plan
of
County
Agent work
.
The
Agent
arrived
in the
county
for
actual
work
March
10th
1~20
..
and
apent
the first
week
in
re-organiz1ng
the
office
files
and
general
oftio&
llfll
11~ ~and
trying
to
detert.~ine
,
just
.
what
had
been
done a.nd
,
,here
1
t
'
w.
,
a
l
f t
off,
.
Being
una.
•
ia do
·
this
1 t
v1as
d,eoided.
the
best plan to determine as near
aa posai
ble
.
vt
ba.t
the
great
e
st
needs
and
wishes of'
the people
were
and
to
follow out ·this plan nd gr a.dually get n.oqua.inted with
the
.
"Deople
and their
needs
·l
th
the
plan
in
mind
of ga,ining
the a.oquaintanoe and
oonfi
enoe
of the
people
tn general
End
get a
good
w?rking
organiz
t1on that sotne
real
definite
w
ork
might
be
l1ned.
u.p
.
1n
the fall of 1920 in
euoh
a way
t
h
at
a real
oonatruotive progra.n1
ot
,01sk
migh b
a
tarted
for
1921
~
·
lummary
of 1920 ork 1 aa fellows
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F · BUREAU:
A
Farm Bur au
we.a
org niz d
with
m
mberehip
of
fifty
-
-
·
o
at
$5
per
me.mbcn:.
.
Th:roitgh
thia nuol
.
ue four
general Oounty
meet
-: rr . rl'
!e eld
all.
f
,
.1 ich tl
e gene
al
fUbl
o
tt
nde
t;in
h
v
·
:tuba.la in rma.t
on
s
gi
en
the ·,ax
pa.yers
t
a
m5ni um
ooat
.
On oounty~
e
p10n1o a
h
ld
.
cThe
£ollo .. 1ng
r
jeot w
,re
deo!ded upon
ae being the m et
..
beneficial ~o th
g
n rrl county•
r wt
tor
th
921
pr1g~a.m
t
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Crop
Improvem
nt
.
l. Co;cn
2
.
lhe
t
:;
.
ye
4,
.
Po ,ntoe
5.
Al
,J.f
•
{b).
Pr· iri
Dog
Eradio
tion
.
(
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•
Ll
o eto
•k
I
mp
ov .rm n
f,•
(d).
Dairy
Improv
ment
.
().Boyt
nd Gir1
1a
Olub
-
.ork
.
MA.llKETINO
:
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·
total o
13
,
Lt'-
e
a.ved d.tt
to
wholeaa
e
purohaaing
of
coa, bind r
twin,
uto
a
pJli
an
seed
.
I ~
COW TESTING ~SSOO!AT!ONSt
One
of the mot effioiant a aooi tions in Colorado as
organiz
and
..
u
1
yea
1Jwo
,
oo
,
plet,
•
DOUGLAS COUNTY
L!VESTOOK ASSOOIATI0Nt
-6-!uoh a.aniatano wa.e
u:i.ven
th
.
a
socia:tion
th101.1.gh
1hich
the
mernbera secured
U1Uch
benefit
a· 011g
direot
and
.u1di
ot liveatook
lin s
.
ii
no·y
t
,
s
AMD GIRL'S
CLUB
WORli
One
·Calf
,
one sheep, three poult:ry, ttto
oorn,
t
o
potato
,
~
one
pig club
\V,:io
orga.niz
d 1th
tot
.
mbe
i;.hi.p of
66,
of 1hom
51
members oomplete4 the yea:ts rork
.
One
project
tour
to the
Denver
Union
8tooky
da wa.s
held
attended.
by
·
o~l and
p
ig
club m mbera nd
7
.at
rs
.
on
oo ty
4)ion1c
aa
held in
tlfhich
65
members
participated
.
J
REOREATION
OENTER
i
-7
-center
a.t
Oastle Rook
.
Afterwards the Oounty Red
Cross took over the
work and •sta,ulisbed a oommuni ty center
.
,i
CROP
IMPROVEMEMT:
The moat imp
tant
orop
being
corn, wheo
.,
t
and
pota.too
•
Corn
improvement
oonsi;Jted
m
inly
in
bet"er
seed
aeleot
on and
ata.nde.rdiza:t1on
of
varieties
.
A
oa:rload
of
oertif
1ed
Kanr
d
heat
was
ahip1
:-.
ed
in
on order
of
the farmers in hopes that they might to some measure oom-at
the
l"ed
t
at
r-thioh eemed
"'GO
be
becoming more
Pl'G
alent
.
All pota.toea grown from th oert1·.
ied Bliae Triumph nd
Itish Cobbl r seed
shipped
in
the
prev1oua year were
re•oer·tffi
d
f'or
e
.
~ ;
SOIL I1~PROVEMENT
i
Moat
work
'1011
along thi~
line oame
11nder
the.
following hea..ds
~
Det·ter Cul
tifation
...-
Fertilization
--
crop
Ro
tion
-
i-ee
1 -a.nur
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LIVESTOCK !J~PROVEMENT
t
Fure
b:ted
sirea oarnpaing
in.ark
d
tu-rnil
.
'P
Int "
re a
·
1
cru'bs
we ·e replao d
by
21
pl:J.re brede
of
'teat tr e
din
g fo~
the
u.rpoa•
in vi
ii . ,Thirty-one
hea
of
pure br
d H
.
le eins e
~
nd.
iU
lking Shorthor
n
s
were
purchased
tel
replace
g
rad.
s
.
Three
meet1nP: ·
were addressed
bv
outaide
e~pe:rta,,
giving
a.
:vice or
auggmrtionH
on
t
ed:h~g,
b:r.
e
ing
a.ncl
.
oar
•
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OOW !ESTI ·lG
ASSOO!ATlOlh
_ n a
ioo:tat!on
WdJo·· .. ge,n1zed,
aa a direct
pieoe
of
.
teneion
\v:ork-.
anc a ful
y
a.r
w
ork
w
111
ba oomple
ted.
.
In
all
there
VH.nte
sorn
~
1.ve htli*Gd t:tnd
f
:lfty-six
o
)WSeated
.
Aa a. aault of
'the
six monthn estin
g
c
k>n ,.
more
i-;
iloa
were
built,
50
boarder Holatein oowa
Wtired.1s11oae
of
a.i1d
many pu
~
br
·
... nt i..t:uo-~
in their
at~ n.
•
B ..
tt r
·
ea
rnethods
ijr
re 1
>
r,
otio
d.
.
SHEEP:
M:uoh \";o:rk
lia.a
d ..
le 11
at"':i.
eM ..
n
s
,1rmer
~
in
buying
t
oo e
ap
.
rams
to hea<l · n~
,
111atruot1on in f.ittin~ nd pr paring fo
x
ahoN' were giv
n.
.
Olub , o~k seemed to
b·1
gu.ite
.
a,
f
ctcr
1n
sheep
impro,,em nt
work
.
I
HOME IMRROVEMEl~Tt
J
.
et of h work along
·
bis 11 • waa don
tlttough
s
wing
and
cooking clubs
e
.
Ven
:pOl.:~ltry
OU
.
ling
tl
mo:nert
ratiOXJ8 ere held
uitb.
a
tota.J.
;
PESTS
:
ork of
1920
w a limit d to gett1n the
8
0
·erminat'on
~monetr tion
· e h
ld
hioh
FAIRS;
on~
comnruni
ty £@1r
th
~ine in
E
p.
so
Oo
D ugl~ . 0
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ty
•
Trouble
shooting or
ha.:r
of
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ty
g
e
rt•
far
1s
and
97
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able
o
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cm on
meth
de and
poiaona
u
ed
in
or a
.
ith
b
t
-
t
thods ,
tilling
dvantage of this
<·nd
r
Vhi
the county
.
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n
ju.
t
~ros
outh end f
ia-ed o ing to the
a
aietanoe
tillin ne s
to
servi e r1or1<
compri
a
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sh ep
,
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s d
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·
ere oulle{
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Lectures
e- e
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and
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at eeting
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ee
·
that 100
.
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in three
oommuni tie
are
d
st~
ibuted
and
posted
.
a.lks
F m B reau at all
times
.
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15
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.
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falka
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publioity
po aibla,
1nolu
ing
printir.g of
100
posters,
free of
oh~rge
,
Af
·er
the
nb xiehip
driV
a c
mplet .
me',,tL g!;!t
lled
,
<}i'fioera
elected ""'n.d
p
:rogra.
rn
a of
w
ork
follo a
:
'Project
Cr
p
,
COUNTY PROGRAM OF WORK
:
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7
2
l l
Goal
ets
1tin
g
c
rn
d#
on
-; oorn
ent
.
a
unty Chairman
L vestock
Da.iry
Poi:
try
Blu.e S
y
L"
-ll
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County Chairman
B
gge
a-1d
b
>·tter
Oounty
Liv stock ea
ciation
.
l
pig
ub,
a
oon ye
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L
Jae,
P.
Mo
tnroy
mMnbero
J.
rl
.
Tunn1
iJlitf
Club,
Furnish
70%
of
all laborer
hir6
th ....
ough
q;1,:om
B,
ea
1
off:loea
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L.
Lowell
•
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Higglns
AJ:OhGr
Lapham
Project
Pu.n1·01ty
Go.l
Project
s
oo~n
_
oastl,a
R991t
.
Goal
l+
meu to plan:t
·
dtm<tnet:ta.t1on
1,lot s of ten ao:res
ea.eh
.
Poult~y
(h.tllinc
,
,
oulling
demonst
a.tton.e
·
I
l
Egg record
k~pt
l
Poultry
club
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®mOnstratt
lt.o
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a~n
II
f
Pastures
-
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it
dog~
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3
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mentott
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est
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3
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11
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lit
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L.
Low·ll
R~ H
•
.
Clarke
Projeote
Corn
Potatoes
J~
men
to
pla:nt
variety
test of
lO
ao:r.-es
each
.
5
1nen
t
-
o
111,mt
oe,:t1.
--fie Irish Clobblera
.an.cl
Blisa 'l'r
·
!tunpha
"'
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e
lien
to
plant
Can
•
·
adian
Field
Peas
All ~oad
eU3g~~tions
and
.
d1ff1ou.ltl
·
e
-to
be
handled wt th
aom-m1ssione:e
s
·
thrt,ugh
1Road.
Oha.i11meJ\
Ed Allis
.
on
Wa
.
Oroa.amun
D
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Oi.lbert
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14
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.
on
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Gilbert
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to
Jc>i~~
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Teat""ng
Asaociat1on
I
;
r,~:re iaen to
t
·
eed
1
ba.lanoed
rations
1.
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3
WOJ1e ail.H
Wilt
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Hold community
ta1r
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te
s:rra.dior.it
ion
ot
prairie
dogs
.
l
gopher ltillir-4~
dem-onstra
t;l0n
..
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________
-- - - -
..- - -
..--TWo
meetingt,
o
....
oo1'~~1ty
exeaut1"''1"e corru.Littoe
e1:e held
.
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09rmiiun1
ti
y:~eetings v,er.e
held vi
th
tota.l
t•:endano
)
of
6:,
.
Projeot
Go,l
Corn
Small Ora.in
Livestoc
Dairy
Poultry
a to
con
t
Oht1.
•
11
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P.
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oy
Tom Borten
n1
ohard
Dlllon
t.
o
a.a
.
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&
eon
trat
J.P
.
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3
rnire
b
ed
air
Sh1
1
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Aaaooiation
Batter feeding
C
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g
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o
.
no·
1naon
---
--
--
... -....-Co
:'.llctg,
eradica
t on
tH
.
of prai le
dog
Alvi'n B st
Jo to rc.L;.
Mr
.
Tm Bowen
Hone
In1p:ro
1seme11i
l Dr ;a
forui
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4
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ity
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etinge
w
e
h ld
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i
th
a.n
attend.an
-
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7a.
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-
J.6
-Projeots
Goal
Leaders
&
Demonstza.tG
- --- , -I 1
1
7
· · - -
- -
- -
-
- - - · - - - · ~ - -
re
·- ~. r.Field
Pea
men to
conduot
var1etJ
test
or
10
&o~ee
.
i
l
man to
conduct
19
ao:o
J;arie
.
ty
.
t,u1;,
f
listt4
~ regular,
..
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l
corn
olub
of.
5
hors
2
aen
tc
tea
t
Kanre4
.
againat
Kru.
..
khov,
T:mtkey
Red,-
.
Marquis
.,
.
Def
ianoe
5
men to conduct
variety
te
tt
on
bald,
aeiu.-.baJ.
b
e
ar44d.
and
heard.lea,
.
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(J.Carmean
J
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·
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J
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w
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James
A
.
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White
Max Morgan
.
W.
R
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J
;
ames
Mr
.
L1ndhol
._
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.
Ohr
.
ietenaen
·
:
t
1
4
men to plant
Oanatian
d
.
o
.
Higgins
1
1
field pea.a tor
demonstrn
•
Mr
.
oave
I
t1on
1
n
oro·p
rotation
Mr
.
Wright
i
&
fe
.
;r;tilie
t
.
.
Rieb
Hawke
-- . ----·--- -- --- --- I - -- --- - - -- --- - -
---~---~-Organiaa.tion
j1ooi
Farm
Bure
r.t
u
meinberll
na.-old
Senter
1
F~
3
.
Hood
Fa1r
--i
n;;-:
OQ
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U~i
t;Fa.1,
- - - r -
,
el
t
Bl~key
--·-·---·-··-·---··--- I . - - - . . --- - -- - - -· -
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t1:1y
1
2 oullin
.
;
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on tr
at
io11s
E.
o
.
Carmean
2 oa.poniz1ng demoatra
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:J.cn
l
olu'b
o
f
;
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-
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3
t$
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Oom
p
ite
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I
p%auie
aog
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;
men
to
f ee·
d bala
w
d
r
.
at-1
ions
:.
~
more
pure
br
·
,t<i
·
ei:resa
,
4
in pee br
,
ed
Bol.s·tein
,
clu.b
4
in 2nd,
year
pig
club
5
- -more
-·---- -- ,._._ ....ailoe
~ ·-- ~ .. _... ··--·---.. ~- ~----1----.
·-Home
Imp.
2
d
r
es form demonst~ationa
________
,.._ .---·-·---
--R'iad$ .
Carry
out all rofl.
.
d
S
.mprove-ir
ment
through
Farm
·
Bureau
-- .._
__
- - -__
...__
~-.. --..._.._,...,._.._,., .. _ . ..._.
_____ _
Uni--":orm
w
n
ge
oal to be
be. a.dQp,e.4
EM-Jrer,,ort
-
tH1
by
~
.
Miller
Miss
Douglas
Projeo
Oorn
sorgh
oat
Poultry
Dairy
Goal
2
corn variety teats
2
Reg
.
Min~
,
1J
seed
q-rov
%
'
S
L aders
&
D
monstrators
Mr
.
Ha.ywood
1 i:ating
e
Al'
i,la.nt:.ne~ d ~mon tr
~i;J
n
l d
raonatr tion
l
Mrs
,
M
..
Blake K
nke
l
Mr
.
1Hal(\vood
Mr
,
H ~Y
ood.
'1Ur
.
H
y,rood
Ia
.
H ywood
2 oulli11f{
demon
tr tiona
1fr
•
•
Blak K
i
nke
l
l poultry olub
l
·g
.eoord
lt
pt
Complete
era.fU.oA,tion
o
pr iri ··
ogs
l
go her
killing
aemon
-trat1on
tlu Nelson
Ass:lat : n e lling
urpl:ue
H
.
Bean
stook
~
l
b 1
no
d.
s,
tio
-Projeote
Oorn
Small
grains
Da.1ry
P
·
st
.
S,:
.
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q;
Go
3
00
n
variety
-
t
st
lOA
(
h
2 Kanre·
heat
d
mons
-trati
ns
Lad
r
&
Demon tratore
E
.
v
;
Blunt
·
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Broa
.
H
,
Str
- .__.., -~---'---
----
--__
...,.._.__
--~ -::;
men~
;
to
Join
co
T-
at
in3
~itit
,
0.:1;
men
to
feed
ba.la
oa-d
rauion
\~!aett
-
or
ires
J
more
silo
Compl
t ,
ra.
,i
ti
n
of
Praii-1
Do
1ga
Gus N~J.eon
Hom Imp
.
I
2~
.
•
y
ar
l
ctrase
,
ot
1
~
n.1.
Poultry
3
oull1ng
d
monstr
.,..t:tone
Mike yatt
reoor
d
O.t
)
r,
.
it
't
r
Mr
,
Pet.lay
;
eeti11ge of
the
Farm
Bureau
:
Four oounty-w1de meetinga
r~re
alld:--the
firat
for
the
purpose
of eleoting offi era and lin1ng up the
work
-
two and three
ere held to dieousa county,
tate
and
national
questions
.
The
fourth
and
last
meeting ash
ld t the County Oourt Houae
on November tenth
,
1
.
921
,
jointly
i
th the
Ann\18,l
Oow·~1y
Livestock
Ae
s
oci tion
meeting and
t'
n1m
l Corn
;nd
?otato
Show$
for
the
pupoae of
d monatrat.ng to
tha
farmers
j
3t
what had been
aooornpl
1
shed both
through
the
oommun1 ty
,
county
and
~tate and.
national prog:rr.) s of or
,
....
J.d
to
acquaint
them
1th the absolute
ne,easity of organization along safe oon truotive and progressive
1
nea
.
Following is gi v
th,~ p:r:
li
t
of
Corn aml
Po·iiato
Show·~ eahc being held to
acquaint the
farmers
1th
the
work
aooon pli :.Jhed 1.4"lder the
corn
and
potato
variety
toeta
.
The program
and ubjeote of the
speakers
of
the
day
are lso given
.
A
free
bal:beoue
\Var.,
gi,ven at
noon
,
. .
wb
&
Ok
over
600
people a.ttended
.
-307
farmera
at
tended tho
~nee
ting
throughout the
day
.
PRE11IUM
LIST
DI
VII
DE
CORN
&
POTATO
H 0
C O
fl
N'
10
eara
10
a.rs
10
eirs
10
ec.:.ra
10
ears
10
e rs
10
e .:,-:-~
10
ea.rs
10
a:re
N ve~ber l
,
1921
.
lrir
o
-.,-2
2
2
2
2
~2
2
t2
, .. 0(; 11d.
,1
l
Third
50;
50f
50,
50;
50;
50¢
50¢
50¢
50;
Do
•t
for
·O
tht.1.t
:
n.1 o:r:mity
is
a.
large a.otot in
inning
.
PO'l'A:'1'0
30
:;o
;O
}0
30
;o
30
~lo_·.,speo1mens
Irieh
,
Cobbler
,?~speoi ens
Bliss Tri
.
pl
2
9P
oi.mena
Early ·h1o
2
-spaoi ... na
Rad
YoOl~
2
specimens
Ruaaet
Buri·~k
2
specimen
White
p
a.t1
·
2
specimens
Blue Vioto'
·
2
A
uniform
sampl h
·
1.the best chance of
't
l
l
l
l
l
inning
.
I
·
A.
M
,
PROGR
~
t
!E
Z'Xa!l';irifs
Colo
.
Ar:r.!
u
wcorn type~
.
d
f.
ng o .. rn
a....
..-nr
•
.i'11v1
.
r,
Kez r
o
al C l e
,
Demon
tr t
'
ion
of
se
11
•
M
.
Judging
potatc
~.ow--Lou
n
.
see
·
otato
typ
,
ez:pla.n
e,t.
ion
~ooeibilit
of
th
Di-
d
eot1
busine a
.
12 Noon
THE BIG
TmEE BARBECUE!
1
2
.
"2
:
.,20
2
:
40
,I3
:
20
.,
3
:
40
.,
4
:
00
.,
1~
:
20
4
:
40
P
.
P.
1r."
•
O
.
J
iao
• repr
:.,entt
tlv
.
f
National
Frirm
Bureau
.
Th
.
C
isten
~n
,
•county
.•
Disoussion of
ax
Finance. Relief
•
J.
M. Hc"Jd5
cra,
p
0
01.,~
®nu
of
State
F'lrn
Bureau
.
t•Wru.:.
t
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