Annual report of county agent work, 1920: Elbert County, Colorado

COOPER TIVE EXTENSIO

ORK IN AGRICULTURE

AND HOME ECO ~O ...

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State Agricultural College of Colorado an u

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Depart ent

of Agricultur

nd Elbert County Ooop

rating

ANNUAL REPORT INDEX

tistory

and Desor1ptio.

of Elbert

County ...

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grioultural R~

ouroes

of

Elb

rt County ...

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2-3

B"'"ief

.isory

of County A ent vrork in Elbert

Cotnty an R mime of Work in 1920

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Organization

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Improvem

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R ults of Short om

Calf

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Sho

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Prairie Dog ConJ..rol. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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HISTOBY AND

DESCRIPTION OF

ELBERT

COUNTY

Elbert County,

hich ncludes

a

n·rt

of the territory

kno m ae

the

At··ansas

Divide,

lies

east

and

nor th

of

t

h

e

oen ral

p

art f Colora , ,

and sou

th

an

ea

'1

t

of Denver. T

e ooun

ty

1 ie

s

in t

h

e

sh pe of

~n

L,

bing

fif

ty

on

m

iles east

an:

w

ert

across

the

nor hern bo ndary

,

the

ma

in

por,ion

being

thirty ilea

ide

1th

an ex

ten ion

of

eig'

te

~n

by

eig

te

en m

ile

~1qu

..

;

r

in

h

e

sou

th

eastern .~rt,

orm1ng

v

h

t

a

"::>opularly

no·m

as the L

of

the

oour~

ty.

The area

of

th

e

cou

ty

is 1,188,480

·ores, or

·

bo1t

62,000

. ores

less

thr

n

t

e

eLtire

t

te of

Dele a.re

..

The ·u1·f ce ia

gener

lly

1

v

e

l

o

r

rolling

i

th

the exce

11

ion

of

a -por don

in tl e

xtreme

north east

which

1

so :e

'"'hat

hil

y

and broken

,

"nd

1

co

m

·

only

kn

r:

a'

the "br

e8

ks

'..

rhere

is

also

a

eligh

t

ly hilly ··

n

bro

ken

ter ·iyory

in

the

south

west.

Thi:>

spr ~a·is out

into ·:.

prairie

country,

bro' en

by

lmv rang

s

or

ill""

and

occo.sional ravines cu

·

t

by by

nu rous

~

tr

,

""

:hich

leave

or

h·· ve

their or'igin

n

t

e A:rk(jj;;naas

1 vide .,.

n ·

flo n

r

tn r

to

~he

Platte

.Chief

of

th

e

s~re

ms

are he

Box

El0er.

K

io

,

Bijou,

Com

anc 1e

an

Big

Sandy

ere

k·. .

fe

if

trit>utriaries of

the

Ark

ansas

river

alc;!o -r1°

in

h

ni

Divide, ·

...

j

flo

··cr<;S

...

the

L

of h~

coun~y. C ief oft e~

are Hore and

Ra cre·ks.

There

io

not

9UI

icient

Tater

supply

ro

m

th

e

ere·

··s for

ir ·i

·

·

tion.

Elbert county

~

rga ized in

1874 ·n

at that

time

~aa

an

i

es

ly

large county. In

18

7,

it

was divided,

a~d

as

a

re

r.

ult of

bis

1.1

h

ree oounti ·,

:cd

pa.1

t

of

a

fo 1rth

· ,a

cr

r,a.t

-e., fro

t.

lber

~. In

1ese

early

ay

··

it ·

s a

f vorc

graz

i

n

territory,

an

reg· r ad

s

of

no

value exce

t

for

st.o

urpo es.

The popul··

tiO"'

of

the

county

c..t t

e

resett

uii

i

6,u80

c.g,.inst

fi

bo

u

t

'':10

in

190n.

Al 1

't

u

de

varies fro

m

4700

f;

et

in

the

northec11t

portion

to

6600

in

the

sou

t

ee;

t .

-1-"

Agr 1c~11-turt. l Resouroea

/ : .

soil

of the nu

.erous

V"lleys

is

very

fertile,

b

1ng

of a sandy loam,

~1i

th a

clay

sub

-

soil.

Upland soil

is

generally

of

a

sandy

loam

nature

~rd

is

also

very

p

ro

uctiv.

The

principal

industries

are

fa.rmin,

dairying, nd

stock

ra isi

g

.

Farming

i

beina

developc-1d

ra

,

..

idly,

est)ecially

in

he

eost

portion ~nd

in

tho

L

of

the

county

.

The

lar

e

traots of

land

which rnre her tof~

re open ran

·

,

_{are o bei 6· ub-aivided}

into

sections ~nd half sections and are now

being

farned. TI

ase

farms

a.re

being

largely occupied

by

,

ttlers

froh

t

th

eastern

~

tates,

oo

m

in

0

out wes · se king

lo

1

~r

priced land.

As

a

rula

they

are

a

very

d.esir;.able vype

of people that

understand

farming

thoruoghly.

The

rain! 11 in

_lbert

ooun

uY

is

usually

so

.

~what

(tvier

tha.n

1n

adjoining

counties,

and

h re f~·rming

Pr

a

e

conduoted

nroperly,

w

onderf 1

re

ult~ are

obtain

rhe principal

crop

grown

in

or

er

of

their

acre

ge ·ue~

Corn,

5

.-.

, OA4

a.or -

,

fheat,

23, 634,aores,

Oat~

l ,

005

er

~a,

Be~ns

10,686

acres,.

Rye

9J979

ac.rei.;,,

Al.:a

...

f ,

6,'

15

·1crea,

i~illet 4

,

327 acre

,

Grain

Sorg

n

2,4<8

acre

,

s

e.;t

tqo,rhums

2

,

690

acres,

~

il

graBs cu~; fox

ay

2., 365

t.or

1,

Su

n

G:i.

· ss

1,0,;J:l

acre

,

Ov6..toes

a,.;.3

'·)

"-ere

,

Speltz

785

acres,

J;m

er

305

acres

.

hese

figures

a.r

·-l

for 1.920.

Aver

~e

yield per acre for

Corn---~

30

bu.

~hem

.in oropw

~

i·

1e~r

:

l

eat---

18

bu

,

Barley

--

--- 12 bu

.

Oats---

25 bu

.

Rye---

-

O

bu.

Be n

---

e1.o'

1 }

.

Alf.lfa--- 3 to_s

o

t

.

··o

s

---

55

bu.

ta.tis

ti

cs

of

F

a

rm Land

in

1920. El b rt

County

.

O ners---960

Acre---Rent~r

---208

ff

-0,ners

and

renter

s

2

"

---Totil acreage

in o 1~1v~t1on----

-

---Acr0s fit

fqr

farming

no-

y

·

broken---Acres of· ild h

y

cut

for

h&y

-

---

-

-Raw land

first

crop

ped

in

1920---Aver~ge

siz of

farm---E

tii

te

total

arr a.or_

.. :

: ,

in

oou11~y---595,637

J8,

1

18

42

,

172

135. 113

109,

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")44

2

,

56[

1~

.,400

5A7

.

45

655,

84/1

Live too

ra··. ing i

a.bout

the

principal

in

u try in

the

·w

est e

d

of the

county,

iihile

farming

pre .ominates

in th

e~st

en'"~~

Short horn

c~ttle

predominate

int

e

county

altho

ther

a.re

h

rds of herefords and

gall

ays.

rr·

e o~

ief

milk

in·"''

breeds

are

hi..

)

lsteins

and

j

er

eye, but

t

e

shorthorns

a.re u.sed

ore

for

th·,

a purpose

than any

f the

other

l1

re

ede

.

Cret:

.

is

the

principal milk product

old.,

;-:t1th0

ao;.:e

·rwhole

milk

L

... ··hip

cl

.

The

:raising

of

pu:r

J

l1red horthornq

is

on

the

i

c reaae

-2-in the

ol"}un

ty.

Kiom-i valley is the natur!;:.1 looali

ty

for the

produo

ij

ion

of

vigor

ous

stock.

-ler

e alfalfa.

hay

ia

.

abunde,n

t,

. pea

tu.res are

always good,

ana.

clear

~va.ter plor.1tiful. Cat ..,le

are on pasture the

gre~cer

-r;a.rt

.

of

the

yeb.r

..

Several

fa:r

v

ers

have·

vvended

their

w&y

in

to

the

pu1

1

e b:red short

horn

bue

ines'1

the

pa.st

ye&t:

.

Chart of

Livestock

in

the

county.

Horses---~--- 6,594

Mules

---

---·---·---

l

,

200

Range

Ca.

t

tle·---2.4

~?

46

Milk

Co,a---~---

---

7,388

Sheep

... .,,.

...

~

...

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...

...w,. ... .,.., .... ~ _ . . . - - . . ... M- ... ~.-.il"'-· ... ~ ... ~ . . . - - . . . . . . .,..,.~ .......

z.2,

401

Registered

C

attle

,

ap·->roximately---

321

Brood

Sows---

1,899

Naturally with

t1'le

increase

of

liveH

jtook

and

bEa:tter

farm-ing

oonditiona,

more

silos

a.re

being

built.

TherE.

about

15{>

silos

in

;he county.

Tra.oto:rs are

also

being

u;1ed

to

t~

la:tgfJ

.,

extent,

.

nut,~ber of traotorA reported total

_141.

-The first ooun

·y

·

en

t

m

loye --

.

in Elbert County too.·

u. hia

:ork

in he

prin.g of

1919,

n

·

after

a

s

cc

·

· ful

y"

r

resigned in

the s

ring of 193

•

he present

county·

g

ent .a euployed

by

the

oomm1s

ioners

11e

lt1,t

ver

part of

Febru

a

ry,

and

took

up

the

active

work

J

1arch

l

a

t,

1920

~

!a:i1'1n· 1;0

employ

·u.

ne

w

coun ya.gene

··t

this

t1~le

v&.s

so

e1hat of a

et

brck

to

the

or pre iousl

"art

•

Consider-,_ ble time

·

a

spe

t in

ge

v

ting

oquain

ted

i i

th

th-

or

.

..

t

r

'"

ed

loc

ti ,n

of

v

·

cot,

1

uni

lJ

i

·,

,

r

ou.a

, etc

.

T

i

1a

.1nore notio

cibl

in

t

e

:.>

rairie-

vork

than

any

o \#her , oj

eo

t

,

a.a

the

mor: th o

!arch

wou

lo.

ba.v

been

'-

.

very

good

ime

vO

spend

on

l'

irie o.og

l'f

rk. During

tne

month

of A

p

ril,

:nhen

active

wor}r

could

.

have beqn

(H:4rr1eJ

on

-

,

S?lO"I

bloc

·a ed the

road·, consequen

uly

ery

li t

t

l"c

poiaoni1

of

pr"·.ir

le

do

s

:

"s

aoconrpliah d

ui:

i

g

t

prin:

on

~h

.

It

can

be

sa.:

t'at

count

ye

IJ

in

1

ts infancy

.

T

er

4

e·

to ar

~

..

eo

n

ty

ag

..

m

t

rm:rk

in

the

farm

bur

~.u

1

g

inin

in~eresting more peo

l

e in

u

I

n com

m

uniti

s

here

a

fe

peopl

took a hol

of the 1ork

3

n

· ..

t

<

e

a

.

uocess

er

tb

t

ff

r

ra.;her

strong

against

it

f;..re gradually

ta

i

.1g

t

i

.

Hoviev·

r this is

no

more

than

c

tural, for

the

far

m

er

bas

been

fleece·· so

,

uoh

h

t

1e

h

s

beoo

J

e

eptioa.1

~1d

t

1er

fore

m

st

se- re

ult

before

taking

an

active

part

.

The most

ac

u

ve comnuni

uies

in

the

cou

~Y

c..t

the rese

t

time u.re in the looalitie·· ~rher

e

h"'ve ne ·-001.ers

.

These

peo

e

have

largely

oaue from

asters

state

~here

county

agent

work

iu

well

established

.

Knowing

uhe

reeulta

wh.1oh may

be acoom

-plishe

through

this

ork,

they

naturally

ta.

e an ""c

ti

e

art

•

.

The

pxairie

·og

project

s be

n

-e · in

pi

o

of ork

,

altho consi rable

vor·

as 'ccomplis ed

in

liv stoo

·

and

orop

1 '.I)rovemen

t.

At the

ur~sent

time, ve

~re

king

plhna

for ne

.t

ye~r

""nd with

inter at picking

up i.n

the

work,

a

suo(.!essful

years

~ork

shoula re

ult

.

4-ORGAN

I

ZATION

The

major

i

i;y

of

the

comhiun

1

t

ieb

(ere

organized

by

County

Agent

For\

prior to ·

rch

~t

.

1920.

The

follo

1

1ing ia

a report

of

t11e

\Ork

aoconnliahed

by

.

L

.

Ford

from

Dec

.

l~t

,

1919

to

March

1st 1920, as

·

aft in the

,Jfiioe upon

h ·

a

resigntli>tion

.

Reor

aniZ8.

~1on

Out

of the

fifte

en

o

>mmuni

tiefa

in

Elbert

County,

el ven have

been re-organized for a

progra~ of or~

for 1920

.

Thi

~ork wa

done

in

Nov mbex an

Deoenber

a:na

th fore

part

of January

.

Sinee

tlle County Agent! conference 1n

.

Ft, Coll ·ns; J· nua.ry 12 to

the

17

it

has

been

inDoa

...

dble to

geJ

any

sort

of reorganization

meet&ng.

An outbreak of the _lu

1as

artly

the cause of this

and

bad

we~ther

oondit1ons for

t1e

best

part

of the

time

.

It

wa

plan ed

to

OOi,iplete

this organization wor

before

t1e

conterenoe

so that

at

the

annu l

1eetin ,

or·

co1 ld be discussed

prior

to

the State

Farm Bur

.au

meeting

.

But the county executive

oom

k

ittee

looked

upon

the

flu situation a.sdang xous and

discour·ged

any

t.Otion

1.hi

ui

e'

.

iajely

after

t

e oonf

reno

.

The following oom

rr

u 1t1ea

ave

been reorganized

and with

"he aoco

.uaning

progr .n

of

\Vork

.

It ight be

w

ll to st

0

+e here

that

in

great

majority

of the community oomu.ittees·

,

the

·,en

could

e

ae

where

last

year

they

had

undertv ken

too

much

and

no·t

enough

defir

i

ten.:...es a

to uheir

prcgrai .. s

.

T 1a

yesr

t

ey

have

co 1e

bac

·~ith

just~ fev

efinite things to

'O~om

lish

and

they

Yant

to

get th-t done.

La::t year the

program

r. ~-3

just

touche

and

in

most

oases

on

thing ~a

all

that

wa

a.ocompl

i

shed

.

A

comp ... rieon of the

t

roP-1·ams

ho,,

very clear

l

y

t

h

e

ad.vancen:ent

in

i'"'

rm Bureau

is'

a~s

in

t

1is

county

.

Even

if

e

did

nothing

e

l

se

than to

make

them

ee

vhei mi

t.kee

of last year

,

e

have

done

r

great piece

of

w

rk in

g

tting the farm r

~

to thin

ing

along

farm bureau llnes

.

Simla

Com

unity,

Ch· irmc..n

1·,

.

P.:

.

Ha.

::er

Silo

Buil~in

-

Geo.

11xson

Dairying-

Better Stock

((i

.

J

.

Pease

Be

tftr

Fe·dinfl:(

Coun

.

-~Y

F·

1r-

.

B

.

~orel~nti

Kio

a

Com

,.

un1ty, Chairman

d l ott

rairi; Dog Controls

H

.

G

.

Isbell

Stc..11<.

ardiza tion of

Du.rroo

·

ogs,

G

.

·:

.

Clark

Consolidated

School,

Ed

~ott

Couty

Fa·x, B

.

f-i'.Glea

on.,

oh.

Elizabet.

Com:nuni ty., Chairrn

n

C

.

m .

R., -d

Pasture

Improvem

.nt

oy

Ro

~at

ion

1_,

A

.

Bell

Pig Club

,

C

~·

.

Reed

County F.air, C.

~

.

•

R

.

ed

oh.

Coml._,anche

Community,

E

.

E

.

Hughes

chairm~n

C

e

ntr

a

l

Prairie

Dog Control, Fran Hudson

Co,

,

.unity

Roa

d

,or

,

.

Glen

n

Kend""ll

County

Fair,

...

lmer

iou.r-ning,

ch

.

-5-Central ohool Com

nii..y, A

.

··

.

Moody,

Chair n

ctandar iz tion of Pol~nd Ch

i

n Hogs,

A

.

,

•

J

oody, C irman

Cou'l y

F·

ir, Dan

Ley

er

le,

Ch.

Plea

.

n

t

p.

r

.ins

Comr unb,y'

I •

R

.

Andre

rt'

Ohair

a.n

mut

C

on rol 1n

Small

Qr; ins

,

·

.

•

R

.

_ndre

1

Pr~irie Dog Control, C

.

A

,

~~

r

r

i

s

County Fair, R'"Y Lyon ,

Ch

,

·

orton Oom1unity, Olaf Olson, Ch irman

Pr""~ irie Dog

Control,

J

ck oo

Corn De on

·

t

,

tion •

I.

L

.

yoook

County Fir

,

I

.

L

.

Haycook, Ch

.

lb

rt

Comm ni

ty •

Al. Carn·

h··

n, Chair

..

n

D 1ry Cow Te

t

ng

,

Roy Bron

Seed Pt o

Project, l C rnahan

Cu

ty

~

1r, C

•

M

lburn, Ch

.

rathe

o

Co

un

i

ty

,

Le Clar, Chair1.a.n

Prair e Dog Con~rol, John G bauer

Coun~

y

Fair, Pt Aschr

ft,

Ch

.

Co

unity

Thre hr,

o

.

t

.

Dunn

F

on

i

a Co

uni

._,y,

a

. .

Roll

,

Ch·

irma.n

Prairi Dof Con

rol,

A, Jo pit

Co uni y Ro

Work,

.

B

.

Corter

Couzty Fair,

V

.

B

.

Corter, Ch

.

Lincoln .... chool Co u 1

ty

,

J

.

B

.

;.

·

i·

l

.y

C 1rman

Silo Builiing

,

J

.

B

.

Ha.l

·

Y

Cot

,

m

ty

Bo'

d

·l!Tor

,

• •

~

1 lon

Cou.

t

Fair, Fr&.nk C le ·, Ch.

Signe

~

,

.

L

.

For,

Co

.

A-ent

Th· r

D

1n1ng four co,

iu

i

}ie

· ere reor .. iz~

in

Mar

c

h

.

South o frey Colill

iuni

ty

.

J

.

R

.

C -obell, Chai:r ·· n

Pr&.irie Dog C nt ol, H.

Thibault

irl se~in-

Club,

•

Gr .c

K~ndris

Ct~nning Demo

nst

tion

sJ.ed for

.

Kuhn

Cros-·ing Com unity,

,J

• •

~cFarlane

C

.irman

r 1r1e

Doy

C trol, D

••

L.nly

Cro

I

mprovem~nt,

J

.

A

.

~o ~rl~ne

Tive

took I

·

ov

ent(

p

ig club)

-Agate Comt£uni

ty,

A

.

?qtory

Oh'

irma.n"

Prairie Dog Control

,

enry Gebhard

Corn

I

mpro

e

t, A

.

A

.

Story

Shirkey

Cori

unity, L.

B, janin, Chair

n

Crop I

m

prove

m

en

u

,

L

.

B ,nj

in

Prairie og Control~ L·

bert

-The program

o:t

w·1

or

_K.

outlinei. ... in three of the four

co1un..un1

ties

was aocomplicihed

by

the holding of ccmur.uni

ty

rneet1ngs;;

,vhile

uhe

other

was

organized

by

getting

four

interested

membe

r

of

e

cor,rmurti

ty

at

a.

m

....

·

ting.

COUNTY

W

IDE

FAf,lH BUR'EAU

MEETING,. KIO~/A.

on April 4th, the county wide

m@(~tin.g

was

held

in

the

court

bouse at 1:10 a.

Re.preae .tat1ves from

ine for the fifteen

oom

nmn

1-t

1

es

11ere

presen·t

,

th• attendance beirtg out down

by

the

bad

o

on

-d.1

ti.on of the

x·o··

s whio

·

h were

impaest.ble. in

m~.ny

sec

t1ons

of

the

county.

The total attendance

of

the me

ting

nis thirty

five.

The

work

ot

the

past

year

waa

dieouased

by

the

·

county

executive

OrJrtun1tteemen

ot

the different projects

,

.,

and remedies

for the mistakes mad

,,ver

offered.

Pres

.

Hughes

ma.de

an

elGi,bora

te

$pye<)h

on

"Farm

Bureau Orgimi~a.tion"

and how

the

:farrn

bureau

ooul assist

the

f.ax·nH~r·~

i !

they

would

only ta.k"'

p ..

_rt

.

Following

this th

offioers for the

year

w

re

el o-ted, and

a.re a.s follows:

Or?anization- E

.

E

.

Hughe, Pres·d nt

Allen

Car11ahan, Vioe-prei1

iden

t

V

.

€l

.

K1llen., Secret ry

B

.

H

.

Gleason, Treasurer

Live tock

Imp1°'ove

1ent-

A.G

.

Cornforth

Oropa Improvement

·

-

H

.

G.

Isbell

Peat

Cont

ol- Fri.nk

Hudson

Boys a.l1.d

Girls

Clubs,, M.1sa

YoCarty

Rural

Roads~

Olaf

Olson

Coun

ty .F··1r-

E

.

E

.

E'.1.tghes

From a lack of interest being ho

·n

1n the

D'"'iry

Itprove-ment

vmrk

tbe la.st year,

thia projeot

wa1e etropped

.

Dayring seems

to be one of

t

e ma.in sources o

in1oc::L

to the f~rmera,

llut

i

n

most ease is carried

on

as

~

si

e

.ine.

Htwrt1ver

dairying

oon.d.1-tiona

should

be improved upon, a.nd toting

asoooia.tion

work

has

be·:n drvelle

upon d.u.r ing

the

ye,1.r.

After

the

election oft e

officers

!or

the various projects

a

d.isous,

ion of the

work

·ta.ken

up ±"'or

the

year

wa,s

discussed

.

The uY-ki

pbrt

of

the

ji

ou~sion 1inged on pr~i~ie og control,

County

1I'a1r

and Crops

Improvement., prinoi.pally

corn.

1

_fhat

_was

done al

.

ong

tb.eee lines

1rril

be

given. under the r respective

h

a.ding

farther along in this report"

Community

P¥ogr~ms

.

As oan be seen from

the

.

preaed·i.g

pa.ges,.

the

community

program.a ire fir

t

lanned fnd the

co11nty

progra· planned

later. This

wail sort of

putting th-

ca.rt befor""1 the

horrH,.

It

muat

have

been impsi;sible

to

~ve

h;";>:l

a

county 1ride

.1eeting

before

the oo.unriuni

ti.es t1e:re

reorgani:aed.

Last

year

the

d:fferen

t

oonnr:.uni

tie*'

asktjd

for twenty nine

diffe1

.. ant

and

dit:-tinot

pieoe, of

vmrk. while

this

year they

were

held d<)vm to

more

t.mifo:i~ projects,

numhe1"1ng

b'ut

a .:.ven.

Planning too muol,

work

._,a.a

one

01

t

he ost

noticeable

i11istakes

of

the

firat yea.rs

work

.

Every oornrnuni

ty

in

·the

county

wanted

to undertake prairie

~og

oonjrol ~ork rbis yeati but tbis

was

held down on

aocoun

t of tihe

large

atnoun

t of territory already

organizeu

for

peet

control

.

There

was

ju,...t

one community tha.t

-7-under

to ·,k rnor

1,;h·

1.

vbree

ifferen

t

proj

eots,

yet

there

wa

much v

or that

·~ . unfini

..

hed

.

Three of

tie

oommuni ties

di'i

not

ocompliah

much

of

-

nyt

_ing. This was not

,·ue to

hav-ing too

much

~

ork

out

ineu.,

but we.a ~ue to

a. lack

of

co

11

:unity

cooperation,

nd

lack

of

interest in f~rm

bureau work

.

Until

the

oomzttunities

beoo

e

better

organized an

take

more

intere.:lt

in Farm

bureau ork~ 11~t1e

oan

be accomplished except

,ith

individu' l far

ers

.

Inste

of

the

me.

oers

of

"he

oommuni

ties

ca.r ... ying

o

the

r.,

they

ar,~

too

v L ling to

let

other

do

it

.

consequently~

little is ao)omplished.

If the eom~un1ties are

not

··ill~

ng

to

ct.,,rry on

f ....

r

bureau work thsi

nex.

t

year

,

it

:Jill

not

be

forced

upon

t

em

.

Executive

Comrr

.

1

t

tee

It

was

impo

ible

td2 h

ld regula.r

meetings

of the Executive

Com1

it

tee

hrouo-hou

t

th

t:,

sumLer.

l.!o

t if

the

work

was

oa.rr

1ed

on

by

p

rsonal con

ulta~ion with

the leader of the

different

rojeot.

owever

in in tanoea

her

it

as absolutely

necessary

to

th

..

p

rov

..

-1

o

t1e entire

coni.

itte·

on

ifferent

questions

- r

1 ·

in

3,

afterno

~

and nir:rl "'

e

tin

..

ere

held.

Hepl be

i

r.g

scarce .~ nd the se son b

ok ·

rd

a

1

rg

,ly

re

ponsible

for

this

.

e~bcr;hip

c~rnp

ign

T~*e

errib

.rMhiA:

thi<1 summ r ra

incr

a.

ed from

thirty

five

to

one

htn ..

re·

.,or

n arly

t~o

hun re per

cent.

'rhis

se-ms to

be

~·::bout

he nly ·

r

y

co

1

t

,r st far

s

n

the f'-r bure(:i,u

wrk

,

al

th

.o

our nemb

~rship

fee

too

lo ·.

I

a

eni.ner

Vl'ill

a

end

four

or five doll·r

tc

on·

or

~n·z

~ion> he will work

to

derive some

bvn

fi~ h refrom.

Or

e ~er hip

fee

as

one

dollar,

., n:." ·

ny

people,

r

at

er

th

n

turn t

ei:r neighbor

A

ici

wor

down,

ITTill

git

a.

o

·

. to show hie g od

:1111,

w,

,

.

er

be thought

any

hin~

f

the

f r bur

au o no.

In

t"

rting

ff

t~i

rn

bersh ) camp·

ign,

the

·

S

·

a.te

Farm

Bu:reQ.u

hel di

t.riot

~eting

,

~~ving thr

e

or our

counties

of

·

..

di~trlo

evt

in

one

!

t e

co

r ..

1ii. ·

e.

E bert

county

net

·w

it

ElP:,

~o,

Kit

c::.~.rson

an

Lincoln

counties

a

1.1

the

+-own

01

Limon

in

Lincoln ooun

ty.

yre

··re · ell

r

~presen

te<.i

a.

t

tr.at

me

..

ting

which

-:i"'

a Lel "bout ~he tidd1e

.a.

July ...

ine

n

zn

e

r

responded

to

the c 11

··hioh

\,as

more

than

the

oth

r

tl

1

r e

₀₀

11

n

ties

had

together.

I

his er

~

t

·ng

v~a

oon

uctc

by

B

.

J

.Jami

on

s

t,'

te

Farm Bureau

pre

i

-.ent~, '

.

nd

R.H.Ft.lt

,

assistant

coun

»Y

cgent

1

der.

Jimls

n

e~~l~ined the ·or~ing of

uhe

state and nh~ioral

farm

bur ..

a.1 i ~·

ile

1r.

Felts

we

ll

upon the

county

and

co

unity

org:

iza

t

i

n,

·nd

the

d

1ffer

0

nt

rojects

of

w

rk. A

plan

of

con

uotin

the

county

nte!bersh.ep

oa1paic

~.s

iacus

s

eci,

and

the

me

ting

journ

::o

r

fift n

ninute.

fo

th different

counties

~

u

tline

....

heir

plan of work. Pre ident

Vug'1es

called

the Elbert

oou

t,

del

gati

n

tog

..

th

1·,

n~

pl a were

formulate~

.

:f'or

th~

o·

ry1.

on of ~lle

oa

r.

"'

.. ·

gn

1n

our

county

.

The pl

n adopted in

our

C

>?u

..

ty

was

a.a

follo

a:

The

county

~gent

.s

to obtain a list of

nates

of

the

leading furmers

in

ach ~own hio

'rhi

on~

•

01

·

cl

tor ,"'

~ppoin te..;,. L ..

e'"' ch

·;ovmship.

Thi

olioi -:or

i

a.a h

·

de-~

the

list

of

~1~me

of

the

le--.-11ng

men

in

h i s t ·,ship,

..

11"

r

to olicit these

people

for

.

mberoh

ip

o

t

e

farm

bur

r

u.

·:e

though

t

~is a

very thcre1

gh

r

·y

of

o~nv

a

in_

t

c0u1ty,

~rov1a1ng

the

aolioi~ors

~ere will

-ing to

spen

·

h

tir

Tv--

,110

tin~·

ere to be held prior

to

the launching

of the

cam

a1gn,

one in the

est

end

of

the county

,

-

8

-and one in the

east ··

nd

of

t

!

e

aoun

ty

.

Thi

~vas

:r

o:r tne purpose

of

get

·ing

·h

·

lioi i.;o

:,

toge-her an

·

xpl· ini

1g

to "' era

th

fart

bur, u

rg

nizt: ti(m fror1

t

1'3

con

n.uni

y

to t..he n~ .i..ion"''l

fe,;e.n,

ion

at

f,.,rm 1)1.u~eau·]. T; ese mecti17;s

er

-

, he

-

, th.e

one

t

Ki0wa be

i

:ng

w

ll

represen te ..

,_

1hile

l"e

o· ·. a.; ~he

Li

ncol

Qchool

in the

L

o

·

t ..

e

oo mty

was

po

rly

at

ten

.ed,

oo

~sequ

ntl all

of

the

so

lie

i

to1? ;

tbi

ve de enc d

pon

ere

not

ob t

.

ine .

Eaoh 3olicL;or

·as

given fr

·t

+en to f 1ft

.:1r

.e

lber

hip

blt..n.ki.1

1

and

literature

on the

diff

:rent

p-i

ea

of

fo.r*

bur

au

organiz4t tion.

T

ijenty aolioi vor

~

wer

obt

ine~

:>

.

but

11

of

theee

id.

not

,;,,ork.

The

oarn

aign

as

o

a.r ...

ied

on for &.bout a

mon1.1h,

reBul·ti

1

·n ··,,.n

inore.-;,1roe of

ixty

five

member~

.

The

oor

i:,h·1,

ing in. n1is

1I(fk;.1gn

was

largely

dt1e

to

the

t1

me

of yeer

i

hie

it

.as

co

nduoted. The

·

t

te

autlorities

realiz-th,-t

t

thi~

v:a.;;.

not

cne ,

r

per time

to

o

.,nduot

suoh

a.

oamr.>::.tign

on

· cc

.m

t

.f everybo .. " b

i

1g

o busy in th;.

iel··

.s

·

.nd

h lp being

arm

a

P

Tne

ch·~

over the nt

:..

,

country, but

me

beJ:

·

"hi

c

·;

1p~

_

ign 11a.e

y

to

efl"i;.i,}'

oe::

.;a.in expen

· of

t

e county

nr

ataGe

in

t .. "'

oun

t,

er v

P.t:Y

muoh in

f

vo1·

o-f' having

for the

next

camp~ign.

· ork

.

ill be

t :rt

d e

.rly

in

December

•

ir

r

th-

·eoond

1

_

k

i

n December

.,

-

-10-1

h

1

t

vhr ,"

of

com·- uni ties

et

ter

Qe;

o.

.ove-~atoe.

T~

~

~heat

n gro n

here

o .. lice.

While

·ell

a anted to the

yield a

well

to th grund

n ..

·ve

corn.

in

differe1t

~!

nn.

o.

13.

The

y,

Iow~ Silver

here a o rn club

ThS

or-·. dul

.

. ;s n set .. ·

ing

e

ere·

of:

innesota

No.

account o~ the

con-..

,

but

could

s a.nd

s

S1.1

11,

and

e blade

of fir~t

inspection,

of

any

!n the

county.

to

ta.s

Be

l

a.bout

July

15th.

E~

rs · ere sh0Jtin

0

out

fron1

the

st·

lks

b.bout

v}

.. ist ~igh, ave.ra/J'i "'

two on

a s

talk.

After

thi.

a.

long

dry

s:pell

1ae

experienoed

1

an(

1t

effe

:.t

1as

irore

noticeable

on

·

1

_Jio

_sod

_{t~r· m}

_·

_d

_th<:;1.itl

_on

_any

_oth6r.

_{At the}

time

of

B'

oond 1

sp

c

tion,

part

of

·he

field

~vas

badly

bu

ned.

Altho only

f

ve oun s

p-r

~re,~

>l·nted,

it

~~a

to

o

thick for

th

oo ,

d

i tio of ~he

g

ound.

Sb

e e&rs

ware

ful·

y .:--

t·l:re

at

t

i

tim .,

h' l

os

of

ii

e

corn

·tab

1_N.

ente a.nd

prQ,,cti""~

11

all

r

n

~

·

of

ost.

0

_om

_1·~

_very

_·oo

_..

_d

_{ooxn re}

_{u ted fro this}

crop.

T

~

oorn

is

not

ye1..,

hue

...

bt

~

ur

4

l.1ghe

e--tir.ucttte-~ t e

yi

0

ld betwe·::.:n

twenty

1v~-=- and ·t?

1:cty buahel,

)er acre,

i

ill have

a.bout

f i:f

ty

bush

ls o ·

fir·

t class

see~ for

e:;;.le9

!r.

lm.

Bi

Minn

.

No.13

on

Mr

.

Frank Hu~

aon

a

so

of

th

1

•aa.me

oommun 1

y

p

l-!m tad

about

five

acres

f

Minn

.

No.

13. Thi~ oor~

!/'~s plrnt.~d

the

1

tter

part

of

'v,Y.

gooa

·

tat

a-- obt&.1 · e

•

'y

th

.

t

e:r

pa.rt

of

July

the f

i,,

J

was he

l:

hi

}1

an'~

ta

s

1

ing. Ea.r

Jere

b

e;inr

ing o

shoot

abO\lt

thi

~

·imt

...

.

This corn

had

sufficient

Ioi

ture cA.nd

keut .row n

·

.. in

fine h

pe

.

By

"'he fore

oa

t

o'"='

Se

p

tanber, the

e,, rs

1

·

·re

~ell

dented,

~

..

nd ·ver

·

ell

w

tured

by

.

latter

pa

rt

of

the

ronth

,

This

corn

prove,

v

ry

atisfactory

or

,Ir

,

,u7son

.

he

cor·1

i

not y t

u k d,

but

the yield

1s

ea~inated

,

s.t a.bou

th

rty

five

bu hol

.

)r:),r:

a.ere.

I OW A COMJAUN I TY

:r.

Vernon

(llea., on of Kio

a, agreed,

to de on°

tro ·

,li

th

Unn.

fo

.

13 corn. T is

agre

--ru

nt of

•

emon

-rat

ion

a

w

r

1

t ten

s ·mply

~

a.

.i:-

tter of

f ,;r

to

sho

..

t

e··

ct

~

r

y

to

do

.

.!.Ar.

Gle ....

on m-

t

with

A

.

E.

·

oclymon.de, E:?C teno ion

a.gr

onomis

t,

R

.

R.

La.no·-iiter, then

a·sist·nt

coun~y

:.a-ent leader, an th~ county

~:tgen

t,

the

foll

oring

f

c1tm

was

01.1

tline

_I

and

each

pa.I

ty

reoiev-ing

a

oopy of s&me.

L

EADER

!

Ag

r

e ·:s to

_)lont

25 a.ores of !1

1

nn

.

No

.

1

-5,, c

ertified

s

e

ed

.

Usual

n1~nne1'l>

of pl.i;mting

awJ

cultiva

ti

on

Will

select aesJ. f'rora. field.,

provided.

1

't

ru.a\# tres

Stora seed

i

n dry

well

ventilated place

I

nforrn county agent o.f disposal of ae

.

ed

ami

to who:q;t

Er

ter exhibit a't State Farm

.:..nrc'"'U

Corn

Show

County

Agent

W

i

l l

proouxe

seed from

J

.

D

.

Long of

llouldar, Colo

Visit field onoa in spring

and

take notes

Visi u field once

during

eutnrner

,

note

results

Plan field tour

it1

Jlall and aooompa.ny

spacicliat

le

e

p record of registration in

offioe

List se.d for a-le

orHERS

A

.

E

.

HcClymonds, Sva.i.ie Fie:! Agronomist ofr

C

ollege

su:9ply certif ie· need

grcPrn1

by

Minn. Exp

.

s

.

t-a.t1<)n

at

, not ore than

ten

ccn

t~

per pound

WilJ visi ~.

field

cmoe

du:ring

summe:r

to ob· er

v

e pto

-1·e:resa and orioe at

S

E'

h'Xi

selection

timea.nd

Will

oer

ti

fy sfh

..

d -::hs.

\J

est,

857f

gtirmina

tion

an.d

Li

8t

seed for

s~le.

'£his

$8~1d

\''faio,I procur

ed as above

a.r.i.d

.

ph.nted. t1nd

oared

for

in usu~l manner

.

The field was visite'.11 June

12th

,

the :atand being

nearly

perfect.

Being

·

eheok

rowed,

-

the field

t

as

kept

in good

1;,h~tpe

.

J\t

the

time

of Iha

fh~at tnapeo~ion

J

uly

27.

the

oorn

was

a little betMtrth':'n hip

h1t:tb,

tasseling out and signs of

shoo

t-ing eQ,rs.

lt

was in good grojving oondi t1on

,

but

could

a tand. some

moisture

.

At

time cf

amcond inspeo l,jion

,

ea.rs

were

begin,.1 ing to dent

and. th .... corn

·ar·

in

fir1-~

sb~ . .r"e

,

being over

"ea-

high

,

t%\,r s

well

up on tho s tc

1·

~

a,n{1

abundn.noe of foliage

.

on

aocoun

t

of

the :ru

s

b

of

fi1.ll

work

.,

no field seleo ',ion or tour

waa

held

.

This corn

i

s

being

bu·

ked

no _. and

it

1s

estimated

1

_dll

average forty

bush.e

l

.a

par aor

.

e

.

Not bs:ving enough

sila.gEJ

oorn

to

oon1plete

the f

i

ll

i

ng

of

1

is silo

,

a pa.rt

of

'

thia

Minn

.

13

,as

uoed

.

In

com.pal"

ison

with

C>ther

native

corn

,

i t

yielded twice

a~ muob

silage

per -:-;.\,ore,

the

yield

estimat"'d at seV'e.

ton

•

This

oorn

di exoeedi gly \'\Gll

oonsidering

thc.-t the altituae

s

t

1.tib

ich

it

watl

pro"luoed 1..,

over

6000

fe

0

t

.

Mr

i.

(l Vi

.

Clark also

of th

i i

oommuni ty

planted

:fifty

pound.a

of M

i

nn

,

Mo

.

13

.

Ple.nted

about

eigl1~ poun"s

per

aore

on sandy

loa · so:tl

.

T11~,

oorn was listed oli June 8 o,long side

n,itiv

e

yellow dent

._

At time of f.irst 1nspeot1on, corn

<tJvz.,a i:1.bOut

th

r

ee

'"'nd one half f

ot

tall, aho1.ing i:s

e signs of tas

·

1elin.t;

.

:t'h

i

a

-fieJ.d was not

inspected

in Sept

.

Comp1t..rit1ve y1eld'3

ftt ..

F

.

S

.

Milner

o

.

f

the

sr:,,,,trie

cor.nw:unity

1

listed

five a.o

r

es or

Minn

.

No

,

13

on

iiik:~.ndy

loam soil.

May

zo

.

At

fir~

t

i

mipect

i

on

tir.e

,

oor

n was

head

high

ta.rL~eling

out and

~1hoot1ng

~a:rs

.

Th

i

a

001•n

,N.f-S

oultivated

three

ti1

71

ea.

Showed oig:m-:1 of thick

plant

i

ng

,

bu, .. never';heleaP- m~,de a vigorous

rrrowth ·

.'.1{

&n ano:rmo

·

a

Pmotmt

oi

filage

.

%ra.s

ne

eding rco1i,re

at

this

tirna.

At

ti1ne o,f

oond

in

.

peo tion

.,

the

corn

was

well

dented

,

e.nd matu:rintS fine

.

Will get

fl!

abund~.noe

of :f'odJer

and

so

ne gooli

seed, e

..

ltho

the

c,:r:ought

a:fle,:·teu

it

some.

Not

yet husked ao y

i

eld

is unkno,m,

12-.;

tr

.

To

Bur

ide

st of K ·

o

a · bou

t

five

11

11les,

planted about fifte n acr.

o

oertifi

d ~inn

.

No

.

13 on san·y

loam

..,oil.

mh1~ oorn

a

nl·-

t~ ·

·oo

t.thio • '.

.

as plant;ed along

si:ie

of

native c rn

.

Many

-

lr ceo

vluee

s·ta.l ,.s

tood

in the space

·h

re

ther hould

h·

ie b

n bu,

one

.

t

1me

of

1rst 1.

a

€,ction

the

fi l

~~

very

une

en, being

.i. l

1 ·h to _ea high. This fiela

did

no\,,

ho u

.... accor -

J. ::

to t,

-

r

.... st

of

th- fi 1 .::,,

ut

t,

i

coul

h'><lrdly

b

e

..

pocted

ori ace unt

of

the ·1eo

y

con

i

tion. At

ti~e of . ·

con

1nspec

;,ion, corn as v

ry

un;...ven 1n

t~

-e

of

.i.l.tu.1·ity,

~1t

o

ost

OJ. it

.s.s

lell deLtec..

.

The

·:s;·

very

.ell

fill ,

~er~

bm~ll

n not

~~ue

~

ty:

e,

-....

11.~

yield

abo

'G

·he

ea.me

a

the

net~ive corn.

e

leven

e,cres

f

•

Thif1

fi ..

l.d .

aa

of

firs~

inspection

~i

h

O., C O .,

ping

s

conrunity ,ho 1

nte 15

poun1~

of

ceed,

.iinn.

No

13,last

y

a.r,

·.nd

who

give

·inn

•

he

uinco

ln

qohool ,Co

111un

t

ty plon tad

three

p

·

icw

i f

lly

for s ili'.'.1,ge, but in

tend-p.ro.

uce

ee

u':;le

next

year.

This corn

;vas