The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-08-13
EXPERIMENT FARM

"hAesV ASOSC anu bAAAo Stupo EhAN
Really Doing in Idaho-The Work
Of County Agents Praised-How
They Can and Do Work for the
Benefit of Farmers.
II think oyu are certainly to be
congratulated on having taken steps
to secure county agent, and your
farmers certainly will be greatly
benefited thereby. Your first big
move after your agent has been APP
pointed will be to conduct a vigorous
campaign of education among the
farmers letting then become fully
advised as TO just what county
agent is and what his duties are. This
accomplished you will find that his
services to your agriculturists will be
invaluable. He at once becomes a
center of information, education. in
vestigation and demonstration around
which all development may center
and farmers will find in the county
agent continual source from which
they may draw advice and help in
solving the problems which are daily
presenting themselves.
]. M. Bradley, field editor of the
Gem State Rural, and assistant to Mr..
II. w Potter, state supervisor of the
boys and girls school club work in
idaho, was visitor in American
Falls last Monday in company with
II. P. Ashby, field horticulturist for
the Agricultural Extension depart
ment of the University of Idaho,
guests of Hon. d. w. Davis, and in an
interview with the Press, made the
foregoing statement relative to the
action of the county commissioners in
deciding to employ county agricul-
turist. Mr.. Bradley is reputed to be
one of the best posted men in the
service and his opinion on the matter
is worth while. He informs us that
during the past two months in Can
,yon county alone, County Agent Nc
Call has saved to the hog raisers of
his county more than $4,000 worth
of hogs. All these hogs were exposed
to hog cholera and all of the various
herds had cholera developed. The
county agent was called and by
prompt and vigorous action in quar-
antining and vacinating the disease
was checked with a very small loss
'of hogs. The county agent" said
Mr.. Bradley, works while the farm
}er sleeps. If problem presents it.
self which he is not able to solve
he Immediately gets in touch with
the agricultural extension Offices at
Boise and is thus Immediately able to
Secure the full benefits of investiga-
,tions and experiments not only by the
university force but by the United
States department of agriculture as
we'll"
Get in Touch With Aberdeen Station
(, Continuing he said: II want to
urge upon your farmers to get in
touch with the experiment station at
Aberdeen. After having spent day
there | am quite sure that the Aber-
deem station is conducting the most
intelligent and comprehensive work
possible and of all the stations in the /
northwest, none are equaling the
work being done by Mr.. Archer in
grain experiments and Messrs. War
burton and Ball of the United tSates
of Agriculture, Depart
ment of Investigation, who were Wis
ltlng the station in the regular round
OF their duties last Monday, were loud
in their praise of the stations devel- |
opment. The experiments being car
ried on by Mr.. Aicher in potatoes
alone are worth to this territory all |
1t costs to maintain the station. |
might tell you at length what is is
doing but he hing for your farmers
to do is to go there. They would
find 1t highly beneficial If they would
take day each month and spend it
at the station. Aalk A1cner into a
trance. That is what he is there for
and he likes it. His tests with dry
farm alfalfa for seed are proving
highly successful and a demonstra-
tion field of white sweet clover is