American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1915-09-30
Pays the Top Price for Grain. We get Daily Quota
tons from the Principal Grain Markets.

charge. II was a tremendous prob
lem which confronted the new In
spector when he arrived, one which
he at once realized must be met with
n firm hand.
Organization Is Formed.
The farmers had been humbugged
80 much already by quack v%eterinar-
ians who guessed at the situation; by
dealers In various quack proprietary
remedies for cholera. and a host OF
other impositions, that they were ak
tremely scept.cal OF any new solution
offered. pr, Sullivan's first steps
were those of organization and educa-
ton. Meetings were arranged In each
of the school districts where he was
enabled to meet the farmers and talk
over the situation with them, explain
ing what the government was doing
In other states and what It proposed
to do In Idaho. To many OF the farm
er's II. seemed at least q straw nj
which they might grasp and they
promised cooperation with the Twin
Falls station. The organization was
made complete by the selection IN
each school district OF n leader. He
In turn Is supported by helpers APP
pointed. there being one man to about
each four sections. Through these
helpers the supervisors set about
gathering information ror the guidance
Of the office This WIS., done by TAX.
ing a very careful farm census for the
two years preceding the establishment
Of the station. the survey cards indicat-
Ing the number OF hogs on each farm
for the preceding two years, the state
Of their health, whether or not there
had been cholera, had there been
cholera on adjoining farms. hAvsmany
were lost. etc. The name OF the C
cupant OF the farm was included with
his p~ostoffice address, his telephone
number, and the location OF his farm
by township. range, section and quar-
ter section location. This informa-
ton is on file by a card index system
LIN the office and complete sectional
maps OF the tnnrs' ys4ti.' XeRars.
maps OF the entire stetion prepared.
Thus when a call comes In for help
the inspector can tell at a glance
just where the call IL located; wheth-
err or not cholera has at any time
existed near the farm asking for help
and by reference TO the ledger record
he secures further complete detailed
information. Whenever cholera n
located on a farm a pin with a white
head is placed In the map on that
farm which becomes a continuous
directory. II exposed herds are treat
cd a pin with a red head Is placed IN
the farm where the nerd IL located.
The value OF this map Is at once ap-
parent. For instance Farmer Jones
telephones the office that he has
sick hogs. The Inspector Immediate
ly locates farmer Jones on the map
and may find that mere has been
!, cholera on the farm next to him.
two or three farms away, or on the
other hand perhaps there has been
no cholera within four or five miles
Of him. Then the problem presents
itself OF locating the cause OF infoe
ton. This may be traced to an ir.
rigation ditch; to the purchase o:
new hogs from a previously infected
farm; TO pigeons; to visitors. dos
coyotes, birds, or some one OF many
other ways Of carrying infection.
The district a. originally organised
includes what In known ~ the South
Side Twin Falls segregation: n
North Side Twin Falls segregatioC
with it, extensions; that portion q
0ooding county included in the Idnhs