Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-11-26
PLANS OUTLINED
BY COUNTY AGENT
Inspection of Silos One of
the Things Proposed by
McCall-Bureau Is to Be
Undertaken.

Caldwell, Nov. 25.-The beneficial
effect of the work of County Farm
Agent w. T. Mccall, of Canyon coun-
ty. is clearly reflected through the
highly developed condition of the
county along agricultural lines. In
every community where demonstra-
tons have been made there has been
large attendance and the manifesto
ton of the deerest interest.
Canyon county was the first in the
state to take the initiative towards
blazing the way from pioneer condi-
tions to scientific agriculture and the
wonderful wealth so observable among
the farmers of all sections of the
county abundantly evidences the wis
dom Of the course taken.
GREAT WORK OUTLINED.
For the ensuing year County Agent
Mccall has outlined a great work. One
feature of it will be a county wide silo
roundup. The various farms having
silos will be visited on this excursion
and the vast benefits and advantages
of the silos pointed out. In a recent
report in referring to the increase in
silos in this countq. Mr.. Mccall said:
-Four years ago there were only 25
sllos in Canyon county and this was
half the number in the entire state of
Idaho. Now we have in the neigh
borhood of 100 silos in this county,
about one-third being cement con-
struction, little over one third some
sort of wood construction, and the
balance pit silos. A large part of this
increase in silC building is due to the
fact that the county agent and the
county farm bureau have put in con-
siderable time in assisting the. farm
ers throughout the county in planning
and erecting their slos, and in ex-
planning to those interested in the
value of the silo in milk and meat pro-
duction.
GREAT DAIRY COUNTRY.
Boise valley will probably some
day be enc of the greatest dairy coun-
tries in the world; and the sooner our
people can get line on the matter of
silos, cow-testing associations, and
other things of vital interest to the
dairy business, just that r!.':ch sooner
will they be able to take the place
which they deserve in the dairy indus
try in the country"
The extension of the demonstra-
ton work of the county agent is to be
greatly extended along various lines.
In commenting further upon the work
proposed for the coming year in his
report, Mr.. Mccall says:
Next year here in Canyon county
we are planning to inaugurate some
thing new in the matter of calling at
tention to the farm bureau work be-
ing done throughout the county. Here
tofore because of lack of county wide
farm bureau organization it has been
necessary for the county agent to work
almost entirely with individuals and
progress has been necessarily limit
ed. Before another growing season
opens, however, Canyon county will
probably have one of the best farm
bureau organizations in the north
west, with an active membership in
every community center in the coun-
ty and with committee in each To-
cality chosen from this membership to
look after the extension and execu-
ton of farm bureau work.
MEETINGS PROPOSED.
with such an organization as this
through which to work, 1t will be no
longer necessary for the county agent
to confine his attention to working
with individuals, for when he goes In
to one of these communities it Will
be the business of the community COM
mittee to make his coming known
the district so that every
man in the district who desires the
services OF the county agent, may
avail himself of these services and
avoid the necessity of
the county agents making a return
trip. Better still. when any question
Of community interest is to be con-
sidered, those interested may be col
lected readily and field meeting held
on some farm in the community where
the problems of interest to that mar