The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1917-03-22
CROPS, STOCKS AND
MARKETING AIDED BY
AGRICULTURAL AGENTS


been in connection with marketing
farm products. S1S6,000 worth o
business has been done through or
ganized marketing activity stimulat
ed by county agents.
OF great importance are those or
CARNATIONS typified by the DeschuteS
Valley Potato Growers Association
established under the direction of the
County Agent in Crock County. Tbs
growers OF that region pooled their
product. graded and standardized il
with the result that four cars were
disposed OF in Sacramento at the top
market price the first season. The
buyers offered to contract last year S
entire output at the top market price
again. The significance of the pro-
iect becomes apparent when We con-
slider that the market was entirely
out of reach of the growers indi-
dually and that only through the as
sociation could they solve their mar
keting problems. This association is
now starting its third successful sea-
son with 81 members.
The most important live stock i'm
provement work is represented by
the promotion of COW testing associa-
tions, breeders associations, bull as
sociations, disease control and silo
construction. The stimulus given
the work of this character by the ag-
ricultural agents is illustrated by the
fact that ten of the fiften cow test
ing associations in Oregon are in the
fifteen county agent counties.
Silos bear direct relation to the
live stock industry and "a were con-
structed last year in county agent
counties. The encouragement of
this economic method of food stor-
age was made special project in
Gamhill County, with. the result that
81 silos we're built and not to exceed
60 had been built in all previous
years. AS means of stimulating an
interest Agricultural Agent Shrock
conducted silo demonstration tour
in which "A automobile loads of
farmers or over 200 people all told
saw Is silos including different
makes and heard no less than 20 silo
owners relate their experiences and
give information as to cost etc.
Such educational events as that do
not take place without the presence
of a county agent in the county.
Cows and corn make the coin, is
the slogan adopted in Coos County
since ]. L. Smith, County Agricul-
tural Agent, came on the job three
years ago. furthermore, the result
already apparent is expressed as fol-.
lows: More Corn, More Silos, More
Silos, More Cows, More Cows, More
Cash.
Coos County dairymen are grow
ing more corn and building more si-
los each year. There are now nearly
$50 silos in the county most of them
having been built since Mr.. Smith
started work.
In addition to the silage and silo
work Mr.. Smith has given a large al
mount of time to COW testing asso-
Citations with the result that four
or FIVE are maintained yearly with
a total of about 5000 cows on test.
Ten thousand two hundred acres
of land have been included in drain
age districts organized with the as
sistance and in most instances at the
instigation of the county agents.
Over 400 field demonstration.
were conducted under the superb |
sion of the fourteen county agricul- |
turai agents in Oregon during 1916.
A large number of them were de-
signed to show the value of improy-
ed strains of hardy varieties of grains
and grasses. One hundred lime de-
monstrations are included in the
number. Hill selection and seed
treatment of potatoes and the value
of field peas in Eastern Oregon farm
ing are other important demonstra-
tons.
In idea of the field demonstra-
ICES with crop varieties, carried on
n Eastern Oregon counties, is
shown by the work in Klamath
1onnty, where 45 farmers worked
lnae7 the direction of County Agent
ilaisyer.
"fese demonstrations consisted of ,
liiieTent varieties of field peas, al {
ali2. grasses, wheat, oats, barley, 8
'ar'nties Of field peas were grown I
uaer both dry and irrigated land s
On dry land, the Ban t
aba proved the heaviest yielder this r
eason. its yield being estimated at 7
ourteen bushels of seed per acre. q
he Carleton proved the superior sor c
ay purposes. The peas were grown b
n double drilled rows, thirty-fve in S
hes apart, SO that they might be bet Y
er cultivated. When irrigated, the 8
eas under all conditions were seed J.
d in rows seven inches apart with a Q
ommon drill. I
In the wheat demonstrations, the s
arly Baart variety showed the best
verage spring wheat yields and the s
armers are anxious to obtain seed n
4 this variety in order to have a c
arge acreage this year. Demonstra- d
ions with Turkey Red. Blue Stem I,