Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-04-10
PLAN TO CULTIVATE
ALL THE TILLAbLE
LANDS TO UTMOST
Farm Agent of Canyon
County Outlines Plan Of
Campaign to Bring ALI
Available Soil Into Use.


sive years campaign has been out
lined by County Farm Agent r. H.
Musser of this city, and there will be
no cessation of effort upon his part
to effect the cultivation Of every avail
able acre in Canyon county this year
as one of the phases for preparedness
in the great war into which the coun-
try has plunged. Intensive farming
along highly diversified lines will be
one of Professor Musser's leading ad-
vocacies. Especial emphasis will be
given to the necessity for silo con-
struction and the growth Of corn to
fill them in all parts Of the county
To accentuate this important phase OF
agricultural and livestock develop
ment, Professor Musser will arrange
for silo excursion through the trib-
utary communities at an early date.
In commenting today upon the work
which he has done in the county since
his appointment and the work outlin-
ed by him for the present season, Pro-
fessor Musser said:
FIGHTING THE BLACkLEG.
"The first three days of the month
have been spent in a strenuous cam
paign of control of blackleg. Payette,
New Plymouth, Valley View, Fruit
land, and Falk were the communities
visited. The farmers are very well
organized and during the three days
campaign about As farms were visited
and practically 500 head of cattle were
vaccinated, for blackleg. This is only
a beginning of the campaign, and the
latter part of this week and all of next
week will be given to the campaign of
the south end of the county. The fol-
lowing communities: Ten Davis, Sunny
Slope, Middleton, Huston, Central
Park, and Maple Grove, are thorough
ly organized and vast immediate aid
in the control Following this other
communities will be visited.
Immediately after the blackleg
campaign, the matter of controlling
potato disease and aiding in the Sc
lection of type potatoes for seed will
be taken up. Saturday. April Z, the
first demonstration on the control of
potato diseases was given at Payette.
At that time Professor E. r. Bennett
was on hand. Glendale, Melba, Scism,
Wilder, Notus, Ten Davis, and dis
trict No. are the communities which
have asked for aid in the control of
potato diseases. AS soon as these
communities are visited the campaign
will be carried to all other parts Of
the county.
ut is only through the splendid CO.
operation u the farmers and the splen-
did organization that SO much work
can be done so rapidly and efficient
ly.
TO TAKE sILo EXCURSION.
1.-THE latter part of the month it is
planned to take a silo and livestock
excursion through the following COM
m lnities: Valley View, east of New
Plymouth, and after inspecting the
silos and livestock around New Ply
mouth and FruitlanC the excursion
lists will be given an outdoor luncheon
provided by cor,->'t+o" --.-+tnp Of
n. ]. Shearer, w. P. Palmer, Ira Dali
zell. After luncheon the inspection of
the Payette valley will be conducted
and the excursionists will cross into
Malheur county and inspect the silos
and dairying in eastern Oregon, espe-
cially around Nyssa- The first davis
excursion will end on the farm of Levi
Stephens in Apple valley, where the
operation of a milking machine will be
witnessed. The next day the excur-
sionists will cover the Boise valley and
will probably go into Ada county as
far as Meridian.
1T is urged that every farmer who
is at all interested and who is able
to attend, will come and join the ex-
cursion. The excursion will be made
up of business men as well as farm
ers and should be an instructive trim
especially to every farmer who is in
terested."