Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-02-04
HOW IDAHO INDUSTRIES AND HOMES ARE
AIDED BY ERSITYEXTENSIONP

hoppers were killed and correspond
ing saving of clover seed resulted.
POWER COUNTY.
The destruction Of jac6rabbits in
Power county Is one Of the outstand-
ing lines OF WORK accomplished. In CO.
operation with the u. s. bureau of bio
logical survey and the county commits
sioners, the country has been rid of up
ward [. $4,000 jackrabbits. Seven hum
dred RABBITS were killed with one ounce
Of strychnine, and 800 rabbits in one
night Is the high mark to his credit
In a semiarid county, where trees
are a luxury, the accomplishment of
planning two school grounds and one
farm home, and Of planting 90 trees on
same, having all live and grow where
before had bean total failure, Is indeed
an achievement
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
Alfalfa weevil control, as accomplish
ed in Franklin county, resulted in an
increase Of one ton more of alfalfa per
acre on 35S acres.
Growing corn in the place of summer
fallow. as usually rracticed, over an
area of 210 acres resulted in clear
profit to the farmers so doing of $500.
1t also resulted in the erection Of the
first silo in Franklin county.
The Improvement of the wheat crop
through seed selection on 300 acres
showed a yield Of five bushels more per
acre and a larger profit of So per
acre.
The err dication CT the 'Piute" ground
sultant increase of 10 per cent.
FREMONT COUNTY.
The county agent stationed in FIRE.
mont county began work late in the
spring of 1916. Even with this handi-
cap, the work done is almost gpectac-
ular in its value.
A serious problem in this county dur
ing past years has been the outbreak
of the insects commonly known as
Mormon crickets." The county agent,
at cost of $50 spent for poison, not
only prevented the destruction of crops
in the dry land areas of the county,
but also protected the i rigated areas.
A total of 1916 head of stock were
vaccinated for black-leg control, with
the loss of a single animal after vac
full to those stock owners using the
Targhee national forest ranges.
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS.
No branch of extension service car
ries such potentially as the Boys and
Girls club work. The far-reaching and
excellent work of the county agent and
home economic branches becomes Of
little effect in comparison. The club
work deals with the mind and habit
of the young while still plastic.
Through this influence they may be
nodded and shaped so that the bene-
ficent effect may be traced through
generations. There are nu-
merous concrete illustrations of cases
where the club work has literally trans
formed a lazy or Indifferent boy or girl
into an interested, hard working one.
George Mason, a 16-year old Madison
county club member, grew 10 bushels
of potatoes on ne-eighth of an acre
in 1915. He is now employed by the
leading potato handling firm of Rigby.
and although but IS years old, he has
purchased many carloads of potatoes
this past fall.
Nellie Chase, a 16-year- old Clearwa-
ter county club member, won the state
championship for the best potatoes in
1915.
Lloyd ellison and Walter Remer, club
boys of Neg Perez county, were poor
students in school until they became
interested in club work. They are now
honor students and have secured three
acres to continue their club work upon
next year.
HORTICULTURE.
The service rendered by this branch
Of the extension division has been the
least satisfactory during the biennium
OF any branch OF the work. The leave
of absence granted the field hnrtic,,lt