Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1919-04-03
FARM BUREAU
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drainage meeting intended for ever
rancher between Washoe, Whitley bot
tom and Falks Store and others own
ing property in this area is to be hell
Friday night, April 4th at Fruitlant
High School. Every ranch owne
should be there, either you are il
favor of darinage or will protest the
formation of drainage area. Sinct
decisive action will likely be taken al
this meeting held by U. S. Drainage
Engineer, Mr.. NJ. r Lewis every
farmer should be present at o'clock
new time. Bring all the neighbors you
can get into your auto.
HAY CULTIVATION. Many ranch
ers have thoroughly spring-toothed
their alfalfa this spring thus doing
two things: First giving it an earlier
start SO that it will better Withstand
the attack of weevil in May, and
second cleaning out weeds and Nor
mon oats. The weevil are already put
ting in their appearance and ranchers
must do all they can to get their hay
well started to Withstand the May
invasion.
SILO EXCURSION. As lately an
nounced from the Boise office silo
excursion for Payette County will be
held week from Friday, or on April
11th. The excursion will meet at
central place to be announced later,
and will visit about a dozen silos in
this county and some of the pure bred
stock ranches which will be interesting
to cattle men. Plan to take that day
off, fill your auto with neighbors who
are interested in feeding ensilage to-
beef cattle, sheep and dairy cows and
see the silos already in use in this
county. There are or s pit silos,
several wood silos and several concretel
silos to be seen on this trip and the
State Experts, Mr.. Rinehart and Mr..
Cammack will come direct from the
County silo excursion held
on the 8th and 10th to Payette county
for Friday, April 18th. The place of
for the start will be an
on bulletin boards in New
Fruitland and Payette on
Saturday.
EVENING MEETINGS. We have
Just received set of government
slides on Better Roads and these will
be shown at evening meetings held on
the following dates;
Tuesday evening, April Sth, District
No. 6.
Thursday evening, April 10th, Vail
ey View.
VACCINATING. We plan to vacein-
ate calves in South Payette and Dis
.rict No. on Friday, April Sth. Phone
Mr. Dan Coates for appointment;
n South Fruitland April 10th, phone
Nr. Henry Heckes for appointment.
CODDLING MOTH CONTROL. We
suggest that orchardists can get a
,etter control on coddling moth this
season providing they know the date
hat the moth matches from the larvae
n their own localities. To get this
control our Farm Bureau project
hartman on orchard management 1
suggests that orchardists collect some
# these larvae, put them in small
ages and place these in various parts
If the orchard. Some on the ground
n the rubbish, some in the trees, some
It the upper side of hillside orchards
md some at the very lowest elevation,
n order to determine when they hatch
,ut from these dormant cocoons. A
age is quickly made by using small
in can into which the cocoons are
placed and a bit of mosquito netting
led over the open end of the can. The
arvae may be found hiding under the
.ough bark of the trees, along the
'ences, under the caves of the packing
,ouse and even in the packing house
tself. We suggest that packing hous-
IS should have screens on the windows
n order to prevent the escape of the
moths which are Matched out from
heir Information and fly out into or
,hards to lay eggs for new genera
ion of coddling moth. If we have SO
men in the county doing as suggested
above we can save many thousand dol
ars in our controlling coddling moth
his season.
RANCH LABOR. Farm hands are
arriving slowly and we are about a
week behind in our supply. Ranchers
ire sticking to the wage scale Of s6o.-
10 and board OF $500 and house,
,arden spot and sometimes milk
furnished. If ranchers desire to pay
more than these wages we suggest
hat they pay it as bonus rather
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