Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-12-11
With Few Exceptions the Gen
eral Plan of Farm Bureau
Reorganization Followed
Scope Broadened.

With few exceptions the general plan
Of farm bureau reorganization has been
followed in all counties and judging
from reports the executive and COM
munity committeeman have entered the
campaign with unusual enthusiasm
and as a result strong programs of
work are promised for 1920.
Most all community committee
meetings and advisory council meet
ings have been held. The increased
activity of committeeman at these
meetings bespeaks the future growth
Of the Idaho farm bureaus
Heretofore this monthly report has
been confined to county agent activi-
ties, but with this issue the scope has
4 been broadened to include all work of
the farm bureau. AS soon as the 1920
organization is completed the mailing
list will be extended to include all
community committeeman as well as
executive committee members.
BY counties the review follows:
ADA
Livestock--A cooperative shipment
of sheep was made from Ada and Can
yon counties on October 10 and IA.
This shipment was made up of 1924
head of sheep and represented BE- FAR
mers, each farmer shipping from to
1875 head. The price received at Oma-
ha ranged from $3.50 for old ewes to
$15.75 for prime lambs. All loss and
expenses were prorated according to
, number shipped.
Soil Improvement-About 500 pounds
of sulphur and 1900 pounds of land
plaster has been ordered by one farmer
for soil improvement work. The sui
phur will be applied at the rate of 100
pounds per acre and the land plaster
.Ia ,lVNl,r
and land plaster cost approximately
So per acre on the land.
Dairy--Interest in semi official test
ing is increasing, four herds in the val
icy are now having this twoday test
each month under the supervision of
the University of Idaho dairy depart
Sment. Twenty-Five herds have been
tested for T. B. and 10 cows have re-
acted.
HAMMOCK
Organization--Comm commit
tee meetings have been held in seven
communities. On account of fall work
and the L. ID. S. conference at Salt
Lake meetings had to be postponed
to later date than was scheduled;
however, meetings are scheduled IN
the remaining number of communi-
ties and we are expecting good work
in these meetings.
Farm Bureau NeWS-AL last .lnt loIE
talked of Farm Bureau News for Ban
mock county has been arranged for
and we are expecting the first num-
Der to be presented. On account
of power troubles the printer is I'M
able to promise a definite date. We
are looking forward to the Farm Blu
reau News as great help in our coun-
ty organization work.
: Liyestock--There has been some
trouble in getting hay baled that was
purchased by farmers CO. operatiVely in
Oregon, but definite arrangements
have been made with w. r. Smith OF
Cleveland to bale hay, so it is eX-
pected that the hay will be shipped in
the near future.
With the state department cooper
ating in fighting the Influenza out
break the disease seems to be about
subdued. While there was a loss of
about 20 head of horses that many sick
ones were saved and about $50 head
altogether were Vaccinated with good
results. We owe a great deal of credit
to Maroni Lowe, acting community
chairman of Grace, for cooperation
with the farm bureau office in this
work
Demonstration was held in Hawkins
Basin on blackleg vaccination: So head
were vaccinated at the demonstration.
Seven men were present. AS result
the community committeeman on live
stock vaccinated about 20 head a few
days after The Aggresin. vaccine was
used, which immunes them for life.
This is great advantage over using
the old vaccines as they were only
good for about six months. The cost
per head was 80 cents
Labor-Owing to shortage in labor
for the beet fields the matter was
taken up by r. l.. Dixon, community
chairman. with the farm bureau; about
30 men were secured to help harvest
the beet crop as a result of the eff
fort put forth by the farm bureau.
BEAR LAKE
Organization--Octob 20 at Fish
Haven we held our first community
committee meeting. A very concise
program of work was arranged by the
committee for 1920 from the commun-
fly point of view. Committeeman pro-
posed the matters to be taken up; the
county agent and club leader assisted
in arranging the work into a program
of work. So much was proposed to be
taken up in pest control projects that
the following division of responsibility
was made:, Squirrels and gophers;
rabbits and sparrows; Canadian and
bull thistles. The pest control com
mitteeman will have immediate charge
of squirrel and gopher work and will
work the other divisions through sub
committeeman. There were nine men
and women at this meeting, six of
whom were committeeman. Similar
meetings were held in st. Charles and
Bloomington, both of which resulted
in the formation of appropriate COM
munity programs of work
Crops-Four wheat grading schools
have been held with an attendance as
follows st. Charles 8, Liberty T. Paris
20, Montpelier 10. Standardization of
wheat was the underlying aim of these