Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-11-06

than they resolved for similar
mount Of stock sold TO local buyers
NJ year when the market was even
In . better condition.
Pest Control--Reports have been re-
ceiyed from two-thirds OF the mon
using round squirrel poison and COM
piled and presented to the county
commissioners. These reports show
net saving Of approximately ~ Per
acre, and 800 per farm for the men
reporting, with a total saving to date
Of approximately $4,000.
BONNEVILLE.
Organixation-Count Agent II. u
| Brossard who has served the county
| for two years and three months, for
merly presented his resignation TO the
executive committee. having accepted
a position with q sugar company. MT.
Brossard has made q wonderful sue
cess Of Farm Bureau work during the
| time he has served AZ county agent
| and we are certain he will be success
| full in his new field Of endeavor and In
behalf of the extension division extend
to him our best wishes. ID c. R1gby.
/ a graduate of the Utah Agricultural
college and for the past several years
has been working with the Inland
|
agriculture enterprises. has been Sc
cured as Mr.. Brossard's successor.
CANVAS.
Organization-The first county agri-
culture exhibit was staged on Sept.
! hundred and fifty people visited the
, exhibits. The judges from outside OF
the county, who attended, pronounced
! 1t one Of the best county exhibits they
have thus far visited. Special men
| ton is due the wonderful work of the
garden and poultry club members. In
| spite of the fact that the county has
no paid club leader the farm bureau
has conducted some excellent club
work. The county came to the front
at the state fair in the wheat exhibit
rs per cent Of the wheat prizes being
| won by Camas county exhibitors.
CANYON.
Organization-Durin the week pre-
ceding the dates of the state fair two
community fairs were held within the
county, the results Of which demon
strate the effectiveness of such educa-
| tional institutions being under the
| management of the farm bureau. A
| four-day harvest festival was held al
Nampa, fostered by the business mer
of that town. There were sports oil
various kinds and street carnival
Very little cooperation was secured
with farm bureau members of thai
section At Wilder real one-day
agricultural exhibit was staged under
the direction of the local farm bureau
committee. The entire day was spen
| by the people inspecting and examin-
ing the exhibits and the livestock. The
success Of this community exhibit a!
compared to the one formerly de
scribed offers a solution to the coun
| ty fair problem.
Potato mprovement-Our farmer!
suffered loss of about 100000 from
scald, resulting from the very no
weather during the time we were un
able to secure cars for shipment Thu
POTATOES were dug and left on top TIN
ground and large stocks of otherwis
number one will scarcely pass a
number two. Had the potatoes beer
dug at the time they were ready 70
market this scald condition SHOULD
never have appeared.
Soil Improvement-The county prof
ect committee assisted by the stat
specialist are planning a number o
plots for next year upon which the
will demonstrate the advisability o
, applying sulphur to alfalfa fields an
land plaster will also be used in som
of the demonstrations.
CASSIA.
County Fair-A very successful fai
was held during the week of Sept s
Mr. Rinehart claimed the competition
in the livestock exhibits were equs
to any fair in the state this year an
| would almost equal the state fair las
, year Financially the fair was grea
success and put the local board fl
nancially secure for next year.
: ELMoRE.
= Poultry-A number of the farm bu
!, reau women are showing considerabl
interest in the culling of their flock
! as carried on by the poultry specials
= and will result in some organized wor
in this project to commence In tn
c immediate future.
t FRANKLIN.
k Irrigation-Farmerso OF the county 9
n a large mass meeting decided to bull
d a reservoir and 5000 has been sub
2 scribed for the financing Of this pro.
ect.
: Sugar Beets-Sufficient acreage ha
8 been signed up by the farmers of tn
: county to secure sugar beet factor
II for our section next year.
= Feeding-The Franklin communit
chairman together with the count
e agent visited number Of beet. ia
: silos in the southern part of the va
8 ley and found that they had give
= satisfaction and they are recommend
= ing them to the farmers of their CON
It munity. The chairman estimates tn,
: this plan will save the farmers of II
" county $4,000 in feed during the con
: ing winter. III
y FREMONT.
d Livestock-Some interesting conoll
|
, pertinent of a number of orphan lamb
n The feed ration consisted of COW
Il milk and alfalfa pasture. Some laml
weighed SO pounds when bh montl
old.
Standard Of Cereals-Our coun
will have 500 acres of certified Ma
Gus wheat this year also some cert
. fled Dicklow. :.
Potatoes-We are proud IN that '
l. 4 L. EN.-l- l.