Jerome County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1919-1920, 1919-04-10
AKIN BUREAU HOLDS
INTERESTING MEETING

Squirrel poisoning demonstration at
w. {. White place. Barrymore.
Friday April 11-2 .. M
squirrel Poisoning demonstration at
NJ. A. Bishop place. Eldorado Heights.
Monday, April l4.-lO l.. NJ
Pocket gopher poisoning demonstra-
tion at Chas. Kleinau place. west of
Jerome
Monday, April l4-2 .. m.-
squirrel poisoning demonstration. c.
G. Pharris, Canyonside.
Monday, April 14-3 p. m
Blackleg vaccinating demonstration,
C.. {. Pharris place, Canyonside.
Executive Committee
The committee met at Farm Bu-
reau headquarters in the post office
building, Saturday evening, April S.
The important work before the com
mittee was the planning OF the work
to be carried out during the year. ].
d. Rigney, chairman OF the crop i'm
provement project. will have charge
OF the certification OF about twelve
hundred acres OF Dicklow wheat to
oe grown in jerome county this year.
la addition it is expected that sever
al men will grow demonstration plots
OF corn. The certification of disease
Tree potatoes Of good type for seed
will be continued.
A. W. Atwood. president in charge
Of marketing, expects to continue the
work OF marketing of wool 1t is
likely that total of more than twice
the amount handled last year. will be-
pooled. Representatives from the
Salt Lake and Portland stock yards
have maAe arrangements to handle
cooperative shipments of livestock
pooled through the Farm Bureau.
Members OF the committee expressed
themselves as very much pleased with
the hay marketing work handled
through the Haygrowers' Association
OF which Mr. Wildes Veazie is man
ager
Pest Control-Orson Wilson. com
mitteeman in charge. 1t is planned TO
hold grasshopper poisoning demon
strations in every district in the
county a. the proper season. This
work resulted in every district in the
work resulted in very profitable re-
turns last year In the case of squir-
rel poisoning several demonstrations
were scheduled as listed elsewhere
in the notes.
Livestock-Geo. LANCER. commit
teeman in charge. Blackleg vaccina-
tion demonstrations will be held
where called for by farmers OF the
community. The county agent has
been commissioned TO locate several
lots of pure bred live stock TOR farm
ers in the county who are starting
pure bred herds
Farm Management and Accounts
c. o. Roice, appointed in charge An
attempt will be made to secure rec
ords of farm business from number
of the best farms on the tract. In
this way it is expected that farmers
will be enabled to Judge the approx
mate cost of producing various crops
and the net return received
Silo Construction-C. c. Pharris
appointed in charge. II is planned Ia
extend every possible encouragement
to the building OF silos There will be
on hand in the Farm Bureau office a
description of the cost and cOnstruc-
tion OF every type OF silo. Since it
, seems desirable that these silos be
! of concrete construction. an especial
effort will be made to encourage the
p building of that type. The motto for
this department is: Ten silos built
on the tract around Jerome before
the frost"
Organization A. W. Atwood. pres
, ident: A. Anderson, vice president
, The following men were appointed
chairmen in the communities Can
yonside NJ H Whaley; Barrymore
- Geo. Walburn. Falls City. Guy Towle;
Grand View. W E Sinclair, Pleasant
n Plains. Nelson Shepherd; East Je-
rome. 4 F. Hessler West Jerome.
Chas Kleinau: Eldorado Heights, NJ.
\ Bishop. Greenwood. stephen
Drake. Hillsdale. Mr.. Burkholder.
. and Russell Lane. c. Montgomery
n List Your Wethers
e Anyone having small bunches of
wethers which they wish to ship
9 sould list them at the Farm Bureau
q office 1t is expected to pool a ear
for shipment in a short time.
u Wool PriSr
+ Reports indicate that wool this
u year will bring almost the same price
= as last year Pool your clip and save
"a from one TO fifteen cents lscalpers
- margin by so doing