Arizona republican., 1919-08-30
LIVESTOCK SQUAD REACHES FLAGSTAFF
 IN TOUR IF ARIZONA

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 The livestock squad composed of livestock and range experts, reached Flagstaff Thursday evening. This party of experts has been sent all over the state by the agricultural extension service of the agricultural college of l the university. With the party are well posted men from the department of agriculture, and from the university party of students who are going along to study the live stock and range conditions of the state.
 1 The livestock squad and students 1 have travelled 1900 miles by auto over Arizona ranges when they reached Flagstaff. All along the route live stock men have met the party to greet i the livestock students and to profit by advice from the livestock experts. At Skull Valley, Aubrey Gist and other prominent goat raisers served a kid barbecue to the entire party and 50 interested stockmen attended the meet 1 ing of the Livestock squad"
 1 At Prescott 200 attended the black l leg vaccination demonstration by Dr. l J. F. Jacks, extension veterinarian of the D. s. bureau of animal industry. l Cutters aggressin vaccine, furnished l by c. E. Stultz of Phoenix, was used on bunch of calves and yearlings. A beef barbecue was served by l.. L. Bates and the merchants of Prescott. At Williamson's valley a public dem onstration was given by F. c. Bishop animal parasite expert of the bureau of entomology of the U. S. department I of agriculture.
 l An animal which had died, presum- ably of blackleg was burned after the i approved method in a trench to pre- vent the spread of blackleg germs or screw worm flies which breed by the million in such carcasses if allowed to remain unburied on the range. The campaign to bring about burning of carcasses, urged by Dr. Bishop, is sure to bring results, as the stockmen see l the need of united effort in this prac- tice- Joe Young, Representative PerlS- ins of the Verde and Fen s. Hildreth were hosts to the party along the line. Very fine Hereford bulls, good range grass and fine fields of dry farm and irrigated silage crops were the features of the live stock outfit and the upper Verde. J. c. Burton of Jerome Junc- ton told of his method of handling sheep to the appreciative students. The ! Livestock squad" reached the Grand Canyon in time for the members to i participate in a conference of all states and northern counties agricultural ex- tension workers, which conference had been arranged and was conducted by Extension Director E. P. Taylor. At this conference held at Hotel Fl Tovar EGrand Canyon. 20 states and federal extension workers were in attendance and the program of work in agricul- tural live stock and home economics demonstration work for the coming year was outlined.
 The livestock squad" found range conditions in Coconino county the best in years Livestock is in fine 1 condition and the range grass Is feed ling in fine condition for the coming year. Last night a public meeting of i live stock men was held in the court house at Flagstaff.
 From Flagstaff the party of twenty will proceed by auto to Winslow, Hol- brook, Springerville, holding public live stock meetings along the line and meet with the stockmen. The White Mountains will be crossed and Globe will be reached September 1. From there Graham and Cochise counties will be visited. This movable school of live stock experts is a very concrete and practical way of carrying live stock information to the men of the state engaged in this business.
 The agricultural extension service of the university initiated this plar I of demonstration work last year and it was a great success. About 800 stockmen attended the meetings, be- sides hundreds who received benefits from personal visits on their ranches by the squad This year the stu dents course is aided by the college of agriculture under Dr. R. H. Will Hams. E. P. Taylor, extension director has charge of the Tive stock squad
 The county agricultural agents along the route of the party arrange tht meetings and pilot the auto party
 Dean D. W. Working of the College of Agriculture is with the party. Mem.
 bers of the Tive stock squad" are "
 W. Eggleston, bureau of plant indus try, Washington. D. C., who is an ex. pert on range plants and range man
 agement in the forests; W. R. Chap
 line, U- S. forest examiner, exper on range plants and handling iivl stock on Arizona ranges in the forests Dr. R. H. Williams, animal husband . man; c. A. Pickreli, extension anima husbandman, University of Arizona
 range bulls and silos; Dr. J. P Jacks
 extension veterinarian. U. s. bureal
 of animal industry, blaclxleg and ani
 nal diseases; F. c. Bishop, bureau Q
 entomology, Washington, D. C., anina
 parasites. including screw worm con
 trol. cattle dipping and treatment fo
 ticks. lice, mites, etc; E. P. Taylor
 director agricultural extension servicl
 University of Arizona, in charge of iiv
 stock extension projects for Arizona
 The Tive stock squad" and students tour of Arizona extends from Angus II to September and will cover 800 miles of travel and will traverse eleve,
 counties of the state. With the agri
 cultural extension service are co-op
 erating representatives of six bureau I of the United States department Q agriculture.