Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1920-12-07
Three spraying demonstrat ons.

Three crop demonstrate ns (Orders |
for 90 tons of superphos pnate as the |
Direct result
one potato variety plot.
Three bee demonstrations. $50 per
sons present,
sheep shearing demonstrators
Two berry field demonstrat ons.
County Agent work for August, !
September and October shows: 1876
farm cals; Al Office calls; IA agri
cultural meet ngs held; 80 meetings
in all-attendance, 1926; $50 PEI
sonal letters; % different circular
letters.
Testing circles established to try
out labor saving devices result in the
installation Of the following:
Six washing machines, l CONNER
cial freless cooker. s homemade fire.
less cookers, ! steam cooker, 2 pres
sure cookers, "a homemade fruit
dr.ers II power washing machines,
! IL dish strainers, gasoline strain
ers: 9 gasol ne irons. water sys-
TENS installed, 5 families rearranged
kitchens, IA families keeping expense
accounts records ut is estimated that
1000 hours of labor have been con-
served by the above cOnveniences)
new houses planned with agents as
sistance, 5 houses remOdeled, 6 homes
redecoreted and furnished, l home
study tour held, 2 training classes in
drying for local leaders held, dried
products luncheon held, home demon
stration agent gave assistance in e3-
summary for 1921, paid a handsome
calls at Office relative to home demon
stration work, 554 letters written, II
homes visited, 148 articles for the
local press and 1859 bulletins dis
tributed.
Thurston County Canning club won
state canning championship and is
entitled to trip to Spokane Interstate
fair.
Clubs organized: One bee club
rabbit club, canning clubs, 2 poultry
clubs. pig club, 16 garden clubs, I
potato club.
Agent ass .sted in the organization
OF three school fairs; county school
fair held in Olympia; 373 Office calls
in relation to boys and girls club
work; 254 letters written; 95 press
articles; 2,783 bulletins distributed;
IT'S homes Visited, ~ club meetings
attended; 548 field plats visited; 80
talks and lectures given; 80 demon
STATIONS; 1,4O0 attendance at above
demonstrations, and SO club men,
bers attended festival at Puyallup.
Mr.. Stookey. before presenting, his
summary for 1921, paid handsome
tribute to C. H. Bergstrom, his predo-
cessor az county agr.cdlturist, re-
marking upon the splendid condition
in which he found the office records
when he took up the work fhiAugust
and the completeness Of the plans
for carrying forward extension prof.
ects in the county.
LAlkamus Typical Community.
y Taking Lakamus as an example Of
typical community in the county he
cited the projects it had outlined at
| its recent meeting. One study tour.
one bull club, 100 per cent of the
cows tested for tuberculosis. one
livestock study club; 100 swarms Of
I bees, one demonstration Of bee trans
fer, one lecture on bees, one fertil-
!. izer on three types Of soil (Which he
considered very ambit:ous), l potato
I demonstration, three manure sheds,
J one crop study tour in cooperation
with Yelm, poultry work, demonstra-
+ ton of the renovation of old orcn-
ards, an horticultural institute, child
+ welfare work, hot lunch in the
school, one canning club, two sewing
3 Circles, ten dress forms, one textile
!. testing and judging school. one pres
= sure cooker demonstration, four
= kitchens rearranged, one home con-
: venience show, and one home light
ing system installed using water
power. The program is only one .,f
13 in as many communities. and he
I impressed upon the members of the
bureau the task the extension staff
has ahead of 1t.
He next presented the summary Of
the projects outlined by the 10 COM
munities in the county for 1921, as
follows:
Z. Dairy.
Seventy herds in the COW testing
association (11 communities); five
silo excursions; four bull clubs; one
boys and girls calf club; four silo
demonstrations; three herds tested
for tuberculosis Goo per cent on 80
cows); one dairy institute; six pure
bred dairy sires.
Livestock.
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