The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-09-13
THE IDAHO REPUBLICAN
Farm Bureau
Appoints A
Woman Agent
Seed Spuds by Wholesale

Seed Spuds by Wholesale
Tentative arrangements have beer
made by Fremont county potato
growers for the marketing of ten car
loads of certified seed. One of the
largest storage houses in the state
has been built at Parker. This will
store sixty cars Of potatoes. Ter
smaller storage cellars have beer
constructed at Ashton, Newdale and
St. Anthony, according to plans fur.
nished by the farm bureau office. E
R. Bennett, field horticulturist oil
I the university extension division, re.
Gently visited sixteen fields of pro.
spective seed, and 200 acres passed
the first inspection.
Housing Farm Poultry
Housing Farm Poultry" is the
title of bulletin newly issued by the
University of Idaho extension
division. The bulletin contains
thirty-two pages of descriptive and
illustrated material, showing how to
build poultry houses of the shed
type, half monitor type and Idaho
colony type. Perspective and sec
tional views and floor plans are given.
The authors are S. p. Smyth, assis-
tent professor Of poultry husbandry
of the University of Idaho; Prem
Moore, extension poultry husband
man; and John G. Wooley, professor
of agricultural engineering.
Woman Agent Employed
Miss Mary Lucille Lee has been en-
ployed as home demonstration agent
in Bonner county, by the signing Of
a contract between the county COM
missioners the extension division and
the farm bureau. Miss Lee has been
doing home demonstration work in
the county for several months as a
Of the university ex-
tension division.
More Potato Seed Treated
Investigation in Cassia county
drug stores reveals that 172 potato
growers have bought PSI pounds of
corrosive sublimate in the last sea-
son for the treatment of seed pota-
toes. This is an increase of 224
pounds, sold to 149 growers, over the
season of 1919. The increase re-
suited from three seed treatment
demonstrations and campaign for
the use of corrosive sublimate con-
Quoted by the farm bureau.
Oneida Plans Annual Fair
The Oneida county farm bureau
and the Malad commercial club are
cooperating to make the Oneida
county fair, September 80 to October
2 the best ever held in the county.
AS soon as the fari is over, steps will
be taken to organize a permanent
fair association, so that the county
fair will become an annual event.
27O Children Examined
Examinations of 270 Benewah
county children were made by Miss
Ebba Djupe, child welfare nurse of
the Idaho Anti-Tuberculosis associa-
tion,l and by doctors who co-operated
with her, in three weeks visit in
the county. The clinics in the rural
districts were held under the aus
pices of the farm bureau. /
: Will Develop Forty Fold
Development of a pure strain of
Forty Fold wheat is planned by the |
Lewis county farm bureau, as part |
If a campaign for wheat standardiza-
ion in the county. A small plot Of |
Forty Fold will be planted by the |
'arm bureau executive committee
nan on crops and rotations. With |
he assistance of the county agent,
re plans to select about two bushels
If the largest and most perfect heads
% thresh them by hand and then
land-pick the seeds.
To Produce Better Cream
Chris johnson of the office Of the /
larry division of the United States
of agriculture, at Salt
lake, recently visited Oneida county /
armers, in company with the county
agent, to instruct them in methods Of |
producing better cream.
New Power County Agent
Heber Morrel, who was assistant
county agent in Canyon county, has
become county agricultural agent in
Power county, taking the place left
7acant by Bruce Lampson, who re-
signed to enter the service of the |,