The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1920-12-16
AMONG THE FARM
BUREAUS
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Gain $4,000 on Beets.

\ Estimates by the Jefferson county
farm bureau indicate that farmers OF
the county received $4,000 more for
their beets In 1920 through the con-
tract they obtained by negotiating with
the sugar company, than they would
have received under the $12 flat rate
contract originally proposed. The es-
innate Is based on 10 ton per acre
crop on 1000 acres, the advantage In
The new contract being 81 or $50 a
I ton.
Horses Bring $4,000
/ Five carloads Of horses, valued at
1 $4,000, were shipped from Gooding
county this year, under auspices Of
the farm bureau.
80 New GOoding Silos
Since June. 1919, the number of
silos in Goodlng county has been in
creased from 80 TO 80.
$4,000 Rabbits Killed
In 10 rabbit drives conducted by
the Gooding county farm bureau In
seven communities In 1920, covering a
total area of 1880 acres, 10000 rab-
bits were killed. There were $4,000
rabbits killed by poison on 100 farms
In 16 communities.
Sheep ON 20 bitches
Canyon county farmers are reported
to be adopting the sheep method" of
keeping permanent ditch banks free
from weeds. Twenty farmers now are
using this scheme.
LES Flocks In Wool Pool.
Gem county farmers this year pool
ed $4,000 pounds Of wool, representing
125 small flocks. They pooled with the
Boise Valley Wool Growers associa-
ton.
1920 Acres Poisoned
In Fremont county in 1920, 1920
acres Of land were treated with H.
100 pounds of poison bait for SPUR
rels In this work, 100 farmers CO.
operated. The expenditure was about
20 cents an acre Savings totaled ap-
proximately $4,000. One thousand
acres Of wheat land were treated with
arsenic for crikets, preventing destruc-
ton of 10 bushels an acre of wheat
on 500 acres.
Franklin Saves $4O.445.
Savings from rodent control work
conducted in Franklin county in 1920
are estimated to have amounted to
s40.445 The c;,Si Of poisoned oats dis
tributed was 1885. In Sc cn sommnn
tiles organized for similar work In
iD21, 100 per CT. cradle alton On grounl
Hrirrels Is damned
Pure Seed In Abundance
In the 1920 crop improvement cam
naign Of the Fremont county farm bur-
eau, seven cars Of certified seed Do
tatoes were produced directly under
farm bureau supervision. Ten modern
storage houses were constructed, five
cars Of seed potatoes were marketed
through the farm bureau and a pota-
to growers association was organized.
There were 27OO bushels of certified
seed wheat produced and sold through
tn farm bureau Legume crops were In
troduced in the rotation system on arid
lands and sunflowers were introduced
for use as ensilage.
5S15 Fowls Culled
In the 1920 poultry improvement
campaign Of the Gilmore county farm
bureau 6S15 birds were handled by
specialist, county agent, project lead
ers and owners. OF this number, 1893
were found to be non-layers Nine
persons have adopted breeding meth
DDS recommended by Prem Moore, ex-
tension poultry specialist, and IA have
adopted proper feeding methods. The
estimated value Of the work to the
county Is $29S0,
$205,S20 In One County
Idaho county's savings of crops this |
year from the farm bureau grasshop-
per campaign are estimated at sos 800 |
There were $4,000 pounds Of poisoned |
bran mash distributed over 10000 |
acres, in 10 communities
1000 Gem Acres Drained.
As result Of the reclamation of
swamp land, approximately 1000 acres |
Of newly-drained land came into cul- |