The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1920-04-01
Liy estOck Directory Issued.


of breeder, breed Of livestock, county,
postofIice address and number OF males
and females owned are given. The d.
rectories will be distributed through
the county farm bureau offices, the Of
fee of the extension division at Boise,
and the university at Moscow.
Arsenic for GrasshOppers.
The Camas county farm bureau has
ordered 1900 pounds Of arsenic for use
this summer in protection of crops
against grasshoppers
20 Tons of Barley Seed.
Seventy tons Of Trebi barley are be-
ing handled by the Minidoka county
farm bureau for sale for seeding pur-
poses. Ten tons Of Silvermine oats were
sent in one shipment from Minidoka
county to Aberdeen for seeding.
800 Tons of Hay Handled.
The I.emhi county farm bureau dis
tributed about 300 tons OF baled al
falfa hay to farmers Of that county
last month.
Hogs and Harmony
A carload of hogs recently marketed
at Firth, in Bingham county, was re-
ported to have been exceptionally fine.
The feeders placed their hogs in the
dry lot at the same time and bought
corn comparatively in carload lots. The
hogs marketed were topped out of
these feed lots and are said to have
been of class that would have top
ped any market The car was sold to
a coast firm at $14.10 per hundred
weight, over the scales at Firth. Nine
teen men made total saving Of $40
on three carloads, containing 1870 hogs,
that were shipped comparatively the
following week.
420 See Hens CulIed
Poultry culling demonstrations In
seven Fremont county communities
were attended by 400 persons and 70
hens were culled. A poultry exhibit
in st. Anthony, in connection with a
canning and culling demonstration,
was attended by 300 persons.
Sheep Growers Organize
The Jefferson county Sheep Growers
and Sheep Breeders association has
been organized by jefferson county
farmers. Thus far, 26OO sheep are re-
presented.
New Clothing Specialist
Miss Wilhelmina T.. jacobson, of the
Salt Lake school system. has been EN-
ployed by the University OF Idaho ex
tension division as n clothing special
ist, to take part of the work being done
by Miss Esther Void. Assistance il
clothing work has been requested t.
so great an extent through the farm
bureaus of the state that one special
1st has not been able to meet the de
hands.
100 in Mothers Glasses
Under the direction of Miss Kunz
Fremont county nurse, 100 women ar
enrolled in mothers classes. Six hun
dred school children were examine,
for physical defects last month.
Lewis County Orders Seed
The Lewis county farm bureau ha
taken orders for about 10000 pound
OF field peas, 300 pounds of red clover
300 pounds of white sweet clover
about 200 pounds of alfalfa seed 70
work in improvement OF leguminou
crops-also orders for about 20 bushel
OF seed corn. County Agent A. l
Wade has obtained the promise {
ZOO pounds OF gypsum and 200 pound
of sulphur for tests with peas, Glove
and alfalfa
Half Ton of Cream Day
Madison county ships out 10f
pounds Of cream day, according
figures obtained by a farm burea
committee. On the strength of this r
port, plans are under way for esta
Wishing creamery.
Scrub Bulls Disappear
AT the annual meeting of the Fer
wood Bull association, in Benews
county, it was shown that scrub bul
IN the upper st. Maries valley h,
been eliminated.
$500 to Fight Squirrels
The Oneida county commissions
have appropriated 5000 for the d,
chase of strychnine to be used in t
determination of ground squirrels
the county. The farmers will recei
the poison and grain at cost. 7
compulsory poisoning of all priya
owned lands will be enforced NO,
this year. Last year there were 10l
acres OF private lands poisoned by
county, where the owners refused
do the poisoning. Costs of poison /,
labor were added automatically
their taxes.
Big Yield of Ladino Clover