East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-11-25
Every Branch Of Agrarian En-
deavor Aided at Slight Ex-
penSe to Taxpayer Owing to
State and Federal Moneys.

complishments OF a county agriculture
agent, CLEANED from the annual report
OF Fred Bennion, county agent, for the
year ending November 80.
The county agents office and the
county farm bureau. which it was
chiefly instrumental In forming saved
the farmers of the county s2i,725 and
a gasoline shortage by the distrioution
OF 230.273 gallons OF distillate pur-
chased from Independent companies
during the harvest season. Two hum
died and forty thousand jack rabbits
were killed by the use OF 1900
pounds OF bait on 81 farms In the
county. Every pound OF poison put
out accounted for. on the average. Is
rabbits. or virtually every ounce killed
one OF these rodents.
Certified Seed Wheat.
The county agent certified $500
acres OF seed wheat and distributed
1885 bushels OF certified seed secured
from outside this county. Seventy
farmers planted the wheat which was
certified In this county.
Three hundred fifty-one farmers. In
10 districts. hold membership In the
farm bureau, which was organized
during the year. Executive commit
tee members in alt sections OF the
county undertook projects. and saw
them through to a successful conciu-
sion, whether they were in livestock,
hay, grain or horticulture.
Application OF sulphur in the rails
ing OF alfalfa was one Of the years
principal crop experiments and in IL
out OF 2s demonstrations an increased
Yield resulted. The average increase
per acre ON the So acres treated was
1900 pounds n. @. Blomgren, of
Weston. found his yield s5 per cent
larger as a result Of the treatment.
Experiments on seed wheat and GER
tlficatlon OF pure fields In the county
we're OF principal interest TO growers
OF this grain. In the Nolin and Echo
region, where Hybrid No. 12S was be-
ing grown largely. demonstrations
showed that Turkey Red will yield
three bushels more on the average per
acre and mature earlier. In the PILOT
Rock region the bluestem being grown
was found considerably mixed and 100
sacks Of certified bluestem were obtain
ed for comparison with that locally
grown. Locally grown jenkins club
was found to be only 1871 per cent
pure and car of certified jenkins
seed. ss.7 per cent pure, was obtained
at MOSCOW, Idaho, and distributed
here.
General Grain Show Boon
The cereal grain show held In Pen
dieton under farm bureau auspices,
resulted In a quickened interest am
onE farmers In pure seed wheat ana
proper selection Of varieties adapted
10 their type of soil. More than SOC
farmers attended these demonstrations
and heard the lectures which were
given.
SIlage crop demonstrations proved
conclusively to the farmers OF THIS sec
tIon the value of sunflowers for silage
Seventeen demonstrations were man'
on ESQ acres. Corn averaged 6.S tom
nm acre and sunflowers averaged 21.'
tons. Corn and sunflowers togethe
averaged 2t tons an acre. Columbia
pendleton and umapine were anon
the districts In which trials were mace
Cows on the demonstration of A. a
Bixby's at Umapine ate through alter
nate loads of corn and sunflower en-
silage without change in the quanut
of milk. p. p. sullivan, at Hermistor
rot 40 tons of sunflowers to the aer
on his demonstration, while pa
smythe not among the demonstration
got 40. su
Livestock in its many ramification'
received much of the attention OF IN
county agent during the year.
modified COW testing association wa
organized, existing bull assoeiatloi !,
were given pointers that led to the
expansion and the introduction
more high class, pure bred anima
was brought about. Five hves'oo ,'
clubs were organized with pro1e
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