Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1920-08-13
HOPPER POISON.
ING SUCCESSFUL
ESTIMATED VALUE OF CROP
SAVED PLACED AT
S2O5, ,32O.


and July. which has been pre-
pared by County Agent Ralph
Pavey placed the value of the
crops saved from grasshOppers
at $205 ,320, and squared poison
ing saved the farmers the neat
little sum of $14,6S7.50. The
figures as given out are consid-
cred to be very conservative and
are most valuable information to
every citizen in Idaho county and
plainly shows what effective
work can be done by Co-opera-
ton. The report given out by
Mr.. Pavey reads as follows:
Report for June and July
Grasshopper project; Idaho
County Farm Bureau put on a
very extensive camgaign against
the grasshoppers. During the
months of June and July forty
two school districts were organi-
zed to fight the pest. Twenty
seven grasshopper meetings
were held during the two months
Six hundred farmers were out
to these meetings.
The object of the campaign
was to poison the grasshopper
on the Matching beds. Enough
poison was mixed to cover $3.50
acres. Two thousand and eighty
five acres were covered three
times, completely exterminating
the hopper on that area Using
this area as a basis for calcula-
ton, the farm bureau saved the
farmer $205, ,329.00
Method of calculation: 2085
acres of grasshoppers eXtermin-
ated One acre of hoppers would
destroy 10 acres of grain, hay or
garden truck. Total area that
these grasshoppers would have
destroyed would be 20,S50 acres.
Placing a valuation of ten dol
lars on each of the acres destroy
ed, would have damaged the
crops TO the value of $20S, 600.
The cost of getting the bran
mash to the farmers who CO.
operated with the Farm Bureau
was 1921. This does not in
clude the farmers time in mixing
and distributing the poison. This
campaign has lelt a profit in the
savings of the crops to the
farmer amounting to the sum of
$205, $4,000 up to this time.
Squirrel project: In sum-
ming up the squirrel campaign
carried on by the Idaho County
Farm Bureau, there has been a
saving of $14,687.50 to the farm
ers of the county. Method of
calculation: 275 ounces of Stry-
chnine Alkaloid were put out by
the farmers This amount of poi
son put out by the farmers ac-
cording to directions poisoned
137500 squirrel holes. There
has been an average of $50
squirrels killed to each ounce of
poison put out. Placing val
uation of 25 cents on the damage
each squirrel would have done to
the grain crops, this would make
a saving of S14,687.50. (275 or
X $50 squirrels X S.25-$14, ST.
50)
Poultry project: The work in
poultry in Idaho County during
the last two months has created
great deal of interest for the
improvement of the farm flocks.
There have been 8 poultry de-
monstrations given, three test
ing for T. B. in poultry 223
chickens were tested. So react
ed to the test, making an aver
age of 35 per cent in the farm
flocks tested. Six culling de-
monstrations were given for egg
production. OF 35S hens cul-
fed 1S0 paid their board and
made a profit for their owner.
17S were society hens and ate
the profit of the $50 producing
hens Or this culling made a
saving to the people who owned
the flocks of S151.30.
Method of calculation Feed
for hen for six months, S1.50.
Market value of hen at Spokane,
S.23 per pound. Average weight
of hens. 3 pounds. 1-3 pound hen
value. 65 cents. Feed bill $1.5O
less S.65 equals S5 cents cost to
feed the culls six months. It's
culls times s.85 equals S151.3O
In other words, the farmers
who took ADVANTAGE of this cul-
l;pu uork hv diSuoSiDU of fhe