Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1920-08-10
FARM BUREAU
ACTIVITIES
p0ULTRY EXPERT AND LIVE
STOCK SPECIALISTS HOLD
COUNTY MEETINGS
VISIT ALL PARTS OF COUNTY
Farmers Consider Plan of Organizing
County Grazing Association

written for the Herald by A. E.
oman, County Agent.)
Two series of meetings with demon
STATIONS were carried out under the
auspices of the Boundary County Farm
Bureau last week which should result
in much good along the lines of bet
ter livestock and better poultry in this
county.
Prem Moore, poultry expert, was here
from Monday until Wednesday. on a
return engagement, to give additional
culling demonstrations and to assist
in selecting pens of hens for next
years breeding season, as number of
breeders and farmers had requested
this special service. Culling demon.
STATIONS were held at the farms of
VIM. Mas and j. ]. Kindschuh, of the
Moyie district: N. ]. Perry, of Curley
Creek: Carl Klockmann Porthill:
NJ Billings, Copeland: VIM. Parsons
and H. Cossairt, Naples: John Conway.
Moravia: S. w. Bauman, South Bench
About 500 hens were handled by Mr.
Moore and it was found that the num-
ber of culls varied in flocks, from Is
to 35 percent When it is realized
that it costs ON an average, 1925 to
feed hen per year at present prices
for grain and feeds. it can be seen that
practical culling means a considerable
saving to owners of f1ocks.
Mr. Rhinehart, state livestock spec
ialst, made his first visit to this dis
trict on Thursday, remaining until
Saturday. Through work in other
northern counties for the past several
years he had, however, gained a good
understanding of the problems of the
Panhandle. In order to give as many
farmers as possible a chance to meet
and hear Mr.. Rhinehart, a series of
meetings and Judging demonstrations
were arranged by the Farm Bureau.
Meetings were held at the farm of VIM
Branom on Thursday afternoon: at the
George Andre ws farm at Copeland on
Friday afternoon and at the farm of
Herman Roelling, Moravia, on Satur-
day afternoon. Mr.. Roelling has a
very creditable beginning for a herd
Of registered Shorthorns. His Red
Duke is very large, splendid animal
whose offspring from registered and
grade COWS show remarkable quality
Red Duke is only five years old but has
served his time of usefulness for Mr.
Roelling. Several farmers at this
meeting said it would be a shame to
let this splendid animal go to the
block and that he should, by all means,
be placed at the head of some herd in
the county for another term of years.
Mr.. Branom has a registered sire
and several registered cows and his
herd showed convincingly the better
mont ba nf
good sire for high-grade as we'll as
scrub cows.
At Copeland the local Farm Bureau
committee had seen to the getting to-
gether of four bulls: Mr.. Washburn's
roam Shorthorn; three Herefords and
Mr.. Van Alstine's Brown Swiss Mr..
Rhinehart gave practical talks on the
origin and development of beef as well
as dairy types and the value of good
breeding and selection even in the Sc
lecting of purebred individuals. At
the Andrews farm was flock of sheep
which lead to the discussion of the pos
slDilities of the sheep industry for the
hootenai valley. In regard to the
wool market Mr.. Rhinehart stated that
ne looked for activities to start soon
put in the meantime, those who coulds
aHord to do so, should hold their wool.
AT all of the meetings the matter of
range management Of bulls was dis
cussed and the case of a grazing or
ganization in Benewah county was
cited as a practical solution of sim
liar condition they had to contend with
there. All of the cattle owners with
IN large portion of the county organ
lzed and took out bull shares according
10 the number of cows owned. A di-
vision was then made into blocks, or
Dull units, and in one single purchase
10 registered sires were shipped in.
NOW, after two years, exchanges are
Delng made and there is no additional
investment for sires. The same will
apply two years hence, so that while
the original cost may have seemed
rather high, the cost in the long-run is
very nominal. Several of the blocks
organized are already looking for bet
ter sires
The value of introducing, say 20 good
sires into Boundary county, on such
pan, would be hard to estimate.
committee of the Farm Bureau has al
ready worked on plan to regulate
tne running of sires on the open range
winch may we'll develop into the or
sanlzation of county grazing assoc
iation.