The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1920-05-27
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Trap ana cleaned up 20 yards 10
prevent further breeding. Flies
have been drawn In art classes and
disease carried BY them studied IN
hygiene ciaases. Bulletins have been
taken home and promises made 10
20 help keep the house ny-proof by
screening and BY Destroying breed
Ing places.
Ada Gets $4,000 Purebreds
Purebred Jerseys worth @fO.0O0
and purebred HOlateins worth $4,000
have been distributed among breed
crs. dalrymen and calf club mem
bers OF the Ada county. under aD
pieces Of the Jersey and HOistela
clubs OF the Bose valley. The an
imGis were purchased In Oregon by
/ 3. r. Gearhart, representing the Jcr-
soy breeders; William O. Messer.
smith, representing the Hoisteiu
breeders. and r. X. Cammaek. as adj
visor from the university extension
/ division. The animals were distrib-
uied BY auction method at Meridian.
-, i35 Saved on Clothing
Millinery. dress form aud dry
cleaning work conducted last month
by farm bureau agents. with the aid
Of two extension specialists and local
farm bureau prOiec' leaders. result
ed In a saving OF f5.135.71 to wO-
men IN bonneville. Bonner. BannOck.
Canyon. MinidOka, Lincoln, Payette
and Twin Falls counties. on 4GS
hats and SO frames. the saving was
S3,5S476. The cost OF the hon
demonstration work throughout the
state, Including administrative staff.
specialists. field arants and agents
In counties. does not exceed $4,000
month. and covers nutrition work
canning and cooking. poultry, home !
Improvement and other lines. In adj |
dltiOn 10 clothing.
Pure Seed Wheat la Demand
The Jerome county farm bureau
reports that very little OF the Dick
low seed wheat produced In the eoun
~ last year remaius unsold. Last
year slightly more than 500 acres OF
certified seed was grown In the coun-
". The year preceding. 50 far as
known. there was practically no pure
seed produced In the county. IL is es-
tlmated that this year will find from
a third TO half OF the total acreage
planted 10 pure seed
$3.50 Worth OF Hats
In four OF the 10 communities OF
MinidOka county, millinery classes
were held last month under the aus
pices OF the farm bureau and the uri-
yerslty extension division. Sixty-twC /
hats were made. at value OF $3.50 I
20. the cost being sl43.i3. and the |
saved s6f7.51. La similar 9
work In Twin Falls county. savings .
OF s273 were effected
Ton OF Poisoned Grain
One ton OF poisoned grain was pre-
pared In Minidoka county last month |
for the destruction OF ground SPUR
rolls. Plans have been made where |
by tho farmers will receive assistance
from the university extension diyi- l
don and the biological survey on all
lands adjoining the Mini l.
ioka irrigation project. providing the
armers will cooperate In poisoning
IN their own lands and In distribut- II
ns the poison that Is furnished by -
he government for public lands.
Address 1900 Children
Mrs. Alpha Holt. of the university y
ixtensiOn division. addressed 2.60e -
hildren In ~ schools In Bonneville -
ounty In the course of the cleanup
nd fly eradication campaign CON =
Iucted there under the auspices OF "
he farm bureau. She spent six =
sesks on cleanup campaigns In sew y
N counties Gooding. Canyon, Mad ~
son. Bonneville. Lincoln. Bingham :,
nd Bannock ON one days 100 "
allie ride. she noted four dead pigs. =
I've dogs. one horse. one COW and one ~
at. but she said this condition was =,
not typical" 4,
Purcbrcd Pigs for Boys
AZ committee meeting represent
he communities OF New Sweden and
livcrdale IN Bonneville county. Il
'as decided that each OF the 30 farm I'd
ureau pig club members OF those
should be supplied with
purebred pig. The meeting was
TENDED by farm bureau project "A,
ladcrs. growers OF purcbred pigs. II
ub members and parents. The boys
no cannot now pay for pigs may pay
hon the pigs are sold. The New q
weden pigs will be Poland Chinas Ol
nd those In the Riverdale vicinity Ia
an be Duroe Jerseys.
Grain sold bs the Ton II.
Through the efforts OF the farm on
areau. Minldoka county farms have en-
IA about 20 tons OF Trehi barley SN
al 90 tons OF Siivermine oats. l..
Hay Land Frozen Out OF
Investigation hs the Minidoka Sc,
unity farm bureau indicates that Z
uch choice land in that section has no
zen frozen cut to such an extent tn
at Il will have 10 be resecded with to
ain or other crops. Re
coosiing Puts ia Grain on
coodlng county farmers. through ia
q farm bureau. purchased 10000
unds OF Silvermine oats Ia April
r seed approximately the same ta'
Iantity Of barley was obtained aud
wn. The farm bureau handled s6O
unds OF sacrificed sweet clover
% pounds OF rcd clover and see ld'
unds OF alfalfa seed
"a win Grow Seed Wheat
Ftfty-four Cassia county farmers po'
We purchased or raised wheat to