The Grangeville globe., 1920-12-23

the potato industry and ]. w Barhar
assistant county agent was emplova1
especially to take charge of this work
together with limited amount Of
junior club work.
$50 Farmers Treat Seed.
A Cassia county farm bureau survey
revealed 100 farmers had treated their
seeo Tor smut in that county this year
Ihere were 1850 bushels of seed treat.
co. with which 2250 acres wer sown
S9,S2O Of Crop Saved
Jerome count warmers are estimat.
ed to have saved $3s.3 orth of crons
from destruction by ground squirrels
py the distribution OF 1000 pounds NJ
poisoned bait on S123 acres of private
land' In 1920. There were 10 farm
ers cooperating in this enterprise. The
cost or the poisoned bait was S3o5
In addition. $3.50 acres of public land
were treated, bringing the total Of
area treated to 16 S03 acros =.
cost of $633.
S75,oOO Of Crops Saved.
crops valued at $4,000 wer ssved
IN hootenai county this year by 900
farmers who obtained from the county
commissioners poison to be distributed
uhder farm bureau auspices for des-
truction Of rodent pests.
Latah Bureau Grows Fast.
Ihe Latah county farm bureau mem
Dership increased in 1920 from 400
members to ST, growth of II oer
cent
Boise, Idaho, Dec 2O.-Programs
for the meetings of the state farm bur
eau and the Idaho Seed Growers os-
soclation, to be held at Nampa the
week OF January 10 to IA, as a part of
the Joint conference of agricultural
and engineering interests, are an
nounced here by G. B. Allison, chair
man of the conference program COM
mittee, as follows:
State Farm Bureau.
Monday, Jan. 10, 80 p. m. Coun-
Gil chamber, Chamber of Commerce.
Address-C. B. Ross, president Ida
no State Farm Bureau.
Report Of American Farm Bureau
Federation meeting at indianapolis.
by W. S. Shearer.
Discussion led by R. III. Musser. as
sistant director of extension.
Tuesday, Jan. IL, 8: 100 a. m. Coun-
Gil chamber, Chamber of Commerce.
Report L w. Fluharty, secretary
Idaho State Farm Bureau.
Report .RH. Woods, treasurer Ida
no Stote Farm Bureau.
Business meeting.
Election of officers.
Thursday, Jan. 13, z 80 .. m. Moon
beam hall.
Relation Of American Farm Bureau
Federation to Agriculture, by s. L.
Strivtngs, vice president American
Farm Bureau Federation.
Tuesday afternoon in Moonbeam
hall, there will be held two Judging
The first will be a contest
between teams from the University Of
Idoho and Oregon Agricultural college,
IN the judging of seed, grain and corn.
The second will be a federal vocation ,
II judging contest between Idaho, Ore (
yen and Washington.
Idaho Seed Growers Association.
Tuesday, Jan. II, 80 .. m. Moon
1eam hall. :
Annuol addreSs-H. X. Wiley, presi-
lent Idaho Seed Growers association. s
Alfalfa Weevil in Relation to Seed
Production, by Claude Wakeland, en-
omologist, University of Idaho. ex-
ension division. 4
Seed Potato Growing, by George ].
cannon, manager Lou-Hel-Mar seed 6
'otato farm, Buckeye, Wosh. y
Wednesday, Jon. II, 900 a. m.
doonbeam hall.
The Small Seed Situation in Idaho,
y B. f. Sheehan, state seed commits
ioner and field agronomist, university
division =
General Market Outlook for Seed, Y
y ]. ]. Garland, editor American I
'eedsman, Chicago.
Wednesday,, AIN. II, 1 80 p. m. Lib 4
rty theatre. +
Marketing, by J. W. Nicolson, sec :
etary Michigan State Farm Bureau. = :
J. w. Calkins, governor Of the fed .
raj reserve bank at San Francisco,
will address the general conference n