The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1921-12-09

Loss from the work of ground
squirrels was reduced to practically
nothing in most Of the communities,
and loss was very small in the county
as a whole.
Wheat improvement
Wheat improvement was adopted as
a project for 1921 by Is communities.
The main objects of the wheat i'm
provement project are to show the
Importance OF growing a limited
number of pure varieties of wheat;
determine the best varieties of both
spring n fall grain for each sec
ton; provide pure SEED of these va
~rieties and aid in the dissemination of
the seed in the sections where such
seed is most in demand; and conduct
other denominations that may lead to
more profitable production of wheat.
az Sixty-Six fields in 16 commune
ties were given the standing grain in
spect1On OF certificatiOn of seed by
either Prof. R. B. Bennett of Prof. H.
w. Hubert, acting as special assist
ants to the State Pure Seed Com
missioner, and the county agent.
Forty-eight of these fields, with a
total of 1910 acres, passed this pre-
liminary inspection T~hirty-nine fields
with a total of 1889 acres, passed
the final inspection and wheat from
thse was certified as seed. All of the
wheat which passed inspection, ex-
cepting one small field of Kanred,
one of Washington Hybrid No, 1913,
and n of Coppel, with a total of 33
acres, was of the Jenkins Club va
riety. Approximately 4 10000 bushels
Of rnrfifiQ6 cpQd Wac nrOd1no1 in tho
county this year.
(b) Forty-five farmers have pur-
chased a total of 1899 bushels of GER
titled seed from farmers producing
pure seed have planted increased
acreages with this seed.
(c) Pure seed has gone into prac-
tically every community in the coun-
ty.
Cd Approximately 10000 acres
were planted with certified seed dur
ing the fall of 1921.
Livestock improvement
Practically all of the people of La
tab county are interested in some
of livestock to a limited degree,
while a few farmers are especially in
in one or more classes of
1t has been hard to get
the farmers in any one community
W uHltc vi duy ucllulI0 IF0SCOCk pro- r
gram. However, during the past sea- .
son, most of the people of this county !
were interested in the eradication of I
tuberculosis in cattle. Nineteen com I
nunities of the county adopted tuber- !
,ulin testing Of cattle as a project for
1921 DR.. A. r. Mahan was stationed 1
1T Moscow by the state Inc federal !
bureaus of animal industry coopera- 9
ing, to do testing in this and other +
lOrthern Idaho counties. He tested I
approximately 1000 cattle in tertiary 5
tributary to Moscow, most of these
,eing tested in cooperation with the n
farm Bureau.
Palouse community standardized on
he Duroc Jersey and Chester White
'reeds Of hogs and good boars of
breeds are available in that
community.
Weed Control
Weed control was adopted as a pro- X
ect in fifteen communities of the
ounty this year. Different goals were
ct in different communities out the
rincipa1 objects in adopting the
were to study control meth
DIS of the noxious weeds of Latah
conduct excursions and dem
and in other ways dis Al
eminate information as to the best at
avs of killing noxfous weeds; create re
greater popular interest in weed M
ontrol; n assist the members of 81
lie Board Of County Commissioners =
their attempt to control the weeds
the county. Following is the sum-
AIRY of the principal work of the
sar on this project.
Poultry Improvement
Five communities of Latah county
lopted poultry improvement as a
art of their cooperative extension
ork for 1921. The miscellaneous
ork done in the county during 1920
Prem Moore, poultry specialist of
9 Extension Division, Is largely rel
onsible for the adoption of this pro-
ct in the county. The object of the
ultry improvement project is to i'm
owe the farm flocks of Latah coun-
/; demonstrate better feeding and
and make the farm flock
Clear Logged Off Land
Land clearing wal adopted as
by the Harvard community
tn two principal lines of work in
nd:
Seven toni Of 20 percent stump-
powder was purchased by Harv-
d and Princeton communities CO.
at a saving Of approximate
5 cents per pound, under the lead
hip Of VIM. Hengen .of2Harvard.
9 saving on this shipment wal ap-
Ultimately $700.
!. One carload OF $4,000 pounds of