East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-12-02

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second. Six meetings and many per
Sonal conferences were held. The es-
timated direct benefit Of S1S00 to the
growers is a small part in comparison
to the effect upon the method Of po-
tato growing and the type of farming
in that section.
Through Farm Bureau secured ap-
pointment OF labor committee which
established Il farm labor wage scale
for spring work and for harvest. This
eNerted great stabli2ing influence.
During part of the year the County
Agent conducted Il free employment
office. Five hundred and sixty labor
ers applied for work, 296 We're placed
on farms
! Started Is sulphur demonstrations
and checked 1929 and 1921 acreaees
where sulphur had been applied. Dis
/ tributed IA u tons.
AS a result of the 1920 fertilizer
| demonstrations in the Milton-Freewat-
er district and recommendations of the
county agent, two cars of sodium nj
! trate were distributed among growers.
! This was applied to trees lacking in
visor and proved a big factor i'm pre-
venting a heavy jane drop, and in in
creasing the size of the fruit.
Held day pruning schools and
pruning demonstrations; one disease
control demonstration; thinning |
demonstrations and orchard tours.
Distributed 1900 pounds of Grimm
alfalfa seed for demonstration purpos- |
es Grimm more hardy, higher sield !
ing and drought resistant than Com
mon.
Held Grain and Forage Crop school
at Pilot Rock.
3 Organized boys livestock clubs
with Al members; SO completed work
with good record Won second place in
livestock judging contest at state Fair
and 7th place at the Pacific lnterna-
tional among II teams contestinS.
Won LIST and 2nd in pig feeding con-
test at Pacific International. Judging
contests conducted by county agent at
Hermiaton Station Field Day and
= Dairy and Hog Show.
Organized the Northwest Grain and
5 Hay Show and put on the biggest and
best exhibition of grain and hay west
of Chicago. Collected 100 of the 800
competitive exhibits from Umatilla
county winning the largest tshare of the
prize money Secured exhibits from
Montana, Idaho, Washington, oregon
and California. Definitely placed the
show on a plan with the recognized
agricultural shows of the northwest
Y Marketng-In a year when cOndi-
tions were ripe for agitation and
mushroom growth marketing organ
2atons, induced Farm Bureau leaders
to attend meetings at Portland, The
Dallcs and Spokane and conducted an
educational campaign for the purpose
of squarely presenting the facts Al
his own expense the county agent at
tended the National Grain Marketing
Conference at Chicago as one of ore
gon's two representatives. As II result
the wheat farmers of the county are II
sympathy with the cooperative move
ment would like to come in under the
national plan; and are watching care
fully the experiment Of the Northwes
Wheat Growers.
In the same way the county agen
conducted an educational campaign
among the hay growers regarding co
operative marketing, and when finall!
decided to form an organization, HI
assisted them in every way possible Il
make their association and contract a
good as possible
Advocated a crop rotation system Il
the west end of the county and poole
orders for $50 bushels of Jenkin
which was distributed among Il farm
ers at stanfied. Shipped in 40 bushel
Of Dicklow from Idaho and use
among 9 farmers at Echo Stanficlt
Uermiston, and Umatilla for demon
stration purposes
Held two livestock feeding meeting
as StanfIeld and Hermiston.
Through the Farm Bureau started
movement to make the Hermiston di'
trict a tuberculosis free district wit
every herd accredited. Secured
tester from the Bureau Of Animal II
dustry and had SO per cent Of the GOV
49, tested
Organized the Umatilla County Sta
lion and Jack owners Assn. for II
-, purpose of encouraging more and be
~ ter breeding Of horses and to estaoli'
~. uniform regulations and service fees.
- Held S poultry meetings. Conduc
~ ed 3 culling demonstrations and star
= ed a years program on demonstr
qh ton farms
Through the farm grain discou
committee secured the cooperation
80 Washington farmers and lowered Z
discount made by grain buyers {
< wheat testing less than No. I.
Worked up delegation to atte
z the hearing before the assistant seci
3 tary of Agriculture, and protest
= against the expectation Of wheat
Z the Portland type sample" III
matter means many thousands of d
2 lars to Umatilla county every year.
Z Started a rabbit poisoning campai
! for this winter A very successful
was accomplished years ago but J.
-, x years mild winter was very much
= favor Of the rabbits 50 that they ha
z become very numerous again.
D Statistics:
p 9 DAYS spent in field .....-.... ISL
. < Days spent in office ......,. l3'
= office callers .............,- lS5'
z Number Of personal letters
written ..-...........-.... llt
e = Number Of circular letters
: = written ............+..... g.
! Total number copies Of circu-
lars .....-. 500
: Z Miles Travelled by auto ...... s02
4 Miles Travelled by r. 4. ...... slS
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