The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1921-12-16
Summary of County Agents
Annual Report
ORGANIZATION

Twenty-four communities of Latah
County are organized for Farm Bureau
work. The "a communities have
adopted an average of five different
lines of work, so that a total of 120
local projects were adopted for the
past year. One hundred nine farmers
lead these 12O local lines of work,
some men leading two projects. Lines
of work taken up in each community
were determined by the sources of in
come in that community, the aim be-
ing to work on projects that were Of
greatest local Importance. Farmers
of each community decided upon the
work for that community and selected
their local leaders. The county pro-
gram of work is composite of the
community programs.
PEST CONTROL
The chief work on the pest control
project in 1921 was continuation of
the campaign against the Columbian
ground squirrel started in 1920, and
practically the same methods were
used in both years. All OF the "a or
ganized communities of the county
adopted this project as part of their
work for 1921. Chief results OF the
campaign were as follows:
l. General squirrel control meet
ings were held in % communities
with total attendance of 1856.
2. The best way to mix poison bait
was demonstrated in % communities.
| 3. Poisoning supplies were sold at
cost in "a communities and the use of
poison thereby increased. 1926 ounces
of strychnine and 514 ounces of sac
charine were sold to 557 farmers.
| 4. Monday was set as poisoning
day in each of the "a organized com.
munities, with the understanding that
if the weather were bad on Monday
the first fair day thereafter should be
poisoning day. People generally
poisoned on this day and thereby con
certed the attack on the squirrel.
5. Two sections of state schoo
land were poisoned over by the count.
agent and farmers adjoining the land
with poison furnished by the stat
and prepared by the county agent
6. Sixty committeeman nominate,
at squirrel control meetings wer
later appointed by the Board of Coun
ty Commissioners to act as local in
spectors, or supervisors, and enforce
the Idaho rodent control law in tn
eighteen WHICH dShSu I
have the law enforced.
Z. Loss from the work of groun
squirrels was reduced to PRACTICAL
nothing in most of the communitie.
and loss was very small in the count
as a whole.
WHEAT IMPROVEMENT
Wheat improvement was adopted &
project for 1921 by Is cOmmunitie
The main objects of the wheat in
provement project are to sshow tt
! importance of growing a limite
number of pure varieties of whea
determine the best varieties of bot
spring and fall grain for each Sc
ton; provide pure seed of these "
rieties and aid i'll the dissemination
the seed in the sections where SUI
seed is most in demand; and condu
other demonstrations that may lie;
to more profitable production
! wheat.
Following is summary OF t
} work accomplished during 1921 on t
wheat improvement project
/. (a) Variety test plots grown
Big Bear Ridge showed the followi
yields per acre:
jenkins Club 3O.2; Little Club %
Turkey Red POS; and Red Russi
1877 bushels.
Oh New test plots were started
Pennington, Pine Grove (2), and {
\ dar Creek communities.
Il 2. (a) Sixty-six fields in 16 co
munities were given the standi
grain inspection for certification
seed by either Prof R. X. Bonnet
| ur1lh
"A assistants to the State Pure Seed Co
Z missioner, and the county age
Forty eight of these fields, with
total OF 1910 acres, passed this p
liminary inspection. Thirty-n
fields. with total of 1889 acr
passed the final inspection and VIII
from these was certified as seed.
of the wheat which passed inspecti
excepting one small field of Kanr
one of Wash. Hybrid No. 12S, and {
of Coppei, with a total of 33 acr
\ was of the jenkins Club variety.
n proximately 10000 bushels of cel
Il fled seed was produced in the cou
this year.
H OBJ Forty-five trainers have p
H chased total of 1899 bushels of
H titled seed from farmers and dealt
| and all farmers producing pure s.
have planted increased acreages W
| this seed.
v (c) Pure seed has gone into pr
tically every community in the coul
| I'D Approximately 10000 &C
were planted with certified seed d
= ing the fall of 1921.
~ 3. Certified Forty Fold seed VIII
was planted in one community to
start of good seed.
4. Certified Wash. Hybrid No.
4 wac introduced into two commit
ties.
5. Certified Jenkins Club was
troduced into ten communities WI
there was no pure seed.
y 6. Twenty-Five demonstrations "
started to show the advantages of
bluestone-lime dip treatment for s
control as compared with the stra
bluestone treatment. One demons
ton using copper carbonate to con
smut was started, making tota
% demonstrations of better s
treatment.
I. The farm bureau gave a 81
cup at the Troy Fair for the best
hibit of certified Jenkins Club