The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-12-03
REPORT SHOWS HOW
COUNTY AGENT SAVED
MONEY FOR FARMERS


A saving of $500 on 10000 pounds
of Wayne county pooled wool that sold
for prices that were four cents net
above local prices; an estimated saw
ing on poultry due TO culling of $4,000
$4,000 saving on chinch bug control and
additional receipts for live stock Sc
cured through the Centeville Ship
ping association of $3.50, is shown in
figures included in the annual report
Just forwarded to Purdue by County
Agent Dolan.
In addition, estimated savings for
the treatment of wheat seed for smut,
will amount to $1S0,000. Savings from
this work will not be noted until the
harvest OF next year.
In addition 10 the economic saw
ings. the report tells of numerous &C
tivities on which no cash value can
be placed, such as the pig club work,
with 50 members enrolled; three farm
accounting schools with distribution
of 90 books for the use of the farm
ers; three corn judging schools for
boys; a two-day tour by the Duroc
Jersey swine breeders; a one-day pOul-
try tour of Preble county; the five
acre corn contest, results of which will
be found in another column; corn club
work for the boys. assistance given to
four farmers institutes and six short
courses; and collection and shipment
OF two carloads OF corn for the Foreign
Relief.
Advice Given.
Besides outside activities advice
was given from the office on agricul-
tural matters to 1,645 personal visit
ors and TO 1852 farmers who called
on the telephone for information on
agricultural problems. In addition Nj.
Doldn has made 2S5 farm visits, spend
ing 1S9 days in the field, besides 1l2
days in the office. Mr. Dolan travelled
a distance o. more than 5000 miles in
the performance of his work in Wayne
county.
One of the special projects to which
much attention was given was the
series of poultry culling demonstra-
lions There were II held in II Of
the IL townships, with total attend
ance of S17
There We're 5.329 hens handled, Of
which 1,849 were discarded. These
hens brought an average of four cents
over prices at the usual time OF Gull
ing. which. at an average weight OF
five pounds. makes a saving OF S3tE-
Saving of three months feed is fig
ured at $3.50. total of $1,000. In ad-
dition. "a other farms culled their
flocks.
On the wheat smut-treatng plant,
il is reported that 6l9 bushels OF seed
wheat were treated for 10 farmers in
IA townships The cost of the plant
vas S219 and a charge of % cents n
bushel was made for treatment. The
plant was installed Sept. 20 and treat
cd the wheat in l. days.
Expects to Save Loss
Il is expected that treatment viii
save loss from black smut in Wayne
county. which amounted to Il per cent
in % per cent of the fields this year.
The farm bureau is given credit
in MI DOlans report for much OF the
work which he has been able to do,
The report states that the bureau Is
an organization with IL township
units 1t held 8S community meetings
with an attendance Of 2,64O.
It is stated to be the purpose OF
.ihe farm bureau to STAND for some
thing rather than against something
adopting a constructive attitude.
A program of work was outlined at
A directors meeting last spring. OF
which the township units adopted such
parts as appealed to them. Regular
monthly meetings have been held by
10 of the Is townships. Township
officials have encouraged the co-opera-
lion OF women.
The mcmbe, ship last year numbered
.016. and a county wide membership
campaign is being conducted now for
the coming year Support has been
given by the bureau to the L cooper
alive buying and selling associations,
Of which the most notable is the dairy
plant in Richmond, with $4,000 in
,estment. The largest Individual say.
ings to farmers in the county have re-
suited from the cooperative purchase
of fertilizer. and this has also result ed
in lessening the number of fertilizer
analyses from As to five. making for
thpaDpT manufacture.