East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-12-02
Annual Report by Bureau is
Filed Showing Extensive
Benefits From Endeavors.
TURKEY RED ACREAGE
HAS BEEN 0UADPJPLED
Pure Jenkins Club Has Been
Productive of Cent More
Per Bushel in Wheat Price.

Benefits OF county agent work In
umatilla county are shown In definite
form I'M the annual report of Fred
Bennion, county agent, submitted to-
day to the county court with the Ap-
proval of the president of tho Farm
Bureau. an organization Of 32s OF the
leading farmers of the county. The
report has the approval of Paul ".
Maris, state leader of county agents,
also.
The benefits are In two general
classes. The first is the class In which
individual farmers are interested. AM
ong such benefits Is the saving of $t2,-
gasoline and distillate, the distribution
of farm labor and the personal service
rendered farmers in matters OF seed
wheat and livestock.
Benefits Many
in the second class are the benefits
of u more permanent nature, which
will he of interest TO the general tax
payer. Among these are community
strated definitely at Echo and Nolin
that Turkey Red averaged from one
to five bushels more to the acre than
White Hybrid. The acreage Of Turkey
Red is now four times greater than It
Mas three years agc. there being, at
least 40, 900 acres of wheatlnnd III tha
county best adapted 10 Turkey Red.
Another benefit was the shipment to
this county of pure Jenkins Club, en-
abling farmers to receive cent more
n bushel than for the mixed jenkins
Club.
Aid Given Growers.
New seed treatment potato I'M
provement on Weston Mountain, and
help given fruit growers Of the East
Glnd of the county, are additional benz
efts. The popularity of the office Is
attcsted by the fact that 1884 callers
visited the office during the year and
that 1771 personal letters were writ
ten. Through the office, the county
received aid from the department OK
agriculture, o. A. c., and tho expert
mcnt stations, SO days being spent In
the county by specialists from these
three organizations.
Following is a summary of the coun-
ty agent work for the year:
Organized Farm Bureau with active
Executive Committee. community
committees and 323 members.
Conducted 26 wheat variety demon
strations. Estimated financial gains
Of demonstrators in favor OF new vari-
ETY. $l5.74O.
Located the only pure jenkins Club
wheat seed In the Northwest In August
1920, shipped in car and distributed
among seven farmers who planted
same on 500 acres This year the crop
on this ayreage averaged 3 bushels
more per acre, and brought an average
of one cent per bushel more than the
native jenkins or u financial gain to
the growers Of $3.50. Uncluded In %
This fall about 10000 acres we're
planted with this seed, so that the II
nancial gain on next years crop can DO
estimated at $4,000.
| AS a result Of the Turkey Red VS..
| Hybrid 1873 demonstrations In which
the former has been shown to be ON
| the average from one to five bushels
per acre better than the latter west
and southwest Of Pendleton, the acre
axe of Turkey Red is four or i've times
| greater than II was three years ago.
There are at least forty thousand acres
Of wheat land in Umatilla County Dest
adapted to Turkey Red.
Shipped in and distributed gSO pnsh-
els of certified Bluestem among fiye
farmers at Pilot Rock. The increase
from this seed Is replacing the mixed
variety in that section this fall. =
In 1890 spent one week field select-
ing Red Chaff heads. Increased this
TO 40 acres this fall. Next year will be
able to accomplish as much for lieu
Chaff growers as has been done Tor
growers OF Jenkins. In cooperation
: with experiment stations Red Chat
with a winter habit is being bred
introduced Triplet. new Washing
ton Hybrid wheat, which Is claimed Ds
Washington State College to be twice
as smut resistant and higher yielding
than Hybrid 12s. Had one demonstra.
, tion 1921. have seven for 1922. WI
try II out carefully before recon-
mending.
Introduced high yielding selection
of White Barley at Pilot Rock. Twen
ty ACRES grown 1921, $40 acres PLANTED
1921. out-ylelded the coast variet'
commonly grown bushel per acre.
Conducted IA seed treatment dem
onstrations comparing effect OF differ
: ert methods on stand. Showed tina
' 90 percent seed could be used by prop
= er treating with formaldehyde OF ioi
. lowing limestone with lime. Two hun