White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-17
STATE CLUB LEADER
WORKING IN COUNTY

NJ. ID. Collins. state club leadei
from the University OF Nevada a
Reno, was registered at the Northern
hotel yesterday upon arrival in FL,
from a weeks trip in White Pine IN,
Lincoln counties in the interests o.
farm bureau work. While in Ely MIR
Collins and G.. l.. Chism. county agri
cultural agent. took up several mat
ters in common dealing with theii
work in the state and the two boost
ers for agricultural advancement in
Nevada left for Lund late yesterday
afternoon. Mr.. Chism expects to re-
turn TO Ely Monday. to be here on the
arrival Of Miss Margaret Johnson OF
the state university farm extension
department, who is coming here in
the interests of educational work
among women.
Mr.. Collins reports a busy and sue
cessful week on his tour through this
section of the state. At Lund a NOV.
ing picture show was staged, present.
ing five reels on Jersey dairy stock.
n reel on pig club work and a film
on Discriminating. The moving pict-
ures are made possible by means of
a portable projecting machine carried
OF the trip. electricity being gener.
ated from the rear wheel of the Ford
There was an interested audience of
1873 people at Lund. As the films
were of an educational nature no adj
mission was charged.
After the show Mr.. Collins gave a
talk on sheep, calf and pig clubs and
farm bureau work in general.
Sunday a trip was made to Alamo
where another picture show was
given before an audience of 139 peo-
pie. AS a number of ranchers at
Alamo are contemplating the build.
ing of silos this year a film on silo
building was a feature of the movie
entertainment.
Mr.. Collins said that in Alamo last
January twenty-four boys and girls
formed a calf club, the Bank of
Phoebe loaning the money to finance
the scheme. Messers. Collins. Pro
lessor V. E. Scott, dairy specialist of
the state university, and local Com
mitteeman Bishop W. T. Stewart of
Alamo went to provo. Utah, the first
Of January, and bought a carload of
cows and bred heifers and a few six
m~onths-old calves.
These were driven to Alamo and
each boy and girl Of the club drew
lots on the calves. each boy and girl
signing a note for the amount rep
resenting the cost of the calf drawn
In return for the banks investment
each boy and girl In the club is max
ing installment payments of IS to
take up the notes.
On his trip to Alamo MIR. Collins
Inspected the calves and talked oyer
with the members matters pertaining
10 feed and care. Several of the
heifers are fresh and the boy owners
are selling butter. The cost varied
from $13 to $50 each. 1t is expected
that another carload of Jerseys will
he brought 10 Alamo by the farm
bureau the coming fall.
On the return trip from Hike to
Lund a great deal of snow was en-
countered in Cole valley.
Friday Messers. Collins and Chism
visited the Berkshire Pig Club In
Preston and Lund. Fourteen regis
tered pigs compose these two clubs
and 1t Is hoped that a calf club will
next be formed.
Mr.. Collins says the farm bureau
is taking up the matter of dipping
seed potatoes for disease. spraying
fruit trees and procuring a free
thoroughbred government stallion fol-
breedin purposes at Preston and
Lund.
At present Lund citizens are work
ing On a system for domestic water
supply. for which Mr.. Chism Is get.
ting data and arranging for a sur.
vey.
The subject of grading potatoes
and other crops for market Is being
taken up.
Mr.. Collins is planning q trip to
Spring valley and Baker in the near
future.