The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1921-08-05
ISSUES COUNTY
NEWS LETTER
Takes Place of Nez Perce
Farm Bureau News

A county extension news letter
appeared this week, issued by the
county agricultural agent, w. w.
Skuse, in place of the Nez Perce
County Farm Bureau News, when
has suspended publication, due to
lack of advertising support.
The news letter will be a less ex-
pensive method of getting before
the fal m bureau members and
others interested, information as to
the scope and activities of the agrl-
cultural extension work IN the
county, especially along the lines
of the various projects, such as
crop reports, farm accounts. crops
and rotations, livestock improve
ment, grain Standardization, pest
control, smut control and weed con-
troll. Those who wish to obtain the
news letter should send request to
Waldo w. Skuse, the county agri-
cultural agent at Lewiston, his
office being in the federal building.
The first issue of the news letter
gives review of work done since
the publication OF the last Farm
Bureau News.
Mr.. l.. N. Wilson, foreman, U. S.
biological survey. spent second
TWO weeks period in the county
working with community project
leaders on the distribution of free
poison tor Indian and other public
lands. A detailed report of acreage
covered and amount of poison dis
trlbuted will be made later.
In cooperation with the state and
federal bureaus of animal industry
some tests were made of cattle for
tuberculosis. At this time. due to
the great rush of work ahead of the
veterinary inspector, only a portion
of the herds where reactors were
found last tall were tested. line
general series of tests will be held
this fall at dates to be announced
later. Last fall 492 head were test.
ed. This fall there will be lots
more. In fact three is possibility
of "area" work being done this fall
This AREA work is a step in g
county wide cleanup of tuberculosis
as has been doEe in several of the
eastern states.
With the cooperation of com
munity project leaders a series o1
poultry culling demonstrations
were held during the period of July
l to 9, in the various communitie.
of the county. Prem Moore, poultry
specialist of the extension division
!. gave the demonstrations and al
those who attended are now trained
to Gull the Improbable hens iron
their own f1ocks. In spite of tn,
demands of other farm work a tota
:, of 259 persons attended the tel
meetings. A total of 286 hens wer'
:. judged of which l06 were found t.
|, be culIs and 180 good. This is g
per cent. and 1t menas that the aver
; age farm flock IN this country is 8
per cent cuIs. The conclusions t.
!. be drawn from these figures ar
very evident. Many other matter
of information were brought out b.
: questions by farmers at these meet
ings. Successful poultry raising
depends upon breeding, feeding
housing and culling. practics' fai
ure resulting if any one of thes
fundamentals is wrong. 1t
4 thought that there is no more nee
r. for culiing demonstrations as tn
IS people all know how now, but thl
X is only an elementary step. 1t
expected to have MIR. Moore back i
the county for possibly week fo
work on mating fowls IN one or tw
demonstration fiocks in each con
n munity some time this fall.
s. In company with Mr.. e. c. Glover
AZ representing Armour & Co. and
% e F. Rinehart, the livestock speciali!
IT of the extension division, the l8 pi
in club members, located in the XII
n rock, Leland, Southwick and Lal
~ wal communities were visited an
at given assistance in their manag
er ment of their purebred sows ar
III Iitters. 1t was the first hitter fl
es nearly all of the sows. A total I
~ ~ 131 pigs were farrowed.
Along the line of standardizir