Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1922-01-05
Comprehensive Data On The
Activities of Agent Kearl
And His Assistants During
Year 1s2t.-GOOd Showing.


The foiloing, involving only tho
County Agent phase OF Extension
work. ID q brief summary of tho 10,
sulta OF tho work done on project
adapted al Extension work in Bear
Lake county.
Crop Improvement
Standardization-S progreaa
haa been mado In the matter OF
standardizIns tho grains of this sec
ton Al present there are moro
than thirteen varitiea OF wheat
grown In this county. At least eight
Of these should be eliminated II the
best interests Of tho farmers arc 10
b0 realized.
Seed CertiFieatlon--S6 acrea oG
early Raart wheat has passed field
inspection for certlfication and sam
plea from tho several fields forward
cd 70 tho State Pure Seed Commits
sion for final inspection.
Seed Treatment--Tho agent has
assisted In tho treatment OF several
hundred pounds OF seed potatoes.
Potato diseases are very prevalent in
tho county and tho treatment OF tho
seed waa very effective In control.
ling disease among tho plants grown
from thla aed.
livestock Improvement
BiRck-ieK Control Moro than
two thousand doses OF black.leg var,
cine have been distributed from the
Farm Bureau offiro and have been
used very effectively in tho proven.
tion of blackleg among cattle. The
County Agent han conducted sever.
al demonstrations In volving tho use
OF the vaccine.
Dairying--rhrea siiOa have been
built and sslled during the past sum
mer. Fine results Rro being roaiiz-
cd In feeding tho onBilaRo.
Blood Improvement Several puFo
bred registered Bulls have been dis.
tributed tn farmers III tho vicinity.
Arrangements arc being made for
tho Importation into the county OF
number of good dairy cows.
Testing for Butter Fat--Since Au.
gust three monthly tests hAvo been
made for butter fat content IN tho
milk OF sixty two COWS. Some very
valuable data has already accumn
lated. From this dnto tho compare.
tive value of cows In cearly shown.
Tubarcnl0aiB Eradication Three
hundred fifty head of dairy Gown
haya been tested of r.. u. Five AMI.
mala which reacted 10 tho test wero
of ona-hnndred twenty-five pure
bred animals wer0 Accredited Ar,
rangamenIs hayo been mado for tha
testing end AecreditinR Of several
other herds
Pest Control
Ground Squirrels Isl 900 lbs o
squirrel bait has been prepared b,
! tho County Agent and distributed
j among thu farmers, This amount
D haa beefl naed on approximately a..
' 600 aerua Of private land with -
4 estimated saving according 10 hi
y farmera of g2s. 10000.
o 1000 pasnds OF poisoned bait In
& been furnished FREQ BY the State Bio
logical survey 10 farmers 10 be dis
= tkHHUAAEW Ut H@A&H4t anu 1AAAA AAAAs
q Arrangements for this material wer
Q made By tho County Agent and tn
I bait waa put out under tho supervi
) sion OF Mr.. Perkins OF tho Biologis
r NJ Survey and the Agent Thre
II hundred-One men I'm twenty commuT
titles. e0-oparated In distributing III
" bait over approximately $4,000 acre
A "a r
the saving effected by this phase !
work WOULD ba 100000.
urasshopDers-20O pounds Of A
~ Benle and 100 gallons OF refuse n.
iasses sere used in combating gras
sn hopper outbreaks In three section
IN OF the county. SaWdust was subsl
~ tuted In somo instances for bran
n this work and splendid resuit9 We
realized. 0raashoppeF control vol
no was eminently successful and aeeor
llo ing 10 tho farmers estimates. > -
~ ing OF sI.g8O.0O was affected.
At- Pocket GopheFs-S0mo work
"a gopher eradication has beer col
&C menced in tho county The aueee
ost in this work has been very satisfs
be tory 80 far. Tho methods employ
by arc practical. This phase Of rode
~. control VIII be- continued in {
spring.
wesds-At least two e0mmunit
re- in the county designated certain q
on IS weed daya and the united alta
ms upon this pest ~ tho Farm BuFe
ne members IN the communities =
80 Ivarv eaKaeaiva
eA1 Poultry
ear rho Homo Demonstration A.
Sts. haa conducted most OF tho Eo~