The Red Cloud chief., 1922-03-02
MANTLE FARM BUREAU
HAS ACCOMPLISHED

,a"asion LA Webster county Is 9O,obo,-
JOU.UO divided as 1Uilows: Ku. al
varIatlon q " ana penonai S4,iUi,-
Jio.UO, city Va.u.tlon 9~y5oIOo.OO, cor
p0fatlon valuagion SOi2oo0.O0. lhc
GOAL amount Oh ta..es coiiect.d on tals
valuation Tor all purposes was SAL
iJO.OO. Vi Tic Bnount SlOo,UIo.oo
was collected 10. coun.y and state
FUNDS and $zO0,yl3.09 WAS 1Or seh6Ji
purpose. lii 0 her wo.ds pIacti~a y
nan Oh The tOtai taxes co.lec.Gd IA ina
coanJy was iOr eeAooI puIpos S. III D
10 u vital pOinC II any consideration
Oh tax economy.
Inc total aInoun OF money ugeI
Tor Fam Bureau purposes winch in
Guides tubercu.os!s eradication worx,
office EXPENSES, and salary OF County
Agent was S3300.00 or In oth,r words
the farm bureau received for Tvs
maintenance 80 cents out OF ever
$4,000 in taxes collected. Or to put
1t another way the expenses MAINTAIN
ing the Farm Bureau office is ~
mills per acre. Compared with our
heaviest item of expense the school
fund which takes $500 out of every
$4,000 paid in taxes. Now the ques-
ton arises, what does the farmer re-
ceive for this so cents out Of every
$4,000 which he pays in taxes.
AS a basis of comparison let US con-
slider the influence which our Farm
Bureau has exer.ed in crop and live
stock production in the county as
compared with adjoining counties that
have no Farm Bureau. The first
item that claims our attention is i'm
proved seed crops. Let us take wheat
for consideration. AS a result of re-
peated recommendations and en-
enlargement of the county agent we
had in the county last year 5000
acres of Kanred wheat which we find
exceeded the average yield Of the Or
binary wheat grown from 4 to 8
bushels per acre but grant a general
average of 8 bushels per acre, which
gives US a total of $4,000 bushels of
wheat more in the county than We
would have had if we had all sown
the common variety. We find that
in the adjoining county there was
about 1000 acres of Kanred wheat
grown according to the report Of the
Agronomy Dept. of the State UNI
versity based on the report of their
field inspectors. At 3 bushels per
acre increased yield this means that
they were 5000 bushels better off by
having raised the improved variety.
6000 bushels deducted from $4,000
bushels still leaves $4,000 bushels of
wheat to credit to the influence of the
county agent or $18,OOO.O0 at the pres
cnt price of wheat. 1t is worthy Of
comment however, that the principle
part of the 1000 acres Of Kanreu
wheat sown in the adjoining counties
where they had no county agent was
found on farms adjoining the borders
of the two icounties thus showing tn"
overlapping influence of the county
agent.
Now let US consider the work of
the county agent in the control of
hog cholera. During the year Of 1921
the county agent vaccinated 7048 hogs
,c;pn OK 0Onoo nc yar,,n, TIKI, so,
I'M costs our farmers 1 cent per &C
administered. A well known breed
err of hogs in a county having no coun-
ty agent to do this work reported to
us that it costs them 2h cents per &C
administered to have their hogs vac
cinated. This would mean a saving
Of ~ cents per &C on 345800cc or
S5187.00 saved to the farmers Of this
county by the county agent.
During the past year the county
agent vaccinated 1881 calves for
blackleg control at a cost Of 90 cents
per head to the farmer. A farmer in
q neighboring county having no
ty agent paid a veterinarian 80 cents
per head or $4,000 saved to the
farmers by the county agent in
blackleg control.
The Webster county Farm Bureau
is responsible for the tuberculosis
work done in Webster county the
past year.
Webster county was n of the
first three counties was one of the
work. In order to receive area work
the county had to provide office and
transportation for the inspector in
charge Of the work. The farm bureau
used membership funds to do this.
The farm bureau office was moved
and equipped to meet the require
ments. DR.. Leiby was put in charge
of the work in Webster county and
started to work in May.
During the nine months DIR. Leiby