The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1922-12-08
County Agent
Makes Report

marizes the extension work done by
him during the past season, in the
Athena Weston district, as follows:
Athena Project Leaders:-M. w.
Hansell, H. A. Barrett, George Gerk-
ing, A. R. Coppock.
Crops Continued five grain variety
demonstrations. Distributed $50
pounds Grimm alfalfa seed.
Continued two copper carbonate
demonstrations and treated 100 bush
els for growers for fall planting.
Marketing
Grain Grades and Discounts worked
up delegation Of eleven farmers to
attend Department Of Agriculture
hearing at Portland helping to secure
discontinuance Of Portland Type SAM
pie method Of expectation.
Held two joint meetings between the
Umatilla and Walla Walla County
Farm Bureaus to make plans for en-
forcing grain discount laws and secur-
ing favorable changes in Federal
Grades. Secured an opening Of the
grain grade question from the Sec
retary of Agriculture. Attended pub
lie Service Commission hearing at
Portland, Pendleton and Spokane.
Secured unanimous action from PEN
dleton, Walla Walla and Spokane far
mers for recommendations to Sec
retary of Agriculture on changes in
federal grades.
Secured removal Of penalty for
mixtures not Objectionable.
Attended meeting of Portland Mer-
chants Exchange at Portland and
meeting Of Northwest Millers and
Grain Dealers Association at Spokane:
Fought against increased discounts
and strongly advocated removing dis
count for one-half of one per cent
smut.
Induced Oregon Public Service Com
mission and Washington Department
of Agriculture to investigate actual
cost of securing for the purpose OF
determining proper charges for 1928
crop.
Livestock-Four farmers bred four
mares to government stallion handled
| through County Agents office.
Dairying With government testor
tested for tuberculosis 81 cows in ~
herds. No reactors, no suspects.
Poultry-Furnished plans for one
poultry house and answered four
| poultry inquiries.
Boys and Girls Club Work-Assis-
| ted Athena boy in pig feeding con-
test winning first prize and $4,000
| prize money at the Pacific Inter
national Livestock Exposition.
Miscellaneous-Advised Woman's
Club regarding park planting. Adopt
ed wage scale to stableize. Adopt
harvest wages.
| Weston
Weston Mountain (including Reed
& Hawley, Wild Horse, Reservation
& Basket Mountains) Project Leaders
win Hall, E. E. Tucker, w. L. Ray
born, j. V. Smith, viii McCorkell
Held four grain variety demonstra-
| tions: conducted thirteen land plaster
treatment demonstrations, six dem
onstration:s with corrosive sub
| Innate: fifteen potato seed piece DEM
onstrations: made observations or
depth of planting and type Of planter
Inspected SAB acres for A growers
Five hundred thirty-three acres
passed the first inspection and 234A
acres the second. Held five meetings
with the growers, discussing potato
Improvement work. Distributed tive
tons of Earliest of All among L
growers. Assisted them in rogueine
| out diseased plants to get start OF
certified seed with this variety.
Induced one grower to erect potato
store house and one to purchase po
tato grader.
! Induced growers to grade and sor
potatoes before pitting and sorting
Conducted successful potato show
Identified potato bugs on three diff
/ ferent farms and assisted growers i
completely eradicating the same.
Distributed five tons Of land plaste
for seed treatment.
Conducted bin inspection of 1872
crop.
Assisted in marketing 1921 certifie'
seed. All Of 1921 certified Nette'
Gems used for seed on Weston Noun
, tain during 1921 except 80 tons whic
, were sold for 500 per ton above tabl
! stock or 100000 total premium.
Conducted three crop rotatio
demonstrations: made two trials wit
Ladino Clover.
Marketing Held two general meet
ings and one committee meeting
wrote constitution and bylaws an
assisted in organization Of Westo
Mountain Seed Potato Grower
Association.