The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1922-08-24

Inc BurnlSon boys are Uhe proud
owners of a new saddle pony.
health which makes the work I'M.
doubtedly called for. Out of this
number tested there there were only
Is r%eactors found thus far. The
work viii be completed this fall and
it is anticipated that no more re
actors will be found.
Blackleg
The educational work on blackleg
is past the demonstration stage and
most communities have been depend
ing a great deal on the Government
issuage of vaccine which is very eff
cient and practical. However, since
the first of July this service on free
vaccine has been discontinued but
livestock project leaders in the com
munity are well posted on the black
leg aggression which is the most eff
ficient vaccine used and gives a life
immunity and which in the long run
is probably the most efficient vac
cine farmers can use. Any farmer
desiring blackleg vaccine can get all
information through his livestock
project leader. Last year 10000 cat
tie were v%accinated with free vaccine
through project leaders at a great
saving, not only through the cost of
the vaccine but in the livestock that
were treated.
Grasshopper Control
The ~Grasshopper control work has
be handled very efficiently and no
one who desired poison has been in
want of it as there has always been
a supply on hand and an available
amount for any farmer who desired
to use it in the county. Four hum
bred farmers used approximately
120,0 600 pounds of bait and it was
found where handled early enough
that there was a large busheI yield
saved per acre. The estimate of
farmers using it give a very favorable
report on it for a control method on
this invading insect pest.
Gopher Control
Twenty thousand pounds of gopher
bait was put out in the county this
year and although there was some
shortage at the end of the season this
has been the largest amount ever put
out since the county was organized.
Farmers found the bait this year to be
very effective and used large amounts
of it. The poison this year was also
very much cheaper than In previous
years and farmers also took advantage
of this fact to get rid of the gophers.
1t is hoped that they can be handled
as efficiently next year ard that all
farmers will cooperate to a larger ex-
tent in the project.
Seed Loan
Seventy-three seed loans amounting
to a total of S7,6g7.6O were allowed
in this county enabling 70 farmers TO
put in an acreage Of land to crop that
would otherwise remained vacant.
This means that an additional 2,565
acres were seeded to crop in tins
county
Directly in connection with the boys
five acre corn growing contest a corn
was held at which the boys who
had entered in this contest came. in
for a week and were given definite
and thorough instruction On corn and
hogs. They were told what was ex-
pected of them in the follow up work
and in addition were given plenty of
recreation in the lines of games.
swimming, atc., which made camp
life interesting as well a S educa-
Fifty-three boys attended
this camp.
Tillage Work
Much emphasis and a great deal Of
preliminary work was done on the
program this year. In the pre-
liminary community meetings proper
methods were thoroughly dis
cussed and as q result a large mum
Der of the new tiTlage implements
have been introduced into the COM
munities, both the home made kind
ana the commercial ones are
competing against one another and
it is safe to say that there is a 100
percent increase in summer fallow
and corr land in this county which
means an increase Of 100 percent in
surance that these farmers win get
a good yield next year. Although
some of the tours and tillage inn
plement demonstrations were not
carrie. out as originally planned it is
expected that the work in this line
win be definitely continued another
year.
Re~creational Programs
One of the most pleasing and edu-
cationaI diversions of the county ex-
tension work was the recreational
and educational moving picture pro