The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1922-01-05

year in keeping yearly cost account
figures on their flocks. More of this
work should be carried on in 1922 and
the agent would gladly assist any one
Ito install a farm accounting system.
Bee Management Project.
During February two day bee
keepers school was held and attended
by 200 apiariasts. A prelimine "
campaign was started this year to
eradicate foul brood in the county
and in 1922 a more strenuous pro
gram will be carried out by the bee
specialist and the county beekeepers
association. One hundred and eighty
Italian queens were introduced by the
community project leaders.
Eight meetings were held by Miss
Minerva M. Lawrence, at which such
topics as home planning, interior de-
coration, fireless cookers and home
made labor saving devices were dis
cussed. Twelve fireless cookers We're
made in the Hopewell and Everson
communities as the result of meet
ing or two that Mrs. X. NJ. Hitch
cock held after receiving instruction
from Miss Lawrence.
Horticultural Project
In March a two days berry grow
ers' school was held with the cooper
alton of j. l.. Stahl, of the Western
Washington Experiment Station. In
February and March % pruning de-
monstrations were held with an at
tendance of 41S orchardists.
Marketing Work
The activities under this project
lave been devoted to cooperative buy
ing of IL tons of stumping powder.
$500 caps, 1900 feet of fuse, 2314
pounds grass seed, 106 ounces corro-
sive sublimate and seven tons of fer
Itiizer The orders were pooled and
the farmers received the benefits by
ordering collectively and getting the
wholesale price.
Plant Pathology Project
Throgh demonstrations held for
the purpose of treating cereals for
smut and determining the loss due
to formaldehyde treatments it was
ound to the satisfaction of a large
number of farmers who attended the
meetings that there is a loss of seed
grain due to formaldehyde, which va
ries from AZ to as per cent. 1t was
proven by demonstrations also that
this severe loss could be done away
with and the grain saved if the seed
we're dipped in lime water solution
after taking it out of the formalde-
hyde dip. The lime water solution
is very simple and inexpensive to
make. Slack one pound of quick lime
and add to it 10 gallons of water. AT
ter the seed grain has beeh allowed to
stay in the formaldehyde solution s
minutes remove it and dip it again
for three minutes in the lime water
solution. These demonstrations alone
are worth $4,000 annually to the
farmers of Whatcom county, if ev-
cry farmer will heed this work.
Poultry Project
The poultry program in the county
consisted of nine lecture meetings on
brooding and incubation; II lecture
meetings on feeding and housing
problems. Ten culling demonstrations
were given. In the culling work 3431
birds were examined by w. D. Buch-
anon poultry specialist. Seven hun
bred eighty three were culled out as
being questionable producers at the
time; 264S birds were kept for the
laying pen. The 1888 culls were kept
by themselves for one week and laid
$50 eggs, valued at $13.77, and ate
food costing s54.81, showing loss of
S41.O4. The 264S good birds were
also kept by themselves for seven
days and laid 1886 eggs, valued at
1898 O8, at feed cost of $185.36,
showing a profit of s52.72. Why do
rot more poultrymen keep records
like this?
The county agents program shows
that the work for 1922 will be more
extensive than in the past year but
with the cooperation of the commun-
ity leaders this program can be pat
across in very good shape.
II is impossible for any county ag-
eIlt to devote much time to personal
fl I'm visits, as the days and evenings
are not long enough. His work must
be done through cooperative efforts
in community way, because. gener-
ally speaking. what one individual
needs will suit many more in the
same community, and this also true
in a sense, throughout the whole
county.