The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1922-01-06

According to the report of Waldo
w. Skuse, county agricultural agent,
division of the University of Idaho,
under which his work comes, together
with the cooperation of the Nez Perce
county farm bureau, has meant to
Nez Perce county a total of $1O,299
added income to the farmers of the
county which would not otherwise
have been secured, while in addition
to that total there has been much ac-
| complished toward the betterment OF
agriculture that it is impossible to
place a money value upon.
To accomplish this the county agent
worked 312 days, specialists from the
university spent SO days, community
committeeman gave 126 days Of their
time, 40 demonstrations were held
and attended by total of Ss7 per-
sons, 367 farm visits were made, $50
office calls were taken care OF, l1so
personal letters were written, insti-
tutes were held with total attend
ance of 1877, the grand total of all
meetings held during the year was 80
with a total attendance of 1880 26
articles on agricultural subjects were
written by the county agent for pupil
cation in newspapers. 40 articles were
written by the county agent for pub
lication in the Farm Bureau News
and articles were written by spec
ialists for publication in the same
paper, SO kinds of circular letters
were written going to 2.OS1 persons
while various questionnaires were an
swered for federal authorities ano
private concerns.
/ The work was divided into eight
: projects as follows: Crop report ano
farm accounts, crops and rotations
livestock Improvement, grain stand
} ardization, pest control, smut control
weed control and miscellaneous.
Following is a condensed, detailed
2 statement of the value of the differ
ent project work.
Livestock improvement.
Two high class purebred Jersey bul
calves from the Waikiki Farm nortl
of Spokane were secured as gifts u
two dairy farmers on the basis o
e their being used in the community TO
. a period of five years. They wer
valued at 800 each. On the pig clu
" work 5000 was for IS purebred Duroe
It Jersey and Po.and- China sows fur
! nished bv Armour & Co. paid for tn
sows They were due to farrow 500
after the boys received them and /
). return for the gift of the sows IN
- bows returned the first and third be'
gifts from the resultant litters an
9 kept the balance of the litters. tn
Is bows won s172 in prizes at the Lev
e iston Charleston fair, and 1855 at tn
livestock show
- Spokane, 5000 of which was the CO.
of the trip to Chicago Internationi
IS Livestock show won by one of TT
. bows of the Lapwai Pig club. He W;
: the champion pig club boy for Nortl
q, ern Idaho and eastern Washingto
t. The profit on pork grown by the bo.
.r was $497 on the basis of y ANNA
- left out of the litters for their ow
IL averaging 200 lbs. in weight and so
in for a price of S3.45 a hundred poun'
above cost of production. These fl
ures total $1,934 for the pig eli
.. work.
Approximately $50 head of dai
cattle were tested for tuberculos
and 10 reactors were found whl'
m ,vre disposcI o.. 4 valIe of SIS W
:. placed on these cows. total OF sia
e More than half of the county test1
er for tuberculosis was postponed t
,r December or January. Poultry culi
-, out and disposed of was 4,6oo plros
81 each, as this amount was saved
ne lisposing of the culls and represent
what was saved on feed by marketl
ri at the time they were culled lnste
of when they would ordinarily ma
OF been marketed. Flocks totalins l
at 25s birds were affected by feeol
nc methods of a greatly improved chari
ter which at the very lowest estlnl'
-ne increased the yearly production
ng hen more than a dozen eggs We
,bt However, only dozen eggs per
per year was taken and value OF
oh cents a dozen taken. This gives
277 for increased egg production. J
return of livestock thus totals 81
761.