The Red Cloud chief., 1922-03-02
getting rid of the dreadful disease.
Now in these four items above we
find that we can credit tn Farm Bur

cIu OF WeDS-ef counVy through Jne
work of the county agent with an adj
dtion ana saving Cf money Of S27,-
10000 or TO put It anothe: way 5or
evety dollar that the farm bureau
has cost the farmers in his County
there mas b en- returned in these foIl
items above $1,000 CT h value q SER
vice rendered. In addition to the
items Already enumerated there Is a
VASE amount Of scrvicc rend1red the
value of which would run into thou
sands of dollars if IL could be proper
ly estimated Lei me cali your atteu-
ton TO this class Of service. in addi-
ton to the introduction Of Kanrcd
wheat into the county through TIC
encouragement Of tn county agent
there has been introduced improved
varieties Of oats such as, Burt and
Nebraska 81 which have shown a de-
cided increase in yields averaging
about 10 bush Is per acre more than
the CORN on variety. One farmer has
already sold all he could spare at
80 cents per bushel which is a sub
~stantial advance over the market
price. Orders from outside the corn-
ty are bling placed for these improy-
ed varieties, which adds to the cash
value of the service of the county
agent. The extended use of such FOR
age crops as sweet Glow, and sudan
grass is another example Of the activ-
ity of the county agent because Y'c
find much larger acreage of these
crops on Webster county farms than
in adjoining counties that do not hay
the advantage of the service OF a
Farm Bureau or County Agent.
The county agent during the past
four years has performed a valuable
service demonstrating and instructing
farmers in the Treatment Of small
grains for the control of smut which
means added wealth in both the price
and yield received for these crops.
Another example of eliminated
waste due to the work Of the County
Agent is the control Of the pestiferous
prairie dogs. Four years ago this
pest was present on 1915 farms in the
county which meant G great loss Of
p~asturagc needed for farm stock. At
the pres mt time this loss is confined
to about 20 farms and is only 4 mat
ter of i year or two when the prairie
dog will be actually driven out of the
county.
Another example Of county agent
activl.y IS the Poultry culling denim
trations conducted in different parts
of the county instructing the farmers
SO that they may Gull u the unprofi-
table birds in their flocks and thus
eliminating a source of waste in the
care and feed Of poultry hat make
nc return for the expense of th,ir
~naintaihonce.
An important line OF work that mas
been carried IN by the county farm
bureau through the county agent is
the introduction Of improved breeds
of livestock IN our farms. Five years
ago Webster county was practically
unknown as a producer Of pure-bred
live stock. Today we lead all coun-
ties of the state in the number of
pure bred sires on u farms. This
was accomplished by the organization
Of our Webster County Improved
Livestock Breeders Association, the
Hereford Breeders Association, :he
Holstein Breeders Association, the
Shorthorn Breeders association, the
Holstein Breeders association, the Po-
Land China Breeders Association and
the Duroc Jersey Breeders Associa-
ton. Each of these organizations are
doing a valuable work in the intro
duction of their favorite breed on the
farms through the medium of public
sales, encouragement and support OF
the live stock shows and demons.ra-
tons. The county agent has been
directly responsible for the shipment
of four carloads Of pure bred heifers
into the county which were distribdt-
ed among the farmers and breeders
as foundation stock for the improve
mont of our herds. 1t would be al
most impossible to estimate the add
ed wealth to the farms Of this coun-
ty as a result of the activities enum-
Grated because this interest in the
better things Of farm life will con-
tinue to increase as the years go by.
We now come to a consideration OF
what is to my mind the most valuable
service that is being rendered to the
farming interests of the community
by the Farm Bureau and County
Agent. We have discussed that IN
f~luence as applied to u livestock and
crops. Transcending all other agri-
- l. .r1f,.a an1 in