Omaha daily bee., 1922-02-20
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
H. Carl A Dixon. Agent.

ptsir. Neb.. Fet. is. Ttspeciali-i' asn-
Iugton county ~ very much elhteu oN't
the announcement that Secretary stuhr
and pr. Hays of the u. $. II. A. !. nave
consented 10 put this county on the map
as the second in the state 10 nave reai
Intensive area eradication. The plans car
for eight veterinarians, two government
men. two state men, and Tour local nM'en M
TO be employed by the government anu
state These men will work In teams the
first week. Then probably work indiNid-
ually with the cooperation OF the farmer,
Last week a party OF four, composed
OF n NJ Jensen president OF the Farm
bureau; e. e. Van Deusen. Dr. J. NJ.
Smith. the government veterinarian now
stationed In Washington county, ana
County Agent Carl A. Olson went TO LIN
coin with big roll OF petitions for this
work. These had been signed by over W
per cent OF the cattle owners in the ter
ritory to be tested. which embraces the
townships OF Herman, Fontenene, De So
Ia and Ft. Calhoun. The quick action OBJ
tanned can be attributed TO these petitions
as we'll as to the personal work OF the
committee. .... .....,...s-
DIR. woodering, acting state veterinar-
ian, and DR.. Hays, agreed upon Febru-
ary 81 as the date TO begin this work
and plans have been perfected for car
rying on the testing with the greatest pos
sibe efficiency. The compaign was car
ried on by the Farm bureau organiza-
tion, petitions being circulated by men
appointed by the local precinct chairman
of the bureau. These men did spienoid
work, only occasionally finding It neces-
sary to call on the county agent for as
sistance
Farmers themselves are to furnish the
transportation for this work. Instead of
using tax money to pay for 1t. The plan
calls for one farmer to stay with the
veterinarian at least half a day, thus
saving much time that would be wasted
were each farmer to take the Veterin-
all, h. yNla
This plan will be watched with con-
siderable interest as 1t has not been used
before. but Washington county farmers
are giving such excellent cooperation in
this work that those who are In posi-
tion to watch the work over the county
feel sure OF the success Of the plan. AT
present the work Is so well organized
that DR.. Smith is able to devote his whole
time for testing. not icing called on
to line it up for himself
Just how much this means to the
county is shown by the fact that DR..
Smith has been accomplishing more work
during the last two months than any
other tuberculosis tester in the state.
An important meeting to residents along
Bell creek from Craig to Arlington is TO
be held Friday evening. February "a, at
Talbasta to discuss the advisa bilty of
! Strengthening the Bell creek channel.
This has been talked of for many years
but nothing has ever been done. Last
fall the county agent was asked to find
out the sentiment both for and against
the project. This meeting has therefore
been arranged to talk the matter over.
| Men who are experienced in these af-
! fairs will be present to tell about the
value of such work in other districts. II
| C. Jensen and H. A. Ruwe, both Officers
| Of the famous ditch coming through TIE.
| kamah and Blair, will te present. Wall
| Hopewell, attorney for the same COM
pany. as we'll as Mr.. Nelson Of the com.
pany OF Towle and Nelson, engineers. will
| be present,