East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-12-08
PEOPLE Here and There

| wheat yields, but they do not begin to
tell the full story of what has been
done with just this one crop. The
farmers of Umatilla county led the
battle against Portland to secure a
tairer standard of grades and dis
counts. a small grain nursery has
been started on the Elmer McCorm-
mach farm, and other demonstrations
are being conducted in other sections
of the county.
Examine the report under the head
of potato culture, and even the tyro
can easily appreciate that some pro-
g'ress that means a n.ce item of saw
| ing and profit to farmers of the conn
| ty has been effected Certification
work was carried on on So farms. ana
PSI q acres passed the second field
test. This increased the commercial |
value of the crop by about 10000. |
Heretofore, Earliest of All seed peta |
toes have beer purchased in Wash
ington by local farmers, and seed and
fretght have cost local growers $40
600. For next year the supply will
not have to be shipped in, due to the
fact that enough of the spuds were
grown in the county to fill the de-
mand.
Through the farm bureau during
the year 7,220 gallons or distillate
and 24.732 gallons of gasoline We're
that distribute in the county. A spe-
purchased from two oil companies
cial rate was secured which effected
saving of $IO94.72 to farmers. The
county agent assisted farmers in maxi
ing out and filing their claims for re-
bate of state road tax.
Dairying educational work was car
RED on from several angles during fhe
course of the year through the office
OF the county agent and the farm
bureau and its committeeman. Just y
one phase of this work was the testing
for tuberculosis. The report shows l.
that 672 herds, with total of 330S ,
COWS were inspected. Twenty-Five G
reactors were found and nine suspects
The reactors We're slaughtered. Six
herds in the county were placed on
the accredited list during the year,
and the work VIII be carried on during -.
1928. I
The office was of service to hog |
breeders in several ways during the
fear, one of the chief services render
I'd being to secure the aid of the
state veterinarian when two outbreaks
II cholera were suspected. Interest
II breeding of purebred hogs was
timulated through the work done in
zig clubs. IT
Horsemen of the county who have dt
ong expressed interest in the breeding re
f better saddle horses, had an oppor- &c
unity this year to use the services of c,
'ucius, government remount stal. re
on, 81 mares being bred to the horse in
urng the season. m
The county agent was of assistance
! various ways to several cooperative r
cling agencies in the county He r
ave information to farmers and grow L.
rs on questions they had about mar
eting. The drawing up of contracts
as another subject he aided in solv-
lg.
A neat saving to farmers was made
trough cooperative buying. The
reater part of this buying had to do
18th seed, but in some localities the ~
rmers were organized and did their W
lying in large lots through their To-
Il dealers A total of $51,45O of bust az
ess was done in this way, and the ~, ~,
timated saving effected by doing Sio
lsiness on big scale is placed at
,395.13.
Considerable work was done in ex- j.,
of rabbits in the west end 'ii'
the county. Poison and drives were oi'
led to get rid of the pests. By actual 90
unit in the drives and by estimates W.
ade of the poisoning work, there 'Si
ere 26,075 rabbits killed. The cost Sp'
this work was $500 for materials. M
is estimated that each rabbit is Ell
pable of doing 20 cents worth of 10
mage during the course of the year, uel
the value of the campaign is placed ioi
about $1,000. Grasshopper and po- pos
to bug pests were also combatted
different parts of the county.
The report also discloses work d"0"
Weston where live weevils vera
ind in wheat in the elevator. Thd
ain so infested was subject to a DIS.
unit of 10 cents the bushel and if a ~