The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1922-01-05
COUNTY AGENT GIVES
REPORT OF 1921 WORK
IL. b. Carroll, jr., Sums Up Record of
Years Service to Agricultural In
terests of County

Just what County Agent H. B. Car
roll. jr., has been able to accomplish
for the farmers of the county, is Sc
forth in the following report of hi
work for 1921:
The agricultural agents office il
provided to the farmers of the coun
ty through the cooperation of the u
S. department of agriculture, tn.
State College of Washington anc
Whatcom county.
The annual report of H. &. Carol
Jr.. county agricultural agent, show.
total saving of $26, 6,124.20 in coop
Grafton with the extension special.
lists. These figures are based on work
done on all projects during the yeal
1921 under the county agents direc.
tion.
The following statistics are taker
from the county agents report
Farms visited, 619, office calls, 1886
days in office, 90, days in field, 1873
meetings attended, AS, total attend
ance at these meetings, 12O21 per-
sons. His report shows that 2105
personal letters were written and 12-
S94 circular letters were sent out.
The agent has prepared SO articles
ior publication in the county newspa-
pCrs. Nine hundred sixty bulletins
We're mailed or taken from the office
and 481 telephone calls were ans
wered.
The various meetings and demon
strations held in the county We're ve-
ly evenly divided as shown by a sur
vey of the report. The report is writ
ten up under project outlines and is
summarized in that way.
Drainage Project
Sixteen farms were surveyed for
drainage and six of these systems
were installed at an average cost of
S4.63 an acre. The surveys were
made by A. B. Crane, drainage spe-
cialist, extension service, S. C. w.
On the farm of G.. Top, near Ever
son, where survey was made in
1919 by Mr.. Crane, on land which was
practically swamp, this year Mr..
Top secured an oat crop that yielded
7S bushels to the acre. A yield of 56
TONS Of potatoes was obtained on
eight acres. He also filled rs ton
silo from three and a half acres. Mr..
Top says that the survey was worth
at least $40 an acre to his 80 acre
farm.
Two septic tanks were installed
from blue prints received from the
county extension office. The tanks
cost $36.55 and $31 respectively.
Three silos were constructed in the
county as demonstration work.
Clothing Project.
By request from II communities,
Miss Maud Wilson, leader of home
demonstrators, was secured to train
women from these communities to
make homemade dress forms. Twen-
ty-two women We're trained on Mar.
o and 10 by Miss Wilson, and from
these two meetings other community
leaders were trained by these % wo-
men until over 500 dress forms have
been made in the county. The dress
forms are valued at $12 each, or a
saving to the women of the county
over the cost of a purchased dress
form of $4,000.
From data received from the wo-
men who make dress forms, it shows
that over 11O0 garments have been
made. at a material saving in time
and expense.
The Woodlyn Home Economics club
made a record showing last year
from the standpoint of work accom-
plished in an organized way. They
made three coats, one suit, three
skirts, eight dresses and eight hats
at a saving of $277.25.
Some communities spent more time
on dress form work. North Belllng-
ham made over 30; Rome 40, Hope
we'll 2S, and other communities var-
ed from one to three dress forms.
Dairy Project
Fourteen meetings were held ovel
the county during the year for the
purpose of discussing balancing ra-
tions from home grown feeds. One
feeding demonstration was carflee
on. bv Wander Griend Brothers wltf
home grown feeds, compared to pur'
chased feeds. The demonstration pro
we'd that a good grain ration can bt
prepared with home grown cereals
but they must be combined according
10 a balanced ration or they do no.
furnish enough variety and are la
BILE to be lacking in protein.
The agent assisted the cattle pree
ders' clubs in holding three summe'
picnics and excursions. One Guerh
sew calf club was organized. Four
teen pure bred sires and dams wer'
placed in the county. Application
are on file in the agents office TO
the testing of $500 head OF cattl'
for tuberculosis. The year before TN
county agents office was establishes
there were only 961 cows in the coun
tv tested for tuberculosis.
Ten head of cows were under eN
detrimental treatment for cure IRON
Red Water disease. Fairly satisiac