The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1922-12-15
ANNUAL REPORT OF
COUNTY AGENT
O. S. Fletcher Gives Resume
of Years Work

Since all residents of Latah Coun-
ty are either directly or indirectly
interested in agriculture, and espec-
tally in the agricultural development
of Latah County, your county agri-
cultural agent has prepared this brief
summary of his report for the year
beginning December l, 1891, and end
ing November 80, 1922, and is send
ing it to the farmers and other bust
ness men of Latah County. OF ne
cessity, the summary is short. How
ever, copy of the full report of the
county agent is on file in his office
at Moscow, and may be examined at
any time by any interested party.
The results that have been secured
during the past year, and for that
matter during the entire period of
more than four years that the pres
ent county agent has served the peo-
pie of Latah County, could not have
been achieved without the assist
ance and encouragement that have at
all times been given freely by the
progressive farmers Of the county,
the county farm bureau and other CO.
operating farmer organizations, the
Board of County Commissioners, and
the administrative staff and special
lists of the Extension Division and the
College of Agriculture of the Uni
versity CT Idaho.
ORGANIZATION
During 1922 one additional COM
munity was organized for county
agent work. This makes a total of
twenty-five organized communities in
the county. The twenty-five COM
munities adopted total of 131 local
projects. One hundred-eighteen farm
ers lead these 131 local lines Of work,
some men leading two projects
Lines Of work taken up in each
community were determined by the
sources of income in that community,
the aim being to work on projects
that were of greatest local import
ance. Farmers of each community
decided upon the work for that COM
munity and selected their local lead
ers. The county program is COM
posite of the, community programs.
PEST CONTROL
The chief work on the pest con-
troll project for 1922 was continu-
alton of the campaign against the
Columbian ground squirrel started in
1920 and carried on in 1921. Prac-
tically the same methods were used
this year as in previous years. All
Of the 25 organized communities Of
the county adopted this project as a
part of their work for 1922. Briefly,
results of the campaign were as fol-
lows:
1. General squirrel control meet
ings were held in % communities,
with an attendance of 23Q
2. The Bureau of Biological Sur
vey method Of preparing poison bait
was demonstrated in % communities
8. Poisoning supplies were sold at
cost in 26 communities and the use
of poison thereby increased 1879
ounces of strychnine and 483 ounces
of saccharine were sold to 511 farm
ers.
4. Monday was set as poisoning
day in each of the 26 communities
with the understanding that if the
weather were bad on Monday, the
first fair day thereafter should be
poisoning day. People generally
poisoned on that day and thereby
concerted the attack on the squirrel
5. Sixteen hundred acres of pub
lie land were poisoned over by the
county agent and farmers adjoining
the land, with poison furnished by
the state and prepared BY nunty
agent.
6. Committeeman nominated at
squirrel control meeting in 20 COM
munities were later appointed by the
Board of County Commissioners to
act as local inspectors, or supervis-
ors, to enforce the rodent control law
in the 20 communities which asked
to have the law enforced.
z. Loss from work of ground
squirrels was reduced to a minimum
in all of the communities adopting
this work as project
Rock Chucks
One demonstration on methods of
poisoning rock chucks was conducted
on the w. H. Bennett farm, on Dris-
COLI Ridge, and one on the A. L.
Whitfield farm, on Fix Ridge. Each
of these denominations was sue
cessful and the rock chucks were
stopped from doing further damage.
LIVESTOCK IMPROVEMENT
/. During the last two weeks in
July, two veterinarians doing work
under the direction of DIR. ]. D. Ad-
ans, Director of the State Bureau of
Animal Husbandry, tested cattle in
Latah County for tuberculosis. This
work was done in cooperation with
the county agent and farm bureau
committeeman. During the two weeks,
1892 cattle were tested in nine coun-
try communities and in the towns of
MOSCOW, Troy, Juliaetta and Kendrick.
Six of these reacted and were slaugh-
tered.
Q. A Holstein Calf Club was or
ganized at Moscow with three mem
bers. One of the members started
with grade calf and the other two
started with purebred calves. Other
boys wanted to enter the club but
satisfactory calves could not be
found. The club will be continued
and enlarged in 1923. The three
calves were exhibited at the Fair at
Lewiston by the club members.
They won total of $46.66 in prizes
with their three calves in the calf
club and open classes,
8. A boys and girls pig club was
organized in the kennedy Ford and