The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-02-21
What SPECIALISTS
DO FOR FARMER
FARM BUREAU MAN SEES GREAT
BENEFIT FROM WORK OF
U. OF l. MEN.

G. B. Ross, secretary of the Idaho
farm bureau federation, is one of the
many men in the state who appreci-
ates the value of the work of the field
specialists from the college of agri-
culture at the University of Idaho.
Mr.. Ross issued a statement few
days ago, outlining briefly some OF
the benefits which have been derived
from the work of number of spec
ialists from the university.
Mr. Ross statement follows:
"E. r. BENEFITS work with yege-
table growers is developing an in
dustry that will bring many thous-
ands of dollars into Idaho every year.
This class of product will bring a
price that will absorb the high
freight, and leave profit for the
grower If the potato industry is
saved for Idaho, it will be by the
work of these specialists working
persistently with the farmers fight
ing disease, poor seed and type.
"Pren Moore, poultry specialist, has
built an industry that has increased
in dollars and cents from five mil
lion in 1910 to sixteen million in 1920.
"The seed specialist has raised the
ly in bringing the yield per acre from
about three bushels up to five, and
the quality is not surpassed any
where in the world
"The swine industry has gone from
the long nosed razor back of a few
years ago to high grades and pure
blood, under Mr.. Rhinehart. If our
Legislators could see the Importance
of this great industry they would ap-
preciate the fact that three brood
sows on every farm would pay the
entire state, school, county and
highway district tax and interest on
our total bonded Indebtedness.
''The possibility of the dairy in
dustry has not been touched. Statls-
tics show that in 1920 sixty-siX and
two-t thirds per cent of all the milk
COWS in the state were boarders-
that is to say, it cost more for their
feed and care than the butter-fat
brought Through Cammack's ac-
tivities, and cooperation with the
farm bureau, grange and other or
ganizations, the percentage of board
err cows has been lowered materially.
If this work is continued and given
the proper support, Idaho will be-
come the greatest dairy state in the
union, and will bring into a reality
Governor Moores splendid suggestion
of less freight.
'Hay leads all other crops of the
state in value If the weevil is al
lowed to have it's own sweet way
this great money producing and soil
building crop will be consumed by
the little bug before it ever reaches
the stock. A few years ago the tax
payers were saved $4,000 in taxes, |
the weevil was also saved and this
little bug has propogated
and spread into every alfalfa section |
Of the state, at cost to the farmers
Of more than ten times the amount !
saved in taxes.
"The white fly is becoming me- .
mace to the sugar beet industry and
# allowed to go on unmolested our
nine sugar factories with a valuation
Of probably $20,000,000 will be in |
1anger. The Importance of the work
being done by Mr.. Wakeland and
)ther bug specialists cannot be meas
1red by few dollars of tax money.
"The taxpayers of idaho are not
10 much concerned about saving one
lalf mill or so in taxes as they are
n receiving one hundred cents for
very dollar expended"