The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1923-06-01
CANYON FARM
BUREAU REACHES
10TH BIRTHDAY
Organization Has Been
Powerful Factor in the
Development of Coun-
ty; Work Outlined.

KfOuD VI PlUiA oPtAA'A t'ANf' -
business men bound themselves q
gether for the purpose Of guaranteein
sufficient funds with which to carr
on the work. During the first eigi
years OF its existence, the bureau d.
voted practically its entire time an
effort to educational work designed I
promote better methods OF productio
and Standardization OF live stool
farm crops and other farm products
Considerable time was also devoted 4
the control of infectious and contag
ious diseases among live stock and L
the control OF insect and fungus dis
eases among plants. One OF the frs
and most important pieces OF work un
dertaken by the bureau was the eradi
cation OF hog cholera in the county
Practically the entire time of the ag-
ent was devoted to this work during
the summer months for a period oil
two years, at the close of which time
hog cholera was entirely stamped out.
The disease has made its appearance
a number OF times since, but the bu-
reau has always been on the job and
has succeeded in keeping the disease
from spreading.
II would be impossible to enumerate
in brief article all of the activities
Of the farm bureau along these lines.
The following. however. are a few of
the most important results obtained by
the farm bureau in past years:
!. The farm bureau has introduced
methods for the control of grasshop-
pers and other injurious insect pests
Five thousand acres of clover were
sprayed one season. with a saving to
clover seed growers of at EAST 40 to
so thousand dollars.
& The bureau encouraged the cradi-
cation of blackleg through community
effort and thousands OF head o. live
stock have been vaccinated in the
county each year and a large saving
thus made due to the work of the farm
bureau agent in giving vaccinating
in the different COM
and in actively assisting in the
work of conducting the vaccinating
). The farm bureau has led in the
light to eradicate tuberculosis among
attic and especially dairy cattle thru
'ut the county. Thousands of head of
took have been vaccinated for tuber-
ular control and large number of +,
ubercular animals have been removed :
rom the county as a result of this :
'ork- Such work results not only in +,
emoving diseased animals which are !,
he source of infection for others. but r
also removes from the district in j.
'cted dairy cows. thus eliminating the
anger OF transmitting tuberculosis to =
iildren through the use OF infected
ilk. Experts in human tuberculosis =
timate that 80 per cent of our .uber- s.
ilosis in children come from infected u
ilk. 81
When we realize that tuberculosis a.
aims more victims than any other ?
imam malady. the importance of such y
ork Is apparent Without the farm s
'reau. however, or some other or :"
Imitation operating along identical
les, such work could not be conduct hs
in an economical and satisfactory tn
amer. The farm bureau is cont;nu- pr
y conducting work to suppress or a'
ntrol various plant diseases injecting IN
tatoes, farm crops and fruit. As tr
suit OF the work of the bureau in OF
eping the importance OF disease con- WI
u continuously before growers. il at
now common practice turnout the pc
'tricts to treat various farm seeds. II
ch as potatoes and grain, before be
'nting, in order to eliminate as much OF
ease as possible. b
The farm bureau has also been ac- III
c in instructing growers how to de-
I and rogue out diseased plants dur III
the growing season, thus eliminat- W,
the danger from disease at the pr
,rce and making it possible to pro- as
&c seed for planting purposes that ha
practically free from disease. With m;
the supervision and help which the foi
-cau gives in such work, il could
be conducted on anything like the m:
lie that it has been during the pas, far
; years. clio
large amour; OF work has also a
n done by the bureau in connection CO,
h the proper Standardization OF ver
N crops As a result OF the united era
'rt of the farm bureau Of the state. Id:
no has a shipping point inspection sal
nee that is unequalled By any other bin
c in the Union. Over % per cen; hi,
he potatoes shipped out Of Idaho ers
he present time are inspected and As
led as U. S Grade No. /. No other on
Ito district in the world can show POT