The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-12-27

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e work of Idaho Violet POSch Ormsby
1 one of the great foundation COWS o.
e the Holstein herd of the University
Old Violet and the members of the
/ Moscow Holstein Calf Club were the
t guests of honor.
y s. The Latah-Palouse Pig Clut
/ was reorganized and the membership
/ increased by one. Charles Sawyer
was reelected local leader and did
/ much to make the club success.
A pig club was organized in Rock
; Creek community with 10 members,
nine of whom purchased purebred
Duroc Jersey sOws.
| These two pig clubs held frequent
/ meetings and excursions to further
interest in club work and livestock
production. Special attention was paid
to care and management, judging, and
handling Of pigs. On September s a
pig club show was held in Potlatch
under the management of the county
agent. Funds for this show were
contributed by business men of Pot
latch, Duroc Jersey breeders, and the
Latah county farm bureau. Nine boys
and girls from two clubs showed IS
| registered animals and 8 barrOws.
Pig club members and the county
agent built hurdles to make pens for
| the show which was held in one of
the Potlatch Lumber Company build
| ings.
s. Six Latah county pig club mem
| bers showed animals at the Lewiston
Fair and took part in the contests
| for Juniors. Latah County club mem
| bers won $28325 in prizes.
| 8. Latah county club members
competing at Lewiston won four of
the first five places in the stock judg-
ment contests and thereby won the
right to represent Northern Idaho in
| the judging contests at the Pacific
! International Livestock Exposition in
Portland in November. The county
| agent took these four boys to the
Portland show where they took part
| in the club member judging contests.
| TO- Eleven club members whose
reports had been filed when this re-
| port was written report a labor In
come of s2,O67 for the year just closed
H. Fourteen of the 20 boys and
girls enrolled in pig clubs attended
the Junior Short Course held at the
University of Idaho June II to % |
making the Latah county club at
tendance "a.
POULTRY IMPROVEMENT
l. During June eleven poultry |
meetings were held at which Prem |
strated poultry culling and gave adj |
vice in regard to feeding, housing |
care and management of the farm.
flock
g. In October Mr.. Moore mate,
four breeding flocks in two com
munities and demonstrated mating to
people from ten farms.
8. A two days poultry institute
was held in connection with the Pan
Cl I'll
January.
a. Plans on building Idaho typ'
poultry houses were furnished t.
fifteen farmers and ten houses have
been built or remodeled according tt
these plans.
SOILS AND CROP ROTATIONS
l. A survey was conducted to Sc
cure information on results secured
by growers of sweet clover, and a.
summary of the data received was
published in the papers of the county
Latah county farmers statements
show that sweet clover is the answer
to the summer pasture problem i'll
this county and that the crop is al
excellent one to grow in rotation
to improve the soil. Seed dealers
estimate that the acreage of sweet
clover in this county increased 200
per cent during 1928.
2. The cooperative experiment. |
started in 1921 by A. N. Rognstad, 0.
Big Bear Ridge, to determine the eff
feet of blowing under varying growths
of alfalfa with varying treatments o
land plaster on subsequent crops. was
continued thru 1928 and the second
crops harvested from the plots. Yields
on these plots will not be published
until the experiment has run 1onaI
enough to be of more value. The plots
were plOwed and again seeded tC
wheat this fall.
3. Prof G. r. McDole, in charge OF
soils work at the Idaho experiment
station, discussed crop rotations and j
soil fertility at the Kennedy Ford t
farmers institute and stimulated in c
terest in soil improvement. e
a. The Importance of incubation t
in securing success in growing legu- a
ninous crops, the basis of successful Fl
soil building rotations, was demon 6
strated on many farms and the use p
If inoculating culture increased. 7
WOMEN'S WORK q
Women's work has been introduced n
o bring extension service to the home
Us we'll as to the farm The home
extension work was done by Miss :,
Clara Cowgirl district home demon =,
tration agent. The classes and dem e"s
were scheduled and ar 80
anged for by the county agent as a &c
art of the regular extension work a'
or the interested communities. ~ ~
1. Twelve millinery classes were ~
onducted in nine communities. O.
'hirty-six one day meetings were 20
ED to give these IL demonstrations ~
here was total attendance of SAT e.
t the SO meetings and 251 different ~
1omen. were reached. One hundred VI
lirty-two hats were made at a cost 90
$300.03 for materials. We
2. Sixty-one women attended and 90 90
,ok part in four dress form making Id