, 1924-07-09

Deeu cOmplleu OF the dcllNllleS OF
the boys who are engaged in -agri-
cultural work under the direction
of o. p. Roberts, who is the Smith
Hughes agricultural teacher in the
Cody high school. The article is
very enlightening to those who are
unfamiliar with the character of
work which is being carried on in
this department and it can be rea
Oily see that with these youngsters
working along practical and scien-
tific lines that the district is get
ting a good return on its invest
ment. The report is the showing
of work up to June 6.
1. Milford Knight has 143 tur-
keys. all healthy and in good shape,
one hen Matching and rs eggs set
ting. Is keeping up records and
should come MI well financially.
q Kenneth Knight has just fin
ished irrigating his 6 "a acres of
potatoes. These were put in late
and were just coming thru the
ground In addition to putting in
this acreage, he was obliged to fence
the land. He was just getting
ready to harrow the spuds.
3. Lawrence Walters has two pro-
jects. His acre of corn has just
come up and has been narrowed
The stand is not the best, as some
OF it has rotted in the ground.
The potato project looks fair as
it is all up and has been cultivated
twice. His potato plot measures
one acre.
4. Bruce Fritzler has had to plant
his corn twice, but the second plant
ing is coming along as well as can
be expected. If he does not get a
crop the fault will not be with
Bruce. as his field gets the atten-
ton.
s. Harold Mcmillan has a fine
field of corn, measuring about Z
acres. His corn has just been cul-
tivated and is farther along than
any other field thus far seen in the
valley.
6. Eugene Siddle has two sows
and a litter of Z fine Duroc pigs.
His project was to raise and fatten
those sows and litters. 1t was nee
essary to replace one SOW after the
project started because one sow de-
veIoped a very delicate appetite for
spring chicken.
z. Judd Newton has 100 turkeys
and IS eggs setting yet. The New
ton family plan on raising 500 tur-
keys this year and the prospects
look good at the present time.
g. Sylvester Martin has a good
stand of Gehu's Flint corn. His
f%ive-acre field has just been culti-
waited and If the season is long
enough he should harvest a good
crop, ever at this altitude.
O.. Andrew Martins 5 acres of
potatoes are all up and have been
well cultivated. Prospects are good.
Andrew and Ken Knight are the
project potato kings. Question is,
which will raise the most per acre?
10. Carl Wagner has 100 tur-
keys and 46 eggs yet to hatch. Carl
says thai he has not had as good
Iuck with the last ones as he did
with the first hatchings. He is try
ing to make enough on turkeys to
send himself through college this
coming winter.
II. The people of Cody will not
go hungry this winter if Coy Gail
harvests his thirty acres of beans.
His beans are the best looking bean
crop in the country and are on new.
clean sod ground. He is busy ir-
rigating and c%ultivating them at this
time.
IL. Edgar Hay had to change his
project somewhat on recount of the
Iafny,ass 80 tIA aaenn -, fI4 @tI@-
side of Hart mountain at the close
of school. Originally he planned on
5 acres of potatoes. but was lucky
TO get in one acre of potatoes and
one acre of corn, both of which are
up and in fair shape.
13. Harold Siggins changed his
mind II has in one acre of pota-
toes which are just coming up. He
plans on feeding early spuds to the
dudes on %Southfork.
In the future projects will have
to be larger than this, and if worth
while at all and worth the time,
will be more profitable to have a
larger acreage. This is the first
year of project work and we are
Sratiied to see that it has taken
as well as it has on the start. All
seem to show a splendid spirit and
and interest in the projects that
were taken.
IA. Raymond Ahlberg started
with IA bum lambs early in the
season and lost three of them. He
has fed them on condensed milk,
as hat was all that was available
to him in town. He still has nine
big fine lambs that will in all prob
ability null thru In 6nn chnnn IL