The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1925-04-16
Extension and Club Work
By Miss Gertrude Gage

m"s III tHoSe iOcallCleS especially
adapted to their production, and with.
in reach of canneries, because such
increases will not adversely affect
the market price of such products
Any county in Washington is eli.
gible to enter this contest.
Prize money will be paid to the or-
ganization or organizations in the
county, which in the opinion of the
committee in charge. have been no
sponsible for the promotion of the
work in their county. The decision of
this committee shall be final.
In awarding prizes the committee
snail consider percentage of increase
over the year ending March, 1925. in
livestock, livestock products. and field
crops named later in these rules. One
point or fraction thereof shall he
awarded for each l per cent or frac-
ton of per cent increase; or in cas-.
of decrease the point shall be de-
Quoted from the county's total points.
Each kind of livestock, livestock pro-
duct or crop shall be figured separ.
ately for each year.
The county scoring the greatest
number of points shall be winner
all other things being equal. How.
ever, the committee reserves the
right to give some consideration to
conditions that may arise to indicate
exceptional progress in diversified
ton and betterment and not shown
by statistical records.
Reports of Washington state direc.
tor of agriculture shall be used in de-
termlnlng percentage increases on
the following livestock, livestock pro-
ducts and crops on which this contest
is based, these being essential to bet-
ter farming. In case such information
is not available from the report of
the department of agriculture, then
additional information from such au-
thoritative sources as possible shall
also be used
The contest embraces the follow
ing points:
i. Increase in number of pounds of
Duterfat per COW per year.
2. Increase in quality of dairy pro-
ducts produced on farms.
3. Increase in number of farms re-
porting hens.
ga. Increase in quality of poultry
and eggs sold.
3b. Increase in number of eggs per
hen per year.
a. Increase in number of farms re-
porting cattle other than milk cows,
especially in counties adapted to beef
production.
IA. Increase in number of cattle
per farm.
5. Increase in number of farms re-
porting swine, especially in counties
adapted to swine production.
5a. Increase in number of swine
per farm.
6. Increase in number of farms
reporting sheep.
Ga. Increase in number of sheep
per farm.
6b. Increase in weight of fleece per
sheep.
z. Increase in number of farmers
joining the U. S. Department of Ag-
riculture pure bred sire campaign.
8. Increase in quality of alfalfa.
ga. Increase in number of farms
containing acreage of alfalfa.
8b. Increase in tonnage per acre
of alfalfa.
8. Increase in acreage of sweet
clover.
Ga. Increase in number of farms
containing acreage of sweet clover.
10. Increase in acreage of clover
and other legumes not mentioned be-
fore.
10a. Increase in number of farms
containing acreage of clover and 9TH
er legumes not mentioed before.
IL. Increase in number of farms
containing acreage of pasture grass
es and legumes.
IL. Entries in this contest shall be
made to the committee by July 1,
1925.
A minimum of twenty counties
must enter this contest before the
prize money is available
Reports of progress being made in
each county shall be made to the COM
mittee the first day of each May,
September and December.
A final report of the activities for
more diversified farming for the two
years shall be mailed to the committee
on or before March /, 1927.
The committee in charge shall be:
E. o. Holland, chairman, president
State College of Washington, Pull
man; S. B. Nelson, vice chairman,
director of extension, Pullman; E. C.
Johnson, Dean, College of Agricul-
ture and director of experiment sta
ton, Pullman; F. H. Gloyd, director,
state department of agriculture,
Olympia.
L. C. Pelton, supervisor, dairy and
livestock division, state, department
of agriculture, Olympia; E. G. Schaf-
er, head of department of farm crops,