The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-12-31
Agent Miesen Reviews Work
Accomplished in Sheep,
Clubs and Sires

Organized agriculture in BurleiRf
county, in the domain Of the extension
service ~centering locally in the county
agents office here, had one of it,
biggest years in 1929. Its activities
were organized on a wider scale thar
ever and there was more energy ex.
pended in each of its activities thar
heretofore. This was due to the &C.
celebration carried over from former
years. Burleigh farmers have become
accustomed in the few years since
the county agency was established
here to step together in team work.
This has been especially true Of the
work Of the extension service carried
on among the young people-the
farmers and farmers wives Of to.
morrow-in Burleigh county during
the year. Clubs hare been multiplied
and new life injected into old ones
during the summer and fall by extern
sion workers from the agricultural
college. For that reason it was pos.
sible to send IL boys and girls to the
achievement day sessions at the agri-
cultural college ut Fargo and to make
two project exhibits Of calves there
one taking first place In ycarlings and
the other second. A girls clothing
demonstration team also went along.
In fact home economies demonstra-
ton work, mainly in clothing making,
has held the stage Of girls activities
in the county this year, with meetings
in the several communities where
clubs arc located and in several DEM
onstration meetings under Inez La
Bossier here, wherein farm women
were shown methods of making cloth
ing by the state extension specialist,
these demonstrations being repeated
by them in their home clubs, thus
carrying the instructions down the
line to the very last member of the
organizations.
Burleigh Cooperation Good
These facts are codified in an in
teresting volume that exists in type
written form only-a bulky volume put
together very neatly and illustrated
by actual photographs. It is the an
nual report Of A.. r. Miesen, county
agent. The text il his and the neat
typewriting Of this year Of local agri-
cultural chronology and chronicle is
the work Of Mrs. Ray Graham, the
office secretary.
Out Of its preface peep the smiling
faces Of Alice Clixbe and Madeline
Born, demonstration team Of the Nc
kenzie Clothing club, along with that
Of Mrs. p. p. Bliss, their leader. They
are the girls who attended the achieve
ment day exercises at Fargo.
In his foreword reviewing the year,
Agent Miesen begins his story Of 1929
with the statement that the people Of
Burleigh county generally, individual
~ as well a collectively, are favor
able toward extension work. In fact.
he says, they are favorable toward
anything that may help improve con-
ditions. They are open to sugges-
tions and they are asking for informa-
ton along many lines, but when It has
simmered down, the request usually
turns toward livestock Improvement,
along marketing lines, improvement
in tillage operations and Improvement
in cropping systems - well as new
crops.
Bettering Livestock
Taking up livestock a IN activity
Of the year. the report says that the
extension forces in the county con.
tinued ! normal increase and im-
provement in livestock production
through the use Of good sires, impcr-
tation Of new blood, announcement Of
Z few purebrsd breeders, with partic-
ular emphasis on the necessity Of pro-
viding adequate feed crops in advance.
This activity followed up the advice
81 the agricultural department FOR the
Great Plains area and the recommend
attons Of the district economic confer
snce of 1874.
The county has been completely
tested for bovine tuberculosis during
the year, says tn report-one Of the
first steps toward Improvement -
more sires have bssn placed following
the sire ssles q 1919 and about 1900
more ewes were placed on farms In
lots Of 26 to 100 per farm.
il conjunction with tt livestock
development pFogram, decreased d.
falfa, sweet clover And corn acreage
have been emphasized. The responses
along thesa lines have boen al that
could - expected, especially with .
vory ehorf crop this season. says the
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