Show THE COUNTY AGENTS COLUMN by IN P mckay BED RED CROSS prior to nov 10 the american red cross organization had distria buted during this year 59 barrels of hour flour valued at 55 pounds of stock feed val ud at 50 yards of cot ton cloth calud at 16 in ad 14 cotton garments havo have been made up and distributed tol to th needy it is evident that if every one of the families in utah should take out a bed red cross membership at 1 00 it would take more than six I 1 bears to pay back that organization the amount which has already been distributed in the state these figures do not take into consideration the amount of food dietr buted during this time of shrunken s incomes the distribution of tool fool and al seed in utah fundamentally necessary in ln view of the 1931 drouth and finan cial reverses hundreds of families which were found without the staff of life were abide ed and thousands of cattle and poultry wa were re saved from Aar starvation by the liberal dis tribu tion of chopped wheat at the time of the distria distribution ution of wheat and flour this was looked up on by those who were aided as a heavenly gift as it came at the time of stress and want the mem ory of this period should not pa pass s by quickly but the people should respond wholeheartedly to this op port unity of partially reimbursing the red cross organization which gave to them such splendid and needed service complaint has come that there was partiality shown in the ditri di tri button of the red cross materials if this is true it should not be held against the red cross organization as the distribution was aas left to corn com comprised comar sed of local per sonell who had this work in charge the red cross is working as a benc actor to the distressed and needy this organization respond eld liberally at the first call and con tinned to do so even after the quo tas for this state had been tilled filled A careful study leads one to the colv clift that such a distribution was not only meritorious but greatly needed and when the appeal was made for extra flour and chopped wheat to be distributed to certain certai ij areas the red cross si splendidly lend idly and many a as abor that was as without flour had bins replenished herds of cattle that would died ie were carried through cold stormy winter months the supply of red cross I 1 and goods for cl d strib ution the needy is replenished only as is given by the people of the world u such as utah that received careful consideration in the aistro button of flour and clothing during the last year should be espee ally considerate in making contributions to the membership drive of the red cross organization we people in utah can afford to fake take out mem herships ber ships even in the face of astren bous times by director wm win peterson U S A C axtens on service OP EXTENSION 1 I arit in a recent summary of the ex tension work done in the county dur ing ng the year these items were brot put lout during the year the agent made a total of farm and home visits assistance was given to farm ers in oata obtain ning feed and seed loans which amounted to 38 10 during the year there were 45 trench silos built in the county on pla plans nr furnished by the extension office also 4 ew poultry houses there were members enrolled in 4 H club work with 32 leaders as of this number or 90 per cent completed then ages rang ed from 11 to 19 years ten dem on teams and one judging team were trained and one team was sent to the state fair in the style dress revue bulard county a 4 entrant miss deon talbot of oak city won first place at the fair in the cotton school dres dregs exhibit the girls girl s forestry Go restry club of delta won the frist place tor for ther the r club exhibit there demonstration meetings with nuth an attendance 0 of 2250 25 achievement day exercises with an attendance of and other meetings with an attendance of these figures include the 4 H club work and the meet eings held with the farmers and give an idea of the number of people reached in the wor in addition to this there are those who are reached by news articles of which there were written and the office and tele phone calls to talling corn will be introduced to increase the tonnage special care twill will be given to the irrigation and cultivation of alfalfa thereby increasing easing the yield sweet clover pastures will be encouraged owing to the tact fact that a special market has now been developed in los angeles for the heavier types of chickens special work will be devot id kd to that angle of poultry product ion on and also tp an increase in turkey production the outlook tor for agriculture for millard county is as bright as in any other place in the state with the decrease in possible seed production more diversified and better farming wil wit come into its own which meano means the obtaining obtain ipg ng of more and better live stock special stress will be made next year on the production of more bar ley to feed more livestock production of corn for silage is an established practice in millard coun ty heavier producing strains of millard county needs more and better dairy cattle this project will be furthered in four was wads by con t inning the herd testing already es eliminating all scrub bulla bulls in the county inducing better feed ing practices and encouraging the establishment of a county wide dairy marketing association the plan now Is to secure the en grollment roll roli ment of every eligible boy and girl in some 4 H club project and continue in close cooperation with scouting tind and merit badge work |