Show COUNTY apicultural ARI CULTURAL DEPT COUNTY AGENTS SUMMARY OF ANNUAL REPORT three fertilizer tests testa were supervised on paul aul baughs property at tropic phosphate amoul urn um sulphate and ammonia were used on alt alfalfa alfa and corn crops fruit tree pruning local leaders were appointed and three fruit broo pruning demonstrations were given at tropic cannon ville and escalanti Esc alanto A campaign was also waged aged on old dead fruit trees seventy six people were affected by the work sugar mangels approximately thirteen acres of sugar mangels mangela are grown this athla year as a result of 0 ah acre b eing being grown last year by one man rodent control twelve local rodent leaders worked in cooperation with tho the extension service this year in twelve com communities munt ties twenty three hundred pounds of oats were poisoned and distributed one hundred and twenty pounds of wheat also poisoned and di distributed tributes tri buted two hundred and twenty three men coo cooperated cooperate ed three community sparrow eradication campaigns were conducted four community gopher campaigns were conducted during the year twenty three farmers at widstoe co operated ppe rated with forest service to cover the acres covered last year range throe three trips were made on the range during the summer with the forest rangers hangers and county commissioner and stock men dairy one bull block was organized at Cir circleville cleville black and white day was held tor for the first time on may 1930 A datry dairy herd improvement association was organized in audest augost ono one cheese factory sanitation campaign was conducted three dairy calf clubs were organized and completed th work three pure bred bulls were placed with high producing records shee sheep P fight eight pure bred rams were selected tor for breeders bleeders bre eders three hun hundred Ired pure bred ewes were s selected ele acted five pure bred 4 H sheep clubs were organized four completed tho the work twelve sheep were shown at the state fali fair by 4 11 club boys X A fitting and judging demonstration was taken to the utah state pair fair 4 H club activities twenty three 4 11 clubs were organized with two hundred and thirty members one hundred and seventy eight members completed the work five spring club shows were held in five different communities five demonstration and judging teams teama were coached for the try outs tor for state fair A girls and boys demonstration was entered at the state fair A judg lug ing team a girl and a boy was entered in the health contest achievement exe reffes were held ian jin six towns in the two counties fruit and shade tree project two farms farma with orchards harda were selected as aa demonstration farms tor for chlor exper experiments imenes eighteen trees were treated two excursions were conducted to each farm during the summer potato program four hundred and fifty two acres ot of potatoes potato ea wore were gr grown own in pluto plute county this year there were wera sixty acres of certified seed beed and three hundred and ninety acres ot of commercial veterinary work 1350 1360 head of cattle were vere vaccinated vaccina ted during the yar two hundred and seventy one calls were mado made to do veterinary work seven milk fever cases wore treated everyone recovered total number of farm visits 1019 total number ot of homo home visits 2 12 number of office calls 1050 number of telephone calls number of days agent spent in office 94 04 number of days agent spent in field number ot of news articles or sto stories les published 98 number of individual letters written number of different cincu circular lar letters prepared not total copies mailed nu number aber of bulletins distributed number of meetings held one seed potato booth was displayed at the state fair one unit of th tho e state seed improve mont ment association was organized weed program A weed committee was a appointed by uie the agent and commis commissioners sl boners la in plute county each patch of white top and several patches of morning glory were three plots of poison weeds were staked oft at different places on the range and samy sprayed cooperatively by the agent and rangers the only known plot of canadian thistle and russian nap weed was wag sprayed recreation A three day recreation program awas was arranged at panguitch Pan gultch twelve members were appointed appointed as a committee I 1 to bring the two counties together mr and M mrs rs john bradford national characters conducted six meetings with fifty community leaders home mana managements Management gemehl 1 an extensive program was carried on olt through the following com communities munt escalante widtsoe soe antimony kingston junction and Cir circleville cleville mrs barrows state specialist made ma do fair visits to this thia district during the year 1930 |