Show 1923 9 nn 13 IS BIGGEST fill YEAR IN N FARM PROJECT AW F WORK lull MADSEN DECLARES the year just drawing to a close has his itea a banner one for or extension work haes lines in carboa carbon and p dwerl counties according to county about ant 0 P madsen the work baa has met ith nth fit fat better result results and kas reached out farther in all direct directions ious he de than in any other year 6 since its begia beginning ning more farmers fatt nere bale ha e onit g A to to their opportunities and lent co ration to the county agent 4 better ine lot the local conditions and in solving the problem problems of the farm arm following a is a summary tuni mary prepared by mr madach bowing showing the that has been dae d ae a smon tho the farm people this year people e 1 him as local leaden leaders in the projects S adult clubs organ organized ked to promote extension work 10 junior clubs organized in poultry garden and tt work 6 49 farm visits made different farma visited office rails calls made raide in to 0 o extension vorst days spent ty agent in project work goo letters written 2483 circular letters written and dent out 76 demonstration meetings held 1105 persons attend td d demonstrations 11 rom college and de apartment part ment baited sixty six days la in project work Uv estock I 1 27 farmers placed ninety seven dairy cowa cows 12 farmers equipped wita with good shel ter for cow 14 framers all c d thirty three good lowb 6 farmers placed six alx lx registered alree alres 2 modern log hog lots built buitt 9 farmers pastured hog hogs on alfalfa ith good results I 1 5 farmers built good farrowing pens 41 kmen assisted tn in placing six ty six registered bull bulls 11 assisted in securing IDO registered rams 33 animals were treated for disease a and d wounds and sixty seven for pink eye crop crops 93 acres sugar beets were contract ed in the counties 14 farmers planted three or more acres to certified dicklow wheat I 1 car certified seed need potatoes shipped into counties 22 farmers planted from one half to two acres certified potatoes 20 farmers were assisted la in planting inq improved corn Maz koting products 48 farmers marketing products through central channel 2 grading stations established horticulture culture aar acres orchards pruned 0 o act acres orchards winter sprayed 60 60 acres act orchards sprayed tor for cod adling g moth 17 to operators thinned fruit 2 grading fruit home management six communities organized three projects completed with two more started women from two communities extended work to five other communities insect control farmers in all parts of counties wintour aged ged to t 0 cultivate c in fall for insect de tr ue t ion tion twenty thousand acres were mere affected in treatment for grasshopper destine aton two hundred and seven farmers scat seat pounds poison bran ba bait it for grasshopper destruction with us bally good results one hundred and eighty four farmers assisted in dusting and spraying in eon con trolling garden insects rodent sparrow aau and animal control farmers treated acres ground s for rodent distribution with 1530 0 pounds poison oats results 95 per cent effective pounds wheat bait distri distributed to farmer farmers for sparrow control za 3 livestock men rece received led aiom gent expeels for coyote destruction fifty one deal dead coy otee otes were reported poisoned soil improvement ImproTe ment barnyard manure fertilizer fer applied to alfalfa fields Int roused yicel 1 1510 pounds per a are ato to on three cutting cuttin gm sixteen farmers plowed under I 1 I 1 I 1 IS ares clover a green to tellier three crop rotation systems planned for farmers two aull swell drain dg g areas planned for campy ground |