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Show I WEBER COUNTY FARMERS ARE j PLANNING ACTIVE CAMPAIGN r FOR BETTER FARM RETURNS Complete Organization Working for Improve ment of Agricultural and Home Conditions; Projects for 1922 Outlined, Including Industrial and Social Activities Affecting Oden District mwL 1 ' 9 ' J the county agricultural agent are car- l rled on In this -y-in" . HcH L board of directors of the county oiKin- I '' BL are elected l the hoird to gBaH ! executive commit -r The poltcjF Of the Weber County J Farm bureau is to ilevelop In a con- I struellve manner, the agriculture and i home life .f the muniy. The basin J of Improving production, ti . r!r:rns 1 and home 'life Is education. PAOTOIU Dl i I RMTN1 PROGP I M I At the annn.il meeting of the Wber j t'ounty Farm bureau, lull I rnb'-r ,1 30. 1321. the count 'm problems were diacuMcd end thoet thought advls- ablo to work tip n both m the oun : and local organizations In 1S-1 were listed with Instructions to submit to I county committees nnd l-n I bureau I for their consldei nttlon at the time del- i inlle programs were adopted, j The extension agent v Miied the local towns during the winter months and fm ! assisted In developing pr u im of -H work for each locality After these 10- imM cal programs were adopted thoj w !fH i ummarlxnl and county committeemen jjl r appointed anil county programs out- lined according to the nedda expressed I t ho oom m n I dffH inline i . i r i r HH locals adoi th line i w M Thus 20 li r I airol.b ms Shrdluup HjH Thus 20 local projrrums were dl ' "loped BjBj and county project on 11 vest Oi flj j management, crop pests, marker.ng, , K . n d cutting w r . ' These projects follow li LJVl BT4 N K PRJ i.n I B jL Hrip Cholera To control Hog Chol- w era In Weber county. An outbreak of ( g) 9 hog cholera occurred In the outhern IB of tho coui H I over a large .V come sum.- ol H n th BBW county. As socm ai the facte were made known the '- ire iu Inlma; r . dustry of ricpsrtment Of Agriculture m.i stite Teterin i riim were eppi tied yj in for eld, Both responded bj the V state veterinarian assist iny jn the or- 1 sanitation and putting on defnotl i tlons for vaccination The Bureau .-f riT(B Animal Industry, after making a f thorough Investigation p iced 1 man ml in oharpe ..f bog ohi lei I I with . . f f ; . . t igden Instructln him I to v Jv In this section, until It was entirely B cleaned up, ft BfcA veterinarian.- doing the work Eael B communtl v . Sal ra n ge n . r PgH . In the vicinity. A total of 422 hops Bfll were vaccinated iltirinji the campa-n. HH Since the general outbreak, there have EH been several rise which were prompt ly taken . ir.- of. Lireatock Improvement To put on a campaign for better breeding anrl assist as-sist local bureaus to secure pure-bred .Inlry sires. A general campaign on better breeding of dairy- cattle was carried out during the winter ami spring months, emphasis being placed ? on the use of pure-bred sires. Six sires were purchased am! ar-rangement-; mal f.u th.- proper ! nulling nul-ling of the animals as a result of this campaign Tuberculosis Testing The work of testing for tuberculosis in the nine communities to be tested, was Orgapl -ed for the repr.-se'it itl.s of Mi- I 1 1 1 -eau of Animal Industry. The county was mopped out and a time schorl ul'e made as f(. wh.n the work ihOUld r done in ench town Local committeemen committee-men arranged with local livestock OW r ' j. tiers for the t. :-.t hy lining up earn ef Ihe p 'lie department men full time to do actual work. FARM M i .l mi nt PROJ1 t i Project Chairman. J. J. Gtbaon. To determine the cost of producing sugar b eta m eber count) . This project was continued this season sea-son for the fifth year. 3s coopcrators began the work, 32 completing the records, rec-ords, The averaga cost of prod ting ii acre of sugar beets for l?ci Ai follows. Average cost of production per acre $101 . C 4 Avenge return peracre.... 7 2.-41 Loss per aero 2 9.25 Crop Pe.ts. Sugar Beet Nematode j Infested fields planted to othei crops and conduct an educational campaign jj on the seriousness of the disease. During the winter month- Oeialu Thnrn. if the Sugar Beet Inve-uga-the Amalgamated Sugar company and the county agent visited all the townr. lions uf the V. ft. D. A., field men .,f f :n the country where soils had become infested with Kugar heet nematode, 'harts and lantern slides were used to j pt Khow the hcrlousness ..f thi peal I methods' of control. After each moet- ng It was derided to r."iu.---t the owners own-ers of lands whoso soils were Infested I lo plant to other crops and In the ma-j Joriiv of the towns a motion was pa?-.scd pa?-.scd requesting the sugar company not I to contract with ferine ra for the grow- ' 1 ing of sugar beets where th-.y were to lie plant".! upon soils where there wore! evidences of nematode. This tho com-' pany agreed to do wherever the;, hs ll the sutp.irt or backing of the local 1 farm bureau The names of those who had Infest-I I ed fields were sent to local committee men who made personal calls upon the1 m parties requcMtlng them not to plant i their soils to augur beets this season ell show t o ii it was hot necea rj to refuse tn contract with the' parties by the sugar company owini to gll Of the owners being willing t r lopemte According to the report ' i ' i local suaar ber-t committees ani sugar companies. 5S infested sugn ti I !. Ms were olanteil to other crop this season. Ground SQulrrels.. 72 per cent o i h. v mind H.juJrrels in orden N'ulley North gden. tfmd f'laln City .district were killed off bv the farmers in thooi Uistricts. The state and county sup plied the strychnine and the bureai tlv- flour and other materials used :i making the bait The county agen i i i . -1 mdent control committee n DDlxed the poison and dlstrlbutei same to local lund owners according ti iln-lr need, each nersiu receiving pol : r.n Signed B card for recelot of sam tnd greed to make renort on resnlti to tho local committee and county bur eau office on form aiinnlied. A signer ":iii M.' til from over 50 per cent of th farmera tccclvlnt' poison ftave tlu following average results per indivlc ual: tveitLge number pounds used pei farmer, 4.9. Average saving per farmer $52 9". Average pn- pound or grain usee 10.40. roiai saving on pounoa um-u lllS.600.00. Saing per ounce of strychnin..- used ' flofi 00. Kats To conduct a rat eradication campaign. A rat eradication camplgn wa or-ganlzefi or-ganlzefi with the l". S. Biological Sur-very, Sur-very, oount) Si hOOlS, farm bureau and I extension service cooperating. Bullc-I Bullc-I tins and instructions on rat eradication eradica-tion together with loou questional fi i determining the extent of tne Invasion In the county, were sen! OUl to the SCOhOOlS and local project chair men In each community. Tne que.-tlonnarles que.-tlonnarles were returned to the extension exten-sion office and tabulated, showing tne rats , be present on 54 per cent of the farms in the county. One thousand packages of poison for rats are now being distributed to local project leaders Mho will make local diet! 1 1 1 1 1 1 Ion. s'jia crows Numoer ol pounds poisoned bait used 75. Sparrows killed per pound 100 Total number Sfuirrow killed 6.900 Saving ..r grain per pound, s.4 bushels. Savm : n dollars per pound, $S 4f. M iRKSTINO Marketing information To supply dally market Information on potatoes. Dally pniato market Information from Denver, Kansas City, and Ogden was supplied to early potato growers of Cllnto. J'laln City. Rlverdale. Wilson. ' Warn n and W est Weber. Freight rates to eastern markets were al60 glvcn to Ciowers. Knowing the prices paid on the eastern market and the freight I s. be growei could market his crop more Intelligently. To determine the actual value of such service is rather difficult. However, potatoes often of-ten sold In this section for 10 per cent more per hundred than in the nelgh- 1 1 ontinocd uri Page i i o. SEDER COUNTY FARMERS ARE PLANNING ACTIVE CAMPAIGN FOR BETTER FARM RETURNS 1 Continued from Pago One.) boring counties where the markets were not known. Sugar Beets. Project Chairman, James R, Beus. Sale of Crop cooperatively co-operatively with state under ratio contract. con-tract. Chairman of Sugar Eeet comraitteo of Weber county, representing tho county on the state sugar beet committee com-mittee In negotiating with sugar companies com-panies in the sale of sugar beets, under un-der a ratio contract. This contract provide. i that the grower benefit by a raise in tho price of sugar and increased in-creased susar content in the beets. Thus the sale of 100f00t tons of beets was made under a ratio contract, which the growers have been working for a number of years. A Chemist was employed to check OOSSSttS analysis at the local sugar factories fac-tories and to collect information on sugar extraction, the object of the chemist 's work being to gtv the sugar bpet committee information on sugar contnt and sugar extraction, and to verify the reports on sugar analysis aa I n by I ne j.vit,-ar factories. f TANNING CROPS Troject Chairman. M. P. Brown Opal -To sell the canning cross, grown in the county, cooperatively. The canning crops grown in Weber county were sold to the various canning can-ning companies through the Utah State Farm Bureau Canning Crops conamlttse, under a conjoint growers' and packers' contract. Ol'J JtATiVi; BUYING Project Chairman. T K. Jones. Local bureau have handled through lh( Coal Produce companv, ?50 Rations Rat-ions of hone, so cars of coal, 16H0 fpoumls (Wine, and 1 ton of alfalfa seed, or a value of $15. 023.00 at a saving of I $1,502.00. SOCIAL. ACTIVITIES Project Chairman, A. W. Marriott Baseball The baseball project was continued again this season with 2C teams participating, an increase of 8 teams over last season. Two league were organized with two divisions In IB. League. Plans for the organisation of the teams and financial support were made at tho time the local program pro-gram was adopted. Hooper team was again the champion of the A league and West Point champion ot i: league Trophy cups wero presented to both teams on Annual Farm Bureau Day when the finale were played off. 26 teams with 400 players participated In 205 games with a total attendauci of 60.000. Basketball League The County Farm bureau basketball league was organized or-ganized with eight teams participating, participa-ting, completing the schedule the latter lat-ter part of February. North Ogden was the winner In the A Division and) Harrlevjlle in B Division. Slxten games were played with a total atten-I atten-I iIh nee of 2400. OutlnKa and Excursions. Annual Farm Bureau Day Tho annual farm bureau outing was held September Sep-tember 16th at lirln Farr park with an attendance between three and four 'thousand. The day was principally turned over to the social activities committee who conducted tho final , series of the baseball leagues to ds-l lermlnn the championship. The champions cham-pions of Division one and the champions cham-pions of Division Two i ontested in tho mornlne: for the final r 'lamplonshlp of th H League which was wui b) tlo West Point team. At 1 p. m. tho all- stars of Division One and Division Two of B league played, the gume going to Division One. The final game of A J League wjts played botween Hooper and an all-star A Leaguo team. Hooper team winning the cup. The trophy cups were formally presented by the committee, to Hooper and We- Point. The county committee added to the picnic lunch by supplying coffee, cof-fee, buttermilk and melons. Annual Excursion. The annual excursion ex-cursion was taken to the Summer Encampment En-campment at tho Utah Agricultural! college during tho first week in August. Aug-ust. 153 men and women from the county were In attendance during the week Judging teams were selected and entered contests held. Thoso who attended at-tended were very enthusiastic over tho success of the encampment. CIVIC QfPRCn I Ml N I Telephone and Fleet ric Light Survey Chairman, Jos. H. Belnap. owing to1 there being a county-wide protest over, poor service, high rates, and dlscriru-1 Inatlon on both charges and service' for both telephone and electric light' service, a detailed survey was made to determine tho actual condition. A complete report wa made by the twen- ty-one towns, the tabulation of which I showed : Telephone Charge; varied from' $1.00 to $2.00. Number of telephones on each line varied from five to eighteen. eigh-teen. That 50 per cent reported ser- vice "poor," 50 per cent reported "fair." Also showed that If servlc could be rendered there would be more than double tho number of phones used In the county Electric Service. The minimum! charges varied from $1 00 to $2.00 part of the towns were allowed dls-J counts when payment was mndo within i 10 days. That the installation charge and line extension, which the company com-pany demands be paid by users, are prohibitive. Civic Improvement In Loral Towns. Four communities finished civic im-l provement projects which Included parking of public grounds, etc. Land-: scape Specialist from the Extension Division gave assistance In reparking, the public squares at Plain City and' Huntevllle. At Plain City, the servicesi of the county surveyor were secured! to make survey of tho public grounds in order that they could he properly levelled and seeded. The community with thirty teams and 40 single bands spent ono week In levelling grounds and parking public square. Ml. l DEMONSTRATIONS Project Chairman. Joseph H Bel-nap Bel-nap A total of five demonstrations v. ere put on with an attendance of 276 and 1400 pounds of pork cut and cured cur-ed A report submitted on questionnaires question-naires prepared and sent out by local extension office to those attending demenstrations and using method, showed that the method recommended was very satisfactory and an improvement improve-ment over that of brining. DPI l l Mi l ll.l.l WORK Office Work Work clone In office Includes preparing of programs and the tabulation of results for local and county projects, the putting out of a weekly news letter to 1 000 copies; and taking care of general correspondence 17G agricultural articles prepared and published: personal letters mailed 2200; circular letters written 200. with a total of circular letters mailed 5607. office calls 1480. FTorn one-half to two-thirds of the agent's time while In the offico is spent in conferring with offico callers, the majority of .. kUI. , ... f - ....u... Field Work. The fi, 1,1 r.-ice during dur-ing tho winter months, included meeting meet-ing with local executive committees and members and preparing pro-KrumH pro-KrumH for tho various communities. The work during tho summer consists con-sists of visiting cooprrators and project proj-ect committeemen to make further plans, chock and follow up the projects proj-ects as adopted. The fall months are principally spont In collodion of results re-sults on the accomplishments ard making out programs for 1922 Num-!r Num-!r of farms visited 560, total farm visits 00 . Demonstrations Conducted. The demonstrations in livestock consisted of demonstrations on vaccination of hogs for hog cholera control vaccinating vaccinat-ing 74 hogs with an estimated saving of $700.00. There were sick hogs on the premises whore the 17 domorvttra-tlons domorvttra-tlons wero conducted. Thirty-eight demonstrations on cot of producing sugar beets were put on repre. rit.nt: a re oi sugur beets. The profit due to thess demonstrations demonstra-tions was unmeasureable other than that the farmers can more Intelligently Intelligent-ly sell their crop. Pourteen demonstrations on crop pests Included seven demonstrations . on the mixing of materials to control ji ground squirrels, three on grasshop per control, and four on nematode Two demonstration- ,,n parking i.f J H public grounds and five demonstration j on meat cutting and curing. 1 Outlook and Recommendations t The movement of extension serv IcV work in this county Is toward moiv demonstration work and a dear cut distinction between tho extension prd h gram and farm bureau program. Tb ' plana for the present year aro to mak W I (more use of specialists from the Agri-.cultural Agri-.cultural f.dlcvge .,nd tho Depurtm- f of Agriculture in putting over tho pro I gram. The farm bureau In this ccunn lis now beginning its seventh yeai land is strong enough to carry ou't I BH I program and provide a number oji- organization through which extension activities can be conducted. i |
