| Show MUCH AID GIVEN STOCK INDUSTRY extension service provided effective means of Diss disseminating erill needed facts HELP FROM COUNTY AGENTS mak brockmen and nd did dairymen in all part pan of country assisted in solving selling their problems problem and ad increasing ing product production jon who when it berame became e essential to organize rg fl the agricultural forces of 0 the he united swiss on a war basis and to in street both city try and ad country people how befit beat to increase utilize and con can gerve the limited food supply it was immediately hamedl tely recognized that the co coop coap ap extension system with it its corn in blant lor of federal and state administrative officers ers wind and SP Sd with co county an ty agents farm bureaus and other othan local organizations pro provided bled a very effective means for fair nationwide nation wide di dla of the needed facts as well na as for practical demonstrations of the mine measures dems required to increase rem agricultural pro production and 1 to secure the biest at omle economical arlind will satio of the products of the far farms zo the a war mar found american lean agriculture step pared red with an extension organization thinell well begun and immediate steps were nem taken to put the oste extension andes oscrr te ace on baio baals otal 0 on april 1 1117 1911 the clr extension nor k I 1 la he a batted ratted numbered 2 19 of which 0 I 1 1461 I 1 drear were 2 agents ass d home demon clon ag agent on nta and I 1 I 1 on july 1 I 1918 the kind bar b bad it biere it I 1 to e i I 1 in agent w work 2 in bowne am a work and 1181 boys sub ana I 1 girls Is club workers county agent work in south an important part inset of the food pro guedo in campaign was waa to la increase crease live stock production in this as la in the ither ather work woric of the campaign all 11 of th the e Illia lims of the extension service mice hav anve a taken hakea a prominent part during ft the fiscal year ending g june 30 80 1918 cc coun ty ly agents in th the e 15 southern states conducted feeding demonstrations with t b IS beef cut battla alu through their e et f forts forta beet beef cattle were brought into the territory for far b breeding adim p pur or r poses they conducted demon demo atrat fons 1 in the feed feeding g and ad ro minge ment of adric assisted stated in building 4 2 56 dipping care which bieh were are needed in the are eradication of the cattle fever r tick set and it which played an india important rot P PS part S in making tide year a record 1 in stamping tam astep out the parasitic parasite in southern there elates through the effort of the county 19 agents M 1 in the south smith 5 ei silos as were they instructed tanners farmers in the better rare care of tam farm manure thug than pre preventing sorting a waste of a valuable rom burce me of aall it fertility by co lag ing with count county y agents agent in the drought trick arem areas of T ceiaa the southern county agents agent assisted t d in transporting g wap oll held head of cattle ft le from sections whom where feed was as scarce acance to sections section in 1 the South southeastern tn states w where ere food feed and pasture were plentiful tim bo boys club wor workers liers in the south am rn states let organized go it 2 calf clubs club bl pig clubb club I 1 IL and poultry suba clubs agent work week in north and wert the munty county agents in a the 83 33 north eru n and it neatem tate demonstrations with h head of live stock realizing the importance pm of conserving succulent at feed especial aspects ly for far dairy com cowa the county agents in jave everal rail rates carried on definite mrs cam began to encourage ge ie farmers to build M stan bilos which resulted 1 in 7 silos being erected bilm campaigns were 1 carried led on most at intensively by the dw county agent la indiana a chicas alo in in iowa and ad pennsylvania report received from munty county agents agent indicated that nearly a third of a million acres acree of silage corn coma was grown last year at in heir air 99 alon in the northern and W t at states t a T tue production of ad me csore a md and better live talk stock with 11 less expensive teed food and greater greate r profit to the producers producer has received inual considerable deve b Is el attention belted ted I 1 in nearly counties D during 1917 7 massears masseurs Mass the amenta eurs irl in the northern and western Wex teran states shares assisted in the organization of H live stock la bre reeders eders associations to enc encourage th the a use of better sire alres bad ad saw cow testing associations to eliminate unprofitable con a and bring about more a a economical ideal feed feeding I 1 rig through these sees associations and those organ go lead ased nith alth the assistance of agents to in previous yam I 1 cows we were un dar it der epst aja in at least 87 24 cows aerial brine discarded as aa unprofitable primarily through throne these organizations farm sers were indo induced red t to adopt p ada rda balanced ratio rations for far their he herds and the following foll oming number of limit bead of stock were secured at so suggestion of agents bulls bull cow can a 4 rams in 1469 and boam 2974 the agent also brought about the transfer to other herds of 3 valuable regis wine sires by means of ef information given to individual farmers or through exchange lists published by the form farm bureaus in order to increase the production of live stock in the northern and western status states to meet uw the war needs tanners farmers were encouraged by personal conferences at meetings and ad through circular letters and newspaper artel articles to raise miss more live stock resulting in more mom than additional head hand of tai cattle more a than additional hogs bog and cheep beep being raised or placed on an farms in some a special effort mrs was made ad to save calves from being slaughtered for or teal real resulting in n additional calves being raised this work was carried on most extensively in wisconsin from which hlll 2459 head of aw calves from high grade or registered stock were shipped chipped for far breeding stock to 4 wroe wyoming 1 g and other wead western and southern a rn st states due to this campaigns campaign lilt i aid it is in control m of disease 8 ec es f t th the control of it livestock live stock d diseased man was considered fully as important no aa growing more live stock and the agents in the northern and western states were instrumental in having a an animals hands principally cows tested foe fee lost a animals animal were vaccinated vaccina ested ted for far blackleg and ad huge hogs were vaccinated vaccina ted for cholera hy by farmers or veterinarians at the suggestion of agents or by goals agents for far the purpose of demonstrating methods T there her are am 1 M counties ties 1 ID the 33 northern riad western states miss and ot of thew these 1162 counties or 69 per cent or of the entire rimmi number lier had bad regularly organ laed club work during the year ahro were members member of poultry dubs be mho managed 29 fowls hatched and produced is laired 35 dozen domen eggs the pig clubs club had a me membership in barship of 7 boys and girls girl who managed 10 animals amm alff producing pounds of p pork rk |
