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Show County Agent Reveals Growth Of Extension Work In Year's Report BY LOUIS A. JENSEN County Agricultural Agent Service to the farmers and homemakers of Duchesne county has been the key note of county agent work during the past year. With a goal to help make farm life more profitable and pleasant, the Extension service reaches the far corners of our county and embraces all age groups. Realizing the importance of keeping abreast of new developments, develop-ments, your county agent brings you the latest information from federal and state experiment stations sta-tions and helps you apply this to your own local conditions. The local program has been built upon the recommendations of our County Agricultural Planning Plan-ning committee composed of over 100 men and women who are leaders in the different communities. communi-ties. These people know our problems and help to mobilize their neighbors in their solution through group action. These planned programs for the improvement im-provement of dairy herds, livestock live-stock and crops are showing5 1 tangible results in larger milk checks and more pounds of beef sent to market. Disease and pests must be controlled con-trolled if our farms are to be made productive, Information and assistance was given on control con-trol of cattle diseases including liver fluke, red water, hemoragic septicemia (or shipping fever), milk fever, Bangs disease and many others A campaign for lice and cattle grub control, through dipping' and spraying, increased milk and meat production. pro-duction. Help was provided in insect control through recommendations recom-mendations as to what insecticide to use, how and when. A rodent control campaign was conducted and poison provided pro-vided to help rid the farms of prairie dogs, mice and sparrows. Assistance has been given individuals in-dividuals in obtaining high quality qual-ity breeding stock in dairy, beef, sheep and hogs. Improved seed has also been obtained for those requesting it. Many methods have been used in conducting extension work. Useful information is provided through farm or home visits by the county agent. Seven hundred seventy two such visits were made during the past year. Requests Re-quests for information and help came by the 1435 telephone calls and the 1090 visits to the county office. Ninety eight educational meetings meet-ings were attended by 2648 people. peo-ple. The 3,222 printed bulletins which were provided and distrib-upon distrib-upon request, helped further in bringing the latest information to us. Work with the young people has been conducted through boys and girls 4-H club work. Thirty one volunteer leaders assisted as-sisted with the 210 members in 21 4-H clubs during the past year. |