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Show Oudsesne County Agent flakes Annual '52 Report Another year of service to the people of Duchesne County is summarized in the Annual Report Re-port of Extension activities just released by Louis A. Jensen, county agent. Included are all phases of the county program, with agriculture, home economics, econom-ics, boys' and girls' 4-H club work. Various methods are employed em-ployed by this educational agency ag-ency to bring reliable, up-to-date information to the people, helping help-ing them to discover and solve their problems. During the year, 946 visits were made to farms or homes to give needed help, 1,520 phone calls were made to the county office, and 1,020 people1 came asking for and receiving assistance. assis-tance. Bulletins going to people throughout the county numbered number-ed 2,811. Group activities show 192 education meetings held, with a total attendance of 6,500 people. Tours, field days, encampments, en-campments, and achievement days also helped to teach practical prac-tical and useful things. Highlights from a few of the twenty-one Extension projects are given by Mr. Jensen. Local dairy farmers have enjoyed the advantages of artificial breeding breed-ing for the past two years. Over 900 heifers born under this program pro-gram to date will increase milk production over their dams about 40, it is reliably estimated. esti-mated. Dairy Herd Improvement work made a noticeable change with the adoption of the new I.B M. machine method of calculating cal-culating and keeping records. An outstanding dairy school was conducted in the county in February, with a total of 472 participating. Beef men were assisted in obtaining ob-taining and feeding balanced and adequate winter rations. The Emergency feed program brought in hay to save livestock when winter weather continued so late. Quality improvement continued contin-ued through the bull grading program, with 96 range bulls graded during the year. Through the cooperation of the Bureau of Animal Industry and State Department of Agriculture 3,-672 3,-672 cows were tested for tuberculosis tuber-culosis with 6 reactors. Upon request of the owners, 2813 cows were tes.ted for Brucellosis-(Bang's Brucellosis-(Bang's Disease) with 93 reactors. reac-tors. Also 1095 heifer calves were vaccinated. Demonstrations were conducted conduct-ed to show the effect of fertilizer ferti-lizer on alfalfa hay, alfalfa seed, and corn silage. On the Wayne Jones farm at Tabiona, the yield of alfalfa hay was doubled by the application of four hundred pounds of 43 phosphate. On the Horace Allred farm, near Roosevelt, corn silage yields were increased by five tons per acre, through the use of nitrogen nitro-gen fertilizer. Through the help of Extension Home Economic specialists, the housewives were assisted on nutrition, nu-trition, meat cookery, freezing. canning and managing time and energy. Two hundred twenty-nine 4-H Club members belonging to 31 different clubs carried project.-.n project.-.n foods, clothing', home improvement, im-provement, soil conservation tractor maintenance, dairy, beef, sheep, hogs, poultry and gardens. gar-dens. Recently a Home Demonstration Demonstra-tion Agent has been added to the County Extension staff. A full program in agriculture, home economics, and 4-H Club work is planned for 1953. |