Comprehensive 1936 Willson County Agent Plan Outlined
County agent Fred Willson outlines a broad 1936 program across cereals livestock dairying poultry horticulture and farm management. The Outlook and Recommendations emphasize soil and water conservation strip farming weed control pasture improvements and cooperative marketing while tackling new projects like soil conservation Mormon cricket control and native range preservation.
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Fred Willson
Extension Service
Huntley
Agricultural drive plans for pest control and irrigation
The document outlines goals to reduce crop losses by 30 percent in 1935 through publicity on Mormon Crickets and grain bugs, organize rabbit and gopher drives in multiple communities, and distribute gopher poison. It also urges flood irrigation development, deeper and new reservoirs, and silt traps to protect reservoirs, plus organizing another home demonstration club.
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Florida
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Bynum
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County Planning Board
Violet Hollis
Choteau
Montana-Dakota Utilities
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the Club
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Wallace Motor Co
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