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Newspaper
Las Vegas Age
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1929
Page
3
Clark County farmers prepare for the annual Farm Bureau meeting in Overton Tuesday with a business and social program. Winners of the county membership contest will be announced at the gathering as farmers from each community attend.
Growth of the Eye breed in Clark County spurred by correspondence and poultry courses. Numbers rise from scattered flocks in Las Vegas and Moapa valleys to thousands of hens and pullets across the Virgin and Moapa areas. Pioneer leaders include S. D. Conger, Milon Earl, Mrs. Albert Jones, and many others. Agricultural departments in Moapa and Virgin Valley high schools aided the expansion.
A list of Farm Bureau Extension Service officers and directors for Clark County from 1921 to 1929 is named, including A. Gibson, E. G. McGriff, Clarence Lewis, John E. Whipple, Mrs. W. L. Jones, A. Waymire, and others. The note recalls prior Extension work conducted with the Southern Nevada Agricultural Board before 1922.
An outstanding achievement in this year’s turkey production and marketing effort sees Clark County pooling over 600 turkeys from Moapa Valley with Fallon Nevada. Turkeys sold at 340 cents per pound for the best birds, Nevada growers earning a half cent more than Boise Idaho’s pool and slightly more than Roseburg Oregon’s pool. Credit for success goes to Bert Mills and Lester Mills of Logandale for organizing the pool and assisting in dress ing grading and shipping the turkeys.
Clark County girls excel in 4 H clubs with 47 enrolled in 1929, mostly in clothing programs. Awards honored 31 completing projects by October 1 1929, including Hermese Abbott Donna Leavitt and others. Special 100 percent completion awards included magazine subscriptions and prizes from Kerr Glass Jar Co.
U P Airways chief pilot Ernie Longbrake and mechanician Ted Patchie left Las Vegas for Ogden Utah yesterday to tour the dam site and will return soon. Longbrake formerly partnered with Jimmy Fulcher in Los Angeles and has given rides to visitors and locals including J Warren Woodard Jim Cashman and Dr R W Martin among others during his Las Vegas visits.
Free Soil Michigan considers forming a police reserve. A January Parent-Teacher Association debate will discuss the resolution that the wife should carry the pocketbook, reflecting local concerns and social roles of the era.
The Moapa asparagus market shows strong demand in the Salt Lake trade area with prices spanning from 2 to 8 cents per pound higher than competing seasonal produce. Output has expanded from about 2,000 kg in 1922 to over 8,000 kg, reflecting ongoing acreage growth to meet rising demand.
The article traces Clark County junior club beginnings in 1972 at Kealin with six members and notes notable girls Ora Leo and Emily co vent secretary, and lists leaders Vance Jones Koalin Harry Ferhner St Thomas Milton Karl John Lewis, Overton and Edwin Wells. It covers Logandale exhibits in 1923 24 and J H Burber securing a $75 cash scholarship later raised to 100 for Nevada agricultural studies, age rule changes enabling awards, Virgin Valley tours aided by Parley Hunt Don Tobler Warren Hardy Thos D Leavitt Jr Bunkerville Mesquite leadership figures, and the spread to Southern Nevada Fair Reno State Club Camp Las Vegas and Mesquite scholarship wins Perry Abbott Lavon Jensen 1927 1928. The 1929 scholarship winner will be chosen December 31 by judges Clarence Lewis Amy Hansen and George Hardman from four Mesquite Logandale contestants and Bunkerville crew.
The Clark County Farm Bureau membership chairmen are to keep all membership results in sealed envelopes and present them personally to President Clarence A. Lewis at Moapa Valley High School in Overton no later than 10:00 a.m. Tuesday the 19th. Membership committees and solicitors are instructed to withhold reports until allowed to submit to Mr. Lewis.
A set of photographs prepared by the Farm Bureau will appear in the next issue of The Age. The images include bureau officers, the visit group that toured the Valley with Secretary Wilbur, and other pictures of Clark county farmers. The issue will also publish accounts of the meeting and the membership campaign.
Dr. and Mrs. George W. Henry of White Plains N Y are spending a year in Europe. Mrs. Henry formerly Miss Eleanor Siebert, mathematics teacher at Las Vegas High School, reports they are in Berlin and plan to visit Paris France through France Spain Italy and Switzerland by auto. They will summer in Amsterdam and then proceed to England. Eleanor notes Paris edition coverage of Las Vegas sparked interest in Venus and hints at a future trip including Las Vegas and Boulder Dam. The Countess Ida Von Claussen optimistically believes Al Smith would have won if in the U S last November.
Simple economical device helps preserve surplus produce by evaporating moisture to extend storage. Construction uses scrap lumber and screen shelving, with fruits such as apples pears peaches apricots plums figs and grapes. Detailed plans and guidance available at the University of Nevada extension office in Las Vegas.
A proposed flood control project for Moapa Valley aims to store winter Muddy River flow and reduce silt damage to crops. Maps show two reservoirs White Narrows and Bowman to protect irrigation, with Clark County Farm Bureau backing site studies and potential Indian reservation protection. Negotiations with Reclamation Service were favorable, pending district formation and legal steps.
Director Creel of the Nevada Extension Service congratulates the Clark County Farm Bureau on its achievements in 1929 and outlines a cooperative plan for 1930. He notes planned Colorado River developments and says state and federal agents will support a program to maximize economic and social benefits for Clark County residents. Cecil W. Creel, Director.
Directors of the County Farm Bureau authorize Extension Agent to study value realization for vegetables and melons. A report by Utah Agricultural Experiment Station marketing specialist W. P. Thomas praises production while noting weak marketing. Moapa Growers Incorporated reorganized and now operates successfully under A. L. Kelly. Improved grading and packing boosted prices and prompt settlements, with 1928 melons yielding higher per car returns than 1929. Outlook remains optimistic for continued improved handling through the growers’ cooperative.
George Hardman of the Nevada Agricultural Experiment Station reports field tests in the Las Vegas and Moapa valleys showing super phosphate on alfalfa raises yields. Data from cooperative plots indicate average gains around 1200 pounds per crop with a 50 percent first season effect, expanding to about 6 tons per acre over three years at $15 fertilizer cost, yielding potential profit of $57. Cooperation includes Anaconda Copper Mining, Clark County, and Moapa Growers, Inc.
Clark County women under district agent Orpha A Miller led home improvement efforts in 1929 focusing on harmony between rooms and furnishings. Notable projects included new adobe homes in Logandale and Bunkerville and remodels in Mesquite and St Thomas, with emphasis on insulation, modern baths, and coordinated interiors. The rural grounds also received attention with lawn care, plantings, and shade trees to create practical, attractive settings.
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