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COQUILLE
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U y U l b L t VALLEY
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SENTINEL
Coos County Court House Is “Home Away From Home” For Rural Families
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ease control, p redatory anim al
A vital role is played daily by control, and range m anagem ent.
th e Coos County Extension S er
The farm ers have a b etter
vice in th e lives of all ta n n ers, m arket for dairy products, live-
hom em akers and 4-H m em bers stock and other com modities, too,
For it is th e ir “hom e aw ay from thanks to a large ex ten t to th e ef-
hom e" w here they can bring th eir
particu lar problem s and be cer forts of th e extension service and
ta in th a t they will rece.ve im m e th e ir w ork w ith local groups of
diate and careful attention. A nd it I producers.
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w hich they discuss p articu lar home
problems and decide which pro-
ject th ey ’d like dem onstrated. The
state extension office, w orking
through the county office, tries t°
give them the type of service they
want.
Members Attend P roject M eetings
W hen a project is scheduled
each unit enrolled sends tw o m em tell of th e ir visiting at th e Hotel | The trav elin g C oquille citizens | to G uaym as w h ere th ey spe------
is no sm all job that th e extension Farm ers’ A ctiv ities Im portant
bers to ’ th e dem onstration. A
To E xtensionists
office perform s.
m eets with
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The extension work w as started
in Coos county in N ovem ber of p o rtan t to th e farm er is im portant them and gives instructions on how
1913 J L. Sm ith w as th e first to th e extension office. And th e to conduct a m eeting for th a t p ar-
agent, coming to Coquille from em ployees are alw ays w illing to ticular project. In th is w ay, the
th e state of Kansas He m ade the lend a helping hand and give th e pro(fram is expanded m uch more
trip West on th e old B reakw ater I farm ers th e ir support. W ithin th e effectively th an would be possible
ship to Bandon and on his arrival past 10 years, according to Je n - w itbo ut th e units.
in Coquille, set the office u p on kins, a person w ouldn’t find an y -I Miss _ Em m a Lou W ebster is the
F ront street in the vicinity of Hall thing „ th e farm ers h av e done th a t home economics extension agent
s h e cam e
street. The m odem , u p -to -d a te oi- th e extension office hasn t had a
fices a re now located on th e low er hand in it, too.
here last y ear from E p h rata, W ash.
Local phases of th e ag ricu ltu re
Rhe worked for th e F arm ers
level of Coos County’s b ran d new
conservation p rogram are ad - Home A dm inistration
Courthouse.
m inistered by a com m ittee of Women AUend Meeti„ K
F irst Program Was A griculture
At th a t tim e, the w ork carried farm ers. This is know n as the
A ccw di
,o h er, th e success of
on was ag riculture only, w ith -th e PMA and also as th e County Ag-
pro;, r .im was
,ast Nov.
em phasis on dairying. O ne of th e ricu ltu ra l C onservation Com m it-
m ajo r projects organized w as w h at Farm ers Aided W ith Jobs
’’m b er d u rin g the flood. At th a t
w as know n as th e Cow Testing
T here are tim es w hen farm ers tim e, a m eeting w as scheduled
Association. Mr. Sm ith got a are unab le to obtain help o r m a- p relim inary to the recent shirtm ak
group of farm ers together, they te rials for a job h e needs done mg workshop. And, even though
appointed a board of directors and and once again th ey tu rn to th e some of the roads w ere flooded
collectively em ployed a m ilk te st
extension office. Jen k in s cited th e and county residents ju st begin-
er who m ade his rounds each
of a farm er who w anted a ning to d ig th eir w ay o ut from
m orning and evening. H e rem ained I case
septic tan k dug b ut w as un ab le to the d eb ris left by th e h igh w ater,
at each farm until th e tests w ere
I obtain th e help o r necessary over 200 women m anaged, one way
completed.
equipm ent.
or anotheF, to get to Coquille to
This w ork has been m aintained
T he problem w as solved by th e attend th e m eeting,
almost continuously since it w as extension service w hich b u ilt it
P ro jects offered d u rin g th e year
started and is now carried on on for him under th e guise of a dem - inciude food, clothing, hom e m an-
a much m ore extensive basis. To
onstration. T he theory w as th a t agem ent, hom e furnishings, rec re -
day, it is called th e D airy Herd the oth er farm ers w ho w atched ation and housing.
Im provem ent Program and is th e tank being b u ilt could go
Ont. of the big ev en ts of the
available to all farm ers in Coos,
ahead and build th e ir own. N um - g p ring js the annual Homem ak-
N orthern C u rry and W estern
erous silos have also been construe- erg, Festival
T hls is an all-
Douglas counties. T he te ste r no
day ev en t at which th e women
longer rem ains on each farm but bed in th e sam e w ay.
Coquille People Enjoying Mexican Visiting
And Find Highway On Coast Area Very Good
, sh o . rt tim e. „ From t . th e re th they
ey ¿,-ove,
drove
fu rth e r south, and then took a
plane to th e city of P uerto V al-
larta.
W ith th e exception of about 100
m iles of road w hich is u n d er con
struction, th e highw ay is good,
and th ey rep o rt th e desert is green
and every once in a w hile you en
counter m uch tropical vegetation.
H otel Rosita th e y have
A A t t th th e e Ho1
a nice double room an d th ree
m eals a day for only $4.42. They
rep o rt th e food is good M exican
fare, an d say th a t th e tow n is
really nice.
A nd in closing, D r. B unch re
ported, “I don’t know how w e can
afford to com e hom e.”
COUNTY
Future Program Planned
varjous
th in g s
th ey .ye
now brings th e m ilk sam ples into
According to Jen k in s, th e pro- m ade and their projects.
th e Extension office w here it is
Enj
4_H Program
tested in th e brand new dairy gram for th e fu tu re will b e much y
th
e
sam
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ty
p
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of
w
ork.
However.
The
c
young
are
testing laboratory, oqe of th e best
one of th e im p o rtan t new projects
benefitted by th e E xten-
on the W est coast.
for the com ing y ea r is flood con- «
too. F o r it is
And it is interesting to note that rol for th e Coqui le V alley and
through the 4-H clubs th a t they
today, Coos is one of tw o counties N orthern p a rt of th e county.
in the sta te th a t has established
E xtension agents w ho have learn not only w orthw hile activ i
a centralized testing of dairy helped ad v an ce t h e program ties, b ut to do fo r them selves and
herds. The other county is T illa through o u t th e county include th e to be b etter citizens.
The 4-H office w as set up in jl
mook.
first agent, J. L. Sm ith, w ho was
According to George Jenkins, | here for about five years; C. C. 1919 with Emil Peterson of N orth |
present county agent, “T h ere’s not F a rr of Coos Bay, fath er of Co Bend handling th e 4-H projects.
much w e don’t w ork at in th e ag quille’s m ayor D onald F a rr; Clyde The p ro g ram is a big one and in
ricu ltu ral field.”
R ichards, w ho cam e h ere from cludes instructions in cooking,
Service Carries On Varied
exhibiting,
gard en in g , i
U tah, rem aining only a short sewing,
Programs
tim e; H arvey Hale, w ho w as agent w orking w ith l^ e s to c k and m any,
T he w ork they do includes: sou about 1925; and Jen k in s, w ho re
m any others.
w ork, including problem s of d ra in placed him in 1930.
O ver 1.000 Project«
age, com m ercial fertilizing, and Special Program O ffered
Com pleted in 1953
irrigation; farm crops, in which H
om em akers
■ *o»ie>n««era
W alt Schroeder, ag en t at the
they try to find b etter adapted
H ow ever, th e C ounty Extension 1 presen t tim e, rep o rts th a t the
clover and grasses fo r th is area service doesn’t confine its w ork to boys and girls com pleted over
w hich is forage; horticulture, helping th e “ arm ers only. F a r from j ()00 differen t club
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projects last
w orking m ostly w ith sm all fru its it! For the
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such as cranberries, and also solv ision is one of th e m ost im p o rtan t y ear assisted by th e ir leaders or
ing problem s of sm all hom e g ar and active, w orking for th e bene assistan t leaders.
A vital p a rt of th e program is j
dens.
fit of all hom em akers.
the 4-H L eaders organization. T he i
D airy husbandry is another p art
It originally w as organized on
of th e program carried on by th e a tem p o rary basis during, th e first m em bers do not receive any money
extensionists. T his is quite an e x World W ar. T he agent w orked for th eir services, not even tra v e l- :
tensive program and is in addi mostly on foods, hom e g ardens and ing expenses. They are ju st in
tion to th e Dairy H erd Im prove canning. T he first reg u lar hom e terested in young people and in
m ent. T hey arc constantly striv economics extension service was seeing them do w orthw hile things
ing for b etter feeding and breed officially sta rted in 1936. Miss for themselves.
ing fo r th e anim als.
Jessie P alm iter (w ho Is now Mrs. 4-H Building Completed
Artificial Breeding Made
T he biggest accom plishm ent of
Rex Ingram of Coos B ay), w as th e
Possible
first agent. She served half of her the association was the com ple- j
W ithin recent years, tw o associ
tim e in Coos county and th e oth er tion last year of th e m uch needed
ations have been organized in the half in Douglas.
4-H building on th e F airgrounds I
county w hich provide artificial A gent W orks T hrough U nits
a t M yrtle Point. W orking r i g h t '
breeding of herds. T his affords a
T he w ay th e service is set up, along w ith them w ere Schroeder ;
breeding service of high produc th e ag en t w orks through various
and George Je n k in s of the a g ri
ing sires a t a cost sm all d airy extension units. T he original nine
m en can afford. It also has done units included N orth B ayside culture division.
u n its
n ic iu u e u
iw h ii
n u j.'iu c ,
T h ere
on iciai j
never been an official
aw ay to a large ex ten t w ith the C atching Inlet. F airview , Bandon, 4_H club has ajf(,nt
as such, and
danger of having a bull on the A rago a i d G aylord. They h av e in - Schroeder
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w orks on
other projects I
dairy farm s.
creased in n u m b e r and now in
A nother im portant advance elude Bridge, B roadbent, B ullards, as well as those dealing w ith 4-H |
clubs.
m ent th a t has tak en place is th e C harleston
harleston, Coos Bay, Coos
coos River,
Kiver. E xtf.Ba|on J(>h lg Blg
tren d tow ards feeding th e herds
W ell-Done
Cooston. Coquille. E asts.de, Em -
grass sileage ra th e r th a n hay, pire, Glasgow, G reendell, Mc AND Well-Done
All in all, the Coos County Ex-
w hich in th is area, isn’t o i the Kinley, M illington, M yrtle, North
Bend,y’o i i v e 'ß a r b e r P o w ¿n " a n d ‘e « « « f
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best quality.
T he extensionists not only co
service for everyone in the county.
operate w ith the farm ers and Sum ner.
It is a big job! It is one th at has
The unit memtiers hold a pro grown, and will continue to grow I
try to help them in these ways,
gram
planning
day
once
a
y
ear
at
b u t also w ork w ith them on dis
d u rin g the com ing years. And
th e agents deserve th e h ea rtfe lt i
th an k s of all Coos county folks for |
a job well-done.
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of all kinds, phone 4891.
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