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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1963.06.13 - 20331Resolution #4176 By Mr. James Carey th- oarc, June : n•n his homnitthf2, when all the by .14r. 'lack who Th -- you found on your chairs a copy of the of Activities for nP.kland ,."3„untv Cooperative Fxtensinfl . This should be work repo: place. 13 this reno7',: will be - se he has retiree 17 taking life easy, flooperativ7 'eT.?sion assisted 74,015 families i-. 7Q,J7Thd County in 1962. This is broken d.wn into 1 )910 Farm Families, 25,9e1 r -ral Non-farm Families and 46, 325 Urban Families. As you will see in this report, 98% of the contact: •with non-farm familie oaly 2% were with the farm familic,. The cut for this activity aver: out to 4.8 cents per capita in Oak: It is interestir7 to note that there are 1,370 farm jr. Oakland County do -Ig an annual bus: T7 over 8.2 million dollars. In agricultural ...7ises Oakland Ccnty ranks 33rd out of the 83 COU7"7 the state. 19.-3 of the high cost of land and labor in this area the farmers of the county are very efficient to stay in business and rate this high when compared with the ret'. of the state. The on 4-H Club activiies should be I interest board and pc..7,1-larly to Superv-7 fl.ex Sallev Tessiter, outstr-.7 4-F. leaders. There are 1,400 young people enrolled in 73 s. In 1963 they corm. -ted over 3,-00 different Frjects. Not only did thrr learn to do some useful •' :,717 but learr citizenship the process. Home 77.om1cs J ,:7-test contact with );.:J individual, families in :::aaland. indivuals who enrolled tese educ programs 7-7,--.teived information which helped them in making important decisions in — • -:77,y living. :-7!perative -:,Ltension Committee take this opportunity to -• -xur appreciat:irn to the 1,114 voluntc, adert silo have Hne so much to makc :nese education r.7•, development programs $7 1 in 1:CY. Cooperative F -1 Committee Moved by James Carey supported by Solley the report be placed on file. A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the motion carried. JFC:jt 1 9 6 2 REPORT OF ACTIVITIES OAKLAND COUNTY COOPERATIVE EXTENSION SE R'/ICE COOPERATIVE EXTENSION SERVICE COMMITTEE James F. Carey, Troy City Louis A. Demute, Royal Oak City Alex R. Salley, Brandon Township Lee H. Clack, Chairman, Oxford Township John Arcliambault, Madison Heights City Per Capita cost to C C - :nty How Costa_ilsre Shared Federal Funds (U.S.D.A.) 20% Oakland Michigan State County University 407, 40% 1910 Farm Familie 27.7="" 25,980 Rural Non-Farm Families k& 36% OFFICE CALLS 3,289 RADIO BROADCASTS 735 \ I 2_`,/Ti BULLETINS AND PUBLICATIONS DISTRIBUTED 168,138 -11; Y • AND HOME CALLS 2,397 OTHER MEETINGS Adult - 538 Attendance - 26,444 Youth - 159 Attendance - 10,102 n.n /\)I" , }RAINING MEETINGS -Adult - 75 'nded - 2,540 Yc - 69 ended - 1,691 LOCAL GROUP MEETINGS Youth - 4,925 Attendance - 48,040 Adult - 1282 Attendance - 14,162 ardv NEWS _ —3 PHO"'• - 11 TELEVISION 68 FAR M COOPE: TIVE EXTENSION SERV Since May 1, 1917 Oakland Corny has rn t. ens through the Cooperative Extension Service an informal, .:.,zram aimed at encouraging them to adopt the findings of res.s,,, Farm and Forest 7••.:..H. Management and U . Family Living - 4-H Club Work and Other Ye ,:,'• 7-:•tension Community Resource ,De7.-;-.' •••••••••••, e-t. in Public - .usines s gement, zisud ?ore', P7- ----lucts, ms, ana The Division of the Funds Used in OakM -.-.-1 County to Conduct the Work of the Coortive Extension Service Estimated Number of the Families Which Were Assisted By the Cooperative Extension Service (Total 74,015 Families) DURING 1962 OAKLAND COUNTY FT:--PLE RECEIVED RESEARCH INFORMATION FROM THE COOPERATIVE T F SERVICE IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS: Average yield of corn contest enteries 80 '56 '57 '58 '59 '60 '61 '62 Years Highest yield in contest 170i 130 O ▪ 120 w • 110 44 O 100 m 90 AGRICULTURE There is a total of 1,370 farms in Oakland Caolx doing an annual business of over $8,200,000. In most agricultural enterprises Oakland County ranks 33rd out of the 83 coUnties in the State. Because of the high cost of land and labor in this area, the farmers of the county must be very efficient to stay in business. One of our outstanding agriculture projects in the county is the Oakland County Corn Contest. This year 37 farmers took part in the County Corn Growing Contest. Records kept of the production practices and yields are used to help develop better corn growing methods. For 1962 contest- ants averaged 128 bushels of shelled corn per acre. How they have improved efficiency is shown by the graphs on this page. Some of the comments about the program from local farmers were as follows: G. Carlos Long of Commerce Township re- ported that by the use of greater plant population per acre and the use of ni- trogen fertilizer he had increased his yield by 30-407.. Keith Middleton of Orion Township report- ed that he was able to control the weeds in his corn field by the use of chemi- cals and no cultivation, this increased his yield by several bushels per acre. w 130 John Lee, Lyon Township stated that he m 120 had followed the fertilizer recommenda- tions made by the Cooperative Extension ll0 I Service office and he had increased his yield by one-third. 100 1601 • 150! ••=4 $.4 w 140!, a '56 '57 '58 '59 '60 '61 '62 Years Corn plots were established to show the best methods of chemical weed control, rates of fertilization, and most effi- cient number of plants per acre. A series of Farm and Home television programs were presented over WWJ-TV. These included information about corn production - harvesting and storage, and informa- tion about marketing orders and farm surplus problems. Also, information about lawn and garden problems for the suburban areas of the county. A total of 840 soil samples were tested and proper fertilizers recommended. Over half of these samples were from lawn and garden plots in the suburban areas of the southeastern part of the county. Over 470 personal calls were made during the year on county farmers. These calls ranged from minor problems to making a complete business analysis on the farm enterprise. There were 817 office calls and 2,121 telephone calls. Jay Poffenberger, County Extension Agent, Agriculture REPORT TO SUPERVISORS --- ACTIVITIES DURING 1952 During the 1962 calendar year I experienced a change of title and assignment from Oakland County Horticultural Agent to District Horticultural Agent as- signed to 12 counties. As Oakland County Horticultural Agent my assignment was half time with home owners, including problems in entomology and with fruit growers, florists and nurseries. The present assignment within the 12 counties is to provide training and leadership to agents in the area of tree and small fruits, and assistance with certain fresh market vegetables. To assist agents with educational programs within this assignment. To write news- letters discussing current developments in research and within orchards in the district or the state. To be primarily responsible for the educational program with fruit growers and florists in Oakland County. Programs with fruit growers involved two groups. Those who are competitive commercial fruit growers, and those who rely partly on outside income. Apple storage problems resulted in the testing of two chemicals which prevent fruit breakdown during storage. The Erwin farms provided an ideal test site for these materials, and their initiative with this technique resulted in demonstrating a now and more efficient method of use of chemicals on stored fruit. Their results, added to results with other growers will cause a change and improvement in recommendations and result in better quality fruit. Weed control tests in sour cherries, pears and apples has demonstrated the effectiveness of this management technique for improved growth of trees and rodent control. A chemical treatment for poison ivy control in orchards is presently under test. Each year a group of fruit growers and I meet to review educational programs with fruit growers, and plan projects for the coming season. This informal meeting is an excellent opportunity to acquaint growers with my objectives and intentions, and for them to identify those which best service their in- dustry as well as identify problems of greatest concern to them. A series of newsletters to them summarizes current developments and my opinions as season progresses. Small orchard operators also receive a series of newsletters which are spec- ially designed for their scale of operation. The flavor of these letters are to somewhat direct their activities, but discuss the reasons for this next step. In addition, pruning demonstrations on Saturdays were conducted. Experimental tests with three Berkley Schools clearly demonstrated the accept- ance of quality apples in junior and senior high schools lunch programs. Mrs. Mary Haack, dietitian for the Berkley schools cooperated in developing this test, and her suggestions resulted in many improvements in the test. Though this test was extensive and the results good, several problems, especially with suppliers have prevented widespread attempts to introduce apples in school lunches. Vegetable growers have great difficulties with insects. A newly developed light attracts certain kinds of flying insects, including corn borer and corn car worm moths. This device provides an opportunity to detect the presence of these insects and provide corn gorwers with a better control schedule. Karl Bailey, a highly successful sweet corn grower, maintained one of these devices, and was part of a several grower effort which successfully forcasted the pres- ence of sweet corn pests. One of our groat resources in Oakland County is lakes and their recreational value. Aquatic woods frequently destroy much of the value of this groat resource. A team effort involving the Oakland County Extension Office, The Huron-Clinton Metropolitan Authority and others produced a publication which greatly assisted local citizens to identify and control aquatic weeds. The Cooperative Extension Committee of the Board of Supervisors greatly facili- tate this project by providing funds and encouragement. Being able to attend conference on Aquatic Weed Control also greatly aided this educational effort. Groat strides in control materials and techniques necessitates revision of this release. The Michigan Department of Conservation has indicated an interest in financing and printing this first revision, if the university does not choose to participate. Wayne B. Siefert, District Horticultural Agent HOME GROUNDS The most numerous telephone calls for information at the Extension Service Office are those which center around the care of the home grounds. In order to assist these people, who spend over four million dollars in Oakland County each year for the establishment and maintenance of their home grounds, the Extension office conducts the following services: A consultation service for garden store suppliers. Specialists in turf, weed control and plant diseases met with the operators for the purpose of discussing new developments in the care and management of home grounds plant- ings. During the spring weekly mailings covering the latest insect and disease con- trol information are made to the garden store operators. The mailing is en- titled "Pest of the Week". An educational meeting for custodians of school grounds was hold to supply them with information helpful in their work. A summer tour of the turf plots at the Experimental Station at East Lansing which enables commercial interests to see the results of experiments on turf grass varieties management, insects and disease control. As time permits, members of the staff meet with service clubs, subdivision associations, garden clubs, home economics groups and others to present in- formation on home grounds care. 4-H CLUB ACTIVITIES The 1400 young people enrolled in 73 Oakland County 4-H Clubs during 1962 completed over 3,000 different projects. Not only did they learn to do some useful and practical work but picked up some good citizenship traits in the process. Below are graphs showing the kinds of projects they carried and the ages of the youngsters enrolled. KINDS OF PROJECTS AGES OF CLUB MEMBERS -1---I:---7---„ ..---77-- - \`\P \ N) 1 • , 41.) 0 \.,t n t"`' lu \::.-.4 /5 )1J-.-. '4,44 r,./4'4; 3/2. frojecti . cc, i...ed ./ ;04} / ;I* 4 03 Pi -ell t ci 5/ \ . /44 er-l.e: Trc; 0.1 LC It * I g (le) Yr--. 6/d S O / ..--, olds ' ini,..r. / .--,, /2 rIc / , . •n , 174 /0 br-s /43 Yr:olds\ /...? y-f.'''N'e;/...,T''',... 'i /4/ \ tv 47'., /4 % Pt-cj&ct5 // 7% Peci E CtS r/ .106 Al 20.3 el / COST OF PREVENTION -VS- CORRECTION The total county tax budget for 4-H activities was $13,902. The cost per resident, 1.9 cents or 9.74 cents for each club participant. The $13,902 is higher than past years due to a direct grant of $4,500 to Michigan State University for a second club agent. During this same period Oakland County Juvenile Court handled 1,478 protective service cases of which 1,420 were age ten through twenty and 6o4 official delinquent cases of which 600 were age ten through seventeen years. The County Juvenile Court budget was $425,694. This is a cost of 60.8 cents per county resident or an average of $210.73 for each of the 2,020 juvenile cases handled. This certainly indicated that the cost of the county resident per in- dividual involved for correction is far greater (3200%) than the cost of prevention. WHAT PEOPLE SAY The primary responsibility of the Cooperative Extension Service (4-H Club Work) is education. This has far reaching effects not only for the individual club members, but with their families and communities as well. This is indicated in the following quotes: "I have been with the Juvenile Court for fifteen years and associated with the Children's Center for an addi- tional eleven. During all those years I cannot remem- ber having a youngster come to our attention who has been actively involved with participati%g in 4-H Club Work. I think this indicates that the worthwhile and wholesome activities of the 4-H Club does a great deal to keel) young active minds and bodies busy and thus reduce the probability of drifting into delinquency." James W. Hunt Director - Juvenile Court and Children's Services "I would like to tell you how much our whole family has enjoyed 4-H. Steve was a cub scout and later a boy scout, but as he grew older, about thirteen,.... ..... he joined the 4-H Electrical and Photography groups. His mother and I later became leaders in Knitting and Money Management. Steve was a County winner and went to State Show and finally became a State winner in Electrical. He is now a 'Freshman at M.S.U. and enjoys the work very much. He hopes to take up Electrical Engineering. 4-H is a family project and it has bound us together as nothing else could. We have all profited by it." Byron J. Chapin 4-H Parent The boy or girl who is actively involved in 4-H does not fall into the "JUST NOTHING TO DO" group. [Article on Juvenile Delinquency, "Dontiac Press", January 24, 1963]. NEW CLUBS IN PONTIAC Work in developing a 4-H program among the colored population of Pontiac has been one of our most time consuming and rewarding operations. A single club with over 100 members is quite well established at the Bethune School.. Plans are underway to begin similar work at five other such ele- mentary schools in the Fall, as these school areas desire. Local leader- ship among the Negro parents is currently being established. Official approval has been given by the Pontiac School system. • The city is co- operating in making a plot of ground available for gardening. Leaders of the Bethune B's are being given a tremendous amount of train- ing and personal direction in the hope they will serve as a "leadership core" as the 4-H movement spreads to involve many more of the Negro people of Oakland County. HOME ECONOMICS - FAMILY LIVING PROGRAM Families and individuals who enrolled in Extension educational programs in Home Economics received information which helped them in making important decisions in home and family living. Approximately half of the programs consisted of three or more meetings held in a series, resulting in greater depth of knowledge. Pontiac Urban Renewal Home Remodelling Work- shop............ ... ....An average of thirty people attended each of six sessions, taught by Michigan State University specialists and local resource people. Follow up visits by agent showed many home improvements made by families as a result of workshop. Color and Design Work- shop. ....... ...........Agent taught principles of color and design in three session series in W. Bloomfield, Avon and Royal Cak Townships. As a follow up, an interior decorator taught a six session class in interior design. A feeir session slip cover workshop was held, followed by a five day upholstering workshop. Family Finance .........Series included five meetings: Understanding Family Credit, in Birmingham and Pontiac Family Insurance (Life, Casualty, Health) Medical Care for the Aged Child Development sessions for young parents taught at Oakland County Health Center. 1) Stages of physical and emotional develop- ment, 2) Sex education and 3) Discipline. Other programs related but not held in series include: Family Living - Preschool Parents Conference (Discussion of family values, developing a conscience, and understanding emotional problems) held at Oakland University - Living With Your Tensions, leader training lessons taught at five centers - Home visits to emotionally disturbed homemakers referred to agent by psychiatrists Foods and Nutrition - Teen Age Nutrition Conference at Oakland University - Nutrition and Food Preparation for Welfare Mothers in Royal OakTownship - Donated foods demonstrations by trained volunteers at eleven distribution centers - Sense and Nonsense about Food presented to women's clubs - Scandinavian Foods and Customs, leader training in Pontiac - VersatileeSalads, leader training in Pontiac Clothing - Dressmaking Workshop - Focus on Fitting, leader training followed by agent visit to clubs. Mrs. Mary A. hardy, County Extension Agent, Home Economics. MRKETING INFORMATION FOR CONS BS WHAT IS THE PURPOSE? To increase the efficiency of the food distribution system. • by increasing consumers' knowledge and understanding of the marketing system. • by assisting shoppers interpret and use food marketing information, such as food laws; grades; changes in supply, quality and price. WHAT IS IT DOING? A weekly mass media program has been developed which includes: • a news release for the Pontiac Press and The Daily Tribune, Royal Oak. • a news release for weekly, labor, industrial, and farm papers. • radio spots for WPON and WEXL. Tapes were made for WPON. • a 5-minute radio show on WWJ, Detroit, Thursday at 10:55 a.m. . a 5-minute television show on WWJ, Detroit, Thursday at 1:55 p.m. A plan for monthly use of marketing information by: • a news letters, "FOOD SHOPPER'S NEWS," for homemaking teachers and students, nursing home operators, school lunch managers, libraries, credit unions, unions, stores, etc. (40100 copies) • lesson materials for volunteer leaders of home economics clubs who prepare 5-10 minute discussions for their groups. • distributing approximately 13,000 printed leaflets on a food or some phase of the marketing system. . preparing food commodity information on selection, care and use for Farmer's Markets in Royal Oak and Pontiac during the Michigan production season. Other programs include: . classes and tours for women in occupational therapy classes at the State Hospital. . classes for older age groups on food shopping problems. . training sessions and tours for marketing leaders of home econ- omics clubs. . sponsorship of one public service project annually. A food forum, "WHO PROTECTS FOOD FOR THE CONSUMER?" was sponsored by the advisory council in 1962.