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HAMPSHIRI

COUNTY

FAR

BURBAU MONTMl^Y

Publisjied Monthly by the Hampshire County Farm Bureau

PRICES 50 GENTS PER YEAR; SI. 00 PER YEAR INCLUDING MEMBERSHIP IN FARM BUREAU

Vol. 1

Northampton, Mass., September 1915

No. 1

SEED CORN SELECTION.

This fall it will probably be es-
pecially hard to obtain good seed
corn, due to the late season, but
every farmer should make it a point
ifhe has good yielding corn, to select
the best mature ears in his field and
have it well dried and stored.

One fault that we find in nearly
every section is that there are too
many kinds or types grown. Find
the best typ% or kind in your com-
munity, get the seed and build up
your own strain. Do not think that
it is necessary to send to a seed
house for your seed corn to plant for
grain. Better results are obtained I
by using seed that is acclimated and
that will mature in your locality.

The easiest method of selection Is
to go to the crib in the spring, pick
over what corn is left, and select I
enough ears to furnish your seed, |
With this method the only thing the
farmer goes by is size of ears. In
all probability these large ears were
borne in hills where there were miss-
ing plants or for some reason they
had abnormal advantages as more
light, fertilizer, moisture, .etc. No
improvement in yield can be gained
this way as these ears will not to any
degree at least, perpetuate their good
qualities. Also crib selected corn is
not dried properly for seed and it
has been subject to much freezing or
molding that will injure its germin-
ating power.

There are two practical methods
for seed corn selection: 1. while the
ear still remains upon the standing
stock; 2. at husking time. The
first method takes more time but Is
by far the best way. The only ob-
jection to it is that the work must
be done while the farmer is busy
harvesting.

1. Go into your field just before
the time you get your first frost and
select ears that have matured. Sel- .
ect seed only from hills that are per- !
fectly normal and surrounded by;
normal hills; do not select an ear!
from a hill that is lodged as this i
may be due to some inherent weak-
ness or lack of vigor; never select
an ear that is too high or too low :
on the stalk as this increases diffi-
culty of handling. Two ears to the
stalk are preferred for flint corn.

After you have gathered all you
wisli, cull out all those tha.t do not
suit your ideal type. If only a few-
ears are gathered plant them next
spring in a seed bed, to select further
from the next beason. If your whole
crop is to be husked, instead of pick-'
iug the ears in the field, the stalks
may be marked with some bright
string or cloth and the selected ears
thrown out at liusking.

The second method is selection at
husking time. This has the big dis-
advantage thi't we do not know the
bill conditions under which it was
grown but it has the advantage that
it can be done at a time when the
farmer is not rushed. The same
directions are fcllowed as in the first
method. Although this system is not
commendable, it is undoubtedly a
much better practice than selecting
ears from the crib the following
spring.

But with either method you decide
to practice, be sure to properly dry
your corn. It is here that most
farmers fail. After the corn is
husked put it in a warm, dry place —
the kitchen makes an ideal place if
available. Rapid drying removes the
possibility of molding and conse-
quent loss of vitality. After the
corn is thoroughly dried it should be
stored in a dry room or attic where
it may even get below freezing, but
as a rule, most of the successful corn
growers never allow the temperature
of the room where the seed corn is
stored to fall below freezing.

APPLE GRADING AND PACKING.

Although we now have a state law
regarding the grading and packing
of apples, this law does not go into
effect until July 1, 1916. However,
this fall it is hoped as many growers
as possible will pack their apples ac-
cording to the law and give it a trial
before it goes into effect. Demon-
strations under the direction of the
State Board of Agriculture will be
given during October in many sec-
tions of the state to acquaint the peo-
ple with the working of the law. In
Hampshire County demonstrations
will be given Oct. 6 and 7, North-
ampton Fair; Oct. 9, Harry Wright's,
Williamsburg; Oct. 14, Bay Road
Fruit Farm, Amherst.

Every grower in the County should
plaato attend one of these meetings.
Literature will also be available, ex-
plaining fully the operation of the
law.

Prof. F. C. Sears of Amherst and
Mr. W. H. Woodworth of Berwick,
Nova Scotia have been secured to
give the packing demonstrations.

It is an undisputed fact that if we
wish better prices for our fruit we
must use a uniform package and a
uniform method of grading and
marketing. It was to attain these
ends that the state law was passed.
It is hoped that this will be gained
and that the day of putting orchard
run of apples into the barrel and
stamping "Extra Fancy" is over.

The following is quoted from Cir-
sular No. 50, State Board of Agricul-
ture: The Massachusetts Apple
Grading Law and sale of apples in
closed packages. The law applies to
all apples in closed packages, grown,
packed or repacked in Massachusetts
when offered for sale either within
or without the state, and also to
apples grown in other states when
such apples are packed and handled
as conforming to the Massachusetts
Standard. It establishes three stand-
ard grades; (Fancy, Grade A, and
Grade B) and provides that all ap-
ples sold in closed packages not con-
forming to these three grades shall
be deemed ungraded and so marked;
that every closed package of apples
packed or repacked within the State
shall be marked in a conspicuous
place with certain information as to
its contents. It fixes a standard for
barrels which is the same as the
United States Standard and a stand-
ard for boxes uniform with the prin-
cipal apple-growing states.

The "Standard Barrel" is defined
as follows:

Stave: length, 28% inches, thick-
ness, 2-5 of an inch.

Heads: diameter, inside of staves
17% inches, distance between (in-
side measurements), 26 inches.

Bulge: circumference (outside
measurement) 64 inches.

Capacity: 7,056 eubic inches.

Any barrel of a different form
than this but of the same capacity,
no matter what its dimensions are, is
a standard barrel.

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THE HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY

FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

Published Monthly By The

Hampsliire County Farm Bureau
A. P. MacDOUGALL, County Agent

Office, First National Bank Bldg.
Northampton, Mass.

OFFICERS OF THE FARM BUREAU

Charles R. Damon, President,

Williamsburg.
W. D. Mandell, Treasurer,

Northampton
John J. Kennedy, Secretary,.

Northampton

Advisory Board

C. E. Hodgkins, Chairman,

Northampton

M. A. Morse, Belohertown.
Martin Norris, Southampton.
Perley E. Davis, Granby.
E. B. Clapp, Easthampton.
Warren M. King, Northampton.
Chas. R. Damon, Williamsburg.

EDITORIAL

forget these many tilings that are be-
ing done for the growers' benefit.
But the past year's crop of tobacco
proves, without question, that we
need some field experiments carried
on by a man who thoroughly under-
stands the tobacco industry, directed
by scientific men. Possibly a sub-
station in the valley for experiment-
ing with tobacco and onions, man-
aged similar to the one the cranberry
growers have on the Cape, would be
feasible.

If the" growers will cooperate and
either through legislation or some
other means, raise the funds necessa-
ry, much benefit would be derived.

ANNOUNCEMENT.

This is the first issue of the
monthly paper that is to be published
by the Farm Bureau for the benefit
of its members. One-half of the
membership fee goes toward a year's
subscription of the paper. If you
are not at present a member and
wish to have the paper continued,
please send one dollar to the Farm
Bureau which entitles you to its
membership and the paper for a year.

TOBACCO AND ONION GROWERS.

At a recent field meeting of the
tobacco and onion growers the ex-
pression seemed to be that they were
not satisfield with the amount of
help they were receiving from the
State Experiment Station.

At the present time the growers
pre receiving an enormous amount of
benefit in having their cotton seed,
chemicals and mixed goods tested so
that they can depend on the guar-
anteed analysis. Also a good many
samples of soil are tested, advice giv-
en in regard to fertilizers, plant dis-
eases, etc., and much valuable work
has been done on the disease known
as "calico" of tobacco. Let us not

THE FAIR CIRCUIT.

September and October is the
season of Fairs. Nearly every town
has an agricultural fair of some sort,
either a grange fair, school exhibit,
cattle show, or a big hustling fair
where everything along agricultural
lines are exhibited.

W;:at do we all lattend the fairs
for; Is it for the amusement or the
educational part, or both? Let us
hope it is both. Make it a day for a
good time and be sure when we come
home that we have gained a few
ideas that will help us in our farm
work the coming season.

Many attractive prizes are being
awarded to the boys and girls for
exhibits of livestock and vegetables.
Encourage them to show at the fairs
the results of their summer's labor.
The prizes they will receive will en-
courage them to take increased inter-
est in agriculture and cause them to
be more content to stay on the farm.

THE COW TESTING ASSOCIATION.

The Connecticut Valley Cow Test-
ing Association has been revived
after an enforced rest due to the
quarantine. The only thing to be
regretted is that more of the dairy-
men in the county do not avail them-
selves 01 this opportunity to put their
herd on a business basis. The fol-
lowing are some of the benefits mem-
bers derive from a testing associa-
tion.

1. Exactness replaces rule of guess

2. Better feeding methods prevail.

3. The star-boarder is eliminated.

4. Better bulls are purchased.

5. Buyers are attracted by good
stock.

6. Records sell all good stock at
high price.

7. Greater interest is taken in the
herd.

8. Farmers begin to think and live

We hear so much at the present
day about milk being producted at
a loss that many farmers are wonder-
ing if after all they are making their
money on t^heir investment, their
crops, or their cows.

A summary from Bulletin 357,
published by Cornell University on
The Cost of Milk Production is in-
teresting.

"The conclusions are based on a
study of the individual cow, and
the milk, butter-fat, feed, cash re-
ci'ipts, labor, investment records, and
other data, per cow, for S34 dairy
•^ows witli full year's records in fifty-
three dairy herds in Jefferson Coun-
ty. The results obtained from the
study are true and correct under the
conditions indicated in the text. The
i-onclusions may or may not be ap-
plicable elsewhere.

1. "Seven of the fifty-three herds
were kept at a loss of $1335.71.

2. "On the basis of net cost and
Kctual receipts, 161 cows, or 19 per
cent of the total number, caused a
loss to their owners of $1799.87, or
$11.18 per cow.

3. "The average production was
fi621 pounds of milk and 241 pounds

of butter-fat.

4. "The milk was produced at a
net cost of $1.21 per hundred pounds,
and the butter-fat at 33.3 cents per
pound.

5. "The average sellling price of
the milk was $1.52 per hundred
pounds, _the average profit was 31
cents per hundred pounds, and the
net profit per cow was $20.39.

6. "The average cost of feed per
cow was $51.5.7 or 64 per cent of the
average net cost of keep.

7. "The net cost per " cow was
$80.24 and the receipts were $100.63

S. "The labor cost of caring for
each cow was $23.12.

9. "The average cost of deliver-
ing 100 pounds of milk 2.14 miles
was 11.7 cents.

10. "The profit from cows- yield-
ing 10,00 pounds of milk a year was
51 cenis greater than from those
yielding 6000 pounds."

These are facts that we should
know in regard to the cows in Hamp-
shire County. All the data in this
summary was taken from reports of
cow-testing associations in a New
York County^ We have room for
three or four associations in our
county. It is hoped that during the
following year at least one more as-
soci; tion will be started. Let us
have more cooperative effort among
the dairymen.

THE HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BNREAU MONTHLY

FARM BUREAU WORK

Sununai-y of the Work

(July 26 to August 21)

Farms Visited 78

Letters Written 74

Office Calls 43

Telephone Calls 56

MEETINGS

Evening Jleetings 4

Field Meetings 1

Total Attendance 480

MILES TRAVELED
Auto 995

Train 390

Total

1385

BOYS' AND GIRLS' EXHIBIT AT

THE COUNTY FAIR

This year for the first time the
Three County Pair at Northampton
will have a separate Department for
the youths and children. Two large
tents will be furnished for the ex.
hibits of vegetables, flowers, cook-
ing, sewing, etc., and a smaller tent
to provide for the poultry exhibit.

Four silver cups are to be offer-
ed to the schools making the best
displays. The schools will be divid-
ed into two classes; the high schools,
academy, and Smith Agricultural
School comprising one class; and the
grammer, lower grades and district
schools, comprising the other — first
and second prizes being given. Sure-
ly these prizes are well worth work-
ing for and it is hoped that many
schools will enter an exhibit.

A large list of prizes are also of-
fered for individual exhibits. This
is open to all boys and girls under
eighteen years of age. AH articles
presented must be the exclusive
work of exhibitors. A boy or girl
may enter his exhibit with his or
her school exhibit and also enter it
C::for individual prizes. There is a
iAhance for every one. Prizes are
• -given on Live-stock, Poultry, Vege-

tables, Flowers, Preserves, Cooking.
Sewing, Manual Training, Drawing,
Painting, etc.

Last year the hall was filled to
overflowing, and this year with the
extra special prizes and better ac-
commodations, more entries are
looked for. The parents should be
interested in this work, and see to it.
If the children have something in
the garden, house or barn which they
have done especially well with, have
it taken to the fair. Encourage-
ment of this kind does a whole lot
toward keeping the youngsters In-
terested in something worth_while
and is bound sooner or later to bring
returns.

The committee in charge of this
work are A. F. MacDougall, North-
ampton; John Hart, Northampton;
Mr. Goodhue, Supt. Schools, Hayden-
ville; E. J. Burke, Hadley; Raymond
Clapp, Curtis Peckham, Smith Agri-
cultural School. Entry blanks may
be obtained from any of these men.

HINTS ON POTATO SEED SELEC-
TION

(1) Good seed is a determining
factor in the production of maximum
crops of potatoes.

(2) Good seed may be obtained
by the tuber-unit and hill selection
methods of selection through the eli-
mination of unproductive and weak
plants. These methods- are explain-
ed in Farmers' Bulletin 533, "Good
Seed Potatoes and How to Produce
Them."

(3) Like produces like. If tub-
ers from unproductive or weak
plants are used, a similar harvest
will be reaped.

(4) All tubers showing marked
discoloration of the flesh should be
rejected.

(5) Purity of seed stock is an
essential quality of good seed. Se-
rious losses are sustained by the
grower through mixtures.

ESTIMATE CROP CONDITIONS
Aug-. 1, 1915.

( From Monthly Crop Report, XJ. S.
D. A.)

APPLES

Maine

New Hampshire

Vermont

Massachusetts

Rhode Island

Connecticut

New York

Pennsylvania

Ohio

Indiana

Illinois

Michigan

Missouri (ft

Washington

Oregon

% Crop

10-yr av.

69-

HIGH-TESTING CREAM

The average fat content of cream
delivered to many creameries is ap-
proximately 25 per cent. This means
that, in some instances, the test is
above and in others below this aver-
age. It is evident that many cream-
ery managers, as well as many farm-
ers, do not understand the loss in_
volved in handling thin cream.

Cream testing 30 to 35 per cent is
the most satisfactory to the fanner
and to the creamery man. A com-
parison of low testing with high-
testing cream reveals, for the high-
testing cream these advantages.

(a) To the creamery man —

(l)Less bulk to handle, hence less
labor, fewer churnings, smaller
equipment and building.

(2) Les buttermilk, hence less loss
of fat in buttermilk.

THE HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

(3) Less cost to pasteurize, about
one-half as much steam being re-
quired per 100 pounds of fat in 34
per cent cream as in 17 per cent;
two-thirds as much In -33 per cent as
in 22 per cent cream. In cooling
the cream less water or brine is re-
quired for the handling of the same
amount of fat when the cream is
rich than when it is thin.

(4) In pasteurizing sour cream,
the formation of large curd parti-
cles, with the attendant loss of but-
ter fat, is avoided to a great extent
i fthe cream contains more than Zi
per cent fat.

(b) To the farmer —

(1) Less bulk to handle, hence
fewer cans and smaller cooling tank
required . Fifty pounds of 3 4 per
cent cream and 100 pounds of 17 per
cent cream both contain the same
number of pounds of butter fat.

(2) Less bulk to cool, hence less
ice or cold water requi^^d; quicker
cooling, hence less deterioration.
Cream spoils in a short time if not
cooled quickly and held at a temper,
ature below 50 degrees F.

(3) Less bulk to haul to creamery.

(4) Better keeping qualities of
the cream. It is not the fat but thp
other solids in the cream which be-
come sour and spoil. As thin cream
contains more of these solids, it
sours sooner than thick cream.

(5) More skimmed milk kept on
the farm. The farmer who delivers
100 pounds of fat in 17 per cent
cream delivers 294 pounds of skim-
med milk more than it he delivered
34 per cent cream. Unless the but-
termilk is returned free this is a
dead loss to him. At 25 cents a hun-
dred pounds it amounts to nearly 75
cents, or three-fourths of a cent on
each pound of butter fat delivered.

Farmers sometimes offer the fol-
lowing obiections to high-testing
cream: (1) Thick cream may stick
to the can and be a loss to the farm-
er; (2) imporepr samples may be
taken because of insufficient mixing;
(3) a high test is more likely to be
cut than a low one. In a properly
operated factory, however, these ob-

jections do not hold good, and the j pQR SALE— Holsteins. Right near
creamery man who would have his

patrons deliver rich cream will man-
age the plant so efficiently that there i
will be no grounds upon which to
base such objections.

U. S. Department of Agri.

Forecast of Potato Production

The August 1 forecast for pota.
toes promises the largest yield, 115.4
bushels per acre, and the greatest ;
total production 430.000,000 bushels
on record since the beginning of the i
United States Government crop esti- '
mates in 1S66.

The average price received by pro-
ducers for potatoes on August 1,
56.3 cents, is the lowest since the
collection of these price figures was
begun in 190S. The next lowest,
64.9 cents, was in 1910. The high-
est, $1.36, was in 1911. The aver-
age for the five years, 1910 to 1914,
was S8.7 cents.

ANNOUNCEMENT

Space on this page is given to
Farm Bureau members who desire
to advertise live.stock, farm pro-
ducts, etc., either to buy or to sell.
At the present no charge will be
made for limited space. Send adver-
tisements to the Farm Bureau by
the twenty-fifth of each month.

The Far Bureau Office is receiving
many inquiries with regard to men
who wish to buy, lease, or rent
farms, and also from owners of
farms who wish to either sell or rent
them. It would be of much advant-
age to both parties if a list were kept
on file in the office so these Inquiries
could be answered. Will those who
desire such assistance please send a
description of the farms for sale or
to rent or of the kind they wish to
buy, to the Farm Bureau, and, as
much help as possible will be re-
turned?

home. 3 registered heifers, 8 re-
gistered cows and 2 registered
bulls. Write, telephone or call in

person. Ball Holstein Farms,
South Hadley Falls. Mass.

FOR SALE — Cream s e p,a r a t o r,
"Sharpies Tubular Number 4"
used very little. Price with extra
10-gallon tank only ?25.00. Ad-
dress Walter Bliss. Enfield. Mass.
Tel. 9-2.

FOR SALE — 1 registered Jersey Bull
11 mos. old; also one high-grade
Berkshire Boar. Address C. S.
Parsons, 15 Sherman Ave.. North-
ampton, Mass.

BREED now for fall colts. Use the
pure blood Percheron Stallion Con-

iiet standing at C. E. Parsons &
Son, 128 Bridge St., Northamptoa,
Mass.

FOR SALE — Berkshire Pigs of high.
est quality. Apply to D. C. War-
nock. 25 Hampden street, North-
ampton.

HAMRSHIRE COUNTY

FARM BUREAU MONTMt::^

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VoS. 1

Northampton, Mass., October 1915

No. 2

HAEVESTING THE APPLE CROP

The apples In the county this fall
or. the whole are much larger and
freer from insects and disease than
they were last season. This is due,
no doubt, to a more scattered set-
ting of fruit, more and better spray-
ing, and unlimited moisture. Now
that we have the crop, what are we
going to do with it? It is at this
point where many of the farmers
fail, and do not get the prices they
deserve. The marketing end of the
farm business is not studied and fol-
lowed as it should be. Make it a
point this fall to pick, grade and
pack your fruit so as to get the
largest returns.

Ill harvesting the crop the fol-
lowing suggestions may be used to
advantage:

In picking the apples, take pains
not to break off the fruit spurs.
We need them for next season's crop.
Do not put any drops in with the
hand-picked fruit. It 'is often a
temptation when apples are knocked
off by the ladder, or the scatter-
ing branches shaken, to pick up ox
the ground those that appear free
from bruises. This practice spoils
many a good barrel. Eliminat the
"Fruit Picking Bag." Use only the
basket with no rough corners or
edges. The oak stave basket with
drop handles gives excellent satis-
faction. Lining the baskets with
burlap is a very good practice and
prevents much bruising. Lay the
apples in the basket; do not drop or
throw them in. In pouring the ap-
ples into the barrel, be sure and
lower the basket as far as you can
and then pour the apples out.
Careful handling pays.

Sort the fruit and get it into
storage as soon as possible. Allow-
ing the apples to stay in piles in the
orchard or to be stacked in a warm
shed, spoils their keeping qualities
as they soon become over-ripe.

In sorting the fruit remember
that two good apples are worth more
than two good apples and a poor
one. Sort your good fruit into three
grades.

You will find it much to your ad-
vantage to follow the standard laid
down by the Massachusetts Standard
Apple Grading & Packing Law. For

the bensflt of those interested In the
law, demonstrations will be given at
the following placs: Oct. 6 and 7,
Northampton Fair; Oct. 9, Harry
Wright's, Williamsburg; Oct. 14,
I!ay Road Fruit Farm. Amherst.

If one has to haul his fruit any
distance, it should not be hauled on
a dead ax wagon. It is a practice
that is used by many farmers, but
I'uch damage is done the fruit by
tills method. On some of our steep
I:illsides, if is necessary to use a
dead ax wagon, but use a spring
wagon wherever possible.

For packing, a new standard bar
rel is much to be preferred over the
second-hand flour barrel, sugar bar-
rel, etc. It is just about impossible
to clean the flour or dirt out of a
second-hand barrel and the appear-
ance made by a poor one has much
to do in keeping the piice of fru!t
down.

Some of the entra fixings as litho-
graphs, advertising your farm; cor-
rugated caps, lace circles, cushions,
etc.. add much to the condition and
appearance of the fruit when it is
opened on the market. Put up your
fruit so that it will appeal to the eye
of the public and will keep on ap-
pealing as they eat down through
the barrel.

Sometimes the question is asked,
"Does it pay to go to all this bother
with our fruit?" Without question,
"Yes". In the first place it takes
very little time for the extra sort-
ing and packing. And second, the
public is demanding it. Only to-
day a letter was received at the
Farm Bureau Office wanting to know
where 200 barrels of fall apples
could be bought and guaranteed to;
be dependable in grading and pack-
ing.

This is a season when it will pay
to pack your fruit right and then
hold for a good price. It is impossible
to predict on the future market but
from general conditions, it appears
that good apples will be worth from
75 cents to $2.00 more per barrel
than last season.

At recent auction sales of fruit In
New York State, late apples were
sold at $3.40 a barrel. Theh fruit
must be picked, graded, and packed
in accordance with the New York
Apple Law and transported to the

station. This price included both
the "A" and "B" grades. In some
of the large fruit sections in the
western part of Massachusetts $2.75
has been offered for "Number One"
fruit.

HARVESTING AND MARKETING
THE POTATO CROP

Many potato fields in this sec-
tion have been struck by the late
blight and as a result the ci-op is be-
ing dug as rapidly as possible and is
being pushed upon the market.
This has caused the price to drop
lower than it has been before at
this season of the year since the
record of these prices was begun in
'908. Samuel Frazer of New York,
admittedly a potato authority, ad-
vise postponing the digging of the
crop until ten days after the potato
vines are completely dead where
there is the slightest suspicion of
blight. This practice will place the
number of rotten tubers at the mini-
mum. We constantly hear it said
that one might as well let the tubers
rot in the ground as in the cellar.
That may be true, but the statement
is misleading. If the crop is dug
soon after the late blight has at-
tacked the vines, many of the dis-
ease spots or germs, which are pres-
ent upon the vines and leaves, will
become scattered upon the ground
and the potatoes will immediately
carry some of the spores into the
cellar when they are stored. Many
a farmer will testify to carrying
out to the rubbish heap at least
9-10 of the crop a few weeks later.

When the crop is left in the
ground, if well covered with earth,
a smaller number of the spores will
come in contact with the tubers, to
cause tneir decay. Certain hills
■'•.■'nir!! niay contain sunburned tub-
er<-- or tubers very close to the sur-
fac- Tiay have spores washed down
v.hicli V. ill cause the whole hill to
become a decaying mass but there
may be hills alongside which will
escape the pest. After waiting for
ten days or two weeks the spores
will have largely lost their powes
for destruction and the crop, or
what is left of a crop, can be harv-
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TiiE HAMPSHIRE CuUXTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY

FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

Published By The

Hampshire County Farm B-ureau

A. F. MacDougall, County Agent

Office, First National Bank Bldg.

Northampton, Mass.

OFFICERS OF THE FARM BUREAU

Charles R. Damon, President,

Williamsburg.

W. D. Mandell, Treasurer,

Northampton.
John J. Knenedy, Secretary,

Northampton.

Advisory Board
C. E. Hodgkins, Chairman,

Northampton.
M. A. Morse, Belchertown.
Martin Norris, Southampton.
Perley E. Davis, Granby.
E. B. Clapp, Easthampton.
Warren M. King, Northampton.
Chas. R. Damon, Williamsburg.

EDITORIAL

ANNOUNCEMENT

The members of the Farm Bureau
support and maintain this paper.
One-half of their membership fee
goes toward a year's subscription of
the paper. If you are not now a
member, please send one dollar to
the Farm Bureau which entitles you
to its membership and the paper for
a year.

their own records, but for the big
majority a Cow Testing Association
is the only solution. Dairy talk and
suggestions are cheap and free but
it is the accurate account of each
cow in the herd that is going to help
put the balance on the right side of
the ledger.

At the present, practically the
whole county has to be covered to ob,
tain enough members for one asso-
ciation. Why is this? The same

130- could be given as the reason
why the dairy organization of the
Connecticut Valley is just alive.
More interest is needed on the part of
every dairyman for the benefit of
all. The proseprous dairyman as
well as the one hustling to make
both ends meet should join together
to help each other along.

The farmers in Ware have shown
their eagerness to get together and
are demanding a cow testing asso-
ciation. With Belchertown, Enfield,
Greenwicli and Prescott joining, the
farmers in that section are sure to
improve their own business as well
as their community. The valley
towns are taken care of by the pre-
sent Association; but we still have
the cream producing section in the
western part of the county. Here is
the place, if any, in the country
where co-operation will help. Ver_
mont has 34 associations which prove
it must help the cream man. The
hill towns are starting to co-operate
with their apple crop, and now let
the dairymen combine for the wel-
fare of the cow and the farm.

THE DAIRY BUSINESS i

The cry of "no money in milk" is i
held up by farmers wherever one]
goes. It is very seldom that a farm-
er is found who says he is satisfied
that a dairy farm can be run at a
profit and that he "Knows" and can
"Prove" that his cows are paying.

There are two ways of improving
conditions to make dairying profit-
able; either by raising the price of
milk or by reducing the cost of the
production of milk. It is a safe state-
ment that at least 25 per cent of the
cows in Hampshire County are kept
at a loss. But can we ask the public
to pay a profit on these cows un-
der our present system of busi-
ness? It is impossible to prove to
the consumer that milk cannot be
produced for 4 cents or five cents un-
less we have figures. How can this
be done? A few farmers will keep

NEW ENGLAND FRUIT SHOW

The fruit growers of the country
will be much pleased to hear that it
has finally been decided to hold a
New England Fruit Show again this
year at Mechanics Building, Boston.
The dates set are from October 23 to
October 30. The premium list is
very attractive, offering over $1500
in prizes for box, barrel, plate, and
special exhibits. Demonstrations
and lectures will be given daily on
subjects interesting to fruit growers
and consumers. Everyone who has
attended any of the previous fairs
knows that this is one of the biggest
events of the year.

Hampshire County should be well
represented at this Fair, both by
exhibits of fruit and by a large dele-
gation of fruit growers and consum.
ers.

FROSTED CORN

During such a season as we are
now experiencing when the corn
crop is late maturing, the firmer
often wonders which is best, to
chance a frost on his corn, or to cut

it before the danger season arrives.

There is one point we must re-
member and that is that the corn
plant at the time the ear com-
mences to form contains a compara-
tively small arount of food and is
mostly water. The greater part of
the food value of the plant is form-
ed from this time until the ear rip-
ens. If we have a field that we want
for fodder corn and it is just glazing
over at the season we expect frosts,
it is best to wait and let it stand as
long a? possible. If it is cut imme-
diately after the first frost, little
damage is done.

For t'u; siio, the best silage is pro-
dured vhere the corn can be put into
the silo after it has reached the
glazed stage. If we have to let it
stand until we get the first frost, it
will still make good silage. If cut
early, some of the feeding value is
lost and also the immature corn is
liable to make a sour silage. Im-
mature corn contains a nigh per cent
of sugar and this is the main rea-
son why it makes an acid silage.
Every day after the corn reaches
the milk stage, much solid matter is
added to it. In fact, when corn is
in the milk stage, it contains only
about 65% of the dry matter which
it contains two weeks later. The
sugar in the corn plant gradually
changes to starch and consequently
less acid is formed in the silage,
although it still develops a suffici-
ent amount to preserve it.

Where it has been necessary to de-
lay until the frost strikes it, it
should then be cut and put into the
silo at once. The chief harm done
by frosting is the reduction of the
water content of the plants. For
this reason it is often best to add
some water. The cut corn as found
in the silo at filling time should feel
moist to the touch. Be sure and use
enough water if the leaves are dry
or the silage may spoil by moulding. ,
There is no harm done by adding
too much water, except that you
have to carry it out when the silage
is fed. One may add the water to
the silage at the time of filling by
running it into the blower with a
liose from a barrel or it may be ad-
ded to the silage in the silo as the
filling progresses. If the frosted
corn is not even near the glazed
stage, it will probably contain
enough water to pack satisfactorily.

When the filling is completed, the
top should be leveled off and pack-
ed down as thorotighly as possible.
To prevent too much of the top lay-
er from spoiling, sojue means should
be used to exclude the air as much
as possible. This may be done by
adding water, either through the

THE HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

Itiower at the last of the filling^, or
by adding it directly after the silo
is filled. It should then be tramped
down thoroughly every day for sev-
eral days. Another method is to
cover the top with a layer of millet,
grass, or weeds to protect the silage
below from the air. Still another
way is to wet the surface and sow
oats. Even under the best condi-
tions, however, from 6 inches to a
foot will have to be discarded when
the silo is opened.

WINTER LAIRYING
Many Advantages in Having Dairy

Cows Freshen in the FaU — Of-
fers Best Returns to
Producers

In many sections most of the cows
freshen in the spring. The more ob-
serving and careful dairymen, how-
ever, having found that winter dairy-
ing has many advantages, are breed-
ing their cows to drop the calves in
the fall. The following are some of
the advantages of winter dairying:

First, higher prices are obtained
for milk and cream. As the usual
season for cows to freshen is the
spring, milk has always been plenti-
ful during the early summer and
scarce and higher during the winter.

Second, milk and cream can be
handled in cold weather with less
danger of souring, so there is little
loss on account of milk returned
from the creamery.

Third, the amount of labor on tlie
farm is better distributed through,
out the year. If the cows freshen in
the spring, they are in ful flow of
milk and need the best care when
work in the fields is most pressing.
( n the other hand, if the cows calve
;n the fall and are milked during
tiie winter, the farmer can give them
close attention, has more time to
study the problem of feeding, and
can give his men employment all the
year, and, in that way, get better
help.

Fourth, the lactation period is
lengthened and the amount of milK
given during the year increased.
Cows that freshen in the spring,
milk heavily while grass is good,
but as the pastures dry up the flow
of milk falls off and with the ap-
proach of winter the cows are nearly
dry. If they freshen in the fall,
they should at once be started on a
good winter ration, and when they
have been milked six months it is
time to turn them to pasture and for
a time the flow of milk will be
nearly as great as that from fresh
cows. Recent investigations by ex-
periment stations verify this obser-

vation.

Fifth, fall calves can be raised
better than those born in the spring.
Young calves should be fed on milk
for several months, after which they
must be weaned and ted on solid
food. If they are born in the
spring they will be tormented by
flies all summer, they may be ne_
glected because of the farm work,
and when it is time to wean them
they must be put on a dry winter
ration. Fall calves come at a time
when the dairyman can give them
the closest attention, and when
weaned they can be put on grass at
an age when an easily digested and
nutritioHs food is most needed.

As more milk can be produced,
higher prices obtained, the labor
more evenly distributed throughout
the year, and better calves raised,
winter dairying offers the best re-
turns to producers.

U. S. D. A.

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ested and stored at once. Avoid,
even now, leaving the dug tubers in
the field for any length of time and
do not cover tubers with the dry
but diseased vines, as this will be
coveting disaster.

Harvesting time is also the time
for selecting next year's seed. For
;his pi'.iyose a portion of the crop
will have to be dug by hand. A
good rule to go by is to save all the
tubers from only those hills which
contain at least 6 of marketable
size. One man writes that in four
years he was able to increase the
number of such hills from 17 to 70
in 100. It is interesting to note
that when the tubers are planted
in rows 3S inches apart with 14
inches between the hills that an
average yield of one pound per hill
will yield 235 bushels per acre.

"Number One" potatoes should
weigh not less than 4 oz. nor more
than 12 oz. A little more figuring
will enable one to see the yield that
seems possible — onpaper — when

each hill produced 6 tubers of mark-
etable size. W erealize that our
ideals very rarely materialize; how-
ever, it is well to set out ideals
high.

The marketing end of it seems to
be the most difficult part, but if the
yield can be increased by 50 per
cent, the grower can acord to sell
for a lower price.

The government crop report for
September 15, reports a grand total i
jield for the U. S., approximately!
the same as the final yield for last
year, although the New England
states are reporting a decrease of 34 I
per cent from last year. Moreover,

tl>e reports from Ohio, Indiana,
Pennsylvania, New York and New
England indicate that many fields
arer rotting badly. These reports
would point toward a smaller total
yield than the mammoth crop re-
ported in lfll4. If the.-^e reports
prove true, tlie farmer who holds
hir- crop until later will be the wise
man. Locally, farmers have been
Piishing their crops upon the market
and this has temporarily lowered the
price, but it is confidently expected
that the price will rise after this
rush is over.

It has been found that many deal-
ers in potatoes object to buying
locally on account of the odd lots
which come in. The Maine poattoes
all come in 2-bushel bags and it is
not necessary to weigh each bag.
They cause less bother, are more
convenient from the dealers' point of
v'iew and it is reflected in the price
he is willing to pay the local men.
!f a few of the growers in the hill
tow-ns would market their crop in 2-
bushel sacks of uniform weight with
a good guarantee, we believe that
tliey could increase their revenue to
a considerable extent.

R. K. CLAPP.

Smith Agri. School

ONION PROSPECTS

The condition of onions for the
State of New York on September 1
was reported at 56 per cent of a
normal crop. There are in Wayne
the Orange Counties approximately
9,000 acres in onions, or about 75
per cent of the total acreage of the
State. There is an increase in these
counties of from 12 to 15 per cent
over the acreage of last year, which
will partially and may entirely
equalize the loss in yield per acre
this year caused by an unusually
wet season which caused the crop
to mature earlier than usual, the
ravages of the onion thrips, and
blight, all of which causes have com-
))ined to reduce the size of the
onions grown. In Wayne County
the condition was reported at 3 8 per
cent. The reports from Orange
'^ounty show a condition of 65 per
cent of a normal crop.

In the State of Ohio, high winds
and flods have probably reduced tie
acreage to about 50 per cent of that
of last year, and the attacks of the
onion thrips and blight have reduced
the State condition on the acreage
planted to 26 per cent of normal.

In Indiana, where the conditions
which have so disastrously affected
the onion crop in New York and
Ohio have obtained to a large extent,
the condition of onions on September
1 was reported at 64 per cent.

THE HAMPSHIRE COUNTV FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

Such reports as have been received
indicate that the acreage in Califor-
nia, Oregon and Washington is about
normal. The condition (or Califor-
nia is reported at 96 per cent. The
United States figure is 75.5 against
81.9 per cent last year.

The acreage in these seven States
represents practically 80 per cent of
the total acreage of commrcial
onions in the United States, disre.
garding the southern crop which is
always marketed for immediate
consumption, being unsuitable for
storage purposes.

POULTRY NOTES
Bacillary Wliite Diarrhoea

Great loss is experienced every
year by poultrymen through the
loss of chickens by white diarrhoea.
It has been found by experiments
conducted by the Massachusetts and
the Connecticut Experiment Stations
that the disease is transmitted by
the hen laying the egg. By blood
tests of the breeding hens the reac-
tors can be eliminated and with
proper sanitation, no trouble will be
experienced from this disease.

The Extension Service and the Ex-
periment Station are co-operating to
carry on this work. A charge of five
cents per hen will be made to cover
expenses. Anyone wishing to have
their flock tested should apply to
the Poultry Department, Massachu.
setts Agrictiltural College, Amherst,
Mass.

Killing' and Bleeding Poultry

The following is quoted from' Cir-
cular 61, Bureau of Chemistry, U. S.
D. .\. Anyone wishing more detail-
ed information on the matter should
send for this circular.

(1) Grasp the chicken when
killing by the bony part of the skull.
Do not let the fingers touch the
neck.

(2) Make a small cut inside the
mouth on the right side of the
throat just where the bones of the [
skull end. using a narrow-bladed, i
sharp-pointed knife. The direction]
of the knife is upward and toward
the left when the bird is held head
downward with the throat toward
the operator while Icilling.

(3) Brain for dry picking by
thrusting the knife through the
groove which runs along the middle
line of the roof of the mouth until
it pierces the brain in the bacl< part
of the sku'l. causing a loosening of
the feathers.

(4) For chickens use a knife the
blade of which is 2 inches long. one_
fourth inch wide, with a thin, flat
handle, a sharp point, and a straight
cutting edge. For turkeys the blade
may be 2 1-2 inches long. Keep
knives very sharp.

ANNOUNCEMENT.

Space on this page is given to
Farm Bureau members who desire
to advertise live-stock, farm pro-
ducts, etc., either to buy or to sell.
At the present no charge will be
made for limited space. Send adver-
tisements to the Farm Bureau by
the twenty-fifth of each month.

The Farm Bureau Office is receiv-
ing many inquiries with regard to
men who wish to buy, lease, or rent
farms and also from owners of
farms who wish to either sell or rent
them. It would be of much advant-
age to both parties if a list were
kept on file in the office so these in-
quiries could be answered. Will
those who desire such assistance
pleas send a description of the farms
for sale or to rent or of the kind they
wish to buy, to the Farm Bureau,
and. as much elp as possible will be
returned?

FARM BUREAU WORK

SUMMARY OF THE WORK
(August 23 to September 18)

Farms Visited

Letters Written

Office Calls

Telephone Calls

MEETINGS

Evening Meetings

Field Meetings

Total Attendance

MILES TRAVELED

Auto

71
103

389

1584

23.50

GRAIN PRICES

The following quotations are tak-
en from the Boston Chamber of Com-
merce for September 22, 1915:
Middlings. per ton 24.25 — 28.50
Bran, winter
Bran, spring
Mixed Feed
Red Dog

Cotton Seed Meal
Linseed Meal
Gluten Feed
Hominy Feed
Corn Meal, per hag
Oats

1 clipped white, per bu. .44

2 clipped white, Bsr Int. .43

3 clipped white, per bu. .42

25.75

32.00

25.00
S3. 50
29.00
31.25
33.00
38.00
28.00
33.40
65 — 1.67

No.
No.

No.

FOR SALE Registered Jersey cows,

heifers and bills; also a tew nice
grade cows at farmers' prices. H.
W. Gurney, Cummington, Mass.

FOR SALE — Berkshire Pigs of high-
est quality. Apply to D. C. War-
nock. 25 Hampden street, North-
ampton.

BREED now for fall colts. Use the
pure blood Percheron Stallion Con-
uet standing at C. E. Parsons &
Son, 128 Bridge St., Northampton,
Mass.

FOR SALE — Farm Work Horse,
weight 1200 lbs., age 11 yrs.,
black, sound and willin. Dr. A.
G. Doane, 102 Main St., North-
ampton, Mass.

FOR SALE — Holsteins. Right near
home. 3 regustered heifers, 8 re.
gistered cows and 2 registered
bulls. Write, telephone or call in
person. Ball Holstein Farms
South Hadley Falls, Mass.

FOR SALE — Cream separator,
"Siiarples Tubular Number 4,"
used very little. Price with extra
10-gallon tank only $25.00. Ad-
dress Walter Bliss, Enfield, Mass.
Tel. 9-2.

FOR SALE — 1 registered Jersey Bull
11 mos. old; also one high-grade
Berkshire Boar. Address C. S.
Parsons, 15 Sherman Ave_., North,
ampton, Mass.

FOR SALE — Two young registered
Holstein cows, one pure bred Hol-
stein bull calf, 6 mos. old. Can
be seen at Mineral Valley Fann,
Westhampton, Mass. E. B. Clapp,
Easthampton, Mass.

3 COUNTY
FAIR

NORTHAMPTON

October 6 & 7

Unsurpassed
Horse Show

Large Auto-
mobile Show

Wright Biplane
Special Youth's

Exhibit

HAMR3HIRE: COUfsSTY

FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

Published by the Hampshire County Farm Bureau

PRICES 50 CENTS PER YEAR; $1.00 PER YEAR INCLUDING MEMBERSHIP IN FARM BUREAU

Vol. 1

Northampton, Tvlass., November 1915

No. 3

MABKETING APPLES

I\^ext season it will be necessii-y
for the farmer to grade ar.d pack his
fruit according to a standard, laid
down by the laws of Massachusetts.!
Do we need this law and will it be a
benefit to the grower?

Several demonstrations have been
given in the county explaining the
law and it appears that a majority of
the farmers are in favor of it, many
are on the fence, and a few are
against it.

A standard package, a uniform
grade, and an honest stencil, are the
main points of the law. Why will
this not be a benefit to the farmer?
A conclusive proof in favor of it is
shown in the difference in prices le-
ceived on the London and Glascow
markets for Canadian and American
Baldwins. Canada has had a law
similar to ours for ten years and for
the past few years has been receiv-
ing, on the average, fifty cents more
per barrel for her fruit than we
have; the only advantage being that
she graded and packed her appl'5S
properly. Even the Canadians ad-
mit we can grow a better Baldwin
in New England than they can i.i
Canada, but still they are receiving
the better price.

Because a grower has to put his
wormy and inferior fruit In one bar-
rel and his good fruit in two or three
grades, does not mean he is throw-
ing away apples. A good many
growers are getting a much higher
price for their seconds, simply be-
cause it is graded, than other growers
are getting for their firsts, because
they have not thought best to throw
out some inferior fruit.

During seasons wnen fruit is
scarce, one may get a decent price
even if it is not graded, but what
about the years when we have plenty
of fruit?

Hampshire County today is suf-
fering in marketing her apples be-
cause of the reputation she has made
for herself in the past. Why is It
that we have had only two or three
buyers through this section and oth-
er places have been flooded with

Iniyers who ar; paying fifty cents
more per barrel tlian the buyers are
giving here? It is not the fact we
have poor apples, but tliat they have
been packed in the past in such a
manner that buyers who want goo.l
fruit do not come near. Do not
tliink that the whole blame is on the
farmer. In some cases the farmer is
to hlarae and in a good many cases It
is the buyer's fault.

When a farmer sells his apples
this season for $2.00 or $2.25. he
will not be satisfied if much poor
fruit is thrown out and consequently
a good many poor apples get by. Wny
not have the fruit graded right and
ask a high price per barrel? Do not
give the whole crop away at a low
nrice for the sake of selling a few
poor apples.

If the growers continue to be wiP-
ing to sell to buyers at a low price
and have the fruit graded poorly,
then the same trouble will be experi-
enced each year in getting reliable
Iniyers and a profitable return. A few
b\iyers who have been paying good
prices in other sections have been
interviewed and asked why they
skipped our district. Their replies
v.-ere that they could not buy in
large enough amounts and that in
the past their houses had bought
here through certain buyers and the
fruit was graded and packed in such
a way that they did not wish to try
it again.

How can this condition be chang-
ed? A few growers in Williamsburg
this year are attempting to over-
throw this opinion and establish a
reputation for themselves. All of
their fruit is being graded and pack-
ed uniformly and the stencil tells ex-
actly what is inside the barrel. It
may take them a year or two to get
known on the market, but it is the
only way to .get the proper returns
for their fruit.

Join together so that you can have
fruit to attract the buyers, have it
packed in standard barrels, grade it
uniformly, and put something that
you are ready to stand back of on
the market.

FALL NOTES ON POULTRY KEEP-
ING

This is the time of year when the
poultryman should get in his best
work in culling his flock. In the
first place feed is too high to carry
along a large number of non-pro-
ducing or low producing hens and the
same thing is true of pullets.

The observing poultryman will
have located practically all such
hens in his flock by this time anct
tlie sooner they are disposed of the
better.

In selecting hens for next year's
flock, either breeders or layers, the
following should be eliminated': first,
those that are over fat, logy in action
or apparently lazy, and those having
heavy abdomens or "baggy" as tlifi
saying goes. Second, hens that are
not standing the molt well and have
become poor in flesh or are emacia-
ted. Third, those that appear diseas-
ed or blemished. Scaley legged
fowls should be disposed of and not
kept to pass this so called disease
on to others. The same is true of
roup, chicken pox, severe colds, etc.
In fact every effort should be made
to eliminate birds that are low in
vitality. Fourth, hens that are prone
to broodiness throughout the year.
It will be a very easy matter for him
to eliminate those that have this
characteristic highly developed.
Considerable difference will be found
in the egg production of two hens,
one having been broody once during
the year and the other eleven or
twelve times, other things being
equal of course. Fifth, there are
many practical poultrymen who
claim that heavy laying bleaches
the shanks as well as the feathers.
In all probability this is true of
strains or families, but is not true
of every individual in a flock. In
other words the general statement
that a hen with yellow shanks at
this time of the year is a poor layer
is not absolutely true. The records.
at this Institution bear testimony to
this fact. It is somewhat late in the
season to advocate holding the very
best early hatched cockerels for
breeding purposes. It is well lor
every poultryman to have a number
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THE HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY

FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

Published By The

Hampshire County Farm Bureau

A. F. MacDougall, County Agent

Office, First National Bank Bldg.

Northampton, Mass.

OFFICERS OF THE FARM BUREAU

Charles R. Damon, President,

Williamsburg.

W. D. Mandell, Treasurer,

Northampton.

John J. Knenedy, Secretary,

Northampton.

Advisory Board
C. E. Hodgkins, Chairman,

Northampton.

M. A. Morse, Belchertown.
Martin Norris, Southampt n.
Parley B. Davis, Granby.
E. B. Clapp, Easthampton.
Warren M. King, Northampton.
Chas. R. Damon, Williamsburg.

EDITORIAL

ANNOUNCEMENT

NEW ENGLAND FRUIT SHOW

public place for such a market, before
the end of March, 1916. The State
Board of Agriculture must approve
the site.

This means that Northampton
must provide a market where the
farmers can back up their teams and
sell their produce direct to the con-
sumer. If a central place is selected
that is easily accessible this should
be of big assistance to farmers in
marketing.

About ten or fifteen market places
have been established under this law
and it is hoped Northampton will
soon locate a place. If the farmers
will take hold of this next season
and make use of it both the farm-
er and the consumer will profit by it.

BOYS' AND GIRLS' EXHIBIT

The boys' and girls' exhibit at the
Northampton Fair far surpassed any-
thing of its kind in the State. Over
600 entries were made which was
larger than both the children's and
adults' last year. One tent was fill-
ed with the vegetable exhibits, one
with the cooking, preserves, needle
work, drawings, etc.. and still anoth-
er for the poultry exhibit.

The schools of Hadley had the larg-
est and best display of vegetables,
cooking and preserves. Northamp-
ton, Easthampton, Williamsburg and
Ashfleld deserve great credit for the
excellent showing they made.

The silver cups offered by the
Three County Fair Association for
the best exhibit from any High
School or Agricultural School was
awarded to Hopkins Academy, Had-
ley, first, and Smith Agricultural
School, second. For the best ex-
hibit from graded schools, Hadley
schools won first and Nortliampton
schools second.

The Fruit Show this year, although
small as compared with previous
years, had excellent quality, reflect-
ing the better care and the increas-
ing interest that is being taken in
fruit.

Among the growers in Hampshire
County who exhibited are Sereno
Clark, Ellis Clark, Harry Wright,
Williamsburg; Wright A. Root,
Easthampton; Bay Road Fruit Farm,
W. H. Atkins, South Amherst; A. B.
Howard & Son, J. T. Geer, Belcher-
town.

Hampshire County ought to be
proud of the showing made at the
Fair by Its boys and girls. But do
not let us stop here- — keep the good
work up and let every parent do his
share toward interesting the chil-
dren in any line of agricultural or
home-making work.

FARMERS' MARKET

The bill for establishing farmers
markets passed the legislature and
by its provisions, every town or city
with more than ten thousand inhabi-
tants must establish a farmers' mar-
ket or set aside a lot or street or

BUYING GRAIN

The two troubles that seem to
bother the dairymen the most from
the average farmer's viewpoint, ire
the low price of milk and the high
price of grain. The grain bill is, in
some cases, spoiling the looks of the
cream check or milk check. Should
we not pay more attention to the
grain mixtures we teed, both as to
the results in the milk-pail and for
the price we pay for the mixture?

Just the other day a farmer inform
ed the county agent that he had
always fed gluten, but after hearing
so much about cotton seed he had
decided to change over and try cot-
ton seel for a while. Two months
ago, when gluten was high in price
and cotton seed was very cheap, tnis
farmer was feeding gluten. Now
when cotton seed is hardly quoted
on the market it is so high and glu-
ten is selling reasonable, he decides
to change to cotton seed.

Another case was of a dairyman,
paying $1.S0 per bag for stock feed
that only analyzed 10% protein and
was high in crude fibre — paying
more for this grain than the best feed
on the market was selling for, and
getting a grain that had a poor feed-
ing value.

Grain is an expensive necessity at
the best and more attention should
be paid to the changes in prices, the
mixtures we feed and how the cows
respond to certain kinds of grain.

Several districts are becoming in-
terested in buying their grain co-
operatively. Many times this works
to good advantage and is well worth
trying. There is one thing we should
all remember, however, and that is,
that co-operative buying does not
succeed unless we are prepared to
buy in large amounts and pay cash.
It is on these two points that the be-
nefits of co-operation stand.

Buying grain in this manner does
not mean that the farmers must buy
from a local dealer outside their own
town. Oftentimes the local deal-
er can offer prices as attractive as
an outside concern when he is sure of
cash and a large order. The buying
of grain in a Concord buggy or in
two or three bag lots and having it
charged is one reason for high grain
bills.

What the farmers want is to ob-
tain their grain at the market price
and allow enough for the grain deal-
er to make an honest living.

Co-operative buying of grain will
help to standardize the price of
grain in the county. For instance,
today the dairymen in Northampton
are paying more for their grain than
some of the dairymen in the out-
lying towns. This should not be so,
but it is impossible for one farmer to
rectify the matter. But above all,
whether buying alone or with a
group, keep in touch with the mar-
ket, know the best grains to buy,
and mix the right proportions to give
the best net returns. Weigh your
milk and keep individual records on
your cows to know the results of
your feeding.

THE HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

Bt'low are the grain prices quoied
from tlie Boston Chamber of Com-
merce Report, October 28, 1915:
Middlings $25.75 — f27.&U

Brau, Winter, 23.50

Bran, Spring, 23.25

Mixed Feed 25.50 — 29.00

Red Dog 30.50

Cotton Seed Meal 38.(10

Linseed Meal 38.00 j

Gluten Feed 28.00 j

Hominy 28.90 i

Stock Feed 2S.oO ;

Oats

No. 1 clipped white 45.5c per bu.

No. 2 clipped white 45 c per bu.

No. 3 clipped white 44.5c per bu.
Bag Meal, $1.47 — $1.49 per bag

Cracked Corn 1.49 — 1.51 per bag

COMMERCIAL FERTILIZER

FOR NEXT SPRING!

Many of the agents of both che-
micals and mixed goods are in the
field this month taking orders for
the fertilizer for next spring's crops.

Due to the unsettled condition of
the market and the danger of increas-
ed prices toward spring, the farmers
should pay more attention to thfiir
fertilizer order tliis fall than ever
before.

Except for the specialized crops, it
is doubtful if any potash can be used
this coming spring; the price quoted
on the market today being $250 per
ton. In general, the mixed goods at
the best will only have 1 or 2% ac-
tual potash. Pay strict attention .o
the analysis this year if you are buy-
ing mixed goods; be sure and know
how much potash you are getting if
you are getting any. With the de-
crease in amount of potash in the
mixture, more chance is given for us-
ing either a poorer source of nitrogen
and phosporic acid or an increase in
the amount of filler. This is one
more point in favor of using chemi-
cals and practicing home mixing. In
any of the towns where the farmers
wish to figure out their fertilizer for-
mulas for their different crops and
order co-operatively, the Farm Bu-
reau will be glad to give any assist-
ance possible.

The following are some of the
prices that have been quoted the
Farm Bureau . They are subject to
change without notice, but will give
a general idea of what fertilizer will
be worth this coming season:

Ton
Nitrate of Soda, 15% N
Calcium Cyanamid, 17.5% N
Concentrated Tankage,

10.8% N
Bone Flour, 1% N 29% P
Acid Phosphate, 16% Av. P
Dry Fish, 7% N 5% P

$64.00
66.00

47.50
35.00
20.00
52.00

APPLE PACKING SCHOOL

The Department of Pomology at
the Massachusetts Agricultural Coi-
lege is offering a One-week school of
Apple Packing from November 17-23.
The school is given at this date so
that thos" attending will be able to
return home and pack this season's
crop according to the methods ex-
plained to them. Lectures and de-
monstrations will be given on differ-
ent orchard problems, but a lars-e
p.art of the time will be spent in the
.actual v/ork of packing apples. This
will give those attending an excel-
lent chance to get well acquainted
with the new Massachusetts law re-
garding the grading and packing of
apples.

As the school is limited to thirty,
those desiring to enter should send in
their application immediately. Ap-
plication blanks can be obtained by
writing to the Director of The Exten-
sion Service or by applying at the
office of the Farm Bureau.

YOUR FARM BUREAU

The farmers and business men of
Hampshire County have helped to
support a Farm Bureau since Febru-
ary 1st. The officers in charge have
attempted to carry out the different
issues which they thought were of
most importance in the county. Are
you acquainted with the aims of the
Bureau? If so, have you been sa-
tisfied with what it is doing? If you
are satisfied with what it is doing,
give it a boost. If you are dissatis-
fied, tell us why. What we want is
to have every farmer and business
man in the county take an interest
in the Bureau. The Bureau belongs
to you and we need your help and co-
operation to make it a success.

You have a director who has
charge of the work in your town. Is
he doing his part toward letting
your town get its share of the ben-i^-
fits of the Bureau? If not, go to him
and find what the trouble is and
help him along. We need you and
your neighbor to get the best results.
Join hands with him to boost your-
self and your town and then your
town will join with the neighboring
ones to put Hampshire County in the
lead.

Below is a list of the directors elec-
ted upon the organization of the
Farm Bureau:

DIRECTORS

Amherst

H. A. Parsons, North Amherst

J. B. Knight, Belchertown

M. T. Anderson, Chesterfield

Cummington
M. S. Howes, Swift River

Jarius F. Burt,
Charles Felton,

Goshen
George L. Barrus,
Henry S. Pease,
Josiah Parsons,
.lesse M. Ely,
H. S. Packard,
Waldo Pierce,
I. N. Day.
H. C. Searle.
C. W. Ball,
William H. Walker,
Pufus M. Smith,
B. M. Warner,
Wilson A. Munson,
George Timmins,
A. D. Montague,
Charles R. Damon,
Frank W. Bates,

DIRECTORS AT LARGE
Amherst
W. H. Atkins, Sputh Amherst

George Belden, Bradstreet

E. B. Clapp, Easthampton

Perley E. Davis, Granby

R. Lyman Cook, Had'.ey

W. M. Purrington , Haydenville

J. A. Sullivan. Northampton

Easthampton
Enfield

Lithia

Middlefield

Northampton

Pelham

Plainfield

Prescott

South Hadley

Southampton

Granby

Greenwich

Hadley

Hatfield

Huntington

Ware

Westhampton

Williamsburg

Worthington

THE FARM WOOD-LOT PROBLEM

The farm wood-lot problem may be
put in a few words. It is the problem
of making the wood-lot pay. Farmers
can no more afford to keep unprofit-
able land than they can afford to
keep unprofitable cows. Idle laud
which is not growing more valuable
is like a boarder in the dairy herd; it
eats up part of the profit made else-
where. Good farm management may
or may not call for the opening of an
actual book account with the wood-
lot, but every good farmer needs to
know at the close of the year whether
he is richer or poorer for his timber-
j land.

i It costs money to hold land. Every
! acre means carrying cost. The tenant
farmer pays this cost in rent. The
man who works his own farm should
be able to earn at least rent and
wages. If he sold the farm and put
the money in a good savings bank it
] would yield him a yearly income
I without the lifting of a finger. His
I farm is an investment. It should be
'. a paying investment. A bank which
paid no interest would be a poor
place to put savings. So a farm
which does not yield its owner and
user a fair return on his investment
as well as a fair return on the labor
and industry of himself and his
family is a poor place on which to
work. Its possessor is paying for the
privilege of owning it instead of mak-
ing it pay him for what has been put
into it. If the wood-lot does not

THE HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

directly or indirectly compensate far
taxes and interest allowance on its
value, it is not doing its share toward
making the farm pay. It is beins^
carried at a net loss. — Yearbook,
1S14.

ANNOUNCEMENT.

FARM BUREAU WORK

SUJIPIARY OF THE WORK

(Sept. 20 to October 16)

farms Visited 39

FALL NOTES ON POULTRY

Continued From Page 1)

of cockerels equal to about 25% or
30% of those in his breeding pens
in reserve for the purpose of substi-
tution in ease any prove worthless
for breeding or become injured.

Tn practically every flock of pul-
lets there is a certain percentage
that are more or less immature, slow
in development, low in vitality and
therefore become prey to disease.
Such speciens really prove to be
profitable.

Cockerel? that are fit for market
and cannot be held for fancy trade
are better in the hands of the butch-
er or consumer than on the ordinary
poultry farm, especially at this time.

The culling of a flock very clo.se-
ly has still another value and that
is, the reducing of the flock to such
numbers that their quarters are ade-
quate and comfortable. It is not un-
usual to find poultry kept in quarters
so crowded that each bird has only
about one to one and one-third
square feet of floor space. Usually
trouble starts in such flocks.

J. C. GRAHAM.

Letters Written

Office Calls

Telephone Calls

MEETINGS

Meetings held

Total Attendance

225

MILES TRAVELLED

Auto

814

Train

1 t3

957

FOR SALE Registered Jersey cows,

heifers and bills; also a few nice
grade cows at farmers' prices. H.
W. Gurney, Cummlngton, Mass.

FOR SALE — Berkshire Pigs of high-
est quality. Apply to D. C. War-
nock. 25 Hampden street, North-
ampton.

BREED now tor fall colts. Use the
pure blood Percheron Stallion Con-
uet standing at C. E. Parsons &
Son, 128 Bridge St., Northampton,
Mass.

FOR SALE — Farm Work Horse,
weight 1200 lbs., age 11 yrs.,
black, sound and willin. Dr. A.
G. Doane, 102 Main St., North-
ampton, Mass.

FOR SALE — Holsteins. Right near
home. 3 regustered heifers, 8 re_
gistered cows and 2 registered
bulls. Writ', telephone or call in
person. Ball Holstein Farms
South Hadley Falls, Mass.

FOR SALE — Cream separator,
"Sh.arples Tubular Number 4,"
used very little. Price with extra
10-gallou tank only $25.00. Ad-
dress Walter Bliss, Enfield, Mass.
Tel. 9-2.

FOR SALE — 1 registered Jersey Bull
11 mos. old; also one high-grade
Berkshire Boar. Address C. S.
Parsons, 15 Sherman Ave., North,
ampton, Mass.

FOR SALE — Two young registered
Holstein cows, one pure bred Hol-
stein bull calf, 6 mos. old. Can
bo seen at Mineral Valley Farm,
Westhampton, Mass. E. B. Clapp,
E.isthampton, Mass.

FOR SALE — Some choice youn.5
Berkshire pigs, dropped Sept. 6th.
Price $5.00 apiece. Address,
George H. Timmins. Greenway
Farm, Ware, Mass.

FOR SALE — Edward J. Clark of
Worthington has a small herd of
officially tested advanced registery
Holstein Cows. Good records with
farmers' care. Two bull calves and
one yearling Bull for sale. Ad-
dress, Cummington, R. F. D.

FOR SALE — ^A Son of Merry of Glen-
wood, her official record was 7b8
lbs. 11 oz. of 85% butter for one
year. Sire a Grandson of Imp. Ox-
foid Lad. his dam made 499 lbs. 10
ox. of 85% butter as a three year
old. This calf was dropped June
13 and is a fine individual. Also
ready for service, bulls from ad-
vanced registry cows. Prices right,
quality considered. Address W. H.
Morey, Bryant Hill, Cummington.

FARM TO RENT — Small farm, 25
acres — Pasture. Wood, mowing —
House and barn near State Road
and Electric Cars — ^Town water.
Price, $20 month. Work given iu
our mill in winter. 'Bradford Hill
Farm" A. S. Hills, owner, Hayden-
ville, Mass.

WE CAN FILL ORDERS from this
County for early spring pullets,
White Leghorn, up to 2,000 birds.
Our men are anxious to make sales
before time for winter housing.
The pullets are not culls or surplus
they were raised to sell. The price
would be around $1 to $1.25 f. 0.
b. our station. Otsego County
Farm Bureau Association, Coopers-
town, N. Y.

hamrshire: county

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FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

Published by the Hampshire County Farm Bureau

PRICES 50 GENTS PER YEAR; $1.00 PER YEAR INCLUDING MEMBERSHIP IN FARM BUREAU

Vol. 1

Northampton, Mass., December 1915

No. 4

REGULATIONS OF THE BOARD
OF HEALTH OF SURROUNDING
VALLEY CITIES. GOVERNING
THE PRODUCTION AND HAND-
LING OF MILK

The r.icre important features, and
those found in the lists of require-
ments of most of the cities, are as
follows: —

A dairy that is producing milk lo
be sold in any of the local cities,
must be inspected, and, a permit
granted. The essential requirements
for securing a permit are, healthy,
animals, clean, well-ventilated, well-
lighted and well-drained stable, the
animals to be properly cared for as
to cleanliness, water, feed, bedding
etc. Certain of the cities insist that
the dairy plant shall score a given
number of points, although this is
not the general rule. Of the 100
points total perfect score, 60 are al-
lotted to methods and forty to quip-
ment. The features which the sev-
eral boards are attempting to secure
are, a milk room, with cement floor,
properly drained, if within city limits
It should have sewer connections,
smooth tight walls and ceiling, run-
ning hot and cold water for wash-
ing all utensils, and approved fa-
cilities for storing the day's supply
of milk at a temperature below 50
defrees F. The entire room and all
appliances shall at all times be kept
clean, and it must not be used for any
other purpose whatever and must be
free from stable odors, and well
screened from flies. No milk shall
be stored, cooled, mixed or strained
in any room occupied by horses, cows
or other animals, or for the storage
of manure or in any room used in
whole or in part for domestic or
sleeping purposes, unless such room
is esparated from other parts of the
building to the satisfaction of the
Board of Health. All milk utensils
must be either washed with boil-
ing water or sterilized with live
steam. No pigs shall be kept with-
in 50 feet of the stable or room in
which milk is produced, handled or
stored, and manure shall not be
stored in any room where cows are
kept or in any other manner liable
to contaminate the milk. No water

closet or privy shall be located in
the above rooms or situated in such
a manner as to pollute the atmos-
phere of said rooms.

As soon as possible after drawing,
milk should be strained and cooled
to a temperature below 50 degrees
F., but it must not be cooled in a
well, drinking trough located in
liarnyard or in any other manner not
approved by Board of Health.

The Board of Health should be
notified at once should diphtheria,
scarlet fever or typhoid fever devel-
op in the family of the dairyman,
or any of his employees or their as-
sociates, or within the building or
premises where milk is stored, hand-
led ro distributed, as under these
conditions, the sale of milk must be
suspended.

In the main the above includes
the more important of the regula-
tiops. There are, however, a few ad-
ditional opints worthy of mention.

riean cows and clean milkers ire
essential to clean milk, and the wip-
ing off of the udder with a damp
cloth before milking will reduce the
amount of dirt and bacteria to a
great extent. There is probably no
one utensil more important in the
production of clean milk than the
covered pall. Although these are not
absolutely required. they would,
without doubt, prove a good in-
vestment to any dairyman.

In cleaning utensils, there is noth-
ing better than live steam, as this
effectively destroys all bacteria; boil-
ing water is reasonably efficient, but
has not any where near the value of
steam.

It is well to expose cans and pails
to the air and sunlight after cleans-
ing, but care should be used not to
place them where the dust from the
road will blow into them. The milk
producers should realize that these
requirements are necessary in insur-
ing reasonably clean milk to the con-
sumer, who has absolutely no protec-
tion, other than this. To some, these
rules seem to be a burden and entire-
ly necessary. To such, all that can
be said is that they have only to vis-
it a comparatively small number of
milk producing plants, to be soon
convinced that the demands are none
too strong. None of the Board of
Health put out these regulations as

an ultimatum, rather in most cases
an attempt is made to bring the im-
portant features before the producer
in such a way as to interest him,
and in the end accomplish much more
by the educational method than
would be possible in any other way.
Of course all will agree that we must
have clean milk, and to insure this
there must be hearty cooperation be-
tween all parties concerned. If nec-
essary, the price of the product must
be raised.

Massachusetts Standard
Milk total solids 12.15%

Milk Fat 3.35%

Cream Fat 15.00%

E. H. LEHNERT

Smith Agr'l School

DAIRY WEEK

The entire week of December 6
will be spent by the Farm Bureau
furthering the interests of the dairy-
men in the county. Prof. J. A. Mc-
Lean, formerly of the Massachusetts
Agricultural College and now with
the Quaker Oats Co., Boston, is spend-
ing nearly the entire week in the
County. A large per cent of the
dairymen are acquainted with Prof.
McLean and will be glad of the op-
portunity to see and hear him again.
Several talks will be given by men
from the Massachusetts Agricultural
College on different topics relating
to dairying.

Meetings will be held in nine towns
in the county and at the end of the
week a get-to-gether meeting will be
held in Northampton. While it is
impossible to hold gatherings in all
the towns, it is hoped that those who
cannot attend any of the meetings in
the several towns, will plan to at-
tend the one held Saturday at the
Smith .Agricultural School, North-
ampton.

The Connecticut Valley Breeders'
.Association will have charge of the
Saturday meeting and the program
they have arranged is especially at-
tractive. After a short business meet-
ing of the Breeders' Association,
Sumner R. Parker of the Franklin
County Farm Bureau will give a talk
on "More Efficient Management of
the Dairy Business." In the after-
noon, Director J. L. Hills of the Ver-
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THE HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY

FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

Published By The

Hampshire County Farm Bureau

A. F. MacDougall, County Agent

Office, First National Eank Bldg.

Northampton, Mass.

Entered as second class matter
Nov. 9, 1915 at the post office at
Northampton, Massachusetts, under
the Act of March 8, 1879.

OFFICERS OF THE FARM BUREAU

Charles R. Damon, President,

Williamsburg.

W. D. Mandell, Treasurer,

Northampton.

John J. Knenedy, Secretary,

Northampton.

Advisory Board

C. E. Hodgkins, Chairman,

Northampton.
M. "A. Morse, Belchertown.
Martin Norrls, Southampt n.
Perley E. Davis, Granby.
E. B. Clapp, Easthampton.
Warren M. King, Northampton.
Chas. R. Damon, Williamsburg.

EDITORIAL

THE COUNTY AGENT

Many and varied are the questions
asked about what the County Agent
is and what he is supposed to do. Oc-
casionally we see or read of a knock-
er (who is really a booster) of the
movement, who has the Idea that the
county agent stands as one who is
an "expert" on all lines of farming
and one who goes to even the best
farms in the county and tells them
that their methods are wrong and
that they -must make some radical
changes in order to exist.

How far this is from the real work
of the county agent. The real job
of the county's hired man is to dem-
onstrate, not to advise. He is not an
advisor but an agent of the farmers.

It is true some work is done assist-
ing individual farmers with special
problems, but it is not the agent's en-
tire work "advising" a farmer on how
to grow a field of corn, milk a cow,
or pick his apples

A farmer as a rule knows his busi-
ness pretty thoroughly and many of
them can often give pointers to the
best agriculturist, especially on their
local conditions.

The Farm Bureau is an Exchange
Bureau where the farmers are able to
go for any information they desire.
It is not natural to suppose that the
agent should have ready answers for
all these inquiries. He is there to
* take these problems to the places he
thinks are best able to answer them,
whether it be the State Agricultural
College, the State Board of Agricul-
ture, the U. S. Dept. of Agriculture
or to a farmer in the county.

It often happens that a farmer in
one end of the county can have his
problems answered by a farmer in an-
other part of the county. It is this
carrying of news from one part to
the other that helps make the agent
useful.

The county agent should make a
study of his county so as to know
best how to apply the information he
gets from different sources to the lo-
cal needs. It may be that he can
be of most value in a certain com-
munity if he assists in starting a
cow-test association, helps to obtain
speakers for the Grange, or has an
orchard properly pruned and sprayed
for the farmers to observe. Or in
another community they may want to
join and buy their fertilizer, sail
their potatoes, or have their boys and
girls join a pig or canning club. It
is the agent's work to do what he
can for those who want his services.

Another very important point is
that the county agent is not "working
alone. The farm bureau is an or-
ganization composed of many of the
farmers and husiness men of the
fountv. all working to help not only
themselves but their neighbors; to
obtain more out of this life they are
living.

Every town has a director besides
several members of the bureau who
are working with the county agent.
This Ik not a one-man job, but a job
in which everyone has his share of
the work to do.

THE CONNECTICUT VALLEY
. COW -TEST ASSOCIATION

More herds are needed to put the
association on a good financial ba-
sis and bring the price down where
it will be reasonable.

Diiring the month of November
241 cows were entered and the price
per cow was 17 cents. In December
three more herds are coming in which
will probably bring the price down
to 15 cents per cow. This will still be
3 cents too high. Every herd that
can be added now lowers the price.
Let every member try to get a new ,
herd in either this month or for a j
certainty by January. If everyone
tries, surely 5 or 6 herds would ent-
er.

A cow-test association is not a
charitable institution you are ask-ii
to help; it is an association to help
every dairyman in it to better know
his cows and a means of keeping in
touch with his whole business in a
more efficient manner. It is an in-
vestment to return dollars and cents
into your pocket, not to take them
out.

It is hoped that every man in the
association today is in it to get all
he can out of it; that is, don't enter
your cows to see what records you
can make in order to beat your neigh-
bors. Enter your cows so that you
can know the ones that make the
most efficient use of the feed you
give them and help to eliminate the
unprofitable ones. Give all the in-
formation you can to your tester
so that he can return you more ac-
curate figures. Also get all the in-
formation you can from your tester,
lie comes to your place every month
to help you. Keep records on every
cow in your barn, the poor ones as
well as the good ones. It is the whole
herd as well as the individual cow
you want to know about.

The following men belong to the
association:

No. of
Cows
W. H. Learned, Florence, 11

C. T. Burt, Easthampton, 15

James McAuslane, Easthampton, 13
Clapp Bros., Easthampton.
McConnell Farm, Easthampton
W. A. Parsons, Southampton 17
Nelson Lewis, Northampton, 13

W. J. LaFleur, Northampton,
Josiah Parsons, Northampton, 9

E. T. Whitaker. Hadley, 15

W. C. Heiden, Hadley, 12

T. E. Dimick, Hadley, 14

E. C. Harlow, Amherst, 16

C. W. Ball, Grnaby, ig

J. L. Ingham, Granby, 21

Fred Bridgman, Westhampton, 21
C. G. Loud, Westhampton, 14

E. H. Montague, Westhampton, 14
Hugh Bridgman, Westhampton. 18

MASSACHUSETTS APPLE
CORN SHOW

AND

With the fine showing made by
our growers at the New England
Fruit Show to encourage us, a large
delegation from the County ought to
attend the Massachusetts Show and
exhibit their fruit. Prizes are giv-
en on plate and box exhibits and
for the most attractive and pratical
retail package fcr apples.

Attractive premiums are also Df-
fered for corn and milk exhibits.
Remember this is a state affair and
Hampshire County wants to be well

THE HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

to the front. The prizes are well
worth working for. Application

blanks can be obtained at the Farm
Bureau office.

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY APPLES

Almost every farm in the county,
except possibly in the onion and to-
bacco districts, has a home orchard
to provide the family with fruit for
the winter. A large per cent of the
farmers in the hill towns have 50 to
100 barrels each fall to sell and a
few farmers in each town have 100
to 2000 barrels to market. The
Baldwin is the main apple growii,
with a few Greenings, Spys. Kings,
and Russets in many of the orchards.
The apples in the western part of the
county in the towns of Worthing-
ton. Chesterfield. Cummington, Plain-
field and Williamsburg are largely
sold to buyers representing houses
from cities as Boston, New York,
Philadelphia, Chicago, etc. The buy-
ers supervise the packing and pay
so much for the fruit delivered at
the station. In the eastern part of
the county in the towns of Prescott,
Enfield, Ware and Belchertown some
fruit is sold to buyers, but the gener-
al practice is to ship the surplus
to the wholesale market to be sold
on commission.

The apples from the hills are as a
rule smaller and firmer, making bet-
ter keepers than the apples grown
nearer tlie valley. The fruit in the
valley generally grows much larger,
making a little coarser apple, but
under the right conditions will color
well and sell for as high, it not a
higher price than a large per cent of
the hill fruit. Its only advantage is
size and if the hill farmers would
prune and fertilize more they could
overcome this difference.

The farmers as a rule do not take
enough pains with their fruit trees.
With cows it is necessary that they
should be fed two or three times a
day, the barn kept clean, and the
Inft filled with fo9der. The apple
tree is a different proposition. If
work is crowding, they are the easi-
est to neglect and are quite often
forgotten. And even if no care is giv-
en them nearly evei-y fall they give
us some kind of a crop and return
some revenue to help pay the taxes.
But does this practice get the best
results?

The trouble in marketing the fruit
is that it is just average fruit or m
some cases below the average that :§
produced. The market gets too much
of this grade. It is generally crowd-
ed with average fruit, especially in
the fall when the farmer wants to
sell his crop. We must pay more
attention to the growing of better,
larger, cleaner, and better-colored ap-

ples. Treat the trees as a crop on
the farm, just as much as the corn
or potatoes, not as a by-product of
a hay field, or pasture. The apple
tree of a standard variety will pay
as good if not better returns for the
time and money invested as any crop
on the form.

The better care of the fruit trees
should be made a community affair.
It is often hard for a single farmer
with 50 to ''o barrels of good applas
to sell them to advantage if he is
a long distance from the shipping
point. But with 500 to 1000 bar-
rels of good apples in one section
the problem of marketing is much
easier.

Hampshire County without ques-
tion is one of fthe best fruit coun-
tries in the state. Apples of the
finest quality are being produced by
many of our growers and several
large plantations are scattered
tliroughout the county. Some of the
largest are the Bay Road Fruit Farm,
So. Amherst: J. W. Clark, North
Hadley; J. T. Geer, Belchertown;
Wright A. Root. Easthampton; E.
Cyrus Miller, Haydenville; and Harry
Wright, Williamsburg.

The results of the New England
Fruit Show, where Hampshire County
carried practically everything before
it, as far as Massachusetts is con-
cerned, shows what can be done and
the County is justly proud of its
growers who won so many prizes. The
cup offered by the State Board of
Agriculture for tlie state winner of
the most first prizes went to J. T.
Geer of Belchertown who had 0
first prizes. A. B. Howard & Son
of the same town had 8.

For the best exhibit of fruit from
a Massachusetts farm, A. B. How-
ard & Son won first, receiving a
prize of $50 and Mrs. W. A. Root
of Easthampton got third. For the
best Spys, J. T. Geer won first and
for the best box of Wealthy, the Bay
Road Fruit Farm won first. A. B.
Howard & Son got 1st on the largest
and best collection of apples and J.
T. Geer won first on best six vari-
eties of winter apples. About 20
first prizes and a total of nearly 50
prizes were won in the County. The
largest winners were J. T. Geer, A. B.
Howard & Son, Belchertown; W. A.
Root, Easthampton and Bay Road
Fruit Farm, South Amherst. W. H.
.Atkins of South Amherst and Harry
Wright of Williamsburg also won
prizes.

In the orchard contest run by the
State Board of Agriculture we again
have Hampshire County growers com-
ing to the front. W. A. Root of East-
liaiiipton won first for the best old
apple orchard renovated. For the

best apple orchard in bearing, W. H.
.Vtkins, South Amhei-st won third.
For the best yield of marketable ap-
ples from a single tree not older than
fifteen years, Mr. Atkins got second
and also for the best orchard of one
acre of standard apple trees, (trees
not less than three nor more than
five years old) he was honorably
mentioned. Both prizes for best yield
of marketable .xpples from a single
tree older than fifteen years, were
won in the County; W. H. Atkins
winning first and W. A. Root, sec-
ond. Mr. Root also won first on che
best crop from a single tree. It is of
interest to note that this tree that
won first bore 20 5-8 bu. of Anjou
pears.

The results of this contest as well
as the New England Fruit Show
prove that this county is especially
well adapted to fruit growing.

It is hoped that this coming
winter more time will be spent in
pruning trees. Find out how the
most successful fruit growers in your
section prunes his trees and copy his
methods. Get the State College or
the Farm Bureau to give some demon-
stration. One good way is for 6 or
S farmers to join and prune a half
day in each man's orchard under the
direction of one who thoroughly un-
derstands it. In this way each man
gets two or three days good train-
ing in pruning trees. Then in the
spring, pay more attention to spray-
ing and fertilizing the trees. The
average cost of producing a box of
apples on trees 10 to 18 years old
in the Pacific Northwest is 95 1-2
cents. It is this extra c:'re given
the frees that brings them the high-
est market price. We must follow
their example if we wish to have
less trouble In marketing and more
profit for our work.

(CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1)

DAIRY WEEK

mont Experiment Station will give us
some information on the Fertilizer
Outlook for Next Season. Prof Mc-
Lean will give a talk on "Feeding
JDairy Stock."

Below is tlie program for the en-
tire week;

Dec. 6 Monday

2.00 Belchertown — Town Hall

J. A. McLean — Breeding &
Feeding.

A. F. MacDougall — Diversi-
fied Farming.

8.00 Ware — Town Hall

J. A. McLean — Feeding.

THE HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

Dec. 7, Tuesday

2.00 Granby — Ball Farms

W. P. B. Lockwood — Sani-
tary Bilk Production As Ap
plied to the Average Farmer.
J. A. McLean — Feeding For
Profitable Milk Production
Stock .Judging Contest.

8.00 Southampton — Town Hall

J. A. McLean — Breeding &
Feeding Dairy Cows.

Dec. 8, Wednesday

2.00 Westhp.mpton — D. S. Bridg-
man's Farm

J. A. McLean — Feeding.
E. N. Boland — Pigs On A
Dairy Farm.

7.30 Easthampton — Town Hall
(Fanners' Club Meeting)
E. L. Quaiffe — Production
of Market Milk.
E. N. Boland — Pigs On A
Dairy Farm,

Dec. 9. Thursday

8.00 Chesterfield — Grange Hall
E. N. Boland — The Value of
Pigs In a Cream Section.
Earl Jones — Money Crops
For the Dairy Farm.

Dec. 10, Friday

2.00 Worthington — Town Hall

W. P. B. Lockwood — Cream

Production.

J. A. McLean — Improving

The Dairy Herd.

8.00 Cummington — Town Hall

W. P. B. Lockwood — Care &
Handling of Cream.
J. A McLean — Efficient Da-
iry Management.

Dec. 11, Saturday

Northampton — Smith Agricultural
School

ANNOUNCEMENT.

FARM BUREAU WORK
SUMMARY OF THE WORK

(Oct. 25 — Nov..

20)

Farms Visited

Letters Written

Office Calls

Telephone Calls

MEETINGS

Meetings held

Total Attendance

461

MILES TRAVELED

Auto

1231

Train

489

FOR SALE — Holsteins. Right near
home. 3 regustered heifers, 8 re.
gistered cows and 2 registered
bulls. Write, telephone or call In
person. Ball Holstein Farms
South Hadley Falls, Mass.

FOR SALE: — Farm of 90 acres,
consisting of sugar orchard, 12-room
house, pasturage, running water, 50
bearing trees, 100 young trees, price
$3000. Also fine pair of black
horses, age 9 to 10, perfectly matched
0 K in all respect. Address. A. B'.
Dyer, Plainfield, Mass.

FOR SALE: — Farm of 30-35 acres
in the town of Ware, 2 miles from
Village, one mile from carline. Tie
up for 5 head of stock, some fruit
and small wood lot. Apply at Farm
Bureau office.

FOR SALE: — Two pure bred Hol-
stein Bull calves, nicely market;
price $30. Address, C. E. Parsons
& Sons, 168 Bridge St., Northampton,
Mass.

FOR SALE — Cream separator,
"Sharpies Tubular Number 4,"
used very little. Price with extra
10-gallon tank only $25.00. Ad-
dress Walter Bliss, Enfield, Mass.
Tel. 9-2.

10.30

1.00

2.00

Sumner R. Parker — Dairy
Management.

J. L. Hills — Fertilizing Next
Season's Crops

J. A. McLean — Feeding Da-
iry Stock.
Lunch served at the School.

FOR SALE Registered Jersey cows,

heifers and bills; also a few nice
grade cows at farmers' prices. H.
W. Gurney, Cummington, Mass.

BREED now for fall colts. Use the
pure blood Percheron Stallion Con-
uet standing at C. E. Parsons &
Son, 128 Bridge St., Northampton,
Mass.

FOR SALE — 1 registered Jersey Bull
11 mos. old; also one high-grade
Berkshire Boar. Address C. S.
Parsons, 15 .Sherman Ave., North,
ampton. Mass.

FARM TO RENT — Small farm, 25
acres — Pasture, Wood, mowing —
House and barn near State Road
and Electric Cars — Town water.
Price, $20 month. Work given tu
our mill in winter. 'Bradford Hill
Farm" A. S. Hills, owner, Haydsn-
ville, Mass.

FOR SALE — Some choice young
Berkshire pigs, dropped Sept. 6th.
Price $5.00 apiece. Address,
George H. Timmins, Greenway
Farm, Ware, Mass.

FOR SALE — Farm Work Horse,
weight 1200 lbs., age 11 yrs.,
black, sound and wiUin. Dr. A.
G. Doane, 102 Main St., North-
ampton, Mass.

FOR S.ALE — A Son of Merry of Glen-
wood, her official record was 7b8
lbs. 11 oz of 85% butter for one
year. Sire a Grandson of Imp. Ox-
ford Lad, his dam made 499 lbs. 10
ox. of 85% butter as a three year
old. This calf was dropped June
13 and is a fine individual. Also
ready for service, bulls from ad-
vanced registry cows. Prices right,
quality considered. Address W. H.
Morey, Bryant Hill, Cummington.

FOR SALE — Berkshire Pigs of high-
est quality. Apply to D. C. War-
nock. 25 Hampden street, North-
ampton.

FOR SALE: — Three (3) thorough-
bred Aberdeen Angus bulls. Fine
individuals. Address, H. N. Mason,
Worthington, Mass.

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY

FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

Published by the Hampshire County Farm Bureau

PRICES 50 CENTS PER YEAR; $1.00 PER YEAR INCLUDING MEMBERSHIP IN FARM BUREAU

Vol. 1

Northampton, Mass., January, 1916

No. 5

FARM MANTJRES

When one hears of the high prices
asked for commercial fertilizers, the
Talue of farm manures Is brought
rtoser home and we realize more and
more their importance.

Preventing losses from fermenta-
tion, leaching, etc., is of far greater
signifcance than the average farmer
will give it. How often we see the
manure pile standing outside the
barn in the open or If stored in the
cellar, a drain carrying the liquid
»ff into the gutter or pasture . All
farmers recognize the beneficial ef-
fect of farm manures, but compara-
tively few recognize the losses co
which manures are subjected or real-
ize that much care must be exercised
in handling manures in order to se-
cure the greatest returns from their
use.

One of the chief reasons for the
Sreat loss in farm manures is due to
the fact that farmers as a rule do not
appreciate the value of liquid ma-
nure. It has been proven that the
urine voided by animals contains over
half the total fertilizing value of the
manure. The urine usually contains
about three-forths of the total nitro-
gen and four-fifths of the total pat-
ash. With our present high prices
for nitrogen and potash, can we af-
ford to waste this?

Barnyard manure is subject to loss
through fermentation and leaching.
It is not possible to prevent entirely
the loss by fermentation, but it can
be reduced somewhat by keeping the
manure compact, thus excluding the
air. The loss through fermentation
falls upon the nitrogen while the pot-
ash and phosphoric acid is lost only
through leaching. Nitrogen Is lost
also through leaching.

The loss through leaching is by
far the most serious and the one that
•an be most easily remedied by
the farmer.

The loss sustained by manure sub-
ject to leaching from February to
October according to the New Jer-
sey Station would be equivalent to
an increase in the cost of milk
production of 27 cents per hundred
pounds. This is well worth con-
9l4erlng.

If a farmer has no place to shelter
the farm manure through the win-
der, it is far better to haul it out on-
to his fields and spread it, if the
land is fairly level, spread it at once,
otherwise leave it in a large pile.

A water-tight cement pit with a
covering will easily pay for itself in
a year or two and make the best place
in which to store the manure. If
a barn cellar is used, make sure
either by laying a cement bottom or
by using plenty of bedding that the
liquid Is not lost.

Plenty of bedding under the stock
is a good investment as it prevents
to a great extent the loss of the liquid
manure. Besides absorbing the liquid
it makes the barns more sanitary,
makes the manure easier to handle,
lessens fermentation and improves
the texture of the manure.

Farm manure should be considered
among the most valuable products ot
the farm. In the hill towns especi-
ally the success of the farm depends
largely on the care and the use to
which the farm manure is put. As
one man said, "Preserving and ap-
plying manure to the land should be
considered the same as putting mo-
ney in the bank — to be taken out
and used as needed."

ASHES AS A FERTILIZER

Before the discovery of the Strass-
furt deposits of potash, wood ashes
were practically the chief source
from which to obtain our potash for
fertilizer.

And now that the war has nearly
stopped the use of muriate of sul-
phate of potash as a fertilizer, many
farmers are turning again to wood
ashes.

The main source of wood ashes is
Canada as not much wood is burn-
ed in the United States. The objec-
tion to the purchasing of ashes is
that the analysis is very uncertain.
If they have been exposed to ,the
weather and allowed to leach much
of the value Is lost.

An analysis of leached and un-
leached ashes gave the following re-
sults:

Unleached Leached
Per Cent Per Cent
Insoluble matter 13.0 13.0

Moisture 12.0 30.9

Lime 61.0 51.0

Potash 5.5 1.1

Phosphoric acid 1.9 1.4

Undetermined 6.6 3.5

(Wiley)

It is seen that in leaching ashes
the phosphoric acid and potash are
principaly lost

For the most part the ashes that
have been purchased this fall are
very heavy, due no doubt to the moist
season, the analysis runs quite low,
around 3% potash and in some cases
the per cent of sand present has been
very high. They are, at the present
time, however, the cheapest source
of potash. The prevailing price being
from $12.50 to $23.00 per ton, accord
ing to the analysis. Always buy ashes
on a guaranteed analysis. Beside the
potash, they contain a small per cent
of phosphoric acid and 30% or better
of lime. Beside this fertilizing value,
they seem to help to conserve the
moisture in the soil, improving the
texture and correct acidity. Most
soils are benefited by an application
of wood ashes. They are profitable as
a top dressing to grasses and leg
umes. They are also used on corn,
roots and many market garden crops.
Because of their lime content they
are not so good for potatoes.

The farmer who uses wood in his
stove should be careful to store the
ashes where they will not be sub-
ject to leaching. Ordinary house
ashes contain on the average 8 or 9%
potash and 2 % phosphoric acid. The
potash and phosphoric acid m a
bushel of ashes Is worth ordinary
seasons 20 to 25 cents. Hard-wood
ashes are more valuable than those
from soft wood, also the younger and
smaller the wood burned the better
the ashes

THE HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY

FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

Published By The

Hampshire County Farm Bureau

A. F. MacDougall, County Agent

Office, First National Bank Bldg.

Northampton, Mass.

Entered as second class matter
Not. 9, 1915 at the post office at
Northampton, Massachusetts, under
the Act of March 8, 1879.

OFFICERS OF THE FARM BUREAU
Charles R. Damon, President,

Williamsburg.
W. D. Mandell, Treasurer,

Northampton.
John J. Knenedy, Secretary,

Northampton.

Advisory Board

C. E. Hodgklns, Chairman,

Northampton.
M. A. Morse, Belchertown.
Martin Norris, Southampt n.
Parley E. Davis, Granby.
E. B. Clapp, Easthampton.
Warren M. King, Northampton.
Chas. R. Damon, Williamsburg.

EDITORIAL

NEXT SPRING'S PROBLEMS

The new year has arrived and the
time for making our plans for another
season Is here. Decide what fields
come into your rotation, the crops
you must grow, the acreage, and
above all how you are going to fer-
tilize them.

If your land needs lime, the easi-
est way to draw it is on a sled and
your order should soon be placed. The
only economical way to buy lime is
by the carload. This means coopera-
tion with your neighbors. Twenty
tons is the minimum, and the price
delivered per ton of ground lime-
stone Is from J3.35 to $4.00, depend-
ing on the freight rate.

The fertilizer market is very unset-
tled and every indication seems to
point to a higher price In the spring.
Now is the time to put in your fer-
tilizer order.

Approximately the present prices
for chemicals and other fertilizer ma-
terials are as follows. These are sub-
ject to market changes:
Nitrate of Soda ?C9.58

Acid Phosphat, 16 % P. 20 00

Tankage, 7% Am., 15% P. 36!50

Bone, 3% Am., 50% B. P. L. 37.50
Blood, 16 % Am 68.50

The Farm Bureau would be glad to
assist any community in organising
for the purchasing of lime or fertili-

zer material. To get any advantaiiie
on the fertilizer market re-iuires im-
mediate action and early orlers.

NATIONAL DAIRY SHOW

Next fall we have the National
Dairy Show coming to Massachusetts
Very few farmers in the County have
had the opportunity of seeing this
show, as it has always been in the
west, but now we have it coming to
our door. It should mean one of the
greatest stimuli to the dairy indus-
try we have ever experienced. A show
of this type gives us the opportuni-
ty to see the best cattle in America
and the types that our best breeders
are striving for. It makes us feel to
a greater extent, the importance of
the dairy industry and what we must
all strive for, before we are, even m
a small way. on the road to perfec-
tion.

ANNUAL MEETING
The annual meeting of the Farm
Bureau will take place in Northamp-
ton at the Board of Trade rooms on
Friday, January 14th. Everyone
is invited and it is desired that each
town send a good sized delegation.
In the morning the election of of-
ficers and directors will take place
and plans for the coming year dis-
cussed. In the afternoon talks will
be given by men from the Mass. Ag-
ricultural College and by men from
other Farm Bureaus. Several farm-
ers in the County will also give short
talks on what the Farm Bureau has
been doing in their community and
give suggestions for the work this
coming season.

Come and get better acquainted
with men from every section of the
County, have a good time, and give
your ideas on how best we can carry
on this work.

MEASURES OF FARM EFFICIENCY
There are certain features o«
which the success of a farm businese
usually depends. From these it is
usually possible to determine not
! only the good points in a system of
I farming but also its deficiencies. Th«
j latter being known, the method of
improving the system riecomes evi-
dent.

On a great majority of farms, su«-
cess is primarily dependent on three
important factors^ These are (1)
the size of the farm business; (2)
the yields of the crops and the re-
turns per animal, representing the
quality of the farm business; and
(3.) the diversity of the business.
Of course many other things hay*
their influence, but the farmer whose
business is efficient in these three
respects is generally successful.
Those farms that are excellent im
none of these respects almost uni-
versally fail. Those deficient in one
or two may succeed, but their chances
of success are greatly lessened. — D.
S. D. A.

The Pig Club Contest in which
over 300 of the boys and girls in the
State joined has been brought to a
close and the prizes announced. A
great deal of interest was shown in.
this contest by the adults as well as
the children.

The following boys and girls in
Hampshire County won prizes:

New England Trip — Edward Fy-
denkevez, Hadley.

Week at Boy's & Girls' Camp, Am-
herst-^Myron Gale, Amherst, Mary
Devine, No. Hadley, Dean Eldridge,
Amherst, Robert Wells, Cummington.

The Youths' Companion — Fred
Challet, Northampton, John Calla-
han, Hadley, Phillip Damon, Chester-
field, John Devine, Hadley, Talbot
Eldridge, Amherst, Wallace Dostal,
Northampton.

Forest culture is as much of an
art as is corn culture. A good wood-
lot, like a good cornfield, is the re-
sult of applying intelligent methods
to produce a full, valuable crop. A
cornfield with fail spots, empty hills,
feeble stalks, and half-filled ears te
neither a credit to the farm nor a
paying investment for the farmer.
No more is a woodlot half stocked
with inferior trees. When timber is
cut is the time of all times to apply
forestry. The way in which the cut-
ting is done will determine what
the subsequent condition of the
woodlot will be. — Yearbook. 1914,
U S. Dept. of Agriculture.

DISEASE OF PINES
Whjt^-Pine Blister Rust Threateas
Serious Damage in Northeast-
em and Western States

The alarming character of the white-
pine blister rust and the economle
loss which it threatens in the north-
eastern and western United Statas
are sharply emphasized by four re-
cent serious outbreaks on pine trees
and currant bushes in Massachusetts
and New York, say the department
specialists. This disease was intro-
duced on imported white-pine nurs-
ery stock and first appeared at Ge-
neva, N. Y., in 1906.

In 1909 extensive importations
were located and destroyed in New
York and other Eastern States, and
warnings were issued broadcast
against further Importation of white-

THE HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

pine from Europe. In spite of these
warnings in portation continued even
from tlie particular nursery in Ger-
many wliich was definitely known
to be the main source of disease, un-
til finally, in 1912, all such impor-
tation was stopped by Federal action.
The white-pine blister rust afects
the eastern white-pine, the western
white-pine, the sugar-pine, and in-
deed all of the socalled five-leaf pines
producing cankers on the stems and
branches, killing young trees, and
maiming and disfiguring old ones.
It also produces a leaf disease of cur-
rant and gooseberry bushes. The
fungus causing tie disease must live
for a part of its life on pine trees
and part of its life on currants and
gooseberries. The disease can not
spread from one pine tree to anotner
but must pass first to currant bushes
and then back to the pine

In Europe the disease has made
the culture of American white pine
impracticable in England, Denmark
and Holland and has seriously han-
dicapped its cultivation in Germany.
Since the trees which it attacks in-
clude three of the most rmportant
timber trees of the United States, the
loss which this disease will produce
if unchecked is very great. Fortun-
ately, the disease is not known to be
present west of Buffalo, N. Y., but
if it is not checked in the Eastern
States, its ultimate spread to the
vast forests of the Rocky Mountains
and the Pacific coast is certain. The
disease now occurs in three locali-
ties in New Hampshire, two in Ver-
mont, ten in Massachusetts, two In
Connecticut, five in New York, one
in Pennsylvania and three in Onta-
rio, Canada.

The disease could be controlled
now by the destruction of the diseas-
ed white pines or the complete de-
struction of all currant and goose-
berry bushes In the vicinity of in-
fected pine trees. Whether or not
this simple action can be accom-
plished depends upon the legal au-
thority possessed by the various
State horticultural inspectors con-
cerned. If the inspector is not arm-
ed with authority to destroy eithar
currant bvtshes or the diseased white
pines without the consent of the
owner, all efforts at control will be
unavailing, as a single person by per-
mitting diseased pines or currants to
remain on his place can nullify the
work of an entire community.

The following is the list of the
months of November and December:

NOVEMBER

Grade

E. T. Whitaker, Hadley
Holsteins.

Milk Fat

1035 lbs. 35.2 lbs.

1229 45.4

1162 48.8

1109 36.9
1239 35 9
1052 32!6
1153 36.9

E. C. Harlow, Cushman, Purebred
Jerseys

859 44.6

688 ■ 44.7

1132 46.4

657 42.7

911 48.3

James McAuslan. Easthamptoa,
Purebred Holstein
1005 32.1

Nelson Lewis, Northampton Grade,
Holstein.
1007 38.3

Joe Parsons, Northampton, Pure-
bred Holstein
JO"",) 32.4

T E. Dimick, Grade Holstein
1004 31.1

C. W. Ball, South Hadley, Pure-
bred Holstein
1317 48.7

J. L. Ingham, Granby, Grade Hol-
stein
1026 31. S

Hugh Bridgman, Westhampton,
Grade Holstein

1110 33.3
1020 38.7

W. A. Parsons, Southampton.
983 41.2

995 43.8

DECEMBER

James McAuslane,

Easthampton,

Purebred Holstein

Milk

Fat

1077 lbs_

40.9 lbs.

Broadlie Farm,

Easthampton,

Purebred Jersey

861

51.7

W. C. Heiden,

Hadley, Grade

Guernsey

735

48.5

T. E. -Dimick, Hadley, Grade Hol-

stein

1077

36.6

E. C. Harlow, Cushman, Purebred

Jerseys

1077

59.2

1068

41.6

678

48.8

630

41 0

837

44:9

639

43.4

C. W. Ball, South

Hadley, Pure-

bred Holstein.

1215

26.7

J. L. Ingham, Granby, Grade Hol-

stein

1119

53.7

FARM BUREAU WORK

Summary of the Work
(Nov. 22-Dec. 25)

Farms Visited

Letters Written

Office Calls

Telephone Calls

MEETINGS

Meetings held

Total Attendance

756

MILES TRAVELED
Auto 706

Train 124

Total

830

SUCCESSFUL JERSEY BREEDING

It is of much interest to note the success of one breeder of pure
blood cattle in the County in just a few years. The following results
were obtained by Mr. W. H. Morey of Cummington with ten head In
his herd of Jerseys. With the exception of Merry of Glenwood and
Fancy Air, they were turned to pasture every day in summer and re-
ceived the same care as the rest of the herd. They were all milked
twice daily_

As this is the first year of official testing at Brick House Farm,
the results are very gratifying. More breeders should make a study of
their herds and develop high producing stock.

DAIRY RECORDS

Each month a list will be pub-
lished of the members of the Conn-'
ecticut Valley Cow-Test Association I
who have cows making a monthly
record of over 1000 lbs. of milk or
40 lbs. of butter fat. '

Age

lbs. of

Average

Fat

Est lbs.

milk

test

butter

Merry of Glenwood

6 yrs.

11271.4

5.80

653.6

765.11

Fancy Air

10095.12

6.21

626.9

736.2

Airs Queen

8144.2

6.98

568.1

668.7

Golden Hopeful of

Glenwood

9491.8

5.85

555.3

653 5

Tory Till

8523.1

6.01

511.9

602^4

MoUie of Cummington

7312.2

6.75

493.9

581.

Miss Arena

6864.7

6.43

441.5

519.7

Cynthia of B H. Farm

5498.4

6.77

372.2

437.14

Queen Araballa Fern

5983.1

5.94

355.5

418.4

flilda of B. H. Farm

5275.5

6.48

341 65

401.16

THE HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

REGISTERED STOCK BREEDERS

Several times during the year a
list of the breeders of pure-hlood live
stock in the county will be published
in this bulletin.

We will gladly publish the names
of any breeders who will send us
the necessary information

GUERNSEY
Lewis Hendrick, Easthampton
Heiden Bros., Hadley.
C. B. Palmer, Huntington.
McConnel Farm, Northampton
James H. Joires, South Hadley.
George H. Timmins, Ware.

JERSEY
W. H. Atkins. So. Amherst.
U. G Groff. Amherst.
C. h'. Little, East Amherst.
E. D. Waid, Amherst.
Wm. Hooker, East Amherst.
Ellis Harlow, Cushman.
Carl Pratt, Hadley.
P. W Brockway. South Hadley.
Wm. Orpin, Worthington.
Mrs. Alice Skelton, Worthington.

AYRSHIRE

E. A. Wentworth, East Amherst.
Pascommuck Farm. Easthampton.
Bishop Huntington Farm, Hadley.
Herbert Potter, Ware

John N. Yale. Worthington

HOLSTEIN
K. E. Shumway. Belchertown.
H. T. Clark, Easthampton.
James McAuslan, Easthampton.
G. H. Webster, Enfield.
H. S. Taylor, Granby
W. P. Forward, Granby.
Conture Bros., Granby.
Louis Pruner, Granby.

C. W. Ball, South Hadley.
John Barstow & Son, Hadley.
J. G. Cofjk, Hadley.

Estate of George E^ Smith, Hadley.

F. A. Judin, Leeds.
H. Hanks, Enfield.
Clinton Tower, Haydenville.
J. W. Parsons, Northampton
Mass. State Hospital. Northampton.

D. I. Smith, South Hadley.

O. C. Searle & Son, Southampton.
Fred Clark, Southampton.
Joseph S. Graves, Williamsburg.
John O'Neil, Williamsburg.
Bert Green, Ware.
L. Gould, Ware.
A. O. Grise, Ware.

E. J. Clark. Worthington.
H. N. Mason, Worthington.
P. W. Bates, Worthington.

BERKSHIRE SWINE
Oziab Buffington, Ware.

YORKSHIRE SWINE
H. C. Barton. Amherst.
H. M. Thompson, Amberst.

THOROUGHBRED HORSES
George Timmins, Ware.

SHORTHORN DURHAM
Horace Pease, Worthington.
Howard A. Johnson, Worthington.

PERCHERON HORSES
C. E. Parsons & Son, Northampton.
James Clapp, Northampton, R. F. D.
2.

ANNOUNCEMENT.
Space on this page is given to
Farm Bureau members who desire
to advertise live-stock, farm pro-
ducts, etc., either to buy or to sell.
At the present no charge will be
made for limited space. Send adver-
tisements to the Farm Bureau by
the twenty-fifth of each month.

FOR SALE Registered Jersey cows,

heifers and bulls; also a few nice
grade cows at farmers' prices. H.
W. Gurney, Cummington, Mass.

BREED now for fall colts. Use the
pure blood Percheron Stallion Con-
uet standing at C. E. Parsons &
Son, 12S Bridge St., Northampton,

Mass.

FOR SALE: — Two pure bred Hol-
stein Bull calves, nicely marked;
price $30. Address, C. E. Parsons
& Sons, 168 Bridge St., Northampton,
Mass.

FOR SALE — A Son of Merry of Glen-
wood, her official record was 7fc8
lbs. 11 oz. of 85% butter for one
year. Sire a Grandson of Imp. Ox-
ford Lad, his dam made 499 lbs. 10
ox. of 85% butter as a three year
old. This calf was dropped June
13 and is a fine individual. Also
ready for service, bulls from ad-
vanced registry cows. Prices right,
quality considered. Address W. H.
Morey. Bryant Hill, Cummington.

FOR SALE: — Three (3) thorough-
bred Aberdeen Angus bulls. Fine
individuals. Address, H. N. Mason,
Worthington, Mass.

FOR SALE: — Farm of 30-35 acres
in the town of Ware, 2 miles from
Village, one mile from carline. Tie
up for 5 head of stock, some fruit
and small wood lot. Apply at Farm
Bureau office. .

FOR SALE — Cream separator,
"Sharpies Tubular Number 4,"
used very little. Price with extra
10-galIon tank only $25.00. Ad-
dress Walter Bliss, Enfield, Mass.
Tel. 9-2.

FOR SALE — 1 registered Jersey Bull
11 mos. old; also one high-grade
Berkshire Boar. Address C. S.
Parsons, 15 Sherman Ave., North,
ampton, Mass.

FARM TO RENT — Small farm, 25
acres — Pasture, Wood, mowing —
House and barn near State Road
and Electric Cars — Town water.
Price, $20 month. Work given in
our mill in winter. 'Bradford Hill
Farm" A. S. Hills, owner, Hayden-
ville, Mass.

FOR SALE — Farm Work Horse,
weight 1200 lbs., age 11 yrs.,
black, sound and willing. Dr. A.
O. Doane, 102 Main St., North-
ampton, Mass.

FOR SALE — Some choice young
Berkshire pigs^ dropped Sept. 6th.
Price $5.00 apiece. Address,
George H. Timmins, Greenway
Farm, Ware, Mass.

FOR SALE — Holsteins. Right near
home. 3 regustered heifers, 8 re.
gistered cows and 2 registered
bulls. Write, telephone or call in
person. Ball Holstein Farms
South Hadley Falls, Mass.

FOR SALE: — Farm of 90 acres,
consisting of sugar orchard, 12-room
house, pasturage, running water, 50
bearing trees, 100 young trees, price
$3000. Also fine pair of black
horses, age 9 to 10, perfectly matched
O K in all respect. Address, A. P.
D.ver. Plainfield, Mass.

FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE — Pure-
bred Ayrshire bull, 17 months old.
Also a few nice heifer calves C.
T. Burt & Son, Pascommuck Farm,
Easthampton, Mass.

FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE for one
of the same breed: A Registered
Guernsey Bull, three years old, to
avoid in breeding. Address, John
M. Black, Williamsburg, Mass.

HA.MPSHIRE: COUNTY

FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

Published by the Hampshire County Farm Bureau

PRICES 50 GENTS PER YEAR; $1.00 PER YEAR INCLUDING VIEMBERSHIP IN FARM BUREAU

Vol. 1

Northampton, Mass., February, 1916

No. 6

ANNUAL MEETING
The annual meeting of the Hamp-
shire Counly Farm Bureau was held
»t Northampton on Friday, January
14 at 10.30. The election of offlcers
and Board of directors took place, th
reports of the coanty agent, treas
ur-r and secretary were read and
work for the comiiig year diicussei.
After lunch at the Draper Hotel,
audresses were given by Mayor V/. H.
Feiker of Northampton, Lieut-Gov.
Coolidge, J. A. Scheuerle of the
Hampden County Improvemen!
League, C. E. Hodgkins; Allen B.
Doggett, Cummington; Bert Green,
Ware; and W. A. Munson, Hunting-
ton. The spirit and good feeling of
the meeting was of the best and
from the interest shown it looks as
though the Farm Bureau was enter-
ing upon a very prosperous and suc-
cessful year.

Below is a list of the officer and
tiie Advi=^ory Board for 1916. The of-
fice of president is not filled as yet,
also there Is one vacancy on the Ad-
Tisory board :

Vice-President
M. S. Howes. Cummington
Treasurer
W. D. Man-^ell. Northampton
Secretary
R. K. C'anp. Northampton
Advisory Board
C. R. Damon, Williamsburg
Ppr)py E. Davis, Granby
C. ¥1. Hoflekins. Northampton
t^Iartii Norrif:, Southampton
M. A. Morse, Bplchertown

County Agent's Report
Before giving a snmrr'ary of th'^
past ypfr, I wo'ild lli^e to state that
the things accomplished by the Bu-
reau have not, by any means been
dOTie by the conrty a?ent alone but
with the cooperation and assistance
of nil those who belong to the Bu-
reau or who have given their time
and thought to Its management and
upbunrttng. The renort to January
l3t covers a period of eleven months,
the b'Teaii starting wo'-k Feb. 1, 1915
It is ImnnsslHe to elve a complete
outline of work accomplished as the
TRlue and r°tiims of demonstration
wor^^ rro hard to measure. But a
few of the definite nrolects can be
ipoken of and deductions drawn.

At the start it vv-as easily seen tha.
unless a few special lines of woriv
were decided on and emphasis laid
upon them, it would he hard at the
end of the year to point to any defi-
nita accomplishment. For this rea-
son seven projects were drawn up.
The project on dairying was to in-
crease interest in high-grade stoc.i,
and assist in the establishment of
cow-test associations. Iduch time has
b2eu spent, getting members for the
Conn. Valley Cow-Test Association
and It now has 20 members testing
nearly 300 cov.-s. Two dairy cIuijS
were formed for the purpose of keep-
ing dairy records, increasing inter-
est in pure-blood livestock, cooper-
ative buying of grain, etc. The
Ware Dairy Club has been very suc-
cessful along this line, having bought
several car-loads of grain cooperative-
ly and many of the members are
keeping records on their cows.

Another project was for the pur-
pose of increasing the use of lime in
the County. About 50 car-loads were
brought in the past year and several
bought by groups of farmers.

The project on Orchard work was
to produce a higher grade product and
hnve the fruit graded and packed
I properly. Forty-one pruning and
1 sriraying demonstrations were given
and seven apple packing demonstra-
tions. One association was formed in
Williamsburg for marketing apples.
I The fruit has all been dispr.sed of
to jrood advantage and the associa-
tion has established its name on the
market and Is ready for another year.

Tn Chesterfield a young apple or-
chard of 4 acres has been managed
this past season by the Farm Bureau.
The towns people have takpn a great
doal of Interest in this orchard and
the wr^rk will be continued this com-
ing season.

The project on top dressing grass-
land with chemicals was succe!-sfiil
on the whole but another season few-
er demonstrations will be held and
more direct supen'Ision given so that
more definite results will be obtained.

A farm management survey project
with the tobacco and onion farmers
was carried on in the towns of Had-
ley and Hatfield. These records have
not, as yet, been returned but much

lulercSt was maniiesL iu the survey
and it is hoped that the results will
be of much beuefiL to the fariiiers.

\vork with the boys and gins has
been done in cooperaiiou wiih the
Mass. Agricultural CoUege, Ci'eaiing
interest iu tne aiiiereut ciuus mat
tney organize. At tue Tnree County
i?'air the i^arm Buieau assistea with
tue Boys and Girls' exhibit, 'ihis
exhibit was the largest of its kind
in New England.

A farm bureau paper has been pub-
lished once a month to keep the mem-
bers iu touch with the organl..aiion
and to give a medium in which they
might advertise their wants.

A great deal of miscellaneous work
has been carried on upon which it is
impossible to give a report. A tew
statistics have been recorded in the
office as follows:

Feb. 1-Jan. 1

Farmers Visited 685

Letters Written 957

Office call?, persons 572

Office calls, telephone 759

Meetings held 115

Attendance 4161

Miles traveled.

Rail 2794

Auto 10829

Circular letters under frank ..546
Circular letters under paid

postage 8254

Agricultural articles for papers 2t
We wish to thank all the members
and directors for their hearty co-
operation in this past peason's work
and we feel that with your Increas-
ing interest and assistance, this next
sea.son will be doubly succpssful.

A. F. MACDOUGALL

FERTILIZER SUGGESTIONS.

The following suggestions were
taken from Circular 59 of the Mass.
Agricultural Experiment Station on
"The U=e of Fertiliser in ime."
Copies of the bulletin ran be obtained
at the Farm Bureau office.

Suggestions for different crops.

a. For grasslands where clover Is
not particularly desired, for this
year, materials furnishing nitrogen
chiefly or exclusively; nitrate of so-
da, sulfate of ammonia and cyanarald
being among thd best. A combina-
Continued on Page Three

THE HAMPSHIRE CUUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY

FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

Published By The

Hampshire County Farm Bureau

A. F. MacDougall, County Agent

Office, First National Bank Bldg.

Northampton, Mass.

Entered as second class matter
Nov. 9, 1915 at the post office at
Northampton, Massachusetts, under
the Act of March 8, 1879.

OFFICERS OF THE FARM BUREAU

Charles R. Damon, President,

Williamsburg.

W. D. Mandell, Treasurer,

Northampton.

John J. Knenedy, Secretary,

Northampton.

Advisory Board

C. E. Hodgkins, Chairman,

Northampton.
M. A. Morse, Belchertown.
Martin Norris, Southampt n.
Perley E. Davis, Granby.
E. B. Clapp, Easthampton.
Warren M. King, Northampton.
Chas. R. Damon, Williamsburg.

EDITORIAL

One year has elapsed since the
Farm Bureau was organized in this
County. It has grown from a rather
uncertain foundation to a well estab-
lished organization. The year has
ended with the Bureau in good fi-
nancial condition and a fine co-
operative spirit among the several
towns. The directors in nearly every
case have been successful in bring-
ing the desire of their community
in touch with the officers of
the Bureau. The membership has been
good but chance for improvement is
large. With a large membership more
interest Is created and a stronger and
more capable organization Is the re-
sult. The membership should reach a
thousand this year. The officers of the
Bureau will do their share, but they
need the assistance of every farmer
and business man in the County to do
justice to the development of Agri-
culture In this County of ours.

Everyone wants to see the boys and
girls who have an interest In Agri-
culture or farm life, given an opportu-
nity to carry out their desires In this
direction. This coming season the
Mass. Agricultural College will do
more than ever toward the forma-
tion of clubs and the directing and
supervising of aerlcultural work. In
a short time Prof. O. A. Morton and
Mr. E. N. Boland will visit many, of

liie av.x.00iti ciuu luwus lu i.ue co^iiiLy,
e.^yiatUiiiia luiS worn., xnoubaiius Oi
uoys anu giiis competed last year for
pr-ies m mis Si^ie. In oruer lo na/c
L-.e i.>oy or ga'i uo ^.iij or htr b^s^
uo.k, tiiv.y must have tue imeresi anj
i;uoperaiioa of tneir parents. It' your
uoy or gal comes hoiue from scUooi
tuis spring desiring to enter one oi
these clubs, look into the matter
lUurougnly and encourage them to do
tu^ir Lest, 'iou will be amiJy re-
paid for your efforts by the valuable
results obtained.

If you are purchasing cotton-seed
meal for fertilizing purposes or us-
ing any ashes as a source of potash,
i.. will be advisable for you to have
an analysis made by your Experi-
ment Station before you make full
settlement. A large per cent, of
the analysis made to date of cotton-
seed meal or ashes have shown a
test below the minimum guarantee.
1 1 cases of this kind if full settle-
ment has not been made you are more
c-rtain of having no trouble in ob-
taining a rebate. Make sure and ob-
tain Bulletin No. 4 by the Mass. Ex-
periment Station on the "Inspection
of Commercial Fertilizers." It will
be of great assistance to you in
picking out the kind and brand of
fertilizer you wish to use this sea-
son.

Several groups of farmers have been
formed for the purpose of ordering
car-loads of lime. It is advisable to
order early so as to receive the bene-
fit of good roads and also get it
hauled before the spring work com-
mences.

PRUNING THE APPLE ORCHARD

Now is the time to get our apple
tre^s in shape and put them in a
condition to produce better quality
fruit. The market this past season
has proven beyond question that it
is only the best quality fruit that is
in demand at a profitable price. An-
other reason why we vhould pay more
attention to the production of better
quality fruit is that next fall the
new state law regarding the grading
and packing of apples goes Into ef-
fect. We cannot afford to grade poor
quality fruit under this law and this
means the poor apples will go on
the market labelled "ungraded" and
receive a correspondingly poor price.
If we attempt to sort the low quality
fruit into the different grades, the
cost of sorting will be too preat.

This past season, figures were kept
by the Vllliamsburg Fruit Growers'
Association on the cost of pradlng.
sorting and packing apples under the
State law and they varied from 13

lu ,ju \,^^La i-er ^airei; apples ot good
cia-.iiL> .jciii£ burteu and packea for
'Mc .esa than some of the poorer
! lots.

iue first Step toward better fruit
is pruning. This can be done any
time between now and spring. If
yo.L nTc in dOubt as to the best meth-
od to fo»low, get in touch with your
town director and have a pruning
demoustration given in your district.
Kiiher see .he work done or actually
do it yourself under the direction of
one who understands it.

A few general principles to fol-
low in pruning are:

1 Have sharp saws and pruning
shears.

2 Leave no stubs.

3 Cut out all dead and diseased
branches.

4 Keep the tree low and spreading
by cutting back the leaders to side
branches.

5 Do not strip the large branches,
leaving thick clusters at the end.
Distribute the bearing surface evenly.

6 Prune on the outside of the tree.
It is here we get the most fruit.

Sunlight and air are necessary for
good fruit but don't open your trees
too much the first season. Plan to
prune your trees every year.

FARMERS' WEEK
Farmers' \veek at the Massachu-
setts Agricultural College will be
held this year March 13-17. It Is
two years now since we had one of
these weeks and no farmer in Hamp-
shire County can afford to miss this
one. Other counties are organizing
excursions to attend these meetings
at the College. As it is held in our
own County it does not seem nec3s-
sary to form excursions from differ-
ent sections but the whole County
should attend as one. A list will be
kept of the farmers attending from
each county so that it can be known
which one takes the most interest
In progressive agriculture. Hamp-
shire County is the best agricultural
couiity of its size in the state. For
this reason as well as several others
we should head the list with number?
attending. The farmers in the hill
towns should form groups to attend
the days they are specially interest-
e.l. Later these f;roups coiild report
at a town gathering of the thlnsrs
that Impressed them the most. In
this way every one could receive the
benefits of the whole week at Am-
herst even If they could only attend
one or two days.

The College Is attempting to offer
the best program they have ever had.
Those who have attended In the past
know what this weans. The program
will soon be out and can be ob-

THE HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

tained at tie Farm Bureau Office or
of tue M. A. C. li^xtension Service.

Talk tliis matter i^p in your com-
munity. Decide to go and bring as
many with you as possible. Remem-
ber the dates March 13-17 and keep
them for Farmers' Week.

DAIRY RECORDS.
Cows in the Connecticut Valley
Cow-Test Association making over
1000 lbs. milk or 40 lbs. butter fat
for the mouth of January:

E. T. Whitaker, Hadley, Grade
Holsteins.

Milk Fat

1184 lbs. 42.6 lbs.

Hugh Bridgman, Westhampton,
Pur-i-Bred Holsteins.
1002 40.1

1194 41.8

F. D. Bridgman, Guernsey.
957 40.2

James McAuslane, Easthampton,
Pure-Bred Holsteins.
1094 43.8

1255 46.4

W. A. Parsons, Southampton.
921 44.2

964 40.5

981 52.0

806 42.7

Broadlie Farm, Easthampton, Pure-
Bred Guernsey.

756 41.6

W. C. Heiden, Hadley, Guernsey.
741 41.5

T. E. Dimick, Hadley, Holsteins.
1056 37.9

1358 44.8

E. D. Waid, Amherst, Holsteins.
1381 42.8

E. C. Harlow, Cushman, Pure-
Bred Jerseys.
1125 55.1

636 46.4

877 43.9

605 42.4

611 41.5

C. W. Ball, South Hadley, Pure-
Bred Holsteins.
1505 40.6

1302 33.8

1215 36.4

J. L. Ingham, Granby, Holsteins.
1082 40.0

STERILIZATION OF TOBACCO
SEED-BEDS

There are several methods of soil
sterilization used in different parts
of the country, but the best and most
eonvenient are sterilization either by
■team or formaldehyde. These are
the only two that will be discussed at
this time.

method is the one most commoaiy
used, and wneu properly carnea oui
is certain in i^s eucc^s. The so-caUc;u
iuvertea pan meiuoa is most aaapt-
able for use ou tooacco seeu-ue^s. iu^
pan should be made of about 18 gauge
galvanized iron relnlorced lo stiffen
It, or it may be made of tightiy
matched boards. It may be any con-
veuient size; a pan approximately 6
feet wide by 10 feet long by 14 inches
deep has been found very satisfactory.
To this is attached a nipple and hose
connection for fastening the steam
hose from the boiler. The boiler
should be capable of generating and
holding pressure at the gauge of from
70 '.o SO pounds. For convenience in
moving the pan, hanr^es are usually
placed at the corners. The method
of precedure Is as fo'lows:

The edge of the inverted pan are
pressed into the soil from 2 to 4
inches, the soil previously having
been spaded and pulverized, and the
steam is turned in. The beds should
be steamed for at least one-half hour
in order to be certain that thorough
sterilization has been effected. A
little longer, however, will do no
harm under ordinary circumstances.
In certain soils it has been found that
the bed can be sterilized in a shorter
p-riod of time, but this is not ad-
visable.

After sterilizing the soil under the
pan, the pan is removed and placed
over the next portion of the bed, and
the soil just steamed Is covered with
some thicknesses of burlap to retain
the heat as long as possible.

Steam sterilization has a three-
fold value. It not only kills the
fungi that cause disease, but renders
some of the plant food more quickly
available, and also another great ad-
vantage, kills weed seed. It is usu-
ally unnecessary to weed beds that
have been sterilized by steam. Seed
should not be sown in beds that have
be-n steam sterilized for perhaps two
days after sterilization. This will al-
low ample time for the bed to cool
and dry out if necessary. The length
of time elapsing before planting the
s~ed varies with the character of the
so'l and condition of the bed.

Beds that have been steam steril-
ized are likely to dry out more quick-
ly on the surface than beds whicn
have not been so treated, and it is
therefore necessary djiring the first
few days to water lightly at more
frpfiuent intervals than Is usually the
custom.

2. Formalin Sterilization. Thp
formalin treatment is also much used
in different localities, but owing to
carelesness In manipulation and lack

of attention to details, bad results are
sometimes ootained. The character of
tne soil also should determine some-^
what the advisability of using this
method. A clean, clayey soil which
packs and puddles easily does not re-
spond readily to this treatment, ex- '
cept as a surface sterilization.

The method of application is as
follows: — 1 volume formalin, 37-40
per cent, is added to 100 volumes wa-
ter and applied to the seed-bed at
the rate of 1 gallon to the square
foot. Care should be exercised not to
apply it so fast that it will puddle
or stand on the soil. The bed should
then be covered with boards for at
least two days, and then the board
should be removed and the soil raked
over to allow all fumes to escape. Oc-
casionally it has been found neces-
sary to use the formalin in the pro-
portion of 1-50 or 1-75, owing to soil
conditions or to resistance of organ-
isms to treatment. Six to eisrht days
shou'd elapse before planting the seed
to allow all gas to ef^cape, as the
presence of any formaldehyde gas in
the soil will kill the seed.

While the formalin treatment does
not render more qnlckly available
any fertilizing coistituents of the
soil, it will kill all di=e^se producing
fungi. It destroys weed seed to a
certain extent also, altho'ish in this
respect it is not so efBcacious as the
steam treatment.

GEO. A. CHAPMAN,

Continued From Page One

FERTILIZER SUGGESTIONS

tion of the first and third has some-
times given exceptionally good re-
sults. Quantity of this mixture or
any of the single materials, 100 to
200 pounds per acre. If phosphoric
acid also is deemed necessary, a high-
ly nitrogenized commercial brand
may be desirable.

b. Top-dressing clover and alfal-
fa.— Wood ashes if obtainable are
probably the best under the peculiar
conditions now existing

c. Corn. — Use manure and 300
to 500 pounds of a fertilizer carry-
ing 2 1-2 to 3 per cent of nitrogen
and about 10 per cent available phos-
phoric acid.

d. Potatoes, root crops and vege-
tables.— Use some manure if avail-
able and In connection with It 500
to 600 pounds of a mixed fertilizer
containing about 2 1-2 per cent ni-
trogen and 8 per cent phosphoric
acid. If manure Is not available and
the soil is strongly acid, broadcast
800 to 1000 pounds of wood ashes
and use 1000 to 2000 pounds of mix-
ed fertilizer containing about 4 to

THE HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

4 1-2 per cent nitrogen and 8 'o 10
per cent phosphoric acid or a mix-
ture of cliemicals which will furnish
equivalent plaut food.

e. Oats, barley and spring top-
dressing winter grain. — Except on
soils made rich by heavy applications
to previous crops, 300 to 400 pounQs
per acre of mixed fertilizer contain-
ing about 4 to 5 per cent nitrogen
and 8 to 10 per cent phosphoric acid
or a mixture of chemicals made up
chiefly of nitrate of soda and acid
phosphate, supplying about 100
pounds of the former to 200 of the
latter.

f. Orchards. — Chief dependence
this year should be placed upon til-
age where practicable. A little ni-
trate of soda may be useful on the
poorer soils and where orchards
stand in grass

FARM BUREAU WORK

Summary of the "U'ork

(Dec. 27, 1915-Jan. 22, 1916)

Farms visited 13

Letters written 104

Office calls 56

Telijphone calls 74

MEETINGS

Meetings held !^

Total atten-laTice 123

MILES TRAVELED

Auto 136

Train 414

Total 550

AJSTNOmTCEMENT.
Space on this page is given to
Farm Bureau members who desire
to advertise live-stock, farm pro-
ducts, etc., either to buy or to sell.
At the present no charge will be
made for limited space. Send adver-
tisements to the Farm Bureau by
the twenty-fifth of each month.

FOR SALE — A Son of Merry of Glpn-
wood, -her official record was 7bx
lbs. 11 oz. of 85% butter for one
year. Sire a Grandson of Tmn. Ot-
€ord Lad. his dam raade 499 lbs. 10
ox. of 85% butter as a three year
old. This calf was dropped J^l'^e
13 and is a fine individual. Also
ready for service, bulls from ad-
vanced registry cows. Prices right,
quality considered. Address W. H.
Morey, Bryant Hill, Cummington.

FOR SALE: — Three (3) thorough-
tred Aberdeen Angus bulls. Pine
individuals. Address, H. N. Mason,
Worthlngton, Mass.

ONLY ONE HOLSTEIN BULL LEFT.
A son, born July 28, 1915 to the
three-year-old heifer, Koningln
Beauty 2nd. She has given 6196
lbs. of milk from Aug. 1 to Jan. 1.
Price ?100. Address, Edward J.
Clark, Cummington, Mass., R. F. D.

EGGS FOR HATCHINGS— White
Plymouth Rocks and S. C. White
Leghorns, $1.00 per 15 or ?6.00 per
100. Order early so there won't
be any trouble about filling your
order. Geo. H. Timmins, Green-
way Farm, V.'are, Mass.

WANTED — 4-can Cooley Creamer:
copper-lined. Address, Lewis H.
Granger, So. Worthington, Mas-.
Tel. 13-22.

FOR SALE — 10-can Cooley Creamer:
copper-lined. Address, Lewis H
Granger. So. Worthington, Mass.
Tel. 13-22.

FOR SALE— One Leader Sprayer, 2
h.p. engine, 200 lb. pressure; can
run three lines of hose, tank 150
gal. with hose, bamboo rods, noz-
zles all in good running order and
ready for business. Price, ?175.
Inquire of J. Pierpont, Williams-
burg, Mass.

FOR SALE— Seed Corn. Try Yellow
Flint. It has a reputation for his?h
quality. Highest rewards in five
entries at Boston Show. Perley E.
Davis, Granby, Mass.

FOR SALE — Owen Farm strain, S. C.
White Orplnsrton cockerels; $2 to
.fS each. Write or phone E. J.
Burke, Hopkins Academy, Hadley.

Mass.

FOR SALE: — Farm of 30-35 acre.'
in the town of Ware, 2 miles from
Village, one mile from carllne. Tie
up for 5 head of stock, some fruit
and small wood lot. Apply at Farm
Bureau office.

FOR SALE: — Farm of 90 acres,
consisting of sugar orchard, 12-room
house, pasturage, rimning water, 50
bearing trees, 100 young trees, price
S3000. Also fine pair of black
horses, age 9 to 10, perfectly matched
O K in all respect. Address, A. F.
Dyer, Plainfleld, Mass.

FOR SALE — Edward J. Clark ot
Worthington has a small herd of
officially tested advanced registerjr
Holsteiii Cows. Good records wim
farmers' care. Two bull calves and
one yearling Bull for sale. Ad-
dress, Cummington, R. F. D.

FOR SALE — Holsteins. Right near
home. 3 regustered heifers, 8 re_
gistered cows and 2 registered
bulls. Write, telephone or call in
person. Ball Holstein Farms
South Hadley Falls, Mass.

FOR SALE — Some choice young
Berkshire pigs, dropped Sept. 6th.
Price f5.00 apiece. Address,
George H. Timmins, Greenway
Farm, Ware, Mass.

FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE — Pure-
bred Ayrshire bull, 17 months old.
Also a few nice heifer calves C.
T. Burt & Son, Pascommuck Farm,
Easthampton, Mass.

FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE for one
of the same breed: A Registered
Guernsey Bull, three years old, to
avoid in breeding. Address, John
M. Black, Williamsburg, Mass.

FOR SALE__Registered Jersey ccws,
heifers and bulls; also a few nice
grade cows at farmers' prices. H.
W. Gurney, Cummington, Mass.

FOR SALE: — Two pure bred Hd-
stein Bull calves, nicely marked;
price $30. Address, C. E. Parsons
& Sons, 168 Bridge St., Northampton,
Mass.

FOR SALE — Cream separator,
"Sharpies Tubular Number 4,"
used very little. Price with extra
10-gallon tank only $25.00. Ad-
dress Walter Bliss, Enfield, Mass.
Tel. 9-2.

FOR SALE — 1 registered Jersey Bull
11 mos. old; also one high-grade
Berkshire Boar. Address C. S.
Parsons, 15 Sherman Ave!, North,
ampton, Mass.

FARM TO RENT— Small farm, 2S
acres — Pasture, Wood, mowing —
House and barn near State Road
and Electric Cars — Town water.
Price, $20 month. Work given In
our mill in winter. 'Bradford Hill
Farm" A. S. Hills, owner, Hayden-
ville, Mass.

H XMPSHIRE: ^OU^4"FY

:ric

FARM BURBAU MONTHI-Y

Published by the Hampshire County Farm Bureau

PRICES 50 CENTS PER YEAR ; $1.00 PER YEA.R INCLUDING VIEMBERSHIP IN FARM BUREAU

Vol. 1

Northampton, Mass., March, 1916

No. 7

PREPARE

FOR THE SPRAYING SEASON
In order for our spraying opera-
tions to be. the most effici?rtit, the
trees should be well pruned and a!l
the dead, diseased and surplus wood
removed. The work should be done
before the sap starts to run to any
extent so that the bark will not slip
or be easily bruised.

Above all, do not wai.t until the
spraying season is here before get-
ting your pump in shape or your
spray materials purchased. Imme-
diate action in regard to these two
things will save a lot of time and
expense and also you will be more
sure of getting your trees sprayed at
the proper time. If you only have
a few trees or a small orchard and
do not own a spray pump, make cer-
tain now that you can hire some-
one to do thorough work or combine
wUh a few of your neighbors and
buy an outfit. Think this matter
over seriously as the spraying sea-
son will soon be here.

The two main spray materials to
purchase are Lime-sulphur and Ar-
senate of Lead. If one is troubled
with aphis, a small amount of a nico-
tine spray should be used. For the
dormant spray, 5 gallons of the con-
centrate lime sulphur after it is
diluted with water will cover 6 to 8
trees (trees 30 years' old.) For the
foliage spray, 1 gallon of concentrat-
ed llme-sulphur and 3 pounds of lead
will cover approximately 10 trees.
For 100 trees, giving one dormant
spray and two foliage sprays, one
would need about 2 bbls. concentrated
lime-sulphur and 60 lbs. lead. In
cases where no dormant spray is
used, % bbl. concentrated lime-sul-
phur will be all that is necessary.
The prices thi.s season are in the vi-
cinity of $7.00 pex bbl. for lime-sul-
phur and 8%c per lb. for arsenate of
lead.

All sprays should be applied In a
systematic manner. Slip-shod spray-
ing is worse than useless— it does not
secure results and wastes time and
'naterial. Thoroughness Is an abso-

te essential to spraying success.

The following schedule may be

ed:

1 . Dormant Spray : —Absolutely
necessary in scale infected areas and
of much value in all sections of the
County as a general clean-up spray
for fungus troubles and some insect
pests. Material used— concentrated
lime-sulphur 5 gals, to 50 gals, water,
1/2 pint nicotine spray, if aphis (green
lice) are troublesome. Apply as late
as possible in the spring before the
buds open to any extent. The buds
may show green and still practically
no damage be done by the spray.

2. First Summer Spray: — Applied
for codling moth, curculio, lesser ap-
ple worm, scab, etc. Materials used
—Lime-sulphur, 4 to 5 quarts, arse-
nate of lead, 3 lbs. to 50 gals, wa-
ter. If aphis are present, pdA V2
pint nicotine spray. Apply within a
week after petals fall, before calyx
lobes have closed. This is the most
important foliage spray and should
be very thorough.

3. Second Summer Spray: — Ap-
plied for practically the same insect
and fungous troubles as the first sum-
mer spray with the addition of sooiy
fungus. Materials used — Same com-
bination as first summer spray. Ap-
ply three to four weeks after petals
drop.

In districts where the aphis, bud
moth, tent caterpillar and scab are
prevalent, it will be best to apply a
spray just as the blossom buds are
showing color, using 5 quarts limo-
suiphur, 3 lbs. arsenate of lead and '4
pint nicotine spray.

In some cases it may be necessary
to add more sprays, but for the ma-
jority of orchards in Hampshire
County, the one dormant spray in
connection with the two foliage
sprays, if applied thoroughly and at
the right time, will be sufficient to
produce good fruit so far as spray-
ing is concerned.

MEMBERSHIP.
The Hampshire County Farm Bu-
reau has completed one year of work
with all bills paid and with a slight
balance in the treasury. The year
1915 will go down as a successful
year, for during that time the Farm
Bureau was organized, a County
Agent put in the field, an office so-

cured and equipped, a clerk hired, an
automobile bought, and various oth-
er articles bought which were neces-
sary for the maintenance and effici-
ency of the work. The total sum
used was approximately ?4,000. Of
this sum, the United States Depart-
ment of Agriculture appropriated
SI, 200, the County Commissioners
?2,000, town meetings $300, and the
balance was raised by subscription.
For th( year 1916, the County Com-
misFuners have appropriated $3,000
but in order to receive this the Bu-
reau must raise an equal amou"t
from all other sources combined.
This means that with the $1200 trom
the United States Department of Ag-
riculture, it will be necessary to rais?
$1800 from other sources. Between
$300 and $400 can be expected from
town appropriations. Thus we are
safe in saying that it will be neces-
sary to raise by subscription during
the year 1916 from $1400 to $1500.

At the close of Jast year we had a
membership of a little over 300. We
seem justified in making the state-
ment that we need at least 1000 mem-
bers to properly finance the Bureau
this year. When we realize that
there are 2900 farms in the County
according to the 1910 census, this
number instead of seeming unattain-
a.ble. seems easily within reach. The
Farm Bureaus were organized pri-
marily for the benefit of the farmers,
and if the f.irmers are to secure the
utmost benefit possible, it is neces-
sary that they join ^he Bureau and
then exercise their voices in its man-
agement. We believe that if the
farmers will take hold of the work
we can make the Bureau a very Im-
po.tant factor in the deveToppie'it of
Hampshire County; for anything that
will improve conditions in the rural
districts will be reflected in greater
amounts of trading and business in
the larger centers of the County.
W^e are therefore intending to ask
the business men in the various
towns to become members and assist
in the work of making Hampshire
County a better and more prosperous
County.

The officers have asked the direct-
ors in each to^v^l to devote a part of
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THE HAMPSHIRE CuUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY

FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

Published By The

Hampshire County Farm Bureau

A. F. MacDougall, County Agent

Office, First National Bank Bldg.

Northampton, Mass.

Entered as second class matter
Nov. 9, 1915 at the post office at
Northampton, Massachusetts, under
the Act of March 8, 1879.

OFFICERS OF THE FARM BUREAU

Leslie R. Smith, President, Hadley.

W. D. Mandell, Treasurer, Northamp-
ton

Iv. K. Clapp, Secretary, Northamp-
ton.

Advisory Board

Leslie R. Smith, Hadley

Chas. R. Damon, Williamsburg

Ferley E. Davis, Granby

C. E. Hodgkins, Northampton

\\ arren M. King, Northampton

M. A A'orse, Belchertown

Martin Norris, Southampton

EDITORIAL

The following paragraph taken
from an address by Dr. B. T. Gallo-
way, dean of Ne.w York State Col-
lege of Agriculture, brings out clear-
ly the value of local initiative in
Farm Bureau work.

"Communities are much like indi-
viduals. No individual can grow un-
less he serves. No commmunity can
grow economically, socially, normal-
ly, or ethically unless it is aroused to
the need of service. Growth, to be
jjermanent, must come from within,
and the only way it can come from
within is for the people who consti-
tute it to move, to act, to do some-
thing for the common good. In the
old days when we selected a good
farmer, because he was a good farm-
er, to go out and help other farm-
ers, the most surprised man was the
good farmer himself, for he found at
once that the mere fact of his help-
ing other farmers helped' him as much
or more than it did his neighbors.
If farm bureau work is to be perma-
nent, if it is to accomplish its aims
ei'onomically, socially, and, I might
also say, morally and ethically, It
niiist be an outgrowth of local spirit,
wisely guided, but not directed or
donlnated by any agencies from
■without."

DIRECTORS FOR 1916

Amherst
H. C. Barton, N. Amherst
Ray Dickinson, N. Amherst
R. H. Whitcomb, So. Amherst'

Belchertown
Everett Howard
M. A. Morse
Wm. Sauer

Cummington
A. B. Doggett
W. M. Morey

Chesterfield
F. Baker
Charles Bisbee
Arlin Cole
H. L. Merritt

Easthampton
Jarius F. Burt
E. B. Clapp

D. A. Forbes

Enfield
Walter Bliss
J. W. Flint

Goshen
Geo. L. Barrus, Lithia
Arthur W. Packard

Greenwich
W. H. Walker

Granby
Chas. W. Ball, So. Hadley
Perley E. Davis
Earl Ingham

Hadley
Thomas Hickey, Russelville
Fred Pelissier
Leslie R. Smith

E. T. Whitaker

Hatfield
Geo. Belden, Bradstreet
Chas. AVade

Huntington
W. A. Monson
C. B. Palmer

Middlefleld
J. T. Bryan
W. A. Olds

Northampton
C. E. Clark, Leeds
Wilfred Learned, Florence
H. N. Loomis
Josiah Parsons
J. A. Pollard

Pelham
Herman Page, Amherst, R. F. D.

Prescott
Waldo H. Peirce, Gr. Vil.
Walter M. Waugh, Gr. Vil.
Chas. W. Berry, Gr. Vil.
Plainfield
H. S. Packard
N. K. Lincoln
Chas. E. Thatcher

South Hadley
I. N. Day
C. A. Judd, So. H. Falls

Southampton
E. C. Searle
W. A. Parsons

Westhampton
A. D. Montague
Le.i Burt
F. A. Loud

Worthington
Frank Bates
E. J. Clark
Ernest G. Thayer, W. W.

Ware
Geo. H. Timmins
Bert Green
M. D. GrifHn

Williamsburg
Chas. R. Damon
E. W. Goodhue, Haydon.
John Ice.
Leon Sanderson, Hayden.

DAIRY RECORDS.
Cows in the Connecticut Valley
Cow-Test Association making over
1000 lbs. milk or 40 lbs. butter fat
for the month of February:

F. D. Bridgman, Westhampton,
Grade, Guernsey

Milk Fat

978 lbs. 41.1 lbs.

Hugh

Bridgman,

WesthamptoD

Holsteins

1014

30.4

1219

41.4

1028

36.9

1381

45.6

Clapp

Bros.,

Easthampton. Hol-

steins

1144

46.9

1097

43.9

806

43.5

E. C. Harlow, Amherst, Purebred
Jerseys

614 41.8

874 42.

646 40.

632 ■ 40.4

1104 62.9

998 66.9

778 43.6

772 45.5

J. L. Ingham, Granby, Holsteins
1026 30.8

1008 31.2

C. G. Loud, Holsteins
1051 42.

James McAuslane, Easthampton,
Purebred Holsteins

1423 48.4

1209 41.1

W. A. Parsons, Southampton
946 41.6

Ruth G. Sessions, Hadley, Holsteins
1267 39.3

1026 35.9

1296 50.5

E. T. Whitaker, Hadley. Ho\-
steins
1147 42.4

1104 36.4

E. D. Waid, Amherst, Holsteins.
1356 40.7

THE HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

Continued from Page 1
MEMBERSHIP

their time between March IS and 25
to securing new members to tlie Bu-
reau. Fortliermore, some oJ: tlie. of-
ficers stand ready to go into tliose
towns where the directors rfequest it
and assist them in malting the can-
vass or by speaking beiore gatlierings
of farmers for the purpose of better
acquainting them with the work and
aims of the Bureau.

In case some should question the
wisdom of attempting to raise addi-
tional money during the j'ear 1916,
. let me roughly state our needs.
Salaries have been increased approxi-
mately $300. We are contemplating
moving into a larger office where the
oLdce equipment can be more profit-
ably utilized and this will require an
additional $200 or $300. Your of-
ficers also desire to do more in the
line of club work with the boys and
girls, more particularly in the rural
districts, getting them interested in
the pig, calf, corn, potato, garden
and canning clubs. These clubs are
under the direction of the Mass. Ag-
ricultural College, but in order to be
made the greatest success they must
be more closely supervised than is
possible in the time allowed the Col-
leg authorities. The children are the
men and women of tomorrow, and if
our work is to be permanent, we must
commence at the foundation. Three
hundred dollars ($300) has already
been appropriated for this purpose,
but that will not be nearly enough to
adequately covep Ihe whole Country.
Some may think that the County
Agent ought to take time to super-
vise the boys' and girls' club work,
but when you remember the 2900
farms in he County with approxi-
mately 300 working days in the year,
there is very little time left after the
adults have been visited, their prob-
lems studied individually and collect-
ively, and the one hundred and one
other matters to do that are contin-
ually coming up to demand the Coun-
ty Agent's attention.

Therefore in view of the good work
that the County Agent has accom-
plisTied and is planning to accomplish
during the present year and with the
various plans for improving the work,
we earnestly urge you to carefully
consider the question and then send
your dollar membership fee to your
director. If you have already done
so, speak a good work for the Bu-
reau to your neighbor and secure his
membership for your director.

R. K. CLAPP, Secretary.

RURAL TOWN IMPROVEMENT.

The Improvement of Towns and
Villages, long considered an import-
|ant phase of public work, has here-
I tofore been undertaken only after
jthe community has reached a certain
standard of economic efficiency and
financial stability. Nothing could be
further removed from the ideal con-
diJon of civic growth. Any type of
community betterment should be
looked upon not as a luxury, but
rather as a necessity, not as a future
probability, but as a present possi-
oility, which will become an asset to
the Town, atti-acting thereto an ideal
type of citizen.

Each one of us would far rather
live in a Town which boasts of clean,
tree bordered streets, of neat lawns
and artistically designed houses, a
Town which supports fine school
buildings to which we may send our
children, with nearby playgrounds in
which they may ' gain health and
strength. We also demand clean,
pure water, sanitary facilities of the
highest type, electric lighting sys-
tems, gas for light and fuel, steam
and electric railways, telephone and
telegraph and other public utilities.

Heretofore we may have looked to
the individual members of a commu-
nity for encouragement, believing
that in them we have the nucleus of
the entire question. Now we hope for
the co-operation of a group of men,
men virtually interested in the great-
est good which may accrue from
such efforts, the greatest good to the
Town, and thus to every citizen who
has business interests within its
boundaries. The Grange, the, local
Improvement Society, the Women's
Club, the County Farm Bureau, the
public schools, the churches, — all
these agencies and many others may
do much toward molding public senti-
ment.

To encourage this type of Rural
Town Improvement, the Extension
Service of the Massachusetts Agri-
cultural College offers the advice of
any expert on the many phases of
community betterment and of rural
and civic improvement. Advice will
be given, and so far as practicable,
plans will be prepared for the gener-
al arrangement and planting of
School Grounds in both town and
county, of Playgrounds and other
Recreation and Community Centers,
for the betterment of Railroad Sta-
tions and of Trolley Waiting Sta-
tions and their surroundings, the res-
toration and improvment of Village
Greens and Town Commons. Advice
will also be given upon the planting
and care of Street Trees, and the re-
planting of the borders of the coun-

try roads. Rural Cemeteries for
many years have been in need of
vigorous measures toward proper
maintenance or further extensions,
and the planting and redesign of such
tracts will be undertaken.

While lectures upon this work will
gladly, be given, the Extension Ser-
vice Expert prefers to prepare plans
and 'otherwise superintend actual, in-
dividual improvement projects, whicn
may, however, be accompanied by a
report for general town improvement.
The best way to secure results is for
the College Expert to visit the town
for consultation with the Selectmen
and other interested individuals or
organizations. Then, if it seems de-
sirable plans can he prepared for
special improvements.

The work will be confined to strict-
ly public enterprises, and no worn
will be undertaken for individual.3.
All expenses incurred in the prepa-
ration of plans, superintendence of
planting or construction, and the
traveling expenses of individuals oth-
er than the College Expert, will be
charged at cost to the communities or
organizations served.

F. A. GUSHING SMITH

SPRAYING DE7M0NSTRATI0N.

This spring all the Farm Bureaus
and Improvement Leagues in Massa-
chusetts are planning on a state- wide
spraying campaign. Orchards in dif-
ferent sections of each County are to
be taken as demonstration orchards
and the spraying in each case is to
be supervised and directed by the
County Agent. A cost account will
be kept and in the fall when the fruit
is han'ested, accurate data on the ad-
vantages of spraying will be avail-
able.

In Hampshire County, six orchards
will be chosen for this work. In the
localities where the most Interest Is
shown and orchards best located for
demonstration work obtained, work
of this kind will be carried on.

The County Agent would be very
glad to communicate with any iindi-
viduals who are interested in this
spraying demonstration and who has
an orchard suited to the work. The
main requierments are that the or-
chard shall be well pruned and ac-
cessible to a publice road so that the
community can benefit by its results.

Besides these demonstration or-
chards, pruning and spraying demon-
strations will be given in the differ-
ent towns and communities wherever
desired. Get in touch wifh your di-
rectors and have him arrange for one
of these meetings.

THE HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

SAFE FARMING.
Seven objections to a one-crop
system of Agricultiu-e set forth by
Bradford Knapp of the U. S. Dept. of
Agriculture to apply to the cotton
growers of the south may well ap-
ply to the system of farming in the
Connecticut Valley.

The reasons stated why a one-crop
system is unsafe are as follows:

"First. Because the system de-
pends upon market and crop condi-
tions of the one crop alone. Failure
of crop or failure of market alike
brings serious disaster.

"Second. Because it does not pro-
vide for the maintenance of soil fer-
tility.

"Third. Because it fal^s to provide
for a sufficient live-stock industry
to consume the waste products of
the farm and make its waste lands
productive.

"Fourth. Because it does not pro-
vide for a system of rarm manage-
ment under which labor, team?, and
tools may be used to the fullest ad-
vantage.

"Fifth. Because it brings return
In cash but once a year instead of
turning the money over more than
once a year.

"Sixth. Because it does not pro-
duce the necessary foods to supply
the people upon the farm and keep
them in health and strength.

"Seventh. It limits knowledge,
narrows citizenship, and does not
foster home building, but does en-
courage commercial farming."

ANNOUNCEMENT,
Space on this page Is given to
Farm Bureau members who desire
to advertise live-stock, farm pro-
ducts, etc., either to buy or to sell.
At the present no charge will be
made for limited space. Send adver-
tisements to the Farm Bureau by
the twenty-fifth of each month.

FOR SALK — A Son of Merry of Glen-
wood, her official record was 7t)»
lbs. 11 oz. of 85% butter for one
year. Sire a Grandson of Imp. Ox-
ford Lad, his dam made 499 lbs. 10
ox. of 85% butter as a three year
old. This calf was dropped June
13 and is a fine individual. Also
ready for service, bulls from ad-
vanced registry cows. Prices right,
quality considered. Address W. Hy
Morey, Bryant Hill, Cummington

GRAIN PRICES.

The following quotations
from the Boston Chamber
merce for March 8, 1916:

Middlings 24

Bran

Mixed Feed 25.

Red Dog

Cotton Seed Meal 35

Linseed Meal 36

Gluten Feed

Hominy Feed

are taken
of Com-

per ton
,50—29.00

23.35
.75—29.00

33.00
.00—37.00
.00—38.00

30.48

29.90

FARM BUREAU WORK.

Summary of 'the Work

Farms Visited 25

Letters Written 96

Circular Letters 121

Offic? calls 75

Telephone calls 75

MEETINGS

Meetings held 14

Total attendance 575

FOR SALE: — Three (3) thorough-
bred Aberdeen Angus bulls. Fine
individuals. Address, H. N. Mason,
Worthington, Mass.

ONLY ONE HOLSTEIN BULL LEFT.
A son, born July 28, 1915 to the
three-year-old heifer, Koningin
Beauty 2nd. She has given 6196
lbs. of milk from Aug. 1 to Jan. 1.
Price $100. Address, Edward J.
Clark, Cummington, Mass., R. F. D.

EGGS FOR HATCHINGS— White
Plymouth Rocks and S. C. White
Leghorns, $1.00 per 15 or $6.00 per
100. Order early so there won't
be any trouble about filling your
order. Geo. H. Timmins, Green-
way Farm, Ware, Mass.

WANTED — 4-can Cooley Creamer:
copper-lined. Address, Lewis H.
Granger, So. Worthington, Mass.
Tel. 13-22.

FOR SALE— 10-can Cooley Creamer:
copner-linod. Address, Lewis H
Grander. So. Worthington, Mass
Tel. 13-22.

FOR SAT,E— Onp Leader Snrayer. 2
h.p. enjrine. 200 lb. pressure: can
run three lines of hose, tank 150
gal. with hose, ham'ioo Tor's, no'-
zles all in trood runnln? order and
ready for business. Price. $175.
Tinuire of J. Pierpont, Williams-
burg. Mass.

FOR SALE— One galvanized Iron
sugar making outfit, consist'Ug of
a sap pan 3 X iVz ft- about 200
Grimm's spigots, 100 palls and two
dozen new gallon syrup cans. Ray-
mond A. Warner, Williamsburg,
Mass. Phone 9.

FOR SALE— Owen Farm strain, S. C.

White Orpington cockerels; $2 co

$3 each. Write or phone E. J.

Burke, Hopkins Academy, Hadley,

Mass.

0 K in all respect. Address, A. P.
Dyer, Plainfield, Mass.

FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE — Pure-
bred Ayrshire bull, 17 months old.
Also a few nice heifer calves_ C.
T. Burt & Son, Pascommuck Farm,
Easthampton, Mass.

FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE for one
of the same breed: A Registered
Guernsey Bull, three years old, to
avoid in breeding. Address, John
M. Black, yviUiamsburg, Mass.

FOR SALE Registered Jersey cows,

heifers and bulls; also a few nice
grade cows at farmers' prices. H.

1 W. Gurney, Cummington, Mass.
FOR SALE: — Two pure bred Hol-

stein Bull calves, nicely marked;

price $30. Address, C. E. Parsons

& Sons, 168 Bridge St., Northampton,

Mass.

FOR SALE — 1 registered Jersey Bull
11 mos. old; also one high-grade
Berkshire Boar. Address C. S.
Parsons, 15 Sherman Ave., North,
ampton, Mass.

FARM TO RENT — Small farm, 25
acres — Pasture, Wood, mowing —
House and barn near State Road
and Electric Cars — Town water.
Price, $20 month. Work given iu
our mill in winter. 'Bradford Hill
Farm" A. S. Hills, owner, Hayden-
ville, Mass.

FOR SALE— Seed Corn. Try Yellow
Flint. It has a reputation for higii
quality. Highest rewards in five
entries at Boston Show. Perley E.
Davis, Granby, Mass.

FOR SALE— 200 Grim 13 qt. sap palls,
9 spouts, set Carlton lb. sugar
moulds, 5-barrel gathering tub. all
nearly new. Eight bottle Ea' cock
milk tester and outfit, two horse
sled, nearly new. All at my form-
er residence in Worthington. Aid-
en N. Curtis, Westfield, Mass.
FOR SALE— Eggs for hatching from
prize wining strain, S. C. White
Leghorn, and Buff Wyandotte. $1.00
per 15— $6.00 per hundreO. Also
day-old chicks. A. B. Roberts, 165
Main St., Easthampton, Mass.
THE PURE -BRED Percheron, Sir
Vivian, record No. 102007 will make
the season of 1916 at the Park
View farm, 93 West St., Easthamp-
ton, Mass. Geo. Emerson Searle,
Proprietor.

;9I6

H AiVIPSHIRE: COUMTV

M BUREAU MONTHLY

Published by the Hampshire County Farm Bureau

PRICES 50 GENTS PER. Y£\l<.; $1.00 PER YE\R INGLUDINTG VIEMBERSHIP IN FARM BUREAU

Vol. 1

Northampton, Mass., April, 1916

No. 8

SPRAYING CAMPAIGN IS ON

Thp State campaign for the spray-
ing of fruit trees has started In full
swing. Every county is making a
-special effort to have more orchards
.sprayed and records kept on as many
orchards as possible to show the actu-
al gains due to thorou.gh spraying.

In Hampshire County the small
fruit growers as well as the large are
waking up to the fact that there Is
no profit in growing poor quality of
fruit, and that if they are to receive
a profitable price for their apples
they must prune their trees, give
them proper treatment and, above all,
spi-ay and spray thoroughly.

Good proof of the advantage of
systematic spraying may be obtainea
from the figures on the expense of
packing well-sprayed as compared
with those of packing poorly sprayed
fruit in the Williamsburg Fruit
Growers' Association. Some of the
best lots of fruit were graded ana
packed for 14c per barrel, while some
of the poorer lots cost from 35 to 38c
to grade and pack. Size had some
iufluence on this increased cost of
grading, but a large part of the
trouble could be blamed to lack of
thorough spraying. This difference
of 20c per barrel would go a long way
toward the expense for better care
and more efficient spraying of the
orchards.

Attend the spraying demonstra-
tions held in your district, make sure
of the materials you will need and
have everytning in readiness for the
spraying season.

Get the bulletin on Spraying direc-
tions, published by the Dept. of
Pomology, Mass. Agricultural College.
You can get these at the College oi
at the Farm Bureau ofl5ce. Decide to
have your i.ruit trees sprayed at tnt
right time, with the right materials
and with <.je utmost thoroughness.
We have a state law going into effeci

July 1. that requires us to grade and
pack our fruit according to a given
standard. One cannot afford to pacK
poor fruit under this law. This. Is
the season to prepare to sell , our
fruit so 'that next fall we will have a
product that will need no urging on
the market.

COYS' AND GIRLS' CLUBS.
THE WASHINGTON TRIP.

As reward for their achievement in
A,griculture and Home Economics, in
boys' and girls' clubs conductea
throughout the State by Prof. O. A.
IMorton of ..lass. Agricultural College
and the United States Department of
Agricculture, five boys and two girls
left Springfield on February 27th for
a wRek'i( free trip to Washington,
D. C.

The girls were accompanied by Miss
Mabel E. Turner, club work leader
in Milton, while the boys were fn
charge of E. J. Burke, Agricultural
Instructor in Hopkins Academy, Had-
ley. The trip winners were the, first
prize winners in each of the state-
wide clubs: — corn, potato, market
garden, pig, poultry, canning and
marketing, and home economics.

The names of the champions who
made the trir and their results were;

Corn — P. Earle Williams, age 13, of
Sunderland, who raised 98 bushels of
Dent corn per acre as wei.ghed in the
field, not water-free, at a cost per
bushel of 47 cents. His exhibit
scored 98 points.

POTATO— Isadore Horin, 17, of
Westminister, who raised on one-
fourth acre, 114% bushels of potatoes
or at the rate of 458 bushels per acre,
at a cost of 30 cents per bushel. His
eixhibit score 88 points.

Market Garden — Gust W. Anderson,
17. of Brockton, wbo raised on one-
twentieth acre, products that yield-
ed $94.78 in cash value at a cost of
$14.94. He won the State sweep-

stakes prize of a silver cup for the
best exhibit of potatoes which
scored 96 at the State Fair in Bos-
ton.

Pig— Willard Buckler. 12, of
Pittsfield, who raised two pigs, mak-
ing a daily gain of 2.28 pounds per
day, at a cost of 6.6 cents per pound.
His pigs scored 90 points, being the
best pigs in the State. One of these
pigs brought $160,000 at auction in
New York City.

Poultry — .T. Harold Merrick, 15, of
Wilbraham, who obtained 822 eggs
from 10 hens in 100 days at a cost of
$5.59 or at 68-100 cents per egg. His
profit was $1.50 per hen for the 100
days.

Canning and Marketing — Ethel
Spooner of Drimfielcl canned $84.73
worth of products, having 24 vari-
eties, the quality of the exhibit scored
93 points.

Home Economics — Effie Cahoon .16,
of Harwich. Miss Cahoon devoted 60
hours to sewing, darning, mending,
ironing, baking cake and cookies,
setting table and caring for her own
room. Her work as exlilblted scored
93.5 points.

The Champions made their head-
quarers at the New Ebbit Hotel,
where they met the nine champtons
from Illinois. With Mr. 0. H. Ben-
son, club work leader for the Eastern
and Western States in charge, the
two delegations sallied forth each
day to see more of the nation's Capi-
tol. Some of the most important
buildings visited were:

Washington Monument, Washing-
ton's Home at Mt. Vernon, Arlington
Cemetery, Home of Gen. Robert B.
Lee, Congressional Library, Ford
Theater, New National Museum,
Bureau of Fisheries, Capitol, House
of Representatives, Navy Yara,
White House, Pan American Union
and Government Printing Office.
Continued on Page Two

ARE YOU GOING THTTRRDAY APRTT. 6 OR FRIDAY APRIL 7 TO THE
SECOND HAMPSHIRE COUNTY CONFERENCE

At the Smith's Agricultural School, Northampton?
Take a day off and meet people from other parts of the County.

Read enclosed program and decide on the day.

THE HAMPSHIRE CUUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY

FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

Published By The

Hampshire County Farm Bureau

A. F. MacDougall, County Agent

Office, First National Bank Bldg.

Northampton, Mass.

Entered as second class matter
Nov. 9, 1915 at the post office at
Northampton, Massachusetts, under
the Act of March 8, 1879.

OFFICERS OF THE FAEM BUEEAU

LesUe R. Smitti, iTesidenl, Hauiey.

W. D. Mandell, Treasurer, Northainp

ton
K. K. Clap?, Secretary, Nortaamp-

ton.

Advisory Board

I.pslie R. Smiih, hadley

Chas. R. Damon, Williamsburg

Ferley E. Davis, Granby

C. E. Hodg:kins, Northampton

Warren JI. King, Northampton

M. A A'orse, Belchertown

Mariin Norris, Southampton

EDITORIAL

A few of the towns have reported
on the membership campaign that
was made in the County during the
past week.

A good example of how the hill
towns are backing the. Farm Bureau
is shown by the results in Chester-
field. Besides appropriating money
at their town meeting. Mr. Frans.
Baker, the, director, obtained 26 new
members, which brings the total
membership in that town up to 36.
At the town meeting in Southampton
$25 was appropriated and 17 mem-
bers joined tlie Bureau. It is this
fine, spirit of cooperation that is
bound to promote Agriculture in
Hampshire County.

THE NEW AGRICULTURE

The following quotation is taken
from an address of Hon. Carl S.
Vrooman. given at the Annual Con-
ference of State Leaders and State
Agents in County Agent Work, St.
Louis, Mo., Nov. 17, 1915. Mr. Vroo-
man brings out clearly the aims of
the. organized movements that is on
foot at the present time for the pro-
motion of Agriculture and how the
success of tt all depends on the farm-
er being willing to cooperate with
his neighbors and do his share to-
ward elevating the life of the com-
munity in which he lives.

"The New Agriculture is not only

a body of well-authenticated scien-
-iflc fact; the New Agriculture means
a new spirit. I often lay stress on
the fact that people farm for money,
lor a living, and that the economic
basis is the foundation stone. But if
that is all there is to farming, juai
merely the laying up of one dollar on
another, then we are engaged in a
very sordid pursuit in a very sordid
world. But, fortunately, the New Ag-
riculture carries with it not merely
this conception of a new scientific
liinthod ot making use of the natural
resources of the country, not merely
a conception of a new standard ot
business efficiency in the conducting
of farm operations and in the mark-
eting of farm products — the New Ag-
riculture means to us, and Vill meau
to all succeeding generations, a new
spirit in the minds and hearts of the
farmers of the country. What spirit?
The spirit of cooperation. That's an
old word, a word we are all familiai
with. What does it mean? It is tht
synonym for civilization. As human
beings have learned to cooperate, so
fast and no faster civilization has
progressed.

"There are a great many problems
that you have to work out on your
own farms, by the use. of individual
energy and initiative. There are also
a great many problems which indi-
vidual initiative, individual energy,
and iaidividual intelligence are not
competent to deal with, and which
can only be worked out in common
with your fellow farmers in your va-
rious townships, counties. States, and
in the nation. Unless we famiprs be-
come imbued with this spirit of co-
operation, unless we are willing to
take a larger view than that of a
man whose horizon is bounded by his
own fences, unless we are willing to
lay aside something of our suspicion
of our neighbors, and unless we are
willing to take a chance on poor old
human nature, to unite with our fel-
low human beings, who, like our-
selves, are made up largely of clay
perhaps, yet clay that harbors a di-
vine, spark within, — unless we are
willing to do these things and to
take that divine spark into account,
we cannot succeed. Some men per-
haps, are not worthy of our confl-
donce. but in the main the average
neighbor, the average farmer. Is
worthy of confidence, and I am will-
ing to take off my hat and coat and
embark with him on any well-thought
out common enterprise. Until that
spirit fully imbues the people of this
coimtry, we are bound by a limiting
factor which Is just as real and et-
f'^ctive as the limiting factor In tfie
fert'lity of the soil, or the limiting
factors of the hours of sunshine

that the man who goes through life
suspecting everybody but himself of
incompetence and moral obliquity, is
riding for a fall, and that it is up
to him as a human being, on a planet
where the progress of man has be«n
nu'de through the sacrifice of the
blood and the lives of better men
than he, or than you or I, to con-
tribute his share and to take, his
chance with the rest of the people,
and to build up here in the future
something better than we have had ti>
the past; to join his local cooperative
society, whether it be an elevator or
a store, or whatever it may be.; to go
to the polls and vote like a patriot
and not like a partisan, and do his
duty as a citizen even if he is only
a renter; to make of his home a home
worthy of an American and worthy
of a Christian, not merely a" place
where he and his wife and children
can turn out crops to sell for cash,
but a real home, a thing of beauty
that will attract his children so that
they will stay on the farm, a center
from which will radiate civic in-
fluence that will elevate the life in
the community to a higher plane.
Unless a farmer appreciates sonjje-
thing of the dignity and the "signifi-
cance of his work right on his own
farm and in his own community, he
will never realize anything of the
higher possibilities of his great call-
ing. For it is a great calling. I
think that the farmer of the present
and of the future will have the lordli-
est life on earth if he develops ability,
character, and energy commensurate
with unparalleled opportunities that
are opening up before him."

WASHINGTON TRIP
Continued From Page One

In touring the City, the boys and
girls met many noted men. Among
these were President Wilson, Champ
Oark, Senator Lodge, Congressmen
Page and Walsh of Massachusetts,
McKinley of Illinois, Secretary of
Agriculture, Huston and his Assist-
ant Mr. Vrooman, A. C. True, chief
of the States Relation Service, P. H.
ClaxoD, U. S. Commission of Educa-
tion.

To the prize winners, the trip was
most Interesting and instructive.
They realized full well that they
were extremely fortunate in winning
such an excellent prize as a free trip
to Washington. The Champions re-
turned to Massachusetts with words
of praise for all who helped to make
their trip such an enjoyable one, to-
gether with a firm resolve to do a
bigger and better piece of club work
in Massachusetts in 1916.

E. J. Burke

THE HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

^^rnnb Annual
Ifampsltir^ (Ennnty (Ennf^r^nr^

APRIL 6 and 7

1916 APRIL 1916 1

I®.

15 lbs, ar-
at 8c 1.20

ilphur at l4c .70

)er tree for

$7.59
thorough spraying
t. The trees aver-
irrels of apples and
ie that ye<ir, maS-
barrel for spraying.
! many wormy ap-
nuch.

i^sperinieiit 8tatioi>
)wing results. This;
>riod of four year^,
J300 trees, averagf*
•er of sprayings per

ials per

$ .11 3-10

mg per

.12 7-10

? .24
t materials per
13 gals.

iu. @ 52c $2.28
Du. @ 6c .07

$2.35 $2.35

^mitli'a Aijrirnltitral ^rhnnl

59^nrtIimttpton. Mnss.

Smith's Agricultural School working co-operatively with the

following members of the Massachusetts Federation

for Rural Progress, E. L, Morgan, Sec'y.

Mass. State Board of Agriculture
Mass. State Board of Education

Mass. State Agricultural College
Mass. Dairymen's Association

Mass. State Board of Charities

Mass. Free Public Library Commission
Mass. State Y. M. C. A.

— County Work Department

The Williamsburg and Flurenfe t'ars pass in front ol' the
.Smith's Asricultural .Schoul

DU. @ 41c $ .73

3U. @ 5c .08 .81

cost

$1.54
.24

r tree $1.30

o has poor apples
er have to pay 35
a have his apples

new law or heat)
IS in the past and
ided." This means
a the market or In

returns for his la-
.'est in some spray
Lir trees a good

and insure a good
r?

SERY STOCK,
many people are
er for the nursery-
s the feeling in thei
must plant some-
xiom to follow Is
ct from the whole-
76 their place but
ry busiaiess. Pick
reliable concerns,
3er, and then send

Thursday, April 6

10=10.30

Section on Agriculture — Dairying Auditorium

Live Stock Breeding

J. C. McNutt, Professor of Animal Husbandry M. A. C.

10.30=12

Herd Management — Jerseys W. H. Morey, C'ummington

Holsteins George L. Smith, Barre

Guernseys

J. S. Clark, Mixter Farm, Hardwiek
9-12
Section on Baby Welfare Room over Main OflSce

Exhiljition

Collection of charts on baby care; Diagrams; Hampshire
(jounty baby facts, from the Sociologj- Department of Smith College.
Exhibit of food for babies and j'oung children. In charge of the
Homemaking Department, Smith's Agricultural School.

Exhibit of baby's outfit, made by the students of the Home-
making Department, Smith's Agricultural School.

10=11
Section on Town Affairs Assembly Room

Care of the Dependent Poor

John W. Henderson, Visitor for the State Board of Charity
11=12
Hampshire County Tuberculosis Work
Dr. Charles E. Perry, Supt. of Hampshire County Sanatorium

Noon

The girls of the Homemaking Department will serve dinner
at 12.15 for 35 cents.

1.30
Section on Agriculture — Dairying Auditorium

Fitting Cattle for the Show Ring

P. H. Robinson, Tom Lawson Farm, Egypt, Mass.

2=4
Section on Baby Welfare Sewing Room

Better Babies Contest

In charge of the District Nursing Association.
Miss Martha Hillyer, District Nurse
Open free to any baby in Hampsliire County under two years of
age. Prize: Five dollars in gold, offered by the Metropolitan Life
Insurance Company for the healthiest baby scored.

1.30-2.30
Section on Town Affairs . Assembly Room

What a Massachusetts Town is Doing in Town
Management, C. A. Brigham, Town Manager, Norwood, Mass.

2.30=3.00
All Sections Combined Auditorium

Community Planning for Hampshire County

E. L. Morgan, Sec'y Mass. Federation for Rural Progress

3.00=3.30

The National Dairy Sliow and the Eastern States Exposition
Joshua Brooks". Prcs. Eastern States Agricultural and

Industrial Exposition, Springfield

9 A. M to 10 P. M.
Section on Industry Arena

The Northampton Board of Trade jiresents an automobile
show in the splendidly liglited Smith's Agricultural
School Arena, comprising 40 pleasure cars and trucks
of the best known makes. Music by orchestra dur-
ing the evening. Admission free.

8.00
Mass Meeting Auditorium

The Fiirniers' Side of a Municipal Market

The Hon. Wilfrid Wheeler, Sec'y of Mass. Board of Agr.

Friday, April 7

10.00=11.30
Section on Education i Subjects open for questions and discussion)
High Scliool Divison Assembly Room

Principal H. A. Swaffield, Chairman
Reorganization of the High School

Clarence D. Kingsley, Agent Mass. Board of Education
Elementary School Division " Auditorium

Supt. B. W. Goodhue. Chairman
The Three R's in the Newer Education, Principal John L. Riley
Forest Park School, Springfield, Mass.
Citizenship

Clarence Rrodeur, Principal Westlield Normal School

11.30-12.15

Combined Divisions Auditorium

Superintendent Clinton J. Richards, Chairman
Problems in School Administration in Massac liusetts

F. (t. Wadsworth, Agent of State Board of Education

10.00-10.55

Section on Baby Welfare Science Lecture Room

Stereopticdu Ijecture. Baby Health in the Commonwealth.

Dr. John S. Hitchcock, State District Health Officer
The Baby Crop of Hampshire County; How It Thrives.
Dr. Oliver W. Cobb, President Hampshire County Branch,

Massachusetts Medical Society
The Preparation of Food for Babies and Young Children.

Miss Alice .T. Bunce, Head of Homemaking Department,

Smith's Agricultural School

Rest room for women and children.
The Children's Home may be visited on both April 6th and 7th.

All interested will be welcome.
Exhibit Room over Main Office

Collection of Charts, etc. See Thursday Program.

Noon

The girls of the Homemaking Department will serve a dinner
at 12. 16 for .35 cents.

1.30=3.00
Section on Education Auditorium

Superintendent C. R. Reed, Chairman
Possible Influence of the Country School on the Community

F. F. Murdock, Principal North Adams Normal School
Relation of the Course of Study to the Community

John Phelan, Prof, of Rural Sociology, M. A. C.
Team Work between Teacher and Librarian

Miss Frances S. Willi'ams, Advisory Librarian, Essex Co.
2-4
Section on Baby Welfare Sewing Room

Better Babies Contest. (Same as Thursday) .

1.30=3.00
Section on Boys' Welfare Assembly Room

Round table in charge of Elgin Sherk,

Social Service Secretary, Mass. Agricultural College
Public School, Secular Organization and Religious Organization
for the Social, Physical, Moral and Spiritual
Development of Boys.

9 A. M. to 10 P. M.
Section on Industry Arena

The Northampton Board of Trade presents in the Smith's
School Arena, models of the following makes of
pleasure cars and trucks: Hudson, Reo, Overland,
Cadillac, Ford, Oakland, Jeffrey, Stearns-Knight,
Commerce, Longford, Stewart, Form-a-trtick, Dodge,
Maxwell.

3.00=3.45
All Sections Combined Auditorium

Taking the C'oUege to the Country Town

J. A. Moyer, Director Mass. Dept. of University Extension

THE HAMPSHIRE CUUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

HAMPSHIRE

FARM EUREAl

Published

Hampshire County

A. P. MacDougall,

Office, First Natlo

Nortliampto

Entered as secom
Not. 9, 1915 at tl
Northampton, Mass.
the Act of March

OrnCERSOFTHE

Lesl.,e R. Smitli, Pr

W. D. ilandeli, Trea:

ton
K. K. Ciapp, Secre

ton.

Advisory

I.pslie R. Smith, Had
Chas. R. Damon, WJ
Ferley E. Davis, Gn
C. E. Hodgkins, Nort
Warren M. King, Nt
JI. A Aiorse, Belche;
Man in N orris. South

This is the Second Annual Hampshire County (.'onferenee. It
is called because those who attended the last conference a year ago
felt that this is a good way for people interested in pulling together in
town and county affairs to compare notes and plan for the future.
Nothing very satisfactory in community matters is possible without
plans and cooperation.

Great pains have been taken by all who have worked on these
different programs to secure practical speakers to lead in the
discussions. This is to be a conference of people interested in
important public questions. All are encouraged to bring questions
and to enter into the discussions following the addresses.

Unfortunately so many good speakers have been secured that
several discussions are going on at once. Carefully read this program
and decide what you will attend.

Local organizations cooperating witli the Smith's Agricultural School:
Northampton Board of Trade
Hamj)shire Couuty Farm Bureau
Sociological Department of Smith College
Children's Home Association

Hampshire County Branch of the Massachusetts Medical Society
Connecticut Valley Breeders' Association
District Nursing Association
Hampshire County Hospital

EDITO]

A few of the towi
on the membership
was made in the C(
past week.

A good example
towns are backing t
is shown by the re;
field. Besides apprc
at their town meet
Baker, the di.rector,
members, which b
membership in that
At the town meeting
$25 was appropriate
bers joined the Bui
fine spirit of coop
bound to promote
Hampshire County.

THE NEW AGl

The following que
from an address of
Vrooman, given at t
ference of State Le
Agents in County /
I,ouia, Mc, Nov. 17,
man brings out clea
the organized moven
foot at the present t
motion of Agricultui
success of It all depe:
er being willing to
his neighbors and d
ward elevating the 1
munlty in which he

"The New Agricull

Committees:

Agriculture — A. F. MacDougall, Chairman, Northampton;
R. K. Clapp, Northampton; Joseph G. Cook, Hadley.

Town Affairs — W. E. Shannon, Chairman, Northampton; T. W.
Smith, Amherst; Charles H. Chase, Northampton.

Education — Clinton J. Richards, Chairman, Hatfield; F. K.
Congdon, Northampton; E. W. Goodhue, Williamsburg;
C. R. Reed, Amherst; W. I). Miller, Easthampton; F. E.
Whittemore, So. Hadley Falls.

Baby Welfare— Miss Hannah S. Sessions, Chairman, North-
ampton; Miss Clara E. Hudson, Secretary, Northampton;
Miss Alice.J. Bunce, Northampton; Prof. F. Stuart Chapiii.
Northampton; Miss Martha Hillyer, Nortliampton.

Boy Welfare — Elgin Sherk, Chairman, Amherst.

Industry ~R. J. Richards, Board of Trade Merchants Committee,
Northampton; Dr. R. H. Clark, Board of Trade Agri-
cultural Committee, Northampton.

THE HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

SPRING CARE OF BEES.

Thu daty of beekeepers in the
spring is to get plenty of bees in
time for fne. iioney flow. If this is
not done his work is a failure. The
population of the colony is reduced
during the winter, especially where
wintering conditions are not the best,
and this must be corrected if the col-
ony is to get tne full honey crop. It
is poor beekeeping to have weak colo-
nies at the beginning of the honey
flow from which the surplus crop Is
obtained.

After brood rearing gets under way,
bees need three things: Room for
heavy brood rearing, an abundance of
stores, and protection. A common
error is to cramp the colony by fail-
ing to provide empty cells for the
reception of eggs. Each coloney
should ultimately have the equiva-
lent of at least eight Langstroth
frames entirely full of brood, so
that even a single 10 frame hive is
scarcely large enough at this season.
Some beekeepers practice giving a
second hive body during this period
of heavy breeding. This is especial-
ly necessary for colonies that have
abundant stores.

If in early spring the weather is
suitable and if nectar is available, the
bees will add considerably to their
hoards of honey, but they use it so
rapidly that it is seldom that any
gain in the stores occurs even dur-
ing fruit bloom. However, since the
weather is uncertain at this season,
the beekeeper should not depend too
much on incoming nectar to supply
the needs of his bees. If they ara
short of stores, feed a warm thick
sirup made of granulated sugar and
feed lavishly. This will be stored
by the bees in the brood combs and
used as needed. The sirup may be
half water and half sugar, or thick-
er if preferred. There is no better
investment in beekeeping than to
give abundant supplies in the spring.

Bees generate considerable heat in
rearing brood rapidly, for the tem-
perature of the brood must be n-«,in-
tained nearly at human blood neat
The better they are protected from
winds and the more insulation thej
have, the easier it is foF them to
keep the proper temperature and th\
faster they build up.

On some warm day the hive*
should be opened and give a spring
house cleaning. At this time one
wing of the queen should be clipped
so that when swarming time comes
she can not fly to the woods with
the swarm. If any queenless colonies
are discovered (having no brood) they
should be united with colonies hav-
ing queens. This can be done simply

by setting the queenless colony on
top.

The stimulation to heavy brood
rearing should occupy six to eight
weeks previous to th^ surplus honej
flow, and every beekeeper should
know when that comes in his locality.
If he is a beginner, any beekeeper
who is older in the work can give
that information. If a colony has a
good queen and plenty of empty cells
for egg laying, i.s well supplied with
stores, and is protected from cold and
wind, one may expect a colony which
is capable of storing the maximum
crop.

Having gone to all this Jjouble to
get plenty of bees in the hive the bee-
keeper will readily see that he should
do everything in his power to pre-
vent swarming. Swarming just be-
fore or during the honey flow is the
greatest drawback to a good crop.
Experienced beekeepers have worked
out methods by which this can large-
ly be prevented and every beekeeper
should study these methods.

E. F. Phillips.
Bureau of Entomologj'.

TEXAS ONION CROP
The Texas onion crop of 1915 is
estimated to cover 10,657 acres as
compared with 9,343 acres in 1915
an increase of 14 per cent. The con-
dition of the crop on March 1 is esti-
mated as 65.6 per cent, of normal
which forecasts a yield of about 230
bushels per acre, or a total produc-
tion of 5,328 cars of 460 bushels each.
In 1915 the shipments amounted to
about 4.607 cars. These estimates
are made by the truck crop special-
ist of the Bureau of Crop Estimates.
The low condition of 65.6 is ac-
counted for by two freezes and the
general prevalence of the thrips,
which is especially severe in the
Laredo district. It is believed, how-
ever, that the ravages of this insect
have been checked by the energetic
efforts of the growers in spraying
their crops, several crops having
been so saved.

A GOOD INA^ESTMENT

For those who stil question the
value of spraying fruit trees, the fol-
lowing cost accounts may be interest-
ing.

Profjte. C. Sears says: —

"At tne Bay Road Fruit Farm we
have kept careful accounts of our
spraying costs, but being convinced
already that it was a profitable thing
to do we have not left any check
trees. Here are our figures: —
53 Bearing Baldwin Trees

Labor, 3 men and team 6i/^
hr. at 87%c per hr. $5.69

Spray materials 15 lbs, ar-
senate of lead at 8c 1.20
5 gallons lime sulphur at I4c .70

Total — or 1-ic per tree for
spraying $7.59

Thi!5 was very thorough spraying
and is a high cost. The trees aver-
aged about five barrels of apples and
were sprayed twice that year, maS-
ing about 6c per barrel for spraying.
It would not take many wormy ap-
ples to lose that much.

The Nebraska Experinu-nt Station
obtained the following results. Thir
work covered a period of four yearb,
in 16 orchards, 3300 trees, averag«
age, IS yrs., number of ai)rayjngs per
year, 4.

Cost of materials per
tree $ .11 3-10

Cost of applying per

tree, .12 7-10

Total $ .24

Average amount materials per

tree per year 13 gals.
Sprayed tre«s:
^Marketable
.fruit 4.4 bu. @ 52c $2.28

Culls and

windfalls 1.1 bu. @ 6c .07

Total 5.5 $2.35 $2.35

Unsprayed trees:

Marketable

fruit 1.8 bu. @ 41c $ .73

Culls and

windfalls 1.7 bu. @ 5c .08 .81

Difference in
sprayed trees
Cost of spraying

cost

$1.54
.24

Net gain per tree $1.30

The farmer who has poor apples
this fall will either have to pay 35
to 40c a barrel to have his apples
packed under the new law or head
them up as he has in the past and
label them "Ungraded." This means
the lowest price on the market or In
other words, small returns for his la-
bor. Why not invest in some spray
materials, give our trees a good
thorough spraying and insure a good
profit for our labor?

BUYING NURSERY STOCK.
At this season many people are
making out an order for the nursery-
man. Everyone has the feeling in thei
spring that they must plant some-
thing. A good axiom to follow Is
to always buy direct from the whole-
saler. Agents have their place but
not in the nursery business. Pick
out two or three reliable concerns,
make out your order, and then send
to them for prices.

THE HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

In ordering apple trees, use tlie
two-year old trees If you are plan-
ning to set your orchard in rough or
poor land, otherwise use the one-year
old trees. The XX or medium tree
is generally preferable. With peaches,
never buy over a one-year old tree.
Plums, pears, cherries and quinces
are usually sold as two-years' old.
Select a few of the .standard varieties,
the fewer the better. Do not try any
new varieties unless you wish to ex-
periment. ^^'estern varieties as a
rule do not thrive in New England.

Ill buying small fruits, especially
raspberries, blackberries or straw-
berries, it is preferable to buy them
from some local grower if he has
good, clean, stock and new beds or
plantations. One is surer of getting
varieties that are true to name and
hardy for the locality.

FARM BUREAU WORK.

Summary of the Work

(Feb. 28-Mar. 25)

Farms Visited 59

Letters Written 110

Circular Letters 144

Office calls 58

Telephone calls 71

MEETINGS

Meeti-ngs held 4

Total Attendance 270

ALFALFA CONTEST

The Massachusetts Society for Pro-
moting Agriculture have offered the
following prizes for the purpose of
«ncouraging the growing of alfalfa
in Massachusetts.

Six hundred dollars in five prizes
for the best acre, planted in 191b;
these Prizes to be awarded in Octo-
ber, 1918, as follows: —

First Prize ?250 00

Second Prize 150.00

Third Prize 100 00

Fourth Prize 75 00

Fifth Prize 25.00

The Trustees will be governed in
awarding these prizes by the general
condition and appearance of the crop
during the season of 1917-1918. and
by the total weight of field cured
hay. The award of the Prizes will
be based on the purity of the stand
determined in the field previous to
cutting. The yield of protein and
moisture to he computed from anal-
yses made by the Massachusetts Agri-
cultural Experiment Station at Am-
herst, as an index of the feeding
value of the crop. The cost of pro-
duction will be taken into considera-
tion in making the awards. A weigh-
er's certificate suitably witnessed will
be required.

FOUND — A gold mine in Hampshire
County. Hundreds of apple trees
that need spraying. Safe and sure
investment. Don't delay. Oppor-
tunity will last only three months.
Tel. 100-% Perfect Hampshire
County Apples.
FOR SALE— Davis Strain Yellow
Flint Seed Corn: White Wyandotte
Hatching Eggs; Mammoth Pekin
Duck Eggs; Day-old chicks and
ducklings; Six fine Wyandotte
Cockerels. Address, Charles H.
Thayer, Hickory Farm, Amherst,
Mass.
FOR SALE— Two registered Hol-
stein-Friesian Bulls, 3 and 6 mos.
old, $50 each. 24 registered head
i.n herd. Herd null is a grandson
of Finderne Pride Johanna Rue.
She made the following record in
365 days— 28,403.7 lbs. milk, 1 470.58
lbs. butter. Address, J. S. Graves,
Haydenville, Mass., R. F. D. Box 13.
FOR SALE— Eggs for hatching,
Owen Farm strain, S. C. White
Orpington, 75c and $1.00 per sett-
ing. Write or phone E. J. Burke,
Hopkins Academy, Hadley, Mass.
FOR SALE— One registered Chester
White Boar, llmos. old; also a
limited amount of Yellow Flint
seed corn. Smith's Agricultural
School, Northampton, Mass.
FOR SALE — A Son of Merry of Glen-
wood, her official record was 7(>»
lbs. 11 oz. of 85% butter for one
year. Sire a Grandson of Imp. Ox-
ford Lad, his dam laade 499 lbs. 10
ox. of 85% butter as a three year
old. This calf was dropped June
13 and is a fine individual. Also
ready for service, bulls from ad-
vanced registry cows. Prices right,
quality considered. Address W. H.
Morey, Bryant Hill, Cummington.
FOR SALE:— Three (3) thorough-
bred Aberdeen Angus bulls. Pine
Individuals. Address, H. N. Mason,
Worthington, Mass.
ONLY ONE HOLSTEIN BULL LEFT.
A son, born July 28, 1915 to the
three-year-old heifer, Koningin
Beauty 2nd. She has given G196
lbs. of milk from Aug. 1 to Jan. 1.
Price $100. Address, Edward J.
Clark, Cummington, Mass., R. F. D.
EGGS FOR HATCHINGS— White
Plymouth Rocks and S. C. WTiite
Leghorns, $1.00 per 15 or $6.00 per
100. Order early so there won't
be any trouble about filling your
order. Geo. H. Timmins, Green-
way Farm, Ware, Mass.
FOR SALE— Eggs for hatching from
prize wining strain, S. C. White
Leghorn, and Buff Wyandotte. $1 00
per 15 — $6.00 per hundrefl. Also
day-old chicks. A. B. Roberts, 165
Main St., Easthampton, Mass.

WANTED — 4-can Cooley Creamer;
copper-lined. Address, Lewis H.
Granger, So. Worthington, Mass.
Tel. 13-22.

FOR SALE— 10-can Cooley Creamer;
copper-lined. Address, Lewis H.
Gran.;';or, So. Worthington, Mass.
Tel. 13-22.

FOR SALE— One Leader Sprayer, 2
h.p. engine, 200 lb. pressure; can
run three lines of hose, tank 150
gal. with hose, bamboo rods, noz-
zles all In .good running order and
ready for business. Price, $175.
Inquire of J. Pierpont, William.s-
burg, Mass.

FOR SALE — One galvanized iron
sugar making outfit, consist'ng of
a sap pan 3 X 4^^ ft., ab0"t 200
Grimm's spigots, 100 pails and two
dozen new gallon syrup cans. Ray-
mond A. Warner, Williamsb'"i«,
Mass. Phone 9.

FOR SALE: — Farm of 90 acres,
consisting of sugar orchard, 12-rooin
house, pasturage, running water, 50
bearing trees, 100 young trees. Ad-
dress, A. F. Dyer, Plainfield, Mass.

FOR SALE Registered Jersey cows,

heifers and bulls; also a few nice
grade cows at farmers' prices. H.
W. Gurney, Cummington, Mass.

FOR SALE— One pure bred Hol-
stein Bull calves, nicely marked;
price $30. Address, C. E. Parson*
& Sons, 168 Bridge St., Northampton,
Mass.

FOR SALE — 1 registered Jersey Bull
11 mos. old. Address C. S.
Parsons, 15 Sherman Ave., North.
ampton, Mass.

FARM TO RENT — Small farm, 25
acres — Pasture, Wood, mowing —
House and barn near State Road
and Electric Cars — Town water.
Price, $20 month. Work given In
our mill in winter. 'Bradford Hill
Farm" A. S. Hills, owner, Hayden-
ville, Mass.

FOR SALE— Seed Corn. Try Yellow
Flint. It has a reputation for high
quality. Highest rewards in five
entries at Boston Show. Perley B.
Davis, Granby, Mass.

FOR SALE— 200 Grim 13 qt. sap palls,
9 spouts, set Carlton lb. sugar
moulds, 5-barrel gathering tub. all
nearly new. Eight bottle Ea'^cock
milk tester and outfit, two horse
sled, nearly new. All at my form-
er residence in Worthington. Aid-
en N. Curtis, Westfleld, Mass.

THE PURE-BRED Percheron, Sir
Vivian, record No. 102007 will make
the season of 1916 at the Park
View farm, 93 West St., Easthamp-
ton, Mass. Geo. Emerson feearle.
Proprietor.

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY

^^rricr:

FARM BUREAU MONTHl_Y

Published by the Hampshire County Farm Bureau

PRICES 50 CENTS PER YEAR; $1.00 PER YEAR INCLUDING MEMBERSHIP IN FARM BUREAU

Vol. 1

Northampton, Mass., May, 1916

No. 9

DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS

At the April meeting of the Ad-
visory Board, the following projects
were decided upon. It is desired that
at least one demonstration be car-
ried on in every town in the County
so that next fall definite results can
be shown for each community. Ten
towns have not as yet made ar-
rangements for any demonstrations.
Get in touch with your directors if
you desire any in your locality.

I. Name: Soil Improvement Pro-
ject.

Object: To improve soil condi-
tions and crop management in the
County.

Method of Procedure: —

(a) Increase the interest in the use
of lime. Show its value by
demonstration fields.

(b) Through newspaper articles and
Farm Bureau paper attempt to
show value of barn-yard manure
and how it should be handled.
Encourage the utilizing of all
home sources of plant food and
show the place and value of
commercial fertilizers and chem-
icals.

(d) Create more interest in the
growing of legumes.

(e) Demonstrate the value of cov-
er crops, especially on orchard,
corn and tobacco land.

ff) Assist farmers who need tile

drainage on their farms,
(g) Select five fields for the purpose
of carrying on the following
demonstration:
Select land to be seeded this
Spring on which a well fertilized
crop was grown last year.

Grass mixture without clover
Lime 2500
to
3000
No Lime
■ Lime 2500
to
3000 (1)

Grass and Clover mixtures
Lime 2500
to
3000

No Lime
Lime 2500
to
3000 (2)

1st Year — Apply lime according to
above plan. Sow oats 2 bushel per
acre. Oats should be cut for hay
but may be harvested for grain
crop. Seed according to plan with
the following mixtures: —
15 lbs. Timothy
5 lbs. Red Top
5 lbs. Red Clover
4 lbs. Alsyke Clover
18 lbs. Timothy

The crop of clover may be cut If
heavy but should not be fed off.

2nd Year — Grass and clover crops
should be harvested and weighed.
Cut rowen crop of clover. Plow the
whole area before ground freezes.

3rd. Year — Grow corn or potatoes
on whole area giving uniform treat-
ment to all parts of the field.

II. Name: — Crop Improvement
Project.

Object: — To improve the hay fields
increase the interest in alfalfa grow-
ing and assist in the more profitable
srowing of potatoes.
Methods of Procedure: —
fa) Bring into the County all
agencies to assist in the eradi-
cation of orange hawk weed,
(b) Select five fields for the pur
pose of demonstrating the value
of top-dressing .grass lands with
chemical fertilizers,
(o) Encourage farmers in as many
towns as possible to' enter the
Alfalfa Contest of the Mass.
Society for promoting agricul-
ture. Obtain five farms that
will keep cost accounts on % or
more acres of alfalfa,
(d) Encourage, through the Farm
Bureau paper, lectures, etc.,
the more careful selection of
seed potatoes and more thor-
ough tillage. Have five demon-
stration fields, keeping accurate
record of the cost of spraying
with bordeaux and arsenate of
lead. Have a small check plot
unsprayed so that when the
crop is harvested the net re-
turns from spraying can be ob-
served.

III. Name: — Dairy & Livestock
Project.

Object: — To put the dairy industry
on a business basis, cause more in-
terest in high-grade stock and the
raising of profitable young stock.
Methods of Procedure: —

From two cowtest associations, one
in the town of Ware and the other
in the towns of Middlefield, Worth-
ington and Cummington.

Carry on the present dairy club in
Ware and form clubs in towns that
desire it for the purpose of holding
monthly discussions on different
phases of dairy farming.

Create interest in the western part
of the County in the raising of more
high-grade livestock. Assist in in-
teresting farmers in the purchase of
pure-bred sires.

IV. Name: — Boys' fe Girls' Clubs.
Object: — To organize boys' and

girls' clubs in Agriculture, gardens,
poultry, pig and calf raising, home
economics, and other lines, for the
purpose of interesting them in im-
proved methods of Agriculture and
matters pertaining to the life of
their communities.
Methods of Procedure: — ■

A Special agent will be engaged to
organize the work. AH records will
be handled by the Mass. Agricultural
College and duplicate records kept in
the Farm Bureau Qfflce.

V. Name: — Extension Schools.
Object: — To carry on a definite

source of instruction in Agriculture
and Home-making for four days in
each of three communities during the
winter months.
Methods of Procedure: —

Arrange through the local direct-
ors for the schools. Hold a meeting
at least two weeks previous to the
holding of the school and have all
necessary committees appointed t|o
arrange details. Co-operate with
the Grange, farmers' Clubs or any
other local organization interested in
the work. The women's section will
be managed by Miss Bunce of the
Smith's Agricultural School. The
Agricultural section will be managed
co-operatively with the Farm Bu-
reau and Smith's Agricultural
School.

THE HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY

FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

Published By The

Hampshire County rarm Bureau

A. P. MacDougall, County Agent

Office, First National Bank Bldg.

Northampton, Mass.

Entered as second class matter
Nov. 9, 1915 at the post office at
Northampton, Massachusetts, under
the Act of March 8, 1879.

OFFICERS OF THE FARM BUREAU

Lc sli^e R. Smith, President, Hadiey.

W D. JIandell, Treasurer, NorUiajiip

ton
K. K. Clap'.), Secretary, Nortliamp

ton.

Advisory Board

I-pslie R. Smith. Hadiey

Chas. R. Damon, Williamsburg

Ferley E. Davis, Granby

C. E. Hodpkins, Northampton

Vv nrren M. King, Northampton

\i. A Aiorse, Belchertmvn

Martin Norris, Southampton

EDITORIAL

Plymouth County boys and girls
besides being eligible for the prizes
offered by the Mass. Agricultural
College in agricultural work have
over $800 offered for prizes, by dif-
ferent individuals or organizations.
This does not include any of the lo-
cal prizes offered by community
organizations for local exhibits.
Have we not some organization in
this County which will be interested
in offering prizes for this good
work?

Be sure and soak your seed po-
tatoes in corrosive sublimate this
sprng. Then spray your vines with
bordeaux at least five times. Fer-
tilizer is high and we must use all
other means to increase the yield.

Commencing April 20, the Farm
Bureau engaged Mr. R. S. Wether-
bee, a senior at the Mass. Agri-
cultural College to spend three days
a week organizing boys and girls in
garden and club work in the Coun-
ty. Mr. Wetherbee has been very
successful in enlisting hundreds of
boys and girls in this work. The
plans are for the Farm Bureau to
direct the work until July 1st and
then procure local leaders to super-
vise it during the summer. If time
and funds will permit, more or less
assistance will be given through the
entire season. I

The directors in the town of Ware
have been successful in obtaining
the Percheron Stallion Ker David
from the Mass. Agricultural College
to stand in the town of Ware from
May 4 to June S. A paper was cir-
culated by Mr. Timmins and Mr.
Green and nearly thirty mares were
obtained. Mr. Timmins has gener-
ously given stable room free. The
Ware Agricultural & Driving Asso-
ciation has also offered prizes to be
given at their Fair in 1917 for draft
colts. These prizes are open to colts
from any horse, but a special prize
will be offered for the best colt from
Ker David. The College stallion is
black, weighs over 1800 and consid-
ered one of the best Percheron stal-
lions in the State.

TREATING SEED POTATOES

Soaking seed potatoes with form-
aldehyde or with corrosive sublim-
ate to prevent scab and other dis.
eases on the tubers has long been in
practice. If properly carried out, this
precaution is well worth while and
a profitable investment. Seed treat-
ment will not be effective, however,
if the soil where the potatoes are
to be planted is already infested with
scab.

In practically every section of the
County, potatoes are found infested
with what is known as Rhizoctonia
o.' "Little potato" disease. In sonk
ing the seed, formaldehyde 'n- not
St long enough to control this riiiiaiis
and corrosive sublimate must be used.

At the potato show held at M. A.
C. this spring, practically every ex-
hibit was effected with this disease,
showing that it is wide spread. This
disease does more to reduce the yield
of potatoes outside of serious infec-
tions of late blight than any other
disease. It can be told on the seed
by the small specks or scabs that
look like dirt but which will not rub
off. In the field the disease often
causes missing hills, or after the
vines are up, it may work on the
stem and cause the vines to drop
over as if cut by the cut-worm. In
some cases in digging, one will find
a mass of very small potatoes. 20 or
25 in number, but none marketable.
In most cases the cause is the "lit-
tle potato" disease. This disease is
very dangerous as it is not often
recognized, and a farmer does not
realize the damage it causes. Be
sure and take the precaution of soak-
ing your seed in corrosive sublimate.
Use 2 oz. to 15 gals, of water and
soak 1 % hours. Be accurate and
careful to follow directions as this

material is very poisonous and if too
strong, a solution is used or if
soaked too long, the seed may be in-
jured. The solution may be used

! three times with good results.

M.-^SSACHUSETTS BOYS' AND
GIRLS' PIG CLUB IN HAMP-
SHIRE COUNTY.

Last year there were forty-two
Hampshire County boys and girls in
the State Pig Club, most of. whom
lived on farms in the following
towns: Amherst, Chesterfield, Cum-
mington, Hadiey, Northampton,
Williamsburg and Worthington.

These boys and girls fed and
managed one or more pigs from
weanling age to maturity; keeping
records of all feed given, labor used
and the gain in weight. This work
was part of the State Pig Club Con-
test in which the members competed
for prizes given to those that pro-
duced the best pig at the lowest
cost. At the end of the contest ths
records of all members in the state
were figured on a standard basis and
prizes awarded to the winners. There
were over 400 members in the state.

Hampshire County was well rep-
resented in the prize list. Edward
Fydonkevez. North Amherst, being
the leader in the county and finishing
twelfth in the state. This lad fed
and cared for a pig that made a
daily gain of 1.34 pounds at a cost'
of five cents per pound. He re-
ceived second prize that entitled him
to a Free Trip Through New Eng-
land, also a pure-bred Yorkshire pig
donated by Mr. H. C. Barton. South
Amherst to the best member in
Hampshire County and a sum of
money donated by the Northampton
Pair Association. Young Pyden-
kevez is a pupil in Hopkins Acad-
emy and a sturdy farm boy who will
become a good farmer.

Myron Gale of South Amherst won
a third prize that gives him a week
at the Amherst Summer Camp. He
fed and managed one pig that made
a dily gain of 1.23 pounds at a cost
of a little over five cents per pound.
He is also a pupil in Hopkins Acad-
emy and a boy who does a great
deal of farm work.

Mary Devine of North Amherst
was one of the girls that made a
good record, by feeding and manag-
ing a pig that made a daily gain of
1.05 pounds at a cost of six cents
per pound. This young lady was
very careful in her work, handling
her pig as would a veteran hog man.
She and her brother (also a good
Club member) were keen rivals in

THE HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

the contest, creating much interest as
to which would win. The race was
close and at the end of the contest
Mary won by a small margin.

An excellent showing was made by
Philip Damon of Chesterfield, who
had two pigs entered in the contest.
This member earned a pig by taking
care of two owned by the local hotel
proprietor.

All the members in this county
made good records and considering
it was the first year of the Pig Club
the indications for better work and
more interest are very satisfactory.

The records of all members in the
state showed that the average daily
gain was 1.4 pounds at a cost of
slightly over four cents per pound.

Many members used a combina-
tion of pasture and grain, finding
that proved an economical method
for growing and fattening their pigs.
By using rape or clover pasture, and
supplementing this with a good grain
ration the gains were made at a low
cost, the saving in labor and feed
being marked. There are many
places in Hampshire County where
this system can be followed with
better results than will be obtained
by grain feeding alone.

The Pig Contest work is man-
aged by the Farm Bureau and all
assistance possilbe will be given
members. A number of pig shows
are planned to be held in connec-
tion with the local fairs at which
the pigs will be judged and prizes
given, and also where a judging
contest will be held for the Pig
Club members. Other demonstra-
tions and lectures .will also be giv-
en.

E. N. POLAND,
Pig Club Agent.

FITTING SHOW CATTLE
There are four distinguished Dairy
breeds that we find in the show
ring, viz: Jerseys, Arshires, Guern-
seys and Holsteins. The same rules
in fitting these breeds for the show
apply to all.

First I should pick my cattle of a
uniform type. I should want about
one year's time to condition the av-
erage cow for the ring, bulls as
well. My reason for namng this
length of time is on account of the
fact that cattle would not be exer-
cised on Sundays which cuts the act-
ual time down to about ten and one
half months.

I should breed cows the last half
of November and the first part of
December which would bring them
fresh for the fall fairs. I should

start in to teach them to lead nice-
ly and to stand in a good showy po-
. sition easily without harsh treat-
j nient. Cows to be shown should be
! kept alone when in the field, giving
them exercise either in the morning
or evening, but not in the sun as the
sun will spoil their coats. I never
blanket as they are more likely to
oalc)i cold. They should be groomed
every morning after which go over
with a dafiip sponge — luke warm wa-
ter— not too wet,, then rub with a
dry cloth until dry. Have at all
times a good supply of bedding. In
fly time darken the barn and use a
little sulphur napthol in water to
"ponge tliem. Do not comb switch
out until show time. The night be-
fore showing braid switch as fine as
possible. In the morning comb and
brush out tail, clip from rump to
switch also clip all hair from under
and the hair from inside of ears and
edge as well as hair from under
belly to show veins. In trimming
horns take all the white off the horn
with a file, then use common sand-
paper to take off the rough. Finish
with emery paper after which take
cotton flannel — one yard — and tear
in five strips. First use one strip
with ground pumic stone — a small
pinch with sweet oil and see-saw the
i-nrn — three or four times to a horn.
Then take another strip and do the
~a'.)ie thing only use rotten stone.
Then see-saw the horn with cloth and
oil only and then with dry cloth un-
til piano finish comes.

Two weeks before showing I would
get some Tincture of Green Soap, us-
ing a teaspoonful to two gallons of
hike warm water. Sponge cattle
with same thorou.ghly every day un-
til showing, rubbing down with a
good hair brush. '

In regard to feedng. I take a ton
of bran, one half ton of ground oats,
fhrer; liunrlred pounds of corn meal,
ihree hundred pounds of oil meal —
old process — and one half bushel of
cow salt and mix thoroughly, giving
cows about six quarts a day each.
I'se judgment as to amount some
cows can stand. A few days before
showing I should feed the milking
cfiws a little more to give them a
fresh start on their milk which will
make them shc^w up well. Be very
careful the night before the show-
not to give them all the water they
want, but give them all they want
two hours before going in the ring.
Milk out clean the night before
showing — not again until after
showing. If the Skin of the udder
should show blotches which resemble
mosquito bits before time to show]
after last milking, milk out a little i

>o ease .up on the strain. To prevent
chili which some times will accur in
a case like this put blankets on.
Give as much green feed as you
can. Give all the good hay you can,
feeding the grain three times a day.
I;i preparing feet be careful to trim
neatly and trim to have proper bear-
ing as this has a great effect on
the appearance in the ring as well
as adding greatly to the cow's com-
fort. It is an established fact that
a cow with sore feet will not eat
well and as consequence cannot
show well.

This lecture was given by P.
A. Robinson, Manager, Thom-
as Lawson Estate, at the recent
County Conference at the Smith's
Agricultural School. Mr| Robinson
has fitted and shown cattle on the
If-land of Jersey and the Island of
Gui^rnsey as well as in the United
Ptate.~, thus having as much experi-
enofc, without doubt, as any man liv-
ing in showing cattle. His experi-
ence, together with his great per-
sonality, made his talk of great in-
terest and value.

PUBLISHERS' STATEMENT
Northampton, Mass., May 1, 1916.

Statement of the ownership, man-
agement, circulation, etc., of the
"Hampshire County Farm Bureau
Monthly," published monthly at
Northampton. Jlassachusetts, re-
quired by act of August 24, 1912.
Owner and publisher, Hampshire
County Farm Bureau, Inc. Leslie R.
Smith, president; W. D. Mandell,
Treasurer; R. K. Ciapp, Secretary.
Editor, A. F. MacDougall, North-
ampton, Massachusetts; Managing
Editor, A. F. MacDougall; Business
Manager, A. P. MacDougall. Bond
holders, mortgages, stockholders and
other securities, none.

(Signed) A. F. MacDOUGAI^L,

Business Manager.

Sworn to and subscribed before me
this fifteenth day of April. 1916.
J. C. HAMMOND,

Notary Public

My commission expires September
2S, 1917.

FARM BUREAU WORK.

Summary of the Work
(Mar. 27-Apr. 22)

Farms Visited 20

Letters Written 106

Circular Letters 374

Office Calls .51

Telephone Calls 73

MEETINGS

Meetings Held 20

Attendance 537

THE HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

DAIRY RECORDS

Cows in the Connecticut V::
Cow-Test Association, making over
1000 lbs. milk or 40 lbs. butter fat
for the month of April:

W. H. Learned, Florence

Grade Holstein & Guernsey

Milk Fat

1245 lbs. 37.4 lbs.

965 40.5

907 41.7

C. T. Burt &- Son, Easthampton.

Holstein
1471 47.5

1016 37.6

W. A. Parsons, Southampton
862 48.3

806 40.3

Clapp Bros., Easthampton.
Holstein
962 40.

1263 50.6

E. T. Whitaker, Hadley.

Holstein

1034

36.9

Mrs. R.

Sessions.
Holstein

1290

42.6

1057

31.8

1224

40.3

1099

31.9

1042

39.6

1193

39.3

Those desiring to buy or rent farms
can find a substantial list at the
Farm Bureau OfRce.

E. D. Waid. Amherst.

Holstein and Jersey

1195

37.

1120

41.4

E. C.

Harlow. Amherst.
Jerseys

90S

45.4

712

42.

J. L.

Ingham, Granby.
Holstein

1094

34.2

GRAIN PRICES

The following quotatoins are
taken from the Boston Chamber of
Commerce for April 26, 1916:

per ton

Middlngs $24.00 — 28.50

Bran, winter 25.00 — 25.75

Bran, spring 23.25 — 24.50

Mixed Feed 25.25 — 29.00

Red Dog 31.00

Cotton Seed Meal 35.25 — 37.50

Linseed Meal 31.50

Gluten Feed 29.98

Hominy Feed 29.15

Stock Feed 30.00

FOR SALE: — (The Levi Bryant
Estate) One of the best farms in
the town of Chesterfield. Less
than one mile from the center.
Cream collector and school team
pass the door. 200 acres, includ-
ing 45 acres tillage and over a
million feet of lumber, two-thirds
soft wood, sugar bush that will
set 800 tubs. The farm is well
fenced and mowings clear of
stones. Large house and barn
connected by shed. A fine sitely
place with many good building
lots — Apply to Frank Baker,
Chesterfield, Mass.
FOR SALE: — Farm of 89 acres, 30
tillage, in the town of Southamp-
ton. Beautiful location, large
house and barn in fine repair.
Running spring water in house
and barn, house equipped with
modern conveniences. Several
acres of good tobacco land. All
equipped, ready for business.
Large share of planting done.
Apply to Farm Bureau Office.
FOR SALE: — A Jersey Bull Calf;
75 per cent, blood of Eminent
Second. Address C. M. Pratt, Had-
ley, Mass.
NOTICE: — Judge a stallion by his
colts. Connet, pure bred percher-
on, will make the season at C. E.
Parsons & Son, 128 Bridge St.,
Northampton, Mass.
FOUND — A gold mine in Hampshire
County. Hundreds of apple trees
that need spraying. Safe and sure
investment. Don't delay. Oppor-
tunity will last only three months.
Tel. 100-% Perfect Hampshire
County Apples.
FOR SALE— Davis Strain Yellow
Flint Seed Corn; White Wyandotte
Hatching Eggs; Mammoth Pekin
Duck Eggs; Day-old chicks and
ducklings; Six fine Wyandotte
Cockerels. Address, Charles H.
Thayer, Hickory Farm, Amherst,
Mass.

FOR SALE~Two registered Hol-
stein-Priesian Bulls, 3 and 6 mos.
old, $50 each. 24 registered head
i.n herd. Herd bull is a grandson
of Finderne Pride Johanna Rue.
She made the following record in
365 days— 28,403.7 lbs. milk, 1.470.58
lbs. butter. Address, J. S. Graves,
Haydenville, Mass., R. F. D. Box 13.

FOR SALE— One registered Chester
WliitP. Boar, llmos. old; also a
limited amount of Yellow Flint
Keed corn. Smith's Agricultural
School, Northampton, Mass.

FOR SALE — A Son of Merry of Glen-
wood, her official record was 7bs
lbs. 11 02. of S5% butter for one
year. Sire a Grandson of Imp. Ox-
ford Lad, his dam made 499 lbs. 10
ox. of 85% butter as a three year
old. This calf was dropped June
13 and is a fine individual. Also
ready for service, bulls from ad-
vanced registry cows. Prices rigtit,
quality considered. Address W. H.
Morey, Bryant Hill, Cummington.
FOR SALE: — Three (3) thorough-
bred Aberdeen Angus bulls. Fine
individuals. Address, H. N. Mason,
Worthiugton, Mass.
ONLY ONE HOLSTEIN BULL LEFT.
A son, born July 28, 1915 to the
three-year-old heifer, Koningiu
Beauty 2nd. She has givtn Olilti
lbs. of milk from Aug. 1 to Jan. 1.
Price ?100. Address, Edward J.
Clark, Cummington, Mass., R. F. D.
FOR SALE— Eggs for hatching from
prize wining strain, S. C. \v hite
Leghorn, and Butt Wyandotte. $1.00
per 15 — $6.00 per hundred. Also
day-old chicks. A. B. Roberts, 165
Main St., Easthampton, Mass.
WANTED— 4-can Cooley Creamer;
copper-lined. Address, Lewis H.
Granger, So. Worthington, Mass.
Tel. 13-22.
FOR SALE— 10-can Cooley Creamer;
copper-lined. Address, Lewis H.
Granger, So. Worthington, Mass.
Tel. 13-22.
FOR SALE— One Leader Sprayer, 2
h.p. engine, 200 lb. pressure; can
run three lines of hose, tank 150
gal. with hose, bamboo rods, noz-
zles all in good running order and
ready for business. Price, $175.
Inquire of J. Pierpont, Williams-
burg, Mass.

FOR SALE: — Farm of 90 acres,
consisting of sugar orchard, 12-room
house, pasturage, running water, 60
bearing trees, 100 young trees. Ad-
dress, A. F. Dyer, Plainfield, Mass.

FOR SALE Registered Jersey cows,

heifers and bulls; also a few nice
grade cows at farmers' prices. H.
W. Gurney, Cummington, Mass.
FOR SALE — 1 registered Jersey Bull
11 mos. old. Address C. S.
Parsons, 15 Sherman Ave., North,
ampton, Mass.
FOR SALE— Seed Corn. Try Yellow
Flint. It has a reputation for high
quality. Highest rewards in five
entries at Boston Show. Perley E.
Davis, Granby. Mass.
THE PURE-BRED Percheron, Sir
Vivian, record No. 102007 will make
the season of 1916 at the Park
View farm, 93 West St., Easthamp-
ton, Mass. Geo. Emerson Searle,
Proprietor.

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY

FARM BUREAU MONTHLrV

Published by the Hampshire County Farm Bureau

PRICES 50 CENTS PER YEAR; $1.00 PER YEAR INCLUDING MEMBERSHIP IN FARM BUREAU

:ilO

Vol. 1

Northampton, Mass., June, 1916

No. 10

P POTATO DISEASES

Extracts from paper read by Prof.
W. J. Morse, Plant Pathologist,
Maine Experiment Sta-
tion, Orono, Me.

(Facts For Farmes M. A. C.)

The fact is very evident that the
.seed tuber is an important agent in
the propagation and spread of potato
diseases. It is important and desir-
able that potato grovvfers should learn
to recognize as many of these dis-
eases as possible, but it is by no
means absolutely necessary. If only
healthy tubers from healthy plants
are used for seed purposes, and as an
extra precaution these tubers are dis-
infected before planting, much of the
danger of the propagation and spread
of destructive potato diseases will
be eliminated.

Rough handling of seed should be
avoided as much as possible, as in-
juries and cracks give an opportuni-
ty for the fungi which causes stor-
age decay to gain entrance. Black-
hgart is caused by overheating the
cars in transit and is nothing that
can be communicated to other tub-
ers.

Blacklea: ^^ ^ bacterial disease, is
carried only by the seed potatoes, and
does not live over winter In the
ground in Maine. It is, comparative-
ly, an easy disease to control. It
may be entirely eliminated by care-
fully sorting the seed and removing
all tubers which show any rot or
diseased areas or any which are ap-
parently cracked and jammed, and
then disinfecting the remainder
with corrosive sublimate or formal-
dehyde before planting.

Potato scab lias been reported on
a few other vegetables and root
crops, but on none of these is it of
any importance except occasionally
on be&ts. This disease is of a para-
sitic nature and can occur only
where the parasite exists in the soil
or is introduced with the seed tubers.
Limited amounts of uncooked, scab-
by potato tubers may be few to cows
and the manure used with a fair de-
gree of safety, but the germs of this
disease readily pass, in a living con-
dition, through the digestive tract
of a horse.

There is a fungus which has long
been known to students of pathology
as Rliizoctonia. One of the char-
acteristics of this disease is that the
tops may, as a rule, rook fairly
strong and healthy and give promise
of a good yield, but when dry wea-
ther conies on will ripen premature-
ly and the yi 'Id will be disappoint-
ing in quality and size. Corrosive
sublimate seems to be the most ef-
fective disinfecting agent for Rhizoc-
tonia, but seed should be selected
which is as free from the fungus as
possible. The land on which it oc-
curs in a destructive manner should
be given over to other crops as long
as possible, before again being
planted to potatoes.

In the disease known as potato
wilt, the plants, after they reach
the size when the tubers begin to
set, may wilt and die more or less
suddenly. Sometimes the lower
leaves begin to die before there is
much evidence of wilt. Tubers with
discolored flesh should not be plant-
ed for they carry the fungus which
causes the disease, and the man who
discards all potatoes showing any
suspicious discoloration will insure
himself against the introduction of
wilt.

Early blight is likely to attack
those plants which are weakened by
flea-beetle injury or dry weather. It
will be seen that early blight is
more of a leaf-spot disease and while
these spots may run together and
cause the death of the leaves, the in-
dividual spots are relatively small
in size, somewhat circular or angu-
lar, and always stop at a vein or
midrib. Early blight never causes
the decay of the tuber.

Late' bliffllt produces large blotch-
es on the leaves and these do not stop
at veins or midrib, but when con-
ditions are right spread very rapidly
and kill the entire leaf. Epidemics
of rot follow severe outbreaks of
late blight on the foliage. Bordeaux
mixture is a preventive of late blight
and not a cure. After the spores
have once germinated, and the germ
tubes enter the leaves, spraying is
useless.

Seed disinfection, sprays and
other preventive and remedial meas-

ures are valuable and should not be
neglected, but they are not the main
line of defence against the enemy.
The fii-st and most important essen-
tial is healthy seed produced by
healthy plants.

SPEAYING POTATOES

With he exception of last year,
for the past five or six years we have
experienced very dry seasons with a
corresponding small amount of late
blight on the potatoes. With practi-
cally no trouble from blight, most of
the farmers have given up spraying
their vines with bordeaux mixtures.
Last season many lost heavily by
their vines blighting and as the re-
sult are turning their attention more
to spraying this year.

Spraying with bordeaux is an in-
surance against blight. But even if
one was certain that his field would
not be struck, efficient spraying with
bordeaux should increase the crop to
more than offset the cost of spraying.

At the Vermont Experiment Sta-
tion, experiments covering a period
of 21 years have been carried on with
remarkable results.

During the last six years with
practically no blight present, the
average increase per acre of the
sprayed over the unsprayed fields
have been 67.5 bu.

The following figures show clear*
ly the advantages of spraying even
during dry seasons.

Green Mountain variety
Yield per
acre

.'So!*
CS cS a

Year ^ bu. bu. bu." p!, "g

1906 Two 133 101 32 some

1907 Pour 171 63 108 little

1908 Four 156 65 91 none

1909 Four 243 188 55 none

1910 Five 240 202 38 none

1911 Four 156 75 81 none
Average for

last 6 years 183 116 67
Average for
21 years 263 159 104

Continued on Page 2.

THE HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY

FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

Published By The

Hampslure County Farm Bureau

A. P. MacDougall, County Agent

Office, First National Bank Bldg.

Northampton, Mass.

Entered as second class matter
Nov. 9, 1915 at the post office at
Northampton, Massachusetts, under
the Act of March 8, 1879.

OFFICERS OF THE FAEM BUREAU

Leslie R. Smith, President, Hadley.

W. D. ilandell. Treasurer, Northaiiip-
ton

K. K. Clapp, Secretary, Northamp-
ton.

Advisory Board

I.pslie R. Smith, Hadley

Chas. R. Damon, Williamsburg

Perley E. Davis, Granby

C. E. Hodgkins, Northampton

V^arren M. King, Northampton

M. A A'orse, Belchertown

Martin N orris, Southampton

EDITORIAL

Farmers are going to be classed
■by credit men as poor risks or good
risks, according to their yield per
acre and their ability to market
their crops.

"Too many farmers in America
today are merely giving themselves
hired men's jobs. What the farm-
ers need is not only large produc-
tion but profitable production." —
Carl S. Vrooman, Assistant Secre-
tary of Agriculture.

Several of the towns in the Coun-
ty have shown a great deal of in-
terest during the past few weeks in
the work conducted in the County
■fay Miss Marie Sayles and Miss Laura
Comstock of the Mass. Agricultural
College. Miss Sayles gave many
canning demonstrations, explaining
the cold pack method of preserving
fruits and vegetables and Miss Com-
stock lectured on the value of dif-
ferent foods in the home and on ef-
ficiency in Household Management.
We wish that more of this work
could Toe done and have greater at-
tention paid to the home side on the
farm. The women in several coun-
ties have already organized and put
a woman worker in the field. Hamp-
shire County women may well be
thinking this over.

Continued from Page 1.
At the New York Agricultural Ex-
periment Station at Geneva similar!
results have been obtained for a
ten-year-period. The farmers busi-
ness experiments mentioned in the
following summary are experiments
that were carried on by farmers to
determine the actual profit in spray-
ing potatoes in New York State,
under farm conditions. The sum-
mary below is taken from Bui. No.
349, published by the N. Y. Agricul-
tural Experiment Station.

In the so-called ten-year experi-
ments the ten-year average increase
in yield is as follows:

At Geneva, three sprayings, 69 bu.
per kcre.

At Geneva, five to seven sprayings,
97.5 bu. per acre.

At Riverhead, three sprayings, 25
bu. per acre.

At Riverhead, five to seven spray-
ings, 45.7 bu. per acre.

In the farmers' business experi-
ments (6 to 15 each year) the nine-
year averages are as follows:

Increase in yield, 36.1 bu. per acre.
Total expense of spraying, $4.74
per acre.

Net profit from spraying, $14.43
per acre.

In 205 volunteer experiments,
covering seven years, the average in-
crease in yield was 54.3 bu. per acrfe.
These experiments demonstrate
beyond doubt, that the spraying of
potatoes is highly profitable in New
York.

Spraying with bordeaux mixture
should be commenced when the
plants are six to eight inches high
and repeated at intervals of 10 to
14 days throughout the season, mak-
ing five to seven applications in all.
Some poison should be added to the
bordeaux whenever bugs or flea-beet-
les are plentiful. The spraying
should be very thorough — the more
thorough the better.

This year the high cost of copper
sulphate (blue vitrol) has made it
so that it is practically as cheap to
buy the prepared sprays as Pyrox or
Bordo-Lead if one is "buying large
amounts, as it is to make the bor-
deaux mixture. However, if one
makes their own bordeaux, use the
proportions of 4 lbs. copper sulphate,
4 lbs. lime to 50 gallons water for
the first two sprays. To this add 3
to 4 lbs. arsenate of lead for the
potato bugs. After the first two
sprays, use 5 lbs. of copper sulphate
and 5 lbs. lime in making the mix-
ture.

Cover the vines thoroughly with
the spray and remember that bor-
deaux is a preventive, not a cure,

and must be applied throughout the
entire season to get the best results.

An error was made in the last is-
sue in the grass mixtures given for
seeding down in oats. The article
should read:
Mixture

No. 1 — 15 lbs. Timothy

5 lbs. Red Top

No. 2 — IS lbs. Timothy

5 lbs. Red Clover
4 lbs. Alsyke Clover

NEW ENGLAND BECOMING ETC.

New England, America's Play-
ground, a true saying, and more ful-
ly appreciated today than ever be-
fore, both by dwellers and by thou-
sands of travelers from all points.
Witliout doubt, NeA^ England will
be filled with tourists this season as
never before. Foreign travel will be
small. There is no large exposition
this year in our country. This is the
year to advertise New England,
each state, county, and town should
be alive to this fact. Every dwel-
ler is bound to say a good word for
his own community. Our own Hamp-
shire County is one great beauty
spot. Americans there are, who have
traveled through Europe, but know
not the beauties of their own land.
New England is famous the world
over. We have comforts, education,
natural attractions of historic splen-
dor. Take a look at our little world
and be a does in it. You cannot
help others until you help yourself.
Our city and country roads, if to
serve the traveling public, are worth
saving for ourselves. There are dif-
ferent ways to do this. First pro-
vide for good drainage. A narrow,
overcrowned road is unsafe and of
short life if made from material tak-
en from the ditches. I am led to be-
lieve that we ought to use drags
more. In some parts of the west and
south, log drags are used with par-
ticularly good results. The farmers
organize and use them, the entire
length of their town. They drag in
spring and as frequently as possible
to keep roads smooth and free from
ruts. This is done when roads are
raoist. If followed up, at a small
cost, it has been a great comfort and
of much benefit.

A small model of the log drag can
bo seen at the County Commission-
ers' room at the Court House. We
think that the Commissioners would
be willing to furnish a drag to any
town that would promise to use it.
Along many of our country roads,
brush is allowed to grow to the edge
of the highway which keeps out the

THE HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

sun that is badly needed. Many roads
would appeal to the traveler i£ brush
and trees were properly cut and
trimmed and a sufficient number left
for partial shade and a source of
beauty. This would also make prop-
erty more attractive and more val-
uable to the owner. Chapter 145 of
the Acts of 1915 gives information
relating to these matters. This is
riot only our work and playground,
but should be the playground of the
country. Conditions are thoughts
made. Change your thoughts and
you will change conditions. Stop
thinking that conditions hold you.
It is you, holding onto conditions.
Stop blaming others and see if you
are sailing or drifting. Fill your
sails and let your daily voyage spell
Service.

C. E. HODGKINS.

., DAISY RECORDS

Claims are always being made that
the dairy cow does not pay for her
keep. In most cases the one that
knocks the hardest is the one that
knows the least about his cows.
There are very few industries that
we could ask the public to pay a
profit on that is run so loosely as the
dairy business. Guess work is more
general than even rough accounts,
and it is the rare farmer who can
tell accurately what it costs to pro-
duce a quart of milk or what it cost
to keep a cow a year. It is sad but
true that too often the dairyman
does not know whether his whole
herd is returning a profit or loss, let
alone the individual cows in the
herd.

The grain prices have nearly
doubled in the last twelve or fifteen
years; the price paid for milk has
only increased about fifteen or twen-
ty per cent, and the average yearly
production of milk per cow has prac-
tically stood at a standstill.

It is difficult for the farmer to
change grain prices much or to raise
the price of milk, but he can keep
records and improve the production
of his individual cows quite rapidly
hy weeding and breeding. The main
wants of the dairy husiness are bet-
ter cows and larger production, per
cow.

By membership in a cow-test as-
sociation, one can get accurate rec-
ords kept on individual cows at a
less cost than in any other way.
Proof of the value of these associa-
tions can he found in almost any
state we go. For example; in two
years testing in an Indiana cow-
testing association, the butterfat pro-
duction in five herds was increased
32.4 lbs. per cow. To show that it
is impossible to tell hy guessing or

estimating the profit on the basis of
♦he amount of milk produced, the
following figures taken from the rec-
ords of the Connecticut Valley Cow-
Test Association shows the difference
in feed cnsumed by individual cows
i.T fi'.e same herd to produce the same
amount of milk:

In another herd cow No. 4 gave
10,272 lbs. milk and 349.7 lbs. fat
on 6494 units of feed, this being
15S.2 lbs. milk and 5.4 lbs. fat for
each 100 units of feed. Cow No. 8
in the same herd gave 8616 lbs. milk
and 2S1.4 lbs. fat on 4926 units of
feed. This was equivalent to 175
lbs. milk and 5.7 lbs. fat for each 100
units of feed, or 16.8 lbs. milk and
.2 lbs. fat more per unit of feed than
did No. 4 which had a larger yearly
total.

The following results taken from
tiie Norfolk-Middlesex association
.■:iiows the variation we find among
cows even in good herds. No change
is made in figuring cost of produc-
ing milk, or labor, taxes, deprecia-
tion, etc.. but the comparative results
are just as valuable.

Highest Lowest

Record Record

Milk yield 12,495 3,048

Value at 5c per

qt. $290.55 $70.85

Cost of feed $132.96 $94.86

Balance over

feed $167.59 $24.01

Cost of q. of

milk 0.023 0.067

Returns for $1.00

spent on feed 2.19 0.75

At the present time in the Con-
necticut Valley cow-testing associa-
tion, there are several cows in the
different herds which are making
very good records and the men own-
ing these cows know to a cent the
profits they are making on these
cows, each month. Some of the hest
individual monthly records made
during the past season are as fol-
lows:

Lbs. Milk

E. T. Wliitaker, Hadley, 1239

C. W. Ball, Granhy. 1505

E. D. Waid,' Amherst, 1356

R. G. Sessions' Farm, Had-
ley, 1498

James McAuslane, East-

hampton, 1423

Hugh Bridgman. West-

hampton, 1381

Clapp Bros., Easthamp-

ton, 1257

Lbs. Butterfat

E. C. Harlow, Amherst, 62.9

66.9

During the month of May there
were 16 cows out of the 254 tested
that made over 1000 lbs. of milk and

14 that made over 40 lbs. butter faj;.
This is an excellent record. The
ou'y trouble is that there are not
sncugh dairymen who wish to put
their herds on a business basis to
keep the association running at a
reasonable cost. Enough herds
should be available so that the cost
per month should be 12 Vic per cow.
Why is it that cow-test associations
r,tart so slow in Massachusetts? Oth-
er states that surround us see their
value and have formed 30 or 40 as-
sociations as is the case in Vermont.
Is it that we are not as progressive
or are we more content in keeping
the unprofitable cows?

There should be at least 100 dairy-
men in Hampshire County who de-
sire to keep accounts other than esti-
mates on their cows. If you have
an opportunity to join an associa-
tion do it for a year and you will
wonder how you got along with-
out it before. If you think you
cannot afford to put all your cows
in, at least put in your poor ones.
r.y all means, don't enter just your
b'^si ones; they will take care of
themselves far easier than the poor
ones. '

DAIRY RECORDS

Cows in the Connecticut Valley
Cow-Test Association, making over
1000 lbs. milk or 40 lbs. butter fat
for the month of May:

W. H. Learned, Florence, Grade
Holstein & Guernsey,

Milk Fat

1112 lbs. 36.7 lbs.

916 42.1

Hugh Bridgman, Westhampton,
Holstein,

1272 39.4

n43 51.4

James McAuslane, Easthampton,
Holstein

1184 36.7

1026 42.1

Clapp Bros., Easthampton, Hol-
stein,

1257 46.5

W. A. Parsons, Southampton,
786 43.2

1146 56.1

E. T. Whitaker, Hadley, Holstein,
1187 36.8

1084 34.6

Mrs. R. G. Sessions, Hadley, Hol-
stein,

1161 41.8

1082 36.7

1498 44.9

1090 28.3

1096 43.8

E. D. Waid, Amherst,
1115 32.3

E. C. Harlow, Amhers, Jersey,
673 40.4

THE HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

698

44.

850

40.8

1208

62.8

774

45.7

J. L.

Ingham,

Grailby,

1086

29.4

Those desiring to buy or rent farms 1
can find a substantial list at the j
Farm Bureau Office.

- .CLEAN MILK CONTEST

The Clean Milk Contest under the
auspices of the State Board of Agri-
culture will start on June 30th.

Last season several farmers in the
County entered this contest and won
many prizes. Also employees and
children of the owners entered the
contest with good results.

The State Board, through its Dai-
ry Bureau are offering this season
a total of $2,700 in prizes; $1,500
for the owners, $450 for the juniors
and $750 for the employees. The
following are the principal rules:

1. The prizes are open for con-
test only to dairies of five or more
cows in the state, where the own-
ers are practical farmers, superin-
tending their own farms and gain-
ing their principal livelihood from
their farms.

2. All entries must be made on
or before June 30, 1916.

3. Dairies will be visited at
times most convenient for the agents.
A sample of hand drawn, unstrained
mixed milk from five cows will be
taken and tested for sediment. The
dairies must be open for full and
complete inspection and questions
asked by the agents must be fully
answered.

4. In cases where the milking is
done for the owner by the junior
contestants, the same sample may
compete in both cases. In cases
■where the milking is done for the
owner by the hired help, the same
sample may comipete in both cases.

Application blanks can be secured
by writing to the Farm Bureau of-
fice. This contest starts in a short
time so that those Interested should
attend to it at once. It costs noth-
ing to enter the contest and the
prizes are well worth trying for.

FOR SALE — Farm of 400 acres, con-
sisting of 10 room house, large
barn, pastures, wood, mowing,
three blueberry lots, apple orch-
ard, supplied with barn yard fer-
tilizer for spring planting, some
old hay. Farm located on State
Road, one-third of a mile from ho-
tel. "Hinckley Williams Farm."
Address, F. H. Botlwood, 265 Mor-
ris Ave., Grand Rapids, Mich.

FOR SALE: — (The Levi Bryant
Estate) One of the best farms in
the town of Chesterfield. Less,
than one mile from the center.
Cream collector and school team
pass the door. 200 acres, includ-
ing 45 acres tillage and over a
million feet of lumber, two-thirds
soft wood, sugar bush that will
set 800 tubs. The farm is well
ffnced and mowings clear of
stones. Large house and barn
connected by shed. A fine sitely
place with many good building
lots — Apply to Frank Baker,
Chesterfield, Mass.

FARM BUREAU WORK

Summary of the Work

(Apr. 24-May 27)

Farms Visited 96

Letters Written 90

Circular Letters 512

Office Calls 47

Telephone Calls 91

MEETINGS

Meetings Held 15

Attendance 457

FOR SALE— Two registered Hol-
stein-Friesian Bulls, 3 and G mos.
old, $50 each. 24 registered head
in herd. Herd bull is a grandson
of Finderne Pride Johanna Rue.
She made the following record in
365 days— 28,403.7 lbs. milk, 1,470.58
lbs. butter. Address, J. S. Graves,
Haydenville, Mass., R. F. D. Box 13.

FOR SALE— Davis Strain Yellow
Flint Seed Corn: White Wyandotte
Hatching Eggs: Mammoth Pekin
Duck Eggs; Day-old chicks and
ducklings; Six fine Wyandotte
Cockerels. Address, Charles H.
Thayer. Hickory Farm, Amherst,
Mass.

THE PURE-BRED Percheron, Sir
Vivian, record No. 102007 will make
the season of 1916 at the Park
View farm, 93 West St., Easthamp-
ton, Mass. Geo. Emerson Searle,
Proprietor.

FOR SALE — A Son of Merry of Glen-
wood, her official record was 7b8
lbs. 11 oz. of 85% butter for one
year. Sire a Grandson of Imp. Ox-
ford Lad, his dam made 499 lbs. 10
ox. of 85% butter as a three year
old. This calf was dropped June
13 and is a fine individual. Also
ready for service, bulls from ad-
vanced registry cows. Prices right,
quality considered. Address W. H.
Morey, Bryant Hill, Cummington.

FOR SALE— Eggs for hatching from
prize wining strain, S. C. White
Leghorn, and Buff Wyandotte. $1.00
per 15— $6.00 per hundred. Also
day-old chicks. A. B. Roberts, 165
Main St., Easthampton, Mass.
WANTED— 4-can Cooley Creamer;

copper-lined. Address, Lewis H.
Granger, So. Worthington, Mass.
Tel. 13-22.

FOR SALE— 10-can Cooley Creamer;
copper-lined. Address, Lewis H.
Granger, So. Worthington, Mass.
Tel. 13-22.

FOR SALE— One Leader Sprayer, 2
h.p. engine, 200 lb. pressure; can
run three lines of hose, tank 150
gal. with hose, bamboo rods, noz-
zles all in good running order and
ready for business. Price, $175.
Inquire of J. Pierpont, Williams-
burg, Mass.

FOR SALE: — Farm of 90 acres,
consisting of sugar orchard, 12-room
house, pasturage, running water, 50
bearing trees, 100 young trees. Ad-
dress, A. F. Dyer, Plainfield, Mass.

FOR SALE Registered Jersey cows,

heifers and bulls; also a few nice
grade cows at farmers' prices. H.
W. Gurney, Cummington, Mass.

FOR SALE — 1 registered Jersey Bull
11 mos. old. Address C. S.
Parsons, 15 Sherman Ave., North,
ampton, Mass.

FOR SALE— Seed Corn. Try Yellow
Flint. It has a reputation for high
quality. Highest rewards in five
entries at Boston Show. Perley E.
Davis, Granby, Mass.

ONLY ONE HOLSTEIN BULL LEFT.
A son, born July 2S, 1915 to the
three-year-old heifer, Koningin
Beauty 2nd. She has given 6196
lbs. of milk from Aug. 1 to Jan. 1.
Price $100. Address, Edward J.
Clark, Cummington, Mass., R. F. D.

FOR S.A.LE: — A Jersey Bull Calf;
75 per cent, blood of Eminent
Second. Address C. M. Pratt, Had-
ley, Mass.

NOTICE: — Judge a stallion by his
colts. Connet, pure bred percher-
on, will make the season at C. E.
Parsons & Son, 128 Bridge St.,

HAMRSHIRI

COUNTY

1) i916

FARM BUREAU MONTRIZ^

Published by the Hampshire County Farm Bureau

PRICES 50 CENTS PER YEAR; $1.00 PER YEAR INCLUDING MEMBERSHIP IN FARM BUREAU

Vol. 1

Northampton, Mass., July, 1916

No. 11

FIELD MEETINGS
Several towns have shown a de-
sire to have field meetings held in
the different sections of the Coun-
ty this summer and at the June Ad-
visory Board Meeting it was voted
to hold five of these meetings, scat-
tered throughout the County. One
will be held in Hadley for the To-
bacco and Onion Growers. This
meeting will be held on July 21st
and Mr. H. G. Bell. Agronomist for
the National Fertilizer Association
of Chicago. Mr. J. S. Alsop, Pres.
New England Tobacco Growers' As-
sociation, Avon, Conn., and Dr. Geo.
Chapman of the Mass. Agricultural
College haye been obtained as speak-
ers. Other meetings have been ar-
ranged for in Cummington on W, H.
Morey's farm, Williamsburg on J. S.
Graves' farm, Ware on Bert Green's
farm, and also one in Granby. The
last four meetings will be held some
time in August. Plans are nearly
completed for another meeting to be
held on the Mixter Farm, Hardwick.
The trip will be made by auto and
an attempt is being made to get at
least twenty autos to carry the
farmers who desire to go. The Conn-
ecticut Valley Breeders' Association
Is co-operating to make it a success.
Every dairyman, no matter what
breed of stock he has, will profit
from seeing this herd of 300 Guern-
seys, said by many to be the best in
the country.

A list is given below of the towns
In Hampshire County with the num-
ber of members belonging to the
Farm Bureau. Also the amounts
appropriated by several of the towns:

Members

Amherst 15

Belchertown 10

Chesterfield 42

Cummington 10

Easthampton 49

Enfield 1

Goshen 10

Granby 10

Greenwich 2

Hadley 27

Hatfield _ 17

HuBtington 38

Middlefield 5

.Miscellaneous 5

Northampton 68

Pelham 1

Plainfleld 10

Prescott 2

South Hadley 10

Southampton 24

Ware ... 37

Weshampton . . . . 13

Williamsburg 20

Worthington 6

432
Town
Appropriation

Chesterfield $15.00

Cummington 25.00

Granby 25.00

Huntington 25.00

Plainfleld 25.00

Prescott 25.00

Southampton 25.00

Ware 100.00

Westhampton 25.00

Williamsburg 25,00

$^-15tO»

. J ¥-o.oa

CONTAGIOUS ABORTION.

Contagious abortion among cattle,
the annual loss from which was esti-
mated a few years ago to be $20,000-
000, is spreading so rapidly through
the country that from an economic
standpoint it threatens to become
one of the most important of animal
diseases. Formerly confined almost
exclusively to dairy cows and farm
beef herds, it has now found its way
to the range, where losses in some in-
stances have run as high as one-
half of the calf crop. Here the con-
ditions are such as to make Its con-
trol difficult. For this reason it Is
important that stockmen should
realize the seriousness of the disease
and the necessity for the adoption of
measures for preventing its spread.

At the present time sanitary and
hygienic measures are the only
means of control which have dem-
onstrated their effectiveness. The
drugs and proprietary preparations
which have been advocated for the
cure or prevention of the disease are
regarded by the specialists of the de-
partment as ineffective, and their
use can not be recommended. On the

other hand, it is certain that proper
disinfection of premises, and in par-
ticular of breeding animals, will do
much to minimize losses.

Recently preparations known as
"bacterins," consisting of a suspen-
sion of the killed organisms of abor-
tion, and serum obtained from in-
fected animals, have come into use
and can be obtained from several
firms who manufacture biologic
products. These products are still
in the experimental stage, and much
time must elapse before their true
value can be determined. Not-

withstanding this fact, this line of
treatment offers the most scientific
and reasonable method of combating
the disease, and our only hopes of
eventually controlling abortion lies
in the future development of an ef-
fective vaccine or serum.

The organism which causes the
disease may be conveyed from cow
to cow by means of the bull or may
enter the system with contaminated
food. All aborting animals and all
showing a discharge should, there-
fore, be isolated from the healthy
members of the herd in order to
eliminate, so far as possible, infect-
ive material. Infected stables should
be thoroughly cleaned with a stand-
ard disinfectant applied with a force
or spray pump, the disinfection of
the contaminated stall being repeat-
ed after each abortion. Manure
and contaminated litter should be
promptly removed and plowed under
to prevent access to it by other cat-
tle. Detailed instructions for the
disinfection of both the cow and the
bull are contained in Circular 210
of the Bureau of Animal Industry.

Many herd owners fail to observe
these precautions because they do
not realize that the infection is pres-
ent in their herds. The disease Is
insidious, it usually requires a long
time to develop, does not reveal it-
self by warning symptoms, and does
not, indeed, appear to affect in any
way the general health of the ani-
mal. In consequence, it is quite
likely that the infection will have
spread throughout the herd before
the owner is aware of any dnger.
There are, it is true, certain tests
Continued on Page Three

THE HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY

FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

Published By The

Hampshire Cotinty Farm BiireaTi

A. F. MacDougall, County Agent

Office, First National Bank Bldg.

Northampton, Mass.

Entered as second class matter
Nov. 9, 1915 at the post office at
Northampton, Massachusetts, under
the Act of March 8, 1879.

OFFICERS OF THE FARM BUREATI

LesUe R. Smith, President, Hadley.

W. D. Mandell, Treasurer, Northaiiip

ton
K. K. ClapT), Secretary, Nortliamp-

ton.

Advisoi7 Board

Leslie R. Smith, Hadley

Chas. R. Damon, Williamsburg

Ferley E. Davis, Granby

C. E. Hodgkins, Norttempton

Warren M. King, Northampton

M. A A'orse, Belchertown

Mariin Morris, Southampton

EDITORIAL

O. C. Searle & Son of Southampton
harvested this season one of the
largest, if not the largest crop of al-
falfa per acre cut in this County.
On one and one fourth acres there
were 37.5 tumbles, weighing on an
average 3 0 pounds to the tumble.
This makes a yield of 4 1-2 tons per
acre ready to go in the barn. On
this same piece of land, Mr. Searle
states that he has never been able to
grow a good crop of grass. The al
falfa was planted two years ago
this summer and wintered through
in fine shape as the yield indicates.
Mr. Searle is so pleased with the crop
that he has already planted another
field and plans to increase his acre-
age of alfalfa to ten acres before the
summer is over.

draft colts. This stimulates the in-
terest in breeding farm mares and
already twenty mares have been
bred to the college stallion and twen-
ty more signed for August.

In the demonstration work this
season the most interest has seen
shown in the potato spraying and
apple spraying demonstrations. The
following farmers are co-operating
in the potato demonstration: C. C.
Burt, Plainfield; C. E. Davis, Cum-
niington; Geo. Barrus, Goshen;
Fred'k Burr, Worthington; H. L.
Merritt. Chesterfield, Emory Bart-
lett. Enfield; and Wm. Ovid Eames,
Middlefield. In the apple spraying
work — ^N. K. Lincoln, Plainfield; F.
D. Steele, Cummington; Howard Da-
mon, Chesterfield; Harry Wright,
Ellis Clark, Williamsburg; Arthur
Edwards. Westhampton; W. A. Par-
sons, Southampton and J. T. Ryan,
Ware.

The Massachusetts Agricultural
College reports every town in the
County except Middlefield, Green-
wich and Belchertown has boys and
girls entered in the Agricultural and
Home Economics Clubs. This a fine
showing on the part of the boys and
girls, may they receive the help and
support of their parents and local
townspeople so that their interest
will keep up during the summer. Mr.
Wetherbee, special agent of th"
Farm Bureau for boys' and girls'
work during the summer is di-
recting and supervising the work in
as many towns as possible.

The fine co-operative spirit shown
by Mr. Geo. Timmins of Ware is
what is bound to better agriculture
in our communities. Mr. Timmins
gave free stable "use for the Massa-
chusetts Agricultural College stal-
lion, Ker David for the month of
May and is planning to again opeji
his doors and keep the stallion for
three weeks during the month of
August. Mr. Timmins and Mr. Bert
Green were also responsible for the
extra premiums being listed by the
Ware Driving Association for their
Fair a year from this fall for

In several towns this spring poor
stands of potatoes have been report-
ed. The plants came up rater un-
even and often the sprouts were
spindling and lacked vitality. With-
out doubt the most trouble has been
caused by "Rhizoctonia" or common-
ly called "Little Potato" disease. If
you have an uneven stand, dig up
some of the weaker plants and see if
you can find the trouble. If "Lit-
tle Potato" disease is present, the
tips of the tender shoot, beneath the
surface of the ground will often
be killed and a second shoot will be
found starting just below the dis-
eased area. On some of the larger
fprouts one may find brown dis-
colored areas that later may develop
and kill the plant. If you have any
such trouble in your potato field,
remember next year to soak the seed
in corrosive sublimate.

the year. This is outside what was
used in the home and sold to sum-
mer people. Mr. Waugh does not
keep individual records but he be-
lieves in keeping a well bred bull and
raising his own heifers.

Mr. W. A. Waugh of Prescott has
a herd of grade cows that last yea
averaged 6650 pounds of milk for

THINNING APPLES

During the past two weeks the
apple prospects have greatly changed
In many orchards 2-3 to 3-4 the fruit
have dropped and the apples left on
the trees are well scattered. In a
large per cent, of the orchards it will
not pay to thin the fruit this sea-
son, but in some orchards, however,
the trees are set heavy enough to
warrant it. A good rule to follow in
thinning is to only leave one in a
cluster, thin the branch enough so
that there will be no danger of
breaking (it may be to 3, 6 or 8
inches) and leave the largest num-
ber of apples on the outside of the
tree when working on red varieties
as the Mcintosh or Baldwin.

POULTRY CONVENTION

The Fourth Annual Poultry Conven-
tion will be held at the Massachu-
setts Agricultural College on July
19. 20 and 21. 1916. An exception-
ally fine program has been arranged
and everyone Is urged to attend. No
poultryman in the County can afford
to miss this Convention.

GRAIN PRICES

The following quotations are tak-
tn from the Boston Chamber of Com-
merce for July .5, 1916:

per ton
.Middlin.srs !f23.25 — $27.00

Bran, winter 22.25

Bran, spring 22.00

Mixed Feed 24.00 — 28.00

Red Dog 31.00

Cotton Seed Meal 33.50 — 35.50
Linseed Meal 32.00

Hominy Feed 28.65 .

Stock Feed 29.00

Oat Hulls 17.50

Alfalfa Meal 23.00 — 25.00

GOVERNMENT CROP REPORT

(July 7, 1916)
Massachusetts

Tobacco — July 1 forecast. 10.700,-
0 00 lbs. producion last year, final
"Stimate S. 030, 000 lbs.

Potatoes — July 1 forecast, 2.790,-
000 bushels; production last year,
final estimate, 3.120,000 bushels.

Hay — July 1 condition 107, com-
pared with the eight-year average
of 85.

Apples — July 1 forecast, 1,100,000
barrels; production last year, final
estimate, 885,000 barrels.

THE HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

or decrease from

From

1860

1890

1900

3910

1860-1910

1,890-1910

3206

4512

5028

5112

59 inc.

13 inc.

2709

2120

2292

2054

2 4 dec.

03 dec.

897

60S

611

536

40 dec.

11 dec.

1085

787

748

637

41 dec.

19 dec.

1916

4395

5603

S542

345 inc.

94 inc.

1025

952

1036

874

14 dec.

08 dec.

439

297

316

279

36 dec.

06 inc.

907

765

761

16 dec.

05 dec.

699

526

491

452

35 dec.

14 dec.

2105

1669

1789

1999

05 dec.

19 inc.

1337

1246

1500

1986

48 inc.

59 inc.

1216

13S5

1475

1473

21 inc.

46 inc.

748

455

410

354

52 dec.

2 2 dec.

6788

14990

18643

19431

186 inc.

20 inc.

748

486

462

467

37 dec.

03 dec.

639

435

404

406

36 dec.

06 dec.

611

376

380

320

47 dec.

14 dec.

2277

4261

4526

4826

114 inc.

14 inc.

1130

1017

1012

870

23 dec.

14 dec.

3597

7329

8263

8774

144 inc.

19 inc.

608

477

469

423

30 dec.

11 dec.

2095

2057

1926

2132

01 inc.

03 inc.

1040

714

675

569

45 dec.

20 dec.

GIVING THE POPULATION OF THE TOWNS IN HAMPSHIRE COUNTY
FROM 1860 TO 1910.

Below are some very interesting figures obtained from the U. b.
Census reports: Per cent increase

Amlierst

Belchertown

Cliesterfleld

Cummlngton

Easthampton

Enfield

Goshen

Granby

Greenwicljl

Hadley

Hatfield

Huntington

Middlefield

Northampton

Pelham

Plainfield

Prescott

South Hadley

Southampton

Ware

Westhampton

Williamsburg

Worthington

Striking deductions can be made from these figures. The college
towns, manufacturing centers and a few of the most prosperous agri-
cultural valley towns are the only ones that have increased in popu-
lation. The towns among the hills of Hampshire County have steadi-
ly declined especially in the last twenty or thirty years. What is the
reason? Is it that agriculture is not a profitable industry in these
towns? Is it due to lack of transportation facilities? Is it lack of prop-
er social environment so that the young people are not contented to re-
main on the farm? Many questions might be asked and many reasons
given, but this does not help to solve the problem.

From the percentages of increase and decrease of the towns, one
easily sees that while some of the towns in the county have prospered
and increased at the same time our sister towns have heen falling back
and decreasing in population. Whose job is it to join hands with these
towns and help them lo the front? Without question, it is the job of
those who have prospered.

Many of the merchants in the large centers owe their livelihood to
their neighbors in the hill towns. Without them, many of the stores
would have to close. Also, if those left in the communities are not
prospering, they do not have the money to trade with and business de-
clines.

Another noticeable fact is the increasing number of summer homes
we find in the hills. Business men in the cities find rest and contentment
among the hills. It is a true axiom that it only takes a few genera-
tions of city life to wear out a family and then they must return to
the country and nature to regain their strength and vitality with
which to meet the industrial world.

In other words, the cities are dependent on the country for their
existance, for their livelihood, health, and recreation. Some men wrapped
up in their present business enterprise with no apparent time to look
into the future for his own family as well as his neighbors may^laugh
at this statement. But he only has to look about him for unquestion-
able proofs to his business associate who owns a farm for a pastime or
a hobby, or to his neighbor who is in poor health and looking to the
country for the return of his strength and vigor.

The business man should join with his neighbors on the farms,
help any movement which is for the benefit of agriculture at large;
not that he may see immediate financial returns on his investment,
but that he may be one of the whole working for the benefit of all
and the building up of agriculture and country life for himself and
family as well as his neighbor.

Continued From Page One
CONTAGIOUS ABORTION
which can be employed to ascertain
the presence of the infection, but
from a practical standpoint these
possess some drawbacks. All infect-
ed animals do not abort. Further-
more, after two or three abortions,
cows appear to acquire a natural im-
munit.v, and are thereafter quite
capable of normal reproduction, al-
though they continue to react to the
tests. A positive reaction, therefore,
does not necessarily mean "that a
healthy calf will not be born.

On the other hand, the fact that
several animals have aborted with-
in a short period is in itself sugges-
tive evidence of the presence of the
disease. Furthermore, it sometimes
happens that in cows which have ac-
quired immunity, although apparent-
ly healthy themselves, the infec-
tion persists and they are able to
transmit the disease to others. For
this reason, when the infection has
once established itself in a herd, the
whole herd should be considered in-
fected, and all abortions, retained
afterhirtlis, and all tendency to ster-
ility should be regarded as manifes.
tations of the disease.

This does not mean, however, that
all infected animals are to be dis-
posed of. As a matter of fact, in
herds in which the disease nas
gained a foothold, a cow that has
aborted once or twice is in some
ways more valuable than one that
has not. It is safe to say that in
practically no case do more tnan
three abortions take place, and in the
majority of instances there are not
niore than two. Cows which are not
made sterile will in all probability
resume normal reproduction. On the
other hand, if they are removed to
make way for fresh animals, there
is a strong possibility that the new
comers already are, or soon will be
infected, and are actually furthei
from immunity than the old ones.
The elimination of infected animals
is therefore not to be recommended
as a means of controlling the dis-
ease, unless their value is not great
enough to warrant the expense of
treatment.

A train of complications often ac-
companies abortion, and of these re-
tained a^fterbirth is perhaps the com-
monest. This, if neglected or im-
properly treated, may result in ab-
sorption of poisonous products, sept-
icemia, and death. Also sterility may
follow, runing the cow for every-
thing except slaughter. Calf scours,
too. seem more destructive in herds
affected with abortion.

THE HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

These complications, togetlier
with the great loss In calves and the
lessened milk production, make the
wide and ever extending distribu-
tion of the disease a matter of tre-
mendous importance, both the dairy
and beef industries. — U. S. D. A.

TO INOCULATE SEED.

Coating the seed of legumes with
inoculated soil before planting is a
simple method of insuring soil inco-
ulation at slight cost. County agents
in Illinois have found ordinary fur-
niture glue effective in holding par.
tides of inoculated soil to the seeds.
This method gives each individual
seed some of the particles in inocu-
lated soil which it carries with it
when it is planted. The scheme re-
quires but a small amount of inocu-
lated soil and costs but a few cents
an acre. The method is described
in Farmers' Bulletin 704 of the de-
partment.

Dissolve two handfuls of furniture
glue for every gallon of boiling wa-
ter and allow the solution to cool.
Put the seed in a washtub, and then
sprinkle enough of the solution on
tht seed to moisten but not to wet
it (1 quart per bushel is sufficient)
and stir the mixture thoroughly un-
til all the seed are moistened.

Secure the inoculated soil from
a place where the same kind of
plants as the seed are growing,
making sure that the roots have a
vigorous development of nodules.
Dry the soil in the shade, preferably
in the barn or basement, and pulver-
ize It thoroughly into a dust. Scat-
ter this dust over the moistened seed,
using from one-half to 1 gallon of
dirt for each bushel of seed, mix-
ing thoroughly until the seed no
longer stick together. The seed are
then ready to sow.

FARM BUREAU WORK

Summary of the Work

(May 2 9- June 30)

Farms Visited 88

Letters Written 72

Circular Letters 73

Office Calls 59

Telephone Calls 79

MEETINGS

Meetings Held 22

Attendance 833

Those desiring to buy or rent farms
can find a substantial list at the
Farm Bureau Office.

FOR SALE: — Farm of 50 acres.
Good 8-room house with wide pi-
azza. Barn and henhouse. Nev-
er-falling spring water. 100
grafted apple trees, abundance
wood and timber for farm use.
Telephone and free delivery of
mail. An ideal location for poul-
try. Price $1,000. Reasonable
terms. Address owner, H. H. Ma-
son, Worthington, Mass.

THE PURE-BRED Pejcheron, Sir
Vivian, record No. 102007 will make
the season of 1916 at the Park
View farm, 93 West St., Easthamp-
ton, Mass. Geo. Emerson Searle,
Proprietor.

FOR SALE — A Son of Merry of Glen-
wood, her official record was 7b»
lbs. 11 oz. of 85% butter for one
year. Sire a Grandson of Imp. Ox-
ford Lad, his dam made 499 lbs. 10
ox. of 85% butter as a three year
old. This calf was dropped June
13 and is a fine individual. Also
ready for service, bulls from ad-
vanced registry cows. Prices right,
quality considered. Address W. H.
Moray, Bryant Hill, Cummlngton.

FOR RENT: — Farm of 400 acres, j
consisting of 10-room house, large i
barn, pastures, wood, mowing,]
three blueberry lots, apple orch-^
ard, supplied with barn yard fer-l
tilizer for spring planting, some
old hay. Farm located on State i
Road, one-third of a mile from ho-,
tel. "Hinckley Williams Farm."!
Address, F. H. Botlwood. Will
iamsburg, R. F. D.

WANTED — 4-can Cooley Creamer;
copper-lined. Address, Lewis H.
Granger, So. Wor:hington, Mass.
Tel. 13-22.

FOR SALE— 10-can Cooley Creamer;
copper-lined. Address, Lewis H.
Granger. So. Worthington, Mass.
Tel. 13-22.

FOR SALE— One Leader Sprayer, 2
h.p. engine, 200 lb. pressure; can
run three lines of hose, tank 150
gal. with hose, bamboo rods, noz-
zles all in good running order and
ready for business. Price. ?175.
Inquire of J. Pierpont. Williams-
burg, Mass.

FOR SALE:^Farm of 90 acres,
consisting of sugar orchard, 12-room
house, pasturage, running water, 50
bearing trees, 100 young trees. Ad-
dress, A. F. Dyer, Plainfield, Mass.

FOR SALE Registered Jersey cows,

heifers and bulls; also a few nice
grade cows at farmers' prices. H.
W. Gurney, Cummington, Mass.

FOR SALE — 1 registered Jersey Bull
11 mos. old. Address C. S.
Parsons. 15 Sherman Ave., North,
ampton, Mass.

FOR SALE— Two registered Hol-
stein-Friesian Bulls. 3 and 6 mos.
old, $50 each. 24 registered head
in herd. Herd bull is a grandson
of Finderne Pride Johanna Rue.
She made the following record in
365 days— 28.403.7 lbs. milk. 1.470.58
lbs. butter. Address. J. S. Graves.
Haydenville,, Mass., R. F. D. Box 13.

ONLY ONE HOLSTEIN BULL LEFT.
A son. born July 2S. 1915 to the
three-year-old heifer. Koningln
Beauty 2nd. She has given 6196
lbs. of milk from Aug. 1 to Jan. 1.
Price $100. Address, Edward J.
Clark, Cummington, Mass., R. F, D.

FOR SALE: — A Jersey Bull Calf;
75 per cent, blood of Eminent
Second. Address C. M. Pratt, Had-
ley, Mass. »

NOTICE:— Judge a stallion by his
colts. Connet, pure bred percher-
on, will make the season at C. E.
Parsons & Son. 128 Bridge St.,

hamrshire: county

FAR

BUREAU MONTHLY

Published by the Hampshire County Farm Bureau

PRICES 50 CENTS PER YEAR ; $1.00 PER YEAR INCLUDING MEMBERSHIP IN FARM BUREAU

Vol. 1

Northampton, Mass., August, 1916

No. 12

FIELD MEETINGS

POULTRY DAY IN HUNTINGTON

A Poultry Field day has been ar-
ranged by the Hampden County Im-
provement League and the Hamp-
shire County Farm Bureau, to oe
held in Huntington Aug. 11, on the
farm of W. A. Munson. The pro-
gram will consist of a talk on
Breeding for Egg Production by Dr.
H. D. Goodale of Massachusetts Ag-
ricultural College, and a demonstra-
tion on the Selection of Breeding
Stock. At noon a basket lunch will
be enjcved, followed by a talk by
Robert P. Trask of the Hampden Co-
unty Improvement League, on Feed-
ing for Summer Egg Production.
Prof. A. G. Lunn of Mass. Agricul-
tural College will give a demonstra-
tion in caponizing and also a de-
monstration in killing and dressing
for market.

WARE

On August IS the dairymen in
the vicinity of Ware will hold their
annual field day on the farm of
Bert Green. Ware. The dairymen in
this section have been "much alive"
during the past year and an interest-
ing meeting is assured. It is hoped
that the dairymen in Enfield and
Belchertown will attend this meet-
ing and possibly take some action in
establishing a cow test association.
Twenty dairymen have^ already
stated that they would join if one
was started and it only takes twen-
ty-six men to make a full association.
Prof. J. C. McNutt of the Mass. Ag-
ricultural College who has been In-
strumental in allowing the college
stallion, Ker David, to stand the sea-
son in Ware will give a talk on the
"Care of the Brood Mare and Foal"
Also in the morning Prof. McNutt
will hold a stock-judging contest for
adults n as to bring out the import-
ant points in a dairy cow. Prof. O.
A. Jamison of M. A. C. will be pre-
sent and give a talk on Marketing
Milk. Prof. Jamison is one of the
best men in New England on this
subject and it is of special import-
ance to the dairymen of Ware. A
program will be arranged for the wo-
men's sections, but as yet no speaker
has 'been obtained.

WILLIAMSBURG

This year the dairymen in the yi
cinity of Williamsburg are especial-
ly fortunate in being able to hold
their meeting on the farm of Mr. J_
S. Graves. Mr. Graves has a mod-
ern cow barn and manure pit and his
farm is as well equipped with ma-
chinery as any found in the county.
The meeting will be held on Tuesday,
August 22. Mr. George Putnam, a
practical farmer from Conpoocook.
Vt.. vill give a talk on the keeping
cf dairy records and building up a
£00 i producing herd. Prof. J. A.
McLcr.n of the Quaker Oats Co. will
discuss the Profitable Growing of
Ycuig Stock. A speaker will also be
obtr.ined for the women's section.

CUMMINGTON

f omplete arrangements have been
made for the dairy field day on W,
H. Morey's farm. Cumniington on
August 2S. Prof. George Story of
Vermont State Agricultural College,
formerly connected with the Exten-
sion Service of the Mass. Agricul-
tural College, will be present. Also
Prof. 0. A. Jamison of Mass. Agri-
cultural College. Prof. Story will
give a talk on the "Growing of
Young Stock" and Prof. Jamison on
"The Care of Cream," topics of vital
interest to every farmer in the hill
towns. Miss Marie Sayles of the
Mass. Agricultural College will be
present to speak to the women on
some phase of Home Economics. It
is planned that at least the towns
of Cummington. Plainfield, Goshen,
Chesterfield, Worthington and Mid-
dlefield will join and attend this
field day. Years ago the farmers
used to visit with their neighbors
more than at the present time, with
telephone convenience, and it is hop-
ed that this field day will become an
annual affair with meetings held in
the different towns mentioned. This
would give the farmers and their
families a chance to keep up ac-
quaintances in their neighboring
towns and profit from each others'
experiences. The Morey Farm has a
fine herd of Jerseys, a large alfalfa
field and many other interesting
things to show. Remember the date,

Monday, Aug. 28, bring the whole
family, a basket lunch, and spend
a profitable as well as an enjoyable
day.

GRANBY

A Community Picnic with the
Church, Boys' and Girls' organiza-
tions, and the Farm Bureau co-op-
eration, will be held on the Town
Common, Wednesday, August 23d.
Mr. George Putnam of Conpoocook,
Vt., wi.U speak in the morning on
"DaiiT Improvement." In the after-
noon an exhibition of folk dancing
will be given by the boy? and girls
under the leadership of Miss M. Car-
men Burr, local supervisor. A talk
will be gi.ven on some phase of Home
Economics. The chief speaker of the
afternoon will be Sumner R. Parker
of Mass. Agricultural College, former-
ly of the Mixter Farm, Hardwick, on
"Farm Management." This topic is
of vital interest to every farmer in
Granby. An exhibition of sewing,
cooking, canning, etc., will be made
by the girls, showing what has been
accomplished thi.s summer in the
community work under the direction
of Miss Burr. It has been several
years since a community day of this
kind has been held in Granby and
practically everyone is planning to
attend.

ORCHARDING CONTEST

The Massachusetts State Board of
Agriculture offers $360 in prizes to
Massachusetts orchardists for the
season of 1916. Prizes are given ior
peach, pear and apple orchards of
different ages and different sizes.
Last year Hampshire County had
more prize winners in this contest
than any other county in the State.
Entrance blanks and premium lists
can be obtained at the Farm Bureau
office.

How Much Do You Know About Your

Farm Business?

Do you know how much you make
each year for your year's work? You
should know how much you make
and how you make it.

THE HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY

FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

Published By The

Hampshire County Farm Bureau

A. F. MacDougall, County Agent

Office, First National Bank Bldg.

Northampton, Mass.

Entered as second class matter
Nov. 9, 1915 at the post office at
Northampton, Massachusetts, under
the Act of March 8, 1879.

OFFICERS OF THE FARM BUREAU

Lesli.e R. Smith, President, Hadley.

W, D. Mandell, Treasurer, Northamp-
ton

K. K. Clap'.?, Secretary, Nortliamp-
ton.

Advisory Board

Leslie R. Smith, Hadley

Chas. R. Damon, Williamsburg

Ferley E. Davis, Granby

C. E. Hodfrkins, Nortliampton

Vvarren M. King, Northampton

M. A .viorse, Belchertown

Marn'.n Norris, Southampton

EDITORIAL

The Ware Board of Trade, through
the Civic Committee, voted to fur-
nish prizes (or Ihe winners in the
boys' and girls' garden contest in
that town this season. The prizes
are to be awarded at the school ex-
hibit of vegetables which will be held
early in the fall.

The farmers in the county who
soaked their potato seed in corrisive
sublimate have, for the most part,
nearly perfect stands iJi their fields,
while several who planted with no
treatment have rather poor stands.
A perfect stand with all our crops
shoull be our aim. For example, —
if with a perfect stand of potatoes
the yield is 150 bu. to the acre, with
a missing hill in every six (which is
quite common), the yield would be
reduced to 125 bu. which might
mean the difference between profit
and loss.

We are experiencing a season very
similar to last, with regard to wea-
ther conditions in which many pota-
to fields were practically ruined by
late blight killing the vines ana
rotting the potatoes. Damp, humid
weather gives an ideal condition for
the development of potato blight.
Once blight hits a field, very little
can be done to check it. Try to pre-
vent it by keeping the vines thor-
oughly covered with bordeaux mix-
ture or the prepared bordeaux sprays
from early summer until the end of

the growing season. It will be ne-
cessary to apply the spray every ten
days or two weeks. As the vines get
larger and cover the ground, do not
be afraid of hurting them with the
team, keep on applying the spray.

CALF CLUB

Last spring when the calf club
was organized in the state very few
boys or girls in Hanipi?hire County en-
tered. It was not listed on the entry
blank and for this reason several
boys and girls thought the contest
had been given up. Such is not the
case and this club has the advantage
that one can enter at any time, there
being no time limit. More interest
should be shown in this club and
more entries are looked for during
the summer and fall.

Dairying combines so well with
other kinds of farming, uses waste
land for pastures, uses the poorer
hay and roughage so well, makes ma-
nure, provides work that women and '
children can do if necessary, and I
has so many other points that but- \
ter or whole milk alone can ne-
ver provide a business of high pro-
fits. Dairying will always be done
on a very close margin, and will
usually tend to be overdone. For
this reason, it is of the utmost im-
portance that milk production he
combined with some more prftable
enterprise, such as cash crops.

— Warren's Farm Management

an organization and have assisted
our Farm Bureau in meeting about
2-3 of the agent's salary. But the
g! eater part of the support of the
biiitau comes from the County com-
missioners and individual subscrip-
tions, it is your organization and if
you wish it to prosper you must give
it your financial support as well as
your interest.

If at the present time you do not
belong to the Bureau and are receiv-
ing any assistance from it, your
neighbors are paying for what you
receive. You have a director of the
Farm Bureau in your town. Find
out from him what the organiza-
tion stands for and get back of this
movement to better agricultural con-
ditions in Hampshire County.

In several localities the mistaken
idea seems to prevail that the work-
ers of the Farm Bureau are special
agents of the Mass. Agricultural Col-
lege, delegated to work in this dist-
rict with all expenses covered by the
state. A recent article in one of the j
local papers in reporting the work
of the agent stated that the agent
came from the Farm Bureau of the
Mass. Agricultural College.

We wish to correct this idea. The
College always stands ready to as-
sist and advise on any agricultural
work in the state, but their teach-
ers cannot stay in one locality long
enough to make a complete study of
the local needs. Farmers and busi-
ness men have realized this and
formed the Farm Bureau so that
they could have one or more men,
working in their county who could
study local conditions and make
more efficient use of the different or-
ganizations, as the State College,
State Board of Agriculture, U. S.
Dept. of Agriculture, etc.

The United States Department of
Agriculture and our State College
have realized the importance of such

CO-OPERATIVE MARKETING OF
APPLES.

Last fall fourteen farmers in ih;!
town of Williamsburg and four in
Chesterfield viccided that they won d
attempt to pisrket their apples co-ip-
eratively, have their apples graded
and sorted u;' if ormly and make a
start at l:?.it ".n establishing a call
for their bra: on the market. Con-
sidering the : aall lots of fruit han-
dled, and '■!■_ uncertainty of the mar-
ket, the attempt was considered a
success.

The fruit was graded accoixling to
the Massachusetts apple grading law
and the following averaje prices re-
ceived:

No. bbls. Receipts Per bbl.
Grade A 456 $1329.14 @ $2.91

Grade B 493 1096.50 @ 2.22

Ungraded 435 S16.10 @ 1.88

13S4 $3241.74 @ $2.34
Overhead charges per bbl, 15c

Cost for sorting and packing per
barrel, 19c

34c

This gave an average to the grower
after deducting for advertising, lith-
ographs, corrugated caps, sorting and
packing, packers, equipment, storage,
salary of manager, etc., of $2.00 per
bbl. for A's, B's and ungraded.

The cost of grading was excessive,
due largely to the amount of small
apples. This can be greatly lessened
by the use of a mechanical grading
machi.ne.

All the growers that were in last
year are planning to sell their apples
through the association this fall, and
the territory will be enlarged to take
in any farmer with sprayed fruit who
ships his appples from Williamsburg.

The plans are to have the farmers
in the hill towns put their apples in
barrels as soon as they are picked,
squeeze the barrel heads in enough to

THE HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAr MONTHLY

hold the apples firm and then haul
them to Williamsburg either by auto
truck or spring wagon. The brick
building near the railroad station
that was u.sed last year for storage
will be used again for a packing and
storage house. With some repaij's the
building will hold 1500 or more bar-
rels. This is large enougii as the trait
that is not sold in the fall will be
shipped to a cold storage plant it nec-
essary.

Each farmer will have a number
and this will be stamped on his bar-
rels. When h-.s apples are run througn
the grading machine and sorted he
will be given credit for so many bar-
rels of Grade A, B, or ungrade, ac-
cording to the number of each sort-
ed out. The apples are then pooled
and each grower receives for his
grades what the average for each
grade brings during the season. For
e.xample: If a farmer delivered 100
barrels at the packing shed and they
sorted 35 barrels Grade A, 30 barrels
Grade B.. 30 barrels ungraded, aid 5
barrels cider apples and the average
pviice received for the season was $3
a barrel for A, $2.50 a barrel for B,
$2 a barrel ungraded, and 4''^c a barrel
cider apples, the farmer would receive
$105 for A'g, S75 B's, $60 ungraded, p
cider apples, total $242, minus over-
head charges and expense for grad-
ing.

This system will relieve the grower
of all the trouble of trying to locate
a buyer or of trying to sort and grade
his fruit according to the new state
law. If enough growers co-operate, it
will also tend to bring larger houses
i.nto thtU- district to buy fruit ,as they
can find the fruit at a central house,
uniformly graded, and in larger
amounts.

The association is incorporated, and
has a board of directors elected from
its members at the annual"^ meeting.
The fruit is sold under the counsel of
the directors by the manager of The
association.

Fall will soon be here and those
who have many apples to sell should
be seri.ously thinking of where to
market them to the best advantage.
Several growers have signified their
intentions by marketing co-operative-
ly and if there are any others who de-
sire to do so, the Farm Bureau will
be glad to furnish them with infor-
mation and give assistance where
needed.

FARM LOAN ACT.

The Federal farm loan act, popular-
ly called the "Rural credits law," was
signed by the President and became a
law on July 17, 1916.

The primary purpose of this act is
to promote agricultural prosperity by
enabling farmers to borrow money on

farm mortgage security at a reasona-
ble rate of interest and for relatively
long periods of time. To attain this
object, two farm mortgage systems
are provided: (1) A system operating
through regional land banks, ana (2)
a system operating through joint-
stock land banks.

To attract money to the farm-loan
field the act provides a method
whereby those who have money to
lend can fin-d safe investment in the
form of debentures or bonds, of small
and large denominati.ons, issued by
the banks and based on the security
of mortgages on farm lands.

These two systems are to be under
the general supervision of a Federal
Farm Loan Board in the Treasury
Department, composed of the Secre-
tary of the Treasury, as chairman ex-
officio, and four members appointed
by the President. This board has au-
thority to appoint appraisers, exam-
iners, and legistrars, who will be
publi.c officials.

OUTLINE OF FAPOI LOAN ACT.

The act provides for the creation of
12 Federal land banks and permits
the establishment o2 any number of
joint-stock land tanivs for the pur-
pose of making loans at a reasonable
rate of interest, for long periods of
time, on farm lands.

A Federal Farm Loan Board has
complete control over these banks.

(A) FEDERAL LAND BANKS

Twelve Federal land banks are pro-
vided, one in each of 12 districts into
which the country will be divided.
These banks are empowered to lend
on first mortgages on farm lands in
amounts of $100 to $10,000 for ap^
proved purposes. The loans are to be
made through farm loan associations
and agents. No loan may be made for
more than 50 per cent of the value ol
the land mortgaged and 20 per cent of
the value of the permanent improve-
ments upon it.

National farm loan associations —
local organizations composed exclu-
sively of borrowers — are authorized.
These associations must be stock-
holders i.n the land banks in propor-
tion to the amount their members
wi.sh to borrow. Eventually all stock
in the Federal land banks will be
owned exclusively by these associa-
tions.

A reasonable interest rate is estab-
lished. The act prohibits the Federal
land banks from charging more than
6 per cent on any mortgage, or re-
quiring fees not approved by the
Farm Loan Board.

The borrowers wi.ll share in the net
profits of the bank because they are
stockholders. It is contemplated that
ultimately the borrowers will be the
only stockholders.

Long-term loans are provided by
authorizing mortgages for periods of
from 5 up to 40 years.

Small annual or semi-.uinual pay-
ments on tne principal are made a re-
quired feature of all mortgages.
(B) JOINT-STOCK LAND BANKS.

Joint-stock land banks are author-
ized. They are corporations for car-
rying on the business of lending on
farm mortgage security and issuing
farm loan bonds. They are .o be un-
der the supervision of the l^arm Loan
Board, but the Government will not
invest in them. Subject to geographi-
cal limitations and subject to the 50
and 20 per cent limitat .on, these
banks can lend to an individual any
amount they wish, and for any pur-
pose. They can not charge an inter-
est rate exceeding 6 per cent, and
such rate must not exceed by more
than 1 per cent the interest they have
pail on their last issue of bonds.
Their mortgages, however, must pro-
vide for amortization payments.
These banks are prohi.bited from
charging, under any pretext, fees or
commissions other than those author-
ized by the act.
CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH

LOANS MAY BE OBTAINED.

The act specifically defines the pur-
poses for which loans may be ob-
tained. These are:

(a) To provide for the purchase of
land for agricultural uses.

(b) To provide for the purchase of
equipment, fertilizers, and live stock
necessary for the proper and reasona-
ble operation of the mortgaged farm;
the term "equipment" to be defined by
the Federal Farm Loan Board.

(c) To provi.de buildings and for
the improvement of farm lands; the
term "improvement" to be defined by
the Federal Farm Loan Board.

(d) To liquidate indebtedness of
the owner of the land mortgaged, ex-
isting at the time of the organization
of the first national farm loan as-
sociation establLshed in or for the
county in whi.ch the land mortgaged
is situated, or inde'-'tedness subse-
quently incurred for one of the pur-
poses mentioned in this section.

Loans may '/e made only on first
mortgages on farm land.

Only those who own and cultivate
farm land or are about to own and
cultivate such land are entitled to
borrow.

No one can borrow save for Ihe
purposes stated in the act, and those
who after borrowing do not use 'he
money for the purposes specified in
the mortgage are li,able to have their
loans reduced or recalled. The secre-
tary-treasurer of each as.sociation ia
required to report any diversion of
borrowed money from the purposes
staged in the mertgages.

THE HAMPSHIRE COUXTY FARM BUREAU MOXTFILY

No individual can borrow more
than $10,000 or less than $100.

No loan may be made for more
than 50 per cent of the value of the
land mortgaged and 20 per cent of the
value of the permanent insured im-
provements upon it.

The loan must run for not less
than 5 and not more than 40 year.s.

Every mortgage must provide for
the repayment of the loan under an
amortization plan by means of a fixed
number of annual or semi.-annual in-
stallments sufficient to meet all inter-
est and pay off the debt by the end of
the term of the loan. The install- '
mens reouired will be those published j
in amortization tables to be prepared
by the Farm Loan Board.

The bank is given power to protect
itself in case of default by recalling j
the loan in whole or in part, or tak- !
ing other necessary action.

try a cover crop on tlieir tobacco
fields this fall.

COVER CROPS FOR TOBACCO

At the annual meeting of the New
England Tobacco Growers' Associa-
tion, Dr. E. G. Beinhart of the U. S.
Dept. of Agriculture spoke and laid
special emphasis on the use of cov-
er crops and rotation in the control
of true root rot and troubles that ap-
pear to have the same effect on the
plant. Dr. Beinhart stated that if
one was absolutely sure he had true
root rot, rotation was the best so-
lution. For what appeared to be
toxic effect of the soil, the use of
cover crops, especially timothy,
would assist in checking this trou-
ble. The use of rye seemed to be a
failure as far as checking this trou-
l)le. On the farm where the meeting
was held, timothy ad been used as a
cover crop in the shade grown to-
bacco for the last six years. Mr. S.
W. Pinney, manager of the farm,
stated that when he commenced us-
ing timothy, the land was yielding a
very poor crop, hardly worth prim-
ing, while tliLS year the crop prom-
ises to be one of the best in that
section. Mr. Pinney sows his timot-
hy after his field is cleared and uses
a bushel of seed to every three acres.

Dr. Beinhart also stated that from
his observations, as a rule, anything
that would tend to increase the acid
content of the soil would improve the
crop. The use of sulphate of pot-
ash for example in comparison with
carbonate gives better results in that
it does not neutralize the soil and
allow root rot or toxics to develop
as does the carbonate.

The Farm Bureau has arranged
for several cover crop demonstra-
tions in the County and would be
glad to assist others who desire to

How Many Dollars Worth of Dairy
Products Do You Sell Per Cow?
How do your cows compare with
your neighbors? Are you getting as
large returns as your neighbor? Did
you ever figure out how much your
average cow brought in? Keep a
few figures on your cows and find
out.

FARM BUPlEAU WORK.

SUMMARY OF THE AYORK.

(July 1-JuIy 29)

Farms Visited 41

Letters Written 106

Office Calls 45

Telephone Calls 4S

MEETINGS.

Meetings Held 4

Attendance ISO

FOR SALE— Breeding stock from

the following officially tested Jerseys.

Two made over "00 lbs. butter, three

made over 600 I'^s. butter, five made

over 400 lbs. butt-^r. \Ym. H. ;Mcr-^y,

Brick House Farm. Cummington.

THE PTTRE-BRED Perchernn, Sir

Vivian, record No. 102007 wi'l make

the season of 1916 at the Park

View farm, 93 West St., Eps'hamp-

ton. Mass. Geo. Emerson Searle.

Proprietor.

WANTED — 4-can Cooley Creamer:
copper-lined. Address, Lewis H.
Granger. So. Worthington, Mass.
Tel. 13-22.
FOR SALE— lO-can Cooley Creamer;
copper-lined. Address, Lewis H.
Graneer, So. Worthington, Mass.
Tel. 13-22.
FOR SALE— One Leader Sprayer, 2
h.p. engine. 200 lb. pressure: can
run three lines of hose, tank 150
gal. with hose, bamboo rods, noz-
zles all in good running order and
ready for business. Price. $175.
Inquire of ,T. Pierpont. Williams-
burg, Mass.

FOR SALE: — Farm nf 90 acres,
consisting of sugar orchard. 12-room
house, pasturage, running water, 50
bearing trees, 100 young trees. Ad-
dress, A. F. Dyer, Plalnfield, Mass.

FOR SALE Registered Jersey cows,

heifers and bulls; also a few nice
grade cows at farmers* prices. H.
W. Gurney, Cummington, Mass.

FOR SALE — 1 registered Jersey BuU
11 mos. old. Address C. S.
Parsons, 15 Sherman Ave., North,
ampton, Mass.

FOR S.\LE: — A Jersey Bull Calf;
75 per cent, blood of Eminent
Second. Address C. M. Pratt, Had-
ley, Mass.

ONLY ONE HOLSTEIN BULL LEFT.
A son, born July 2S, 1915 to the
three-year-old heifer, Koningiu
Beauty 2nd. She has given 6196
lbs. of milk from Aug. 1 to Jan. 1.
Price $100. Address, Edward J.
Clark, Cummington, Mass., R. F. D.
NOTICE: — Judge a stallion by his
colts. Connet, pure bred percher-
on, will make the season at C. E.
Parsons & Son, 128 Bridge St.,
FOR SALE: — Farm of 50 acres.
Good S-room house with wide pi-
azza. Barn and henhouse. Nev-
er-failing spring water. 100
grafted apple trees, abundance
wood and timber for farm use.
Telephone and free delivery of
mail. An ideal location for poul-
try. Price $1,000. Reasonable
terms. Address owner, H. H. Ma-
son, Worthington, Mass.
FOR RENT: — Farm of 400 acres,
consisting of 10-room house, large
barn, pastures, wood, mowing,
three blueberry lots, apple orch-
ard, supplied with barn yard fer-
tilizer for spring planting, some
old hay. Farm located on State
Road, one-third of a mile from ho-
tel. "Hinckley Williams Farm."
Address. F. H. Botlwood, Will-
iamsburg. R. F. D.
FOR SALE: — (The Levi Bryant
Estate) One of the best farms In
the town of Chesterfield. Less
than one mile from the center.
Cream collector and school team
pass the door. 200 acres, includ-
ing 45 acres tillage and over a
million feet of lumber, two-thirds
soft wood, sugar bush that will
set SOO tubs. The farm is well
fenced and mowings clear of
stones. Large house and barn
connected by shed. A fine sitely
place with many good building
lots — Apply to Frank Baker,
Chesterfield, Mass.

FOR SALE: — Farm of 89 acres, 30
tillage, in the town of Southamp-
ton. Beautiful location, large
house and barn in fine repair.
Running spring water in house
and barn, house equipped with
modern conveniences. Several
acres of good tobacco land. All
equipped. ready for business.
Large share of planting done.
Apply to Farm Bureau Office.
FOR SALE— Two registered Hol-
stein-Friesian Bulls, 3 and 6 mos.
old, $50 each. 24 registered head
in herd. Herd bull is a grandson
of Finderne Pride Johanna Rue.
She made the following record In
365 days— 28.403.7 lbs. milk. 1.470.58
lbs. butter. Address, J. S. Graves,
Haydenvllle, Mass., R. F. D. Box 13.

HAMRSHIRE COUNTY

_Criciil tvara.1

FARM BUREAU MONTH l_Y

Published by the Hampshire County Farm Bureau

PRICES 50 CENTS PER YEAR ; SI. 00 PER YEAR INCLUDING MEMBERSHIP IN FARM BUREAU

Vol. 1

Northampton, Mass., September, 1916

No. 13

FIELD DAY RESULTS

Seven field meetings liave been
held by the Farm Bureau this sea-
son with a total attendance of ap-
proximjately 800. Meetings were
held in all sections of the county,
giving everyone an opportunity to
attend. At all the meetings, with
the exception of the one for the to-
bacco growers, and the one for the
poultrymen, special emphasis was
laid on dairying.

The auto trip to the Mixter Farm,
Hardwick, probably created the
most interest and a great deal of
credit is due the Mixter farm and
its manager, Mr. J. S. Clark for the
success of the meeting. The Mixter
Farm herd of Guernseys is com-
posed of 178 head of milking stock
and about 150 head of young stock.
The average test for the nuilk is 5.6
to 5.S butterfat and the bacterial
count seldom exceeds 5000. The
cream sold tests 55 to 60% butter-
fat.

DAIRY RECORDS.
At the field day in Williamsburg
and in Granby, Mr. George Putnam,
President Merrimac County Farm
Bureau from Contoocook, N. H.,
brought out very forcibly the re-
sults of keeping dairy records and
the use of well bred sires in improv-
ing a dairy herd. Mr. Putnam gave
the results of ten years' work on
his own farm, producing cream, with
a herd of Jerseys. Mr. Putnam
stated that in 1903 he found that
with the increase cost of labor,
grain, etc., with the cow3 that he
had, he was not making the farm
pay. He decided to keep records and
find out what cows were losing the
money.

At the beginning he was keeping
16 grade cows. The following ta-
bles show the production of the
best half and the poorest half in com-
parison:

Best 8 Cows 1904

6115 lbs. milk 213.30 Butter fat.

5106 205.35

4873 204.24

4538 256.84

4203 211.60

4107 249.61

4102

214.0';

37212 1750,01

4651 .\verage 218.50

25S cans " 258.00 lbs. butter
Poorest 8 Cows 190 4

2146 Ib.s. milk 126.61 Butter fat.
3376 164.45

3687 177.00

2S13 116.75

4100 204.24

3835 187.90

4030 211.60

3771 169.68

27758 1358.23

3469 Average 169.78
192 Cans " 200.00 lbs. butter
Difference between best and poor-
est 8 cows:

66 Cans per cow 58 lbs. butter
Difference in income at 33c, $21.78
Total difference on S cows, $174.24

Best Cow 1904
Pounds milk 6115

Cans 33 9

Av. test 4.2

Lbs. butter fat 256.84

Lbs. 85% butter 302.17

Lbs. milk for 1 11). butter 20.2

Best Cow 1914
Pounds Milk 9580

Cans milk 532

Av. test 5.1

Lbs. fat 488.77

Lbs. 85% butter 575.02

Lbs. milk for 1 lb butter 16.66

After ten years' work with a set
of scales, a pencil, and the use of
poor blood bulls and a few registered
cows the following results were ob-
tained:

Best 16 Cows 1914.

7144 lbs. milk av. 379.84 butter fat

379 Cans 446.87 lbs. butter

Best 8 Cows 1904
258 Cans av. 258 lbs. butter

139 Cans difference 1SS.S7 butter
54% increase

Value of increase
139 cans milk at 33c, $45.87

Increase grain cost 11.12

N«t value increased milk $34.75
In herd 20 cows $695

Continued on Page 2

NOTICE TO
TOBACCO GROWERS

There has been a great deal of
misunderstanding regarding an app
ropriation for the purpose of provid-
ing" for experimental work in tobac-
co growing. The following letter
by President Butterfleld of the
Mass. Agricultural College addressed
to the Farm Bureau explains the
final disposal of the resolve, states
clearly the position of the college
and the work it is planning to do
undar the present consideration for
the benefit of the tobacco growers.
Gentlemen:

"I tliiuk that I ought perhaps to
make a general statement eoncern-
ng the development and status of
the proposed scheme for tobacco
growing at tlie College.

"Repsesentative Lyman writes me
that the Committee itimized the ap-
propriation of twenty thousand dol-
lars which was assigned tor im-
provements and equipment, and it
was understood that one of these
I items covered the tobacco proposi-
tion. This itemization, however,
has apparently not been made. The
Attorney-General felt that we nei-
ther were required nor empowered
to use any of this money for experi-
niiental work in tobacco growing,
but both he and the Auditor agreed
that we could use some of it for
equipment, so that a sum of money
has been set apart for the purpose
of equipment needed in connection
with tobacco investigation, and is
available for Dr. Chapman in this
work.

"Inasmuch as it is not possible
to employ special help, which, had
the two thousand dollar appropria-
tion been obtained, could have been
obtained for the purpose of making
investigatons in the fields of grow-
ers and for superintending field ex-
periments which it is proposed to
try, we are able only to assign Dr.
Chapman to certain lines of tobacco
sickness and the carrying on of ex-
periments which we hope may lead
to the discovery of methods of pre-
vention. Dr. Chapman has devoted
Continued on Page 3

THE HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUKEAT MOXL-IILV

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY

FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

Published By The

Hampshire County Farm Bureau

A. F. MacDougall, County Agent

Office, First National Bank Bldg.

Northampton, Mass.

Entered as second class matter
Nov. 9, 1915 at the post office at
Northampton, Massachusetts, under
the Act of March 8, 1879.

OFFICERS OF THE FARM BUREAU

Ijefi]i.e R. Smith, President, Hadiey.
W D. Maiidell, Treasurer, Northainp-

ton
Iv. K. Clap?, Secretary, Nortliamp-

ton.

Advisory Board

Leslie R. Smith, Hadley

Chas. R. Damon, Williamsburg

Ferley E. Davis, Granby

C. E. Hodgkins, Nortliampton

Warren M. King, Northampton

\i. A Morse, Belchertown

Martin f^ orris, Southampton

EDITORIAL

The price of milk is a subject
much discussed. At the- present
time with other staple products ris-
ing in price, many farmers wonder
why they cannot receive more for
their milk. In some sections they
are receiving more, but for the most
part the price remains the same. It
is necessary to lay the most of this
blame at the door of the farmer. One
of the largest dealers in a certain
local city made the statement a short
time ago that if all the farmers sell-
ing milk into this city would or-
ganize, set a standard price for their
milk according to their distance
from the market, and hold to it. the
dealers would gladly meet a rise of
one-half cent or a cent whichever it
might be. The dealer who would
try to vise his producers right and
pay 5 cents or 5% cents at the door
would have to compete wth another
dealer who could go into the same
locality or a similar locality and buy
milk for 4% cents, 4 cents or even
less. In trying to raise the retail
price to 9 cents so as to give both
the farmer and himself a larger mar-
gin of profit, he has to compete with
the dealer who is buying cheap milk
and can retail it for seven cents.
Only through a cooperative organ-
ization in which the price of milk
is set, uie surplus taken care of, a
certain btanaard of quality main-
tained and the farmers bound by
contract, can the farmers hope to
ask for a raii° in the price of milk
and receive it permanently.

The farmers in the towns of
Southampton, Belchertown, South
Hadley, Granby and South Amherst
are to be congratulated for the way
in which they have stood together
for the purpose of setting the whole-
sale price of milk for the city of
Holyoke. Several meetings have
been held with an average attend-
ance of about 150. The price of
milk has been rased 1 cents a quart.
A Constitution and a set of By-
Laws have been adopted and the or-
ganization is to become incorporat-
ed as soon as possible. Organized
efforts of tills kind or what bring
results.

In some sections, the farmers are
not satisfied with the number of
calls the County Agents has made.
This criticism is justified in a great
many cases. The general policy has
been to make farm visits only on
written or personal requests and
where the farmer has had a definite
problem he wished to solve. The
time is so limited that it is impos-
sible for the county agent to visit
among the farmers with no definite
project in view. The Farm Bureau
will, however, gladly send assistance
whenever it is requested and is
more than pleased to receive re-
quests for farm visits but please do
not expect calls when no requests
are made.

At the Northampton Fair the boys
and girls will be given a wonderful
opportunity to display their garden
products. A tent, 100x60 will be
furnished to house the exhibits
Specal prizes are offered for school
exhibits and duplicate prizes are
given for individual exhibits so that
young children will not have to com-
pete with the older ones. From the
present prospects it looks as if this
tent would be filled to overflowng.
Every boy or girl planning to ex-
hibit at the fair send to A. J. Morse,
Secretary Three-County Pair, North-
ampton, or to the Farm Bureau office
for entry blanks and cards so as to
have everything in readiness when
the time comes. Remember the date
of the Fair — October 4 and 5.

As the apples in the County that
are to be sold in closed packages
will have to be packed according to
the new apple grading law this fall,
many growers are wondering to
what extent the law will be en-
forced, some people having the im-
pression that absolutely no prosecu-
tions would be made this fall. The
State Board of Agriculture is plan-
ning to carry out the law in an ed-

ucation way and assist the farmers
in every way possible in packing
their apples according to the law.
Secretaiy Wheeler slates that me
idea is not to prosecute for first of-
fense this year or in cases where
there is an apparent misunderstand-
ing of the law, but that they do not
intend to let persistent violators of
the law go free, and tliose who ab-
solutely disregard the law after
warning will certainly be prosecut-
ed.

We heartily endorse this state-
ment of Mr. Wheeler's knowing that
it will work to the advantage of the
farmer who attempts to put up his
apples according to his best judg-
ment and keep off the market poor
quality fruit that only tends to low-
er the price of the good fruit.

FIELD DAY RESULTS
Continued From Page 1
188.87 lbs. butter at 3Sc, $66.10
Increase cost of grain 11.12

Net increase ?o4.98

In herd of 20 cows 1099.60

Mr. Putnam gave the following
table to show that if even only one
cow was located in the year, that
was losing money, by selling her,
the saving in the cost of milking
alone, would more than offset the
cost of weighing the milk oi a herd
of 20 cows. From actual records tak-
en in his own barn for the time to
milk a cow and weigh her milk, he
found the average was that a man
could milk 10 cows an hour or 12
min. a day per cow for 300 days in
a year and the weighing took 10
seconds per milking.

Time required to milk one cow

1 year 3600 min. — 60 hours

60 hrs. at 15c per hr. $9.00

Time required to weigh milk

1 cow, 1 year 100 min.

1 2-3 hrs. at 15c — 25 cents.

Cost to weigh milk of 20 cows 1
year $5.00

In order to raise higher producing
stock, Mr. Putnam bought during
the ten years two pure blood bulls
and some registered calves and heif-
ers. His total expenditure for live-
stock, milk scales and record sheets
was $983.00

Live Stock bought to bring in-
creased production: —

1 Bull $100

1 Bull 75

4 Heifer Calves 150

4 2-yr. old heifers 250

4 Cows 404

$975

THE HAMPSHIRE C(_)U\TY EARM BUREAU MONTHLY

Milk scales

200 milk sheets

3.U0
5.00

$983.00
Not only has he developed a herd
of high producers by careful selec-
tion and breeding, knowing his stock
by keeping daily records, but he has
in the meantime been increasing
the number of pure blood livestock
in his herd and now has high grade
stock to sell, disposing last year of
3 head at an average price of ,$300.
llr. Putnam tcld his story in a
modest, practical way, showing
through his own experience that the
average farmer needed only Co ap-
ply business principals to his dairy
operations to realize a good profit
from his cows.

FARM MANAGEMENT
Mr. Sumner R. Parker, State Lead-
er of County Agent Work, brought
out very forcibly in his talk at the
Granby meeting the importance of
every farmer making a careful study
of his farm operations and finding
out for a certainty if he was man-
aging his farm in a way best adapt-
ed to his local conditions. To find
out if in managing the farm, as a
dairy farm, should more cows or
fewer cows be kept, should live-
stock be raised or bought, should
pure blood livestock be increased, to
what extent should cash crops be
grown or in other words to what ex-
tent should diversity be practiced?
Jlore economic production of milk
will bring the same returns as an
increase in the price of milk. Mr.
Parker gave the following points as
essential ones to consider in trying
to run a dairy farm at a profit.

1. Our Herds must be the right
size for the Farm.

2. Our Cows must give at least
7000 lbs. per year.

3. We must improve our herds by
careful breeding.

4. The time will soon be here, if
it has not already arrived, when the
stock we have f«r sale must be pure
bred in order to sell at a high price.

5. Jlake sure our roughage is the
best possible; clover and alfalfa in
abundance.

6. Our grain ration economical.

7. Our bacteria count low.

S_ Our product of high quality.

RAISING YOUNG STOCK.
At a Judging contest and again in
a talk on raising young stock. Prof.
J. A. McClean of the Quaker ®ats
Comipany emphasized strongly the
importance of careful selection and
ln-eeding in developing dairy stock
and told of the great opportunity
there is for the business of raising

high grade dairy cattle and selling
it in the wholesale dairy sections of
this State. In talking on the care
of young stock, he urged the farm-
ers to take more pains in condition-
ing their cows before calving and
then after the calf was born to start
immediately and keep the calf grow-
ing, the first few months of a calf's
life being the most important. Feed
it all it can eat up to six months and
then if it is a fall calf it can be
turned out to pasture and it will be
ready to take care of itself. For a
grain ration for calves, Prof. Mc-
Lean suggested the following: 300
Bran, 300 ground oats, 300 hominy
or corn meal, 100 oil meal.

SELLING CREAM
At the meeting on Mr. W. H.
Morey's farm at Cummington, Prof.
0. A. Jamison gave a very instruc-
tive talk on the Handling of Cream.
An interesting discussion followed in
which it was quite plain that there
is a lot of misunderstanding between
the farmers in the hill towns sell-
ing cream and the co-operative
creamt'ry and visa versa. Prof.
Jamison told of the importance of
the farmers trying to produce a Irigh
quality cream so that the creamery
could make a high quality butter,
that no matter who the butter-mak-
er was, unless he had good cream to
work with, he could not produce but-
ter that would bring the high mar-
ket price. The advantage of selling
high testing cream was also brought
out and under the right conditions
it was proven that 30% cream could
be sold by the farmers to more profit
than 18% cream that is produced at
the present time. The farmers pres.
ent were very desirous of getting
.some assistance from Prof. Jamison
this coming winter and if possible,
he will spend some time with them
and the creamery.

TOBACCO GROWERS
Continued From Page 1
six or seven years, or at least a large
part of this time, to the study of
the moaaic disease, which, at the
time he began the work, seemed to
be one of the most serious diseases
of the tobacco crop. His work has
been brought to a conclusion, I un-
derstand. This frees Dr. Chapman
for the new work. It has been de-
cided to place an auto at the dispos-
al of Mr. Chapman for a few weeks,
and he will visit as widely as pos-
sible the farms both of growers who
are suffering from tobacco sickness
and those who are free from it. He
will endeavor to learn everything
possible concerning the local condi-

tions through careful inquiry and
investigations, and will, of course,
make and report observations of
what he sees. After this prelimi-
nary study, he will be mucli better
qualified to direct assistants another
year, when we hope money may be
available for their employment. Mr.
Haskins will continue to do such
chemical worl- in connection with
tobacco investigations ;.j may be
suggested by development. He has
done, in the aggregate, a large
amount of such work in tho last few
years. We can also have the co-
operation of some of the other sci-
entific departments at the Experi-
ment Station, as, for example, the
soil division under Professor Morse,
or the work of Professor Osmun
and Dr. Anderson in Botany.

"It seems to me that we have
done all that could be done under
the circumstances, and with the
funds at our disposal, to try to meet
the needs of the tobacco growers at
this time. Personally, I feel that
the whole need for help for the to-
bacco growers should be taken up
as a general problem, and the Legis-
lature asked to make sufficient ap-
propriatons to carry this thing
through. I should be glad to know
whether the situation, as it stands
at present, is reasonably satisfacto-
ry."

Yours very sincerely,
KBNYON L. BUTTERFIELD.

President.

FARM BUREAU WORK

SUMMARY OF THE WORK

(July 31 -Aug. liJ)

Farms Visited 41

Letters Written 4S

Circular Letters 64S

Office Calls 32

Telephone Calls 56

MEETINGS

Meetings Held 7

Attendance 650

Is Fanning A Business?

If it is, you should keep sufficient
figures on your farm business so you
can determine what changes you
should make to increase your net in-
come. How long could your store-
keeper do business if he did not have
some record of his transactions?

What Are Your Gross Receipts?

How lUTich money do you take in
in a year? Are you doing as much
business on your farm as you ought
to? Could you increase your net in-
come by doing a larger business?

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SEED CORN SELECTION

In harvesting corn this fall, no-
tice how near a perfect stand you
have. A poor stand is usually as-
cribed to the inefficiency of the
men operating the planter to the
work of the crows, or to the cold,
wet, and late season. These all may
be true but how often, does the
trouble start with the seed itself,
which may have been injured by
heating in the crib, by early freez-
ing and by moulding the preceding
fall and winter. Such seed is often
viable and under favorable condi-
tions in the soil, may start. It
lacks, however, the strong and vig-
orous germination of well preserved
seed corn and the ability to main-
tain Itself under adverse conditions.

Do not wait until next spring to
think about seed corn and then go
to the crib and pick out the big ears.
Now is the time to go to the iield
and select the best, fully ripened
ears from the normal plants. If the
field is to be husked, instead of pick-
ing the ears, each stalk may be
marked with a piece of bright col-
ored cloth to attract the attention of
the buskers and the selected ears
thrown out at husking. After the
corn is husked, put it in a warm, dry
place until it is thoroughly dryed
and then store in the attic or store-
room where the temperature is fair-
ly even.

DAIRY RECORDS.

Cows in the Connecticut Valley
Cow-Test Association, making over
1000 lbs. milk or 40 lbs. butter fat
for the UTOnth of August:

W. H. Learned, Florence, Grade

Milk Butter Fat

1188 lbs. 31.6 lbs.

1204 39.7

1768 42.4

J. S. Graves. Williamsburg.
1128 37 1

1104 30!9

H. M. Bridgman. Westhanipton.
915 41.2

F. D. Bridgman, Westhampton.
1321 55.5

936 41.2

James McAuslane, Easthampton.
1052 34.7

1123 29.2

C. T_ Burt & Son, Easthampton.
1150 43.6

E. T. Whitaker, Hadley.
lOGl 29.9

W. C. Heiden. Hadley.

90G 43.5

917 40.3

E. C. Harlow, .\mherst.

969 58.1

951 504

858 4l!2

J. L. Ingham. Granby. •

949 43.7

Those desiring to buy or rent farms
can find a substantial list at the
Farm Bureau Office.

ONLY ONE HOLSTEIN BULL LEFT.
A son, born July 28, 1915 to the
three-year-old heifer, Koningin
Beauty 2nd. She has given 6196
lbs. of milk from Aug. 1 to Jan. 1.
Price flOO. Address, Edward J.
! Clark, Cummington, Mass., R. F. D.

FOR SALE: — Farm of 89 acres. 30
tillage, in the town of Southamp-
ton. Beautiful location, large
house and barn in fine renair.
Running spring water In hoase
and barn, house equipped with
modern conveniences. Several
acres of good tobacco land. AH
equipped. ready for business.
Large share of planting done.
Apply to Farm Bureau Ofl^ce.

FOR SALE— Two registered Hol-
steln-Friesian Bulls, 3 and 6 mos.
old, $50 each. 24 registered head
!.n herd. Herd bull is a grandson
of Finderne Pride Johanna Rue.
She made the following record in
365 days— 28,403.7 lbs. milk, 1.470.5S
lbs. butter. Address, J. S. Graves,
Haydenville, Mass., R. F, D. Box 13.

NOTICE: — Judge a stallion by his
colts. Connet, pure bred percher-
on, will make the season at C. E.
Parsons & Son, 128 Bridge St.,

FOR SALE: — Farm of 50 acres.
Good 8-room house with wide pi-
azza. Barn and henhouse. Nev-
er-failing spring water. 100
grafted apple trees, abundance
wood and timber for farm use.
Telephone and free delivery of
mail. An ideal location for poul-
try. Price $1,000. Reasonable
terms. Address owner. H. H. Ma-
son, Worth ington, Mass.

FOR RENT: — Farm of 400 acres,
consisting of 10-room house. large
barn, pastures, wood, mowing,
three blueberry lots, apple orch-
ard, supplied with barn yard fer-
tilizer for spring planting, some
old hay. Farm located on State
Road, one-third of a mile from ho-
tel. "Hinckley Williams Farm."
Address, F. H. Botlwood, Will-
iamsburg. R. P. D.

FOR SALE— Ereedvig stock from
the following officially tested Jerseys.
Two made over 700 lbs. butter, three
made over 600 lbs. butter, five made
over 400 lbs. butter. Wm. H. ;Morey,
Brick House Farm.. Cummington.

FOR SALE: — (The Levi Bryant
Estate) One of the best farms In
the town of Chesterfield. Less
than one mile from the center.
Cream collector and school team
pass the door. 200 acres, includ-
ing 45 acres tillage and over a
million feet of lumber, two-thirds
soft wood, sugar bush that will
set 800 tubs. The farm is well
fenced and mowings clear of
stones. Large house and barn
connected by shed. A fine sitely
place with many good building
lots — Apply to Frank Baker,
Chesterfield, Mass.

THE PURE-BRED Percheron, Sir
Vivian, record No. 102007 will make
the season of 1916 at the Park
View farm, 93 West St., Easthamp-
ton, Mass. Geo. Emerson Searle.
Proprietor.

WANTED — 4-can Cooley Creamer:
copper-lined. Address. Lewis H.
Granger. So. Worthington, Mass.
Tel. 13-22.

FOR SALE— 10-can Cooley Creamer:
copper-lined. Address, Lewis H.
Granger, So. Worthington. Mass.
Tel. 13-22.

FOR SALE— One Leader Sprayer, 2
h.p. engine. 200 lb. pressure; can
run three lines of hose, tank 150
gal. with hose, bamboo rods, noz-
zles all In good running order and
ready for business. Price, $175.
Inquire of J. Plerpont, Williams-
burg, Mass.

FOR SALE: — Farm of 90 acres,
consisting of sugar orchard. 12-room
house, pasturage, running water, 50
bearing trees, 100 young trees. Ad-
dress, A. P. Dyer, Plainfield, Mass.

FOR SALE Registered Jersey cows,

heifers and bulls; also a few nice
grade cows at farmers' prices. H.
W. Gurney, Cummington, Mass.

FOR SALE: — A Jersey Bull Calf;
75 per cent, blood of Eminent
Second. Address C. M. Pratt, Had-
ley, Mass.

h/vmrshire: county

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,-\ oTT'ctiltiiral

FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

Published by the Hampshire County Farm Bureau

PRICES 50 CENTS PER YEAR; $1.00 PER YEAR INCLUDING MEMBERSHIP IN FARM BUREAU

Vol. 1

Northampton, Mass., October, 1916

No 14

.C'T.

-SL.

John Cishko of Hopkins Academy, Hadley.
liuU calf won at the Xational Dair/ Show.

lis prize Jersey

BOYS' AND GIRLS HARVE ^T SEASON AT HADLEY

HOPKINS ACADEMY AGRICULTURE
VALUABLE JERSEY CALF WON AT DAIRY SHOW

John Bishko, a junior at Hopkins
Academy is the proud and happy
owner of a valuable Jersey bull calf
which he won at the Dairy Show in
Springfield last week by placing
fifth in the Boys' stock judging
contest held in connection with the
exhibit of the North-Alantlc states
boys' and girls' club work. This
six months' old calf was donated by
Mrs. Ada T. Howie of Sunnypeak
Farm, Elmgrove, Wisconsin. The
sire of the calf is Nobles Fawn
Prince and already the youngster is
showing the development expected
from his pedigree papers. The calf
is not for sale as John expects to
raise him at the head of a fine herd
of Jerseys which he will develop.
The visitors are welcome at the
Bishko Farm in Plainville where the
calf and the boy will be glad to see
you.

Hopkins Academy is proud of its
student w-ho placed fifth and wants
to share honors with Sanderson
Academy at Ashfield for Earle
Streeter of Cummington, a student
at that school, who won fourth in
this same contest. These two Hamp-

shire County boys are the only
Massachusetts boys in the four
western counties to win stock
judging prizes.

There are also other good judges
of livestock at Hopkins. In the Pig
Judging contest. Dean Eldridge, Ar-
thur Comins and Frank Bilske made
up the team from Hampshire Coun-
ty and w'ere capable of taking sec-
ond money of $22. .50 in gold. These
boys were not far behind the New
Jersey lads who took first. Franklin
County placed third and Hampden
County fourth. One member of this
team also took a prize of $4 with his
pig which was on exhibition.

With the ten-ear samples of corn,
Hadley prizes were more numerous
than those from any other town or
even county in the North-Atlantic
states being credited with two
seconds out of five and awarded to
Roger Johnson and John Pekala. Of
fifteen thirds, four were awarded to
the following Hadley boys: San-
ford Hawley. Harold Gardner, Dean
Eldridge and Frank Kokoskl.
Continued On Page Three

SMITHS AGRU'ULTURAL
SCHOOL
The coming of the National Dairy
Show to Springfield this year has
been the cause of stimulating much
interest among Smith's School stud-
ents in agricultural fair exhibits
and in agricultural judging contests.
Since many prizes were to be award-
ed at Springfield, to picked teams
of boys and girls representing their
respective counties and states. It
was deemed wise to have our stud-
ents take part in as many contests as
possible prior to the National Show.
In some of the contests, especially
the Livestock Judging contests, no
person could cotupete in Springfield
who had not become eligible by
winning some prize at a local fair.
Consequently it was early decided
that Smith's School should be rep-
resented a', the following fairs:
I Amherst, Cummington, Greenfield

and Northampton.

' At the Amherst Fair, the follow-
ing prizes were taken rjy our Doys.
Stock Judging contest; James Mc-
Callum. first; Joseph Dickinson,
second; Vegetable judging, Edgar
Cox, third. Plowing Contest: Mal-
com Frost, first; John Hathaway,
third, and Ralph Roberts. fourtJh.
Horsemanship contest: Raymond
Dragon, first; Mibrris Frary, second,
and John Hathaway, third.

The only contests at the Cttm-
mington Fair were in Live Stock
Judging and the Smith's School
team, composed of Philip Clapp,
Raymond Dragon and John Hatha-
way, took the second premium. In-
dividual prize winners were Percy
Amatt and Elmer Clapp who took
second and third places respectively.
At Greenfield our boys were again
very successful. In Live Stock .Tudg-
ing Fay Montague took first nriza
and Elmer Clapp second prize. In
corn judging. Henry Bridgman
first, Elmer Clapp second; In Potato
Judging. Joseph Dickinson second.

The competition at the Tri-Coun-
ty Pair in Northampton was stiff
but again the Smith's Agricultural
School boys emerged with credit to
themselves. Raymond Dragon and
Joseph Dickinson were the first and
Continued On Page Three

TIIK HAMPSHIRE COUXTV I-AKM BUREAU MOXTHLV

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY

FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

Published By The

Hampshire County Farm Eureaa

A. F. MacDougall, County Agent

Office, First National Bank Bldg.

Northampton, IVIass.

Entered as second class matter '
Nov. 9, 1915 at the post office at
Northampton, Massachusetts, under
the Act of March 8, 1879.

OFFICERS OF THE FARM BUREAU

Leslie II. Smith, President, Hadley.
W D. Mandell, Treasurer, Northainp-

ton
K. K. Clapn, Secretary, Nortliamp-

lon.

Advisory Board

Leslie R. Smith, Hadley

Chas. R. Damon, 'Williamsbiirg

Ferley E. Davis, Granby

C. E. Hodpkins, Northampton

Warren JM. King, Northampton

M. A Morse, Belchertown

Manin Norris, Southampton

EDITORIAL

This issue of the Farm Bureau
Monthly is devoted to reports on
boys' and girls' agricultural work
in the County for the past season.

The success of the Boys' and
Girls' Exhibit at the Three-County
Fair was made possible through the
efforts of the committe in charge,
Mr. Raymond Clapp. vegetables;
Miss Alice Bunce, Sewing, Cooking
and Preserves; Mr. John Hart,
Drawing, Painting, etc.; Mr. Curtis
Peckham. Poultry; and to Mr. Reed,
Russell and Miss Bliss of Hopkins
Academy, Mr. Richards, Supt. of
Schools, Hatneld and Mr. E. W.
Goodhue, Supt .of Schools, Will-
iamsburg.

Boys' and Girls' garden work was
carried on in a majority of the
towns in the County this past sea-
son. The work was directed by an
agent from the Farm Bureau who
was assisted by local supervisors,
these supervisors giving their ser-
vices free. Considerable assistance
was also received from the Massa-
chusetts Agricultural College. It
was planned to have each child's
garden visited at least twice dur-
ing the season and then to hold an
exhibit in the fall. In most of the
towns these exhibits have been held
and the results have been very grat-
ifying. This type of work should
be carried on In every section of the
County. In the towns where work
of this kind is not being developed,

the parents should interest them-
selves and make plans tor the com-
ing year.

At the Northampton Fair, nine
pigs were entered by Pig Club
boys. For pigs over six months,
Talbot Eldridge won first, Edward
Montague second, and Edward Fy-
denkevez third. For pigs under six
months, Arthur Corains won first,
Sidney Sears, second and James
Comins, third.

The following members of the
Boys' and Girls' State Pig Club
were chosen to send their pigs to
the National Dairy Show: Sidney
Sears, Goshen; Edward Montague,
Westhampton; Talbot Eldridge, Am-
herst, and Arthur Comins, John
Devine and Edward Fydenkevez,
North HacUey.

BOYS' AND GIRLS' AGRICUL-
TURAL WORK.

The showing made by the boys
and girls at the different fairs in
the County this fall is ample proof
of the intense interest that is being-
taken in all phases of agricultural
work by the younger generation. A"
the Amherst Fair, a tent 18x30 was
filled to overflowing by displays of
home and garden work. At Cum-
mington Fair the children's work ex-
ceeded in many respects that of the
adults. In several of the towns, lo-
cal exhibits of the school children
have been held with very gratify-
ing results. Of especial mention
were the exhibits in the towns of
Hatfield, Williamsburg and Chester-
field. At the Three-County Fair in
Northampton, a display not equal-
led in New England was shown in
a large tent 100x60, many author-
ities stating that it surpassed in
attractiveness the large boys' and
girls' exhibit at the National Dairy
Show. The school displays of vege-
tables, flowers and preserves at-
tracted considerable attention. The
silver cups were awarded as fol-
lows: For the best display of an
Agricultural School or High School,
Smith's Agricultural School, first,
Hopkins Academy, second. For the
best Grammar School or Town
School display, Hadley Schools, first,
Hatfield Central School, second.
Williamsburg Central School also
made a fine exhibit.

At the Eastern States Exposition,
the boys and girls in Hampshire
County out-did themselves. In the
agricultural and market gardening
work the boys and girls from Hamp-
shire County won twice as many
prizes as any other County.

Also in poultry, one first, six

j seconds and three thirds, were won

and in handicraft works, two firsts,

five seconds and two thirds. The boysc

and girls from the Smith's Agri-

I cultural School and Hopkins Acad-

j emy won many prizes and the win-

I ners may be known by reading the

articles on these schools.

Special mention should be made
of the fine showing made by the
children from Hatfield. This is the
first year that the Hatfield boys and
girls have made any exhibit at the
fairs. They won second prize for
a school exhibit at the Northamp-
ton Fair and David Wells and Marg-
aret Flint won several prizes at the
Dairy Show. David Wells won
third prize with potatoes; second,
sweet corn; third, tomatoes; third,
onions; and third on collection of
vegetables. Margaret Flint also
won third on best collection of veg-
etables.

The Root children of Easthamp-
ton made an excellent showing and
won a remarkable number of prizes.
Kenfred Root won third on potatoes,
second on eggs and a second sweep-
stake prize on eggs; second, Rhode
Island Red fowl; Katherine
Root, second on eggs and third
sweepstake prize on eggs; Eliza-
beth Root, third on popcorn; first
on watermelon; third on collection
of vegetables; and second on beans;
Snow Root won third on eggs; third.
White Wyandotte; and second on
cucumbers. This makes a total of
thirteen prizes for the Root child-
ren, probably a record not equal-
led by the children from any other
family.

In the judging contest, the Coun-
ty feels proud of John Bishko of
Hadley who won fifth prize out of
I a field of ninety-seven contestants
and brought home as a prize a pure
bred Jersey bull calf, sired by No-
ble's Fawn Prince. We also would
like to share the honors with
Franklin County and congratulate
Earl Streeter of Cummington, a
student at Sanderson Academy who
won fourth prize and chose for his
prize $75 in gold.

The Bread Judging team com-
posed of Rozella Ice and Vivian
Muller of Williamsl)urg and Stan-
ley LeDuc of Chesterfield won fourth
prize. Considering the short time
this team had to prepare and of the
very limited amount of instructions,
their record was auite remarkable.

A Canning Juding team composed
of Eleanor Clark of Worthington,
Beatrice West of Worthington and
Nellie Streeter of Cummington also

TIIH HAMPSHIRE C<JLNTV 1-ARM HUKEAU MONTHLY

represented the t'oiinty and did ex-
cellent work.

The Market Garden team won sec-
ond place, the Pig Judging team,

_second; and the Handicraft team,
third.

Only two or three weeks' notice
of the exhibits to be made at
Springfield were given to the chil-
dren and the way in which they

-responded, as shown by the results
above, is remarkable. Interest of this
kind in agriculture and home econ-
omics is bound to have its effect on
tli(> future prosperity of this Coun-
ty.

HOPKINS ACADEMY
Continued from Page One

In the dent-corn class John De-
vine and Kenneth Norton each re-
ceived a third premium. Everyone
who saw tlie exhibit knows the vast
number of samples shown, but only
two Hadley entries returned with-
out prizes. John Devine received
third prize for his story of his corn
project. Robert Johnson's pop-corn
was awarded second prize.

In the market gardening depar'i
ment, John Bishko's collection oV
vegetables was awarded second pre-
mium and Mary Niel of Russellville
School a third. George Pitcbette
second, and Joe Safer third on
plates of onions. The best three
pumpkins, Arthur Comins, third;
exhibit of celery, Harold Gardner,
third.

In the poultry tent were exhibited
a few pens of Hadley birds and first
prizes on white Wyandottes was
awjirded to Kenneth Norton; second
prize on Brahamas to John Pekala.
In the contest of poultry stories
based on the boys' project, John
Bishko was awarded second prize.
John Devine's story on "How I
Raised My Pig," received second
premium. This makes a total of one
fiirst, nine seconds and eleven thirds
with a cash value of $62, together
with a high-priced Jersey Bull calf.
It is a rather creditable showing for
the boys and girls of Hadley where
the competition was the keenest and
the test was one of merit.
COUNTY FAIRS.

During the Fall, previous to the
final show at Springfield, prizes
have been tried for and won by
these same youn.gsters. In stock
judging, the prizes of all the boys
totals $114.50 as follows: Deerfield
■Valley at Charlemont, John De-
vine, second, $15: Hampshire Fair
at Amherst, John Devine, third,
$2.50: Hampden Fair at Williraan-
sett, Edward Fydenkevez, first, $15:
George Pitcbette, second, $10;

John Devine, third, $5; at Hillside
Fair in Cummington, Frank Ko-
koski. first. $15; also a prize for
team work was awarded to the
school having the best team of 'three
men in the contest and Hopkins
-Academy won $15 for a first pre-
mium. At Palmer Fair, stiff compe-
tition was expected from Hampden
County, but John Devine walked
away with first, Edward Fydenke-
vez second and George Pitcbette
third; a total of $1S. At the Three-
County Fair in Northampton, Frank
Kokoski won third of $5. At Barre,
the formidable array of Hadley Boys
arriving after a 45-mt:e auto trip,
frightened the other contestants and
the money was divided among the
five entrants, $14 being the Hadley
share. Total, four firsts, three sec-
onds, four thirds. At Brockton
Fair, four Hadley boys placed just
outside of the money but were well
grouped and gave good indications
of their chances at Springfield.

Ability to judge corn also exists,
for at Amherst Fair, John Bishko
won first honors of $3, while John
Devine was a close second for $2.
At Greenfield, George Pitcbette took
first in corn judging and Frank Ko-
koski second in potato judging.

In vegetable exhibits, the public
schools of the town, with Russell-
ville School and Center Grammar as
special features, easily romped away
with 'first honors at Northampton
Fair. A handsome silver cup was
awarded for this premium. The ex-
hilnt of Hopkins Academy had a
large variety of vegetables, canned
goods and flowers, all of excellent
quality. This display was awarded
second prize. Notable features of
this exhibit were the 32 plates of
onions, each from the garden plots
of different boys and girls; nearly
as many plates of potatoes, a large
variety of beans and a fine display of
corn. At this fair, the vegetable
awards, together with several corn,
poultry and pig prizes amounted to
13 firsts, 15 seconds, and six thirds
with a value of $30.60; also horse-
manship honors fell to the sturdy
young farmers of Hadley; first place
to John Devine and second to Ed-
ward Fydenkevez. Worthy of con-
siderable mention is the fact that
first and second prizes in vegetable
collections fell to Hadley. Rock-
well Smith, aged nine won the larger
premium and Mary Niel of grade 7,
Russellville, was awarded second.
Both exhibits were very well ar-
ranged and showed excellent ma-
terial.

The Household Arts' Department
of Hopkins Academy and a few

girls from the grade schools made a
fine showing of cooking, sewing ana
canning; a total of 14 firsts, 15 sec-
onds, five thirds, with a valuation
of $26.00. The Hadley girls took
$6 in prizes at Northampton Fair
in 1915 — the phenomenal increase
simply shows progress and accom-
plishment due to the untiring efforts
of Mliss piiss, the instructor.

At Hampshire Fair, Amherst, ful-
ly one-half the exhibits of boys'
and girls' work came from Hadley
schools. Prizes awarded: 19 firsts;
24 seconds and 19 thirds; in mar-
ket gardening, corn and potato, and
household arts. Cash award $38.10.
In the plowing contest, Edward
Fydenkevez took second prize after
turning three furrows very credit-
ably and in rapid time.

A financial total of the whole fall
work reads as follows: 55 firsts,
70 seconds, 45 thirds, one fourth,
one fifth and the fifth is the Jersey
calf. Total cash value of all but the
calf $281.20. The grand total of
the season's work is measured by
the progress of the children in ag-
ricultural development. The true
suits may be seen best by seeing
the boys and girls. The value of
the work cannot be measured in
dollars for it reaches far into the
future and may mean a new inspira-
tion or a better beginning for many
a youn.gster. The Fairs are simply
slight reminders of the harvest sea-
son and the cash awards are tok-
ens of appreciation. The number of
premiums and their value may be
used as a measure for the scope of
the work and its results.

SMITH'S SCHOOL
Continued from Page One
second prize winners respectively in
the Live Stock Judging contest.
Malcom Frost, Robert Damon and
Edgar Cox took the first three
prizes in the Corn and Potato Judg-
ing contest. John Hathaway took
third place in the horsemanship con-
test.

A departure from the usual con-
tests was that of Bread judging and
Preserve judging. It was here that
the girls had their innings. Louise
Clapp, scoring 100 per cent, took
first prize In Bread judging, while
Alvina Challet and Georgiana
Landry were tied for second place.
In preserve judging, Nettie Shum-
way and Georgiana Landry, each
scoring 100 per cent, were tied for
first place, while Louise Clapp and
Jennie Bigelow were tied for sec-
ond place.

Among the exhibits we were also
successful. The display of vegeta-

THE HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BLRIvAT MOXTHLV

bles, preserves and flowers that was
put up by the school was awarded
the first prize cup. Among the in-
dividual prize winners were the
t'oUowing: Elmer Clapp, first prize,
Rhode Island Red fowls, third prize
Rhode Island Red chickens. third
prize carrots.

Robert Damon, prizes on Water
Melons, Celery, Cauliflowej', Swiss
Chard Tomatoes and Potatoes.

George Burt, second prize display
of vegetables, first prize on White
AVyandotle chickens, second prizes
on tomatoes and parsnips.

John Hathaway, first prize best
display of vegetables, prizes on Irish
Cobbler and Green Mountain pota-
toes, pop corn, field corn, beets and
beans.

Rodney Howard, White Leghorns,
first prize, cabbage, first prize, plate
of potatoes, first prize; peck of po-
tatoes second prize, Swiss Chard
second prize.

Ralph Strong — first prizes on
plates of yellow onions, red onions
and whi'.e onions, first prize for
best peck of onions, third prizes for
tomatoes and parsnips.

Pay Montague — fl.''st prize, shell
beans.

Ralph Roberts — first prize, pears.

Earl Mariz — first prize, sunfiow-
er.

Walter Filer — first prize, beans.

The great Dairy Show at Spring-
field was the goal toward which we
had been working and the following
students were permitted to represent
us there.

Stock judging. Percy Ama't. El-
mer Clapp. Joseph Dickinson, Ray-
mond Dragon, James McCallum and
Fay Montague.

Corn judgers, John Hathaway
and William Howard.

Potato judge, Fred Challet.

Market Garden judgers, George
Burt, Robert Damon and Harold
Hall.

Handicraft judges, Henry Bridg-
man, Philip Clapp and Raoul Tatro.

Poultry Killing and picking dem-
onstration team, Walter Filer. Har-
old Hall and John Hathaway.

Market Garden exhibitors, Elmer
Clapp, Philip Clapp, Robert Da-
mon, George Burt, John Hathaway,
Rodney Howard, William Howard,
Fred Challet, Ralph Strong and Fay
Montague.

Farm Handicraft exhibitors.
Philip Clapp, and Bernice Dickin-
son.

They were rewarded with the fol-
lowing prizes: The Market Gard-
en judging team took second place
and $22. .50 in gold. Robert Damon
scored highest on the team and was

tied with Albert Kramer of Spring-
field for the sweepstakes prizes.

The Handicraft Judging team
took third place and $15.00 in gold.

The poultry killing and picking
demonstration team was reported to
have given some of the most inter-
esting demonstrations of the show.
Some of the market garden exhib-
itors were successful. John Hatha-
way took second on pop corn. Fay
MJontague second on shell beans,
Ralph Strong first on onions and
third on parsnips, Elmer Clapp,
third on carrots, Philip Clapp, tliird
on cabbages, Robert Damon, second
on display of vegetables and second
on celery, Rodney Howard second on
potatoes.

Every article exhibited in farm
handicraft by the two Smith's Ag-
ricultural School representatives
took prizes.

Philip Clapp — first — rope tying
and splicing (10 knots tied aUd
mounted) second — milking stool;
second, trap-nest; third. ironing
board.

Bernice Dickinson — first, ironing
board, second, flying trap; second
trap nest; second rope tying and
splicing.

Considered as a whole, we feel j
very well pleased with the work of
the Smith's School sttidents at the
fairs this fall. Our full share of
prizes has been captured at each I
fair attended. It is especially |
gratifying to realize that over SOJ
per cent, of our agricultural stud-|
ents who were eligible to compete
in all the contests were successful
competitors. However, we are also
pleased that there were individual
studen's who shared marked con-
sistency along certain lines. Yet in
order that fairs may promote the
general interest in agriculture they
must so distribute their premiums
that each competitor will be anx-
ious for the return of another aut-
umn with its circuit of fairs, and
such seems to be the general feel- ,
ing at S. A. S. j

DAIRY RECORDS

Cows in the Connecticut Valley
Cow-Test Association, making over
1000 lbs. milk or 401bs. butter fat
for the month of September;

W. H. Learned, Florence, Grade,
Jersey

870 lbs. 40.9 lbs.

Milk Butter Fat

Helstein

1215 35.6

1272 35.6

J. S. Graves, Williamsburg.

Holstein

1147 47.

C. G. Loud, Westhampton.

Holstein

1102 38. 6

H. M. Bridgnian, Easthampton,

Holstein

1139 40.2

James McAuslane, Easthampton,

Holstein

1004 32.1

Clapp Bros.. Easthampton,

Holstein

1056 32.7

FOR SALE; — Registered Guernsey
bull calf, sired by Dean of the
May. Dame is sired by Longwa-
ter Demonstrator and out of an A.
R, O. cow. Price, $50 for quick
sale. Geo. Timmins, Greenway
Farm, Ware, Mass.

FOR SALE; — Farm of 50 acres.
Good S-room house with wide pi-
azza. Barn and henhouse. Nev-
er-failing spring water. 100
grafted apple trees, abundance
wood and timber for farm use.
Telephone and free delivery of
mail. An ideal location for poul-
try. Price $1,000. Reasonable
terms. .Address owner, H. H. Ma-
son, Worthington, Mass.

FARM BUREAU WORK.

SUMMARY OF THE WORK

(.Vug. 28-Sept. 301

Farms Visited 5 4

Letters Written 70

Circular Letters 1497

Office Calls 54

Telephone Calls 70

MEETINGS

Meetings Held 7

Attendance 420

Those desiring to buy or rent farms
can find a substantial list at the
Farm Bureau Office.

FOR RENT; — Farm of 400 acres,
consisting of 10-room house, large
barn, pastures, wood, mowing,
three blueberry lots, apple orch-
ard, supplied with barn yard fer-
tilizer for spring planting, some
old hay. Farm located on State
Road, one-third of a mile from ho-
tel. "Hinckley Williams Farm."
Address. P. H. Botlwood. Will-
iamsburg. R. F. D.

FOR SALE; — Farm of 89 acres, 30
tillage, in the town of Southamp-
ton. Beautiful location, large
house and barn in fine reoair.
Running spring water in house
and barn, house equipped with
modern conveniences. Several
acres of good tobacco land. All
equipped, ready for business.
Large share of planting done.
Apply to Farm Bureau Office.

HAMPSHIRE: COUNTY

iral

FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

Published by the Hampshire County Farm Bureau

PRICES 50 CENTS PER YEAR; $1.00 PER YEAR INCLUDING MEMBERSHIP IN FARM BUREAU

Vol. 1

Northampton, Mass., November, 1916

No. 15

MARKETING MILK.

During the past few months tne
farmers all over New England, New
York state and the Middle W.«t,
J»ve laken more concerted action in
regard to marketing wholesale milk
than they have ever been able to do
before. More satisfactory termj
have been reached and the price re-
ceived comes nearer at least to re-
turning a profit for the farmer.

in Hampshire County a small ara-
ouat of milk is shipped to Bost jn,
Ludlow and Chicopee. SpringileH
and Holyoke receive the product
from about nine towns. Northamp-
ton, Ware and Easthampton con-
sume a large part of the local sup-
ply and the cream produced in tlii
hill towns in the western part of
lliL' county goes to the Cummington
and Easthampton Creameries. TU"
j^mlierst Creamery and Belchertown
Creamery also receive some of their
cream from the county.

The farmers shipping milk to
Holyoke have organized what is
known as the Holyoke Milk Pro-
ducers' Association, with headquar-
ters in South Hadley. This asso-
ciation has made an agreement with
the dealers whereby the farmers in
Soutli Hadley and Granby get 6c a
<iuart at the door (in some cases a-
a main cross road) and the f armors
in Southampton, South Amherst
iind Belchertown 6c for their milk
delivered in Holyoke. The retail
price in Holyoke was raised by the
dealers from Sc to 9c and at the
liresent time several of the dealers
are getting 10c.

In the town of Wiare, the Milk
Producers and Dealers organized,
and set the wholesale price at 5',2C
and the retail price at 8c poured,
and 9c bottled. The farmers in
Easthampton met and voted to
raise a cent per quart but with one
«xception, they did not hold to their
agreement and sold to the dealers
for 5Vzc. The farmers producing
milk for Northampton did not at-
tempt to organize and they are
selling their milk for from 4%c to
5c a quart at the door. Milk re-
tails in Northampton for 9c a quart.

While the increase in price to the
producer is fairly satisfac'ory for
he present, it is still doubtful if
he is receiving enough to make the
dairy business profitable - and at
tractive enough to induce him to
stay in the business and produce as
clean and wholesome a product as
the public should, and is. demand-
ing. The high prices paid for labor,
stock, grain and dairy utensils, in-
creases amazingly the cost of milk
production. In a recent bulletin,
published by the Massachusetts Ag-
ricultural College on "The Cost of
Milk Production," Dr. Lindsey
states that it cost 5.23 cents to pro-
duce a quart of 4 % milk from a
1000 lb. cow producing yearly
6000 lbs milk. This would have to
be increased to fit present market
conditions.

The producers should not be sa'-
isfied witli the present temporary so-
lution of the situation. No result
is whoUv satisfactory that is not
reaonably permanent. If producers
hope for permanently satisfactory
tern.s. they must organize on a
''ound basis. As stated in the Mew
York State Paim Bureau News,
"Farmers are and will continue to
be handicapped in their efforts to
get a just share of the cost or piac-
irg milk in consumer's hands until
they are so organized as to enable
'hem to deal collectively with the
handlers and distributers of milk."

An effort is being made in Massa-
chusetts to have every community or
shipping point organized with a
local organization, these represeniea
by directors in a County Associa-
tion and the County Organization
in turn represented in a State Union.
This would do away, for the most
part with one group of farmers un-
derselling another.

In order to meet the dealer or
consumer justly in raising the price
of milk the producer must be ready
to practice more efficient methods of
farm management, keep records on
the cost of production and eliminate
the low producing cows; produce a
clean wholesome article, standard-
ize it and then do his share of ad-
vertising the value of milk as a food
and thus increase the consumption.

APPLE GRADING

The apple crop in the county this
fall has been rather light, with the
quality rather poor and the price
correspondingly low. Many lots of
fruit were sold for $1.00 a barrel iu
bulk on the farm, while the pre-
vailing price for barreled fruit was
$2.00, delivered at the station. Buy-
ers were rather scarce and for the
most part, offers were rather low.
Many farmers preferred to sell a: a
low price and let the buyer direct
the packing so that lie would not
be liable under the new State Law.
There was absolutely no necessity
for this as the average farmer could
pack correctly under the law, if he
tried to become acquainted with it
and pack according to his best judg-
ment. In some cases after the buy-
er packed the fruit, he put the
farmer's name on the barrel, as the
packer. No farmer should ever al-
low this but should require the
buyer to stencil his own name on
the barrel as the packer. Fruit
packed by some buyers is no credit
to any farmer.

In some sections, farmers have
stated that the law was a detriment
to the small grower and that he
could not market his fruit at a
profit. A statement of this kind
shows ignorance of the law and lack
of interest in his own welfare. The
farmers who have acquainted them-
selves with the law and have graded
their fruit accordingly, are more
than pleased with it and agree that
for the farmer who attempts to grow
marketable apples, it Is of tmuch
value and profit to him.

The main lessons taught by the
first year of the apple grading law
seem to be: 1. That it is unprofit-
able to grade unsprayed fruit and
that all fruit that runs largely to
worm holes and fungus should he
left on the farm or sold to a elder
mill. 2. That higher prices and
consequently more profit can be ob-
tained by grading high quality ap-
ples into two or more grades. By
complying with the State Law and
standardizing his product, the farm-
er now receives his returns in pro-
portion to the quality of his fruit.
Continued On Page Ttvo.

THK HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY

FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

Published By The

Haanpsliire County Farm Bureau

A. F. MacDougall, County Agent

Office, First National Bank Bldg.

Northampton, Mass.

Entered as second class matter
Nov. 9, 1915 at the post office at
Northampton, Massachusetts, under
the Act of March 8, 1879.

Huntington are aiming for and if
quick action is taken, witliout doubt
tliey will have a school. The towns-
women showed a great deal of in-
terest in the talks by Miss Laura
Comstock of the College last spring
and iignified their desire for more
work of this kind.

The proposition of holding Exten-

OFFICERS OF THE FARM BUREAU

Lcsl.e 11. Suiith, Fresideul, Haaiey.
W D. Mandell, Treasurer, Northainp-

ton
K. K. Clapp, Secretary, Nortliamp-

ton.

Advisory Board

Leslie R. Smiih, liadley

Chas. R. Damon, Williamsburg

Ferley E. Davis, Granby

C. E. Hodgkins, Nortliampton

Vvarren M. King. Northampton

M. A Aiorse, Belchertown

Mari'n Norris, Southampton

ic acid in acid phosphate 5%c lb.
By ordering early, better prices
arc usually obtained, shipments are
n;ore prompt and the farmer is more
; eady for rush of spring work.

LIME
There is hardly a farm in the-
County where lime cannot be used
! sion schools in Granby and Ware to advantage somewhere in the crop
' was discussed last year to some ex- rotation. Last spring after it wa?
tent and several farmers in these time to be planting, several in-
towns are apparently interested quiries came into the Farm Bureau
this year. It may be possible to office asking where lime could b?
hold a third Extension school iti obtained.

There are several reasons why the
purchasing of lime should be at-
tended 'o early in the winter in-
stead of waiting until late spring.

1. One cannot afford to purchase-
ground limestone except in carload
farmers are turning their attention i lots on account of the freight charg-
to purchasing next season's fertiliz- ps. Neighbors should pool their or-
er. Agents have been more than | ders early and get a car-load into

! the county and without doubt, i'
will be held somewhere in th»
eastern part of the County.

FERTILIZER

Now that the crops are harvested.

EDITORIAL

EXTENSION SCHOOLS.

With the approach of winter,
many towns in the County are con-
sidering ';he possibility of having:
an Extension School from the Mass.
Agricultural College. This method
of the college reaching the peopie
has proved one of the most popular
and beneficial ways of any tried by
the Extension Service. The farm-
ers and their wives go to school
the farmers receiving instructions
on dairying, soil fertility, fruit
again for a period of four days,
growing, poultry, etc., while the
women listen to helpful Calks on
Household Management, home dec-
orations, home nursing, etc. On
the average, two schools are held in
each County. The town of West-
hampton has decided to have one
the first week in December. This is
a town of hard-working, industri-
ous and prosperous farmers, but
they are anxious and willing to
take a few days off to listen to
talks on ways in which to increase
profitable crop production and meth-
ods of dairy improvement, etc.

The farmers in the town of Hunt-
ington are seriously dpnsidering
holding a school. The farmers in
this 'town are scattered to quite
an extent which makes it rather .
hard for them to meet at a central
point. A school of this kind is a
great help in bringing the people
in closer touch with each other and
creating more of a cooperative spir-
it. This is what the farmers in

active in the Connecticut Valley
for the past month and a large per
cent, of the farmers have placed
their orders. The prices offered by
reliable agents of old established
concerns are practically standard-
ized. The .source and availability
of the plant foods vary with the dif-
ferent brands and it is these two
very important points that the buy-
er should study carefully before
placing his order. Buy on analysis;
it is pounds of nitrogen, phosphoric
acid, and potash you want, not
pounds of filler. High-grade fertil-
izers contain less filler and the
price per pound for the plant food
elements is less than in the cheap-
er grades and it usually comes from
a better source. A ton of high-

the community.

>2. In the spring the roads are
bad and with tlie rush of -woBk,
*ime is too valuable to spend it on
the road. Haul it' in the winter
when the sledding is good.

3. The lime quarries are rushed
in the spring, orders are delayed.
freight cars are usually in more
demand and consequently ship-
ments are late.

4. Prices are generally higher,
some concerns adding 25c a ton on
all shipments after .\pril 1st.

Group meetings should be held
within the next month or two of
the farmers in a community inter-
ested in using lime At this time
the prices and analysis from dif-
ferent concerns should be discussod

grade goods may contain as much and orders placed.

minimum

plant food as a ton and a half or
i even two ton of a low grade mix-
ture. Buy the best, use less and
your cost of crop production will
be reduced.

If a farmer is so situated that he
can buy the raw materials and mix
his own goods, he has the advant-
age of being able to select the kind
and quality of the different materi-
als he wishes and usually can save
several dollars per ton as com-
pared with mixed fertilizer.

The following approximate prices
will give an idea of the fertilizer
market this year. These prices
are on the basis of cash on delivery, i oughly done
Nitrate Soda, 15 %N
Si'lphate Ammonia, 20% N
Cyanamid. 20 %N
Fish. S%N 1,T% P O
Tankage. fl%N 5% P 0
Acid Phosphate. 14% P O
Potash

car on the Boston & Maine is 20
tons and on other railroads 25 ton.>5
making it necessary for only 4 to S
farmers to cooperate in placing an
order for a car.

Continued from Page One.
APPLE GRADING
.3. That the day of the scrub ap-
ple tree is over and that only fruit
from well pruned and sprayed trees
can be harvested at a profit. Any
'apple tree that is sound and good va-
riety will give big returns for all
money spent in pruning, spraying,
etc.. providing the work is tlior-

.$69.00 I More interest than ever sliouia be

^2.f*0 taken in all sections of the county

^^•-^ this coming winter in the pruning

cQ 'upland spraying of the fruit trees,

16 00 ' rn3l<ing an effort to produce more

$150-31200 i "Fancy" and "Grade A" fruit, re-

The price per pound nitrogen in , ducing the waste of time and money

nitrate soda, 23c, Sulphate Ammo- 1 in harvesting, grading and packing

nia 23c, Cyanamid, ISc, Phosphor- 1' poor grade fruit.

THE HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

FARM BURUEAU EXHIBIT
THREE-COUNTY FAIR

Cows with yearly records in tue
Countcticut Valley Cow-Test Asso-
fiation were plicwn in the Farm Bu-
reau tent at th>:- Tliree-C'ounty Fair
for the purpose' of demonstrating
that the average farmer cannot pick
out the liigh producing cows by
looks alone and that the mqst practi-
cal, economical way to find out the
prcfi'able cows in a herd is to join
a cow-te»t association and have rec-
ords kept on the cost of production
as well as yearly records. Mr. Wil-
fred Learned, Florence; M;r. E. T.
Whitakcr. H. C. Heiden and Ruth
Sesfions Farm, Hadley, freely al-
lowed their cows to T)e usea tor
'his demonstration work. All of
these farms belong to the Connecti-
cut Valley Cow-Test Association.

There Ave re eight cows in the
string and the farmers tried to pick
the two Iiighest and two lowest pro-
ducers. At one and four o'clock
each day of the fair, announcements
were made, telling ;he way the
cows were placed according to their
yearly production records. No one
during the fair picked tlie right
cows. Every cow in the string was
placed first and every cow was
placed last. There was a difference
of 4600 lbs. of milk between the
highest and lowest producers or at
5c a quart, a difference of ,$107
returns for a year.

In the morning of the fiist day
of the fair, 55 men left their rec-
ords and the cow with the highest
yearly i-iilk production. 9793 lbs.
was picked as the poorest cow 20
times, next to the poorest 5 times
and best and second best only once
each. The next highest producer
seemed to be a favorite as she was
picked only once as the poorest, -1
times as next to the poorest, 6 times
for second best and 25 times for
best. The next to the lowest pro-
ducer was picked for the winner 7
times, as next best, 9 times and in
her right place only 5 times and
last 3 times. The lowest producer
was picked riglrt 6 times, as next
to the poorest 6, second best twice,
and as best 3 times. The cow that
stood sixth or the third poorest
cow in record of production seemed
to deceive as many as the best cow
for she was picked as the next to
the best cow 22 times, as best 5
times and as poorest and next to
the, poorest only 3 times. The cow
that stood fourth and had a record
of 7544 was picked only 3 times as
one of the best and placed as one
of the poorest 35 times. Very
similar results were obtained on the

remaining days of the fair and it
was ample proof that records count
more s'rongly than looks, A "good
looker" with a high yearly record

j is the kind of a cow tliat is safe to

! buy.

The motto is — Keep records on
your cows; weed out the unprofit-
able ones; use a pure-blood bull
who has high producing dams back

1 of him and raise your own stock.

THE FEED QUESTION

With the exception of the ques-
tion of milk prices nothing has more
keenly concerned our farmers this
; fall than the question of feed prices.
j Last summer, when the government
1 crop reports indicated a shortage in
some of the leading cereal crops,
many farmers throughout the coun-
ty saw the probable rise in prices
and prepared for it by pooling their
orders and l)uying in carload lots.
Puying when prices are low is just
wliat the shrewd feed dealers al-
ways plan to do. They fill their
storehouse to the limit in May,
June and July, when feeds are al-
ways comparatively low' in price.
The feed dealers know that there
is good profit between the summer
price and the fall and winter price.
This is perfectly legitimate type of
business sagacity, but there is no
good reason why the farmer with
'•eady cash cannot adopt the same
plan.

Farmers generally have plenty
of storage space and many can pay
for food as well at one season of
the year as at another. Even if
tliey were obliged to borrow in or-
der to pay cash, the interest charge
for a period of several months would
be very much less than the advance
in price. Some local feed dealers
are glad to sell feed at anytime, at
the ear for cash, at a small margin
of profit over cost. This is no
more than fair to the man wlio is
prepared to pav spot cash. There is
ncf good reason why farmers who
are in position to take their feed
at the car in large orders for cash,
should have to pay as great an ad-
vance over strictly wholesale prices
as the man who wants long credit
or the man who wants his feed in
small lots when convenience suits
his pleasure.

Local dealers should get the first
opportunity to bid on collective or-
ders and whenever their bids are
fair they should he given the pref-
erence. Farmers should not, and
generally will not, plan to crowd
out legitimate local business — St,
Lawrence County, N. Y., Farm Bu-
reau.

HAVE YOU A BALANCED FARM?

What is a well-))alanc('d farm? It
is a farm with a larger business
than the average, with crop yields
and stock production better than
many of the farms in your locality
and witli a proper proportion of
stock, and crops. These are the four
"horses" which pull the balanced
farm to success. If one "horse" is
weak, it gets behind, the team pulis
unevenly, and the load slows up or
sometimes stops. If your farm has
a weak spot, that is, if it has a
small business ,or if it has poor
crop yields, or low prodvtoing stock
or an improper production of stock
to crops, your profit is slowed up
and your farm does not pay as it
should. The well-balanced farm
has its four "horses," evenly
matched and all pulling steadily to-
gether to bring the farm to success.

How can you know if your farm
business is well-balanced? Keep a
record of your business for a year
and then compare your record with
figures for the average farm in your
section. During the coming winter,
the county agent expects to obtain
business records from forty or fifty
farms in some representative towns
in Hampshire County. The average
figures from these farms will be av-
ailable, to be used as "yardsticks"
to measure the success of your farm
and determine whether your farm is
well-balanced or not.

DAIRY RECORDS

Cows in the Connecticut Valley
Cow-Test Association, making over
1000 lb. milk or 40 lbs. butter fat
for the montli of October:

W. H. Learned, Florence, Grade,
Holstein

1167

lbs. milk ETAOI

Milk

Butter fat

1167

lbs.

32.7 lbs.

1087

37.

H. U.

Brid

^nian. Westhampton,

Holstein

S39

45.3

C. G.

Loud,

Westhampton,

Holstein

1046

36.6

James

McAuslaine, Easthampton.

Holstein

1000

31.

Clapp

Bros..

Easthampton.

Holstein

1011

33.4

Earle

Parsons, Northampton.

Holstein

1008

30.8

W. C.

Heiden, Hadley,

Guernsey

1009

45.4

THE HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

FAEM BUREAU WORK
Suiiiiuai"y of the Work

(Oct. 2-Oct. 28)

Fai'in Vist s 28

Office Calls 41

Telephone Calls : . 80

Letters Written 64

<'irciilar Letters 210

.MEETIXGS

Meetings 2

Attendance 4o

Market quotations have been sent
by the Bureau of Office of Markets
to a great many farmers in the
County at the request of the Farm
Bureau. The Bureau has also had
the quotations published daily in
the Northampton papers. Quotations
are now being returned only on the
apple market. Another season they
may be continued if the farmers in
the County believe that they are of
value to them. Reports to the Farm
Bureau on the value of these quota-
tions would be appreciated.

WILL THE COW-TEST ASSOCIA-
TION BE CONTINUED?

At a recent meeting of tlie mem-
bers of the Connecticut Valley
Cow-test Association, it was voted to
continue the cow-test work one more
month and see if more farmers de-
sire to put their lierds on a business
basis. The fifteen members were
unanimous in stating that the asso-
ciation was of much value to them
and that it should be continued. But
the facts are that it cannot continue
unless ten more herds are obtained

within the next month. It was de-
cided also that the towns of Am-
lierst, Hadley. Northampton, East-
hampton. Southampton, Westhamp-
tou and Williamsburg should be in-
cluded in the Association. If there
are not twenty-five farmers in these
seven '.owns who desire cost ac-
counts on their cows the work will
be dropped. Fanners are every-
where complaining of the high cost
of grain and labor, but very few
know for a certainty whether or
not '.hey are wasting their time and
money feeding .unprofita))le cows.

In a string of twenty cows if two
cows were found not paying for
tlieir keep, it would have the same
effect as reducing the cost of grain
from $2.00 a bag to $1.80 a bag.
Most of tiie farmers would welcome
this reduction. It is the exceptional
Iierd that does not have boarders.
Why not reduce the high cost of
gi-ain by decreasing the cost of pro-
duction? Grain and labor are too
high to be guessing on whether a
cow is paying or not. Have a rec-
ord kept on her and know. Get
the testci' to stop at your place next
month. Telephone tlie following
men for information regarding cow-
tes' work.

E. T. Whitaker, Hadley,

Wilfred Learned, Florence,

Ralph Clapp, Easthampton,

E. D. Waid, Amherst,

W. A. Parsons, Southampton,

J. S Graves, Williamsburg,

E. H. Montague, Westhampton,

Farm Biireau, Northampton.

Tliose desiring to buy or rent farms
can find a substantial list at the
Farm Bureau Office.

FOR SALE: — Farm of 50 acres.
Good S-room house with wide pi-
azza. Barn and henhouse. Nev-
er-falling spring water. 100
grafted apple trees, abundance
wood and timber for farm use.
Telephone and free delivery of
mail. An ideal location for poul-
try. Price $1,000. Reasonable
terms. Address owner, H. H. Ma-
son, Worthington, Mass.

FOR RENT: — Farm of 400 acres,
consisting of 10-room house, large
barn, pastures, wood, mowing,
three blueberry lots, apple orch-
ard, supplied with barn yard fer-
tilizer for spring planting, some
old hay. Farm located on State
Road, one-third of a mile from ho-
tel. "Hinckley Williams Farm."
Address, F. H. Botlwood, Will-
iamsburg. R. F. D.

FOR S.-^LE — Registered Holstein
yearling bull. Also registered
bull calf. Both from high-pro-
ducing dam and backed by good
breeding. Both dams have rec-
ords in Conn. Valley Cow-Test
Association. Apply at once. Jo-
siah Parsons, 128 Bridge St.,
Northampton.

FOR SALE — Excellent opportunity
to get registered Holstein bull
calves at reasonable prices. One
out of dam with an 18% lb. rec-
ord and sired by a bull out of 21
lb. dam and he out of 25 lbs. dam.
Also calf from a heifer giving 40
lbs. milk daily. J. G. Cook, .Am-
herst, R. F. D.

REPORT ON APPLES IN STORAGE

On November 1, the Office of Markets. U. S. D. A., gave the follow
ing rei>ort of Cold Storage Apple holdings:

Number

of firms
report-
ing

Combined
holdings
expressed
in barrels

Comparison
of holdings
on a per-
centage
basis

FOR SALE — Guernsey Bull Calf.
Dam raised at the Mixter Farm
and calf sired by bull from high
producing stock. A good chance
1 if taken at once. E. D. Montague,
Northampton, R. F. D.

Holdings Reported on

on. November 1. 1916 383 2,5:54,268

Compari-son of Holdings

on Nov. 1. 1915 283 3.688,981

and Nov. 1, 1916 28'3 2,078,656

Comparison of Holdings

on Dec. 1, 1915 300 4,918.272

and Nov. 1, 1916 300 2,329,312

Pre.sent indications are that apples will be in demand this coming

winter with prices somewhat above normal.

100.0
56.3

100.0
47.4

YORKSHIRES — A chance to start
in the pure-blood hog business
with stock that is healthy, quick
growing and very prolific. Have
three sows to let on shares to
right parties. Sows are bred to
prize winning boar. If interest-
ed write at once for further in-
formation to H. C. Barton. South
Amherst, Mass.

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY

FARM BUREIAU MONTHLV

Published by the Hampshire County Farm Bureau

PRICES 50 CENTS PER YEAR ; $1.00 PER YEAR INCLUDING MEMBERSHIP IN FARM BUREAU

Vol. 1

Northampton, Mass., December, 1916

No. 16

HOME ECONOMICS COUNTY
AGENT

In some sections of the County,
considerable interest has been shown
regarding a woman county agent,
whose worlc would be to the home
what the work of the county agri-
cultural agent is to the farm. Sev-
eral of the farm bureaus in the
state have organized a women's aux-
iliary to carry on work of this kind.
The following article is written by
Miss Laura Comstock and will ex-
plain the scope of the work:

In Report No. 106 of the U. S.
D. A. this statement is made: "In
taking the 1910 census the Census
Bureau failed to find a name that
would include cook, waitress, dish-
washer, dairymaid, seamstress, laun-
dress, and baby tender, and so they
assigned 'no occupation' to the farm-
er's wife." One therefore draws the
conclusion that the business of
housekeeping is not a narrow, con-
fined, humdrum affair, but from
its very nature offers most interest-
ing situations. With the rapid ad-
vance in science along these lines, it
makes it difficult for the busy mother
and housekeeper to keep in as close
touch with results as she desires.
Current magazines contain helpful
articles, but there has arisen a de-
sire on the part of the thinking
homemaker to have facts presented
first-hand. This desire was com-
municated to the federal govern-
ment, and the appeal was answered
by the passage of the Smith Lever
bill of 1914. The federal govern-
ment works through the state agri-
cultural colleges. Massachusetts
has thereby been able to strength-
en the work and enlarge her corps of
workers.

The office of county agent in home
economics was created during 1915.
The woman who accepts such a po-
sition stands in the same relation to
the housekeepers as does the agricul-
tural county agent to the farmer.
She is there to assist the women of
the county, to strengthen, the work
they have already started, to or-
ganize groups wherever that is re-

quested, and to confer with the in-
dividual housekeeper.

To outline the exact work of such
an agent is impossible, because con-
ditions vary in different counties and
in the individual towns of the coun-
ty: but it is possible to suggest va-
rious lines of activity which are her
legitimate province. These always
have a home connection.

First, perhaps, in line of interest,
because of the time required daily
to meet the situation adequately, is
that of foods. The county agent
stands ready to instruct, by demon-
strations or otherwise, with regard
to well-selected diets for babies,
children, and adults.

She confers with housewives on
matters pertaining to house con-
struction and house furnishings —
kitchen plans and equipment, star-
age facilities, curtains, papers, and
floor coverings — and such questions
of household management as labor-
saving conveniences, laundering,
plans of work, budgets, and keeping
of records.

Health and sanitation are occupy-
ing the minds of thinking people
everywhere, and the country has its
special problem. Personal hygiene,
control of communicable diseases,
improvement of sanitary conditions,
are all questions upon which the
county agent may give assistance.

She may organize the boys and
girls of the community in home
economics, canning, poultry, and
gardening clubs, and foster an in-
terest in home industries,

Important as all of these are, the
county agent falls short of the
highest ideal of the work unless she
can bring the women to a realiz-
ing sense of their responsibilities to
the community as well as to the
home. Chief among these responsi-
bilities may be cited the local schools
and the leadership in the recreation
and general welfare of the young
people of the community.

SUGGESTIONS FOR ORGANIZA-
TION

In undertaking this work individ-
ually leaders as well as various

women's organizations have proved
efficient factors. The greater the
number of individual women and or-
ganizations interested In the move-
ment, the stronger the growth of
the work. A complete unification
of the county should not be expect-
ed, as the smaller town group, with
its local appointed leader, has been
found to be more efficient. A con-
sulting committee composed of these
local leaders will be found to the
greatest assistance to the county
agent.

In some counties an advisory
board composed usually of seven
members has been appointed to
handle such matters or "nance ana
organization as are not properly
within the province of the county
agent.

The necessary funds may be pro-
vided by the fees of membership in
the county organization, by private
contribution, and by public money
granted under certain conditions.

FEEDING DAIRY COWS

The abnormally high prices of all
dairy feeds this winter furnish ad-
ditional proof in favor of certain
practices that all dairymen should
consider. These are the use of le-
gume hays, the use of corn silage,
the early buying of feeds in large
quantities and the feeding of grain
on a bisis of production only, to
cows that are known to be profit-
able producers. The first two are
of value from a saving in the amount
of grain that need be fed. There is
no suestion of the added value of
clover or alfalfa hay for milk pro-
duction as compared with timothy
or the other grass hays. Any dairy-
man who has fed silage to his herd
for several seasons knows that feed-
ing silage greatly decreases his feed
bill or increases the amount of milk
he can get from a given quantity of
grain feed.

This season has so far been an un-
usually favorable season for the dia-
ryman who practices the early buy-
ing of his winter's grain supply. In
Continued on Page Three.

THE HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY

FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

Published By The

Hampshire County Farm Bnxeaa

A. P. MacDougall, County Agent

Office, First National Bank Bldg.

Northampton, Mass.

Entered as second class matter
Nov. 9, 1915 at the post office at
Northampton, Massachusetts, under
the Act of March 8, 1879.

OFFICERS OF THE FAKM BUREAU

Lesli.e R. Smith, President, Hactley.
W. D. Mandell, Treasurer, Northainp-
ton

K. K. Clap?, Secretary, Nortliamp-
ton.

Advisory Board

Leslie R. Smith, Hadley

Chas. R. Damon, Williamsburg

Ferley E. Davis, Granby

C. E. Hodfrkins, Northampton

X^arren M. King, Northampton

M. A Aiorse, Belchertown

Martin Morris, Southampton

EDITORIAL

ANNUAL MEETING.

The second annual meeting of
the Farm Bureau comes on Saturday,
January 6th. Save this date. Ev-
eryone is welcome. Attend the meet-
ing and help by giving your sug-
gestions as to what work should be
carried on during the year 1917.
The success of the year's work de-
pends on the interest of every farm-
er and business man in the County.
Make this a real, live, profitable
meeting.

The meeting will be held in Odd
Fellows' Hall, Northampton at 10
o'clock.

The program in the morning will
consist of reports of the different of-
ficers and the County Agent, and
the annual election of officers and
directors. Dinner will be served in
the same building.

In the afternoon, Sumner R. Park-
er, County Agent Leader, Mass. Ag-
ricultural College, will tell of the
work being done in other counties
in the State. Miss Laura Comstock

will explain the work of a Woman
County Agent and tell of what suc-
cess this type of work is being re-
ceived in other sections. Several
directors will tell of results obtained
in their towns during the last year
and state what is desired for the
coming year.

A good old-fashioned nieering in
which everyone takes part and gets
acquainted with his neighbors in
the surrounding towns, is looked for.
Every town should be represented by
five to ten men; more if possible.
Remember the date, Saturday, Janu-
ary 6, 1917.

ORDER YOUR LIME AND FER-
TIUZER AT ONCE.

On account of the shortage and
high price of labor, many lime con-
cerns are not putting ground lime-
stone on the market this year.
Other concerns are planning to car-
ry their present prices only until
January 1st. The prices will then
be increased 25c per ton for Janu-
ary and February and then another
25c for March and April. This fact
along with the uncertainty of ship-
ments that is bound to take place
next spring, makes it more than im-
portant that orders should be placed
immediately.

Do not delay your fertilizer ord-
er. Place it now. Demand an early
shipment. All indications point to
slow freight service next spring.

The fertilizer situation is very
similar to that of last season. Send
to your Experiment Station or the
Farm Bureau Office for Circular
No. 59 which explains the value and
use of the different fertilizing ma-
terials and suggests formulae for
different crops.

The date for the Winter Meeting
of the State Board of Agriculture is
January 9-12, 1917. Be sure and
attend.

DAIRY ORGANIZATION.

Hampshire County dairymen are
gradually binding themselves to-
gether in the several local organiza-

tions for the purpose of, as stated in
their By-laws, "the improvement of
conditions surrounding the produc-
tion and sale of milk and cream,
the supervision of contracts with
dealers, and the collection and dis-
semination of knowledge concerning
the production and marketing of
milk products."

With the exception of the farm-
ers supplying Amherst and East-
hampton and the men in the west-
ern part of the County who produce
cream, nearly every dairyman be-
longs to a local or a market organ-
ization. The Northampton Milk Pro-
ducers' Association, Holyoke Milk
Producers' Association, Ware Milk
Producers' Association, Swift River
Valley Milk Producers' Association,
together with the men who belong
to the Springfield Milk Producers'
Association, takes in a large share
of the producers. In the towns not
closely connected with the market,
the farmers are planning more local
organizations, so that they can at-
tend the meetings more easily and
thus take more interest in the or-
ganization. As soon as conditions
demand it, a county organization
will be formed, composed of direct-
ors from these local organizations so
that matters of county-wide Inter-
est can be handled, directly through
one organization. The other coun-
ties in the state have organized or
are organizing on a similar plan. IC
it is thought best, these county or-
ganizations can elect directors to a
state union and so on up to a New
England Association, but for the
present at least the local organiza-
tions are the important ones. The
local is the foundation and the whole
value of dairy organization depends
on their strength.

1916 HOME ECONOMICS CLUB

Well done, boys and girls. Stan-
ley LeDuc, Chesterfield and Rozella
Ice, Williamsburg won third prize
(a week in camp at M. A. C.) Vivi-
an Miller, Williamsburg and Vera
Smith, Worthington, won fourth
prize in Bread Making in the State
Home Economics Club. The follow-
ing girls also completed their work
satisfactorily and are entitled to
wear the club pin: Nellie Streeter,
Cummington; Christine Smith, Paul-
ine Shaw, West Cummington; Ethel
Packard, Goshen; Catherine Snyder,
Prescott; Mary Neil, Gertrude
Crafts, Helen Kokoski, Catherine
Gniewek, and Martha Swaikowsky,
Russellville; Ernestine Browe, Doro-
thy Rhodes and Helen Drake, Will-
iamsburg; Esther Tinker, Marion

THE HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

Mason. Alice Perry. Elizabeth Coles,
Bernlce West and Mand Gilthrop,
Wortliington.

One thing very noticeable is that
only one girl. Catherine Snyder,
came from the eastern part of the
County. Come on boys and girls in
Eastern Hampshire: don't let West-
ern Hampshire take all the prizes.

STATE GRANGE MEETING

The Massachusetts State Grange
met for its 44th .\nnual session at
Tremont Temple. Boston, and was
called to order at 11 A. M. by Mast-
er E. E. Chapman of Ludlow. Ad-
dresses of welcome were given by
Hon. Charles L. Burrill. Treasurer
of the Commonwealth, who took the
place of the Governor, who was out
of the State: by Wilfred Wheeler,
Secretary of the State Board of Ag-
riculture, by Mayor Curley of Boston
The last speaker mentioned the fact
that the question of. Drainage of wet
lands. Irrigation of arid lands. Con-
servation of soil fertility and Labor
were questions that were prominent
more than one hundred years B. C.
Tliese welcoming addrssses were re-
sponded to by the Overseer. Chaplain
and Lecturer of the State Grange
and the meeting was fairly under
way. After the noon recess, the ex-
emplification of the work of the
Juvenile Grange was given by the
Juvenile Grange of Athol. These
little folks all under 14 years of age,
filled the chairs, went through the
opening ceremony, held a business
meeting, initiated candidates, gave a
lecturer's program consisting of read
ings songs and music from their own
orchestra and closed without the
use of a manual, retiring with the
convention on its feet giving three
cheers and a tiger. Past State Mast-
er Ladd then informed the people
that these little people had come to
Boston at their own expense and he
proposed a collection to keep them
over night and give them a good
time on the morrow. He said, "it
will take $60.00." The collection
amounted to over $130.00. It is
needless to say that these 28 young
people will long remember this trip.

The rest of the afternoon was tak-
en up with the Annual Address of
the Master and the State Treasurer.
The important parts of both reports
were referred to different commit-
tees, and the Grange took a recess
until eight o'clock. In the evening,
the sixth degree was conferred on
656 candidates, after which a pro-
gram of music and Mrs. Catherine
Ridgway as a most charming reader,
was enjoyed by all.

The second day started at nine
o'clock and officers' reports, standing
committee reports, introduction of
business was the order of the day.
Charles M. Gardner of Springfield
was elected as Executive Committee
for three years in place of Warren
C. Jewett of Worcester. The re-
port of the Trustees of the Educa-
tional Aid Fund, showed that a to-
tal of 98 young men and women
had been helped toward their educa-
tion by this fund.

The report of the Chaplain, Rev.
A. K. Weelock was as usual most
interesting.

In the afternoon, the Lecturers'
conference was held in Lorrimer
Hall while the business of the ses-
sion was still carried on in the main
hall of the Temple, a short recess
was taken to allow a representative
of Dr. Conrad Myers, to give a short
address. In the evening the Ladies'
degree staff of Millis grange exemp-
lified the work of the third degree
and this work with its marches and
tableaus received the hearty ap-
plause of the audience. Ten prizes,
given by the State Grange for the
best Community Service work were
then awarded as was the Silver cup,
given for Athletics, awarded to
Rockland.

The last session was held in Lor-
rimer Hall and a very busy one it
proved to be, many resolutions be-
ing passed, and reports considered.
Among the resolutions passed was
one indorsing the work of the Mass.
Agricultural College, another de-
clared in favor of National Prohibi-
tion. The chairman of the Good of
the Order committee caused a laugh
when reporting on a resolution in
favor of turning back the clock one
hour in order to conserve daylight.
He said that it was the opinion of
the committee that it was a little
late in the day to advise the AL-
MIGHTY that he had made a mis-
take in the hour for the rising and
setting of the sun. All work was
finished and the session closed at
3.50 P. M., one of the most success-
ful in twenty years.

L.R.S.

Continued From Pase One

FEEDING DAIRY COWS

the average season the difference be-
tween the late spring or early sum-
mre price of grains and that that is
asked for the same grains in winter
is great enough to make the early
buying economical. This year the
early buyer could well have afford-

ed to borrow money at a high rate
interest to lay in grain for the wint-
er feeding. Certain July quotations
gave a wholesale price of cotton seed
meal of $34.00. gluten feed $29.00,
mixed feed $26.00, bran $23.00, and
hominy $30.00 per ton. Quotations
from the same source for Decem-
ber on the same feeds were $45.00,
$42.50, $31.00, $34.00, and $45.00
respectively, and other feeds not
mentioned have increased equally in
price.

With such prices it will be well to
see that the cow gets only what she
deserves in the grain fed, that she
be fed in proportion to the amount of
milk that she gives, that is at the
rate of lib grain to each 31b milk
produced. It will be good practice
to feed all of the first class hay the
cow will clean up readily and, if
silage is available, to feed from 30
to 50 pounds of silage per day, de-
pending upon the size of the cow.
The grain, even though high in
price must be of good quality, prefer-
ably a rather bulky mixture of 3 or
4 grains, palatable, and carrying
sufficient nutriment which with the
roughage will furnish the materi-
al for milk production. A mixture
made up of

200 pounds gluten feed
100 pounds cottonseed meal
100 pounds bran
100 pounds beet pulp
vi'ould fill the above requirements
and should give satisfactory results
where the different feeds can be
bought right, as should also a mix-
ture made up of

200 pounds distillers grain
100 pounds mixed feed
100 pounds cotton seed
200 pounds beet pulp.

The beet pulp as used above would
be fed dry but if silags is not avail-
able, it could be fed to advantage
separate from the grain mixture and
soaked so as to furnish the much to
be desired succulence in the ration.

The greatest saving in grain can
be made in feeding it only to profit
producing cows. The so called "rob-
ber" cow will dig deeper in the dai-
rymg-n's purse this year than ever
and it is of the greatest importance
that the individual production of the
cows that will eat this high priced
grain be known. Production records
are this year of increased value and
fortunate indeed is the dairyman
who has already, by means of these
records, gotten rid of the poor pro-
ducers.

F. W. TURNER,

Mass. Agri. College.

THE HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

ORCHARD WORK.

Now that the fruit crop is dis-
posed of, attention should be turned
to tlie question of how can the crop
for next year be improved? Before
the spraying season, tlie important
work is pruning. This work can be
started at any time now when tlie
general farm work makes it the most
convenient. Some of the main things
to remembers in pruning apple trees
are:

Keep the tree low and spreading
Remove all dead and diseased
branches. Keep the top fairly open,
but not enough to invite sun scald.
Avoid the crossing of branches when
possible. Remember the bulk of the
crop is borne on the outside of the
tree and don't do all your pruning
on the outside. Attempt to dis-
tribute the fruit evenly over the
branches, not overload at the tips
and wonder why so many limbs
break. Save some of the suckers
that appear toward the center of the
tree and favor the new wood growth.
Have a sharp saw and make all cuts
close to the rimbs of the tree. Stubs
are a thing of the past. Make two
cuts on all large branches, cutting
the branch off first a foot or two
from the base and then cut the stub.
Use pruning shears for the smaller
branches.

Peach trees are preferably pruned
during the latter part of the winter
if only a few acres are to be done.
This is for the reason that a large
amount of the winter killing of the
blossoms can be detected at that
time. The most important thing to
remember is that only one-year old
wood bears peaches; consequently,
remove as much old wood as possible,
both for the benefit this year's crop
and also to insure a larger wood
growth for next season's crop. Keep
the tree low so that practically the
entire crop can be harvested by the
picker standing on the ground.
Hjave the tree bowlshape and
spreading so as to reduce broken
branches and insure good circulation
of air and plenty of sunlight. Prun-
ing sheers can be used at a large ex-
tent in pruning peaches.

FARM BUREAU WORK

Siuumai-y of the Work

(Oct. 30-Nov. 25)

Farm Visits 86

Office Calls 35

Telephone Calls 58

Letters Written 75

Circular Letters. 36

MEETINGS.

Meetings Held 6

Attendance 187

PUBLISHERS' STATEMENT.

Northampton, Mass.,

December 1, 1916.

Statement of the ownership, man-
agement, circulation, etc., of the
"Hampshire County Farm Bureau
Montlily," published monthly at
Northampton, Massachusetts, re-
quired by act of August 24, 1912.
Owner and publisher, Hampshire
County Farm Bureau, Inc. Leslie
R. Smith, President; W. D. Man-
dell, Treasurer; R. K. Clapp, Sec-
retary: Editor, A. F. MacDougall,
Northampton, Massachusetts; Man-
aging Editor, A. F. MacDougall;
Business Manager, A. F. MacDoug-
all.. Bond holders, mortgagees,
stockholders and other securities,
none.

(Signed) A. F. MacDougall,

Business Manager.

Sworn to and subscribed before
me this twenty-ninth day of No-
vember, 1916.

JOHN C. HAMMOND,

Notary Public.

My commission expires Septembel
28, 1917.

DAIRY RECORDS

■Cows in the Connecticut Valley
Cow-Test Assoliation, making over
1000 lbs. milk or 40 lbs. butter fat
for the month of November:

W. H. Learned. Florence,

milk butter fat

Ayrshire 935 lbs. 41.6 lbs.

Guernsey 1211 47.2

Holstein 1083 37.9

J. S. Graves, Williamsburg,

Holstein 1000 31.

C. G. Loud, Westhampton,

Holstein 1035 35.2

H. M. Bridgman, Wiesthampton,

Holstein 1048 36.7

E. H. Montague. Westhampton,

Guernsey 793 44.4

James McAuslane, Easthampton,

Holstein 1213 32.8

P. B. Holstein 1042 33.3

C. T. Burt & Son, Easthampton,

1032 32.

Clapp Bros., Easthampton,

Holstein 964 45.3

FOR SALE: — Farm of 50 acres.
Good S-room house with wide pi-
azza. Barn and henhouse. Nev-
er-failing spring water. 100
grafted apple trees, abundance
wood and timber for farm use.
Telephone and free delivery of
mail. An ideal location for poul-
try. Price $1,000. Reasonable
terms. Address owner, H. H. Ma-
son, Worthington, Mass.

FOR SALE — Registered Holstein
yearling bull. Also registered
bull calf. Both from high-pro-
ducing dam and backed by good
breeding. Both dams have rec-
ords in Conn. Valley Cow-Test
Association. Apply at once. Jo-
siah Parsons, 128 Bridge St.,
Northampton.

FOR SALE — Excellent opportunity
to get registered Holstein bull
calves at reasonable prices. One
out of dam with an 18 V2 lb. rec-
ord and sired by a bull out of 21
lb. dam and he out of 25 lbs. dam.
Also calf from a heifer giving 40
lbs. milk daily. J. G. Cook. Am-
herst, R. F. D.

FOR SALE — Guernsey Bull Calf.
Dam raised at the Mixter Farm
and calf sired by bull from high
producing stock. A good chance
if taken at once. E. D. Montague,
Northampton, R. F. D.

YORKSHIRES — A chance to start
in the pure-blood hog business
with stock that is healthy, quick
growing and very prolific. Have
three sows to let on shares to
right parties. Sows are bred to
prize winning boar. It interest-
ed write at once for further in-
formation to H. C. Barton, South
Amherst, Mass.

Those desiring to buy or rent farms
can find a substantial list at the
Farm Bureau Office.

GUERNSEY BULL CALF FOR SALE
Dam is an A. R. O cow from the
Mixter Farm. Calf is excellent
type and color.

Berkshire Pigs all ages, eligible
for registry. For sale, reasonable
if taken at once. George Timmins,
i Ware, Mass.

h<\mrshire: countv

FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

Published by the Hampshire County Farm Bureau

PRICES 50 CENTS PER. YE \R; $1.00 PER YEAR INCLUDING MEMBERSHIP IN FARM BUREAU

Vol. 2

Northampton, Mass., January, 1917

No. 1

DAIRY NEWS
Holyoke Association

The annual meeting of the Hol-
yoke Milk Producers' Association
was held January 1st in South Had-
ley. The attendance was somewhat,
disappointing, but those present
were unanimous in their favorable
I ppreciation of the work of the as-
iciatinn. The feeling was expressed
tliat between now and spring every
member should take a live interest
in the organization and strengthen
it in every way possible. The real
strength of the organization has nor
t'<-en tested as yet, and the next six

mths will prove its worth. It all

rietuls on the back bone of the in-

vidual members.

Dr. A. E. Cance of the Mass. Ag-
ricultural College gave a very in-
'vuctive talk in the afternoon on
riie Value of a Co-operative Asso-
ciation." He stated that the points
gained by an organization were:

1— Strength. The combined force
of all the farmers selling milk from
one district was bound to bring bet-
ter results. The quotation from Pat-
rick Henry covered the point —
"Hang together or Hang separately"
2 — Enthusiasm. 3 — Protection. 4
— Material Gain. 5 — Possibilities
for advertising products. 6 — Edu-
cation in Business. The price of
organization was 1. Money Cost.
- Sacrifice of self-loyalty. The
farmer has always been more or less
independent and it Is hard for him
-to pool his interests with his neigh-
bors, 3. It may be necessary to
sacrifice present gain for future
gain. The value of organized efforts
depends not on the first year's work
but on the results of five or ten
years' service. Dr. Cance further
stated that the second pull is the
hardest pull. All the Dairy Associ-
ations had things very easy this last
fall, especially in regard to increas-
ing the price of milk. The second
pull or where the members of the
association needed to show their loy-
alty to the organization would be
next spring or next year when there
might be a surplus of milk and a
force created to lower the price. The
farmers had the matter in their own
hands if they would only stand to-
gether.

At the business meeting of the
Holyoke Association, Mr. H. M.
Thompson, South Hadley, was elect-
ed president; Mr. C. E. Stiles, South
Amherst, vice-president: Mr. W. A,
Parsons, Southampton, Secretary
and treasurer; Mr. H. A. Cleveland,
Granby, manager.

Nortliamp+on Associa^c'on

The milk producers supplying
Northampton probably have the
strongest organization in the Cotin-
ty at the present time. During
January, an agreement was reached
by the directors of the association
with the dealers, where-by the price
of milk would be 6 cents, delivered
in Northampton.

On one or two routes, it was nec-
essary to send the milk to the cream-
eries in order to have the dealers
recognize the association and meet
Its demands. Approximately 9000
quarts of milk are sold in North-
ampton, dealers producing 2500
quarts of this amount. The mem-
bers of the association produce 6500
quarts or in other words, practical-
ly every man producing milk for
Northampton market belongs to the
association. The following is a list
of the officers: President. Wna.
Phillips, Hadley; Vice-president, Jo-
siah Parsons, Northampton; Secre-
tary-Treasurer, J. G. Cook, Hadley;
Directors, Joseph Graves, Williams-
burg; Harry T. Newhall, Conway;
Chas. Clark, Leeds; L. S. Graves,
Whately; C. H. Crafts. No. Hatfield;
Josiah Parsons, Northampton; Wm.
Phillips, Hadley; Manager, J. G.
Cook.

Easthampton Assoc'ation

At a recent meeting, the farmers
in Easthampton decided to form a
permanent organization similar to
those around the other market dis-
tricts in the County. No definite
plan of work has been outlined for
this year, but it is hoped that during
the winter meetings will be held for
the purpose of developing more
economical methods in the produc-
tion and marketing of milk.

PRIZE WINNERS IN
BOYS' & GIRLS' CLUB WORK

The Massachusetts Agricultural
College conducts state-wide contests
among boys and girls in Corn grow-

ing. Potato Growing, Market Gard-
ening, Pig Club Work, Home Econ-
omics, Canning, Poultry, etc. The
prizes in all of these clubs are: First
Free trip to Washington, D. C; sec-
ond. Free trip to points of interest
in New England; third. Week It
Camp at the Massachusetts Agricni
tural College: fourth, a book on the
subject taken.

In Hampshire County, the follow-
ing boys and girls won prizes:

Corn Club: — Roger Johnson of
Hadley, who won second prize,
raised 84.2 bushels on 1 acre at a
net profit of $82.20. Prank Kokos-
ki of Hadley won third prize, raising
SO. 5 bushels on approximately
19-20 of an. acre at a profit of
$79.41. Two fourth prizes were
awarded John E, Devine of Amherst
and John Bishko of North Hadley
being the winners. There is not as
wide-spread interest in this club as
in some of the others and efforts are
being made to increase its enroll-
ment for 1917. Every boy and girl
in the State who has the facilities
for entering this club should con-
sider it carefully as it offers excel-
lent opportunity for good rewards
both in financial profit and in the
way of prizes to be won.

Canning: Club: — Third prize, Nel-
lie Streeter, Cummington, 302%
quarts; Helen Streeter, Cumming-
ton, 341 quarts. Honorable men-
tion, Eva Ewart. Plainfield; Rozella
Ice, Williamsburg.

Market Garden : — Fourth prize,
Frank Kokoski, Hadley.

Poultry: — Third prize, Katherine
Root, Easthampton; Fourth prize.
Snow Root, Easthampton.

Home Economics:— Bread: Third
prize, Stanley LeDuc, Chesterfield;
Rozella Ice, Williamsburg. Fourth
prize, Vivian Miller, Williamsburg;
Verna Smith, Worthington.

Piff Club: — Third prize, Edward
Montague, Westhampton; Fourth
prize, Arthur Streeter, Cumming-
ton; James Comins, Edward Pyren-
kevez, Hadley; Talbot Eldridge, Am-
herst.

A great many boys and girls in

the County entered these clubs and

of course some were disappointed in

not winning prizes; but prizes are

Continued on Page Three.

THE HAMPSHlRh CoUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY

FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

Published By The

Hampshire County Farm Bureau

A. P. MacDougall, County Agent

Office, First National Bank Bldg.

Northampton, Mass.

Entered as second class matter

Nov 9, 1915 at the post office at

Northampton. Massachusetts, under

the Act of March 8, 1879.

OmCERS OF THE FARM BUREAU
Lesl .e R. Smith, President, Haaiey.
W D. Mandell, Treasurer, Northamp

ton -•

K. K. Clapi. Secretary. Nort'.iamp-

ton.

Advisory Board

Leslie R. Smith, liarllpy

Chas. R. Damon, Williamsburg

Ferlpy E. Davis, Oranby

C. E. Hodekins, Northampton

V-irren M. Kins. Northampton

M. A Morse. Belchertown

Manin Norrl=. Southampton

EDITORIAL

Spray materials should be pur-
chased at once. Prices are advanc-
ing and shipments are uncertain.
Co-operative buying will reduce the
cost. Local commutii'.ips should pool
their orders and obtain lower prices.
Most of the farmers in the western
part of the Country are planning to
order through the Williamsburg
Fruit. Growers' Association. Imme-
diate attention to this matter means
a saving in time and money.

In the State-Wide Spraying Cam-
paign, conducted last, year of the
twelve orchards reporting the aver-
age cost of. spraying each tree was
50 cents, the increase in yield 1%
barrels, and the profit per tree
$4.60. What other farm operation
gives better returns?

Conferences are being held witn
the directors in each of the towns to
formulate a definite plan of work
for 1917. These conferences are
bringing out the important projects
that should be adopted by the Farm
Bureau and gives these on four con-
structive pieces of work for each
town.

Last season 200 boys and girls In
Ware entered the Home Garden
Contest. A large per cent carried
the work through till fall and many
excellent gardens were produced. On
January 22, the Civic Committee of
the Board of Trade presented three
silver cups and tour ribbons to the
winners. The Town Hall was filled

with nearly 700 children and man;.
m-^nts to FB" tlip cutis pwird-'d. Tf'
wirners were first. Gert^'ude Griffl"
second. Annie Kroll; third, Fran"
Martowski; fourth, William Yabor
ka, fifth, Catherine Malboput; 'six .'
.T"mes Dufault; seventh. Charlr
Molyka The Iccil suD°rvi<'or<' <"
this work wer" Miss Carolvn Tuok
er. Mr<5. J. F. Robinson,. Mis<? Kite''
cork. Miss Irene Connors and Mr. F
E. Zeissig.

Fprmors who are interestPd i-
'.he forming of Nat-'onal P^rm Loar
jis^'OPintions for the purpose o*
availing themselvps of the opportu
nitv offered by the F-^deral Pari"
Lonn Parks, one of whiph Is to h'
established in Spri^igfinld, shoul'^
obtain Bulletin No. IS. i^ssued bv +'^'
Eytpnsion Sprvice of 'h° Massachu-
setts Agricultural College. Thi=-
bulletin may be obtained at the
Farm Bureau Office.

ANITOAL MEETING.

On January 6th the spcond annu-
al meeting of the Farm Bureau wa-
held in Northampton. About eighty
men were present and the intere'*
and enthusiasm shown was beyonr"
e-i-pectations. Reporf? from the Sec
retary. Treasurer and County Agent
were read and accep'.pd The treas-
urer reported a small balance on
hand. Total budgpt for the year
$4,217. The county agent's report
is to be published at an early dat''
and so Is not included in this arti-
cle.

In tJie afternoon, Miss Laura Corn-
stock of the Massachusetts Agricul-
tural College explained fully th'"
possibilities of a woman Countv
Agent. Those present were much
interested in this phase of Farm Bu-
reau work and the sentiment se°med
to be that if the women in the Coun-
ty would take an active part and
If the finances were obtainable, it
would be a valuable step for the Bu-
reau to take.

Mr. Sumner Parker, State Leade
of County Agent Work, was th-
next speaker and showed plainly t'
fJiose present the responsibility th^
members and directors of the Parr-
Bureau held and their part in the
development of Hampshire county
He stated that although It was par
of the director's duty to assist Ir
raising funds for the support of tlip
Bureau, it was only a very small
part of a big job to promote the in-
terests of this County and especially
those Interests along agricultural
lines.

Mr. Geo. F. Farley, State Leader
of Boys' and Girls' Work followed
with a spirited talk on the field for

vork among boys and gi:ls. He
'ave many illustrations of the fine
-exults obtained ;.hrough the State
xnd of the vital influence the work
■ ' --no" thp club •^^embprs.
S"v°ral farmers told of the va'ue
^f the Bureau in their localities
■j -^ the mepting adjourned with a
feeling of loyalty prevailing that
iromiserl ■< 'nccps"ful y^rr.

Further proof that Hampshire
Countv is as well adapted to the
srowi^g of applps as any =ec Ion in
the S+ate, Is shown by the results
■^f the contest conduct''d hy *he
itite Board of Agriculture in ig^S.
'^^1'. of ?ix first arid si-'' second nriz°s
•^ffer'^d In Cliss 3 Apples, far^ie's in
-T.,„i„c.|ij,.p Ci^unty won fou'' firsts
and four seconds.

The list of the farmers winning
*he prizes is given below:

Sectioi 1. For the be-t orchard
if one acr° of standard anp'- f^-'s,
♦rees plantPd in the fall of 1911,
■pring or fall of 1912 or ifl-"^. or
hp spring of 1914. Second. W H.
\tkins, So. Amherst.

Section 2. For the best orchard
of not less than three acres trees
nlanted as in Section 1. First. O.
C. Sparle & Son, Southamp on.

Section 3. For the bpst apnle or-
-'-•"•d in bearing. Third, W. H At-
kins

Section 4. For the b»st old apple
nrchard rpnovated, First, 0 C.
Searle & Son; Second, W. A. Root,
Easthampton.

SecMon 5. For best yield of
marketable apples from a singl" tree
nlanted In fall of 1901 or later.
First, W. A. Root; Second, W. H.
Atkins.

Section 6. For best yield of
marketable apples from a single .
tree planted in spring of 1901 o; I
earlier. First, W. H. Atkins; Sc! «
ond. O. C. Searle & Son.

W. A. Root also received first prize
an best crop from a single pear tree.

■^HE COST OF MIIK PRODUCTION

The following are a few reasons
why the price of milk is advancing:
New England Experiment Stations
have figured the average cost of pro-
■lucing milk at from .0413 cents to
.0538 cents per quart, and the av-
erage of these estimates is .0476
cents. Since these were made, the
cost of many of the elements which
go to making milk have greatly in-
creased. The wholesale price of
grain has increased 42 per cent over
last year, which would add .006
cents per quart to the cost, and in-
crease in cost of labor adds .005

THE HAMPSHIRF. COUNTY FARM BURF.AU MONTHLY

cent" Ofr quart, more. Other eie-
m«>"ts piifh as barns and tbeir re-
pairs, cost of cows, tools, utensil"
^1r^<1'^^r.p■ otc, bave all increased in
price, arliiing still more to cost of
proflnn+ion. Tf we take the averasre
cost, of prorlucinE: milk at 047fi
ccts ^Ti^ add the increase in grain
and labor alone, we have .05Sfi
ce^to n-^r ni"""t as the actual cost of
producing milk in New England to-
(Jav.

It will be readily seen that the
farmer cannot sell his milk for the
present, average price of .045 eent=
per nu^rt a^id continue in the busi-
npoo. A coninmnity whose rural
population is working at a loss will
surelv ripp'prerate. and it is absolute-
ly p'j^ential for the prosperity of the
towns that the farmers should re-
ceive more than the present price for
thpir niiiir: and jt can be readily
seen that the advance of 1 cent per
qunr'. would not be sufficient to cov-
er tbp cost of production alone. —
FVanklin County Farmers' Bulle-
tin.

nST OF OFFTCET?S OF THE

FARM BUREAU

Elected at the Annual Meeting for

the Year 1917

President, Leslie R. Smith, Had-
ley; Treasurer. W. D. Mandell.
Nortbamp'.nn; Vice-President, M. S
Howes, Cummington; Secretary, R
K rinnn. Northapipton.

Directors: — Amherst, H. C. Bar-
ton. So. Amherst. E. D. Waid, H. A
Parsons, No. Amherst Belcher-
town, E. P. Shumway, Wm. Sauer.
M. A. Morse; Cummington, A. B
Dogget'.. W. H. Morey, M. S. Howes.
Swift River; Chesterfield. P. Baker.
Bisbpps. Chas. Bisbee, Bisbees, H.
L. Merritt, Arlin Cole, W. Chester-
field, Chas. Drake; Easthampton.
Jarius F. Burt, E. B Clapp, D. A.
Forbes; Enfield, Walter Bliss; Gosh-
en, Geo. L. Barrus, Lithia, Sidney
Packard; Granby, Perley E. Davis.
E. M. Ingham, Chas. W. Ball, So.
Hadley; Greenwich, W. H. Walker.
Gr. Village; Hadley, Leslie R. Smith,
E. T. Whitaker, Fred Pelissier, Ern-
est Russell, Ernest Hibbard, J. G.
Cook; Huntington, W. A. Munson,
E. D. Cady; Northampton, C. E.
Clark, Leeds, Wilfred Learned, Flor-
ence, H. N. Loomis, Josiah Parsons,
Warren M. King; Pelham, Fred
Shepard, Amherst; Prescott. Waldo
H. Pierce, Gr. Village, Walter M.
Waugh, Gr. Village. Chas W. Ber-
ry, Gr. Village; Plainfield, H. S
Packard, N. K. Lincoln; South Had-
ley, John Reid, H. T. Brockway;
Southampton, MarUn Norrls, E. C.
Searle. W. A. Parsons; Westhamp-

ton, A. D. Montague, Levi Burt, P.
A. Loud; Wortiiington. Frank Batos-
Fred Burr. E. J. Clark, Ernest
Thayer. W. Worthington; War".
Cpo. H. Ti'^mins. P.ert Groen, M. D.
Griffin; Ha'field. Geo. Beld^n, Rrad-
street, Chas. Wade, S. H Field:
WilHRmsbur,g, E. W. Goodhue, Hay-
drnviUe. John Ice. W. M Purring-
ton, Haydenville, C. R. Damon.

Several' projects covering the most
important phases of agriculture i"
Hampshire County are drawn un
each year for the purpose of out-
lining some constructive work. The
following is the Dairy Project fo"^
1917:

DAIRY PROJECT

Object: — To secure a more satis
factory dairy industry in Hampshir'
County.

Procedure: —

I. Organization — There are fou-
strong local milk producers' asso
ciations formed for the purpose of-
Protection of members; Supervision
of con'racts for sale of milk; Secur
ing and maintaining satisfactory
grades These organizations have
over 300 members. There are thrf
other districts where assistance wil'
he given in organization as soon a'-
the demand is suflicient. The local
will be urged to form a coun'.y union
with representatives in larger fed-
erations as it seems feasible.

II. Efficient Production: As cow
test associations are the best known
means of securing accura'e record"
on feed and milk production their
work will extend wherpver possible
Efficient production will be further
nromoted by urging individual
farmers to:

1. Keep accurate records of feed
and production; 2. Eliminate un-
profitable cows; 3. Feed balanced
rations; 4. Grow feeds more econ-
omically; 5. Grow more legumes;
6. Use good business metJiods in
nurchase of grains; 7. Use dairy
farm management analysis; 8. Keep
accounts; 9. Improve quality of
product; 10. Breed and keep better
cows.

III. Advertising;. — Efforts will
be made to increase demand for lo-
cal milk. The items entering into
the cos', of production of milk will
be brought to the attention of both
producers and consumers.

IV. Information: — Information
regarding dairying will be gathered
as follows: 1. Number of dairy
farms; 2. Number of cows kept for
dairy purposes and amount of milk
produced per cow; 3. Number of
pure-bred and scrub bulls; 4. Com-
parative cost of production where

cows are bought and sold and whelE
cows are raised. List farms of each
type; 5. Efforts will be made to se-
cure good heifer calves from dairy
h^rds in milk producing sec'.ions 6t
this or other counties to place in hill
towns where there is an insufficient
sunnly of good s'ock.

V. Organization: — The loccal
mi'k producers' associations will Kb
'^p units bv which the rtiffprenf se<^'
tinns of this project will be ad-
Trn-opd Assii-taTire wil' hp renuest"
°d from the Massachuspfs yA^-'-icuV-
*ural Collegp, T^nited States Dppart-
'nent of Agriculture and other stata
ind local organizations 'hat are
working for the development of thB
Dairy Industry.

DAPY RECORD''

Cows in the Central Hampshire
i^ow-test Association, making ovpr
1000 lbs. milk or 40 lbs. butter fat
for 'he month of Decembpr:

W. H. Learned, Florence, Grade
■'^olstein,

"^Tilk Fat

1015 lbs. 34 5 Iba.

E. H. Montague, Westhamptoa,
Guernsey,
947 40

J. McAuslan, Easthampton, Holj-
stein, ':

1008' 26-2

O. C. Searle & Son, Southampton^
Holsteln, j

1095 40.5

lOfiS 32.

1080 36.7

1146 35.5

Lombello Bros., Westfield, P. B.
Holsteln,

1200 43.2

1877 77.

Wilfred Parsons, Sou^hamptom,
Holsteln,
969 41.7

C. T. Burt & Son, Easthampton,
Holsteln,

1000 35.

1032 32.

E. T. Whitaker, Hadley, Holsteln,
1112 38.9

Mrs. R. G. Sessions, Hadley, Hol-
steln,

1085 31.5

1269 49 5

866 40.7

Continued From Page One.
PRIZE WINNFRS
only a small part of the rewards.
Nearly every boy and girl who com-
pleted his work has In many cases
money In the hank, a new suit of
clothes or some other reward to
show for his work. Besides mate-
rial gain, they have obtained from
each contest an experience that will
be profitable In the season to follow.

THE HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

The average Cow or the Good Cow.

-—The average cow is not the one
that makes a profit. We must do
better than the average if we expect
a good profit in any line of busi-
ness. Many years ago, a prominent
agricultural teacher said that one-
third of the cow£ of Ihis country
were kept at a fair proht, one-third
fust about paid their way and one-
third were kept at a loss. The low-
er third is what we ne^d to get out
(rf the dairy. We caunot do this
except by a close study of individu-
als, through the use of the scales

and the Babcoek test. No farmer
is skillful enough to pick out his
best and liis poorest cows by any
other means. As an illustration, at
an agricultural fair in Otsego coun-
ty during the past fall, several hun-
dred farmers were asked to pass
judgment on two cows, one of which
had the lowest record and one the
highest record in a cow testing as-
sociation. Sixty-two per cent of
these farmers selected the cow with
the lowest record as the one hav-
ing the highest record. — St. Law-
rence Co. Farm. Bureau.

FARM BUREAU WORK
I Suiiunaxy of the Work

; (Nov. 2S-Dec. 30)

Farm Visits 33

i Office Calls 36

I Telephone Calls 78

I Letters Written 43

Circular Letters 491

MEETINGS

Meetings Held 11

Attendance 224

^^ii0lt Power

Saw-Gifhtd-Pump- Thresh

In two minutes HELPING HENRY jacks up
your car and is at work — weighs only 135 lbs. — all
steel — carried on running board — go anywhere on
farm or sell power to neighbors — takes place of
expensive engine — cost less than suit of clothes. He
never eat^ or sleeps — the ideal hired man.

Runs Hay Press— Ensilage Cutter — Pea and
Clover Huller— Rice and Grist Mill— Corn Sheller—
tanning Mill — Elevator — Buzz Saw — Milker —
Separator — Cider Press — ^VVashing Machine — Pump
Jack — Irrigating Pump — Sprayer — Concrete Mixer.
Does not W&&H' tires —there is no slipping or
friction — just like running on smooth roadbed.

HELPIKS HEfSRYis guaranteed to give satisfac-
tion. Try hirrs 30 days — your money refunded

if not in every way satisfied. Come in and see liim today.

SrAd by
O. C. SEARLE & SOr^,

Southampton
Made by AUTOPOWER COMPANY, Laporte, Ind.

(4)

FOR RENT: — Farm of 400 acres,
consisting of 10-room house, large
barn, pastures, wood, mowing,
three blueberry lots, apple orch-
ard, supplied with barn yard fer-
tilizer for spring planting, some
old hay. Farm located on State
Road, one-third of a mile from ho-
'. "Hinckley Williams Farm."
Address, F. H. Botlwood. Will-
iamsburg, R. F-. -D.

FOU SALE — Registered Holstein
yearling bull. AlsO registered
bull calf. Both from high-pro-
ducing dam and backed by good
breeding. Both dams have rec-
ords in Conn. Valley Cow-Test
Association. Apply at once. Jo-
siah Parsons, 3 2S Bridge St.,
Northampton.

FOR SAI^E — Excellent opportunity
to get registered Holstein bull
calves at reasonable prices. One
out of dam with an ISi/^ lb. rec-
ord and sired by a bull out of 21
lb. dam and he out of 25 lbs. dam.
Also calf from a heifer giving 40
lbs. milk dally. J. G. Cook, Am-
herst, R. F. D.

Try Davis Yellow Flint Corn for
high yields and quality — Perley
E. Davis. Granby.

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY

rt.

' » li

FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

Published by the Hampshire County Farm Bureau

PRICES 50 CENTS PER YEAR; $1.00 PER YEAR INCLUDING MEMBERSHIP IN FARM BUREAU

Vol. 2

Northampton, Mass., February, 1917

No. 2

THE NEW ENGLAND MILK PRO-
DUCERS' ASSOCIATION

During the week of February
12th, organizers from the New Eng-
land Milk Producers' Association
were In the County and four meet-
ings were held for the purpose of
explaining the organization and in-
creasing Its membership. Local as-
•oclatlons were formed In East-
hampton, Northampton, and Green-
wich Village. According to the con-
stitution adopted in Boston, Janu-
ary 10th, five members in one locali-
ty were necessary in order to form
a local. These locals elected offl-
oers and their presidents represent-
ed them in the county organiza-
tion— an organization composed of
all the locals formed in the county.
The president of the county or-
ganizations are members of the
Central Association and choose its
officers. The county presidents in
each state also elect one of their
number as a member of the exceu-
tive com.mlttee. This executive
committee Is composed of one mem-
ber from each of the New England
States.

In Hampshire County, Mr. Ralph
Clapp, Easthampton, Mr. Joslah
Parsons. Northampton and Mr.
Charles Felton, Enfield are the lo-
cal presidents and Mr. Clapp is the
county president and delegate to
the central body. At the meeting
in Boston, February 22, Mr. Clapp
represented the County and report-
ed a very interesting and valuable
meeting. At that time, Mr. Elmer
Poole of North Dartmouth was
elected as the Massachusetts mem-
ber of the executive committee.

The New England Milk Produc-
ers' Association is now in the hands
of the dairymen of New England
and their interest and leadership
will govern its success. The dairy-
men of this County who are ac-
quainted with the organization
strongly believe in Its purpose and
desire its protection. They believe
first, however, that their locals
which were formed this last fall
should be strengthened and proper-
ly financed. In nearly every case

they have affiliated themselves with
the N. E. M. P. A. by having some
of their members Join, but until
their local, already formed, thor-
oughhly covers the district it rep-
resents and has a membership com-
posed of all the dairymen in their
section, they are of the opinion that
their locals would be weakened and
that also they would be of little
value to the N. E. M. P. A. Ev-
ery dairyman in the local and then
a representation In the New Eng-
land by as many of its members as
Dossible Is the opinion expressed by
many.

A strong organization from the
bottom up is what the New England
farmer needs. The time is here for
united action and the farmers are
joining hands with surprising
quickness.

WILLIAMSBimG FRUIT

GROWERS' ASSOCIATION

Tlie annual meeting of the Will-
iamsburg Fruit Growers' Associa-
tion was held In the Grange Hall,
Williamsburg, Wednesday, Febru-
ary 14th. The morning was devot-
ed to reports of the officers of the
as^iociation; dinner was served at
noon by the ladies of the Grange
and in the afternoon, talks were giv-
en on Spraying by Austin D. Kil-
ham of the Mass. Agricultural Col-
lege and Prof. F. C. Sears, also of
the College on Future Competition
for Western & Southern Orchards.
About sixty people were present
and much interest and enthusiasm
was shown in the reports of the
work of the organization for the
past year. Mr. Ellis Clark, Mgr.,
reported 2 carloads lime and one
carload spray materials bought and
2031 barrels of apples sold.

This year, growers in the towns
of Williamsburg, Chesterfield, Wor-
thington, Goshen, Cummington and
Plainfield, marketed their apples
through the Association. The mem-
bership has nearly doubled, the
name of the organization is becom-
ing known on the market and the
prospects are that It has won a fixed

place in the western part of Hamp-
shire County. This next year the
members are planning to attempt to
prune and spray more thoroughly
and thus increase the quality of the
fruit.

All the farmers outside of Will-
iamsburg with one or two exceptions
hauled their apples as soon as har-
vested, direct to the packing house
which is located near the railroad
station. Here the fruit was grad-
ed and packed according to the
Massachusetts Apple Grading Law
and each farmer was given credit
for so many barrels Grade A, B, etc.
that his fruit packed. The farm-
ers in Williamsburg had their fruit
packed on the farm and it was
hauled direct to the cars when de-
sired. A sizing machine was used
on all the fruit, thus making the
fruit more uniform and attractive
in the barrel.

The following summary is made
and deductions drawn on the mar-
keting of the apples this season.

Total bbls. packed 2031
Total amount received $4929.78

Fruit Graded Bbls. Price

Grade A 304% 13.00

Grade B 1125% 2.45

Ungraded 601 2.00

Average for the grades 2.43

Culls 143 .39

Bbl. Total

Cost Packing Av. 21.5c $436.42
Asso. Tax 5.0
Caps & Lithographs

A & B 3.0

Ungraded 1.0 150.46
Hauling (Packing

shed only) 3.0 30.92

Loading 2.0 38.16

Total Expense $655.96

Expense per bbl. 32c
Average Net to Grower, $2.11 bbl.

It was the prevailing idea that it
cost more to pack the fruit in the
store-house than it did to go from
farm to farm packing the fruit,
Che reasons being that the fruit haa
Continued ou Page Three.

THE HAMPSH[RE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY

FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

Published By The

Hampshire County Farm Bnreaa

A. P. MacDougall, County Agent

Office, First National Bank Bldg.

Northampton, Mass.

Entered as second class matter

Nov. 9, 1915 at the post office at

Northampton, Massachusetts, under

the Act of March 8, 1879.

OFFICERS OF THE FARM BUHEAU

Lesli.e R. Smith, President, Hadiey.
W D. Mandell, Treasurer, Nortliaiiip

ton
K. K. Clapp, Secretary, Nortliamp-

ton.

Advisory Board

Leslie R. Smith, Hadiey

Chas. R. Damon," Williamsburg

Ferley E. Davis, VGranby

C. E. Hodfrkins, ^Northampton

W^irrpn M. King,; /Northampton

M. A ;V'or?e. Belchertown

Martin Norrls, Southampton

EDITORIAL

TOWN APPROPRIATIONS.

The Farm Bureau wishes to ex-
press its appreciation of the re-
sponse made by fourteen towns In
the county to the support of the
Bureau by town appropriations. A
few towns have not had their town
meeting as yet and without doubt,
more will contribute. Results of
this kind act as a barometer in
showing the interest of the people
and the loyalty of the directors and
officers for the organization.

SPRAY MATERIALS.

The time is here when all farmers
who use spray materials either for
fruit or for potatoes should place
their orders. Arsenate of lead is
steadily advancing in price and for-
tunate Is the man who ordered his
material a month ago.

In regard to the materials to use.
the liquid-sulphur still gives as
much satisfaction as any of the
fungicides for a dormant spray on
all fruit trees and also as a foliage
spray on apples and pears. With
arsenate of lead for an Insecticide,
many of the growers are preferring
the powdered to the paste. One-

half the amount of powdered Is
used as compared with the paste and
the cost delivered is about double.
If the time In mixing is considered,
the powdered seems :.o have the ad-
vantage. The Williamsburg Fruit
Growers' Association Is using powd-
"r'>rl lead almost entirely. This As-
sociation by buying in car-load lots
i=; -ihle to save its members several
dollars in their spray material ord-
ers. Their prices are approximate-
ly $7.00 per bbl. for lime-sulphur
and 19c per lb. for powdered arse-
nate of lead.

FARMERS' WEEK

Save the date of March 26-30 for
Farmers' Week at our State Agricul-
tural College. Granges should send
delegates and have them report at
some later meeting on what they
<j^w and heard at the College. Ex-
cursions might be formed In several
towns to attend special days. Farm-
ers Interested In the growing of to-
bacco and onions will bp int°rested
to know that at, entire day — Friday
March 30th — will be devoted to the
discussing of these two crops.

A Fruit Show; a Milk, Cream and
Gutter Show; a Potato Show; a
Horn Show; a Poultry Exhibit; a
Home Economics Exhibit; a Flow-
Show; Junior Extension Work Ex-
hibit; a Market Garden Exhibit; a
Beekeeping Exhibit; Commercial
Exhibits; exhibits of Crop Diseases
and Injurious Insects. These are
some of the attractions for Farm-
ers' Week at Mass. Agricultural Col-
lege. The majority of these are
simply educational exhibits but the
Milk Show; Corn Show and Potato
Show are competitive exhibits, open
to all. If financial limitations have
precluded the Irish spud from your
daily bill of fare you will be espe-
cially anxious to go to Amherst to
gaze upon the specimens on exhibit.
These exhibits are only some of the
many attractions offered to the pub-
lic during Farmers' Week, the big
round-up meeting of the year. Ev-
ery farmer and farm woman In the
state should make definite plans to
be present and profit by the very
extensive program of the week.
There will be three days devoted
to women's interests. The complete
program has just been issued. Send
for a copy to the Extension Service.
Mass. Agricultural College, Am-
herst, Mass. or the Farm Bureau
office.

Poultry raisers In the vicinity of
Northampton will be interested in
the announcement just made by the

No thampton Poultry .\ssoclation of
a Public Egg Auction. This auc-
tion is to be held in the Board of
'^'■''de Rooms, Northampton, Thurs-
day evening, March 15, at which
time hatching eggs of various breeds
of poultry will be sold to the high-
est bidder. The eggs are given to
the Association by local breeders of
poultry and are from both utility
and show stock. The purchasers re-
c°ive orders for the eggs, the do-
nors agreeing to furnish them on
any date desired.

TOWN CONTESTS

Home and School Garden Work

HADLEY WINS AGAIN

The awards for the town contest*
in Home and School Garden Work
conducted by the Massachusetts Ag-
ricultural College, cooperating with

j the U. S. Department of Agriculture,
have just been made. These awards
were made on the basis of records
secured by the use of a score-card
which took account of the percent

' of the total number of school chll-
dren who cultivated various sized

I plots; proportion of the total en-

I gaged In the work who made Indi-
vidual exhibits of products; certi-
fied lists of premiums won at ag-
ricultural fairs; Inspection records
of the gardens; photographs of
gardens; photographs of exhibits,
organized clubs and organization of
local committee to promote the
work.

In the "Town" class, Hadiey won
first and Wilbraham second. There
has been keen rivalry between
these towns, both working hard for
the coveted prize.

The townspeople and the boys
and girls alike entered Into the
spirit of the contest. Agriculture
has received a big boost, especial-
ly In the younger generation
through the Impetus gained by this
contest.

In the "Village School" class,
Hadiey again receives double her
share, Russell Street School. Had-
iey winning first; the North Hadiey
Grammar School, second; the Center
School of Wilbraham, third; and the
Center School of Brimfleld, fourth.

Last, but not least. In the "One-
Room Rural School" class, the Rus-
sellville School of Hadiey won first,
the Hartsbrook School of Hadiey
won second. New Boston and B.
Wilbraham Schools winning third
and fourth respectively.

Approximately 45,000 boys and
girls all over the state figured In
these contests.

THE HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

Hampshire County is justly proud
of the overwhelming success of the
Hartley Schools. These results give
undisputed proof that Agricultural
work among the boys and girls In
Hadley excels that of any other
town in Massachusetts. The credit
is due to the efficient efforts of Mr
E. J. Burke, Agricultural supervis-
or, the teachers in the different
schools, the int.erest and support oi
the local people and above all, to
the boys and girls themselves who
had the gardens and brought home
the prizes.

Continued PYom Page One.

to be unheaded after being hauled
to the shed and then the association
had to head up all the barrels after
the fruit was graded. On tie farms,
as a rule, the owner assisted in
heading the barrels.

The results show, however, that
1159 were packed in the central
packing shed at an average cost of
20.4 cents a bbl. while 872 barrels
were packed on the farms at an av-
erage cost of 23.0 cents a barrel,
or a difference of 2.G cents in favor
of the central packing shed. Three
cents extra per barrel was charged,
however, for hauling the fruit from
the store-house to the cars which
makes the total cost about the
same. The growers who brought
their apples to the central house
had the advantage of not having to
store their fruit, no bother In
boarding the men packing, and did
not have to assist In heading up the
barrels.

The cost of packing apples un-
der similar conditions varied with
the amount and the quality of the
fruit. The money saved by having
apples of good quality is shown by
the following comparisons. Farms
are chosen that produced approxi-
mately the same amount of fruit.

Packed on the Farm.
Farm No. Grade (bbls).

ABU Total

4 27 57 21 105

5 6 28 61 95
Farm Grading & Packing Saving

No. Cost per bbl. per bbl.

4 15.8c 6.9c

5 22.7c

To show that the same results
were obtained in the packing shed
a record comparison is given.

Packing Shed
Farm No. Grade

A B U Culls

19 16% 68 38% 21%

18 29 72 14 9%

Farm Total Cost per Saving

No. Marketable bbl. per bbl.

18 115 22.5c 4.6c

19 123 21.1

The larger the per cent, of Grade
A and B's, the less it costs to pack
the fruit.

Tn the first comparison, in pack-
ing 100 barrels, a saving would be
made of $6.90. A very conserva-
tive estimate would be that 45
apple trees would produce this crop.
Prof. F. C. Sears in his book on
"Productive Orcharding" gives the
following figures for the cost of a
foliage spraying in a block of 53
bearing Baldwin trees, the trees ap-
proximately 30 years old:

Labor, 6% hrs. (3 men

and team) at 87%c $5.69

Materials, 250 gals, spray

Arsenate lead) 1.20

Total Cost $6.89

The increased cost of spray ma-
terial (lime-sulphur and lead)
would increase this about 85c.

On this basis the cost for spray-
ing 45 trees would be $6.57. In
other words, enough saving would
be realized on the cost of packing
alone, to pay for one extra foliage
spray. There is an abundance of
proof right in our own County to
prove that an extra foliage spray or
special pains with the first foliage
spray that is applied will Improve
the crop for more than the differ-
ence between these crops mentioned.

Besides being an economy in
packing, a higher price is realized,
of course, for the better grades — a
difference this year of fifty cents
a barrel.. The per cent of Grade
A fruit is what governs the price
received for the entire crop. In a
cooperative association such as the
Williamsburg organization where
the fruit is carefully graded, the
farmer receives exact returns for
any improvement he makes in the
quality of his fruit.

The members of the Williamsburg
Fruit Growers' Association owe
much to their officers and manager
for the success of the organization
this past year. Its future will de-
pend largely on the assistance and
support of everyone of the mem-
bers.

PIG CLUB WINNERS.
Of the twenty-seven prizes given
in the Massachusetts Pig Club,
Hampshire County boys won five.
No prize higher than third prize
was won in the County but the re-
sults show that the boys did con-
sistent work. The two first prizes
awarded were won by Clifden Agar
of Worcester and Willard Buckler
of Pittsfield. The second prize win-
ner was a girl, Esther Wilmot of
Salisbury, Essex County. Edward

A. Montague of Westhampton woa
a third prize and James Comins,
North Hadley; Edward Pydenkevez,
Hadley; Talbot EUlrldge, Amherst
and Arthur Streeter, Cummington
won fourtii prizes. There were
eight third and sixteen fourth prizes
offered.

Some of the facts brought out bj
the contest are of value t.o the farm-
ers in the County as well as to tttfl
boys and girls.

The contest was four months'
long.

Average weight of pigs at
beginning 35 ibg.

Average weight of pigs at
end 177 lbs.

Average gain in weight
per pig 142 lbs.

Average initial value of
pi.s:s $5.6^

Average cost of raising pig 9.15

Average total cost of pig 14.7B

Average selling price of
pig 21.36

Average net profit per pig 6 58

There were 225 pigs and 165
members or 1 33 pies per member.

Average profit, per member S8.40

Average daily gain 1.17 lbs.

Average cost per pound
gain $0,068

Pig Club members grew 40.000

pounds of pork, valued at S5.000 00

! and at a net profit of $1,500.00. Thb

! average net profit per pound was

I $0,046.

I Mr. V. A. Rice, Pig Club Agent

I states: "In the last two years you

i boys and girls have proved that hog

growing in Massachusetts can be

I made a profitable business. In thia

year's results I find that. 108 mem-

I bers used pasture. The average

profit to those members who used

pasture was $10.00 and the average

i profit to those members not using

pasture was S6 90. You sep what

this means, that the boy or girl who

uses pasture is going to make, on

an average, $3.10 more on each pig

grown than the boy or girl who does

not use pasture."

PEACH BTTDS
ARE THEY ALIVE?

The following information has
just been given out by Dr. J. K.
Shaw, Research Poniologist of th«
Massachusetts Agricultural Experi-
ment Station.

"The recent severe cold weather
has killed a considerable portion of
the peack buds and the question
arises whether enough live buds re-
main to produce a crop or whether
our experience of last year is to be
repeated. On February 15, 1918,
the temperature at the Massachu-

THE HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

settB Agricultural Experiment Sta-
tion went down to 16 degrees below
zero killing a very large portion of
the buds especially on tender va-
rieties. This freeze had been pre-
ceded by a warm period January 26-
28 when the average temperature
■Kcas around 40-50 degrees which
swelled the buds rendering them
more easily killed. The big crop of

1915 came through a temperature of
18.5 degrees below on December 27
when the beds must have been
strictly dormant. The 1916 crop
vjas probably further cut down by
cool cloudy weather at blooming
time which interfered with the set-
ting of fruit from the remaining
buds, and also by wet weather fa-
T.orable to the development of
brown rot as the ripening period
approached.

This year the temperature
dropped on February 13 to 16 be-
low zero, the same point as last
year, yet there are several things
tliat indicate that there is still room
for hope of at least a fair crop. First,
there has been no warm period to
swell the buds. The average tem-
perature for January was 23 de-
grees while January 1916 was 28
degrees compared with average for
twenty-flve years of 25 degrees; i. e.,
January 1917 was 2 degrees colder
than the average while January

1916 was three degrees warmer,
due largely to the warm period re-
ferred to. Second, the drop this
year was not so sudden as that of
last year but there was a gradual-
ly lower temperature on successive
days, and such conditions are
thought to be less fatal to the buds.
Finally a count of buds from trees
in the college orchard showed from
7 to 30 per cent, of live buds ac-
cording to the variety. There will
probably be the usual variation in
different orchards, some having
plenty of live buds and others few
Or none. Inasmuch as there was lit-
tle or no wind on the coldest morn-
ing, elevated orchards may be ex-
pected to have more live buds than
those located on lower levels or
where for any reason air drainage
is poor, but there are always what
seem to be exceptions to this gen-
eral rule."

DAIRY RECORDS

Cows in the Central Hampshire
Cow-Test Association, making over
1000 lbs. milk or 40 lbs. butter fat
for the month of January:

W. H. Learned, Florence, Grade
Holstein,

Milk Butter fat

1037 lbs. 36.3 lbs.

J. S. Graves, Williamsburg, P. B.
Holstein,
1094 35.

E. H. Montague, Westhampton,
Guernsey,
1013 42.5

A. D. Montague, Westhampton,
Holstein

1144 44.6

1341 48.3

1124 32.6

1082 33.5

Guernsey,
962 49.1

H. M. Bridgman. Westhampton,
Holstein,

1019 32.6

1307 43.1

J. McAuslan, Easthampton, P. B.
Holstein,

1313 42

G. Holstein,
1039 28.1

O. C. Searle & Son, Southtmpton,
Holstein,

885 41.8

1161 41.8

1123 33.7

1140 44.5

1189 40.4

1123 40.4

Lombello Bros.. Westfleld, P. B.
Holstein,

1167 35.

1443 51.9

W. A. Parsons, Southampton, Hol-
stein,

1010 4S.5

836 42.6

E. D. Waid, Amherst, Holstein.
1337 42.4

E. T. Whltaker, Hadley, Holstein,
1103 34.2

1157 44.

Mrs. K. G. Sessions. Hadley, Hol-
stein,

1121 35.9

1221 39.1

1003 27.1

FARM BUREAU WORK

Summary of the Work
(Jan. 1-Jan. 27)

Farm Visits 38

Office Calls 33

Telephone Calls 64

Letters Written 76

Circular Letters 758

MEETINGS.

Meetings Held 9

Attendance 970

FOR SALE — Registered Holstein
yearling bull. Also registered
bull calf. Both from high-pro-
ducing dam and backed by good
■breeding. Both dams have rec-
ords in Conn. Valley Cow-Test
Association. Apply at once. Jo-
siah Parsons. 128 Bridge St.,
Northampton.

FOR SALE: — Registered Holstein
bull, yearling. Dam made 20 lbs.
butter in 7 days. Price, |50, If
taken at once. C. M. Thayer,
Cummington, Mass.

FOR SALE:— Guernsey bull calves
at reasonable prices. Mister
Farm breeding. Fine opportuni-
ty if taken at once. Two of the
calves are from advanced Regis-
try Cows. George Tlmmins,
Ware, Mass.

FOR SALE: — Farm of 50 acre*.
Good 8-room house with wide pi-
azza. Barn and henhouse. Nev-
er-falling spring water. 100
grafted apple trees, abundance
wood and timber for farm use.
Telephone and free delivery of
mail. An ideal location for poul-
try. Price $1,000. Reasonable
terms. Address owner, H. H. Ma-
son, Worthington, Mass.

FOR RENT: — Farm of 400 acre*,
consisting of 10-room house, larg«
barn, pastures, wood, mowing,
three blueberry lots, apple orch-
ard, supplied with barn yard fer-
tilizer for spring planting, soma
old hay. Farm located on State
Road, one-third of a mile from ho-
tel. "Hinckley Williams Farm."
Address, F. H. Botlwood, Will-
iamsburg, R. P. D.

GUERNSEY BULL CALF FOR SALE
Dam is an A. R. O cow from the
Mixter Farm. Calf Is excellent
type and color.

Berkshire Pigs all ages, eligible
for registry. For sale, reasonable
if taken at once. George Tlmmins,
Ware, Mass.

Try Davis Yellow Flint Corn for
high yields and quality — Perley
E. Davis, Granby.

YORKSHIRES — A chance to start
in the pure-blood hog busines*
with stock that is healthy, quick
growing and very proliflc. Have
three sows to let on shares te
right parties. Sows are bred te
prize winning boar. If interest-
ed write at once for further in-
formation to H. C. Barton, South
Amherst, Mass.

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FES i

FARM BUREAU MONTHy^^

Published by the Hampshire County Farm Bureau

PRICES 50 CENTS PER YEAR ; $1.00 PER YEAR INCLUDING MEMBERSHIP IN FARM BUREAU

^ ' ! J 1 1-

S'fc"

Vol, 2

Northampton, Mass., March, 1917

No. 3

GRAIN PRICES

Farmers the county over, wheth-
er they meet at the grocery store, the
church, or the grain mill, exchange
remarks regarding the high prices
of feeds. Some grains are unoljtain-
able while practically all of them
are selling at prices that almost pro-
hibits their use. The prospects arc
that these conditions will continue
for some time to come. How can
these conditions be met and still
keep the livestock on the farms at a
profit? Without question, the only
solution is to grow more of the feeds
on the farm.

A silo is found on nearly every
dairy farm, and all agree that silage
makes one of the best and cheapest
crops to grow. If there is any farm-
er In the county at the present time
who is keeping over ten cows and
does not have a silo, he should se-
riously scrutinize his system of farm
management immediately and decide
if it would not be profitable for him
10 build a silo and grow some sil-
age this season.

A practice that many farmers
are following is to grow only enougii
corn to fill the silo and grow no
corn for grain. Horses and hogs re-
quire corn and it should be grown on
the farm. Some farmers break off
enough corn from their ensilage
field to feed the horses and hogs a
part of the year at least. There is
no advantage in this practice as a
ge,neral rule, it is only a case of rob-
bing Pet€r to pay Paul. It will,
without doubt, be profitable this sea-
son for some farmers to grow soy
beans to put in the silo, along with
the corn. This increases the pro-
tein content of the silage and de-
creases the demand for grain.

As a supplement to silage, clover
hay or alfalfa has no equal. Good
clover hay or alfalfa will go a long
way toward decreasing the grain
bill. A well drained soil, lime, a
good seed bed, and plenty of strong
viable seed, are some of the require-
ments for a stand of clover. Al-
falfa has passed the experimental
stage and more farmers should at-
tempt to grow It. A farmer who can
grow clover is qualified to try al-
falfa.

/
The feeding value of the two crops

are about equal, but alfalfa has the
advantage, if properly started, of
producing a crop or a greater num-
ber of years. Clover can only be
counted on to produce a crop for one
year and possibly two.

The farmer who enters the win-
ter with a silo full of ensilage, a
crib full of corn, a liberal sprinkling
of clover through Ills hay, and a bay
or two of alfalfa, has taken a big
step toward meeting the high prices
for concentrates. The dairy farmer
ought to think of these crops when
planning his season's work.

BOYS' AND GIRLS' CLUB WORK

The interest among the boys ana
girls in Hampshire County in Agri-
cultural and home-making work ha-^
steadily grown until it has now
readied the stage where It is abso-
lutely essential that it be organized
and given direct supervision. To
meet this need, the members of the
the advisory board of the Farm Bu-
reau at a recent meeting voted to
engage an assistant county agent
who would devote a large share of
his time to boys' and girls' work.
By the time this paper is distributed,
the new agent will probably bave
been engaged.

The work will be organized in
all the towns in the County that de-
sire to develop work of this kind.
The plan of organization will be for
the county agent, cooperating with
the Massachusetts Agricultural Coi-
lege, to interest the children in the
schools by talks and illustrated lec-
tures, these to be followed by meet-
ings with the parents and teachers
to insure support from the homes
and schools. Boys and girls will 09
enrolled in the different state clubs
as the corn club, potato club, mar-
ket garden club, pig club, poultry
club, etc.. and then for the children
under ten years of age or for the
older ones who do not desire to eu
ter the state clubs, local groups will
be formed of those who will start
a home vegetable or flower garden.
Town exhibits will be held in most
cases where the children can show
the results of their summer's work,

prizes to be offered by some local
organization or group of organiza-
tions.

In order to insure the success ot
the work, it will be necessary to
have several voluntary supervisors
in each town, each supervisor to
have charge of the work of the chil-
dren in his or her district under the
direction of the Farm Bureau Agent.
The gardens .should be visited twr>
or three times during the summer
and assistance and encouragement
given the children.

During the first week In May,
Prof. G. L. Farley. State Leader of
Junior Extension Work and Mr. V.
A. Rice, State Pig Club Agent will
visit as many schools in the county
as possible, explaining the work and
assist in the organization of the
boys' and girls' work in the County.

THE FOOD SUPPLY

The Committee on Food Supply and
Conservation, serving as a part of
the Committee on Public Safety, ap-
pointed by Gov. McCall, is urging
the following as a possible help in
the solution of the food shortage
and high prices that are bound to
prevail the coming season.

1. Increasing the production of
staple crops, mainly, corn, beans,
live stock, market gardens.

2. Garden work among the boys
and girls.

3. Family back-yard gardens in
the manufacturing towns.

4. Canning and preserving vege-
tables and fruits that otherwise
would be wasted.

The food supply will grow more
serious as the year advances and ev-
ery individual should do his share
with what he has available toward
supplying the wants of his commu-
nity or district. For the people in
the factory towns, it is almost nec-
essary that they should plant back-
yard gardens in order to meet the
increasing cost of food products. The
boys and girls can be of unlimited
assistance along this line. On tbe
farms where livestock is kept, it is
quite possible that the Imports o£
grain will be checked and that they
will have to rely, to a large extent,
on home-grown grains. This means
Continued On Page Three.

THE HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY

FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

Published By The

Hampshire County Farm Bureau

A. F. MacDougall, County Agent

Office, First National Bank Bldg.

Northampton, Mass.

Entered as second class matter

Nov. 9, 1915 at the post office at

Northampton, Massachusetts, under

the Act of March 8, 1879.

OFFICEES OF THE FAIIM BUSEAU

Leslie R. Smith, President, Hadley.

W. D. Mandell, Treasurer, Northaiiip-
ton

K. K. Clapp. Secretary, Northamp-
ton.

Advisory Board

Iipslie K. Smith, Hadley

Chas. R. Damon, Williamsburg

Perley E. Davis, Granby

C. E. Hodpkins, Northampton

Warren M. King, Northampton

Wm. N. Howard, Ware

E. B. Clapp. Easthampton

EDITORIAL

FARMERS' WEEK

Massachusetts AgTicultural College

March 26-30

Monday Market Gardening

Tuesday Fieie Crops

Wednesday Dairying

Thursday Fruit Growing

Friday .... Connecticut Valley Day
Women's Section — Tuesday, Wed-
nesday and Thursday.

Exhibits
Corn Show: Potato Show; Milk.
Cream and Butter Show; Flower
Show; Fruit Show; Poultry Exhib
it; Market Garden Exhibit; Exhibit
of Boys' & Girls' Club Work; Homo
Economics Exhibit; and several oth-
er Educational Exhibits.

You cannot afford to miss it.

cently purchased a carload of this
seed for the farmers in their dist-
rict and report entire satisfaction.
If any group of farmers are inter-
ested, please get in touch with th°
Farm Bureau at once.

SEED POTATOES

The local supply of seed potatoes
is practically exhausted. The de-
mand for staple crops guarantees at
least a fair price for potatoes next
fall.

The high cost of seed, labor and
fertilizer warrants the use of only
the best selected seed, immediate
action should he taken by the farm-
ers in obtaining their supply. Sel-
ected seed from fields where 350 or
more bushels per acre were grown,
can be obtained for $3.00 a bushel
by the carload, delivered. The Ply-
mouth County Trust Company re-

DIRECTORS' MEETING

On Jlarch 2, the largest and most
enthusiastic meeting ever held by
the directors of the Farm Bureau
took place in Northampton, forty-
two men being present, representing
seventeen of the twenty-three towns
in Hampshire County.

President Smith outlined the
plans tor the year and then called
upon the following speakers: Mayor
A. J. Morse; W. A. Clark, President
Northampton Board of Trade; Dr. L.
Clarke Seelye, Pres. Emeritus Smith
College; M. S. Howes, Cummington;
J. A. Sullivan, Northampton; W. M
Purrington, Haydenville; and S. D.
Drury, Northampton. The import-
ance of agriculture to the future de-
velopment of Hampshire County was
emphasized by all the speakers and
it was made quite clear that thb
Farm Bureau was filling the need of
more organized effort on the part of
the business men and farmers to-
ward developing the resources of the
County.

Dr. Seelye who is now chairman
of the committee investigating the
needs of the Mass. Agricultural Col-
lege, appointed by the Governor,
spoke very forcibly on the import-
ance of agriculture, stating that its
development was the most import-
ant problem of the world and that
intelligent farming was the only
thing to save the nation in the pres-
ent crisis. Dr. Seelye called for the
sentiment of the meeting regarding
the work of the Agricultural College
and several spoke on the efficient
and valuable service the College was
rendering.

Mr. J. A. Sullivan stated the re-
lation of the merchants in North-
ampton to the agriculture of thi
county, showing that prosperity
among the farmers meant prosperity
among the business men.

Mr. S. D. Drury spoke especially
of the value of a farm training to a
boy or girl in preparing them for
their life work. He stated that the
isolation of farm life, especially in
the hill towns developed in the boy
or girl a resourcefulness and inge-
nuity that would help them in any
profession that they undertook and
that this asset alone gave them an
advantage over the boy or girl who
grew up in a large town or city.

The meeting ended with a spirit
of good feeling and enthusiasm that

is bound to bring a more prosperous
and full year to the Farm Bureau
and its members.

PREPAREDNESS IN FOOD SUPPLY
AND CONSERVATION

In these hours of wars and rum-
ors of wars it is imperative that W9
look well to that fundamental asset,
our food supply. In peace we must
be fed: in war even greater emphasis
must be laid upon the need of a con-
stant and adequate food supply. As
a state and as a nation the largest
work will be done, but that work
can only reach its highest efficiency
when we, as individuals, do our part
in the general plan. And what is
our part? It we are on a farm, it is
to increase production in 1917 to a
maximum; if. in a suburban locali-
ty, it is to plant a garden, it you
have none, or to enlarge in size and
productiveness the garden you have;
if you are in the city, it is to have a
garden, if possible: and it is for all
to conserve the products of the gard-
en and the farm by utilizing on the
table, in the market or by preserva-
tion everything that is produced.
You may need definite instruction
and advice. Your State College of
.Agriculture at Amherst, beginning
next Monday, holds its annual Farm-
ers' Week with nearly one hundred
speakers and over one hundred sub-
jects on its program. Go to Amherst
for the instruction and enthusiasm
that you will receive. The State
Committee on Public Safety has a
sub-committee of ten on Food Supply
and Conservation. The plans of this
committee will be outlined during
the week. There will be some twelve
or fifteen shows and exhibitions and
numerous other instructive features.
Send to the college for a complete
program. Enlist now in the volun-
tary preparedness brigade which
mobilizes at Amherst next week,
and get there the ammunition for
the season's campaign.

HOME CANNING TRAINING
SCHOOL

AMHERST, APRIL 3 to 6 inclusive.
One phase of agricultural prepar-
edness is the full utilization of
crops produced. One means of ac-
complishing this is through the
home canning of whatever products
cannot be satisfactorily marketed
when produced. The Massachusetts
.Agricultural College is laying heavy
stress on this matter and as a pre-
liminary step has arranged a four
days' school of instruction in home
canning, primarily for boys' and
girls' club leaders and supervisors
but open to anyone interested. A
representative of the U. S. Dept. of

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Agriculture will be present and as-
sist in the instruction. The dates of
the school are April 3, 4, 5 and 6.
The forenoons will be largely given
up to discussions and the afternoons
to demonstration work. Anyone in-
terested should send to George L.
Farley. Supervisor Junior Extension
Work, M. A. C, Amherst, Mass. for
a detailed program.

FOOD SUPPLY.
Continued From Page One.
an increased acreage of corn. A
large farm garden will also materi-
ally decrease the cost of supplying
the dining-room table. Staple crops
that require small amounts of ferti-
lizer and labor as field beans, may
be increased to advantage and assist
greatly in meeting the present un-
settled conditions. In case of war,
the food supply will be one of the
limiting factors and it would be the
duty of every farming community to
do their utmost in meeting the de-
mands of the country for food prod-
ucts.

HATCH CHICKENS NOW.

Poultryman Makes His Greatest
Profit from Birds Hatclied Be-
fore the Fii-st of May.

The poultryman makes Ills great-
est profit from the chickens which
are hatched before May 1. The early
hatched cockerels are sold as broil-
ers when the broiler market is at
its best. The flood of late hatched
broilers brings prices down and con •
gests the market. The greater re-
turns received defraying the cost of
raising the pullets. These pullets
in turn begin laying when eggs are
bringing the highest prices and
when there is the greatest shortage
of strictly fresh eggs.

Still more important. early
• hatched chickens grow more rapid-
''- ly than those hatched late in the sea-
son and are much less likely to be-
come sick. The late hatched chick-
. :is always are the first to catch cold
;ind spread disease throughout the
tlock. Chickens hatched late in the
year will not mature before cold
weather and usually will not lay un-
til well into the winter, or even to-
ward spring. This means that they
will have to be fed and carried over
t- for several months at a constant ex-
pense, with no return, and this at
a time when feed is at its highest..
The early hatched pullets can Tie
developed to a large extent on range,
and a saving in grain feed is pos-
sible in this way.

The highest producing pullets are
those which begin laying early To

get into the 200-egg class a pullet
must lay 60 or more eggs before
March 1. In order to do this, pul-
lets must be hatched before May 1,
so that they will begin laying by
the 1st of November. In the section
of the country north of the Ohio
river it is advisable to begin hatch-
ing not later than March 1 and to
continjie hatching at intervals
through March and April, so that
pullets of different ages will be com-
ing on, and the broilers will not all
be ready for market at the same
time.

The American breeds (Plymouth
Rocks, Wyandottes, Rhode Island
Reds, etc. ) should be hatched ear-
lier than the Mediterranean breeds,
such as the Leghorns, Minorcas, etc.,
because they take about one month
longer to mature. Pullets of the Am-
erican breeds will begin laying at
about 7 months of age, and those of
the Mediterranean breeds at about 6
months.

It is often diflncult to get enough
broody hens to set the eggs early.
This may be partly overcome by set-
ting the earliest eggs in an incu-
bator and putting those eggs unaer
hens a few days before they are
ready to hatch. A hen usually can
brood from one and one-half to two
times as many chickens as she will
hatch, so that additional chickens
hatched in the incubators can also be
given to hens which are hatching
eggs at the same time.

Early hatching will produce mort
eggs in the fall and winter, while a
larger proportion of hens will get.
broody early in the spring, thus
completing the necessary circle for
early fall egg production.

Early hatched chickens are by far
the most profitable in every way. —
U. S. D. A.

CARE OF A YOUNG ORCHARD

The most important time in the
life of an apple tree is during the
first seven years after being set.
just as we are told that the years of
growth in children and live stock
are the most important; a mistake
in treatment or a setback in the
growth in all txee cases means a
decided loss. I have found in my ex-
perience that one or two-year-old
trees set in an orchard need as near
individual attention as it is passible
to give them if we expect to get a
uniform growth.

My experience has been chiefly
with cultivated orchards. By com-
paring them with trees grown in
uncultivated land, I have always
been favorably impressed with the
cultivated trees, especially during
the first ten years of growth.

In setting out an orchard t find
it very important to get the rows
of trees straight and square, not
only for looks, but for the greater
ease in cultivating, and the less
danger to the trees themselves, as
they are much less likely to be in-
jured by the team, plow, cultivator
or harrow, if they are all in .i
straight line than w'ould be the case
if the row varied.

Some people stake out the orchard
by means of boards or wires running
from two base lines at right angles
to each other. This is the meihod I
have always followed, although I re-
cently visited a large orchard that
was laid out with a plow and I must
say that the trees were in rows
straight enough for all practical
purposes. The method of laying out
the orchard was as follows: The
field was measured and staked alon:;
all four sides and along all high
places where one could not see the
full width across the field. Then
with a pair of horses one man held
the plow and one took each horse by
the bridle and walked straight for
the stake at the opposite side of the
field. This was done in both direc-
tions and then the trees were set in
the angle where the furrows crossed.
This method not only served to lo-
cate the trees, but also helped in
digging the holes, as very little hand
digging was necessary after these
two furrows were made.

In regard to dynamiting the holes
for the trees, I have talked with
quite a number who have set out
trees with .both dynamite and hand
dug holes, and T have also tried both
methods. While I find some very
firm believers in dynamited holes, 1
find more in this section that have
tried that method and can see no
advantage in it over the hand-dug
holes. In every case where the man
believes firmly in the dynamiting I
find that his soil is more or less clay
or hardpan, while the men who do
not find any advantage in the dyna-
mite have an open soil tending to-
ward gravelly loam. This is the
case with my soil.

When the orchard is set the first
pruning must be done and at this
i time it is necessary to decide on th^
type of tree and the height of head
that is wanted. I have adopted th.?
method of heading at about 1'^A to
3 feet from the ground. On a fairly
good soil I have found that a one-
year whip is fully as satisfactory to
set as a two-year-old tree, especially
if I wish to change the head from
that made in the nursery. On the
ether hand, on poorer land where it
is more difficult to get a tree to grow

THE HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

I have found that a thrifty two-year
tree is more satisfactory than the
one-year whip.

It is quite easy to throw a brancli
in any direction desred by pruning
to a bud on that side of the branch
for the terminal bud. In pruning
the small branches where the wound
is normally sure to heal in one year
I have found it quite essential co
prune quite near to a bud, and this
will insure a smooth wound and will
leave no scar or stub, which is so
often the case if from one-half to
one inch is left beyond the bud.

I think it is possible to prune too
much during the first ten years in
the life of the orchard. This is more
apt to be the case after the third
or fourth year than before that time.
I have found where a tree in good
condition after being set four years
is making good growth, that it docs
not require much pruning other
than cutting out interfering branch-
es and water sprouts. Indeed, !
think it is apt to delay the bear-
ing of fruit, if too much pruning is
done at this time, as it tends t«
tlirow the energies of the tree into
growth of wood rather than into the
formation of fruit spurs and buds.

During the first three or four
years of growth of the tree if other
conditions are favorable the more
the tree is pruned the more growtn
it will make, and during this time
I have found that if from one-third
to one-half of the growth is pruned
off in early spring it tends to give
a more branching growth and at
the same time the growth is more
stalky. During this time the main
branches are being selected, and
with this method of pruning it will
give more fruit spurs near the cen-
ter of the tree.

The cultivation during the iirst
years in the orchard can easily be
that, of companion crops planted be-
tween the trees, but the welfare of
the trees should always be upper-
most in our minds. One minute of
carelessness in cultivating or driv-
ing the team in the orchard may do
injury to a tree that will never b->
overcome. It is very easy to drive
too near to a tree so that either the
horse may break the branches off or
the harrow may rub off bark enougn
so that it will take four years to
heal the wound. I have found it of
great advantage to have a team that
will stop at once when told, when
working in the orchard, as a few
feet means the difference between
running down a tree and saving it
when the team or implement is go-
ing straight for it.

I have not found it of any advant-
age to keep all weeds and grass
cleaned away from the trunk of tha

tree during the growing season, but
I do hoe the trash away in the fall,
so that the mice will not find shelt-
er there and girdle the tree during
the winter, which would kill it un-
less promptly and carefully treated.

1 have found that stable manure,
if it is to be had, is a very good fer-
tilizer for tile young trees, about a
bushel to each tree during the first
few years, and more in proportion
later. I have also used chemicals
in connection with the manure, and
a rule that has worked well with me
was as follows: During the first
three years apply about 2 to 4 ounc-
es of nitrate of soda, depending on
the growth of the tree; those that do
not show a good growth requiring
more. In connection with this I ap
plied, before the potash salts were
out of the market, about a pound to
each tree of a mixture consisting of
3 parts (by weight) of muriate of
potash and 5 parts of acid phosphate.
At present I find wood ashes very
good as a substitute, as they not
only contain potash but also have
some lime.

By raising some kind of hoed crop,
like small fruits, vegetables or even
corn between the young trees during
•■he first few years of their growth,
the expense of cultivation and car:^
of the trees can be met and often
some profit be made besides, so tha*
when the orchard begins to bear it
has no debt to pay off.

Frank T. Haviies.

The Worcester County Farmer.

CUT THE COST OF LIVING WITH
A BACK- YARD FLOCK

Never before in tlie history of the
Commonwealth has the necessity
been so great as at present for mak-
ing use of the back-yard in helping
out with the high cost of living, and
one of the best ways of doing this is
^o keep a small flock of hens, or raise
a few chickens. Such flocks have
long been considered very profitable,
dut to the fact that much of their
feed comes from garden refuse and
from the house in form of table
scraps. A profit of from $2 to $3 a
hen is the usual thing but it is not
uncommon to find bocks that yield
a profit of from $4 to $6 per hen,
depending, of course, upon care and
management, local prices as well as
the nature of the stock itself.

A coop 6x8 feet is large enough
for 10 or 12 hens. Table scraps and
garden refuse may easily form 1-3
to 1-2 of the daily ration. Feed
one of the commercial mashes; one-
half of the feed should consist of a
"scratch feed," one to 1 1-2 quarts
per day. Raise chicks or buy pul-
lets in the fall; be sure they are

hatched early and are of vigorous
stock. Sow a patch of rape as soon
as frost is out of the ground. This
will cut down feed bills materially.
Raise a few beets and mangle for
winter feed.

FOR SALE: — Registered Holstein
bull, yearling. Dam made 20 lbs.
butter in 7 days. Price, $50, If
taken at once. C. M. Thayer,
Cummington, Mass.

FOR SALE: — Guernsey bull calves
at reasonable prices. Mixter
Farm breeding. Pine opportuni-
ty if taken at once. Two of the
calves are from advanced Regis-
try Cows. George Timmins,
Ware, Mass.

Try Davis Yellow Flint Corn for
high yields and quality — Perley
E. Davis, Granby.

FOR SALE: — Fair driving horse;
cheap farm horse. Also at a
bargain. New 70-egg Cypher In-
cubator, never been used. Park
Hill Farm, Easthampton.

FOR SALE: — Extra good driving
horse. Six years old, free roader,
sound in every way. Weight, 950.
Must be sold at once. Apply Farm
Bureau Office.

FOR SALE: — 1 No. 15 DeLaval
Separator, nearly new; 1 Cam-
bridge Reversible Plow, new; 1
76A Reversible Plow; 1 4-bottle
Babcock Tester; 1 2-seated Spring
Wagon, with automobile top. A.
F. Dyer, 24 Summer St., North-
ampton.

FEQ b-v.

HAMRSHIRE COUNTY

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PRICES 50 CENTS PER YEAR; $1.00 PER YEAR INCLUDING MEMBERSHIP IN FARM BUREAU

Vol. 2

Northampton, Mass., April, 1917

No. 4

OUR FOOD SITUATION

Cereals are the staple food crops
of the world. These are held over
from year to year and a shortage
any year or in any country is made
np by other countries or by a re-
serve supply left over from years of
good crops.

Due to short crops and the Euro-
pear War, the present reserve sup-
ply of grain in the world is low.
Compared with normal times, tnere
is a shortage of 1.50.000,000 busnels
in the world's supply of corn, wheat,
oats, barley and rye. There seems
to be no chance of over-production
of any of these staple farm crops.
Careful estimates by authorities in-
dicate good prices another year
even if crops are good and the war
stops soon.

No one will dispute the necessi-
ty of increasing our production of
these crops. Such work must be
gone into quickly but not hastily.
This is not a year to experiment or
to try new crops. Over the greater
part of Massachusetts, corn is the
only grain crop we normally grow.
Therefore, corn must be our con-
tribution to the world's grain sup-
ply. It is the duty of the Massa-
chusetts farmer to grow as much
corn for grain as possible. All of
us recognize the acute labor situ-
ation and hope for more satisfac-
tory conditions. In spite of all the
difficulties, every farmer must do
what he can.

Of the other crops whose produc-
tion should be increased this year,
beans are probably second in im-
portance. There seems to be little
possibility of over-production of
these. Some of the problems with
this crop are: the labor question,
the high price of seed, and to some
extent the fact that beans are a
new field crop in New England.

The question of regulation of
•prices by the government is on many
minds. It seems doubtful whether
anything will be done this year as
there are many details to work out.
There can be no dispute regarding
the justice of this for farmers and
our government will likely follow
the example of England if the war
continues. At the present time.

there is every indication that high
prices for farm products will exist
another year. For both economic
and patriotic reasons our food pro-
ductions must be increased this
year. The American farmer must
not be found wanting at the present
time when our farms can do more
for the nation than our armies.

THE PRESIDENT'S APPEAL

Upon the farmers of this country,
therefore, in large measure rests the
fate of the war and the fate of the
nations. May the nation not count
upon them to omit no step that will
increase the production of their land
or that will bring about the most
effectual co-operation in tlie sale
and distribution of their products?

The time is short. It is of the
most imperaf.ve importance that ev-
eryMiing possible be done and done
immediately to make sure of large
liarvests. I call upon young men and
old men alike and upon the able-
bodied boys of tlie land to accept and
act upon tJiis duty — to turn in hosts
to the farms and make certain that
no pains and no labor is lacking in
this great matter.

WOODRO-W WILSON

READY MONEY

So much of the farmer's capital
is necessarily invested in his plant
that he is frequently handicapped
in the spring by a lack of available
cash.. The result is sometimes an
obvious and most detrimental limi-
tation of his operations. The rec-
cognition of this condition of affairs
has recently lecf to the establish-
ment of the Farm Loan Banks
throughout the country, based on
the principle that the farmer ought
to be able, by association, to bor-
row money more easily. And in this
connection it might be well to call
attention to similar opportunities
made possible by the hearty co-oper-
ation of the banks in the county and
of certain patriotic citizens of
means.

First, the banks propose to lend
small sums of money to boys and

girls wlio wish to undertake an ag-
ricultural project in a serious wa^-.
A boy or a girl with a definite plan
for the cultivation of an acre of corn
for example, may apply to the Farm
Bureau for flnancal assistance. On
the recommendation of the Bureau
the banks will advance from $10.00
to $20.00 by virtue of which the
Bureau will see to it that the young
farmer gets the necessary seed and
fertilizer. The borrower must give
a note for the sum received, signed
by himself and his parent or guard-
ian, and pay back the principal with
interest at the usual rate (five per
cent) at the end of the season. In
tlie case of the savings banks which
require by law adequate security,
the banks themselves will provide
such security by means of a collat-
eral note covering the gross am-
ounts of these loans and given by
interested citizens of means. This
at least is true of the Northampton
Institution for Savings where all of
the money for the boys and girls
girls will doubtlessly be raised.

The plan which is being pushed
by the Bureau and the County Com-
mittee in regard to adults is as fol-
lows. A farmer who thinks that he
could plant more acreage is to pre-
sent his project to the Bureau and
in case the proposition seems prac-
ticable the Bureau will seek to find
a public-spirited man in town who
will advance the money for the proj-
ect on a fifty-fifty basis: that is, on
the basis of an equal share of the
crop. The farmer invests his land,
tools, labor and attention; the oth-
er invests money for seed, fertilizer
and spraying materials; they share
equally in the profit or loss, pre-
sumably tlie former. It is desir-
able but not essential that the part-
ners in the enterprise be acquaint-
ances. Blanks for this agreement
are to be had from the Bureau, to
be filled out and signed and deposit-
ed with the Bureau.

In case such money is not forth-
coming it has been made possible
to borrow from the banks, either on
the basis mentioned above, the fi-
nancial backers assuming tJie risk
and giving a note secured by one
half the crop as specified, or on the
Continued on page four.

THE HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY

FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

Published By The

Hampshire County Farm Bureau

A. F. MacDougall, County Agent

Office, First National Bank Bldg.

Northampton, Mass.

Entered as second class matter

Nov. 9, 1915 at the post office at

Northampton, Massachusetts, under

the Act of March 8, 1879.

OFFICERS OF THE FABM BUBEATT

LeslLe R. Smith, President, Hadley.

W. D. Mandell, Treasurer, Northamp-
ton

John Mensel, Secretary, Northamp-
ton.

Advisory Board

I.pslie R. Smith, Hadley

Chas. R. Damon, Williamsburg

Ferley E. Davis, Granby

C. E. Hodpkins, Nortliampton

Warren M. King, Northampton

Wm. N. Howard, Ware

E. B. Clapp, Easthampton

FARMERS" PATRIOTIC DUTY

"I urge our farmers as a matter of
patriotic duty t,o cultivate every
foot of their soil; none of it is too
poor to raise something. White
navy beans and buckwheat will be
in demand — in fact, anything that is
food for man or beast will be a con-
tribution to the pressing needs of
our country.

"Our farmers should require no
greater inducement than the pres-
ent high prices of all farm products
to encourage them in the cultivation
of every foot of tillable soil. Th°
fact tliat no large stocks of food
will this year be carried over is in
itself an assurance that the price of
farm produce will be high for an-
other year, even if peace were im-
mediately declared."

Gov. Fhilipp of Wisconsin.

NORTHAMPTON- MANUFACTUR-
ERS RESPOND
The manufacturers of Northamp-
ton have raised $10,000 to be used
in cultivating about eighty acres in
the Hockanum Meadows. It is esti-
mated that the sum available will
be adequate to grow fifty acres of
corn and thirty acres of potatoes.
The contributors are moved only by
patriotic impulses, hoping to pro-
vide foodstuffs for their- employes at
cost prices, and promising that any
surplus will be turned over to the
Red Cross or some other worthy or-
ganization.

EMERGENCY WORK

The Hampshire County Farm Bu-
reau is co-operating most heartily
with the County Committee on Pood
Production and Conservation. Mr. L.
R. Smith, president of the Bureau, is
also chairman of this committee and
is devoting all of his time at pres-
ent in the important work of mol)i-
lization along agricultural lines. An
extension office has been procured,
and Prof. Jones and Mr. Rand of
;.he staff of the State College are put-
ting in practically all their time to
meet the increased demands for ser-
vice.

The Committee has visited nearly
every town of the county already,
holding in each a mass meeting to
encourage food production, and or-
ganizing a local town committee to
work in conjunction with the coun-
ty organization. Mr. Purrington of
Haydenville has presented his so-
called 50-50 proposition (described
elsewhere in this issue) to the vari-
ous towns with considerable re-
sponse. The co-operation of the
banks is a notable feature of the
campaign, and the enlistment of the
manufacturers in the $10,000 proj-
ect is highly significant.

A survey of the farms in the coun-
ty has been made and the commit-
tee is now seeking to provide labor
as far as possible for the farmers
who need it. It is obvious that expe-
rienced labor is hard to get at any
price, but it is hoped that student
help will be forthcoming at reason-
able rates and will prove satisfac-
tory for the present crisis. There is
to be an endeavor to interest such
high school boys as can stand farm
work physically, in the hope that
they can be employed near at home.
In case any farmers were missed in
the survey and desire more help, it
would be well for them to get in
touch with the Bureau, through
i the town commmittee.

The County Committee is already
making plans for a campaign for
conservation when the time shall
come, and a sub-committee is work-
ing on the problem. The entire
committee has voted to meet every
Tuesday afternoon in the Board of
Trade Rooms during May. The mem-
bers of this committee are as fol-
lows:

Members of the Advisory Board
of the Farm Bureau and Messrs. J.
A. Sullivan, E. F. Stratton, S. D.
Drury, W. D. Mandell, H. H. Chil-
son, Collins H. Gere and H. N. Loo-
mis, Northampton.

Dr. A. E. Cance, M. A. C. Am-
herst.

JI. S. Howes, Cummington.
Wm. Cordes. Florence.
W. M. Purrington. Haydenville.
E. J. Burke, Hadley.
Mrs. F. AV. Bement and Mrs. B.
B. Hinckley, Northampton.
Mrs. Clifton Johnson, Hadley.

GARDEN MOBILIZATION IN THE
COUNTY

The nation is looking partly to
the townsman for the supply of the
world's food in this crisis. He is
being encouraged to devote his leis-
ure hours and his bit of backyard
to agriculture. And in case lie has
no land, others who have it in ab-
undance are being urged to make
their own available for him. This
work is in charge of the town com-
mittee appointed for the purpose.

In Easthampton such a commit-
tee has been appointed with Mr. E.
B. Clapp as manager. A working
capital of $3000 has been donated
by local citizens and H. Af Rors-
trom, a senior at the state college,
has been hired as supervisor of the
gardens. Tracts of land have been
given for the season and most of
them are already plowed and staked
into plots. 700 bushels of potato
seed, several bags of beans, and a
carload of fertilizer have been pur-
chased.

In Ware the manufacturers have
given forty acres for gardens to be
cared for by about four hundred
adults. T. J. Gasser has been hired
from the college to take charge nf
the work and two carloads of seed
potatoes and two of fertilizer have
been ordered.

In Northampton, 650 children
have enlisted for garden work, 200
of them on land given and prepared
by C. E. Childs. .\ survey has been
made of Northampton to ascertain
what assistance each home rs pre-
pared to give to the children. Sat-
urday, May 5th, has been designat-
ed as "school planting day" and
most of the gardens will be planted
at that time. Fifty Smith College
girls have volunteered their , serv-
ices until the middle of June and'
the gardening will be done under
volunteer supervision by Northamp-
ton women.

In Northampton there have also
been l.'iO applications for land by
adults, 25 acres being provided in
various parts of the city. Mr. Wirt
Drai-y of Amherst has been engaged
as supervisor. Five acres have al-
ready been plowed and the work is
being done on a working capital,
raised in the city.

THE HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

BUREAU BUYS SEED POTATOES

Tlie Hampshire County Farm Bu-
reau has recently bought and dis-
posed of a carload of seed potatoes
(eight hundred bushels) and an
order has been sent in for a second
carload. This was done not in com-
petition but in co-operation with
the local seed dealers, for the pur-
pose of niee'ing the unusual demand.
The deal was ma_de possible by vir-
tue of a note signed by patriotic
members of the County Committee
on Food Production and Conserva-
tion.

edge. The cases of the boys who
borrow money for their enterprise
are peculiarly fitted to exert this in-
fluence.

They will give to the young peo-
ple a real share in our patriotic re-
sponse as a nation to a great world
crisis. They will be better citizens
to-morrow for their service today.

If the clubs come to your town
and your boys wish to join, give
them every encouragement.

NEW DEPARTMENT IN BUREAU
A new department has been es-
tablished in the Bureau to take
charge of the Boys' and Girls' club
work. The demand for this has been
very great, and the Bureau takes
pleasure in announcing the appoint-
ment of Mr. John Mensel of North-
ampton as head of this work. Mr.
Jlensel is a graduate of Dartmouth,
1916, and has had some experience
in farming in Chester, Mass., and
in the middle West. At present he
is busy througliout the county in-
teresting the young people in the
work and perfecting their organiza-
tion for it.

The attempt to line up the boys
and girls .in all kinds of agricultural
club work is not an emergency mea-
sure. Of course it is obvious that
the more hands, under proper guid-
ance, at work in tlie gardens of the
earth, the greater will be the har-
vest. And every peck of potatoes
looms large this year. But the whole
movement has more significance than
this.

It will further acquaint the boys
and girls with the soil, teaching the
more ignorant many things and even
the farm boy some. Tt is import-
ant that our people know more
about, gardening. When the war
shall be over it will still be desir-
able, both from the standpoint of
health • and from that of economy,
that every man with a backyard
have something of value growing
there. And the farmers themselves
are not wholly above criticism in
this matter. Tlie clubs look far to
the future.

They will develop in the young
folks a new sense of responsibility.
It is a great thing for a boy, or man
either, to have some one project for
the success or failure of which he is
wholly responsible. It is upon such
training that character depends.
The clubs give to the gardener just
such a project, and the way in
which it is handled must be to some
degree a matter of common knowl-

DO YOU DRINK MILK?

The following table, compiled by
specialists of the United States De-
partment of A.griculture, shows the
qualities of various foods needed to
supply as much protein or energy as
1 quart of milk.

Protein — 1 quart of milk: 7 ounc-
es of sirloin steak; 6 ounces of round
steak; 4.3 eggs; S.6 ounces of fowl.

Energy — 1 quart of milk: 11
ounces of sirloin steak; 12 ounces

of round steak; SV2 eggs; 10.7 ounc-

es of fowl

Another
shown by

method of comparison is
the table below, in which

the relative value of certain foods as

economical

sources of protein is giv-

en:

To suppl
Milk at—

y protein at equal cost.
As Cheap as —
Sirloin

Cents a qt.

steak at —
Cents a lb.

Eggs at —
Cents a doz.

16.3

17.6

IS. 6

20.1

21.0

22,6

23.3

25.1

27.9

30.2

1.5

34.9

37.7

Accord in

g to this table, if milk is

selling at

10 cents a

quart steak

must sell

as low as 2

3.3 cents a

pound and

eggs at 25.1

cents a doz-

en to supply protein at
To supply energy at

equal cost.
equal cost.

M.Ik at—

As Cheap as —
Sirloin

steak at —

Eggs at —

Cents a qt.

Cents a lb.

Cents a doz.

9.9

9.3

11.3

10.6

12. S

11.9

14.2

13.2

17.0

15.9

1.5

21.3

19.8

gORN TO THE RESCUE

The United States stands first
among the nations of the world in
the production of corn. In other
words, we produce three-fourths of
the world's corn. It may be a sur-
prise to some to learn that corn will
produce two-thirds more food per
acre than wheat. We have no crop

so well adapted to both man and
beast which will yield anywhere
near as much per acre as corn. We
would in no way discourage the
sowing of wheat or minimize its
importance, for we need more wheat,
and bread is an all important food
product.

It is our purpose, however, to urge
a larger acreage of corn this year
and to emphasize the value and im-
portance of the corn crop. There is
still time to make preparation for
a larger corn crop and it may be
done with a feeling that it is no
makeshift but as valuable a crop as
can be grown.

The average yield of corn in tlie
United States is about 26 bushels
per acre and wheat averages about
15 bushels. Neither of these crops
was up to the average last year, and
with the increased demand for food
by the nations across the seas, the
present supply of corn and wheat is
made very low. It would Be a very
unusual condition to have an over-
production of either of these crops.
It is safe, as anything can be in ag-
riculture, to plant, a large acreage
of corn, for the world needs it and
a good price is practically guaran-
teed.

We appreciate that corn needs
close attention during the time of
cultivation and that this is a busy
season of the year for the farmer.
The scarcity of labor may lead some
to doubt the wisdom of increasing
the acreage of corn. But we have
reason to believe that the problems
of securing labor for taking care of
the farm crops is going to be met.
Every city throughout our nation is
alive to the farmers' problems and
organizations are being formed
which will extend a helping hand
when needed.

This is no time for doubting or
hesitating, but rather a time for
belief and action. Our country is
calling for food and it is our duty
to heed this call. — Hoard's Dairy-
man.

BUCKWHEAT FOR LATE PLANT-
ING

Buckwheat may be planted later
than any similar crop, and often
does well on old meadows or waste
land that can be broken after the
more exacting crops are planted. In
some sections where experience has
demonstrated that the cereals, ex-
cept rye, can not be relied on,
buckwheat is a crop of considerable
importance. The acreage could well
be increased, especially in portions
of New York, Pennsylvania and
New England, where the crop now
is grown to a considerable extent. —
U. S. Dcpt. of Agriculture.

THE HAMPSHIRH COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

HINTS FOR THE SEASON

Plant Good Seed. This year
above all others we must eliminate
all waste. Poor seed means waste
— in time, labor, space and money.
Therefore take every precaution. If
there are ten days befcn-e planting
test your corn for germination, and
be sure to treat seed potatoes against
scab.

Spray Potatoes. The potato bug
is only one of your enemies. You
can prevent blight, early and late,
by liberal applicat on of Bordeau
Mixture on time.

Make Every Square Foot Count
Seed, labor and fertilizer are so ex-
pensive that we cannot afford to
make a single false move. Do not
plan more' than you can do well.

Plant Corn In Check Rows. The
extra time in planting will be well
invested when it comes to cultiva-
tion. You cannot afford to hoe corn
very much this year.

Keep Your Hens. ^lany people
are selling out or reducing their
hatches; and eggs will be in great
demand next spring.

Clean Out Your Stables and Hen
Houses. Every b:t of manure
should be in use.

Don't let the Pests Get Ahead of
You It is estimated that one plant
louse will breed 1,000,000,000,000,-
000,000 in a season, if you let him
alone. The lady-bugs are your
friends, for they feed on plant lice.

Don't Desoise Student Labor. But
don't p'.an too many kinds of work
for it. for the boys will require di-
rection for every step. Don't ex-
pect too much from tl^eni until they
have time t.o'get toughened.

Remember Your Pigs. On your
route to town there may be people
burning or burying garbage. Your
pigs might better have it. Per
haps you should turn some pgs on
forage.

Don't Throw Away Extra Garden
Stuff. Perhaps you can dry. can or
pickle it for next winter.

Grow Your Own Stock Feed as Far
as Possible. Silage and clover will
partially take the place of grain
in your ration. It is predicted that
the people will be depenaing on corn
for bread next fall. If you expec*^
to need it for your stock, you had
better plan to grow it.

Grow 'Win'^er Vegetables. You
can do so easily and cheaply, and
food is certainly going to be high-
er before sprng.

Remember that beans. peas,
beets and cabbage do best on a sweet
soil. This is not true of potatoes,
because of the scab.

! Replace Missing Hills Immediately

This is efficiency.

Don't Worry About the Market.

With all the world at war the pro-
ducers are few. But every one must
eat and will be glad to pay dearly
for the privilege.

DAIRY RECORDS

Cows in the Central Hampshire
Cov.'-Test Association, making over
100 lbs. milk or 40 lbs. butter tat
for the month of iMarch:

W. H. Learned. Florence, Grade
Holstein
Milk Fat

1006 lbs. 32.2 lbs.

J. S. Graves. Williamsburg, Hol-
ste'n,

1112 43.3

1012 30.3

A. D. Montague, Westhampton,
Holstein,

1196 43.1

loss 37.

H. M. Bridgman, Westhampton,
Holstein,

1049 39.9

1070 33.2

1116 37.9

E. H. Montague, Westhampton,
Guernsey,

1116 41.3

II. L. Parsons. Southampton, Jer-
sey,

SIS 49.1

I.ambello Bros, Westfield, R. F.
D.

I'iSS 53.9

rJTO 44.9

< lapp Bros., Easthampton. Hol-
stein,

1101 46.2

1104 39.7

To provide good succulent pasture
I for the swine, a few acres should be
I seeded to rape, acccording to J. S.
I Coffey, of the Animal Husbandry
Department, Ohio State University.
Rap > seeded early in April should be
j ready for pasture early in June, if
I the season is favorable and the soil
fertile. Ordinarily an acre of rape
will furnish enough pasture for two
sows and fifteen pigs during the
summer and fall. Dwarf Essex is
regarded as the best variety to
plart, and generally costs about fif-
teen cents per pound. Ordinarily
the rape is sown by itself on a care-
fully prepared seed-bed at the rate
of five or six pounds per acre. It
may be broadcasted or drilled, and
som^ prefer to sow it in rows six-
teen inches apart, thus making lanes
for the swine to walk in, so that the
loss from tramping is lessened. —
Farm Journal,

Continued From Page One.
basis of a straight loan to the farm-
er concerned, the Bureau and
banks helping him to get the sig-
natures of underwriters and the se-
curity again being the crop in pros-
pect.

Farmers are already taking ad-
vantage of these exceptional oppor-
tunities. The time for action is at
hand. All steps should be taken
through the Bureau.

People are becoming crazy about
planting. A farm publication urges
its readers to. "plant every acre, no
matter how small." — Chicago Trib-
une.

PUBLISHERS' STATEMENT

Northampton, Mass.,

April 30, 1917.
Statement of the ownership, man-
agement, circulation, etc., of the
"Hampshire County Farm Bureau
Monthly," published monthly at
Northampton, Mass., required by
act of August 24, 1912. Owner and
publisher, Hampshire County Farm
Bureau, Inc. Leslie R. Smith, Pres.:
W. D. Mandell, Treas. ; John Mensel,
Secretary; Editor, A. P. MacDougall,
Northampton, Mass. Bond holders,
mortgages, stockholders and other
securities none.

(Signed) A. P. MacDougall,
Sworn to and subscribed before
me this seventeenth day of April,
1917.

JOHN C. HAMMOND,

Notary Public.
My commission expires Septem-
ber 28, 1917.

FOR SALE: — Registered Holstein
bull, yearling. Dam made 20 lbs.
butter in 7 days. Price, $50, if
taken at onoe. C. M. Thayer,
Cummington, Mass.

FOR SALE: — Guernsey bull calves
at reasonable prices. -Mixter
Farm breeding. Fine opportuni-
ty if taken at once. Two of the
calves are from advanced Regis-
try Cows. George Timmins,
Ware, Mass.

FOR SALE: — Farm of 50 acres.
Good S-room house with wide pi-
azza. Barn and henhouse. Nev-
er-failing spring water, 100
grafted apple trees, abundance
wood and timber for farm use.
Telephone and free delivery of
mail. An ideal location for poul-
try. Price $1,000. Reasonable
terms. Address owner, H. H, Ma-
son, Worthington, Mass,

hamrshire: county

FEB 5-1918

FARM BUREAU MONTHLY^

Published by the Hampshire County Farm Bureau

PRICES 50 CENTS PER YEAR; $1.00 PER YEAR INCLUDING MEMBERSHIP IN FARM BUREAU

Vol. 2

Northampton, Mass., flay, 1917

No. 5

THE APPLE CROP

Along with the propaganda tj
increase the acreage of the staple
crops in the county, emphasis should
he laid on improving the apple crop
by checking the production of poor
quality apples and by practicing a
more efficient method of spraying.
Some farmers are of the opinion
that next fall prices will be po high
that apples will be looked upon as
a luxury and that the demand for
them will be correspondingly low.
This is a mistaken idea. The food
value of the apple ranks favorably
with the value placed upon th
common foods. Apples at $3 a bar-
rel are equivalent in energy value
to potatoes at $1.75 a bushel. Out-
side of the energy value the applJ
is wholesome, palatable and attrac-
tive as a food, furnishing a very
important part of a well-balanced
diet, especially during the winter
months when green vegetables are
at a premium. The apple is very
easy to store, many varieties re-
taining their crispness and flavor
well into the spring.

The season for the dormant spray
on the apple trees is past, but the
foliage sprays in many sections
should commence at once. In orch
ards where the tent caterpillar, bud
moths, cuculio, aphis, or scab does
damage to any great extent, a spray
should be applied just before the
blossoms open. For material use 1
gallon lime sulphur, 1-2 pounds of
arsenate of lead (powder) or three
pounds arsenate of lead (paste),
and if aphis is present, 3-8 pint ni-
cotine sulphate 40 per cent to 50
gallons of water.

The second and most important
spray of all Is applied within a
week or ten days after the petals
fall. Use the same material as in
the spray already described. This
application is mainly for the cod-
ling moth, cuculio and apple scab
Remember not to spray while the
trees are in full bloom because then
there is danger of killing bees. The
spray should be applied, however,
before the calyx lobes on the ap-
ples close; otherwise it will not be
effective for the control of the cod-
ling moth.

In orchards where the codling

moth or scab and sooty fungus are
especially prevalent a third foliage
spray should be applied, using the
spray already described with the
exception of the nicotine.

Spraying will help improve t.h3
quality of the apple more than any
other factor. Spray thoroughly at
t.he right time and with the right
material. Careless spraying is a
waste of time and money. Good
spraying will be paid for by the
saving in grading fruit alone. Poo:
apples hardly pay for picking whila
apples of high quality give as high
return on investment as any other
product of the farm.

Bureau has voted to hire a woman
to take permanent charge of this
home demonstration work when the
right person becomes available.

THE WAR AGAINST WASTE

The general increase in produc-
tion is significant and helpful only
as it is followed up by conservation
of everything not immediately con-
sumed. Preserving will soon be the
watchword of the hour.

Those in charge are convinced
that in this national crisis we must
take steps to insure the elimination
of waste in our handling of food-
stuffs. The Hampshire county com-
mittee on food conservation has been
active of late, to be ready tor tae
work to come. It has enlarged its
membership and organized under
the name The Woman's Council of
the Hampshire County Farm Burfeau.
The members are as follows: Mrs.
F. W. Bement, chairman, Mrs. Jo-
siah Parsons, secretary and treasur-
er, Mrs. Henry Sleeper, Mrs. B. B.
Hinckley, all of Northampton, Mrs.
Clifton Johnson of Hadley, Mrs. An-
son Morse of Amherst, Mrs. Thad-
deus Graves of Hatfield. Mrs. J. E.
Brown of Easthampton, and Miss
Grace Spencer of Ware. The Council
is running a column in both of the
Northampton newspapers. It' is
called The Economy Column and
women are urged to use it to ask
questions concerning the problem
and processes of food conservation.
Directors have been appointed in
each town of the county and they,
working in correlation with the
county committee, are arranging for
various local lectures and similar ac-
tivities. Plans have been made for
instruction in food conservation in
all the towns of the county, and the

MANUFACTURERS' PROJECT
WELL BEGUN

The project of the manufacturera
of Northampton and nearby towns,
by which they plan to raise fifty
acres of corn and thirty of potatoes
in the Hockanum Meadows, is well
in hand. Mr. Josiah Parsons, who
has made a notable success in po-
tatoes and other crops in the Mea-
dows, has been secured to oversee
the work. Three pairs of horses
have been bought and are now at
work plowing in the less arable
parts. For the rest a tractor en-
gine has been rented from George
P. Smith of Sunderland and is be-
ing operated by Fenner Gardner.
Eighteen acres are ready for plant-
ing. The seed potatoes have been
dipped and cut, and as soon as the
fertilizer arrives will be put inta
the ground.

50-50 PLAN MOST SUCCESSFUL
The so-called 50-50 plan for
raising money for increased acreaga
among the farmers, whereby tho
townsman who invests his money for
seed and fertilizer, shares the crop
on an equal basis with the farmer
who furnishes the land and does
the work, has met witli most grati-
fying success. Between five and
six thousand dollars were readily
raised, in Northampton for the most
part, and almost as readily placed
among the farmers on the hills. As
a result Cummington is already
planting eighteen more acres than
usual, Goshen fourteen, Chsterfleld
fourteen, Plaiufield four, Pelham
five, and other towns accordingly.
The County Committee is now rais-
ing another tliousand dollars on
the same basis. Too much praiss
cannot be given to Mr. Purringtoa
of Haydenville who first conceived
the plan in a large way and who
has given a great deal of time in
promoting it. Mr. Willard, secre-
tary of the State Commttee o,n Fo(J4
Production and Conservation, has
said that the 50-50 plan is wholly
unique with Hampshire county.

THE HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY

FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

Published By The

Hampshire County Farm Bureau

A. F. MacDougall, County Agent

Office, First National Bank Bldg.

Northampton, Mass.

Entered as second class matter

Nov. 9, 1915 at the post office at

Northampton, Massachusetts, under

the Act of March 8, 1879.

OFFICERS OF THE FARM BUBEAU

Leslie R. Smith, President, Hadley.

W. D. Mandell, Treasurer, Northamp-
ton

John Mensel, Secretary, Northamp-
ton.

Advisory Board

Leslie R. Smith, Hadley

Chas. R. Damon, Williamsburg

Ferley E. Davis, Granby

C. E. Hodgkins, Northampton

Warren M. King, Northampton

Wm. N. Howard, Ware

E. B. Clapp, Easthampton

MORE SHEEP? _
The State Board of Agriculture
is raising the question as to the de-
sirability of increasing the flocks of
New England sheep and is prepared
to introduce breeding ewes from the
far West into' tlie state in case there
is sufficient demand. The sheep un-
der consideraiion are a cross b;-
tween the Lincoln and the Ram-
bouillet, the former being a large
animal with very long wool and the
latter the largest of the Merino
group with heavy fleece and fair
mutton quality. The cross has been
recommended by the department of
of animal husbandry at the State
college. The ewes will be delivered
at Northampton and will sell for
about $14 apiece. There is no
question but that the hill towns
are well adapted for sheep and the
matter of the dog nuisance is large-
ly subject to local control. The
Bureau would be glad to hear from
tJie farmers of the county in regard
to this project.

BUREAU BUYS MORE SEED PO-
TATOES

The Farm Bureau in conjunction
with the County Committee has pur-
chased over two thousand bushels
of seed potatoes this spring, an»
another civrload is on the ■wny.
These potatoes have been purcliase'i
largely to meet big orders which
tlie local dealers were too rushed
to handle, and sold from $3.60 to
$3.75 a bushel.

CORN COMMENTS

The mistake of planting untested
seed is becoming more and mors
apparent. A single ear of dead ker-
nels will make a big difference in
the row in which it is planted anl
might have been eliminated by a
little intelligent care. Certainly it
would be well to have a few tested
ears to fill in the missing hills next
month. There is something to be
known from the very appearance ot
the seed on the ear. The puny ears
and those not well filled out should
be discarded. Treatment of the
seed witli arsenate of lead is a wise
precaution in case there is trouble
from crows.

Coldness of soil causes much loss
in the corn crop, and because the
fall frosts are more serious tha;i
those of spring, there is danger at
both ends of the season. Much can
be done by harrowing to warm up
the soil and in tliis way the plant-
ing time may be thrown forward a
bit. It is generally believed that
one fall frost is worse than three
spring frosts.

It is a debatable question wheth
er a farmer can afford to hoe corn
with labor so high. Where witch-
grass is peva'ent it is probably ne-
cessary to hoe once carefully, but
this can be simplified and later
hoeings avoided by using the checti-
row syster) ot planting. This mean*
that a marker must be used to de-
termine the location of the hills; but
this can be easily constructed at
home and after the marking has
been done the planting will go on
as is usual with field corn in New
England, by hand. Of course if a
check-row planter is available it
saves much labor. The immense
advantage of being able to culti-
vate in both directions is obvious.

After the problem of weeds the
most serious one is that of mois-
ture. The land should be so loos-
ened as to take in the rainfai.
readily, and on a side hill the rows
for silage corn should run along
the slope tf -.revent washing. And
after the moisture is in the soil, a
surface soil mulch should be main-
tained to keep it there. This ap-
plies only to that period before the
corn is high enough to shade the
ground. This has been more fullj
explained elsewhere in this issue,
but it cannot be too strongly em-
phasized.

The dairyman must be sure to
fill his silo. The more food that h3
can raise on the farm, the less
grain he will have to buy next win-
ter, and it looks as though the
grain problem will be more serious
than ever before.

BOSTON BOYS' AGRICULTURAL
CAMP
Thirty Boston boys, sixteen years
old and over, under the supervision
of Mr. Mitchell Freeman, a Boston
lawyer, have rented thirteen acres
of land near the Lower Pond in
Belchertown for an agricultural
camp. They plan to work out for
the local farmers as much as pos-
sible, using bicycles to go to and
from their work, and to insure ths
activity of any spare time or extra
hands they are going to cultivate a
good share of the thirteen acres In
beans, and possibly more land in
potatoes and other winter vege-
tables. Mr. Mallory of the State
College has been employed to take
charge of the farm work and
twelve boys are already on lue jod.

M. A. C. FARMERS IN CHESTER-
FIELD

Much interest is being taken in
the project of Edwin Whiting and
Messrs Smith, Lipshires and Phipps
of the State College on the Whiting
farm in Chesterfield. The young
men are planting twenty-six acres
of potatoes. The young men have
bought horses and machinery and
are working night and day to make
the venture a success. By exchang-
ing work with the local farmers
they are giving some of their ma-
chinery the greatest possible utility.
The ground has all been plowed and
the seed is rapidly going in.

PIGS FOR THE BOYS

The Farm Bureau through thJ
agency of Mr. Gould of the Agri-
cultural college, released for the
time being to help out in Hamp-
shire county, is getting pigs for se-
lected boys and girls and is thus
encouraging the home production of
pork. The buyer may pay for the
pig outright (usually $7.00) or he
may give his note for the price plus
fifty cents as security and pay in
the fall with current interest after
the pig has been fattened and sold.
The project is proving very popu-
lar.

Fifty-si pigs were distributed In
Northampton the morning ot May
26 and over a hundred applications
are on file. In the case the buyers
live well out in the country the pigs
will be delivered by the Bureau.

THE HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

BKEED YOUR SOWS NOW

Every breedable sow should be
bred to bring a fall litter. It is im-
portant that all sows be used to in-
crease he food supply, and no sow
biould be carried over the summer
ur^bred. Fall litters under common
sense management are profitable.
The pigs should come in early fall —
September and October — so that
they may be weaned and have at-
tained sufficient growth to shift fo;"
themselves before cold weather ar-
rives. The earlier the pigs come in
the fall the cheaper their growth
v/ill be made on available pastures
and the stronger they will be 'O
withstand the winter. The period
of gestation for a sow is approxi-
mately 112 days, so tliat a sow bred
On May 15 would farrow about Sep-
tember 5. Tliis means the sows
must be bred for fall litters during
the months of May and June.

All sows should be bred. Scruples
over breeding immature sows should
be forgotten. While in normal
times most hog raisers do not breed
gilts earlier than eight months of
age, sows will breed as early as fi/e
to six months of age. There are
thousands of young gilts farrowed
last fall and winter which will take
the boar and should be bred this
spring. By breeding them this
spring the feed given them through
the summer will have been more
completely devoted toward food
production. It will help to produce
a greater meat supply and a supply
ready for market six months earlier
than if they were not bred until
fall. Breeding such young gilts will
have no bad effects on the farm
herd. Results at the Missouri Ex-
periment Station show that the
young pregnant sow continues to
grow under proper feeding and that
the size of the litter is not appre-
ciably reduced. Suckling the pigs
retards the growth of the young sow
but this permanent retardation of
growth is small and of minor im-
portance when the sow will produce
a good litter of pigs.

Larger litters are obtained by
flushing sows before breeding. This
is done by feeding in such a way as
to have the sows putting on weight
at the time of breeding. The suck-
ling sow should have her pigs wean-
ed shortly before being bred. Her
udder should be dried up by a re-
ducting of. feed. Slie should then
be flushed and in a , few days can
usually be bred. After breeding,
the sow should be watched to be
sure she has caught. If she has not
21 days later she will again show
indications of heat and can again
be bred.

A good pure-bred boar should be
used, preferably, of the same breed
as the sow or of that breed which
predominates in the sow. This wih
result in a more uniform lot of
pigs and an upgrading of the breed-
ing herd. For the young gilts and
small sows a breeding crate may b3
necessary if the boar be large.

The pregnant sow should be fed
a ration consisting of bone-making
and muscle-making feeds. She
should gain weight but not be made
fat. Pasture with a small grain ra-
tion proves excellent for carrying
the -pregnant sow until she is al-
most ready to farrow. — U. 3. D. A.

TIMELY GARDEN NOTES

The early varieties of cabbage
should have been set out several
weeks ago. It is now time for the
mid-season varieties such as Ball-
head, Succession, All Season, or
Flat Dutch.

The Ball-head variety will be
found best for storing and shipping.
Cabbage responds in a marked de-
gree to thorough cultivation, and
this is particularly desirable when
plenty of manure has not been
available for use.

When transplanting tomatoes the
plants should be set deep in the
, ground, nearly up to the first
branches in fact. As the plants
root all along the stem, it is evi-
dent that deep setting will result in
a better root system. Tomatoes
will grow on much poorer land than
most crops, and fertilizzaUon is not
of so great importance. If a paper is
wrapped around the stem of the
plant when it is being set, so as to
project one inch below the ground,
no danger from cut 'worms need be
feared. The growing plants may be
supported by frame work or allow-
ed to rest on the ground. One me-
thod strongly recommended is to tie
them loosely to poles set about six
feet above the ground and trim off
all the shoots leaving one leader.

Common varieties are Earlyann,
Bonny Best and Chalk's Jewel. New
Stone and Matchless are representa-
tive of the good late varieties.

In planting cucumbers and squash
make hills one and one-half to two
feet in diameter, work in thorougnly
about two forkfuls of well rotted
manure or a cupful of good com-
mercial fertilizer, cover to a depth
of one inch. Twelve to fifteen seeds
should be planted in each hill, r
is desirable as soon as the plants
appear above ground to dust them
with dry slack lime as a prevention
against the striped beetles whicn
usually appear at the same time.

Blight which appears later in the
season and is indicated by the

leaves shriveling and turning brown
may be prevented to some extent by
the use of Bordeaux mixture as a
spray. — M. A. C. News Letter.

PLENTY OF HIRED MEN

The labor situation seems greatly
alleviated. The Bureau has spent
a good deal of time in seeking to
fill places on farms in the county
and several men, most of them stu-
dents of nearby, colleges, Iiave been
placed in this way. However, duo
to the increased interest in farm-
ing, the conscription bill, and tho
rapidly advancing season, the de-
mand for help seems to be largely
met. Some farmers have told U3
that help has not been so abundant
for years as now. If any of the
readers of the MONTHLY desire
help for any length of service, the
Bureau will do what it can to sup-
ply it. Many desirable boys of
high school and college will be
available for the summer vacation.

WHY WE CULTIVATE

We cultivate to keep down the
weeds, it is true. But we cultivate
for other reasons also. One of
them is the preservation of mois-
ture in the soil. Most soli under
normal conditions contains a great
deal of moisture. This moisture is
constantly being drawn upward
(and sideways too for that matter)
) through the minute pores of the
ground by a law called capillary
action. The smaller the passage-
ways, the farther the moisture will
be drawn by this action. Now this
is very important for the plant be-
cause it depends upon this moisture
for sustence. But there is a dis-
advantage in the action of this
law; the little passageways that
are consantly forming in the soil
quite naturally continue to the
surface. The obvious result is that
the moisture passes readily to the
surface where it evaporates quite as
rapidly as from clothes which aro
hung out to dry, and is lost to the
plant. By cultivation we break up
these passageways near the surface
and hold the moisture in the soil
for the plant. Moreover a loose soil
surface allows rain water to enter
readily and reduces the loss by run-
off. Such cultivation should not
be deep but it should be constant.
And it should begin early. Inci-
ocutally we catch the weeds when
they are just starting to grow. Cul-
tivation, moreover, opens up the soil
to the air, which results in increas-
ed activity of certain benignant
soil-organisms and increased avall-
abilty of plant food, both the orga-
nic matter which is decaying and
thf mineral matter as well.

THE HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

OUR FKIENDS. THE ENEMY
(In the garden)

The asparagus beetle: "A most
beautiful creature, slender and
graceful in form, blue black in col-
or, with red thorax and lemon-yel- i
low and dark blue wing covers witn
reddish border. Its length is a
trifle less than 1-4 inch." Eggs de-
posited on leaves and stems from
April 1 on. Apply arsenate of lead
on young plants, old plants after
cutting season or plants reserved as
bait.

The Weevil (bean and pea): An
Insect 1-8 inch long and covered
•with fine pubescence. It develops
in the seed during the winter and
emerges in the spring. Fumigate
the beans in the fall with bisulphid'^'
of carbon.

Anthracnose: A fungus diseasa
that attacks the beans, particularly
the wax varieties. It is character-
ized by black spots with reddish or
yellowish margins on all parts of
the plant above ground and by
rusty spots on the seed. It is trans-
mitted mainly through the seed and
the best way to combat it is the se-
lection of clean pods for planting.

The Maggot (cabbage, cauliflow-
er, etc) : A fly similar to but small-
er than the housefly. developing
from a footless white lava. It feeds
on roots and stem. Place card
discs about the plants early in
spring, or tight with carbolic acid
emulsion.

Aphis (cabbage, cauliflower, let-
tuce, peas, etc): Little green bodies
with large paunches, commonly
known as plant lice. They pass the
■winter in eggs on refuse and mul-
tiply enormously. Apply kerosene
emulsion.

Cabbage worm: A large white
butterfly with black spots on thJ
fore wings, developing from a larya
an inch long, nearly green with
black spots, developing in turn from
yellowish eggs on the under side of
leaves. Apply arsenate of lead.

Club root (cabbage, turnip, cau-
liflower, brussels sprouts, radish,
^etc): A disease causing a distor-
tion of the root, to be avoided by
use of seed and soil which are not
infected.

Cucumber beetle (cucumbers,
melons, squashes) : A beetle 2-5 of
an inch in length with black head
and yellow striped back, developing
from a white larva with a brown
head. 3-10 of an inch in length.
Dust plants with air slacked lime
or cover hills with mosquito net-
ting.

The squash bug (squashes, cu-
cumbers) : A large black beetls
with a red triangle in the back,

coming from egg clusters under
the leaves. Crush the eggs and pick
beetles by hand. Trap under boards
in Uie night.

The cut worm (tomatoes, corn,
beans , etc) : A slender worm with
a brown back, which eats through
the stem of the plant. Use pois-
oned liait (bran, clover or weeds),
and paper collars in transplanting.

BOYS AND GIRLS "DOING THEIE
BIT'"

The Bureau is co-operating with
the County and town committees in
encouraging the children to plant
gardens in a serious and systematic
way. Over six hundred children in
Northampton have enlisted in the
garden work, and the oversight is
in the hands of many local "visit-
ors," Northampton women and
Smith students, who in turn are
under the supervision of six train-
ed men. One of these men, Mr.
Rand, is contributed by the Bureau
for two days' service a week. Mr.
Rand is also supervising the child-
ren's gardens in Easthampton
where the local grange is giving
generous prizes for the best cared-
for plots. About 150 children are
enrolled in Easthampton.

PLOWMAN'S PROVERBS

A weed pulled in time saves nine.

There is many a slip twixt the egg

and the chick.

Early to hoe. early to spray.
Makes the potato field flourish

and pay.

Do not put up a scarecrow after
your corn has been stolen.

A little squash-bug is a danger-
ous thing.

Many are milked, but few are ent-
ered in advanced registry.

Answer not the hired man ac-
cording to his anger lest thou be-
come like unto him.

Deny the fish-rod and spoil the
child. '

Summer goeth before a fall.

He that raiseth the beans is
greater than he that taketli the
city.

Cast your corn upon the market
and it shall come back to you in tin
cans.

.\ soft emulsion turneth away the
plant lice.

Weeds spring eternal in Dame
Nature's breast.

It's a wise cow that knoweth her
own stanchion.

A good bull is rather to be chos-
en than many heifers.

A hoe in the hand is worth two in
tile barn;

A hen on the roost is worth two
in the garden;

DAIRY RECORDS

Cows in tlie Central Hampshire
Cow-Test Association, making over

1000 lbs. milk or 40 lbs. butter fat
for the month of April:

W. H. Learned, Florence, Grade
Holstein,
1303 39.1 lbs.

J. S. Graves. Williamsburg, G.
Hclstein,

1057 31.7

P. B. Holsteiu,
1.5S5 41.2

E. H. Montague, Westhampton, G.
r iernsey,
:090 44.7

C. G. Loud, Westhampton, P. B.
Holstein,
1779 58.7

A. D. Montague, Westhampton,
G. Holstein,

1175 37.6

1011 34.4

H. M. Bridgman, Westhampton,
G. Holstein,

1071 38.6

115S 35.9

1404 56.1

733 41.

1038 42.6

1042 33.3

Lombello Bros., Westfield,
P. B. Holstein,

1042 31.

1695 50.9

Clapp Bros., EasUiampton,
G. Holstein.

1049 37.4

1004 40.2

1007 45.7

E. T. Whitaker, Hadley.
G. Holstein.

1001 34.
Mrs. R. G. Sessions, Hadley,

P. B. Holstein,

1300 35.1

FOR SALE — New milch cows; also
a new separator, 650 lbs. capa-
city, never used. C. M. Thayer,
Cummington.

WANTED — Duroc-Jersey Boar
ready for service. J. A. Sturgis.
Easth.-.mpton.

FOR SALE: — Guernsey bull calves
at reasonable prices. Mixter
Farm breeding. Fine opportuni-
ty if taken at once. Two of the
calves are from advanced Regis-
try Cows. George Tiramins,
Ware, Mass.

FEB 5=1918

hamrshire: countv

FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

Published by the Hampshire County Farm Bureau

PRICES 59 CENTS PER YEAR; $1.00 PER YEAR INCLUDING MEMBERSHIP IN FARM BUREAU

Vol. 2

Northampton, Mass., June, 1917

No. 6

THE WORK OF CONSERVATION

The waste iu the American kitch-
en has become proverbial, and if this
is more true in the c'.ty and town
where there is no pig pen handy, it
is also true in the country wlien the
pig is fed too expensive a fare of
left-overs and when a surplus of
garden or orchard stuff is allowed to
rot on the ground. The situation
was serious before the war; now it
is highly critical. The Woman's
Council of the Bureau is seeking to
do two things: first, to make the
great mass of housewives of the
county reaUze how important con-
servation is, and second, to make
more generally understood the vari-
ous methods by which it may be ac-
complished.

The Council is fortunate in the
co-operation of an excellent team of
instructors from the State College,
and has already inaugurated an edu-
cafonal program which will em-
brace the whole country, bringing to
each town for at least one day a
group of specialists who will present
the various phases of the subject.
There are four lectures by Miss Eu-
dora Tuttle; one on the subject of
reducing the cost of foods, one on
elimination of waste in foods, one
on fruit-canning, and the last a
demonstration of canning fruit and
vegetables. Many women do not
realize how comparatively easy it is
to can such things as string beans
and greens and how delicious they
are in the winter. Miss Marie Sayles
is giving a lecture on meal planning
and Prof. Thomson speaks on dry
storage. Prof. Chenoweth speaks
upon the subject of evaporation of
fruits and vegetables and upon co-
operative canning. There are also
consultation hours with time for
plenty of questions.

These "schools," as they are
called, are already well under way.
Two-day meetings have been held in
Amherst, Hadley, Easthampton and
Northampton. The rest of the
schedule is as follows:

June 14 — Southampton; 15 —
Westhampton;

July 10 — PlainfieJd, 11 — Cum-
mington, 12 — Goshen (?), 13 —
Chesterfield, 17 — Middlefield (?), IS
- — Worthington.

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Pig- Distribution in Northampton.

HOME DEMONSTRATION AGENT

In connection with tliis emergency
work among the women of the
county, the Bureau has taken the
highly significant step of hiring a
permanent home demonstration
agent. Her work will be largely
educational in a practical way. She
will deal with the problem of foods,
their relative value and desirabili-
ty, their most wholesome and econ-
omical preparation. She will give
demonstrations in cooking and pre-
serving, and will also give some at-
tention to sewing and other phases
of home economics, in fact every-
thing that pertains to the home. Her
work will be almost entirely in the
field and should become a very im-
portant part of the Bureau's ser-
vice to the county.

The new agent, hired June 8 to
begin work at once, is Miss Helen
Harriman of North Adams. She is
a graduate of Middlebury College
(1913), has taken the summer
course at Simmons, has taught do-
mes.'ic science for two years at
Northfield Seminary and for two
years at the Maryland State College
for Women.

Another change in the Bureau
staff should be mentioned. Mr. John
Mensel has resigned as Boys' and
Girls' Club Worker, and his place
will be taken, for the summer at
least, by Charles H. Gould. M. A. C.
1916, and for the past year field
agent of the College faculty.

MORE PIGS

Tlie distribution of pigs among
the boys and girls of the county
goes merrily on. As stated in our
last monthly and vividly illustrated
in this, there were fifty-six pigs dis-
tr.buted at the Court House corner
in Northampton on May 26. Some
of the crowd who stopped to watch
the process, saw more pigs together
than they had seen before for a good
long time, but the generally ex-
pressed wish that one would escape
from Agent MacDougall who was
handing them out, was quite prop-
erly not gratified.

This was the gala pig day in
town, but it was only a single day
after all. Charles Gould of the
Bureau has been most busy scour-
ing the country by automobile and
telephone for the little porkers and
delivering them in many instances
at the home of the buyer. One
hundred twenty-five boys and girls
of the county are now in the pig
contest, each eager to raise the
best and largest hog by October 1.
Througli the co-operation of the
Northampton National Bank the Bu-
reau has been able to take the chil-
dren's notes for the pigs, and De-
cember 1, the date these notes are
due, promises as much excitement
for Northampton as May 26, the
date of general distribution. Mr.
Gould reports that the girls of
Hampshire County are not afraid
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THE HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

Published By The

Hampshire County Farm Bureau
A. F. MacDougall, County Agent

Office, First National Bank Bldg.
Northampton, Mass.

Entered as second class matter
Nov. 9, 1915 at the post office at
Northampton, Massachusetts, under
the Act of March 8, 1879.

OFFICERS OF THE FARM BUREAU

Leslie R. Smith, President, Hadley.
W. D. Mandell, Treasurer, Northaiiip-

ton
, Secretary,

Advisory Board

Leslie R. Smith, Hadley

Chas. R. Damon, Williamsburg

Ferley E. Davis, Granby

C. E. Hodgkins, Northampton

Warren M. King, Northampton

Wm. N. Howard, Ware

E. B. Clapp, Easthampton

SUCCESSIVE GARDEN CROPS

With the farmer the garden is oft-
en too much of a side show and not
enough of a hobby to command a
great deal of attention. Half re-
luctantly he takes the team away
from the corn field to plow it. and he
plants it in a hurry when he gets
an hour to spare in his busy life.
Frequently a good garden owes its
care to the farmer's wife.

How often the farmer investigates
in August and exclaims, "Why there
is plenty of sweet corn." A plenty
there usually is, but in a week most
of it is uneaten and no longer fit
to eat. And the farmer observes that
the season for sweet corn is over.
Then he makes the inevitable reso-
lution next year to plant his corn
in three or four batches, ten to
fourteen days apart, and then en-
joy the fruitage three or four times
as long. The same is true of let-
tuce, string beans, and other things.

Did you make that resolution last
summer? And are you living up to
it? It is not yet too late.

SPRAY YOUR APPLE TREES

Don't get so busy that you forget
to spray the orchard. This is just
the time for the most important
spray of all. Full directions ap-
peared in the May issue of the
Monthly.

SPRAYING POTATOES

Spraying is absolutely necessary
to combat bugs and prevent blight.
Ii the case of the latter it is insur-
ance against loss and must be done
before the blight appears or the
larger part of its value will be lost.
In dry years when no blight de-
velops spraying keeps the plants in a
healthier condition and thus insures
a larger yield. It is not safe to at-
tempt to grow a crop of potatoes
without spraying.

The proper application of a good
mixture is the secret of success. To
be effective, spraying must be done
thoroughly. The spray should be
applied as a fine mist so that it will
settle over and entirely cover the
vines, the under surface of the
leaves as well as the tops.

For areas of one acre or less a
compressed air sprayer is good.
Knapsack sprayers which are car-
ried on the back and require con-
tinual pumping are also satisfactory.
A brass tank is the most durable
and satisfactory. Great care must
be taken with these sprayers that
the work is thoroughly done. For
five acres or more it is desirable to
buy a traction sprayer. For areas
between one and five acres the
problem is more diflScult . Barrel
sprayers with one or two leads of
hose, such as are used in orchards,
are very good. One reliable man is
needed at the pump to insure good
uniform pressure, and another
handles the spray. Somet'mes it is
possible to rent a traction sprayer.
This is a good year in which to buy
a traction sprayer co-operat'.vely. In
this way several men in one commu-
nity can obtain the use of an ex-
cellent machine at a minimum ex-
pense. It may be advisable to have
one man responsible for the ma-
chine to insure its proper care, and
quite possibly arrangements could
be made so that he would also do
all the work. Possible one man in
a community would invest in a trac-
tion sprayer on his own responsibili-
ty in case the others would guarantee
him a sufficient acreage to care for.

The first spray should be applied
when the vines are about six inches
high, f«r both the blights and the
beetles. Another spray should fol-
low two weeks later, and subsequent
sprayings should be made througli-
out the season, during wet periods
as often as every ten or fourteen
days. Arsenate of lead is the most
satisfactory material for controlling
bugs, and Bordeaux is the most sat-
isfactory for the blight. For large
areas this mixture may be made as
it is needed, and at present tliis is

the most economical way of prepar-
ing it. After the first two sprays
the arsenate of lead is no longer
needed unless the earlier applica-
tions have failed to destroy the bugs.

Bordeaux mixture is commonly
composed of 4 lbs. of copper sul-
phate, 4 lbs. of lime, and 50 gals,
of water; hence the formula 4-4-50.
Late in the season it may be well
to increase the proportion to 5-5-50.
Dissolve the sulphate in 2 gals, of
hot water, using a wooden contain-
er. Then slake the lime in a wood-
en tub or half barrel until it has
reached a creamy consistency. Wheu
it is cold pour the lime mixture
through a wire strainer (about 20
meshes to an inch) into spray bar-
rel and fill it half full of water.
Then add the sulphate, properly di-
luted, and mix. It is possible to
keep the sulphate and lime mixtures
on hand, made on the basis of 1 lb,
per gal. Then four gals, of each
are mixed with the barrelful of wa-
ter. The arsenate of lead is thor-
oughly mixed with a little of the
Bordeaux and then strained into tha
barrel. About 3 lbs. of the poison
in paste form and about 1 % to 2
in powder are used to 50 gals, ot
Bordeaux.

There are satisfactory ready-
mixed materials on the market. Some
contain simply the Bordeaux and
others have also the poison. Pyrox
and Bordeaux-lead contain both.
Parisgreen and arsenate of lead are
simply poisons. These ready-mixed
materials are convenient for small
areas, but simply as materials are
more expensive than the other.

The Bureau will be glad to help
any farmers who will undertake to
keep records of the cost of growing
potatoes this season, furnishing ts
them blanks on which accounts may
be easily kept. These records will
be of great value for another year.

CANS

Tile County Committee has ord-
ered a carload of canning jars: 700
dozen of pint size and 1400 dozen of
quart. They are the Ball cans,
L'ghtning style, and will be sold for
approximately 75 cents a dozen for
the pints and SO cents for the quarts.
It is expected that most of them
will be sold from the car, but if it
is necessary, the committee will
transfer those that remain to a va-
cant store in Northampton tor a
two-day sale. Communities should
pool their orders and make arrange-
ments at the Bureau office for get-
ting the cans at once. Word has just
been received that the cans are oa
the way.

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THE GREEN HAND

The opinion, prevalent in tlie
cities, tliat any one can readily be-
come efficient as a farm hand is of
course erroneous. There are many
odds and ends of everyday work that
require someUiing of knowledge
and something of knack, and the
green man will waste a great deal
of time over them and sometimes
make costly mistakes. The care of
the stable and handling of horses are
a typical instance. Then much of
the regular work which seems com-
paratively simple is quite otherwise
on the necessarily large scale with
which it must be done. There is a
right way to hoe and many wrong
ways, and the principal differences
become evident in both speed and
comfort after two hours in the sun.
.\nd of course in the many more in-
tricate phases of farm work only the
trained man is efficient.

Still with the increased acreage
throughout the country, the fabu-
lous wages paid in the cities, and
the demand for men in military af-
fairs, the trained man is hard to
get. Some of the men who have
been farming over conscription day
may be expected to drift into oth-
er lines of work later, and the hay-
ing and harvesting season are
ahead. Applications for work are
less frequent at the office and it is
possible that extra hands will be
very hard to get during the summer.

As the schools close for the sum-
mer a certain amount of green help
wll become available and the Bu-
reau feels that much of this ought
to be turned out on the land. It is
now looking about in the high
school for boys who are strong and
intelligent enough to make helpful
farm hands, but who are seldom
worth as much as such as they can
obtain in other and less strenuous
ways. It will be necessary to ap-
peal to their patriotism to get them
for farm work. Fifteen likely boys
liave already applied for places. A
ftw college men may also be secured.

There are some things in favor
of such hands. They are usually
intelligent and interesting and will-
ing to learn. They do not have
their own notions of how things
should be done and insist upon do-
ing them according to those notions.
They are tidy and pleasant to have
in the home, sometimes becoming in
a very real sense part of the family.
And they do not command so high
a wage.

The Bureau may have your ap-
plication for such help as it
becomes available. If not, and you
want it, let us know.

CHICK FEED

D. W. Fields of Brockton has es-
tablished a new record as an auction
buyer by bidding off a five-months-
old Hols'tein bull in Worcester,
June 7 at $53,200.

One of the reasons for keeping out
of the bean patch during damp wea-
ther is that any bruises suffered at
such times increases the liability to
anthracnose.

There are nearly 3000 agriculur-
al counties in the United States and
in 127S of them there are county
agents at work. There are 47S
women at work in the field.

In iMississippi, Alabama and North
Carolina, in districts which suffered
recently from floods, over $85,000
worth of seed was purchased for the
farmers with the balance of the flood
relief appropriation.

Only about 10 per cent of the In-
(lian corn of this country is used for
human food. Shades of Corn Bread
and Corn Muffins!

The Bureau has handled 2925
bushels of seed potatoes this spring.

Seed America First — Wall Street
Journal.

The New York state survey indi-
cates that the state is growing 25
per cent, more potatoes this year
than last, 31 per cent, more corn,
42 per cent, more beans, and 77
per cent, more cabbage.

iMount Holyoke College in South
Hadley is raising its own stable
crops for the coming winter and the
college girls, under the direction of
the college gardener, are doing the
work. They are to continue the
work throughout the summer, com-
ing to South Hadley in installments
for the purpose.

Pigs like fresh air, green forage,
and clean quarters. No animal, or
human either, would thrive in the
average pig-pen.

Weeds are vegetables out of place:
pansies are weeds in a beet bed, and
beets are weeds among pansies.
Witch-grass is always a weed.

One milk man sells 500 quarts o;
buttermilk in Holyoke. Although
cheaper than whole milk it is near-
ly as nutritious and considerably
more healthful. And like olives,
those who have acquired a liking
for it pronounce it delicious.

One woman recently said that she
had been trying for two days to get
us by telephone, but that our line
was always busy. Business, not
gossip!

Of the fixet five canning schools
conducted in iMassachusetts by the
extension department of the col-
lege, three were in Hampshire coun-
ty.

One pound of cottage cheese on
the basis of protein is equivalent

to 1.52 pounds of fowl, and on the
basis of energy, to 10 3-4 ounces of
fowl.

Three tractor plows have been at
work in the Northampton meadows
ths spring.

Ayrshire breeders! 39 cattle from
Hunter & Montgomery's, Scotland,
are to be sold at the Eastern States
Exposition grounds in Springfield,
June 14.

THE BUREAU AND CHILDREN'S
GARDENS

Mr. Gould lias established a
school garden at the Kimball School
in Enfield which may well serve as
an example to other district schools
of the county. The children have
one-fourth of an acre of land, plowed
and harrowed, and are planting it
with Kidney and Yellow Eye beans.
Under the direction of Miss Flor-
ence E. Johnson, their teacher, they
are to care tor the crop. The proj-
ect is being financed by the North-
ampton National Bank with the en-
dorsement of the Bureau, and pro-
ceeds are to be devoted to improve-
ments in the school house.

There are a thousand children in
Ware, South Hadley <and Northamp-
ton working in school and home
gardens under supervision. In North-
ampton the supervision is being fur-
nished by the Bureau for seventy
gardens in the Williams Street play-
ground and for the home gardens in
Wards One and Three. Local visit-
ors are doing splendid volunteer
work in all these towns.

Mr. Rand, of the Bureau, has re-
cently secured land from the Mount
Tom Pulp Mill for sixteen children
on Mount Tom Island, and the chil-
dren have planted mostly corn and
beans. In Easthampton, where the
Grange is giving large prizes for
the best cared for gardens, he has
personally visited 150 children and
reports 116 bona fide gardens, that
is gardens at least fifty square yards
in area, containing at least five va-
rieties of vegetables, and wholly
cared for by the boy or girl couf
cerned. The award of the prizes
will be On tlie basis of two inspec-
tions by expert and disinterested
judges.

In Northampton, June 23, has
been reserved by the city commit-
tee for a field day for the young
gardeners, with ice-cream and pa-
triotic buttons furnished by the
Equal Suffrage Association, and ad-
dresses pertinent to the occasion by
the mayor and Prof. Farley of the
State College. There will be near-
ly seven hundred children for the
celebration. Admission will be lim-
ited to garden workers strictly.

THE HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

raD-SEASON FERTILIZATION

There is little application oJ ferti-
lizer during the growing season. Un-
der certain circumstances, however,
it may be wise to do so. Many farm-
ers believe in a top dressing as a
final stimulus to the crop. These
farmers practice mid-season fertiKz-
ation regularly and will probably do
so this year. But there may be an-
other reason for the practice this
summer. Almost all up-to-date farm-
ers depend to some extent upon com-
mercial fertilizer, and commercial
fertilizer was very hard to secure
this spring. Therefore many men,
undertaking an increased acreage,
were unable to secure all the fertil-
izer which they wished and had to
go aheaS without it. Now that the
rush is over, commercial fertilizer
is again upon the market, and it is
entirely practicable to buy it and
apply it now. In this w-ay the de-
ficit in the earlier application will
be made up' and the crop will have
every opportunity to reach its maxi-
mum.

The nitrogen element is usually
the one which becomes most readi-
ly available for the plant and so a
fertilizer high .in nitrogen is to be
preferred. Nitrate of soda, how-
ever, immediately available as it is,
is not wholly satisactory to apply,
partly because of its cost and partly
because of the danger of its com-
ing into direct contact with the
plants and burning them in conse-
quence. Probably for most crops
the usual fertilizer mixtures, 4-8-0,
5-10-0, etc., are most desirable. If
there was a lack of phosphoric acid
in the earlier application, i,'. would
be made up in the latter. The ferti-
lizer should be sowed broadcast and
cultivated into the ground, not lat-
er than the second cultivation of
the crop. The sowers may be so
adjusted as to sow only between the
rows, or the work may be done by
hand. The work should be done
when the plants are perfectly dry
to prevent the fertilizer's sticking
to them and causing harm. The
best time is just before a rain.

There is little value In applying
manure during the growing season
because it becomes so slowly avail-
able and because it is so difficult to
mix it thoroughly with the soil. A
word might be said, however, look-
ing toward another year. As the
manure accumulates in the cellar
the farmer should see to it that it
does not go to waste. The great-
est food value lies in the liquid part
and this frequently runs away in
the washing which results from
rains. Sufficient bedding should be
used to absorb all of this, and the

manure pile should not be exposed
to the weather more than necessary.
Certainly the manure should be kept
under cover, to be applied at its full
value before plowing in the fall or
spring.

BUCKWHEAT

Buckwheat, is sown, either broad-
cast and harrowed in or by use of
the drill, from June 15 to July 15
on land prepared as for corn. Three
to four pecks of seed are required
per acre, costing about 53 a bush-
el. To insure full returns from
crop 200 to -400 pounds of fertilizer
low in nitrogen and high in phos-
phoric acid should be applied per
acre. Too much nitrogen causes
lodging. There is little danger
from weeds, diseases and pests, and
the continuance of blossoming is
insurance against blasting by heat.

It should be harvested before
frosts (the seeds having begun to
mature), with a reaper or binder if
available, with a mower on smooth
land, or with scythe or cradle on
rough. Bundles are not bound, but
after drying a few days, are set up
in long narrow shocks, without
caps. The grain will continue to
ripen after- cutting. It Is brought
from the field to be threshed by
hand, or a thresher with concaves
removed. The Japanese and Silver
JE-Iull are equally good varieties, the
former being more extensively
grown.

Buckwheat is thus easily grown
and a good short-season crop. With
grain so high it will appeal partic-
ularly to the poultryman. The mid-
dlings are good for stock. Hamp-
shire Country should increase Us
buckwheat acreage.

BEANS

May be planted as late as June
20; may be drilled from 3 to 4
inches apart in rows from 2S to
30 inches apart, or in case disease
is prevalent in hills at the same
rate; should be cultivated shallow
and left alone In wet weather. Pea
beans are best for general conditions
and for late planting. They will
repay 250-500 pounds fertilizer (low
in nitrogen and high in phosphoric
acid) to be spread broadcast before
planting. Three pecks of pea beans
will plant an acre. Select clean
pods for seed to avoid anthracnose
or pod spot, pulling disease plants
from a seed plot for another season.
Fumigate beans in fall with carbon
bisulphide to combat weevil. There
is no danger of overproduction.
Plant beans!

MORE PIGS
of pigs and that the winner of this
year's contest is quite likely to be-
long to the gentler sex.

There are various clubs for the
young people and boys and girls in
every town but three in the county
are enrolled in club work. Father
versus son promises to be the situ-
ation in several cases in the corn
and potato clubs. The boys are
growing their potatoes in a scien-
t fie way, having treated their seed
with corrosive sublimate and mak-
ing definite plans for spraying.

It is highly probable that the Bu-
reau will buy fifty pigs averaging
twenty-five pounds in weight to sell
to the farmers at approximately $7.
It might be well for those who are
interested in this project to drop a
line to the Bureau at once.

ELECTED SECRETARY

Mr. MacDougall was elected sec-
retary of the Massachusetts Federa-
t'on of County Farm Bureaus and
Improvement Leagues at its Wor-
cester meeting last week.

ALFALFA CONTESTANTS
Only three Hampshire farmers,
George Timmins of Ware, James
Comins of North Hadley, and Wil-
liam Morey of Cummington, have
entered the Massachusetts Alfalfa
Contest. It is possible that other
farmers planted alfalfa last fall and
so are eligible for the contest. In
case their applications are received
by the Bureau in time to provide
inspect on of the crop before the
first harvesting, they may still en-
ter. There is nothing to lose and
prizes from $25 to $250 to gain.

MORE MONEY FOR MILK
At a meeting of the Holyoke Milk
Producers' Association in South
Hadley recently, the price of milk
was raised to seven cents, delivered
to the dealers in Holyoke. The ul-
timate consumer in the city is pay-
ing eleven.

WANTED — 2-frame honey extract-
or, C. M. Thayer, Cummington.

FOR SALE — New milch cows; also
a new separator, 650 lbs. capa-
city, never used. C. M. Thayer,
Cummington.

WANTED — Duroc-Jersey Boar
ready for service. J. A. Sturgis.
Easth.impton.

FOR SALE: — Guernsey bull calves
at reasonable prices. Mixter
Farm breeding. Fine opportuni-
ty if taken at once. Two of the
calves are from advanced Regis-
try Cows. George Timmins,
Ware, Mass.

hamrshire: county

FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

Published by the Hampshire County Farm Bureau

PRICES 50 CENTS PER YEAR; $1.00 PER YEAR INCLUDING MEMBERSHIP IN FARM BUREAU

Vol. 2

Northampton, Mass., July, 1917

No. 7

AN APPEAL TO WOMEN

Secretary Houstdii of the United
States Department of Agriculture has
made a significant appeal to the pa-
triotism of the women of the country,
and the following paragraphs are of
peculiar interest to the readers of the
Monthly:

"Every woman can render important
service to the Nation in its present
emergency. She need not leave her
home or abandon her home dutie.s to
help the armed forces. She can help
to feed and clothe our armies and help
to supply food to those beyond the
seas by practicing effective thrift in
her own household.

"Every ounce of food the housewife
saves from being wasted in her home
— all food which she or her children
produce in the garden and can or pre-
serve— every garment which skill and
care make it unnecessary to' replace —
all lessen that nousehold's draft on
the already insufficient world's sup-
plies.

"To save food the housewife must
learn to plan economical and properly
balanced meals, which, while nourish-
ing each member of the family prop-
erly, do not encourage over-eating or
offer excessive or wasteful variety. It
is her duty to use all effective meth-
ods to protect food from spoilage from
heat. dirt, mice or insects. She must
acquire the culinary ability to utilize
every bit of edible food that comes in-
to her home. She must learn to use
such foods as vegetables, beans, peas
and milk products as partial substi-
tutes for meat. She must make it her
business to see that nothing nutri-
tious is thrown away or allowed to be
wasted.

"Demonstrate thrift in your homes
and encourage thrift among your
neighbors.

"Make economy fashionable lest it
become obligatory."

President, E. F. Richardson of Nor-
folk: vice president, L. R. Smith of
Hampshire; secretary, A. F. Mac-
Dougall of Hampshire; treasurer, C.
P. Grant of Hampden. Hampshire
county was represented by President
Smith, Agent MacDougall and Mr.
Fred Pelissier of Hadley.

FIEST FARM LOAN ASSOCIATION

On June 16 a representative of the
Northeastern Farm Loan Bank and a
representative of the Farm Bureau met
a group of farmers from the eastern
part of the county at Enfield and or-
ganized the first farm loan association
of the county. The two requirements
of the bank, namely, that the appli-
cants number at least ten men and
their combined wants aggregate at
least $20,000. >vere readily met and
most of the afternoon was spent in
the process of organization. Officers
and a board of directors were elected.
Mr. F. A. Upham of Three Rivers was
chosen president of the board of di-
rectors, and Mr. Alfred LaBeTle of En-
field was chosen secretary. Other men
may join upon vote of the directors.
The advantage of borrowing money
through this organization is the long
term for payment and the process of
paying off the principal in 36 years h?
keeping up the interest. Eventuall/
the farmers who belong to the asso-
ciation will, though stock in the bank
taken out for the period of the loan,
become the owners of the bank.

ANNUAL MEETING OF FARM BU-
REAUS

The annual meeting of the Mas-
sachusetts Federation of County
Farm Bureaus and Improvement
Leagues was held in Worcester,
June 29. The most important sub-
ject of discussion was the problem
of financing the farm bureau orga-
nization. The following oflBcers
were elected for the comin.g year:

BOYS AND GIRLS ENLISTED FOR
CONSERVATION

The Bureau, through the Boys and
Girls worker, Mr. Gould, and the Home
Demonstration Agent. Miss Harriman,
is organizing the young people in con-
servation clubs to meet the great prob-
lem of food wastage. These clubs are
to be under the direction of a local
supervisor, who will be encouraged to
attend the conserv.-itinn school in Am-
herst July 10-20. Miss Harriman will
also give instruction before each of the
clubs. Exhibits and contests will fea-
ture in the club work, and a minimum
amount of practical work will be re^
quired of each member. The fallowing
towns have been selected for imme-
diate organization: Hatfield, East-
hampton. Ware. Worthington. Enfield.
Williamsburg, Hadley and Northamp-
ton.

MARKETING
The question of marketing is ris-
ing again. General farmers locat-
ed some distance from the markets
have always sold their produce at
disadvantage. Every one knows of
instances of a glutted local market
in one. place, and a scarcity with
resultant high prices in another
not far away. Taken the country
as the whole, there is no such thing
as over-production; but inadequate
distribution is very common.

It is obvious why the individual
farmer must market his stuff at a
disadvantage. His market is large-
ly determined by his location and
he seldom has proper facility for
storage. The chances are that most
of his neighbors are growing the
same crops. The result is that all
of them, maturing their crops at the
same time, turn in the produce to-
gether. The public cannot handle
so much produce at one time, and
prices drop tremendously or else the
middlemen provide the storage and
pay the producers on the basis of
the reduced rate. A farmer is sel-
dom in a position to barter for
good prices anyway. When he brings
a load of produce to town, the deal-
ers know he cannot afford to carry
it out again and buy it at practical-
ly their own price. When he sends •
i; in to a wholesaler on a commis-
sion basis, he is completely at the
mercy of the buyer. As mentioned
before, he frequently has not pro-
vision for storage at all, and even
if he had, he is not in a position to
rush the produce to market when
it will bring the highest price.

Moreover the produce of individ-
ual farmers as now marketed is not
offered in such form as to justify
top-notch prices. Naturally there
is no uniformity in either quality
or container. There is no reason
why individual farmers could ba
expected to grade their produce
uniformly. They do not have the
same conceptions of quality, and
even if they had, some are more
conscientious than others. One or
two men who dump all kinds of stu8
into a barrel under an attractive
top layer will injure all the other
farmers in the community. The

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THE HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY

FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

Published By The

HampsMre Connty Paxm Snrean
A. F. MacDougall, County Agent

Office, First National Bank Bldg.

Northampton, Mass.

Entered as second class matter

Nov. 9, 1915 at the post office at

Northampton, Massachusetts, under

the Act of March 8, 1879.

OFFICERS OF THE FARM BUEEAU

Leslie R. Smith, President, Hadley.
W. D. Mandell, Treasurer, Northainp-
ton

A. F. MacDougall, Secretary, North-
ampton.

Advisory Board

Leslie R. Smith, Hadley

Chas. R. Damon, Williamsburg

Ferley E. Davis, Granby

C. E. Hodgkins, Northampton

Warren M. King, Northampton

Wta. N. Hovfard, Ware

E. B. Clapp, Easthampton

FERTinZEK SOABING IN PRICE

Commercial fertilizer has risen from
twenty to thirty per cent in price, ac-
cording to the July price lists. This in
itself is startling enough, but it is
generally agreed that it will become
constantly higher. In view of the
alarming situation there seem to be
two or three things which may be
done.

Farmers may order fertilizer now
for another season. High as it is,
it is bound to be higher, and it is
quite possible that some advantageous
ari-angement may be made ii the mat-
ter is taken up at once. Farmers
should be encouraged to use lime on
sour soils and do everything they can
to promote the growth of clovers on
their land. The legumes are the only
plants that have the power of taking
nitrogen, the most expensive of plant
foods, from the air and adding it to
the soil. And in the third place, farm-
ers should, whenever feasible, grow a
cover crop this fall to plow under in'
the spring. Where there is plenty of
moisture a cover crop of rye or some
such thing may be sown in the corn
during the last cultivation; and cer-
tainly a cover crop should be grown
in the orchards. The time has come
when we must take every precaution
to preserve the goodness of our ma-
nure and use every means possible to
maintain the food content of the soil

MAKE SAVING RATHER THAN

SPENDING YOUR SOCIAL

STANDARD

Use cereals freely, — flour, meal,
breakfast-foods. Prepare them care-
fully and vary to avoid monotony.

Drink milk, and use it in cooking.
Each child should have a quart a day.
Skim milk lacks the fat but has pro-
tein and mineral matter essential io
health. For adults the requirement of
body-building foods, (meats, meat-
substitutes, fruits, vegetables) is no?
large.

Plan your meals closely. Provide
neither too little, nor too much. No-
tice how much of the staple foods,
flour, sugar, milk, etc., you use each
week and reduce when possible. Buy
non-perishables either alone or with
your neignbors, in large quantiti.'s
when the reduction in price warrant
it and you have provisions for storage.
Watch your garbage can for sugges
tions of thrift. Seek to overcome "fin
icky" tastes in yourself and family.

True economy lies not only in buy-
ing wisely, but also in making the
fullest possjble use of what is bought.

THINNING

It is simply calling attention to
what every good farmer knows to
speak of thinning cultivated plants.
Yet we frequently neglect to attend
to this in the rush of other work. It
is perfectly obvious that plants
crowded together will become all
top and no body, probably stunted
in growth and imperfect in yield. A
man cannot raise three good carrots
in a square inch of earth nor sev-
en or eight good stalks of corn in a
hill. As to the distance to which
plants should be thinned, a little
recollection as to the size of the
plant at maturity and a little com-
mon sense will direct.

PUMPKINS

Where have the pumpkins gone?
That is a question which is being
asked not only by the Halloween
youngsters and the autumnal poets,
but also by the agricultural special-
ists.

That there is value in the pump-
kin is self-evident. They are a
splendid succulent feed for cattle
and hogs. The United States De-
partment of Agriculture reports
that by weight uncooked pumpkins
are two thirds as nutritious as sil-
age. More than that, they act as an
appetizer and a corrective of diges-
tive troubles. It has been found
that 400 lbs of pumpkins will save
between 100 and 150 lbs of grain
in producing 100 Ibe of pork. And
then there is pumpkin pie.

Moreover pumpkins are easy to
grow. They are planted during
hoeing in missing hills or regularly
in the rows. They grow with the
corn and require practically no at-
tention. They are convenient to
harvest and simple to store. It isn't
too late to plant them. Doesn't it
seem worth while?

THE HELP PROBLEM

There is little to say about the help
situation, ihe Bureau has been able
to get some satisfactory men but the
demand is exceeding the supply. Many
men who apply for farm work lunk
when confronted by an actual job. Ex-
perienced men are seldom available.
Some of them are engaged in other
occupations, and it may be necessary
to try to secure their release for the
harvesting season. But none of them
have expressed any desire for this
shift. Inexperienced men (and boys)
are disturbed to find out how Ttttle
they have any right to expect by way
of pay and many of them will not
consider a job beyond reach of Mount
tain Park. The Bureau is glad to
know the needs of the farmers and is
doing all that it can to meet them.

CLEAN MILKING CONTEST

Notice has been received of the
provision for $3000 to be awarded
this year to those dairymen, juniors,
or hired men who stand highest in
their respective classes in clean
milking. There are 200 prizes for
the owners, ranging from $5 to $15.
For the juniors and hired men there
are only 100 each, ranging from $4
to $8. However, a single sample
may count for both owner and the
junior or hired man who does the
milking. The competition is most
simple and preeminently fair. Farm-
ers are urged to apply for entry
blanks to P. M. Harwood, State
House, Boston.

GALA DAY FOR GARDENERS

On Saturday. June 23. the children
of Northampton who are caring lor
gardens under supervision, together
with their supervisors, attended a fes-
tival at the driving park. Members of
the Grand Army were present and
there was patriotic music. Captain
Hammond of Company I distributed
pins of honor, upon which was the
caption "Uncle Sam's Gardeners."
Prof. Farley of the State College ex-
plained the meaning of the work. The
Boy Scouts servt^d as marshalls and
distributed ice cream cones to all.
The celebration was made possible by
the work and generosity of the Equal
Suffrage Association of Northampton.

THE HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

COUNTY COMMENT

Two tractor engines have come
into Granby tliis spring. One is
owned by Mr. Perley Davis, and the
other by Mr. C. H. Bryant.

One of our thrifty housewives re-
ports that she has served Red Dog
biscuit to her family with great
success. Not only were they an-
cepted by her unknowing table-
■folk, but they were praised as be-
ing exceptionally igood. Red Dog
costs less than three cents a pound.

One of the youthful recipients of
a Bureau pig has written that he
was so delightful with the little
porker that he gave him his first
meal on the rug in the parlor. He
did not say whether his mother
was present.

Rose bugs are being complained
of everywhere. Not only are they
eating the rose leaves, but they are
riddliD,g the leaves of cherry trees
and bean plants and have caused
trouble among young peaches.
There is no satisfactory remedy. The
most effective is a mixture of 6
lbs. arsenate of lead, 1 gal. cheap
molasses, and 50 gals, of water.

Granby housewives have bought
nearly nineteen gross of Atlas cans
for the conservation season. The
project wae conducted by Mr. East-
man.

Mr. Johnson of Springfield has
been hired to supervise the boys'
and girls' gardens in Huntington.

The first of two boys' agricul-
tural camps is being conducted on
the College campus in Amherst. The
boys are divided into squads and
are doing actual farm work, both on
the College farm and on other
■farms in the community.

The Massachusetts Committee on
Pood Production and Conservation
announces a special conference of
those interested in the problem of
food supply, in Amherst, July 31-
August 2 inclusive. It is expected
that Mr. Hoover himself will be
present, and all readers of the
Monthly are invited to attend all or
part of the sessions.

The Amherst Red Cross have held
a fruit and vegetable bazaar, for
which all sorts of produce were con-
tributed to be sold for the benefit of
the Red Cross.

The Massachusetts Agricultural
College announces the fifth annual
poultry. convention, to be held in
Amherst July 25, 26 and 27.

Mrs. E. J. Clark of Worthington,
who usually grows eleven hundred
aster plants, has given up her flow-
ers this year in favor of cabbages
and other vegetables.

Among the freak plants which the

garden supervisors have run across
this season are a bean-pea and a po-
tato-tomato. The plants were true
to name and thrifty enough; the
fruit, of course, is not yet ready for
inspection.

The Central Hampshire Cow-test
.Association is continuing its work
under the auspices of the Bureau
and the inspection of Mr. Gidney,
the tester. It could provide for a
few more members, and, at this time
of soaring prices it is most import-
ant for the farmers to know and eli-
minate the slackers in the herd.

WAR GABDENS IN WARE

Thomas J. Gasser. garden supervi-
sor from the College, has been doing a
big work in Ware this spring. There
are 485 employees of the local mills
caring for garden plots about an
eighth of an acre in size and growing
almost entirely potatoes, beans and
cabbages. The land was furnished and
plowed by the mill owners, the town
waterworks, and the driving park as-
sociation, and the men are paying for
the fertilizer." seed and spray material.
Mr. Gasser has succeeded in getting
the men to abandon their traditional
practice in caring for potatoes and to
use the combination spray. The witch
grass proved a peculiarly trying prob-
lem with the gardeners, but they have
stuck to it and are at last in control I
of the situation. Mr. Gasser is at the
gardens constantly, and his follow-up
work is proving alnmst as important
as the planting. The Driving Park As-
sociation is offering prizes for the best
gardens.

DAIRY RECORDS

Cows in the Central Hampshire
Cow-test Association standing higb-
est in milk and butter fat production
for May.

Milk.
Breed Owner Ibs^

P. B. Holsteln, C. G. Loud,

Westhampton, 1647
Holsteln, Lombello Bros.,

West field, 1637
B. Holstein, J. S. Graves,

Williamsburg, 1592
Butter fat
Holstein, H. M. Bridgman,

Westhampton, 56.5
B. Holstein, J. S. Graves, 54.5
Holstein, Lombello Bros., 54.

Milk for June

B. Holstein, Mrs. R. G.

Sessions, Hadley, 1651
Lombello Bros. 1559

Mrs. R. G. Sessions 1447
Butter fat

Lombello Bros. 51.

P. B. Holstein, Mrs R G Sessions 49.5
G. Holstein, H. M. Bridgman 49.2

G. Holstein,
G. Holstein,

G Holstein,

SURVEY STATISTICS

The recent survey of Hampshire
county, taken under the auspices of
the State College, has revealed some
interesting items. There are a
grand total of 6S16 cows and 2377
heifers. Amherst leads the otner
towns with S25 cows and Granby is
second with 790. There are only
2S0 sheep in the county, and 204 of
these are in Cummington, Hunting-
ton and Middlefleld. Thirteen towns
have no sheep at all. There are
nearly sixty-five thousand hens re-
ported, Amherst, Hadley and South
Hadley leading in the order named.
Of the 1705 swine, Amherst leads
with 277, and Northampton is sec-
ond with 240.

The following estimates of crop
production are worthy of note.
These are for 1916 and like the oth-
ers are not absolutely complete.
There are reported 2665 acres of
seed corn and 1791 of silage. Haa-
ley leads in the former with 775
acres, and Granby in the latter with
300. South Hadley is second in
silage with 203 acres. 15,511
acres of hay are reported for the
county. Amherst leads with 1981
and Hadley is second with 1867.
Hadley raises more potatoes than
any other town, the estimate being
164 bushels. Amherst raises 134
and Granby 100. Only five towns
raise any oats. South Hadley lead-
ing with 7 acres. Amherst
raises nearly dne fourth of all the
beans, her estimate being 20
acres. Hatfield reports raising one
half of all the tobacco and Hadley
raises most of the rest. The aggre-
gate is 2941 acres. The same re-
lation holds for onions, the a.sgre-
gate being 1310 acres. No oar-
ley is reported.

CONSERVATION BULLETINS

The following Farmers' Bulletins
may be obtained by writing to the De-
partment of Publications, Washington,
D. C;

Home Canning by the One-period
Cold Pack Method.

Drying Fruits and Vegetables in
the Home.

How to Select Foods.

The following recent bulletins are
to be obtained by writing to The Ex-
tention Department of the State Ag-
ricultural College. Amherst:

Canning Fruits and Vegetables.

Methods of Saving Fats.

Bulletins on saving wastes and oa
meal planning are also being pre-
pared at M. A. C. Ask to have your
name put on the mailing list and you
will receive these when they are
ready, and all subsequent bulletins as
well.

THE r^AMPSHlRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

MARKETING

dealers have to offer the produce to
the public in uniform amounts and
quality, which means that they
must handle it over before they put
it on sale, and for this reason they
cannot afford to pay as much for it
as otherwise.

The remedy for this state of af-
fairs is quite evidently community
markeMn.g under supervision of
some member of the community re-
sponsible to the others. He would
be the salesman for the association,
bargaining with the middlemen or
even the ultimate consumers in as
large amounts as desirable, and
keeping in touch with the more dis-
tant as well as the local markets.
The produce would be packed ac-
cording to a uniform standard,
quite possibly by packers hired by
the association rather than the
owners of the goods, and put into
containers of uniform size. The
association would soon establish a
reputation which would enable U
to obtain prices as high as the pro-
duce is worth, and to dispose of its
produce most readily to the best ad-
vantage.

The only two crops which are
subject to such handling in Hamp-
shire county are the apples and po-
tatoes. Tlie Williamsburg Fruit
Growers Association has demon-
strated the practibility of the plan,
and will take care of the apples of
much of the western part of the
county. It may seem best to en-
large the scope of that association
to cover more territory, or to or-
ganize others, or both. In the
western part of the county particu-
larly there are planted acres and
acres of potatoes for the distribu-
tion of which no provision has b»en
made. Northampton and the larg-
er towns in the county will take
care of practically the whole crop
if the potatoes are stored and mar-
keted properly. Those grown in
the hill towns are admittedly of
better cooking quality than those
grown farther north, and it is
absurd that Hampshire people
should be importing potatoes from
Maine. But if the local farmers
are to compete successfully in the
open market they must see to It
that their potatoes are carefully
graded and marketed In uniform
sacks. And this can be done only
by some kind of organization. In-
stead of twenty farmers of a single
town competing against each other
in selling 10,000 bushels of pota-
toes, the best salesman of the group
should market the entire crop. The
Farm Bureau stands ready to co-op-

erate with any communities which
may desire to do something of this
kind.

THRIFT RECIPES

Pie Crust made with Beef or Mutton

Fat
1 1-2 curifuls flour.
1-2 teaspoonful salt
1-4 teaspoonful baking powder
1-1 cupful beef or mutton f:it
1-4 cupful fresh pork fat or lard
Cold water

Mix dry ingredients, work in the fat,
and add enough water to make stiff
dough. Roll it out, and spread on It
1-2 the lard or pork drippings. Fold
it, turn it halfway around, roll again,
and add remaining shortening.

Beef fat is preferable fur applie pie;
mutton fat for meat uie.

Corn Bread ,
1 egg
1 cupful milk

1 1-2 cuiifuls corn meal

2 teaspoonfuls baking powder
1 teasDOonful salt

1-2 cupful cracklings

Beat the egg until light and add
milk. Sift meal, making powder and
salt together, and add to egg and milk.
Beat well, add cracklings and bake in
hot oven until it is a delicate brown.

Ginger Cookies
1 cupful molasses
1-2 cupful shortening
(1 part bacon fat, 2 parts mutton fat)
1 teaspoonful salt

1 2-3 cupfuls pastry flour

2 teaspoonfuls ginger
1-4 teaspoonful cinnamon
2 teaspoonfuls soda

2 teaspoonfuls warm milk

Heat molasses to boiling point. an<t
pour into mixing bowl. Dissolve soda
in milk, and add all ingredients. Chill
dough. Roll out a trial cookie and
bake to see if enough flour has been
used. Roll the dough as you need it
for baking, and keep the rest in a cool
place until needed.

Whole Wheat or Graham Bread
1 1-2 cupfuls lukewarm milk

3 teaspoonfuls brown sugar
1 1-4 teaspoonful salt

3 cupfuls whole wheat or graham flour
1-2 yeast cake

Scald milk, with sugar and salt.
When lukewarm, add yeast which has
been mixed with a little of the milk.
Add flour, beat well, and let it double
in volume. Beat thoroughly, put Into
pan, and let rise. Skim milk may be
used in this recipe.

merchants have agreed to handle the
stuff without commission to make
the return as large as possible.

Even a hoe will get rusty if it is
not properly cared for after using.
The depreciation in more expensive
machinery is proportionally greater.
It does not pay to house one's mach-
inery in "God's tool-shed."

New York has just passed a law
making it legal to sell skim milk in
New York city.

"Food conservation, like charity,
should begin at home." J. Ogden Ar-
mour.

The United States grows 34,000,-
000 more pigs than any other na-
tion in tlie world.

Keep your machines well oiled
and the nuts tight. This is simply
insurance against breakdown.

When 4 per cent whole milk sells
at 10 cents a quart, skim milk for
protein is worth 10.3 cents and for
energy 5.2 cents. — Holstein-Friesi-
an World.

At the Ayrshire sale in Spring-
field, June 14, 54 animals sold for
$34,875.00, an avera,ge of $646. At
Mr. Moyer's Holstein sale in Wor-
cester, June 7 and 8, 144 animals
sold for an average above $2,000.

The best fed member of our
household is that star boarder, Mr.
Waste — he hangs around and when
we are not looking or thinking, n«
picks up a little here and a little
there, and while we eat three times
a day, he is at it constantly. — Ver-
tical Farming.

FOR SALE— Ball jars. Lightning
stlye. pints 75c a dozen, quarts 80c.
Also copper sulphate for spraying.
County Committee on Food Produc-
tion. Tel. 53-W.

FOR SALE — New milch cows; also
a new separator, 650 lbs. capa-
city, never used. C. M. Thayer,
Cummington.

WANTED — Duroc-Jersey Boar
ready for service. J. A. Sturgls.
Easthampton.

HEARD OVER THE GARDEN
WALL

The farmers of Washington coun-
ty, Minnesota, have agreed to con-
tribute the product of one acre
apiece to the Red Cross, and the

FOR SALE: — Guernsey bull calves
at reasonable prices. Mixter
Farm breeding. Fine opportuni-
ty if taken at once. Two of the
calves are from advanced Regis-
try Cows. George Tinimins,
Ware, Mass.

FOR SALE— Farm of 50 acres.
Good 8-room house with wide piaz-
za. Barn and henhouse. Never-fail-
ing spring water. 100 grafted apple
trees, abundance wood and timber
for farm use. Telephone and free
delivery of mail. An ideal location
for poultry. Price $1,000. Reasonable
terms. Address owner, H. H. Mason,
Worthington, Mass.

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY

FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

Published by the Hampshire County Farm Bureau

PRICES 50 CENTS PER YEAR: $1.00 PER YEAR INCLUDING MEMBERSHIP IN FARM BUREAU

Vol. 2

Northampton, Mass., August, 1917

No. 8

TOBACCO GROWERS GET TO-
GETHER

Last month a .group of about
twenty representative tobacco grow-
ers of Hampshire and Franklin
counties got together in a joint
meeting in our Bureau officij and de-
cided that it is for the best inter-
ests of all concerned to form some
kind of an organization in these
two counties. On August 2 a joint
committee met with the county
agents in South Deerfield and de-
ciding that for the present at least
the organization should be largely
social, drew up a tentative con-
stitution to present at the general
meeting to be held later. It was
the sentiment of the committee.?
that the two counties should co-op-
erate greatly in this matter, and it
was finally voted to recommend that
a single organization, rather than
two. should be formed.

On August 8 the local tobacco
growers, co-operating with the New
En.gland Tobacco Growers' Associa-
tion, held their annual field day in
the valley. Starting from North-
ampton by automobile, they visited
some of the more intersting tobac-
co farms up the river and stopped at
Mr. P. L. Whitmore's for lunch.
After this talks were given by Mr.
Sidney B. Haskell, formerly of the
State college and now with the Na-
tional Fertilizer Association, Prof.
George Chapman of the College staff
and others.

ON FERTILIZER

Professor Haskell's talk on fer-
tilizers before the tobacco growers
August 8 was notable in many re-
spects. The prospects for 1918 were
presented as frankly gloomy. It is
absolutely certain that in case the
war continues, and probably in
case it does not, the supply cannot
meet the demand. To help, meet the
demands of the Allies for food
Ohio has pledged herself to grow
three million more bushels of
wheat, but the necessary phosphates
and ammoniates are not forthcom-
ing and probably the grain can not be
grown. The administration at
Washington has been making a
study of the fertilizer needs of va-
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EVAPORATING AND DRYING

The drying of fruits and vege-
tables, so popular in the olden days,
is rapidly coming into vague again.
It is a simple and inexpensive way
of preserving against a time of
need.

The simplest method of drying is
probably by use of the sun's heat,
the products being placed on clean
cloths or wire netting, preferably in
a partial shade, and exposed to the
air and heat of the sun for a per-
iod of from one to three days. It
is well to cover them with a light
cheese-cloth to protect against dirt
and flies.

Dryiag by means of artificial
heat takes less time and is called
evaporation. There are commer-
cial evaporators on the market,
ranging from $5.00 to $Cu.O0, but
it is possible to construct a little
wire tray to fit the top of the range
or the oven, which will answer the
purpose of the average housewife.
The products require considerable
attention during the process to pre-
vent burning. In case the oven is
used the door must be left slightly
open to permit the escaps of mois-
ture.

Whatever method is used it is
advisable to heat the products to a
Mgh temperature, by means of the
oven or wire racks on the stove, be-
fore be.ginning the drying proper.
This will save time and insure high-
er quality.

Peaches may be peeled or dried
v>'ith the skins on, but if the latter
is done, they must be washed and
rubbed to remove the fuzz. They
are usually dried in halves, the pit
having been removed. Corn is cook-
ed, as for the table, before drying.
When tender, it is cooled in water
and sliced from the cob. String
beans and peas are also cooked in
salty water until tender before dry-
ing. Pumpkin and squash are slic-
ed after the rind has been removed
and then dried. Tomatoes are dip-
ped into boiling water and after the
skins are removed, are dried; if
evaporated they are left whole, if
dried in the sun they are sliced.

When the product is ta be served
it is necessary to soak It In the wa-
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SHEEP

One of our members came into
the office not long ago and said, "I
ordered some sheep throush you the
other day, and I just dropped in to
say that I want to increase the
number a bit."

"Splendid," we answered. "Has
your ship come in?"

"Well," he replied, "I just sold
my last spring's wool for sixty-five
cents a pound."

Hampshire county farmers are
•still thinking of wool in terms
which prevailed five years ago, in
terms of seventeen cents. They
<have been interested in sheep large-
ly from the standpoint of the meat
market. But today there is money
not only in sheep, but on them. The
farmer referred to above sold one
fleece for $11.38 from an ewe which
had given him two lambs this spring
besides. The sheep which the Bu-
reau has been trying to introduce
Into the county, better wool sheep
than the natives, sell for $14.00.

It is comparatively simple and in-
expensive to raise sheep in the hill
towns of Hampshire county. With
the exception of lambing time,
which is the slack period of the year
anyway, they require little care. If
they are given a good range, they
may be confined by an inexpensive
fence, and run from snow to snow
with little other attention than a
handful of salt now and then. They
have little influence on the grain
bill, unless one is forcing them for
market, wintering nicely on clover
rowen and turnips. They ought to
be the most profitable boarders on
the farni.

Of course there is danger of los-
ing them. Sheep diseases are in-
sidious and fatal, but in this part
of the country they are seldom more
than occasional and for the most
part are subject to control. The
greatest losses have been due to
dogs, although it is evident that
these losses have been greatly ex-
aggerated and that sometimes the
dogs have paid a penalty they did
not deserve. However, the dog
problem is largely a local one. Let
half a dozen farmers in a commun-
ity get together and stock their
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THE HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

FARM BUREAU MONTKLY

Published By The

Hampshire County Farm Bureau

A. F. HacDougall, County Agent
Helen A. Harriman, Home Dem. Agent
C. H. Gould, Boys' and Girls' Club Leader

Office, First National Bank Bldg.
Northampton, Mass.

Entered as second class matter
Nov. 9, 1915 at the post office at
Northampton, Massachusetts, under
the Act of March 8, 1879.

OFFICERS OF THE FAUM BUREAU
Leslie R. Smith, President, Hadley.
W. D. Mandell, Treasurer, North-
ampton.
A. F. MacDougall, Secretary.

Advisory Board
Leslie R. Smith, Hadley
Chas. R. Damon, Williamsburg
Perley E. Davis, Granby
C. E. Hodgkins, Northamptoo
Warren M. King, Northampton
Wm. N. Howard, Ware
E. B. Clapp, Easthampton

MANURE WASTE
Ever eince Victor Hugo v/rote his
famous arraignment of Paris for
allowing the incalculable value In
its sewerage to run in wastage to the
sea, thoughtful writers have de-
claimed against the same and sim-
ilar practices in vogue almost every-
where. The situation, always seri-
ous, becomes highly critical when
commercial fertilizers are complete-
ly deficient in potash and all but
prohibitive in price. Let us see
what the real conditions are.

Assistant Secretary Vrooman es-
timates that one half of the man-
ure available in this country is go-
ing to waste with an annual loss —
"the world's greatest single econo-
mic leak," — of $1,200,000,000.
But money in large figures no long-
er is able to impress the mind. Con-
sider it in terms of a single cow. A
reliable estimate of the value of the
manure of a single dairy cow for a
year is $18.75; and this was before
the war. It is the consensus of op-
inion that manure exposed to the
weather will lose half of its food
value in six months. This becomes
obvious when we stop to think that
more than one half of this food fer-
tilizer value is in the liquid. Un-
der improper conditions the man-
ure leaches rapidly and the result is
most harmful.

The plant food may escape either
into the ground or into the air. It

is desirable, therefore, to have a
tight floor beneath and perhaps a
root overhead to prevent !he seep-
a,ge downward. It is also desirable
to provide sufficient bedding to act
as absorbent for the urine. The
odor of ammonia meansthat nitrogen
is escaping in the air and it is some-
times worth while to mix manure
with substances which tend to
"fix" the nitrogen in the solid form.
For example, poultrymen some
times mix their hen manure with
kainit, or acid phosphate to retain
the nitrogen in this way.

Too much on this subject can
hardly be said at this time.

BOYS' AND GIRLS' CLUB WORK

Rosella Ice of Williamsburg, Ed-
ward Montague of Westhampton
and Stanley LeDuc of Chesterfield
were Hampshire county's represen-
tatives at the Prize Winners' Camp
at the Agricultural College last
July.

Mr. Victor A. Rice, state pig club
leader, and Mr. Gould of the Bureau
visited most of the pig club mem-
bers of the county during the week
of July 23. On one trip to Goshen
they were accompanied by Mr. New-
hill, assistant club leader of the U.
S. D. A. at Washington. Both of
the visitors were pleased with the
work that Hampshire county boys
and girls are doing.

The girls in the various towns
have been showing a lively inter-
est in canning with the result that
canning clubs have been organized
in the following towns:

Town Leader

Belchertown Miss Scott

Hatfield Miss Lynch

Middlefield Miss Graves

Westhampton Miss Clapp

Worthington Miss Bartlett

Granby Miss Ferry

Ware Miss Drummond

Miss South worth
Plainfield Miss Hudson

Huntington Miss Fiske

All club members should be mak-
ing plans to exhibit their products
at the fairs in the fall. In order to
exhibit the member must have his
records up-to-date. There are good
premiums for the prize winners.

The club workers wish to an-
nounce that products, scoring 90
per cent above in the estimate of a
competent judge, are subject to 4H
labels as a special distinction.
These labels in various forms may
he purchased at a reasonable price
by the clubs and should still furth-
er stimulate the doing of high class
work by the young people.

THE HNANCIAL NEEDS OF THE
BUREAU

The Farm Bureau is in need of
money. Closing the month of July
with a very small cash margin, it is
imperative that we realize our va-
rious assets in order to meet the ex-
penses of our increased operation.
.\ good share of the necessary funds
is forthcoming from the county ap-
propriation, the federal allowance,
and the state committee on public
safety. However, we need from $1-
000 to $1200 more. Fortunately
about $900 of this is due from our
town appropriations and member-
ship pledges in the county.

The increased demands on the of-
fice were wholly to be expected, and
are indeed a matter for gratifica-
tion. The directors had already
decided that a boys' and girls' work-
er was essential to the proper de-
velopment of the Bureau's work,
and the pressure from governmen-
tal as well as local sources .soon
made plain the imperative need of
a home demonstration agent as
well. The past season has seen a
great increase in office running ex-
penses, particularly in the matter of
clerical help. This increase in staff
and equipment was justifiable and
indeed inevitable in the face of our
national needs, but it has made
more complex and difficult the fin-
ancial basis of our work.

We have not yet received $290
of pledges from five of the towns
and $608 from individual mem-
bers. The time of the members of
the staff is too much in demand to
justify a personal canvas for this
money, and those who have pledged
it are urged to turn it in to the of-
fice or their town directors at once.

Concluded from Page 1
ter for some hoiirs before cooking.
The absorption of water will cause
it to resume its natural size and
j.appearance. There will remain,
however, some diflerence in flavor
1 and color.

I More complete information con-
' cerning equipment and methods
' may be found in Farmers' Bulletin
[Number 841, issued bv United
States Department of Agriculture.

Corn is reported at $4.60 a hun-
dred in Amherst. One of the local
buyers recently sent a receipted
bill for a bag of corn to our senior
senator in Washington with the
terse comment "Nero fiddled." Mr.
Lodge replied, explaining the diffi-
culties of a prompt and satisfactory
legislation.

THE HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

Concluded from Page 1

rious sections of the country and it
is almost certain that for the next
season it will provide for sectional
distribution on the basis of this sur-
vey. It is also almost certain that
few growers will be allowed all
which they are accustomed to have.
For example, in Aroostock where
the potato growers are in the hab-
it of applying a ton to ihe acre
there is probability of this amount's
being reduced to a thousand pounds.
This is based on the theory that
while the second thousand fully re-
pays its cost, it does not yield so
great a return as the first thous-
and. New England, not considered
of supreme importance in agricul-
ture, is likely to find greater diffi-
culty in securing fertilizer than
the states in the West. Prof. Has-
kell's advice to the growers was
"Get what you can, when ana
where you can."

The speaker deploreji the custom
of allowing land to lie fallow over
the winter, saying that the waste of
soil goodness in a spring wind-
storm is uncalculable. He prophe-
sied the immediate resort to cover
crops to prevent this waste, and
recommended rye and timothy for
that purpose.

The labor question promises to
become more acute. There is a
tendency in the northern states to
encourage the importation of ne-
groes from the South and wherever
this has been done it has seemed to
be of mutual advantage. However,
if the practice should increase we
must expect Jim Crow cars, schools,
et cetera to follow, and it is ques-
tionable whether in the long run it
is desirable from th standpoint of
either whites or blacks.

The matter of transportation
will be a serious factor in the ag-
riculture of the next year or so. The
demand of the military department
upon the railroads is certain to af-
fect industrial accommodation tre-
mendously. Fertilizer companies ;
cannot afford to ship partially nil- ■
ed cars, and buyers may well plan {
their orders in such a way as to se-
cure full carload lots. The diffi-
culty of getting hemp from India or
money to India has caused a big in-
crease in the cost of bags and tne
fertilizer companies are considering
shipping their product in 200 lb. ,
bags this winter. j

In spite of the gloomy outlook for
the immediate future Prof. Has-
kell foresaw better times ahead, in
view of the fact that the present
exigencies are promoting new meth-
ods of manufacture. It is highly

probable that in a few years we
shall be securing our commercial ni-
tiogen from the air and phosphoric
acid from rock phosphates without
the use of sulphuric acid. Such
methods will both increase the sup-
ply and reduce the price.

POTATOES IN MAINE

Agent MacDougall has recently
spent two days in Presquo Isle, in
the famous Aroostock county, Maine,
and some of the practices of the
growers there may be of interest to
local farmers.

In the first place, they use a three
year rotation of oats, clover and po-
tatoes, sowing the clover with the
oats, and the second season cutting
off one crop of clover for hay and
turning the rowen under for green
manure. The oats are threshed and
sold as grain. The rotation has two
important functions: It tends to
eliminate soil troubles peculiar to
the potato and it furnishes an im-
portant element of the fertilizer ap-
plication. Clover not only serves as
a splendid green manure but it has
the property of all legumes, name-
ly of taking nitrogen from the air
and making it available for the
crop. Of course the clover does not
furnish all the plant food necessary
and the growers are in the habit of
adding a ton of commercial fertiliz-
er per acre for the potato crop, but
none for the oats and clover. The
results of generous fertilization and
regular rotation appear in the yields
which average from 275 to 300 bu-
shels per acre. Besides being im-
pressed by the large yields of pota-
toes in Aroostock, one is almost
overwhelmed by the acres and acres
of clover. Two weeks ago the clover
was just in blossom, and in all tho
towns visited the air was filled with
its fragrance. Without question
the clover is one of the most, if not
the most, important factor In the
production of large yields of pota-
toes.

In the second place, the farmers
spray as a matter of course. Begin-
ning the first of July they spray at
least once a fortnight until the
vines break down in September.
They mix their own material at the
rate of 7 lbs. hydrated iime and 5
lbs. copper sulphate (and poison
spray as long as the bugs bother) to
.50 gallons of water. They keep the
stock solution in the fields, usually
in two barrels on a platform beside
a well, so that the spray may be
mixed and run into the tank with-
out lifting. The sprayers are two-
horse machines and never have a
capacity of less than 100 gallons.

Raising potatoes on a large scale,
they have to be prepared to store
them until such time in the winter
as it is desirable to ship. Late In
August the buyers cover the terri-
tory in much the same way as onion
and tobacco buyers canvas the Con-
necticut valley, and most of the
growers sell to them under agree-
ment to ship as desired. The pos-
session of their own store-houses
makes the growers independent of
the buyers, however, and many hold
back their crop when they believe
that the market warrants it. Last
year, inrfr^ad of allowing the dealers
to profit by the large increase in
price as was the case with onions in
the Conrecticut valley, the potato
growers held and sold in the spring
at an ncrease over the fall price of
approximately $5.00 a barrel. In-
cidentally the only potatoes already
feold this season were a few for seed.
The storage house is so built that
the wagons, hung low, by the way,
to insure ease in loading, can drive
in on one level, unload through the
floor into bins below, and load up
from the lower level when it is time
to ship. A side hill is useful In
building such a storage house. Al-
though there are stoves for heating
in case of an emergency, they are
seldom used, for the walls are us-
ually stone or cement and boarded
up inside, thus forming an air par-
tition and a non-conductor of heat
and cold. When taking the potatoes
to the trains, the men .sometimes
cover the load with canvas and put a
lantern underneath to moderate the
temperature. The houses are built
to hold 1000 to 2000 barrels.

Aroostock is a comparatively new
agricultural section, the railroad
-iiaving come in only 25 years ago.
The topography is rolling and the
soil a gravel loam with no large
stones but many small ones. Help
is expensive in Maine, running at
present from $3.00 to $3.50 a day
and dinner, and promising to exceed
$4.00 during the harvesting season.
As one would expect, as much work
as possible is done by machine. The
crop is usually hoed once by hand,
but the horse rid.gers, cultivators and
' spades do the rest. The ridging
; begins as soon as the potatoes have
appeared and is kept up consistent-
I ly until the last cultivation. The
[rows are from 32 to 36 inches apart.
The farmers select their seed pota-
toes most carefully and treat them
thoroughly with corrosive subli-
mate or formalin. At normal times
it costs about $1.00 to grow a bar-
rel of potatoes and $.35 to get it to
Boston; this year the expense runs
higher.

THE HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

CONSERVATION COMMENT
All twenty-three towns in the
county, with the exception of Cum-
mington, Greenwich and Prescott,
have held conservation schools this
summer. Wherever the Bureau
agent has been present, she has
made provision for follow-up work
by means of study clubs. She would
like to institute such work in the
other towns as well.

Over a hundred children are en-
rolled in canning and marketing
clubs, and more are coming in. Work
in Williamsburg, Northampton and
Hadley is just beginning.

Citizens in the towns where chil-
dren are at work are urged to take
an active interest in them. They
are capable of splenelct service m
case they receive the proper encour-
agement.

It is expected that the children
will be so proficient as to take care
of the surplus products of the com-
munities. They will be organized
into groups of helpers, either to go
into the home of a woman or to take
her produce somewhere else for can-
ning. They will receive some pay
on the basis of so-much an hour.

The Bureau's home demonstration
agent is prepared to give practical
demonstrations on the following
subjects:

Meat Substitutes: Use of skim
milk, cheese, vegetables, cereals,
etc.

Emergency breads: Barley, rye.
corn, etc.

Left-overs: How they may be
used and saved.

Those communities desiring such
demonstrations should get in touch
with Miss Harriman, the home de-
monstration agent.

Can or dry the beets, carrots, etc.,
secured by thinniti,g. They are
splendid when properly preserved
and supply an important element of
the diet.

Let the shelves of your fruit-cup-
board sag a little this winter.

The canning Bulletin Is being
translated into French, Italian, Li-
thuanian and Polish. Our Bureau
agent has given a demonstration for
the Polish people in Northampton
and Ware, using an interpreter in
both instances.

In Northampton she Is holding a
canning seminar every Friday,
where local women are invited to
bring their fruits and vegetables to
can them under supervision. There
is no expense connected with this
and the purpose is wholly educa-
tional.

If each of us should reduce our

use of wheat bread from five slices
to three and a half, we could export
the 450,000,000 bushels needed by
o>ir allies.

Bananas are an important food.

Send your questions to your
home demonstration agent Make
known to her your community
needs. Do not hesitate to tell her
what you would like to have her do
in your town. Help her to help
you.

A NEW PEST

Potatoes in the valley plots have
been besieged by a new and avoraci-
ous invader — the plant .iphis or
green lice. Orchardists and mark-
et-gardeners are acquainted with
the pest, but the potato growers
have never been seriously troubled
before. Many of the patches are in
bad shape and some are practically
dead. Apple growers usually con-
sider that by August the danger
from aphis is over, but it is not yet
certain that such an assumption may
safely be made in regard to pota-
toes. The lice, little green insects
readily seen, work on the under
side of the leaves, sucking the sap
from the leaf after the manner of
a mosquito. The result is that the
leaves grow dry and limp and fin-
ally die. Bordeaux, Pyrox, or ar-
senate of lead are not effective
sprays. It is necessary to have a
contact poison, and the one com-
monly recommended is nicotine,
commercially sold as Black Leaf
Forty. This is mixed in water at
the rate of one ounce to 12 gallons,
and it is well to add 1-2 pound of
soap to insure a thorough distribu-
tion on the leaf. It is al?o possible
to use an emulsion made by mixing
a stock solution of 1-2 lb. hard soap,
2 gallons of kerosene and 1 gallon
of boiling water. churning until
creamy and diluting with 20 times
its volume of water. The difficulty of
spraying the under side of the
leaves must be met by perseverance
and in.genuity on the part of the
sprayer.

Late blight is just coming on.
Farmers are likely to rest content
after they have conquered The pota-
to bug. The blight is a more insid-
ious and often more dangerous foe
and can be controlled only by con-
stant applications of Bordeau-mix-
ture (contained In the prepar-
ed sprays as Pyrox, Bordo
Lead, etc.) Prevention is tihe only
adequate cure. Black Leaf Forty
may be mixed with the Bordeau, in
which case the soap should be dis-
pensed with. Keep spraying.

SECOND FARM LOAN ASSOCIA-
TION FORMED

A group of farmers from the
western part of the county met with
the representative of tlie Farm Loan
Bank on ,Tuly 20 and organized as
the Second Farm Loan Association
01" Hampshire County. A board of
direc'-ors was elected and this
board chose Mr. John Hart of Wor-
thington to serve as president and
Mr. Raymond H. Friel of Easfhamp-
ton as secretary-treasurer.

It is expected that the two or-
ganizations will be sufllcient for
Hampshire county. Any one in the
county is eligible to become a mem-
ber of either of them, and may do
so by getting in touch with Mr.
Friel of the second association or
Mr. Alfred LaBelle of Enfield, sec-
retary of the first. There are ad-
vantages in joining such an associ-
ation in case a man wishes to bor-
row money for a period longer than
five years. He may borrow to fifty
per cent of the value of his security
for any purpose of an agricultural
nature. The Bureau would be glad
to furnish farmers with literature
explaining the project in case they
are in need of money for agricultu-
ral purposes.

Concluded from Page I
farms with sheep and there is no
question but that they can protect
their flocks from dogs.

It is not too late to get some of
the Rambouillet-Lincolns shipped
into New England from the/ far
West. Can you think of any better
way of investing a hundred dollars
than in seven of them? Get into
touch \'ith your county agent and
talk it over with him.

FOR SALE — Ball jars, Lightning
style, pints 75c dozen, quarts 80c.
Also copper sulphate for spraying.
County Committee on Food Pro-
duction. Tel. 53-W.

FOR SALE — Guernsey bull calves
at reasonable prices. Mixter
Farm breeding. Fine opportuni-
ty if taken at once. Two of the
calves are from advanced Regis-
try Cows. George Timmins,
Ware. Mass.

FOR SALE^^Form of 50 acres.
Good 8-room house with wide
piazza. Barn and henhouse. Nev-
er-failing spring water. 100 graft-
ed apple trees, abundance wood
and timber for farm use Tele-
phone and free delivery of mail.
An ideal location for poultry.
Price $1,000. Reasonable terms.
Address owner, H. H. Mason,
Worthington, Mass.

FEB 5

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY

Cf,

FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

Vol. II.

NORTHAMPTON, MASS., SEPTEMBER, 1917

No. 9

Easthampton Gardeners

With the annual exhibit of theii- prod-
ucts on September 8 the Easthampton
boys and giils formally closed their sea-
son of 1917. It was highly successful,
and this was largely due to the generos-
ity and cooperation of local organiza-
tions. A new feature this year, the
Grange garden contest with $40.00 worth
of prizes for those who most faithfully
and intelligently cared for plots contain-
ing at least fifty square yards and five
varieties, was of special interest. 1121
packages of seeds were bought by the
children through the schools, and of the
150 boys and girls who entered the con-
test, over 100 finished the season credit-
ably. Morrison Ferry of East Street
-won first prize, Faina Thouin, whose
picture appears above, second, and there
were fifteen others, the award of which
was no easy matter.

The Bureau has been particularly in-
terested in the Easthampton project be-
cause it offered something rather simple
and novel by way of method, and so it
has furnished a good deal of service for
the sake of seeing the plan well tried
out. Mr. MacDougall judged the gar-
dens twice during the season and the
produce at its close, and Mr. Rand of the
college staff', who has been helping out
at the Bureau during the season, sup-
plied the supervision. He first talked to
the children in the schools; then he vis-
ited each child at his garden by appoint-
ment during school hours, before plant-
ing; then he paid a second visit to most
of them before school closed, and a third
during August. He accompanied the
judge on both tours of inspection. Be-
cause of the cooperation of the school
authorities he was able to do this work
in a minimum amount of time and with
a maximum of efficiency, and the work
had a unity which is impossible with a
number of volunteer visitors. The en-
thusiasm and persistence of the children
argue well for the system.

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AN EASTHAMPTON GIRL IN HER GARDEN

He was a rancher of the western
plains and in a land where women are
few had lately lost his wife.

"She was a gem," he said in explana-
tion to the boys, "I sure loved her, but
she broke her leg and I had to shoot her."

Fair Time

The fair is the farmer's gala day.
He ought to attend at least one fair
every year. There he finds friends and
acquaintances from far and near, all
sorts of diversions which mark a holiday,
ideas and stimulus for his future work.
For social, recreative and educational
reasons he ought to go. More than that,
he ought to bring something to show.
The competition of the prize ring not
only adds to the zest of breeding and
the enjoyment of the day, but it furnishes
the best kind of advertisement for his
farm. If he has nothing on hil farm
which he considers worth showing, it
makes no difference how much money he
is earning, he is not a farmer in the true
sense of the word.

It is fitting that we should call atten-
tion to the Northampton Fair this year,
not only because it is most distinctly the
Hampshire county fair, but also because
it is trying to do things on a little bigger
scale than ever before. The period has
been increased to three days, permanent
brick buildings are being erected for the
automobile and boys' and girls' exhibit,
and special features will be presented by
the state college and your Bureau. It is
the logical time for you and your families
and your prize stuff to come to the county
seat. We shall hope to see you there.

Now is the season to get in a last swat
at the fly. It is never too late to do so, —
until they are gone.

Marketing Potatoes

One of the workers of the Bureau
went into a local store a few days ago
to buy a peck of potatoes. In the course
of the trade the merchant, who was a
personal friend of the customer, re-
marked, "You do not want those there;
wait until I open a barrel."

i "What is the diflFerence?" inquired the

' other.

"Well, those are natives; these are
from New Jersey."

There was no denying the fact that the
natives were disreputable, not fit to
offer to any customer. They were not
typical of the potatoes grown in Hamp-
shire county by any means, but they
are sufficiently common in local shipments
to cause the merchants to distrust the
natives generally. Those that are shipped
in from a distance are uniform in
quality; those secured from the neigh-
boring farmers are not. The difference
accounts for the reluctance of local
dealers to cater to Hampshire trade.
Mr. MacDougall is planning to hold

I meetings in some of the hill towns to
interest the potato growers in coopera-
tive marketing. The method is most

: simple. The farmers of a community
will pool their marketable crop, pack
them according to the usual standards
in uniform containers, and sell them
either in bulk or in small quanities
through a local manager who makes it
his business to dispose of them to the
best advantage.

Coueluded on page 7

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

PUBLISHED BY THE

Hampshire County Farm Bureau

A. F. MacDougrall, County Ag:<'nt
Helen A. Harriniaii, Home Deui. Agent
C. H. Gonld, Hoys' an<\ Girls' t'lub Leader

OfBce First National Bank Building
Northampton, Mass.
Entered as second class matter Nov. 9, 1915, at the
Post Office at Northampton, ilassachusetts, under
the Act of March 8, 1879.

Price, 50 cents a year
$1 a year, including membership in Farm Bureau

Officers of the Farm Bureau

Leslie R. Smith, President, Hadley

W. D. Mandell, Treasurer, Northampton

A. F. MacDougall, Secretary

ADVISORY BOARD

Leslie R. Smith, Hadley

Chas. R. Damon, Williamsburg

Perley E. Davis, Granby

C. E. Hodgkins, Northampton

Warren M. King, Northampton

Wm. N. Howard, Ware

E. B. Clapp, Easthampton

The New Monthly

The Monthly comes to you this time
in new form, larger in size, printed on
better paper, divided into departments,
and modestly self-supporting. We are
glad to recommend to you those who
have taken advertising space. They are
reliable dealers and interested not only
in your patronage but in your work.
You will be doing a good turn to the
Bureau if you mention the Monthly when
you respond to their advertisements.
The little want and sale advertisements
inserted by farmers who belong to the
Bureau we are still printing free of
charge. We hope that you will make
use of the question box and feel free to
.send in suggestions or material from
your own experience. The Monthly is
attempting to be a local and seasonal
comment on the agriculture of Hamp-
shire county. Help us to make it better
every month, and see to it that your
neighbors are on our subscription list.

The state college will open in about
two weeks for a concentrated practical
course, running until May 1. Those
young men who can take up work there,
should see to it that they do. The de-
'mand for trained farmers will be greater
than ever hereafter, and he who has no
other clear duty, owes it to his country
to become just as efficient as possible.

Seed Corn

In normal years to plant poor seed
corn is foolish ; in such years as this,
it is unpatriotic. It is frequently hard
to get good seed in the spring. The
farmers who are growing corn this year
ought to look forward and provide their
own seed from their own fields. They
ought to save an abundance of it and the
very best. Do you realize that the
record yields in the boys' corn club
contests are nearly eight times as great
as the average yield per acre throughout
the country? This is partly due to
general care; it is partly due to the
quality of seed.

When the corn ripens go into your
fields and select your seed corn on the
stalk. Remember that like tends to
reproduce like; that plants with suckers
tend to produce more of the same kind,
that early maturing plants tend to
produce more of that kind, that single
ear plants do the same. You can tell
more about the crop you are growing if
you select the seed not only from the
character of the grain but also the
character of the plant. There is nothing
remarkable about two full and perfect
ears from a single stalk in the hill,
because conditions are not normal and
the plant has the advantage of increased
sun and root area. You should select
your seed from plants that have done
creditably in full competition with the
rest under normal conditions. Otherwise
you are fooling yourself. Ordinarily we
say that those plants are to be sought
which are early in maturing, solid and
thick-set in growth, free from suckers,
and heavy ijroducing in grain.

Go through your fields, then, with your
seed bag and pick the ears that promise
most. Pick more than you expect to
plant, for some may fail to germinate
and others may be lost over the winter.
Then put them in a dry and airy place,
where* they will be safe from rats and
mice, to cure. And however busy you
may be with other things, don't neglect
to do it.

Field Days

The Bureau has just finished a series-,
of field days. On August 30 the Ware
dairymen met at Forest Lake for an
agricultural program and basket lunch.
Mr. E. N. Boland, formerly of the ani-
mal husbandry department at the state
college and now with the Quaker Oats
company of Boston, gave a talk on feed-
ing dairy cows. Miss Harriman spoke

1 on Conservation. In the afternoon Mr.
H. O. Daniels, a practical dairyman of
Middletown, Conn., discussed Efficient
Milk Production.

I On August 29 a field day meeting was
held on the farm of George L. Barrus in
Goshen. Mr. Boland discussed the grain
situation, Mr. Summer R. Parker of the
state college spoke on dairy farming, and
Miss Harriman presented the problem of
conservation on the farm. There was a
demonstration of the use of concrete for
agricultural purposes by Prof. C. I.
Gunness of M. A. C.

On August 31 a community day was
held on the town common in Granby.

I There was an interesting tractor demon-
stration in the morning, in which there
appeared machines of the Case, Interna-
tional, and the Moline companies. After

I the ba.sket lunch Miss Harriman and Mr.
Daniels spoke. The latter's talk had to

I do with an adjustment of dairy farming

' with present conditions. He recom-
mended the growing of more grains and
the consequent reduction of the buying
of feeds, the growing of more clover
which decreases the demand for grains,

' and the growing of more young stock.
It was a notable address and those who

I came a long distance to hear it, felt
amply repaid for their trouble.

On September 1 a field day was held
in Plainfield. Agent Putnam of Frank-
lin county. Miss Harriman, and Prof.
Lockwood of the state college were the
speakers.

Funds

The Mt. Holyoke College girls have
completed their farm work successfully.
Working in groups of eighteen through-
out the summer, they have grown nearly
10 acres of stuff' for the dining halls this
winter.

Mr. Gould has canvased in some of the
towns where pledges for the Bureau had
not been paid, and everywhere he met
with a ready response. Pledges from
some of the other towns, however, have
not come in, and if those concerned will
give the matter their prompt attention,
it would be of great assistance to the
directors.

Daniel Willard has said that the test
of every enterprise should be, "Will this
help to win the war?" It happens that
with most farmers patriotism is pretty
nearly the same thing as good business
policy.

The Apple Grading Law

The new Massachusetts apple grading
law provides for three grades: "Fancy,"
large apples without blemish and having
the required color characteristics; "A,""
apples of any size without defect, much
the same as the old No. I's; and "B,"
apples of no particular size and color,
but free from serious defects and in
every sense of the word "useful." All
other apples must be classed "ungraded."

All closed packages of apples packed in
Massachusetts for sale must be branded
with the following information in some
printed form: state wherein grown,
grade, mininum size of fruit, amount,
variety, and name and address of party
responsible for the packing.

For more complete explanation of the
law write to R. E. Annin, State House,
Boston, or to the Farm Bureau for Cir-
cular 50.

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

home: making

MISS HELEN A. HARRIMAN, Demonstration Asent

The School Lunch

When children are unable to come
home for dinner, their noon meal becomes
a good deal of a problem. Of course it
is comparatively easy to put up some-
thing for them, but this method is not
wholly satisfactory, especially in cold
weather. The growing child really ought
to have something warm at noon. It
should be obvious that this would mean
better health and therefore better study
as well.

It would not be a very difficult matter
to provide something warm with the mid-
day school lunch. The necessary equip-
ment,— a few dishes and possibly an oil
stove, — would not be expensive. The
work might be done by the teacher, or
by the children under some organization
and supervision. In the latter case it
would become educational and would
tend to solve the problem of the noon
hour. The school board would see to it
that the teacher would suffer no serious
inconvenience without such compensation
as would be acceptable. Whatever ar-
rangement might be made regarding
time, the work should be made a regular
part of the school schedule and purpose.

The U. S. D. A. has suggested some
sample bills of fare as follows:

1. Vegetable-milk soup, crackers,
rolls, fruit, plain cake.

2. Meat and vegetable stew, bread
and butter, sweet chocolate.

3. Boiled custard, lettuce sandwiches,
fruits, cookies.

4. Dried codfish, crackers, fruit, ma-
ple-sugar sandwiches.

Quite possibly it would be better to
prepare nothing but a single hot dish
at the school-house, relying upon the chil-
dren to bring the staples from home as
they do at present. It would seem that
this could be readily brought to pass,
thereby bringing relief to many a mother
who hates to see her girl start off for
school on a bleak November day with
nothing but cold food for her dinner.

In connection with the school lunch it
might be well to add a few recipies for
sandwich fillings.

Egg Filling, 1.

1 hard cooked egg, chopped fine;
equal amount chopped ham ; 1 tea-
spoon melted butter; all mixed to-
gether.

Egg Filling, 2.

Scrambled egg and a little crisp
bacon. <

Egg Filling, 3. |

Chop hard cooked eggs fine, mix with
salad dressing, season with salt and
pepper.

Celery and Apple Filling

Put equal amounts of celery and
apple through coarse food chopper.
Squeeze out water, add salad dress-
ing, and salt to taste.

Fruit Filling.

Figs, raisins, dates. Remove stems
and stones. Chop fine, add a little
cold water and cook to paste. Add
a few drops lemon juice.

Cheese and Nut Filling.

Chop nuts fine and mix with grated
cheese. Moisten with milk and sea-
son with salt. Raisins may be used
instead of nuts.

Salmon Filling.

Remove bones and skins from cold
salmon and mash. Add yokes of
hard cooked eggs. Moisten with
melted butter and add shredded
lettuce. Season with salt, pepper,
and lemon juice.

Study Groups

Within a month or so Miss Harriman
will organize domestic study groups in
as many of the towns as possible. The
plan is to get a few alert and interested
women together at regular times to
follow a course of study in some phase
of home-making. The social element and
exchange of views have made the group
method seem most advantageous. There
are three general courses open to the
gi-oups; one having to do with foods,
the second with meal planning, and the
third with home sanitation and con-
venience.

Miss Harriman has given a demon-
stration of Meat-substitues in Hunting-
ton and Leeds, and would be glad to give
it elsewhere upon request.

"Remember the question is not whether
you personally may feel that you can
afford to waste food; the point is that
the Nation cannot afford to have any
food wasted by anybody."

Conservation Notes

The canning bulletin has been trans-
lated into Polish and Italian. Copies
may be secured by application to the
Bureau office.

At the field day in Granby there was
an exhibit of the canned goods of the
local girls' club. There were ten exhib-
itors, aged 10-15 years, and each pre-
sented jars of vegetable, fruit and
gi-eens. In Middlefield the exhibit was
held in connection with the local fair
and prizes were awarded at that time.

Failures in canning are usually due
to carelessness and inaccurate following
of directions. The products must not be
allowed to stand after blanching, nor
must they be allowed to stay in the cold
dip for more than a minute. There is
much loss due to use of poor rubbers.
Old rubbers should never be used again,
and new ones should be stretched to test
their strength.

Jars of preserves should be kept in a
cool, dry place. In case they are kept
in the light, they should be wrapped in
paper.

The canning work in the James House,
Northampton, continues. Not only have
the promoters accomplished much actual
conservation, but others have learned
the approved ways of doing the work.

Eat New Corn

The U. S. D. A. is urging people to
eat new corn instead of the old which
comes tkrough the public market. While
the corn is fresh, clean and sweet and
before the germ has been removed to
prevent spoilage, it is better in every
sense of the word. The animals all know
this and often refuse to eat old corn
unless very hungry. For less than $5
a hand mill and sieves may be Bought,
which will insure your family all the
fresh meal which it may desire.

Middlefield Fair

The Middlefield fair is one of the most
interesting ones in the state. It is ac-
tually what many fairs purport to be, a
cattle show. The exhibits this year, par-
ticularly the cattle one, were highly com-
mendable. Splendid stock was shown,
and the friendly rivalry between breed-
ers and the universal interest of the
crowd bespeak the right attitude of
mind. The Middlefield people justly
feel that their fair has infinite possibili-
ties as an educational and recreative in-
stitution.

The Bureau had an exhibit at the fair,
and since then has had another at the
fair in Amherst.

Onions are selling for nearly $3.00 a
bag, and apples, in Apple Valley, for
$3.50 a barrel, orchard-run.

Cover Crops for Tobacco

A year ago Dr. Beinhart, U. S. D. A.,
speaking before the Tobacco Growers'
Association of New England very strong-
ly urged the use of rotations to control
rot-root and a cover crop of timothy for
other toxic troubles. One or two of the
growers testified to the same conclusion.
It might be well to call to the attention
of the readers of the Monthly that this
principle seems to have been sustained
by another year of experimental and
practical work. Dr. Chapman of the
state college is most enthusiastic over
the benefits to be derived from the use
of a cover crop.

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

BOYS' AND GIRLS' WORK
CHAKLES H. GOULD, Lea.Ier

A Sheep Club

The Bradley Knitting Company of
Delavan, Wisconsin, conscious of the
growing shortage of wool and aspiring
to start at least 5,000 boys as shepherds
in a small way, is seeking to interest
boys everywhere in sheep clubs. The
company is working with the approval
of the U. S. D. A. and the cooperation
of local club workers. At the present
time boys all over the United States,
properly recommended, are taking an
examination on sheep-raising. Later all
who present satisfactory papers will
receive a flock of four bred ewes, giving
their note for them at 5 per cent interest.
Some of the flocks are financed by the
Company itself; the others by banks,
corporations and individuals interested
in the project. There are to be annual
prizes for the largest increase in flocks.

Although little else has been done with
this in Massachusetts, Mr. Gould has
taken hold of it and the following boys
are taking their examinations: Kenfred
and Walter Root of Easthampton, Sid-
ney Sears and Dexter Beals of Lithia,
Edward Montague of Westhampton,
Atherton Parsons of Southampton, James
Swanton of Amherst, and Stanley Mason
of Worthington.

The Northampton Exhibit

On September 8 an exhibit of the boys'
and girls' garden products was held in
the city hall, Northampton, under the
direction of Mrs. B. B. Hinckley of the
City Committee, and the Bureau. The
vegetables were brought in the morning
and were judged in the afternoon, the
vegetables by the supervisors and the
canned products by Miss Harriman.
During the afternoon as many of the
exhibitors as wished to, placed the ex-
hibits, and those scoring most nearly
to the judges' decisions received prizes.
The prize money was furnished by Mr.
Childs, who also offered the prepared
land on West Street for 130 gardens,
and by the Board of Trade through
subscription. This also includes the
prizes for the best plots. The Bureau
furnished supervision for nearly 200
gardens.

Blueberries in the Northampton mar-
ket September 18. Isn't that pretty
near a record?

Odds and Ends

Just now the youngsters are getting
ready for the fairs.

In Worthington and Chesterfield ex-
hibits are under way in which the
produce of the home gardens will be
shown. In Ware there are three prizes
of generous size to be awarded October
6 for the best general exhibits from
school gardens.

The Cummington boys and girls will
exhibit their garden stufl' at the Cum-
mington fair September 20-21. In Am-
herst the work has been under the direc-
tion of H. T. Stowell and nearly .300
gardens have come through the season
in good shape. There will be an exhibit
at the Amherst fair under the direction
of Prof. Hart.

The boys are beginning to pay for
their pigs. Five have already sent in
their cash.

Prof. Farley of the State College gave
a talk in Plainfield in August on boys'
and girls' work, and Mr. Gould intends
to organize clubs there as soon as possi-
ble.

Tobacco Men Organize

On September 1.3 a meeting of the
Franklin-Hampshire Tobacco Growers'
Association was held in the Board of
Trade rooms, Northampton. The con-
stitution was adopted and the following
officers elected:

Secretary-treasurer — L. C. Field, Had-
ley.

Board of directors — F. L. Whitmore,
Sunderland; A. W. Ball, Deerfield; G.
F. Pelissier, Hadley; Charles Wade,
Hatfield; Seth Warner, Florence.

Committee of audit — W. L. Harris,
Deerfield; L. R. Smith, Hadley; T.
Graves, Hatfield.

The directors will hold their first meet-
ing at the Farm Bureau office on
Sept. 20.

The frost came during two days when
Agent MacDougall was out of town. One
50-50 investor has suggested that he
was faithless to his job. "What do we
hire a county agent for anyway, if he
does not protect us from frosts?"

The Bureau has several nicely bound
copies of the annual repoit of the state
board of agriculture, which contain in-
teresting papers on various subjects and
may be had at the office for the asking.

County Comment

One of our county farmers was seen,
filling his silo August 30. He may have
had a personal reason which made it
imperative, but the fact remains that he
was cutting his corn just before nature
had put the greatest food value on the
stalks.

Perley Davis of Granby has mowed his
grass, carried it in, spread his manure,
in fact done practically all his farm work
this season with a tractor.

For the most part the fields financed
by the 50-50 project are in good shape.
The investors in town are beginning to
inquire about their crops and are coming
to appreciate more and more what the
farmer is constantly up against in the
way of obstacles.

One Easthampton girl reported 76
summer squashes from six hills the last
time we visited her garden. The boys
who planted peanuts are anxiously begin-
ning to dig for them.

The manufacturers' corn and potatoes
are the most thrifty looking plots in
The Meadows.

Although the growing number of in-
quiries regarding sheep indicate a grow-
ing interest in them, there have been
but few definite orders. It will not be
wise to attempt to buy under a car-load
lot. If you would really like some, let
us know.

The potato lice, for some time dis-
appeared from the valley, were later re-
ported in the hill towns, but in small
numbers. The damage attributed to
them is largely due to weather condi-
tions instead.

In Middlefield the girls' canning club
has been preserving surplus garden
produce. It is hoped that a similar
practice will prevail in other towns
during the fruit season.

It has been a poor month for dairy
records. H. M. Bridgman and Lombello
Brothers are the only ones to report
tests, and none is over 40 lbs. of butter
fat.

Last year the Baldwin and Ben Davis
apple yields were three times larger
than that of any other varieties. In
the forecast for 1917 the Ben Davis
leads. In spite of this the Ben Davis
is the most abused of varieties. One is
reminded of the boys who presented
their instructor with an artificial apple
for identification. He finally bit into it
and remarked, "It's a Ben, and the best
I had had this year."

Farmers and the Draft

Hampshire county farmers will be
glad to learn that Agent MacDougall,
who was accepted for the national army,
has been released for at least six months
by the District Board.

Mr. Smith, who has interviewed the
board on behalf of local conscripted
farmers, reports that it is thoroughly
sympathetic and scrupulous in its de-
cisions, but unable to exempt any but
those who are obviously more valuable
at home than at the front. Unless a
careful investigation reveals that the
young man is rendering an important
agricultural service, he cannot expect a
release.

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QUESTION BOX

The Bureau proposes to answer to the
best of its ability such questions relating
to agriculture as may be submitted by
the readers of the Monthly, feeling that
for everyone who actually asks a ques-
tion there are several who are interested
in it. The questions which appear below
have come to us within a few days of
sending this issue to print, and may be
of interest both as examples and for
their own sake.

1. Is there any need of spraying pota-
toes as late as September 1?

Certainly. The late blight is most
dangerous at this time, and to insure a
maximum growing season and consequont
yield, you should spray with Bordeaux
Mixture as long as the vines are green.

2. Does it pay to box apples instead
of shipping them in barrels?

That depends on the quality of the
fruit and the kind of a market. Only
the vei-y best fruit will justify box-pack-
ing, and that only for a special market,
a market where such fruit, and prefer-
ably your fruit, is in demand.

3. Is it worth while to harvest the
ears of silage before ensiling?

Ordinarily not. This year, however,
in case the ears are mature and you
have not enough field corn to feed your
poultry, horses and pigs, it may.

4. What causes pickled cucumbers to
swivel and become soft?

Too strong brine or vinegar. Brine
should be composed of i cup of salt to
1 quart of water, and vinegar often
needs to be diluted with cool boiled water.

5. In canning is it necessary to
blanch?

Not absolutely, but highly desirable;
blanching makes possible a fuller pack,
a higher color, and freedom from strong
and acid flavors, and exterminates germ
lice.

6. In canning corn is it safe to trust
to a single cooking of Z hours?

The bacteriologists say that the safer
way is to cook it for 1 hour on each of
.3 successive days. This means incon-
venience for the average housewife and
she will doubtless prefer to take her
chances with the single cooking.

If Coal is High, Burn Oil

Corn

The fifty acres of corn, financed by
Northampton manufacturers and grown
by Josiah Parsons, are maturing nicely
and were not seriously aff^ected by the
frost. This corn, both grain and stover,
is for sale, preferably standing or
stocked in the field, at reasonable rates.
The Bureau hopes that it will meet a
local need.

It must be nearly time to plan for a
vacation. The farmer needs one and
ought to plan for one during the most
convenient season. And don't forget the
farmer's wife.

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VETERINARY REMEDIES
Daniels', Lesure's, Barber's

STABLE DISINFECTANTS

It is our aim to
Co-operate with the Farmer

Let us figure on
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GRAIN and FEED

D. F. HOWARD & SON
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Ware, Mass.

GAZETTE PRINTING CO.
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ADVERTISERS!

Whenever you wish to change
your advertisement, see to it
that the copy reaches our office
by the first of the month in
which the issue is to appear.

READERS!

Do not skip the advertisement
pages. The time is coming when
farmers will advertise a great
deal more than they do; it is an
essential to successful business.

And when you patronize our ad-
vertisers, mention the Monthly.
In that way you help the paper
and the Bureau.

Chips

The U. S. D. A. announces that 10,000
tons of potash were produced in this
country last year, and that most fer-
tilizer companies will offer brands con-
taining from 1 to 3 per cent potash this
fall.

The Star-Herald of Presque Isle,
Maine, (August 23) stated editorially,
"Within the past ten days the rust (late
blight) has been playing havoc with the
Aroostock potato crop. . . . It is
likely to reduce the yield one-third, and
as some think, one-half."

Watermelons are wearing blue collars
this season, — a wash of bluestone and
starch applied by many commercial
growers to prevent stem-end rot.

Prof. William D. Hurd, director of
the extension service of M. A. C, has
been appointed temporary special assist-
ant in the office of the secretary of
Agriculture at Washington.

The increase in the loan value on
painted buildings as compared with un-
painted ones has been estimated by a
Michigan banker to be over 22 per cent.
The increase in the owner's satisfaction
is probably greater.

The Eastern States Exposition will be
held in Springfield, October 12 to 20.

FORD

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Have You Ordered Yours?

If not, every day you wait means
disappointment to you. Ford cars
are the only known commodity that
has dropped in price in the past two
years. Come in and talk it over
and get complete information about
Ford Cars.

Touring Car, $360 Runabout,

Chassis, $325 Town Car,

Couplet, $505 Sedan,

Trucks from $375 to $695

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How about half a dozen geese for an-
other season? In the west they are
much more common than here. Those
who know them say that they are the
most interesting and profitable of fowl.
A Vei-mont farmer has made the suc-
cinct if exaggerated statement that he
can keep a goose on a grain of corn a
year.

Bean Seed

Bean seed should be selected in the
field, from high _ producing and early-
maturing plants which are free from
disease. This precaution against disease
is particularly important in the case of
pod spot (anthracnose) because offering
almost the only insurance we have
against its ravages another season. The
seed beans should not be allowed to come
into contact with others during the
winter.

Hampshire county people have com-
plained sometimes of the weevil, an
insect which effects an entrance into the
bean during the growing season and does
not make its appearance until after the
harvesting. The fall is the only time to
combat this insect. Put the beans into
a tight box or can and fumigate with
carbon disulphide by putting a teaspoon-
ful of it for each cubic foot of the con-
tainer, into a dish and leaving the dish
shut tightly inside the box near the top
for twenty-four hours. After the beans
have been aired for an hour, they are
ready for storage. Care must be taken
because the gas is inflamable.

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Model F A. Touring Car $935
Roadster $935

Model D, 8-cylinder Touring and
Roadster, $1,385

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HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

D. A. rORBES S. SON

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It is our desire and aim to
furnish, at reasonable prices,
everything whicli the farmer
needs that should be found in
a first-class hardware store.

Come in and see us

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Con -Indel from pa^e 1

There is no serious problem of storage
in Hampshire county. Most of the
farmers who grow potatoes for market
have cellars adequate for their needs.
The only difficulty is the financial one
of delaying the sale for the sake of a
better price. Some farmers feel that
they cannot afford to wait. The State
Committee on Public Safety is consider-
ing a plan by which farmers will be
encouraged to borrow money on the crop
in storage as security, to prevent an
unfortunate dumping of potatoes on the
market in the fall. It is highly probable
that if any Hampshire farmers would
like to borrow money on this basis, it
could be arranged. If you are interest-
ed in such a project, get in touch with
your county agent.

There seems no possibility of a serious
overloaded market in potatoes this fall.
Aroostock growers told Mr. MacDougall
last month that increased acreage in the
county has not been in potatoes for this
season, and that much of the extra fer-
tilizer bought last winter has been held
in the barns looking toward another
season. More than that, there has been
a great deal of damage done by the
blight during the past few weeks, and
the crop is correspondingly reduced.
There is no reason for Hampshire potato
growers to be disheartened.

It is now estimated that the Massachu-
setts onion crop will be about the same
as that of a year ago; this in spite of
the fact that 350 more acres were
planted. Last year the yield per acre
was 340 bushels as compared with 600
in Idaho and 19.5 in New York.

Many of the vegetables displayed at
the Northampton Boys' and Girls' ex-
hibit were given to Company I. The
soldiers have no fresh vegetables ex-
cept as they are given to them, and
were highly pleased with the children's
gift.

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Members' Notice

Members of the Bureau may insert
an advertisement of not over four lines
and for not over three months, free of
charge. The limitations imposed are
required by law.

FOR SALE— New milch Cows ; also a new
Separator, 6.50 lbs. capacity, never used.
C. M. Thayer, Cummington.

WANTED— Duroc-Jersey Boar ready for
service. J. A. Sturgis, Easthampton.

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H. D. SMITH

Hatfield, Mass.

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NTHLY

Vol. II.

NOKTHAMPTUX, MASS., (K'T<JBER, 1!»17

No. 10

The Potato Situation

Potatoes in Hampshire County are not
turning out well this year. That the
crop in the meadows will not average a
hundred bushels an acre does not cause
any surprise, but that the crop in the
hill towns should be hovering about the
same rate is not so easily explained. One
party growing potatoes on a commercial
scale among the hills reports an average
of fifty bushels, which will not meet ex-
penses at probable prices. It is quite
possible that after their late start the
hot spell caught them just as the tubers
were beginning to grow and caused a
check which the plants could not over-
come later. Some patches suffered badly
from the aphis. Amateurs in many in-
stances reported that their potato vines
were "ripe" when they were prema-
turely dead instead. The early frost did
some harm. But whatever the explana-
tion, the fact remains that the local crop
is about half of what was estimated on
the basis of acreage and not much above
the usual yield in actual bushels.

At this wi'iting there are some patches
still green and growing, and this late
growth is highly important from the
standpoint of a market crop. Now and
then there is a man who does not take
full advantage of this.

There seems to be no serious problem
of marketing in Hampshire County this
fall. Agent MacDougall has talked the
matter over with the farmers of Cum-
mington, Plainfield, Goshen and Chester-
field, and they are certain that they can
handle their crop without the aid of a
cooperative organization. They have
facilities for storage and are financially
able to hold their crop until it seems
wise to sell. They do not anticipate any
trouble in getting rid of the crop. The
potatoes owned by the investors in the
fifty-fifty plan will very likely be gath-
ered and stored until it is expedient to
sell. To break even they must command
a price of about $2.00 a bushel.

And that raises the question of price.
Concerning that we hear all sorts of con-
flicting reports. Some predict that it
will exceed $3.00 and one man of con-
siderable authority is reported as saying
it will be as low as $.75. Of course no
one knows very much about it. The
crop in the middle West is reported be-

BOYS AND GIRLS' EXHIBIT. 3COUNTY FAIR Photo

tween two and tliree times larger than
usual. If this is true, there is still the
problem of transportation in these con-
gested times, and it seems reasonable
that Western potatoes will not be very
cheap when they reach New England.
Maine is reporting a crop slightly
smaller than that of last year, and the
local garden patches have suffered in
various v/ays and will not have a great
influence upon the general market. It
seems conservative to say that potatoes
will reach $2.00 before spring.

White Pine Blister Rust

The White Pine Blister Rust is present
in every county in Massachusetts. Our
white pines vrill be killed by millions and
may go the way of the American chestnut
tree. But the disease which promises to
render the chestnut tree extinct is im-
possible to control because it spreads di-
rectly from one chestnut to another. The
White Pine Blister Rust cannot spread
from one pine to another but must have
currant or gooseberry bushes on which to
grow before it can spread back to the
pines. When the currants or goose-
berries are destroyed, the bridge, across
which the Blister Rust must pass in
order to infect other pines, is destroyed
and no more pines are killed. No pine
has eve)- been known to recover from the
Blister Rust.

The Blister Rust is a fungus. The
only part of the fungus which we see
is the seeds or spores which show on
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Northampton Fair

The Farm Bureau had charge of the '
Boys' and Girls' Department at the
Northampton Fair. It was located in a
fine new building, made of brick and
conveniently situated on the grounds.
The apprehension about filling it with
displays disappeared long before the last
entry came in; in fact the greatest diffi-
culty of the men in charge proved to be
to find room for all of the exhibits. This
means that another year more table
room will be provided.

There were school exhibits from Had-
ley, Hatfield, Easthampton, Holyoke and
Smith's Agricultural School, first pre-
mium cups being won by the first and
last, each in its own class. The West-
harnpton canning club displayed 160 cans
of fruit and vegetables which the chil-
dien had canned with a spoilage per-
centage of less than 2 per cent. There
were nearly a dozen individual vegetable
displays, all of them being most ci-edi-
table. And the single vegetable exhibits
piled up on the tables until the problem
of keeping them straight became a seri-
ous one. They were judged by Agent
Putnam of Franklin County.

Five pigs were exhibited by pig club
members. The various judging contests
have already been mentioned. Compli-
mentary tickets for school children the
first day resulted in a large attendance.
Special commendation should be given to
the children of the hill towns who sent
in exhibits under great inconvenience.
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HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

PUBLISHED BY THE

Hampshire County Farm Bureau

A. F. MacDoucnll, County Asi-iit
Helen A. Harriman, Home I>eni. Acent
C. H. Gould, Hoys' anil Girls' Club Leader

Office First National Bank Building
Northampton, Mass.
Entered as second class matter Nov. 0, 1515, at the
Post OflHce at Northamptou, llassachusetts, under
the Act of March 8, 1879.

Price, 50 cents a year
$1 a year, including membership in Farm Bureau

Officers of the Farm Bureau

Leslie R. Smith, President, Hadley

W. D. Mandell, Treasurer, Northampton

A. F. MacDougall, Secretary

ADVISORY BOARD

Leslie R. Smith, Hadley

Chas. R. Damon, Williamsburg

Parley E. Davis, Granby

C, E. Hodgkins, Northampton

Warren M. King, Northampton

Wm. N. Howard, Ware

E. B. Clapp, Easthampton

The Tractor

The tractor has come to stay. The
demonstrations which have been taking
place every^vhere of late are most signi-
ficant. It is not perfect yet and many
farmers will wait for more improve-
ments, but it is already plain that it can
do a great deal of business even in fields
as small as those of New England. It
can be adapted to our peculiar needs, and
our farmers do well to be thinking in
terms of the new era.

Extension Schools

The college will provide a limited
number of extension schools in Hamp-
shire County in case there is a demand
for them. A team of expert instructors
in the science of home and farm will
conduct a course of five days in the town
concerned, giving high value in concen-
trated form. If any of the towns which
had it last year desire a shorter follow-
up course, that too might be arranged.

Care of Hen Manure

The waste from hen manure is most
unfortunate, particularly so because it
can be largely avoided. A little time
spent in taking care of it will be a good
investment this winter. Keep a couple
of barrels in the hen-house and scrape
the manure from the drop-boards into
them day by day. Add land plaster
enough to dry up the manure and thus
preserve its value. To make a well bal-
anced fertilizer, mix with one-third part
superphosphate. This is a little prac-
tice of economy which is highly worth
while.

Poultry Pointers

Nov? is the time to kill those hens
which one does not care to winter. The
average hen does not lay during the
three months she is moulting and during
that time she eats about 20 pounds of
food, costing about eighty cents.

Prof. Quisenberry, in charge of the
American Egg Laying contest at Leaven-
worth, Kansas, has recently recommended
the following rations: 1 bushel sprouted
oats to 100 lbs. cracked corn, costing
$2.87 a hundred; and 100 lbs. beef
scraps, 150 lbs. bran, and 150 lbs. mill
feed, costing $2.70 a hundred.

The following directions for sprouting
oats may be of interest. Use a shallow
tray, IS by 30 inches for 100 hens, with
a one-eighth inch hole in each corner for
drainage. Soak 6 quarts of oats over
night and put into tray. Cover with wet
burlap, wet down every day, and remove
the burlap after the grain begins to
sprout. With 8 trays, prepare one each
day, and by the time you have filled them
all the first will be ready to feed out
and fill again.

In thinning the flock one must remem-
ber that late-hatched pullets are usually
very late in beginning to lay. It is a
question whether it is worth while to try
to keep them over. Incidentally, it is
becoming more and more accepted that
the commercial poultryman should make
some trap-nests and test enough birds
so that he can hold over only high pro-
ducing hens and their offspring.

After all, the obvious and important
quality of excellence is constitutional
vigor. A man may be pretty sure that
a sickly appearing bird will not pay her
keep over the winter.

The Balanced Ration

What do we mean by "a balanced ra-
tion?" We mean this. All foods come-
under one of five great classes.

1. Mineral and acid (fruits and vege-
tables).

2. Protein (milk, cheese, eggs, meat,
fish, nuts, legumes).

S. Starch (grain, foods, pastes and
potatoes).

4. Sugar (sweets of all kinds).

5. Fat (butter, lard, pork, oils).

In a balanced ration all of these classes
are represented. A balanced ration is
essential to health. "See to it that at
least one food from each group is served
at least once a day."

Rye

It might be well to sow fallow land
with rye this fall. It can be readily done
on corn and potato fields, requires only
the roughest kind of culture, will give the
ground splendid protection during the
winter and good humus in the spring. It
might be bettor to hai-vest the crop in
the spring. Among other things rye
bread is fast coming into favor.

The Secret of Orchard Success

I. J. Moore of the Wisconsin station
has summed up the elements of success
in orcharding as follows:

"A soil adapted to the fruit grown.

"Planting of hardy varieties.

"Care in planting.

"An adapted and thorough system of
soil management.

"Pruning which conserves the energy
of the tree and lightens the orchard
work.

"Spraying of a character that will con-
trol pests and make fruit edible and
salable."

(,'unchided trnni piiirc 1
the surfaces of the pine bark and on the-
undersides of the currant and gooseberry
leaves. These are blown by the wind
from pine to currant and from currant
to pine. Only pines with needles which
grow in clusters of five are subject to
this disease. When a seed is blowTi from
a diseased currant or gooseberry bush to
a pine, the seed .sprouts and a fungus
plant begins to grow in the soft wood
(not in the needles). Nothing seems to
result for several years but the fungus
is alive inside the pine, which finally
begins to swell, and blisters form in
cracks in the bark. These blisters are
full of yellov; seeds and are produced
every spring until the pine is dead. When
one of these seeds is blown to a currant
or gooseberry leaf, the fungus plant be-
gins to grow in the tissue of the leaf
(not in the stem). After about ten days,
small yellow clusters of seeds grow out
on the under surface of the leaf. There
are two kinds of these seeds on the
leaves; one kind can grow only when
blown to a pine, and the other only when
blown to other currant or gooseberry
leaves.

Spraying, cutting the bushes back or
picking off the leaves is a waste of time.
It is a public service to destroy all your
diseased currant and gooseberry bushes.

Easthampton, Hatfield, Enfield, Green-
wich, and Hadley are the only towns in
the county where no infestation of either
currants or pines has been reported.
Currant infestation is reported in the
other towns. Infestation on the pines
has been reported in Worthington,
Goshen, South Hadley and Ware.

Most of the control work done has been
to record the number and location of all
currant and gooseberry bushes, whether
infected or not. Infected bushes are or-
dered removed. The number and loca-
tion of stands of pine are also recorded.
Mr. E. C. Filler, 44 Myrtle Street,
Springfield, has charge of towns east of
the river, and Mr. Charles Kenwood, 14
Maple Street, Northampton, is superin-
tendent for towns west of the river.

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY
HOME MAKING

MISS HKLKN A. HAKRI.1IAN, D.iiionstratioil Agent

Southampton Leads the Way

. The first of the home economics clubs
has been organized in Southampton.
There are twenty-five members. The
following officers have been elected:
president, Mrs. Edward Searle; vice-
president, Miss Mildred Sheldon; secre-
tary and treasurer, Mrs. H. G. Healy;
corresponding secretary, Mrs. J. L.
Brewer. The club will hold monthly
meetings in the homes of the members, in
which the following progi-am will be fol-
lowed :

October — Health of the women in the
home.

November — Labor-saving devices in
the home (experiments are to be made
outside during the winter and reported
on).

December-Household accounts (house-
wives will start to keep them the first of
the year).

January — The school lunch.

February — Sanitation in the home.

March — What can we do for South-
ampton?

April — Household furnishings (pre-
liminary to house-cleaning).

Blay — First aid in the home.

June — Meal-planning for summer days.

Three of these meetings will be con-
ducted by the home demonstration agent,
and the others by local women. Besides
these monthly gatherings, the club plans
for various outside activities: debates,
exhibitions, illustrated lectures open to
the public, and individual work in the
home.

The Mothers' Club of Enfield is :
planning to use a similar program in a
similar way. The Bureau feels that
these study groups may be made of in-
estimable value to the women who take
them up. The work has been planned in
such a way that individuals are required
to do little beyond practical experimental
and demonstration work. It might be
well to call attention to two other pro- |
grams which are recommended. The
first is entitled Feeding the Family and
is based upon a text-book of the same
name by Dr. Rose. In this program a
certain amount of home reading is ex-
pected and the meetings are devoted to
discussion and supplementary lectures.

The second program also has to do
with foods and is called Planninrj ThrA
Meals a Day. There are lectures, demon-
strations and discussions provided for
and an interesting book is read in con-
nection with them. The work is divided
into the following phases:
o — Fruits.
6 — Cereals,
c — Breads.
d — Beverages.

e — Left-overs.

/ — Meats and economical use.

f) — Meat substitutes.

h — Milk and eggs.

i — Salads and desserts.
These programs are subject to change
to meet local needs and interests, but
they are fairly comprehensive and in
many cases will doubtless be adopted
without I'evision. In the same way, the
number and nature of the meetings and
outside activities may be determined by
the women themselves. The home demon-
stration agent stands ready to cooperate
in every possible way. The work is
highly important and should be under-
taken at once.

Hampshire Girl to Demonstrate

The state leader, Miss Norris, has
selected a team of three girls to give a
demonstration in sewing a canning club
uniform, in competition with teams from
other states at the Eastern States Ex-
position in Springfield. Two of the girls
are from Franklin county and the third
is Dorothy Comins, of Hadley.

In this connection it might be stated
that Hampshire County canning clubs
are limited to forty jars for exhibition,
and that these must be exceptionally
good with the 4 — H labels attached.

Mrs. Billings, of Cummington, is start-
ing a warm lunch project in her school.
She is equipped with a home-made fire-
less cooker and an oil stove and proposes
to sec to it that her children have some-
thing warm with their dinner. She will
depend upon the children for help and
thus make the work of educational value.

In Granby last year, the Woman's Club
saw to it that on very cold days the chil-
dren had something warm with their
lunch. It was usually cocoa. The work
was carried on and financed by the club,
although the children paid a little some-
thing for their food. It was noted that
those children who were accustomed to
buy a few cookies at the store at noon,
after the introduction of the hot dish
were inclined to buy a plainer kind.

Something of this nature ought to be
tried out in every town in the county
this winter. If you are interested, get
into touch with your home demonstra-
tion agent.

Report has come in of a woman who
has preserved until she has a jar a meal
foi' over a year.

A rumor has gone abroad to the efl'ect
that the government plans to confiscate
all canned goods in excess of 100 quarts
and has been urging people to preserve
with this in view. So prevalent has the
feeling become that Washington has ex-
pressly and emphatically denied it.

Economical Menus

(Meatless Meals)
Breakfast — Oatmeal, toast, milk or cocoa
for children, coffee with hot milk
for adults.

Dinner — Pea loaf with cream sauce and
carrots, graham bread with oleo-
margarine.

Supper — Rice baked with cheese and
tomatoes, graham bread with oleo-
margarine, stewed prunes, milk.

Breakfast — Cornmeal mush with milk,
milk or cocoa (made from milk) for
children, coffee with hot milk for
adults.

Dinner — Macaroni with bacon and milk
gravy, cornmeal bread with oleo-
margarine, greens (in season).

Supper — Baked beans, apple sauce (dried
or fresh apples), rye bread, milk.

Breakfast — hominy with milk, toast,
milk or cocoa for children, coffee
with hot milk for adults.

Dinner — Noodles with cream sauce and
cheese, greens or other vegetables,
rye bread with oleomargarine.

Supper — Stewed lima beans, cornmeal
muffins, rice baked with raisins,
with milk.

Breakfast — mush (cornmeal — white fa-
rina, equal parts), toast, milk or
cocoa (coffee with hot milk for
adults).
Dinner — kidney bean stew, rye bread

with oleomargarine.
Supper — Scalloped carrots, Boston brown
bread with oleomargarine, stewed
dry peaches, milk.
These menus come from the Teachers'
College, Columbia, and are good sugges-
tions for meatless meals. Notice that
milk, cheese, beans, peas, and peanuts
are excellent substitutes for meat. In
many cases a dish offered constitutes a
whole meal in itself.

Southampton Man's Invention

Mr. H. B. Lyman of Southampton has
invented a hot water evaporator which
is much less expensive than the ones on
the general market and promises to be
most serviceable. He is perpared to give
information and supply orders for any
who desire to buy.

Here's a Nev.- One

One of the conservation enthusiasts of
the county has successfully canned the
Umbrella Brake, — as greens. This may
remind some of the men of Sweet Fern,
dried, and used as tobacco.

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY
BOYS' AND GIRLS' NA/ORK

CHAKLES H. GOl'LIJ, Lead* r

Judging Contests

A popular feature of the fairs now-a-
days is the young people's judging con-
tests. At the Amherst fair there was a
stock judging contest won by Edward
Fydenkevecz of Hadley, a grain and
vegetable judging contest won (three
prizes) by the three Kokoski children of
Hadley, a fruit contest won by John
Bishko of Hadley, and a plowing contest
won by John Devine of Hadley. At the
Cummington fair a stock judging con-
te^3t was held by Mr. Rice of M. A. C,
with the following results: first, Frank
Kokoski of Hadley; second, Carleton
Shafer of Ashfield; third, Earl Streeter
of Cummington. The Hadley team beat
the Ashfield team. At the Northampton
fair there was a stock judging contest
conducted by Mr. Turner of M. A. C, a
corn and potato judging contest con-
ducted by Prof. Jones of M. A. C, and a
canning and bread judging contest con-
ducted by Miss Harriman. In the last,
first prizes were won by May Ryan of
Smith's School and Mae Devine of North
Hadley.

Seven boys from Ashfield and Hadley,
quite on their own initiative and at their
own expense, have taken in a fair cir-
cuit outside the county, and entering
stock judging contests at each fair. They
have been to Great Barrington, Barre,
Brockton and Worcester. In Worcester
they each won something. In the fruit
judging contest they took the first four
places.

At the Eastern States Exposition the
county is limited to twenty-five plates of
potatoes, three pigs, et cetera. The boys
and girls plan to send some material for
competition, and a team composed of
Messrs. Johnson, Bi-shko and Devine of
Hadley, coached by Mr. Burke and Prof.
Jones of M. A. C, are going to enter the
corn judging contest and give a demon-
stration of some phase of the care of
corn.

prize winners were Doris Cady and Wil-
bert Moore. Those in charge of the af-
fair were Mr. West, Miss Fiske and Mrs.
Munson.

The Cummington exhibit was held in
connection with the local fair, Septem-
ber 20, 21, and the products of four or
five towns were on display. The canning
prizes were won by Evelyn and Nellie
Streeter. In Middlefield a similar ar-
rangement obtained and the prizes were
there won by Olive Graves and Phyllis
Smith.

The exhibit in Worthington took place
October 10 under the direction of Miss
Alice Bartlett and in connection with it
Mr. Gould gave an illustrated lecture on
boys' and girls' work in the state. On
the same day another exhibit was held
in Chesterfield. On October 11 one was
held in Williamsburg, and a talk was
given by Prof. Farley of the State Col-
lege.

In Hatfield it was held October 1- in
the high school building under the direc-
tion of Superintendent Richards and the
supervisors. The products were judged
by Prof. Hart of M. A. C. and Miss
Harriman, and the next morning were
transported to Northampton to take sec-
ond prize in the contest of town displays.

The examination papers written by
the eight Hampshire County boys who
are candidates for the newly established
sheep club have been duly written and
sent in to the judges. The interest in
the project is gratifying and its possi-
bilities are infinite.

One pig club member has already sent
in his complete record for the season
just closed and the rest are due. They
are different pigs than they were last
spring.

Boys' and Girls' Exhibits

The young people's canning and mar-
keting clubs have given some splendid
exhibits in their various towns.

In Granby, September 27, there was an
exhibition with forty-six entries. They
were judged by Miss Harriman and Mr.
Gould of the Bureau and the canning
prizes were won by Lois Ferry and
Amelia Kalunka. The exhibit was in
charge of the Woman's Committee under
the chairmanship of Mrs. Ball.

In Huntington, September 28 an ex-
hibit was held for the garden crops, pre-
serves and sewing, and there were
eighty-one entries. All of the schools
but one were represented. The canning

A report of the boys' and girls' garden
work in Northampton is to be incor-
porated in the annual report of the
school board for 1917. The educational
value of this summer work is becoming
generally realized.

The Boys' and Girls' building at the
Northampton Fair was full to overflow-
ing with exhibits made by the boys and
girls of the county. The picture on first
page shows the interior of the building
as it appeared filled with vegetable dis-
plays, canning club exhibits, school ex-
hibits and home economic work. Had-
ley schools won the .silver cup for the
best display of vegetables from gram-
mar grades, with Hatfield second.
Smith School won the prize cup in the
class for agricultural schools and high
school.

A Boy's Garden Record

Teddy Meschicovsky, gi-ade five, the
author of this story, won from his little
garden six prizes, netting him $10.25.
His account is worth reading for its own
sake.

My garden is 6 yards wide by 13 yards
long, 78 square yards in all. April 21
Papa dug my garden and put in manure.
April 27, in a light rain, I planted 6
inches from the edge of my garden a row
of Danvers half-long carrots, and 18
inches from the carrots a row of Crosby's
Egyptian beets. On May 2 I planted two
rows of Giant Flat Dutch cabbage seeds.
May 5 I planted my potatoes. I don't
know what kind they are; my grand-
father gave them to me. Before they
were planted they were dipped in water
and formaldehyde for an hour so that
my potatoes would not get scabby. When
they were dry I cut them in half and
planted them with the cut side down, and
covered them good, and packed the dirt
down with my hoe. The same afternoon
I planted a row of early radish (icicle)
next to where the cabbages for plants
were planted, for I wanted the radish
and cabbage plants out of the way when
I planted my squash and tomato plants.
The seed for my tomatoes, New Stone, I
planted in April in Papa's hot bed. My
parsnips I ordered from school and got
them May 7, the Monday after the spring
vacation, and I planted them after school
between my beets and potatoes. They
are Henderson's Hollow Crown. May 11
I planted some Hubbard squash in straw-
berry baskets and put them in the hot
bed. I wanted to see if I could raise
some early squash plants.

The first time the man came to look
at my garden, May 14, my carrots, beets,
radish and cabbage were up. He told
me to rake my garden often to keep the
moisture in and to keep the weeds down.
I raked it twice a week and after every
rain. May 30, Memorial Day, I planted
Stowell's Evergreen Sugar corn. I
planted 20 hills and put five seeds in a
hill. Afterwards I left only three plants.
The ne.xt day I set out twelve of my to-
mato plants, and wrapped paper around
each stem so the cutworms could not cut
them off. June 1, I saw my potatoes
coming through the ground. My other
vsquash I planted in hills. May 29, and I
put five seeds to a hill, and I only had
two hills of them. But they didn't come
up. After that my beets and carrots
had to be thinned out 4 inches apart. I
put wood-ashes on my potatoes and to-
matoes because they were full of little
black flies.

June 5, just a month after I planted
my radish seed, I pulled out the first ones
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QUESTION BOX

In the cold pack method why do such
things as peaches and tomatoes some-
times force the rubber out from under
the cover of the jar?

The jars were filled too full. Such sub-
stances expand on heating and the rubber
is forced to yield. The products should
be packed to one-half inch from the top
of the jar, and the liquid to one-quarter
inch.

What is the minimum size for Grade
A apples under the new apple law?

There is no minimum size. There is
a minimum size for apples marked
"Fancy," but few growers are selling
that grade.

Should the water cover the jar in the
cold pack method?

It should, about one inch. If this is
impossible, invert a pan over the kettle
in such a way as to confine the steam as
much as possible.

Are soy beans and cow peas recom-
mended for the human diet?

Certainly. They can be used very
satisfactorily as a substitute for meat.
There is a good bulletin on the subject.

What are the requirements for graded
potatoes?

They are quite simple. The potatoes
should be clean and free from disease
with a minimum size for grade 1 of
1 7-8 inches for the round varieties and
1 3-4 inches for the longer ones; for
grade 2, 1 1-2 inches is the minimum cir-
cumference for both kinds. Without
very much extra work a man can gain a
helpful reputation as the grower of
standard stuff.

In the Nicola Valley, British Columbia,
sheep-raising has boomed since the war
began. The flocks have easily doubled in
size. Mr. L. T. Thompson of S X Ranch
recently sold his wool for nearly $.5,000,
and has his flock intact for another
season.

If Coal is High, Burn Oil

Keep any Room in

the House Cosy

with a

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W. H. Riley .^ Co.

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Glenwood Ranges and Lowe Bros. Paints
Opp. Post Office NorthHmpton, Mass.

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Interest Paid on Deposits

Open 9 A. M. to 3 P. M,
Saturdays, 9 A. M. to noon
Monday evenings, 6.30 to 8

From Janaury to July 1917 there was
made in this country 14,023 pounds of
available potash, valued at $.5,864,039.
We shall never be as dependent on Ger-
many again in this respect.

FIRST NATIONAL BANK

NORTHAMPTON, MASS.

THE BASK OX THE CORNER

Of the eighty-five blanks allotted for
food survey in the county, but very few
have come in. Not only on the battle-
fields does one have the opportunity to
"do his bit."

Do you know what martynias are?
President Smith's children exhibited
them most strikingly at the Northamp-
ton Fair, and many were the questions
asked about them.

We otter liberal banking
facilities to the citizens of
this community.

We are always pleased to
have yon call upon us.

WM. G. B.'iSSETT, President

F. N. KXEEL.\ND, Vice-President
OLIVER B. BKADLEV, Cashier

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

Wisweil the Druggist

82 Main Street

— THE KODAK STORE —

VETERINARY REMEDIES
Daniels', Lesure's, Barber's

STABLE DISINFECTANTS

It is our aim to
Co=operate with thie Farmer

Let us (igure on
Your Winter's Supply of

GRAIN and PEED

D. F. HOWARD & SON

Wholesale and Retail Grain Dealers

Ware, Mass.

GAZETTE PRINTING CO.
MERCANTILE PRINTERS
NORTHAMPTON, MASS.

R. f . Armstrong Zi Son

NOHOLS

for Boy*
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$L25perpair
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NORTHAMPTON, MASS.

ConL-luded fn.m page 4
that were big enough to eat. Then my
cabbage plants were thinned out two
feet apart, and a lettuce plant. May
King, was put between each cabbage
plant. I sprayed my carrots with whale
oil and tobacco soap water because they
were full of little sucking lice, and my
cabbages and potatoes were sprayed with
arsenate of lead for bugs, and Bordeau
Mixture was sprayed on my potatoes for
blight. Afterwards my potatoes were
full of green lice on the under side of the
leaf, and I had to spray them again, this
time with tobacco water and soap water
mixed together, and that killed the lice.
My squash vines drooped and I did not
know what was the matter with them,
and they were dying when the garden
man came and showed me how to cut the
vines open for borers and afterwards tie
them together with pieces of cloth and
cover them with dirt. I think he found
almost a dozen borers and I found six or
eight afterwards. So I have only two
squashes for my collection and they are
not very good ones. I made frames out
of slats for my tomatoes, and the plants
were almost as high as my head before
they began to fall over the frames.

The last time the judge came he said,
"Your garden is a dandy," but I don't
know if he really meant it. If you want
to see what kind of vegetables I raised,
you can see my collection. (The collec-
tion took first prize) .

Bulletins

The following bulletins have recently
been received and are recommended to
housewives :

Home storage of vegetables (farmers'
bulletin 879).

Home-made Fruit Butters (farmers'
bulletin 900)

Saving vegetable seeds for home and
market gardens (farmers' bulletin 884).

Fresh fruits and vegetables — conserv-
crr> of staple foods (farmers' bulletin
871).

Fruit Products (extension circular 46,
M. A. C).

Ninety Tested, palatable and economic-
al recipes (Teachers' College, Columbia,
New York City, 30 cents).

Economical diet and cookery in time
of emergency (Teachers' College, 15
cents).

How to plan meals in time of war with
economical menus and directions for
marketing (Teachers' College 20 cents).

Simple lessons on physical care of the
baby (Teachers' College, 20 cents).

Food for boys and girls (Teachers'
College, 20 cents).

Some food facts to help houseivives in
feeding family (Teachers' College, 5
cents).

FORD

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Chassis, $32.5 Town Car,

Couplet, $50.5 Sedan,

Trucks from $375 to $695

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Model $490

Touring $635
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I Model F A. Touring Car $935

Roadster $935

Model D, 8-cylinder Touring and
Roadster, $1,385

PRICKS. F. O. B., FLINT, MICH.

McCarthy & stearns

185 Pleasant Street
Northampton, .... Mass.

NORTHAMPTON

COMMERCIAL COLLEGE

"THE SCHOOL OF THOROUGHNESS"

In session twelve months in
the year. Students admitted
at any time and graduated
when competent.

Tuition h)\v. Train and trol-
ley service good. Board in
good homes at reasonable rates.
Greater demand and better
salaries for business-trained
men and women than ever be-
fore. For catalogue and com-
plete information address

JOSEPH PICKETT, Principal.
76 Pleasant St., Northampton, Mass.

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

D. A. rORBES & SON

EASTHAMPTON S
' HOME HARDWARE STORE '

Farming Tools
Spray Pumps

Spray Materials
Fertilizers
Seeds

Implements

EASTHAMPTON, MASS.

BISSELL'S TIRE SHOP

NORTHAMPTON, JIAS^.

I Coni.-ludo<l from pfige 1

! On Thursday afternoon the building was
closed for a few minutes while Directum
I was breaking the track record, and
then the prize money was given out and
many of the exhibits returned to the
owners.

It is the feeling of the Bureau that
as far as boys and girls are concerned,
the Northampton Fair should mark the
culmination and climax of exhibition.
There is little to be gained by going out
of the county for exhibition purposes
and it would be a fine thing if this fair
could come to mean a special and pecu-
liar opportunity for the young people of
Hampshire County. One of the M. A. C.
demonstrators who has taken a circuit
of Massachusetts fairs with the college
team, has said that this year the North-
ampton fair was the best he saw, and a
casual visitor remarked that in his opin-
ion it was better than the one at Brock-
ton. Let us bear this opportunity in
mind.

Miller, Goodyear, and U. S. Tires

Tires and Tubes

Vulcanized by Steam

GOODYEAR SERVICE STATION

FUEE AIR

66 KING STREET

Tel. 1393-M

THE HSNMAN MILKER

ALSO

The R. T. Prentiss
Complete Fertilizer

R. T. PRENTISS, Agent
JOI Pleasant Street, HOLYOKE, MASS.

Cheese Oemonstration

Mr. Krause, of the U. S. D. A., is in
this part of the county foi' a few weeks,
emphasizing the significance of cheese in
the hom.e diet. If the women of any
Hampshire County towns would be inter-
ested in holding such a meeting, he can
be secured to give a demonstration of
cottage cheese and would be accompanied
by the home demonstration agent who
would supplement his instruction on the
place of cheese in the dietary.

The Williamsburg Fruit-Growers' As-
sociation will market about the same
number of apples as last season. A few
new members have been added to the
roll, and other men have applied for
membership. The Association will put
two gangs of workmen into the field in-
stead of one this year. Last year's pack-
ing house will not be available again, but
some arrangement can doubtless be made
elsewhere. Apples will command a good
price this v\'inter.

Members' Notice
Members of the Bureau may insert
an advertisement of not over four lines
and for not over three months, free of
charge. The limitations imposed are
required by law.

FOR SALE— New milch Cows ; also a new
Separator, 659 lbs. capacity, never used.
C. M. Thayer, Cumminarton.

WANTED— Duroc-.Jersey Boar ready for
service. J. A. Sturgis, Easthampton.

FOR SALE— Guernsey Bull Calves at sea-
sonable prices. Mixter Farm breeding.
George Timmins, Ware, Mass.

FOR SALE— Farm of .50 acres ; good 8-
rooms, barn and henhouse, spring water,
100 apple trees. H. H. MASON, Worth-
ington, Mass.

COBURN & GRAVES

The REXALL Store

Tel. 200 . . Northampton, Mass.

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REGULAR MEALS

Also ORDER COOKING
FULL LINE OF LIGHT LUNCHES

40 MAIN STREET, NORTHAMPTON, MASS.

H, D. SMITH

Hatfield, Mass.

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HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

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Hardware Houseware

3 Main Street Telephone 6 Northampton, Mass.

CASE 9-18

KEROSENE TRACTOR

Mr. Farmer : — Invest in a Case 9-18
Tractor. Do your work the power way.
It will save time and labor, take off
the heavy burdens of farming. A Case
Tractor is built to give continuous
service, day and night if necessary,
never tires. When not in use, requires
no attention, doesn't eat when idle.
Seventy-five thousand farmers are
power farming, because it is the profit-
able way and the easy, modern way.

Its work will please you. Its con-
struction yjleases us.

FRANK S. PARSONS, Agent

Also Distributor for the celebrated REO
Line of Pleasure Cars and Trucks.

W. N. POTTER'S SONS & CO.

Flour, Hay
Grain, Salt

Lime and Cement

NORTHAMPTON

FLORENCE

HADLEY

Commercial Photographer

Expert Developing, Printing and Enlarging
And Commercial Work

160 Main Street,

Northampton, Mass.

ADVERTISERS!

Whenever you wish to. change your advertisement, see
to it that the Copy reaches our office by the first of the
month in which the issue is to appear.

READERS!

Do not skip the advertisement pages. The time is
coming when farmers will advertise a great deal more
than they do ; it is an essential to successful business.

And when you patronize our advertisers, mention the
Monthly. In that way you help the paper and the
Bureau.

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY

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FEB

FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

Tol. II.

NORTHAMPTON, MASS., N(JVEMBER, 191^

No. 11

November Grain Rations

The feed situation is an unusually per-
j)lexing one this year. A shortage of
available freight cars presents us with
the possibilty of there being no grain on
the market at mid-winter for the single
bag buyer, and all wholesale dealers are
advising buying in quantities large
enough to carry the feeder through a
period of several months, and are making
their deliveries on present quotations sub-
ject to delay through car shortage or em-
bargo. Practically al! feeds are high in
cost price so that a closer study of the
value of the different feeds is necessary
if the dairyman is to come out even in
liis dairy operations. Also some of the
by-product feeds that have in past years
been in general use, such as distillers'
grains, have been withdrawn from the
•open market, as practically the entire
supply of this feed is now being used
in the manufacture of the different ready
rations. It will be safe to predict that
these ready rations will be more gen-
erally used this year than ever before.

For the dairyman who desires to mix
Ms own grain ration wheat bran, the
wheat mixed feeds, cotton seed oil, oil
meal, gluten, and oats make up a list of
feeds that at present prices offer the most
economical, or rather the less costly,
solution of the feed problem. Cotton
seed meal, oil meal, and gluten feed will
all furnish total nutrients at about an
equal cost when the fertilizing value of
the different feeds is considered. The
use of oil meal will be favored where
silage or some other succulent feed is
not available. Even though the new
crop supply of both cotton seed meal and
gluten feed is now on the market the
price of these two feeds has advanced
within the past week, holding out little
hope for lower prices in the future. At
the present prices oats seem to be the
most economical source of the carbohy-
drate part of the ration and in addition
they are highly palatable and a good
milk producing food. A somewhat in-
creased acreage of oats was grown in
this state this year and the dairyman
who has a supply of this home grown
grain on hand is to be envied.

Taking into consideration the feeds

available, their fertilizing value, and

their price, the following mixtures are

suggested :

Concluded on page 6

Seed Corn Demonstration

Now is the time to select the seed corn,
if this was not done in the field before
hai-vest. The Farm Bureau carried on
two variety test demonstrations; one at
Albert Howes, Ashfield, to determine the
best corn for husking ; and one at Charles
Tenney's, Northfield, to determine the
best variety for ensilage that would ma-
ture so a part of the ears could be picked
for husking.

The results seem to show that it is use-
less to plant Flint corn for the silo, as
the early Dents mature nearly as cjuickly
and give much more ensilage per acre;
the only Flint corn giving over 10 tons
per acre being Sanford and the only
Flint giving over 3 tons of green ears
per acre were Sanford and Davis. Those
Dents giving over 15 tons per acre were
Williams' Dent, Burlington Dent and
Early Mastodon, while those giving over
•5 tons of green ears per acre were Wil-
liam's Dent and Ashley's Dent, both
from seeds raised and acclimated in
Franklin County. Those Dents giving
over one-third of their total green weight
in ears were Ashley's Dent, 40 per cent;
Burnham's Dent, 39 per cent; Pride of
the North, 38 per cent, and William's
Dent, 35 per cent of ears.

In maturity the only Dent varieties to
mature before the killing frost were
Ashley's, William's and Burnham's Dent,
the seed of all of which was grown in
Franklin County. These results would
seem to indicate that the best variety of
corn to grow for the silo in this locality,
where it is desired to pick some of the
ears, is the William's Dent, as this is one
of the highest in total yield, percentage
of ears, and early maturity; and that
only seed corn grown in the county
should be used if the corn is expected to
mature. Some of the varieties that
made a good showing and would probably
mature if acclimated a few years were
Burlington Dent and Luce's Favorite.

The great superiority of seed corn
grown in the county was demonstrated
conclusively, and everyone should either
save their own seed or arrange to secure
county grown seed for next season.
Many thousands of dollars were lost this
season by planting for ensilage, seed of
late varieties from unknown sources.
Make sure of next year's seed corn now.
Franklin County Farm Bureau.

Best to Plow Clover Under in the Fall

Clover cut and allowed to remain on
the surface of the ground for 7 months
from fall to spring loses about the same
amount of organic matter as when fed
to livestock, according to recent experi-
ments at the Ohio Experiment Station.
This amount of humus may be largely
saved by plowing the crop under in the
fall.

Only about one-third of the clover re-
mained in the spring in one test when
the crop was left on the surface. When
it was plowed under, about three-fourths
of the original weight was found in the
spring. Analyses of the drainage water
showed that four times as much nitro-
gen was lost from the plot with clover
lying on the surface as fi'om that having
clover incorporated in the soil.

Tobacco Plant Beds Best Steamed in Fall

Fall steaming of tobacco plant beds to
prevent root rot has proved more satis-
factory than delaying the steaming
process until spring. Unfavorable spring
conditions can be avoided in this way.
The cost of operation is usually returned
by the benefits accruing from the ex-
termination of weeds and insects in the
beds. — Oliio Agricultural Experiment
Station.

Sheep Destroy Weeds

Sheep will pay for their keep as weed
destroyers alone, says the United States
Department of Agriculture, which just
announces the result of a study lately
completed in New England.

One of the fields of the Morgan Horse
Farm in Vermont, maintained by the
Bureau of Animal Industry of the de-
partment, largely for the purpose of
keeping up a supply of good horses for
the Army, was infested with the weed
known as paintbrush, Indian paintbrush,
or devil's paintbrush. This weed has re-
cently come into northern Vermont, and
it is said that some farms have been
ruined by it. It is now common through-
out the Northeast. It throws up a tall,
slender flower stalk, but the damage is
j done by the leaves, which are spread
from the crown and form a dense mat on
the surface of the ground, eventually
killing out all other vegetation.

Concluded on page 6

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

PUBLISHED BY THE

Hampshire County Farm Bureau

A. F. MacDoxisall. County Asrent
Helen A. Harriinaii, Home Deiii. Aeeiit
C. H. Gould. Boys' and Girls' Club Leader

Office First National Bank Building
Northampton, Mass.
Entered as second class matter Nov. 9. 1915. at the
Post OiBce at Northampton. Massachusetts, under
the Act of March 8, 1S7U.

Price. 50 cents a year
$1 a year, including membership in Farm Bureau

Officers of the Farm Bureau

Leslie R. Smith, President, Hadley

W. D. Mandell, Treasurer, Northampton

A. F. MacDougall, Secretary

ADVISOUY BO.\KD

Leslie R. Smith, Hadley

Chas. R. Damon, Williamsburg

Perley E. Davis, Granby

C. E. Hodgkins, Northampton

Warren M. King. Northampton

Wm. N. Howard, Ware

E. B. Clapp, Easthampton

The County Fair

Many county fairs are undergoing
quite radical changes in policy and are
endeavoring to create an exhibition of
value and worth. The Agents of the
Bureau have attended every fair held in
Hampshire County and they are of the
opinion that the people are alive and
awake to the educational possibilities of
a fair managed in the right way and
under proper auspices. We feel heartily
in accord with this quotation clipped
from an exchange.

"It is well nigh time that fairs are
coming into their own. Of all years,
this is the year in which people are
vitally concerned with the materialistic
things of life, and a view of the county
fairs this season will see the worthless,
trashy, composite exhibit, give way to
the exhibit which teaches; a larger, bet-
ter, more carefully selected exhibit will
take the place of the 'filler', which has
no value."

Evidence of this new appreciation of a
fair is cropping out in Hampshire
County. Fair officials have indicated
that they hoped to reduce the emphasis
on the midway. From our observations
we believe patrons of the fair, particu-
larly in the smaller towns, pay less at-
tention to Egyptian soothsayers and
Bobo boys than they do to live demon-
strations and good exhibits. Then, why
not increase the value of the show for
which exhibitors work hard to create?

The Bureau agents have an oppor-
tunity to make comparisons. We note
numerous flaws and inconsistencies in
premium lists; we observe that in some
instances the boys and girls make almost

New Draft Classification

The new classification of registrants
for the second army draft gives more
consideration to the key men on the farms
and managers of necessary agricultural
enterprises. There are five classes, the
men in class I to be drawn first, then
the men in the second class and so on.
A skilled farm laborer engaged in a
necessary agricultural enterprise is
listed in class IL Highly specialized
agricultural experts in agricultural bu-
reaus of state or nation come in class
in, as do assistant managers of neces-
sary agricultural enterprises. Heads of
necessary agricultural enterprises come
under class IV.

The Department of Agriculture's de-
scription of the work of sheep on the
Morgan Horse Farm, appears as though
it might have been written expressly for
farmers in our own County. Many
mowings in our western towms are in the
same predicament as the Morgan Farm,
and this practical, specific remedy for
the paint brush infestation is one that
cannot pass unheeded. It is seldom that
we find a sure remedy and a profitable
investment combined.

The Food Conservation Section of the
United States Food Adminstration is
about to issue a bulletin of in.structions
and suggestions to Librarians in order
that they may cooperate with the Ad-
minstration in placing before the people
of the United States the ways in which
we may at home help win the war. Li-
brarians are so organized as to get in
touch with all people, rich, poor, young
and old.

the entire display. This speaks well for
the young people, but the adults should
maintain their own. We believe that
many times the avei-age exhibitors sufl'er
because of the monopoly of professional
exhibitors who reap gains at the expense
of other likely exhibitors whom they
have unconsciously intimidated. We feel
that at one fair there is opportunity for
one of the best bonefide cattle shows that
exists. Few people realize the quantity,
quality and variety of good stock kept
among the hill towns. Let's make the
fact known. It is hard for us to account
for the apparent relish with which a
large number of people of one town and
vicinity enjoy the fakers convention on
the Common. Would not the people ap-
preciate an Old Home Day, featured by
a more dignified exhibition? There
seems to be room for modification in the
management of our cattle shows.

It is simply in a spirit of friendly com-
ment that we publish our observations.
Our criticism is constructive; we have
something to off'er in place of the defects
found, and stand ready to cooperate with
officials for the improvement of our
County Fairs.

Extension Schools in Agriculture and
Home Economics

During the past few years, the Massa-
chusetts Agricultural College has car-
ried on five-day extension schools in the
following towns: Belchertown, Cum-
mington, Chesterfield, Prescott, Plain-
field, Westhampton and Worthington,
and the Farm Bureau, a school in
Middlefield. This year one or two more
of these schools will be available in the
county and any town interested should
immediately send in its retjuest. In
those towns that have had Extension
Schools or in towms that are so situated
that five-day school cannot be carried on
successfully, an attempt will be made
this year to hold two-day schools. These
schools of course cannot be as thorough
or cover as broad a field as the five-day
schools, but by specializing along the
lines of most value to the town, where
the school is to be held, it is hoped to
make them worth while. Diff"erent
phases in Home Making and Agriculture
will be taken up, and instructors from
the State College and the Farm Bureau
will carry on the school. Several towns
have already indicated their desire for
one of these schools.

The Northampton Manufacturers Pro-
ject has been brought to a close. The
50 acres of corn were all sold standing,
and the potatoes have been harvested
and sold. A large part of the success of
the enterprise was due to the efficient
work of Josiah W. Parsons, who besides
running his own farm, which is one of
the largest in Northampton, managed
the 80 acres cultivated by the manufac-
turers. The committee in charge of the
enterprise was composed of Mr. Wil-
liam Cordes, Mr. S. L. Butler (manu-
facturers), Mr. Leslie R. Smith, (Farm
Bureaus), Josiah W. Parsons, manager.
The manufacturers grew these crops in
order to do their bit in meeting the
country's demand for increased crop pro-
duction. It was a splendid idea, suc-
cessfully carried to a finish, and if con-
ditions warrant it another spring, it is
hoped the enterprise may be repeated.

About fifty members of the North-
ampton Board of Trade recently made a
neighborly visit to several towns in the
eastern part of the County. Stops were
made in Amherst, South Hadley, Granby,
Belchertown, Ware and at the Mixter
Farm, Hardwick. The autos also passed
through the towns of Greenwich, Pres-
cott and Pelham. Special mention
should be made of the cordial reception
given the members in the towns of Am-
herst, Belchertown and Ware. Trips of
this kind are a grand thing, helping to
unite the interests of Hampshire County.

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

home: making

MISS HEI^EM A. HAKKIMAN, Uemonstratiou Agent

Club Programs in War Time

In the October number of the Journal
of Home Economics, Miss Johnson has a
most interesting article on planning club
programs in war times,
part :

Study Groups

The Home Economics Club of South-

Save the Sugar

, , ., ^, , • ^ , "^^^ French government has asked the

ampton had its monthly meetmg October j United States to export 100.000 tons of

2.. The question of installing a warm | sugar within a month and probably more

She says in I dish, such as cocoa or soup, in the schools ; at a later period. Our own situation is

at noon was discussed. A committee of j that we have just sufficient sugar for

"Because people have been occupied in , three women was elected to confer with | our own use until the first of January

„. „™,.-„„ „,..! ,. __-. __. _..»..^ the teachers and lend assistance in the ; when the new West Indian crop becomes

war service, club work need not suffer.
First, because war service work differs
not in kind but in intensity from inter-
ests, topics and programs that held and
vitalized clubs before the war. Second,

matter. The children will probably pre
pare the dish in groups, and solve the
dish-washing problem by each taking his
cup home to wash it, so that very little
because the women of the clubs of both i equipment will be needed. The club is
State and Federation know the power ' considering the matter of uniting with
and efficiency of organized effort and ; the Village Improvement Society so as to
realize that to loosen the bonds of their make it a more far-reaching organiza-
organizations means to lessen the value tion. The members of the club are en-
of their service at this time. thusiastic, and Southampton is bound to ' ital

"Their programs will differ from those be better for having its women cooperate
of a few years since, and yet, if the club , for community betterment,
women are wise they will not let them

go too far away from the realities of
life — those things which make for per-
manent good, for beauty, truth and
growth of spirit. Art and music and
literature must be cherished today as
never before, that life itself may be kept
sweet and true at its source. To allow
the materialism of war to lessen our
love of life would be vitally wrong.

"The
com meal as food means more other
_ ^ ,, , ., I cereals for export to feed Our Allies —

Because of the sorrows, the perils, j^ j^ ^ way to win the War."

The people in many parts in America

available to all. Many stores are find-
ing it impossible to supply the demand.

We consume sugar at the rate of 90
pounds a person per year, a little under
four ounces per day per person. The
French people are on a ration of sugar
equal to only 21 pounds per person per
year, a little less than one single ounce
per day per person. The English and
ian rations are also not over one
ounce per day. The French will be
without sugar for over 2 months if we
refuse to part with enough from our
stocks to keep them supplied with this
small allowance. It will not be possible
for them to get it from any other source.
Hoover says if our people will reduce
by one-third their purchase and con-
Corn Products sumption of candy and of sugar for uses
more general consumption of \ other than preserving fruit (which should

The study group in Enfield meets the
last Wednesday of each month. Next
month the home demonstration agent
will talk to the group on "Health of
Women in the Home."

the hardships and the privations of war.

it will be necessary in every possible way

greatly need instruction in cooking corn

to guard against the lowering of tone ,„g^i_ ^ p,ominent scientist of Wash
m the ordinary community, and here the j j^^^^^ ^^^^^y^ remarked: "It is surpris

music and literature departments shall , ;„g ^j^^^ ^^^^ travels through some parts | calling for less. Omit frosting. Every
Community sing- , ^^ ^j^j^ country, to find that where they member in the family should, do his or

not be interfered with) we can save the
French situation. If everyone in Amer-
ica saves one ounce of sugar daily it
means 1,100,000 for the year.

Use less sugar on foods such as cereals
and fruits. Use less sugar in cooking
by substituting syrups or using recipes

be of greatest help.

ing needs to be promoted. Community
•gatherings where joy and happiness can

raise the finest corn, they cook it so
badly. Their corn bread comes to the

be made the key note, and where the L„i,i„ i,„ij- i j •<. 4. i 1.1

.,,,.,..' , ,1 table half cooked — it tastes raw — like

right kind of fun for young people, and , (.hjc^en feed."
the right kind of entertainment for oldei-
ones are provided and enjoyed. This

her share.

shall be one of the lines of work under-
taken and promoted by the clubs, for
preventative measures are much more
intelligent, more constructive and cost
less than curative ones."

Eggless Corn Muffins

1 cup cornmeal; I cup sifted pastry
flour; l cup sugar; 2 tablespoons melted
butter; 1 teaspoon salt; 2 teaspoons bak-
ing powder; 1 cup milk.

Mix dry ingredients, add milk and
melted butter. Put in greased muffin
pan, bake 30 minutes in moderate oven.
Yield: 10 muffins. Cost of recipe; 8c.

Are you doing all you can in your com-
munity to cooperate with the Federal

Bad cooking is not confined to corn

School for Leaders

The Massachusetts Agricultural Col-
lege is planning to hold, Nov. 20-27, a

meal alone. There are of cour.se, many school for leaders in Home Conservation,
exceptions. It is generally said that of Such instruction will be of great value

all countries America needs intensive in-
struction in domestic economy.

Iilany people would appreciate corn
more than they do if it wei-e properly
cooked. Too often it is full of lumps

in cooperating with the home demon-
stration agent. Every woman is anxious
to serve her country in some way and
this is an excellent chance for those who
can take advantage of the opportunity.
It is hoped that Hampshire County can

and has a decidedly raw taste. The send at least five representatives. The
water should be freshly boiled, otherwise , work of the Home Demonstration agent

the mush is deficient in flavor. Slow
cooking at moderate heat, for a long time
is necessary to the flavor of mush. It is
impossible to overcook cereals. The
surest way to have meal of good quality
is to grind it at once, which is often im-
practicable.

would thereby be many times strength-
ened, as those receiving the instruction
would be able to carry on work in the
various communities.

Board may be had at the College Din-
ing Hall on the a la carte plan or in
nearby boarding houses at $5.50 a week

A good way to make 1 quart of good | and up. The prices for rooms range

Government in conserving wheat, meat, 'mush: Bring 5 cups water and 1 table

fat, sugar, fuel, clothing and still main-
tain adequate standards of health and
diet? Are there enough women inter-
ested to form a study group and in so
doing unite the efforts of the individuals?
If so notify the Farm Bureau.

spoon salt to boiling. Remove from fire,
let stand 3 minutes. Stir in 1 cup meal.
Replace on fire and stir till mush
thickens lightly. Pour all into deep
porcelain baking dish, with cover. Bake
for 1 hour or more.

' from $2.50 by the week or 50 cents a
night. These prices are for each per.son
in a double room. Single rooms may be
had at 75c a night or $3.50 a week.

Plan ahead so you can send your
names into the Farm Bureau as willing
to sei-ve your country in this way.

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY
BOVS' AND GIRLS' WORK

CHARLKS H. GOl LI), Le-ader

Eastern States

Hampshire County boys and girls won
many prizes at the Boys' and Girls' Food
Training Camp at the Eastern States Ex-
position. Every club project was rep-
resented by work of club members from
all over the County. A total of twenty
premiums out of 40 entries were won.

The dairy judging team which won
first for Massachusetts carried two
Hampshire County boys, John Bishko
and John Devine, both of Hadley. The
latter boy being high man in the con-
test with a score of 85J. The Massa-
chusetts corn judging and demonstration
team composed of Roger Johnson, Frank
Kokoski and Frank Bilske, all of Had-
ley, made very creditable showings. The
towTi of Hadley won the silver cup for
the group making the best record in ex-
hibiting, judging and demonstrating.

Ethel White of Hadley has earned a
reputation as a hog raiser. Her big
blue ribbon Chester White hog called
forth several compliments from club
leaders.

Following is a complete statement of
Hampshire County's part in the Food
Training Camp:

AWARDS

Can-ots, John Bishko, Hadley, 3rd.
Onions, Frank Kokoski, Hadley, 2nd.
Pumpkins, David Wells, Hatfield, 3rd.
Watermelons, E. Root, E'hampton, 1st.
John Bishko, Hadley, 2nd.

Mady Gula, Belchertown, 3rd.
Dent Corn, John Devine, Hadley, 2nd.

May Devine, Hadley, 3rd.
Flint Corn, Roger Johnson, Hadley, 2nd.

(over ten inches)
Flint Corn, Roger Johnson, Hadley, 5th.

(under 10 inches)
Popcoi-n, Roger Johnson, Hadley, 1st.
Corn Story, Roger Johnson, Hadley, 1st.
Sweepstakes, Roger Johnson, Hadley.

(corn project)
Canning, Elizabeth Graves, Hatfield, 2nd.

(Tomatoes)
Pig, Ethel White, Hadley, 1st.

(under 6 months)
White eggs, K. Root, E'hampton, 5th.
Brown Eggs, K. Root, E'hampton, 2nd.
Egg Birds, K. Root, E'hampton, 5th.

(chicks)
Gen. Purpose, Birds,

K. Root, Easthampton, 2nd.
Gen. Purpose, K. Root, E'hampton, 5th.
Egg Birds, K. Root, E'hampton, 7th.
Gen. Purpose, birds (chicks)

David Wells, Hatfield, 1st.

OTHER EXHIBITORS WERE

Evelyn Streeter, Cummington, Canning
Lois Ferry, Granby, Canning
Mae Griffin, Ware, Canning
Concluded on page 6

A Pig Club Story

"The reason I am a Pig Club member
is that I like to see what I can do, and I
have 51 good time meeting the different
men that come to see the Pig and me.
Every year so far I have a little money
to put at interest from it.

"Mr. Gould brought me the Pig, June
5th, in a sack to the school house. I
was sick so my brother Charles put him
in a box, but Piggie got out. I suppose
to see the country — and oh, the job to
get him. His name is Joe as all people
by that name are fat. I didn't like him
when he first came, as he looked all nose.
He weighed 10 pounds.

"Pasture gives exercise, and green feed,
that is needed for stomach and bowels.
I gave him milk often, and on hot days
I gave him water in a tub. He liked to
lie in it. I had Sealed Scales to weigh
with. I feed plenty of sweet milk ; he
didn't like sour or buttermilk for it gave
him bowel trouble and made him vomit.
He was fed three times a day and never
was forgotten but once, and then mother
and I were away and the hired man for-
got to give him his dinner I had fixed.
Hominy and milk were his favorite
dishes. Sweet apples, weeds and plantin \
were his dessert. He liked plantin roots
best of all.

' "I had to give him a bath often, as he
came very lousy. That he didn't like,
sometimes it was a buttermilk bath,
^ sometimes a carbonal bath. He was very
I tame till Dr. Thayer, state veterinary,
! came and vaccinated him. After that
he didn't like men. He is very fond of
my mother, he will follow her wherever
she goes. He would go just as far as
the door and mother would sit down
on the threshold and rub him, and he
would lay down like a dog at her feet.
"Mr. C. Gould has made me frequent
i visits and I was glad to see him. Mr.
i Rice and Mr. Newbill from Washington
came to see me. The man from Wash-
ington wants to get the boys to keep
pure bred pigs. Mr. Rice is very busy
so he don't come very often, but he likes
the boys just the same, and wants them
to do well with their pigs.

"Mr. MacDougall, if last is not least, is
on his job as he does lots of good things
for the boys of Hampshire County, and
gives us all a good hand-shake and a
financial gift. I should have said I gave
a note for $7.50 to Mr. MacDougall, due
December 1, 1917 at the Bank.

"I have due me $3.00 for No. 1 at Cum-
mington, and $6.00 for No. 1 at North-
ampton. That will leave me $1.50 and
a fat pig valued at $40.

"I have partly learned how to judge a
pig. I could see what other boys and

Concluded on page 5

Local Exhibits

An exhibit of garden produce and
handiwork by the children of Plainfield
was held October 19 under the auspices
of the Grange.

The Westhampton Canning Club held
its local exhibit in the Center School,
October 26. Howard Loud received 1st
prize; Lillian Clapp, 2nd; and Eleanor
Hathaway, 3rd. The club has had a
most successful season under the leader-
ship of Miss Louise Clapp.

The school children of Cummington,
West Cummington, Plainfield and Goshen
were recently given a demonstration of
the palatability of warm lunch at noon.
Miss Harriman conducted the demon-
stration. Mr. Gould also gave illus-
trated lectures on Boys' and Girls' Work.
Mr. Martin, Superintendent of Schools
was in charge of the meetings.

The Northampton Poultry Associa-
tion distributed settings of eggs last
spring to a number of children. The
children were required to send in a story
giving an account of their experience.
The following by a Southampton girl is
typical :

"Last spring I received a setting of
eggs for which I was to take care of
them. The day I received the eggs, I
put them under a hen to set. She set
on the eggs about four weeks and then
they began to hatch. There were thir-
teen eggs and 5 eggs were not good at
all, but I got 8 little chicks out of the
rest. They did not do very well at first
because two of them died right away so
now I have six more left. These are
growing so fast they seem to grow bigger
every day. I am very proud of the ones
I've got left because they are so nice.
I am very glad I called for the eggs.
I hope now that I may spread those
chickens out next year so that I may
have many more of those kind. I am
very sorry I did not have more hens be-
cause I think they are all going to be
roosters but one and that there is but one
hen. So that I will not be able to save
many eggs for that next setting with
] only one hen laying. Well I will try
and save as many as I can from that one.
I guess that I have written you all that
I can think of about them."

Junior Extension Schools

Organization of club work for the com-
ing year will start very soon, and plans
for Junior Extension schools, demon-
strating club work, are being consid-
ered. These schools will be held for the
benefit of the school children, and are to
be conducted after a fashion, similar to
extension schools for adults.

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

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Northampton
^ National Bank ^

C. N. CLARK, President

WARREN M. KING, Vice-President and Cashier

EDWIN K. ABBOTT, Assistant Cashier

CAPITAL AND SURPLUS, $660,000
DEPOSITS, $2,000,000

Interest Paid on Special Accounts and
Certificates of Deposit

We are qualified to act as Executor,
Administrator and Trustee

Why not make your will appointing
this Bank as Executor?

THE BANK FOR EVERYBODY

The Habit of Saving

Is at the bottom of most
big successes in the busi-
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habit by opening a sav-
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H a y d e n V i 1 1 e Savings
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enough to start with.

BANK BY MAIL

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HAYDENVILLE, MASS.

Concluded from page 4

girls have done in club work. I was told
that good blood in pigs tells as it does
in boys. I would like to try pig raising
as well as pig growing another year.
'Regrular feeding' is my motto. A boy
miist see that his pig eats three times a
day and has a good, clean home and bed
to sleep in. If he don't like work, don't
try pig raising as Piggy will squeal on
him."

Endless Chain Pig Club

The endless chain pig club is making
great strides in some sections of the
country. Tlie plan is this; pure bred
gilts are placed in the hands of capable
boys under competent supervision. The
boys are carefully guided in every step
in care and feeding.

Under this arrangement, the boy re-
turns two females of the litter as soon
as they arrive at the size and age of the
gilt he received, to the party that fur-
nished the pig. This is accepted as full
payment for his original pig. In this
way an ever-increasing number of pure
bred animals are distributed.

If Coal is High, Burn Oil

County Notes

The Williamsburg Fruit Growers' As-
sociation has again been successful in
marketing its crop. Due to the lateness
of the season, scarcity of new barrels,
and the high expense of labor, it was
thought best this year to sell the crop
to a canning factory. The directors
fully realize that marketing fruit in this
manner does not assist to any extent in
building up the apple industry, but due
to the shortage of canned or dried apples,
the price received was higher than for
fruit for storage. Many growers were
also unable to purchase new barrels and
by marketing in this way the directors
allowed the use of flour barrels. All
fiTjit picked from the trees was barreled
without grading or sorting.

While the apple crop in this section is
light and the demand good, the price re-
ceived by the association was 25 to 50c
more per barrel than received by those
outside the association. In a year like
this it is very easy for a farmer to mar-
ket apples at a good price. Years of
large crops are the times when the far-
mer has trouble in disposing of his fruit
to good advantage. An association has
its value in establishing a name for itself,
and thus creating a demand for its fruit.
The farmers in the towns surrounding
Williamsburg now realize the benefit of
such an organization, and even this year
many new members have joined the As-
sociation.

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with a

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F. N. KNEELAND, Vice-President
OLIVER B. BRADLEY, Cashier

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

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VETERINARY REMEDIES
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STABLE DISINFECTANTS

It is our aim to
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Let us figure on
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Concluded frnm page 4
Howard Loud, Westhampton, Canning
Esther Lester, Hadley, Canning
Mae Devine, Hadley, Canning
Mildred Boyle, Hatfield, Canning
Howard Pease, Middlefield, Pig
Sidney Sears, Goshen, Pig
Mady Gula, Belchertown, Potatoes
Frank Kokoski, Hadley, Potatoes
John Welch, Hadley, Corn
John Pekala, Hadley, Onions
John Bishko, Hadley, Col. vegetables
William Reardon, Hadley, Cabbage and

potatoes
Dorothy Comins, North Hadley, Sewing

team
Frank Bilski, Hadley, Corn team

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good article to have. It is just the
checker for these cold, snappy morn-
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Cuuciuded from page 1
No. 1

200 ground oats
200 bran

100 cotton seed meal
100 gluten feed

No. 2

200 ground oats

200 bran

100 cotton seed meal

100 linseed oil meal
It will be noted that bran and ground
oats form the basis of these two rations,
both of these two feeds being relatively
cheap in price, slightly laxative in char-
acter, bulky and quite palatable, all
properties of a good ration. There is
little diiference in this net cost of any
of the protein feeds, linseed oil meal
being substituted for gluten feed in the
No. 2 ration to increase the protein con-
tent a little and make it a ration that
one would be more apt to use when there
was no leguminous roughage available.
W. F. Turner.

Mass. Agri. College.

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Chassis, $325 Town Car, $595

Couplet, $505 Sedan, $645

Trucks from $375 to $695

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Model F A. Touring Car $935
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Concluded from page 1

On the Morgan Horse Farm an area of
about 2 acres was fenced off. This area
had some bad patches of paintbrush.
The grass and weeds were mowed and 45
dry ewes placed in the enclosure the first
week in July. In two weeks' time the
sheep had eaten almost every leaf of
paintbrush in sight. They seemed to
prefer the paintbrush leaves to anything
else; at any rate, they would search out
isolated plants in the grass, and the
patches which were covered with paint-
brush arc now almost bare. The clean-
est field in the Morgan Horse Farm is
the one which has been used as a sheep
pasture for several years, and which,
when the farm was bought, was as badly
infested with weeds as any.

This experience indicates that even if
wool and meat only meet expenses, a flock
of sheep can be kept for the labor saved
in keeping the farm clear of weeds. It
is doubtful, whether any other fai-m ani-
mal has so wide a use.

McCarthy & stearns

185 Pleasant Street
Northampton, .... Mass.

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In session twelve months in
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at any time and graduated
when competent.

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HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

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Fertilizers
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Implements

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The Effect of Frost on Corn

In case of not too severe frosts, the
more exposed leaves, outer husks and
upper part of the stalk only may be
touched, in which case the cells of the af-
fected parts are ruptured, discharging
the cell contents, and growth is more or
less impeded. If the frost is quite severe
so that all of the leaves are affected, fur-
ther assimilation ceases.

The more immature the crop, the more
damage, and vice versa (a) because
frosting checks further development and
(b) because the succulent plant fur-
nishes a better food for micro-organisms.
It is doubtful if the completely formed
organic matter such a fiber, starch and
protein are in any way injured. It is
the material in the process of formation
that undergoes deterioration.

The breaking of the cell walls causes
the water in the cell sap to dry out
rapidly and the affected parts become
brittle, break off and are lost.

Investigations at the Massachusetts
Experiment Station have shown that
after a frost occurs which does consider-
able damage to the leaves, the sugar in
the ears will gradually be converted into
starch — a highly important change
whether the crop is intended for grain
or for the silo, since starch is less readily
decomposed than sugar. It is possible
also that the sugar in the stalk after the
frost occurs may be translocated to the
ear and be finally transformed into
starch.

In view of our present knowledge, it is
believed to be good management to allow
the frosted corn to stand for a time and
cut only when a marked dry and crumbly
condition of the leaves begins to mani-
fest itself. In case of light frosts when
only the more exposed leaves are in-
jured, considerable growth is likely to
take place as time passes.

The greatest loss is due evidently to
the checking of growth, and the second
greatest results from the drying and
crumbling away of the affected portions.
Palatability may be somewhat lessened.
The combined losses are not likely to be
as serious as is often imagined, the plant
still retaining the larger part of its
feeding value. — Massachusetts Agricul-
tural College.

R. T. PRENTISS, Agent

JOJ Pleasant Street, HOLYOKE, MASS.

As several farmers in the County al-
ready have their herds headed by sires
purchased at the Mixter Farm, it will be
of interest to know that Mr. .J. S. Clark,
Manager, has recently pui'chased a bull
calf, said by many to be one of the best,
if not the best bred bull calf in the
country. The calf, Langwater Clansman
traces three times to Imp. King of the
May, three times to Imp. Itchen Daisy
.3rd and his first seven dams average
12,7.56.68 lbs. milk, 641.0 lbs. fat. He is
an excellent individual.

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If it needs attention, see us about

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HAMPSHIRE COUNTY

FARM BUREAU

FEB 5=1918

Vol. II.

NORTHAMPTON, MASS., DECEMBER, 1917

No. 12

Annua! Meeting

Our Farm Bureau has now been in
operation for three years. The farmers
and their wives, the boys and girls have
all helped to make it a successful, effi-
cient organization. The business men in
the county have taken a deep interest in
its work. The last year, especially, has
seen a phenomenal growth of the or-
ganization, due primarily to the strenu-
ous war situation. Next year, more re-
sponsibilities will fall on the shoulders of
the farmers and their families, and the
state and nation will call on them for
the full development of their resources.
Organized effort ill bring about the best
results. This means taking an active
part in your county agricultural or-
ganization. Let us start the year off
with a clear understanding of what our
job is, and be prepared to meet it. The
importance of a well-attended, enthu-
siastic, annual meeting of your Farm
Bureau cannot be emphasized too strong-
ly. The meeting is to be held Saturday,
January 5, 1918 in Odd Fellows Hall,
Northampton. Your advisory board has
arranged a very attractive and valuable
program.

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The Massachusetts Forestry Department

Because of our desire to cooperate
with the county farm bureaus, we have
prepared this brief statement of the
work of our department in order that
these bureaus may have an intelligent
idea of the department with which they
are being asked to cooperate.

The work of the State Forester is
divided into four branches under separate
administrative heads as follows: Gypsy
moth, forest fires, forestry, and forest
utilization. We do not mean to indicate
that there is a distant line of cleavage
between these four branches, and that
each works independently of the other.
The object of the State Forester, as
stated by law, is the perpetuation, ex-
tension, protection, and proper manage-
ment of the forest lands of the Common-
wealth, both public and private. (1904
409-2). All of these branches work to-
gether to produce this result, and their
work must interlock, as their interests
are united. We shall describe each
branch separately, except the Gypsy
Moth.

(Continued on page 2)

Market Service

In order to assist in more economical
distribution and marketing of farm
products, the United States Department
of Agi'iculture, cooperating with the
State Food Adminstration, the Massa-
chusetts Agricultural College and the
Farm Bureaus has established four mar-
ket bureaus in Massachusetts. The
western district, comprising Berkshire,
Franklin, Hampden and Hampshire
counties, has headquarters with the
Hampshire County Farm Bureau. A
market news service will be established,
whereby any one interested may receive
quotations on farm produce from all the
different markets, as Pittsfield, Green-
field, Springfield, Northampton, etc.
Aid will be offered in establishing public
and farmers' markets, developing trans-
portation facilities, standardizing grades
and packages, forming consumers' clubs,
establishing desirable relations with
middlemen, and in fact, anything pertain-
ing to transferring foodstuffs from the
producer to the consumer.

Mr. William L. Machmer, who has
been engaged to direct the work in this
district, has had considerable experience
in .solving marketing problems, and only
recently made a careful study of the
onion, tobacco and milk industry in
Massachusetts. Any farmer or group of
farmers with crops to market who desire
assistance, should get in touch immediate-
ly with Mr. Machmer at the Farm
Bui-eau office.

The Food Administration

Do you know what the United States
Food Administration is; what its aims
are, and how it hopes to achieve them?

This body was authorized by the act of
Congress, August 10, 1917; whereupon,
President Wilson, by executive order,
created it and appointed Herbert Hoover
as its head.

THE AIMS

From the very beginning the task of
the Food Administration has been two-
fold: (a) to provide our Allies and our
own soldiers at the front with a supply
of food ample enough to enable them to
win the war. And at the same time (b)
to provide enough food for the people of
this country at prices which shall be as
moderate as the extraordinary war-time

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December Qrain Rations

The feed situation in general has not
changed greatly during the past month.
Wholesale dealers report greater sales
than ever before within an equal period
of time, the feeders evidently fearing a
short supply later. Some dealers are not
now quoting gluten feed, and are sending
out statements to the effect that the new-
corn crop will be late on the market and
considerably reduced on account of the
high percentage of soft or immature
corn. Beet pulp has not yet made its ap-
pearance on the Eastern markets, the
milling people reporting a delayed har-
vest of beets, and all available pulp taken
up by nearby dealers. Distillers' gi-ains
are virtually off the market, the only
quotations noted in the past month being
for a limited supply at $60.50 in car lots.
Feed prices have all advanced slightly,
but in about the same proportion so that
the mixture suggested for last month
will still be as economical as any that
might be purchased. This mixture,

200 gi'ound oats

200 bran

100 cotton seed meal

100 gluten feed or linseed oil meal,
will carry approximately 17% digestible
protein and 70% digestible total nutri-
ents, and should give good results when
fed with a good grade of roughage.

Another matter well worth calling to
your attention at this time is that of
cattle lice. The time is at hand when
stock will be kept in the barn a large
part of the time, and while it is no dis-
gi-ace to find lice on cattle, they have
been found on some of the best herds in
the state, it is a disgrace to the herd
owner and a serious drain on the effi-
ciency of the herd to let them remain
there. If taken in hand early they may
be controlled by the use of louse powders
or some coal tar dip. Kerosene emulsion
has been found to be an effective agent
in their eradication. In using this, care
must be taken that the emulsion is well
made to prevent injury through the burn-
ing of the hair and hide by the kerosene.
Two applications of this emulsion with
an interval of ten days will usually con-
trol the most severe infestations of lice.

W. F. Turner,

Massachusetts Agricultural College.

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

PUBLISHED BY THE

Hampshire County Farm Bureau

A. F. MacDousrall, County Agent
Helen A. Haiiiman, Home Deni. Asont
C. H. Gould, Hoys' anil Girls' Club Leader

Office First National Bank Building
Northampton, Mass.
Entered as second class matter Nov. 9, 1015. at the
Post Office at Nortbampton, Massachusetts, under
the Act of March 8, 1879.

Price, 50 cents a year
$1 a year, including membership in Farm Bureau

Officers of the Farm Bureau

Leslie R. Smith, President, Hadley

W. D. Mandell, Treasurer, Northampton

A. F. MacDougall, Secretary

ADVI.SOKY BOARD

Leslie R. Smith, Hadley

Chas. R. Damon, Williamsburg

Perley E. Davis, Granby

C. E. Hodgkins, Northampton

Warren M. King, Northampton

Wm. N. Howard, Ware

E. B. Clapp, Easthampton

While Congress was discussing the
propriety of making H. C. Hoover the
sole arbiter of the food supply of the
United States, I reminded myself that
the idea is not new, a very trustworthy
man named Joseph having performed a
similar service for Egypt several thou-
sand years ago. He acted both as col-
lector and distributor of food for a series
of years, and that without a breath of
scandal attaching to his name. To be
sure, government was much less compli-
cated in Joseph's day than it is in our
time. He had no Congress to deal with
and hold him up at every turn. What
Pharaoh said went, and that was the end
of the matter so far as Joseph's instruc-
tions were concerned. A tolerably clear
account of the transaction has come down
to us and there is no intimation of graft
during the seven fat years, or in the
lean period of equal duration. More-
over, in spite of the fact that Joseph was
greatly handicapped because there were
neither railways nor auto trucks to facili-
tate distribution, none went supperless to
bed, from which fact we must conclude
that as a national food administrator,
Joseph was an unqualified success and
well deserved the ecomiums showered
upon him. The story, besides being in-
teresting, reminds us that there is noth-
ing new under the sun.

— Jacob Biggie.

The Hotel Biltmore of New York City
reports the saving of 1927 pounds meat
on a "meatless Tuesday," and five barrels
of wheat flour on a "wheatless Wednes-
day." The Biltmore has substituted rye,
potato, barley and rice flours for wheat
in bread and pastry.

County News

Representatives of the Farm Bureau
are on the programs of a great many of
our Granges for the coming winter. One
of the prime objects of the Farm Bureau
is to co-operate with and assist existing
organizations in the county.

Two-day Extension School.?, with a
program furnished by the Massachusetts
Agricultural College and the Farm
Bureau, have already been held in the
towns of Southampton, Huntington and
Prescott. Arrangements have been com-
pleted for schools in Cummington and
Worthington. Williamsburg is planning
on a five-day school. Extension Schools
are one of the best means for the farmer
and his family to get in close touch with
the teaching of our State Agricultural
College.

Two Holstein bull calves from some of
the highest producing stock at the Massa-
chusetts Agricultural College have re-
cently been purchased by Fred H. Burr,
Worthington, and Homer Granger, Ches-
terfield.

Two groups of women, one in North-
ampton and one in South Hadley have
made plans for organization to take up
the study of foods and meat substitutes.
More women should plan to devote some
time to the study of foods.

Alder Wood

The State Forester has received from
the American Powder Mills at Maynard
enquiries for peeled alder wood, for
which they are offering $18.75 per cord,
delivered on the cars. A year ago their
price was $12.50. The cutting and peel-
ing of this wood is a rather tedious job,
but at the price offered should yield a
good return, especially as the stumpage
value of alder is practically nil. In the
winter time it is necessary to peel the
sticks by means of a spoke shave. In
the summer the bark can be loosened by
beating with a wooden spud, and then
peeled off by hand. The bark itself has
a market, for it is used as a basis of
certain dyestuffs, and brings $.35 per ton.
Of course the costs of production will
vary greatly with distance from railroad
and from the mill, but one can count on
a chopping cost of not less than $2, peel-
ing $4, hauling and loading $.3-$5, and
freight $3 per cord. It will be useless
to operate less than a carload of this
wood, or an amount of ten or twelve
cords.

Alder wood grows practically every-
where in Massachusetts, but reaches its
optimum development in the western
counties. It is used to produce the char-
coal which is an important part of black
gunpowder. Hence the present demand.

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FOREST UTILIZATION

Special conditions sometimes call for
an effort not specifically provided for by-
law, and such is the work of this branch.
Owing to the depredations of the gypsy
moth, a great deal of the oak timber in
the eastern part of the State has been
killed or partially so, and the normal
market for this material was overflowed,
with the result that much valuable wood
was going to waste because there was no
profitable outlet for it. Furthermore, it
has been scientifically demonstrated that
oak woodland, which has not yet been
seriously infested, can be in part pro-
tected by the removal of the trees most
susceptible to the gypsy moth. The con-
ditions that have come to pass in the oak
woodlands of the eastern part of the
State are also present in the chestnut
stands of the central and western sec-
tions, because of the effects of the bark
disease. For the purpose of finding a
market for the unmarketable material,
and to assist the owner in placing this
material on the market, this branch of
the work was organized. The utiliza-
tion branch not only finds the market
for the private owner, but supervises the
operating of the woodlot, placing the
contracts for cutting, milling, etc., and
selling the product. The owner, of
course, pays all the costs except the
supervision. Although this branch is at
present chiefly interested in oak and
chestnut and their products, the market
information which it gathers extends to
all species of wood and classes of pro-
duct. The advantage to the Common-
wealth of this work is that material
which would likely go to waste is placed
upon the market, and that woodlot
owners, receiving a better price for their
product than they were accustomed to re-
ceive, are encouraged to think better of
forestry as a woodland investment than
they otherwise would.

The forester in charge of this branch
has two assistants, one in the field and
one in the office, besides several field
foremen who take charge of the cutting
and logging operations on the estates
under its care.

FOREST FIRE BRANCH

The work of fighting forest fires in
each town is in the hands of a local
forest warden, who is appointed by the
mayor or selectmen, with the approval of
the State Forester. The local wardens
act under the general supervision of the
State Fire Warden and his district depu-
ties. This supervision diff'ers from that
in the moth work, because the law does
not convey to the State Forester the
same measure of control over the local
moth superintendent. The entire ex-
pense of fire-fighting is borne by the
towns, except in the case of railroad

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HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY
HOME MAKING

MISS HELEN A. HARUIMAX. Uf nionstratiuii Agent

What the Food Situation is

The men of England, Scotland, Ire-
land, Italy and Belgium are fighting;
they are not on the farms. The food
production of these countries, our Allies,
lias therefore been greatly reduced.
Even before the war, it was much less
than the amount consumed. The differ-
ence was supplied by the United States,
Canada and other countries, including
Russia, Romania, South America, India
and Australia.

The difference is now greater than
ever, and at the same time, food can no
longer be obtained from outside coun-
tries. Therefore, our Allies depend on
North America for food as they never
depended before, and they ask us for it
with a right which they never had before.

Millions of the men, women and chil-
dren of the United States cannot go
abroad and fight the enemy face to face.
But they can fight by helping the fighters
fight.

France, Great Britain, Italy, and Bel-
gium must now import 60'/'r of their
breadstuffs instead of 409c they imported
before the war. America must .supply
the greater part of this need. To send
them the least that they can live on we
must increase our export of wheat from
88,000,000 to 220,000,000 bushels. We
cannot send them corn as they have no
mills for grinding, and corn meal spoils
in shipping.

The oats, rye, and barley that we send
will not support them unless mixed with
wheat. We must send them more wheat,
and to do this we must eat less wheat
bread.

Because of lack of fodder and the in-
creased need of meat to feed the soldiers
and war workers, our Allies have .3.3,000,-
000 less head of stock than before the
war. The herds are still decreasing and
we are now sending them three times as
much meat as we did before the war.
We must send them still more meat this
year, than ever before.

The chief source of fats for eating is
in dairy products. We are able to pro-
duce no more of these now than before
the war, yet last year, we sent our
Allies three times as much butter and
ten times as much condensed milk as we
used to send them. Because their milk
cows are still decreasing, we must send
even more butter and condensed milk
this year. Because their hogs are de-
creasing, we must send them more lard.

Before the war, France, Italy and Bel-
giuin raised all their own sugar. Great
Britain bought sugar from Germany.

Now, France and Belgium cannot raise
much sugar, because their men are fight-
ing, and Great Britain cannot buy sugar
where she used to buy it. All must get

How to Use Salt and Smoked Fish

The average housekeeper rarely knows
more than four or five ways in which
salt and smoked fish can be used. Since
the meat supply is not normal, and the
use of fish is encouraged on Tuesdays
and Fridays, the American people should
learn to use cured and preserved fish.
Those fishes preserved in tin should be
saved and sent to our troops and Allies.
Less than two pounds per capita is the
yearly consumption of salt and smoked
fish, and of this the greater part is eaten
by foreign born. Where fresh fish are
not obtainable, or in those seasons when
they are scarce almost everywhere,
' smoked salt fish make a very acceptable
I and low priced substitute. Salt fish can
be "laid in" in quantity for a winter's
supply and therefore be convenient and
1 available for emergencies. Smoked fi.sh
are, generally, more perishable than salt
fish unless especially packed, but they
can be held for sufficient periods to make
them convenient.

Because they are comparatively non-
perishable, salt fishes, unless specially
packed and in expensive containers, are
generally sold at retail at a lower price
than the same fishes fresh, but it is not
generally known that pound for pound,
both salt and smoked, they contain more
nutriment than when fre.sh. This is be-
cause the curing extracts a large part of
the water, and what is left is more nearly
all food.

Perhaps some of these are not obtain-
able, because they are little known or
new, but you will help vary the national
diet and prevent waste if you will ask
your dealer for them. Remember that

sugar where we get it, and there is not
enough to go around unless we save.

HOW YOU CAN HELP

Sign a pledge card and join the ranks
of the Food Administration. Put the
window card in your front window. Buy
less; cook no more than necessary. Use
local and seasonable supplies to lessen
transportation. Preach and practice the
"gospel of the clean plate."

Each person use only four instead of
five lbs. of wheat per week.

Each person save 1-3 oz. (2 tsp. ) ani-
mal fat each day.

Each person save 1 oz. (2 tbs.) sugar
each day.

Don't let Friday be the only fish day, —
ask for the new fish.

Turn off electric lights when you don't
need them.

Use wood instead of coal.

Eat plenty, wisely, without waste and
help win the war.

— U. S. Food Administration.

Home Canned Food Safe

"There is no danger that the type of
food poisoning known as 'Botulism' will
result from eating fruits or vegetables
which have been canned by any of the
methods recommended by the United
States Department of Agriculture. Of
course, extreme care should be taken to
ascertain before eating canned goods of
any kind whether they are in good condi-
tion, and if they have spoiled they should
not be consumed."

fishermen will not catch in large num-
bers, nor the dealer handle, fish that
nobody asks for, and when they get in
the net they are often thrown away — a
sheer loss of good food.

Salt fish must be freshened before
they are used, but that requires little
more trouble than mere forethought.
Place them flesh side down in a large
volume of water, and leave them there
from 12-48 hours, according to taste, and
the size and thickness of the fish.
Change water several times. The ex-
traction of salt may be hastened if the
fish be raised above the bottom of the
container by placing it on a wire tray or
clean sticks, and if the pieces be thick,
by making several deep incisions in the
flesh. Less freshening is required if the
fish be boiled or otherwise cooked in
liquid than if used for broiling or frying.

RECIPES
The following recipes may be used for
almost any dried salt fish, .such as cod,
pollack, haddock, hake, whiting, burbot,
channel bass, barraconda, drumfish,
shark, etc. Many of the recipes may be
used for sablefish by reducing or omitting
the fats. Bacon and salt-pork fats may
be substituted for butter in many cases.
Some of these fish are sometimes so salt
as to require considerable soaking, some-
times so fresh as to require little or none.
The cook must use her own judgment
with the particular material at hand.

1. Salt-fish chowder. — Take one-half
a pint of picked salt flsh. Pare and
slice 1 pint of raw potatoes and 1 large
white onion ; put in a hot buttered baking
dish in alternate layers of fish, onion,
potato, and 1 cracker, crushed fine. Add
salt and cayenne pepper to taste, cover
with hot water, and boil gently for 20
minutes. Add 1 pint of hot milk and a
few tablespoons of good cream and let
boil up.

2. Baked salt fish. — Take a cup of
picked fish and stew gently in warm
water. Mix 2 cups of cold mashed po-
tatoes with a pint of milk, 2 eggs, a lump
of butter the size of an egg, or bacon fat,
a seasoning of pepper, and a pinch of
salt if necessary. Mix with the fish,

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HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

BOYS' AND GIRLS' WORK

CHAKI,t:S H. GOLLI), Leader

A Canning; Club Story

"I first undertook canning club work
more for the fun of it than for any other
serious purpose.

"In the afternoon of our first meeting,
it was dreadfully hot, and three members
only, attended.

"On a cooler evening, our second meet-
ing was held, and then twenty-three
came. We played games and had a real
good time while our beans were boiling.

"My first attempt at canning was an
utter failure, and so were my second and
third. My carelessness, of course, ac-
counted for this for, in spite of my
mother's and my teacher's advice, I often
put a cold jar in boiling water, which
caused it to break and its contents to
drop in the boiler. I usually took two
rubbers at meetings, and at one time I,
(carelessly working as usual) while
hurriedly packing Swiss chard in a quart
jar accidently put in my extra rubber.
I did not notice this at all for I was
laughing and chatting with the other
girls. My jar was sterilized with the
rest, and when it was removed from the
boiler, our teacher noticed it, but alas, it
was too late!

"I was more successful in my next at-
tempt at home, and under mother's
supervision canned, I forgot whether it
was twenty or twenty-two quarts of
tomatoes, while she canned berries.

"Miss Harriman on her second visit to
Ware roused my interest in the "work"
of the Canning Club. I gradually took
more and more pleasure in the work, and
attended meetings for another motive
besides that of having a good time.

"I canned small beets and carrots, and
spurred by the lovely results of my work,
I helped mother to can quite often.

"When exhibition time drew near, I
asked mother if I could exhibit my jars;
she told me it would be better to do so,
and show our kind teachers and the
Ware people that we appreciate what
they have done for us.

"At a meeting, which was held two
days before the exhibit was to start, I
was reminded that I must have six varie-
ties, 1. e., three vegetables, two fruits
and one green, in order to meet all con-
ditions required. I had no greens so de-
cided to hurry home, get some at my gar-
den, and can them that night. I had no
time, however, to can them so I blanched
and packed them, and sterilized them
next morning after school. I also canned
peaches the very morning of the Fair,
and carried them to the Fair grounds
about ten minutes before the exhibit was
to start.

"I was well rewarded, however, for my
extra work for I received, much to my
surprise and delight, third prize.

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The Three B's

A two-line report of a Kentucky
county agent to the United States De-
partment of Agriculture speaks volumes.
This is his succinct account of his work:

"Had a meeting at the courthouse. I
talked on whipping Germany with three
B's — bread, bacon, and beans."

Wintering Ewes

Sheep can be successfully wintered
with a smaller use of grain than is
needed for other live stock. If in good
condition at the beginning of winter and
given the right kind of hay they can be
carried through the winter without grain
unless the lambs are to be dropped before
going to pasture. All depends upon the
kind of hay or other roughage used.

Legume hays stand at the forefront as
a roughage for sheep. No other rough-
ages approach them in feeding values.
The coarse-stemmed hays like timothy,
red top and bluegrass have very few
leaves and therefore are poor sheep
feeds. Hays having a large amount of
timothy in them also are undesirable.
Not only is timothy unpalatable to the
sheep, but it causes serious cases of con-
stipation. The dry timothy heads work
into the wool, causing irritation to the
skin, lessening the value of the clip and
making shearing difficult. When tim-
othy or other coarse-stemmed hay is fed
to sheep in winter quarters it becomes
necessary to use some supplementary
feed to keep the sheep in condition.

Can the Cockerels

Can the cockerels when it no longer
pays to feed them, is the advice the
United States Department of Agricul-
ture is giving to the boys and girls of
the poultry clubs in the North and West.
Canning saves feed, and puts on the
pantry shelves material for a chicken
dinner when poultry is highest in price.
This is the method taught to the club
members :

Kill fowl, dress at once, cool; wash
thoroughly, draw, then cut into conveni-
ent sections. Dip into cold water to in-
sure cleanliness. Place in wire basket
or cheese-cloth and boil until meat can
be removed from bones easily. Then re-
move from boiling liquid to separate the
meat from bones. Take the meat off in
as large sections as possible; pack hot
meat into hot glass jars or enameled
cans; fill jars with pot liquid after it has
been concentrated one-half; add level
teaspoonful of salt per quart of meat,
for seasoning; put rubbers and caps of
jars into position, not tight. Sterilize
for the length of time given below for the
particular type of outfit used.
Water bath, homemade or com-
mercial (quart jars) 31 hours
Water seal, 214 degrees 3
5 pounds steam pressure 2
10 to 15 pounds steam pressure 1

Remove jars, tighten covers; invert to
cool and test joints.

Caution: Only the very best types of
rubbers should be used.

More Pork

To win the war we need more meat.
To get an increased meat supply quickly
hog breeding must be increased materi-
ally throughout the country, and in cer-
tain States an increase of from 2-5 to 50
per cent in the number of hogs is recom-
mended by the United States Depart-
ment of Agriculture.

The situation is of great importance.
We must have plenty of meat for our
armies and the armies of the allies in the
field, and suflicient meat for our civilian
population and the civilian population of
the allies at home.

To have this meat, breeding animals
must reproduce themselves so the off-
spring will be available for slaughter in
the future.

Hogs can be increased quicker than any
other kind of live stock.

Therefore a larger number of sows
must be bred now than in recent years.

Home Economics club work for the
coming winter has been made more at-
tractive by Miss Norris, state leader.
The time sheets have been simplified and
a larger number of household chores
will be given credit.

Pittsylvania County, Virginia, has the
largest boys' corn club in the United
States with a membership of 500.

"Gee, its' good, and it only cost two
cents," exclaimed a lad during the noon
recess in one of the Belchertown schools
the other day.

"What's good," asked the club leader.

"That cocoa, the Demonstration Agent
showed us how to make; been having it
two weeks now. I have two cups every
day."

Boys and girls in North Hadley, Cum-
mington, Plainfield, Southampton and
Westhampton say the same thing about
the warm noon lunches recently or-
ganized in the schools by the Home
Demonstration Agent.

A .Junior Extension School for the
boys and girls of Prescott is to be held
December 11, which will give the chil-
dren of that town a demonstration of
club work.

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

'MAIOKLL'

HOLIDAY SHOES

As well as footwear for everyday
needs are found in our unusually com-
plete and interesting stock of

SHOES, SLIPPERS, RUBBERS

AND HOSIERY

The styles are authentic ; quality of
the highest and prices most tempting.
We carry also a splendid line of

RAINCOATS AND UMBRELLAS

THE MANDELL COMPANY

The Draper Hotel Building

Northampton
^ National Bank ^

C. N. CLARK, President
WARREN M. KING, Vice-President
EDWIN K. ABBOTT, Cashier

CAPITAL AND SURPLUS, §660,000
DEPOSITS. $2,000,000

Interest Paid on Special Accounts and
Certificates of Deposit

We are qualified to act as Executor,
Administrator and Trustee

Why not make your will appointing
this Bank as Executor ?

THE BANK FOR EVERYBODY

The Habit of Saving

Is at the bottom of most
big successes in the busi-
ness world. Begin tlie
habit by opening a .sav-
ings account with the
H a y d e n V i 11 e Savings
Bank; One dollar is
enough to start with.

BANK BY MAIL

HAYDENVILLE SAVINGS BANK

HAYDENVILLE, MASS.

Concluded from page 1
10.30 Reports of Agricultural Agent,
Home Demonstration Agent and
Boys' and Girls' Club Leader.
J.1.00 Annual election of officers, mem-
bers of Advisory Board and
Town Directors.
11.30 Reports from Town Directors.

Discussion of work for 1918.
12.00 Lunch.
1.00 .J. D. Willard, Sec. Mass. State
Committee on Food Production.
1.30 Miss Laura Comstock, State
Leader of Home Demonstration
Agents.
2.00 Hon. Andrew Felker, Commis-
sioner of Agriculture, State of
New Hampshire.
The men and women will meet in joint
session both morning and afternoon, ex-
cept at 11.00 when they will each hold
separate sessions for the election of offi-
cers and town directors. This is the first
year the ladies have attended, and a large
representation is desired. Make this an-
nual meeting the largest gathering of its
kind ever held in the county. Last year
16 towns were represented. Why not
have every town represented this year?
Every man, woman and child in Hamp-
shire County who is interested in agri-
culture, is invited. Remember the date,
Saturday, January 5, 1918 at 10.30
o'clock.

Concluded from page 4

"I had done a little pickling before the
Fair, but had not liked it very well for,
my hands burnt terribly after I had
pickled ripe peppers.

"The week after the Fair, mother had
some peaches to can and some peppers to
pickle. She had always done this her-
self in previous years, but this time 1
offered my services, and she gladly ac-
cepted them. I thought that I would
take the pickling for a change. The
onions I was to pickle were small but
powerful, and after working but a short
time, I asked mother if she'd "swap
jobs." I think I like canning better than
pickling, and intend to do more next
summer.

"Now, I know that this is not e.xtra
good, but nevertheless, having worked
pretty hard at the story and fulfilled all
requirements, I do hope I get a pin."

If Coal is High, Burn Oil

Keep any Rodiii in

the House Cosy

with a

NEW PERFECTION

OIL HEATER

Concluded from page 1
conditions permit; to accomplish this by
the co-operation of producer, distributer,
and retailer with the Government for the
greatest good of the greatest number;
and to use such compulsory measures as
have been conferred upon the Food Ad-
ministration by law to safeguard the
public against individual greed or con-
certed extortion.

— Literary Digest.

W. H. Riley & Co.
PLUMBING AND HE.\TIi\'G

AGENTS FOR

Glenwood Ranges and Lowe Bros. Paints

Opp. Post Office Nortbampton, Mass.

Nflrtliautptnn JusttlitftDn
for i'atiinga

Incorporated 1842

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Quarter Days, First Wednesday in
January, April, July, October

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$1 will open an account
Interest Paid on Deposits

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Open 9 A. M. to 3 P. M.
Saturdays, 9 A. M. to noon
Monday evenings, 6.30 to 8

FIRST NATIONAL BANK

NORTHAMPTON, MASS.

THE BANK OX THE CORNER

We offer liberal banking
facilities to the citizens of
this coninumity.

We are always pleased to
have you call upon us.

WM. G. BASSETT, President

F. N. KNEELAND, Vice-President
OLIVER B. BRADLEY, Cashier

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

Wiswell the Druggist

82 Main Street

— THE KODAK STORE —

VETERINARY REMEDIES
Daniels', Lesure's, Barber's

STABLE DISINFECTANTS

It is our aim to
Co-operate with the Farmer

Let us figure on
Your Winter's Supply of

GRAIN and PEED

D. F. HOWARD & SON

Wholesale and Retail Grain Dealers

Ware, Mass.

GAZETTE PRINTING CO.
MERCANTILE PRINTERS
NORTHAMPTON, MASS.

R. F

ARMSTRONG & SON

HEADQUARTERS

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Concluded from pii^j:e 3

turn into a buttered pudding dish, and
balce about lialf an hour.

3. Baked salt fish. — To a large teacup
of fish, picked fine, add 2 cups of millc,
2 well-beaten eggs, salt and pepper to
taste, and half a cup of butter, or bacon
fat; mix very thoroughly and bake half
an hour.

4. Salf-fish cups. — Boil 1 cup of pre-
pared salt fish for 20 minutes, drain, and
set aside until cold. Add 2 cups of bread
crumbs and 2 well-beaten eggs. Season
with salt and pepper. Mix well, then
make into balls and with the fingers form
into cuplike shapes. Place cups in
greased pan and break an egg into each
one; put a little butter and salt on top
of each. Bake slowly in the oven until
eggs are solid. If garnished with lettuce
leaves or parsley, it adds to the appear-
ance.

5. Scalloped salt fish. — Mix a cup and
a half of cold boiled rice with 2 table-
spoonfuls of cream; alternate the rice in
a greased baking dish with fish finely
flaked, finishing with rice. Carefully
break 4 eggs on top; season with salt,
pepper, and bits of butter. Bake until
the eggs are set. Individual ramekins
may be used and an egg slipped on each.

6. Salt-fish souffle. — Boil prepared
fish for 20 minutes; drain the fish,
pound it, and run through a sieve or
meat chopper; add 2 ounces of melted
butter, the beaten yolks of 2 eggs, and
season with pepper and salt to taste.
Beat up the whites of eggs to stiff' froth,
add them lightly to the other mixture in
a pie dish, and bake in a cjuick oven
about 20 minutes.

Continued from page 2
fires where they can collect from the cor-
poration. The State Fire Warden can,
however, compensate certain small towns
for fifty per cent of the value of fire-
fighting equipment which they purchase
with his approval. Aside from the
supervision of local wardens the efforts
of the State fire service are directed to-
wards the prevention and quick detection
of fires. The first line of work is car-
ried out by the publishing of the fire
laws on posters and by other means, the
inspection of spark arresters on locomo-
tives and the clearing of rights-of-way.
The second is secured by a complete sys-
tem of fire-watch towers now numbering
thirty or more which are connected by
telephone with the local wardens in their
district. Watchmen are maintained in
these towers for about six or seven
months in the year.

This department maintains two fire-
trucks in the central and western parts
of the State for use at fires which have
got beyond the control of the local au-
thorities.

The State Forester, as head of the fire
service, deputizes his powers to a State

Concluded on page 7

FORD

THE UNIVERSAL CAR

Have You Ordered Yours?

Touring Car, $360 Runabout,

Chassis, $325 Town Car,

Couplet, $505 Sedan,

Trucks from $375 to $695

$345
$595
$645

FORD SALES COMPANY

803 MAIX ST. . NORTHAMPTON. MASS.

Dodge Brothers
Motor Car

December 4, 1917, completes three
years of sales, in which time 210,000
cars have been sold. This record
stands alone.

The gasoline consumption is unusually
low. The tire milage is unusually high

Touring Car or Roadster $ 885
With Winter Top 1050

Sedan or Coupe 1350

l = Z=Ton Delivery 885

(All prices f. o. b. Detroit)

S. E. HICKMAN

146 KING ST., NORTHAMPTON, MASS.

NORTHAMPTON

COMMERCIAL COLLEGE

"THE SCHOOL OF THOROUGHNESS

111 session twelve months in
the year. Students admitted
at any time and graduated
when ciinipetent.

Tuition hnv. Train and trol-
ley service good. Board in
good homes at reasonable rates.
Greater demand and better
salaries for liusiness-trained
men and women than ever be-
fore. For catalogue and com-
plete information address

JOSEPH PICKETT, Principal.
76 Pleasant St., Northampton, Mass.

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

Q, y\, PORDlS Zi SON four district wardens. There are two

railroad inspectors, and the watchmen

Conchirted from page 6 | Pf^DT TDlVr Or /^p A VPQ

Fire Warden, who has the assistance of V-iV/U V^IVi-^ Wt, VJrV^TV V CO

EASTHAMPTON'S
"HOME HARDWARE STORE'

Farming Tools
Spray Pumps

Spray Materials
Fertilizers
Seeds

Implements

EASTHAMPTON, MASS.

BISSELL'S TIRE SHOP

NOKTHAMPTON, MA.SS.

Miller, Goodyear, and U. S. Tires

Tires and Tubes

Vulcanized by Steam

QOODYEAR SERVICE STATION

FREE AIR

66 KING STREET

Tel. 13!)3-M

THE HINMAN MILKER

ALSO

The R. T. Prentiss
Complete Fertilizer

R. T. PRENTISS, Agent
JOJ Pleasant Street, HOLYOKE, MASS.

mentioned above.

GENERAL FORESTRY

We have left this branch until the
last, for under it are gathered a vai-iety
of activities which the other branches,
with their more definite work, do not
touch. It is a sort of general utility
branch. The work of this branch may
be subdivided into five lines, although
these lines do not necessarily cover all
its work, for special temporary activi-
ties are placed upon it from time to time.

(a) Reforestation. Under the refor-
estation laws (Acts 1907, 487), owners
of cut-over and waste land who wi«h to
have it reforested can turn over their
land to the State Forester for a period
of ten years. At the expiration of this
period the owner can reclaim his land
by paying what the department has laid
out upon it for planting and other work.
To date one hundred and fifty planta-
tions, amounting to six thousand acres,
have been reforested under the term.s of
this law.

(b) State Nurseries. This branch
maintains two principal and three sub
or transplant nurseries for the propaga-
tion of forest planting stock. This stock
is grown, first, for use of the department
for planting on reforestation lots and
state forepts; second, for use by other
state departments ; third, for municipali-
ties, and last for sale at cost to private
owners. Owing to the demands of the
three first classes of users we never have
any surplus for sale to private owners.
At present we have on hand nearly two
million four-year-old transplants ready
for field planting, with a corresponding
number in younger ages for future use.

(c) Examination. The forest law
provides that any owner of woodland
may call on the State Forester for an
examination of his 'woodland or trees.
The cost of such an examination to the
owners covers the traveling expenses of
the visiting forester. The .subjects cov-
ered in such examinations range from an
estimate of timber to the identification of
a disease on a tree or .shrub.

(d) Under the law the State forests
purchased by the State Forest Commis-
sion are turned over to the State For-
ester for administration. As the legisla-
ture has made no special appropriation
for this purpose the amount of work
done along this line is limited, but con-
siderable has been done in the construc-
tion of fire lines, wood roads, and plant-
ing.

(e) Educational work is carried on by
the publication of bulletins, the dissemi-
nation of newspaper articles, and the ar-
rangement of exhibits at fairs and other
public celebrations.

The REXALL Store

Tel. 200 . . Northampton, Mass.

THE NEW YORH

LIEE INSURANCE CO.

Largest Financial Institution
in the World

Assets, . . . $866,9S8,841.57

insurance in force, $2,681,903,563.00

Protect yourself, your fam-
ily and your estate with our
new Accelerating contracts
with Double Indemnity and
Waiver of Premiums.

REPRESENTED BY

JOHN. J. KENNEDY EARL L. GRAHAM

NortliamptOD. Mass.

The Ideal Restaurant

SIDNEY J. HALL, Proprietor

REGULAR MEALS

Also ORDER COOKING
FULL LINE OF LIGHT LUNCHES

40 MAIN STREET, NORTHAMPTON, MASS.

H. D. SMITH

Hatfield, Mass.

GRAIN, COAL, ICE

AND

FARM MACHINERY

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY
NO "BLOW OUTS" HERE!

When You Want a Dependable Light
GET A

DIETZ LANTERN

We Carry Several Styles and Sizes
Prices Are Very Reasonable

SAFE— STRONG-
SATISFACTORY

We Have a Big Line of

CARRIAGE LAMPS

ALL KINDS

Lantern Globes and
Lamp Chimneys

TABLE LAMPS, HAND LAMPS
HANGING LAMPS

Hardware
Houseware

J. A. SULLIVAN & COMPANY

3 Main Street Telephone 6, Northampton, Mass.

CASE 9-18
KEROSENE TRACTOR

Mr. Farmer: — Invest in a Case 9-18
Tractor. Do your work the power way.
It will save time and labor, take off
the heavy burdens of farming. A Case
Tractor is built to give continuous
service, day and night if necessary,
never tires. When not in use, requires
no attention, doesn't eat when idle.
Seventy-five thousand farmers are
power farming, because it is the profit-
able way and the easy, modern wiiy.

Its work will please you. Its con-
struction pleases us.

FRANK S. PARSONS, Agent

Also Distrilnitor for the celeljrated REO
Line of Pleasure Cars and Trucks.

W. N. POTTER'S SONS & CO.

Flour, Hay
Grain, Salt

Lime and Cement

NORTHAMPTON

FLORENCE

HADLEY

Just a Little Light on This
Christmas Present Proposition

This season we've made special preparations
to have a complete line of practical presents
for men and boys — some for the girls too.

Sweaters for the whole family
Mackinaws for Boys . . $6.00 to $12.00
Mackinaws for Men . . $10.00 to $15.00
Coats, Caps, and Qloves

Special Long Coats and Caps and Gauntlets

for the car

And for our soldiers in camp or "somewhere
in France," a list of welcome articles

MERRITT CLARK & CO.

144 MAIN STREET
NORTHAMPTON, MASS.

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY

FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

Vol. Ill,

NORTHAMPTON. ]»IASS., .lANFAKY. J91S

Lookinjc Forward

High prices for seed and fertilizer, ex-
pensive labor, and transportation diffi-
culties, make it a requirement that
farmers make their plans immediately for
their season's work, and choose more
carefully the lines they wish to develop
in order that they may close the year
with a reasonable profit.

Present prices make snap-shot plan-
ning a dangerous and disastrous prac-
tice. Tho.'^e who depend, to a large ex-
tent, on commercial fertilizer in grow-
ing their crop, may be sadly disappointed
if they withhold their orders until spring.
With the shortage of labor, the farm
work must be so arranged that the best
use possible will be made of help that is
available. This means managing the
farm, so that the WDrk is disti-ibuted as
nearly as possible over the entire season.
Favor crops that can be grown by farm
machinery already on the farm. If new
machinery is necessary, and it is too ex-
pensive for a single farm to purchase,
two or more farmers or even communi-
ties may combine, as in the case of
threshing machines, etc., and thus reduce
the burden on the individual. This war
has proved to a great many towns, that
united efforts pay, and different agencies
are cooperating, whom we never thought
would join hands.

Although many farmers closed 19J.7
■with little or no profit, they realize that
our country is at war, our boys are
across the sea, and that they must lend
every effort to bring about a safe peace.
Assistant Secretary of Agriculture,
Carl Vrooman, clearly outlines the situa-
tion in the following paragraph :

"We must procure the planting of large
<:rops, to be sure, but we must take par-
ticular care that the individual farmer
does not become bankrupt because of his
patriotic efforts, that fertility is not
drained for this year's croj) at the ex-
pense of crops that must be grown in
other years — for it is to be remembered
that the army in the furrows must hold
its lines till the war is won, and that
even when the soldiers of the trenches
are mustered out and sent to their homes,
our food products must still flow across
the seas to feed the people of desolated
lands."

Conserve and use to the best advan-
tage, all home resources, keep thrifty
Concluded ou page h \

Concerning Co-operative Creameries

1. Every cooperative creamery in
starting out should acquaint every patron
with the importance of a good sized
business. The best size bu.siness is
within reach of practically every dairy
community. To know the required busi-
ness, to work for it and maintain it, is
the part of good management of every
creamery.

2. Quality of the butter is the second
important factor. It is possible for
every cooperative creamery to make first
class butter. Requirements for high-
grade butter demand delivery of cream
at least twice a week in winter and three
times a -week in summer, a first-class
butter-maker and cleanly conditions on
the farm where the cream is produced.

3. Good business management of the
creamery is the third important factor
in success. The good business manage-
ment of a cooperative creamery is up to
the patrons. They must see that the
right men are elected to office, and then
inquire into the business of the creamery
every month until they are sure the right
men have been elected.

— Kimball's Dairi/ Farmer.

Market News Service

The market news service, giving accu-
rate information as to supply and price
in the local markets will be of great
value to both producer and consumer.
The working plan is as follows: —

Every Monday, Wednesday and Fri-
day morning, three or four retailers in
Springfield, Pittsfield, Holyoke, North-
ampton and Greenfield, quote the Mar-
ket Agent retail prices for the day on
the following products: apples, beans,
beets, cabbage, celery, onions, parsnips,
peas, potatoes, squa.sh, turnips, eggs,
fowl, chickens and butter. Facts con-
cerning the supply and condition of the
above products are also obtained. The '<
infoi'mation is telephoned to the office
of the Market Agent where it is tabu-
lated for the press, and special bulletins,
which will be issued soon. Wholesale
prices for Springfield, Boston and Pitts-
field will also be given.

The possibilities of this service are
great, but they will be realized only in
proportion to the extent to which the
service is used by producers, distributors
and consumers.

Concluied on piige 7

January Feed Situation

It is practically in)Pip§§ji^le to make up
a satisfactory grain mixture on feeds
quoted at the present time, December 20.
This is due to the absence of an unusu-
ally large number of feeds from the
market, some of the wholesalers not
quoting cotton seed meal, others no
gluten, and all of them apparently short
of hominy, di.stillers' grains, brewers'
giains and beet pulp. Another factor
that has led us not to suggest any mix-
ture this month is the new set of regu-
lations given out by the Food Adminis-
tration Board under which the flour
millers are to operate after December
2.5th. Quoting from a report of a large
New England wholesaler, "Bran is to be
sold at a price per ton not exceeding
33'v of the average cost of wheat to the
miller, 'shorts' • te be sold at approxi-
mately $2.00 per ton above bran, flour
middlings not more than $9.00, and
mixed feeds not more than $4.00 above
the price of bran." It would .seem that
this ruling, if it proves efi'ective, will
tend to make more stable the price of
feed stuffs.

In our work in the state this past
month our attention has been called to
the exorbitant price some retail feed
dealers are charging for certain feeds.
In one case a spread of $13.00 per ton
between the retail and the wholesale price
was reported, and several other in-
stances were noted where the retailer
was asking a price of $8.00 per ton over
the wholesale rate.

It might be well to call to the atten-
tion of the feeders in your county that
according to a ruling of the Food Ad-
ministraton Board even the largest
jobber must sell feed to anyone who has
the money to buy in car lots. While
the retailer undoubtedly has his place in
the feed business, the opportunity is
given by this ruling to force him to give
a square deal to the producing dairyman.
W. F. Turner,

.1/. A. C.

H. E. Haslett, Specialist in Sheep
Husbandry, at the Massachusetts Agi-i-
cultural College, has arranged to spend
two days each month in Hampshire
County, answering calls and making
farm visits to those farmers who are in-
terested in sheep.

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

PUBLISHED BY THE

Hampshire County Farm Bureau

A. F. l>Ia(-I>oiit;;ill, C'<iuiity Agent
Helen A. Harriinan, Home Deiii. A::«'iit
C. H. Gonld. Boys' iilid Girls' Clnl) Leailer

Office First National Banlv Building
Northampton, Mass.

Entered as second class matter Nov. 9, 1915. at the
Post Office at Northampton, Massachusetts, under
the Act of March 8, 1879.

Price, .50 cents a year
$1 a year, including membership in Fai-m Bureau

Officers of the Farm Bureau

Leslie R. Smith, President, Hadley
William D. Mandell, Treas. , Northampton
Ernest S. Russell, Secretary, Hadley

ADVISOKY I$O.VRI>

Leslie R. Smith, Hadley
Charles R. Damon, Williamsburg
Perley E. Davis, Granby
Clarence E. Hodgkins, Northampton
Warren M. King, Northampton
William N. Howard, Ware
Edwin B. Clapp, Easthampton

The "Extra" not the " Surplus"

"Raise all you can, and can the sur-
plus," was the slogan for 1917. This
will not hold for 1918. A "surplus" is
that which remains when a use or need
is satisfied. Under present stringencies,
it is mere folly to claim that there is or
will be an excess of food. There will be
no such thing as "surplus."

We must turn our attention to the
"e.xtra." It will be the extra row of
beans; the extra acre of potatoes; the
extra hog, that will determine whether
we eat or do not eat. The shortage of
sugar awakens a conception of what a
real shortage in staple products would
mean. We either have sugar or we do
not have it. If we have it, we are care-
ful of it.

And this bring us to a consideration
of "conservation." Conservation in 1918
means preserving the produce from the
extra row; curing the meat from the
extra hog, not canning what's left from
our garden after we've eaten all we want.
And it will not be a question of whether
it's cheaper to can beans yourself or buy
them at the corner grocei-y store. It's a
question of being able to get beans at
all. The extra row will supply you
whether the corner grocer has them or
not.

St. Lawrence County Farm Bureau,
New York, reports 400 to 500 lbs. 16%
acid phosphate, per acre on "paint
brush" pasture had the effect of replac-
ing- the paint brush with native white
clover. No grass seed was sown. This
is an experiment worth trying on some
farms.

The Boys and Qirls

In our efforts this year we must not
forget the young people. Their work in
this campaign, and the training they re-
ceive is molding minds that will better
grasp the meaning of a crisis and the
necessity of concerted action, should a
similar emergency occur when their gen-
eration is in command. They take up
with new ideas. It will be difficult for
the most conservative communities to es-
cape the propelling force of the young-
sters if well organized and instructed.
And besides, there is no good reason why
a farmer's son should not have the bene-
fit of every possible, intimate and whole-
some relation to the father's work and
business. War or no war, this is what
club work seeks to give him.

"No man knows when the war will
end. Against the sort of foe we face no
man can guess how long the war must
be waged. There is only one thing that
we do know to a certainty, and that
thing is that the war will be won, no
matter how long it takes, nor how much
it costs in treasure and blood. And we
know, too, that to win that war, armies
on the fair fields of France aVe but as
chaff before the wind, except as they are
supported by other armies as large, as
heroic, as devoted to their country and
their country's flag, and as ready to
undergo sufferings and sacrifices, in the
furrows and foundries at home."

Hon. Carl Vrooman, Ass't. Sec. Agri.

Under present world conditions, our
farmers need a better grasp of the tre-
mendous meaning of totals. An agricul-
tural expert says, "If every tillable acre
in his county could be made to produce
just one bushel more we should need 13,-
500 trains of 50 cars each to transport
it to market." The man with a few
acres is not apt to regard his own margin
of increase of great value. To be sure,
an additional bushel per acre is equiva-
lent to a quart or less in the back-yard
garden, yet increased production of these
small "extras" should be possible for
farmers of broad acres and small gardens
alike. The world needs more food, and
yet more.

White Qrubs Coming in 1918

Large flights of May beetles, well
known as the parents of the white grubs,
destructive cereal and forage insects,
occurred in .June, 1917, throughout
Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio,
Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey,
and parts of other States. These flights
mean, says a report of the Bureau of
Entomology, United States Department
of Agriculture, that throughout the area
affected the white grubs will be destruc-
tively abundant in 1918, which will be
the second year in the life of the result-
ant progeny. — [/. S. D. A.

Annual Meeting

The Farm Bureau held its annual
meeting Saturday, Jan. 5. About eighty-
five members, representing 16 towns;
were present.

The morning session opened with Presi-
dent Smith, presiding, and was taken up
with officers' and agents' reports and the-
election of officers. In the afternoon,^
the audience listened to Senator George
H. Ellis, of the State Committee on Food
Production, outline the policies of the
Committee for 1918, and later discussed
with him the immediate needs for the
county this season. Miss Laura Corn-
stock, State Home Demonstration Agent,
very thoroughly outlined the necessity of
conservation.

The essential fact of the meeting im-
pressed upon the members present was
the growth and increased demand for
Farm Bureau work.

treasurer's report

Receipts, $8,701 58

Am't due from different sources, 477 88

Total receipts,

$9,179 46

Expenses,

$8,658 76

1917 Bills payable,

623 45

Total expenses.

$9,282 21

. Deficit,

$102 75

Home Dem. Ag'ts Report,

6 months

Days in Office,

Days in Field,

Miles travelled.

3,417

Article written.

Office calls.

Phone calls.

253

Letters

Personal,

581

Circular,

565

Home visits,

Meetings,

Attendance,

2,595.

County Agent's Report:

Office calls

Persons,

912

Telephone,

1,782

Farm visits,

280

Meetings held.

117

Attendance,

5,128

Letters

Personal,

1,503

Circular,

7,142

Newspaper articles,

Farm Bureau paper,

Club Leader's Report, 6 m

onths

Home Economics club

118

Pig

135

Corn

Canning

Market Garden

Potato

26-

Poultry club

Home and School Garden club

2,110

Exhibits

Exhibitors

700

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

home: making

MISS HKLKN A. H AKKIMAN. l>eiiii>nstratioil Affent

Conservation of Clothing

Conservation of clothing is equally as
important as food conservation. The
shortage of wool and the increased de-
mand for it makes it highly important
that we should economize in its use. Re-
member that a soldier needs three times
as much wool as a civilian, and we have
about 3,000,000 soldiers. Before the
war, we as a nation, used 225,000,000
lbs. of wool annally, and we produced
■only 135,000,000 lbs. The fact remains
that we must use one-third less our-
selves, and see that our soldiers are
clothed. There always will be wool on
the market, as there always will be beef,
but people must be satisfied with ma-
terials made of shoddy or part cotton
or silk.

In many homes a more complete use
of garments could be made if one under-
stood methods of renovating and re-
modeling garments which are partially
worn out. A brief course of four lessons
would give valuable information to many
women who are anxious to make better
use of material and money.

1. Selection of Material and Equip-
ment.

2. Use and Alteration of Commercial
Patterns.

3. Remodeling and Renovating Gar-
ments.

4. Continuation of number 3.

These lessons could be arranged once
a week for four weeks or once in two
weeks for 8 weeks, and could be given
to groups of 10-15 women. Such ar-
rangements may be made by consulting
the Home Demonstration Agent.

School Lunches

Does your child carry his lunch to
school? And does he have .something
warm to eat at noon? Good reports
have come in from the schools in Plain-
field, Cummington, West Cummington,
and Belchertown, Hatfield and West-
hampton. In some cases, the children
bring a dish to be warmed and in others,
the teachers supervise the making of
cocoa or soup. West Cummington chil-
dren even sold ashes to get money for
the food. Some of the good results are:
better lunches, less candy purcha.sed at
stores, and better afternoon work and
more satisfied children.

There are still some schools where the
children have nothing warm at noon.
What is the school in your neighborhood
doing?

"Have heard people express that the
school was fine and that more would at-
tend next year, having heard what it
was this year." — Southampton.

Many Ways of Reducing Food Bills

The Extension Department of the
Mechanics Institute, Rochester, N. Y.,
suggests the following ways of reducing
the food bills. Food that is not needed
for building- up strength is wasted, since
it interferes with digestion and therefore
impairs efficiency, besides literal food
waste money spent for unnecessary food
is wasted.

Buy in rcasuridbU' qnantities.

It would seem legitimate to take ad-
vantage of the reduced cost of reasonable
quantities of food, but every one should
be careful not to lay in a large enough
stock to aff^ect the market.

Buij foods ill hulk.

When purchases are made at reliable
stores we are safe in buying by the
pound instead of paying for fancy
packages. A saving of from fifty to
one hundred per cent is possible in some
cases.

Learn the laws relating to contttiners.

By so doing the housekeeper will not
buy wooden butter dishes with tin on the
edges unless the tradesman weighs the
container separately.

Post a table of iceights and measures in
your kitchen.
Such a table will enable you to check
the weight or measure of any store.

Check weights at home.

Worth while if there is the slightest
doubt as to the honesty of the dealer.
Better find a dealer whom you can trust,
and then tell him that you are counting
on his cooperation.

Find stores that sell cheaply.

Any legitimate lowering of prices
pi'obably means that there is no delivery
system, and that the storekeeper does
not have to pay a high rent. The house-
keeper should be careful to ascertain the
possible saving. If this is offset by extra
carfare it would be poor economy.

Ask for trimmings of meat purchased.

Most butchers are glad to cooperate in
this way and trimmings from meat kept
in a high class store are good, whole-
some food. One may even buy such
trimmings, particulai-ly if near a packing
house, at an appreciable saving. The
meat is good for minced dishes, etc.

Group buying.

Join a group of families and so get the
benefit of wholesale prices, unless the
plan is detrimental to the local trade.
Let your dealer arrange it for you.

Provide a fireless cooker.

This insures considerable saving in
Concluded in colunm 'S

Uses of Sour Milk

Save sour milk.

Save money by using sour milk in
making cottage cheese, quick breads,
puddings, cakes, cookies, doughnuts, gi-id-
die cakes.

The souring of milk is due to lactic
acid bacteria in the milk. It is mild in
acidity immediately after it has curdled
and has a very good flavor. It is some-
times served in this form and is known
as clabber.

Sour milk is a cheap source of protein
for tissue building. It is also a valuable
source of lime and phosphorus and has a
slightly tonic eff"ect.

Sour milk is much used in cookery.
The dishes are leavened by the addition
of soda. One-half teaspoon of soda is
used to each cup of sour milk.

Some people prefer to add enough
soda to the sour milk to counteract the
acid taste, then leaven the mixture with
baking powder using the following pro-
portions, 2 tsp. of baking powder to 1 c.
flour, both measurements level.

CORN MEAL MUFFINS

1 c. cornmeal, 1 c. flour, 1 t. salt, 1 T.
molasses, I T. soda, IJ c. sour milk, 1 egg,
1 T. fat. Sift dry ingredients; add
beaten egg, milk and melted fat. Bake
in buttered muffin pans 15 minutes.

SOtIR MILK GRIDDLE CAKES

2i c. flour, 4 t. salt, 1 egg, 2 c. sour
milk, 1 t. soda. Mix and sift flour, salt
and soda together. Add sour milk and
well beaten egg; beat thoroughly and
drop by spoonfuls on a hot griddle.
Concluded on page i

fuel, and inexpensive food is improved
in flavor by long, slow cooking.

Study flavorings.

Such knowledge makes it possible to
render inexpensive food attractive and
digestible.

Keep a window box.

It is quite possible to raise herbs for
seasonings and garnishing at practically
no expense. Have a plant of parsley.

Extending the flavor of meat.

A smair amount of meat can be made
to aid flavor to a good sized dish of cereal
composition. See Bulletin, "Economical
Use of Meat in the Home."

Use meat substitutes.

Cheese and dried vegetables are the
standbys as a basis for these.

Keep a stock pot.

All any small quantites of cooked vege-
tables and cereals as well as fresh bits
of meat. Cleanliness is necessary.

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

BOYS' AND GIRLS' WORK

CHARLES H. GOULD. Lea<l« r

800,000 Enrolled

More than 800,000 boys and girls in
Northern and Western States, as mem-
bers of agricultural and home eco-
nomics clubs, are enrolled for war serv-
ice in gardening, canning, bread-mak-
ing— war bread, too — poultry raising,
and other emergency enterprises, accord-
ing to a recent report of officials of the
United States Department of Agriculture
in charge of this work.

The total enrollment in regularly or-
ganized clubs for the year ending June
30 last was 406,636. In addition, about
400,000 boys and girls were enrolled in
the war emergency projects. These were
from the cities and were not classified
as regular club members. The regular
members were organized into the follow-
ing clubs, the figures showing the number
of clubs, not the members: Corn clubs,
945; potato clubs, 1,217; home garden
clubs, 3,070; canning clubs, 2,152; gar-
den and canning clubs, 776; mother-
daughter clubs, 270; poultry clubs, 832
pig clubs, 1,037; baby-beef clubs, 158
bread clubs, 643; sewing clubs, 1,250
handicraft clubs, 76; sugar-beet clubs,
161; home cooking clubs, 755; other
miscellaneous clubs, 448. The total num-
ber of clubs of all kinds was 13,790.

Twenty-nine Northern and Western
States cooperated with the Federal boys'
and girls' club service during the year
ending June 30, 1917, according to the
report. Seven hundred and fifty-nine
counties in the North and West now have
the junior extension work thoroughly or-
ganized into club groups and on a club-
project basis. Eighteen agricultural and
home economics projects were carried
out cooperatively. Eight States had
written project agreements with State in-
stitutions like departments of education,
normal schools, etc. Eighteen States
had written project agreements with
county organizations and institutions for
doing club work.

For the year ending last June, 1,124
paid leaders were working in connection
with the boys' and girls' club work. In
addition to these there were 9,748 volun-
teer club leaders. A total of $157,304.75
was expended for local county, State, and
national overhead supei-vision for club
work. This is a supervision cost of 79
cents per club member enrolled, and $2.65
per club member making report.

A Poultry Story

Williamsburg, Mass.
October 28, 1917
Dear Mr. McDougal :

You will be pleased to hear that I have
three nice pullets and one rooster. I had
eleven nice little chickens all well and
hearty. Something dug under the coop
and took seven of them. John Buckley
and I thought it was a weasel. This
happens in the night. I fed them rolled
oats when they were first born and then
fine chick feed and plenty of sour milk
which they gobbled down fast and now
they eat most anything. They always
have been well and never have had to
have even a dose of Castoria, and their
teething never bothered them. I am
sorry I could not take them to the school
exhibit but I received second prize on
my pumpkin and scjuash.

Thanking you very much and hoping
the weasel won't act up next year.
With love from your friend,

Clarence J. Casey
Grade III of the Center School.

P. S. I have a dog named Prince.
Age nine, me not the dog.

Twenty per cent of the pig club mem-
bers in the county have completed the
contest, and sent their records to Am-
herst. Nearly all records show a profit.
Every pig club member who gave a note
for his pig, haS paid off his debt.

Home Economics clubs are being or-
ganized in about twenty communities.
Northampton is to have five clubs.

There are eight members of the Sow
and Litter club in the county. These
boys have raised the sow in their pig
club contest during the summer. Now,
they have entered another contest to see
how many pigs they can raise. The boys
can sell the pigs when old enough to next
year's pig club members.

More club members finishing their
contests is the aim for 1918.

Do not forget that a good, well-bred
horse will pay dividends on good feed,
kind and fair treatment.

The Farm Bui-eau can secure horse
manure in car load lots for $4.00 a cord,
plus freight, for anyone desiring same.
The manure is measured at this end,
comes from the cantonment at Ayer, and
is of good quality. This is a good propo-
sition. Farmers desiring to contract for
a carload, apply at Farm Bureau office.

Every farmer who buys- grain or fer-
tilizer should send immediately to the
Massachusetts Agricultural Expei-iment
Station or the Farm Bureau and get
Bulletin number 7 "Inspection of Com-
mercial Feedstuff's" and Bulletin number
8, "Inspection of Commercial Fertilizers."
These bulletins give the analysis and
other valuable information that a farmer
j .should have when buying feeds and fer-
tilizer.

When we get the WTong telephone
number twice running, our rage against
the central powers is positively un-
bridled.— Chicago Tribune.

BREAD CRUMB GRIDDLE CAKES

2 c. dry bread crumbs, 1 c. cold water,
2 c. sour milk, J t. salt, 1 c. flour, 1 egg,

1 t. soda. Soak bread crumbs in cold
water to soften, stir into the sour milk
and add the flour; add the beaten egg,
salt and toda; beat thoroughly and fry
on hot griddle.

SOUR MILK GINGERBREAD (without eggs)

3 T. fat, 5 c. molasses, 1 4 c. flour, 1 t,
ginger, 1 t. cinnamon, 1 t. salt, i t. soda,.
Jc. sour milk. Melt fat, add molasses
and heat. Add sifted dry ingredients;
add sour milk and beat. Pour into a
buttered pan and bake 30 minutes in a
moderate oven.

SOUR MILK LEMON PIE

1 c. sour milk or buttermilk, 3 c. sugar,.

2 T. cornstarch, 1 T. butter or substitute,
1 egg, yolk added to mixture, whites for
meringue, juice and rind of 1 lemon.
Heat sour milk in double boiler so as not
to curdle. Add sugar, cornstarch mixed
to hot milk. Add egg yolk, butter and
lemon juice. This makes enough fillings
for small pie. Meringue: — Beat white
of egg till points stand (2 T. confection-
ery sugar may be added gradually while
beating. Spread over filling and brown
in oven.

BOSTON BROWN BREAD (.SOUr milk)

1 c. rye flour, 1 c. graham flour, 1 c.
cornmeal, 2 t. salt, % c. molasses, 2 c.
sour milk, 13 t. soda. Reserve \ of the
sour milk. Sift flour and salt into liquid,
add soda to sour milk which has been
reserved and stir quickly into batter^
Pour at once into greased pan or cups
and cover with greased paper. Steam.

3 hours.

COTTAGE CHEESE

Cottage cheese contains all the proteins
of the milk and part of the fat. It is
valuable for its flavor as well as its food
value.

Cottage cheese may be served in a
variety of ways, with cream or butter,
with lettuce, fruit, preserves, jams or as
sandwich fillings. Vegetables and nuts
are frequently added to give variety, and
are especially good served as salads with
any dressing. Prepare as follows:

3 qt. thick clabber, i t. paprika, 1 t.
salt, butter or cream. Set colander in
pan. Line colander and pour boiling
water through the clabber until the curd
begins to harden slightly, drain, add
salt and paprika and butter or cream.

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

MIDWINTER
PRICE REDUCTIONS

are in force, and we're offering many
worth-while bargains in

SHOES, SLIPPERS AND

RUBBER FOOTWEAR

Our stock is complete, and in every
respect measures up to the high stand-
ard of quality and style maintained
at all times by this store.

THE MANDELL COMPANY

The Draper Hotel Building

Northampton
^ National Bank ^

C. N. CLARK, President
WARREN M. KING, Vice-President
EDWIN K. ABBOTT, Cashier

CAPITAL AND SURPLUS, $660,01111
DEPOSITS. $i.m).im

Interest Paid on Special Accounts and
Certificates of Deposit

We are qualified to act as Executor,
Administrator and Trustee

Why not make your will appointing
this Bank as Executor?

THE BANK FOR EVERYBODY

The Habit of Saving

Is at the bottom of most
big successes in the busi-
ness world. Bey,'in the
haljit Ijy opening a sav-
ings account with tlie
H a y d e n V i 1 1 e Savings
Bank. One d o 1 1 a r is
enougli to start with.

BANK BY MAIL

CoiK^huled from pa^ti I

stock, plant those crops that your farm
is best adapted to, and those that your
market is demanding, and eiilUvate only
the acreage that you can cultivate effi-
ciently and thoroughly.

Last year, Hampshire County learned
its lesson. A great deal of the in-
ci'eased acreage was hastily plowed,
poorly harrowed, and in some cases neg-
lected during the growing season. The
County Agent saw many fields where
the only difference was in the preparation
of the land, one piece being plowed in
the fall or early spring and then
thoroughly harrowed while the next field
was hastily plowed and harrowed late in
the spring, because of the urgent pleas
brought to the farmer for increased
acreage. The results were that with
potatoes, for example, a difference in
yield was obtained on some fields of from
50-100 bushels per acre.

There was an excuse for some mistakes
last year, as no one knew until spring
that it was necessary to have a big in-
crea.se in cultivated crops. This year, we
should be prepared. Plans can be laid
during the winter instead of waiting till
spring. Fertilizer and lime can be or-
dered, seed obtained, machinery repaired
or new machinery purchased, and other
arrangements made that are necessary
to the efficient beginning of spring work
on the farm.

If Coal is High, Burn Oil

HAYDENVILLE SAVINGS BANK

HAVDENVILLE, MASS.

Lime

Lime is such an old story that many
times it is overlooked. If there ever was
a year when the farmer should consider
the question of whether his land needs
lime or not, it is this year. A certain
amount of calcium carbonate should be
present in soils, as this compound keeps
the soil in a condition favorable for pro-
ducing crops. Plant food from all
sources on the market is very high.
Why lower its value by applying it to
land that is not in the condition to make
the best use of it?

The price of grain is almost pro-
hibitive, and many feeds are no longer
on the market. Why not cut down your
grain bill by growing more clovers or
alfafa? Lime is necessary on nearly
every farm in the county for the success-
ful growing of legumes.

The price of lime has increased some-
what, but in car-load lots, it can be
obtained for from $4.50-5.00 per ton in
paper bags, delivered. Farmers in the
vicinity of Easthampton can obtain lime
from the Hampden Mills. This lime is
somewhat finer and tests higher than
common ground limestone.

"In this vi^ar the "front" is where
ever a man or woman unselfishly dis-
charges his full duty to his country.
The farm and fireside will have its heroes
and heroines as well as the firing
line." — W. A. Lloyd.

Keep any Kooiii in

tlie House Cosy

with a

NEW PERFECTION

OIL HEATER

W. H. Riicv & Co.

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Glenwood Kaiiycs and Lowe IJros. Paints

Opp. Pcist Offl(/e Northampton, Mass.

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Saturdays, 9 A. M. to noon
Monday evenings, 6.30 to 8

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We oiler liberal banking
facilities to the citizen.s of
this coiiiinunity.

We are always pleased to
have you call upon u.';.

WM. G. HASSETT, President

V. i\. KNEELANI), Vice-Presideat
OLIVER 15. HKAULEY, Casbier

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

Wiswell the Druggist

82 Main Street

-THE KODAK STORE —

VETERINARY REMEDIES
Daniels', Lesure's, Barber's

STABLE DISINFECTANTS

It is our aim to
Co=operate with the Farmer

Let us fia;ure on

Your Winter's Supply of

GRAIN and PEED

D. F. HOWARD & SON
Wholesale and Retail Grain Dealers

Ware, Mass.

GAZETTE PRINTING CO.
MERCANTILE PRINTERS
NORTHAMPTON, MASS.

Spray Material

Powdered arsenate of lead has ad-
vanced in price 50-75%, and the pros-
pects are that it will keep on advancing
till spring. Lime-sulphur has increased
about 109r. The same reasons for an
early order of lime apply as well to
spray materials — advances in price and
uncertain shipments.

Tobacco Orowers and Varieties

S. H. DEVAULT, MASSACHUSETTS

A recent issue of The Homestead gave
the tobacco acreage and growers by
towns in Massachusetts. This article is
devoted to the g^iowers and varieties
grown by towns in the Bay state.

R. F. ARMSTRONG & SON

HAMPSHIRE

COUNTY

Vai

iety toliacco

■S:

Town

Z't

isR

£5

o«

S=s

Amherst

246

Easthampton

122

Hadlev

193

1,605

126

Hatfield

174

1,7.53

—

Northampton

162

—

Pelham

—

Southampton

103

—

Williamsburg

—

Total

504

4,009

126

143

HAMPDEN COUNTY

A gawam

616

255

Chicopee

—

101

East Long-meadow 5

—

. —

Granville

—

Lonp-meadow

—

Southwick

671

210

Snringfield

—

Westfield

264

Tota;

229

1,645

567

FRANKLIN COUNTY

Ashfield

Buckland

—

— .

Conwav

Deerfield

605

—

Greenfield

—

Leverett

—

Montague

—

Northfield

—

Sunderland

432

—

Whately

102

707

• —

1.30

FORD

THE UNIVERSAL CAR

Have You Ordered Yours?

Touring Car, $360 Runabout,

Chassis, $325 Town Car,

Couplet, $505 Sedan,

Trucks from $375 to

$345
$595

$645

FORD SALES COMPANY

i03 MAIN ST. . NOKTHAMrrOX, MASS.

Dodge Brothers
Motor Car

[ December 4, 1917, completes three
I years of sales, in which time 210,000

cars have been sold. This record

stands alone.

A Word About Suits

The ('oiiiinerciul Economy
Board luis recoiiiiueiidcd to the
maiiui'acturers of woolen goods
the use of half cotton and half
wool. This means, to the wise
man, that he set that /lew suit
now wliile he can get a wool
suit at 2i) % l)elow the price
of the spring suits.

80 Main Street, NOKTH AMITON, MASS.

The total acreage for the three
counties is as follows: Havana seed,
7622 acres; broad leaf, 224 acres, and
shade, 985 acres. Hampden county,
with 567 acres, leads the others in
Massachusetts in the production of to-
bacco under cloth. Franklin county has
275 acres under cloth, and Hampshire
county 143. Havana seed is the prin-
cipal variety of tobacco grown. How-
ever, the shade-grown tobacco is a com-
ing industry in the Connecticut valley.
It is more expensive to grow and is
usually grown by large syndicates or
growers with capital, but it is a more
sure crop, being protected from hail, in-
sects, etc., and brings a fancy price in
the market. No doubt the shade-grovtm
industry is here to stay, and this variety
of tobacco is likely to increase in acreage
year by year.

The gasoline consumption is unusually
low. Ihe tire milage is unusually high

Touring Car or Roadster $ 885
With Winter lop 1050

Sedan or Coupe 1350

l = 2=Ton Delivery 885

(All prices f. o. b. Detroit)

S. E. HICKMAN

145 KINO ST., NOKTHAMPTON, M.VSS.

NORTHAMPTON

COMMERCIAL COLLEGE

"THE SCHOOL OF THOROUGHNESS"

In session twelve niontiis in
the year. Students admitted
at any time and graduated
wiieii competent.

Tuition low. Train and trol-
ley service good. Board in
good homes at reasonal)le rates.
Greater demand and lietter
salaries for husiness-trained
men and women than ever be-
fore. For catalogue and com-
plete information address

JOSEPH PICKETT, Principal.
76 Pleasant St., Northampton, Mass.

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

D. A. rORBES I SON

EASTHAMPTON S
'HOME HARDWARE STORE'

Farming Tools
Spray Pumps

Spray Materials
Fertilizers

Seeds

Arsenic Industry Controlled

With the idea of further conserving
the Nation's food supply by pi-otecting
it from insect ravages, President Wilson,
in a proclamation dated November 15,
has placed the arsenic industry of the
United States under direction of the
Food Administration. The President's
action ccmes in answer to a threatened
shortage in the supply of arsenical in-
secticides, which ai'e the farmer's chief
protection for his crops against the on-
slaught of "biting insects."

— U. S. D. A.

Seeds

Implements

EASTHAMPTON, IVIASS.

The seed market has advanced in

about the same proportion as other

j farm crops, and the prospects are that

as spring draws near there will be still

greater increases in price. Timothy,

alfafa, and alsyke clover have not ad-

': vanced as I'apidly as the other grasses

BISSELL'S TIRE SHOP>^"'^'^'°^''"' Timothy is usuaHy export-
ed in large amounts, but since the war,
this trade has been cut off, and conse-
quently the price has remained about
normal. Good seed corn is scarce, and
those desiring ensilage seed corn will
profit by ordering early. Seed potatoes
are cheaper than last year but the Maine
supply is more limited. Local seed can
be bought to advantage this year from
farmers in the western part of the county
for the reason that large quantities of
new seed were brought into this section
last year, and also several farmers are
now using special care in selecting seed
stock. Other conditions being equal,
potatoes grown in the towns with high

elevations are as satisfactory as seed

from farther north.

FREK AIR

NOKTH.iMI'TON, ■\l.VSS.

Miller, Qoodyear, and U. S. Tires

Tires and Tubes

Vulcanized by Steam

QOODYEAR SERVICE STATION

66 KING STREET

Tel. 129.3-M

THE HINMAN MILKER

ALSO

The R. T. Prentiss

Complete Fertilizer

R. T. PRENTISS, Agent

JOl Pleasant Street,

C()?i»/ludt'(l ffoni ]ia.t;i' I

As far as the producers are concerned,
the sei-vice will give them the real mar-
ket price which will serve as a basis for
selling. It will give them a chance to
choose a market to some extent, because
shortages or low supply of any product
in a particular market will be reported.
It will assist in creating a larger de-
mand for certain products which must
be moved quickly, or in large quantity,
on account of their perishable nature, or
as a result of over production. This
will be effected through a low price and
abundant supply report placed into the
hands of consumers thiough the medium
of this service.

Watch your local papers for sum-
maries of this service and, if interested
write to William L. Machmer, Hamp-
shire County Farm Bureau, Northamp-
ton, Mass., and ask that your name be
placed on the mailing list.

Worthington Extension School is
scheduled for January 22 and 23.
Chesterfield Extension School is sched-
HOLYOKE, IVIASS. uled for -lanuary 24 and 2.5.

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The Ideal Restaurant

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REGULAR MEALS

Also ORDER COOKING
FULL LINE OF LIGHT LUNCHES

40 MAIN STREET, NORTHAMPTON, MASS.

H. D. SMITH

Hatfield, Mass.

GRAIN, COAL, ICE

AND

FARM MACHINERY

8 HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

PORTABLE HEAT I

TEMPORARY HEAT

Just Where You Want It and When You Want It

PERFECTION OIL HEATERS

Are Great Temperature Raisers

SPLENDID FOR THE SICK ROOM
Or any room where additional heat is needed for a time

VERY LIGHT WEIGHT

Easily carried from one room to another

WE HAVE SEVERAL STYLES
AND SIZES

^^ Prices are Low and Kerosene is Cheap
Come in and see them or send for catalog

J. A. SULLIVAN & COMPANY 1 HSui^ARE !

3 Main Street

Telephone 6, Northampton, Mass.

CASE 9-18
KEROSENE TRACTOR

Mr. Farmer :— Invest in a Case 9-18
Tractor. Do yonr work the power way.
It will save time and lalior, take off
the heavy burdens of fanning. A Case
Tractor is built to give continuous
service, day and night if necessary,
never tires. When not in use, requires
no attention, doesn't eat when idle.
Seventy-five thousand farmers are
power fanning, because it is the profit-
able way and the easy, modern way.

Its work will })lease you. Its con-
struction pleases us.

FRANK S. PARSONS, Agent

Also Distrilxitor for the (•("l('l)ralefl REO
Line of Pleasure Cars and Trucks.

W. N. POTTER'S SONS & CO.

Flour, Hay
Grain, Salt

Lime and Cement

NORTHAMPTON

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HADLEY

For boys who have reached the
exacting age here are the suits
and overcoats in their class.

No styles, models or designs
for men's clothing have been
more carefully studied than these
garments for boys.

In overcoats a complete show-
ing of this season's garments.
Mackinaws in new plaids.

MERRITT CLARK 8C CO.

144 MAIN STREET, NORTHAMPTON, MASS.

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY

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FEB 2 2 1918

Oolite jj; 10

FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

Vol. III.

NORTHAMPTON, IMASS., FEBRUARY, litis

No. 2

Farm Labor

One of the big problems confronting
the farmer today is the question of labor.
The New England farmer has been
effected probably more than any other
by the demand and high wages paid by
munition plants, factories working under
government orders and other manufac-
turing concerns. These manufacturing
plants have drawn a great many of the
best men from the farmers. Along with
this, of course, men have been taken by
enlistment and by the draft. It may be
possible that the draft may be more
lenient this season on the men on the
farm but there is no surety. We must
take things as they are and make our
plans.

What help is there available? Very
few good men with farm experience are
looking for .iobs. The transient man to-
day is generally one looking for a ,iob
with high wages and no work. These
are war times, and we must adjust our-
selves to the help available. The food
demands of our Allies warrant it. That
means more use of women and boys.
High School boys carefully selected and
properly .supervised have proved success-
ful. College women and girls and other
available women have also proved that
they are vei-y valuable when placed on
the right type of famis, and given work
adapted to their experience and ability.

Boys' camps, made up of high school
boys under supervision, were located in
different parts of the state last season
and did very satisfactory work, working
out on farms for the day. An effort will
be made to have at least one camp lo-
cated in the county this season.

Federal Income Tax

Government tax collectors wLll be in
every County to assist taxpayers in mak-
ing out returns for the Federal income
tax of October 3, 1917. This tax in-
cludes all persons, whether from the coun-
try or from the city, whose income ex-
ceeds the government figures.

Single persons with an income of less
than $1,000, and married persons with
an income less than $2,000 are exempt.
Married persons with children under
eighteen are allowed $200 exemption for
each dependent.

Determine your income as follows:
Contiiiued ou page Ij

Mating for Production

Too often poult rymen and farmers
wait until a few days before eggs are
needed for hatching before beginning to
think of mating their breeding stock.
This practice tends to line up the breed-
ing pen very hurriedly without careful
study and selection, which results in
many instances in including in the breed-
ing pens, immature and otherwise poor
stock. The true poultryman begins to
study his mating problems even before

I the chicks are hatched and continues
throughout the growing season, so when
the time comes to get his birds together
his mating problems have been nearly
solved, and there remains only the final
culling and placing in pens.

Each bird on the place should be gone
over carefully and the entire flock divided
into three groups, those absolutely unfit
for breeding, those that are par excellent,
and those that are possible or doubtful.
In making these divisions, the past his-
tory of the bird should be considered,
particular attention being given to breed-
ing qualities and production, if the latter
can be determined. It may be necessary
later to transfer birds from the doubtful
pen to the best one or visa versa, accord-
ing to development.

The size of the pens and the number
mated will depend upon the quality of
the stock and the number of eggs desired
for hatching purposes. It is very desir-
able indeed for practical poultrymen and
farmers to have their chicks come off in
three different hatches, if possible. This
plan will enable the poultryman to use
a large number of his own eggs for hatch-
ing and facilitate handling the chicks
after they are hatched. It can readily
be seen that this plan will cut down the
amount of incubation and brooding equip-
ment to a fairly low point.

j The breeding flocks may be classified
under three different headings. The
small flock consists of from 8 to 20 fe-
males and one male, the number of fe-
males used depending entirely upon the
size and activity of the males. The
Asiatic males are usually given from six

jto ten females; the American and Eng-
lish breeds from 12 to 15 ; and the lighter

j breeds, from 18 to 25.

Concluded on page 7

! Keep the hens in laying trim. Their
"shells" are valuable food ammunition.

February Feed Situation

The grain situation continues to be as
perplexing as ever. Prices have not
changed in the past thirty days but the
feeds available are still few in number
and uncertain in supply, some feeds hav-
ing been alternately on and off the mar-
ket several times during the past month.
The ready rations are worth considering
more than ever at the present time and
this Department is recommending them
in many cases as the basis for grain mix-
tures. In places where the different
feeds may be obtained the following grain
mixture is suggested :

,, 300 lbs. Wheat Bran,

200 lbs. Cotton Seed Meal,

I 200 lbs. Stock Feed,

100 lbs. Gluten Feed.
This mixture will be rather bulky due
to the large amount of bran used, but it
has a feeding value that should give re-
sults and the large percentage of bran
will greatly decrease the cost of the mix-

j ture.

We wish to call to your attention at
this time the matter of grain feed for
young and dry stock. The high i)rice of
grain feed has caused many herd owners
to take away the grain altogether from
these clas.ses of live stock. This is good
practice where the roughage is right in
quality and quantity so that the animals
may be maintained in good condition.
However, it is well to remembei- that
every pound of grain saved now at the
expense of condition in the dry cows or
of growth on the young stock, will call
for a greatly increased expenditure for
feed later on if these animals are to be-
come profitable producers.

Last year many dairymen foresaw the
feed shortage that we have now con-
fronted and prepared for the future by
growing more of their winter feed supply
either as corn, oats, a leguminous hay, or
better corn silage. This practice, always
good, is of increased value this year and
will no doubt be equally so next winter.
The cropping season is somewhat dis-
tant but it is well to urge the dairy-
man who is going to grow oats, corn, or
any of the legumes to be looking after
the seed for these crops. The supply of
such seeds is so low that there is a ques-

j tion as to whether there will be enough to

! meet the demand.

1 W. F. Turner, M. A. C.

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

PUBLISHED BY THE

Hampshire County Farm Bureau

A. F. Mat'Doiie.'ill. County Agent
Helen A. Harriman, Home Deni. Aeent
C. H. Gonlcl, Mojs' and Girls' Club I-eader

Office First National Bank Building
Northampton, Mass.
Entered as second class matter Nov. 9, 1915. at the
Post Office at Nortbamptou, Massachusetts, under
the Act of March 8, 1879.

Price, 50 cents a year
$1 a year, including memljership in Farm Burean

Officers of the Farm Bureau

Leslie R. Smith, President, Hadley
William D. Mandell, Treas., Northampton
Ernest S. Russell, Secretary, Hadley

ADVISOKV HO.\KU

Leslie R. Smith, Hadley
Charles R. Damon, Williamsburg
Perley E. Davis, Granby
Clarence E. Hodgkins, Northampton
Warren M. King, Northampton
William N. Howard, Ware
Edwin B. Clapp, Easthampton

Appropriations

The article in town warrants asking
for appropriations for the Farm Bureau
met with favorable support in nine out
of ten instances. This is a most gratify-
ing endorsement of the work of the Farm
Bureau. Needless to say the Bureau is
appreciative of this suppoi't, and trusts
that the action of these nine towns will
convert the voters of those towns where
meetings are yet to be held.

In passing, a comment on the adverse
action of Northampton may be necessary
to destroy any notions that Northampton
really disapproves of the Farm Bureau.
The action of the City Council in vetoing
an item of $500 for Farm Bureau sup-
port, finds little or no backing among the
well informed citizens and business men
of the city.

It is much to be regretted that such a
blunder of the Councilmen should receive
such wide publicity at this time, for the
moral effect on the county can be made
a greater loss than a material $500. It
looks bad for Northampton not to en-
dorse an organization that makes the
city its home office. It would be perfectly
reasonable for other towns to look
askance, and hedge on giving their money
to an organization which the county seat
will not endorse. But to dispel this feel-
ing, we beg to state that the city fathers
fail to admit that agriculture is the chief
industry of the county; that whatever
makes for rural prosperity means pros-
perity for Northampton. They voted un-
intelligently.

However, there are those who know
that it is poor policy to bite the hand that
feeds them, and a movement is on foot

Federal income Tax

We print some directions for the in-
come tax because a number of conflict-
ing interpretations have been offered in
numerous farm papers. The procedure
and interpretations printed in this issue
come direct from Federal authorities.

The income ta.x is one which the gov-
ernment has found necessary as a war
measure, and is not so heavy that farm-
ers cannot pay it. The Farm Bureau
stands ready to assist in making out re-
turns, and can put you in touch with the
proper authority. Returns must be made
by April I, 1918. "Ignorance of the
law is no excuse."

whereby $500 will come from Northamp-
ton. The faith of the rest of the county
in Farm Bureau work should not be
shaken. We do not believe that it will.

I County Notes

The County Food Con.servation meet-
ing will be held in Northampton Febru-
ary 15.

Hampshire County was well repre-
sented at the State Food Conservation
Meeting at Boston January 31.

Mr. Smith, of the Farm Bureau is^
making an effort to have farm help, and
farm owners exempt from the draft.

Hampshire County Farmers have con-
tracted for 23 tons of Government ni-
trate.

Using Potatoes to Save Bread
"Sir Arthur Yapp, the Director of
Food Economy, is anxious that the pres-
ent very large surplus stock of potatoes
and vegetables should be utilized in all
private houses, and Hotels, Re.staurants,
and other Public Eating Places, in such
a way as to save bread. It has been
brought to his notice that in many Pub-
lic Eating Places the charge for a por-
tion of potatoes and other vegetables is so
relatively high as to encourage people to
order bread instead. This is very much
against the national interest at present,
and Sir Arthur Yapp desires to be clearly
understood that he expects the manage-
ment of all Public Eating Places to alter
their arrangements accordingly. It is
stated that it is still quite common for
Meat, Eggs, etc., to be served on toast or
bread. This practice should be imme-
diately discontinued, and the use of bread
should be discouraged in every way pos-
sible, so long as potatoes and other vege-
tables are abundant. In particular, it is
most desirable that in all Public Eating
Places as little bread as possible should
be served at lunch and dinner when po-
tatoes and other vegetables are available
in abundance, at present. Sir Arthur
urges the public to give their full sup-
port to these recommendations, as this is
of great importance in utilizing the na-
tional food supply to the utmost ad-
vantage."

We quote the above from the Frnfter-
hurgh Herald, Scotland, under date of
December 4, 1917, in connection with re-
marks on the next page about potatoes
as a flour substitute. Also, to prove that
our conservation efforts are appreciated
we quote the following from the same
paper under date of December 18, 1917:
"Economy has become a national duty
of the highest importance. The man
who wastes food today is a national curse.
The waste of food has become treason —
treason to the nation and treachery to the
Allied cau.se. This festive season we

Mr. Machmer, the District Market
agent has marketed about 2,100 bushels
of potatoes for growers in Chesterfield
and Cummington this last week.

Seed Corn is Scarce.

Buy Your Seed Corn Now.

Mr. Carl Pratt of Hadley has an 18
months old Jersey Bull, whose dam and
granddam on both sides are Register of
Merit animals. This bull is for sale at
a low price.

Those interested in the purchase of an
Iron Age potato digger and Planter, also
a four row traction sprayer apply at the
Farm Bureau office.

The Present Potato Situation

The potato situation is most unsatis-
factory, both from the standpoint of
price to the consumer as well as of the
movement of the crop.

According to the Bureau of Crop Esti-
mates, the 19 northern potato producing
states east of but including Colorado,
had on hand January 1, 147 million
bushels of potatoes. Deducting from this
amount the quantity of seed required to
plant the 1918 crop in these states and
the average shrinkage due to rot, loss of
moisture, etc., it is estimated that the
movement during the next 150 days must
be approximately 950 cars per day, or
piactically four times that during the
latter part of December and early por-
tion of .January.

must win enjoyment from companion-
ship and meeting with friends; not, as
usual, from over-eating. America is
showing us a most stimulating example.
Practically all the biead we eat we get

j from that country. There is no other
source open. We are, therefore, in-
debted to the voluntary self-denial of the
people of the United States, millions and
millions of whom are going short in order
to save a margin for us. They willingly
cut down their consumption so that we
shall not starve. Let us then, evei'y one,
show our gratitude by joining the League
of National Safety at the meeting to-

j morrow night."

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

home: making

MISS H£L£N A. HAKRIMAN, Demonstration Aeent

County Conservation Meeting

Keep the date of February 15 open so
that we can have a good representation
of women at our County Food Conference.
All the counties in the State are holding
such conferences to outline the plans in
conservation for the coming season. Do
you really know how important this
problem of food conservation is? Is your
community, as a whole, doing all it can?

Mr. Walcott of Washington said .Janu-
ary 31st, at the Food Production and
Conservation Conference in Boston,
^'This War is our Chief Business Until
it is Won."

Library Extension Work at M. A. C.

The Library of the Massachusetts
Agricultural College recently made a re-
port in which were shown its activities
in cooperation with libraries of the
Commonwealth for the benefit of those
interested in agriculture and related sub-
jects. During the year ending .June 30,
1917, .56 village libraries throughout the
state were loaned a total of 897 books
and 143 pamphlets, on such subjects as
fruit growing, poultry husbandry, farm
crops, home economics, rural sociology
and farm machinery.

Village libraries desiring books, either
on special subjects or larger general col-
lections should .send a request for such
to the college library. The only expense
involved is that of transportation which
is borne by the library receiving the
tooks. Individuals who desire special
Ijooks for reference should make such re-
quest through their library rather than
to apply directly to the college library.
Massachusetts Ag^'imdtural College.

Correspondence Course

In order to reach more women in the
state, the extension service of the Massa-
chusetts Agricultural College, through its
home economics staff, offers a correspond-
ence course of the lessons on food and
food values. This course is planned to
cover the different classes of foodstuffs,
their place in the diet, the possible food
exchanges, and the difficult problem of
planning adequate meals during the pres-
ent time of high prices.

The text book is "Foods and Household
Management" by Kinne and Cooley. The
typewritten sheets will be sent out from
time to time either to individuals or to
groups which are organized for study.
To get the best results, it will be neces-
sary to study each lesson, carefully, and
answer all the questions thoughtfully. It
is hoped that these lessons will help in
the present campaign for food conserva-
tion. The price for such a course is
51.00, to cover postage, etc.

Directors of Home-making Department

The following women will serve as di-
rectors of the Home-making Department.
Seven of these comprise the Home
Economics Council, and meet with the
State and County Demonstration agents
the second Monday of each month.
Names in italics are members of the
Council.

Mrs. F. C. Sears. Amherst.

Mrs. A. Morse, Amherst.

Mrs. Frank Bryant, Chesterfield.

Mrs. A. H. Streeter, Cummington.

Mrs. Walter Bliss, Enfield.

Mrs. W. C. Tannatt, Easthampton.

Mrs. Fred Rice, Goshen (Williamsburg,
R. F. D.)

Mrs. C. W. Ball, Granby (South Had-
ley, R. F. D.)

Mrs. Lilla Bishop, Greenwich.

Mrs. W. H. Walker, Greenwich Village.

Mrs. Clifton Johnson, Hadley.

Mrs. Thaddeus Grai'es. Hatfield.

Mrs. W. A. Munson, Huntington.

Mrs. Peter Boyer, Middlefield.

Mrs. B. B. Hinckley, Northampton.

Mrs. Elizabeth Perkins, Northampton.

Mrs. J. W. Parsons, Northampton.

Mrs. N. K. Lincoln, Plainfield.

Miss Clara Hudson, Plainfield.

Mrs. George Cadwell, Pelham (Am-
herst, R. F. D.)

Mrs. Frank Allen, Prescott.

Mrs. Edward Searle, Southampton.

Mrs. A. S. Kinney, South Hadley.

Mrs. A. W. Bailey, South Hadley.

Mrs. F. S. Judd, South Hadley Falls.

Mrs. William O'Brien, South Hadley
Falls.

Miss Ruth Robinson, Ware.

Mrs. Edgar Winslow, Ware.

Mrs. S. F. Clark, Williamsburg.

Miss Vera Chapman, Westhampton.

Miss Alice Bartlett, Worthington.

A medium-sized potato (6 ounces) sup-
plies about as much starch as two medium
sized slices of bread (about 2 ounces).

Potatoes as a Part Substitute for Flour

Potatoes are one of the best wheat
savers. Cold, left over potatoes may be
used, but they are not .so easily combined
with other ingredients. It is Well to re-
heat in a double boiler before combining
proportions, 1 part potatoes to 3 parts
flour.

POTATO BISCUITS.

1 medium sized potato, II c. flour, 35 t.
baking powder, 1 t. salt, 2 T. fat, h c.
milk, scant. Sift dry ingredients, add
potatoes, and rub in the fat. Mix to a
soft dough with milk, handling as little
as possible. Roll or pat into shape, cut,
place on a greased tin and bake in a hot
oven and serve at once.

Concluded on page 7

Food Surveys

The Government Food Surveys which
have been placed throughout the County,
are beginning to come back to the Farm
Bureau. Out of the 22,000,000 families
of the entire country, only 44,000 were
asked to fill out these food surveys.
Hampshire County had 150. Many
women were glad to do patriotic service
in this way and help show the govern-
ment how much food we have as house-
holders, and what we can afford to send
to the troops and allies.

If you still have 7jout survey unfilled,
and as the time limit has been put to
February 15th, will you not make it com-
plete at once and send it back to the
Home Demonstration Agent?

A suggestive list of Demonstrations
and Talks available at the Farm Bureau :

DEMONSTRATIONS

Liberty Breads, without yeast or with
yeast.

Meat Saving E)ishes.

Attractive Supper Dishes.

The Home Made Fireless Cooker.

Alteration and Use of Commercial
Patterns.

Recutting Stockings.

TALKS.

The Warm Dish in Schools.

Labor-Saving Devices.

Our Food Stuffs.

Meal Planning in War time.

How Women may Help win the War.

The Home Demonstration Agent is
glad to be called to any town in the
County and her services are always free.

Have you seen any of the following
Food Administration pamphlets?

"Do you know Corn Meal?"

"Do you know Oat .Meal?"

"Choo.se your Food Wisely."

"Start the Day Right."

"Make a Little Meat go a Long Way."

All are available through the chairman
of the Town Food Conservation Com-
mittee, or may be had at your Farm
Bureau. The first two have been printed
in Polish, Italian, French and other lan-
guages. Could your town use these?

War Fuel Slogans

Keep up with the war program — burn
tcood.

Cut-a-cord and help win the war.

Burn wood and save coal for war in-
dustries.

Wood is war fuel — cut it and burn it.

Now is the time to cut wood.

The person who wastes food during
war time is helping the enemy.

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

BOYS' AND GIRLS' WORK

CHARLES H. GOUL», Leader

McAdoo's Message to Club Members

"Nations have their childhood and
their days of hard lessons just as chil-
dren do. One hundred and forty years
ago, when the first American Army
marched to battle, our Nation was
younger among nations than you are
among your fathers, your mothers, and
their friends. Our Army had drummer
boys in those days, real boys of 10 and
12, who marched as bravely and as
proudly into cannon fire as their great
chief. Gen. Washington, himself. Our
Nation had little girls, who laughed and
cheered and loaded muskets for their
fathers, who fired through loopholes in
their cabin homes, when the painted In-
dians charged to the very doors.

"Where many schoolhouses stand today
American boys and girls may have helped
to fight and to defeat the enemy, when
our Nation, too, was young.

"We are in the greatest war of the
world's history and we must win this
war. We can and we shall win, if the
boys and girls of America say so, and
mean it, and feel it, and live it, as the
boys and girls of '76 lived and felt and
helped.

"The Nation needs that sort of boys
and girls to-day. Not to beat our drums,
nor to load our muskets, but to start a
great work which must be done. It is
the part of boys and girls to-day to give
an example of self-denial and sacrifice, to
teach fathers and mothers, to teach the
grown people of the Nation, that we still
have in every young heart the spirit of
'76, when boys led our soldiers into battle
and girls fought beside their fathers at
the cabin walls. The lesson is 'Thrift'—
saving to the point of sacrifice — self-de-
nial of everj^thing unnecessary. If every
boy and girl says at home to-night, 'I
will fight in this war,' 'I will save every
penny and loan it to my Government to
help save the lives of the big brothers
of America,' 'I will try to teach every
American I see to do the same' — then
20,000,000 homes, the homes of all Amer-
ica, will be filled with the spirit of '76,
the spirit of the drummer boys, of the
brave girls of those days. America will
win again, as it has always won, through
the splendid strength, courage, and sacri-
fice in the hearts of youth, that to-day
will teach the Nation the lesson of saving
and serving which it must and will learn,
through the message which its school chil-
dren will carry home.

"Through saving your pennies, nickels,
dimes, quarters, and buying thrift stamps
and then war-savings certificates, you
will help your country and its gallant
armies to win the war.

"I know you will help."

Home Economics Club

Home Economics clubs have been or-
ganized in Amherst, North Amherst,
South Amherst, Cummington, Granby,
Hadley, Hatfield, Huntington, Northamp-
ton, Pelham, Worthington, Williamsburg,
and Ware. Local leaders have been
secured to assist the members enrolled.

The response and eagerness of the
boys and girls for this work gives
promise of some good club work this
season. This group of towns embraces
19 clubs with an enrolment of 125 rnem-
bers to date. The club rules require that
members render one report, make an ex-
hibit, and complete 60 hours' work in the
3 months of the contest. The club mem-
bers are about evenly divided in the
Bread Making and Garment , Making
projects.

Last year's Home Economics club rec-
ord for the county was as follows:
Individual clubs 16

Total members 127

Banner clubs 1

Loaves bread made 1-585
Garments made 99

With the clubs under competent leader-
ship this year, the county recoid should
easily be broken. Complete returns will
be given next month.

County Awards

The Russellville school of Hadley has
again carried off first honors as the best
one-room rural school in the State.

Roger Johnson of Hadley took several
first prizes at the recent show of the
State Board of Agriculture at Worcester,
winning over his grandfather in every
class where they competed.

Nellie Streeter of Cummington was
another club exhibitor at the show, dis-
playing some high class potatoes.

Prospective club member: "How long
do you have to stay in this club?"
Club Leader: "Three months."'
Prospective club member: "Well, it
says on the card from 10 to 19 years."

Other state club prizes just announced
show that .John Devine, Roger Johnson,
Mae Devine, all of Hadley are the State
prize winners in the corn club.

Charles Kokoski of Hadley is winner
of the state third prize in the potato club.

Poultry Clubs

In the interest of the prospective mem-
bers of this spring's poultry club, the
County Leader has been before the Am-
herst and Northampton Poultry Asso-
ciations with the proposition that they
furnish settings of eggs to boys and girls
at a reasonable cost. Young folks re-
ceiving such eggs will be enrolled in the
poultry club, and have all the advantages
of club members.

The Northampton Association made
this a feature last year with success, and
will undoubtedly repeat the program this
season. The Amher.st Association has
1 agreed to fall in line, and has already
furnished a leader for the club work in
Amherst. Both poultry contests, the
Hatching and Brooding, and the Spring
Egg Laying, start March 1st. Last
year's Spring Egg Laying contest netted
club members an average profit of $1.04
per bird.

Testing Seed Corn

The present seed corn situation de-
mands particular attention from farmers
of the State during the coming season.
Not only is seed scarce but the necessity
for a large crop is urgent, and it is there-
fore essential that growers know that
their seed is viable and strong before
planting time. Prof. Earl Jones of the
Massachusetts Agricultural College gives

Evelyn Streeter of Cummington won a
state third prize in the canning club.

directions for testing seed corn as fol-
lows:

The Rag Doll tester is the cheapest and
most convenient tester for farm use and
is as accurate as any. Sheeting of good
quality is secured and cut into strips
eight to ten inches wide and three to five
feet long. Each strip is mai'ked with a
heavy pencil lengthwise through the
middle and crosswise about every three
inches. The squares are numbered in
order, length'wise of the sheet.

In starting the test the cloth is
moistened and laid on a table in front
of the ears to be tested. Six kernels are
I lemoved from ear number one and placed
I in square one, etc. When the cloth has
j been filled, it is rolled up around an ir-
regular shaped piece of wood. As the
cloth is moist, the kernels will not push
out of place. After rolling, the cloth is
tied loosely or fastened with rubber
bands, and placed in a bucket of water
over night. They are then placed in a
box or bucket and covered with a wet
cloth to prevent drying. The test will
be ready to read in five or six days.

It is not necessaiy to number the ears,
but they should be laid out in the order
in which they are placed in the tester
and the testers and groups of ears
marked. Then the tester can be unrolled
in front of the ears and the poor ears
discarded without much trouble. It is
well to scald the cloths before using them
again.

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

(ittlQlLL

RUBBERS

We carry every style and weight of
Rubbers. Whatever your occupation
or particular needs, we can fit you to
just the sort of overshoe you'll like.

Our line of Men's Overshoes is un-
usually complete and worth immediate
inspection. It includes :

Men's Arctics— 1, 2 and 4-buckle
styles.

Lumberman's Felt Overs, the fam-
ous "Ball Band" make. Sturdy and
comfortable.

THE MANDELL COMPANY

The Draper Hotel Building

Northampton
^ National Bank ^

C. N. CLARK, President
WARREN M. KING, Vice-President
EDWIN K. ABBOTT, Cashier

CAPITAL AND .SURPLUS, S6(iU.OOO
DEPOSITS, SS.IHHUKX)

Interest Paid on Special Accounts and
Certificates of Deposit

We are qualified to act as Executor,
Admitiistrator and Trustee

Why not make your will appointing
this Bank as Executor?

THE BANK FOR EVERYBODY

The Habit of Saving

Is at the bottom of most
big successes in the busi-
ness world. Begin tlie
habit by opening a sav-
ings account witli the
Haydenville Savings
Bank. One doll a, r is
enough to start with.

BANK BY MAIL

HAYDENVILLE SAVINGS BANK

HAYDENVILLE, MASS.

Cnntniued frr>iii patre 1
INCOME FROM FARM.
Total cn^li received. If you keep books
showing income accrued, you may report
such income instead of cash received,
and may also report expenses incurred
instead of expenses paid.

Rent paid for farm or business prop-
erty (not including rent paid for dwel-
lings) should be reported.

Wear and tear of buildings, machines,
or other equipment owned by taxpayer
used in farming or in business, not off.-^et
btj repairs, may be added to the actual
cost of repairs during the year. Wear
and tear should not exceed cost of prop-
erty divided by its probable life in years.
Do not report wear and tear or repairs
of dwelling occupied by taxpayer of his
household equipment.

A decrea.se in the value of land or of
stocks, bonds, and other securities will
not be allowed as a deduction.

Losses bi/ fire, storm, other easi(a!fies,
or theft may be deducted only to the ex-

j tent that they are not covered by insur-
ance, or made good by repairs reported
as expenses.

Increases and decreases in inventories
of materials, supplies, merchandise, etc.
If you made an inventory on January 1,
1917, and on .January 1, 1918, you .should
add to cash received the increase in the
amount of the inventory, or should add to

j expen.ses and losses the decrease in the
amount of the inventory.

Other expenses and losses. Do not in-
clude cost of business equipment or fur-
niture, or living or family expenses. Do
not include bad debts arising from sales,
unless the income from such sales has

j been reported in this return or in a pre-

jvious return. Do not deduct interest on
your own investment in your business or
farm, or salary for your own services
or the services of your family.

1 Business or farm propertji. Include
sheds and fences as "buildings," but do
not include your dwelling.

PROFIT FROM SALE OF LAND, BUILDINGS,
AND OTHER PROPERTY.

Kind of propertfi. Describe the prop-
erty as definitely as you can in a word
or two, as "farm," "dwelling," "stocks,"
"bonds," etc.

Cost. Enter the original cost of the
property (or, if it was acquired before
March 1, 191.3, the fair marekt value on
that date) plus the cost of any permanent
improvements since made, less any deduc-
tions claimed in this return or in previ-
ous returns on account of wear and tear
(depreciation) or depletion.

If total cost of all property sold ex-
ceeded total sale price, the loss will not
be allowed as a deduction unless the
transactions formed part of your regu-
lar business.

INCOME FROM RENTS AND ROYALTIES.
Concluded on page i;

If Coal is High, Burn Oil

Keep any Room in

the House (Josy

witli a

NEW PERFECTION
OIL HE.\TER

W. H. Riley c^t Co.
PLUMHIXd .\.\I) HEATING

AGENTS Foil

(".Icnwodd Kanijes and Lowe Bros. Paints

Opp. Post Ottice NorthRinpton, Mass.

Nnrthamptntt 3nstitirttmt
fnr i'auiiiga

Incorporated 1H42

«^* (,?* (^*

Quarter Days, First Wednesday in
January, April, July. October

Jt ,,* ,^

$1 will open an account
Interest Paid on Deposits

(^* (^* ^^

Open 9 A. M. to 3 P. M.
Saturdays, 9 A. M. to noon
Monday evenings, 6.30 to 8

FIRST NATIOiNAL BANK

NORTHAMPTON, MAvSS.

THE BA.yK l>X THE CORNER

We oiler liberal Ijanking
facilities to the citizens of
til is coninuinity.

We are always pleased to
have you call upon lis.

\VM. G. BASSETT, President

F. N. KNEELAND, Vice-President
OLIVER B. BRADLEY, Cashier

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

Wiswell the Druggist

82 Main Street

-THE KODAK STORE —

VETERINARY REMEDIES
Daniels', Lesure's, Barber's

STABLE DISINFECTANTS

It is our aim to
Co-operate with the Farmer

Let us figure on
Your Winter's Supply of

GRAIN and PEED

D. F. HOWARD & SON
Wholesale and Retail Grain Dealers

Ware, Mass.

GAZETTE PRINTING CO.
MERCANTILE PRINTERS
NORTHAMPTON, MASS.

R. F. ARMSTRONG & SON

A Word About Suits

Tiie (Jommercial Economy
Board has recommended to tlie
manufacturers of woolen goods
the use of half cotton and half
wool. This means, to the wise
man, that he get that new suit
now while he can get a wool
suit at 25 % Iielow the price
of the spring suits.

Concluded from pajie .">

Kind of property. Describe briefly, as
"farm," "dwelling," "mine," and also
state kind of material of which buildings
(if any) are constructed, as "brick" or
"wood."

Coxt of buildinys. Enter here the cost
of all property on which wear and tear,
repairs, or depletion is claimed.

Cash or equwalent received. If tenant
rents your farm on a cash rental basis,
state under "Cash or equivalent received"
the amount of the rent, whether paid in
cash or in crops. If he works it on
shares, your share should be reported as
income for the year in which sold.

GENERAL DEDUCTIONS.

Interest. Do not report interest paid
on indebtedness incurred for the purchase
of Federal Farm Loan bonds or bonds of
the United States or its possessions, or
if any State or political subdivision
thereof.

Taxes. Do not report inheritance
taxes. Federal income taxes, or taxes
specially assessed for local improvements
or betterments, such as roads, streets,
sidewalks, sewers, etc.

Other deductions. Do not include your
personal exemption, or any family or
living expenses. If a net loss is reported
it may be claimed as a deduction. If a
loss reported is claimed as a deduction,
explain how the transactions were con-
nected with your regular business.

Contributions. Include only contribu-
tions made within the year to organiza-
tions operated exclusively for religious,
charitable, scientific, or educational pur-
poses, or to societies for the prevention
of cruelty to children or animals.

Do not deduct losses by hog cholera or
other diseases unless these animals were
bought and then only to the extent of
the purchase price. You can deduct for
feed and seed purchased and stock
bought for resale. You cannot deduct
for losses of any stock or grain raised, as
the government charges no tax on these
until they are sold, and their price is
added to your income. You can deduct
the hired man's and the hired girl's
wages, the wages of sons and daughters,
but not their board. You can deduct for
repairs of buildings but not for new ma-
chinery or improvements. You can de-
duct for operation of tractors and auto-
mobiles when used in behalf of the farm
business. You can deduct, in case of loss
by fire, theft, or storms, the market value
of such loss when it is not covered by
insurance. You can deduct losses in
trade or business, provided loss was ac-
tually suffered.

Subtract the total expenses from the
gross income and you have the net income
or profit which the government is taxing.

80 Main Stiwt, NOKTHAMPrON, MASS.

FORD

THE UNIVERSAL CAR

Have You Ordered Yours?

Touring Car, $360 Runabout, $345

Chassis, $325 Town Car, $595

Couplet, $505 Sedan, $645

Trucks from $375 to $695

FORD SALES COMPANY

803 MAIN ST.

NOKTHAMPTON, MASS.

Dodge Brothers

COMMERCIAL CAR

1000 lbs. Capacity

72x43-inch Loading Space

Electric Lights and Starter

Demountable Rims

Just the thing for moving
men and materials quickly
and economically.

$950

Delivered in Morthampton.

S. E. HICKMAN

146 KIN«i ST., NOKTHAMPTON, MASS.

Life is never all drab to a man who
likes to wear a red necktie.

NORTHAMPTON

COMMERCIAL COLLEGE

"THE SCHOOL OF THOROUGHNESS"

In session twelve months in
the year. Students admitted
at any time and graduated
when competent.

Tuition low. Train and tnd-
ley service good. Board in
good homes at reasonable rates.
(Ireater demand and better
.salaries for liusiness-trained
men and women than ever V)e-
fore. For catalogue and com-
plete information address

JOSEPH PICKETT, Principal.
76 Pleasant St., Northampton, Mass.

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

D. A. rORBES 5. SON

EASTHAMPTON'S
'HOME HARDWARE STORE"

Farming Tools
Spray Pumps

Spray Materials
Fertilizers
Seeds

Implements

EASTHAMPTON, MASS.

BISSELL'S TIRE SHOP

NOKTHAMPTON, MASS.

Miller, Goodyear, and U. S. Tires

Tires and Tubes

Vulcanized by Steam

GOODYEAR SERVICB STATION

FREE AIR

66 KING STREET

Tel. 1293-M

THE HINMAN MILKER

CoTicluded from paf<e 1

The medium sized pen usually consists
of from 20 to 40 females mated with two
males. Generally the large or farm flock
consists of from 50 to 100 or more fe-
males mated with 6 or 8 males. Experi-
ments have shown that it is a very great
mistake to place 1.5 or 20 males with 75
or 100 females. Very much better re-
sults are obtained by using only the
very best males and fewer of them ; 3
for 50 females, and 5 or 6 for 100. This
means increased quality. For best re-
sults, the matings should be complete
about the middle of .January and from
that time until the eggs are saved for
hatching the birds should be studied
carefully and those that prove to be
poor, inactive or otherwise unfit for
breeding should be discarded and replaced
by others.

In selecting males, it is very essential
to have on hand a few for reserve, as it
is quite common to lose one or two males
during the breeding season and if there
are none in reserve, the owner will be
very greatly handicapped. In fact, he
may be obliged to go outside for hatching
eggs or what may be more disastrous, to
buy a bird on very .short notice, which
many times results in securing poor stock
or a delay in hatching. Cocks do not
recover from the moult soon enough to be
of much use as early breeders, so it is
necessary to depend upon early hatched
cockerels from .January and early Febru-
ary eggs. The average farmer will
greatly improve his stock if before sav-
ing eggs for hatching he culls his birds
carefully, placing all unsuitable ones in a
pen by themselves, either marketing them
later or keeping them enclosed until the
breeding season is over.

Massachusetts Agricultural College.

COBURN & GRAVES

The REXALL Store

Tel. 200 . . Northampton, Mass.

FURNACES FOR ALL WOOD
OR COAL BURNING

A one-pipe furnace
will heat five or six
rooms to an even
temperature, and will
save fuel in opera-
tion.

Not an ounce of
heat is wasted, and
the cellar remains
cool for storing vege-
tables.

H. B. LYMAN, Southampton, Mass.
SHEET METAL WORKS

The Ideal Restaurant

SIDNEY J. HALL, Proprietor

ALSO

The R. T. Prentiss
Complete Fertilizer

Concluded frum lage '.i
POTATO BREAD.

1 c. milk or water, 1 T. fat, 1 yeast
cake, (2 T. sugar), 1 t. salt, 1 c. potatoes
put through sieve or ricer, flour enough
to knead (3-4 c), i c. lukewarm water.
Put hot potatoes, fat, sugar and salt into
hot milk or water. Cool until lukewarm.
Add yeast cake, which has been softening
in warm water. Add flour, let rise and
bake in moderate oven. Raisins may be
added.

MUFFINS.

1 egg, 1/.3 T. sugar, 3 t. salt, 6 t. baking
powder, S c. milk, butter substitute size
of egg, 1 c. potatoes, sifted flour enough
to make a di-op batter. Sift dry ingredi-
ents together. Beat the eggs, add to the
milk. Combine dry ingredients and
lastly add melted butter. Put into
greased muffin pans and bake.

REGULAR MEALS

Also ORDER COOKING
FULL LINE OF LIGHT LUNCHES

40 MAIN STREET, NORTHAMPTON, MASS.

H. D. SMITH

Hatfield, Mass.

GRAIN, COAL, ICE

R. T. PRENTISS, Agent

JOI Pleasant Street, HOLYOKE, MASS.

KEEP SWEET

Things to keep sweet: the milk can,
the dish rag, the kitchen sink, and your
temper. — Kansas Bn lie tin.

AND

FARM MACHINERY

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY
A BIG BUNCH OF MONEY

Is Made Each Winter in This Country

BY TRAPPING FUR-BEARING ANIMALS

Be Wise and Use Good Traps like the

W. N. POTTER'S SONS & CO.

ONEIDA JUMP STEEL TRAPS

We Carry a Big Line of These Goods
LARGE TRAPS AND SMALL TRAPS

SINGLE SPRING AND DOUBLE SPRING

We Also Carry the
BLAKE & LAMB and the P. S. & W. TRAPS

J. A. SULLIVAN & COMPANY ] HS&i^ARE I

3 Main Street Telephone 6, Northampton, Mass.

CASE 9-18
KEROSENE TRACTOR

Mr. Farmer: — Invest in a Case 9-18
Tractor. Do your work the })ower way.
It will save time and labor, take off
the heavy burdens of farming. A Case
Tractor is built lo give continuous
service, day and night if necessary,
never tires. When not in use, requires
no attention, doesn't eat when idle.
Seventy-five thousand farmers are
power farming, because it is tlie })rofit-
able way and the easy, modern way.

Its work will please you. Its con-
struction pleases us.

FRANK S. PARSONS, Agent

Also Distributor for the celebrated REO
Line of Pleasure Cars and Trucks.

Flour, Hay

Grain, Salt

Lime and Cement

NORTHAMPTON

FLORENCE

HADLEY

Just a few

For men like you

Who lead where others

follow.

Advanced styles of new

Spring models.

In suits just a few

To suit men like you.

And Top Ooats too.

Ligiit weigiits —

Patterns that reek with

individuality.

MERRITT CLARK 8C CO.

144 MAIN STREET, NORTHAMPTON, MASS.

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY

MAR 2 6 191

FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

Vol. III.

NORTHAMPTON, INFASS., MARCH, 1918

No. 3

The Food Problem

Food Administration in the State of
Massachusetts falls naturally into three
divisions; first, production; second, dis-
tribution and control ; third, conserva-
tion. The distribution and control na-
turally falls to the Food Administrator,
vkrho holds Federal commission and all
persons who feel aggrieved at the rul-
ings now enforced; all those who do not
understand what these rules may be, as
applied to their own purchases, and all
those who may have knowledge of in-
fringement of the regulations, are in-
vited to correspond with the Food Ad-
ministrator and these communications
will be held confidential. It will be the
duty of the Administrator to in-
vestigate and adjust. Most of the
people of the County are very loyally
trying to conform to the regulations and
one of the difliculties, with reference to
them, is that they have, for one reason
or another, been changed from time to
time. These changes will probably con-
tinue to come, due to the varying con-
ditions which arise and which cannot be
foreseen. But we are persuaded that
our people are willing to assist in every
possible way and feel confident that
those people who are in general charge
and who are bearing the burden, are
making every eff"ort to first provide for
our armies abroad; second, to provide
for our own people.

Concluded on page 7

Potash for 1918 Potato Crop

Last summer the potato crop sufi'ered
considerably from either a lack of pot-
ash or an insufficient amount of this
element in combination with nitrogen
or phosphoric acid. In many cases the
vines seemed vigorous but there was a
lack of tubers, while in others, a spot-
ting of the leaves indicated a lack of
potash.

While phosphoric acid is a necessary
element in potato fertilizers, it will not
take the place of potash but should be
supplemental to it. Most brands of
mixed fertilizers do not contain potash
and it is costly in those that do. How-
ever, it seems economical to use potash
where it can be obtained in the fertilizers
for high price crops such as potatoes
or vegetables.

TEST ALL SEED CORN

GET YOUR SEED CORN NOW

ORDER SEED POTATOES NOW

ORDER GRAIN SEED NOW

USE THE FARM BUREAU

Why We Should Spray

It is perfectly clear that any kind of
standard food, anything that can furn-
ish acceptable energy to the human body
or to animals is of prime importance,
and the first danger is that the orchard
man is going to forget that fruit can do
nearly as much in this line as milk or
corn or potatoes. Let us orchard men
get that fact clearly before us and keep
it there! The fellow who can furnish 100
lbs. of apples is doing practically as
much as the man who furnishes 100 lbs.
of milk or 100 lbs. of potatoes. The old
idea that apples are a luxury must be
gotten rid of forever.

When we get that into our heads then

we ^\^ll see that it is a poor type of

patriotism to let 100 barrels of apples

go to waste for lack of spraying in order

Concluded on page 6

Manure is the best source of potash
this year; while there has been an ob-
jection to using manure on potato land
because of more favorable conditions for
scab that are brought about, yet, scab
will not appear unless the organism
producing the di.sease is either in soil or
the seed. Scab may be controlled on the
seed by treating with corrosive sublimate,
and if potatoes have not been grown on
the land for three years there is not
much danger from the disease in the
soil, unless scabby potato peelings are
added to the manure.

All wood ashes produced should be
stored under cover and applied to pota-
toes and garden crops at the rate of 800-
1000 lbs. per acre for most sections in
the state.

Potatoes should be grown on the best
available land and, if possible, on land
which has recently been fertilized or
manured. When manure or wood ashes
are available, applications should be
broadcasted on the potato crops. — Mass.
Agr. College.

Pruning Apple Trees

With Uncle Sam calling for more
beans, and labor at a premium, we may
have to abandon, temporarily, some of
our less important orchard practices.

The deep snow may make the prun-
ing season a rather short one, but this
is our "apple year" and if it is to be a
"fighting" crop we must see that the
trees get the sunlight and air necessary
to the production of perfect fruit. Few
tools are needed. A sharp saw and a
pair of hand shears will prune any tree.
Make all cuts as smooth and as close as
possible to the trunk or parent branch.
A large wound should be allowed to dry
and then the center (i. e. the part that
checks or cracks) should be covered
with a thick paint of lead and raw oil.

Always look a tree over carefully be-
fore starting to prune it. If there are
any branches to come out they can be
seen best from the ground. When you
have a pretty good idea as to what you
are going to do to the tree, climb as
high as you can get and start work.
While it is quite possible to start at the
ground and prune up, it is surprising
how much easier it is to do a good job ff
you begin at the top. Prune the large
scalfold branches one at a time, begin-
ning at the end farthest from the trunk.

Cut out the dead, diseased, or broken
branches first. Then if the branches are
still too close together, remove those
that are least desirable, taking out rela-
tively small branches, preferably not
over 4 inches in diameter. Where two
branches ai'e parallel and crowd each
other, remove one of them; where
branches ci'oss, remove the worst ofl'encl-
er. See that each little branch has room
enough to get the sunlight and air which
it needs to produce a perfect fruit. Thin
out watersprouts or remove them en-
tirely. Where a watersprout can be maae
to fill an open space in the top, it should
be left.

Care must bo taken, however, not to
prune too heavily or the crop will be
seriously curtailed. If you have to re-
move half the branches to get the top
thinned to your satisfaction, you will
probably reap a harvest of waterspj-outs
and but little or no fruit. Prune lightly,
but prune every year.

E. A. Van Meter,

M. A. C.

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

PUBLISHED BY THE

Hampshire County Farm Bureau

A. F. MaoDousall, County Agont
Helen A. Harriman, Home I)eiu. AKeiit
O. H. Gould. Boys' and Girls' Club Leader

Office First National Bank Building
Northampton, Mass.
Entered as sficond class matter Nov. Si, 1015, at the
Post Office at Nortbamptou, Massachusetts, under
the Act of March 8, 1879.

Price, 50 cents a year
$1 a year, including membership in Farm Bureau

Officers of the Farm Bureau

Leslie R. Smith, President, Hadley
William D. Mandell, Treas., Northampton
Ernest S. Russell, Secretary, Hadley

ADVISORY BOARD

Leslie R. Smith, Hadley
Charles R. Damon, Williamsburg
Perley E. Davis, Granby
Clarence E. Hodgkins, Northampton
Warren M. King, Northampton
William N. Howard, Ware
Edwin B. Clapp, Easthampton

Hogs and Corn

"Here is a mistake that many are
making in their figuring on the hog and
corn situation. A man will write: 'I
fed my hogs on corn that I could have
sold for $1.50 a bushel and then sold the
hogs for $14 a hundred. If I had sold
my corn I would have got $19.50, be-
cause, according to the 13 to 1 ratio,
there were 13 bushels of corn in each 100
pounds of hog, and 13 times $1.50 equals
$19.50. Therefore, I am losing $5.50 on
every hundred pounds of hogs I sell, and
■work and risk thrown in.' Now, this
man is not merely making one mistake in
his reckoning. He is making a whole
row of them.

"In the first place, the finding of the
committee of hog experts did not say and
did not mean that it takes 13 bushels of
corn to make 100 pounds of hog. The 13
to 1 ratio in reality offers a price which
puts a substantial premium on hogs over
the amount of corn necessary to grow
them under average conditions.

"An average of six feeding trials at
the Missouri, Nebraska, Iowa and Indi-
ana Experiment Stations (reported in
Purdue University Extension Bulletin
No. 39) gives the amount of corn re-
quired to make 100 pounds of pork as
586.2 pounds, or slightly les.s than 10.5
bushels. This is for corn, fed alone, un-
der dry lot conditions. Here is a pre-
mium of 2.5 bushels to pay for the feed-
ing and the risks. Besides, fertility is
maintained by feeding the corn on the
farm.

A PREMIUM ON WISE FEEDING

"In addition to this, the farmer who
lets his hogs follow cattle and turns in-

Have You Earned Your Right to Criticise?

We Have Heard in a general way that food will win the war. Unfortu-
nately we Americans do not realize what this means until we get the pinch some-
where. The heatless days in this cold weather have brought the subject home to
us in a forceful manner. If we could only realize what food cards mean! Per-
haps we had bsttsr go on food cards right away, not because we have to, per-
haps, but because we ought to. We ought to put ourselves on exactly the same
footing with our friends in France and England.

The Time to Prevent a food shortage is before food gets short. An extra
cold winter, a deplorable seed corn situation, to say nothing of a discontented
countryside, bring us the lesson we all need. If we fuss and fumble through
1918 as we have the first three years of the war, the shadow of many of our pot-
bellied friends will grow less.

Perhaps after it is too late we will undertake to put our acres under martial
law instead of doing it now when we have the opportunity. We, none of us, have
any right to squeal. The people in the open country are so much better off than
people of like fortunes in the towns and cities. The man who is on a salary
which cannot be raised is the man who is getting scared. Evei-y farmer is get-
ting at least his three meals a day and he cannot understand the pinch of hunger.

Every American farmer and every American community must undertake
to raise all that it can for itself and support another community of like size some-
where else. Does this seem to be sounding brass and tinkling cymbal? Do you
realize it yourself? Do you know what you are going to do? Are you going to
lay around as you always have done, "watchfully waiting," or are you going to
farm as well as you know how?

What is the Reason you are not going to raise more food in 1918 than you
have ever done before?

Is it money? Is it labor? Is it seeds? It is high time that your community
should be organized to look after these things.

Our old lazy plan of "every-man-for-him-self-and-to-hell-with-the-rest" must
be changed. We must realize that we belong to the community and that every
man-jack of us has a duty to perform for that community. It may be necessary
for every man to be registered according to his ability to do something. It may
be necessary to give every man a stunt which he must accomplish under penalty.
Our weakness lies in our inability to concentrate. Whenever there is a flood, a
fire, explosion or other catastrophe, the true American character rises to the
surface, but as soon as the exigency has passed we all go to sleep again. We
need an Iroquois theater fire before we use asbestos curtains. Perhaps it is
necessary for us to get a few jolts from this war before we appreciate that every
man has a public service to perform.

Do You Know What Your Public Service Is? Are you going to do just as
little as you can to get by? Are you going to wait to be compelled to do your
duty? This is an instance where every farm bureau, every commercial club and
every other kind of organization must hold, meetings to face the situation to
parcel out the jobs and to hold every man responsible.

If food will win the war, our farmers must raise food. If our farmers can-
not do it alone, everybody must raise food. It is just as important to raise food
under military authority as it is to make cannons, shot and shell. It is no differ-
ent, and the man who does not do his best to raise more food because he thinks
he is not going to get as much as he should for it is the meanest kind of a slacker.
Every acre must give its full quota. What has been done in your community?

Nothing?

Well, it is not too late. "The County Agent."

to pork anything on his farm which
would otherwise have gone to waste is
.getting part of his hogs' weight as a
gift. He can produce another large per-
centage of each 100 pounds by various
forage crops, many of which at the same
time improve his soil. By the amount
the farmer can manage to grow his hogs
on other and cheaper things than corn
he can increase his profits over the
normal corn-fed premium.

"Thus, instead of 13 bushels, it takes
acording to actual experiment, less than
lOJ to make 100 pounds of pork, and by
using skillful hog-raising methods thi.s
amount may be cut down a good deal
lower yet." — Swine World.

The reason sugar is scarce is because
Mr. Hoover told France she could have
some, and she got it.

The Allies tell us they need 75,000,000
bushels of wheat. They will get it, and
flour will be scarce.

Y'ou will get all the sugar and flour
you want, for after all, when you under-
! stand the real reason for conservation,
you won't want much. Take pains to
know the reason for conservation and
production. Go to your town Food Sup-
ply Meeting and learn these facts.

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY
HOME MAKING

MISS HELEN A. HARUIMAN, Deiinmstrntioli Asent

School Lunches

Aside from the business and educa-
tional activities centering about the two
colleges, Amherst is essentially an agri-
cultural community. A large propor-
tion of our pupils dwell on farms and
come long distances to school. This
necessitates bringing the noon lunch with
them. The noon recess is very apt to de-
generate into something distinctly detri-
mental to health, good manners and
discipline. The food in winter is fre-
quently frozen in carrying to school and
sometimes does not thaw out until it is
eaten. The lunch is apt to be bolted as a
side incident to some game that is pro-
gressing or if eaten in the school room
the lunch period becomes a time for
horse play, tricks, etc., when the furni-
ture is marred or broken or smeared
with jam and the floor covered with
crumbs and grease. In the Amherst
schools we conceived the idea that this
period with proper equipment and
supervison might be turned into a period
whose by-products instead of tho.se men-
tioned above, would be those tending
towards good manners, and good fellow-
ship among pupils and teachers, good
digestions for all, giving some elemen-
tary knowledge of cooking and sewing.

The beginning was due to the initia-
tive of Miss Cora Hewlett, principal of
the South Amherst school, a two room
rural building. She borrowed two oil
stoves that had been discarded from the
High School domestic Science equip-
ment, the rest of the equipment was
provided in various ways through the
enterprise of teachers and pupils. The
pupils of the two upper grades are
transported from this district of the
Junior High school. Yet these lower
grade children remaining assume the
responsibility of preparing and serving
the noon-day lunch, washing the dishes
and putting the room to rights. Pupils
are detailed for each of these duties
and even the boys contribute theii' quota
of service.

Much of the food is brought from the
home farms of the children. The idea is
more to supplement than to provide the
major part of the lunch. Cocoa, Camp-
bell's soups, Indian pudding, etc., are
some of the staples. Time is taken for
proper masticating the food and good
table forms are followed as far as con-
ditions permit.

In the Kellogg Avenue Grammar
school and the .Junior High school, which
occupy adjoining buildings, there are 68
pupils who bring their lunches. In
warm weather they perched on neigh-
boring ash piles and fences while they
hastily devoured their lunches. In cold

Concluded on page 6

Flour Rules as Applied to Farmers
Raising their Own Substitutes

Soon after the new wheat conserva-
tion rules requiring consumers to pur-
chase a pound of permitted substitute
cereals with every pound of wheat flour
were promulgated, the question was
raised whether persons who had pro-
duced substitutes, such as corn, which
they were grinding or having ground
for their own personal consumption,
ought to be obliged to buy, with their
flour, the same amount of substitutes
required of other consumers. The Food
Administrator of Massachusetts, after
consultation with the United States Food
Administration and the Federal Food
Administrators of other states, has now
issued a statment permitting retailers
to sell to such consumers flour in reas-
onable amounts without the prescribed
amount of substitutes, provided the con-
sumers sign agreements to use for hu-
man consumption their own substitutes,
pound for pound with their flour, in
strict accordance with the rules of the
United States Food Administration. The
statement is as follows:

TO ALL RETAIL DEALERS IN FLOUR IN
MASSACHUSETTS

The Food Administration of Massa-
chusetts desires to adopt the fairest
possible plan with reference to persons
who have raised wheat substitutes and
have set them aside for their own per-
sonal consumption. It must, however,
be fully understood that every pound of
wheat flour which such persons buy
must be used along with the proper pro-
portion of substitutes, just as is done
by consumers who buy their substitutes.
You are requested to urge all customers
to utilize substitutes to the greatest ex-
tent.

Until further notice, you will be per-
mitted to sell wheat flour in reasonable
amounts (not exceeding 70 per cent, of
normal consumption) to customers who
have raised substitute grains, if they
sign the following form, agreeing to use
their own substitutes for human con-
sumption, pound for pound, with the
flour they are purchasing:

"I hereby certify that I have raised
and have on hand the amount of wheat
substitutes specified opposite my name.

"With every pound of wheat flour
bought by me I hereby agree to use, for
strictly human consumption, the proper
amount of these substitutes, in strict ac-
cordance with the rules of the United
States Food Administration.

"It is understood that this record
shall be ojien to inspection and verifi-
cation by the United States Food Ad-
ministration."

Sugar

Retail Dealers — Licensed and Un-
licensed

1. Profits

For the purpose of detemiining
whether in any case an unreasonable
profit on sugar has been obtained by re-
tail grocers, the Food Administration
will carefully investigate sugar sales by
retailers at an advance of more than
on cent per pound over the delivered
cost of sugar. If a smaller margin has
been obtained in pre-war times, that
margin should not be exceeded now.
This figure has been adopted by the
Food Administration as a tentative
guide in determining whether in any
particular case an unreasonable profit
has been exacted within the meaning of
the Act of August 10, 1917. Each case
will be pudged on its merits.

2. Retail Quantities of Sugar.

Sugar should be sold to town and city
customers in not more than two to five
pound quantities; to farm and rural
customers in not more than five to ten
pound quantities.

Note. — Wheat substitutes comprise the
following: Corn meal, cornstarch, com
flour, hominy, corn grist, barley flour,
rice and rice flour, oatmeal, i-olled oats,
buckwheat flour, potato flour, .sweet po-
tato flour, soya bean flour and feterita
flour and meals.

This arrangement is to be confined to
your regular customers unless in special
ease, to be passed, by our office.

A sheet should be made for each cus-
tomer who has substitutes of his own
raising, providing spaces for a con-
siderable number of sales of flour. For
each purchase it is necessary that the
customer fill in the complete informa-
tion called for and sign his name. This
sheet is to be I'etained by you and to be
open to inspection by representatives of
the Food Administration. Blank sheets
of this kind will be supplied on request
to the office of the Food Administration,
State House, Boston.

Substitutr

D;iti-

Amount

Kind

Amount

of Wheat

Floui-

pui--

chased

i^igniiture

It is particularly important that you
make sure that each customer who
Concluded on page 5

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY
BOYS' AND GIRLS' WORK

CHARLES H. GOILU. Leader

1917 Pig Club

The following is a list of Hampshire
county pig club members according to
their standing:

1. Mary Ethel White, No. Hadley

2. Willard Pease, Middlefield

3. Sidney H. Sears, Lithia

4. Frank Kowal, Hadley

5. Roy Packard, Goshen

6. Leland Maynard, Northampton

7. James Lester Comins, Hadley

8. Edward Weaver, Pelham

9. George Jameson, Easthampton

10. Howard F. Pease, Middlefield

11. Elmer Olds, Middlefield

12. Joseph Kowal, Hadley

13. Rose Alma Beauregard, East'ton

14. Muriel Cooper, Haydenville
*15. Frieda M. Hough, Enfield
*16. George W. Olds, Middlefield
*17. Dorothy Hilger, Cummington
*18. John Wanzyk, Hadley

*19. Chester W. Cady, Huntington
*20. Lewis Whitaker, Hadley
*21. Charles Streeter, Cummington
*22. Stanley Howlett, Amherst
*23. Petronela Zitka, Belchertown
*24. Lutha Beals, Lithia
*Came out at a loss.

SUMMARY OF COUNTY

135 started

32 finished (23 %)

13 average

34 pigs

$7.13 initial value

$28.44 final value

28 lbs. initial weight

158 lbs. final weight

130 lbs. net gain

$3.32 labor

$0.50 pasture

$12.60 feed

$16.42 total cost

$4.98 profit

1.06 lbs. ave. daily gain

$ .12 cost per lb. gain

20.6 % Ave. daily gain

31% cost per lb. gain

15 records and reports

13 stories

79.6% score

Eggs for the Boys and Qirls

The Northampton Poultry Associa-
tion pledged 26 settings of eggs for
Northampton boys and girls who de-
sire to enter the Hatching and Brooding
contest. These eggs will be sold at 50
cents a dozen and will be ready for dis-
tribution about April 1st. The club
rules require that each member must
hatch two settings of 13 eggs each.
Each member getting eggs from the
Northampton Association must take
two settings unless they can get another
setting for their club work from an-
other source.

Home Economics Club

Town

School

Leader

No. Enrolled

Amherst

North Amherst

Ruth Morrow

South Amherst

Cora Howlett

High School

Bessie McGuinness

Junior High

Winifred Curtis

Cummington

Grammar

Mrs. H. D. Billings

Goshen

Mrs. H. H. Bissell

Granby

Mrs. W. G. Ferry

Mrs. Ingham

Mrs. Childs

Hadley

Hopkins

Marion Hillman

" 10

Russellville

Helena White

Hatfield

Center

Amelia Gould

Huntington

High School

Bertha Brown

Murrayfield

Mary Murray

Northampton

Clara Hudson

Fern Clark

Ruth Howes

Mildred Whitbeck

Pelham

City School

Pauline Andrews

Ware

Mrs. W. N. Howard

Mrs. J. B. Clark

Williamsburg

Jennie Baker
Rozella Ice

Worthington

Alice Bartlett
Mrs. Arlin Cole

220

Total towns

represented 12

Total no. leaders

Total clubs

Total members

220

Pig Clubs for 1918

Pig clubs are beginning to spring up.
The County Leader has secured the op-
tion on a number of litters for members
who cannot secure pigs themselves.
The Northampton National Bank will
finance the boys again this year. Boys
and girls desiring pigs should notify
the County Leader at once.

1917 Canning Club

State Club Leader has made the fol-
lowing report on the County Canning
club:

Individual clubs

Enrollment

Finished all requirements

Quarts canned

Value

Stories written

Reports made

North Hadley Oirl Winner

Mary White of North Hadley is the
winner in the state pig club contest.
Miss White selected a Chester white pig
weighing 30 pounds for which she paid
$7. She fed it middlings, hominy meal
and skimmed milk. At the close of the
contest it weighed 271 pounds. She
exhibited it in October at the Eastern
States exposition in Springfield, where
it won first prize.

Fourth prize winners in the contest
ai'e as follows: Willard Pease, Middle-
field; Sidney Sears, Lithia; Frank
Kowal, Hadley.

15
109

21
1979i
$715.13

State Leader to Visit Clubs

Miss Helen M. Norris, state leader of
Home Economics clubs will visit Hamp-
shire County Clubs during the week of
March 17. Her schedule will probably
be as follows:

Monday 18, Hatfield, afternoon

Hadley, evening
Tuesday 19, Huntington, afternoon
Wedn. 20, Williamsburg, afternoon

Amherst, evening
Thurs. 21, Granby, afternoon

Northampton, evening
Friday 22, Pelham, morning
Wai-e, afternoon

Winter Egg Laying

The winter egg laying contest, closed
March 1st. This contest has been run-
ning since November 1st and a iew boys
have been trying to outdo each other in
the production of eggs during the
winter.

Kenfred Root of Easthampton has
the best record for the County. From
a flock of twelve Rhode Island Reds, he
has secured 542 eggs in 120 days, an
average of 4.5 eggs a day.

Poultry Clubs

Egg Laying and Hatching and Brood-
ing club has been started in Chester-
field, Williamsburg, Huntington, Am-
herst.

your

Mrs. Howard — The walls of
house are vei-y thin, aren't they?

Mrs. Coward — Oh, very! We could
actually hear our neighbors having soup
for dinner yesterday! — Ex.

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

SPRING FOOTWEAR

in a great variety of the new, smart
styles. We have never had a more
interesting and complete stock of

Shoes for Men and Women

than you'll find on our shelves
to-day. All are attractively priced,
and we ask an early inspection

THE MANDELL COMPANY

The Draper Hotel Building

Northampton
^ National Bank ^

C. N. CLARK, President
WARREN M. KING, Vice-President
EDWIN K. ABBOTT, Cashier

CAPITAL AND SURPLUS, $G60,(IO0
DEPOSITS, S2,000,000

Interest Paid on Special Accounts and
Certificates of Deposit

We are qualified to act as Executor,
Administrator and Trustee

,Why not make your will appointing
this Bank as Executor?

THE BANK FOR EVERYBODY

The Habit of Saving

Is at the bottom of most
big successes in the busi-
ness world. Beg-in the
habit by opening a sav-
ings account with the
H a y d e n V i 1 1 e Savings
Bank. One dollar is
enough to start with.

BANK BY MAIL

HAYDENVILLE SAVINGS BANK

HAYDENVILLE, MASS.

Continued from page H
takes advantage of this plan under-
stands fully and exactly the conditions
he subscribes to. The rule of the Ad-
ministration regarding consumers' sub-
stitutes is one pound of substitutes with
each pound of flour, and the consumer
is to use them in that proportion.
These sheets are not to be used for sales
under any other conditions than those
specified above.

Such credit will not be allowed to
customers who have on hand potatoes of
their own raising, since the inclusion of
potatoes among the permissible substi-
tutes is a temporary emergency per-
mission granted only where cereal sub-
stitutes are not to be had.

Henry B. Endicott,
Food Administrator for Masft.

Retail Prices on Vegetable Seeds

The following table has been compiled
from a large number of retail mail order
catalogs received from representative
seedsmen. The prices given after each
crop represent retail prices of standard
varieties for 1918, and for the same
varieties in 1917. So-called novelties
were not included because their prices
would disturb normal comparisons. It
will be seen that all prices in 1918 are
higher than those in 1917. The increases
range from about 5 per cent on celery up
to 2fi0 per cent on Swede turnips. The
average increase in catalog prices on all
the vegetable crops listed as shown by
this table is about GO per cent.

A study of the catalogs shows that
some seedsmen have endeavored to main-
tain prices on many items approximate-
ly the same as or but slightly above
those of last year, while other seedsmen
have raised their prices materially on
practically all items.

If Coal is High, Biu'n Oil

1918

1917

T. g

X N

Crop

c .

Beet, Garden

2.34

132

Beet, Mangel

1.3

132

Cabbage

505

298

Carrot

223

142

Celery

635

597

Cucumber

177

Lettuce

141

134

Muskmelon

15:>

117

Watermelon

Onion Seed

516

250

Parsley

1.3

107

Parsnips

176

Radish

167

Spinach

212

Squash, Summer

138

Squash, Winter

148

Tomato

411

297

Turnip, English

196

Turnip, Swede

235

a^ti

^ti

tn-Q

Op.

Beans, Dwarf Snap

4.3

32,

Beans, Garden Pole

7fi

Peas, Garden

Sweet Corn

Keep any Room in

the House Cosy

with a

NEW PERFECTION

\ OIL HEATER

W. H. Riley & Co.
PLUMBLNG AND HEATING

AGENTS ron
Glcnwood Ranges and Lowe Bros. Paints

Opp. Post Office Northampton, Mass.

Nnrthamptnn JnBtttirttnn
fnr i'amnga

Incorporated 1842

t,?* 5,?* t^^

Quarter Days, First Wednesday in
January, April, July, October

^* ^* t^^

$1 will open an account
Interest Paid on Deposits

5^!% ^* ?^*

Open 9 A. M. to 3 P. M.
Saturdays, 9 A. M. to noon
Monday evenings, 6.30 to 8

FIRST NATIONAL BANK

NORTHAMPTON, MASS;

rllE BANK ON THE CORNER

We oiler liljeral banlving
facilities to the citizens of
this community.

We are always pleased to
have you call upon us.

WM. G. BASSETT, President

F. N. KNEELAND, Vice-President
OLIVER B. BRADLEY, Cashier

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

Wisweli the Druggist

82 Main Street

— THE KODAK STORE —

VETERINARY REMEDIES
Daniels', Lesure's, Barber's

STABLE DISINFECTANTS

SAMUEL D. HOWARD WII.LJAM N. HOWARD

D. F. Howard & Sons

Wholesale and Retail Dealers in

FLOUR, MEAL, GRAIN
FEED, PRESSED HAY
STRAW AND

POULTRY SUPPLIES

90 East Street,

Ware, Mass.

Klevator on A. & A. R. li.
Lons Distance Telephone

SEED CORN FOR SALE

Johnson's Valley Vista Strain of eight-
row Yellow Flint Corn. Unhurt by frost.
Good germination.

I'RIOK ;
$e.(>0 a bushel for No. 1 Kxtra
$.'>.O0 a )>ushHl for No. 1

JOHNSON'S VALLEY VISTA FARM

POST OFFICE, HADLEY, MASS.
Telephone 6o3-i Northampton.

R. F. ARMSTRONG & SON

We make a SPECIAL STUDY of the
needs of Boys in Suits, Hose, Blouses and
the like. All our Knee Snits have two pairs
of trousers. We have suits for boys from
three years of age to eighteen years. Drop
in, when in town, and look them over.

80 Main Street, NOIlTHAMPrON, MASS.

Cimchided from page 3
weather they were driven indoors with
all the objectionable features it en-
tailed. The Principal preferred a re-
quest that equipment for heating and
preparing lunches be furnished.

In the same lot scarcely fifty yards
distant is the new Amherst High School
building. It seemed like duplication of
equipment to purchase supplies for
these adjoining buildings when the
High School had an excellent domestic
science equipment available. The High
School noon recess ends at 12.05. After
they vacate the lunch room, the pupils
in the adjoining buildings are marched
across to the High School. Chairs and
tables are provided in the lunch room
and they are priviledged to purchase at
actual cost sandwiches, cocoa, soups or
anything on the bill of fare of the lunch
counter. This food is prepared by the
girls in the domestic science depart-
ment of the High School. The pupils
are required to remain seated quietly in
the lunch room until I2..30, thus insur-
ing adequate time for a proper luncheon.
A teacher is constantly in charge. In
order to gauge the exact amount of sup-
plies needed, the children are asked to
purchase checks at the morning recess
for the food they wish at the luncheon
an hour and a half later. This insures
the preparation of an adequate amount
but avoids preparing surplus food to be
wasted. It is needless to point out how
great an improvement this plan of pre-
pared, supervised and orderly luncheon
is over the old unsupervised method with
all the danger to health and to the de-
moralization it entailed.

In the East St. school a four-room
building, oil stoves have been pro\'ided
and the work is carried out on the same
lines as the South Amherst building.

The North Amherst building is new
with three new teachers. As soon as
the work is completely organized and
the teachers fully adjusted to their new
work, an attempt will be made to organ-
ize the school luncheons on the same
lines as the other schools.

John D. Brooks,

FORD

For the man who is going to buy a
i Ford car now is the time to order it.

These are war times, so if you want
I a Ford car, don't wait, place your

order now.

We follow the sale of every Ford car
with "After Service" that is efficient,
prompt, courteous and economical.

Conclurtefl on page 1
to get time to raise three and one half
bushels of beans or nine bushels of po-
tatoes. And we ought to take hold of a
spraying campaign this year with as
much vim as we did in 1916.

We already have the trees, most of
them are due to have a good crop this
year, and there is no way in which the
orchard man can contribute so much
towards "winning the war" as he can by
attending to the really essential matters
that will insure his apples being as near-
ly as possible all Grade A. And every
orchard man knows that no one opera-
tion will begin to compare in importance
with spraying.

PRICES F. O. B. DETROIT

Chassis $400

Runabuut 435
Touring 450

Couplet $560
Sedan 695

Ton Truck 600

CHASE MOTOR SALES COMPANY

Hear 803 MAIN STUKET
NORTHAMPTON, MASS.

Dodge Brothers

COMMERCIAL CAR

1000 lbs. Capacity

72x43-inch Loading- Space

Electric Lights and Starter

Demountable Rims

Just the thing for moving
men and materials quickly
and economically.

$950

Delivered in Northampton.

S. E. HICKMAN

146 KINti .ST., NORTHAMPTON, M.'VSS.

NORTHAMPTON

COMMERCIAL COLLEGE

"THE SCHOOL OF THOROUGHNESS"

In session twelve months in
the year. Students admitted
at any time and graduated
when competent.

Tuition low. Train and trol-
ley service good. Board in
good homes at reasonable rates.
Greater demand and better
.salaries for business-trained
men and women than ever be-
fore. For catalogue and com-
plete information address

JOSEPH PICKETT, Principal.
76 Pleasant St., Northampton, Mssa.

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

D. A. PORBES I SON

easthampton's
"home hardware store"

Farming Tools
Spray Pumps

Spray Materials
Fertilizers
Seeds

Implements

EASTHAMPTON, MASS.

BISSELL'S TIRE SHOP

NORTHAMPTON, MASS.

Miller, Goodyear, and U. S. Tires

Tires and Tubes

Vulcanized by Steam

GOODYEAR SERVICE STATION

FKEE AIR

60 KING .STREET

Tel. 1293-M

THE HINMAN MILKER

ALSO

The R. T. Prentiss
Complete Fertilizer

R. T. PRENTISS, Agent
JOJ Pleasant Street, HOLYOKE, MASS.

Concluiletl from piif^e 1

The conservation naturally falls to the
women of the County who will assist
first in making known, very generally,
the kind and method of using the sub-
stitutes for wheat flour. It is not a
question of saving money, it's a ques-
tion of saving wheat. To the family
who has heretofore enjoyed Johnny cake,
brown bread, and ginger bread, it is a
simple matter; it is not so easy to those
who are unaccustomed to these varieties.
It is necessary, therefore, to cai'ry on a
campaign of some instruction and per-
suasion to induce people to gradually
adopt the use of other grains than wheat
for our food supply. There is plenty
of food to be had in the country, includ-
ing corn products, and the like, but the
wheat, we are taking out for the use of
the countries abroad ; and the rea.son
for this is that corn, which this year, is
universally soft throughout the coun-
try, due to the early frost, cannot be
shipped, without spoiling. The con-
servation, at a later time, will also have
to do with preserving the fruit grown,
— canning the fruits.

The third part of food administra-
tion, concerned with production, is the
most vital part of the program at this
season of the year. In general, the aim
is to produce grain, corn oats, wheat,
buckwheat, and later, to sow rye.
Grain, grain, grain, is what we need.
We cannot grow too much. We must
have enoiTnous quantities. We must
prepare to .sow it now. Every farmer
who grows grain for his stock, every
householder who consumes grain, every
person feeding poultry, appreciates the
high cost and necessity for immediately
planning to grow all possible grains.
Grain, too, will require less labor than
whole crops and will thus enable man
to increase his acreage and secure food
under this very difficult situation of the
labor condition this spring.

A campaign is on throughout the
County, with meetings to be hel5 in
every town, in an effort to cooperate in
every way possible with the farmer and
especially to impress upon all, the vital
necessity of every possible effort to in-
crease our food supply. The rea.son is
not far to seek; it is purely a war
measure. The men in this country have
agreed with Italy, France and England,
who have withdrawn great numbers of
men from the soil, that they shall re-
ceive supplies of food from America.

We must furnish this food to keep
I their armies in the field, beside our own
to fight in a common cause. To produce
this food, is the task of the people who
remain at home. Let no man who can
contribute to this cause, fail to do his
or her utmost to make the crops at
harvest time most abundant.

W. M. Purrington,
Food Administrator.

COBURN & GRAVES

The REXALL Store

Tel. 200 . . Northampton, Mass.

FURNACES FOR ALL WOOD
OR COAL BURNING

A one-pipe furnace
will heat five or six
rooms to an even
temperature, and will
save fuel in opera-
tion.

Not an ounce of
heat is wasted, and
the cellar remains
cool for storing vege-
tables.

H. B. LYMAN, Southampton, Mass.
SHEET METAL WORKS

The Ideal Restaurant

SIDNEY J. HALL, Proprietor

REGULAR MEALS

Also ORDER COOKING
FULL LINE OF LIGHT LUNCHES

40 MAIN STREET, NORTHAMPTON, MASS.

H. D. SMITH

Hatfield, Mass.

GRAIN, COAL, ICE

AND

FARM MACHINERY

8 HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

GET AFTER THE SCALE!

Watch Your Apple Trees — Sharp !

SPRAY ON SUSPICION OF SCALE

Don't Neglect the Dormant Spray

We carry all kinds of

SPRAY PUMPS, and SPRAYING MATERIALS

LIME SULPHUR SCALECIDE

NIAGARA SOLUBLE SULPHUR, Etc.

J. A. SULLIVAN 8C COMPANY ] Hou^^aIe I

3 Main Street Telephone 6, Northampton, Mass.

CASE 9-18
KEROSENE TRACTOR

Me. Farmer :— Invest in a Case 9-18
Tractor. Do your work the power way.
It will save time and labor, take off
the heavy burdens of farming. A Case
Tractor is built to give continuous
service, day and night if necessary,
never tires. When not in use, requires
no attention, doesn't eat when idle.
Seventy-five thousand farmers are
power farming, because it is the profit-
able way and the easy, modern way.

Its work will please you. Its con-
struction pleases us.

FRANK S. PARSONS, Agent

Also Distributor for the celebrated REO
Line of Pleasure Cars and Trucks.

W. N. POTTER'S SONS & CO.

Flour, Hay
Grain, Salt

Lime and Cement

NORTHAMPTON

FLORENCE

HADLEY

Our Ijoys' department is a regular

man's store for tlie younger set — it

sets tiie pace in l)oy's styles.

We want the ])oys' trade.

We advertise for the boys' trade.

We cultivate the boys' trade.

And we take every step to deserve

the l)oys' trade.

For every boy from four years up

here is quality clothing.

Suits, overcoats, mackinaws.

MERRITT CLARK 8C CO.

144 MAIN STREET, NORTHAMPTON, MASS.

APR 2

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY

FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

Vol. III.

NORTHAMPTON, MASS.. APRIL, 1018

No. i

Do Not Risk Having a Poor Corn Crop By

Using Untested Seed

The Seed Corn Situation in
Massachusetts

Many statements have been published
since the Food Production drive was be-
gun calling attention to the shortage of
viable seed corn for next season's plant-
ing and in many of the states, steps have
been taken to determine definitely the
exact status of the situation. It was re-
garded as significant when the United
States Department of Agriculture sent
Mr. Kyle into this and other states for
the purpose of purchasing flint seed
which could show a germination of 85%
or better. Mr. Kyle came prepared to
pay cash to the amount of $100,000 for
all the corn that he could buy at $4.25
per bushel.

Many samples of corn were sent to the
college for competition in the show that
were of high standard as far as ap-
pearance was concerned and were be-
lieved to be of excellent quality for seed.
But when a germination test was made,
one of these samples failed to sprout a
single kei'nel and many tested vei-y
poorly. It must be remembered that
these samples, as a whole, represented
probably the best corn in the state, being
especially selected and grown by men
who have won reputation for high class
corn. Twelve of these samples tested
below 60%, four were between 60 and
70% and 45 tested 70%. As was before
noted, this corn was of a class that
should have tested uniformly 85% or
better.

The samples that are being received
at the college for test probably repre-
sent more nearly the true condition of
Massachusetts seed corn. From thirteen
of these samples taken at random, 2
failed to show any germination at all,
and the others tested as follows: 1.8%,
10, 11.1, 14.2, 19, 34, 5.3.6, 80.9 8.3, 89.6,
94, or an average of 37.7%. This is a
most serious situation and one that de-
mands immediate recognition from every
farmer in the state.

— Mass. Agri. College.

The 1918 Spraying Campaign

With the present scarcity of labor it
is important that the orchard owner
should reduce his spraying program to
the lowest point consistent with growing
a good crop of marketable fruit. Just
what sprayings he shall make depends
upon two questions, first, the kind of
market he is working for, and second the
pests he has to fight.

As to his market, if he is developing a
special personal market in very high
class fruit then he should, for example,
make the spraying before the blossoms
open because that will help to control
the curculio stings on his high class
fruit. On the other hand if he is selling
barrelled fruit in the general market
then he might omit that spraying since a
few curculio stings will affect very little
the price he gets for his fruit.

As to the second point, the pests he
has to fight, he must make a study of his
own conditions. In 1916 the following
spraying program was advocated :

"In most orchards, the following is
about the program which should be fol-
lowed. It does not, however, include the
sprayings for such special pests as gypsy
and brown tail moths.

1st spraying. Early spring, just as
the buds are breaking. Commercial
lime-sulfur, about 1 to 8, and arsenate of
lead paste 4 lbs., to 50 gallons water.
This is for scale, aphis, bud-moth, and
also for certain fungous diseases.

2nd spraying. Just before the blos-
soms open. Lime sulfur 1 gal., 40 per
cent nicotine sulfate 3 pint, arsenate of
lead 3 to 5 lbs., water 50 gallons. This
spraying is for bud-moth, tent cater-
pillar, browntail moth, curculio, aphis
and scab.

3rd spraying. Within a week after the
petals fall. Warm weather shortens and
cool weather lengthens this period.
Same materials as second spraying. This
spraying is especially for codling moth,
curculio, apple scab, gypsy moth and
aphis.

Concluded on page 7

What Directors Do

Very often newly elected farm bureau
directors wish to know just what their
duties are and what benefits they receive
for acting as directors. In order to
partly answer this, some of the work
performed by directors and privileges
received are outlined.

In general the director is to see to it
that his community obtains its proper
share of farm bureau work and that the
work done in the community is what the
farmers want done.

The director's more specific duties are
as follows:

1. One member of the local committee,
usually the chairman, presides at all
local meetings.

2. Directors determine the amount and
kind of farm bureau work for his com-
munity. This includes general meet-
ings, demonstration meetings, field tests
of all kinds and plans for the organiza-
tions of auxiliary associations such as
herd improvement associations, breeders'
associations, etc.

3. Directors secure local farmers to
act as co-operators who try out field
tests and demonstrations.

4. Directors visit local field tests and
keep the county agent informed as to
their progress.

5. Directors make all arrangements for
local meetings such as determining the
dates, securing halls, advertising, etc.

6. Directors meet frequently in local
committee meetings and once or twice a
year as a county body to discuss farm
problems and formulate programs of
work and policies for the bureau to
carry out.

7. Directors see that a large propor-
tion of the farmers of their community
are members of the farm bureau associ-
ation. This is usually done by the
chairman of the local committee dividing
the territory, and then by each director
making a canvass of his share of the
territory. Directors also assist in get-

Courlmled on page tj

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

PUBLISHED BY THE

Hampshire County Farm Bureau

A. I'\ Ma€-I>oxig::ill. County Agreut
Helen A. Hai-riniaii, Home Oeiii. A;;eiit
C. H. Gould. Boys' and Girls" t'lub Leader

Office First National Bank Building
Northampton, Mass.

Entered as second class matter Nov. 9. 1015. at the
Post Oifice at Nortbamptou, Massachusetts, under
the Act of March 8, 1.S79.

Price. 50 cents a year
$1 a year, including membership in Farm Bui'eau

Officers of the Farm Bureau

Leslie R. Smith, President, Hadley
William D. Mandell, Treas., Northampton
Ernest S. Russell, Secretary, Hadley

.4DVISOKY BO.VKIJ

Leslie R. Smith, Hadley
Charles R. Damon, Williamsburg
Perley E. Davis, Granby
Clarence E. Hodgkins, Northampton
Warren iVI. King, Northampton
William N. Howard, Ware
Edwin B. Clapp, Easthampton

Soy Beans with Corn for Silage

Soy beans are used with corn more
often than any other crops to increase
the feeding value of silage. With the
high prices for grain that will undoubt-
edly continue for some time, the use of
this crop to help make the farm inde-
pendent of the live stock feeding problem
next winter is well worthy of considera-
tion.

The medium growing varieties have
been found to be best adapted to our
conditions for silage growing. They
may be planted separately or in the row
with corn, the latter method being more
generally used in this state. When
drilled in with corn a bushel of the seed
will be sufficient to plant about two acres.

The Farm Bureau has ordered 10
bushels of green medium soy beans from
the Agricultural College which will be
sold to anyone in Hampshire County for
$7.00 a bushel.

Handling Spring Wheat

The culture of spring wheat should
give trouble to no farmer in this section,
accustomed as he generally is to spring
oats. The land should be prepared as
for oats and seeded as early as possible.
Early sowing is the best guarantee of a
crop. It is best to sow wheat with a drill
where one is to be had, but it can be sown
broadcast and hairowed in. The same
amount of seed per acre as of winter
wheat, or a little more, should be sown.
Six or seven pecks per acre is usually
enough. Small patches of wheat sown
by farmers generally in this northeast-
ern section of the country will doubtless
add greatly to our wheat supply.
Threshers will be supplied by the state.

Pasture and Silage

The sales agents of several silo man-
ufacturers doing business in the state, re-
port a very dull market for their equip-
ment, some of them advising that they
have not made a single sale in the past
sixty days. This is a situation that
should be changed, not altogether for the
good of the sales agent, but more for
that of the herd owner because silage
will be more valuable than ever next
winter. Experimental data has shown
the saving in grain that can be made by
the use of silage, and general herd work
has proved the value of these experi-
ments, yet we find a good many herd
owners who have not as yet realized that
they can hardly afford to stay in the
dairy business without the use of silage
as feed for their cattle. With bought
feed conditions as they have been this
past winter, a silo will go far toward
paying for itself in a single season.
The greater use of silage and the grow-
ing of more nutritious silage crops are
two agricultural practices that will be
unusually sound as long as the war and
resulting high grain prices continue.

Although the grass season is approach-
ing there is no indication as yet of the
decline of what in the past were called
"grass prices" for grains. This will un-
doubtedly lead to the feeding of less
grain to live stock on pasture this com-
ing season. With good pastures such a
feeding system will pay. Where pas-
tui-es are limited in either area or quali-
ty, it will be well for the herd owner to
consider some form of supplemental
feeding. For this purpose a summer
silo is desirable or soiling crops may be
used to advantage. Oats, or oats and
peas, millet and corn are considered the
more valuable crops for soiling purposes.
Provision should be made this spring to
provide some means of carrying the
herd through the short pasture season.
Animals are more easily and economical-
ly kept in condition and in good milk
flow than they are built up after they
have once felt the effect of feed shortage.
W. F. Turner.

Pruning Peach Trees in 1918

The extraordinarily severe cold of the
past winter has doubtless killed prac-
tically all the flower buds in most of the
peach orchards of the state. We may
expect also that there will be more or
less injury to the wood especially in
orchards located where particularly low
temperatures prevailed.

The bearing habit of the peach is such
that the bearing wood is each year
further away from the trunk of the tree.
It is desirable in years of crop failure to
seize the opportunity to cut back the
trees and renew the bearing wood nearer
the main trunk. In what manner and
Concluded on page 6

The Control of Plant Lice

Plant lice are very generally present
in the orchards of Massachusetts. They
are most commonly found in the lower
and more dense parts of the tree, and
prefer particularly the young, tender,
growing twigs. The winter is passed in
the egg stage and the tiny, jet-black
eggs, about the size of a pinhead, may be
found at this season on twigs of last
year's growth and to a lesser extent on
the larger branches.

When the buds begin to swell in the
latter part of April the eggs hatch and
the tiny insects make their way to the
g-reen tips of the opening buds. These
aphis are all females and give birth to
live young. Their numbers increase
with great rapidity, but we do not usual-
ly notice them until the leaves begin to
curl soon after the petals fall. Their
work during May and June is especially
destructive, for the trees need all their
vigor to develop the growing apples. If
conditions favor the rapid increase of
this pest, the leaves become curled and
the fruit is checked in its development.
The usual "June drop" fails to occur and
the apples on infested branches do not
increase in size, but cling tightly to the
twigs, forming the familiar "cluster
apples." Fruits that escape the earlier
attacks may later become knotted and
deformed.

In seasons favorable for their develop-
ment the control of plant lice is by no
means easy. Since they feed by sucking
juices from beneath the surface of the
leaf, poison sprays are useless. The
only alternative in a contact insecticide
that will burn the insect or smother it,
and Black Leaf 40 or som.e other tobac-
co decoction will be found most efficient.
If spraying is neglected until the dam-
age is apparent, the insects will be in-
side the cuiied-up leaves and the most
careful application will not reach them.
The most effective spray is that applied
just after the buds break in the spring
when the green tips of the leaves are
showing. Experiments at the Massa-
chusetts Agricultural College and else-
where show that the dormant spray may
be safely deferred until this time, mak-
ing it impossible to desti-oy the aphids
with the winter strength lime sulfur.
For later applications, when dormant
strength lime cannot be used. Black Leaf
40, 2 of a pint to 100 gallons of water, is
very effective. Three to five pounds of
dissolved soap should be added to act as
a spreader.

When a pre-blossom spray is applied
for scab. Black Leaf 40 may be added to
considerable advantage. The soap is
then unnecessary. The addition of Black
Leaf 40 to the codling moth spray, just
after the petals fall, will undoubtedly
kill a great many aphids.

R. A. Van Meter.

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

home: making

MISS HELEN A.

AISRIMAN, I>i-iii<iiistratiuli Asellt

Barley Flour Recipes

Nutritive value of barley compares
favorably with wheat. The use of bar-
ley helps to save wheat. Since the pro-
teins of barley when combined with
water fail to form the sticky elastic sub-
stance essential for the production of
the typical loaf of bread when used for
this pui'pose some wheat should be mixed
with the barley flour. When barley flour
is used with eggs it may be used alone.
Equal parts of wheat and barley flour
or two parts of barley to one part of
wheat make satisfactory mixtures. Bar-
ley meal is a courser product than bar-
ley flour. Barley foods must be baked
slowly and thoroughly.

POTATO AND BARLEY BREAD

2 c. mashed potato, 2 c. barley flour, 2
c. lukewarm water, i yeast cake dis-
solved in 2 T. warm water, 2 T. sugar,

1 t. fat, 2 c. flour, 1 t. salt. Mix barley
flour and mashed potato, while potato is
hot. Let the mixture stand till cold.
Add water and yeast and mix thorough-
ly. Let the mixture stand about 1.5 min.
Then add, sugar, fat, salt, and the rest
of the flour and mix thoroughly in bulk.
Cut down thoroughly and let rise again.
Cut down, form into loaves, let stand
about three quarters of an hour. Bake
in a moderate oven 50 min.

OATMEAL AND BARLEY BREAD

2 T. molasses, It. salt, 3 c. boiling
water, 2 c. rolled oats, 1 yeast cake dis-
solved in 2 T. warm water, 2J c. barley
flour, 2h c. wheat flour sifted together.
Place oatmeal in boiling water and let
stand until luke warm. Add salt, mo-
lasses and yeast cake. Mix thoroughly
and add the flour gradually. Set this in
a warm place to rise and cut down and
let rise again. Shape into loaves. When
light brush with milk and bake 45 min.

BARLEY BREAD

2 c. barley flour, 1 T. shortening, 1 T.
molasses or other syrup, i yeast cake,

2 t. salt, 2 c. hot liquid (milk and water)
4 c. flour (3 c. wheat and 1 c. barley.)
Add boiling water gradually until luke-
warm. Add yeast and sifted flour.
Dough should be quite stiff. Let rise
slowly till double in bulk, cut down,
shape, and let rise slowly again. Bake
in moderate oven 45 to 60 min. If bread
is kneeded and allowed to rise two or
three times, it will be finer grained.

BARLEY MUFFINS

2 T. molasses or other syi-up, 2 T.
shortening, 1 egg, 1\ c. milk, 1 c. barley
flour, 1 c. wheat flour, 3 t. baking pow-
der, 1 t. salt. Cream shortening and

Concluded on column 2

Is Your Local Grocer in Line ?

Look in the grocery where you trade
for the poster which shows that the
merchant has pledged himself to fair
and moderate prices. If you cannot see
it, ask him if he belongs to the Food Ad-
ministration and why the sign of it is
not posted. The retailers have had time
to sign the Food Administration pledge.
While the small retailer is not licensed,
he is subject to the provisions of the
Food Control Law as to i-easonable
profits, and this pledge gives him oppor-
tunity publicly to declare his loyalty and
adherence to the food rules. More than
200,000 retail food dealers have now en-
rolled. It is to the consumer's interest
to have all the retailers pledged.

The poster is large and easily lecog-
nized. It is printed in red and black,
bears the Food Administration seal, and
reads :

"To serve our country, we have en-
listed in the United States Food Admin-

{ istration. We pledge ourselves to give
our customers the benefit of fair and

' moderate prices, selling at no more than
a reasonable profit above cost."

molasses thoroughly. Add well beaten
egg and beat vigorously. Mix and sift
dry ingredients three times and add al-
tei-nately with the milk. Bake in a
moderate oven 20 to 25 minutes.

BARLEY PIE CRUST, NO. 1

1 c. barley flour, 1 c. wheat flour, .5T.
fat, h t. salt, sufficient cold water to
handle.

BARLEY CHOCOLATE CAKE

lie. barley flour, 2i t. baking powder,
'it. soda, 1 egg, \ c. water, 1 c. syrup (or
i c. syrup and \ c. honey), 2T. fat, 11
sq. chocolate, 1 t. vanilla. Melt fat and
chocolate together, sift dry ingredients.
Beat egg yolk, and syrup and water,
beat well. Combine liquid and dry in-
gredients , add chocolate and fat, egg
white beaten stifl". Bake as little cakes
I in muffin tins or as a loaf.

BARLEY DOUGHNUTS

2 eggs, 3 c. sugar, 1 c. milk, S t. salt,
4 t. each of cinnamon and cloves or nut-
meg, 2 t. baking powder, I c. melted fat,
4 c. barley flour or equal parts wheat
flour and barley flour. Beat eggs and
sugar gradually. Add milk and the
flour, mixed and sifted with baking pow-
der and spices. Add melted fat. Fry
in vegetable fat.

BARLEY GINGER SNAPS

2-3 c. fat, 2-.3 c. sugar, It. soda dis-
solved in 1-3 c. boiling water 1 c. mo-
lasses, 1 t. ginger, 1 t. cinnamon. Bar-
ley flour to roll, making dough a little
stiff"er than when using wheat flour.

Suggestions

Now that the Food Supply meetings
have been held in practically every town
it is hoped that the various Food Pro-
duction and Conservation Committees
will carry on some definite line of work
in each town. Suggested Conservation
activities are:

Canvass town with Food cards.

Church or grange suppers of substi-
tute foods.

Community Canning Center.

Boys' and Girls' Canning Clubs.

Exhibits of "substitute dishes" in li-
braries, stores, and at gatherings.

Bread and food contests.

Hoover Week, or Food Drive Week.

Thrift Centers, in library, store, etc.,
where people may call for information
and secure literature.

Talks to school children, "Conservation
Essay" contest.

Which of these are possible in your
town?

"Meatless' means "Beefless and Pork-
less."

Until further notice the rule about the
use of meat in meatless days applies only
to beef and pork, the products of beef
and pork. There is no prohibition of
mutton, lamb, chicken, or poultry on
Tuesday. "Beefless and Porkless" day
would be a better name for it than
"Meatless Day."

— Food Acbninistration Bulletin.

The authorized list of substitutes to be
sold by grocers is as follows:

Hominy, corn grits, cornmeal, corn
flour, edible cornstarch, barley flour,
rolled oats, oatmeal, rice, rice flour,
buckwheat flour, potato flour, soy bean
flour.

New Rules for Conservation of Wheat

The monthly consumption of wheat in
the United States must be reduced to 21
million bushels a month. This is about
one-half of our normal consumption, and
yields, after reductions for the Army
and other necessary purposes are made,
about one and one-half pounds of wheat
products per week per person. Bakers'
bread, upon which nearly half the com-
munity depends, must be durable, and
therefore requires a larger propoi tion of
wheat flour than breads baked at home.
Consequently the chief inconvenience
and hai'dship, if there be hardship, will
fall on those who bake bread at home,
and they ought to be proud that they
are called on to render a greater service
than others can.

A surplus of milk is produced at
present; potatoes, corn and oats are on
hand for us to eat.

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY
BOYS' AND GIRLS' WORK

CHAULKS H. GOILI), Leader

How I Made My Crop of Corn

BY ROGER JOHXSON, HADLEY

my fourth year in the

This is my fourth year in the Corn
Club. The first two years that I was in
the Corn Club I raised and cared for the
crop as my father did, but was not satis-
fied with the crops, which were a little
over fifty bushel to the acre or with the
profits which were only a few dollars.

Last year, I raised the corn the way I
wanted to. The chief thing I did differ-
ently, was to put one-thii'd of a ton of
commercial fertilizer on my acre, besides
the five two-horse loads of manure that
my father put on each acre. I harvest-
ed eighty-four bushels of corn from my
acre and the profit was $82, but part of
the increase in profit was due to the
higher price of corn.

Because of my large crop we had more
corn than we needed on the farm. We
sold some corn for seed at $4.00 a bushel,
part we shelled and sold at $3.34 a hun-
dred, and part of the corn we shelled,
ground, sifted and sold for household
use, in paper bags, four pounds for a
quarter.

This spring I bought one-third of a
ton of unmixed fertilizer from A. W.
Higgins of Westfield. The analysis was
six per cent niti-ogen and nine and three-
tenths per cent of phosphoric acid. In-
cluding the cost of mixing, the fertilizer
cost $13.40.

The seed I used was some that we
raised on the farm last year and tested
about ninety-eight percent. We have
raised the eight row, yellow flint corn on
our farm for a long time and selected
the seed each year so that it is very good
now.

May 21, I put four two-horse loads of
manure on my acre, and in the next four
days ploughed, harrowed and planted
the corn. The soil is a sandy loam and
easily prepared. I ploughed seven inches
deep and harrowed twice with a disk
harrow and once with a wheel, smooth-
ing harrow. I planted the corn on May
26, with a one-horse planter in rows
three feet apart.

During the summer I cultivated the
corn tvrice, hoeing the corn after each
cultivation. There were few weeds on
my acre but the ground would not have
retained the moisture very well if I had
not cultivated and hoed the corn.

The corn was damaged a little by a
wind and rain storm on July 21. Sep-
tember 10 a frost killed the upper half
of the stalks but did not injure the ears
hardly any.

I cut the corn on September 21 and
22. The bundles, I tied with string and
put eight bundles in a stack.

Concluded on page 5

CORN AND HOGS

The Story of My Pig

BY MAHY E. WHITE, HADLEY

This spring everyone was doing his
'bit.' Some of the young men of the
j town had enlisted, the farmers were
I planting more vegetables, and people in
the cities ploughed their back yards
' and planted them. I wanted to do some-
thing to help. I didn't know just what
to do. My father suggested that I join
the Pig Club.

I had never raised one before but I
thought I would try to, and to do my
' best at it.

I I went to Sunderland with Mr. Gould
of the Hampshire County Farm Bureau
' and selected a pig at Mr. Hubbard's
farm. This was the fifteenth of May.

I paid cash for it so as to save interest
on the money. The pig cost me seven
( dollars.

It is a Chester White pig and not
registered. I selected this pig because
Mr. Gould advised me to.

I named my pig 'Benjamin' because
that is the name of the biggest man in
our village.

Benjamin weighed thirty pounds June
' 1st.

I gave him plenty of fresh water and
plenty of grass.

I fed him milk, Red Dog Middlings
and Hominy meal.

He was always hungry and was veiy
tame.

One day I put him out to pasture but
the sun was too hot for him and he near- '
ly got a sun stroke.

I brought him out of the sun and by
night he was feeling all right once more.

I had lots of visitors to see Benjamin,
including Professor Rice, the state pig
club leader. Mi-. Gould and Mr. Burke.
They gave me advice and instructions
which I followed as closely as possible.

I fed him in a V shaped trough three
times a day.

It cost me twenty-three dollars to
raise Benjamin, that includes the seven i
dollars that I paid for him and my time, j

With pork valued at twenty cents a
pound he is now worth $50.20. That is
a gain of $29.20.

I enjoyed my summers work and next
year I intended to raise two pigs and to
try harder than ever.

At present Benjamin is at the Eastern
States Exposition at Springfield and I
am very proud of him. He weighs two
hundred and seventy-one pounds and he
has taken the first prize.

Club members never travel over the
road to fame on a pass.

How I Made My Crop of Corn

BY JOHN DEVINE, HADLEY.

There is no need of my saying how I
became interested in club contests, for I
have been a consistent winner in this
work during the last four years, win-
ning two firsts, a second, a third and a
fourth prize. I enjoy this kind of work
very much because it not only makes one
think but it also gives one a fair knowl-
edge of how to figure accounts in a more
accurate way.

This is the fifth year that I have taken
an acre of corn for my club plat. In
the preparation of the soil this year, I
plowed my acre in the spring, to a depth
of eight inches, next I harrowed and
sowed one-half ton of Berkshire Fertil-
izer broadcast, harrowing it in with a
smooth harrow. This last operation not
only smoothed the surface but also made
a fine mulch.

In a day or so I mai'ked off my field
in squares three and one-half feet apart,
and on May 30th, I planted my seed in
the hills. This method made it possible
to cultivate my crop both ways and thus
keep the soil in a better condition.
Furthermore, I believe that doing the
labor with horses is a large saving.

For about a week and a half the seed
lay hidden in the soil taking in such
foods as it needed for its journey
through the season. Then the little
spears of corn began to break through
the ground and as a reward for my care-
ful preparation of the soil it came up
very well. It grew rapidly for the first
month or so, when it began to suffer for
want of rain. It just happened that
rain came before the dry weather had
destroyed my crop.

During the summer I cultivated my
corn four times, once crossways. This
was to keep the ground loose on top and
thus enable it to retain the moisture
when it would otherwise have become
baked down, allowing the sun and warm
breezes to dry the ground out. This is
the principal way that I saved my crop
during the dry spell.

The corn was damaged to some extent
on July 21st by a wind and hail storm.
On September 10th, Jack Frost killed
the tops of the stalks of my corn but did
not get the ears as my corn was the tall
kind.

Before cutting my corn I picked off
two bushel of the very best ears for seed
and strung them up and stored them in
the shop for next season.

I harvested my crop and allowed it to
stand stacked up in the lot for about
three weeks, which gave it a good chance
to dry out. I husked the corn from the
stack in the field and carried it to the
Concluded on ]>age 5

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

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Continued from page 4

Three weeks after cutting the coin I
started husking it on tables in the field.
I threw all except the seed corn into
bags and emptied them into the bin.
The seed corn I hung up in the sheds
and shop.

The acre yielded 88.2 bushels of corn,
8 bushels of that was seed corn and 2.2
bushels was pop corn. I figured the
common corn at the Boston Maiket quo-
tations for that day, $2.10 a bushel, the
seed at .50f lower than the price at which
I sell it, which is $4.00 a bushel, and the
poor corn at $1 a bushel.

The co.st of raising my crop of corn
was $39.75 which is 45('- a bushel. A
; little over half of this cost was for
manure and commercial fertilizer. The
corn came to $192, the stalks $8.00, and
prizes $8.75 (leaving out $100 for get-
ting the corn) so the profit was $171.

I shall sell the best of my corn for
seed. The strain "Johnson's Valley
Vista" is very good as can be seen by
the yield and the prizes the corn has
taken. The next best corn we will sell
for household use. What is left we will
either feed to our stock and poultry or
sell.

I have increased the yield that we
used to get by 65% and I think, with
what I have learned from past experi-
ence, that I will be able to increase it
still more.

C'jncUuled from pai2:e 4

bin while it was weighed and the
placed in the bin loose.

When I weighed my corn I found that
I had 90.14 bushels of shelled corn be-
sides the two bu.shels of seed corn. The
common corn I figured at $2.68 per
bushel ( a price which corn had been
sold at an auction in the neighborhood)
and $4.00 for seed corn.

The cost of raising my corn was
$32.50 which is a little more than 35
cents per bushel. I received for my
corn $248.57, thus giving me a profit of
$216.07.

HAYDENVILLE SAVINGS BANK

HAYDENVILLE, MASS.

Fertilize the Oat Crop

Of all the small grains the oat crop is
perhaps less often fertilized than is any
other — partly, because in northern re-
gions it follows corn, which is usually
manured heavily, and partly because
heavy feeding with a poorly balanced
plantfood ration may cause the crop to
lodge badly.

"The oats crop makes most of its
growth early in the season, when the
weather is cool and before much of the
nitrogen in the soil becomes available
for plant food. For this reason the ap-
plication of a small quantity of nitrogen
in a readily available form will hasten
its growth and result in materially in-
crea.sed yields."

W. H. RILEY & CO.
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"We oll'er liberal l^ankiiig
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We are always pleased to
liave you call upon us.

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F. X. KNEELAND, Vice-President
OLIVER B. BRADLEY, Cashier

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

Wiswell the Druggist

82 Main Street

— THE KODAK STORE —

VETERINARY REMEDIES
Daniels', Lesure's, Barber's

STABLE DISINFECTANTS

SAMUEL D. HOWAHD WII^LIAM N. HOWAItl)

D. F. Howard & Sons

Wholesale and Retail Dealers in

FLOUR, MEAL, GRAIN

FEED, PRESSED HAY
STRAW AND

POULTRY SUPPLIES

90 East Street,

Ware, Mass.

Klevjltor on It. Ai A. K. U.
liOns Distance Telephone

GAZETTE PRINTING CO.
MERCANTILE PRINTERS
NORTHAMPTON, MASS.

Farm Clothes for Spring

We endeavor to keep on liaiul
at all times a large assortment
of work clothes of all descrip-
tions. Our Khaki Trousers, for
example, run from $1.50 to $2.50
in price and from 28 to 50 waist
measures. All colors and sizes
of Work Shirts, Overalls, Work
Gloves, Hose, and in fact every-
thing a man wears except shoes

R. F. Armstrong & Son

80 Main St., NOKTHAMPrON, MASS.

Conclude^l from jiage 1
ting- members at all meetings. It is
only by personal efforts of local farmers
that a strong farmers' organization can
be maintained.

Directors are the agricultural lead-
ers of their communities and on them
rests the responsibility of the success or
failure of farm bureau work and agri-
cultural advancement in their communi-
ty.

The nature of the activities of di-
rectors brings them in close association
with the county agents and other exten-
sion workers and with public agricultur-
al affairs.

At county-wide meetings directors
have the opportunity of meeting with
the best fanners from all parts of the
county.

FORD

Cunrluili.'it oil \y,i'j;e ri

how severely should this cutting back be
performed ?

It has not been found desirable to de-
horn a peach tree under these conditions.
The tree should be cut back into three
and even four year old wood. In select-
ing the exact point for the cut see that
there is a fairly strong side branch just
below the cut pointing in a desirable di-
rection. If the trees have been making
a fairly strong growth considerable thin-
ning out will be in order. Probably
most thrifty peach trees in Massachu-
setts are allowed to develop too dense a
head. Of course all weak or dead shoots
or branches ought to be removed.

By cutting back into three or four year
old wood one may lower the top four feet
or more and insure vigorous growth dur-
ing the coming season. If this is followed
by a moderate thinning out next winter
one may hope for a good crop of peaches
in 1919.—/. K. Shaw.

Seed Treatment for Oat Smut

Wet method — Sprinkle seed until
thoroughly moist with solution of 1 pint
of formaldehyde to 40 gallons of water,
shoveling over repeatedly to distribute
moisture evenly. Forty gallons will
treat 60 bushels. Shovel into a pile and
cover with sacks, canvas or blankets for
two hours or over night. Dry by
spreading in thin layer and stirring oc-
casionally with rake. Seed may be sown
when dry enough to run freely through
the drill, setting the drill to sow about
2 pecks more per acre, to allow for
swollen condition of grain. If to be
stored for several days or longer, dry
thoroughly. Disinfect sacks, bin, and
drill, to prevent re-infection.

Dry method — Mix 1 pint of formalde-
hyde with 1 pint of water and use in
small hand sprayer. Spray the solution
on grain as this is being shoveled over,
holding sprayer close to grain and tak-
ing care that the mist is well distributed.

Continuod on page 7

For the man who is going to buy a
Ford car now is the time to order it.
These are war times, so if you want
a Ford car, don't wait, place your
order now.

We follow the sale of every Ford car
with "After Service" that is efficient,
])rompt, courteous and economical.

PRICES F. O. B. DETROIT

Chassis $400 ! Couplet $560

Runabout
Touring

435
450

Sedan 695

Ton Truck 600

CHASE MOTOR SALES COMPANY

Kcar 303 MAIN STUEKT
NOHTHAMPTON, MASS.

Dodge Qrothers

COMMERCIAL CAR

1000 lbs. Capacity

72x43=inch Loading' Space

Electric Lights and Starter

Demountable Rims

•Just the thing for moving
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aiul economically.

$950

Delivered in Nortliampton.

S. E. HICKMAN

145 KING ST., NOKTHAMPTON, MASS.

NORTHAMPTON

COMMERCIAL COLLEGE

"THE SCHOOL OF THOROUGHNESS"

In session twelve months in
the year. Students admitted
at any time and graduated
when competent.

Tuition low. Train and trol-
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good liomes at reasonable rates.
Greater demand and better
salaries for Inisiness-trained
men and women than ever be-
fore. For catalogue and com-
plete information address

JOSEPH PICKETT, Principal.
76 Pleasant St., Northampton, Mass.

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

D. A. PORBES & SON

EASTHAMPTON S
"HOME HARDWARE STORE"

Farming Tools
Spray Pumps

Spray Materials
Fertilizers
Seeds

Implements

EASTHAMPTON, MASS.

BISSELL'S TIRE SHOP

NORTHAMPTON, MASS.

Miller, Goodyear, and U. S. Tires

Tires and Tubes

Vulcanized by Steam

GOODYEAR SERVICE STATION

FKKK AIR

6G KING STREET

Tul. 13y.'J-M

THE HINMAN MILKER

The R. T. Prentiss
Complete Fertilizer

Concluiled tvDm paj^e 1

4th spraying. Three to four weeks
later. Same materials as the third,
omitting- nicotine. Especially important
for codling moth, lesser apple worm,
scab, gypsy moth, sooty fungus of apples,
etc."

The one absolutely essential spray-
ing is that which is applied just after
the blossoms fall. This one should be
given without fail.

In sections where the curculio and
apple scab are bad, the spraying just be-
fore the blossoms open would probably
stand next in importance.

In the judgment of the writer we
might in many cases well omit the spray-
ing which is usually given at the last of
the season, say six weeks after the blos-
soms fall. Of course in doing this we
are probably going to have a few more
wormy apples, and run a chance of
damage from sooty blotch and the lesser
apple worm, but we have to take some
chances, we always do, and one year
with another this spraying is not as im-
portant as most of the others. If the
sooty blotch is found to be developing
then a special application may be made
for it. The deferred dormant spray, so
called, which is given just as buds are
well broken open is another one which in
many cases might be omitted. It is
given for San .Jose scale, for aphis and
as a general clean up. Scale has been
on the decrease for several seasons, aphis
was not very abundant last year, and
we can afford to take a chance on the
"general clean up" side, so that when
the labor situation is serious, or in less
important blocks of orchard, this spray
might be omitted.

For materials the principal change
from last year is going to be the substi-
tution of arsenate of lime for arsenate
of lead. The U. S. government needs
the lead for killing other and worse pests
than the codling moth and the curculio,
and many oixhard men who have not
already bought their lead will probably
have to accept the arsenate of lime.
From the best advice available there
seem to be three ways in which this ma-
terial is not as good as the arsenate of
lead: 1st, it does not adhere as well to
the foliage; 2nd it is somewhat more
likely to burn and .3rd, it is more vari-
able in composition and therefore less re-
liable. But neither one of these seems
likely to be very serious and at all events
it seems to be the best substitute avail-
able.— F. C. Sears.

R. T. PRENTISS, Agent

JO I Pleasant Street, HOLYOKE, MASS.

Coiichided froni paye G

One stroke of the sprayer gives enough
mist for each shovelful of grain. One
quart of .solution will treat .50 bushels.
When all grain is treated, shovel into a
pile, and carefully cover for five hours
as directed under the wet method. The
grain may be sown immediately.

COBURN 8C GRAVES

The REXALL Store

Tel. 200 . . Northampton, Mass.

FURNACES FOR ALL WOOD
OR COAL BURNING

A one-pipe furnace
will heat five or six
rooms to an even
temperature, and will
save fuel in opera-
tion.

Not an ounce of
heat is wasted, and
the cellar remains
cool for storing vege-
tables.

H. B. LYMAN, Southampton, Mass.
SHEET METAL WORKS

The Ideal Restaurant

SIDNEY J. HALL, Proprietor

REGULAR MEALS

Also ORDER COOKING
FULL LINE OF LIGHT LUNCHES

40 MAIN STREET, NORTHAMPTON, MASS.

H. D. SMITH

Hatfield, Mass.

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HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

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Me. Farmer :— Invest in a Case 9-18
Tractor. Do your work the power way.
It will save time and labor, take off
the heavy burdens of farming. A Case
Tractor is built to give continuous
service, day and night if necessarj'-,
never tires. When not in use, requires
no attention, doesn't eat when idle.
Seventy-five thousand f a r m e r s are
power farming, because it is the profit-
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Its work will please ycni. Its con-
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FRANK S. PARSONS, Agent

Also Distributor for the celeln-ated REO
Line of Pleasure Cars uiid Trucks.

W. N. POTTER'S SONS & CO.

Flour, Hay

Grain, Salt

Lime and Cement

NORTHAMPTON

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Here's everytliing for tlie men
as well us tlie boys to wear.

Good suits as well as protection
for g03d suits.

Overalls, llannel shirts, etc.,
and f(ir tlie little ones all kinds
of play and wasli suits.

Working clothes, play clothes
and "regular clothes."

MERRITT CLARK 8C CO.

144 MAIN STREET, NORTHAMPTON, MASS.

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY

JUL 1 0191»

^Ollti^ii

FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

Vol. III.

NORTHAMPTON, MASS., MAY. Iflls

No. 5

Profitable Now to Grow More Feed

Feed Bills are Ruining the D.\iry
Industry — It will be only a matter of
time, and a short time at that, before
dairymen are forced out of business un-
less they turn to raising more corn,
clover and other crops of high feeding
value instead of such a large acreage of
hay of low feeding value. Conditions
have changed and it is no longer possible
to buy feeds at market prices and com-
pete successfully with dairymen of other
sections who grow a much larger portion
of the ration.

Feed Prices Fell for Thirty Years
— During the thirty years following the
civil war, there was a tremendous ex-
pansion of North American agriculture,
both in total acreage, due to the develop-
ment of labor saving farm machinery.
Over-production of farm crops was re-
flected in declining prices of grains.
During the latter part of this era prices
were so low that Eastern dairymen
found it more profitable to buy large
amounts of concentrated feeding stuffs
than to go to the expense of growing
crops of high feeding value. A very
large percentage of the improved land
was allowed to lie in hay. That system
of farming still persists but has long
outlived its usefulness as the conditions
which brought it about have disap-
peared. There are no more cheap feeds
nor are there likely to be.

Feed Prices have been Rising for 20
Years — Since 1897, consumption has
overtaken production, the tide of prices
has turned sharply upward and economi-
cal production of dairy products solely,
or even largely, on the basis of pur-
chased commercial feeds has become al-
most impossible. The increase in prices
since the outbreak of the war has been |
particularly rapid but has been offset in I
part by increases in the prices of dairy
products. Hay, which exceeds all other |
crops in acreage by a wide margin, has
not increased in price nearly so greatly
as the grains and concentrated feeding
stuffs and hence is relatively less profit-
able to grow than it was ten to twenty
years ago when the price of a ton of hay
would buy nearly a ton of grain.

Advancing Feed Prices Force a Rad-
ical Change in Cropping System — The
time has come to cut down the acreage
Concluded on page 6

EN ROUTE

Corn

For the past two months the matter
of testing seed corn has been put up to
the farmers from every angle. The
farmer who has planted untested seed
corn has run a grave chance of getting
a most disappointing stand of corn this
spring. Much low testing seed has been
found and discarded, which should re-
sult in better stands of corn throughout
the country.

It is to be hoped that the agitation
over poor germinating seed has not ob-
scured the other factors that go to make
a profitable corn crop. Even a perfect
stand will not make the greatest possible
yield if cultivation is not done at the
right time and in the right way. A
weedy corn field means that the crop will
be short, and made up largely of nubbins.
The use of a spiked tooth harrow or a
weeder on the coi'n field when the corn
is small, kills many weeds when they
are just coming up and are easy to root
out and saves more expensive row culti-
vation later on. Later cultivations
when the corn roots have spread out

TO WORTHINGTON EXTENSION SCHOOL

The Plum Curculio

The plum curculio is a gray-brown,
hard shelled insect about a quarter of an
inch long and equipped with a long
snout. It is responsible for the common
white worms in peaches, plums and
cherries, while apples and pears are
scarred and gnarled by the feeding and
egg laying punctures of the adults.

The beetles pass the winter under
grass, leaves, or rubbish in the orchard,
or in neighboring woodlands. For this
reason they are most prevalent in sod
orchards and in orchards that border on
uncultivated tracts of land. They ap-
pear early in spring and feed on the
leaves until the fruit is set, when they
commence to lay eggs in the newly set
fruits. The egg-laying punctures are
marked by a crescent shaped cut and are
easily recognized. The feeding punc-
tures are round holes eaten through the
skin of the fruit. The eggs hatch into
the familiar white worm so common in
our stone fruits. The worms seldom ap-
pear in apples or pears because the rapid

should be shallow so as to disturb these ^'^^^^^ °^ ^^^^ y°"ng fruit crushes the

roots as little as possible. Indications
are that an increa.sed acreage of corn
has been planted in the County this
year, but timely and proper cultivations
must follow if we are to get the abun-
dant harvest that this country needs for
feed for both the people and the live-
stock on our farms.

Tool sheds haven't risen in price near-
ly so fast as farm machinery.

egg. They may develop, however, in
fallen fruits and probably in the slower
growing apples. The larvae become full
grown about mid.'iummer, pupate in the
ground, and the new crop of beetles
feeds on the fruit the rest of the sum-
mer.

Injured plums and peaches usually
fall to the ground. If they remain on
the tree they ripen prematurely and rot
Concluded on page 6

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

PUBLISHED BY THE

Hampshire County Farm Bureau

A. F. i*IaoI>4>uffall, County Aceiit
Helen A. Harriinaii, Home I>eai. Ajceiit
C. H. Gould. Boys' and Girls' ( lub Leader

Office First National Bank Building
Northampton, Mass.
Entered as second class matter Nov. 9. 1915. at the
Post Office at Northampton. Massachusetts, under
the Act of March S. I.sr9.

Price, 50 cents a year

$1 a year, including membership in Farm Bureau

Officers of the Farm Bureau

Leslie R. Smith, President, Hadley
William D. Mandell, Treas., Northampton
Ernest S. Russell, Secretary, Hadley

ADVISOISY HOARD

Leslie R. Smith, Hadley
Charles R. Damon, Williamsburg
Perley E. Davis, Granby
Clarence E. Hodgkins, Northampton
Warren M. King, Northampton
William N. Howard, Ware
Edwin B. Clapp, Easthampton

Wal<e Up Massachusetts 1 or go Hungry

Are the people of Massachusetts to
have enough to eat next winter, or will
staple foods be as scarce as sugar and
coal were last? The answer to this de-
pends largely on what the people of
the state are willing to do to produce
more of what they eat than they have
in the past. The principal obstacle in
the minds of the farmers for increasing
crop production in Massachusett.s this
year is the shortage of experienced farm
laborers. Our state has been in the
past peculiarly dependent on two trans-
portation systems to bi'ing in about five-
sixths of the food which we consume.
With these two systems already taxed,
and with the probability that as the war
continues traffic conditions will become
worse rather than better, it behooves all
residents of the state who profess any
patriotism whatsoever to get into the
fields this year and help produce what
they will need to eat during the next few
months and especially next winter.
The policy advocated by federal and
state authorities is for every person and
every community to make himself or
itself as nearly self-supporting as
is possible. By doing this, congested
transportation systems will be relieved.
We shall not need to call so heavily on
other sections of the country for our
food, thus releasing much of what we
have consumed in the past for the use
of our soldiers and some of the Euro-
pean nations which have been on the
verge of starvation for more than three
years. With less than one-quarter of
the land of Massachusetts under culti-
vation; with many farms already
equipped with machinery enough for

State Machinery

The State will lease various farm ma-
chines to responsible parties for their
operation, and farmers will pay the
State sufficient rent to cover interest
and depreciation. The following prices
will be charged for the lease of farm
machinery of the following types for the
season :
Grain drill, with fertilizer and

grass seed attachment .$40.00

Grain binder 38.00

Potato planter 29.00

Potato digger 25.00

Corn planter 23.00

Corn harvester 39.00

No machinery will be leased on work
done, without a written contract between
the farmer and the State.

i County Notes

Tractor units are at work in Amherst,
Hadley and Northampton.

Small grains are being put in, in
Greenwich and vicinity; also in the hill
towns.

The Northampton manufacturers are
growing 80 acres of corn and 20 acres
of potatoes this year.

Soiling System for Pigs

RAPE

Rape makes an excellent forage crop
for growing pigs, as it comes up very
quickly and grows rapidly. It should be
sown early in the spring and will be
ready for the hogs in two months and a
half. An acre of rape will take care of
from 1.5 to 25 hogs, according to size.
About four pounds of seed are required
to an acre.

OATS AND PEAS

Sow at the rate of 11-2 bu. oats and
1 bu. peas to an acre, as early in the
spring as possible. The pigs can be
turned into the oats and peas or they can
be cut and thrown into the pen. By
cutting before the oats and peas are
ripe this crop will furnish about a
month's feed for the hogs.

SWEET CORN

Sweet corn makes an excellent forage
crop to follow rape or oats and peas and
gives the best results when it is cut and
thrown into the pen. This should be
ready to feed to the pigs about the
middle of August and will furnish food
according to the acreage you plant.

Rye, clover and grass also make good
forage crops for growing pigs. It isn't
the kind of crop that counts as it is that
the pig has plenty of green food
throughout the summer. Three acres of
forage crop pasture, if properly rotated,
will take care of about 40 growing pigs.
With this acreage some grain and skim
milk, if you have it, should be fed.
— Franklin County Farm Bureau.

Soy bean demonstrations are to be
carried on by the following men this
year:

Chas. W. Ball, Granby
E. T. Whitaker, Hadley
W. M. Waugh, Prescott
Charles Berry, Prescott
C. W. Felton, Enfield
Peter Hanfin, Belchertown
William Sauer, Belchertown
W. P. Boomhower, Belchertown
Charles Kilbourn, Worthington
M. D. Griffin, Ware
H. A. Cleveland, Granby
Wilfred Learned, Florence
Edw. Searle, Southampton
W. A. Parsons, Southampton

N. K. Lincoln of Plainfield and W. N.
Mason of Worthington are cooperating
with the Mass. Agricultural Experiment
Station in variety tests of spring wheat
and oats.

Pruning demonstrations have been
held in the orchards of E. B. Clapp in
We.sthampton and Miss Rice in Worth-
ington.

The Norwood Engineering Company
of Northampton is cultivating gardens
for its employees.

"It's generally the fellow who doesn't
know any better who does the thing that
can't be done. You see, the poor fool
doesn't know it can't be done, so he goes
ahead and does it."

maximum production, and with a will-
ingness on the part of farmers to do
everything possible provided they can
see the labor in sight, our state can pro-
duce at least three times as much food
as we have cities who have some time
and strength that they can give during
the next six months to get out and help
produce his food. — M. A. C.

More than 50 bu. spring wheat have
been sold in Amherst and vicinity. One
store in Northampton has sold as much,
and many more farmers have bought
wheat from out of the State. The in-
crease in wheat acreage will be nearly
100 9r.

Hampshire County farmers have the
option on 30 head of pure bred Chester
White and Berkshire pigs, at $12.00 per
head.

Grade Heifers

The Farm Bureau can occasionally
get from the Agi-icultural College herd
good heifer calves. Any farmers want-
ing any of these calves at $10.00 a head
are asked to make their wants known at
the office.

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

home: making

MISS HELEN A. HAKKI.MAN. I»-inonstration Agent

Conservation Through Community Effort

More than 80,000 quarts of 'fruits and
vegetables were canned in community
kitchens in Massachusetts last year. In
addition to the canning, several hundred
bushels of products were dried. These
figures do not include the thousands of
quarts of products preserved in the
homes of those who came under the in-
fluence of one of these community cen-
ters.

There were thirty-five or more com-
munities in the state that were organ-
ized to do work along lines of canning
and drying. All these centers were re-
markably successful in that they in-
creased quite largely the preservation of
food materials. The loss from spoilage
was very small, in no case being more
than 2 '.'c and in most cases running
less than 1 7r.

The cost of doing the work where vol-
unteer labor was used was very low,
running from 3 cents to 7 cents per
quart with an average price for all
fruits and vegetables of 6 cents per
quart jar. In those communities where
all paid labor was used the prices ran
from 7 cents to 13 cents per quart jar.
The items included in the cost were
labor, sugar, salt and the rubber ring.

Patrons of these community canneries
who had to buy new jars were able to
purchase them at a price 2 to 3 cents
per jar belov\r the regular retail price.
This was made possible because many
communities bought their jars in car
load lots and were therefore able to sup-
ply their patrons at wholesale price.

There should be many more of these
centers organized this season. Such an
enterprise is worthy of the careful con-
sideration of every community interest-
ed in food conservation.

Here are a few of the reasons why
community kitchens should be estab-
lished.

1. They will produce the maximum
of food preservation, because the com-
munity becomes saturated with the idea
of food conservation. The majority of
people become enthusiastic and increase
their store of preserved foods and the
slackers and indifferent ones are shamed
into activity through the work of their
neighbors.

2. The community kitchen offers the
most economical way of canning and
drying one's products.

It economizes in time, energy and
fuel. Five women in a community
kitchen can do all the canning and dry-
ing that would be done by 40 to 50
families. This would relieve 35 to 45
women for work of other kinds. Think
of the saving in fuel and energy. We
need to conserve our woman power, and

Sewing Courses

Southampton and Chesterfield have
planned a series of three lessons on Sav-
ing materials and money. Alteration of
patterns, and Renovation of Clothing,
to be given by Mrs. Reed of the Mass.
Agricultural College, in May.

South Hadley study groups recently
had an interesting "Street Meeting"
when each woman brought a wartime
dish and told how it was made. This
was a most enthusiastic meeting and
proved very instructive.

Do a little egg preservation on your
own account and have eggs for winter
use. Your Farm Bureau will be glad
to send you directions.

Have you a thrift center in your town
at the library, store, or other place,
where wartime recipes may be secured
and exchanged, literature distributed,
food exhibits made?

this would be one good way of doing it.

3. Many families will be given a
winter's supply of fruits and vegetables
who otherwise would not have it.

There are many in every community
who do not know how to can and dry.
Others who do not have time, and still
others who do not have the inclination.
A community kitchen will take care of
all such families.

4. The cost of products is reduced to
a minimum.

This has been shown in the figures
already given as obtained from centers
operated last season.

5. Give excellent training to women
if volunteer labor is used.

Hundreds of women can be given
excellent training in canning and drying
since they are required to do all the
work under the direction of a trained
supervisor.

■6. Last but by no means least is the
friendly spirit of cooperation which has
developed in those places where the
work has been done. The influence on
the amount of food presei-\'ed has been
very marked.

Your community should have an
organized center this year, even if it is
operated only one or two days per week
throughout the canning and drying
season.

Let the slogan of every community be
"A quart of preserved fruits or vegeta-
bles for every day in the year for every
family in the community."

Your Farm Bureau and your College
of Agriculture will assist you in every
way to bring about a realization of this
slogan.

Training School in Conservation

In every County of the State, short
schools in preservation will be held this
summer with the Mass. Agricultural
College, cooperating with the Farm Bu-
reau. .June 4, 5, 6 and 7 are the days
assigned to Hampshire County and it is
hoped that at least one or two women
in each town will make a special effort
to attend this school to be held at the
Mass. Agricultural College. The pro-
gram includes home and community
work in canning, drying, storing fruits
and vegetables. The only expenses will
be for travel and entertainment. The
course is open to anyone who is willing
to return to her town and assist in con-
serving the crops as part of her war
ser\'ice. Let's have the best school in
the State. Send your name at once to
your Farm Bureau so that further par-
ticulars may be sent you.

Sugar Situation

The following is a summary of a con-
ference with the United States Food Ad-
ministration officials.

"It is expected that there will be
plenty of sugar available for canning.
The Food Administration officials state
that the principal difliculty in the sugar
situation has been due to lack of trans-
portation facilities. These officials state
that they have plans under way for sup-
plying commercial canners and that they
are giving attention to the supply of
sugar need for home canning work."

On Wednesday afternoon, April 17,
the Home Economics Club of Southamp-
ton met in the Town Hall and had a very
interesting meeting. The principal fea-
ture of this meeting was a lecture
demonstration given by Miss Murray of
the Sewing Department of Smith's Agri-
cultural School on the trimming and
renovating of spring hats. Several
women brought hats and trimmed them
under Miss Murray's direction.

Mrs. .Johnson, the Ass't. County Food
Administrator, spoke briefly on "How to
Live without Wheat."

All agreed that it was a very helpful
meeting.

Potatoes

Now is the time to eat potatoes! Why?
The French Army bread ration has just
been cut down. Why? We have not
saved enough wheat!

One medium sized potato is one of the
fuel foods. It yields also considerable
mineral mattei-. Try the following reci-
pes, but first learn how to boil a potato:

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HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY
BOYS' AND GIRLS' WORK

CHAULKS H. (iOl'Ll), Leailer

The Garden Season Opens

The boy and g-irl gardeners have been
pretty generally organized throughout
the County. In Ware, the work is un-
der the authority of Mr. Mallory, super-
visor of adult gardens. In Amherst, it
is being done by Prof. Hart of the Agri-
cultural College. In the other towns of
the County, it is being taken care of by
the Farm Bureau.

In Easthampton, there are enrolled
about as many children as last year.
The garden work in Easthampton is
well established and those children who
enroll realize that they must care for a
garden, containing fifty square yards,
and are in the contest for business.
Liberal prizes are made possible by the
generosity of the Village Improvement
Society, and are awarded both for the
best gardens and the best vegetables
shown at the exhibt in the fall. The
work is being supervised by Mr. Rand
of the Farm Bureau.

In Hatfield, the local visitors, co-
operating with the schools and the Farm
Bureau, will keep an eye on the children
as they did a year ago.

In Northampton, Florence and Leeds,
the supervision is also wholly on a volun-
teer basis. About fifty local people have
been enrolled to keep in touch with a
group of gardeners who live nearby and
to report to the Bureau twice a month,
and have held organization meetings.
Mr. Keyes of Florence and Mr. Aubrey
Butler of Northampton, are helping the
Bureau as expert supervisors. About 150
children who have no land will be pro-
vided for in community plots on Wil-
liams Street, Franklin Street and Pros-
pect Street. Mr. Downer of Smith Col-
lege, Miss Rose Hinckley and Mr. Don-
ald Tyler, have charge of the super-
vision of these plots. As in other towns,
the Bureau representative has given
some instruction in the schools. About
seven hundred children are enrolled,
but those who are not making a legiti-
mate attempt at food production will be
eliminated early in the season.

In South Hadley, a hundred boys and
girls, with the written approval of their
parents, are enrolled for gardens. The
supervisor has already paid his first
round of vists. Part of their work will
be the keeping of a definite record of
their gardens, and this record will be
considered in the award of prizes. An
exhibit will be held in the fall.

In Huntington, about fifty children
are enrolled under the direct supervision
of the Bureau representative; much
after the same plan that has prevailed
in Easthampton in the past.

To Boys and Oirls of Hampshire County

This is the season of the year, when
our enthusiasm for club work usually
runs high, and we are quite apt to
promise ourselves we will do a good
piece of work during the summer, then
as the season advances our interest be-
gins to lag, and the results in the past
have shown that many boys and girls
have started with splendid anticipation
of making a success but the records sent
in at the end of the season show that
they dropped by the wayside.

I hope this year that each boy and girl
in the county who takes up this work
will decide to do no more than they feel
they can successfully complete; that
they will make up their minds to carry
whatever they start to a finish, and that
when the reports come in next fall we
will find very nearly 100 9r who have
completed all the requirements. Let us
remember that it is the sum total of
what each one does that counts.

I wish that all of the boys and girls in
Hampshire County who are going to
raise a pig would grow enough corn to
I fatten the pig in the fall.

I once appealed to Mr. Gould for 100
corn club members and he said that he
would endeavor to find 25. Let us re-
member that the best corn club work in
the state has been done in Hampshire
County, and surprise Mr. Gould by hav-
ing 100 members this year.

When I was a small boy and went in-
to a store to inquire the price of an
article, I was some times told "two bits."
Two bits was twenty-five cents, and I
never see the motto now — "Do your bit,"
that I do not think of twelve and a half
cents. I hope the boys and girls of
Hampshire County vdll do more than
twelve and a half cents worth this year.
I am going to give you a better motto —
"Do Your Best"

— George L. Farley,
Supervisor — Junior Extension Work.

Save the Bags

Save the bags! This is a day of con-
servation. Waste in any and all forms
must be eliminated, and now it is the
humble jute bag which must be saved to
guard against threatened famine. With
this, as with so many other things, war
is teaching us that "nothing is too small
to be saved."

Formerly the cheapest of fibres, jute
has increased in value so rapidly that
the burlap necessary for bagging a ton
of fertilizer now adds three and four
dollars to the cost of that fertilizer.
Likewise the used bags now have a
value sufficiently high to make it worth
while for the farmer to practice con-
servation.

I Club Work for 1918

J Club enrolments are coming in so fast

' that the office force is kept busy, cata-

jloging them, and sending out literature.

! The pig club work promises to be larg-
er than last year. Amherst, which had
only .3 pig club members last year, had
a "squeal" on May 8, when 25 boys and

j girls received pigs. A few boys in Had-

j ley and Goshen are starting work this
year with pure bred pigs.

[ The Home Economics records are now
coming into this office, it is hoped that
every member will finish.

I Canning clubs will be started only in
those towns that can furnish a leader.
The poultry club enrolment is larger

{ than last year and some interesting re-

' suits are looked for.

This year's prizes consist of a county
prize to the winner in each project, 1st
prize being a week's trip to Mass. Agri-
cultural College and the second prize
some useful article.

Thinking

Thinking was invented by Socrates.
Before Socrates, the head of man was
very largely a loafing place for hair.
Now it is a perfect hotbed of ideas, and
the blank look of a man who isn't think-
ing of a thing is so rare that one almost
never sees it. If there were hair re-
storers we wouldn't use them. Heads
are much to valuable for waste products.
— The Grasshopper.

Bags will be needed next fall for the'

harvesting of farm crops. New bags
will be obtainable in but small quanti-
ties. The United States Government is
taking much of the available supply for
war purposes. The cost of such new
bags will be nearly prohibitive. If,
however, the farmer foresees this diffi-
culty, and saves the bags from his
season's fertilizer purchase, there will
be a very real saving — a saving almost
entirely net.

Even now there are companies doing
a thriving business in the purchase of
second-hand bags. The price for good
bags is high, and offers immediate re-
turns for the work of conservation.

Finally, we must realize the possibili-
ty that another season we may face the
necessity of bulk shipments of fertilizer.
If farmers and dealers can forsee this,
and make provision by saving the sacks
from this year's fertilizer shipment, the
labor of handling such bulk shipments
will be greatly reduced. It takes but a
little time and forethought now — it may
mean the saving of time and money this
fall, and in the spring of 1919.

■ — Nat. Fertilizer Assoc.

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

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Interest Paid on Special Accounts and
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The Apple Red Bugs

Go into your orchard when the young
leaves are about an inch long and if you
find the leaves dotted on the upper side
with tiny red spots — not the larger rea-
dish blisters of the blister mite, but
small and very numerous — you had
better give the red bug its place in your
spraying campaign or your cull barrel
wall be filled with apples that are knotted.
The offender is a bright red insect,
small enough that it might well escape
obseiwation particularly since it has a
habit of dodging to the opposite side of
the branch when disturbed. When ma-
ture, in June or .July, the insect is about
a quarter of an inch long and very
active. The adults are winged and Hy
readily when alarmed.

The spots on the leaves are feeding
punctures and the insects also feed upon
the fruit as soon as it is set. Each feed-
ing puncture on an apple is responsible
for a dimple at harvest time, and so
many punctures are made that where
very many red bugs are present the loss
is a serious one. At harvest time the
injury closely resembles that of the cur-
culio. The russeted spot at the bottom of
the dimple, however, is usually smaller
and circular rather than crescent-
shaped. Cutting down through the dim-
ple we find below the russetted spot a
straight, greenish channel that runs
toward the core for a little ways then
stops abruptly.

Fortunately we do not have to apply
an extra spray for the red bug. While
they are rather hard to kill, a thorough
application of a tobacco solution when
the blossom buds are showing pink, fol-
lowed by a similar application just
after the petals fall, will ordinarily keep
them well under control. The solutions
most successfully used are "Black Leaf
40" at the rate of one pint in 100 gal-
lons of spray mixture or "Black Leaf"
at the rate of one gallon in 6.5 gallons
of spray mixture. When diluted with
water only, any tobacco solution will
work better if 2 or 3 pounds of any
cheap soap is added to each .50 gallons
to act as a spreader and sticker, but
never add soap to a mixture containing
lime sulfur.

Any of the nictotine or tobacco
products may be added to the usual scab
spray and to the codling moth spray,
making an extra application unneces-
sary. In fact if we make of each of
these applications what Professor Sears
calls a ".3 in 1" spi'ay and apply them
properly, we form a deadly "barrage"
through which few insects or diseases
can pass. The combination in either
case will be about as follows: IJ gal.
commercial lime sulfur, 3 to 5 pounds
arsenate of lead paste, b pint Black Leaf
40 or 3 quarts Black Leaf, water to
make 50 gallons.

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HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

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VETERINARY REMEDIES
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STABLE DISINFECTANTS

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FEED, PRESSED HAY
STRAW AND

POULTRY SUPPLIES

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of hay and increase the acreage of crops
of higher feeding value and thus de-
crease the expenditures for commercial
feeding stuffs. The saving thus effected
will much more than offset the increased
cost of doing so. Silage corn, field corn,
clover, peas and oats and alfalfa, i
wherever it can be grown, are particu-
larly well adapted to this purpose.
— Middlesex County Farm Bureau.

FORD

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this summer if you're dressed
in a manner that will insure
your comfort.

Featherweig-ht Underwear,
Soft Collars and Cool=Toned
Shirts are being displayed here
in a pleasing array. For farm
work or dress.

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quickly. Cherries stick to the tree but
the fruit is stunted and gnarled by the
punctures or eaten by the larvae. The
egg-laying and feeding punctures early
in the season cause apples to become
gnarled and dimpled as they grow. At
picking time these "dimples" might
easily be confused with those made by
the apple red-bug, but the punctured
spot at the bottom is marked by a rus-
seted spot which often retains at least a
suggestion of the crescent shajje. The
ground feeding punctures made late in
the season by the new brood of beetles
are frequently starting places for rot,
particularly in stone fruits and in early
apples, but this injury is seldom serious
in Massachusetts.

The first step in combating this pest
should be the removal of brush heaps
and trash piles from the orchard for they
furnish the insect with ideal winter
quarters. Since the larvae pupate in the
soil, cultivation destroys many of them,
but where injury by curculio is serious
we must turn to spraying. The curculio
is a biting and chewing insect and may
therefore be poisoned. The most effect-
ive control measure consists in keeping
the trees covered, as nearly as possible,
with an arsenical spray. Stone fruits
should be sprayed with arsenate of lead,
two pounds to fifty gallons of water,
about the time the shucks are coming
off which is a week or ten days after the
petals fall. This application should be
repeated at intervals of about two weeks
the number of applications depending
on the amount of injury in previous
years and the relative importance of the
present crop. When the insects are
plentiful in an apple orchard a pre-
blossom arsenical spray is desirable to
destroy the early appearing adults
when they are feeding on the leaves.
The codling moth spray, just after the
peals fall, will take care of curculio at
that season. Where infestation is severe,
the application should be repeated as
often as conditions seem to warrant.

The Curculio has a habit, when dis-
turbed, of "playing 'possum" and drop-
ping to the gi'ound. Where only a very
few trees are involved advantage may be
taken of this habit by jarring thera into
a canvas or sheet spread beneath the
tree. — Mass. Ar/ri. College.

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HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

D. A. FORBES I SON

EASTHAMPTON S
' HOME HARDWARE STORE '

Farming' Tools
Spray Pumps

Spray Materials
Fertilizers
Seeds

Implements

EASTHAMPTON, MASS.

Coiif-Iudi^tl from patre 8
BOILED POTATOES

Put pared potatoes of uniform size in-
to the kettle. Cover with boiling water
and boil gently until potatoes are done.
Test with a skewer, when tender drain
off the water and set kettle on back of
range until all the water is absorbed.
Shake gently and sprinkle with salt.

POTATO SALAD

Six potatoes, 1 onion, i teaspoon celery
seed, 1 teaspoon mustard seed, i teaspoon
salt, h teaspoon paprika, salad dressing.
Pare potatoes, cut in halves and cook in
boiling salted water with the onion un-
til tender. Cool, cut in half-inch cubes,
add seasonings and mix with dressing.
Cover with dressing and gainish with
parsley, red beets or cooked carrots.

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FKEK AIU

Two cups raw potatoes, 2 cups raw
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BlooELL S TIRE SHOP taWespoons fat. Cut potatoes in cubes,

cut onion in slices. Arrange potatoes
NoiiiHAJiPTON, MASS. and onion in alternate layers in a

greased baking dish. Add fat, salt and

milk. Bake in a moderate oven until

potatoes are tender, adding more milk if
Miller, Goodyear, and U. S. Tires necessary.

POTATO AND TOMATO CROQUETTES

One cup mashed potato, 2 cups toma-
toes, 1 slice onion, 1 slice carrot, 2
cloves, 1 teaspoon peppercorns, 1 egg, i
cup grated cheese, 1 tablespoon fat, i
teaspoon salt, few grains cayenne.
Cook tomatoes 20 minutes with onion,
carrot, cloves, peppercorns. Rub through
a sieve, add beaten egg, cheese, fat, salt
and cayenne. Cool, .shape in croquettes,
brush with oil and bake in hot oven un-
til brown.

DELMONICO POTATOES

Two cups cold boiled potatoes, 2 cups
j white sauce, i cup grated cheese, 2 hard
[cooked eggs. Arrange above ingredi-
ents in layers in greased baking dish and
bake 1.5 minutes.

POTATO CHOWDER

One-half cup fat, 2 onions sliced, .3
cups boiling water, 3 cups sliced po-
tatoes, I teaspoon celery salt, 1 cup
chopped carrot, 2 cups hot milk. Cook
onion in fat; add water, potatoes, car-
rots and seasonings. Cook until po-
tatoes are tender. Add hot milk and
serve.

POTATO MUFFINS

One cup mashed potato, 1 cup potato |
flour or corn flour, 4 teaspoons baking
powdei-, h teaspoon salt, 1 egg well
beaten, 1 cup milk, 1 tablespoon fat, 1
tablespoon sugar. Mix baking powder
with flour; add salt and potato, then
beaten egg, milk, melted fat and sugar.
Beat well and bake 40 minutes in
greased muffin pan.

G6 KING STREET

Tel. 1293-M

THE HINMAN MILKER

ALSO

The R. T. Prentiss
Complete Fertilizer

R. T. PRENTISS, Agent

COBURN & GRAVES

The REXALL Store

Tel. 200 . . Northampton, Mass.

ARE YOU LOOKING

FOR

Some special article made from
sheet metal for the farm or
the house?

We make those unusual, out-
of=the=ordinary fittings which
cannot easily be found in the
market.

H. B. LYMAN, Southampton, Mass.
SHEET METAL WORKS

In Selling Farm Crops

Do you realize that the Market
Agent with the Farm Bureau can
assist you in finding a market for
your produce provided the same is
listed and on file in our office ?
Let us know what you have to
sell and the price at which you
wish to sell it.

H. D. SMITH

Hatfield, Mass.

GRAIN, COAL, ICE

AND

JOI Pleasant Street, HOLYOKE, MASS.

FARM MACHINERY

8 HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

DON'T WORK WITH DULL TOOLS

Keep them sharp on a good

STONE

The
Kind
You

Need

The

Kind

Sell

Several
Styles

J. A. SULLIVAN 8C COMPANY ] HoSi^ARE !

3 Main Street Telephone 6, Northampton, Mass.

CASE 9-18
KEROSENE TRACTOR

Mr. Farmer :— Invest in a Case 9-18
Tractor. Do your work the power way.
It will save time and labor, take of¥
the heavy burdens of farming. A Case
Tractor is built to give continuous
service, day and night if necessary,
never tires. When not in use, requires
no attention, doesn't eat when idle.
Seventy-five thousand farmers are
power farming, because it is the profit-
able way and the easy, modern way.

Its work will please you. Its con-
struction i)leases us.

FRANK S. PARSONS, Agent

Also Distrihutor for the celeln'ated REO
Line of Pleasure Cars tuul Trucks.

W. N. POTTER'S SONS & CO.

Flour, Hay

Grain, Salt

Lime and Cement

NORTHAMPTON

FLORENCE

HADLEY

IN FULL SWING

Oatcli on while tlie Catching is
good.

These suits will never lie cut in
price.

There will be no " niidsununer
sale " and from every indica-
tion suits of this quality will
l)e higher before next season.
Plenty of other suits $18 to $35.

MERRITT CLARK 8C CO.

144 MAIN STREET, NORTHAMPTON, MASS.

JUL 10,91

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY

Coiiti^i

FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

Vol. III.

NORTHAMPTON, MASS., JUNE, 1918

No. 6

Shortage of Bags May Prove Serious
to Farmers

Information has been received to the
effect that the government has taken
over a great deal of the available ma-
terial for making burlap bags .so that
there will in all probability, be a serious
shortage of bags.

Farmers should order their fertilizer
for fall use as early as possible because,
in addition to the bag shortage, the
fertilizer supply may be limited and
transportation difficulties will make de-
liveries uncertain. The greatest delay
is apt to occur with orders for less than
car lots unless they are placed early
enough so that they may be grouped
with others to the same destination. In
fact, it may be necessary to ship much
of the fall supply in bulk which will add
materially to the inconvenience of hand-
ling.

Farmers should carefully save all of
the bags that they now have since new
ones can only be purchased at greatly
advanced prices. The United States
Food Administration and bag manufac-
turers, importers etc., have agreed that
the present price should be 25<- f. o. b.
tidewater. The price is expected to be
raised to 28f or 30(5 soon. Everyone is
therefore urged to buy of all the bags
that will be needed for the present
harvest at once. — Mass. Agr. College.

Cover Crops

The time is approaching rapidly when
the orchardist should have his plans for
orchard cover crops perfected, and be
ready to carry them out. If he is going
to need to buy seed he ought to do so at
once as seed is already scarce and high,
and getting more so every day.

Under these conditions it is certainly
wise to choose the cheapest crops that
will be at all satisfactory and to use even
these as sparingly as possible. I wish
therefore, to urge on the orchard owners
of the state, as I have done on several
former occasions, the possibility of util-
izing weeds in orchai-ds for cover crop
purposes.

The functions of a cover crop that we
regard as of the greatest importance
are, roughly in the order of their im-
portance: 1. Preventing washing of the
Concluded on page 7

Fight the Blight

The time for potato blight to appear
is at hand.

Early blight appears in late .June or
early July and is indicated by grayish
brown spots in the lower leaves, each
surrounded with faint, concentric mark-
ings like a target spot. Later, the leaf
becomes dried with the part nearer the
stalk turning a sickly yellow. This
blight never absolutely ruins the crop,
but will materially decrease the yield.
The so-called flea-beetle, seen in .June
and July, is quite often responsible for
the entrance of the blight spores. Late
blight is the blight which is accompanied
by rot of the tuber, the rot being caused
by the same organism. The develop-
ment of the late blight is largely de-
pendent upon muggy weather conditions.
Above 78 degrees F. and below .50 de-
grees F. germination of the spores does
not take place. In sunny weather, the
trouble seldom develops. On hill farms,
with good air drainage, we find there is
less damage than on the low lands. The
problem of this disease is one of pre-
vention i-ather than of cure. If blight
once gets started on a field there is no
cure. The best thing that can be done
under these conditions is to leave the
field alone until ten days after the vines
are dead. Early digging of the tubers
would not save the crop because the
spores of the disease may infect these
tubers and cause rotting in storage.

TREATMENT

The standard treatment for both early
and late blight is Bordeaux mixture,
using the formula: 4 lbs. quick lime,
4 lbs. copper sulphate (blue vitrei) to
50 gal. of water. The lime must be
g'ood quality and diluted in about 25
gallons of water, the copper sulphate
also diluted, before the two are mixed to-
gether to make the Bordeaux. This
material is toxic to the spores of the
blight and if during the growing season
the stems and foliage of the potato be
kept covered at all times with this pro-
tective coating neither disease can de-
velop. The following points regarding
the use of this spray are worth remem-
bering: 1, the Bordeaux must be proper-
ly prepared. 2, The finer the spray and
the greater the pressure at which it is
Concluded on page T

Qovernment Regulations for Handling
Wool Clip for 1918

The war industries Board has fixed
the prices of the 1918 clip of wool as
established by valuation committees and
approved by the Government as those
established on July SO, 1917, at Atlantic
seaport markets. These values are fig-
ured on scoured basis.

RIGHTS OF THE GOVERNMENT

The Government shall have a prior
light to acquire all of the 1918 wool clip,
of any portion thereof which it may re-
quire, at the prices fixed by the War
Industries Board. The remainder will
be subject to allocation for civilian pur-
poses under the direction of the War
Industries Board.

COMPENSATION OF GROWER AND DEALER

Approved dealers shall be entitled to
a gross profit in no case to exceed li
cents per pound on the total season's
business, this profit to cover all expenses
fi'om gi'ower to loading wool on board
cars.

The grower shall receive fair prices
for his wool based on the Atlantic Sea-
board price as established on July SO,
1917, less the profit to the dealer, as
.stated above, and less freight to sea-
board, moisture, shrinkage, and interest.

In no case shall this be construed to
mean that there shall be more than 11^
cents gross profits made from time wool
leaves growers' hands until it arrives at
the distributing center.

POOLING BY GROWERS IS ADVISED

Growers who desire to do so will be
allowed to pool their clips in quantities
of not less than minimum carloads of
16,000 pounds and consign the wools so
pooled as one account to any approved
dealer in any approved distributing
center. Growers are urged to adopt
this latter course through county agents
or others, thus eliminating the profits
of one middle man.

DISTRIBUTING CENTERS

The only exception is that clips of
under 1000 pounds may be sold by the
owner. In buying these small clips, the
buyer must recognize that he is entitled
to only a small profit, which must not
exceed 2 cents per pound. Growers, if
they desire for any reason to consign
Concluded on page 6

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

PUBLISHED BY THE

Hampshire County Farm Bureau

A. F. Mn<'I>oui::ill. County Ascnt
Helen A. Hnn-iinnn, Home Ileni. Aceiit
C. H. Gould, Boys* and Girls' Club Leader

Office First National Bank Buildings

Northampton, Mass.

Entered as second class matter Nov. 9. 1915. at the
Post Office at Northampton, Massachusetts, under
the Act of March 8, 1879.

Price, 50 cents a year
$1 a year, including memhership in Farm Bui'eau

Officers of the Farm Bureau

Leslie R. Smith, President, Hadley
William D. Mandell, Treas., Northampton
Ernest S. Russell, Secretary, Hadley

ADVISORY HOARD

Leslie R. Smith, Hadley
Charles R. Damon, Williamsburg
Perley E. Davis, Granby
Clarence E. Hodgkins, Northampton
Warren M. King, Northampton
William N. Howard, Ware
Edwin B. Clapp, Easthampton

What Good Are They?

What good are they? This is a question
that the County Leader imagined many
people a.sk. That at least one of the
clubs has justified its existance is mani-
fest by the comments printed on page 4.
We present these few quotations with
the belief that they are more convincing
than any description that the County
Leader could depict, coming as they do
from parents whose children have been
engaged in the contest this last winter.

Regarding the Boys' and Girls' Gardens

The failure- of many boys and girls in
their garden work is due to a lack of
cooperation on the part of their parents,
and this in turn is due to lack of in-
formation about the work. This par-
ticularly is true of those who live on the
farms.

A child is not going to take any real
interest in one row in the family garden
or a few plants here and a few more
somewhere else. He wants a piece of
land all his own to plan and plant and
care for all alone. And he wants some-
thing more than to call it his; he wants
free rein to do with it as he pleases.
The parent sometimes fails to get the
point of view. He does not see why
working in the family garden isn't the
same as caring for one's own and feed-
ing the farm stock isn't the same as be-
longing to the pig club. And by deny-
ing his children opportunities for re-
sponsibility, he fails to develop that
trait in them. Sometimes a boy makes
a failure of gardening clearly from his
own deficiencies, but most of those who
fail never really had a fair chance.

Whenever the supervisor has been
able to visit with the parents a little he
has been happily surprised to see how
enthusiastic they become when they
understand what the project is. They
seem to be eager to put themselves out
to provide an opportunity for the chil-
dren, and it is seldom that their trust is
abused. We need the cooperation of the
parents above everything else, but it is
also essential that the parents get our
point of view.

Management of a Sod Orchard

While fertilizers will very often in-
crease the number of apples set and, by
making the trees more vigorous, im-
prove the size and quality of the fruit,
nevertheless the size of the apples as
well as tree growth is largely governed
by the moisture supply. Our eff'ort
then should be to hold in the soil as
much as possible of the spring rainfall.
Careful cultivation will probably do this
better than any other known method.
A very heavy mulch of rubbi.sh is neces-
sary to approximate the dust mulch ob-
tained by cultivation.

It is perfectly plain then that the
system of taking a hay crop from the
orchard and "returning the equivalent"
in fertilizers is liable to be disappointing
and it usually is in the long run. The
trees may get all the plant food they
need but we fail to supply them with
water. If we could give to our orchards
the consideration which our corn fields
receive, the fruit stands would soon be
handling eastern-grown fruit.

There are methods of sod manage-
ment that give satisfaction under favor-
able conditions and in every case they
are founded upon a system that builds
up a moisture-retaining mulch. The
grass is usually cut first in .June and
again in September and left where it
falls, except in the case of rather small
trees. When the grass is too short to
make a satisfactory mulch, it is fertil-
ized until it does make a good gi-owth.
Naturally the mulch obtained in one
season is a rather light one but by keep-
ing up the practice for several years we
are able to build a mulch that has turned
many a middle-western orchard from
failure to success.

A great deal of our orchard land can-
not be conveniently cultivated and if
we must have sod orchards, let us adopt
the system that is making money for the
other fellow.

— Massachusetts Aejri. College.

County Notes

O. C. Searle & Son of Southampton
have a five acre crop that will go far in
making a saving on the grain bill for
his dairy herd next winter. This is an
alfalfa field seeded in August, 1916, now
in its second season and with a first
cutting about ready to take oflr, .June 1.
Mr. Searle has had unusual success with
alfalfa due to his care in liming his land,
careful ijreparation of seed bed, inocula-
tion for alfalfa, and then leaving the
field so protected in the fall that the
danger from winter killing is reduced
to a minimum. Dairymen who have not
had success growing alfalfa will be well
paid by a visit to the Searle farm to see
and talk about this alfalfa field.

Four Smith College girls recently set
out 3000 tomato plants for Hiram Bar-
rus of Hockanum. They also have been
cutting asparagus in Amherst.

There is a shrewd boy of South Had-
ley who got his garden spaded by direct-
ing to that spot several groups of fish-
ermen in search of worms.

1 like this little tragedy as told by C.
W. Nelson:

"As I walked among the paths this
morning, plucking flowers, I found in
the yellow heart of a lady's slipper, a
little brown bee. My first impulse was
to shake him out of his honeyed abode,
but as I looked at his velvety body and
sunlit rainbow w'ings a feeling of foolish
tenderness surged over me.. Perhaps
there were baby bees at home that would
starve if papa bee did not bring back
honey, and how useful the little creature
was, carrying the pollen from flower to
flower! So I moved on, leaving him un-
molested. But even as I turned away,
thinking these pure, sweet thoughts, the
damned thing stung me!"

Community Market

On July l-3th, the Northampton Com-
munity Market will be open for the first
time. We wish to emphasize the im-
portance of the new market to producers
of food products in towns surrounding
Continued on column 3

The Gov't, nitrate arrived May 9th.

Northampton. This market represents
an opportunity never before open to
producers in this vicinity, for disposing
of all kinds of farm products. For the
information of producers we submit the
following working plan :

Suitable tables will be provided for
the display of produce to be sold. A
charge of 50<-, payable in advance, will
be made for these tables.

First come, first serve, so far as choice
of table is concerned, for the first market
day. Thereafter, permanent assign-
ments will be made by lot.

The seller must agree to abide by the
rules of the market. Such rules will be
publicly posted on the premises.

Each seller may name the price of his
own produce, and may accept orders for
Concluded on page i

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

home: making

MISS HKLKN A. HAliKIMAN, Deiuonstratioli Acfiil

Save Wheat

MEASUREMENTS OF SUBSTITUTES EQUAL TO
ONE CUP OF FLOUR

In substituting for one cup of floui- use
the following measurements. Each is
equal in weight to a cup of flour. Bar-
ley, 12 cups; buclavheat, I cup; corn
flour, 1 cup (scant) ; corn meal (coarse),
i cup; corn meal (fine), 1 cup (scant);
cornstarch, 3 cup; peanut flour, 1 cup
(scant); potato flour, S cup; rice flour,
Z cup; rolled oats, li cups; rolled oats
(ground in a meat chopper), II cups;
soy-bean flour, s cup; sweet potato flour,
is cups.

This table will help you make good
griddle cakes, muflins, cakes, cookies,
drop biscuits, and nut or rasin bread
without using any wheat flour.

You will not need new recipes. Just
use the ones your family has always
liked, but for each cup of flour use the
amount of substitute given in the table.

The only diff'erence is the substitution
for the wheat flour. Everything else re-
mains the same. You can change all of
your recipes in a similar way.

GOOD COMBINATIONS OF SUBSTITUTES

You will get better results if you mix
two substitutes than if you use just one
alone. Some good combinations are:
Rolled oats (ground) or barley flour
or buckwheat flour or peanut flour, or
soy-bean flour, and corn flour or rice
flour or potato flour or sweet potato
flour or corn meal.

CAUTIONS

1. All measurements should be ac-
curate. A standard measuring cup is
equal to a half pint.

2. The batter often looks too thick,
and sometimes too thin, but you will find
that if you have measured as given in
the table the result will be good after
baking.

3. Bake all substitute mixtures more
slowly and longer.

4. Drop biscuits are better than the
rolled biscuits, when substitutes are used.

5. Pie crusts often do not roll well
and have to be patted on to the pan.
They do not need chilling before baking.

In many towns the Conservation Com-
mittees or certain groups of women have
held food exhibits and then sold the
products and given the proceeds to the
Red Cross. This not only helps a
worthy cause, but it acquaints people
with good foods which can be made of
all substitute flours.

Notes from the Food Administration

Corn meal is cheaper than white flour.
It is a nutritious and popular substitute.
We are temporarily overstocked in
Massachusetts and it will not keep, so
prevent waste and losts to dealers, use
it in every way you can.

Milk is plentiful. It is a cheap and
nutritious food and none of this valuable
food must be wasted. With cheese or
alone it is a good meat substitute.

We must use sugar with great econo-
my. Our available sugar must be con-
served for canning and pi-eserving.

Our consumption of wheat must still
be reduced. It is not a necessity in our
diet.

The allied consumption of meat is at
present, about li lbs. per person per
week. Our consumption of all meats
must be reduced as nearly as possible to
2 lbs. per week per person.

We must not fail!

MILK

Be sure your milk is clear and fresh.

Cornmeal, oatmeal, and rice are de-
licious cooked in milk. Skim milk is an
excellent food.

Milk toast, cream soups, creamed
vegetables, creamed fish and scalloped
dishes are all good ways of putting more
milk into the daily food of the family.

CKEAM SOUP

One cup milk, 1 T. fat, J t. pepper, 1
T. corn flour, h t. salt, 1 c. strained vege-
table, sliced onion or bay leaf. Melt
fat, stir in flour, add milk gradually, boil
3 min., add vegetable pulp. Keep hot in
double boiler.

CORNSTARCH PUDDING

Two cups milk, i c. sugar or I c. corn
sirup, 4 T. cornstarch (level), pinch of
salt, vanilla. Mix the cornstarch with
cold milk, scald the remaining milk, and
add the sugar or sirup, salt, and corn-
starch. Stir until thick. Cover and
cook for 20 min. Add vanilla. Serve
cold, plain or with fruit. Add a square
of chocolate to the milk for chocolate
cornstarch.

CREAMED NUTS ON TOAST

Make a medium thick sauce of 1 c.
milk, 2 level tablespoons flour and 3
tablespoons butter. Add I c. walnut or
peanut meats, or peanut butter, pour
over toast and serve for breakfast.

A call has come in for a woman to act
as housekeeper in a small family of a
man and invalid wife. Communicate
with the Farm Bureau.

The children in your town should be
enrolled by July 1st in a Junior Canning
Club. Last year children canned quan-
tities of products that would otherwise
have gone to waste. Moreover it was
excellent training in itself.

Rubber Rings for Canning

Heretofore it has been the custom of
jar manufacturers to supply their jars
with rubber rings that were unfit for
use in canning or preserving and the
housewife was obliged to purchase good
rings before she could feel safe in can-
ning her produce. This year, however,
some of the standard sorts of jars are
being supplied with good rubbers. It is
necessary then to test the rubbers that
will be used in this season's canning to
determine their value foi- they may or
may not be good depending upon what
brands of jars are purchased.

Good rubbers are elastic. They may
be stretched to nearly twice their size
and yet will return to their original
shape; or they may be folded and even
though squeezed in this position, will
show no breaks or cracks in the rubber.
The sterilization process of canning is a
severe test on rubber rings and only
those that are able to fulfill the above
requirements should be used since faulty
rings may be the means of a great deal
of both material and labor.

In buying rubber rings, the home
canner should insist on having each
dozen supplied in the original package
and they shoud be tested unless it is
known that the particular brand in
question is reliable. — IT'. W. Chenou'cth.

The manufacture of by-products and
special preparations, such as jellies,
is encouraged by a community market.
In some of the markets which have been
in operation for a number of years, it is
not hard to find plenty of farmers' wives
who have established a reputation for
their special products.

There are names on file at the Farm
Bureau of women who have time to go
to the homes and assist in the canning.
If you wish help consult the Home
Demonstration Agent.

If every home— there are 20,000,000
of them — showed waste on the average
i c. of milk daily, it would mean a waste
of 2,500,000 quarts daily, 912,500,000
quarts a year — the total product of more
than 400,000 cows.

Have you made and used a fireless
cooker yet? Women are reporting that
they "can't keep house without the fire-
less now." Get the directions for mak-
ing from your Farm Bureau. The
Home Demonstration Agent would be
glad to come to your town and demon-
strate the making and use of one.

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY
BOYS' AND GIRLS' WORK

CHAKLKS H. OOIILI), Leader

The Garden Clubs

The boys' and girls' gardens are well
started. We have eliminated from our
lists the names of those whose courage
waned with the approval of planting
and seeding time, and now it is our am-
bition that everyone still in the contest Amherst 4
completes his season's work successfully. Belchertown 4
In Easthampton and South Hadley the Chesterfield 1
supervisor has visited each one at his W. Cummingt'n 3
garden, and with a few exceptions the Easthampton

Enfield
Goshen

Northampton
Pelham
Plainfield
Southampton

same is true of Huntington. In Hat-
field the organization of local visitors is
being completed, the children having Granby
already enrolled and planted their j Greenwich
gardens. In Northampton, Leeds and ] Hadley
Florence the forty volunteer visitors , Hatfield
have sent their second report to our Huntington
office. The ninety community plots on
Williams Street have been assigned and
planted. There is every indication of a
very successful season.

Most of the children some of whom • South Hadley
planted as much land to I'adishes as to Ware
corn, are already beginning to harvest Westhampton
a crop and to plan for something to ' Williamsburg
plant in the space thus becoming avail- ' Worthington
age. Watermelons and peanuts are
also popular, but there are plenty of ' Total
beans, and the winter vegetables would
gladden the heart of Hoover.

In South Hadley many of the children
who are not in the garden club proper,
have enlisted in a potato growing con-

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4
4
1
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44
15
11
14
38
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31

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10
10

7
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40 20 33 26 193 33 345

Canning nlub enrolments not yet complete.

What the 1918 Home bconomics Club
Has Accomplished

Ruth has learned the importance

Canning Club

Enrollments for the 1918 Canning
Club must be made by .July 1, but those
previously enrolled may start work for
the contest May 15. The contest will
close Oct. 15. Each member must can
at least 24 quarts, including two differ-
ent vegetables, two different fruits, and
one green, by the One-Period Cold-Pack
Method, but 124 quarts will be the maxi-
mum number for which credit will be
given. Each individual club must make
an exhibit representing their work near
the close of the contest. Every club
member must exhibit at this time five
jars of products, two varieties of vege-
tables, two varieties of fruits, and one
green. If club members salt or dry their
greens in preference to canning them
one pint of the salted or dried greens
should be exhibited in place of canned
greens and will be scored with the
canned products. Dried products may
be included in the final exhibit as a dis-
play, but will not receive credit in place
of canned products. The scoring of the
quality of work will be based wholly on
cold-pack canned products with the ex-
; ception of greens. A report will be re-
quired from each member, showing re-
ceipts and expenses and a story of ex-
perience will be due from each member
on or before Nov. 1.

test (minimum 24 hills) and the club of neatness and small details.

Wild Boar

members have invariably included spuds
in their garden plan. The children

— North Amherst.

The sewing is difficult and unnatural
there are also keeping a record book of f^^, j^^^. ^^ p^^.j^^.^^^ ^^^ g„,^„ ^^^^^^^ ^^^

their work, from which they expect to , j^^^ accomplished does mean more to her

education than some of the work that

determine the financial success of their
gardens

Juiior Home Economics Club

The judging of the .Junior Home Eco-
nomics Club exhibits has been completed.
In general the work of the children dur-
ing February-April was very satisfac-
tory and the exhibits showed that much
had been accomplished in breadmaking,
sewing and household ta.sks. Ware,
Amherst, Worthington, Northampton,
Granby and Hatfield had especially good
exhibts.

larger amounts of produce than are ex-
hibited at the market.

The Market committee will provide a
Community Table, at which any produce
may be left with the person in charge. ; I am pleased that a branch of the
This will be sold at a reasonable fixed Home Economics club has been estab-
commission, 10% of the same to be used \ lished in Ware, as it has shown the mem-
in defraying the expense of the market, bers what they them.selves could do with-

If you have over production of any ' out aid from their superiors. I hope
kind, send it to the market and help the work of the club will fully repay the
someone to have the advantage of fresh i supervisors for their generous and cheer-
fruits and vegetables. ful help.

came more easily. — Amherst.

Previous to joining the club, Leslie
did not like home work. On joining the
club she went to work with more vim
and enjoyment than I had ever been
capable of instilling into her. Person-
ally, I feel that she has gotten more real
good from this course than from any
other study taken this year. — Amherst.

She has learned the value of minutes.
This, I value as much as her ability to
cook. — Cummington.

Mildred never did any kind of work
before, and it was Cjuite an experience
for her. — Hatfield.

She seemed to enjoy the work, and is
■fiill keeping it up. — Huntington.

Dear Sir:

I am very sorry to tell you that your
pig jumped four boards high. He ran
away Friday noon and the dog went
away with the pig. The dog came back
two days after and the pig did not come
back and we did not see the pig since
then. I was gone to Holyoke. When I
came back I hear that the pig ran away.
I am very sorry. Please write and tell
me what I should do about it.
Yours truly,

Belchertown.

Prizes offered for the Most Economically
Grown Corn

Ordinarily, corn contests are on the
basis of the best corn, regardless of the
conditions under which it was produced.
But following the general demand for
economy in all things, the Massachusetts
Society for Promotion of Agriculture
has started a corn contest which will be
run largely on efficiency lines. There
will be $250 in prizes for the best corn
in the State in 1918; regarding the best
not only to mean the biggest yield nor
the best quality of corn, but rather
these qualities considered together with
the cost of production. The all-im-
portant point of the contest will be the
least cost per bushel. The first prize
Concluded on page 6

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

.MAWILL

SUMMER SHOES

AND HOSIERY

For work or play. A stock unusually
complete, and remarkable for style, qual-
ity and attractiveness of price. It will
pay you to inspect our two floors of fine
foot wear.

RAINCOATS and UMBRIXLAS?
Yes — we have them

THE MANDELL COMPANY

The Draper Hotel Building
NORTHAMPTON

Northampton
^ National Bank ^

C. N. CLARK, President
WARREN M. KING, Vice-President
EDWIN K. ABBOTT, Cashier

CAPITAL AND SURPLUS, S660,0U0
DEPOSITS. S2.n(KI,(KK)

Interest Paid on Special Accounts and
Certificates of Deposit

We are qualified to act as Executor,
Administrator and Trustee

Why not make your will appointing
this Bank as Executor?

THE BANK FOR EVERYBODY

The Habit of Saving

Is at the "bottom of most
big successes in the busi-
ness world. Begin the
hal)it l^y opening a sav-
ings account with the
H a y d e n V i 1 1 e Savi ngs
Bank. One doll a r is
enough to start with.

BANK BY MAIL

HAYDENVILLE SAVINGS BANK

HAYDBNVILLE, MASS.

Buckwheat

Buckwheat is a grain crop which can
be seeded about July 1st. It does not
require a very fertile soil, but on the
other hand, it will lodge on soil that is
to rich. It responds to a good prepara-
tion of the soil and on poorer soils to
150 to 200 pounds of fertilizer rich in
phosphoric acid. It fits in well on land
which for some reason could not be
seeded to a spring crop.

About four pecks of seed is required
per acre. Japanese and Silver Hull are
common types grown in this country and
of these the latter seems to be more ex-
tensively grown. The crop grows rapid-
ly and gets ahead of weeds. It is the
best crop we have to get ahead of witch
grass and it will put infested land in
good shape for a fine crop next year.

Buckwheat should be harvested before
the first killing frost and is often cut
after the first seeds have matured. It
is intermediate in time of maturity, that
is, both blossoms and ripened seeds can
be found on the same plant. Very hot
weather at blossoming time sometimes
prevents seed formation although in
such cases the second crop of blossoms
will often produce seeds. Harvesting
can be done with a reaper, a grain bind-
er, or a cradle. In buckwheat districts
a reaper is most often used. The
bundles are left on the ground a few
days and then set up in shocks. Thresh-
ing can be done with a grain thresher,
the concaves of which are removed, or
it may be done by hand with a flail.

As a grain crop, buckwheat is not im-
portant in most parts of Massachusetts.
It is a valuable poultry feed and can be
fed to live stock but it is not as good as
other grains. It has the advantage,
however, of producing a crop in a .short
time on soils that are too poor for other
crops. However, to some extent, its
time of planting and harvesting con-
flicts with other pressing farm work.

In communities where buckwheat has
not been grown as a grain and where it
cannot be readily marketed or ground
into flour, it might be better to grow
winter rye on the old fields which should
be plowed up.

Buckwheat has some other uses in
addition to its use as a grain crop. It
is the best crop to sow on a run down
field and get it in condition for a crop
next year. There is considerable or-
ganic matter to be plowed in and it
leaves the soil in a mellow condition.

It is sometimes recommended that
buckwheat and rye be sown together on
such land. The buckwheat .should be
seeded rather thin and the rye rather
thick. The rye will remain small until
the buckwheat is harvested and then it
commences to grow vigorously. The
buckwheat can be harvested for grain
and the rye plowed the following spring.

W. H. RILEY & CO.
PLUMBING and HEATING

KITCHEN FURNISHINGS

AliKNT.S FOIt

(ilenwood Raiiucs and Lowe Bios. Paints

Dili). Post Offire Northampton, Mass.

Nnrthamptnn 3nBtilutintt
fnr ^auiitga

Inrnrporateil 1842

(^* tt'^ (^*

Quarter Days, First Wednesday in
January, April, July, October

(,?* d?* t,^

$1 will open an account
Interest Paid on Deposits

t^^ ^% t^*

Open 9 A. M. to 3 P. M.
Saturdays, 9 A. M. to noon
Monday evenings, 6.30 to 8

FIRST NATIONAL BANK

XORTHAMPTOX, MASS.

TJIE BJXK (IX THE CORXER

We oH'er lilieral bunking
facilities to tlie citizens of
this conmninit.y.

We are always pleased to
have yon call upon us.

\VM. G. BASSETT, President

F. \. KXEELAND, Vice-President
OLIVER H. BRADLEV, Cashier

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

Wiswell the Druggist

82 Main Street

— THE KODAK STORE —

VETERINARY REMEDIES
Daniels', Lesure's, Barber's

STABLE DISINFECTANTS

SAMUEL D. HOWARD WII.LTA.M N, HOWAIil)

D. F. Howard & Sons

Wholesale and Retail Dealers in

FLOUR, MEAL, GRAIN
FEED, PRESSED HAY
STRAW AND

POULTRY SUPPLIES

90 East Street,

Ware, Mass.

Elevator on 15. & A. li. It.
L,ons Distiince Telephone

GAZETTE PRINTING CO.
MERCANTILE PRINTERS
NORTHAMPTON, MASS.

kpOUKS LIKE

The man
'WHO ,'.'\ .

^ UP Xi-

Old Sol won't get your goat
this summer if you're dressed
in a manner that will insure
your comfort.

Featherweight Underwear,
Soft Collars and Cool=Toned
Shirts are being displayed here
in a pleasing array. For farm
work or dress.

R. F. ARMSTRONG & SON

so MAIN STRKKT. NOKTIIAMI'TON. MASS.

Coucluded from paiju 1
their wool through their banker, country
merchants, or others, may do so and
said bank, country merchant, or others
may receive a commission or compensa-
tion for handling said growers' wool (in
no case to exceed one-half cent per
pound) ; such commission or compensa-
tion to be paid by grower. Growers are,
however, urged to consign their own
wool and get the full price.

PAYMENTS TO GROWERS

Growers shall be entitled to payment
on a basis of the date of the arrival of
the wool as shown by the railroad re-
ceipt. However, as it would be impossi-
ble for obvious reasons to make settle-
ment on each clip on the date of its
arrival, in order that the grower may
lose nothing by any delay in settlement,
he shall be entitled to draw interest on
the selling price of his wool less freight
from the date of the wool's arrival until
date of settlement.

VALUATIONS AS OF JULY 30, 1917.

Ohio and similar, including N. E. States
N. Y., Penn., W. V., Kent., Va., Mich.,
N. J., Del., and Md.

H?l ri:i r(;i

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Concluded from page 4
will be $100, the second $75, the third
$50 and the fourth prize $25.

The contest is open to anyone in the
State of Massachusetts and entry appli-
cations may be had from county agents
and must be returned, properly filled in
before Julv 1.

Fordson Tractors

Direct to Farmers at Factory Prices
Henry Ford's Gifts to Civilization

Henry Ford has given to the world a
Tractor that will revolutionize farming
and help win the war. Lord Northcliffe
recently wrote in the London Times : "I
mounted the Fordson Tractor and plowed
a half mile furrow in about eight min =
utes — a speed of four miles an hour.
Any boy or girl can drive it."

The Fordson Tractor is a proven suc=
cess— 6,000 are working day and night
in Kngland — several thousand more are
revolutionizing farming in the Western
States and in New England those already
in use here have proved that the Ford
Tractor is the best adapted for New
England conditions.

YOU CAN BUY

FORDSON 4-CYLINDER TRACTOR

For «750

F. O. B., Dearborn, Michigan. We are
handling this distribution as a patriotic
measure without profit. Ihe whole ar=
rangement is a war measure to procure
the greatest Food Production possible.
We expect a car load of Tractors soon.
For a technical description, write or
telephone for a circular.

CHASE MOTOR SALES COMPANY

Distributors for Fordson Tractors
203 Main St., Northampton, Mass.

NORTHAMPTON

COMMERCIAL COLLEGE

"THE SCHOOL OF THOROUGHNESS"

In session twelve months in
the year. Students admitted
at any time and graduated
when competent.

Tuition low. 'I'niin and trol-
ley service good. Board in
good homes at reasonable rates.
Greater demand and better
salaries for liusiness-trained
men and women tiian ever be-
fore. For catalogue and com-
plete information address

JOSEPH PICKETT, Principal.
76 Pleasant St., Northampton, Mass.

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

D. A. FORBES 5. SON

EASTHAMPTON S
'HOME HARDWARE STORE"

Farming: Tools
Spray Pumps

Spray Materials
Fertilizers
Seeds

Implements

EASTHAMPTON, MASS.

BISSELL'S TIRE SHOP

NOKTHAMPTOX, MASS.

Miller, Goodyear, and U. S. Tires

Tires and Tubes

Vulcanized by Steam

GOODYEAR SERVICE STATION

FKKK AIR

GG KIXG STREET

Tel. la93-M

THE HINMAN MILKER

ALSO

The R. T. Prentiss
Complete Fertilizer

Concluded from iia^n 1

applied, the better. .3, Nozzles should
be so arranged as to throw a spray to
the sides of the plant as well as from
the top. 4, The spraying should com-
mence as soon as the flea-beetles appear,
and be repeated at intervals of 2 to 3
weeks up to the middle of August.
From this time on it should be done as
often as heavy rains wash ofi" the copper
or whenever the vines outgrow the pro-
tective coating. Neglect during the
latter part of the season may cause the
loss of the crop. 5, As the season ad-
vances more and more spray must be
used. For first spraying .50 gal. per
acre is generally sufficient, for the last
150 gal. has often to be used.

COBURN 8C GRAVES

The REXALL Store

Tel. 200 . . Northampton, Mass.

Conohl'lt'il from iiaixe 1

soil. 2. Adding humus to the soil.

3. Checking the growth of the trees.

4. Adding nitrogen to the soil. It
does some other things but these are
the most important. Now a good crop
of weeds will do all of these things,
except the last one. It wont do them
quite as well as the best of cover crops
but neither does potato flour make the
best of white bread. Yet we are using
potato flour these days and I believe we
ought to use weeds. The only block of
orchard that I should worry about this
year on the cover crop question, is the
block that won't grow a good crop of
weeds. On such a block it will be neces-
sary to sow some other crop and prob-
ably the choice would be between dwarf
rape (2 lbs. per acre) buckwheat (1 bu.
per acre). The great argument in
favor of rape is its cheapness but it is
good in other respects. It doesn't add
the humus that either of the others do
but it is very fair in that respect.

Whether we use weeds, or one of the
three crops just mentioned, I should con-
sider the question of sowing a little
clover to help out on other functions and
to add nitrogen. In my own orchards, I
am planning to use crimson clover at
the rate of 4 or 5 lbs. per acre on any
blocks that I think need nitrogen and
yet are in good enough condition to
bring along a reasonably good crop of
clover. This may be considered a nice
distinction to make, but I think it can
be made. On the one hand, clover wont
grow on very poor soil, and on the
other hand really good soil may not need
it. And if I can end the season with a
reasonably good crop of pigweed, I shall
be more than satisfied. — F. C. Sears.

R. T. PRENTISS, Agent

JOl Pleasant Street, HOLYOKE, MASS.

Seed Corn

A prominent Massachusetts farmer
said recently, "I will not be caught again
with poor seed corn as I was this year.
I am going to save seed enough for two
years every fall and will be ready when
the next bad winter comes."

ARE YOU LOOKING

FOR

Some special article made from
sheet metal for the farm or
the house?

We make those unusual, out=
of=the-ordinary fittings which
cannot easily be found in the
market.

H. B. LYMAN, Southampton, Mass.
SHEET METAL WORKS

Northampton Community Market

WILL OPEN

SATURDAY, JULY 13, 1918

This ilarket presents an opportunity never before
open to producers in this vicinity

A fee of 50 cents for place on market.
All transactions on cash basis.
Dealings are direct with consumer.
For further information call the Farm
Bureau.

H. D. SMITH

Hatfield, Mass.

GRAIN, COAL, ICE

AND

FARM MACHINERY

8 HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

Why don't you get an |CE CREAM FREEZER

W. N. POTTER'S SONS & CO.

AND HAVE THE DELICIOUS FOOD OFTEN?
WE CARRY A BIG LINE

White Mountain, North Pole, Alaska and Vacuum

ASK FOR PRICES

( HARDWARE i

J. A. SULLIVAN & COMPANY ] SS&^^^J^^e

3 Main Street

Telephone 6, Northampton, Mass.

CASE 9-18
KEROSENE TRACTOR

Mk. Farmer: — Invest in a Case 9-18
Tractor. Do your work the jjower way.
It will save time and labor, take off
the heavy burdens of farming. A Case
Tractor is built to give continuous
service, day and night if necessary,
never tires. When not in use, requires
no attentiou, doesn't eat when idle.
Seventy-five thousand farmers are
power farming, because it is the profit-
able way and the easy, modern way.

Its work will please you. Its con-
struction })leases us.

FRANK S. PARSONS, Agent

Also Distril>utnr fur the celebrated REO
Line of Pleasure Cars and Trucks.

Flour, Hay

Grain, Salt

Lime and Cement

NORTHAMPTON

FLORENCE

HADLEY

IN FULL SWING

Catcli on while the Catching is
good.

These suits will never he eut in
price.

There will be no " niidsuninier
sale " and from every indica-
tion suits of this quality will
be higher before next season.
Plenty of other suits US to *3o. -

MERRITT CLARK 8C CO.

144 MAIN STREET, NORTHAMPTON, MASS.

Ai.^

■ I J It

JUL 25 19)8

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY ""-^^-"

FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

Vol. III.

NoirniAMI'ToX, MASS., .JILV. l!»ls

o. (

Why Dip Sheep?

The inexperienced sheep man often
asks why is it necessary to dip sheep,
why go to this seemingly needless ex-
pense? These questions can be.'^t be an-
swered by first de.scribing the habits and
life of the sheep-tick and then mention-
ing the other results accomplished by
dipping.

The heep-tick is not a true tick like
the ci mon wood-tick of New England.
It h. no wings and has only six legs
inste. a of the eight as does the wood-
tick. It passes its whole life on the body
of the sheep. Like all other animal life,
it has one or more stages of growth in
its life cycle. Fully matured females
often measure one-quarter inch in length.
The life of the sheep-tick may be divided
into four natural divisions or stages;
commencing with the egg, which is not
laid, but is retained in the female's. body
developing into a larva usually in about
seven days. This larva or young tick is
covered with a soft white membrane
which turns brown and hardens into a
shell in about twelve hours. It is this
stage which is commonly known as the
"egg" stage, but scientifically called the
pupa. The pupa is attached to the wool
fibres by a glue-like substance easily dis-
solved in water. The young tick within
the puparium, or brown shell, developes
and hatches into a full fledged tick in
about three weeks from the time it was
discharged from the female. The time
necessai-y for the pupa to hatch varies,
depending upon the temperature, hatch-
ing in less time in warm and taking
longer in cold weather

At the time the tick is hatched, it is
almost as large as a fully matured tick.
In three or four days the tick has become
sexually mature. Within ten days of
mating the female deposits her first
"egg" pupa which will in turn in about
three weeks again hatch a tick.

The two important stages in the life
cycle with which we are concerned in
dipping are the pupa and adult tick
stages. Dipping properly done will kill
all ticks but will destroy a part of the
pupae. Those that are not destroyed
will hatch out in the course of about
three weeks and a new brood of ticks will
infest your sheep. Therefore, a second
dipping is necessary if we could be ab-
Concludqd on page 5

The Huropean Corn Borer

This dangerous pest has recently been
found near Boston and now occupies an
area of 125 to 150 square miles. The
adult is a moth which lays its eggs near
the top of the young corn plant. The
caterpillars which hatch from the eggs

I bore into the stalk and tunnel through
it, weakening it so that the tassel cannot
mature and the stalk frequently bends
over. When through feeding the cater-
pillar changes to a small, brown, rounded-
oval pupa, fi-om which the adult moth
escapes after about two weeks. Early
corn in some cases last year was reduced

I 207f : late corn 707f by this pest.

The winter is spent in the tunnels as

, the caterpillar. Early corn is attacked
first, and late corn by moths produced
from the caterpillars in the early corn.
Possibly there is a brood earlier in spring
than either of these, but this is not yet
definitely known.

Although corn is the important crop
injured by this pest it has also been
found in barnyard grass, foxtail grass,
pigweed and dahlia, and it probably at-
tacks other plants also. As it is entirely
an inside feeder in corn, therefore, is to
destroy the corn stalks including the
stubble, by burning them. Shredding
and feeding the stalks to cattle, or using
them as ensilage is effective. In any
case, destroy all pig-weed and other large
stemmed weeds and grasses near the corn
at the same time. Destroy or treat as
above, all stalks of early corn as soon
as the crop has been gathered. — M. A. C.

Selection of Seed Corn

In recent years the selection of seed
corn from standing corn before harvesting
the crop has been advocated. The rea-
sons for advocating this practice can be
summed up as follows: The character
of the stalk which produced the ear can
be determined, and also the stand of
corn and the conditions under which it
grew. It has been assumed that corn
which grew where fertility conditions
were not especially favorable and where
the stand was normal would be more
productive than corn which grew under
more favorable conditions. The Ohio
Experiment Station has, for a period of
years, grown corn under varying condi-
tinos as ; one, three and five stalks per
Concluded on page 7

An Act

TO PROVIDE FOR THE APPOINTMENT IN
COUNTIES OF TRUSTEES FOR COUNTY
' .4ID TO AGRICULTURE.

I Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives in General Court as-
sembled, and by authority of the same, as
follows: —

Section 1. In each county except
Suffolk and counties maintaining voca-
tional agricultural schools, the county
commissioners shall, on or before the first
day of October, nineteen hundred and
eighteen, appoint an unpaid board of
nine trustees, to be known as trustees for
county aid to agriculture, three of whom
shall serve for one year, three for two
years, and two for three years from the
first day of April in the current year,
and thereafter, as the term of each trus-

] tee expires, or as a vacancy occurs, the
county commissioners shall appoint a

j successor for a term of three years from
the first day of April in the year of
appointment, or for the unexpired term.
All of said trustees shall be residents of
the county in which they are appointed

, and four, so far as possible, shall be
taken from the directors, chosen as here-
in-after provided, of such cities or towns
as have appropriated funds toward cairy-

I ing out the provisions of this act. Choice
of the aforesaid directors .shall be made
in such towns at the annual town meet-
ing at which such appropriation is made,
or at the next succeeding annual meeting
whenever such appropriation is made at
a special meeting, and in such cities, by
the mayor and aldermen, or body exer-
cising similar powers, not later than
fifteen days following the vote author-
izing said appropriation. Said directors
shall serve for such terms as the voters
of the town or the appointing authority
in cities may determine.

' Sec. 2. The trustees may on behalf of
the county, receive and apply to the
purpo.ses of this act money appropriated
therefor by any county, city or town or
by the federal government, and may con-
trol the expenditure thereof either solely
or in conjunction with representatives or
agents of the commonwealth or of the
United States, or of any department,
commission, board or institution created
under the statutes of the commonwealth

I or under the acts of congress. The trus-
Conchided on page 6

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

PUBLISHED BY THE

Hampshire County Farm Bureau

A. F. 3Iat-l>4tti£:all, County Atrniit
Helen A. Harrimaii, Home l>eiii. Ajfeiit
C. H. Gould, Koys' and Girls' Club I.eader

Office First National Bank Building

Northampton, Mass.

Entered as second class matter Nov. 9, 1915, at the
Post Office at Northampton, Massachusetts, undei'
the Act of March 8. 1879.

Price, 5(> cents a year

$1 a year, inclndinir membership in Fai-m Bureau

Officers of the Farm Bureau

Leslie R. Smith, President, Hadiey
William D. Mandell, Treas. , Northampton
Ernest S. Russell, Secretary, Hadiey

ADVI.SORY BOARD

Leslie R. Smith, Hadiey
Charles R. Damon, Williamsburg
Perley E. Davis, Granby
Clarence E. Hodgkins, Northampton
Warren M. King, Northampton
William N. Howard, Ware
Edwin B. Clapp, Easthampton

Results of First Year of Food
Administration

Preliminary work began May 19, 1917;
Food Control Act passed August 10, 1917.
Wheat Exports (since July 1) :

Estimated surplus for export, 20,000,-

000 bushels.

Actual shipments to .Tune, 120,000,000

bushels.
Beef Exports:

Ordinary rate one to two million

pounds monthly.

Largest single month thi.s year, 87,000,-

000 pounds.
Pork Exports:

Ordinary rate, .50,000,000 pounds

monthly.

Largest month this year, .308,000,000

pounds.
Price of Flour (Minneapolis):

One year ago, $16.75 a barrel whole-
sale.

Present price, $9.80 per barrel.
Price Margin (between farmer's wheat

and flour made from it) :

One year ago the difference was $5.68.

Present date the difference is 64 cents.
In General: To the farmer going to

market, 27 per cent more than last

summer; to the housewife buying in

market, 13 per cent less than last sum-
mer.

And the Allies have been sustained.

Farm Bureau l^eorganization

We print on another page, the law
providing for the maintenance of Farm
Bureaus, made necessary by the Anti
Aid Amendment, which makes impossible
the expenditure of public money by any
but State controlled bodies.

The Farm Bureau organization in
Hampshire County will not be greatly
upset by this new enactment. The Ad-
visory Board of the Farm Bureau will
hereafter consist of nine trustees instead
of seven.

The principal change comes in the
election of Farm Bureau directors.
Heretofore, they have been elected by
Bureau members at the Farm Bureau's
annual meeting. Henceforth, directors
must be elected at the annual town meet-
ing at which the appropriation for Farm
Bureau work is made. This method of
changing directors throws on the voters
of the town a little more responsibility
in Farm Bureau direction, than they
have been accustomed to in the past — a
responsibility which justifies their best
thought.

Onion Crop Promises Big

The following onion crop report for
June 1, is made by the Bureau of Crop
Estimates. By the percentages given, it
can be seen that prospects the country
over are for a good crop.

.State
Massachusetts
New York
Ohio

California
United States

Per ct. condition June 1

June I. 1918 lO-yr Av.

92 89

94 88

95 91

93 92
92.1 89.6

At the Flintstone Field Day

Hampshire County was well represent-
ed at the recent field day at the Flint-
stone Farm in Dalton. Promises of an
excellent outing brought people from
Middlefield, Worthington, Cummington,
Plainfield, Goshen, Chesterfield, West-
hampton, Southampton, Northampton,
Hadiey and Amherst. The prospects for
a good time were more than fulfilled.

The tractor demonstration was of par-
ticular interest, bringing out some very
conclusive points as to the type of trac-
tor adopted to New England farms.

Milking Shorthorns and Berkshire hogs
came in for an extended presentation of
their merits and the demonstration of
Belgian Horses added weight to Prof.
McNutt's statements that good draft
horses can be bred in New England.

Use the Drag

The graded road can be kept in the
best condition with the least labor by
using the road drag. The road drag
scrapes off the projections and fills up
the low places, thus leaving no places
for water to stand which is what causes
the road bed to soften and be cut into
ruts. A persistent use of the road drag
will keep the road bed well crowned
smooth and hard and this will also result
in the least dust, as the dust comes
largely from the grinding up of the ruts
and rough places left by the horses' feet.

Cheese demonstrations were given by
Mrs. Ladd in Plainfield and Cummington
recently. She served the Creamei-y
cheese at the Cummington supper.

Gain of over 500 Acres

The report of the chairman of the
committee of public safety, which he has
just filed with the Faim bureau shows
that the farmers of Belchertown have
heard the call of their counti-y and in
spite of labor conditions are increasing
by a big percentage the number of acres
tilled.

Not included in the report which is
given below 40 acres of wheat, a com-
paratively new crop.

While the report as filed is not com-
plete, it estimates that an increase of
about 15 per cent has been made.

SUMMARY

cres in 1918

1374i

" 1917

872

Clover and Alfalfa

In talking with any dairyman regard-
ing the production of milk about the first
question brought up is the cost of con-
centrates or his imported grains. Many
have found it greatly to their advantage
to grow more of their own legumes and
■ grains and as time goes on more and
more farmers will find it good farm prac-
tice to grow more clover and alfalfa and
srnall grains, besides increasing their
acreage of corn.

In some .sections of the country good
milk production is maintained by feeding
silage and good alfalfa or clover hay.
Legumes are second only to corn in im-
portance as feeds for milk production.
Enough farmers are growing alfalfa suc-
cessfully in Hampshire County to prove
that it is worth trying on most of our
farms. Clovers have always been grown
to a more or less extent but have never
received the attention they deserve.

Now is the season to be considering the
planting of either clover or alfalfa.
Every dairy farm in the County should
be well supplied with one of these crops
for next year. Chose the one that your
farm is best adapted to.

When the hays are of equal quality
neither can be said to be greatly superior
for milk production. Alfalfa is superior
to clover mainly in the greater tonnage
which can be produced per acre. The
main point is to be sure your farm is
supplied with one or the other.

Gain

502J

A Boys' labor camp has been estab-
lished in Hadiey. This makes the second
boys' camp in the County.

hampshire county farm bureau monthly
home: making

MISS HELKN A. lIAIiKIM.VX, Dt'iiiiinsliatioli Aseut

Sugar in Canning

Housewives can really plan on only
twenty-five (25) pounds of sugar for the
entire canning season. This means care-
ful planning in order to store the greatest
amount of fi'uit for next year. Much
fruit juice may be canned clear to be
in readiness for use later on. The Uni-
ted States Food Administrator states the
following:

With regard to the new rules about
sugar for canning, it is pointed out that
many preserves, canned fruits, and so
forth can safely be put up with no sugar
at all, or with much less sugar than has
commonly been used. The following ad-
vice is issued by the Home Economics
Department :

1. Make no jellies or jams.

2. Can fruits with syrups containing
one part sugar to four parts water.

3. Fruits may also be canned like
vegetables, without the use of any sugar.

4 Make fruit butters instead of jams.
They are an excellent substitute and re-
quire very little sugar.

5. Dry more fruit.

Training Scliool at M. A. C.

Eleven women from the County met
at the Massachusetts Agricultural College
for four days, training in the preserva-
tion of fruits and vegetables. These
women are ready to give assistance in
their towns to any group or individual
Amherst — Mrs. Pontius
Mrs. Fisher
Mrs. Haslett
Florence — Miss Ruth Howes
Cummington — Mrs. Fred Giles

Mrs. L. C. Sweet
North Hadley — Miss Lena .Jakanowski
South Hadley — Miss Rubinski
South Hadley Falls— Miss M. .Judd
Miss B. Lamb
Plainfield — Miss Clara Hudson
It is hoped that the towns will plan a
War Day once in two weeks during the
summer, where women come together and
can or dry products which may be sent
to camps or disposed of in other ways.

I Nine Club Sandwiches that can be Made
of Cottage Cheese

Make them of three good size slices of
toasted bread, one or more being spread
thickly with cottage cheese. Lettuce or
water cress and salad dressing are also
used. The rest of tlie filling may be
varied to suit the taste or the larder.
The sandwich is cut diagonally across
and served on an individual plate with
the halves arranged in diamond shape.
It is desirable to toast the bread on one
side only and to cut it immediately after
toasting, as otherwise the pressure of
cutting crushes out the cheese and spoils
the appearance of the sandwich. The
cut slices may be placed together again
while the sandwich is being filled, and
the filling may be sliced through with a
sharp knife

In addition to the cottage cheese, these
club sandwiches may contain: 1. To-
mato, lettuce, mayonnaise dressing. 2.
Thin slice cold ham, spread with mustard,
lettuce, mayonnaise. 3. Sliced tart ap-
ple, nuts, lettuce, mayonnaise. 4. Sliced
orange, water cress, mayonnaise. 5.
Sliced Spanish onion, pimiento, lettuce,
mayonnaise. 6. Two tiny strips of bacon,
lettuce, mayonnaise. 7. Cucumber or
green pepper, pimiento, lettuce, mayonn-
aise. 8. Sweet sandwiches may be made
with layers of cottage cheese and mar- 1
malade, or a paste made of dried fruits.
For these the bread need not be toasted,
and the lettuce and. mayonnaise should
not be used.

Use as the main dish of a light lunch-
eon or supper.

Suggested menu : Cream soup, cottage
cheese club sandwich, tea or coffee,
dessert. |

Have you the Bulletin "Cottage Cheese
Dishes"?

What Old Tin Cans Are Worth

Many letters in regard to the advisa-
bility of collection and sale of old tin
cans are being received from private
persons by the United States Department
of Agriculture. The department has
been informed by a company in detinning
work that cans practically free from rust
and foreign matter are worth $12 a ton
f. 0. b. its factory, and that there are
from 7,000 to 8,000 cans in a ton. The
company stated it believes the recovery
of tin cans to be advisable only in the
larger towns.

County Conference on Preservation

The members of the Home Making
Department of the Hampshire County
Farm Bureau and the town leaders in
food conservation were invited to a con-
ference on Food Preservation at the
Mass. Agricultural College on .June 6th.
This meeting was called for the purpose
of discussing and outlining pans for fur-
thering the preservation of foods in
Hampshire County during the summer.
There was an attendance of thirty, with
eleven reports and ten towns represented.

The following program was enjoyed by
those attending the meeting.

Food Conservation Among New Ameri-
cans, Mrs. Grace Chamberlain

Preservation in 1918, Prof. Chenoweth.

Suggestions for Furthering Food Con-
servation, Mrs. Malcolm Donald.

Sugarless Recipes

Before the war practically the entire
supply of beet sugar for the world, with
the exception of 733,000 tons produced
in the United States, was grown in Cen-
tral Europe in the countries now engaged
in the struggle. Germany, Austria-
Hungary, and Russia alone produced 67.4
per cent of the total beet sugar supply
and about one-third of the entire sugar
supply of the world. England, before
the war the largest importer of sugar
in the world except the United States,
got nearly a third of her sugar supply
from Germany and Austria. With the
withdrawal of the sugar exports of these
two heavily producing countries, likewise
j of Russia, and the sugar beet fields of
Belgium and part of France in the hands
of Germany, it is easy to see why the
Allies' supply of sugar has shrunk. To
make up this deficiency the United States
has exported more than eighteen times
as much in 1917 and nineteen times as
much in 1916 as in the three-years before
j the war.

These simple outstanding facts make
it easy to understand why there is less
sugar to be had, with no likelihood of the
available amount of sugar being increas-
ed until war is ended. Changing our
habits in the use of sugar is, therefore,
a necessity as long as the war lasts.
England has cut down her sugar con-
sumption from 931/3 pounds a person a
year to 26 pounds, or an ounce a day a
person. France is living on a per capita
war ration of 18 pounds a person a year
and Italy on 12 pounds. What Ameri-
cans are asked to do is to save 7 ounces a
week for each person, a reduction from
90 pounds a year a person to 67 pounds.
That does not mean deprivation ; it means
only substitution of the many sweets
available in this country which are not
being shipped abroad — for example,
maple sugar and sirup, corn sirup, honey,
and molasses.

In practically all sweetened dishes, an
ingenious cook can substitute other
sweetening for the customary white
sugar. Some experimenting is necessary
in most cases, since the other sugars
and sirups vary greatly in sweetening
power; and when used in large amounts
the eff"ect of the liquid of the sirups must
be taken into account. There is so wide
a variation in sirups and molasses that
it is difficult to give even general pro-
portions. Honey has about the same
sweetening value as sugar, maple sirup
is sweeter, and coi-n sirup is less sweet.
It has been stated that when a cup of
honey is used to replace a cup of sugar,
the liquid in the receipe should be de-
creased one-fourth.

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY
BOYS' AND GIRLS' WORK

CHAKLKS H. GUILIJ. Leailer

Boys' and Girls' Club Work

With one year of organized club work
in the County, just past, it is evident
that the organization must be stronger
if all that is desired is to be accomplished
in boys' and girls' work.

The most vital need is a good supply
of local leaders who will devote some of
his or her time to seeing that the young
people in the town do a good, construc-
tive piece of club work. As voiced in a
previous issue to have junior work a
success, the parents must get our point
of view; namely, that feeding father's
pig is not being a member of the pig
club, and weeding the family garden is
not the same as having a garden that a
youngster can do with just as he plea.ses.
There is one other aspect to the point of
view that we hope the parents will con-
cur in, and that is the fact, that pig
clubs, etc., won't work, unless there is
some person in each community who is
willing to make himself partly responsi-
ble for the success of the enterpri.se.

Hampshire County Among Winners

The following prizes have been award-
ed as a result of the Winter Egg Laying

contest :
I
Margaret Delano, Vineyard Haven, Mass.

(Week at M. A. C. Camp)

Alfred Seher, Westfield, Mass., R. F. D.

(Week at M. A. C. Camp)

.Joseph Cooper, Middleboro, Mass.

(Week at M. A. C. Camp)

Kenfred Root, Easthampton, Mass.

! (Book)

Stanley Ward, Holden, Mass.

(Book)

Howard Abrahamson, Waltham, Mass.

(Book)

Kenfred Root of Easthampton has the

best record for the County. From a

flock of twelve Rhode Island Reds, he

has secured 542 eggs in 120 days, an

average of 4. .5 eggs a day.

Canning Club

Each member joining the canning club

each member is given two weeks in
which to write a story of their summer's
experiences in canning. The stories
should be sent into the County Farm
Bureau office before Nov. 1. Tardy
stories do not receive the same credit as
those sent in promptly.

LOCAL CLUB EXHIBITS

Each individual club makes an exhibit
of their canning products near the close
of the season. Every club member must
exhibit at this time five jars of products,
2 different varities of vegetables, 2 dif-
ferent varieties of fruits, and 1 green.
The products may be exhibited in pint
01- quart jars but members should be en-
couraged to enter them all in pint or all
in quart jars.

If club members salt or dry their
greens in preference to canning them, 1
pint of the salted or dried greens should
be exhibited in place of the canned
greens and will be scored with the can-
ned products. Dried products may be
included in the final exhibit.

Club Work

The advantages of systematic club
work :

1. To encourage and train boys along
the lines of the activities of country life.

2. To put into practice the facts of
scientific agriculture obtained from
books, bulletins, or, in other words, club
work is a means of acquiring more ed-
ucation.

3. To bring the school life of the boy
into closer relationship to his home life.

4. To assist in the development of the
spirit of cooperation in the family and
in the community.

5. To popularize and magnify the vo-
cation of the farmer by demonstrating
the splendid returns which may be se-
cured from farming when it is properly
conducted, that is, club work is the means
of earning dollars and cents, thereby
bringing independence.

6. To enlarge the vision of the boy
and to give him definite purposes at an
important period in life, thereby develop-
ing leadership.

7. To furnish to the progressive rural
school teacher an opportunity to vitalize
the work of the school by correlating the
teaching of agriculture with actual prac-
tice.

8. Club work opens up visions of
other things, other places, other insti-
tutions, other people.

9. Club work develops the agricul-
tural and livestock assets of the com-
munity.

, is a.sked to can a minimum of 24 quarts
during the contest. The canning may
be done in pint, quart, or two quart jars
but the whole must total 24 quarts. The ' Amherst
fixed maximum number of quarts for
which credit is given is 124 quarts.

VARIETY

The following five varieties of products
must be canned : 2 vegetables, 2 fruits,
and 1 green. As many other varieties
of products as given on the time table in
the primer can be canned as one wishes.
If club members want to can products
other than are given on this list, they
may do so, but they will not receive
credit on the canning club record.

NOTE

If club members wish to salt or dry
greens rather than can them it is allow-
able. The drying of certain products is
also recommended and credit will be giv-
en to club members for all drying done.
After the required 24 quarts of fruits
and vegetables have been canned, drying
may be done to any extent the members
desire.

REPORTS
At the end of the contest, club mem-
bers report on their work. A report
sheet will be furnished for this purpose
on which a record is required of the
amount canned, variety, value of canned
products in dollars and cents and total
amount of season's expenditures. (This
will include cost of new jars, rubbers,
food products, a canner, if newly pur-
chased, and sugar.)

STORIES OF EXPERIENCE

After the canning contest has closed,

Canning clubs have been organized in
the county with leaders as follows:

Mrs. Fisher

Mrs. Pontius
South Amherst Cora Howlett

North Amherst Laura Dickinson

Maude Fields
Belchertown Mildred Morse

Mrs. Roy Shaw
Cummington No Leader

Enfield Mrs. Ned Harwood

Mrs W. S. Chaffee
Easthampton Ruth Finch

Mrs. Ogden
'., jtt% \u k',' ^o j»^ ^ Miss Agnes Flynn
Goshen Mrs. Bissell

Greenwich No Leader

Hadley & N. HadleyMiss Thayer

Hatfield
Huntington
Middlefield
Northampton

Florence

Pelham

Plainfield
South Hadley
So. Hadley Falls
Southampton
Ware

i Westhampton
Williamsburg

Mrs. Thaddeus Graves
Grace Fiske
No Leader
Mrs. Hebert
Mrs. Elder
Miss Hill
Miss Ruth Howes
Miss A. Ely
Marguerite Chapin
Miss Ruth Andrews
Mrs. Hamilton
Mrs. E. Ward
Mrs. Shepherd
Miss Clara Hudson
Mrs. Bailey
Miss B. M. Skinner
No Leader
Mabel Southworth
Miss Drummond
Miss Louise Clapp
Miss Anne Dumphy
Miss Rozella Ice

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

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FIBRE SOLES and HEELS
will stand the hardest knocks

Men's Sizes,

$2.50

Boys' Sizes,

2.25

Little Boys' Sizes,

2.00

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WARREN M. KING, Vice-President
EDWIN K. ABBOTT, Cashier

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DEPOSITS, S^.IXW.IXM

Interest Paid on Special Accounts and
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Administrator and Trustee

Why not make your will appointing
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Con^-Uided from page 1
solutely free from ticks. This second
dipping should not be given sooner than
twenty-four days after the first. Any
pupae that may be deposited by the ticks
hatched from the pupae missed in the
fii-st dipping will be destroyed as it has
been found that a large percentage of
pupae under four days old are killed by
the dip.

The bath or dip should be warm enough
to prevent chilling the animals. A mini-
mum of 6.5 F. and a maximum of 9-5 'F.
should be the range in temperature.
Following the directions given on the
container bath as to temperature and
for time in the dip. Do not dip on a
cold windy or stormy day. Dip when
conditions are such that the sheep will
dry quickly after being immersed. Ten
days after the shearing is a good time
to give them their first dipping, if they
are heavily infested, otherwise .July or
August is suitable.

The sheep should be handled carefully
at dipping. They should not be dipped
immediately after a long hot drive, but
should be allowed to cool off. The heav-
ier sheep should be dipped first. A good
practice to follow is to dip the rams first
then the ewes followed by the lambs.
All should have access to water just
prior to being dipped. Where the flocks
are large, the work should be .so planned
that the dipping will be over in plenty
of time for the sheep to dry before night.
When through dipping, the left-over dip
should be disposed of either by spreading
on hare-grouyid where it will be absorbed
or, by burying.

The cost of dipping varies from three
cents per head to five or six cents depend-
ing upon varying conditions, and the
kind of dip used.

Dipping, which consists of immersing
the whole body, head and all, is the only
practical method of eradicating sheep
ticks. To be effective, the "dip" must
actually come in contact with some part
of the tick. The three ways in which
this may take place are, first, by passage
through the mouth parts into the diges-
tive system, second, by a form of inhala-
tion or breathing by which the effective
part of the dip is taken in through the
breathing pores or stigmata and reaches
the respiratory organs and, third, by
absorption. This takes place a passage
of the liquid through the skin.

Dips may be classified in three or more
groups: First, nonvolatile to which be-
long the arsenic group ; second, nicotin
or tobacco group; and third, coal-tar-
creoste and cresylic acid group. Group
one kills mostly by ingestion and partly
absorption ; two, mostly by absorption
and to some extent by ingestion and res-
piration ; three, by respiration of the
gases given off and to some extent by
absorption H. E. Haslett.

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F. i\. KiXEELAXD, Vice-President
OLIVER B. BKAULEV, Cashier

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

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Conclnderl from \ni^f 1

tees may enter into agreements, arrange-
ments or undertakings with any such
departments, commissions, boards and
institutions, relative to extension work
with adults and with boys and girls in
agriculture, home-making and country
life.

Sec. 3. Said trustees shall maintain
one or moie agents or instructors in
agriculture, home-making and country
life, who shall meet the residents of the
county individually and in gi-oups for
the pui-pose of teaching and demonstrat-
ing better practice in agriculture and
home-making, the benefits to be derived
from cooperative efforts, better methods
of marketing farm products and the or-
ganization of communities to build up
country life.

Sec. 4. The trustees shall annually
prepare a budget, and submit the same
to the county commissioners not later
than the last Wednesday in December,
containing a detailed estimate of all sums
required by them for carrying out the
purpose of this act during the ensuing
year. The county commissioners shall
include in their annual estimate of coun- I
ty expenses to be appropriated by the 1
general court and raised by the annual
county tax levy such sums as they deem
necessary to meet one half of the re-
quirements of the trustees during said
year; provided, that county funds shall
be paid to the said trustees to the extent
only and upon their certificate that a |
like amount has been received by them I
from other sources, including funds re-
ceived under the provisions of section
two.

Sec. 5. Any city or town may in the
manner in which land may be acquired
for school purposes, acquire, by purchase
or otherwise, real estate for the purpose
of carrying on, under the direction of the
agents or instructors of said trustees,
demonstration work in agriculture and
home-making, and may, in the manner
provided by law for making appropria-
tions for municipal purposes, appropriate
money to be expended by said trustees
for the purposes of this act, or for the
purpose of enabling the trustees to ac-
quire necessary real estate, or for the
support of demonstration work, under
the direction of the agents or instructors
of the trustees, on land acquired or owned
by the city or town or by any resident
thereof. '

Sec. 6. Chapter seven hundred and
seven of the acts of the year nineteen
hundred and fourteen is hereby repealed.

Sec. 7. This act shall take efi"ect
upon its passage.

Signed by the Governor May 31, 1918.

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Direct to Farmers at Factory Prices
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Distributors for Fordson Tractors

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higher feeding value if cut before matur-
ity. For dairy cows, this is a point
worth considering.

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HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

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hill ; and on well fertilized land and
run-out land. The next year corn grown
under these varying conditions has been
planted side by side, given the same
treatment, and the average yields over
a period of years have been practically
equal. Apparently, the conditions under
which corn grows do not greatly affect
its yielding power when planted. Our
knowledge of the inheritance of the fac-
tors that determine the yield of corn
seems to confirm this statement.

Considerable work has been done in
detei-mining the lelation of the charac-
ters of the parent stalk and of the ear to
the yielding power of corn. No definite
relations have been found and we are
unable to say that one type of ear, or
ears produced on a stalk of one type
will yield more when planted than other
ears. The average farmer is more par-
ticular about getting large yields of corn,
as economically as possible, than about
uniformity and type of stalk or ear pro-
jduced. If corn thoroughly matures, the
best type of ear and stalks for the condi-
tions under which it is grown will be
developed. An increase in yield from
field selection as compared with selection
at husking time, therefore, cannot be
promised, and evidence is lacking to prove
that field selection will pay for the extra
labor required unless a man is develop-
ing a strain of corn and desires a high
degree of uniformity.

The importance of corn thoroughly
maturing in our short seasons cannot be
overlooked. Selecting the early maturing
ears in the field will make a strain of
corn early maturing. Where this is
necessary it may be worth while to se-
lect seed corn in the field before harvest-
ing the corn.

Ordinarily, if the farmer selects thor-
oughly mature ears of an adapted variety
and thoroughly dries them before winter
comes, he has done all he can do along
that line to insure him a crop for the
next year. Seed for two years should
always be stored to provide seed in case
that regularly saved should be damaged
by a cold winter like the past winter.
In order that the seed can be thoroughly
dried before winter comes, selection of
seed corn cannot be delayed beyond husk-
ing time. — M. A. C.

R. T. PRENTISS, Agent

JO I Pleasant Street, HOLYOKE, MASS.

The Hampshire County Farm Bureau
can supply you with the following Bulle-
tins:

Fruit as a Food

Home Canning and Drying

Home Canning — Government Bulletin

M. A. C. Canning Circular

Wheatless Recipes — U. S. Food Ad-
ministration

Cottage Cheese Dishes

Wheat Substitutes — proportions

The Fireless Cooker

COBURN & GRAVES

The REXALL Store

Tel. 200 . . Northampton, Mass.

ARE YOU LOOKING

FOR

Some special article made from
sheet metal for the farm or
the house?

We make those unusual, out=
of=the-ordinary fittings which
cannot easily be found in the
market.

H. B. LYMAN, Southampton, Mass.
SHEET METAL WORKS

Northampton Community Market

WILL BE OPEN

Wednesdays and Saturdays

This Mai-ket presents an opportunity never before
open to producers in this vicinity

A fee of .50 cents for place on market.
All transactions on cash basis.
Dealings are direct with consumer.
For further information call the Farm
Bureau.

H. D. SMITH

Hatfield, Mass.

GRAIN, COAL, ICE

AND

FARM MACHINERY

8 HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

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with or without the Ovens

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3 Main Street Telephone 6, Northampton, Mass.

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It will save time and labor, take off
the heavy burdens of farming. A Case
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service, day and niglit if necessary,
never tires. When not in use, requires
no attention, doesivt eat when idle.
Seventy-five thousand farmers are
power farming, because it is tlie profit-
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Its work will i)lease you. Its con-
struction })leases us.

FRANK S. PARSONS, Agent

Also Distriliutor fm- the celebrated REG
Line of Pleasure Cars and Trucks.

Flour, Hay

Grain, Salt

Lime and Cement

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Dr. Frank Crane says : "Now, good
and faithful ivorkers are needed in
this world. "

Here are clothes made for the
comfort of the workers

Everything from athletic un=
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shirts and hard working- pants

Everything a man needs to wear
to help make work easy

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HAMPSHIRE COUNTY

FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

III.

XOKTHA^rPTON, MASS., AUGTST. 191S

No. 8

A New Disease of Potatoes in
Massachusetts

Many reports have been received of an
apparently new disease of potatoes which
already has caused a large amount of
damage to the crop this season. The
disease is known as Phonia Stem Blight.
It was first discovered in this State in
July, 1917, at Amherest, but was pre-
viously known in Maine.

The effect of the disease is noticeable
at a distance by the stunted gi'owth and
yellow appearance of the foliage. Usu-
ally low areas in a field are the worst
effected.

The disease causes brown spots or
lesions on the stems, both above and
below the surface of the giound. Later
these spots turn ashy gray in color.
Similar spots occur on the stolons, and
the stem end of the tuber may be effected.
The entire aerial portion of the plant
finally collapses and effected areas then
have the appearance of having been at-
tacked by Late Blight.

Late Blight has not been reported in
the State this season.

Control measures for Phoma Stem
Blight have not been worked out.

The Experiment Station is anxious to
obtain all the information possible con-
cerning Phoma Blight in Massachusetts
as investigational work on the disease is
under way. We also desire to examine
material from as many points as it is
obtainable.

Mass. Agri. Ex. Station.

Fall Grains

Wheat or Rye? — Whether to grow
wheat or rye depends largely upon soil
conditions. Rye is a hardier crop and
does not require such early seeding, good
soil conditions or careful preparation of
the soil. It will ordinarily stand our
winters better than wheat and is there-
fore the safest crop for this state. How-
ever, where conditions are made right
winter wheat can be successfully grown
and this year we see many fields of
winter wheat.

The conditions favorable for successful
winter wheat culture may be summed up
as follows:

(1) A productive soil.

Concluded on page 5

Potato Qrowers— Warning !

Late Blight, the most destructive dis-
ease of potatoes, has made its appearance
in New .Jei'sey. It has not been reported
in Massachusetts this season. But a
period of rain and reduced temperature
is almost certain to bring it to the pota-
to fields of New England.

Potatoes which have been properly
sprayed with Bordeaux mixture are
reasonably protected against this disease,
provided spraying is kept up. The
foliage should be kept well covered with
the fungicide.

Don't wait for tlie rain or the disease.
Spray now for insurance.

A new potato disease known as Phoma
Stem Blight has done much damage to
the crop this season. This, complicated
with drouth effect and the aphis scourge,
has practically ruined many potato fields.

Spraying will not control Phoma Stem
Blight and no control measure is known, j
Where the crop has been injured by this '
disease it is advised that the tubers be
left in the ground until the vines are
completely killed. The vines should be
burned as soon as the crop is harvested
and the tubers should not be used for
"seed" next year. I

Many potato fields are still green, i
Every effort must be made to save these
as conditions point to a small crop and
high prices.

Bordeaux mixture is the potato grow-
er's best insurance against late blight.

Spray now and keep the vines covered
as long as they remain green.

Injury to Maple and Beech

The Saddled Prominent or Maple
Prominent which caused so much injury
to the beeches and maples in Western
Massachusetts last year has again ap-
peared.

It has entirely stripped the beech and
maple trees of their leaves over thou-
sands of acres in Franklin and Hamp-
shire counties, and, in some cases, has
spread to the apple orchards nearby,
but it has limited its work mainly to the
hilltops, the valleys almost everywhere
showing no traces of its work. At the
present time, the damage has nearly all
been done as most of the caterpillars
have about finished their feeding and
Concluded on page 7

Ruling on Milling Wheat

Fai'niers who have grown wheat this
year will be interested in the following
letter by the State Food Administrator.
When one realizes that for a family of
five this allows approximately two and
one-half barrels of wheat flour, the fair-
ness of the ruling can easily be seen.

To all wheat mills in Massachusetts: —

The following special rule is made
effective -July 22nd on all wheat millers
and manufacturers of mixed flours in
Massachusetts. This supplements the
pamphlet of Special License Regulations
No. 11, containing all other Special Li-
cense Regulations governing wheat mil-
lers, revi.sed to -July 22nd : —

"Rule 29. Size of E.i-change transac-
tions: When a farmer brings to the mill
wheat grown by himself, the miller may
deliver to him on a toll or exchange
basis, a sufficient amount of flour without
substitutes to provide eight pounds per
month for each person in his household
or establishment until August 1, 1919."

Please observe that this is a State
rule applying to Massachusetts, and not
a National rule applying to all millers
of the United States.

The miller is responsible for using
reasonable diligence in assuring himself
that flour is exchanged on the above
basis only to persons who have actually
produced the wheat they bring to the
mill. The purpose of the regulation is
to encourage as many farmers as possible
to raise their own supply of wheat flour
and thereby make available a large
amount of flour produced in the west for
war uses.

Any grist mills who are contemplating
grinding wheat and have not obtained
license from the United States Food Ad-
ministration should at once apply for
license to the License Division of the
above Administration at Washington,
D. C.

All wheat and rye millers of whatever
capacity are now required to be licensed
under very serve penalties for failure to
comply, and no miller may grind, crack
or sell wheat or wheat flour for feeding
purposes without express permission
from Washington.

H. B. Endicott,
Food Administrator,

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

PUBLISHED BY THE

Hampshire County Farm Bureau

A. F. Ma<'l>i»u&:.'tll, County Atr^-nt
Helen A. Barrhiiaii, Home I>eiii. Ayt'iit
C. H. Gould, Boys' anil Girls' Chih I.eadfi-

Office First National Bank Building

Northampton, Mass.

Entered as second class matter Nov. 9, 1915. at the
Post Office at Northampton, Massachusetts, under
the Act of March 8, 1879.

Price. 50 cents a year

$1 a year, including memijersbip in Farm Bureau

Officers of the Farm Bureau

Leslie R. Smith, President, Hadley
William D. Mandell, Treas. , Northampton
Ernest S. Russell, Secretary, Hadley

ADVISOKV I50ARIJ

Leslie R. Smith, Hadley
Charles R. Damon, Williamsburg
Perley E. Davis, Granby
Clarence E. Hodgkins, Northampton
Warren IM. King, Northampton
William N. Howard, Ware
Edwin B. Clapp, Easthampton

Keep Canning:

"Keep canning, sugar or no sugar,"
say specialists of the United States De-
partment of Agriculture. If you can't
get enough sugar for home canning put
up your fruit without it. The products
will keep perfeetely until a time when
more sugar is available or until a sugar
substitute program has been worked out.
Fruits put up in this way are excellent
for pie-filling and salads and may be
used in desserts, puddings, ices and
punches.

In canning fruit without sugar, can
the product the day it is picked. Cull,
.■?tem, seed, and clean fruit by placing
in strainer and pouring cold water over
it. Pack the product carefully in hot
glass jars or tin cans until full. Use a
tablespoon, wooden ladle, or table knife
for packing purposes. Pour boiling hot
water over the product in the hot jar,
or a liquid made by boiling down skins
and caps in position, not tight. Place
in the sterilizer or canner, and sterilize
.30 minutes.

After sterilizing remove the filled con-
tainers. Seal jars, invert to cool and
test the joints. Wrap in paper to prevent
bleaching and store in a dry, cool place.
If tin cans are used it will be found
advantageous to plunge them into cold
water immediately after sterilization to
cool them quickly.

The more intensive use of farm land
and effort to secure the most economical
use of every acre, as well as all availa-
ble labor will necessitate the general in-
clusion of sheep in our system of mixed
farming and live-stock production.

Preservation Report

The women of Hampshire County will
be asked later to report to the Food
Administrator, how much fruit and veg-
etables have been canned, dried and
salted; made into jams, jellies and but-
ters; and how much fish, meat and eggs
have been preserved. Keep a list so that
you may give this help to the Food
Administrator when the time comes.

In this issue is printed a part of the
summary made by the Federal Milk
Commission on the cost of producing
milk. These are figures that every dairy-
man should have on his own business.
The cost of producing milk varies with
nearly eveiy farm. What does it cost
you to produce a quart of milk? Factor
sheets will be furnished those who desire
to make a summary of their business.
Figures are what talk in stating the
cost of producing milk.

The United States Food Administra-
tion will show exhibits at most of the
fairs this fall. Women will be called
upon to lend assistance in planning and
placing these exhibits. Therefore, let's
be ready to make the fair more instruc-
tive and a bigger success than ever.

The Home Demonstration Agent will
be glad to help you plan a course of
study in Foods or Clothing. Make your
wants known to the Farm Bureau.

Seed Selection

As the corn crop begins to develop
toward sound grain farmers should
watch the fields and prepare for careful
seed selection when the grain is mature.
Mark the good stalks early and be ready
to store away sufficient seed corn in a
safe place for next year.

Renew the Old Strawberry Bed

Clean up the old strawberry bed for
another year's fruiting, unless a new bed
was planted last spring. If the rows
have become wide and matted, run a
cultivator with large pointed shovel
through the center of the rows to tear
out the old plants, but leave the young
plants at the edges of the row to make
the new rows. If the matted iQws are
only moderately wide, run the cultivator
or plow from one side only and leaving
the young plants on the other side.
Either pull out or hoe out the weak and
surplus plants, leaving strong plants
from 6 to 12 inches apart in the new
rows. Mow off the leaves of these plants
at once. New plants will be produced by
these to make new rows for next year's
fruiting.

Give the new bed thorough cultivation.

Cost of Milk Production

A summary of the results obtained by
the Federal Milk Commission on the cost
of producing milk in Massachusetts is
given below. Also the cost of producing
milk in four of the other New England
states is given for comparison.

FEED

T. cost

per cow

Item of cost Quantity

Price

Iier yr.

Grain, 2430 lbs. at $65.00 $78.98

Hay, 3661 lbs. at

24.00

40.03

Salt hay, 718 lbs. at

10.00

3.59

Corn stover, 478 lbs. at

7.65

1.83

Silage, 4098 lbs. at

6.00

12.29

Green feed and other

succulents, 1408 lbs. at

5.00

3.52

Pasture,

5.47

LABOR

Man labor, 150 hrs. at

.311

43.45

Horse labor, 9 hrs. at

.25

2.25

OTHER COSTS

Depreciation on cows.

.$18.75

Interest, taxes, insurance.

9.25

Veterinary service, drugs and

disinfectants.

.83

Bull service.

5.08

Use of buildings and water,

6.82

Bedding,

1.02

Use of equipment.

1.67

Ice,

1.23

Miscellaneous,

Total costs,

3.37

237.36

CREDITS

Manure, 8.1 T. at $2.50 $20.25

Calves, 85 calf at 6.34

5.39-

-25.64

Feed bags.

1.60

Total credits, $27.24

Net cost, 210.12

Managerial ability, business risk, and
dairy overhead, 10 7' net cost, 21.01

Final cost per cow.
Production 5005 pounds
Cost per quart, standard method.

$231.13

2327 quarts

.0993

Average Cost of Producing a Quart of
Milk by States

Stjite June, 1918

Maine, .0845

New Hampshire, .0836

Vermont, .0737

i Massachusetts, .0993

I Connecticut, .0932

i Weighted av., .0796

Weight average 5,0C

cost of producing 1 quart of milk

B. shipping point.

Now is the time to Select Ewes For
Next Year's Lamb Crop.

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5749

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5491

3757

5337

3982

5005

4525

6009

4188

5518

4055

lb. cow

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t of milk

F. 0.

Careful Shocking of Corn Will Prevent
Waste of Food.

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

HOM e: making

MISS HKLKN A. HAUKIiVlAN, DeinonKtratiuli Aeeilt

Home Economics Club of Southampton

The following shows one of the activ-
ities of the Study Group in Southampton.
It is hoped this winter that other towns
may form groups and carry on a partic-
ular line of study.

When you get ready to plan next
winter's work with the women of your
town, see if the Farm Bureau has some-
thing that you can use to help solve
their household problems.
Here's to Home Economics
Modern, progressive and live
Gladly, all housewives instructing
Helping along every line.
Teaching of food conservation
How we must save here and there,
That our brave fellows in khaki
May have a good bill of fare.
Now if our meals must be wheatless
Something as nice may be found;
Substitutes, fine and delicious
In plentiful measure abound.
Tho nice roasts of beef are denied us
They tell us a nut roast is fine,
That meat lovers need not go hungry
Nor should they one moment repine.

* * * *

Think of our dairy products
And every one certain to please,
Use milk, with eggs, rice and tomatoes
Or make into cottage cheese.
Flour we have in abundance
They make it from rye and from rice
Of common potatoes and barley
In certain foods, all proving nice.
You know we can live without candy,
Be well if we never see cake
Here also, be glad we are helping
In this war for humanity's sake.
» * * *

To can any product we're raising

We feel fully competent now

One of our ladies we're hearing

Has canned, would you think it, a Cow!

Whenever we feel like complaining

We'll think of the boys "Over There,"

And know where releasing our foodstuffs

To them are providing a share.

So what if our days may be meatless

And wheatless and sweetless as well,

Bravely privations enduring

We'll not for a moment rebel.

If one thing is scarce, take another

From petty complain live above

We must feed many men Over Yonder

We'll not scrimp the brave fellows we

love.

* * * *

So keep up the good work, my sisters,
We'll assist you with tongue and with

pen.
Open our houses when needed,
Will help you again and again.

Mrs. Clarke, Southampton.

Fruit Butters

i The cheapest fruit products are the

I butters, since they can be made from the
imperfect fruits and require little sugar.
Apples, grapes, peaches and plums all
make delicious butter.

In making butters from grapes, peaches
and plums cook the fruits in a small
quantity of water until the fruits are in
pieces; rub through a sieve or colander
to remove seeds and skins. Return the
pulp to the cooking vessel and cook with
constant stirring until it begins to thick-
en; then add sugar as follows: Grapes,
one-tenth the weight of fruit used;
peaches, 11 pounds of sugar for each
peck of fruit; plums, the same as for
peaches, unless fruit is acid, in which
case the amount of sugar will have to
be increased. Continue to cook until
butter is quite thick, add ground cin-
namon and cloves to taste, and fill while
hot into sterilized glass jars and seal at
once.

Apple Butter. — Wash the apples and
remove all decay and worm holes. Cut
into quarters, place in cooking vessel,
add cider to cover, and cook at boiling

j temperature until fruit falls to pieces.
Rub through colander or sieve to remove
peeling, cores and seeds. Return to fire
and cook with constant stirring until it

I begins to thicken. If a spread is desired
add sugar at the rate of 4 to 6 pounds
per bushel of apples used. If a relish
is desired omit the sugar. Continue
cooking until the desired consistency is
obtained. Add ground cinnamon and
cloves to taste, fill into sterilized contain-
ers and seal at once. If cider is avail-
able a quart of boiled cider may be added
at the time of returning the pulp to the
fire. If the cider is not at hand start the
cooking with a little water, — 4 quarts
to 1 bushel of apples, — and proceed as
directed.

A bushel of fair grade of apples, and
the cider from a bushel of cider apples,
will make between 3 and 4 gallons of
finished product. This is an excellent
substitute for the rich jellies and pre-
serves, and should be used in every home.

M. .4. C.

Sugar Saving in Preservation

1. Do not make heavy syrups — use
1 part sugar to 4 parts water (20'^/r
syrup).

2. Soups are good with com syrup
substituted for one-half the sugar.

3. Put up fruit without sugar.

4. Dry fruits. See Farmers' Bulletin
984 on "Drying."

5. Make no jams or jellies unless 4
to ^ as much sugar as pulp is used. Can
the fruit instead.

Preservi tion of Foods

Fruits and vegetables may be dried in
the home by simple processes and stored
for future use. Drying should not re-
place canning but may supplement this

1 method of preserving food. When can-
ning is not feasible, cans or jars too
expensive, drying may be used, for dried

I products can be stored in receptacles not
suitable for canning. Drying also affords
a way of saving portions of food that
are too small for canning.

There are two satisfactory methods
for home drying:

1. Sun drying.

2. Kitchen stove drying.

Sun Drying: — The drying of fruits
and vegetables in the sun is a simple
process, if products are properly pi-e-
pared. Spread the prepared slices of
food materials on old pieces of clean
muslin or a tray, and put in a sunny
place out of doors. Bright, hot, sunny
days are needed for this work, and care
should be taken to protect the products
from rain or dew. Cover trays with
mosquito netting or cheesecloth during
the day to prevent insects from getting
on the products. Once or twice a day,
the slices may be turned, taking out the
ones that have dried. Take the trays
indoors at night. When the trays are
placed in the sun, one end should be
slightly higher than the other so that
the sun can reach all products. Trays
made of strips of narrow lumber can be
made cheaply.

Kitchen Stove Drying: — The kitchen
stove oven can be used as a drier. The
products are placed on wire trays, in
I pie tins, or baking pans and placed in
the oven with the doors left slightly ajar
to permit escape of moisture and circu-
lating of air. The oven should not be
too hot for this or the products will be-
come scorched. Driers can easily be
made that suspend from the ceiling over
the kitchen stove, and may be used while
cooking is going on. A makeshift drier
I of small meshed wire bent at each end to
' form edges to support the drying surface
can be used on the top of the stove.
Spread the products on top of this, and
with careful watching, good results will
be obtained.

GENERAL DIRECTION.S FOR DRYING

1. Use products that are fresh, young
and perfectly clean. Cleanliness is ab-
solutebj necessnri/.

2. Shred or cut the fruits or vegeta-
bles in thin slices but care not to get
them too thin.

3. Blanch all vegetables. The time
I for blanching varies from 1 minute to
I Concluded on page 6

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

BOYS' AND GIRLS' WORK

CHARLES H. 001;LI>, Leader

The Boys' and Qirls' Gardens

There are very few boys and girls
who are at present satisfied with their
gardens. Some have given them up as
a bad job, and others are frankly dis-
appointed. Few have as yet acquired
the philosophy which a farmer must have
if he is to suffer the ravages of nature
and keep his courage. The phoma has
ruined some of the potato patches ; the
drought has caused death in many of the
more sandy spots; the lice have wiped
turnip rows out of existence; the borers
are doing a hidden damage among the
vines; and many other established pests
have had their way. Hardly a eonscien-
ous gardener but has had his tale of woe
for the supervisor upon his August call.

And yet the gardens are really quite
satisfactory, and the supervisor's princi-
pal business has been to point out their
merits and cheer up the down-hearted
owners. The beans have yielded abun-
dantly, the root crops are mostly highly
promising, tomatoes and corn are most
productive. The children are really get-
ting a great deal of food-stuff out of
their gardens, and there is no doubt but
that they have contributed considerable
service along the lines of production.
It is true that in two or three of the
towns the project has not been gi'atify-
ing, but there the trouble traces back
to the planning days, and the solution
is largely in more and better propaganda
and education. The best gardens we
have seen are in Easthampton where the
woik has been organized for the longest
time.

It is hard to persuade the children
that their work is not wholly done. They
fail to realize that the growing season
for some of their crops is not yet over
and that cultivation is still to be desired.
They also fail to realize that there is
any object in keeping clean of weeds
that part of the garden which they have
harvested. Some of them are planning
to save seeds for another year however.
Altogether the report upon the gardens
is favorable.

The Massachusetts Society for the
Promotion of Agriculture has competi-
tors in its corn contest. The following
Hampshire County men feel confident of
gathering in some of the prize money:
Roger Johnson, Hadley
Ernest Russell, Hadley
.James Loud, Williamsburg
-James Comins, North Hadley.

Seven million children of the country
receive their "education" in the one-
teacher, one-room school house. Nearly
90 per cent of them never attend any
other school.

My "Bit" in the Canning Work

By Evelyn Streeter

For the past two years my sister has
taken third prizes in the state canning
club. She has gone away to school this
year so it seems to be left to me to do
the canning.

In the spring I began canning dande-
lion and milkweed greens as soon as they
were big enough to can. I cut up the
tender milkweed stalks and canned them
as a substitute for asparagus.

The strawberries were very late and
we did not have as many as usual but
I put up thirteen pints. At first I put
them in the cans, poured on the syrup
and boiled, and had a hard time keeping
them all through the can. Most of the
berries went to the top but the wild
ones stayed at the bottom better than the

; garden berries. Then I used Miss Sayles'
rule which is found in the Extension
Circular No. 38. I cooked them very
gently for fifteen minutes and let them
stand covered over night in a cool place.
I put them in the cans and cooked them
for five minutes. In this way veiy few
came to the top.

We have no blueberries at home, but
go to my grandmothers for them. When
we go blueberrying we make a sort of
picnic of it and get a bushel or more at
a time and that means business the next
day. Black berries too come from a hill
pasture so far away that we go for a
half day and get a lot of them.

The pears like the strawberries were
late and came after school began. There

j were a great many of them so I canned
them nights after school. Mother and
her helper had them pared when I came.
Then such a time as I had packing each
can as full as possible. Some of them
I flavored with lemon juice, one lemon
to two quarts of pears. Sour apple juice
is just as good for flavoring. Prepare
the juice as if for jelly and use half
a cup with a heavy syrup for one quart
of pears.

We worked long and faithfully with
tomatoes. I canned some whole and some
sliced. I wish some one would tell me
how to keep the juice of the whole toma-
toes clear. Even that which is strained
through double cheese cloth and cooled
over night has some sediment.

At the Cummington fair the classes

* are collections of berries, fruits and
vegetables. I showed berries in pints,
fruit and vegetables in quart cans, forty
jars in all and after the judging I found
three blue cards on my exhibit. At
Northampton I showed peaches and a
collection of four vai-ieties and was given
first prize on both. I have in all canned
four hundred eighty quarts.

Home Hconomics Club Prizes

1 Pins for the Home Economics Club

members have arrived from the Mass.

Agricultural College and sent to the

eighty-five children in the County who

completed all requirements.

The Plainfield Club of five girls met
at the leader's home, recently, and were
taught by Mrs. Ladd how to make cottage
cheese. The next morning, as Mrs. Ladd
was leaving town at 7 o'clock, one little
girl came running out from one of the
farm houses with a sample of her own
cheese which Mrs. Ladd pronounced ex-
cellent.

Miss Banks, assistant club leader,
spent the week, .Juy 8-1.3, in the County,
visiting Junior Clubs in Haydenville,
Hatfield, Easthampton, South Hadley,
Hadley, North Hadley, Belchertown,
Northampton, Pelham, Huntington. The
Home Demonstration Agent has met all
the other clubs, so that at present Can-
ning Club members .should be as busy
as bees preserving fruits and vegetables,
for Uncle Sam. The Club work closes*
October 15th and the stories are due
November 1st. We are hoping that the
boys and girls will can till the end, and
j put Hampshire County among the first
in Junior work.

Community gardens in Ware are in
excellent condition. About 26 acres
planted mostly to potatoes, beans and
cabbage, have been under the direction
of Supervisor Mallorey, and the project
shows the results of proper supervision.

Hampshire County Represented

Hampshire County was represented by
three club members at the annual Prize
Winner's Camp at the Agricultural
College last month. Mae Devine of
Hadley, Evelyn Streeter of Cummington
and Charles Kokoski of Hadley, third
prizes winners in the 1917 Corn, Can-
ning and Potato clubs spent the week at
Amherst. Evelyn Streeter's canning
club story, which was a factor in her
winning third prize is published here-
with.

Club work opens up visions of other
things, other places, other people. This
advantage was applied to about 40 club
members from Williamsburg, Goshen,
Hatfield, Westhampton, Belchertown, and
Greenwich. A club from each town was
taken by the County Leader to the Camp
at Amherst for a day's outing. The
Hatfield pig club made itself conspicuous
by participating in the motion picture
film which Mr. Rice, State Pig Club
Leader, is having made, to illustrate pig
club work in the State.

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

MHOm

SEASONAL PREFERENCE

The exceptional high favor being dis-
played for Oxfords is a realization of our
earlier expectations, enabling us to show
a most complete assortment of styles,
ranging from walking types with military
heels and straight or wing tips, to the
light dressy styles with high arches and
Louis XV heels, in different shades of
brown, also in black and white leathers.

THE MANDELL COMPANY

The Draper Hotel Building
NORTHAMPTON

Northampton
^ National Bank ^

C. N. CLARK, President
WARREN M. KING. Vice-President
EDWIN K. ABBOTT, Cashier

CAPITAL AND SURPLUS, $S(i().OUO
DEPOSITS, sa.lKW.flOO

Interest Paid on Special Accounts and
Certificates of Deposit

We are qualified to act as Executor,
Administrator and Trustee

Why not make your will appointing
this Bank as Executor?

THE BANK FOR EVERYBODY

The Habit of Saving

Is at the bottDUi of most
big successes in tlie busi-
ness world. Begin tlie
habit by opening a sav-
ings account with the
Haydenville Savings
Bank. One <lollai' is
enougli to start with.

BANK BY MAIL

Con«-hnted from page 1

(2) A compact seed-bed with a
mellow surface.

(3) Early seeding, preferably around
September 1st.

(4) Use of fertilizers rich in phos-
phoric acid.

Rye will do better than wheat under
the following conditions:

(1) Poor, sandy or acid soil. It
is a safer crop for old mowings
and pastures than wheat.

(2) Where seeding must be done in
late September or early October.

(.3) Where fertilizers cannot be

used.
(4) Where the seed-bed must be
hastily prepared.

Seed-bed and Seeding. — All grains do
better with a compact seed-bed. The
land should, where possible, be plowed
sometime previous to the sowing of the
grain crop. With land that has grown
a cultivated crop, discing will do as well
as plowing. All grains do better when
sown with a grain-drill. Broad-casting
the seed can be successfully done, but
a little more seed is required. Six to
seven pecks of seed per acre should be
used for both wheat and rye.

Varieties. — There are no varieties of
rye in general culture because but few
varieties have been developed. Rosen rye
which has been developed in Michigan in
the past few years gives promise of
being a better yielder than common rye
and the seed is carried by a few seeds-
men. It is rather difficult to say what
the best varieties of winter wheat are
because it has not been widely grown
in New England. Dawson's Golden
ChaflF, Red Wave and Klondyke have
been grown in New England and have
yielded well in tests.

Fertilizers. — Fertilizers for grain
should be rich in phosphoric acid. For
wheat, a mixture containing three to
four per cent of nitrogen and eight to
ten per cent of phosphoric acid is sug-
gested. Depending upon soil conditions
250 to -500 pounds per acre should be
used. This should be supplied broad-
cast when seeding. Manure applied to
a previous crop shows good results on
the wheat. The use of fertilizer with
too much nitrogen is not advisable for
rye, as it may cause lodging. On poor
soils rye will respond to an application
of 1.50 to 2.50 pounds of acid phosphate
or fertilizer containing a small amount
of nitrogen. M- A. C.

HAYDENVILLE SAVINGS BANK

HAYDBNVILLE, MASS.

Some of the most successful onion
growers in the Connecticut Valley are
finding that it pays to rotate their fields.
Oscar Belden and Son's Bradstreet, cut
a wonderful crop of clover this season,
and plans to plow under the rowen crop
this fall in preparation for planting
onions next spring.

W. H. RILEY & CO.
PLUMBING and HEATING

KITCHEN FURNISHINGS

AGKNTS FOU

Glenwood Ranges and Lowe Bros. Paints

Opj). Post office Xortbampton, Mass.

Nnrthamptntt JItiBttliitinn
for ^auinga

Incorporated 1842

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Quarter Days. First Wednesday in
January, April, July, October

%\ will open an account
Interest Paid on Deposits

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Open 9 A. M. to 3 P. M.
Saturdays, 9 A. M. to noon
Monday evenings, 6.30 to 8

FIRST NATIONAL BANK

NORTHAMPTON. MASS.

THE BAXK OX THE CORXER

We oircr lilx-ral ))anking
facilities tn the citizens of
tiiis cdniiiuinity.

We are always pleased to
have you call upon us.

\\M. G. BASSErr, President

K. N. KNEELANU, Vice-President
OLIVER B. BRADLEY. Cashier

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

Wiswell the Druggist

82 Main Street

—THE KODAK STORE

VETERINARY REMEDIES
Daniels', Lesure's, Barber's

STABLE DISINFECTANTS

SAMUEL, D. HOWArtll WILLIAM N. IICIWAIUp

D. F. Howard & Sons

Wholesale and Retail Dealers in

FLOUR, MEAL, GRAIN
FEED, PRESSED HAY
STRAW AND

POULTRY SUPPLIES

90 East Street,

Ware, Mass.

Klevator on It. & A. K. K.
Lous Distance Telephone

GAZETTE PRINTING CO.
MERCANTILE PRINTERS
NORTHAMPTON, MASS.

SCHOOL SUITS

FOR

ENERGETIC BOYS

Also blouses, hose, ties, caps
and underwear.

Concluded from page '.i

full time of cooking. Blanching cleans
the products thoroughly, removes strong
flavors and softens and loosens the fiber.
This allows moisture to evaporate more
quickly. The blanching is done the same
as for cold-pack canning with the excep-
tion of greens which are steamed.

4. After blanehing comes cold dip-
ping, which means plunging products into
cold water. Drain well and dry between
towels or expose to hot sun for a short
time.

5. Place product on the drier and
luin several times during the drying.
The time required for drying varies with
the product. Care should be taken that
the heat is not too intense to scorch the
products while drying.

6. When fruits and vegetables are
sufficiently dried, they should be so dry
that no water can be pressed out and
yet not so dry that they snap and crackle.
They should be leathery and pliable.

7. Dried products may be stored in
baking powder cans, pasteboard boxes
with tight covers or parafin covered
boxes. For the first three or four days
it is advisable to pour the products from
one box to another so as to mix the
products thoroughly and give all pro-
ducts an even degree of moisture. The
storage place should be in a cool dry
place.

8. In preparing dried products for the
table, place them in water for several
hours before cooking so that they may
take up water, bringing them back to
their original condition.

Corn : — Use young tender corn. Blanch
from 2-5 minutes, cold dip, cut kernels
from cob with sharp knife. Spread
thinly on trays and place in position to
dry. Stir occasionally.

String Beans: — Wash and string.
Break, cut, or shred beans, blanch 6-10
minutes, cold dip. Spread on trays and
di-y. Young beans require about 2 hours
for drying, more mature beans, 3 hours.

Peas: — Blanch o-5 minutes, cold dip,
and proceed as with beans.

TIME TABLE FOR BLANCHING AND DRYING

Product Blanch Drying Time

Greens 3-5 steam 3 hrs

Beans, string 6-10 2-3

Peas 3-5 3-3 *

Corn 2-5 3-4

Fordson Tractors

Apples

4-6

For boys of all ages from 3
to 15 years.

R. p. ARMSTRONG & SON

80 MAIN STBKET, NORTH AMI'TON, MASS

The directors of the Cummington
Creamery are planning to visit all the
patrons .some time during the year, this
idea along with holding a Patrons Field
Day should create a great cooperative
spirit and go a long way toward making
the creamery the success that it should
be.

Direct to Farmers at Factory Prices
Henry Ford's Gifts to Civilization

Henry Ford has given to the world a
Tractor that will revolutionize farming
and help win the war. Lord Northclifl'e
recently wrote in the London Times: "I
mounted the Fordson Tractor and plowed
a half mile furrow in about eight min°
utes— a speed of four miles an hour.
Any boy or girl can drive it."

The Fordson Tractor is a proven suc =
cess 6,000 are working day and night
in England — several thousand more are
revolutionizing farming in the Western
States and in New England those already
in use here have proved that the Ford
Tractor is the best adapted for New
England conditions.

YOU CAN BUY

FORDSON 4-CYLINDER TRACTOR

For S750

F. O. B., Dearborn, Michigan. We are
handling this distribution as a patriotic
measure without profit. The whole ar=
rangement is a war measure to procure
the greatest Food Production possible.
We expect a car load of Tractors soon.
For a technical description, write or
telephone for a circular.

CHASE MOTOR SALES COMPANY

Distributors for Fordson Tractors
203 Main St., Northampton, Mass.

NORTHAMPTON

COMMERCIAL COLLEGE

"THE SCH0{5l op thoroughness"

In session twelve months in
tlie year. Students admitted
at any time and j^radnated
when competent.

Tuition low. Train and trol-
ley service good. Board in
good homes at reasonal)le rates.
Greater demand and better
sahu'ies for l)usiiiess-trained
men an<l women tiian ever be-
fore. For catalogue and com-
plete information address

JOSEPH PICKETT, Principal.
76 Pleasant St., Northampton, Mass.

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

D. A. rORBES I SON

EASTHAMPTON S

WHEAT

New Food Administration Ruling Incourages Production.

On page one of this issue is a ruling by the State Food
Administrator regarding wheat grown by farmers in Massa-
chusetts. Since this issue went to press a new ruHng has been
issued and the following interpretation is made by County
Food Administrator, W. M. Purrington of Haydenville. This
ruling should be highly appreciated by the farmer of Hamp-
shire County and in response the acreage should be increased
100 to 200 S"r.

Arrangements have been made whereby the farmer who
has grown some wheat may, by application to tlie County Food
Administrator, have permission granted to take his wheat to
the mill, have it ground into flour and take the flour home for
his family use in UNLIMITED quantity.

The only requirement being a written statement from the
farmer that he grew the grain and that it shall all be used for
human consumption. The miller shall file with the Admin-
istrator a statement of the date, name, residence and amount
of grain ground and flour so delivered.

Whereupon the Administrator will issue to such a grower
permission to hold such flour for his own family use without
liability as a hoarder of flour, subject only, to the order of the
Massachusetts Food Administratoi'.

Furthermore, the farmer may upon application receive a
permit to sell such flour to a baker or a direct consumer with-
out substitutes.

It is not the purpose of the Food Administration to in any
way suspend the general regulations with reference to flour,
but to make a special case of wheat grown in this county
whereby the grower shall be himself benefited and thereby
stimulated to a greatly increased production of wheat, to the
saving of the freighting of flour from the west over congested
railways and the feeding of our own people, our great army,
and our allies.

About 200 acres of wheat well scattered over the County
have been grown this year with excellent success, there being
a yield varying from 25 to 40 bushels to the acre.

Considering the minimum of labor required for the rais-
ing of wheat, the fact that any good well drained land may be
used, that sowing may be done now, or in the spring, and the
foregoing very liberal privileges we should have the acreage
greatly increased possibly 600 to 800 acres.

W. M. Purrington,

County Food Administrator.

Cunchided troin paj^t^ I

are going to the ground in which they
pass the winter.

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before they have fed much, the trees can

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JOJ Pleasant Street, HOLYOKE, MASS.

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blade. The Yankee genius who perfected

this useful tool is C. O. Bicknell of West

I Chesterfield, — Herbert A. Myrick in

N. E. Homesfend.

COBURN 8C GRAVES

The REXALL Store

Tel. 200 . . Northampton, Mass.

Don't Walt Until Pali

before putting in your heating
plant. Prepare now for cold
weather by installing A ONE=
PIPE WOOD FURN.ACE.

You will find a woodburn=
ing furnace a good kind to own
when the use of coal is re=
stricted.

H. B. LYMAN, Southampton, Mass.
SHEET METAL WORKS

ROSEN RYE

$3.00 per Busliel F. 0. B. Michigan

A LIMITED NUMBER OP BUSHELS

FOR SALE

Make application through Farm
Bureau.

H. D. SMITH

Hatfield, Mass.

GRAIN, COAL, ICE

AND

FARM MACHINERY

Wiswell the Druggist

82 Main Street

— THE KODAK STORE-^

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

Fordson Tractors

Conrludefl from patre -i

full time of cooking. Blanching cleans
the products thoroughly, removes strong
flavors and softens and loosens the fiber, j
This

I quick'

VETERINARY REMEDIES >^^°'

tion (

Daniels', Lesure's, Barber's 4

ping,

cold \

towel
time.

STABLE DISINFECTANTS

SAMUEL D. HOWAKD

WU.LIAM N. HOWAKD

D. F. Howard & Sons

Wholesale and Retail Dealers in

FLOUR, MEAL, GRAIN
FEED, PRESSED HAY
STRAW AND

POULTRY SUPPLIES

90 East Street,

Ware, Mass.

Klevalor on B. & A. K. li.
Lous Distance Telephone

GAZETTE PRINTING CO.
MERCANTILE PRINTERS
NORTHAMPTON, MASS.

SCHOOL SUITS

FOR

ENERGETIC BOYS

Also blouses, hose, ties, caps
and underwear.

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For boys of all ages from 3
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R. F. ARMSTRONG & SON

80 MAIN STKKKT, NORTHAMPTON, MASS

Cl'KailLKLy ate pit*iii....£, w .^..-v

patrons some time during the year, this
idea along with holding a Patrons Field
Day should create a great cooperative
spirit and go a long way toward making
the creamery the success that it should
be.

men and woiiu-ii tliun ever lie-
fore. For catalogue and com-
plete information address

JOSEPH PICKETT, Principal.
76 Pleasant St., Northampton, Mass.

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

D. A. rORBES & SON

easthampton's
"home hardware store"

Farming Tools
Spray Pumps

Spray Materials
Fertilizers
Seeds

Implements

EASTHAMPTON, MASS.

BISSELL'S TIRE SHOP

NORTHAMPTON. MASS.

Miller, Qoodyear, and U. S. Tires

Tires and Tubes

Vulcanized by Steam

QOODYEAR SERVICE STATION

FREE AIR

60 KING STREET

Tel. 1393-M

THE HINMAN MILKER

ALSO

The R. T. Prentiss

Complete Fertilizer

R. T. PRENTISS, Agent
JOI Pleasant Street, HOLYOKE, MASS.

Conclude<l frnni pa^e 1

are going to the ground in which they
pass the winter.

Where these caterpillars are discovered
before they have fed much, the trees can
be protected by spraying them with .5
lbs. of arsenate of lead paste (or 25 lbs.
of the powder) in 50 gallons of water,
but this is, of course, impracticable in
the forests and would only be worth
while for beech and maple shade trees
along the roads. Even then it is doubtful
if it would pay. Where the caterpillars
are found crawling from trees they have
stripped to others not infested, these can
be protected by putting a band of ti'ee
tanglefoot around the trunk.

Many natural enemies of this insect
are now present, feeding on them and
killing large numbers, and these enemies
will probably become sufficiently numer-
ous to bring this pest under control with-
in a year or two.

Some trees which were stripped last
year are now dead, but as nearly all
decidious trees can stand stripping for
three or four years in succession before
dying, it is probable that in this case
the severe winter following the stripping
was the final cause. Trees weakened by
last year's stripping and farther weak-
ened by the hard winter may perhaps be
now in such a condition that this year's
stripping may prove "the' last straw"
and die as a result, but it is probable
that most of them will live if another
hard winter does not follow.

Whether this insect will be injuriously
abundant ne,xt year cannot now be pre-
dicted, but the chances are against it.
Usually one or two years of abundance
is followed by their almost entire dis-
appearance.

Mass. Ayri. Ex. Station.

A Handy Tool

The best dollar's worth on my farm
is a hand cutter. The handle is 20 inches
long, of tough oak, .5 inches wide at end
for the hand, with a steel bolt through
crosswise to strengthen it. The shaft is
11 inches long from bottom of handle
to square end, upon which is attached
the knife by two » inch bolts. Cutting
length of knife is Sis inches. It is of
the very best steel. It is hung at a
peculiar angle, which gives the tool re-
markable facility in cutting brush or
weeds. I always take it in my walks
about the farm and one may follow me
by the thistles, bigweeds, brush, etc,
whacked off by this tool as I go along.
If I have to go over a barbed wire fence,
this tool is used to hold down the wire.
If a nail needs to be driven into some-
thing, use it as a hammer. Is a root
or other specimen to be dug, use the
blade. The Yankee genius who perfected
this useful tool is C. O. Bicknell of West
Chesterfield, — Herbert A. Myrick in
.V. E. Homestead.

COBURN & GRAVES

The REXALL Store

Tel. 200 . . Northampton, Mass.

Don t Wait Until Pall

before putting in your heating
plant. Prepare now for cold
weather by installing: A ONE=
PIPE WOOD FURNACE.

You will find a woodburn=
ing- furnace a good kind to own
when the use of coal is re=
stricted.

H. B. LYMAN, Southampton, Mass.
SHEET METAL WORKS

ROSEN RYE

$3.00 per Bushel F. 0. B. Michigan

A LIMITED NUMBER OF BUSHELS

FOR SALE

Make application through Farm
Bureau.

H. D. SMITH

Hatfield, Mass.

GRAIN, COAL, ICE

AND

FARM MACHINERY

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

DO YOU NEED
MORE ROPE?

If so, you need Qood Rope. And the Name of it is

PLYMOUTH CORDAGE

We carry a Big Line of it

ALL SIZES OF GOOD ROPE
From 3-16 to I 1-4 inches

TWINES ALL GRADES AND SIZES

J. A. SULLIVAN 8C COMPANY \ W^^'i^^^^^ I

3 Main Street Telephone 6, Northampton, Mass.

CASE 9-18
KEROSENE TRACTOR

Mr. Farmer:— Invest iu a Case 9-18
Tractor. Do youi- work the power way.
It will save time and laljor, take off
the heavy burdens of farming. A Case
Tractor is built to give continuous
service, day and night if necessary,
never tires. When not in use, requires
no attention, doesn't eat when idle.
Seventy -five thousand far m e r s are
power farming, because it is the profit-
able way and the easy, modern way.

Its work will i)lease you. Its con-
struction pleases us.

FRANK S. PARSONS, Agent

Also Distrilmtor for tlie celebrated REO
Liue of Pleasure Cars and Trucks.

W. N. POTTER'S SONS & CO.

Flour, Hay
Grain, Salt

Lime and Cement

NORTHAMPTON

FLORENCE

HADLEY

S^Mlstei: here-i

Vour Summer Suit iir-av

And the price is $25.

We particularly call your thought^
ful attention to these suits because
we were lucky in gettiugr such
values to offer (in these times) at
this price.

Business suits for busymen, suits
that will stand day after day wear.

If prizes were awarded to the best values
for the price, you'd find these suits alt
covered tvith medals of merit.

MERRITT CLARK & CO.

144 MAIN STREET, NORTHAMPTON, MASS.

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HAMPSHIRE COUNTY

.OCT 3 - 1918

FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

Vol. III.

NORTHAMPTON, IMASS., SEPTEMBER, ]9LS

To Celebrate its 100th Birthday

The celebration of the centennial of
the Hampshire, Franklin and Hampden
agTicultural society, for which prepa-
rations are being made, will be held
October 1, 2 and 3, and will be an un-
usual event in the history of agricultur-
al societies. The Hampshire, Franklin
and Hampden county fair was one of
the first to be organized in this country
and has outlived those that were organ-
ized about the time it was founded.

At a preliminary meeting held on Dec.
24, 1817, the matter of forming an agri-
cultural society was fully discussed.
The result was that an organization was
initiated which was to include the three
counties instead of founding three
separate societies. The reasons given
were there is a similarity of habits of
the agricultural interests of the valley,
because one society would be more re-
spectable in its membership, there
would be a larger board for improving
conditions, and would have more in-
fluence. If three societies were formed
instead of one they would be contemp-
tible, inefficient and useless. Early in
1818 the state imposed a tax on auctions
to provide funds for agricultural pre-
miums. It was provided that at least
$1000 should be raised by subscription
in any community desiring to benefit by
the state fund. This seems to have
been a leading incentive for organizing
the three counties into one society.
The act of incorporation passed the
legislature on the 19th of February and
on May -Sth, the. first meeting of the so-
ciety was held in the court house, at
which the organization of the society
was completed and officers elected. The
premiums offered for the fair on Oct. 14
and 15, amounted to $272.50, which was
to be paid in silver plate ware.

The society was organized by men of
influence and high standing in the farm-
ing community and gave promise from
the first of being a successful venture
and one that would endure and grow
greater as the years went on.

The fairs until 1857 were held near
the center of the town at the head of
King and Main streets and on the com-
mon near the cemetery and the town
hall was used for the display of domestic
manufactures. Ground when the fair
Concluded on page 5

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Cummington Creamery Outfit

The Field Day, held at the Creamery,
August 15th, was well attended by
patrons of the Creamery. The session
was presided over by President N. K.
Lincoln of Plainfield.

Mr. Putnam of Contoocook, N. H.,
one of the best dairymen in New Eng-
land, dwelt on some vital factors in the
milk business. He very clearly pointed
out that a 6000 lb. cow produced milk
cheaper than a 4000 lb. cow, and used
this fact to prove his point, that while
milk-men have done much to obtain an
advance in the piice of milk they have
done very little to lower the cost of pro-
duction. Regional Milk Boards expect
facts when passing upon the price of
milk and it was Mr. Putnam's belief that
higher pric.es would not be granted to
producers keeping "slacker cows" and
using poor business methods. The gist
of his remarks, proved by his own ex-
perience, contained this advice for
Creamery patrons ;

1. Test your cows.

2. Weed out the boarders.

3. Buy cows that show big profits.

What to Do when Corn Ripens

When corn ripens, drop all other busi-
ness and select an abundant supply of
seed corn from the standing stalks.
The process is too important to be con-
ducted incidentally while husking. When
selecting seed corn, give the process
your entire attention. Get the very best
that is to be had and preserve it well,
and your increased yields will return
you more profit than any other work
you can do on your farm.

Judging Fowls for Egg Production

In order to lay well, a bird must have
a sound body. As a first consideration,
a bird must be VIGOROUS AND
HEALTHY if it is to be able to lay well.
Vigor and health are shown by a bright,
clear eye a well set body, a comparative-
ly active disposition and a good circula-
tion.

Further, the bird must be free from
PHYSICAL DEFECTS, such as crooked
beak, excessively long toe nails, eyelids
that overhang so that the bird cannot
see well, scaly leg, or anything else that
would keep the bird from seeing or get-
ting an abundance of food.

LOSS OF FAT DUE TO LAYING

Color or pigmentation changes. (These
should be observed by daylight.)

A laying fowl uses up the surplus fat
in the body, especially it removes the fat
from the skin. In yellow-skinned breeds
this loss of fat can readily be seen by
the loss of yellow color. The difl'erent
parts of the body tend to become white,
according to the amount of fat stored
in the body and the amount of circula-
tion of blood through that part. The
changes occur in the following order:

The VENT changes very quickly with
egg production so that a white or pink
vent on a yellow-skinned bird generally
means that the bird is laying, while a
yellow vent means a bird is not laying.
It should be recognized that all yellow
color changes are dependent on the feed,
coarseness of skin and size of bird. A
heavy bird fed on an abundance of
green feed or other material that will
color the fat deep yellow will not bleach
Continued on page 6

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

PUBLISHED BY THE

Hampshire County Farm Bureau

A. F. MacDoiieall, County Asent
Helen A. Hnrriniaii, Hume Dem. Agent
C. H. Gould, Hoys' anil Girls' Club Leader

Office First National Banl< Building

Northampton, Mass.

Entered as second class matter Nov. 9, 1915. at the
Post OfBce at Xorthamjiton, Mas-sachusetts. under
the Act of March 8, 1879.

Priee, 50 cents a year

$1 a year, including membership in Farm Bureau

Officers of the Farm Bureau

Leslie R. Smith, President, Hadley
William D. Mandell, Treas. , Northampton
Ernest S. Russell, Secretary, Hadley

AKVISOKV BOAKU

Leslie R. Smith, Hadley
Charles R. Damon, Williamsburg
Perley E. Davis, Granby
Clarence E. Hodgkins, Northampton
Warren M. King, Northampton
William N. Howard, Ware
Edwin B. Clapp, Easthampton

Seed Potatoes for 1919

Potato fields planted with MassE'
chusetts grown seed seem to have more
weak plants and a more uneven stand
than usual this year. The plants vary
considerably in height, vigor and often
there is a good stand. Weaker plants
are likely to show a rolling of the leaves
and brown areas on the leaves, while
others are healthy.

It has long been known that for most
parts of the state. Northern grown seed
is ordinarily better than home grown
seed. This yeai' we hear frequently
that Northern gi'own seed potatoes are
better than our own and fields demon-
strating this are numerous.

Possibly the hot weather of last sum-
mer reduced the vitality of home grown
potatoes more than usual and some of
the poor results may be due to the chill-
ing of the seed during the severe winter.

Because of the above conditions we be-
lieve it worth while to make the follow-
ing recommendations regarding seed po-
tatoes for next year.

(1) Plant Northern grown seed po-
tatoes, unless hill selected seed
grown in the more elevated
regions of Massachusetts can be
found.

(2) Seed from a field having an un-
even stand or containing weak
and diseased plants should not be
used

(3) Seed from fields that look well
one year may not produce satis-
factory crops the next year.

—M. A. C.

^__^^„^„„ Hampshire County Farm Bureau

^ ^^ Finan4-ial Support by itiun.s. 11)18

0 S'ii .'jU lUd T.i 1.50 200 HiU .iOI] Total $-^<>00

A glance at the above map shows in an instant, the financial backing Hamp-
shire County gives to its Farm Bureau.

The system which brings forth this income operates as follows:

1. In making up the budget, the Executive Committee determines the

amount to be asked from each town.

2. The local Farm Bureau directors see to it that an article is put in the
town warrant, calling for the appropriation of a definite sum for Farm
Bureau work.

3. The local directors are furnished from the Bureau office a complete, de-

tailed, report of all the work of each agent, did in their town the pre-
ceding year. In case the article is contested this furnishes facts con-
cerning Farm Bureau work.

4. The town checks come in. No campaigning for members.

During 1918, twenty-one of the twenty-three towns have appropriated money
for the Bureau. In justice to those towns shown in white on the map, it must be
said that they, too, have in the past, appropriated money, so it may be said that
Hampshire County towns are unanimously in favor of this method of Farm Bu-
reau support.

Hampshire County is an intensely rural district with a total population of
about 70,000. In the four years of the Bureau's existence, no business man,
manufacturer, or individual has ever contributed more than $2.5 during any one
year. There have been no philanthropists to fall back on. Memberships have
been solicited, but with a small staff, it is more bother than it is worth to cam-
paign for them.

There are several advantages in this method:

1. Town directors work better for the Bureau when they realize begging

dollars from their fellowmen is not part of their .job.

Farm Bureau patrons have a warmer regard for the organization when

they know that agents or directors driving into their yards are not

looking for a dollar.

More money can be secured from the small community, with only a few

piogressive farmeis, than could ever hope to be raised by membership.

It allows agents to put time and effort usually spent on soliciting to

other uses.

Don't be Caught next Spring without
good Seed Corn

If you have ever found yourself com-
pelled to plant corn that was not fit for
seed — a predicament many growers
faced last spring — do not be caught that
way again. Now is the time to begin
preparations for next spring. Get
your seed at ripening time, when the
best quality is most plentiful. Get an
abundance — enough for a second plant-
ing, if necessary, and a hold-over sup-
ply. Next year's crop may not be fit
for seed.

Rosen Rye

Rosen Rye has eliminated all other rye
from Michigan, where it originated,
having increased the yield in that State
to a remarkable degree.

Compared with common rye this new
variety is a heavier yielder. It with-
stands adverse weather conditions re-
markably well. It matures with well
filled heads, plump grain, and has a
short stiff straw. Rosen I'ye was de-
veloped from a sample of Russian rye.

See Adv. on page 7

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

HOM e: making

MISS HKLKN A. HAKKIJIAN. H.-iiKinstintioii Aseilt

Thrift Centers

Every town now has a Thrift Center.
This means a place where recipes and
literature may be secured through the
woman in charge. It is hoped that
housewives will make the most of this
center. In some towns, on certain days,
samples of good war dishes are exhibited
with the recipe, so that all may benefit
by the results. Many towns are combin-
ing this food work admirably with the
Red Cross work. Are you helping to
make this Thrift Center worth while?
The Farm Bureau will welcome sug-
gestions.

Town Name

Southampton —

Mrs. H. A. Healy, Tea Room
Easthampton — Librarian, Library
Hatfield—

Mrs. W. P. Connelly, No. Hatfield
Miss Bernice Cutler, No. Hatfield
Miss Laura Belden, Bradstreet
Mrs. Thaddeus Graves
Williamsburg —

Miss Jennie Baker, Library
So. Hadley Falls— Mrs. Wm. O'Brien
Ware — Librarian, Library
Chesterfield — Librarian, Library
Cummington — Mrs. Fred Giles
Goshen — Librarian, Library
Plainfield — Clara Hudson
Granby — Librarian, Library
Amherst — Thiift Center
Huntington — Librarian, Library
Westhanipton —

Mrs. Mahlon Parson.*;, Northampton
Care of Clark's Express
Northampton — Conservation Center
Worthington — Librarian, Library
North Hadley—

Mrs. Arthur Howe, Red Cross Rooms
South Hadley —

Mrs. Geo. Canney, Canney's Store
Belchertown —

Mrs. Cora Shaw Burnett, Library
Pelham— Mrs. F. A. Shepard
Hadley—

Miss L. M. Thayer, Russell School
Enfield— Mrs. G. C. Ewing
Prescott —

Mrs. A. C. Barker, Red Cross Rooms
Middlefield—

Mrs. Ovid Eames, Chester, R. F. D.

Sugar Saving

The first draft on the sugar bank
comes from the trenches of the fighting
lines. It is well to remember in this
time of shortage that the ration of all
the allied nations must be maintained
to the fullest. The soldier's require-
ments are very high — far above the
level of normal consumption. Sugar is
a fuel for the body and is too precious
to wa.ste or to use carelessly. It is
easier to use the substitutes in cooking
and reserve most of the two pounds for
canning, using the thin syrups. We
need only enough sugar to make our
meals palatable. The Food Adminis-
tration allows us two pounds per month
per person. Approximate daily ration,
1 day, 1 ounce.

"Stir your sugar until it dissolves!
It is estimated that one-third to one-
half of all sugar used in homes is used
in tea and coffee. Think it over — how
is it in your home? Isn't there a chance
far saving?"

"It is a patriotic duty on the part of
any citizen who knows when hoarding
is being practiced, to report it im-
mediately to the nearest local Food Ad-
ministrator. Since sugar can be so
easily hidden away, good citizens are all
the more duty bound to stamp out this
pernicious practice."

Recipes

Save the Peach Stones

Two hundred peach stones will save a
soldier's life! Two hundred peach
stones will make carbon for one gas
mask. Save them all. Cherry and
plum stones are also valuable. These
will be collected in the County, if you
will save them until they are called for.

The full use of flour is wrong. If
possible, use no white flour at all.

LEMON .lELLY

2 T. plain gelatin, i c. cold water, 1 c.
honey or 1 2-3 c. corn syrup (sweeten-
ing agent) 2 c. boiling water, Ic. lemon
juice. Soak gelatin in cold water, dis-
solve in boiling water. Add sweetening
agent and lemon juice and strain. Turn
into mold and chill.

FRUIT MOLD

6 level T. small tapioca, I c. honey or
I c. corn syrup (sweetening agent) 1 t.
vanila, 1 c. cream and 2 c. milk. Heat
milk in double boiler, add sweetening
agent and stir in the tapioca. Cook for
30 min. Pour into a bowl to cool, then
fold in the whipped cream. Ornament
with fresh cherries, chill and serve.

CUSTARDS

Soft custard with egg as the only
thickening — For each cup of milk use:
1 egg yolk or i whole egg, 1 T. maple
syrup or honey, salt. Scald the milk.
Add the sweetening and the salt, and
pour the mixture slowly over the beaten
egg. Cook the custard over very low
heat in a double boiler, stirring it con-
stantly until it coats on spoon Remove
it at once from the heat and pour it in-
to a bowl.

Soft custard with egg and cornstarch

Fruit Butters

September is a good month for making
fruit butters from pears, plums or
apples. These butters take the place of
jellies and jams, as a spread or as a
relish, are made from inferior fruits and
require little or no spices. Why not
consult your Home Demonstration Agent
about a demonstration of this product?

as thickening — For each cup of milk
use: h egg yolk, i T. cornstarch, 1 T.
maple syrup or honey, salt. Scald the
milk. Add the sweetening, the salt, the
cornstarch, and the egg, thoroughly
mixed together. Cook the custard ac-
cordingly to the directions already given.

BAKED CUSTARD

Use either of the custard mixtures
already given, but instead of cooking the
custard in a double boiler, pour it into
a greased baking dish place it in a pan
of hot water, and bake it in a moderate
oven until it is set.

MILK SHERBET

4 c. milk, 2 lemons, 1 c. gTated pine-
apple may be added, 2 c. corn syrup.
Mix the lemon juice and syrup together.
Add the milk slowly and freeze. The
milk may curdle when lemon is added,
but will be beaten smooth during freez-
ing.

RICE PUDDING

4 c. milk, i-3 c. rice, grated rind of *
lemon, b t. salt, i c. corn syrup, nutmeg.
Wash the rice, mix ingredients, and pour
into a buttei-ed pudding dish. Bake for
3 hours in a very slow oven, stirring
several times during the first hour of
baking.

SPO.NGE CAKE

1 c. corn syrup, juice of 1 lemon, 4
eggs, i c. barley flour, i c. rice flour.
Boil syrup until it will .spin a thread
when dropped from a spoon. Pour
syrup over the egg yolks, which have
been beaten light. Beat this mixture
until cool and add lemon juice, then fold
in flour and beaten whites. Put batter
into ungreased pan. Bake 40 minutes
in .slow oven.

APPLE SAUCE CAKE

i c. molasses 1 c. unsweetened apple
sauce, 'i t. cloves, i c. shortening, 2 c.
barley flour, i c. raisins, 1 heaping t.
soda, 1 t. cinnamon, 1 t. salt. Dissolve
soda in a little warm water and stir into
the apple sauce. Mix the molasses with
the shortening and combine with apple
sauce and soda. Sift dry ingredients
with the flour and combine with the first
mixture. Lastly, add the raisins, cut in
halves and well floured. Bake in a loaf
50 minutes, in a moderate oven.

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY
BOYS' AND GIRLS' WORK

Pig Clubs and the Swine Industry

The outstanding effect of pig club
work is the improvement in feeding
methods employed by adults who have
followed the lead of some club members.
Even in leading hog states where the
quality of hogs is high, very noticeable
changes in feeding practices have come
about. The distribution of rape to club
members in the County this year has \
done a little to emphasize the truth that j
corn or grain alone is poor and ex-
pensive hog food.

Pig clubs stimulate a demand for bet-
ter breeding stock. This is actually a fact
in Goshen where several boys insisted
that the Club Leader get puie bred hogs
for them or none at all. This attitude
was the direct result of feeding inferior
stock during their previous year in club
work. There are at least 6 head of
pure bred swine being raised in Cum-
mington and Goshen by club members
this year. This means better pigs
within reach for farmers in that section
next spring.

Swine breeders have a tremendous
market through the pig clubs, a fact
which should induce breeders to have
their herds registered in order that
they may share in the increased demand
for pure bred pigs by club members.

Pig clubs stimulate pork production.
Pig club members throughout the coun-
try are a nucleus of a great organiza-
tion of trained meat producers. .Just
what the ultimate influence is to be on
the increase of pork and pork products
is hard to say but great results may be
expected. To realize the opportunity
there is for development, it must be re-
membered that in some states farmers
have been raising razor backs, taking
two year.^ to produce a 1.50 pound hog.
Contrast this with the work of our
Hadley club member who in six months
raised a 271 pound hog.

There are many indirect results in
club work worthy of mention. It es-
tablishes a point of contact between
father and son, awakening a new spirit
of comradship; as a result more boys
stay on the farm. Fathers learn that
club work is not a case of "Sonny's pig
but Daddy's hog." It means tying up
the interests of club members with the
farm. The consciousness of achieve-
ment by a boy or girl, has value that
cannot be measured in dollars and cents.

CHAUI.KS II. <;oll.l). I.eailer

Amherst Team Demonstrates

A demonstration team from the Am-
herst Canning Club competed at the
New England Fair, along with other
County teams. A very creditable show-
ing was made. The same team will
probably demonstrate at Northampton.

Thoroughly Interested

Every once in a while we hear from
a parent of the results that club work is
obtaining. One parent states that the
canning club has so thoroughly interest-
ed her daughter in domestic activities
that she has done all the preservation
work for the family.

Peach Stones

Mr. Benson, Club Leader at Washing-
ton, has received a message from the
War Department, urging all club mem-
bers to save plum, peach, cherry, and
prune pits. These may be sent to the
Farm Bureau office where they will be
held for shipment.

.lunior Club Exhibits

The seasonal work for the boys' and
girls* clubs is exhibits. During Sep-
tember and October, the County Leader
and assistants will stage garden and club
exhibits throughout the County. Local
exhibits are not held solely to award
prizes to club members. They are for
the parents, as well. The exhibit is
open to the whole community, and affords
an opportunity for the older people to
see and understand what the young
people of the community are capable of
doing.

All the Canning clubs will have their
exhibits during September. These are
being planned in connection with some
other local event. The garden exhibits
in South Hadley Easthampton, North-
ampton, Hatfield, Huntington, and Am-
herst will be held before October 1st.

The Three-County Fair will cap the
climax in Club Work for the season,
with what is hoped to be the best col-
lection of junior work in Western
Massachusetts.

Breaking the Ice. — "I'm quite a near
neighbor of yours now," said Mr. Bore.
I'm living just across the river."

"Indeed," replied Miss Smart. "I
hope you'll drop in some day."

— Christian Register.

Seed Corn Storage

The most important thing that can
be done now to insure a crop for next
year is to properly store seed. We can
outline three essential factors in this.

(1) Corn from adapted, mature
varieties should be used.

(2) Seed should be stored so that it
will dry out before freezing
weather comes.

(3) A two years' supply should
always be saved to provide seed

Select Seed Corn This Fall

Seed corn should be selected from
stalks standing where they grew, be-
cause only then, with certainty, can seed
be obtained from them.

Stalks that have a tendency to yield
well, as shown by their superiority over
surrounding stalks that grew under the
same conditions. (Such seed inherits
high producing power.)

Stalks without suckers. (Such seed
produces fewer suckers than seeds from
sucker-bearing stalks.)

Storm-proof stalks with ears at a de-
sirable height.

Seed corn should be selected as soon
as it matures, because —

Desirable stalks, especially early ma-
turing stalks with hanging ears, are
then most easily found.

Freezing weather injures the seed be-
fore it becomes dry.

Warm, wet weather may cause kernels
to sprout before drying.

It is as easy, more satisfactory, and
much more profitable than selecting
from cribs in the spring.

for another year in case weather
conditions should make it impossi-
ble to properly dry seed.
A few lessons from last year's ex-
perience can well be noted :

(1) The fact that corn is mature i.*?
not sufficient. It must also be
properly dried.

(2) Poor .seed is not entirely satis-
factory even when the poor ears
are discarded by testing or plant-
ed thick to make up for the poor
ears.

(3) The crib is not a safe place for
seed corn.

Some methods of storing are as fol-
lows:

(1) Braiding the ears.

(2) Tying husks together and hang-
ing over wires or strings.

(3) Stringing up.

(4) Putting butts of ears on nails
driven through boai'ds.

(5) Making seed racks out of 2x4
and lathes.

There are good storage places on
every farm. Some suggested are attics,
empty rooms of houses, lofts of sheds
and barns, top of corn cribs, etc.

Artificial heat helps but is not neces-
sary and is seldom available. Good air
circulation is more important.

Corn should be stored as early as pos-
sible so that it will have plenty of time
to dry out before winter comes.

Field selection is of value chiefly
when it is desired to change the type of
corn giown in some way. — M. A. C.

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

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was held on Main street, King street and
on the side of the court house was also
occupied back of the Old church, extend-
ing along what is now Center street. In
speaking of the fair in 1829, a writer
spoke of pens of fine swine, pigs and
sheep that were to be seen in the rear of
the Old church. A feature of the fair
was that on the first day after dinner a
meeting was held in the church, when
an address was given by some noted
man. The address at the first fair was
made by Noah Webster, the author of
the Webster Dictionary, and one of the
prominent members of the society.
The first fair was held on Oct. 14 and
1.5. The Gazette in its account of the
fair says:

"The cattle show, plowing match and
fair of the Hampshiie, Franklin and
Hampden Agricultural .society was at-
tended in this place last week by a
numerous collection of citizens from all
parts of three counties. Considering
the uncomfortable state of the weather,
on Wednesday, the collections were un-
expectedly large and flattering to the
society. The experiment was a new one
here and has resulted in a manner high-
ly encouraging to the friends of the in-
.stitution. Mr. Webster's oration fully
answered the highest expectations of his
friends. It was replete with sound
sense, valuable agricultural information
and most interesting moral and religious
precepts. After the service at the
meeting-house were closed the members
of the society, together with the reverend
clergy belonging to the Bible society and
other respectable citizens were hand-
somely entertained at the home of Levi
Lyman, Esq. In the afternoon the
cattle and other domestic animals were
exhibited and inspected. On Thursday
morning the plowing match took place
in the meadows and excited uncommon
interest. The morning was fine and the
field was crowded by a large body of
spectators, anxious to witness the exhi-
bition, perfectly new in its nature to
this part of the country. At noon a few
choice specimens of household manufac-
tures were examined, and immediately
after the society assembled in the court
house, which was filled to overflowing.
The several committees made their re-
ports and the premiums were publicly
awarded by the president."

In view of this agricultural society
celebrating its 100th birthday, the fol-
lowing from a Greenfield paper in 18.3.3,
when the society held its fair in Green-
field, makes strange reading for today:
"We believe more than three-fourths of
the farmers in Hampshire are willing
the cattleshow be held at Greenfield
every year. The show is decidedly un-
popular among the hard working, re-
spectable yeomanry of Hamp.shire."

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D. F. Howard & Sons

Wholesale and Retail Dealers in

FLOUR, MEAL, GRAIN
FEED, PRESSED HAY
STRAW AND

POULTRY SUPPLIES

90 East Street,

Ware, Mass.

Klevator on IJ. i- A. It. K.
Loii;; JL>i?itain-c Telephone

GAZETTE PRINTING CO.
MERCANTILE PRINTERS
NORTHAMPTON, MASS.

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Our Suits are tailored to wear to the
purchaser's entire satisfaction. The mak-
ers have been in the business over half a
century and in that time have learned the
business in all its intricate ]ioints. Not
an inch of cloth goes into the suit that is
not tested for strength, color, and quality
which all means satisfaction to you. Any
suit bought here that does not give satis-
faction, we will be not only glad but an.\-
ious to make good.

R. P. ARMSTRONG & SON

80 MAIS STIIKKT. NttKI II A MI'TON, MASS.

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I out nearly as quickly as a smaller or
paler colored bird.

The EYERING, that is, the inner
edges of the eyelids, bleach out a trifle
slower than the vent. The earlobes on
Leghorns and Anconas bleach out a little
slower than the eyering, so that a
bleached earlobe means a little longer
or greater production than a bleached
vent or eyelid

The color goes out of the BEAK be-
ginning at the base and gradually dis- j
appears until it finally leaves the front
part of the upper beak The lower beak
bleaches faster than the upper, but may
be used where the upper is obscured by
horn or black. On the average colored,
yellow-skinned bird, a bleached beak
means heavy production for at least the
past four to six weeks.

The SHANKS are the slowest to
bleach out and hence indicate a much
longer period of production than the
other parts. The yellow goes out from
the scales on the front of the shanks
first and finally from the scales on the
rear. The scales on the heel of the
shank are the last to bleach out and
may generally be used as an index as
to the natural depth of yellow color of
the bird. A bleached-out shank usually
indicates fairly heavy production for at
least fifteen to twenty weeks.

The yellow color comes back into the
vent, eyering, earlobes, beak and shanks
in the same order that it went out, only
the color returns much more quickly
than it goes out. A vacation or rest
period can sometimes be determined by
the outer end of the beak being bleached
and the base being yellow.

BODY CHANGE.S DUE TO LAYING

A laying hen has a large, moist VENT
showing a dilated condition and loose-
ness as compared with the hard,
puckered vent of a non-laying hen.

The whole ABDOMEN is dilated, as
well as the vent, so that the pelvic
arches are wide-spread and the keel is
forced down away from the pelvic
arches so as to give large CAP.^CITY.
The more eggs a bird is going to lay the
following week, the greater will be the
size of the abdomen. The actual size
of the abdomen is, of course, influenced
by the size of eggs laid and by the size
of the bird.

Heavy production is shown by the
quality of the SKIN and the thickness
and stiffness of the PELVIC ARCHES.
Fat goes out from the skin and body
with production so that the heavy pro-
ducers have a soft velvety skin that is
not underlaid by layers of hard fat.
The abdomen, in particular, is soft and
pliable. The STERNAL PROCESSES
are very prominent and are generally
bent outward. The thicker and blunter
the pelvic arches and the greater the
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Fordson Tractors

Direct to Farmers at Factory Prices
Henry Ford's Gifts to Civilization

Henry Ford has given to the world a
Tractor that will revolutionize farming
and help win the war. Lord Northcliffe
recently wrote in the London Times: "I
mounted the Fordson Tractor and plowed
a half mile furrow in about eight min =
utes a speed of four miles an hour.
Any boy or girl can drive it."

The Fordson Tractor is a proven suc=
cess 6,000 are working day and night
in England — several thousand more are
revolutionizing farming in the Western
States and in New England those already
in use here have proved that the Ford
Tractor is the best adapted for New
England conditions.

YOU CAN BUY

FORDSON 4-CYLINDER TRACTOR

For $750

F. O. B., Dearborn, Michigan. We are
handling this distribution as a patriotic
measure without profit. I he whole ar=
rangement is a war measure to procure
the greatest Food Production possible.
We expect a car load of Tractors soon.
For a technical description, write or
telephone for a circular.

CHASE MOTOR SALES COMPANY

Distributors for Fordson Tractors
203 Main St., Northampton, Mass.

NORTHAMPTON

COMMERCIAL COLLEGE

"THE SCHOOL OF THOROUGHNESS"

111 session twelve months in
tiie year. Students admitted
at any time and graduated
when C(inii)etent.

Tuition low. 'J'rain and trol-
ley service goctd. Board in
good homes at reasonable rates.
Greater demand ami better
salaries for l)usiiiess-trained
men and women than ever l)e-
fore. For catalogue and com-
plete information address

JOSEPH PICKETT, Principal.
76 Pleasant St., Northampton, Mass.

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

D. A. FORBES & SON

easthampton's
"home hardware store'

Farming: Tools
Spray Pumps

Spray Materials
Fertilizers
Seeds

Implements

EASTHAMPTON, MASS.

BISSELL'S TIRE SHOP

NOKTHAMPTON, MASS.

Miller, Goodyear, and U. S. Tires

Tires and Tubes

Vulcanized by Steam

GOODYf-AK SERVICE STATION

FKKK A IK

6G KING STKEKT

T<?1. 129.3-M

GRIST MILLS

The following mills are prepared, and
have received their license from the Coun-
ty Food Administrator, to grind wheat and
rye :

Charles Bisbee, Chesterfield
A. C. Howe, North Hadley
Warren & Ryther, Enfield
H. G. Hill Co., Williamsburg

Conclndf^<l from ])ii^e li

amount of hard fat in the abdomen, the
less the production, or the longer the
time since production.

One of the finer indications but yet one
of the most valuable in picking the high
layer is the fineness of the HEAD and
the closeness and dryness of the
FEATHERING. The head of a high
layer is fine. The wattles and earlobes
fit close to the beak and are not loose
and flabby. The face is clean-cut. The
eye is full, round and piominent, es-
pecially when seen from the front. The
high layer is trimmer, that is, the
feathers lie closer to the body, and after
heavy production, the oil does not keep
the plumage relatively as sleek and
glosjy, but the plumage becomes worn
and threadbare.

CHANGES IN SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARAC-
TERS

The COMB, WATTLES AND EAR-
LOBES enlarge or contract, depending
on the ovary. If the comb, wattles and
earlobes are large, full and smooth, or
hard and waxy, the bird is laying heavi-
ly. If the comb is limp the bird is only
laying slightly but is not laying at all
when the comb is dried down especially
at molting time. If the comb is warm,
it is an indication that the bird is com-
ing back into production.

MOLTING

When a hen stops laying in the sum-
mer, she usually starts molting. The
later a hen lays in summer or the longer
the period over which she lays the great-
er will be her production so that the
high producer is the late layer and
hence the late molter. The length of
time that a hen has been molting or has
stopped laying can be deteimined by the
molting of the primary feathers. It
takes about si.x weeks to completely re-
new the primary feathers next to the
axial feathers and an additional two
weeks for each subsequent primary to
be renewed.

TEMPERAMENT AND ACTIVITY

A good layer is more active and nerv-
ous and yet more easily handled than a
poor layer. A high layer shows more
friendliness and yet elusiveness than a
poor bird. A low producer is shy and
stays on the edge of the flock and will
squawk when caught.

While the characters discussed have
dealt specifically with the current year's
production, it should be borne in mind
that a high producer one year is, gen-
erally speaking, a high producer in all
other years.

Prescott's Old Home Day

Prescott people held an enthusiastic
Old Home Day, at Atkinson Hollow,
August 2.jrd. Food Administrator Pur-
rington spoke and helped straighten out
many misunderstandings regarding Food
Administration rulings.

COBURN & GRAVES

The REXALL Store

Tel. 200 . . Northampton, Mass.

Wood
Burning
Furnaces

FOR THE

COUNTRY HOME

Utilize the fuel that
may be obtained near
at hand.

Do away with the setting-up up of
heating stoves.

Keep the house warm and comfortable.

H. B. LYMAN, Southampton, Mass.

ROSEN RYE

$3.00 per Bushel F. 0. B. Michigan
A LIMITED NUMBER OE BUSHELS

FOR sa.i_e:

Make application through Farm
Bureau.

H. D. SMITH

Hatfield, Mass.

GRAIN, COAL, ICE

AND

FARM MACHINERY

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

-BASKETS-

S/ SMALL or LARGE
ROUND or SQUARE

IF IT'S A

YOU WANT

YOU CAN OET IT AT SULLIVAN'S"

J. A. SULLIVAN 8C COMPANY I fl^&g^^^lE '

3 Main Street Telephone 6, Northampton, Mass.

CASE 9-18
KEROSENE TRACTOR

Mk. Faumei; :— Invest in a, Case 9-18
Tractor. Do your work the power way.
It will sa,ve time and laJxH-, take off
the heavy hardens of farming. A Case
Tractor is Iniilt to give continuous
service, day and idght if necessary,
never tires. When not in use, requires
no attention, doesn't eat when idle.
Seventy-tive llioiisand fa.riners are
power fai-niing, hecause it is the profit-
able way and tlie easy, modern way.

Its work wUl please you. Its con-
struction ])leases us.

FRANK S. PARSONS, Agent

Also Distriliutor tor the relchnited REO
Line of Pleasure Cars ami Trucks.

W. N. POTTER'S SONS & CO.

Flour, Hay

Grain, Salt

Lime and Cement

NORTHAMPTON

FLORENCE

HADLEY

The stout and thin have an equal

show in our assortment of new Fall

suits.

Special sizes for both and particu=

lar patterns for each.

Dark fabrics with a little suggestion

of color in the weave, mighty good

for the big man and light colors

that apparently add to the weight

for men of slight build.

$25 buys a good business suit.

All of the new Fall hats are here.

MERRITT CLARK 8c CO.

144 MAIN STREET, NORTHAMPTON, MASS.

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HAMPSHIRE COUNTY

FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

\o]. III.

NORTHAMPTON, MASS., OCTOBER, 191S

No. 10

Ag;ricultural Deferments Defined

From correspondence reaching the
United States Department of Agricul-
ture it is evident tliat much confusion
exists in the minds of many agriculiural
workers as to deferment on occupational
grounds. With the thought that you
may aid in a clearer understanding of
this matter by giving it proper publicity,
I am calling your attention to a few
features of the deferment regulations.

Deferment may be granted to three
groups of agricultural workers :

(1) Necessary skilled farm labor
in necessary agricultural enter-
prise.

(2) Necessary assistant, associate,
or hired manager of necessary
agricultural enterprise.

(3) Necessary sole managing, con-
trolling, or directing head of
ntjcessary agricultural enter-
prise.

The chief questions arising in connec-
tion with the first group (deferred Class
II) are whether the enterprise is "neces-
sary" and whether the laborers are
"necessary" and "skilled." The regula-
tions of the War Department are that
a particular enterprise is necessary only
when it is shown "that it is producing
an appreciable amount of agricultural
produce over and above what is neces-
sary for the maintenance of those living
on the place." As applied to farm la-
borer the word "necessary" means that
he is "actually and completely engaged"
in agriculture, that his removal "would
result in direct, substantial, material
loss and detriment to the effectiveness of
the agricultural enterpri.se" and that an
available supply of persons competent
to take his place does not exist. The
Board gives consideration to the labor-
er's length of service, his study, training,
experience, "the extent and value of his
qualifications for the capacity in which
he is engaged" and "the actual condi-
tions which his is engaged" and "the
actual conditions which would result
from his removal."

The word "skilled" as applied to farm
laborer is perhaps the most difficult to
interpret. In the new regulations he is
said to be "skilled" when he is "especial-
ly fitted for the work in which he is en-
gaged." This is the only definition giv-
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Boosting One Man's Work is Tractor's

Chief Advantage

«
The advantage of the tractor, like that

of most other improved farm machinery,
lies not so much in reducing the cost of
performing a unit of work as in the fact
that it permits one man to do consider-
ably more work in a given time, accord-
ing to Farmers' Bulletin 96.3 of the
United States Department of Agricul-
ture which is a report of the experiences
of over 600 farm-tractor owners on rep-
resentative corn-belt farms in Illinois
collected during 1917 and the spring of
1918.

This has been true of practically all
improved farm machines, the bulletin
explains. Even the grain binder, gen-
erally considered as one of the greatest
agricultural inventions of the century,
which has increased about eightfold the
acreage one man could handle, has not
resulted in decreasing materially the
cost of producing grain.

don't expect cost reduction
Men who hope to reduce greatly the
cost of farming operations by the pur-
chase of a tractor should bear these
facts in mind, the Federal specialists
point out. -Judging by the experience of
tractor users, it is not safe to expect any
material reduction in the cost of farm
operations per acre through the use of
the tractor, but it is safe to expect to be
able to increase the crop acreage to a
very considerable extent, and, at the
same time, the amount of crops which
one man can raise.

Furthermore, it should be remembered
that the cost of doing the work with a
tractor in most cases can not be directly
compared with the cost of doing it with
horses, since on farms where tractors
are used a number of horses generally
are- retained, and any comparison, there-
fore, must be made between the cost of
operating the farm with horses alone
and the cost of operating wath the trac-
tor and a cei-tain number of horses.

Is Phoma Disease in Soil?

W. L. DORAN, MASS. PLANT PATHOLOGIST

Fusarium wilt is not, and never has
been serious, as compared with other po-
tato diseases in Massachusetts. Fus-
arium wilt is a disease found commonly
in the south, but not here. According
to the present knowledge of plant path-
ologist, seed treatment with formalde-
hyde or corrosive sublimate for the con-
trol of common scab and rhizoctonia has
no effect whatever upon fusarium.

Most of the potatoes which have suc-
cumbed to the new wilt disease this
season have been found to bear the
fungus phoma. Other than this, very
little information is as yet available con-
cerning the disease. In our natural
eagerness to apply control measures for
plant diseases, we have sometimes gone
ahead too fast only to retrace our steps
and begin over again as we should have
started, that is, with more careful ob-
servation and experiment. I believe it is
a serious mistake for e.xtension work or
remedial legislation to go ahead faster
than experimental study.

In the New England Homestead
August 10 it is advocated that state and
national authorities should at once
quarantine potatoes from infected fields.
Such a quarantine takes it for granted
that this new disease is transmitted on
the seed. Perhaps it is, but let us first
devote our energies to proving or dis-
proving this theory. Would it be worth
while to establish this expensive quaran-
tine if the disease-producing organism is
already in the soil ready to attack any
potatoes when they become sufficiently
weakened by drouth, insect attack or in-
sufficient plant food?

Marketing of Local Wheat

There are two methods for disposing
of the wheat which was grown in New
England this Fall. The first is sale or
custom grinding at a local mill ; the
other is sale in car lots to the Food Ad-
Concluded on page 7

Potash and the Crops

Robert S. Bradley, chairman of the
board of directors of the American Agri-
cultural Corporation, says there is no
better illustration of the influence of
German propaganda than the exaggerat-
ed opinion held by the American pub-
lic as to the value of potash as a fertil-
izer. "For many years before the war,"
he says, "the German Potash Syndicate
expended millions of dollars in this
country in booming the potash ci'eed un-
til our farmer's became obsessed with
Concluded on page ti

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

PUBLISHED BY THE

Hampshire County Farm Bureau

A. F. 3I:n'I)4ma:all. County AK«'nt
Helen A. Hni'i'iiiian, Home Deiii. AK<'»t
C. H. Gould. Boys' aud Girls' Club Leader

Office First National Bank Building

Northampton, Mass.

Entered as second class matter Nov. 9, 1915. at the
Post Office at Nortbampton, Massachusetts, under
the Act of March 8. 18T9.

Price. 50 cents a year

$1 a year, Inchidintr memliership in Farm Bui-eau

Officers of the Trustees

Leslie R. Smith, President
Clarence E. Hodgkins, Vice-President
William D. Mandell, Treasurer
Charles H. Gould, Secretary

Trustees for County Aid to Agriculture

Leslie R. Smith, Hadley
Clarence E. Hodgkins, Northampton
Warren M. King-, Northampton
J. A. Sullivan, Northampton
Edwin B. Clapp, Easthampton
Charles E. Clark, Leeds
William N. Howard, Ware
Milton S. Howes, Cummington
Mrs. Clifton Johnson, Hadley

County Agents Overcome Difficulties

Human-interest stories come to the
Department of Agriculture each day
from its workers throughout the country.

Such items, not generally used in Gov-
ernment reports, nor regarded as the
equal of statistical records, nevertheless
help interpret tabular statements, says
the department. They enable the staff
members in Wa.shington to read between
the lines of formal reports. Even pro-
saic expense accounts may carry an ex-
planation that tells volumes about the
agents' work. Those who check the ac-
counts are supposed to have an eye sole-
ly for question of compliance with fiscal
regulations, and are likely to disallow ex-
pense items not strictly in accord with
established precedent. When they get
a bill from a woman home demonstra-
tion agent for a high ferriage where no
ferry exists, or are asked to pay for a
railway handcar, they must know the
reason.

FERRIAGE BY HAND

The reasons may come in some such
form as this:

"Regarding the item for ferriage I '
submit the following facts: The train'
which was to have taken me to the junc-
tion point, from which I could have had
train service to the little town where a
canning demonstration was to be held,
was several hours late.

"I had been told by telephone that 200
farm women would be present, many of
them coming from long distances, and in
all sorts of vehicles, including ox carts;

others even on foot. I felt that I could
not disappoint this crowd, and tried to
arrange for a boat to take me the 4 miles
acioss the tide arm of Blank River in-
stead of the 28 miles I would have had
to travel around by rail if the train had
been on time. Finally a very small boat
was found.

"But the tide was out; there was more
than a quarter of a mile of mud flats,
with mud a foot deep between dry land
and the boat. Two men carried me this
distance, and then all three of us had to
get in a boat barely capable of carrying
two, because there was another mud flat
equally extensive on the other side, and
I had to be carried out on that side.

"When you consider that it was a very
hot day, with no breeze — else oui' boat
would have been swamped — and that I
weigh 200 pounds, I think that the dol-
lar for ferriage is a reasonable charge.
I made the engagement, and the way the
audience responded to the demonstration
persuades me the money was well spent."

BORROWED A HANDCAR

The explanation on the handcar was
more laconic. It came from a man
agent who was to explain the county
demonstration work to an isolated com-
munity back in the mountains. There
were other men in the party at the start,
a general program having been arranged
to include demonstrations by specialists
from the State college of agriculture.
The report was about as follows:

"Promised to hold meeting at Dry
Forks; cloudburst took out railroad in
valley this side. No trains running.
Never missed an engagement yet, and
too early to begin missing them now.
Seed-corn man and I took handcar, went
as far as we could, pushing car on foot
where water was deep. Finally had to
swim for it had abandoned car, which
was washed down stream when embank-
ment gave way later. No rain on other
side of mountain, and rousing meeting.
Lots of good accomplished ; work started
with a vim. Handcar cheap at the
price."

BETTER THAN A HOTEL BED

An Arizona county agent has convert-
ed his automobile into a 24-hour-a-day
convenience. During his waking hours
he keeps the machine busy in traveling
among his farmer clientele; at night he
can use the car for sleeping quarters.
He has hinged the lean back of the front
.seat so that it can be let down to com-
plete a comfortable cot with the front
and back seats. His ingenuity enables
him to cover a larger territory with a
minimum of back travel to his home or
to other stopping points, while it saves
him money in the way of hotel bills.
Moreover it makes him independent of
difficulties due to poor hotel accommo-
dations, or due to no accommodations at
all.

Those Wejterners

BUSINESS MEN SING AND SHOCK WHEAT

Sixty business men of Worland, Wyo.,^
and the marching song "Where Do We
Go From Here, Boys," are held respon-
sible for the expeditious shocking of 200
acres of wheat near Worland in one re-
cent evening. In the afternoon a farm-
er asked the county agent to furnish 20
volunteers. The county agent called on
the Alfalfa Club, which had promised to
help out any farmer behind in his work,
and 60 men responded. The farmer's
100 acres seemed no job at all to the en-
thusiastic sixty, so they began singing
the song. When they fini.shed singing
two other farmers found their wheat had
been shocked, and that town help had
piled more grain in the balance against
the Kaiser.

WOMEN REGULATE COOKING FOR THRASH-
ERS

At a recent town.ship meeting conduct-
ed by the home demonstration agent in
Marion County, Iowa, women from all
parts of the township took up the need
for simplifying the cooking for thrash-
ers. It was decided that they served too
great a variety of foods especially
sweets, and that as many of the thrash-
ers in that section could go home tO'
supper too much was made of the even-
ing meal. A committee composed of one
woman from each school district drew^
up an agreement which was taken to all
farmers' wives in the county. It recom-
mended less elaborate cooking and less
variety, and stipulated that the thrashers
should go home to supper whenever pos-
sible, thus saving waste in preparation
and strength of the women, each of
whom must serve dinner for some 30
men during thrashing time.

Garden Waste for Poultry

It is incumbent upon every one to see
that waste garden stuff is used for ani-
mals. Poultrymen should learn the
whereabouts of such material in their
neighborhood and should not be con-
sidered immodest in asking for it. On
the other hand, people who do not keep
poultry should offer such material to
those who do.

There will be found at this time of the
year in most gardens more or less green
or succulent material such as unde-
veloped cabbages, kalo, Swiss chard,
mangles, unused sweet corn, small po-
tatoes and turnips, beets and carrots
either over-grown or too woody for
household use. They can either be fed
now or preserved for winter use. Cab-
bages, kale, etc. may be left growing in
the garden and fed as needed until freez-
ing weather comes, at which time they
should be pulled and placed on the north
side of a building and covered with a
small amount of straw, hay, weeds or
other waste just before snow comes.

hampshire county farm bureau monthly
home: making

MISS HKLKN A. HAUKIJIAN, Deiiionstratiuil Aseiit

Home Canning; not to be Seized by the
Qovernment

This year, greater emphasis than ever
has been placed upon the necessity for
preservation. The response to this ap-
peal to can or dry everything possible
was most gratifying. All over the State
in canning centers, in the .Junior clubs
and in the homes the homemaker and
theii' helpers were busy.

The canning season is practically over
and now we are anxious to get some
definite idea of just how much has been
accomplished in Massachusetts.

In order to make a fairly accurate
summary of work done in preservation
during the summer, it will be necessary
to get a report from individual families.
Printed forms have been sent to the
different counties in the State. These
will be distributed to town leaders who
will collect the data in whatever way
seems easiest and best; it may be by a
hou.se to house canvass ; by appointing
a chairman in each community to solicit
from her neighbors ; by taking the .sheets
to the Red Cros". or other general meet-
ing and at that time, asking the women
to report on the amount preserved.

The printed blank calls for a report 1
of "home canteen service." There is a
column for each of the following: quarts
canned, pounds dried, gallons salted,
both fruits and vegetables ; another for
fruit products, jams, jellies, juices, but-
ters; and still another for eggs, flsh and :
meat preserved. The names of the I
families making these reports need not
be given. The rumor that the Govern-
ment is trying to find out jnst where
food is stored, in order to seize it, in ab-
solute! i/ fatse.

The Massachusetts Agricultural Col-
lege and the Food Administration are
standing back of this movement, and it
is to be on a state-wide basis.

The report sheets will be sent out dur-
ing the weeks of October 1.3 and 20 and
are due October 2.5th, at the Farm Bu-
reau office. A summary of these sta-
tistics will be sent to Amherst from
every Farm Bureau in the state and the
final report made to Washington.

It is up to each community to cooper-
ate as fully as possible to make its re-
port compare favorably with other com-
munities in the county and to make
Hampshire County go over the top. We
are an.xious to make a good showing for ;
county and our state.

Home Canning Army Likely to Set a
Record This Year

The home canning army is going over
the top. Every indication points to
making the 1,.500,000,000-quart goal set
for this summer's objective.

Reports from the manufacturers of
canning supplies who are conforming to
recommendations of the United States
I'epartment of Agriculture, show a con-
siderable increase in the output of equip-
ment that saves time and labor in home
canning. A .50 per cent increase is indi-
cated this year in the number of firms
that manufacture canning supplies and
an average increase of 25 per cent in tha
quantity of equipment sold. Makers of
standard quality rubber rings report a
.'300 per cent greater demand for their
products since last year, which indicates
the hou.sekeepers' growing appreciation
of the importance of good rings, and
means an ultimate reduction in spoilage.

Save Fruit Pits and Nut Shells to
Combat German Gas

One of the essentials of the masks
needed to protect our soldiers against
poison gases is carbon. The manufac-
ture of carbon of such grade as to make

the masks efficient is threatened because
of a shortage of the essential raw ma-
terials.

In addition to our needs for carbon,
the British Government has called upon
us to furnish a considerable quantity
each month, which makes the need for
materials even greater.

Excellent carbon can be made of ma-
terials which daily are going into the
garbage pail and waste heaps. These
are:

a. Peach stones

b. Apricot pits

c. Prune pits

d. Olive pits

e. Date seeds

f. Cherry pits

g. Brazil nut shells

h. The shells of hickory nuts, wal-
nuts and butternuts
i. Plum pits

Two hundred peach pits, or seven
pounds of nut shells, will make enough
carbon for one gas mask, which may
save the life of a soldier. With this
knowledge in mind, all hou-'^ewives, pro-
prieters of hotels and restaurants, can-
ners and grocers are enlisted in a
national effort to save the shells of nuts
and the pits and stones of fruits men-
tioned here, which have hitherto gone to
waste.

The American Red Cross will be in
active charge in each town and city.
Representatives of the Red Cross will
arrange for centrally located deposi-
tories and will accept collections from
all sources and make arrangements for
shipping materials to the desired points.

Persons making collections should not
take any pits that are not thoroughly
dried. It is very important that pits be

Save on Sugar

The use of raisins may help to solve
the problem. We have usually con-
sidered them as sort of garnish, a bit
of additional flavor to our puddings and
cakes without realizing their food value,
and their place as a sugar saver. Re-
garded in this way they may seem ex-
pensive, but if you realize they are tak-
ing the place of some sugar in your
grocery order, they will appear to you
as a food and not a luxury.

SOME SUGGESTIONS?

They may be used in breakfast cereal,
with rice in a pudding, in steamed pud-
dings or plain cake. Raisins make a
good sauce when stewed tender in a little
water; their own store of sugar will
make it sufficiently sweet. These stewed
raisins may be used over rice or corn-
starch blanc mange. Apples may be
coi-ed and the centers filled as full as
possible with raisins. Then baked slow-
ly and no sugar will be needed.

Prunes are often badly cooked and
not as highly esteemed as they might be.
Long, slow cooking, in plenty of water to
cover them well is necessary to make
them soft and juicy, no sugar being
added during the process. When done,
they should be moderately sweetened and
allowed to stand at least twenty- four
hours before serving. They will then be
plump and well seasoned to the center.
Prunes of the cheapest grade are often
little but skin and stone and even care-
ful cooking will not make them attrac-
tive. Hence, it pays to buy prunes of
good quality. Prunes keep well and
there are many uses for them. Variety
can be given to the menu by combina-
tions of the more inexpensive fruits.
Dried peaches stewed with raisins,
prunes stewed with apricots, raisins or
dates baked with dried apples in a pie,
are all attractive combinations.

dried in ovens or in the sun. Each indi-
vidual or hotel should arrange to dry
their own, but if this is impossible
special arrangements should be made to
dry the pits.

All materials must be turned over to
the Red Cross in each town or city.
They will make all shipments. The nuts
and shells sent in to the Red Cross col-
lecting points should be packed in bags,
boxes or cartons. And no single bag
or carton should weigh more than seven-
ty pounds.

Precautions. No other materials than
those mentioned should be included in
the collections.

The kernels should not be extracted
from pits.

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY
BOYS' AND GIRLS' WORK

CHAKLKS H. «Ul(LI>, Leader

Home Economics Story

LESLIE KELLY, AMHERST

Before I joined the Home Economics
Club, I wasn't interested in work,
neither was mother interested in having
me do any, as I was always so slow I
was more trouble than I was worth, so
mother preferred to do it herself.

When I came home from school and
asked permission to join the Home Eco-
nomies club, and having to do 60 hours
of work, mother thought it a great task
for me, as I wasn't used to work and
didn't like to work. I had a habit of
leaving all unpleasant tasks unfinished.
Mother said I could join the club if I
would take for my motto, "what's well
begun is half done," and live up to it.
So I started to make a good beginning.

The first day being Saturday, I got
up early and was going to have a lovely
time, making bread. As in everything
else, in making bread, I found out there
was a lot to learn. If my water was
too hot, it would kill the yeast and my
bread wouldn't rise, and if my water
was too cold, my bread wouldn't rise.
When mother accidentally left the salt
out of some bread she made, I found out
how important salt was in the bread, be-
cause none of us wanted to eat the bread
and if I was so foigetful as to leave the
salt out of the bread, it would be
wasted, contrary to the law of Mr.
Hoover and the Food Administration.
After making the bread into loaves and
putting it in the pans, I learned that it
would have to use an hour or longer be-
fore it could be put in the oven. After-
wards, found out that there was as
much in the baking of the bread as in
the making. After I put the bread in
the oven, I was tempted to go up town,
but mother informed me if I went off
and left the bread in the oven, when I
came home, it would be burned.

As daddy's favorite cake was sponge
cake, I decided to learn how to make it.
I found after my baking powder had
been put in the cake and the hot water
added, I would have to work very quickly
and get the cake into the oven before it
began to rise. After I put the cake in
the oven I had to be careful and not jar
the door when I looked at my cake or it
would fall.

Ironing, I found not so easy as it
looked. I left the iron on the article I
was ironing and went to look out of the
window; when I returned, my dress was
scorched. When I got through my
first ironing, I was a wiser girl than
when I began to iron.

Of all the work done, dusting was the
only thing I took least interest in.

Cooking I found the most pleasure in.
Oh! didn't I feel proud when I was able

" Hadley and Amherst"

Mary Yarrows of Hadley has been
t awarded the County prize in the Sewing
Project of the 1918 Home Economics
Club, and Leslie Kelly of Amherst has
been given the County prize in the Bread
Making Project. The second prize win-
ners in the same projects are Grace
Dillon and Louise Talbot of Ware. The
winners were selected, after a thorough
investigation by State, County and local
leaders.

Definite figures of the Home Eco-
nomics club shows that 152 members
started in the sewing project and 101 in
the bread-making project, 212 in all
(some entered both projects). 2832
* loaves of bread were made, and 244
garments made at a total of $142.89.
The average cost of 43 dresses made by
club members was $1.08, a figure which
represents thrift and economy.

These club membeis also made 942
articles for the Red Cross, 45 per cent
of the enrollment finished every part of
the club work. The club stories written
by the prize winners are printed here-
with.

Canning and Garden Exhibits

There have been thirteen Canning
Club and Garden exhibits held in the
County during the last month. Local
interest was aroused on most of these
exhibits by reason of their being held in
conjunction with a school entertainment
church supper or local fair. Approxi-

' mately 1200 boys and girls exhibited

i and the showing the different clubs made
was greatly to their credit.

The Easthampton and Hadey ex-
hibits were the largest produced an
excellent collection of vegetables.

I The Canning Club in Ware had the
most attractive and most carefully pre-
pared exhibit of the entire Ware Fair.

i The Ware Club did an exceptionally fine
piece of work in ai-ranging the exhibit.

The boys' pig exhibit at the Cumming-
ton Fair is worthy of mention. With
but two or three exceptions, the swine
shown by the pig club members were the
only hogs entered on the grounds, a

i rather significant fact.

I to do the cooking for the family and
make drop cookies and baking powder
biscuits for dinner.

When I was in the club about six
weeks and counted up my hours of work,
I was surprised to find I had completed
the requiied hours and I could see that
mother was true in saying "what's well
begun is half done." When I found my
time was completed, I kept on working
and enjoyed it and I will keep on having
helpful hands for mother.

Coutinued on page G

What the Home Economics Club Has
Done For Me

M.ARY YARROWS, HADLEY

Twice I had joined the Home Eco-
nomics Club, and both times I had
dropped it with the work incomplete.
So when Mr. Gould of the Farm Bureau
came to our school for the purpose of
securing members for the Home Eco-
nomics Club, I decided to join it once
again, and this time to complete it. Be-
sides I was desirous of helping Uncle
Sam and this was my best chance of
doing so.

After I joined the club, I took a great-
er interest in cooking, than I ever had
before, especially in war cookery. It
was a great deal of fun to putter with
substitutes for wheat flour, sugar and
lard. Up to the time that I joined the
Club, I had not realized that there was
such a great variety of edible things.

Whenever 1 heard of or found a
recipe for some new dish, I woud try it.
If it was good and came out successfully,.
I'd tell our neighbors and friends, most
of whom had stacks of flour .substitutes
on hand and did not know how to use
them. They would feed them to the pigs
and chickens. I know that I have saved
many pounds of food from being de-
voured by pigs and chickens. Now
after advising the Polish women in our
vicinity about the use of all substitutes,,
when they next saw me they'd thank me
for what they called my kindness, but I
only thought it my duty. Imagine my
sen.se of pride at feeling that I was real-
ly and truly helping my country. If I
had not joined the Club, I doubt if I
would have paid very much attention to>
the cooking of war foods.

Not only did the Club help me to take
a greater interest in conserving food,,
but also in the conservation of clothes.
Many of my brother's and father's old
Sunday shirts I have remodelled into
every-day blouses for my younger
brother, or kitchen aprons for myself
and step-mother. Not only was there a
lot of excitement and pleasure in re-
making clothes, but economy — a great
deal of economy.

As in the way, I lengthened the lives
of six pairs of scrim curtains. They
were very old, cracked and full of holes
in the lower part of the curtain at the
place where it comes even with the win-
dow sill. The holes were so conspicu-
ous that the only seemingly possible
thing to do would be to throw them
away. But I was siezed with the Home
Economics Club fever of re-making old
clothes. I took these curtains and
changed them around the other way;
Continued on page '>

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

The New Fall Footwear

Is now here — scores of new and
attractive styles for fall and winter
in Men's and Women's Footwear.
Never have we shown a more un-
usual array of well-made, stylish,
and conservatively priced shoes. ■

THE MANDELL COMPANY

The Draper Hotel Building
NORTHAMPTON, . . MASS.

Northampton
^ National Bank ^

C. N. CLARK, President
WARREN M. KING, Vice-President
EDWIN K. ABBOTT, Cashier

CAPITAL AXD SURPLUS. 866U.0(J0
DEPOSITS. S'i.KIII.'KX)

Interest Paid on Special Accounts and
Certificates of Deposit

We are qualified to act as Executor,
Administrator and Trustee

Why not make your will appointing
this Bank as Executor?

THE BANK FOR EVERYBODY

The Habit of Saving

Is at the bottom of most
big successes in the busi-
ness world. Begin the
habit ])y opening a sav-
ings account witli the
Haydenville Savings
Bank. One dollar is
enough to .start with.

BANK BY MAIL

HAYDENVILLE SAVINGS BANK

HAYDENVILLE, MASS.

ConrhulfU fi-oni jui^t- 1

en by the War Department. An au-
thority on this subject has given the fol-
lowing definition : "A skilled farm !a-
borei- is one who has the strength, intelli-
gence and experience to perform, ac-
ceptably, the ordinary farm operations
of the district, community or farm con-
cerned, whether in fields, ranches,
orchards or barns."

The requirements of farm w^orkers in
other deferred classes need no explana-
tion. The regulations state that "any
registrant found to be engaged in a
'necessary' agricultural enterprise, and
found to be 'necessary' to such enter-
prise in the capacity of an assistant,
associate, or hired manager of such par-
ticular enterprise oi- of a substantial and
integral part thereof" should be placed
in deferred Class III.

In Class IV is placed "any registrant
found to be engaged in a 'necessary'
agricultural enterprise and found to be
'necessary' to such enterprise in the ca-
pacity of sole managing, controlling, and
directing head of the enterprise."

The War Department desires to ac-
complish two objects — "to raise armies
and to maintain industry and agricul-
ture." It wants the right men in the
right places. Every effort should be
made to assist the Government in this
respect.

— Cldrence Ousleij,

Afssistunt Secret (t ri/.

t 'oin-Iiiiled from page 4

that is, I made the lower part go over
the rod and the upper part come down
low. In this way, the holes come up to
the top. From out-of-doors the holes
are shielded by the shades and from in-
doors, they are visible only upon close
scrutiny. Because of this utilization of
old curtains, my father saved about
fifteen dollars which he would have had
to pay out for new ones. These fifteen
dollars, along with money saved along
similar lines of conservation, we invest-
ed in a small Liberty Bond.

More than the desire of gaining credit
for the economy, personally, meant the
spirit of the club that I grew into. It
has made me so desirous of helping
everyone with their war food problems,
that I have wished time and again that I
might go from one house to another and
help the house keepers as much as I
could, especially among the Polish
women, for they are the ones who need
the most help in that line.

I have also tried to economize as
much as possible in the spending' of
money. Instead of buying a ready-
made graduation dress, I bought some
white voile and lace, with these, I made
a plain dress which only cose me $4.75.
Besides, I have made a great deal of my
under-wear, house clothes and mending.
So, as my father says, this club has done
me an unequalled amount of good.

W. H. RILEY & CO.
PLUMBING and HEATING

KITCHEN FURNISHINGS

A(;l\|-^ I hi;

Ckiiwiiiid K:iiit;cs ;iri(l Ldvc Uros. Faints

Dpp P,,st offi.-.- Xortlj.viiiptdii. Mass.

53^iirlbaniptini Jiiatilutimi
for ^auiiiga

Iiiiorpiuated 1.S42

^^% (^% ^^

Quarter Days, First Wednesday in
January, April, July, October

(^** ^* t^*

$1 will open an account
Interest Paid on Deposits

Open 9 A. M. to 3 P. M.
Saturdays. 9 A. M. to noon
Monday evenings, 6.30 to 8

FIRST NATIONAL BANK

.\ORTH.\MI'TON, MASS.

THE KAXK n.V THE CORNEtt

We oiler liberal banking
i'ucilities to tlie citizens of
tliis comnuinity.

We are always plea.sed to
have you call 1111011 us.

\VM. G. B.4SSETT, President

F. \. KXEELAND, Vice-President
OLIVER B. BRADLEY, Cashier

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

Wiswell the Druggist

82 Main Street

-THE KODAK STORE

VETERINARY REMEDIES
Daniels', Lesure's, Barber's

STABLE DISINFECTANTS

SAMUEL l>. IKlWAIll) Wll.l.lAM X MOWAItll

D. F. Howard & Sons

Wholesale and Retail Dealers in

FLOUR, MEAL, GRAIN
FEED, PRESSED HAY
STRAW AND

POULTRY SUPPLIES

90 East Street,

Ware, Mass.

Kleviitor 1)11 It. & A. n. K.
Loner Distiince Teleiilioiie

GAZETTE PRINTING CO.
MERCANTILE PRINTERS
NORTHAMPTON, MASS.

OVERCOATS

All overcoat is an essential. A
great overcoat is more tlian an
essential, it is an asset. It is a
wise plan to Iniy your winter coat
early this year, for llie clioice will
lie mnch greater and tiie iirice
more reasonal)le. We liave a few
coats at last year's prices, tiiey
will not l)e with us long, tiie lirst
customers get the best choice.

Fords oiv

Here i.s Henry Ford's world-wide gift to civilization, which
has won the all-England i-liamijionship prize at the demon-
stration given at Lincolnshire, England, May 9, 1918. It is
one of the principal factors in winning this great war in
helping in the production of fdod. Every farmer should own
one of these machines.

For Circulars, Catalogs, Etc., Etc.
. CHASE MOTOR SALES COMPANY

Distributors for Western Massachusetts

a03 MAIN STUKKT, NOItTHA.IIlTOX, MA.S.S.

Prices $15.00 to $45.00 inc.

R. F. ARMSTRONG & SON

so M.VIN STUKKT, NtMlTH AMI'TON, MASS.

Continued from page 1
the idea that potash exerted an almost
magical influence on crop production.

"In December, 1917, Professor Roth,
of the Griefswald University, was
quoted as making the claim that Amer-
ica had entered the war in order to se-
cure the potash deposits of Alsace, as
American crops would be in perpetual
jeopardy without potash.

"Since 1914 the United States has been
unable to import potash from Germany,
and as we have produced but a small
fraction of the amount normally used
for agricultural purposes, fertilizers
have contained little or no potash. This

I is e.specially true of the last two years,

1 and yet this country has in sight today
the largest crops ever produced in her

! history, while Germany's crops are, from
all accounts, far below their normal
yields before the war, though she has
doubtless used e.xcessive quantities of
potash in an effort to minimize the

, eff"ects of the dearth of phosphates.
Other countries also have grown nor-
mal crops since the war without the use
of potash.

"This emphasizes the fact that phos-
phoric acid, in the form of superphos-
phate, is far more important to crop
liroduction than potash, as was long
ago demonstrated in this country, when
phosphatic fertilizers were used suc-

Concluded from page 4

Some things I have learned:

Don't slam the oven door while a cake
is baking.

Don't rest a hot iron on the article you
are ironing.

Don't go away while you have some-
thing baking in the oven.

Don't forget to measure soda very
carefully.

Don't boil beans too long that are to
be baked, just soak them over night and
they won't get musty.

A little salt in oven, under the baking
tins, will prevent burning on the bottom.

When a cake sticks to a pan, set it for
a few minutes on a cloth wrung out of
cold water.

To cut hot bread or cake, heat the
blade of the knife before cutting.

cessfully for over 20 years before the
advent of potash. Germany has no
mineral phosphates with which to make
superphosphates, being dependent upon
the United States, Algeria and Tunis
for her supply of this basic raw ma-
terial.

"While potash is valuable as a fer-
tilizer for strengthening the stalk and
improving the quality of some crops,
phosphoric acid is the essential element
for the production of t'lo grain and fruit
of all crops.

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

D. A. PORBES I SON

easthampton's
"home hardware store"

Farming Tools
Spray Pumps

Spray Alaterials
Fertilizers
Seeds

Implements

EASTHAMPTON, MASS.

BISSELL'S TIRE SHOP

NOUTHAMPTON, MASS.

Miller, Goodyear, and U. S. Tires

Tires and Tubes

Vulcanized by Steam

aOODYHAR SHRVICE STATION

FUKK A IK

6G KING STKEKT

Tel. 1293-M

NORTHAMPTON

COMMERCIAL COLLEGE

"THE SCHOOL OF THOROUGHNESS"

In session twelve iijoiitlis in
tlie year. Students mlniitted
at any time and graduated
wlien coniijetent.

JOSEPH PICKETT, Principal.
76 Pleasant St., Northampton, Mass.

Uuiielucied from pai^e I

ministration Grain Corporation, at Bos-
ton, 01' on small lots to grain dealers.
The former will, in most cases, be the
more practical disposition of small quan-
tities of wheat, either on the exchange
basis whereby the wheat grower re-
ceives back flour equivalent to his wheat,
or on the basis of sale of wheat to the
miller, the finding a market for the flour.
Several New England mills are in the
market for local wheat, which can be
shipped to them in sack.-^, le,?s than cai-
lots.

The Food Administration has knowl-
:dge of a number of mills through Mass-
r.chusett? which are being put into shape
for wheat and rye giinding, and the
County Administrator or Agricultural
Agent will usually be able to infoi m the
grower of the nearest facilities avail-
able to him. There are no restrictions
as to the amount of "whole wheat" oi'
graham flour which a mill may deliver
to a customer, and no substitutes need
be sold with the flour produced by the
local grist mills.

Sale of wheat may always be made in
car lots to the Food Administration
Grain Corporation at Boston, through
the Corporation's Agent, .J. E. South-
worth, Chamber of Commerce. The
price delivered at Boston on the "basic"
wheats, .such as No. 1 Red Winter, is
$2.39V, less 1 '/r administration fee to
the Grain Corporation. Wheat offered,
of cour.se, has to be graded by the grain
inspectors, and the price would be re-
lated to that of "basic" wheat accord-
ing to the grading. The mills will
usually pay a price equal to what could
be obtained by marketing to the Grain
Corporation, or higher.

The difliculty of making up a carload
of wheat (which is about 1000 bushels)
in Ma.ssachusetts, is realized, but grain
dealers in some sections may undertake
to collect a carload or more from the pro-
ducers, retaining something like .5 to
8 cents a bushel out of the proceeds for
their trouble and expen.?e in handling-
it, and ship to the Grain Corporation.

The local Food Production Committees
and County Agricultural Agents, as well
as Local Food Administrators, may be
of great assistance to wheat producers
in effecting the sale or grinding of wheat
in one of the above methods, so that it
will get into human consumption. No
miller is allowed to grind or crack, and
no dealer is allowed to sell, good milling
wheat for stock or poultry feeding.

There is a possible market for local
wheat, in addition to the above-men-
tioned, in the Massachusetts cereal
manufacturing companies. Two such
concerns which happen to be known to
the Food Administration are the Ararat
Grocery Company of Boston and Peter
Gilligian Company, Worcester.

— Mass. Food AdministnUion.

COBURN & GRAVES

The REXALL Store

Tel. 200 . . Northampton, Mass.

Wood
Burning
Furnaces

FOR THE

COUNTRY HOME

Utilize the fuel that
may be obtained near
at hand.

Dj away with the setting-up up of
heating stoves.

Keep the house warm and comfortable.

H. B. LYMAN, Southampton, Mass

ROSEN RYE

$3.00 per Bushel F. 0. B. Michigan

A LIMITED NUMBER OP BUSHELS

FOR SALE

Make application through Farm
Bureau.

H. D. SMITH

Hatfield, Mass.

GRAIN, COAL, ICE

AND

FARM MACHINERY

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

DON'T SHOOT

With a Poor (jun
THE GOOD ONES ARE HERE

We Carry a Big Line
WINCHKSTIiR, FOX, SMITH,

IVER JOHNSON, DAVIS, Etc.
Will Exchange for Your Old One

AMiWUNITION OF ALL KINDS
Loaded Shells and Cartridges

LEADER, REPEATER, NEW RIVAL,

CLIiMAX. ROMAN, AJAX

When you want something in this line

YOU CAN OET IT BT SULLIVAN'S"

J. A. SULLIVAN ac COMPANY ' HSS^^aIe I

3 Main Street Telephone 6, Northampton, Mass.

WHAT WILL WIN THE WAR?

Aiiiericaii man-puwcr — mure inuii-powtT than
(4eniiany can |ii-ii(hice — arnuHl, eciuippeil and
fed as wi'll or lietter llian dcplclt'd (4ernian.y
can (1(1 for licr man-power 1

MONEY WILL DO THIS!

Yonr money, my money, and all onr money
added toi;etlier, to snpport the h\e million men
in onr f;reat and l::i'o\\ inii Amei'ican army, will
will this war (piiid<ly.

A GRAND RECORD FOR FARMERS
IN THE FOURTH LIBERTY LOAN

W. N. POTTER'S SONS & CO.

Flour, Hay
Grain, Salt

Lime and Cement

NORTHAMPTON

FLORENCE

HADLEY

The stout and thin have an equal

show in our assortment of new Fall

suits.

Special sizes for both and particu=

lar patterns for each.

Dark fabrics with a little suggestion

of color in the weave, mighty good

for the biff man and light colors

that apparently add to the weight

for men of slight build.

$25 buys a good business suit.

All of the new Fall hats are here.

MERRITT CLARK 8C CO.

144 MAIN STREET, NORTHAMPTON, MASS.

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY

NOV 3 7 ,Si8

FARM BUREAU MONTHtY

iii-ai

Vol. III.

NORTHAMPTON, MASS., NOVEMBER, 19JS

No. 11

Tobacco News Service

Sometime ago an attempt was made
by the Franklin-Hampshire Tobacco
Growers' Association, cooperating with
the Farm Bureaus of these Countie.s and
the Ma.ss. Agricultural College, to ob-
tain Market News Service on tobacco,
similar to those now obtained on onions.
After considerable effort, a statement
was received from the Bureau of Mar-
kets, Washington, in which the News
Service was assured.

A representative of the Bureau of
Markets inspected the New York market
on September 12th, and made the follow-
ing report:

"We find that there is very little of
Havana Seed or Broad Leaf on the mar-
ket at the present time and that in order
to fill an order for 100 or 200 cases, it
will perhaps be necessary to pick this up
in lots of 10 or 1.5 ca.ses.

"On account of the very unusual con-
ditions in the tobacco market at this
time (due to the war) practically all to-
bacco is picked up when it is offered or
contracted for, long before delivery.

"Under ordinary conditions the most
active months for trading in Havana
.Seed are January, February and March.

The most active months for trading in
Broad Leaf are July, August and the
early part of September.

"Our attempt to gather prices on trad-
ing that had taken place during the past
two weeks was entirely unsuccessful and
interviews with the larger packers here
lead me to believe that we cannot gain
any information that would be worth
while before the first part of the year."

Two-Year Course in Agriculture

A two-year course in practical agri-
culture is now being off'ered by the Mass-
achusetts Agricultural College. Owing
to shortage of farm labor, only one term
will be held this year, beginning Decem-
ber 2, 1918, and closing March 22, 1919.
The course is open to young men and
young women, sixteen years of age or
over who have at least a common school
education. This course should interest a
great many of our young people who are
not prepared to take the regular college
work. Full information may be ob-
tained by writing Prof. John Phelan,
Director of Short Courses, Mass. Agri-
cultural College, Amherst, Mass.

Farmers who desire lime foi' agricul-
tural purposes should register their re-
quirements at the Farm Bureau office.
This is necessary in order to conform to
a recent ruling of the War Industries
Board. In order to secure satisfactory
shipments, orders should be placed im-
mediately. Lime .should be used to a
large extent this fall and next spring in
order that the best results may be ob-
tained from the manure and fertilizers
used.

How to Spoil Seed Corn

Many farmers still persist in hanging
their seed corn on the outside of the barn
or in some other equally exposed place.
The folly of this practice can easily be
seen. The cob will absorb moisture
whenever we have a damp rainy spell.
The germ of the kernel is next to the cob.
With freezing and thawing, this germ
is bound to be more or less injured.
Tests of seed corn have amply proved
this.

First make sure that the corn is
thoroughly dry and then store it in dry,
well-ventilated attic or shed.

Date Set for Annual Meeting

The annual meeting of the Farm Bu-
reau will be held Tuesday, December 3,
1918 at 10.30 o'clock in Odd Fellows
Hall, Northampton. The date of the
meeting has been changed to the first
part of December, hoping that the trans-
portation question will be easier for
those in the outlying towns.

The meeting should be of extreme in-
terest to all citizens of the county. A
reorganization of the Farm Bureau has
been necessary and many vital changes
in the administration will follow. The
best thought and support of the people
of the county are needed in order that
the agriculture of Hampshire County
may keep on advancing.

We are also entering upon a new era
in agriculture and in order that we may
meet the changes and profit by them,
the agricultural communities must be
thoroughly organized and prepared for
the future.

Although our task in food production
and conservation was great last year, it
Cijncluded on page ■'»

Potato Qrowing in Hampshire County

There are certain sections in Hamp-
shire County well adapted to the grow-
ing of market potatoes. In the Con-
necticut Valley and near-by towns, there
are a great many farmers growing large
acreages. In the hill-towns, of high ele-
vation, conditions are very favorable to
the growing of potatoes. However, very
few farmers are growing over 5 or 6
acres and for the most part, the crop
is grown on one or two-acre pieces.

In the valley, the seed deteriorates
rapidly and large yields are maintained
only by getting in new stock every year
or at least once in two years. In the
hills, the vigor may be maintained if
the original seed is healthy, by careful
selection and practicing good cultural
methods.

It would seem with these conditions,
that the hill town farmers should gi-ow
some seed stock. But what do we find?
The yields, except for a few individual
farmers, runs below that desired for
seed stock. Most of the varieties are
Concluded on paye 7

Lack of Nitrogen

There is definite information that the
fertilizers on the market next year will
be lacking in quickly available nitrogen.
Nitrate of soda, ammonium sulphate,
and calcium cyanide have been prac-
tically all diverted to other uses and the
quantity available for use in making
fertilizers is small.

There will be nitrogen available for
use in fertilizers but it will have about
the same availability as tankage. Much
of this will be produced by treating un-
available materials with sulphuric acid.
There is a good supply of cotton seed
meal. This means that top dressing
fertilizers for grass will not be avail-
able and that other crops may suffer
from the lack of available nitrogen.

Nearly every farmer needs com-
mercial fertilizer or chemicals to get the
best lesults. Place your order now.
Immediate shipments are as necessary
as early ordering. Normally the fer-
tilizer factories begin their heavy work
after the first of the year, but owing to
the present labor shortage, it will help
a great deal to be able to ship the fertil-
izer as it is produced. Order for im-
mediate shipment.

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

PUBLISHED BY THE

Hampshire County Farm Bureau

A. F. Mat-DouKnll, County Agent
Helen A. Harrinian, Home Deni. Agent
C. H. Gonl<l, Boys' and Girls' Club Leader

Office First National Bank Building

Northampton, Mass.

Entered as second class matter Nov. 9. 1915. at the
Post Office at Northampton, Massachusetts, under
the Act of March 8. 1879.

"Notice of Entry"

"Acceptance for mailing at sjiecial rate of post-
age provided for in section 110:i Act of October 3.
1917. Authorized Octolier 31, 1917.'

I*ri*'e, iiO cents a year

|1 a year, including membership in Farm Bureau

Officers of the Trustees

Leslie R. Smith, President
Clarence E. Hodgkins, Vice-President
Warren M. King, Treasurer
Charles H. Gould, Secretary

Trustees for County Aid to Agriculture

Edwin B. Clapp, Easthampton
Charles E. Clark, Leeds
Clarence E. Hodgkins, Northampton
William N. Howard, Ware
Milton S. Howes, Cummington
Mrs. Clifton .Johnson, Hadley
Warren M. King, Northampton
Leslie R. Smith, Hadley
J. A. Sullivan, Northampton

Farms for the Returning Soldiers

BENEVOLENT ENTHUSIASM MUST NOT OUT-
RUN SOLID BUSINESS JUDGMENT

The popular thing right now seems to
be to urge state and national authorities
to unde)take the reclaiming of swamp
and arid lands, the same to be turned
over to returning soldiers who may,
through choice or necessity, desire to till
the soil.

The spirit which prompts this agita-
tion is most commendable. Certainly
we must make every effort to find satis-
factory and satisfying employment for
those who have risked their lives to up-
hold American ideals. America must
reward her champions.

But let us be certain that we offer a
real reward and not a mirage which will
fade to bitter regrets in the course of a
few years. It would seem that any con-
siderable increase in agricultural produc-
tion, two or three years after the close
of the war, can mean but one thing;
namely, overproduction and resulting
low prices, until such time as population
had again caught up with production.

The Food Administration tells us that
today 120 million Allies are largely de-
pendent upon us for food. This will, of
course, continue foi- a year or so after
the war ends, but within two years this
burden will largely be lifted except in-

sofar as certain meats are concerned.
We must furnish beef for the next
decade.

Even assuming that we revert to our
former extravagant habits, there seems
to be no reason why the end of two years
following the close of the war we should
not be back to approximate the 1914 food
producing and consuming basis. It took
longer than this following the Civil War,
but that was largely occasioned by the
material destruction which took place in
the South.

There were two principal causes for
the period of over-production beginning
in the late 80's. One was the opening
and the development of large tracts of
prairie lands; largely for the benefit of
"returning soldiers" following our civil
conflict; the other was the development
of farm machinery which made the ex-
tensive type of farming possible.

And after all, why should America
look to new farms to absorb the surplus
labor? Many thousands of soldiers will
return to the farms from which they
came. Many will relieve aged fathers
who have held the fort during the son's
absence. Thousands of soldiers will re-
turn immediately to the commercial posi-
tions which they left and which have
either remained vacant or have been par-
tially filled by weaker hands. Other
thousands will be needed in our new
shipping industry. State, municipal and
private building has been almost at a
standstill. Vast amounts of this sort of
work should act as an equalizer to keep
men employed until complete readjust-
ment takes place.

A limited amount of farm lands could
perhaps be developed here and there
where conditions are especially favor-
able, but it would seem distinctly danger-
ous for the Government to launch out on
any extensive development and settle-
ment policy. — Nat. Pert. ,4.ssoc.

Notes

Many are asking about the govern-
ment offering nitrate of soda, for sale,
to the farmers this year. No definite
statement can be made, but the Bureau
of Markets reports that it is doubtful
if it will be pcssible to import any ni-
trate, this year, for use as fertilizer.

Do as much fall plowing as possible.
Every acre that is plowed now means
that much saved in time and labor next
spring, when the busy season is on. It
also permits the fields to take up the
winter rains and gives a good storage
supply of moisture for the coming crop.

If there are any crops not harvested
in your district, through lack of help,
please notify the Farm Bureau at once,
and an attempt will be made to give as-
sistance. We cannot allow any crops
I to be wasted this fall.

The importance of oidering your
spring fertilizer now and getting an
early delivery cannot be overestimated.

The Department of Agriculture has
named James Campbell, South Deerficld,
as Agricultural Draft Adviser to Di-
vision No. 1, which covers Hampshire
County.

The.se advisers are not members of the
boards, but advise the boards relative to
farm labor requirements of their respect-
ive districts.

Forecasts on Potatoes

1918 1917

Maine 24,246,000 20,250,000

New Hampshire 2,7.54,000 2,247,000

Vermont 3,063,000 3,000,000

Massachusetts 4,698,000 4,370,000

Rhode Island 680,000 675,000

Connecticut 2,898,000 3,190,000

America Cannot Fail

Last year the American people by
their voluntary action made it possible
to send eleven and three-fourths million
tons of food overseas.

But the test is not over. The task be-
fore us is even greater than the task
achieved.

We must send the Allies and our own
soldiers and sailors overseas seventeen
and one-half millon tons of food this
year. — The Banker Fanner.

Use Barnyard Manure to Best Advantage

The value of barnyard manure can-
not be too strongly emphasized this year.
Proper handling to save its available
niti-ogen and potash, its use on as much
land as possible and its economical hand-
ling are essential points.

Attention could well be given to:

1. Top dressing mowings with ma-
nure this fall will be very effective in
producing a crop next year.

2. Manure should be applied to as
much of the cropped land of the farm
as possible. Because of the potash it
contains, some manure should be applied
to potato fields.

3. Labor can be saved by applying
manure to the land as much as possible
during the fall and winter. This will
save time next spring to be devoted to
putting in crops.

4. There is some loss where manure
is spread on hilly land or when there are
deep snows during the winter. Under
these conditions it can be hauled out and
put in large piles during the winter.

5. Manure should be supplemented
with acid phosphate or by using fertil-
izers rich in phosphoric acid.

•6. The liquid manure is rich in avail-
able nitrogen and potash. There should
be plenty of absorbent materials in the
stable or barn cellar to prevent loss of
this.

hampshire county farm bureau monthly
home: making

MISS HKI.KN A. HAKRIMAN. Ilt-inoiistiation Agent

Saved Shells Save Soldiers

A copy of all timely literature for
■distribution by the Farm Bureau will be
sent to each town director. It is hoped
that this literature will be posted in the
Thrift Center on a bulletin board or in
some more conspicuous place so that the
public may see it. The Farm Bureau
will gladly supply it in quantity, if de-
sired.

Paper Is a War bssential

The War Industries Board requests
the strictest economy in the use of paper.
The conservation of paper means the
saving of fuel, valuable chemicals, labor,
capital and transportation facilities.

Save by not wrapping parcels, even
though it might be but one article a day,
this alone would eliminate the waste of
millions of paper bags per day. Save
by not burning paper cartons in which
sugar and other food stuffs have been
purchased. All paper receptacles, wrap-
ping and newspapers may be sold to the
junkman.

How to Sweeten Cranberries

Cranberries are now in the markets.
They find a ready place on the table.
They always are associated with Thanks-
giving and Christmas dinners. This
year the scarcity of sugar may cause
many to hesitate to use them. Cran-
berries may be served without emptying
your sugar bowl.

Because of the acid content of cran-
berries, sweeteners such as sorghum,
cane sirup may be used even more suc-
cessfully than with other fruits. Cran-
berries may be " combined with other
fruits which are sweet, such as apples,
figs, and raisins, either to e.xtend or
modify the cranberry flavor or to add
sweetness to it.

Cranberries are a valuable food be-
cau.se of the iron and acid they contain.
Many like the acid flavor while others
acquire a taste for it. The recipes sug-
gested use sugar savers.

CRANBERRY SAUCE

1 quart cranberries, 1 cup raisins or
figs or cocoanut, 3 cups water, i cup sor-
ghum or cane sirup. Inspect and wash
cranberries. Prepare raisins, cut in
small pieces, and add to cranberries and
other ingredients, and cook until tender.

CRANBERRY .SAUCE

1 quart cranberries, 3 cups water, i
cup sorghum or cane sirup. Cook cran-
berries with water and sweetening un-
til soft, about 20 minutes

Sugar Saving Still Necessary

The increase of sugar to S pounds, per
person, per month, beginning November
first, is appreciated by everyone, es-
pecially the busy housewife. Still, this
will mean that she has to serve many
sugar-saving di.shes. Thi'ee pounds iier
person, per month, means appro.\imate-
ly 3 level tablespoons, per person, per
day, for both table use and cooking.

No Tea or Coffee

With the coming of the cold weather
and a desire to serve a hot drink, many
people give their children one or more
cups of hot tea or coffee each day. This
practice harms the child because tea and
coffee satisfy the appetite without giving
nourishment or food for growth. Then
besides, both these beverages contain
stimulants which affect the action of the
heart and nerves. The healthy adult
may take tea and coffee in moderate
quantities without harm, but physicians
strictly prohibit them for growing chil-
dren. Milk is the best food for the child,
and one quart a day is not too much to
supply the building materials needed for
the growing bones and muscles. Re-
member too, that milk is the cheapest
food we can buy for children and adults
alike.

Cocoa is a wholesome hot drink and if
not strong and thoroughly cooked is not
difficult to digest. The larger amount
of milk used, the greater the food value
of the beverage; half milk and half
water is a good proportion.

Earned a Vacation

What are your laboi'-saving devices?

One woman has found that an invest-
ment of 50 cents in a dish drainer and
a wire dishcloth for pots and pans saved
her 10 minutes of the time required to
do the dishes after each meal, or 30
minutes a day. In a year, she figured
this time, if accumulated, would give
two weeks, or 12 hours a day, leisure.
Do you think the investment worth-
while?

Use local foods. Buy onions now by
the bag for winter supply. Use fresh
vegetables and fruits to save canning
materials and labor.

Wheatless, Eggless, Sugarless Qinger
Bread

Cream I c. of shortening; add h c.
Kai'o corn syrup, 1 c. of molasses, 1 c. of
buttermilk or clabber, add 2 c. barley
flour, h c. rice flour, Itsp. of ground
ginger, Itsp. salt, li tsp. of soda, 2 tsp.
of baking powdei-. Sift all of these to-

I gether. Bake in muffin pans, if desired.

I After they are taken out of the stove,
split open and slip in a marshmallow.

FOUNDATION CAKE

\ c. fat, 3-.5 c. syrup, 2-.5 c. sugar, 1-3
c. milk, 2 eggs, IS c. flour (barley, rice,
corn) 2tsp. baking powder, 1-16 tsp. salt.
Cream the fat, and mi.x thoroughly with
the corn syrup, sugar and eggs. Add
dry ingredients, mixed and sifted to-
gether. Pour into oiled pan, and bake
in a moderate oven for half an hour.
Vanila, almond, chocolate or other
flavoring, chopped nuts or chopped dates
may be added to this foundation. Syrup
may replace all the sugar. The cake
will be of poorer texture, but a fair
product.

MAPLE ICING

4 c. maple syrup, i c. corn syrup, 1
egg white, beaten stiff. Cook the mix-
ture of syrups until a long thread forms
when it is dropped from the spoon.
Pour .slowly over egg white, beat until
smooth and stiff, and spread over cake.

DELIGHT CAKE

1 e. Karo syrup, 2 egg yolks, 2 c. bar-
ley flour, 1 t. nutmeg, mace or cinnamon,
h c. water, 2 T. cooking oil, 4 T. baking
powder, 4 T. cornstarch or potato flour.
Beat well, fold in egg whites, beaten
stiff. Bake 35 min. in a deep pan. he.
nut meats or i c. raisins may be used.

PRU.NE BROWN BETTY

2i c. cooked prunes stoned and cut in
halves, 2 c. dry bread crumbs, \ c. corn
syrup, 3 T. lemon juice, i c. prune juice,
\ t. cinnamon, i t. salt, 1 T. oleo or but-
ter, grated rind of 4 lemon. Mix to-
gether heated prune juice, fat, salt, corn
syrup, lemon juice, lemon rind and cin-
namon. Moisten bread crumbs with
part of this mixture. Into oiled baking
dish put alternate layers of bread
crumbs and prunes, pouring part of the
liquid mixture over each layer of prunes.
Bake in a moderate oven about 45 min.
Serve with cream or pudding sauce.

DRIED CRANBERRIE.S „t ;, ,j u tu- j ji^ i

1 believe we can bring this dreadful
Cranberries may be dried to extend business to an end, if every man, woman,
their season. They are valuable in giv- and child in the United States tests
ing color to sauces and des.serts. Add every action, every day an hour, by the
a few to puddings and sauces to improve one touch stone — does this or that con-
flavor and color. tribute to winning the war?"

— From U. S. Fuod A. Leaflet. — Herbert Hoover.

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY
BOYS' AND GIRLS' WORK

CHARLKS H. OOl'LI), t.cailer

Poultry Campaign Started

Much interest has been aroused in
poultry by the appearance of State poul-
try leader in the schools of the County.
A. Lawrence Dean, State Poultry Club
Leader has stimulated much enthusiasm
in the Winter Egg Laying contest.

The contest starts December 1st and
continues for six months, during which
time numerous flocks of five or more
fowl will compete for the egg laying-
record, under the supervision of numer-
ous young poultrymen.

Sow and Litter Contest to Start

Hampshire County boys are getting
ready to form a profitable pig club.
Among the pigs distributed by the Bu-
reau last spiing, were several good sow
pigs. These will be bred this winter
and will insure a good supply of .spring
pigs for various communities next
spring.

Go.shen, Cummington, Hadley and Am-
herst claim most of the junior hog breed-
ers. Watch these boys work.

Items

A beautiful silver cup was recently
awarded to the South Amherst school, as
the school doing- the best garden work
in Amherst.

How I Raised My Crop of Potatoes

FRANK BILSKE. HADLEY

I began the work of my pi'oject for
the year 1918, on the 10th of May.

I hired help to plow and harrow the
land, it cost me $4.00, including man
and team.

I bought 1100 lbs of fertilizer at the
cost of $33.00. I sowed it broa,dcast so
that the fertilizer would be all over the
plot and so that all the roots would get
a little.

The seed, I bought from H. G. Sears of
Holyoke. It cost me $7.67. I cut the
potatoes from 3 to 4 times so that each
piece had at least two sprouts.

On May 11th, I had my plot marked
out. I sowed 300 lbs. of fertilizer in
the rows and then drew a heavy chain
through them to mix the fertilizer witli
the soil. The rows were 3 ft. and 2
inches apart and I planted the potatoes
from 18 to 20 inches apart, and about
six inches deep. As I had plenty of
time, and as I was rather particular, I
turned the sprouts up so that they would
all come up together. That would save
the sprouts from coming around the po-
tato from the bottom, but would shoot
right straight up.

The potatoes did come up about the
same time, in the week of May 26th.
Every potato came up, but two pieces.
One of these finally came up, but did
not mature.

I cultivated my potatoes June 3 when
they were about four inches high. I
used a deep cultivator so as to loosen
the soil around the roots and to mix in
the fertilizer thoroughly. I cultivated
them three times. They grew very
quickly after being- cultivated the first
time.

I hoed my potatoes three times. Hoe-
ing helps, without question, to make
things grow. But toward the end of the
season, I neglected them because of other
farm work. And when I dug them, it
was necessary to first go over the lot
and pull out the largest weeds. So I
had to go through all that extra work,
because I neglected them.

The beetles and slugs were unusually

May Be So 1

Possibly the following will answer in
your minds, also, why some boys leave
the farm:

"Why did you leave the farm, my lad?
Why did you bolt and leave your dad?
Why did you beat it ofl' to town
And turn your poor old father down?
Thinkers of platform, pulpit and press
Are wallowing in deep distress.
They seek to know the hidden cause
Why farmer boys desert their pa's."

"Well, stranger, since you've been so

frank,
I'll roll aside the hazy bank:
I left my dad, his farm, his plow.
Because my calf became his cow.
I left my dad to sow and reap
Because my lamb became his sheep.
I dropped the hoe and stuck the fork
Because my pig became his pork.
The garden truck that I made grow
Was his to sell, but mine to hoe."

"It's not the smoke in the atmosphere,
Nor the taste for life that brought me

here.
Please tell the platform, pulpit, press:
No fear of toil nor love of dress
Is driving off the farmer lads;
It's just the methods of their dads."

Roger Scott of Hadley made a profit
of $1.3.30 on his home garden last sum-
mer. This boy's story and record book
show a very creditable piece of work.
The garden measured 16 square rods.

Returns from the County Canning
Club to date show that boys and girls
have canned 3,976.i quarts, valued at
$1,744.10. The final count will proba-
bly swell this quantity to above 4000
quarts.

Amherst is getting to be a hard to-wn
to beat in club work. The three local
canning clubs of the town have made a
record, 1218 quarts, for the entire town.

From the Canning Stories

"On every Tuesday I would have to
walk twelve miles. It is six miles from
my home to Plainfield." — Mabel JoJmson.
"The girls were trying to get ahead of
me, but they found out that it was too
hard." — Wm. Schoit, Ea^thampton.
"We've a Canning Club in Plainfield,
'Tis the best in the land.
Where the girls all get together.
We learn to dry and can.
We believe in conservation,

j So we'll work with a will

■ And help to feed the Nation,
And to beat old Kaiser Bill."

"I went to Shelburne on my vacation.
Some of the people there did not know
how to can by this Cold Pack Method, so
I showed them about it. They said they
liked it very much." — Hadleij.

How about it Mr. Dole?

early and plentiful this year. I first
sprayed the potatoes with paris green
and water. But as it rained the follow-
ing day, it didn't do any good.
I As the weather was dry and my pota-
I toes began to die away, I sprayed them
with Pyrox.

I used 5 lbs. of Pyrox with good re-

( suits. I put it on rather thick and it

I certainly did kill the beetles and slugs;

but did not keep off' the blight. But I

think it wasn't blight, but it was time

1 Continued on page G

Canning Club Records of Interest

Florence Eddy of Amherst has canned
$12.5. .50 worth of fruits and vegetables.
It cost her $5.60 to preserve 247* quarts.
This is a record for the County.

William Schott of Easthampton has
canned 124 quarts, valued at $54.60. He
had to purchase his outfit, and produce.
This cost $60.66. He needn't be dis-
couraged over the $6.06 loss. He's
ready next year for bigger results.

Canning Club Names

Easthampton — Allied Canning Club
South Amherst^The Canning Quartette
Westhampton — Clover Leaf Canning

Club
Northampton — Liberty Club
North Amherst — Noam Club
Hadley — Helping Hand Club
Goshen — Good Luck Club
Belchertown — Helpers of Uncle Sam
Amherst — Busy Bees
Enfield — Kold Prosso

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

WHAT IS NEW
IN FOOTWEAR?

No doubt you are asking yourself this
question at the present time, and, if
you are, and wish to have it answered
to your satisfaction, we would suggest
that you come and look over our as-
sortments. They will give you a cor-
rect conception of the styles which
fashion has conceived and adhering
strictly to the war department's re-
quests as to colors and height of tops.

THE MANDELL COMPANY

The Draper Hotel Building
NORTHAMPTON, . . MASS.

Northampton
^ National Bank ^

C. N. CLARK, President
WARREN M. KING. Vice-President
EDWIN K. ABBOTT, Cashier

CAPITAL AND SURPLUS, $660,aiO
DEPOSITS. s-2,0(X).(XI0

Interest Paid on Special Accounts and
Certificates of Deposit

We are qualified to act as Executor,
Administrator and Trustee

Why not make your will appointing
this Bank as Executor ?

THE BANK FOR EVERYBODY

The Habit of Saving

Is at the bottom of most
big successes in the busi-
ness world. Begin tlie
habit by opening a sav-
ings account with the
H a y (1 e n V i 1 1 e Savings
Bank. O n e d o 1 1 a r is
enough t(^ start witli.

BANK BY MAIL

Conclu<leLl from imge 1

will be greater in 1919. We must make
our supreme effort now in order that
the aims of tlie war may be assured.

At the annual meetings of the Farm
Bureau held in the past, the represen-
tation from the towns in the eastern
part of the County has been very small.
Come on, Eastern Hampshire, show the
Western Hampshire people that you are
just as much interested in the welfare
of the County by your presence at this
meeting. Sixteen towns were repre-
sented last year. Make it a full quota
this year, with every town represented.
This will only be accomplished by each
individual feeling his or her responsi-
bility.

During the past year, the women of
the County have taken a keen interest in
the work of the Bureau and it is hoped
they will send a large number fi-om each
town to this meeting.

Remember and do not schedule other
engagements for the date mentioned.
Save December .3rd and interest as
many of your neighbor's in attending as
possible.

Onion Seed Acreage for 1^18

Several acres of onion seed were
grown in Hampshire and Franklin Coun-
ties that have not been listed by the
United States Department of Agricul-
ture in their seed report given below.
The table shows, however, that prac-
tically all the onion seed grown in the
United States comes from California.
The results of the seed grown locally will
be watched with a great deal of interest
and it may be that the venture will be
successful enough to warrant its develop-
ment.

HAYDENVILLE SAVINGS BANK

HAVDENVILLE, MASS.

Yield

Planted usually

Date

1918

obtained

harvestius

State

acres pounds

is general

Connecticut

350

Sept. 1

Illinois

2.50

Aug. 5

Indiana

1.5

200

Ohio

220

Aug. 5

Kentucky

300

.July 15

Minnesota

200

Aug. 10

Colorado

400

Aug. 15

Washington

300

Oct. 15

Oregon

330

Sept. 25

California

6,822

400

Aug. 5

Other states 11

U. S.

7,233

395

ONION SETS

Illinois 3

041

12,500

Aug. 5

Kentucky

y,,;-0

Aug. 1

Wisconsin

12,5,.

Aug. 15

Nebraska

8,00')

Aug. 15

Kansas

8,500

Aug. 1

Colorado

109

14,700

Sept. 15

Oregon

150

10,000

Aug. 10

Others

U. S. 3,

470

12,225

W. H. RILEY & CO.
PLUMBING and HEATING

KITCHEN FURNISHINGS

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Glenwood Kanycs and Ldwe Bros. Paints

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Saturdays, 9 A. M. to noon
Monday evenings, 6.30 to 8

FIRST NATIONAL BANK

NORTHAMPTON, MASS.

THE BAXK O.X THE CORNER

We oiler liberal banking
facilitie.s to tlie citizens of
this coinnninity.

We are always pleased to
have you call upon us.

WM. G. BASSETT, President

F. N. KNEELANI), Vice-President
OLIVER B. BRADLEY, Cashier

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

Wiswell the Druggist

82 Main Street

— THE KODAK STORE —

VETERINARY REMEDIES
Daniels', Lesure's, Barber's

STABLE DISINFECTANTS

SAMUEL I). HOWAHn Wrr.l.lAM N, iniWAUli

D. F. Howard & Sons

Wholfsale and Retail nealni's in

FLOUR, MEAL, GRAIN

FEED, PRESSED HAY
STRAW AND

POULTRY SUPPLIES

90 East Street,

Ware, Mass.

Klevatoi- on K. & A. li. I:
Lous l>istaiir«' Ti-lt-|kli(>iM-

GAZETTE PRINTING CO.
MERCANTILE PRINTERS
NORTHAMPTON, MASS.

OVERCOATS

An overfout is an essential. A
great overeoat is iiKire tliaii an
essential, it is an asset. It is a
wise plan to Imy ytmr winter coat
early tliis year, I'm- I lie rhoicc will
be nincli jirealer and the price
more reasonalile. We lia\c a few-
coats at last year's prices, tliey
will not lie willi ns loni;, the hrsi
custiinicM's iiet the liest choice.

Fords oiv

TRADE ^/^A«.«

Here is Henry T'ord's \Mirlil-w idi' iiil't to civilization, wliicli
has won the all-Eniihunl chanipionship pi'i/.e at the demon-
stration given at Lincolnsiiire, Englan<l, JMay U, ]91S. It is
one of the princi]ial factors in winning this great war in
lielpinii in the jjrodnct ion of food. Every farmer siionld own
one of these niaciiines.

For Circulars, Catalogs, Etc., Etc.
CHASE MOTOR SALES COMPANY

Distributors for Western Massachusetts

,;():i .M.\IN STHKK.T XOKTH AMPTOX, BIASS.

Hampshire County Mills which have Reported to Massachusetts
Food Administration

Aililrc.-* an.l Xiuiio of Mill
Anilierst — A. F. Sanctuary
Bisbee.s — Bisbee's Mills
Enfield — Rytlier & Warren
Greenwich — Walker Grain Co.
Hatfield— H. D. Smith
Holyoke —

C. G. Burnham steel

Prentiss, Brooks Co. steel

C. B. Sampson stone and steel

No. Amherst — Edward S. Puffer stone
Northampton — W. Smith steel and stone
Southampton — Geo. H. Lyon steel

Ware— D. F. Howard & Sons steel

Williamsburg— H. G. Hill Co. steel

Stvl..-

Enuipiiixi t

steel

almost any kind

stone

corn and oats

steel

all kinds

stone

coin and oats

steel

corn and oats

GriiMl

wheat, corn, oats, rye

corn and rye

corn and oats

corn, oats, rye

wheat, rye and all coarse grains

all kinds for feed

wheat, corn, oats

wheat, corn, oats, buckwheat, rye

Prices $15.00 to $45.00 inc.

R. F. ARMSTRONG & SON

80 MAIN STRKKT, M>lt I II A >I I'TON, MASS.

Continued from page 4
for them to die anyway, so it didn't
trouble me any as long as the goods
were there.

I hilled my potatoes the last of .July,
rather late, but late is better than never.

We had our first meal of new potatoes
the 10th of July, and they were great!
We happened to have a visitor and he
said that they were the finest new po-
tatoes he ever ate. It happened he was
Irish and any Irishman might say that
at the sight of an Irish Cobbler.

On .luly 25th, I dug 13 bushels of po-
tatoes. Of these, 12 bushels were large
and one small. And two days later, 1
I sold the large ones for $2.00 per bushel.

I dug the rest toward the last of Sep-
tember. There were 47 bushels of large
ones and 5 bushels of small ones, mak-
1 ing a grand total of fio bushels.

I sold 25 bushels more for $2.00 per
bushel, making a total of 37 bushels sold
for $74.00, leaving 28 bushels, including
small ones, valued at $50.00.
I My total income was $124.00, my ex-
penses, $79.47, making a net profit of
! $44. .53.

It cost me at an average of $1.22 a
bushel to raise the potatoes, leaving 88
cents profit on each bushel.

I consider that a very good profit and
I expect to raise more another year.

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

CoiicUideil fr<ini itatre 1
badly mixed, disease is too plentiful, and
the acreage small.

What are the conclusions?
First, that the farmers in Hampshire
County can compete on the market with
potatoes from other districts. This
year, for example, local potatoes are not
plentiful enough to supply the fall de-
mand. It has even been stated that
local farmers are selling Maine potatoes
on the community maiket. Potatoes
' have proved a good cash crop, grown
one year after anothei-.

In regard to the hill towns growing-
seed stock, it might be said that Piof.
Earl Jones, Extension Agronomist,
Mass. Agricultural College, has found
only a few farmers who have stock,
suitable for market .seed. Prof. -lones
recommends that the farmers in the
I different hill town districts pool their
orders and purchase some northern-
grown, certified seed, for a foundation
RIQ^FII'Q TIRF QUflP stock and then by selection and the use

well, is free from disease, and is suit-
able for the market.

Don't Make the Fertilizer Man Your
Banker His Rates are High

Qet in Front with

A. W. HIGGINS

DEALER IN

All rertilizer Materials

WESTFIELD, MASS.

TEL. laa or AMHKKST •.J34-.n

Bulk in n fertilizer is iininaterial
Pounds of plant fooil are everything

NOKTH.VMPTON, MASS.

Miller, Qoodyear, and U. S. Tires

Tires and Tubes

Vulcanized by Steam

GOODYEAR SERVICE STATION

FKEE AIK

66 KING STREET

Tel. ia93-N

NORTHAMPTON

COMMERCIAL

COLLEGE

"THE SCHOOL OF THOROUGHNESS"

In session twelve months in
the year. Students admitted
at any time and graduated
when competent.

Greater demand and better
salaries for business = trained
men and women than ever be=
fore. For catalogue and com»
plete information address

JOSEPH PICKETT, Principal
76 Pleasant St., Northampton, Mass.

Onion Set Conditions at Chicago

Onion sets in the Chicago district have
turned out very much better than was
anticipated in the summer and early fall.
During the harvesting season the crop
appeared short. Though the acreage
planted to onion sets this year was much
larger than last year, it is estimated that
the acreage of sets harvested this year
was less than that of last year. The
yields, however, were better, averaging
on the South Side of Chicago, about five
bushels for each pound of seed sown, and
on the North Side, five and a half to six
bushels per pound sown. No survey of
total production has been made, but
dealers estimate that the production for
1918 is about 80 per cent of that for
1917. The sets were harvested under
ideal weathei- conditions and the quality
is excellent.

The active shipping season from
growers' to distributors' hands is over.
The outside demand is quiet and prices
have declined about 2.5 cents per bushel
from those pievailing about thirty days
ago. Most of the independent growers
having a surplus quantity of sets have
sold them and while a few sets are still

1 being offered, they do not find ready
sale.

Present quotations, for prompt ship-
ment, based on 32 pounds per bushel, are
$2.00 per bushel for yellow ; $2.00 to
$2.20 for red; and $2..50 to $2.75 for
white onion sets. Quotations for Jan-
uary shipment are about $2.2.5 for yel-

|low; $2.40 for red; and $3.25 to $3.50

' for white onion sets.

COBURN 8C GRAVES

The REXALL Store

Tel. 200 . Northampton, Mass.

Wood
Burning
Furnaces

FOR THE

COUNTRY HOME
Utilize the fuel that
may be obtained near
at hand.

Do away with the setting-up up of
heating stoves.

Keep the house warm and comfortable.

H. B. LYMAN, Southampton, Mass.

HORSE BLANKETS
GLOVES and MITTENS

should interest you at this time

Best Display and Prices Right at

CHILSON'S

The Leather Store

NORTHAMPTON. . MASS.

H, D. SMITH

Hatfield, Mass.

GRAIN, COAL, ICE

AND

FARM MACHINERY

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

RAYO LAMPS

Give an Excellent Light
Consequently, Excellent Satisfaction

W. N. POTTER'S SONS & CO.

In Otir Houseware Department

You'll find a

BIG LINE OF LAMPS

Flour, Hay

HAND LAMPS
TABLE LAMPS

HANGING LAMPS
BRACKET LAMPS
LANTERNS AND
CARRIAGE LAMPS

Grain, Salt

Lime and Cement

When You Need Anything in This Line

"you can ««t--^<t at SULLIVAN-S"

NORTHAMPTON

J. A. SULLIVAN 8C COMPANY ; HSOseware ! FLORENCE

3 Main Street Telephone 6, Northampton, Mass. j

HADLEY

JAMES A, STURGES

Flour, Feed, Grain and Hay

Poultry Supplies

Field Seeds in Season

EASTHAMPTON
Rear 35 Main Street, Next Town Hall

Hampshire County Farm Bureau

bcHOOL

business!

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ANNUAL MEETING

Tuesday, December 3, 1918

AT 10.30 A. M.
ODD FELLOWS' HALL, NORTHAMPTON

EVERYONE WELCOME

For tliat most important step, here's the suit
that in itself is your best letter of indorsement.

No matter into what business you enter, the
man liigher up, who does tlie " hiring" and the
" liring ", is more impressed by your appear-
ance than by any written indorsement of your
character.

Suits tliat \vill lit y(m and add ',»()% to the
tirst impressJDU.

Prices, $20 to $35
MERRITT CLARK 8c CO.

144 MAIN STREET, NORTHAMPTON, MASS.

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY

FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

Vol. III.

NORTHAMPTON, MASS., DECEMBER, 1918

No. 12

Time to Overhaul Machinery

The proper time for overhauling farm-
ing machines is during their period of in-
activity and before the rush of spring
work. If put off until needed, delay in-
cident to getting repair parts promptly,
press of other woik, and hazy recollec-
tio'n of the past season's difficulties may
hinder the efficient prosecution of this
work.

At the end of the season's work it is a
plan well worth while to make out a
schedule of needed repairs and adjust-
ments for a particular machine and file
it in a convenient place, so when oppor-
tunity arises the work may be taken up
and prosecuted expeditiously. The ma-
chine itself represents capital invested.
It should be housed properly and not left
in a fence corner or other out-of-the-way
places for wooden parts to rot and metal
parts to rust, which, even for short pe-
riods, may cause more deterioration than
the season's use. — U. S. D. A.

Hard Shell, the Nut

This is the Story of Hard Shell, the
Nut, who held the little Penny so close
to his Eye that he could not see the big
Dollar beyond. It is a sad story, but a
True story — and I think it should be
Told.

Folks called him Hard Shell, the Nut.
They said that when Hard Shell got a
nickel he'd turn it over Fourteen times
and wonder if he could Afford to spend
it all at once; and generally he'd end up
by putting it Back into his pocket.

Hard Shell sold his cream to the
Creamery. And the size of his cream
Checks made his neighbors weep with
Envy. For Butter in the cities was sell-
ing for 4 bits a pound and was steadily
climbing Higher. And because Hard
Shell was raking in a long price for his
Cream he sold every Ounce he got from
his cows. He never kept out any for his
Family, but he gave them all the Skim-
milk they could drink — except, of course,
what he needed for the Calves and Hogs.

Hard Shell's favorite Saturday-night
Pastime was loafing in the post-office
Lobby and gassing and Bellyaching
about the high Price of Feed and the
Low price of Cream and the gloomy to-
morrows of the Dairy Industry. And

Concluded on page 5

County Agent's Report

DURING 1918 THE HAMPSHIRE COUNTY
FARM BUREAU HAS:

1. Had a membership of .300.

2. Received appropriations from 21 of
the 23 towns in the County.

.3. Completed its work on a $10,000
budget.

4. Maintained a county agricultural
agent, home demonstration agent,
boys' and girls' club leader, supervis-
or for school gardens, two clerks, and
office and transportation accommoda-
tions.

5. Assisted the five milk producers' as-
sociations in obtaining more satisfac-
tory market conditions.

6. Worked with the directors and
patrons of the Cummington Creamery
with the following results:

(a) Held two-day extension schools in
towns tributary to the creamery.

(b) Visited with the directors, the
farms of the patrons.

(d) Held field day at creamery which
bids well to be an annual affair.

(e) Interested the creamery in manu-
facturing buttermilk cheese which
increased the income during the
summer months of about $200 a
month.

7. Placed among farmers .5 pure-blood
boars and 8 sow pigs.

8. Sold for the Government, 2-5 tons
nitrate of soda.

9. Had 14 soy bean demonstrations to
show their value for silage.

10. Assisted the Williamsburg Fruit
Growers' Association which handles
most of the larger orchards in the
western part of the country.

11. Worked with the Food Administra-
tion, organizing every town in the
county for food production and con-
servation.

12. Placed two boys' camps in Hadley
and Hatfield, composed of 6.5 boys, to
help meet the labor shortage.

13. Brought two state tractors and two
reapers and binders into the county
which plowed and harrowed about 200
acres and harvested grain on 200 more.

Concluded on nest column

County Club Agent's Report

FIELD WORK

To formulate and carry out the plans
for this work has taken 107 days in the
office, 18.5 days in the field. During the
63% of the time thus spent in the field,
it has been possible to:

Meet with 46 clubs.

Make 581 personal visits to club mem-
bers.

Hold 166 conferences for the promo-
tion of club work.

Conduct 6 field meetings with boys and
girls.

Explain club work to 4000 people.

Assist in the selection and instruction
of 112 club leaders and garden visitors.

Assist in conducting 34 local exhibits,
embracing the work of 1250 exhibitors.

Get together a county enrollment in
club and garden work of 2473 members,
733 in club work, 1746 in garden work.

14. Cooperated with the District Mar-
keting Agent in assisting the growers
and dealers of onions in moving the
crop out of the valley last spring and
in devloping the market this fall.

15. Assisted in establishing a communi-
ty market in Northampton which did
$11,000 volume of business.

16. Worked with the Franklin-Hamp-
shire Tobacco Growers' Association in
arranging field meetings, a tobacco ex-
hibit and in making arrangements for
a market news service.

17. Spent considerable time in trying
to find ways of combating the "Maple
Prominent" worm that has done con-
siderable damage to the maple trees in
the western part of the county during
the last two years.

18. Made plans for bringing in a car-
load of certified seed potato stock and
for developing local strains of seed
corn.

19. Done the following personal work:

Farm visits 245

Calls on agent at office 1600

Meetings held 35

Attendance 1706

Personal lettei-s 835

Circular letters 7106

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

PUBLISHED BY THE

Hampshire County Farm Bureau

A. F. I>IacI>(ius:nll. County Agent
Helen A. Harriuian, Home I>eni. At;ent
C. H. Gonld, Boys' and Girls' Club Leader

Office First National Bank Building

Northampton, Mass.

Entered as second class matter Nov. 9, 1015. at the
Post Office at Northampton. Massachusetts, under
the Act of March 8. 1879.

'* Notice of Entry "

"Acceptance for mailing at special rate of post-
age provided for in section 1103. Act of October 3,
1917. Authorized October 31, 1917."

Price, 50 cents a year

$1 a year, including membership in Farm Bvireau

Officers of the Trustees

Leslie R. Smith, President
Clarence E. Hodgkins, Vice-President
Warren M. King, Treasurer
Charles H. Gould, Secretary

Trustees for County Aid to Agriculture

Edwin B. Clapp, Easthampton
Charles E. Clark, Leeds
Clarence E. Hodgkins, Northampton
William N. Howard, Ware
Milton S. Howes, Cummington
Mrs. Clifton Johnson, Hadley
Warren M. King, Northampton
Leslie R. Smith, Hadley
John A. Sullivan, Northampton

JUNIOR EXTENSION WORK

A. B. Doggett, Jr.
E. J. Burke
W. R. Hart
Ralph Waterhouse
H. C. Barton
E. W. Goodhue

Cummington

Hadley

Amherst

So. Amherst

Haydenville

HOME ECONOMICS

Mrs. Josiah Parsons
Mrs. B. B. Hinckley
Mrs. Elizabeth Perkins
Mrs. W. R. Hart
Mrs. G. L. Munn
Mrs. E. C. Searle
Mrs. Thaddeus Graves
Mrs. C. W. Ball

Northampton
Northampton
Northampton

Amherst
Easthampton
Southampton

Hatfield
Granby

$1,000 Balance

The annual meeting of the Farm Bu-
reau revealed an unu.sual fact. Treas-
urer Mandell's report showing a balance
on hand of $1,000, was the most en-
couraging in the existence of the Bureau.

The prevalence of the influenza pre-
vented many from attending, but those
who were present were inspired by the
size of the jobs the Farm Bureau under-
took this year in assisting the people of
the county in their war programs.

Director Hurd outlined the organ-
ization of the Farm bureau under the
new law. Dr. T. N. Carver of Harvard
gave some very logical arguments in
favor of a return to the freedom of the
open market instead of continued price
fixing. A new feature of the program
was the appearance of a pig and canning
club members who told of their work
the past season. Needless to say, their
remarks were greatly relished.

County committees to assist and ad-
vise the agents were elected as follows:

County Commissioners Favor Bureau

The County Commissioners, speaking
at dinner at the annual meeting, laid
great stress on the importance of the
Farm Bureau.

The Commissioners are firmly of the
opinion that county funds appiopriated
for the Farm Bureau have done more
real good than any other county expendi-
tures. This is an argument for citizens
of the county to consider carefully.

Each year the County appropriation
for the Bureau has been increased. The
time will be coming shortly when each
town will be asked to appropriate its
share for Farm Bureau work. The
1918 record of town appropriations con-
firms the belief of the commissioners and
the undivided financial support by towns
for 1919 is one of the most convincing
methods citizens of the county can em-
ploy to sustain the verdict of the county
government and express a similar opin-
ion for themselves.

COUNTY COMMITTEE
M. D. Griffin
Fred Montague
Josiah Parsons
Oscar Belden
Fred Pelissier
W. H. Atkins
Peter Hanifin

IN AGRICULTURE

Ware

Westhampton

Northampton

Hatfield

Hadley

Amherst

Belchertown

Town Organizations

Many towns in Hampshire County
have started mapping out their towns for
agriculture, home economics and boys'
and girls' work for 1919. The people
fully realize that the prosperity of their
towns depends on the development of
their agriculture and pleasant home sur-
roundings. At the community meeting
where the difi'erent topics are discussed,
leaders in these three branches are elect-
ed. The people will look to these leaders
to bring to their communities all the as-
sistance and advantages possible, beside
making use of all the local energy and
material available.

In Chesterfield, the agricultural leader,
Mr. H. L. Merritt, is also the master of
the Grange — an ideal combination that
works for the benefit of the town and the
support of the Grange.
There are still a few towns in the County
which have not arranged for a communi-
ty meeting to consider their town prob-
lems. If your town is one, find out why
and get the ball a rolling.

County Items

At the Ira club meeting in Easthamp-
ton, the Home Demonstration Agent lec-
tured on Labor Saving. One woman
finds it a great economy to keep bits of
paraffin in an old tea pot; thus, it can
bs easily melted and poured when de-
sired.

Several women in Cummington came
together for a meat canning demonstra-
tion. The canning of all kinds of meats,
raw or cooked, should help solve many
problems in the hill towns.

The junior club leader and the Home
Demonstration Agent have visited sev-
eral leaders and club members to en-
courage fulfilling the canning club re-
quirements. Those who have not writ-
ten their stories should send them in at
once.

Are you going to support a Junior
Home Economics Club, to teach cooking
and sewing to the children in your town
this winter?

CLUB PRIZES

The county has 11 winners of State
prizes. Three of these were first prizes
out of a possible eight in the whole state.
When it is realized that these 3 first priz-
es came to Hampshire County people who
were in competition with about 6,.500
others, there value and significance will
be appreciated.

The complete 1917 prize list is as fol-
lows :

Pig Project: 1st. Mary White, Hadley
4th. Willard Pease Mid-

dlefield
Sidney Sears, Lithia
Frank Kowal, Hadley
Poultry Project: 4th. Kenfred Root,

Easthampton
Corn: Ists Roger John.son, Hadley
John Devine, Hadley
3rd Mae Devine, Hadley
Bread Project: 1st. Eleanor Sprague,

Amherst
Canning: 3rd. Evelyn Streeter, Cum-
mington.

1918 COUNTY PRIZES

The county prize in 1918 Home Econ-
omics contest have been awarded as fol-
lows:

Bread Project: Leslie Kelly, Amherst 1
Louise Talbot, Ware 2
Sewing Project: Mary Yarrows, Had-
ley 1
Grace Dillon, Ware 2

The people of Prescott held a Com-
munity Thanksgiving dinner at the
Grange Hall. One hundred and thirty
people attended the gathering — an ex-
cellent manifestation of community
spirit.

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

home: making

MISS HELEN A. HABRIMAJJ, Demonstration Aeent

Greatest Opportunity Women Ever Had

It was given to the women of this
country to perform the greatest service
in the winning war vouchsafed to any
women in the history of the wars of the
world — to feed the warriors and the war
sufferers. By the arts of peace, the
practice of simple, homely virtues the
womanhood of a whole nation served hu-
manity in its profoundest struggle for
peace and freedom.

— From U. S. Food Administration.

Spend Food Carefully !

By saving and sharing, America kept
the world together during the war crisis.
By saving and sharing America will help
bring the haling of Nations.

America has been called upon to sup-
ply added millions of food stuffs. Last
year we sent 11,820,000 tons of food to
Europe. Now we have to send 20,000,-
000 tons, practically the limit of load-
ing capacity at our ports to help feed the
millions of people liberated from the
Prussian yoke who are depending upon
us for food to keep them from stai'va-
tion.

Eighty millions of men cannot be
taken out of production for four years
without lasting losses of yield. It will
be years before their fields recuperate,
farms are restored and herds restocked.
Save Food. Economy is still needed.

The End of a Hoover Day

I have come to the end of a Hoover Day,
And peacefully lying in bed.
My thoughts revert in a musing way.
To the food which today I've been fed.
When I think of the cheese, the beans

and fish.
And the oysters I've had to eat,
I've no regrets for the good old days —
I really don't miss the meat.
I have come to the end of a wheatless

day;
I've eaten no cookies or pie;
I have had no bread that was made from

wheat —
It was made out of corn and rye;
And I liked it so well that when war is

past.
And a glorious victory won,
I'll keep on observing "Wheatless days,"
And I'll eat corn pone for fun.

— Oconto (Wis.) Enterprise.

Clothing Schools Popular

A second Clothing Efficiency School
was held under the direction of Mrs.
Reed this past month in Chesterfield and
Southampton. Both groups have formed
continuation clubs and will "carry on"
Mrs. Reed's work, welcoming new mem-
bers at any time. The members have
made their own patterns and learned
many efficient points in the making and
remodeling of garments. One woman
in Chesterfield made this statement:

"This kind of teaching is exactly what
the farm woman has been needing and
waiting for." The groups are looking for-
ward to the third school which will prob-
ably be held next fall.

The Home Economics Club in Hunt-
ington will take up a clothing program
for a number of weeks this winter.
Lectures and demonstrations will be giv-
en on cutting, alteration of patterns, fit-
ting, and garments will be actually reno-
vated and remodeled. Later on in the
year, it is hoped that an exhibit can be
made of work accomplished.

Many people are finding the sheets on
Color, The Home-made Dress Form, and
Recutting of Stockings, very useful.
What can we do for your town?

Home Demostration Work, 1918

Do You Know

that no less than 40 homemade Fire-
less Cookers are in us in this Coun-
ty, saving the housewife time, labor
and fuel?

that several woinen have made wheel
trays and save thousands of steps
between the dining room and kitch-
en?

that 1015 families in this County have
canned this year 41,816 jars of
fruit, 48,38.5 jars of vegetables and
20,102 of fruit products? (Belcher-
town, Westhampton, Easthampton,
Greenwich, Prescott, Hatfield, Pel-
ham and Ware did not report)

that five kitchens have been absolute-
ly remodelled, saving the housewife
miles of travel during the year?

that three towns are having wide-
awake meetings on clothing and are
learning short cuts and efficiency
methods in making and remodeling
paterns and garments? Women in
Chesterfield say, "Mrs. Reed's Cloth-
ing work is exactly what we women
have been needing and waiting for."

that Prof. Novitski of the Massa-
chusetts Agricultural College and
two Polish workers reached about
600 Polish people with demonstra-
tions on canning and substitute
cookery?

that a Southampton woman has a
homemade kitchen cabinet (table,
box of shelves, window shade) and
finds it excellent to save steps and
labor? "Better than a commercial
cabinet for me," she says.
Concluded on page 5

Extension Schools

Plans under way now for the Exten-
sion Schools to be held in the towns this
winter. The schools may be of four
days, two days or one day duration, and
the programs are interesting. The
Homemaking program includes these
lectures and demonstrations:

Selection of food

Kitchen arrangement

Foundation of strength

Home Conveniences

Planning your meals

Sanitation

Hygiene

Child Welfare

Tried out Fats

Milk

Cereals and Fruits

Use of Left-overs

Bread

Winter Vegetables

Three meals per day

The Home Demonstration Agent will
be glad to make plans to hold a school in
cooperation with the Massachusetts
Agricultural College in any town. Re-
member there is greater need for food
saving and planning than ever.

Use More Squash

A recent survey by Marketing Agents
and members of the Food Administra-
tion brought out the fact that the squash
situation, at this time, is really serious
because the markets are glutted, due to
the fact, that hundreds of tons of squash,
for want of storage facilities, must be
moved immediately to prevent almost
total loss through freezing. Again, ad-
ditional hundreds of tons must be moved
because, strange as it may seem, a large
quantity of the best quality squash ever
produced in the state is not keeping well
and if it is to be saved, it must go into
consumption immediately.

The farmers' price, which in 1916 was
$69 a ton, in 1917 $45 a ton, is today
from $20-$25 a ton. In other words, the
farmer is receiving from one cent to one
and one-half cents a pound and many
retailers are selling as low as two or
three cents a pound.

To buy squash is not only good econo-
my, it is also sound patriotism in that
every effort on the part of the consum-
er, helps to relieve the tension on the
producer, who is thereby heartened and
encouraged for he realizes that even
though he barely gets the cost of produc-
tion, at least, the product is a real con-
tribution to the usable food supply of the
Nation.

Use squash liberally, regularly, buy-
ing a whole squash at a time to reduce
Concluded on page 7

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

BOYS' AND GIRLS' WORK

CHARLES H. ftOULU, Leader

Club Analysis

In the Canning Club, the county en-
rollment was 202, representing an S57c
increase in 1917. There were 22 clubs
with 31 leaders starting work. These
club members have canned 5367 quarts
of fruit and vegetables, which is 17%
gi-eater than the 1917 record. These
were valued at .?2,332, while the 1917
output was worth $715.13. According
to present estimates, all returns not yet
being filed, 45% of the enrollment will
finish the contest, against 19% in 1917,
an increase of 267c. The canning club
work has been carried on with the as-
sistance of the Home Demonstration
Agent. One county canning team en-
tered the inter-county demonstration of
the New England Fair.

HOME ECONOMICS CLUB

The Home Economics Club contained
218 members, part of whom were en-
gaged in a sewing project, the rest in a
bread-making contest. The records show
that 2832 loaves of bread were made,
which at $.15 equal $424.80. Two hun-
dred and forty-four gai'ments were made
valued at $142.89. This latter figure
really represents a saving, for these gar-
ments were made by members at a cost
much below what the garments could be
purchased for. As an additional piece
of club work these girls made 942 arti-
cles for the Red Cross. Forty-five per
cent finished the contest, an increase of
14% over 1917.

POTATO AND CORN CLUBS

Due to the scattered enrollments in
these clubs, it has been difficult to man-
age them in an organized way. Twenty-
eight potato club members and 24 corn
club members have been engaged in the
work. Both clubs are slightly larger
than last year. These clubs are most
successful in Hadley where good soil and
careful supervision exist.

PIG CLUB

Only 23 % of the 1917 pig club came
through. The best record in good club
work belong to 4 Middlefield boys, who
all finished, and one gained a State prize.
None of these boys had previously be-
longed to the club.

The 1918 club contains 205 members
or 71% more than in 1917. The First
National Bank of Amherst and the
Northampton National Bank financed
about 50 young swine raisers.

A number of pure bred pigs were sold
to boys in the hill towns. These boys
are planning to breed the sows this
winter, and have a supply of good stock
for sale next spring. At the Cumming-
ton Fair, pig club members exhibited 9

of the 11 head of swine shown. This
may or may not be an indication of who
is raising hogs in the hill towns, but if
there is any club which has a direct in-
fluence on the agriculture of the com-
munity it is the pig club. To prove this
it may be cited the introduction of pure
bred stock in communities where very
little existed before: the distribution of
rape seed to club members, has proved of
positive value in reducing grain bills,
several people have said this. The club
members are granted the opportunity of
having their hogs inoculated against
cholera. Thirteen members availed them-
selves of the opportunity and this led to
15 head being treated for adults.

Pig "Squeals" were held this year in
Northampton, Easthampton and Am-
herst, about 100 pigs being thus distrib-
uted.

GARDEN PROJECT

Home Garden projects were instituted
in Hatfield, Florence, Leeds, Northamp-
ton, South Hadley, Huntington, Ware,
Amlierst, Hadley and Easthampton.

Supervision in Amherst was taken
up by Professor Hart, in Hadley by
Mr. Burke, in Hatfield by a corps of
volunteer visitors, and in Ware it would
have been done by a man employed by
the Public Safety Committee.

The town of Huntington suffered
through a lack of consideration on the
part of parents, yet a very creditable ex-
hibit was made. The project in North-
ampton suffered through a disinclination
on the part of garden visitors to appre-
ciate their duties. Mr. Rand's reports
show that he made at least 450 personal
visits to his clients, and spent about 30
days on detailed organization of his
projects.

Mr. Rand was instrumental in secur-
ing 41 garden visitors. The work of the
visitor is refiected in their reports which
show, that 117 came in promptly and on
time. Forty-six came after considerable
urging, and 165 did not come in at all.
On the basis of 163 reports finally re-
viewed it shows their method of super-
vision was 49% effective.

Excellent garden exhibits were held in
Hadley, Easthampton, and everything
was in place for a large display in Am-
herst, when the influenza broke out.
Fine exhibits were also held in the other
towns, entered in the project.

A cotipeiative agreement of the Farm
Bureau with the Hillside Agricultural
Society will place all competative garden
projects in the hill towns under juris-
diction of the society. This gives prom-
ise of better garden work in the hill
towns.

1919 Home Economics Club

1. Time of contest — January 15th to
April 15th.

2. Stories due — May 1st.

3. Club members selecting bread-mak-
ing must complete the regular 20 hours
and make at least 20 loaves of bread
during the three months.

4. An ordinary sized pan of biscuits
may be counted as one loaf of bread.

5. As long as we are allowed to use
wheat flour without substitute, the prev-
ious ruling that quick breads may be
counted to complete the 20 hours will be
i-ecalled. Substitute bread should be
encouraged, however, as much as possi-
ble.

6. Club members taking sewing as a
major must also do 10 hours of any form
of cooking.

7. Sewing done in the class room dur-
ing regular school time under the super-
vision of the teacher is not counted as
club work.

8. The mid-contest judging of patching
and darning and bread-making where
the products are scored will not be re-
quired. The local leader of each club
should set aside one meeting during the
contest when all bread-makers bring in
bread for her to criticise for improve-
ment of club members. In the same
way, one meeting should be held when
children are taught how to patch and
darn, each member making a patch and
darn. If, however, club members do not
bring in bread during the contest or
make a patch and darn at a meeting,
they still complete all requirements of
the club providing they complete the 60
hours, keep report, exhibit at final ex-
hibit and write story. If club members
do bring in the above, they not only com-
plete all requirements but receive 5
points of credit to their final score.

9. A different patch and darn than
made at one of the club meetings must
be exhibited at the final exhibit. At
least one garment as well as patch and
darn must be made during the 20 hours.

FIELD DAYS

These were held with 39 club members
in Westhampton, Goshen, Greenwich,
Hatfield, Belchertown, Williamsburg. An
all day's outing to Massachusetts Agri-
cultural College was the drawing card.

COMPARISON WITH 1917

Total club enrollment -1.8%

State club enrollment -f-79. %

Garden club enrollment -17. %

Personal visits -f 25. %

Local leaders 4-728. %

Club exhibits -|-100. %

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

MAMim

PLEASING AND PRACTICAL

CHRISTMAS GIFTS

Our store is filled with a thousand and
one practical and attractive offerings, in-
cluding

Gift Slippers for All the Family

For Him— Felt Slippers with comfort in
every line ; Felt Lace Shoes. Just the
thing for "the home stretch."

For Her—" Comfy " Slippers which are
irresistible in their daintiness ; Boudoir
Slippers ; Evening Slippers.

Hosiery for Men and Women

In great variety and wonderfully attrac-
tive as to style and quality.

THE MANDELL COMPANY

The Draper Hotel Biiililiiie
NORTHAMPrON, . . . MASS.

Northampton
^ National Bank ^

C. N. CLARK, President
WARREN M. KING, Vice-President
EDWIN K. ABBOTT, Cashier

CAPITAL AND SURPLUS, $660,000
DEPOSITS. $2,000,000

Interest Paid on Special Accounts and
Certificates of Deposit

We are qualified to act as Executor,
Administrator and Trustee

Why not make your will appointing
this Bank as E.xecutor ?

THE BANK FOR EVERYBODY

The Habit of Saving

Is at the bottom of most
big successes in the busi-
ness world. Begin the
habit by opening a sav-
ings account with the
H a y d e n V i 1 1 e Savings
Bank. One dollar is
enough to start with.

BANK BY MAIL

HAYDENVILLE SAVINGS BANK

HAYDENVILLE, MASS.

Concluded from page 3

that women have met and learned to
remodel and trim hats and saved
$1.00 to $5.00 each?

that seven towns had groups of women
studying and solving household
problems last year?

that every town had a Thrift Center
where literature and timely sug-
gestions could be received and ex-
hibits made and demonstrations
given ?

that more foreign speaking people
were reached last year than ever
before?

that a Polish girl won the county
prize in Sewing? (.Jr. Home Econ-
omics Club?)

that the Home Making Department
has reached about 12,000 people
since December 1, 1917?

that 22 Junior Canning Clubs canned
5,367 quarts?

that the 20 Junior Home Economics
Clubs made 2,832 loaves of bread
and 144 garments?

that not all our schools give the chil-
dren a chance to have some warm
food at noon? Does yon7- school?

that the Farm Bureau stands ready
to help you in your town this
winter?

that mothers, every-where, are glad for
what the Junior club work teaches?

Continued from page 1

after he'd get the poison off his chest to
Anyone who would stand for an Earful
he'd snoop off to Sorghum Smith, the
village grocery man, and buy his family
a pound of Loko, the butter Substitute!
He thereby saved himself a nickel and a
dime.

At first Loko was just a toothless In-
fant; but the encouragement and Sup-
port of Hard Shell and other purse-wise,
stomach-foolish Nuts, it waxed Strong
and grew Teeth. And then sisters and
brothers of the sturdy Loko — Soko, and
Joko, Yoko and Doko — came into exist-
ence. They Grew so rapidly that they
worried the Dairy Industry. And Hard
Shell took to biting his Nails, but the
Penny was still so Close to his eye that
he could .see Nothing else.

It came to pass that Hard Shell, the
Nut, sickened one day. And becau.se his
Constitution had been deprived of the
Protective elements in Milk and Butter
products he failed to Shake off old-man
Disease. And Hard Shell, the Nut,
cashed in his checks.

And it was chiseled on the marble:

"Here Lies Hard Shell, the Nut— He
Did His Best Friends!"

All of which Teaches — well, the Moral
got lost somewhere in the Fable but a
Diligent search will Reveal it.

' fff Glenwood I

W. H. RILEY & CO.
PLUMBING and HEATING

KITCHEN FURNISHINGS

AGENTS FUK

Glenwood Ranges and Lowe Bros. Paints

Opp. Post Office Northampton,

Northampton JlnBttlirtton
for ^auiiiga

Incorporated 1842

t^* 1(^ (^*

Quarter Days, First Wednesday in
January, April, July, October

f^^ t^^ t^*

$1 will open an account
Interest Paid on Deposits

((?■ (^% t^*

Open 9 A. M. to 3 P. M.
Saturdays, 9 A. M. to noon
Monday evenings, 6.30 to 8

FIRST NATIONAL BANK

NORTHAMIT'ON, MASS.

THE BAXK O.V THE CORNER

We offer lil)ei'al banking
facilities to tlie citizens of
tiiis community.

We are always pleased to
have you call upon us.

\VM. G. BASSETT, President

F. N. KNEELAND, Vice-President
VLIVER B. BRADLEY, Cashier

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

Wiswell the Druggist

82 Main Street

— THE KODAK STORE —

VETERINARY REMEDIES
Daniels', Lesure's, Barber's

STABLE DISINFECTANTS

SAMUEL D. HOWARD

WILLIAM N. HOWARD

D. F. Howard & Sons

Wholesale and Retail Dealers in

FLOUR, MEAL, GRAIN
FEED, PRESSED HAY
STRAW AND

POULTRY SUPPLIES

90 East Street,

Ware, Mass.

Klevator on IS. & A. H. K.
Lons: Distance Telephone

GAZETTE PRINTING CO.
MERCANTILE PRINTERS
NORTHAMPTON, MASS.

GIFTS FOR MEN

Come to the Men's Store for GIFTS
FOR MEN. Below we have listed
just a few of the many items that
appeal to men and from which you
may receive some suggestions as to
gifts for the Christmas time.

Shirts
Ties
Hose
Underwear

Collars Gloves

Umbrellas Mittens

Bath Robes Caps

House Coats Hats

Sweaters Pajamas Nightrobes Suits

Remember, we take as good care of
the boys as of men

R. F. ARMSTRONG & SON

80 MAIN STKKET, NORTH AJIFTON, MASS

..'-i..'iiia^i

Fords oiv

TRADE »^/^c«»*

Here is Henry Ford's world-wide gift to civilization, which
lias won the all-England championship prize at the demon-
stration given at Lincolnshire, England, May 9, 1918. It is
one of the principal factors in winning this great war in
lielping in the production of foorl. Every farmer should own
one of these machines.

For Circulars, Catalogs, Etc., Etc.

CHASE MOTOR SALES COMPANY

Distributors for Western Massachusetts

303 MAIN STREET NORTHAMPTON. MASS.

Preservation Reports, 1918

Eighteen towns in the County sent in reports for the Home Canteen Service.
This cooperation meant a great deal of effort on the part of some of the women.
Many of the towns reported especially well. The town of Amherst sent in the
greatest number.

Totals are as follows:

FRUITS

VEGETABLES

EGGS

MEAT

FAMILIES

Jars

Dozen

Lbs.

Amherst

9016

14999

3424

176

331

North Amherst

2051

1857

485

195

South Amherst

30.34

3118

739

767

Chesterfield

171

318

559

Cummington

2746

2782

274

1120

Enfield

813

901

341

715

Goshen

375

388

Granby

806

1160

185

Hadley

1119

1229

169

136

Haydenville

4698

.5317

1129

Huntington

1649

1779

126

Middlefield

739

699

12.50

Northampton

6468

4517

1246

110

Plainfield

1815

1389

210

4280

Southampton

835

627

184

South Hadley Center

1248

2401

389

South Hadley Falls

2552

3240

602

100

Worthington

1771

1664

221
9806

1416

Totals

41816

48385

10928

1015

"What are you reading?"
"A Tale of Buried Treasure."
"Wasting your time on fiction?"
"Nope! This is expert advice on how
to dig potatoes."

Family Growing Rapidly. — Mr. and
Mrs. Paul Fremont are the proud
parents of a fourth son since last Thurs-
day.— Deoorah (la.) Rejmblican.

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

Don't Make the Fertilizer Man Your
Banlter His Rates are High

Qet in Front with

A. W. HIGGINS

DEALER IN

All Fertilizer Materials

WESTFIELD, MASS.

TEL. 7a:t or AMHEKST 234-M

Bulk in a fertili/.er is iiiiniatiTial
Poniids of plant food are everytliiiiK

BISSELL'S TIRE SHOP

NORTHAMPTON, MASS.

Miller, Goodyear, and U. S. Tires

Tires and Tubes

Vulcanized by Steam

GOODYEAR SERVICE STATION

FllKK AIR

66 KING STREET

Tel. 1393-M

NORTHAMPTON

COMMERCIAL

COLLEGE

"the school of thoroughness"

In session twelve montlis in
the year. Students admitted
at any time and graduated
when competent.

Greater demand and better
salaries for business - trained
men and women than ever be=
fore. For catalogue and com=
plete information address

JOSEPH PICKETT, Principal
76 Pleasant St., Northampton, Mass.

Coucludefl from pa^e '.i

waste and extra cost of handling. This
is one way to help the general conserva-
tion movement and thus carry through
to the end the splendid program started
last year.

SQUASH GEMS

1 c. of sifted squash, h c. sugar, I c.
butter, 2-.3 c. milk, 1 tsp. baking powder,
salt, .3 c. flour. Bake in a quick oven.
— Mrs. Horace Cole, Worthington.

SQUASH BAKED IN THE SHELL

Wash squash. Cut into halves, or into
quarters if it is very large. Remove
seeds. Bake in a moderate oven. When
it can be easily pierced with a fork, re-
move from the oven, scoop the squash
from the shell, mash, season with butter,
salt and pepper. Serve hot.

STEAMED SQUASH

Wash squash. Cut into pieces of con-
venient size to handle. Remove seeds
and the outer green shell. Steam until
tender. Mash, season with butter, pep-
per and salt. Serve hot.

BAKED .SQUASH WITH BACON

Cut squash in strips, remove skin,
sprinkle with salt, and put in baking
dish. Cut slices of bacon in narrow
strips, arrange these on the squash.
Cover dish and bake until squash is
tender, then uncover until bacon is crisp
and brown.

SQUASH PIE

Use the dry, mealy squashes. Stew
or bake the squash till tender. Sift it,
and allow one cup and one-half for an
ordinary sized pie. Mix with the squash
one cup of boiling milk, one-half cup of
sugar, one-half teaspoon of salt, one-
fourth teaspoon of cinnamon, and one
egg beaten slightly. Line a granite pie
plate with paste, allowing enough for a
fluted rim, fill with the squash mixture,
and bake in a hot oven until the crust is
brown and the squash puff's in the center.
— Howe Science Cook Book.

Do Not Butcher the Sows

Reports are coming in from all sides
of farmers killing off" their sows this fall.
The chief reason given is that there is a
glut of small pigs this fall and that the
price is low.

Let us stop and consider. Little pigs
sold for $8 to $10 last spring and $5 to
$6 this fall or an average of .$6.50 to
$8.00.

The farmer that prospers in any
branch of farming is the one who stays
with a proposition year in and year out,
not jumping with each change in the
market. Keep those sows ; they will pay
you good retuins next spring.

COBURN 8C GRAVES

The REXALL Store

Tel. 200 . . Northampton, Mass.

FARMERS

The Farmers' Produce Exchange

Handles all kinds of
Farm Products

We pay cash or sell on Commission

POTATOES APPLES

POULTRY FRESH EGGS

PORK BUTTER

MAPLE SYRUP, Etc.

12 Central Chambers
Northampton . . Mass.

Watch
This

Space

H. D. SMITH

Hatfield, Mass.

GRAIN, COAL, ICE

AND

FARM MACHINERY

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

We wondered how Carpenter Gray
Could accomplish so much in a day.
He said 'twas because
He used DISSTON SAWS,
He'd thrown all his others away.

IF YOU

WANT TO

"GET ALONG"

WITH YOUR

WORK,

USE A

DISSTON SAW

'rOU CAN' ««4T<>T : AT SULLIVAN'S"

J. A. SULLIVAN 8C COMPANY 1 Houi^ARE !

3 Main Street Telephone 6, Northampton, Mass.

JAMES A, STURGES

Flour, Feed, Grain and Hay-
Poultry Supplies

Field Seeds in Season

EASTH AMPTON
Rear 35 Main Street, Next Town Hall

MERRY CHRISTMAS

These items will help make it
GLOVES HORSE BLANLETS

MITTENS FUR COATS

ROBES SUIT CASES

BAGS POCKETBOOKS

UMBRELLAS FLASH LIGHTS

We have Gloves and Mittens for everybody.
Our display, variety and quantity of stock is
far superior to any in this section.

CHILSON'S

THE LEATHER STORE

NOKTHAMPrOX, MASS.

W. N. POTTER'S SONS & CO.

Flour, Hay

Grain, Salt

Lime and Cement

NORTHAMPTON

FLORENCE

HADLEY

55CH00L

business!

V' \

For that most important step, here's the suit
that in itself is your best letter of indorsement.

No matter into wliat business you enter, the
man higher up, who does the " hiring" and the
"firing", is more impressed by your appear-
ance than by any written indorsement of your
cliaracter.

Suits that will lit you and add 90% to the
first impression.

Prices, $20 to $35
MERRITT CLARK 8C CO.

144 MAIN STREET, NORTHAMPTON, MASS.

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY

FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

Vol. IV

NORTHAMPTON, MASS., JANUARY, 1919

No. 1

Producing Butterfat

The various breeds of dairy cattle
might be placed in the following order as
regards the average percentage of but-
ter-fat in their milk:

Jerseys, 5.35 per cent; Gurnseys, 5.16
per cent; Devon, 4.60 per cent; Short-
horn, 4.0.5 per cent; Brown Svriss, 4.24
per cent; Ayrshire, .3.66 per cent, and
Holstein, 3.42 per cent.

"This does not indicate that Jerseys
are in every way superior to any other
breed, for they do not excel in the num-
ber of pounds of milk produced. Thus
a Holstein producing seven thousand
pounds of 82 per cent milk is worth more
than a Jersey producing four thousand
pounds of 5 per cent milk. The question
of the value of a cow from the butter-
maker's standpoint, lies entirely in her
ability to produce a large total of pounds
butter-fat, whether she does it by pro-
ducing fewer pounds of rich milk or more
pounds of milk not so rich."

Manurial Values of Dairy Feeds

When feeding dairy cattle, and es-
pecially if purchasing high-priced con-
centrates, it is well to consider the fer-
tilizing value as well as the feeding
value of feed. Just as the value of com-
mercial fertilizer depends on the amount
of available nitrogen, phosphoric acid
and potassium contained in the feed con-
sumed by the animals. Those feeds
which contain relatively large amounts
of the three important plant foods make
good manures and those which contain
small amounts make poor manures.

The following table shows the equiva-
lents of nitrate of soda, i6-percent acid
phosphate and muriate of potash con-
tained in some of the common dairy
feeds. The amounts of nitrogen, phos-
phoric acid and potash contained in these
feeds were taken from Henry & Morri-
son's "Feeds and Feeding," appendix,
Table III. The nitrogen was then cal-
culated as nitrate of soda, the phosphor-
ic acid as 16-percent acid phosphate and
the potassium as muriate of potash be-
cause these are the more common forms
in which these constituents are found in
commercial fertilizers.

One ton of corn contains the ecjuiva-
lent of

Continued ou page 6

I NITRATE OF SODA

Many farmers have been inquiring for
government nitrate this year. It will be
obtainable in the same manner as last
year at $81 a ton, f. o. b. shipping point,
which will be some port on the Atlantic
coast. The freight last year was about
$4.00 a ton. Order blanks will be avail=
able at the Farm Bureau office and or=
ders should be placed early. This is an
exceptionally good chance for the farmers
to obtain available nitrogen and a large
number should avail themselves of the
opportunity. Orders must be placed by
January 25.

HOW TO OBTAIN NITRATE

Applications for a part of the nitrate
bought by the government will be re-
ceived only from actual farmers or own-
ers or holders of farms for use on their
land, and may be made through County
Agent A. F. MacDougall, or through any
member of a local committee consisting
of E. B. Clapp, E&sthampton; H. C.
Barton, South Amherst and John Reid,
South Hadley.

No money will be required with the
application but upon notice from the
authorized representative of the Depart-
ment of Agriculture farmers who have
signed applications must deposit with the
Northampton National Bank, designated
by the Secretary of Agriculture to act
as the farmers' agent for that purpose,
money to cover the cost of the fertilizer
except the freight charge. Mr. Charles
Wade, Hatfield will have charge of dis-
tribution of nitrate to farmers. Ar-
rangements have been made to secure a
large quantity of nitrate and it is be-
lieved that all rea.sonable requirements
can be met.

Town Meeting and the Farm Bureau

As the Farm Bureau is now a public
organization, supported entirely by pub-
lic funds, it is necessary to have all the
towns of the county make town appro-
priations for the support of the Bureau.
Last year an excellent showing was
made, 21 of the 23 towns making appro-
priations. One hundred percent support
is needed this year. Funds were avail-
able from the Massachusetts Public
Safety Committee and from membership
dues last season. These funds cannot
be received for 1919 so that an increased
appropriation has been asked from most
of the towns.

The voters at the town meetings are
also asked to elect a town director who
will be the official representative of the
County Board of Trustees.

Meetings are now being held in all the
towns of the county at which time the
people decide what they want to do in
agriculture, home economics and boys'
and girls' work, during 1919. Leaders
for these three departments are elected
and a program of work made out. The
three leaders comprise the town commit-
tee on Farm Bureau work, together with
the director elected at the town meeting.

Most of the towns in Hampshire Coun-
ty depend upon agriculture for their
prosperity. By making a program of
work for the development of their farms
and their homes, progress should be made
in the community. The motive is worthy
the support of every town and the best
thought and judgment of the leaders of
each community should be given in order
that the efforts of our farmers and their
family shall receive just returns.

"It ain't the guns nor armament
Nor funds that they can pay,

But the clo.se cooperation
That made them win the day.

"It ain't the individuals.

Nor the army as a whole.
But the everlasting teamwork

Of every bloomin' soul."

Amount of Hull in Oats

Professoi- Earl Jones of the Agricul-
tural College has made some investiga-
tions to determine the amount of hull in
diiferent varieties of oats.

Professor Jones says a good oat ought
not to have over S09f hull. His records
show that the Horse Mane oat always
has a large amount of hull. The Horse
Mane oat averages 34 to 44% hull.

Oats raised in the hill towns have been
analyzed, and Professor Jones' records
show that the farmer growing the Horse
Mane oats has 37 to 44% hull, those
growing other varieties had 27 to 29%.

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

PUBLISHED BY THE

Hampshire County Farm Bureau

A. F. MacDousrall, County Agent
Helen A. Harrinian, Home I>eni. Asont
C. H. Gould. Boys' and Girls' Club Leader

Office First National Bank Building

Northampton, Mass.

Entered as second class matter Nov. 9. 1S15, at the
Post Office at Northampton, Massachusetts, under
the Act of March 8. 18T9.

"Notice of Entry"

"Acceptance for mailing at special rate of post
age provided for in section 1103. Act of October 3,
1917. Authorized October .31, 1917."

Price, 35 cents a year

Officers of the Trustees

Leslie R. Smith, President
Clarence E. Hodgkins, Vice-President
Warren M. King, Treasurer
Charles H. Gould, Secretary

Trustees for County Aid to Agriculture

Edwin B. Clapp, Easthanipton
Charles E. Clark, Leeds
Clarence E. Hodgkins, Northampton
William N. Howard, Ware
Milton S. Howes, Cummington
Mrs. Clifton .Johnson, Hadley
Warren M. King, Northampton
Leslie E. Smith, Hadley
John A. Sullivan, Northampton

Scrub Cattle — Scrub Ideals

The character of a man's cattle re-
flects the character of the man himself.
Are you keeping a scrub bull?

Central Warehouse

Is not the time ripe for the farmers in
the towns tributary to Williamsburg to
build a ware-house in which to store
their farm produce? The difficulty in
marketing has always been a big check
in the production of crops in these towns.
One of the biggest steps to take in meet-
ing this problem is to have a central
ware-house. The growth of the Wil-
liamsburg Fruit Growers' Association
which handles a large percent of apples
from these hills is seriously handicapped
by lack of a permanent sorting and stor-
age house. Potatoes to be mai-keted
with safety have to be .sold either, in the
fall or spring, due to the danger in
making long hauls during cold weath-
er. Williamsburg, Goshen, Cummington,
Plainfield, Chesterfield and part of
Worthington are interested. Many of
the farmers have thought of a central
ware-house, but the thought has never
materialized.

The proposition might well center
around the Williamsburg Fruit Growers'
Association and have this association act
as an exchange for all farm produce.

CHART

SHOWING TOWNS CONTRIBUTING TO AND VALUE OF PRODUCE SOLD BY EACH TOWN ON

THE:

Northampton Community Market

The Northampton Community Market from the standpoint of the consumer

was a success. It was self-supporting and furnished the public fresh produce at

a reasonable price. The fanners who patronized the market were well sati.sfied.

However, the above chart tells an interesting story. It shows the tovims which

furnished produce for the market and the value of the produce each town sold.

These facts are revealed:

Total cash sales

Average daily sales

Total number teams on market

Average value of loads

Number of market days

Total number farmers on market

Average sale per farmer

From the above facts, we may draw these conclusions:

1. That the market was patronized by the small farmei'.
those farmers whose volume of business on the farm is not large, and who have
to get part of their income from peddling, buying and selling, etc.

2. That the market was of value to those who grew just a few more fruits and
vegetables than they could use at home, and not enough to bother with in a whole-
sale way.

3. That the market found favor among the larger farmers who had a boy or
girl whose labors on the market were of more value than on the farm.

4. That the market was of no value to the fai'mer who does a large volume of
business and whose farm depends upon his managing ability for its success.

5. That the total sales on the market were not large enough to really consider
the Community Market as a great help in solving the marketing problem of the
farmers who naturally seek Northampton as a marketing center. It was a help,
but made little headway against the real problem.

$11,491.03

319.19

346.

$33.21

36.

57.

$201.59

It was of value to

Not a One Man Job

While speaking of the Williamsburg
Fruit Growers' Association, a little note
to its members might not be out of place.
For the past year the association has
been more "operative" than "cooperat-
ive." In other words, the members have
depended to a large extent on the manag-
er for the success of the association and
have not put enough of an effort behind
it themselves. Many were careless this
past season in the spraying of their
trees, others took very little pains in
harvesting their crop, in fact, very little
progress was made in the production of
better fruit. The members during 1919
should get behind a pruning and spray-
ing campaign and then see to it that
their fruit is harvested and delivered to
the ware-house in first-class condition.

Mr. W. L. Machmer, district market
agent for the four western counties of
Massachusetts for the past year and a
half relinquished his duties January 1.
Mr. Machmer had his office with the
Hampshire County Farm Bureau and be-
came well acquainted with a large num-
ber of its members. He has been
especially valuable to the onion farmers
in furnishing crop and market reports
and was responsible in no small measure
for the success of the Northampton and
Holyoke Community Markets. Mr. Mach-
mer, personally, will be greatly missed
and the county will lo.se a valuable man.

A grunting pig is more profitable than
a squealing one.

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

home: making

MISS HELKN A. HAKRIMAN, Demonstiatioll Aeent

Medicine Free

If we could have the free services of a
physician all the year, we would not be
given anything better than we already
have in the apple bin and the vegetable
cellar. The vei-y best of medicines put
up in the most attractive form to take,
are found in the shape of fruits and com-
mon garden produce.

Every man who has a kitchen garden
has a medicine chest in his back yard.
In the onion, for example, he has a sul-
phur oil which gives the onion its repu-
tation as a remedy for insomnia. There
is solanin in the potato and spinach con-
tains iron.

Cabbage is highly regarded as a pre-
ventative and corrective of scurvy and
scrofula. The composition of the tomato
is chemically so subtle that it is not yet
fully understood, although several active
principles have been isolated and names
have been given to them. So the man
who eats freely of vegetables is taking
medicine without paying for a prescrip-
tion.— The Ploivman.

Suggestions for Dinners for Children
During the Second Year

Give an egg .3 or 4 times a week dur-
ing first half of year.

Give an egg 4 or 5 times a week during
last half of year.

1. An egg, 1 slice bread or toast, 1
tablespoon spinach, 1 cup milk.

2. An egg, 1 slice bread or toast, 1
tablespoon carrott, h cup junket, J cup
milk.

3. An egg, I cup green pea soup, rice
and milk, h cup milk to drink.

4. 2 cup string bean soup, 1 slice
bread, I cup custard, I cup milk to drink.

5. 2 cup potato soup, bread, spinach,
2 cup junket, h cup milk to drink.

6. 2 cup split pea soup, 1 tablespoon
carrots, oatmeal pudding and milk.

7. Baked potato, bread, green peas
(strained), 1 cup milk.

8. 2 cup beef broth with h tablespoon
cooked rice, barley or hominy and 1
tablespoon spinach, bread, 1-.3 cup bread
pudding. (No fruit)

— From Dietetic Bureau, Boston.

Questions to Thinl< About

Do women of your town meet for a
study of home affairs such as the welfare
of children, health, food, clothing?

Is the future home safe-guarded by
the teaching of home-making in the
schools or the -Junior Club woi'k?

Does the housewife have the same
grade of labor saving devices in the home
that the farmer has in his work?

Is the home planned so as to save labor
for the housewife

Do we know what our schools are
actually doing?

Are we spending all our money for de-
veloping the child's mind and neglecting
his body?

Are we securing the highest grade of
efficiency in our schools by retaining our
best teachers? How may it be done?

Do we have a parent-teacher associa-
tion?

Do we have frequent public lectures
and entertainments?

Is medical and dental inspection main-
tained in our schools?

Do we personally follow up this work?

Are our stores sanitary?

Do we have a warm noon dish in our
schools?

Is there need of home-making lectures
or demonstrations to stimulate interest?

Have we asked to have a traveling li-
brary placed in our town for a period of
time?

The Home Demonstration Agent at-
tended, December 16-20, the Annual Con-
ference of Extension workers in Am-
herst. General state programs of work
in Agricultui'e, Homemaking and Junior
Club work were formulated.

Due to the illness of Miss Howard,
Franklin County, the home demonstra-
tion agent conducted a one-day school in
Shutesbury, including Meal Planning
and Selection of Foods, and a demonstra-
tion on Meat Saving dishes.

Program Middlefield Extension School

woman's section
Friday

9.30 A. M. The Challenge.
10.30 Selecting Your Food and

Planning Meals.

1.00 P. M. Demonstration — Possibilities
in Remodelling Clothing.

3.00 Kitchen Arrangement (Il-

lustrated Lecture).

Saturday
9.30 A. M. Demonstration — Three Meals
(Sponge Cake)

11.00 Foundation of Strength

(Child Feeding).
1.00 P. M. Home Conveniences.
2.30 Round Table: "What I have

done, and what I can do."
Joint Session.

Mrs. Reed came to the County again
December 20, and met the women of the
Southampton Clothing Efficiency club.
Fourteen women were fitted to the right
kind of corset and learned the correct
way of wearing. This sort of work is a
step toward improving the health of
women.

Three Towns Plan 1919 Homemaking
Program

Evening meetings were held in Decem-
ber in three towns. The reorganization
of the Farm Bureau was explained and
plans for work in Agriculture, Home-
making and Club work for the town dur-
ing 1919 were di.scussed.

In Chesterfield, Mrs. Homer Bisbee
was elected town leader in Home-making,
Mrs. F. H. Bryant and Mrs. Frank
Damon leaders of the Clothing project,
Mrs. H. L. Merritt leader of the Home
Management project and Mrs. A. B.
Smith leader of warm noon dish in
schools. An Extension School was sched-
uled for January.

In Middlefield, Mrs. Ovid Eames was
elected town leader in Home-making and
Mrs. A. G. Hatch, leader of the Home
Management project. An Extension
School in food, clothing and household
management was scheduled for January.
In the spring, a clothing program will be
taken up with the women and girls.

In Prescott, Mrs. Fannie Mitchell was
elected town leader in Home-making.
The cooperation of Miss Litchfield, a
teacher, was secured to encourage the
warm noon dish in the schools. The
women have asked that a clothing pro-
gram be carried out in the spring.

The State College and the Farm Bu-
reaus throughout the state, feel that this
is a better organization than last year,
in that a certain person is interested in
and responsible for a definite piece of
woi'k in Homemaking. The Farm Bu-
reau will give their heartiest cooperation
toward carrying out these town pro-
grams.

Buying Daily Food for the Family

RULES TO FOLLOW WHEN WAR PRICES
PREVAIL

Milk

1. Set aside enough money to buy 1
quart of milk a day for each child and
one-third quart of milk daily for each
grown person.

Cheese will do for grown people in
place of milk — scant 2 ounces of cheese
for one-third quart.

Skim milk has nourishment for grown
people ; not so good fare for children ;
half the child's daily quart may be skim
milk if necessary.

If anyone has to go without milk, it
must not be the children.

Fat

2. Buy 2 to 3 ounces of some fat for
each grown person.

Children who are getting a quart of
milk daily do not need as much other fat.

j Coucluded ou page 7

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

BOYS' AND GIRLS' NA/ORK

CHAULKS H. GODLW, Leader

Pig Club Members

KEEPING CLUB RECORDS
AN ENFIELD PROJECT

The picture on this page shows two
Enfield boys, Frank and George Ingra-
hani, keeping records on their pig club
project.

When the County Leader and Mr.
Howe of the State College called last
summer, they found the best pig project
in Enfield.

Every club member has to keep a
record of the feed given his pig. These
boys had their records up to date. They
made the pen shown in the picture them-
selves.

Fine Pig Club and Canning Club Films

The State College has two fine motion
picture films showing pig club work and
the manufacture of Good Luck Rubber
rings. It is hoped that these films can
be shown extensively in Hampshire
County.

Any party desiring these films at a
community gathering should notify the
County Leader a week or two in advance.
In communities where no electricity is
available, storage batteries may be used,
so no community need forego this ex-
cellent entertainment because of lack of
electricity.

Sow and Litter Members

Milton Patterson, Amherst

Winthrop Kellog, Amherst

Ellsworth Jenks, Amher.st

Louis Osborne, Enfield

Roy Packard, Goshen

Freddie Field, Goshen

Charles Sears, Goshen

Luther Beals, Goshen

Raymond Vollinger, North Farms

Berkshires and Chester Whites are
the breeds being used. Roy Packard of
Goshen will probably have the only litter
of pure bred Berkshires.

Pals

We're sure good pals, my dad and me.
We hardly ever disagree,

On how to run the place,
'n when I get to be a man,
I'll have a farm like dad, and plan.

To beat his pace.
You see, we're pardners, me and dad,
And though he says I'm just a lad,

He don't treat me as one;
He lets me in on his affairs,
I'll bet the city millionaires

Don't have more fun.
He gave to me a calf and pig.
And later on, when they get big,

I'll take them in to sell,
And with the money that they bring,
I'll maybe buy out dad next spring,

It's hard to tell.
-Just why a feller likes to roam
And leave the farm, his folks and home.

Is easy to be seen;
He ain't a pard, — he's just a hand.
And has to work to beat the band —

A farm machine. — Selected.

Push Swine from the Start

Spring pigs should be pushed from the
start. Young animals make more pounds
of grain from a given amount of food
than when older. The Wisconsin station
found that 38-pound pigs required 293
pounds of feed to make 100 pounds of
gain; 78-pound pigs required 400 pounds
of feed; 128-pound hogs, 437 pounds of
feed ; 226-pound pigs, 498 pounds, and
for the 330-pound hogs it took 535
pounds of food to make 100 pounds of
gain, nearly twice as much as the 38-
pound pig. This emphasizes the im-
portance of pushing the hogs from the
start. Pigs farrowed in April should
weigh from 200 to 250 pounds by No-
vember 1st.

Some Truth in This

"I have always been interested in pigs.
When the opportunity came to raise one
in the Boys' and Girls' Club, I jumped
at the chance.

I obtained a full blood registered,
Berkshire. My Pig's name is Hill Top
Queen.

Soon after I got her my father and I
took a bransack and weighed her. We
had a hard job, however. She would
run from one corner to the other: finally
we caught her.

She weighed twenty-one pounds. I
fed my pig three times a day. I always
scald my grain before giving it to the
pig. It agrees with her better. Green
feed and pasture is also necessary.

I took my pig to the Cummington Fair.
I won first prize on my breeding sow.

I learned many things since I started
to raise pigs. One thing in particular,
was, that pigs with slender legs are not
as good as pigs with stout legs. Well
bred pigs are better than scrubs, because
they have broad backs and stout legs.

Pigs are the neatest animal living. I
wonder if we all realize it?

Pigs must be treated kindly and fed
regularly.

I have made up my mind that the Pig
Club is of great help to young farmers.

I plan to join it this fall with a sow
and litter, next spring with a new Pig."

— Roji H Packard, Goshen, Age 11.

Banner Canning Clubs

The Agricultural College has awarded
handsome felt banners to canning clubs
of Goshen, Westhampton, and South
Hadley.

These clubs are the only ones in the
Country that had six or more members
complete all club requirements. Much of
the success of these clubs is attributable
to the consistant efl'ort of the leaders.
Mrs. A. W. Bailey led the club in South
Hadley, Mrs. H. H. Bissell in Goshen,
and Mrs. Federal Bridgman and Miss
Louise Clapp in Westhampton.

Local Town Leaders

Town leaders to work with the County
Leader in organizing club work in their
towns have recently been elected in
Middlefield, Chesterfield and Prescott.

These leaders were elected by their fel-
low citizens and are members of the
local Farm Bureau committee. E. H.
Alderman was elected in Middlefield, U.
F. LeDuc in Chesterfield, and Mr. La-
Plante in Prescott. The County Leader
expects to formulate definite plans with
these people for the organization of club
work in their towns.

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

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Don't Tell Anyone We Told
You— But:

Edward Seaile of Southampton said
the roof of his mouth has been burnt ever
since his wife began feeding him food
cooked in that Fireless Cooker, Miss
Harriman persuaded her to make.

H. T. Cowles, cashier of the First
National Bank of Amherst, says that
all but one of the Pig Club boys it fi-
nanced have taken up their notes.

W. A. Munson of Huntington says
that some of these people who went out
of the poultry business, went out at the
wrong time, and his books just prove it,
too.

The Three County Fair elected A. F.
McDougall as one of it's Vice Presidents
at its annual meeting.

Ralph Bell of Middlefield got his town
folks to start the new year with a two
day Extension School.

You might pass the word around town
that the subscription price of this paper
is going to be only $.2.5 this year.

Arthur Field of Goshen says he thinks
the Boys' Pig Club has opened the eyes
of some people as to the possibilities in
hog raising.

The Mothers' Club of Enfield has ar-
ranged with the Home Demonstration
Agent, a series of meetings to consider
the Remodeling of Clothing.

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Seed Potatoes

Many farmers in Hampshire County
are planning this year to pool their
orders and get a car-load of certified seed
potatoes from Maine. They realize that
the seed stock of the county is sadly de-
pleted and needs new stock. Prof. -Jones
gives the following statement regarding
the seed potato cjuestion:

There is no question but that in the
lower elevations of the state northern
grown seed potatoes are superior to those
grown here. In the hill towns of Massa-
chusetts vigor can be maintained longer
without renewing the seed, but new seed
is badly needed in these towns.

The Rhode sland Experiment Station
(Exter.sion News Letter, .Jan. 1917) for
six years compared the yields from
Maine and Rhode Island seed potatoes.
Comparative yields of late varieties are
given below. (The Rhode Island seed,
was in most cases, one year removed
from Maine.)

R. I. GROWN SEED

Av. per year 18-5 bu. per acre

MAINE GROWN SEED

Av. per year 286 bu. per acre

In the report of the Massachusetts Ex-
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Concluded on page 6 last column

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HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

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196 lb of nitrate of soda
92 lb. of 16-percent acid phosphate
12 lb. of muriate of potash
One ton of oats contains the equiva-
lent of

240 lb. of nitrate of soda
108 lb of 16-percent acid phosphate
18 lb. of muriate of potash.
One ton of bran contains the equiva-
lent of

310 lb. of nitrate of soda
394 lb. of 16-percent acid phosphate
52 lb. of muriate of potash
One ton of oilmeal contains the equiva-
lent of

716 lb. of nitrate of soda
236 lb. of 16-percent acid phosphate
40 lb of muriate of potash
One ton of cottonseed meal contains
the equivalent of

774 lb. of nitrate of soda
3.54 lb. of 16-percent acid phosphate
.56 lb. of muriate of potash
One ton of clover hay contains the
equivalent of

248 lb. of nitrate of soda
52 lb. of 16-percent acid phosphate
52 lb. of muriate of potash
One ton of alfalfa hay contains the
equivalent of
• 288 lb. of nitrate of soda

72 lb. of 16-percent acid phosphate
70 lb. of muriate of potash

Figuring the manukial value of
FEEDS. — Calculating the manurial value
of these feeds at the present high prices
of fertilizers (nitrate of soda 5 cents a
pound, acid phosphate 1.2 cents a pound,
and muriate of potash 25 cents a pound)
corn would have a manurial value of
$13.90 per ton; oats, $17.80 per ton;
bran, $33.23 per ton ; oil meal, $48.63 per
ton; cottonseed meal, $56.95 per ton;
clover hay, $26.02 per ton and alfalfa
hay $32.76 per ton.

Manure should be carefully saved.-
One must remember that not all the fer-
tilizing constituents in a feed are re-
covered in the manure. Averaging the
results obtained at the Ohio Experiment
Station and those reported in Henry &
Morrison's "Feeds and Feeding," we find
that approximately 75 percent of the
nitrogen, 80 percent of the phosphoric
acid, 80 percent of the potash in a feed
consumed by a dairy cow are recovered
in the manure. — Ohio Exp. Station.

makes the following statement regarding
;eed potatoes: "In our experience seed
grown in northern Maine has invariably
been found superior to our own produc-
tion, even in the first generation. The
Maine seed gives the larger yield and the
:rop is somewhat earlier. It usually
costs more than home-grown seed, but it
is richly worth the price."

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

SPECIAL

COCOANUT MEAL FOR FEEDING
$45.00 per ton

20 per cent protein 10 per cent fat

Butter
little children.

Concluded fl-om page 3

is the best fat, especially for

Sugar

Qet in Front with

A. W. HIGGINS

DEALER IN

All fertilizer Materials

WESTFIELD, MASS.

TEL. 783 or SOUTH DEERFIKLD 140

Bulk ill a fertilizer is iiiiinaterial
Pounds of plant food are everytlilns

BISSELL'S TIRE SHOP

NORTHAMPTON, MASS.

Miller, Qoodyear, and U. S. Tires

Tires and Tubes

Vulcanized by Steam

QOODYEAR SERVICE STATION

FREE AIR

66 KING STREET

Tel. 1893-M

NORTHAMPTON

COMMERCIAL

COLLEGE

' THE SCHOOL OF THOROUGHNESS"

In session twelve motitlis in
the year. Students admitted
at any time and graduated
wiien competent.

Greater demand and better
salaries for business = trained
men and women than ever be=
fore. For catalogue and com=
plete information address

JOSEPH PICKETT, Principal
76 Pleasant St., Northampton, Mass.

3. Buy only sugar enough to make
the meals palatable; it is not needed for
food.

One and a half ounces, or about 3 level
tablespoonfuls daily of sugar, honey,
molasses, or syrup for each person is
enough. Not more than 1 ounce of this
should be in the form of sugar

Spending more than necessary for
sugar when the purse is low cuts off the
family from other food more nourishing.

Fi'esh Vegetables

4. Buy each day potatoes and one
other vegetable — cabbage, onions, car-
rots, turnips, beets, or the like.

Children may have daily 2 or 3 medi-
um-sized potatoes and I pound or more
of some other vegetable.

Grown persons can eat daily G to 8
medium potatoes and h pound or more
of other vegetables.

Cereals

5. Buy no more wheat than the Food
Administration directs. For other cereals
use rolled oats, pinhead oatmeal, corn
meal, hominy, barley, rice, and buck-
wheat.

Flours, meals, and breakfast foods
made from the entire grain are more de-
sirable than the others. These include
water-ground corn meal, rolled oats or
oatmeal, and cracked wheat.

Dried peas and beans and plenty of
potatoes make less bread necessary.

Fruits

6. Give every member of the family
a little fruit every day.

Apples, fresh or dried prunes, and
raisins are among the cheapest fruits.

Varied Diet

7. All that is necessary to keep the
family alive and well is told in the above
list of foods ; if more is spent it may give
variety and better flavor to the meals.

If the family purse allows —

Meat may be added for the grown
people.

Eggs may be added for all the family.

More may be spent for milk, cream,
butter, cheese, fruits, vegetables, fats
and sweets.

The first six rules provide a plain but
safe diet for the family; additions may
be pleasing, but are no more wholesome.

— From U. S. Food Administration.

Boy's New Boar

Mr. Fred Thayer of Chesterfield has
just purchased a registered Chester
White boar pig from M. A. C. to succeed
the one he has been using recently. Mr.
Thayer secured a very good individual.

COBURN & GRAVES

The REXALL Store

Tel. 200 . . Northampton, Mass.

FARMERS

The Farmers' Produce Exchange

Handles all kinds of
Farm Products

We pay cash or sell on Commission

POTATOES APPLES

POULTRY FRESH EGGS

PORK BUTTER

MAPLE SYRUP, Etc.

12 Central Chambers
Northampton . . Mass.

WANTED!
to buy Muskrat and Raccoon Hides

HARRY ASTMANN

184 Main Street, Northampton, Mass.

H. D. SMITH

Hatfield, Mass.

GRAIN, COAL, ICE

AND

FARM MACHINERY

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

^ Peed Cutters ^

We carryan excellent line— several sizes
STR0NQ7AND DURABLE

PRICE

REASONABLE

Remember
when you want

BARN
EQUIPMENT

" VOU -can; OET IT AT SULVIVAN'SV

J. A. SULLIVAN & COMPANY ', ^o^i^RAE I

3 Main Street Telephone 6, Northampton, Mass.

JAMES A. STURGES

Flour, Feed, Grain and Hay-
Poultry Supplies
Field Seeds in Season

E ASTH AMPTON
Rear 35 Main Street, Next Town Hall

J. E. MERRICK & CO.,

Flour and Feed, Grain, Hay, Straw

Baled Shavings

AMHERST, . . . MASS.

HORSE BLANKETS, GLOVES AND MITTENS

Should interest you at this time
Best Display and Price; Right at

CHILSON'S- The Leather Store

NORTHAMPTON, MASS.

W. N. POTTER'S SONS & CO.

Flour, Hay

Grain, Salt

Lime and Cement

NORTHAMPTON

FLORENCE

HADLEY

For that most important step, liere's the suit
that in itself is your Ijest letter of indorsement.

No matter into •\viuit business you enter, the
man higlier up, who does tlie " hiring" and the
"firing", is more impressed by your appear-
ance than by any written indorsement of your
character.

Suits that will lit you and add 90% to the
first impression.

Prices, $20 to $35
MERRITT CLARK 8C CO.

144 MAIN STREET, NORTHAMPTON, MASS.

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY

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■tOCJi'.

FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

Vol. IV

NORTHAMPTON, MASS., FEBRUARY, IIHU

No. 2

ENFIELD LOCAL DISSOLVES WHY NOT GROW A RICHER SILAGE?

The Enfield Local of the Federal Land
Bank of Springfield voted at the annual
meeting, held February 21, to dissolve and
the members affiliate themselves with the
Northampton Local, thus making one asso-
ciation to cover Hampshire County.

This action should greatly strengthen
the work of the bank in the county and
make it possible to reach a larger number
of farmers. Mr. H. S. Cole of Worthing-
ton is secretary and all applications should
be forwarded to him. The Farm Bureau
■would be glad to explain the work of the
Federal Land Bank to any who are inter-
ested.

Soy Beans and Corn Make Rich and
Palatable Feed

Growing more feed and especially more
crops of high feeding value seems, at the
present time, essential to the dairy busi-
ness in Massschusetts. Because of this,
the practice of growing soy beans to sup-
plement corn silage to produce a richer
silage started in a small way several years
ago.

COUNTY HAS VALUABLE

JERSEY BULL

Sire Is Half-Brother to New Champion
of the Jersey Breed

There has recently been brought into
Hampshire County a pure bred Jersey bull
with a production pedigree back of him
that entitles him to the place of herd sire
in any high producing herd. This bull is
Pogis of Cummington, bought from J. F.
Carpenter of Shelburne Falls by W. H.
Morey of Cummington to head his regis-
tered Jersey herd. The sire of this young
bull is Hillside Torono, the bull selected by
the United States Department of Agricul-
ture to head its experimental breeding herd
after a rather extensive search among the
tested sires of the breed throughout the
country. Hillside Torono is sired by Pogis
99 of Hood Farm, one of the leading
sires of the breed and sire of fifty-four
Register of Merit daughters, including
Sophie's Agnes, the new Jersey cham-
pion with a year's record of 16,212 [
pounds of milk and 1000.7 pounds of
butter fat. The dam of Hillside Torono
is Lass 57th of Hood Farm with an official
record of 9844 pounds of milk and 547
pounds of butter fat as a two-year-old,
and a daughter of Hood Farm Torono, the
sire of more than seventy-five Register of
Merit cows. Thus, in Hillside Torono, two
of the high producing lines of Hood Farm
breeding are combined.

That the combintion brings results is
shown by the records of cows of similar
breeding in the Hood Farm herd, a
full sister of Hillside Torono, Sophie's
Dolly Dimple, having made a record
Continued on page tj 1

Soy Beans and Corn

FARM OF CHARLES W. BERRY, PrESCOTT.

Demonstrations in Hampshire Coun-
ty.—In the spring of 1918 twelve to fifteen
soy bean and silage corn demonstrations
were started in Hampshire County. In
all cases but one the soy beans were grown
with the silage corn. These fields were
visited early in September and it was
found that the soy beans had made a good
growth in every case, where the weeds
had been kept out of the corn. In a few
cases there was a thin stand of beans but
a good growth. In one wet field the beans
looked good while the corn did not come
Concluded on page 7

AGED FARMER GROWS

PRIZE ALFALFA

James Comins of North Hadley wins
Prize

One hundred and fifty dollars is a pretty
good amount to receive in prize money
for growing an acre of alfalfa. But this
is the amount offered as second prize in
the Alfalfa Contest by the Mass. Society
for Promoting Agriculture, and has just
been won by a farmer 91 years old whose
farm is located in North Hadley.

Mr. James Comins, winner of the prize,
could have been seen last summer driving
the mowing machine over his acre of al-
falfa and doing most of the work in har-
vesting the crop.

The alfalfa was grown on land bordering
the Connecticut River and gave a yield for
the two years, called for by the contest,
of 11.5 tons.

The crop was seeded in corn the middle
of July, 1916; the cost of labor and fer-
tilizer was $38.50 ; seed and inoculation,
$15.25 ; harvesting, $22.40 ; making a total
cost of $76.15, or an approximate cost of
$7.00 per ton.

Dairymen who are looking for ways in
which to cut down the cost of producing
milk might well profit by the experience
of Mr. Comins.

POOR FARM PRACTICE

To Put Manure in Small Piles

We have noticed recently through the
county a few farmers who have put ma-
nure in small piles in the field. We can
see no good reason for doing this and sev-
eral reasons for not doing it.

The two big objections, as we look at
the question, are the extra labor and time
required to scatter the manure later and
the irregular fertilization of the field be-
cause of the leaching from the small piles.

We would not hesitate to spread manure
in winter except on steep hillsides and
deep snows. Where it cannot be spread
when hauled, we would put it in tall, com-
pact piles, putting some straw or old hay
under the pile to catch the leachings. We
also believe that time spent in drawing
manure now is well worth while to save
time next spring.

Connecticut Valley Dent Corn makes ex-
cellent silage on hill town farnps. Why
not try some this year ?

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

PUBLISHED BY THE

Hampshire County Farm Bureau

A. F. ]>Ia<'I>t>iis::tll. County Agreiit
Helen A. Harriuian, Home l>ein. At;eiit
C. H. Goulil, Boys' an<l Girls' Club Leader

Offic^e First National Bank Building

Northampton, Mass.

Entered as second class matter Nov. 9. 1915. at the
Post Office at Nortbampton, Massachusetts, under
the Act of March 8. 1S79.

"Notice of Kntry "

"Acceptance for mailing at special rate of pott-
age provided for in section 1103. Act of October 3.
1917. Authorized October .31, 1917."

Price, 3,'; cents a year

Officers of the Trustees

Leslie R. Smith, President
Clarence E. Hodgkins, Vice-President
Warren M. King, Treasurer
Charles H. Gould, Secretary

Trustees for County Aid to Agriculture

Edwin B. Clapp, Easthampton
Charles E. Clark, Leeds
Clarence E. Hodgkins, Northampton
William N. Howard, Ware
Milton S. Howes, Cuinmington
Mrs. Clifton .Johnson, Hadley
Warren M. King, Northampton
Leslie R. Smith, Hadley
John A. Sullivan, Northampton

Paper and Pencil Help Make Money

How about making farming a business
this year? Do you really know, without
keeping an account book, whether it costs
6 or 9 cents to produce a quart of milk ?
Whether the brindle cow produces milk at
a profit while the cow standing side of her
was losing all the brindle made? Can you
sell potatoes at $1.50 a bushel and make a
profit, or does the wife make more on her
hens than you made on the pigs ? If you
are interested in knowing why you farm,
spend a little time with the pencil. The
account book printed by the Massachusetts
Agricultural College is very simple and
complete. They may be obtained at the
Farm Bureau office.

Towns Continue to Support Bureau

The response from the towns in making
appropriations for the support of the Farm
Bureau has been of the best. The ten
towns that held meetings on February 3,
all made appropriations and in nearly every
case equalled their allottment. The budget
was divided among the towns according to
the population, and the towns desire to
pay their proportion of the expense.

The Farm Bureau is now an established
county organization, with practically all
the towns ready with a program for devel-
opment along the lines of agriculture,
home-making, and club work.

BETTER SEED TO BE USED

Potato Men to (let Certified Stocl<

In growing potatoes, the first and most
important factor is the selection of good
seed. In those towns where potato grow-
ing is important, the farmers realize this
fact, and at their meetings have appointed
one of their number to find suitable seed
stock for their town. Professor Earl Jones
of M. A. C. recommends that farmers buy
certified stock where they desire to keep
their own seed.

Certified stock means that the seed
comes from fields that have been inspected
twice during the growing season and once
after being dug, for disease and trueness
to variety. This work is carried on by the
state colleges in the several states. Seed
that passes the inspection is certified and
a farmer purchasing such stock is sure of
obtaining the best possible.

The following leaders for potato work
have been appointed :

Howard Johnson -Worthington
H. L. Merritt -Chesterfield
Darwin Wells— Cummington
N. K. Lincoln — Plainfield
F. A. Cottrell- Middlefield
John Reid — South Hadlev
John Hawes — Belchertown

EARLY HATCHING MEANS MONEY

Records prove that the early hatched
pullet is the profitable one. Winter pro-
duction, which is the most profitable, is
in close correlation to the time of hatching.
Early hatching means more days of ma-
turity or a large laying period and conse-
quently a higher winter production. As a
general practice, all hatching should be
completed before May 1, and with larger
flocks, approximately one-third the hatch
should be made before March 10.

Lime and Phosphate Help Pastures

Farmers are beginning to realize more
and more the value of a good pasture.
Have you had any experience in improv-
ing pasture land ? Have you used acid
phosphate, lime, or wood ashes with good
results ? The Farm Bureau would wel-
come any suggestions you have.

Some have had good results with lime
and acid phosphate and a few test plots
will be tried by the Farm Bureau in dif-
ferent sections of the County this year.

Soy Beans Worth While

Dairymen looking to lower feed costs
should read carefully the article in this
issue, written by Earl Jones of M. A. C. ,
on the use of soy beans as silage. This
crop has come to stay on a great many
dairy farms, and this vear should see a
big increase in its acreage in Hampshire
County.

Don't Tell Anyone We Told
You But:

W. L. Chilson & Son have loaned the
Farm Bureau an exhibit of mittens and
gloves, showing the practical and imprac-
tical varieties for people to buy. The
Home Demonstration Agent is taking this
exhibit to the clothing meetings.

Mrs. Albert Deane of Northampton ex-
perimented with Crisco cans last summer
and found that they are cleaned well and
make good receptacles for canning pears,
either by the open kettle or cold pack
method.

Mrs. Byron Pontius of Amherst, after
giving Mr. Pontius a second helping of
steamed apples, which he seemed to like
pretty well, told him how they were made
in that labor saving, time saving instru-
ment—the fireless cooker.

Make a syrup of }4 c. sugar and % c.
water. Place in it halves of apples. Bring
to boiling point and place in fireless cooker
for 2 or 3 hours. Remove while still warm
and place on a marshmallow. Brown
slightly in oven. This makes a delicious,
dessert. — Mrs. Pontius, Amherst.

George Timmins, Ware, has a Watson
four-row potato sprayer for sale. It is a
traction machine, practically as good as.
new and all ready for business. It is also
equipped with an orchard spray attach-
ment. Apply for information to the owner
or at the Farm Bureau office.

Trustees Smith and Howes and Agent
MacDougall attended the recent meeting
of the State Department of Agriculture.

ONION SHIPMENTS

In the survey trndi by Mr. William L.
Machmer, District Market Agent, of the
onions held in commercial storage in the
Connecticut Valley, December 1, 1918,
1129 cars were reported. The ship-
ments for December and January are
given below :

stations l>eceinber .lanuary

South Deerfield 33 cars 160 cars

Hadley 26 " 50'^ "

Hatfield 10 " 29 "

North Hatfield 6 " 20 "

Whately 7 " 19 •'

Amherst 7 " 10 "

Deerfield 4 " 5 "

Montague 3 " 4 "

Northampton 5 " 3}4 "

101

301

HAVE YOU GOOD SEED CORN?

The Corn Show at the Mass. Agricul-
tural College, March 17-20, should inter-
est a large number of farmers in Hamp-
shire County. The forty-ear germination
test is especially valuable. For informa-
tion and entry blanks, send to Prof. Earl
Jones, Mass. Agricultural College, Am-
herst, Mass. Don't delay, as some of the
exhibits have to be entered by March 4.

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

home: making

WHERE DOES THE MONEY GO? MORE TOWN LEADERS ELECTED

Household Accounts Tell Interesting

Story

"Money talks," is a common saying.
Money goes, is a common fact. That is
the most common failing of a dollar bill.
We are sometimes a little more content if
we know where the inoney goes. House-
hold accounts are a sure index to the out-
lets of the household budget. They tell
you where they are and how much goes
through each opening.

Several women in the county are inter-
ested in keeping account of the daily ex-
penditure of money from the home. From
this time on, the account pamphlets will
be supplied by the Massachusetts Agricul-
tural College for a small sum. Those in-
terested in keeping same may apply to the
Farm Bureau.

The following women are keeping ac-
counts at present :

Mrs. D. C. Randall, Belchertown
H. F. Peck,
H. W. Conkey,
Henry Witt,

Mrs. D. B. Bardwell,

Mrs. M. A. Hinds.

Mrs. E. F. Munsell,

Mrs. G. D. Blackmer,

Miss M. E. Bardwell,

Mrs. Frank Chaffee, Enfield

Mrs. Ralph Bell, Middlefield

Mra. Edward Searle, Southampton

Mrs. J. W. Higgins, "

Mrs. W. S. Lyman, "

Mrs. Robert Spier, "

Mrs. C. R. Kendall,

Mrs. E. I. Hutchinson "

Mrs.
Mrs.
Mrs.

BELCHERTOWN

Leader in 'Homemaking, Mrs. Henry
Witt ; Clothing Group, Mrs. A. R. Redder.

PLAINFIELD

Leader in Homemaking, Mrs. Ralph
Rice ; Household Management, Mrs. N. K.
Lincoln ; Clothing, Mrs. George Rice ;
Health, (tooth brushing), Mrs. Leon Burt.

HADLEY

Leader in Homemaking, 'Mrs. J. P.
Reed.

SOUTH HADLEY

Leader in Homemaking, Mrs. A. W.
Bailey; Study Group Leader. Mrs. A. W.
Bailey.

EASTHAMPTON

Leader in Homemaking, Mrs. Seelye
Hitchcock.

WORTHINGTON

Leader in Homemaking, Mrs. Arlin Cole ;
Household Management, Mrs. Fred Fair-
man ; Clothing, Mrs. Howard Johnson ;
Warm Lunch, Mrs. Herbert Porter.

Leader in Homemaking, none.
Clothing Group, Miss Dora Foley.

CUMMINGTON

Leader in Homemaking, Mrs. Fred
Giles ; Clothing Group, Mrs. Fred Giles ;
Mouth Hygiene, Mrs. A. H. Streeter.

GRANBY

Leader in Homemaking, none.
Mouth Hygiene, Mrs. Fiske. Mrs. Gray.

COUNTY COMMITTTE ORGANIZES

At the meeting of the women's county
■committee on Homemaking, January 6,
Mrs. Clifton Johnson was elected county
leader on the Clothing project, Mrs. Thad-
deus Graves on Household Management,
Mrs. B. B. Hinckley on Health, and Mrs.
J. W. Parsons on Food.

The regular committee meetings will be
held in April, July and October, on the
first Monday. The County project leaders
plan to confer regularly with the Home
Demonstration Agent.

Farmers' Bulletin No. 91.3, entitled
"Killing Hogs and Curing Pork," will be
of value to housewives who are fortunate
enough to have a quantity of pork prod-
ucts to preserve for the winter's use.
This bulletin gives information on brining,
salting, smoking and pickling pork, render-
ing lard, making sausage and head cheese'
The Home Demonstration Agent has a
limited supply of these bulletins and will
be glad to send you one.

Good reports are coming in from Am-
herst from women who are using the
home-made fireless cooker. Gas bills are
being cut down and the flavor of dishes
improved.

Miss Ayer of the State Department of
Health, Mrs. B. B. Hinckley and the
Home Demonstration Agent conferred on
the Health project for the county. The
warm school lunch, use of milk, child
feeding, tooth brushing and hygiene will
be the subjects particularly stressed this
year.

Now that there is a surplus of milk in
some localities why not have a demonstra-
tion of the practical uses of it? Miss
Belcher of the Massachusetts Agricultural
College is ready to meet groups.

Clothing groups in Huntington, Belcher-
town, Enfield and Worthington are being
met regularly by the Home Demonstration
Agent.

MILK

The food value of milk is such that Mc-
Collum, the most advanced authority on
the subject, says :

" I only wish to point out the fact, which
rests upon sound experimental evidence,
that milk is an indispensable article of the
diet of any people who wish to achieve ;
that milk production cannot rest upon a
philanthropic basis, but must be a paying
industry. I want to emphasize that the
public must allow the price of milk to ad-
vance, so that the industry is profitable to
the dairyman. Milk is worth much more
than its energy value or its protein content
would indicate. It is the great factor of
safety in making good the deficiencies of
the grains which form and which must
continue to form the principal source of
energy in our diet. Without the continued
use of milk, not only for the feeding of
our children, but in liberal amounts in
cookery and as an adjuvant to our diet, we
cannot as a nation maintain the position as
a world power to which we have arisen."

Dr. F. A. Woods, Chairman of Maryland
Council of Defense, says :

"In the consideration of the food value
of milk, the very best authority may be
quoted to show that not only is milk our
most important article of food, but that it
is, at current prices, by far the cheapest
animal food attainable, is one of the cheap-
est sources of protein, or body-building
material, and is a cheaper source of energy
than is any staple food, except the cereals.
Milk contains calcium, phosphorus and
other mineral elements needed by the
growing body in the most available form ;
milk furnishes the fat needed in human
nutrition in the most assimilable form :
milk contains both of the newly discovered
so-called 'fat-soluble' and 'water-soluble'
factors necessary to normal growth. Al-
together, milk, more than any other food,
combines most completely, and in most
available form, at the lowest cost, all the
elements needed to promote growth and
sustain the human body. Milk has abso-
lutely no substitute for growing children.
It deserves to rank, therefore, as our most
important and necessary food."

H. C. Sherman, in "Food Products",
says :

"Even such comparisons fail to do jus-
tice to the true nutritive value of milk,
which is largely due to the peculiar nature
of its constituents."

Flora Rose, of Cornell University, says :

"With all the evidence in, no food bears
the investigation of nutritive properties
better than does milk. It is impossible to
escape the conviction that not only is it a
cheap food, but it is a food whose value
can hardly be estimated in dollars and
cents."

Concluded on page T

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY
HAMPSHIRE: COUNTY CL_UB WORK

"IF YOU DON'T STAND UP AND SAY IT,

WE WON'T WRITE IT ON THE BOARD'

That's the way the youthful president of the Victory Sewing Circle of West-
hampton landed on a club member who mumbled her ideas from her seat.

The club had just elected its officers, and was choosing a club name. One mem-
ber failed to rise and address the chair when making her suggestion for a club name.
The president called her to order, she didn't stand up, and her idea was not written
on the board.

Home Economics Club members get more out of club work than just learning
to sew. The club meetings are conducted under simple parliamentary procedure,
and members learn how to express themselves. If they have an idea to convey, if
it's worth saying, it's worth saying right. They learn to talk on their feet. This
club president has the right idea. Her name is Helen Crowley.

MILDRED \McKEMMIE

WINS TRIP TO COLLEGE

Canning Club Prizes Awarded

Mildi'ed McKemmie of South Amherst
has been chosen as the winner in the County
Canning Club. The work of this girl has
been of very high grade, and her trip to the
college next summer has been earned. Her
score was 93.34.

Miss Frances Martin, also of Amherst,
has won second prize in the County Contest.

POULTRY CLUB

SOUTH HADLEY BOY WINS

RAISES BEST PIG

Swift River Boy Second

Horace Brockway, Jr., of South Hadley
has been picked the winner in the County
Pig Club. His pig. Curly, made an average
daily gain of 1.6 pounds. He gained 310
pounds during the season at a cost of 13.6
cents.

Horace's story, short, but to the point,
throws some interesting sidelights on the
enterprise.

About the middle of April Mr. Gould and
Mr. Rand came to school and told about
the various clubs. I decided to join the
Pig Club. May 1, I bought my pig. He
weighed 33 pounds and was six weeks old.
I agreed to pay eight dollars for him. June
1, when the club work began, he weighed
45 pounds. I named him Curly. In about
four days he was sick. When I found out
what the matter was and how to cure him
I did. 1 fed him oil meal and salts with
his regular feed of Red Dog and skim milk
to cure him. He gradually got better.
In three weeks he was all well and hasn't
had a sick day since. Curly was put into
pasture July 8. While there, I changed
his feed to Schumaker and wheat feed be-
cause I couldn't get Red Dog. As soon as
sweet corn came I fed him ten ears a day.
Curly began to eat chickens and we couldn't
afford two chickens a day ; so we put him
in the barn. I began feeding Curly my
own corn when he got in the barn. I
weighed him November 30. He weighed
350 pounds.

I fed him :

131 pounds Red Dog $4.59

100 pounds Oil Meal 3.50

144 pounds Schumaker 4.03

81 pounds Wheat Feed 1.94

69 pounds Corn and Oats 2.38

800 quarts milk 24.00

1 pig 8.00

$48.44

Herman Barnes of Swift River came sec-
ond with a Duroc pig which gained 280
pounds or 1.6 for a daily average. His
cost per pound was 16 cents. His story
Cuucludecl on page 5

PROF. FARLEY TO MEET LEADERS

Will Help Organize County

Professor George L. Farley, State Lead-
er of Junior Extension Work, will spend
the week of February 17 in Hampshire
County, working with Town Leaders.

Professor Farley and the County Leader
expect to visit every Town Leader and
make definite plans for carrying on club
work in each town. Professor Farley's
experience in club work will be of great
value to the new leaders. After they have
absorbed some of his boundless enthusiasm
they will have a much clearer conception
of their job.

The problems in each town will be care-
fully analyzed and a year's program of
work mapped out. The County Committee
on Club Work will meet Professor Farley
at a later date, when plans for the county
will be established.

Town leaders for club work have recently
been elected as follows :

Plainfield— Ralph Rice.

Belchertown— Addison R. Kidder.

Hadley-E. J. Burke.

Worthington— Miss Alice Bartlett.

Cummington — Rollin Bates.

Southampton — Edward Stone.

DISCUSSES PROBLEMS

The members of the Hadley Poultry Club
met January 10, and discussed many fine
points of the poultry business with State
Leader Dean.

Mongrels vs. pure bred birds is the con-
test in which members of the club are in-
terested. The boys having pure breds are
confident they will get more eggs during
the winter than the boys keeping mongrels.

Officers were elected as follows : Presi-
dent, Joseph Szafer ; Secretary, Harold
Pelissier.

The Spirit That Wins

The following letter by Miss Cordie Allen
of Lithia is typical of the spirit of Hamp-
shire County Home Economics Club mem-
bers :

Lithia, Mass., Jan. 12, 1919.
Mr. Gould :

Dear Sir : — I received a letter from Mrs.
Bissell asking me to join the club. I also-
received yours. I will join it and do the
best I can. As I have no mother and nO'
one to show me, I will do the best I can.
I will be twelve next month.
Yours truly,

Cordie Allen,

Lithia, Mass.

BANNERS ARE POPULAR

Club Members Determined to Win Them

Hampshire County Home Economics Clubs are all in favor of being banner clubs
From one endjof the county to the other there is a strong determination to bring
more of these emblems into the county. Local club officers who are assisting the
leaders to make their clubs successful have been elected as follows :

TOWN
So. Amherst
Belchertown
Enfield
Enfield
Goshen

Greenwich

Russellville
Southampton

Ware

Westhampton

So. Worthington

PKES.
Agnes Dorsey
Alice Randall
Mary Duifee
Irene Menard
Dorothy Bissel

S. Churchill

V. PRES. SEC.

Kathleen King Francis Shaw

R. Randall

Ruth Wells
E. Hathaway

Edith Lyman

B. Haesaert
Doris Baldus
Alice Young
J. Hathaway

Rachel Twible

Evelyn Pease Gertrude Tyler Elsie Quigley
J. Wood Edith Morriss K. Sibley

Helen Crowley Lila Atwood K. Crowley
G. Witherell Evelyn Stetson Maude Giltrop

LEADER

Cora Hewlett
Mrs. D. C. Randall
Florence Johnson
Dora Foley
Mrs. H. H. Bissell
Mrs. H. H. Dickenson
Mrs. Lilla Bishop
B. Agnes Ryan
Helena Klopfenstein
Mrs. H. H. Sibley
Mrs. W. N. Howard
Mrs. F. Bridgman
Alice Bartlett
Mrs. Arlin Cole

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

MAMWUL]

YOU MUST GET READY

Warm Footwear for Winter

MANDELL'S

Where prices are lowest
for equal quality

THE MANDELL COMPANY

The Draper Hotel ltiiil<lin£:
NORTHAMPrOX, . . . MASS.

Northampton
^ National Bank ^

C. N. CLARK, President
WARREN M. KING, Vice-President
EDWIN K. ABBOTT, Cashier

CAPITAL AND SURFI.US, $660,000
DEPOSITS, 82,000,000

Interest Paid on Special Accounts and
Certificates of Deposit

We are qualified to act as Executor,
Administrator and Trustee

Why not make your will appointing
this Bank as Executor ?

THE BANK FOR EVERYBODY

The Habit of Saving

Is at the bottom of most
big successes in the busi-
ness world. Begin the
habit by opening a sav-
ings account with the
H a y d e n V i 1 1 e Savings
Bank. One dollar is
enough to start with.

BANK BY MAIL

Concluded from page 4
follows :

"I thought I would like to join the Pig
Club this year, as I had never been in it
before. 1 got a pig from Ward Streeter's
farm in Cummington. I named my pig
Billy. He did not like water very well, but
would tip it over. I v/eighed my pig on
the scales out in the barn. Pa put a barrel
on the scales and then I got the pig and
put him in it and weighed him. He weighed
twenty pounds on the first of June. I fed
my pig in a small, V-shaped trough that
would hold three quarts. I fed him three
times a day. He became a great pet. On
the Fourth of July we were gone and he
got out several times. I took him to the
Cummington fair and he won second prize.
At the time of the fair he weighed one
hundred and seventy pounds. One day my
pig got out when I was working out in the
fields. We had company that day and they
took some pictures of him. At the begin-
ning of the Pig Club I fed my pig about a
quart of grain a day and at the close of
the contest I was feeding him about four
quarts a day.

FARM BUREAU AND Y. M. C. A.

Co=operating in Boys' Work

Mr. J. E. Reynolds, County Y. M. C. A.
Secretary, and the county leader, expect
to work together in several towns during
the year.

Mr. Reynolds' work with boys' clubs
deals with social activities ; the county
leader is interested in the agricultural ac-
tivities. In some cases the county leader
will appear before Mr. Reynolds' clubs to
tell of club work and vice versa, Mr. Rey-
nolds will entertain some of the county
agricultural clubs.

Arrangements have been made for a
joint meeting in Belchertown for February
19. Other towns which may be worked
in are Enfield, Southampton, Granby,
Williamsburg, Amherst and Chesterfield,

$100 FOR CLUB WORK

Massachusetts Society for Promotion of
Agriculture Donates It

One hundred dollars has been donated to
each County Farm Bureau to be spent in
the interests of club work. The money is
to be used under the direction of the County
Leader.

There are a number of uses to which this
fund might well be put.

The County Committee on Club Work
will advise in the spending of this money.

HAYDENVILLE SAVINGS BANK

HAYDENVILLE, MASS.

America's food resources are not ours
alone, but a trust for the healing of na-
tions, for defense against hunger and
famine, for a witness to our faith that all
mankind is one family. For hundreds of
millions in hunger or fear of famine, save
food, redeem America's pledge.

— U. S. Food Acbninist ration.

W. H. RILEY & CO.
PLUMBING and HEATING

KITCHEN FURNISHINGS

AGENTS FOIt

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Opp. Post Office Northampton, Mass.

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for i'aoittga

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Saturdays, 9 A. M. to noon
Monday evenings, 6.30 to 8

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THE BANK ON THE CORNER

We ofTer lil)eral banking
fiicilitie.s to tlie citizen.s of
tills community.

We are always pleased to
liave you call upon us.

VVM. G. BASSETT, President

F. N. KNEELAND, Vice-President
OLIVER B, BRADLEY, Cashier

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

Wiswell the Druggist

82 Main Street

— THE KODAK STORE —

VETERINARY REMEDIES
Daniels', Lesure's, Barber's

STABLE DISINFECTANTS

SAMUET- D HOWARD

\VIIJ,IAM N. HOWAItl)

D. F. Howard & Sons

Wholesale and Retail Dealers in

FLOUR, MEAL, GRAIN
FEED, PRESSED HAY
STRAW AND

POULTRY SUPPLIES

90 East Street,

Ware, Mass.

Elevator on J$. & A. R. K.
Lons: Distance TeIei»hone

GAZETTE PRINTING CO.
MERCANTILE PRINTERS
NORTHAMPTON, MASS.

Fords oiv

Here is Henry Ford's worlil-wide gift to civilization, wiiicli
has won the all-Enghmd eliampionship prize at tlie demon-
stration given at Lincolnsliire, England, ]May 9, 1918. It is
one of the principal factors in winning this great war in
helping in the production of food. Every farmer should own
one of these maciiines.

For Circulars, Catalogs, Etc., Etc.
CHASE MOTOR SALES COMPANY

Distributors for Western Massachusetts

ao:i MAIN STKEKT NORTHAMPTON. MASS.

DOiNT El^PECT TO '

&ET riORE THAN

A DOLLARS WoR:TH)!jfh3^

l-OR A DOLLAR' Lf^m^

If you get the worth of every dollar you
spend you should lead a happy life.

We are offering clothing values that will
make you appreciate us.

In the buying of our stock of well woven,
stylishly built garments we insist upon getting
our money's worth.

That is why we can give you the right kind
of a deal.

Sounds reasonable, doesn't it ?

R. F. ARMSTRONG & SON

80 MAIN STKEET, NORTH AMTTON, MASS.

Concluded from page 1
of 10,813 pounds of milk and fi89 pounds
of butter fat as a junior two-year-old,
and by the records of the daughters
of Hillside Torono in Mr. Carpenter's
herd. As yet none of these daughters of
! Hillside Torono are old enough for a ma-
ture cow record, but the seven that have
been tested as two and three-year-olds
have averaged 8,887 pounds of milk and
482 pounds of butter fat. These records
were made under herd conditions that were
not at all unusual, the feed and manage-
ment given these heifers being only that ,
which could be given in any good dairy-
man's barn. There are seven other daugh-
ters of Hillside Torono now on test in the
Carpenter herd that promise to at least
equal the average of those already tested,
six more that have not as yet been bred,
and four were sold with the old bull to the
government, all of which will be given a
chance to enter the Register of Merit ;
when they freshen. i

The dam of Mr. Morey's new herd sire
is Girl of Hillside, one of the kind that
approximates the ideal to breed from.
She is not only one of the best typed cows
in the Carpenter herd and a good producer,
being now on test with a record of 11,279 '
pounds of milk and 545 pounds of butter ^
fat in 365 days, but she is also a producer \
of producers. Mr. Carpenter has in his ■
herd two full sisters of this young hull that
have made official records of 514 and 4.52 ,

pounds of butter fat, and a third sister

not yet in milk, was sold to the govern-
ment. Many successful breeders believe
that the dam has the predominating influ-
ence on the characteristics of the male off-
spring and in selecting a new herd sire pay
particular attention to the dam of the
animal under consideration. Whether or
not this theory holds good in practice Mr
Morey has selected a future sire whose
maternal backing is good in both type and
production.

Mr. Morey's herd of Jerseys is one of
the good herds of pure bred (fairy cattle
in this county. While he has not been offi-
cially testing regularly, in 1914-1915 he put
ten cows in the Jersey Register of Merit
with very creditable records, making an
average of 7845 pounds of milk and' 492
pounds of butter fat. He had three two-
year-olds that made records of 341, 355
and 372 pounds of butter fat and his two
highest producers made 626 and 653 pounds
of butter fat at six years of age. Mr.
Morey has been using as his herd sire a
son of one of these high record cows sired
by a son of his other high producer, so in
selecting a new herd bull it was necessary
that he get an animal backed by high pro-
duction to continue the improvement of
his herd. The county agent and the exten-
sion live stock specialist at the Massachu-
setts Agricultural College assisted Mr.
Morey in locating a new herd sire. Pogis
of Cummington is an excellent individual.

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

UP-TO-DATE FERTILIZERS

FOR

UP-TO-DATE FARMERS

Are you a business farmer? Do you
buy simply "Farmers' Delight" or do
you purchase units of plant food ? Now
that the war is ended we can offer for
the first time in quantity two high-grade
fertilizers :

AMMO-PHOS

10.7 '/c Nitrogen (13 9'c Ammonia)

47 '!• Available Phosphoric Acid

Think of a " 13-47 " — sixty units of
plant food in one ton ! This phosphate
of ammonia is a nearly pure chemical
with its nitrogen in the form of ammonia
and its phosphoric acid mostly soluble in
water. Ammo-Phos is endorsed by expe-
riment stations and agricultural scientists
everywhere. It is especially suited for
use alone for pushing peas and beans and
for grains, or in conjunction with manure
of tankage for general crops.

AMMO-PHOS AND

TANKAGE MIXTURE

10 '/c Nitrogen (12'; Ammonia)

25 % Available Phosphoric Acid

Approximately one-half of the nitrogen
is mineral and one-half organic, phosphoric
acid mostly water soluble.

These fertilizers leave no objectionable
salines in the soil, are non-caustic, clean,
fine-ground, dry, and are packed in 100-lb.
bags. Prices extremely low, analysis con-
sidered. Potash furnished if desired.

We are also offering a full line of all
fertilizer materials. Write us for prices
and formula suggestions for 1919.

A. W. HIGGINS

SOUTH DEERFIELD, MASS.

T.'lt-i>li..ii.- South D.-t-rfl.-ld 141]

or E. S. RUSSELL, South Hadley, Mass.

Tel<?]>bone Northampton ItJlfi

Conchli-led from i)a^(- 1

The first food a family should buy is
MILK, and THE LAST FOOD to be dispensed
with is MILK. It is not the only food, but
it is the most important food. It is indis-
pensable for children, and, within reason-
able limits, economical and desirable in the
food ration of adults.

— Dairy Bureau of Massachusetts
State Board of Agricidture.

NORTHAMPTON

COMMERCIAL

COLLEGE

THE SCHOOL OF THOROUGHNESS"

111 se.'isioii twelve nioiitlis in
the year. Students admitted
at any time and graduated
wlien (-(impetent.

Greater demand and better
salaries for business « trained
men and women than ever be-
fore. For catalogue and com-
plete information address

JOSEPH PICKETT, Principal
76 Pleasant St., Northampton, Mass.

Couchided from pa^e I
well. Some of the thin stands were due
to planting the beans too deep and some
to a failure to plant enough beans. It was
observed that the soy beans did not do so
well with tall, late maturing varieties of
corn nor with corn planted very thick.

The farmers who grew soy beans for
silage in 1918 were pleased with the crop
and will grow soy beans again in 1919.
When put in the silo the silage containing
soy beans was separated from the corn
alone so that the farmer would knew defi-
nitely when he began feeding it. The
farmers visited recently had not fed
enough of the corn and soy beans to make
a report, but the cows liked the mixed
silage better than straight corn silage.

Results to be Expected. — Soy bean
and corn silage is more palatable than corn
silage alone and contains more digestible
protein. A richer silage is produced at the
extra cost of the bean seed and with a
little extra labor in harvesting the crop.
Increased yields as compared with corn
alone cannot be expected. Our observa-
tions did not indicate that the corn was
smaller where the soy beans were grown
and experiments in New York indicated
that the yield of corn and soy beans was
about the same as that of corn alone.
Fertilization, cultivation, etc., is the same
as for corn alone.

Practice in Other Parts of the
State. — This practice has been develeped
in other parts of the state more than it
has in Hampshire County and more espe-
cially in Berkshire and Bristol Counties.
There are farmers who have grown soy
beans and corn together for 10 years and
the practice had spread to considerable
extent before being taken up by the Farm
Bureau. It can, therefore, be said to be
a satisfactory practice and one that is
being adopted more by farmers every
year. A large majority of the men who
grow soy beans for silage grow the beans
and corn together, as this reduces the labor
cost of growing silage as compared with
growing soy beans alone. Mixtures vary,
but probably the most common mixture is
three quarts of beans to five quarts of
corn. Our observations lead us to recom-
mend that not over twelve quarts of corn
be planted per acre.

Mr. U. F. LeDuc, Town Club Leader in
Chesterfield, is making plans for the sea-
son's work with the young people.

COBURN & GRAVES

The REXALL Store

Tel. 200 . . Northampton, Mass.

BISSELL'S TIRE SHOP

NOUTHAMPTOX, MAS.S.

Miller, Qoodyear, and U. S. Tires

Tires and Tubes

Vulcanized by Steam

QOODYEAR SERVICE STATION

FKKE AIR

66 KING STREET

Tel. 1293-M

FARMERS' WEEK

at Mass. Agricultural College

March 17 to 20

Remember and save those dates

H. D. SMITH

Hatfield, Mass.

GRAIN, COAL, ICE

AND

FARM MACHINERY

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY
IT'S PRACTICAL ECONOMY!

A GOOD WASHING MACHINE

SAVES CLOTHES
SAVES STRENGTH
SAVES TIME
SAVES MONEY

If You Need a

Washing Machine

or Wringer

YOU CAN-OiT IT AT SULLIVAN'S"

J. A. SULLIVAN & COMPANY 1 ^ouse'^waIe;

3 Main Street Telephone 6, Northampton, Mass.

JAMES A, STURGES

Flour, Feed, Grain and Hay

Poultry Supplies

Field Seeds in Season

EASTHAMPTON
Rear 35 Main Street, Next Town Hall

J. E. MERRICK & CO.,

Flour and Feed, Grain, Hay, Straw

Baled Shavings

AMHERST, . . . MASS.

HORSE BLANKETS, QLOVES AND MITTENS

Should interest you at this time
Best Display and Prices Right at

CHILSON'S— The Leather Store

NORTHAMPTON, MASS.

W. N. POTTER'S SONS & CO.

Flour, Hay

Grain, Salt

Lime and Cement

NORTHAMPTON

FLORENCE

HADLEY

Here it is February 1st— just about the mid-
dle of winter and here is a good, old fashioned
cut-price sale of good, new fashioned overcoats.
The opportunity for our returned heroes and for
men who have been in training and those on the
waiting list.

now $21.50

$25 Overcoats
$30 Overcoats
$35 Overcoats
$40 Overcoats
$50 Overcoats

now $24.50
now $28.50
now $33.50
now $41.50

MERRITT CLARK 8C CO.

144 MAIN STREET, NORTHAMPTON, MASS.

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY

FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

Vol. IV.

NORTHAMPKjN, MA.SS., JIAKOH, Ji)]!t

No. 3

WILLIAMSBURG MAN

TAKES FIFTH PLACE

In the corn contest, conducted this
past year by the Mass. Society for the
Promotion of .Agriculture, Hampshire
County had few entries, but those who
did enter made a creditable showing.

Franklin County growers won the first
three places, Berkshire fourth, and
James H. Loud, Williamsburg of Hamp-
shire County, fifth. Ernest S. Russell of
Hadley stood tenth and Roger .John.son,
Hadley, fifteenth. Mr. Everett M. John-
son had a high cost per acre of .$94.40,
but by having a heavy yield of stalks
and using them in the silo, he received a
large credit for them, $6.5..52, making the
cost for the 68.61 bushel of grain only
$28.88 or .4209 cents per bushel. The
highest yield in the contest was 103
bushels per acre, grown at a cost of .51
1-.3 cents per bushel.

Mr. Loud of Williamsbui-g grew his
acre of corn cheaper than any other con-
testant and had a yield of grain slightly
better than the winner but lost out on
having a low yield of fodder which in-
creased his cost per bushel for grain.
The cost for growing the acre was $.58.37,
credit with stover $22.33, net cost for
grain per acre $36.04, yield 69.51 bushels,
cost, .518 cents per bushel. Mr. Ernest
S. Russell of Hadley had a yield of 69.43
bushels costing .633 cents per bushel and
Roger Johnson, Hadley, a yield of 62.15
bushels, costing .768 per bushel.

YORKSHIRES EXCEPTIONALLY PROLIFIC

This Sow Has Averaged Twelve and One=third Pigs in Nine Litters

QUALITY, APPLES ONLY

PROFITABLE KIND TO HANDLE

Williamsburg Association to Learn from
Connecticut Excliange

The question of the best methods of
production and handling the apple crop
was thoroughly discussed at the annual
meeting of the Williamsburg Associa-
tion. Mr. Hallock, Manager, of the
Washington Fruit Exchange, Connecti-
cut, was the chief speaker and his figures
showed that his association was receiv-
ing a higher price from their apples than
what was received in his section, due to
the better quality of apples produced by
the members. Two power sprayers that
did the spraying for the members, were
Concluded on page 5

CENTRAL MILK STATION

OPENS IN EASTHAMPTON

How many farmers have desired to see
put into operation the idea of a central
milk station, where all the milk for one
city or town could be brought and pre-
pared for delivery? We now have such
a plant in operation in Easthanipton and
producers, as well as consumers, should
avail themselves of the opportunity of
inspecting the plant.

Easthanipton has ideal conditions for
making the central plant a success. By
co-operating the whole milk business of
the town with the work of the old Cream-
ery Association, there should be no
waste, all surplus being turned into but-
ter.

The association now comprises about
fifty milk producers, all living within a
radius of three miles of the building and
most of them in Easthanipton. The old
patrons of the creamery still sell theii'
cream to the association for the manu-
facture of butter. At present about 2,000
rjuarts of milk are being bottled and de-
livered daily.

Ralph Clapp is president of the asso-
ciation, Mr. W. M. Gaylord, treasurer
and manager, Mr. Raymond Hendi'ick is
foreman of the milk plant, and Mr. D. C.
Morey, former manager of the Cumming-
ton Creamery, is the butter-maker with
Mr. W. G. Cross his assistant.

Yorkshires for New England

In any discussion of breeds of swine
it is safe to begin by making the state-
ment that all breeds are good. The dif-
ferences are confined largely to ques-
j tions of type, prolificacy and quality. A
fair-minded intelligent judge has to ad-
mit that from the results of various
feeding tests no one breed shows a su-
periority over any other, and practically
each breed has come out at the top in
one series and at the bottom in another.

At the North Dakota station York-
shires have been first in cheapest gains
but although I am a Yorkshire enthusi-
ast this may have happened because the
individual Yorks were better than the in-
dividual of the other different breeds. So
let us in fairness conclude that equally
good hogs of the niajoi' breeds of swine
are equally good feeders.

It is my belief that there are more
Chester Whites in Massachusetts than
any other breed of hogs, but I believe
hat a bacon type animal finds here a
more normal environment than does a
'ard hog. Consider for a moment the
situation in England where all our prin-
cipal breeds of cattle and sheep had their
origin, and the parent stock of our Amer-
ican breeds of hogs were imported from
there.

New England more closely approxi-
mates English conditions than does any
other section of the United States; and
Coucluded on pagi- ti

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

PUBLISHED BY THE

Hampshire County Farm Bureau

A. F. ^lacDousr.ill, County Agent
Helen A. Hnrriinan. Home Deni. Aeent
C. H. Gould, Hoys' and Girls' Club Leader

Office First National Bank Building

Northampton, Mass.

Entered as second class matter Nov. 0, 1015. at the
Post Office at Northampton, Massachusetts, under
the Act of March 8, 1ST9.

" Notice of Entry "

"Acceptance for mailing at special rate of post-
age provided for in section 1103, Act of October ?,
1917. Authorized October 31, 1917."

Price. 525 cents a year

Officers of the Trustees

Leslie R. Smith, President
Clarence E. Hodgkins, Vice-President
Warren M. King, Treasurer
Charles H. Gould, Secretary

Trustees for County Aid to Agriculture

Edwin B. Clapp, Easthampton
Charles E. Clark, Leeds
Clarence E. Hodgkins, Northampton
William N. Howard, Ware
Milton S. Howes, Cumniington
Mrs. Clifton .Johnson, Hadley
Warren M. King, Northampton
Leslie R. Smith, Hadley
John A. Sullivan, Northampton

Dedicated to the Tobacco Grower

Tobacco is a filthy weed;

I like it.
They say it fills no normal need;

I like it.
It makes you old,

It makes you lean.
It takes the hair

Right off your bean;
It's the worst darn stuff

I ever seen.
But— I like it.

The sow pictured on page one is a good
example of the quality of stock that
should be kept on more of our Hamp-
shire County farms.

Mr. H. C. Barton, South Amherst, sec-
retary of the Mass. Swine Breeders' As-
sociation, is a very successful .swine
breeder and farmers would profit by
making Mr. Barton a visit and inspect-
ing his piggery. For a market, along
with his sale of breeders and young pigs,
Mr. Barton is developing a market for
home-made sausage and scrapple.

Each breed of swine has its followers
and it is planned to run a series of ar-
ticles in this paper by different breeders
in the County so that the points in favor
or against any one breed may be thor-
oughly brought out.

FEDERAL LAND BANK NEWS

That the farmers recognize the ad-
vantages of the Federal Farm Loans is
indicated by the applications received by
the Springfield Land Bank since organi-
zation. All told the Land Bank received
5,243 applications for an aggregate
amount of $16,358,239. Although the
winter months very naturally slowed
down the work of the Land Bank, be-
cause of the impossibility of making
farm appraisals, applications are coming-
in in goodly number. Some Associa-
tions, however, are more or less inactive
and are waiting for the spring to put
in their applications. It is confidently
expected that with the opening of the
spring season a rush of applications will
come in and the Land Bank is making
every preparation to handle them prompt-
ly-

The Northampton F. L. A. of North-
ampton which covers the Counties of
Hampshire, Berkshire, and Hampden
held its Annual Meeting in January.
This Association was chartered on Sep-
tember 11, 1917 and has made 43 loans
amounting to $101,600.00. The Directors
elected at the Annual Meeting for the
current year are John E. Hart, A. G.
Markham, Norman Willet, J. Harry
Allen, John Dalrymple, Hoilis E. Cole.
The officers are John E. Hart, President
of Worthington and A. G. Markham,
Vice-President of Worthington. The
Secretary-Treasurer is Horace S. Cole of
Worthington. The officers of the Asso-
ciation are planning an active campaign
to extend the facilities of the Association
to all farmers in its territory. They in-
vite each and every farmer to communi-
cate with the Secretai-y-Treasurer who
will be very glad to explain the System
and to assLst in every way possible in
making out the application and in .secur-
ing the loan.

ONION

SHIPMENTS

February

South Deerfield,

137 Cars

Hatfield,

Hadley,

55 (200 bags)

North Hatfield,

Amherst,

Whately,

Deerfield,

Montague,

Northampton,

301

Cars

200

bags

There are several farmers inteiested
in aspargus growing. For the benefit of
these men, the Mass. Agricultural Col-
lege has for distribution, about 13 lbs.
of seed and 2500 one-year old roots of
the new rust-resistant Washington as-
parugus. If any grower desires this
stock call the Farm Bureau.

Don't Tell Anyone We Told
You— But:

Mrs. H. H. Bissell of Goshen has cre-
ated quite a reputation as a club leader.
Some Chesterfield people are beginning
to wonder why somebody in their town
can't lead a club, too.

F. E. Parsons, Farm Bureau Director
for Enfield, is trying hard to get the
people interested in the Farm Bureau.
He let it leak out at Town meeting that
the time to criticize and ask questions
of the Farm Bureau is when the Bureau
held meetings in town for that purpose,
tie is trying to arrange another Farm
Bureau Night.

The fish man in Cumniington says that
if the women in town want to buy fish
from him, they'd better stay home on
Tuesday instead of going to those Cloth-
ing Club affairs.

Mrs. Edward Searle and Mrs. Speere
of Southampton joggled over the ruts,
in the Bureau car from Southampton to
Cummington also to Belchertown to as-
sist in Clothing Club meetings in those
towns.

Miss Rachael Packard was recently
chosen Town Club Leader for Goshen.

Prof. W. R. Hart is the guiding .star
for club work in Amherst.

Get the habit of doing things right.

POTATO VARIETIES

In considering the question of seed po-
tatoes, it is surprising the number of va-
rieties desired by the farmers in one
community. One farmer has had good
luck with this variety another with an-
other variety and so on. There is often
a reason why one variety does better in
a certain locality or on different soils,
but the reason for so many followers of
different varieties in one community is
due, without a doubt to the strain of seed
or the freedom from diseases that this
or that faimer may have purchased.

Potato growers will be interested in
the following pargraph, published in the
December number of the "Potato Maga-
zine."

"At a conference of the Potato Coun-
cil of Ontario held in Toronto on Sep-
tember 6, the follow'ing varieties of po-
tatoes were decided to be identical and
are classed as Green Mountain: Carmen
No. 1, Clyde, Gold Coin, (Vermont), Del-
aware, Dreer Standard (not Dreer Early
Standard), Green Mountain, Green
Mountain, Jr., Snow, State of Maine,
Uncle Sam, Wee MacGregor. The ex-
perts present agreed that no one can dis-
tinguish between them as to plant, blos-
som, or tuber."

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY
HOME MAKING

FIRELESS COOKER

ON DUTY EVERY DAY

Southampton Woman Makes Use of it
in Many Ways

Mrs. Ida W. Strong of Southampton,
has made a fireless cooker and used it to
good advantage. She writes enthusi-
astically to the Home Demonstration
Agent as follows: —

"The fireless cooker you helped us
make is cei'tainly a great success and I
want to tell you what a help it has been
to me during the past week. You were
here Tuesday. That night I put oatmeal
in for breakfast and it was so delicious,
we have to cook it that way all of the
time now. Wednesday noon we enjoyed
boiled onions for dinner with no disa-
greeable odor in the house. At supper, I
served macaroni and cheese from the
fireless.

"Thursday afl'orded a cream of potato
soup. Friday I was scheduled for Red
Cross all day, so Thursday evening, ham
and cabbage accompanied the oatmeal;
in the morning I reheated the ham and
cabbage and added the potatoes to the
cooker, so that when I came home at
noon, a fine dinner was waiting for me.
Saturday noon I made an old-fashioned
hasty pudding in it and for dinner Sun-
day, the cooker furnished a fine dinner
of boiled cod and potatoes and chocolate
steamed pudding, and for supper, a split
pea soup.

"I wonder why I didn't have a fireless
cooker long ago, and it is with many
thanks to you now that I have one."

WASHES BY ELECTRICITY

Middlefieid Woman Neither Breaks Her
Back Nor Turns a Wringer

Mrs. E. H. Alderman relieves the de-
pressing eft'ects of Blue Monday by using
a washing machine, run by electricity.
Middlefieid, like many other towns never
gets acquainted with electricity except
during a thunder storm, but a Delco
Lighting System in Mr. Alderman's shed
furnishes juice enough to light his house
and run the washing machine.

This machine seems to be a handy con-
trivance. It consists of the regular
washing machine in which the clothes
are washed. From this first tub they
pass through a wringer into a second
tub for wrinsing, and from this tub they
pass through anothe r wringer into a
third tub for further treatment, and fi-
nally they go through the third wringer
and di'op into the clothes basket.

The machine and all the wringers are
run by a small electric motor, the power
for which comes from the Delco system.
Mr. Alderman, himself, designed this
particular system of laundering and the
Bluffington Washing Machine Company
made the outfit for him for .$38. The
Delco system cost $300. These, of course,
were pre-war prices, but the combination
is a worth-while investment for any
farm home.

CUMMINGTON CHILDREN

TO BRUSH TEETH

Order Tooth Brushes from Florence
Company

"A Clean Tooth Never Decays," is the
slogan of over sixty Cummington chil-
dren who have ordered tooth brushes
fi-om the Florence Manufacturing Com-
pany.

The teachers of Cummington have ta-
ken a special interest in this particular
line of child welfare work, and what
promises to be a thoroughly worth while
campaign has just been begun. The
Florence Manufacturing Company has
made it possible for the children to ob-
tain good brushes at a reduced price.
Much interest is being taken in the pro-
ject.

To Demonstrate Use of Milk

On March 26 and 27, Miss Belcher of
M. A. C. has been asked to go to the
Easthampton Mothers' Club, the First
Church Mothers' Club (Northampton)
and to the women of Florence, and dem-
onstrates "Ways of Using Milk in Chil-
dren's Diet." The State Department of
Health Exhibit of Foods for children
will also be shown.

Prune Recipes

PRUNES BEFORE BREAKFAST

Take 4 large-sized prunes. Soak over
night. Eat while dressing.

PRUNES AND APRICOT SAUCE

12 prunes, 8 dried apricots, '^ c. Karo
syrup or I4 c. sugar, 2 cups hot water.
Put into boiler and keep simmering for 2
hours. Better still, cook in fireless cooker.

BAKED APPLES STUFFED WITH PRUNES

Core 6 large apples. Fill with 2 un-
cooked prunes stoned. Add water while
baking.

PRUNE JUICE FOR BABIES

Cook ,H lb. prunes in lU cups of water
for 6 hours slowly. Give juice to a 9-
months to a I'^-year-old baby — 1 to 2
tablespoonfuls once a day. Prune pulp
may be added to juice when child is ll<
years old.

PRUNE SANDWICH

4 prunes, 6 slices of bread, '/, teaspoon
lemon juice, '_, cup Karo syrup" or '-^ cup
of sugar. Boil prunes in i_i cup Karo, fill
cup with hot water. Stone, add lemon
juice, and reduce to a paste. Use as fill-
ing for sandwich.

Concluded on page 7

BUYS SANITARY DRINKING TANKS

For Use In Public Schools

The old-time water bucket is no longer
in use in Southampton as a container of
drinking water for school children. The
adult Home Economics Club has bought
water coolers for use in all the schools
in town. This is a note-worthy ac-
complishments, along lines of community
betterment, and may well find a place in
the program of similar clubs in other
towns.

Mrs. Reed opened the Clothing Exten-
sion School in South Amherst, February
2.5, with a lecture on "Better Dressing on
Smaller Expenditures." The better dress-
ing meant line, color, and individuality,
and the smaller expenditures included
time, energy, material and money. Miss
Belcher and the Home Demonstration
Agent carried on the practice work of
the school for the balance of the week.

Notes on the Care of Clothes

Mend your clothes as soon as they tear.
Air your clothes before putting them

away.
Hang your clothes up so they will not

become wrinkled.
Sponge and press woolen dresses and

skirts and coats.
Launder shirt waists at home if you can.
Keep all buttons and hooks and eyes

carefully sewed on. Avoid pins.
When skirt bands wear out put on new

ones.
Put new ruffles and facing on old petti-
coats.
Make your own corset covers at home.
Clean your own corsets; remove the

bones, wash and dry the corsets, re-
Concluded on page 7

Both clothing experts, Mrs. Reed and
Mrs. Woolman, will speak at the Massa-
chusetts Agricultural College on Thurs-
day, March 20, during Farmers' Week.
It is hoped that many of the women of
the County will be able to go to Amherst
for that day.

The Southampton Clothing group finds
that it can carry on Mrs. Reed's
work to fine advantage, by meeting in
small groups during the month. Last
month five women report that they helped
others to complete the work to date. This
means that they are getting ready for an-
oher advanced school in Clothing Effi-
ciency.

Many women in the county find the
Household account pamphlet very helpful
in keeping track of expenditures. Miss
Gifl'ord will be in the County the first
part of March and will be glad to give
help to any individual or group that de-
sires assistance along that line.

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY
HAMPSHIRE: COUNTY CLUB WORK

U. S. D. A. TO PRESENT OPEN CLUB MEETINGS | TOWN LEADERS BUCKLE

CLUB CHARTERS] WITH SONG DOWN TO WORK

County Leader Requests Department
to Honor Local Clubs

The County Leader has requested the
United States Department of Agricul-
ture, through Prof. Farley, to furnish
several local clubs with Standard Club
Charters. These charters are nicely de-
signed certificates, and will be signed by
Secretary Houston and others.

Every club meeting the following re-
quirements, is entitled to such a docu-
ment.

1. Have a membership of at least five.

2. Have a local club leader.

3. Have local club organization.

4. Have definite program of work.
It is hoped the following clubs will be

honored :

Goshen Hom.e Economics Club.

Victory Sewing Circle of Westhampton.

Southampton Home Economics Club.

Busy Bee Home Economics Club of
Enfield.

Busy Bee Home Economics Club of
South Amherst.

Ware Home Economics Club.

Blue Meadow Home Economics Club
of Belchertown.

Greenwich Plains Home Economics
Club.

Hadley Poultry Club.

South Worthington Club also Has a
Shout

The South Worthington Home Eco-
nomics Club has adopted a club song,
and sings it at the beginning of every
club meeting. The song is sung to the
tune of Old Black Joe and originated
with one of the leaders.

This club also closes its meetings with
a vociferous rendering of the following
club shout:

Who are we? Who are we?

We are the members of the H. E. C.

Zip boom bah! Zip boom bah!

Home Economics Club, Rah, Rah, Rah.

DON'T ATTEMPT TO SELL

THE RUNTS IN YOUR HERD

You Will Hurt Your Reputation and
Future Market by So Doing

No breeder or club member should at-
tempt to sell the runts and inferior pigs
from his herd. For he who does such
is injuring the reputation of the breed,
his herd, himself, and creating prejudice
against pure-breds. Cull your herds
closely, and select only desirable ones for
sale. Select for type, weight, age proli-
ficness, and color. Don't be afraid of
culling out your sale stock too close, for
upon the selection of good individuals de-
pends your future market.

Hadley Boys to take in Farmers' Week

The boys in the "Ag" Department of
Hopkins Academy are planning an ex-
cursion to M. A. C. during Farmers'
Week. They plan to look over the sheep,
swine, and cattle, and take notes on as
many lectures and demonstrations as pos-
sible.

This is an excellent and worth-while
plan, and it goes without saying that
the boys will make a day of it.

South Worthington Club Song

(Time of Old Black Joe)

Gone are the days when our work went

hard and slow,
Gone are the days when we could not

cook or sew,
We've learned to work with a light good

will you see,
For we are all good membei-s of the

H. E. C.
Chorus: — We love it, we love it,

'Tis fun for us you see,
For we are all good members
of the H. E. C.
We've learned to make our stitches small

and neat,
Patches are true and darns won't hurt

the feet,
Bread we can make and cake and cookies,

too.
Oh! you would be surprised to know

what we can do.

Determined That Club Work Shall be
Well Done

Every town in the county that has a
Town Club Leader has got some plan to
work on for the coming year. With but
few exceptions, Prof. Farley has con-
ferred with every leader and has thor-
oughly inoculated them with the spirit
of club work. Several towns have
booked Mr. Farley for return engage-
ment, notably, Prescott, Ware, South
Hadley, Worthington, Middlefield and
Belchertown.

Prof. Farley will come to the County
next time with sufficient ammunition to
combat several erroneous ideas of club
work. Chief among the doomed fallacies
are the "Boy's Pig but Dad's Hog," —
method of depopulating farms; the "Oh
He'll Never Amount to Anything, He's
a State Boy," — system of repressing
youth; the "She's Always in The Way, I
Can't Be Bothered With Her In The
Kitchen," — process of benumbing the
housewives' art; the "He's So Lazy He
Ain't Worth His Salt," — method of cre-
ating town loafers and cracker box poli-
ticians.

He also will have plenty of encourage-
ment, for Prof. Farley is such an opti-
mist, that even professional cold water
artists can't dampen the spirit that is
working day and night for the young
people of this State.

Noah was 600 years old before he
learned to build the Ark. Don't lose
your grip

BELCHERTOWN HEARS MORE

ABOUT CLUB WORK

Young Men's Club Qets New Conception
of its Relation to Community

Prof. Farley and the County Leader
assisted J. E. Raynolds, County Y. M. C.
A. Secretary, in organizing a young
men's club in Belchertown last month.
The Belchertown people desiied the
Y. M. C. A. to lend a hand in organiz-
ing the young men. The Farm Bureau
was asked to show how the boys could
work for the interests of Belchertown,
along agricultural lines.

Prof. Farley gave a very clear concep-
tion of the relation of club work to such
a group, and to the community. Prof.
Farley and the County Leader have been
asked to attend the next meeting of the
club and show the motion pictures of the
Pig Club work.

HATCHING CHICKS ON

FEBRUARY 18

Chesterfield Boy Qets Them Off Early

Thirteen husky chicks hatched Febru-
ary 18 is the record of Franklin Clark, a
Poultry Club member. When Mr. Farley
and the County Leader called to visit his
project, this brood was proudly exhibited.

Young Clark is an enthusiastic Poul-
try Club Member. He designed and
built his own poultry house, and has a
flock of White Leghorns entered in the
winter Egg Laying Contest, which gives
piomise of putting him in the front rank
with a good record.

HADLEY AND LEEDS BOYS

WIN PRIZES

Roger Johnson of Hadley and Howard
Cranston of Leeds have been picked as
first and second winners in the County
Corn Contest.

Henry Koko.ski, North Hadley and
Frank Bilski, Hadley, won similar honors
1 in the Potato Contest.

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ConcliKled from page 1

the biggest factor in producing better
fruit, and also an energetic campaign in
pruning was carried on by the members
that gave results.

The growers of good fruit were re-
warded as in past seasons by receiving-
more per barrel and by having a lower
packing charge. For illustration. Far-
mer A had 1.37 A's, 71 ungraded, cost of
packing 14.75 cents per barrel at the
farm. Farmer B had 17 A's, 2.3 Un-
graded, cost of packing 22.0 cents per
barrel at the farm. At the packing shed.
Farmer C's apples graded 141 A's, 45
Ungraded, 6 culls, cost 28.2 per bairel
for packing; Farmer D. had 58 A's, 65
Ungraded and 38 culls, cost 35 0 cents
per barrel. A difference of 7 a bari'el in
packing alone would give a man with 150
barrels, .$10.50 toward his spray material
bill. Is this not worth considering?

The manager's report of the Williams-
burg Association was very interesting,
showing that 2,302 barrels were packed
by the association, grading 1,317 A's
and 931 ungraded. The average cost at
the packing shed was 32.6 cents and at
the farm 19.8 cents. This difference of
12.8 cents is due to the farmer being
able to help in the packing when it is
done on his farm. Added to the packing
shed charge is 5c a barrel for cartage to
the station, making a total expense of
17.8 cents per barrel over the cost of
packing at the farm.

Out of 1,411 barrels brought to
the packing shed, 116 barrels were culls.
A large per cent of the culls were of
fair quality, but under 2J-" size. This
fruit would sell to far better advantage
if worked into by-products instead of be-
ing sold as cider apples.

Besides having a packing shed that
would be more convenient in order to re-
duce the cost of packing, it would seem
necessary to have a building where fruit
and farm produce could be stored for
.some length of time and also be equipped
to handle to advantage the poorer grades
of apples, manufacturing them into some
by-product as cider, vingear, apple but-
ter, etc.

A committee composed of Mr. W. H.
Morey, Cummington; Victor Pearl, Ches-
terfield; and Ellis Clark, Williamsburg;
was appointed to investigate the ques-
tion of purchasing or building a central
packing and storage house and asked to
report at a future meeting.

This year's figures would seem to
prove that unless a more convenient
packing house was obtained, it would be
better to follow the .system of packing on
the farms.

The association voted to engage an as-
sistant manager to help handle the crop
in the hill towns so as to facilitate the
movement of the crop in the fall.

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Concluded from page 1
in England Yorkshire Bacon Hogs pre-
dominate. That in itself is no great ar-
gument why men should start raising
Yorkshires here if they are satisfied with
their lard type hogs. But it is true that
New England agriculture is a vastly
different enterprise than our corn belt
farming, and surely our lard type hogs
have had their greatest development in
the corn states.

With the exception of our garbage
feeders, our swine breeders are con-
cerned more about the price of sucker
pigs than they are about the price of
pork. With our relatively minute crop
areas we cannot feed our home grown
grains to hogs to make pork for market.
We should consider our hogs more as
scavengers to utilize our by-products and
wastes. Our farm hogs are found by ones
and twos, and far less than one per cent
ever goes to the packers. Half are sold
to local butchers, the other half is kept
for the home pork barrel.

Now what has this to do with York-
shires? Being a bacon hog the carcass
is principally lean meat, and that class
of market prefers a quality of meat
which is not oily and where there is no
fat mingled with the lean. That kind of
pork cooks with much less waste. Now
for home use I maintain that a York-
shire far surpasses any lard type hog

because this same quality factor is far
more important for the farmer who kills
one hog a year for home use than it is
to the city man who buys a couple of
chops. New England farmers don't real-
ize that our corn belt cousins always try
to pick up a Yorkshire or Hampshire pig
to use in the home.

From the standpoint of the breeder,
Yorkshires are unquestionably the most
prolific hogs with the possible exception
of the Tamworth. If you want to raise
a litter of pigs which sow would you
pick, one which would raise six or ten
pigs? The sow in the picture has aver-
aged twelve and one third pigs in nine
litters and she is not exceptionally pro-
lific for a Yorkshire. I know of a York-
shire sow in Massachusetts that has had
not less than 21 pigs in each litter, and
now she is well along in years. The
question of success in hog raising here
hinges very largely on this question of
prolificacy. As I explained above, most
men keep a couple of pigs to clean up
their wastes. Now if you kept a sow and
wanted to keep one or two pigs wouldn't
it make a lot of difference in your re-
ceipts if you could sell four more pigs.
And I believe this is a fair statement of
the fact, that you can get about four
more pigs to the litter with Yorkshires
than with any breed of lard hogs.

H. C. Barton.

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

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salaries for business = trained
men and women than ever be=
fore. For catalog-ue and com-
plete information address

JOSEPH PICKETT, Principal
76 Pleasant St., Northampton, Mass.

Com-luiled from page 3
RICE PRUNE PUDDING

Mix two cups cold rice pudding or the
same amount rice that has been cooked
soft in milk and sweetened, with a cup of
stewed, stoned and finely chopped prunes.
Serve with whipped cream or the juice of
the prunes, sweetened to taste.

BREAD PRUNE PUDDING

2 cups bread crumbs, 2 cups prunes
(stewed and stoned), 1 cup prune juice, 1
teaspoon butter, '^ cup sugar, 1 table-
spoon lemon juice, 1 tablespoon grated
lemon peel. Arrange bread crumbs and
prunes in alternate layers in a buttered
baking dish, sprinkling each layer with
sugar, lemon juice and grated peel. Have
top layer of crumbs and dot over with
butter. Add prune juice and bake in a
moderate oven one hour. Serve with
cream or with hard sauce

Coiirluded from page ;^
place the bones, and bind tlie top
with a piece of ribbon.

kvi old sheet or nightgown can be made
into a bag to cover the best dress.

Darn your stockings.

Keep your shoes clean and nicely pol-
ished.

Keep your gloves clean and always
mended.

Put your gloves away neatly when not in
use.

Wash your own collars, laces and hand-
kerchiefs.

Keep your hats well brushed.

Keep your be.st hat in a box or pillow
slip when not being used.

On a stormy day wear a veil over your
hat.

When your hat becomes shabby and
dusty, take off trimmings, brush
and steam it thoroughly and retrini
the hat.

Keep your coat on a hanger. A coat
keeps its shape longer when kept on
a hanger. — Food Facts Bureau.

Prohibits Sale of Fertilizer Found to be
Misrepresented

The Secretary of Agriculture, on .Jan-
uary 1.3, issued an order prohibiting the
Nature's Fertilizer Co., 12 South Mar-
ket Street, Boston, Mass., from selling
their product, variously known as "Na-
ture's Fertilizer," or ■ "Nature's Plant
Food and Soil Rectifier," "under any
form of representation, direct or indirect,
that it has a distinct value as a fertilizer
or is equal or superior to the usual and
well-recognized kinds of commercial fer-
tilizer."

This order is the result of a very care-
ful investigation into the merits of the
product, including a three-day hearing in
the State House, at which witnesses in
favor of and opposed were given a full
hearing. The conclusion is that the
product contains only 4 per cent of
potash, which is practically unavailable
for plants, and that, there is nothing in
the material to justify its sale as a fer-
tilizer.

COBURN 8C GRAVES

The REXALL^ Store

Tel. 200 . . Northampton, Mass.

BISSELL'S TIRE SHOP

NOKTH.4MPTON, MASS.

Miller, Goodyear, and U. S. Tires

Tires and Tubes

Vulcanized by Steam

GOODYEAR SERVICE STATION

FREE AIK

66 KING STREET

Tel. 1293-M

FARMERS' WEEK

at Mass. Agricultural College

March 17 to 20

Remember and save those dates

H. D. SMITH

Hatfield, Mass.

GRAIN, COAL, ICE

AND

FARM MACHINERY

8 HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

GET AFTER THE SCALE!

Watch Your Apple Trees — Sharp !
SPRAY ON SUSPICION OF SCALE

We carry all kinds of

SPRAY PUMPS AND SPRAYING MATERIALS

LIME SULPHUR SCALECIDE Etc.

VOO CAN OET IT AT SULLIVAN'S"

J. A. SULILVAN & COMPANY 1 HouiEWAREl

3 Main Street Telephone 6, Northampton, Mass.

JAMES A. STURGES

Flour, Feed, Grain and Hay-
Poultry Supplies
Field Seeds in Season

EASTHAMPTON
Rear 35 Main Street, Nexl Town Hall

J. E. MERRICK & CO.,

Flour and Feed, Grain, Hay, Straw

Baled Shavings

AMHERST, . . . MASS.

HORSE BLANKETS, QLOVES AND MITTENS

Should interest you at this time
Best Display and Prices Right at

CHILSON'S The Leather Store

NORTHAMPTON, MASS.

W. N. POTTER'S SONS & CO.

Flour, Hay

Grain, Salt

Lime and Cement

NORTHAMPTON

FLORENCE

HADLEY

SURE IT'S GOOD LUCK!

Ferliaps it means tliat one nf those
new Spring Topcoats made from
genuine Scotch Cheviot is going
your way, or one of American
Homespun or English Tweed. Good
luck and good style to all of 'em.
For the man who leans toward ultra
effects, here are patterns and colors
in "happy-go-lucky" mixtures.

HATS — Sure, the new spring: blocks

MERRITT CLARK &. CO.

144 MAIN STREET, NORTHAMPTON, MASS.

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY

FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

Vol. IX.

NORTHAMPTON, MASS., APRIL, 1919

No. 4

DAIRYMEN ADVERTISE

THEIR PRODUCT

Much Discussion Created

The week of March 24th was "Milk
Week" in Noi-thampton. half-page ad-
vertisements were carried in the local
papers, an exhibit was made in one of
the department store windows, the city
was placarded with posters, milk dealers
left bulletins with each delivery of milk
and demonstrations were given before
different gatherings, showing the value of
milk. The campaign was financed by
producers and dealers.

What were the results? The dealers
were pleased with the results shown by
a better appreciation of the value of milk
among the consumers and the consump-
tion was increased. Some of the smaller
dealers report an increase of as high as
lO'/f in their sales. From some sources,
however, came the report, "Why should
money be spent in advertising milk? Why
should the Farm Bureau connect itself
with a scheme to help the farmer sell his
milk and hoodwink the consumer into
thinking he should use more of it. In |
other words, a certain per cent of the
consuming public could'nt seem to real-
ize that a farmer had the right or need
to advertise his product. The idea of
the farmer advertising was rather new.

The farmers found, however, that they
had a product that had more qualities in
its favor for advertising than any other
food or drink on the market. Price, food
value, health giving properties, require-
ments of children — all were in their
favor.

On the whole, the consumers appre-
ciated "milk week" and were anxious to
find out the value of the product they
were buying. The farmers found that it
pays to advertise and also that their
product needs publicity.

GET YOUR FIELD CORN SEED

NEAR HOME

Native Varieties Yield Bigger Crops

It is a matter of common knowledge
and has been demonstrated many times
by Experiment Stations that ordinarily
field corn varieties grown near home do
better than varieties imported from a
distance. New varieties often improve
after they have been grown in com-
munity a few years or after they have
become adapted.

This is of special importance in Massa-
chusetts where conditions that influence
the growth of corn are often quite dif-
ferent in a community or in neighboring
communities, due to the difference in
soils, elevation, air drainage, etc. In
Massachusetts we find many local varie-
ties of corn which have been gi-own on
one farm or in one community for some
years and such varieties are ordinarily
the best for that community. Years of
selection have made these varieties ac-
climated to the soils and climate of the
community.

Concluded ou page 7

SMUT WILL DECREASE OAT YIELD

Can Easily be Prevented

Are you interested in growing oats?
If so, are you troubled with having your
yield reduced by smut? The loss usually
runs from 2 to 10% in the fields of Mass-
achusetts.

The remedy is simple, inexpensive and
effective. There are two methods prac-

Concluded on page 5

SOY BEANS MAKE IT POSSIBLE
TO FEED LESS GRAIN

The demonstration in Hampshire
County last year on growing soy beans
for silage proved beyond question that it
is a practice that should be followed.
Mr. M. D. Griffin of Ware and W. H.
Morey of Cummington have planted soy
beans in their silage corn for several
years with very good results.

Orders for seed should be placed im-
mediately. The Fami Bureau would be
glad to assist any farmer or group of
farmers in placing their order.

Professor Earl .Jones of the Massa-
chusetts Agricultural College furnishes
the following information concerning soy
bean culture:

CULTURE

A majority of the farmers growing soy
beans follow the practice of planting
them in their corn. This is a labor sav-
ing practice and the expense of getting
the beans is largely the cost of seed and
the extra expense of hai-vesting both
crops. It is too much to expect that a
Concluded on page 7

CHANGE IN TREATMENT FOR

ONION SMUT ADVISED

Present Formula Not Strong Enough

Most of the growers in the Valley who
use the formaldehyde drip for onion
smut control, use formaldehyde 1 pint in
16 gallons of water, at the rate of 40 or
•50 gallons per acre. Recent experi-
ments in New York State have shown
that that rate of application is far too
small. At least 200 gallons per acre
should be applied in the furrow when the
seed are drilled. The formula then
should be 1 pint formaldehyde to 16 gal-
lons water and apply at the rate of 200
gallons per acre. A tank outlet of about
■5-16 of an inch bore should be sufficient,
but this will vary with the arrangement
of the tank and the size of the conduct-
ing tube.

CAN WE SAVE OUR PASTURES?

Middlefield Man Fears the Brush

"As we look over our farms, our own
farm included, we can't help but notice
that the woods are 30 — 40 — 50 rods
nearer the house than they were 25 years
ago.

"What is the result? We can't keep
as much stock. We are hiring pastures
here and buying them there, which shows
that our pastures are fast going down.
We have pastures that 20 years ago, you
could drive by and count stock feeding
50 — 60 rods away, where now you can't
see a cow 5 rods from the fence. Of
course there ai'e many causes for the
condition, but the principal cause is, that
they are impropeily stocked and no pains
taken to keep the brush back. Even our
young people can remember when there
were 200 — 400 head of cattle brought into
town each year for our pastures, today
there are practically none.

"Some of our farms are keeping as
much value of stock as usual, but high
producing cows don't improve a pasture
much. They are smart and soon learn
that a big per cent of their feed comes
from their mangers so they feed a little
while, then stand in the shade and look
toward the barn. Look at any of our
cow pastures and you will find a lot of
grass going up to seed and when you see
Concluded on page 6

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

PUBLISHED BY THE

Hampshire County Farm Bureau

A. F. MacIJoiisall, Cownty Agent
Helen A. Harriuiaii, Home I>em. A^cnt
C. H. Gouia. Boys' and Girls' Club Lender

Office First National Bank Building

Northampton, Mass.

Entered as second class matter Nov. 9. 1915, at the
Post Office at Northampton, Massachusetts, under
the Act of March 8, 1879.

'* Notice of Entry "

"Acceptance for mailing at special rate of post-
age provided for in section 1103, Act of October 3,
1917. Authorized October 31, 1917."

Price. 25 cents a year

Officers of the Trustees

Leslie R. Smith, President
Clarence E. Hodgkins, Vice-President
Warren M. King, Treasurer
Charles H. Gould, Secretary

Trustees for County Aid to Agriculture

His Epitaph !

Soon we will eliminate the fellow who
sits back and says, "I got my schooling
there and I guess it is good enough for
my children." Through legislation, school
officers' meetings and farmers' organiza-
tions we have been preparing for his
funeral.

His more progressive neighbors are
soon going to erect to his memory a mon-
ument upon which will be inscribed this
epitaph :

"Here lies Silas Jones who was an
honest, hard working, tax-fearing, non-
progressive citizen of this rural com-
munity, looking upon his children and
our children as so much commercial val-
ue, but he had the wrong view-point so
we have interred him here to prevent
further contamination of the community.

"May he wake up in heaven with less
money and a vision broad enough to look
beyond the 'good enough of the past' to a
community giving the same advantages
to rural boys and girls as is offered to
the city boys and girls."

W. L. Coffey,

Banker Farmer

Don't Forget the Qarden

Don't forget to include the home gar-
den as one of your main lines of work
the coming season. If you have not al-
ready made your plans for a garden do
so at once. Select, fertilize, and prepare
your ground as soon as possible. The
seed supply should also be looked after
and ordered at the earliest possible date,
in order to prevent disappointments and
delays in planting. See that the garden
includes a good variety of vegetables, and
also plant it so that it will continue to
work for you and supply your table with
fresh vegetables throughout the entire
summer and fall. Too many gardens
are abandoned after the first crop of
vegetables is harvested in the spring.

The article on page one on pasture
conditions in Middlefield was read by Mr.
Arthur Pea.se before the Middlefield
Grange. Mr. Pease sets forth a condi-
tion that can be found on nearly every
farm in our hill towns. We would be
pleased to receive reports from farms
who have been succeeded in maintaining
their pastures so that their experiences
could be told for the benefit of others.

The resignation of Professor W. D.
Hurd as director of the Extension Ser-
vice and County Agent Leader is met
with a deep feeling of regret among the
people of Hampshire County. Professor
Hurd has been a friend indeed to us and
his ten years at the college have meant
a big help in our agricultural develop-
ment and better appreciation of our
State College. We wish him success and
happiness in his new field.

A question has come up in regard to
the acreage of potatoes in Aroostook
County for next year. The county agent
of Aroostook County states that there is
no truth in the statement that they will
grow no more potatoes until a minimum
price is guaranteed or until the price of
fertilizer is reduced.

He expects, however, a considerable
drop in the acreage in 1919 because of
the high price of fertilizer and because
the market outlook is not promising for
next fall and winter.

At the County Meeting of directors
and project leaders, held in Northampton,
March 11, eighteen towns were repre-
sented and three of the towns not pres-
ent sent telephone messages, expressing
their regrets at not being present.

It was the most representative agri-
cultural meeting ever held in Hampshire
County. All pre.sent felt the need of
closer cooperation between the towns in
promoting our county intei-ests. The
spirit of the meeting and the attitude of
I those present toward town and county
I projects proved, beyond question, that the
' people of our county are not only striv-
ing to improve their farms and their
homes, but along with it, they are mak-
j ing better communities.

Don't Tell Anyone We Told
You— But:

M. D. Griffin. Ware, says that six
quarts of soy beans planted in an acre of
silage corn will increase the feeding val-
ue of the .'^ilage at least $1.00 per ton.

Howard Johnson, Worthington, believes
that in figuring out the farm income, the
cream check is not the only source to
count on. Mr. Johnson had 1,500 pounds
of pork to sell last fall which made a
good way of marketing his skim milk.

WTiy buy meat from the west when it
can be grown at home? Mr. W. M.
Waugh, Pre.scott, believes in patronizing
home products. The last time we wei-e
in his yard, he was just dressing off
about 800 pounds of beef.

Do our directors believe in the Farm
Bureau? Ask John Dalrymple of Plain-
field who had to leave home at 1.00 a. m.
in order to reach town with his load of
produce in time to attend the County
Meeting; or Howard Johnson of Worth-
ington who did chores till 10 o'clock the
night he returned in order to attend the
same meeting.

Mrs. Federal Bridgman sent in an
order through the Farm Bureau for
eleven toothbrushes so that the children
in her section of Westhampton may learn
the proper care of their teeth.

Farmers desiring spring rye seed
should get in touch with W. H. Atkins,
Amher.st, Mass., Tel. 526-M.

Ware farmers have had a rather un-
successful Farmers' Club for the last
three or four years. They have now or-
ganized and with the help of the ladies
and suggestions from a neighboring club
in Easthampton, they plan to make up
for lost time. Seventy-five people at-
tended their last meeting.

During "Milk Week" in Northampton,
many consumers appreciated receiving
leaflets on the value of milk, but one
consumer at least, thought the "real
stuff" was more valuable to him, as
shown by his letter below:

"I put out $1.50 Sunday a. m. and you
took out two (2) tickets, and left only
one quart of mlk. Either your Alarm
Clock don't work ju.st right, or you want
pay for this little Milk paper for 1918,
which I don't think worth the price of a
qt. of milk, so please give me one qt. of
milk this A. M. and take your little
paper."

Alsike Clover Preferable to Red Clover

This is a time to emphasize the merits
and value of alsike clover. Quotations
show that seed ccsts from $7,50 to $9,00
per bushel less than red clover.

hampshire county farm bureau monthly
home: making

HILL TOWN WOMEN TO HOLD

CLOTHING CONVENTION

Mrs. Ruth Stevens Reed, the clothing-
efficiency expert, will come to the county
again this month for another series of
demonstrations. On April 2.5th, at the
home of Mrs. L. C. Sweet, Cummington
Hill, further instruction will be given to
a large group of women from Worthing-
ton, Cummington, Chesterfield, and West
Chesterfield.

The next day a similar gathering will
convene at the Town Hall, Southampton,
where any women interested in Mrs
Reed's work are welcome to attend.

Groups of women in Huntington, En-
field, and Belchertown have practically
completed the first pai-t of Mrs. Reed's
Clothing Efficiency work. The women
have made and tested skirt, sleeve and
waist patterns. Each group plans to
continue the work so they will be ready
for the next course Mrs. Reed offers.

IS YOUR SINK, TABLE OR

IRONING BOARD TOO HIGH?

Overcome Back Strain by Working with
These at Right Heights

"Is your sink the right height for ease
in working. Should your ironing board
be higher or lower? Does it make your
back ache to work at your kitchen table?
You cannot raise or lower your sink, but
you can raise your dish pan or stand on
a stool or shallow box. You can reg-
ulate the height of your ironing board so
that you may get the necessary purchase
on the iron and work without extra
strain. You can regulate the height of
your table so that there will be least
strain on the arms. A general rule for
height of working surface is this: The
proper height of working surface for a
woman 4 feet 10 inches in height is 27
inches. For each increase of one inch in
height, add one-half inch to the height
of the working surface. This will of
cour.se vary a trifle with the individual —
some of us are long-limbed, others short —
but it is a reliable working rule."

The Southampton Home Economics
Club has elected Mrs. Healy, Mrs. Spier,
and Mrs. Kendall as their Club Health
Committee. The club plans to work
with the teachers of the town and better
school health conditions wherever pos-
sible.

Four towns have asked to borrow i
Health Library from the Civic Federa-
tion of Woman's Clubs. They are East-
hampton, Cummington, Granby, and
Goshen.

DO YOU KNOW THE CHEAPEST

FOOD YOU CAN BUY?

Milk is that food — Remember it is
more than a beverage — it is an all-round
food for children and a necessary one
for adults. Are you using milk in a va-
riety of ways?

The skillful housewife knows many
ways of concealing it in foods if the fam-
ily dislikes the flavor. Do you giye vour
children a quait of milk a day and each
adult at least one pint a day in some
form? Remember it is the cheapest food
as well as a very necessary food. Milk
has NO substitute!

Below are some attractive ways in
which to serve milk to children. Adults
like them, too.

Recipes

WHITE SAUCE

Cream of Asparagus: butter, 2 T.,
flour, 2 T., milk, 1 c, salt and pepper to
taste.

Special ingredient: Canned asparagus,
12 stalks. Drain from liquor. Add 1 c.
fresh water. Heat thoroughly, straining
out all the juice. Add to white sauce.

WHITE SAUCE

Cream of Green Peas: butter, 1 T.,
flour, 1 T., milk, 1 c.

Special ingredient: 1 c. canned peas
drained, reheated in 1 c. cold water and
rubbed through sieve.

Salt and pepper to taste. A sprig of
mint may be cooked with peas.

WHITE SAUCE

Butter, flour, milk. (The amount of
each varies with the kind of soup, and is
given in the table.)

Melt the butter. When bubbling
add the flour and cook them together,
stirring all the time until they are smooth
and thick.] Add the milk 1-3 at a time,
stirring after adding each portion until
the sauce has thickened. Add the spe-
cial ingredient and sea.soning.

CREAMED DISHES

Ic. white sauce (made with 1 T. each
butter and flour to i c. milk) to any one
of the following: —

Chicken: 1 c. cold cooked chicken cut
in small cubes. Season with salt and
pepper. With chicken, chicken bi-oth
may replace part of the milk in making
the sauce.

Fish: 1 c. cold cooked fish, the skin and
bones removed and the flesh flaked with
a fork. Season with salt, pepper, and
lemon juice.

Vegetables: 1 c. cooked vegetables cut
in dice. Season with salt and pepper.

To serve: 1. Serve on toast with
parsley.

2. Scalloped: Put in small baking
dish. Cover with buttered bread crumbs ;
brown in oven.

WHAT DO YOU DO FOR THE

CHILDREN IN YOUR TOWN?

"Have you had a child welfare day in
your town? Would you be interested in
putting on an interesting program in re-
lation to this subject? The Division of
Hygiene at the State Department of
Health offers you speakers, illustrated
lectures and moving pictures free of
charge. The Farm Bureau would be
glad to help you plan such a program,
secure a speaker and give any assistance
necessary. Write in for a bulletin on
the subjects offered by the State Depart-
ment. This is a very vital subject in
every community and you cannot afford
to neglect the opportunities offered you
to bring it before the mind of the gen-
eral public. A program of this kind can
be made attractive enough to appeal to
all, if a little time and effort is put into
the matter. Let us help you!"

ENTHUSIASTIC COUNTY

MEETING HELD

Those who attended the Farm Bureau
meeting at Boyden's March 11th, had an
interesting and helpful time in hearing
.some county problems discussed.

There is a special advantage in coming
together to discuss plans for the work in
which we are all interested. There were
ten women present, representing five
towns.

The Farm Bureau stands for home-
making as well as agriculture, so let's
have a good turnout of homemakers at
the next meeting.

3. Molded : Use h instead of J c. sauce
to 1 c. meat or fish. Place in mold slight-
ly buttered. Put in pan of hot water in
moderate oven until firm. Unmold, gar-
nish with parsley, pour around it 2 T.
sauce.

CUSTARDS

Soft Custard: Plain — 2-3 c. milk, 1
yolk egg, 1 T. sugar, i t. vanilla flavor.

General Method: Scald the milk in a
double boiler; while it is scalding beat
the egg slightly. Add the sugar to the
egg, mix. Add the scalded milk slowly to
the egg, stirring all the time. Return to
double boiler and cook, stirring all the
time until it thickens. Remove from fire
at once, cool quickly by placing upper
part of double boiler in cold water.
When cool, add salt and flavoring, if the
latter is an extract. If not, follow di-
rections under special recipe. Serve in
punch glass.

Note — If custard should curdle, the
result of over cooking, add to it at once
1 T. cold mlk, and pour with force into
pitcher, then back again into boiler, then
into pitcher, repeating until custard is
smooth.

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY
HAMPSHIRE: COUNTY CLUB WORK

SOUTH HADLEY KNOWS AND
SEES MORE ABOUT CLUB WORK

Cutnmington People Also Entertained

Mr. E. M. Burnette, town club leader
in South Hadley, was instrumental in ar-
ranging the program for an enthusiastic
community meeting at which Professor
Farley sounded the keynote for club
work in that town. Two motion picture
films on Pig Club Work and Canning
Club work were heartily enjoyed. The
meeting was one of the most successful
held so far this year, and promises a
bright season in club work for South
Hadley.

A few nights before Mr. Howe from

GREENWICH GIRLS KNOW HOW

TO MAKE GOOD BREAD

Miss Norris Finds Little Need For
Demonstration

The Greenwich Bread Club asked Miss
Norris to come and give a demonstration
in bread making. The club was probably
looking for a chance to demonstrate to
Miss Norris its ability to make bread, for
when she arrived she was confronted by
seven of the best looking loaves of bread
that ever came out of an oven.

The State Leader certainly found very
little to do in the way of demonstrating,
so a very profitable part of the hour was
spent in judging the bread, each girl's

the Massachusetts Agricultural College . loaf being criticized so that each member
showed the same films to the people in [ had a chance to see wherein her loaf !
Cummington after the church supper, could be made better.
These meetings are steps in the com-
munity program of club work, and are
held primarily to create an understand-
ing in town as to what Junior Extension
Work stands for.

MEDALS TO BE AWARDED

AT EXHIBIT TIME

SOW AND LITTER CLUB

MEMBERS BOOKING ORDERS

Amherst Boy's Sow First to Farrow

Winthrop Kellogg of Amherst is the

first boy in the Sow and Litter Contest to

report a litter of pigs. His Chester

. , , , , , • White Sov/ was bred to a registered

In order to avoid the usual delay m , . , , . , „„., r

, , , , , , L ' Yorkshire boar,and is now the mother of

awarding bronze medals to club "^em- ^.^^

bers, the County Leader will present the ^^^^^^^ ^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^^_

medal to members eligble to receive it atl^^^ ,^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^,^^^^y ^^^^^

the club exhibit. It is hoped that mem-
bers of the Bread and Sewing Clubs will ;
thus be spared the long and discourag- i
ing delay previously experienced, due to

orders for some of the registered Berk-
shires he expects this month. Six mem-
bers of this club report that they expect
sows to farrow this month. It is to be

the length of time taken to compile the 1^^^^^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^ p^^^.^,^ ;^.jj ^^.^^ ^^^

county records.

WARE BOYS INTERESTED

IN RABBITS

A group of boys in Ware promise to
have one of the most unique clubs in the
County, when they organize a rabbit club
next week. Pigs, calves, or chickens
aren't in it as far as fun and profit go
according to these lads who have recently
been buying their stock and getting
started.

Rabbits have a distinct value as a meat
especially the larger breeds, as Flemish
Giants and Belgian Hares. The work of
their club will be interesting to watch.

contest for the winner will have a chance
at the prize camp in Amherst this sum-
mer.

GOSHEN HOME ECONOMICS

CLUB COMPOSES NEW SONG

The Goshen club has made a new con-
tribution to the ever increasing volume of
Club literature. The girls of the club
have composed the following song, which
gives a good idea of the enthusiasm these
girls and boys too, are putting into club
work.

Dorothy Bissell is club president,
Minnie Richardson, Vice-President, and
Josephine Hathaway, Secretary.

CLUB SONG

(Tune "Keep the Home Fires Burning")

Keep the needles flying

And keep on trying

To win the Economics .banner for your

club
When you do your darning
You must keep on learning
And get the first prize for your club,

Ah-ra-ra-ta-ta-ta

Keep the mixer whirling

Keep the bread a-twirling

Make the best you can for company for

tea,
Make a little cake
The worst part is to bake
But when it's done
Your ready for the fun to help to eat

that cake.

Come and see us darning

Come and see us patching

Come and see the best of all which is to

cook
H is our letter
To make best better
Our name is "Work and Win," Ah-ra-ta-

ta-ta.

SOUTHAMPTON BOY SCOUTS
INTERESTED IN PIGS AND CALVES

The County Leader was invited over to
a meeting of the Southampton Boy
Scouts recently to explain some of the
interesting points of club work. Con-
siderable interest was shown in pig and
calf club work, and it is quite likely that
under the leadership of Mr. Edward
Stone and Mr. Rood, a boys' agricultural
club will be formed.

MASTER OF STATE GRANGE
DONATES PRIZES

FOR CLUB WORK

Leslie R. Smith has asked the County
Leader to figure out how one ton of fer-
tilizer can best be awarded as prizes for
the best work in corn, potato and garden
club work. This is a worth while addi-
tion to the assortment of prizes now
available, and no doubt but what it will
be fully appreciated. Announcements
as to its method of distribution will be
made later.

Boys' and girls' club work is designed
to change the point of view of the boys
and girls, both rural and urban, of Amer-
ica so that they will want to make further
preparation and study in the business of
farming and home-making, and will see
the need of taking the Smith-Hughes vo-
cational courses in agriculture and home
economics, and matriculating for courses
in colleges of agriculture.

Tomorrow

"Tomorrow I will go into pure-breds."

And he gazed with dreamy eyes
Toward the misty clouds that were tinged

with pink
From the glow of the western skies.
"And I'll show the big, indifferent world
How a good herd wins its way!"
But the prize he sought was won by the

man
Who started his herd today. ^Exchange.
Lots of boys in club work have made the

start already.

The Other Way About

"I see you are keeping a cow."
"Wrong, neighbor, wrong, she's keepin'
me."^ — Hoard's Dairyman.

When things look blue in the dairy
business, buy a cow like this one adver-
tised in a western paper: "For sale: A
Guernsey cow; gives a good quality of
milk, also hay, rope, pulleys and small
refrigerator."

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

MAIOKLL

SHOES

FROM

THE MANDELL CO.

GIVE

SATISFACTION

THE MANDELL COMPANY

The Draper Hotel Buil<liii!ir
NORTHAMPrOX, . . . MASS.

Northampton
^ National Bank ^

C. N. CLARK, President
WARREN M. KING, Vice-President
EDWIN K. ABBOTT, Cashier

CAPITAL AND SURPLUS, jeCO.OOO
DEPOSITS, S2,n00,C100

Interest Paid on Special Accounts and
Certificates of Deposit

We are qualified to act as Executor,
Administrator and Trustee

Why not make your will appointing
this Bank as Executor?

THE BANK FOR EVERYBODY

The Habjt of Saving

Is at the l)ottom of most
big successes in the busi-
- ness world. Begin the
habit by opening a sav-
ings account with the
H a y d e n V i 1 1 e Savings
Banlv. One dollar is
enough to start with.

BANK BY MAIL

HAYDENVILLE SAVINGS BANK

HAYDENVILLE, WASS.

Coni'huled from page 1
ticed, the dry and the wet, which are
equally satisfactory.

DRY METHOD

Add 1 pint of formaldehyde to 1 pint
of water and place in an atomizer,
sprayer or small hand sprayer. (For-
maldehyde costs from $.20 to $.45 per
pint. The sprayer will cost about $.50.)
Place the seed oats in a pile on a clean
floor, and spray the solution of formalde-
hyde on the grain as it is being shoveled
over. Hold the sprayer close to the giain
so that the spray will be well distributed.
Do not spray it into the air more than
can be avoided as it has an irritating ac-
tion on the nose and throat. One stroke
of the sprayer gives enough spray for
each shovelful of grain, and more than
that is unnecessary. After all the oats
have been sprayed with the formaldehyde
shovel them into a pile, and cover them
for about five hours with old bags or
blankets. At the end of that time the
grain may be sown immediately. Or, if
to be stored, the grain may be spread
out to air well and then placed in clean
sacks, or sacks which have also been dis-
infected by the formaldehyde spray.

WET METHOD

Add one-half pint of formaldehyde to
20 gallons of water. By means of n
watering can, sprinkle the oats which
have been spread out on the floor until
they are thoroughly moist. Shovel them
over while the sprinkling is going on so
as to distribute the formaldehyde evenly.
Twenty gallons will treat any amount of
oats up to .30 bushel. But after the seed
is all moist it is unnecessary to continue
sprinkling. Shovel the oats into a pile
and cover with old bags or blankets for
about five hours. At the end of this time
spread the oats out and stir them occa-
sionally so that they will dry well. As
soon as the seed is dry enough to run
freely through the drill it may be sown.
If the seed is somewhat swollen, allow
about 2 pecks more per acre. If it is
preferred to store the oats dry them
thoroughly after treatment and place in
clean bags, or bags which have been
disinfected by the formaldehyde sprink-
ling.

Wm. L. Doran, M. A. C.

ONION SHIPMENTS

March

South Deerfield,

91 cars

Hatfield,

55 cars

Hadley,

40 cars

North Hatfield,

20 cars

Amherst,

8 cars

Whately,

5 cars

219 cars

Don't Plant Silage Corn too Thick

W. H. RILEY & CO.
PLUMBING and HEATING

KITCHEN FURNISHINGS

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Opp. Post Office Northampton, Mass.

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Saturdays, 9 A. M. to noon
Monday evenings, 6.30 to 8

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XORTH.WIPTON, MASS.

, THE BANK OX THE CORNER

If you want to feel at home, do
your banking business with us.
We pride ourselves on our large
and progressive agricultural cli-
entele. Assets over ^2,700,000

WM. G. B.\SSETT, President

F. .\. KNEELAND, Vice-President
OLIVER B. BKAULEV, Cashier

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

Wiswell the Druggist

82 Main];street

— THE KODAK STORE —

VETERINARY REMEDIES
Daniels', Lesure's, Barber's

STABLE DISINFECTANTS

SAMUEL IJ HOWARD WILLIAM N. HOWARD

D. F. Howard & Sons

Wholesale and Retail Dealers in

FLOUR, MEAL, GRAIN
FEED, PRESSED HAY
STRAW AND

POULTRY SUPPLIES

90 East Street,

Ware, Mass.

Elevator on B. &. A. R. R.
I.oiie Distame Telephone

GAZETTE PRINTING CO.
MERCANTILE PRINTERS
NORTHAMPTON, MASS.

THAT EASTER SUIT

We have just received some of the old
style hard finished goods that were so
hard to get during the war. These suits
arc made to give the maximum of ser-
vice and are priced so as to be within
the reach of all. We invite you to come
in and look them over

R. F. ARMSTRONG & SON

80 MAIN STREET, NORTHAMPTON, MASS.

Fordsorv

TClAOe NflAP

Here is Henry Ford's world-wide gift to civilization, whicii
has won the all-England championship prize at the demon-
stration given at Lincolnshire, England, May 9, 1918. It is
one of the principal factors in winning this great war in
helping in the production of food. Every farmer sliould own
one of these machines.

For Circulars, Catalogs, Etc., Etc.
CHASE MOTOR SALES COMPANY

Distributors for Western Massachusetts

■403 MAIN STREET NORTHAMPTON, MASS.

Concluded from page 1
it, you will also see brush coming up with
it and it can't be helped.

"You ask a farmer why he doesn't
keep his pastures better. He will say, 'I
don't have the time,' and it is so.

"We start every spring and strain
every nerve to raise more ensilage, to
feed more cows, to make more milk, to
get bigger checks, to pay bigger grain
bills and we are lucky if we pay them all.

"How many of us are keeping our
stock on father's farm? Of course we
handle more money selling milk, but how
are we going to keep on?

"If you double the brush in our pas-
tures every few years, as it is doing
now, how long is it going to be before
our pastures are woods? Pretty soon we
are going to be very tired; then anxious-
ly, we look to "sonny." Will he take the
farm? Sonny will look out over the
farm. He sees the brush coming through
the fences in to the mowing. 'Huh,
father has sold this farm and carted it
into the city. Come wife, let's go to the
city and get a job.'

"There are other things in life besides
milk and money. Are we making as
much out of life as we might, .socially,
etc. ? Can't we live a less strenuous life,
by keeping different stock, when pork,
lamb, poultry, eggs and beef are so high ;
improving our farms more, also by keep-
ing stock that stay in the pasture all

summer and help keep them clean? We
look in horror at a man who sells all his
hay, that cjuickly effects the mowings,
but selling milk is a slower process and
seem to effect the pastures first.

"This is simply calling attention to a
serious danger to our farms and it is
serious when we notice that more brush
has grown on our farms the past 25
years than for 7.5 years before.

"I don't think I am pessimistic in call-
ing attention to these things, for I love
the country life. I love Middlefield, and
better yet, I love its people, and I be-
lieve that by working together we can
gradually make some change that will
make Middlefield a better place to live

Professor Earl .Jones says that those
farms buying the Rural type of .seed po-
tatoes such as Dibble's Russet, Carmen
No. .3, Petosky, etc., should remember
and plant them a little closer than Green
Mountain potatoes.

The reason for this is that they have
fewer plants and set fewer tubes per hill
and are apt to grow coarse unless they
are planted rather close in the row. It
seems safe to advise that varieties of this
type be planted from 3 to 4 inches closer
in a row than Green Mountain potatoes.
Varieties of this type grow upright and
are easier to spray than Green Mountain
potatoes.

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

UP-TO-DATE FERTILIZERS

FOR

UP-TO-DATE FARMERS

Are you a business farmer ? Do you
buy simply "Farmers' Delight" or do
you purchase units of plant food? Now
that the war is ended we can offer for
the first time in quantity two high-grade
fertilizers :

AMMO-PHOS

10.7 7(1 Nitrogen (13: Ammonia)

47 9t Available Phosphoric Acid

AMMO-PHOS AND

TANKAGE MIXTURE

10 fc Nitrogen (li'i Ammonia)

25 '/c Available Phosphoric Acid

Approximately one-half of the nitrogen
is mineral and one-half organic, phosphoric
acid mostly water soluble.

We are also offering a full line of all
fertilizer materials. Write us for prices
and formula suggestions for 1919.

A. W. HIGGINS

SOUTH DEERFIELD, MASS.

Telephone South Deerfield Un

or E. S. RUSSELL, South Hadley, Mass

Telepbune Northampton IGltj

NORTHAMPTON

COMMERCIAL

COLLEGE

THE SCHOOL OF THOROUGHNESS"

In session twelve montlis in
the year. Students admitted
at any time and graduated
when competent.

Greater demand and better
salaries for business = trained
men and women than ever be=
fore. For catalogue and com=
plete information address

JOSEPH PICKETT, Principal
76 Pleasant St., Northampton, Mass.

("onchuled from i)a!Jre 8

The following data taken from results
secured by the Nebraska Experiment
Station, shows the value of using accli-
mated seed corn:

Yield per acre

Seed from other states, 39.8 bu.

Seed grown in state, 4.5.6 bu.

Local seed grown near

Experiment Station, 48.8 bu.

The average result of twenty-one co-
operative tests in Nebraska was as fol-
lows:

Yield per acre

Native varieties, 30. .5 bu.

Varieties not native, 24.1 bu.

The Ohio Station reports that in va-
riety tests local varieties have done bet-
ter than those from other parts of the
state.

The Rhode Island Station reported
after testing fifteen different varieties
for six years that only one foreign va-
riety surpassed the Rhode Lsland White
Cap Flint in yield. However, when the
market condition and the shrinkage in
the crib were considered the native White
Cap Flint was found to be best adapted
to Rhode Island conditions.

The following conclusion was drawn
from the corn variety demonstration
tests conducted in Berkshire County in
1918, "Seed grown and selected on the
home farm for a number of years, has,
in almost all demonstrations been equal
to or better than seed from other
sources."

The above results indicate that it is a
good practice to select seed corn from
your own crop and care for it so that it
will germinate well. Results are often
disappointing when seed from a bumper
crop grown in another locality is used.
Given an adapted variety and a good
stand, the productivity of the soil is the
most important factor in determining the
yield of corn in a normal season.

— Earl Jones, M. A. C.

Concluded from page 1
full crop of both .soy beans and corn will
be grown. In general, it has been found
that the yield will be about the same as
that of corn alone and a richer silage is
produced.

Seed mixtures vary, but three quarts
of beans to five quarts of corn has proved
satisfactory. Not over ten to twelve
quarts of corn should be planted per
acre. One bushel of soy beans will be
planted on four to five acres. The corn
is planted, fertilized and cultivated as
usual. Better results have been secured
with the varieties of corn which come
near maturity. The soy beans should be
planted shallow.

The Medium Green soy bean seems
best adapted to Massachusetts. Soy
beans should be inoculated because a
richer feed is then produced.

COBURN & GRAVES

The REXALL Store

Tel. 200 . . Northampton, Mass.

BISSELL'S TIRE SHOP

NORTHAMPTON, MASS.

Miller, Qoodyear, and U. S. Tires

Tires and Tubes

Vulcanized by Steam

GOODYEAR SERVICE STATION

FREE AIR

66 KING STREET

Tel. 1893-M

FARMERS' WEEK

at Mass. Agricultural College
March 17 to 20

Remember and save those dates

H. D. SMITH

Hatfield, Mass.

GRAIN, COAL, ICE

AND

FARM MACHINERY

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

FARM MACHINERY

PLOWS HARROWS CULTIVATORS W. N. POTTER'S SONS & CO.

Farm Tools of Every Description

Our Auto Trucks visit adjacent towns each week except
winter months. All orders receive careful attention and are
delivered without extra charge.

■ VOO CAWa4et;-*r:?^« »OLLIVAN-S"

J. A. SULILVAN 8C COMPANY \ Houi^AlE!

3 Main Street Telephone 6, Northampton, Mass.

JAMES A, STURGES

Flour, Feed, Grain and Hay

Poultry Supplies

Field Seeds in Season

EASTHAMPTON
Rear 35 Main Street, Nexl Town Hall

J. E. MERRICK & CO.,
Flour and Feed, Grain, Hay, Straw-
Baled Shavings
AMHERST, . . . MASS.

HORSE BLANKETS, GLOVES AND MITTENS

Should interest you at this time
Best Display and Prices Right at

CHILSON'S— The Leather Store

NORTHAMPTON, MASS.

Flour, Hay
Grain, Salt

Lime and Cement

NORTHAMPTON

FLORENCE

HADLEY

ZIP — Spring is here

Now we're not going in for airy persiflage
or camouflage about our Spring styles
The subject is too big. We simply ask you,
busy readers, to consider this a personal
invitation to come and see for yourself
You have never seen a better display of
attractive suits, interesting patterns, agree-
able colors, original models

Courteous attention awaits you

MERRITT CLARK 8C CO.

144 MAIN STREET, NORTHAMPTON, MASS.

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY

FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

A^.l. IV

NORTHAMPTON, MASS., SWY. liil'.i

No.

FIELD CROPS FOR POULTRY

CUT FEED COST

In crop production on a jioultry farm
special consideration might well be given
those products which can be marketed
through the birds to reduce the feed bill
and the refuse of which may serve as
litter. Forage crops rather than grains
are, of course, the first consideration.
Fall sown rye for early spring pasture,
rape, clover and a mixture of oats and
peas, are also valuable poultry forage
and in addition help to cleanse the land.

The ma.iority of poultry ranges, es-
pecially the yards of laying stock, get
dry and barren of suitable green feed
during the late summer. This is a time
when supplementary feeding of green
forage is of special advantage in keeping
up egg production, growing chickens and
reducing the feed bill. If tender, green
pasturage is not available, rape, Swiss
chard or fodder corn may be planted in
drills close to the yards where it can be
cut and thrown conveniently to the birds
each day.

For winter feeding succulence is a
necessity. Mangels are the most satis-
factory crop. One ton to a hundred birds
is the average consumption. Of the
grains, corn gives the largest yields, con-
stitutes the greatest portion of the ration
and requires little special machinery. It
has other merits, too, for it uses poultry
manure, when supplemented with acid
phosphate, to good advantage, the corn
field makes an ideal range for chickens
and the stalks when cut into short lengths
mny be used for litter.

Wm. C. Monalian, M. A. C.

RAISING FARM HORSES GAINING IN POPULARITY

Percheron Stallion Cruzette I4I305

The practice of farmers raising their own work horses is gaining in popularity
in Hampshire County. The most impoi-tant part in successful and profitable
horse breeding, however, is the type of stallion that is available.

The stallion pictured above, recently purchased by C. E. Parsons & Son, is a
fine individual, dark grey in color, three years old, weighs 1,600 pounds in work
condition shows remarkable courage and energy and still is perfectly broken ar.d
gentle. He was bred by W. G. Jones, Delaware, Ohio, Sire, Prince Albert 102576;
Dam, the imported mare Kava 101450 (96280). He breeds back to the grand old
horse Brilliant 1899 (756) two times through his sire and three times through his
dam. He can be seen any time at the Parsons Farm and is usually found in har-
ness doing his full share of the farm work. Those interested would well profit by
stopping to see this horse and also find out what little time is lost by Mr. Parsons
in keeping brood mares for his farm work. The stallion and mares work prac-
tically the year round.

SOME QUESTIONS IN FARM
MAN!^GEMENT TO BE ANSWERED

During the first week in May, Prof.
Earl Jones, M. A. C. spent several days
in the county. Prof. Jones made some
comments and raised certain questions on
agi'icultural practices and conditions in'
our county. Some of these comments and
questions are given below for your con-
sideration. How are you solving these
problems on your farm?

Pastures which should be one of the
leading assets of the western part of the
county are badly overgrown with brush.
Concluded on page 5

RATE OF PLANTING SOY BEANS

FOR SILAGE

"Seed mixtures vary, but mi.xing the
seed at the rate of three quarts of beans
to five quarts of corn has proved satis-
factory. Where ten quarts of corn aie
planted per acre about six quarts of
beans would be planted in addition. Not
over ten or twelve quarts of corn should
be planted per acre when both crops are
grown together. The corn is planted, fer-
tilized and cultivated as it is when
both crops are grown together. The
corn is planted, fertilized and cultivated
as it is when planted alone. Soy beans
do best with varieties of corn that come
near maturity. The beans must be
planted shallow, about one inch deep be-
cause they cannot grow if too deep."

DEMONSTRATION ORCHARD

PAYS A PROFIT

How a Successful Young Orchard Was
Made To Pay

Hampshire County has the honor of
having the most profitable demonstration
orchard in the state. This orchard is lo-
cated on Mineral Valley Farm, owned by
Mr. E. B. Clapp, at Westhampton, and
las been a remarkaole success from the
beginning.

It was one of the first of the series of
demonstration orchards set in. the state
under the auspices of the Massachusetts
Agricultural College, and was planted in
1910. The leading varieties ore Baldwin,
Mcintosh, Wealthy and Oldenburg. Or-
dinarily an orchard of this kind does not
Concluded on page 6

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

PUBLISHED BY THE

Hampshire County Farm Bureau

A. F. MacDoiis:ill, County Agent
Helen A. Harrinian, Home Deni. Atent
C. H. Gouia, Boys' and Girls' Club Leader

Office First National Bank Building

Northampton, Mass.

Entered as second class matter Nov. 9, 1915, at the
Post Office at Northampton, Massachusetts, under
the Act ot March 8, 1879.

■■ Notice of Entry "

"Acceptance for mailing at special rate ot post-
age provided tor in section llOa, Act of October 3,
1917. Authorized October 31, 1917."

Price. 25 cents a year

Officers of tlie Trustees

Leslie R. Smith, President
Clarence E. Hodgkins, Vice-President
Warren M. King, Treasurer
Charles H. Gould, Secretary

Trustees for County Aid to Agriculture

The Hampshire County Tobacco Grow-
ers, Inc., now have approximately 500
acres of tobacco under contract by its
members to market, cooperately. With
the other organizations in Massachusetts
and Connecticut, this gives about 6,000
acres to be marketed in this way or about
one-fourth of all the tobacco grown in
the Connecticut Valley. Working under
the efficient plans of the organization,
this should mean the mo.st advanced .step
along any line ever taken by the tobacco
growers.

Marketing cooperatively seems to be
the only solution for the farmers in mo.st
sections of Hamp.shire County in finding
a satisfactory outlet for their farm pro-
duce. Individuals or individual com-
munities in going to market only compete
with each other with the corresponding
unsatisfactory results.

A good example of how it works to the
detriment of the farmer was recently
shown in the milk market. Community
A was selling in Holyoke, Community B
was selling in Chicopee. Community A
had trouble and changed markets with
the result that Community B is now sell-
ing cream or making butter. One section
may profit temporarily, but in our county
the dairy business as a whole is stand-
ing still under such a system. Other
examples might be used of the system of
marketing potatoes, apples, etc.

The consuming centers should be organ-
ized as well as the producers in order that
the produce may be sold efficiently. North-
ampton has no wholesale house. Retail-
ers are buying a great deal of their pro-
duce from Holyoke and Spi-ingfield, while
the county's produce begs for a market.
Why cannot the farmers in the towns
tributary to Northampton make an or-
ganized effort, possibly through the
Northampton Chamber of Commerce, to
bring about more satisfactory market
conditions that would handle satisfac-
torily the produce consumed in our local
markets and dispose through the proper
channels the surplus produce of the
county.

Don't Tell Anyone We Told
You— But:

Mrs. J. H. Atwood of Westhampton
says: "I am very glad that Lila joined
your Home Economics Club, as she has
gained a strong interest in the work that
otherwise she would not have had, and
now willingly helps with all patching and
mending of the family."

Mrs. Frank L. Perry of Enfield says
that her daughter, since joining the
Bread Club, has made two-thirds of the
bread in her home.

Don't miss spraying your fruit trees as
soon as the petals drop. No other farm
operation will give you more returns for
your time and effort. Use 3 lbs. arsenate
lead paste (li lbs. powdered lead) and 4
quarts of lime-sulphur to 50 gallons of
water.

Seventy-two tons of government ni-
trate have been delivered in Hampshire
County.

After this season the farmers will
know whether or not it pays to buy cer-
tified potato seed stock. Four hundred
and seventy-five bushels were sold into
thirteen different towns and will be
planted in many cases side of ordinary
northern grown and native stock.

Hillside Agricultural Society is offer-
ing this year .$75 for special prizes in
farm crop production. Field corn, Silage
corn, Potatoes, Beans, Soiling Crop, Gar-
dens, Wheat, Rye Buckwheat, Oats, and
Barley, are the crops listed. All entries
have to be with the secretary, H. G.
Streeter, Cummington, on or before July
1, 1919. Inspection will be made on or
about August 15th. Each prize winner
must show a specimen of crop at Cum-
mington Fair. Contests of this kind give
the right kind of encouragement for pro-
duction and a large number of farmers
should try for the prizes.

In driving through one section of
Westhampton one cannot help but notice
the neat appearance of the letter boxes.
Almost every box has a bright coat of
aluminum paint, and the name of the res-
ident is plainly printed on the side.

Whether these mail boxes happen to be
new or whether their clear appearance is
the result of some local effort to brighten
up, we cannot say. We do feel, that
the practice of maintaining neat mail
boxes is a good advertisement for the
community. They dispel that shiftless,
indifferent attitude that characterizes so
many R. F. D. routes. They make the
passer-by feel as though he would like to
meet the man whose name is on the box.
They seem to indicate that the owner of
the bo.xes are awake and in communica-
tion with the rest of the world. A rusty,
broken mail box is pretty apt to be the
emblem of a Peter Tumbledown.

Mr. Josiah Parsons, Northampton, has
sold thirty bushels of Connecticut Valley
jdent seed corn to be used for silage corn
I in the hill towns.

The dairymen of this county who sup-
ply Holyoke with milk, together with
their dealers, are planning to raise $2,500
to contribute to a publicity campaign on
the value of milk to be carried on in the
cities of Hampden County. The publicity
work will be continued for one year and
it is planned to raise $12,000 among the
six cities and towns.

Club work engages the best thought,
energy, and interest of every boy and
girl in the business of farming and home
making. Club work is a practical back-
to-the-home, "made-in-America" type of
education.

Every farm should have a business
office, if it is no more than part of a desk.
Here should be kept all records, accounts,
orders, and reference books.

SUMMER SCHOOL AT MASS.

AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE

"We shall make special piovision in the
summer school for young men discharged
from naval or military service who wi.sh
instruction in agriculture.

"The school begins June .30th and closes
July 26th."

BE SURE OF MARKET

PRICE OF WOOL

A few farmers in the County have sold
their wool, some at market price and
some from one-half to three-fourths the
market price. Those who sold for 70c a
pound made a satisfactory sale. Those
who still have their clip to .sell had better
get in touch with the Franklin County
Sheep Breeders' Cooperative As.sociation
and market their wool cooperatively. At
least, do not hurry to sell your clip with-
out first knowing the market price.

hampshire county farm bureau monthly
home: making

FARM BUREAU WORK IS
COMMUNITY WORK, NOT

THE AGENT'S WORK

Washington Expert Urges that it be

Done to the Satisfaction

of Local People

Mrs. Salisbury, of the United States
Department of Agriculture, conferring
with Home Demonstration Agents of
Western Massachusetts recently, very
concisely expressed the function of the
Homemaking Department of the Farm
Bureau with the following suggestions:

That homemaking should be put on a
basis with other industries.

That a Farm Bureau is an organiza-
tion of men, women, and children to
handle agriculture and home aifairs be-
cau.se all make for the home.

That the Farm Bureau exists to make
your community so satisfactory that you
wouldn't live elsewhere.

That the Farm Bureau is an office
where knowledge on home, agricultural
and club affairs is received and dis-
tributed.

That this community work is your
work — not the agent's. Their work is to
help you. Women and men alike must
realize it is their work and have it done
to their satisfaction. That women who
carry on follow up work in clothing,
household management, etc. become Home
Demoyistratws. Don't let the demon-
stration stop — spread it and tell it to
other women. Let the Home Demonstra-
tion Agent know what you are getting
out of her work.

That the Home Demonstration is only
the representative — you are the demon-
strator, trying out the value of the
knowledge. If it's good spread it over
the community.

DO YOU KNOW TEXTILES?

Purchasing clothing material is a
present-day problem of the housewife as
she must bear in mind the gi-eat necessity
for saving material to meet the added de-
mands on the depleted supply, and pur-
chasing so economically that the family
pocket book will not suffer through her
carelessness. Only through the knowl-
edge of fundamental principles govern-
ing the selection of material and experi-
ence gained from continued practice can
one become an intelligent buyer.

It has been made possible by the State
Extension Service to have Mrs. Mary
Woolman give two courses on textiles in
Hampshire County. The course of five
lectures gives information on the subjects
of textile industry, the economic situa-
tions of clothing materials, the relation
of clothing to health, and hints for in-
telligent shopping. Mrs. Woolman will
meet the women of Huntington May 14
and each successive Wednesday afternoon,
and the women of Northampton May 1.5
and each successive Thursday afternoon
for five weeks.

THINGS FOR WARM WEATHER

Fireless Cooker, Iceless Refrigerator and
Fly Traps Offer Possibilities

In another month or two we shall be
complaining of the warm weather and
wishing that we had thought sooner of
making a fireless cooker, or an iceless
refrigerator, or an up-to-date fly trap.
A demonstration in the makng of one
or more of these appliances might seem
more practical to many a community at
this time than a demonstration in the
preparation of food. If you are inter-
ested, communicate with the home de-
partment.

Reading List of Books on Thrift and
Savings for Children

"Can you finance yourself?"

"Are you conducting your household
finances on business-like principles?"

"Above all, teach the children to save;
economy is the sure foundation of all
virtues." — Victor Hncjo.

Bexell, .J. A. First lessons in business.
Philadelphia — Lippincott, 1919.

Bowsfield, C. C. — How boys and girls
earn money — Chicago — Forbes.

Colling, A. F. Money Making for
Boys. New York— Dodd, Mead, 1917.

Pritchard, M. T. and Turkington, G. A.
Stones of Thrift for Young Americans,
New York — Scribner 191-5.

GOOD RUBBERS THE BEST

INSURANCE AGAINST

SPOILAGE

Many who la.st year conserved their
food supply by the cold pack method have
realized that they made a big mistake
because they did not give sufficient at-
tention to the grade of rubber rings. Al-
most any composition rubber would seal
a jar for the old fashioned "hot pack" or
"open kettle" canning. A satisfactory
ring contains plenty of live rubber com-
bined with tough, strong fiber, which
gives it the necesary toughness to with-
stand the devulcanizing action of the
long boiling in the cold pack method.

The rings should cling closely to the
neck of the jar and resist the action of
escaping steam and air which tends to
blow soft rubber out of place; otherwise
the ring will blow out from underneath
the cover.

Care must be exercised to obtain ex-
actly the right size to fit the jar. Be
sure it is wide and thick enough to in-
sure a perfect 'seal. A rubber ring
should be absolutely tasteless and have
nothing in its composition that can boil
out and taint the food, and should be
capable of stretching without breaking.

Buy modest colors and conservative
styles in garments which are expected to
give long service. Extremes in either
color or cut become conspicuous when
styles change.

Different Kind of Scraps

Corporal : That was some scrap at
supper last night.

Assistant Corporal : What's that — a
scrap?

Corporal : Yep, the coffee soaked a roll.

The second quarterly meeting of the
County Committee on Homemaking was
held at the Farm Bureau at .3.00 p. m.,
Monday, April 7. The Home Demon-
stration Agent reported on the work done
since January first and future work of
homemaking projects was discussed.
Miss Comstock and Miss Gifford, both of
the Massachusetts Agricultural College,
were present.

There's a reason other than vanity why
a woman should be well dressed ; it gives
her self-confidence and ease of manner.
Well dressed does not mean expensively
dressed.

HOME-MADE SOAP

Make soap of fats which cannot be
used for cooking.

First clarify the fat. Melt it up and
add water, bring to a boil, and allow to
cool. The fat will form a solid cake on
the top of the water. The impurities
may be removed from the bottom of the
fat. Melt fat again and heat until all
water has evaporated, till bubbling stops.
Then slice a medium-sized potato into
the fat and strain through a dry piece of
cheese cloth.

To each five pounds of lukewarm
grease use

1 small can lye.

1 quart cold water.

1 cup hot water.

3 tablespoons borax.

4 cup household ammonia.

2 tablespoons sugar.
1 teaspoon salt.

Mix lye and cold water, let stand till
cold, stirring occasionally. Mix i cup
hot water with 3 tablespoons borax. Let
this cool and add \ cup household am-
monia, 2 tablespoons sugar, and 1 tea-
spoon salt. Pour lye into grease slowly,
stirring continually with a wooden spoon
or spatula. Add other mixture, stir un-
til light and thick. Pour into an enam-
eled pan lined with paraffin paper.
Crease before soap get cold. — Louise F.
Lacey, Colo. Agr. College.

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

HAMPSHIRE: COUN"rY CLUB WORK

IF DAD DON'T LET ME JOIN A CLUB

I'LL GO OFF AND BE A CITY DUB!

(By VV. E. Vaplon, State Club Leader, Colorado)

A man came to our school today and told us all about the way some other boys
and girls had joined the Club and how these kids had coined more money than a
load of hay. He said that one boy name of Jones had made almost a hundred
bone a-raising corn to sell for seed, he said that we'd be wise to heed and join a
club and not be drones. He told about another boy who raised some spuds and
got more joy than ever'n his life before, he said it wasn't such a chore, the hoe
was only just a toy. A girl had canned of ga? den stuff so much that there would
be enough to feed tne family through 'til spring; he said 'twas fine to hear her
sing although the work had sure been tough. Two hundred dollars one boy m.ade,
a-selling pigs, he found it paid and at the fair he won the prize from boys that
were most twice his size, he's glad that on the job he stayed. All this is what I
told my dad and now I'm feeling mighty sad, for he said it's all foolishness, that
I just show my muleishness that Clubs are nothing but a fad. He said that when
he was a lad, there were no clubs and he was glad to work for just his clothes and
hash the only thing worth while was cash, the modern notions made him mad.
And so I can't raise spuds nor corn, I'll have to work from early morn 'til late at
night and never owti a calf or pig for just my own. I'll mijs the monthly meet-
ings too, I can't do things as others do; I can't go to the fair or win a prize nor
have a four-leaf pin ; it seems that some have all the fun and have a chance to earn
some mun, while some just have to work and sweat and nothing but abuses get.
But just you wait 'til I am grown and dad'll wish that he had known enough to
let me join a club because I'll be a city dub!

THE JOYS OF CLUB WORK

Southampton Qirl Tells Her Experiences

The lirst time that Mr. Gould came
down he asked the girls if they would
please all go to one side of the room. He
also asked us if we would like to start
a young girls' sewing club. The first
thing of course, was to find out what
the club would be like. Next, he gave
us all a sheet of paper that told about
the club and what we were to do. We
talked it over among ourselves for about
a week, until Mr. Gould came down again.
There were only two girls that were go-
ing to join. After talking it over an-
other week, there were seven that were
willing to enroll. Our leader was all
chosen.

At our first meeting we chose our offi-
cers and planned out our work for the
three months, between January fifteenth
and April fifteenth.

In the work that I chose, I had twenty
hours of sewing, darning, and patching,
ten hours of cooking, thirty hours of
household tasks.

The first thing I made was an apron
all by hand. I succeeded very well until
I came to make the buttonholes, which,
when I had them finished looked like )
pigs' eyes, as they were the first I ever
made.

The next week I began a dress for my
sister. I had to take out in several places,
but finally, I had it to fit her. The but-
ton holes on the dress looked a little more
like button holes — the last one more so.

Every week I did at least one patch
and a darn. When Miss Klopfenstein

I showed us how to put on a patch, I
thought I could never take such small
stitches. Soon, I was able, with care, to
make one to somewhat resemble Miss
Klopfenstein's. That was my aim. It
was fun trying.

My cooking I did all on Saturdays. I
had very good luck with all of my cookies
I made. One Saturday, everything
seemed to go wrong. I made six cup-
cakes and one layer cake. Both ran all
over the oven and what was left in the
tin fell. Just before I sat down to din-
ner, I stirred up another loaf of cake
This did not run out. The first time I
looked in the oven ; it was nice and light.
The next time I looked in it had taken
a great fall. I certainly was disgusted
with baking. I learned that the oven was
not hot enough. However, the dog en-
joyed the first cake while we, at the other
loaf and the cupcakes. The rest of the
time I had very good luck with everything
I made.

In household tasks, we each had a list
to choose from. I made beds, filled
woodbox, did dishes, swept and d'asted,
ironed, and prepared meals. The iron-
ing I did all in my spring vacation. When
I started sweeping. Mama told me that
I made too much dust. She also told me
whenever I swept, I would have to dust.

I certainly have enjoyed all of my
club work. It has been very interesting
and I have learned many new things,
besides helping out mother and father.

MORE WORK PLANNED WITH

DEMONSTRATION TEAMS

state and Inter State Competition

County .demonstration teams in corn,

I canning, poultry, onion and pig club work

will probably be developed this season.

County teams from different parts of the

state will compete at the New England

Fair, Worcester, next September, for tha

state championship. The winner at this

fair will represent Massachusetts at the

Eastern States Exposition, September

12-20 in the inter-state competition.

I Hampshire County can play a part U

this demonstration contest, and with thi

j support of local leaders, profitable ro

suits may be looked for.

CANNED GREENS NO

LONGER REQUIRED

Canning Club Rules have Been Revised

i The State and County Club Leaders
have finally agreed that canned greens
are not necessary for canning club ex-

! hibits. Greens may still be canned where-
ever practical, but their place in the ex-
hibit will be taken by another vegetable,
hereafter.

Another change makes the minimum
canning requirement for a member 2J
jars instead of 24 quarts. Any type oi
jar may be used. Also no jars are ta
be opened when judging this season, and
a revision of the score card is being made
to that effect. Canning club enrollment
must be in by July 1st. The club work
continues until October 15.

PIG CLUB FILMS PROVE POPULAR

Local Leaders Instrumental in
Arranging Good Meetings

Motion picture film of the Pig Club,
shown by State Pig Club Agent Rice,
created much interest in club work.
Every community where meetings were
arranged came out with a big attendance.
There is no doubt but what the pictures
were a big help, not only to pig club mem-
bers, but to the old people too. They filled
a big need in the county.

The Goshen Home Economics Club fur-
nished a supper given up by the members
at its exhibit recently. Each member
prepared .some article of food.

Evelyn Vijfn Pease,

Soiilhiiinijtirii, Mass.

The Woithington Home Economies
Club gave a very good demonstration of
a club meeting in connection with tha
exhibit. This was one of the hardest
working little clubs in the county and de-
serves special credit for its careful work.

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

tMAHJUl)

MANDELL^S

"Where the people who know"
buy their

SHOES TRUNKS

HOSIERY BAGS

UMBRELLAS SUIT CASES

The Draper Hotel Building
NORTHAMPTON

Northampton
^ National Bank ^

C. N. CLARK, President
WARREN M. KING, Vice-President
EDWIN K. ABBOTT, Casliier

CAPITAL AND SURPLUS. S6fi».OIIO
DEPOSITS, svm.m)

Interest Paid on Special Accounts and
Certificates of Deposit

We are qualified to act as Executor,
Administrator and Trustee

Why not make your will appointing
this Bank as Executor?

THE BANK FOR EVERYBODY

The Habit of Saving

Is at the bott(.)ni of most
big successes in tlie busi-
ness world. Begin the
habit by opening a sav-
ings account with the
H a y d e n V i 1 1 e Savings
Bank. One doll a r is
enough to start with.

BANK BY MAIL

HAYDENVILLE SAVINGS BANK

HAYDENVILLE, HASS.

CoiH-luded from puK'' I

These can be cleared up only by the ex-
penditure of time and money required to
cut them or pull them out and then cut-
ting the second growth until the plants
are killed.

i. Is it more economical to clear the
present pastures or to fence, plow, fer-
tilize and reseed for pastures some of the
old mowings and cut out the brush every
year as it comes in allowing the present
pastures to go to woods?

2. Would better attention to one-half
or three-fourths of tne present acreage
of hay land result in the pi'oduction of
more and better hay at less expense for
harvesting?

3. One farmer in the hills has kept up
the productivity of his farm by growing
considerable corn and then seeding down
in the corn the same year so that some
of the old hay land is taken up every
year. The manure produced during the
winter is put on the corn land and that
produced during the summer on the older
hay land. To what extent can this prac-
tice be followed on the average farm
where the land is not too rocky or wet for
cultivated crops and is near the barn?

4. Should corn or grain be grown
more than one or two years on the same
land without reseeding? In other words,
should not some of the older hay land be
manured and plowed up every year and
the cultivated land seeded down?

0. Is the expense of top-dressing grass
land with chemicals prohibitive? (It is
assumed that all the manure would be
used on the cultivated crops.)

6. Is the expense of getting lime into
the hill towns prohibitive?

7. Can the farm work be arranged
during the winter and early spring so
that the winter's accumulation would not
be left in the barn to be hauled out in
late April or May?

8. Should not more oats or other
small grains be grown in the hill towns
at the present time? Feed and bedding-
would be produced and more land kept in
cultivation with less labor than cultivated
crops require.

ONION SHIPMENTS

April

-South Deerfield, .3-5 cars

Hadley, 23 cars (179 bags)

Amherst, 9 cars

Whately, 4 cars

71 cars (179 bags)

Members of the Sow and Litter Club
have had no trouble in disposing of young
pigs at prices ranging from .?7 to .$9.

Charles Sears of Lithia demonstrated
his own home-made tireless cooker at a
community meeting in Goshen.

W. H. RILEY & CO.
PLUMBING and HEATING

KITCHEN FURNISHINGS

AGKNTS FOR

Glenwood kan^es .'uid Lowe Bros. Paints

Opp. Post Office Nortbiimpton, Mass.

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Quarter Days, First Wednesday in
.lanuary, A|)ril, July, October

.$1 will open an account
Interest Paid on Deposits

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Open 9 A. M. to 3 P. M.
Saturdays, 9 A. M. to noon
Monday evenings, 6.30 to 8

FIRST NATIONAL BANK

N((KTHAMPTO\, MASS.

THE BANK I IX THE CORXER

If you want to feel at home, do
your banking business with us.
We pride ourselves on our large
and progressive agricultural cli-
entele. Assets over ^2,700,000

WM. G. BASSETT, President

P. N. KNEELAXI), Vice-President
OLiVEK H. BKADI-EY, Cashier

6 HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

Wiswell the Druggist

82 Main Street

THE KODAK STORE

VETERINARY REMEDIES
Daniels', Lesure's, Barber's

STABLE DISINFECTANTS

SAMUKL D- HOWARD WH.LIAM N. HOWAUD

D. F. Howard & Sons

Wholesale and Retail Dealers in

FLOUR, MEAL, GRAIN
FEED, PRESSED HAY
STRAW AND

POULTRY SUPPLIES

Fords oiv

90 East Street,

Ware, Mass.

Klevator on H. & A. K. K.
Loiisr Distance Telephone

GAZETTE PRINTING CO.
MERCANTILE PRINTERS
NORTHAMPTON, MASS.

FOR THE SPRING WORK

Here is Henry Ford's world-wide gift to civilization, which
has won the all-England championship prize at the demon-
stratiftii given at Lincolnshire, EnglancL May 9, 1918. It is
one of the principal factors in winning this great war in
helping in the production of food. Every farmer should own
one of these machines.

For Circulars, Catalogs, Etc., Etc.
CHASE MOTOR SALES COMPANY

Distributors for Western Massachusetts

303 MAIN STKKKT NORTHAMPTON, MASS."

We have a fine line of Overalls,
Khaki Trousers, Canvas or Leather
Qloves, Work Shirts, Heavy Hose,
and in fact everything in the line of
work clothes that is durable and
will stand the gaff.

R. F. ARMSTRONG & SON

80 MAIN STREET, NORTHAMPTON, MASS.

Concluded from page 1
begin to pay a profit until about the
tenth year, but under the system of crop-
ping which has been practised in this or-
chard and under the system of manage-
ment which has brought the trees into
bearing early the blocK has shown a profit
for every year except two, since it was
planted.

The net profit or loss, and the inter-
crops used, are shown in the following
table :

CROPS
1910 — strawberries, potatoes, corn.
911 — strawberries, potatoes, squash, cab-
bage, turnips. 1912 — strawberries, po-
tatoes, squash, cabbage. 191.3 — straw-
berries, potatoes. 1914 — strawberries, po-
tatoes. 1915 — potatoes, turnips. 1916 —
none. 1917 — none. 1918 — none.

PROFIT

1910— $137..50. 1911— $140.18. 1912—
$1.52.23. 1913— $86.02. 1914— $69.50.
1916— $72.73. 1918— $551.05.

LOSS.

1915— $27.15. 1917— $24.77.

It will be seen that some crops were
grown among the trees up to 1916 and
that the total profits from the block have
been $1,208.96 for the nine years, the to-
tal loss only 51.92 or a net profit of
$1,157.04.

The system of cultivation has been to
plow the land as early in the spring as
the soil was in good condition. That part
of it which was planted to some crop was
of course, cultivated in the way best
suited to the particular crop, but a strip
of land was always reserved along each
tree row which was Handled strictly in
the interests of the trees. This strip has
been cultivated thoroughly up to about
-July 1 and then seeded down to some
cover crop, which was allowed to remain
on the land until the following spring
when it was plowed under.

There have been only two serious
"casualties" in the orchard. One of these
is a block of 73 Mcintosh trees which
since they came into bearing have every
year persisted in bearing mammoth Black
Twig apples! This latter variety may
be good enough in Berlin, Maryland
where the nur.sery firm is located that
sold the College the trees, but is not sat-
isfactory for Massachusetts. The other
casualty was the loss of 60 fine Baldwin
trees from the severe winter of 1917-
18. But even with these losses the rec-
ord is remarkably satisfactory and it
bids fair to be more and more so. The
net profit of $551.05 for last year would
be a very fair one from a mature bear-
ing orchard, but for four acres of 9-year
old trees it is certainly very unusual.
—F. G. Sears, M. A. C.

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

A. W. HIGGINS

SOUTH DEERFIELD, MASS.

FERTILIZERS AND
FERTILIZER MATERIALS

Telephone South Deerfteld UO

or E. S. RUSSELL, South Hadley, Mass'

Telephone Northampton 1616

Mr. Frank Miller, Jr., of
Southampton has a three=
year=old registered liolstein
Bull for sale.

Price reasonable.

NORTHAMPTON

COMMERCIAL

COLLEGE

THE SCHOOL OF THOROUGHNESS"

In session twelve month? in
tlie year. Students adinitted
at any time and graduated
when competent.

Greater demand and better
salaries for business - trained
men and women than ever be-
fore. For catalogue and com=
plete information address

JOSEPH PICKETT, Principal
76 Pleasant St., Northampton, Mass.

CONTEST IN RAISING

GRADE HEIFERS

To encourage the rearing of grade
heifers from good milking strains of
dairy animals the State Department of
Agriculture offers for best heifers sired
by pure-bred Ayrshire, Guernsey, Hol-
;tein-Friesian, Jersey or Dairy Shorthorn
bulls, and from high producing grade
dams of any breed, heifers born between
August 1, 1918, and .July 31, 1919, in-
clusive, prizes aggregating $2. 500.

RULES.

1. These prizes are open for contest
only for animals owned by practical dairy
farmers who superintend their own
dairies and gain their principal livelihood
from their farm, and for animals owned
by wives, sons, or unmarried daughters,
of such eligible farmers, provided their
animals are kept upon said farm and the
owners live upon said farm and are main-
ly dependent on the farm for a liveli-
hood.

2. All heifers eligible for entry must
have been sired by pure-bred bulls which
are either registered or eligible for reg-
istry. Satisfactory proof must be fur-
nished in each instance. In case of reg-
istered bulls the certificate of registry
will be accepted. In case of pure-bred
bulls eligible for registry satisfactoy affi-
davits must be filed at the time of entry.

3. All animals must have been bred
and raised by the e.xhibitor.

4. No animal will be eligible in more
than one class.

.5. All entries must be made on or be-
fore July 31, 1919.

6. The animals will be examined by
the judge either at the farm of the ex-
hibitor or at such other place as may be
determined upon by the Dairy Division of
the State Department of Agriculture.

7. Animals will be judged by a com-
petent expert and the decision of the
judge shall be final.

8. No prize shall be allowed for un-
meritorious animals.

9. The right to reject or cancel any
and all entries is reserved.

10. Results will be announced as soon
as possible after the close of the contest.

11. A certificate of award will ac-
company each cash prize.

For entry blanks apply to P. M. Har-
wood. Dairy Division, 136 State House,
Boston, Mass., or to Farm Bureau Office.

"Neurasthenia," said Mrs. Eiggums
to her cook, "I think we will have some
chicken croquettes today out of that
left over pork and calves' liver."

"Yes'm," "An' we got a little bread
dressin' what went wid the pork, mum.
Shall I make apple sauce out'n hit,
mum?"

COBURN & GRAVES

The REXALL Store

Tel. 200 , . Northampton, Mass.

BISSELL'S TIRE SHOP

NOKTHAMPTON, MASS.

Miller, Goodyear, and U. S. Tires

Tires and Tubes

Vulcanized by Steam

QOODYEAR SERVICE STATION

FREE AIR

66 KING STREET

Tel. 1293-M

WATCH

THIS

SPACE

H. D. SMITH

Hatfield, Mass.

GRAIN, COAL, ICE

AND

FARM MACHINERY

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

SEEDS AND SEEDERS

We Carry an Exeellent Stock of

GRASS, FIELD AND GARDEN SEEDS
TIMOTHY— CLOVER— RED TOP

Of the Ve;y Highest Quality

Endless Variety of Garden Seeds

fT-^

W. N. POTTER'S SONS & CO.

SEEDERS AND PLANTERS

" YOU CAN OCT ITi AT SULLIVAN'S-.'

I HARDWARE I

Flour, Hay
Grain, Salt

Lime and Cement

NORTHAMPTON

J. A. suLiLVAN & COMPANY ; ss;:,^^^^j:^e ' FLORENCE

3 Main Street Telephone 6, Northampton, Mass.

HADLEY

JAMES A. STURGES

Flour, Feed, Grain and Hay

Poultry Supplies

Field Seeds in Season

EASTH AMPTON
Rear 35 Main Street, Next Town Hall

J. E. MERRICK & CO.,

Flour and Feed, Grain, Hay, Straw

Baled Shavings

AMHERST, . . . MASS.

CHILSON'S AUTO TOP SHOP

We make new tops and do all kinds of top
and cushion repairing. Celluloid windows put in
while you are in town. Ask us about your job.

THE LEATHER STORE

NOUTIIAMPTON. MASS.

JlV/E-LCOMEll

There are all kinds of heroes, hut
the man who risks his life for the
good of his country is hero No. 1.

We'll do our best to fit our returned
.soldiers with a civilian suit as he-
coming as the uniform the.v've worn
with such credit to all.

Here are new models to lit broad
shoulders, big chests and husky
men and the New York styles in
liberal variety.

Prices from !f25 up.

MERRITT CLARK & CO.

144 MAIN STREET. NORTHAMPTON, MASS.

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FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

Vol. IV.

NUKTHA.MrioN, MASS., JLLNE, 1919

No. 0

SHOULD PASTURES BE FERTILIZED? EARLY CULTIVATION IS

GET OUT THE

County Demonstration Will Answer
Question

With the deterioration of a large per
cent of the pasture land into an almost
unprofitable state, many farmers are ask-
ing, "what can be done?"

To help solve thi.s problem, the follow-
ing men are trying thi.s year to find out
the value of top-dressing pastures with
lime, acid phosphate and wood ashes:
Geo. Timmins, Ware; M. D. Griffin,
Ware ; Leon Thayer, Cummington ; Se-
reno Clark, Williamsburg. The demon-
strations are so arranged that the value
of the fertilizer alone or in combination
will be known. The cost is approximately
$6.75 and it is thought that the fertilizer
should be applied every four years. This
makes a cost of $1.7.5 per acre per year.
This expense has been justified in other
sections and the results will soon be
known for this section.

As one man has said, "We have been
in the habit of taking our native pas-
tures for granted, as we do the air and
the sunshine." The wonder is that the
pastures are as good as they are under
such a system and the time is now here
when they should receive some attention.

MAPLE TREES SURVIVE

ATTACK BY WORMS

This Season's Results Unknown

Will the maples stand another attack
of the "maple prominent" caterpillar, is
a question asked by many owners of a
sugar bush or a maple wood in those sec-
tions in the western part of the county
devastated by this caterpillar for the past
two years.

Some of the very young trees or old
trees weakened from other causes have
already succumbed to the pest. But most
of the strong vigorous maples are still
quite healthy and without another too se-
vere an attack, should be in condition to
come back and give full crops of maple
syrup in a year or two.

The whole question is, will the work
of the last two seasons be repeated? Last
year where the caterpillars were present,
parasites were also present in large
numbers. If the parasites have gained
in sufficient strength they may be able
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ECONOMICAL CULTIVATION

In order to compete with farmers of
other parts of the country in growing
staple crops like corn and potatoes, Mass-
achusetts farmers, must, as far as possi-
ble, meet competition in regard to the
cost of production. This means the prac-
tice of all the economies consistent with
good yields, and cannot be neglected.

The early cultivation of corn and po-
tatoes with a spike tooth or smoothing
harrow, or a weeder is one economy of
labor we cannot afford to neglect. Where
the land is in good condition small weeds
are easily killed and a considerable acre-
age can be covered in one day.

The harrow or weeder can be used
once or twice before the crop comes
through the ground and for the first cul-
tivation after the crop has started
growth. Where the land is trashy the
weeder is better than the harrow as there
is less tendency to cover the young corn
or pull it out.

These tools are of little value where
the soil is compact and where witch grass
and other weeds have gotten a start.

BORDEAUX SPRAYS

Watch the Analysis of Copper

Spraying with bordeaux is an estab-
lished practice with nearly every farmer
growing potatoes. He has seen the value
in increased yields even in years when
blight was not present. Many are using
home-made bordeaux for the reason that
it is cheaper and fully as effective.
Others u.se the commercial sprays be-
cause of its convenience, especially on
small acreages.

It has been found by the Massachusetts
Agricultural Experiment Station that for
Massachusetts conditions a 4-4-.50 Bor-
deaux is the right strength for a bor-
deaux spray to control potato blight.
This means 4 lbs. lime, 4 lbs. copper sul-
phate to 50 gallons water. In purchas-
ing a commercial bordeaux spray we
should be sure that the copper content is
large enough to equal a spray of this
strength. If, for example, by following
the direction of the manufacturer, a
fungicide contains so little copper that it
produces a weak Bordeaux of say 1-1-50

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MOWING MACHINE ON TIME

Early Cut Hay Makes Richer Feed

One problem of the dairy farms is to
improve the quality of the roughage pro-
duced on the farm. Growing legume
hays will do this but farmers who have
only grass hay can get a better quality
by harvesting earlier than usual.

The advantages of early cutting of hay
are as follows:

1. Early cut grass is more nutritious
than that cut later, because it contains
more digestible protein and more digesti-
ble nutrients per ton. Timothy cut in
full bloom contains 1.3 per cent more di-
gestible protein than timothy nearly ripe.
Timothy is richest in protein when cut
at the beginning of bloom and the same is
true of other grasses.

2. The digestibility of the grasses de-
creases as they mature, as does also their
palability for young stock and dairy
cows.

.3. The rowen crop is greater where
the first crop is cut early. In feeding
value, rowen compares very favorably
with clover.

There is another side to this question.

1. Early cut hay is more difficult to
cure than that cut later.

2. The yield from early cut hay is not
as large as from late cut hay. However,
with early cut hay, the rowen crop will
be surer and larger.

3. Cutting hay early interferes with
corn cultivation and this is a serious ob-
jection. Some work the previous year
towards eradicating witch grass, the use
of the harrow and weeder in cultivating
corn and a fitting in of the one or two
practices together will help solve this
problem. In this connection it should be
remembered that corn large enough to
shade the ground does not need cultiva-
tion except for killing weeds.

There are farmers who have practiced
early cutting of hay for some years with
satisfactory results. There is no ques-
tion about the superiority of early cut
hay for feeding dairy cows and young
stock, although for feeding horses and for
market, later cut hay, not too ripe is
good. Can the work on the farm be ar-
ranged so that there will be more of this
good quality roughage available for the
cows next winter? Earl Jones — .1/. A. C.

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

PUBLISHED BY THE

Hampshire County Farm Bureau

A. F. Mat'Dousall. Comity Agent
Helen A. Harrinian. Hfiiue Deiu. Ai:ent
C. H. Gonlil, Boys' and Girls' Club Leader

Office First National Bank Building

Northampton, Mass.

Entered as second class matter Nov. 9. 1915. at the
Post Office at Nortbampton, Massachusetts, under
the Act of March 8. 1879.

"Notice of Kntry "

"Acceptance for mailing at special rate of post-
age provided for in section 1108. Act of October 3,
1917. Authorized October 31, 1917."

Price, 25 eents a year

Officers of the Trustees

Leslie R. Smith, President
Clarence E. Hodgkins, Vice-President
Warren M. King, Treasurer
Charles H. Gould, Secretary

Trustees for County Aid to Agriculture

Edwin B. Clapp, Easthampton
Charles E. Clark, Leeds
Clarence E. Hodgkins, Northampton
William N. Howard, Ware
Milton S. Howes, Cunimington
Mrs. Clifton Johnson, Hadley
Warren M. King, Northampton
Leslie R. Smith, Hadley
John A. Sullivan, Northampton

1918 ONION CROP REPORT

Record Crop but Large Shrinkage in
Storage Market Shipments for 1918

Onion shipments were recorded by W.
L. Machmer, Distiict Market Agent and
later by the Hamp.shire County Farm
Bureau, so that the growers and .shippers
could have monthly reports on all ship-
ments made. The season's summary is
given below by months and by stations.

GET READY FOR

AGRICULTURAL FAIRS

Plan on making at least one e.xhibit at
your agricultural fair. Every farmer's
wife, son, and daughter, as well as the
farmer himself, should start now prepar-
ing for their exhibit next fall. Pick out
the calf, pig, colt, potato field, or what-
ever it may be, and start now to pu.sh
the crop along or to keep the animal in
the best of condition. Only by compari-
.=on in the showing or at the exhibition
hall, can one see to the best advantage,
the good or poor points in the crop or
animal grown. Help make your fair an
educational institution for yourself as
well as to your community and this can
best be done by your taking an active
part in exhibitions and displays.

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You But:

Mr. Joseph W. Bates, Huntington, re-
ports that from his grade Shropshire
flock of 13 sheep, three and four-year
olds, he has had this season nine sets of
twins and one of triplets. From his Jl
yearling, he also got seven lambs. The
ewes that had single lambs, have lambs
weighing over .50 lbs. each. The entire
flock sheared 240 pounds of wool. Who
has a record to equal this? A flock of
this kind would certainly be an asset to
any farm.

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Devil's paint brush can be driven out
of our permanent mowings, so it is re-
ported from certain parts of New York
State by topdressing with lime and acid
phosphate. Two demonstrations of this
kind are being tried in Hampshire
County this year, one in Plainfield on the
farm of John Dalrymple and the other
on Ira Jones' place at Worthington Cor-
ners. Those farmers in the western part
of the county who are troubled with this
weed .should watch the.se demonstrations
with interest.

Several farmers of the county availed
themselves of the oppoitunity to market
their wool through the Berkshire or the
Franklin County Sheep Breeders' Asso-
ciation. At Shelburne Falls, the head-
quarters of the Franklin County Associa-
tion, on the day the wool was graded,
farmers started getting in line at 5
o'clock in the morning and the yard was
packed all day with all sorts of vehicles,
loaded with wool for the association.
Ovei- 17, .500 lbs. of wool was graded and
made ready for the market.

Be on the watch for the European
corn borer. Your county agent will tell
you how to identify the work of this most
destructive pest which has recently made
its appearance in this state.

A square deal is all anybody has a
right to a.sk. There is no legislation and
no cooperation which will long maintain
a superior price for an inferior product.
Get that?

In estimating the total shipments out
of the Valley, in addition to the cars
listed below, one must add cars shipped
by express, those sold by truck loads and
also more than usual was purchased by
individuals with trucks and touring cars.

It is the usual custom to ship 2.50 sacks
to the car, but due to war conditions, the
average this year were appioximately 275
sacks. This makes a total known num-
ber shipped of 88.3,987. Add S'A to this
for onions shipped other than car lots by
freight, making a total of 954,700 sacks.

Several of the dealers are of the opin-
ion that the shrinkage this year was as
large as 20%. Taking this into consid-
eration, the total yield for the Valley
would be 1,145,650 sacks or 2,203,000
bu.shels. Taking the average yield at 475
bu., this would make approximately 4,040
acres for the Valley.

Farmers' Week at the Massachusetts
Agricultural College, July 28-August 2,
inclusive. Every town in Hampshire
County should plan an excursion to the
College for at least one of these days.
See the College farm in operation and
have a profitable day's outing.

POULTRY CULLING IMPORTANT

Send the Non = Layers to .Market

It is a known fact that culling poultry

j is absolutely necessary in order to realize

' the best results. Every poultryman

should understand how to cull his own

flock.

From August 7th to September 13th,
] demonstrations will be given in Hamp-
shire County by experts from the Massa-
chusetts Agricultural College. If your
district is interestpd, get in touch with
the Farm Bureau, immediately, so that a
date may be reserved for you.

Short accounts make long friendships-
sometimes.

"Has Reggie come home from school
yet, Mary ? "

"I think so, ma'am." "The cat's e-
hidin' in the coal house."

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY
HOME M AKI NG

MANY THINGS TO CONSIDER IN
PURCHASING CLOTHING MATERIAL

Mrs. Woolman has met a group of
women in Huntington and Northampton,
regularly, for the past three weeks and
given them some very helpful suggestions ' '■o^"<^'ng'-

CUMMINGTON DENTAL CLINIC

The town of Cummington has estab-
lished a dental clinic through the efforts
of the selectmen and school committee for
the benefit of their town and those sur-

in textiles of various kinds.

In regard to cotton, she says:

Buy the best.

We still have to pay well for the best
cotton.

Cotton never holds color well,
more to make color stay in cotton and

people don't want to pay foi- it. Cotton : °^ Cummington has directed the purchas
colors are best when dyed in the yarn

During this summer there will be a
dentist at the Town Hall each Tuesday
to care for the teeth of those people in
that and neighboring towns who do not
wish to take the time or who cannot af-

It costs I ^""^ ^° ^^ *° Northampton or elsewhere
for their work. The School Committee

Cotton is good when used appropriate-
ly, but not satisfactory when bought as
a substitute for wool or worsted goods.
Printed fabrics are rarely a good buy.
It is economy to buy the best.

Mrs. Woolman recommends crepe
(dyed in the yai-n) for children's cloth-
ing. .Jap crepes are good. Buy of rep-
utable firms. In general, the more we
pay foi- material, the better it is.

Cotton toweling dries better if woven
with spaces in it; for example, Santex
toweling, but cotton soils more easily and
is harder to clean.

For a better dress, if you can't afford
good silk or silk crepe, good quality
dotted Swiss or Mercerized goods are ex-
cellent.

Use your judgment!

Will the material launder? Easily or
with difficulty? Time
suits? Is the material
the material suit/'d to it;

ing of equipment and it is already in
stalled in a i-oom in the Town Hall. Dr.
Bodin will do work for both children and
adults. He is a graduate of Tufts Medi-
cal College, Boston and has also in-
structed there,
connected with
Clinic.

WISE TO BUY

CANNING SUGAR NOW

Mr. Willard of the Massachusetts Agri-
cultural College advises housewives to
buy their canning sugar now, in order
that the heavy demands of -July, August
and September may be cut down. If one-
half of the buying were done now, it
would mean that refineries, steamer lines
moving raw sugar and grocers handling
clarified sugars, would all be able to work
more nearly at normal. There is prob-
bly no great danger of actual shortage of
sugar.

Millinery Work Successful

Under the direction of Mrs. Ruth

Evans, small groups of women in Worth-

For some time he was | ington, Southampton, Belchertown, Cum-

the Forsythe Dental | mington and Huntington have made and

remodeled hats during the spring which

On .June .^rd, Dr. Bodin examined the I totaled an approximate value of $200.00.

teeth of 18 persons and made future ap- i

pointments. It is the plan of the school
committee and others interested, to have i

KEEP CLEAN RATHER

THAN MAKE CLEAN

CLEANING TOOLS

the dentist examine the teeth of all the
local school children so that they may be
kept in better condition as they grow to
manhood and womanhood. The latest
health charts show us the condition of
teeth among city children is far better
than among rural children. Here is an
opportunity for the children of Cumming-
ton and surrounding towns to have de-
necessary? Re- '^^y^'^S and imperfect teeth cared for.
enduring? Is '^^'^ teachers have been supplied with
Dr. Woods' Health Charts which the chil-
dren have used as subjects for composi-
tions and health talks. Many children
have purchased new tooth brushes for
65c each from the Florence Manufactur-
ing Company, through the kindness of
Mr. Cordes.

Teeth are important! Let's make the
most of our opportunities while they last.

Use of Fresh Fruit and Vegetables
Advised

purpose.'

Dr. Langworthy tells us that some
vitamines, the growth producing ele-
ments in foods, are killed by cooking and
canning while other vitamines survive.
He says, "In 10 or 20 years, we shall
know more. Meanwhile, there is no doubt
that though canned vegetables are inval-
uable, fresh are better so far as vita-
mines are concerned."

Let's safeguard our health with fresh
vegetables now and at the same time can
a jar of fruits and vegetables for every
day next winter. Reports are that canned
products will still be high.

Before buying any device, ask yourself:
Will it pay for itself in the long run by

saving time and strength or wear and

tear? Will it make some especially dis- The Household Account books are
agreeable task less unpleasant? ready for distribution. Miss Gifford or

Long handles on brooms, brushes, and t^e Home Demonstration Agent will meet
dustpans save the back. this month those groups who have asked

A cleaning cloth should be soft and ; for the book,
loosely woven so that it will take up dirt

easily and itself be easy to clean. A j If so, do they tell you what you need to
duster takes up dirt better if a few drops | know, or are they just a collection of
of water or oil have been sprinkled on it. i figures? If you are not keeping accounts.
Beware of too much moisture or oil. It don't you often wonder where the money
leaves streaks. For wiping very dirty ; goes and why you have not more to .show

During the past month, several fireless
cookers have been made by women in
Hartsbrook, Southampton and Worth-
ington. The cookers are a big conveni-
ence and do save time, steps and fuel.

The harder it grows to find household

helpers, the greater becomes the need of

proper mechanical helps. Many are not

worth buying or making. Others we

, , . , cannot afford to be without. Which are

Are _you_ keeping household accounts? ,^1,;,^? Would you like to make a study

of what to choose? Have you seen the
exhibit from the Massachusetts Agricul-
tural College? Get in touch with your
Home Demon.stration Agent.

places, u.se soft paper, cotton waste, or
rags which may be thrown away.

Clean string mops by shaking over a
damp newspaper or a can. Never shake
in the open air unless you are sure the
dirt will not trouble you or your neigh-
bors. Wash occasionally in hot water,
with washing-soda or soap. Dry quickly.

foi- what you have spent? The book is
neat and easy to keep and can be secured
from the Farm Bureau bv anyone for
15c.

All cereals should be kept in dry, well-
lighted storerooms. Damp, dark cellars
should never be used for storing foods.

I" ^ i Happiness is where it is found, and

Keep your cleaning things together in , seldom where it is sought.

a convenient place. Put them away clean. .

Hang brushes, mops, and brooms when Every duty we omit obscures some
Sprinkle a few drops of oil on oiled mops. ' not in use. I truth we should have known.— Ruski7i.

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

HAMPSHIRE: COUNTY CLUB WORK

ONLY THREE FAILURES

IN HOME ECONOMICS CLUB

Seven Banners and Two 100 'i Clubs
in County

The County Home Economics Club has
finished its work with only three real '
failures, making a 95% record for the
county. Every one of the eleven clubs
has made a fine record and the leaders
of the groups are responsible for such a
fine showing.

Some very interesting demonstrations
and exhibits were made by the different
clubs which emphasized out the earnest-
ness with which club members carried on
the work. The county records are being 1
compiled now. ]

Local leaders who assisted the clubs
this last winter are as follows:

South Worthington : Mrs. Arlin Cole,
Miss Alice Bartlett.

Goshen: Mrs. H. H. Bissell.

Westhampton : Mrs. F. E. Bridgman.

Southampton : Miss Helena Klopfen-
stein.

Russellville : Miss B. Agnes Ryan.

South Amherst: Miss Cora Hewlett.

Belchertown : Mrs. Dwight Randall.

Enfield : Miss Florence .Johnson.

Enfield: Miss Dora Foley.

Greenwich : Mrs. Bishop, Mrs. H. H.
Dickinson.

Ware: Mrs. W. N. Howard, Mrs. H. H.
Sibley.

IPLAINFIELD POULTRY MEMBER CANNING CLUB

HAS GOOD EGG RECORD

"I have enjoyed being in the poultry
club very much. I had twelve pure bred
White Wyandottes and one pure breed
rooster. I fed them 281 quarts of wet
wash and about 90.5 ears of corn. I gave
them about a half of a quart of scratch
feed at noon during the coldest weather.
In the morning I gave them corn and at
night mash.

I gave them chafi" and leaves for litter.
1 kept water and oyster shells by them.

They laid 675 eggs during December,
January, February, March and April.
— Gwendolyn Thatcher.

DEMONSTRATION TEAMS FOR

STATE HONOR TRIALS

Who will be the girls to represent
Massachusetts as a canning demonstra-
tion team at the Eastern States Exposi-
tion next fall?

Hampshire County girls have an equal
chance with groups from every other
county but they will have a stiff proposi-
tion before them. Several other coun-
ties are looking for the honor of repre-
senting the state at the big exposition
and of competing for the champion.ship of
all the Eastern States. It will be no walk-
over.

The decision as to which county team
shall represent Massachusetts will be
made at the New England Fair in Wor-
cester, just before the Eastern States Ex-
position. The real test and real decision
es to whether Hampshire County will
have the honor comes back to the girls
who have enrolled in the canning clubs in
the country. If they take enough inter-
est in the work and show ability as dem-
onstrators there will be plenty of ma-
terial from which to pick a team with a
fair chance of winning the state cham-
pion.ship and possibly the championship of
all the states covered by the exposition.

A BAY STATE CLUB SONG

Let's Have Several

Is there a Massachusetts state song, do
you know? I think not; especially not a
boys' and giils' club song, so we must
get one. At the Eastern States Exposi-
tion at Springfield we want spirit and
plenty of it. There should be no doubt
in the minds of any who attend from any
part of the United States as to the state
we repre.sent or the support that is back
of it. Some very good .songs have come
in from all over this county for home
economics club songs and cheers and we
ought to get some good material for a
state song. Why not see what you can
do as a club or as individuals to make
up a state song? Choose a familiar tune
or make a new one and make up some
words that every boy and girl in Massa-
chusetts will be pi'oud to sing. Wouldn't
it be an honor to have your song cho.sen
as the state one? Send us your attempt
let us all prove that Hamp.shire County
has original talent as well as ambition.

REOUIREMENTS, 1919

Wlio man join : Any boy or girl be-
tween 10 and 19 years of age.

Club Context opens May 15th and closes
October 15th. No one may enroll after
July 1st.

Quanta ij required: 24 jars of fruits
and vegetables. Canning may be done in
pint or quart jars, whichever you have.
The maximum number of jars for which
credit is given is 124.

Variety: At least two different varie-
ties of fruits and three of vegetables. As
many other varieties can be canned as
you wish. See the list of products on
the back page of the Canning Booklet,
only products mentioned here can be
counted in the Canning Club Record.

Credit is given for relishes, salted and
dried products after the required 24 jars
are canned.

Report : Just a one-sheet report of the
amount, variety, value and expenses of
yoar canning.

Exhibit : Each member must exhibit
with the other members of the club, two
jars of different fruitu and three jars of
different vet/etable.x. A jar of greens is
suggested as one jar of vegetables. The
five jars will be scored according to the
State Score Card.

Story of experience: Write a little
story of your summer's experiences in the
Canning Club. Stories are due Novem-
ber 1.

Tlie Club Pin is given to all who —

1. Can 24 jars.

2. Send in report.

3. Exhibit 5 jars.

4. Write story of experience.
Banner Clubs: An honorary reward

will be given every club of 6 or more
members where all complete the club re-
quirements.

CALF CLUB IN MIDDLEFIELD

Middlefield boys have started the first
calf club in the county and the first meet-
ing will be held June 13, when Mr. Howe
of the Massachusetts Agricultural Col-
lege will have charge of the meeting.

The contest will close with an exhibit
at the Middlefield Fair next September.
There are four members in the club and
some good animals have been entered.

There is also interest in a calf club at
Cummington and South Hadley, where
some good work is looked for. This club
being quite well received.

Demonstration teams will be developed in
several towns and they will meet com-
petitively to decide on which team should
represent the county at the fair in Wor-
cester.

ORGANIZED PIG CLUBS

PROVE POPULAR

The Franklin Pig Club of Belchertown
and the Tri-Color Pig Club of South Had-
ley have held two regular meetings, and
made definite arrangements for the third.

The clubs have had great times in
choosing officers, and names. The South
Hadley Club is named the Tri Color be-
cause there are black, white and red pigs
in the club. After choosing this name,
one member made the sad discovery that
the teacher said that black and white
were not colors, but after ai'guing this
point decided that as far as pigs were
concerned black and white, were colors.

As many organized pig clubs as pos-
sible will be carried on this year for bet-
ter results will be obtained.

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

iMAHWUL

MANDELL^S

"Where the people who know"
boy their

SHOES TRUNKS

HOSIERY BAGS

UMBRELLAS SUIT CASES

The Draper Hotel Building
NORTHAMPTON

Northampton
^ National Bank ^

C. N. CLARK, Prcsidcm
WARREN M. KING, Vice-President
EDWIN K. ABBOTT, Cashier

CAPITAL AND .SURPLUS. $68IU)iiu
DEPOSITS. S:;.l»HM«)ii

Interest Paid on Special Accounts and
Certificates of Deposit

We are qualified to act as Executor,
Administrator and Trustee

Why not make your will appointing
this Bank as Executor?

THE BANK FOR EVERYBODY

Cfinrhuled fr<jm pa^e 1
to control the pest this year. When
the caterpillar has appeared before, the
para.sites have usually controlled it after
one year, but the severe winter of 1917-
1918 checked the advancement of the
parasites with the consequently disa.s-
trous results of the maples.

Some have asked why the Massachu-
.setts Agricultural College did not take
steps to combat the insect. Last season,
as well as the season before, Dr. H. T.
Fernald or his assistant, spent several
days, inspecting the affected area and re-
poi-ted nothing could be done except to
wait for the work of the parasites. It
was not necessary to import new ones, as
natural parasites were present in suffi-
cient numbers. Individual .shade trees
could be sprayed, but spraying the for-
ests is not practical.

The appearance of the maple promin-
ent in serious numbers in any district
should be reported to the Farm Bureau
at once so that the state authorities can
keep in touch with the situation. The
maples, for the most part, can stand two
yeais defoliation, but if the caterpillar
appears in large numbeis again, it may
be necessary to undertake certain control
means, in oi'dei- to save the trees.

The Habit of Saving

Is at the "hottoiii of most
big successes in tlie busi-
ness world. Begin tlie
habit by opening a sav-
ings account with the
H a Y (1 e n V i 11 e Savinii:s
Bank. One dollar is
enough to start with.

BANK BY MAIL

Continued from paj^e 1
formula, it is of little value in controlling
blight. Some might say, why not in-
crease the amount used? If, however,
the spray also contains arsenate of lead,
we are thus wasting the lead and greatly
increasing the cost.

In purchasing commercial prepara-
tions, use the table given below for refer-
ence.

Bordeaux foimulas corresponding to
the strength of Bordeaux mixtures pro-
duced when commercial preparations are
diluted as directed. (Farmers' Bui. 994).

MAYDENVILLE SAVINGS BANK

HAYDENVILLE, \1ASS.

Metallic cop-
per declared
on laVjel

Appropiiate formula of Bordeaux

mixture produced where the

dilution is at the rate of

1 pound to —

10 gallons

.5 gallons

1.5%

0..3-0.3-50

0.6-0.6-50

2 '/c

0.4-0.4-.50

0.8-0.8-50

2.5' i

0..5-0..5-.50

1.0-1.0-50

2 %

0.G-0.6-.50

1.2-1.2-50

3..57r

0.7-0.7-.50

1.4-1.4-50

4 '7r

0.8-0.8-50

1.6-1.6-50

4..5%

0.9-0.9-50

1.8-1.8-50

.5 'A

1.0-1.0-50

1.9-1.9-50

6 '/r

1.2-1.2-50

2.3-2.3-50

7 %

1.4-1.4-50

2.7-2.7-50

8 %

1.6-l.fi-.50

3.1-3.1-50

9 '7r

1.8-1.8-50

3. .5-3. 5-50

10 %

2.0-2.0-50

3.9-3.9-50

11 %

2.2-2.2-50

4..3-4.3-.50

12 %

2.3-2.3-50

4.7-4.7-50

W. H. RILEY & CO.
PLUMBING and HEATING

KITCHEN FURNISHINGS

At.t.NiN nut

(llL-nwinKl K;iiii;cs and Lowe Bros. Paints

Opp. Post otti.e Xurthnrnpton. Mnss.

Nnrtliamptmi ilnalituttnn
fnr ^auiniis

lnii>ri)oraterl 1842

Quarter Days. First Wednesday in
January, April,- July, October

Ci?* t^^ ^*

.*1 will open an account
Interest Paid on Deposits

^* ^% ^*

Open 9 A. M. to 3 P. M.
Saturdays, 9 A. M. to noon
Monday evenings, 6.30 to 8

FIRST NATIONAL BAiNK

NOKTHAMPTO.V, MASS.

THK HWK (l\ THE CuRSEf!

If you want to feel at home, do
your banking business with us.
We pride ourselves on our large
and progressive agricultural cli-
entele. Assets over ^2,700,000

*These formulas are explained as fol-
lows: The foimula 0.3-0.3-50 means that
in 50 gallons of the diluted spray there is
Concluded on page 7

\VM. C. HASSETT. President

F. .\. K.VKHLAM), Vice-Prtsidenl
ULUEK h. BHADLLV, Cushier

6 HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

WJswell the Druggist

82 Main Str^eL

— THE KODAK STORE

VETERINARY R E A\ e;d I.'E S
Daniels', Lesure's, Barber's

STABLE DISINFECTANTS

SAMUEL D. HOW'AUI) WILLIAM N. IKiWARIl

D. F. Howard & Sons

Wholesale and Retail Dealers in

FLOUR, MEAL, GRAIN
FEED, PRESSED HAY
STRAW AND

POULTRY SUPPLIES

90 East Street,

Ware, Mass.

Klevator on |{. 4. A. K. K.
Lous: Distance Telephone

GAZETTE PRINTING CO.
MERCANTILE PRINTERS
NORTHAMPTON, MASS.

COOL
CLOTHES

R. F. ARMSTRONG & SON'S

80 MAIN STREET
NORTHAMPTON, MASS.

■■'-"'^•"^*^- -"-

Fords oiv

Here is Henry Ford's world-wide gift to (-ivilization, which
has won tlie all-England championshii) prize at the denioii-
stration given at Lincolnshire, England, May It, ]!)18. It is
one <if the principal factors in winning this great war in
helping in the production of food. Every farmer should own
one of these machines.

For Circulars, Catalogs, Etc., Etc.
CHASE MOTOR SALES COMPANY

Distributors for Western Massachusetts

ao:i MAIN STUKKT NORTH AMfTlJN, MASS.

SEED DOWN YOUR LAND

No one questions the value of a short
rotation in increasing the productiveness
of our soils. There are large areas of
relatively unproductive hay land in Mass-
achusetts which would be improved if the
land were manured or fertilized and seed-
ed down at once or after growing one or
two cultivated crops.

The following condition has been noted
on a considerable number of farms this
spring. There is run out hay land which
can be plowed and which is receiving no
care and hence growing more unproduc-
tive while on the same farm, perhaps in
the same field, is land which is being
plowed the second or thii-d time for a cul-
tivated crop and at the same time being
liberally manured and fertilized.

The productivity of the farm would be
increased if the land which has been ma-
nured and has grown one or two culti-
vated crops would be reseeded and some
of the run out land taken up and ma-
nured. However, from force of habit,
because the land plows easily or for other
reasons the same land is plowed year
after year and the old mowings left to
become more unproductive. It seems that
this is a question which every farmer
should apply to his conditions. Is there
any old run out hay land which needs
taking up and which could be taken up

if some of the cultivated land were seed-
ed down? — Ear) Jonen.

FOOD SUPPLY PROBLEM

The question of food supply is no
longer one that affects the farmer alone.
The city consumer is even m.ore concerned.
The faimer could stop supplying and live
on his surplus. The city has practically
no surplus. Cut off from the country its
citizens would soon feel the pinch of hun-
ger.

The country producing population is
constantly decreasing. The city popula-
tion is increasing. The boys and girls
cannot be kept on the country farm by
education or argument. Population seeks
a level of advan'.ages as water seeks its
own level. The city needs youth and
health and vigor and enterprise. It bids
against the country for the.se qualities.
In the present organization of society the
city bids highest and got? the prize. The
only way to keep the boys and girls on
the farm producing food for the city is
to give them a better reward for their
labor. It is to the interest of the city to
see that the farm producer gets a square
deal and a better rcwai d for his services.
It is the only way to keep the inhabitants
"rom ultimate starvation.

— P. J. McGourthy,

Supt. of Markets, Boston.

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

A. W. HIGGINS

SOUTH DEERFIELD, MASS.

FERTILIZERS AND
FERTILIZER MATERIALS

Telephone South Duel-field UU

or E. S. RUSSELL, South Hadley, Mass
Telephone Northampton ItiKi

Mr. Frank Miller, Jr., of
Southampton has a three=
year=old registered Molstein
Bull for sale.

Price reasonable.

NORTHAMPTON

COMMERCIAL

COLLEGE

THE SCHOOL OF THOROUGHNESS"

In session twelve inontlis in
tlie year. Students lulinitted
at any time and graduated
when competent.

Greater demand and better
salaries for business - trained
men and women than ever be-
fore. For catalog^ue and com=
plete information address

JOSEPH PICKETT, Principal
76 Pleasant St., Northampton, .Mass.

Conehuled from piige "t

0.3 of one pound of copper sulphate and
0..3 of one pound of lime. The formula
4-4-50 (which is the standard strength)
means that in 50 gallons of the diluted
spray there are 4 pounds of copper sul-
phate and 4 pounds of lime.

For example:

(The following analyses were taken
last fall and may have changed. Watch
i your label.)

Pijror ii manufactured by the Bowkei-
Insecticide Company of Boston, Mass. It
contains not less than li% copper. The
rate of dilution recommended by the
manufacturers is 1 lb. to -5 gallons.
Equivalent to a 0.6-0.6-50 spray.

Corona Dry Bordeaux Mixture is man-
ufactured by the Corona Chemical Co. of
Newark, N. 3. It contains ll^v copper.
The rate of dilution recommended by the
manufacturers is 1 lb. to 5 gallons of
water. Equivalent to a 4.3-4.3-50 spray.

Electro Bordo Lead Mixture is made
by the Vreeland Chemical Co. of New
York City. It contains b", copper and
6.6% dry lead arsenate. The rate of di-
lution recommended by the manufactur-
ers is 2 lbs. and 5 gallons of water. The
approximate formula of the Boi-deaux
mixture pioduced by this dilution is
3..3-3.3-50.

Frost's Bordo-Lead is packed for the
Frost Insecticide Co. of Arlington, Mass.
It contains '2' ', copper and 25V, dry lead
arsenate. The rate of dilution recom-
mended by the Frost Insecticide Co. is 10
lbs. to 50 gallons of water. Equivalent
to a 1.2-1.2-50 spray.

The General Chemical Com/iain/ of
New York City with which the Thomsen
Chemical Co. of Baltimore has recon-
solidated, manufacture a Bordeaux paste.
It contains 9.6'v copper. The rate of di-
lution recommended by the manufacturer
is 11 lbs. to 50 gallons of water. Equiva-
lent to a 4.3-4.3-50 spray.

The Grasselli Chemical Co. of Boston
manufacture a Bordeaux mixture paste
containing 4.7Vf copper. The rate of di-
lution recommended by manufacturers is
1 lb. to 5 gallons of water. Equivalent
to a 1.9-1.9-50 spray.

Insecto is manufactured by the Sher-
win-Williams Company of Cleveland,
Ohio. It contains lOi'v- copper and 147r
lead arsenate. The manufacturers rec-
ommend that it be diluted 1 lb. to 5 gal-
lons of watei-. Equivalent to a 4.1-4.1-50
spray.

Kei/ Brand Borda-Lead and Target
Brand Bm-do-Lead are one and the same
thing. It is manufactured by the Inter-
state Chemical Company of .Jersey City.
It contains 2'/, copper and 25'/^ lead ar-
senate. The dilution recommended is 10
lbs. to 50 gallons of water. Equivalent
to a 0.8-0..8-50 spray.

COBURN & GRAVES

The REXALL Store

Tel. 200 . . Northampton, Mass.

BISSELL'S TIRE SHOP

NOI'.IHAMPION, MASS.

Miller, Goodyear, and U. S. Tires

Tires and Tubes

N'ulcanized by Steam

GOODYEAR SERVICE STATION

HIKE AIR

CC KlN«i STREET

Tel. 1293-M

FARMERS' WEEK

MASSACHUSETTS
AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE

July 28-August 2

Save these dates for a worth-v,hile
outing

H. D. SMITH

Hatfield, Mass.

GRAIN, COAL, ICE

AND

FARM MACHINERY

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

"MAKE HAY WHILE THE SUN SHINES"

We Can Furnish the Machinery

WALTER A. WOOD MOWERS

YANKEE HORSE RAKES

'you CAN OtT IT AT SULLIVAN'S"

J. A. SULILVAN 8C COMPANY ] Uo&?^ware I

3 Main Street Telephone 6, Nort'nampton, Mass.

JAMES A. STURGES

Flour, Feed, Grain and Hay

Poultry Supplies

Field Seeds in Season

EAST HAMPTON
Rear 35 Main Street, Next Town Hall

J. E. MERRICK & CO.,

Flour and Feed, Grain, Hay, Straw

Baled Shavings

AMHERST, . . . MASS.

CHILSON'S AUTO TOP SHOP

We make new lojis and do all kinds of top
and cushion repairing. Celluloid windows put in
while you are in town. Ask us about your job.

THE LEATHER STORE

NOKI H A.MITON. .1IA.VS.

W. N. POTTER'S SONS!& CO

Flour, Hay

Grain, Salt

Lime and Cement

NORTHAMPTON

FLORENCE

HADLEY

There ore nil kiiulx of lierocx, hut
the man irho r/'sk.s hix life I'or the
flood of Ilia roinitrij is hero No. 1.

We'll (111 (iiir he.st to tit our returned
soldiers with a civilian suit as l>e-
coiiiiiig us tlie imifiirin tlie\ '\<' worn
\\ it li sui'h crcMlii to all.

Here are new models to lit hroad
shoulders, \)\% chests and liusky
men and the New York styles in
liheral variety.

Prices from ^'l--) np.

MERRITT CLARK &: CO.

144 MAIN STREET, NORTHAMPTON, MASS.

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY

FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

IV.

NORTHAMPTON, MASS., JLLV, Jltll)

No.

CO-OPERATIVE SEWING CIRCLE

HAS POSSIBILITIES

Does Your Community Have This Spirit?

A few months ago one community,
some little distance from the center of
town, organized to do Red Cross work.
Before this time they were barely ac-
cjuainted. The women met regularly
once a week to do the sewing and in this
way grew to know each other better.
The men were brought in by having a
"gentleman's night," one every few weeks
and from this, the birthdays of the group
were celebrated each month.

After the needs of Red Cross became
less urgent, the groups still continued its
meetings at the different houses and the
work consisted of doing the mending and
sewing for the woman at whose house
they met. One woman reports they
"sewed up 60 yards of toweling;" an-
other, that "the mending and patching
of the past few months was accomplished
by them," another that "the women sewed
up all her grain bags into towels."

By selling their rags, and rubbers, they
acquired enough money to buy an elec-
tric sewing machine and another electric
motor, so that the sewing could be done
more quickly.

Determining to find out what the Home
Demonstration could do for them, a group
of 12 women met at one home and made
tireless cookers. They then made plans
. for a series of Clothing Efficiency meet-
ings to learn all the short cuts in making
garments. Their next plan is to take
the equipment and meet from hou.se to
house and "sew the woman up" for at
least a season. The fact that she has a
set of foundation patterns makes the
work extremely simple. This is an in-
stance of perfect co-operation and ex-
cellent spirit.

FEEDER CATTLE IN THE
TOBACCO DISTRICT OF

LANCASTER CO., PA.

The Market News Report given below
on the condition of the Lancaster Penn-
sylvania Stock Yard Market will be of
interest to many of the tobacco growers
in this district. The question whether
their conditions are enough like ours so
as to warrant an experiment in this dis-
trict with feeder cattle is still debata-
ble, but at least the matter calls for
some thought. The system reduces to
some extent, the risk of "one crop"
farming and tends to stabalize the in-
dustry.

Concluded on page 7

ONION MARKET REPORTS

AVAILABLE

Every onion grower should be receiving
the daily market report, published by
the Bureau of Markets. If your name
is not on the list, make a point to send
it in at once to the Farm Bureau office.
Follow the early market and keep in
touch with crop and market conditions.
It will mean dollars to you when the
time comes to sell your own crop. :

CAN YOU TELL THE POOR
LAYERS FROM THE GOOD ONES?

High feed costs increase the need of
efficiency in poultry keeping. Hens evi-
dence wide variations in respect to rate
of production and the periods over which
it is distributed. Obviously, the higher
the rate and the longer the laying period,
the more eggs are laid. Many hens —
the poorer hii/ers — stop laying early in
summer. These are the birds to cull out
and market in order that feed may be
conserved and the remainder of the flock
may have more favorable environment.
Other hen.s — the better lajiers — continue
to lay late into the fall. These are the
more profitable birds ; they complete the
moult more promptly and, if held over
for a second laying season, come back
into production earlier in the spring. It
is from these that breeders should be
selected. Systematic culling may pro-
fitably be applied from month to month
thru the fall eliminating those birds
which fail to pay their board bill.

The trapnest is the only accurate
measure of egg production. Yet, obser-
vation of trapnested flocks, and subse-
quent tests of the inferences drawn, prove
that there are certain physical evidences
of high or low production which indicate,
to a fair degree of accuracy, laying con-
dition. Indeed, it would be strange if a
bird laying eggs totalling many times
her own body weight were not in some
manner branded by such strenuous phys-
ical and chemical activity.

Concluded on page t>

BRIGHT SPOT IN THE FUTURE

Fall Fertilizer Prices Should be Thirty
Per Cent Lower

As the result of the Department of
Agriculture's conferences and communi-
cations with individual manufactures of
fertilizers, without the department hav-
ing fixed any prices, it is now in a posi-
tion to announce that the farmers of the
country should obtain their mixed ferti-
lizers for the fall season of 1919 at an
average price of about 30 per cent lower
than the prices which prevail for the
spring sea.son just passed.

The different companies in some in-
stances will put out goods at slightly
varying figures, but the attached table
shows maximum f. o. b. prices at which
the principal fertilizer grades at the
three great centers for fertilizer distribu-
tion, Baltimore, Md., Philadelphia, Pa.,
and Carteret, N. J., to dealers and to
farmers ordering 30 ton lots may be ob-
tained.

These prices are to dealers and to far-
mers ordering 30 ton lots and are ba.sed
upon delivery in 167 pound bags. If in
200 pound bags 2.5 cents per ton should
be deducted; in 12-5 pound bags 2-5 cents
per ton and in 100 pound bags .50 cents
per ton should be added. These prices

Concluded on page .5

M. A. C. APPEALS TO FARMERS

The Massachusetts Agricultural Col-
lege will hold its first annual Summer
Farmers' Week July 28-August 2. Here-
i tofore, "Farmers' Week" has been held
in March on the theory that farmers
could better come at that time, and could
not leave their business during the busy
sea.son in the summer. This, therefore,
is for us an experiment, but one in which
we have much faith and confidence. A
I day or two at the college with friends
and experts along your own special lines
will not only afford fellowship, rest and
relief from the strain of the summer's
work, but al.so, we believe, a great deal
of helpful information and inspiration.

There will be something for everybody ;
farmers, wives and children. We are
glad to report that the following organ-
izations have agreed to have Field Days
at the college during that week:

Massachusetts State Grange, -July 29th.
Concluded on page 7

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

PUBLISHED BY THE

Hampshire County Farm Bureau

A. F. Marl>ou;;all. County Agent
Helen A. Harriniaii. Home Deiii. Aeent
C. H. Gonhl, Boys' anil Girls' Club Leader

Office First National Bank Building

Northampton, Mass.

Entered as second class matter Nov. 9. 1915, at the
Post Office at Northampton, Massachusetts, under
the Act of March 8, 1879.

" Notif e of Entry"

"Acceptance for mailing at special rate of post-
age provided for in section 1 \0'S. Act of October 3,
1917, Authorized October 31, 1917."

Price, 85 cents a year

Officers of the Trustees

Leslie R. Smith, President
Clarence E. Hodgkins, Vice-President
Warren M. King, Treasurer
Charles H. Gould, Secretary

Trustees for County Aid to Agriculture

Mrs. Skimmilk's hired man was loafing
around Sorghum Smith's all morning
right in the busy .season. Finally
Sorghum couldn't stand it any longer.

"What's the matter, Tim, ain't you
working?" he asked.

"Naw," growled the hired man. "Quit
the old girl this morning. She's so
darned mean she'd skin a gnat. This j
morning as I was eatin' she suddenly !
says to me, says she:

" 'How many pancakes d'you think 1
you've et so far this morning?' .she asks, i
just like that.

" 'Why, I don't know, ma'am. I ain't
kep' track,' I says to her.

" 'Well I have,' says she. 'You've .just
gulped the twenty-third,' says .she.

"Well, sir, it made me so danged mad
that I just got up and went off without
my breakfast!"

Have you sent in notice to the Farm
Bureau concerning a poultry culling
demonstration for your community? An
article on the value of this work is given
in another part of this issue. The
College is prepared to give culling dem-
onstrations between August 7 and Sep-
tember 13. The demands for this work
is great so if you are interested, make
your wants known at once.

ERADICATION OF WITCH GRASS

Witch grass, known in parts of the
state by other names, as quack grass,
dog grass, etc. is the weed that does
the most damage in Massachusetts.
Many farmers say the control of witch
grass is their most serious problem.

The damages of this weed to the agri-
culture of the state may be briefly
summed up as follows:

Increases tabor cost of crop production.
Extra labor is required to control this
weed in cultivated crops and much of
this is expensive hand labor.

Reduces yield's. Yields aie reduced
when the witch grass gets ahead of the
ciop.

Land is cropped a lone/ time. Fields
which have been cleared of this weed
are kept in cultivated crops while other
fields which need taking up are left to
grow more unproductive.

METHODS OF CONTROL

There are methods of eradication
which are fairly successful. These are
more successful in dry weather than in
wet seasons. Perseverance is as impor-
tant as the method and half-hearted
attempts to eradicate this weed will be
a failure.

Summer Fallotving. This is an ex-
pensive method, which is recommended
as being very satisfactory, where care-
fully followed.

Sod land is plowed shallow in mid-
summer after the hay has been harvested
or after close pasturing. The field is
cultivated with a disk or spring-tooth
harrow after plowing and then every
ten days or two weeks until winter. In
wet seasons, more frequent disking is
necessary, going over the land as soon
as the green sprouts show. This land
is plowed deep in the spring and a cul-
tivated crop grown. Keeping this clean
gives the weed a final knockout blow.

If di.sking does not get ahead of the
witch grass a second plowing 5 to 6
inches deep in late summer or early fall
will help.

Sotriiig bucl.'wheat or millet after har-
vesting hay. The field may be plowed
after removing a hay crop as suggested
above and then sown thickly to buck-
wheat or millet. These ciops are rank
and quick growing and to some extent
get ahead of the witch grass and choke
it out. Many farmers have satisfactorily
grown buckwheat for this purpose.
While it may not entirely kill out the
witch grass, it will weaken the stand.
These crops may be harvested or plowed
under.

Fall Pliiicing and Disking. Plowing
in late summer or early fall and disking
once or twice to drag as many root-stalks
to the surface as possible, will help
weaken the stand of witch grass. This

Don't Tell Anyone We Told
You— But:

There is always a "best" farmer in
any community. If you are the best in
your community, isn't it because you are
the most progressive, the most willing to
learn from the experiences of others, and
the most willing to give of your experi-
ences to others?— Jajnes Magazine.

The Poultrymen of the state are plan-
ning a big convention at the Massachu-
setts Agricultural College July 30-Aug.
1. A valuable program has been ar-
ranged. Be sure you are one of the
large number of poultrymen who are
planning to attend.

Now is the time to consider seeding
some of our cultivated land so that some
of the older land may be taken up next
year. Seeding down in corn about the
first of August has. in general, proved
satisfactory in the western part of the
state. The corn fields must be kept fairly
level and free from weeds. Silage corn
is preferable to seed in because there are
no stooks to kill the young grass, but
this is not so serious as the places where
the grass is killed can be re-.seeded.

Following the last cultivation of the
corn, the grass seed can be sown by hand
or with a seeder. With a normal amount
of moisture, the seed will soon germinate.
In a dry season the land should be
brushed or lightly cultivated to cover the
seed a little.

The corn stalks may be broken by
dragging a rail over the land when the
ground is frozen or by rolling in the
early spring.

method is not as effective as harrowing
and disking during the summer, but it
is well worth while because it will weaken
the stand.

Ridging potato land. Some farmers
have gotten rid of witch grass in potato
fields by ridging the potatoes two or
tihree times per season. Digging the
crop will help get rid of the plants left
in the row. On land that dries out
during the summer, too much ridging is
not advised because the yield of potatoes
may be reduced during periods of drouth.

Disking Field in Spring. Disking or
harrowing in the spring as much as pos-
sible before the crop makes much growth
helps get rid of the witch grass. Many
farmers have, in this way, eradicated it
from land which was not planted to a
crop until mid-summer.

Cultivation witli horses cheaper than
lia.nd labor. Planting corn in rows so
that it can be cultivated both ways will
save a lot of expensive hand labor in
combatting the weed.

hampshire county farm bureau monthly
home: making

BRUSHES THE BLACK SOUTHAMPTON CLUB MAKE FIRELESS COOKERS

FROM HER TEETH HOLDS FINAL MEETING ON BARN FLOOR

Southampton (iirl Thankful for
Tooth Brushes

Miss Ethel Hagman a pupil in No.
Four School, Southampton, tells of the
Clean Tooth Campaign in the following
letter :
"Dear Mrs. Searle:

I am a pupil at Number Four School,
and I wish to thank you and all the
member.s of the club for the tooth powder.
I also want to thank you for my two
brothers. There are twenty pupils in our
school. 1 am twelve years of age and
am in the si.xth grade. Miss Kelly has
on the board "Clean Teeth." After we
say our morning prayers. Miss Kelly asks
all who cleaned their teeth to stand.
This morning we had one hundred per
cent. We hope to have one hundred per
cent every day. Before I got the tooth
brush, and tooth powder, the upper part
of my teeth were black. After I cleaned
my teeth for a while the black is almost
all off. Last day of school we are going
to have exercises. We would like to have
you and the members of the club come
and hear us. Now, I must close with
thanks."

Yours truly,

Ethel Hagman.

A total of 187 tooth brushes for 61-
cents have been sent out to the children
of Sputhampton, Goshen, Plainfield,
Westhampton and Cummington, through
the co-operation of the Florence Manu-
facturing Company. The Southampton
Home Economics Club purchased mate-
rials for 12 pounds of tooth powder which
were compounded by Mrs. Edward Searle
and distributed to the children at that
town.

Big [Exhibits and Lectures Feature
Program

The Southampton Home Economics
Club held its final meeting last month.
Fine exhibits of hats, clothing and other
cJub accomplishments gave the Town
Hall a gay appearance.

In the afternoon, the children of the
surrounding schools were brought to the
center to hear Mrs. Sandwall and Miss
Jules explain the exhibits on proper
food and care of children. After supper,
Dr. O'Donnell, district health officer, gave
an illustrated talk on Community Health.

The club had a garment exhibit,
amounting to more than .$1-50 worth of
clothing. It was the result of Mrs.
Reed's work started last year. The
leader, Mrs. Searle, says the club plans
to do still bigger and better work for the
town.

Mrs. Woolman finished her series of
lectures in Huntington and Northampton.
The final meeting in Northampton was
held at Smiths Agricultural School.
There was a very interesting exhibit of
clothing and millinery made by the Home
Economics Department. Mrs. Woolman
talked on Economics of Shopping. After
the lecture the girls served punch and
wafers.

Cummington Women Hold All=day
Meeting

Cummington Hill women met at home
of Mrs. E. .J. Clark for a general home
economics meeting. The Home Demon-
stration Agent was present, accompanied
by a large variety of cooking vessels to
aid in the demonstration of fireless cook-
ers. Northampton hardware dealers
very kindly lent the utensils for the
occasion, and the women had a good
supply to chose from. Several makes
of cookers were constructed by those
present.

Some time was also devoted to a cloth-
ing demonstration and the hostess also
demonstrated the value of a good lunch.
A few women have signified their inten-
tion of keeping household accounts.

CLOTHING COURSE SUCCESSFUL

Under the direction of Mrs. Reed, the
Home Demonstration Agent has carried
on the Clothing Efficiency course for the
past few months in 13 towns with a
total of 15 groups. The groups have
made individual foundation patterns and
have learned a number of short cuts.
The members are most enthusiastic about
the value of this work.

Original number taught, 158; com-
pleted the entire course, 148; per.sons
assisted by those taught, 118; patterns
made 123 sets and 83 parts of sets; gar-
ments made — dresses 215, waists 45,
other outer garments 18, undergarments
154.

The groups have nearly all stopped
their meetings during the summer, but
plan to begin again in the fall. Requests
are coming in from other towns for les-
sons to be given in the fall.

CANNING AS NECESSARY

AS BREAD MAKING

Keep right on canning. It is sound
advice from whatever source it comes.
Pessimists there are who say that the
interest in canning and other forms of
preservation stimulated by the war was
temporary and that there will be a re-
action this year under peace conditions.
The indications from all sides are against
this. Interest in canning continues. It
is a whole.some, worth while home effort.
Home canning gives better products,
cheaper living, more varied diet and
better health. There is no reason why
it should stop, any more than there is
a reason why bread making should stop.

So far 45 women are keeping the Mass.
Agricultural College Household Account
book and many others are waiting for the
next order to be distributed. Are you
interested in studying the out go of your
money, and the value of your garden
and poultry, etc? The books may be .se-
cured at the Farm Bureau for 15 cents
per copy.

SENSIBLE STANDARDS IN DRESS

Skirtff should hare —

a. Width at bottom sufficient to allow
for freedom in stepping up and for-
ward.

b. Width at hips sufficient to prevent
drawing across the front at back.

c. Length and fullness so planned that

1. The skirt will not drop too
low nor pull too high when
one is seated.

2. Holding up is unnecessary.
Waists and sleeves • should . allow for

freedom of movement in any direction.
Light colored collars, cuffs, fronts and
waist linings should be detachable and
cleansable.

Pockets should be placed in dresses,
suits and coats.

Slioea shntild have —
o. The inner line straight from the
heel along the joint and big toe,
allowing the toes to extend directly
forward.
6. Plenty of length and width for the
toes.

Heels broad and not too high.
Arch flexible but snug fitting.
Hats should be light in weight, evenly
balanced and well trimmed. Rapidity
and convenience in dressing should be
considered in the planning. Modesty
should be an absolute essential in the
design of any garment whether for even-
ing or every day wear.

c.
d.

First Hobo: If a tramp enter the cellar, A good job for this summer: Work
would the coal shoot? up interest in your district for a hot

Second Hobo: No, but perhaps the | noon lunch at your .school. Your children
kindling wood.

i will do better work for it.

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY CLUB WORK

BELCHERTOWN AND

SOUTHAMPTON GIRLS WIN

Home Economics Awards Announced

Miss Blanch Haesaert of the Blue
Meadow Home Economics Club of Belch-
ertown has won the first prize in the
county bread club, with a score of 94.45,
and Miss Dorothy Bissell of Goshen
comes second with a score of 94.15.

Some very good scores were made and
they were very close, as the following
schedule shows:

Beatrice Smith, Greenwich 94.

Beatrice Hutchinson, Southampton 93.11
Maude Giltrop, Worthington 92.65

Mary Duffy, Enfield 92.20

Thelma Dickinson, Greenwich 92.15

Elsie Quigley, Southampton 92.45

The first premium in the sewing club
goes to Evelyn Pease of Southampton
whose .score was 90.4. Miss Kathleen
Sibley of Ware came second with 89.
Other high scores were as follows:
Alice Eandall, Belchertown 85.65

Josephine Hathaway, Goshen 85.35

Rachael Twible, Greenwich 83.95

Rachael Randall, Belchertown 83.80

The camp trip to Amherst is in store
for these girls this summer.

FEED PIG FOR GROWTH

NOT SIMPLY FOR FAT

Is your .June feed record complete and
entered in your r«;ord book? Here's a
sample .June feed record: —

MONTH OF JUNE

Name of Feed Qts. Lbs.

Milk 60

Garbage or waste 30

Middlings 30

Tankage 6

Oats (ground) 30

Number of days that pig was on pas-
ture or that you cut green food and fed
in pen.

.June 20 days

Enter your .June record, neatly filling
in the names of grains you have been
using and the amounts fed.

Feed your pig generously: early
growth is always cheap growth. If you
stunt him while young, he will never
recover from the eff'ects.

Feed materials which will make him
grotr, not make him fnt. Don't feed
much corn but do feed plenty of milk,
middlings, ground oats, tankage and pas-
ture. Pigs always do better on a variety
of feeds than on any one feed.

The meanest person on earth is the
person who is cruel to dumb animals.
Did it ever occur to you that failure to

MORE ABOUT CLUBS

FOR THE WOMEN

.Just a chat with the mothers of the
girls who are in club work this summer.
Perhaps a local leader has consented to
give her time and interest in the work in
your community. Of course she is anx-
ious to make it a success and she is going
to, but how much it will mean to her if
she has the co-operation of the mother.? —
if she is sure that mother is perfectly
willing that Mary come into the kitchen
and do her canning. It's hard, no doubt,
to have Mary "fussing around the kitch-
en," especially in hot weather — it's so
much easier "for me to do that myself" —
haven't you often heard that statement —
but, dear mother.s, be martyrs if neces-
sary, for think how much it means to the
children when they look at those jars of
fruits and vegetables and know that
I their summer has been well spent. "Dig-
I ging in the garden or standing over a
stove in .July, is no picnic," says one little
club girl, but I am glad I became a Can-
ning club member, for by the work I
have been enabled to earn quite a little
money and have had a good time with
the other club members."

And don't forget the boys, too. Wouldn't
it have meant a great deal to you, older
folks, if when children you could have
a pig that was all your own, and wouldn't
it have been fun to see if your pig
couldn't be the best one in town! Club
work is making the boy or girl more in-
terested in the farm, and everyone»agrees
that is a good thing.

LITHIA BOYS WIN SOW

AND LITTER CONTEST

Luther Beals and Charles Sears Earn
County Prizes

The Camp Trip to the Massachusetts
Agricultural College has been won by
Luther Beals of Lithia, who did the best
work in the Sow and Litter Contest.
His score was 98, and was based upon
the quality of the sow and litter, the
numbers of pigs raised, the record and
the story. Luther has been in the pig
club every year for the last three years
and has come out on top. He started in
with a pig he purchased locally and did
not make much the first year, except to
make up his mind that he wanted pure-
bred for the next year.

The County Leader got him two pure-
bred sows, one of which gave him the
litter that earned the prize. Luther says
he sold all his pigs for $7.50, and could
have sold twenty more if he had them.

Charles Sears, the most versatile club
member in the County, after trying
Canning, Home Economics, Pig, and Sow
and Litter contests has been awarded
the second premium. His score was 97.

Freddie Field of Goshen came third.
, Other boys who finished with good
scores were : Roy Packard and Freddie
Field of Goshen, Winthrop Kellogg of
Amherst and Raymond Vollinger of
North Farms, Merton Smith of Amherst.

provide a pig with good feed, clean
water, a clean house and pen, and .shade
in summer, was one form of cruelty?

Attend your club meetings faithfully.
The success of a club depends on whether
or not it is made up of good live mem-
bers. Is your club successful?

Those of you who grow the best pigs
will be asked to exhibit them at the Fairs
in the fall where attractive prizes will
be awarded. Only the best pigs go to
the Fairs and only those owned by boys
and girls who keep complete records.

For maximum growth rape should be
cultivated while small. Do not pull rape
plants up by the roots except where nec-
essary to thin the plants to a good stand.
Teach pig to eat rape while he is young.
(See Primer).

If you want to win, you have got to
know a little more than the other fellow.
"Knowledge is Power." You get knowl-
edge by digging for it in your Primer
and other bulletins and by asking ques-
tions of your County Club Leader at
your club meetings. — V. A . Rice.

ENTERS FIVE PIGS

IN FEEDING CONTEST

Lithia Boy Determined He'll Succeed

Charles Sears of Lithia has just fin-
ished his sow and litter contest and in-
stead of (Selling the young pigs, has
determined to raise them all himself and
give the people at Brightwood a little
extra work next winter.

The pigs are Chester Yorkshire Cross
and are good animals, that give promise
of making quick gains. The young pigs
are called Case Tractors by the owner.
The mother was given the name Case
Tractor because she used to plow 'up
everything in sight, so the name has
been visited upon the younger generation.

CALF CLUB MEMBERS

MAY ENTER THIS CONTEST

Members of the County Calf Clubs are
eligible to enter this conte.st offered by
the State Department of Agriculture.
Entry blanks may be obtained from the
Farm Bureau or State Department at
Boston. .$2,500 is offered in prizes in
fifteen different classes.

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

'MAWlLLi

MANDELL^S

"Where the people who know"
buy their

SHOES TRUNKS

HOSIERY BAGS

UMBRELLAS SUIT CASES

The Draper Hotel Building
NORTHAMPTON

Northampton
^ National Bank ^

C. N. CLARK, President
WARREN M. KING, Vice-President
EDWIN K. ABBOTT, Cashier

CAPITAL AND ;>URP1.US. $OKU.OIW
DEPOSITS. Si'.MKld.lKX)

Interest Paid on Special Accounts and
Certificates of Deposit

We are qualified to act as Executor,
Administrator and Trustee

Why not make your will appointing
this Bank as Executor?

THE BANK FOR EVERYBODY

The Habit of Saving

Is at the bottom of most
big successes in tlie l)iisi-
ness woi'lil. Bc.u'iii the
habit by ojieniiii;' a, sav-
ings account witlt the
H a y (1 e n V i 1 1 e Savings
Banlc. One dollar is
enough to start with.

BANK BY MAIL

Coiltiiiueil from pa^e 1

are subject to a discount of 5 per cent
if paid in cash on December 1 and a
further discount of one-half per cent for
each month in advance of that date.
These are maximum prices and competi-
tion in the trade may make prices lower.

The fertilizer trade conditions provide
that these f. o. b. rates shall apply to
New .Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, and
approximately the eastern half of Penn-
sylvania. In Middle Western territory,
including New York, western Pennsyl-
vania, and the Ohio River counties of
West Virignia and west to the western
Missouri and Iowa boundary lines $3.7.5
i)er ton will be added for freight to any
railroad delivery point; to Long Island
delivery points $2..50 pei- ton will be ad-
ded ; and to New England .$4. .50 will be
added to rail, water, or trolley delivery
points. In addition to the jirices quoted
to New England points there will be
[ added .$3 per ton for shipments in less
than carload lots from which a deduction
is made of $1 per ton if a carload is
ordered; $2 per ton in the event of two
carloads and up to 99 tons; $2. .50 for
100 to 199 tons; and .$3 for 200 tons and
over.

It is understood, of course, that to far-
mers ordering less than 30 ton lots there
must also be added to these prices a fair
profit to the dealer which usually amounts
to about $2 per ton.

Only part of the schedule of prices,
formulated by the Government, is given
below. This list, will give an idea of
the prices farmers can expect.

NH.

P^O,

HAYDENVILLE SAVINGS BANK

HAYDENVILLE, VIASS.

C,0

Price per ton

$21.7.5

27.50

33.50

23.00

25.75

31.75

27.00

33.00

41.75

28.75

34.75

46.50

33.75

4.5.50

51.25

37.00

42.75

48,75

38.75

.56.25

W. H. RILEY & CO.
PLUMBING and HEATING

KITCHEN FURNISHINGS

AiiHNTS Fnit

Glen\v(MKl Kanuc's and L(»\\e Bros. Paints

(,)l)p, Tost ottiti' NortbHiuiJton, Mass.

JJnrthamptnn ilustitution
fnr ^auinga

Iii.-orp..ruti'il 1H42

^^* ^% t^^

Quarter Days, First Wednesday in
January, April, July, October

$1 will open an account
Interest Paid on Deposits

«^* (,?* ^*

Open 9 A. M. to 3 P. M.
Saturdays, 9 A. M. to noon
Monday evenings, 6.30 to 8

For New England the price would be
increased by $4.50 for freight, plus $3
per ton in less than ton lots, in addition
to approximately $2 per ton for dealers
commission. This would make a 4-10
fertilizer cost $48.25 per ton, as compared
with $64-$66 this spring.

FIRST NATIONAL BANK

.\()KTH.\MPTO.\, MASS.

rHK /.'.lA'A' n.V TIIK CoRXER

If you want to feel at home, do
your banking business with us.
We pride ourselves on our large
and progressive agricultural cli-
entele. Assets over ^2,700,000

WM. G. H.\SSETi, President

!■. .\. KNEliLANU, \ ice-Prcsidenl
OLIVKK !'.. BKAULKY, Cashier

6 HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

Wiswell the Druggist

82 Main Street

THE KODAK STORE

VETERINARY REMEDIES
Daniels', Lesure's, Barber's

STABLE DISINFECTANTS

SAMUKL D. HOWARD

Wir, 1,1AM N. IKJWARD

D. F. Howard & Sons

Wholesale and Retail Dealers in

FLOUR, MEAL, GRAIN
FEED, PRESSED HAY
STRAW AND

POULTRY SUPPLIES

90 East Street,

Ware, Mass.

l:l<va(or oil II. & A. K. K.
Loiifi: Oistaiirp IVIeplioiio

GAZETTE PRINTING CO.
MERCANTILE PRINTERS
NORTHAMPTON, MASS.

COOL
CLOTHES

R. F. ARMSTRONG & SON'S

SOHMAIN STREET
NORTHAMPTON, MASS.

Fords ors.

Here is Henry Ford's w nrlil-wide gift to (;i\ iiization, vvhicli
lias won tiie uil-Eugianil cliainpionslii]) jjrize at tlie demon-
stration given at Lincolnsiiire, England, May i), 1SM8. It is
one of the iiriiicipal factors in winning tliis great war in
liel|)ing in the iirodnction of food. Every fanner should own
one of these niaciiines.

For Circulars, Catalogs, Etc., Etc.
CHASE MOTOR SALES COMPANY

Distributors for Western Massachusetts

a03 MAIN STUKKT NOIJTH AMPTON, MASS.

GOOD LAYERS

Moult late. When a hen stops laying
in summer she usually moults. Good
layers lay late, therefore moult late.
2

Have a bleached appearance due to the
loss of fat and yellow pigment. Laying
exhausts the body pigment. The body
parts fade in accordance with circulation.
Vent, eyelids, beak and shanks fade in
the order named.

•J

Have moist vent, open, pliable pelvic
bones, prominent sternal processes and
bright combs. The condition of the pelvic
(lay) bones may be determined by feel-
ing. On a laying hen they are open
sufficiently to allow easy passage of an
egg.

Evidence capacity in well developed
abdomen and quality in soft, pliable skin.
Egg production requires much food. The
distended intestines and functional ova-
duct fill out the abdominal cavity and
increase the span between keel and pelvic
bones.

.■5

Possess constitutional vigor, freedom
from physical defects, active disposition
aiid friendly yet nervous temperament.

POOR LAYERS

Moult early. Poor layers quit early
and, therefore, moult early. By fall
they often have a smooth coat of new
feathers as contrasted with the rough,
ragged feathering of better layers.

Retain fat and yellow pigment. In
poor layers the shank? continue yellow.
A yellow vent is indicative that the bird
is not laying. When a hen stops laying
the pigment returns in the same order
in which it left.

3
Have puckered vents, close rigid pelvic
bones, receded sternal processes and limp,
pale combs. When a hen is not laying
her vent drys, the bones set and become
covered with fat. Her comb shrivels and
looses its bright color and wa.xy feeling.

Have little abdominal development

and are often filled with hard fat covered

by tight, coarse skin. The slacker, if

healthy and. well fed, usually fattens.

5
May 01- may not be healthy, are in-
clined to be wild or to show an inactive,
sluggish disposition.

Wm. C. Monahan, M. A. C.

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

A. W. HIGGINS

SOUTH DEERFIELD. MASS.

FERTILIZERS AND
FERTILIZER MATERIALS

Telepbone South Dcerficki 140

or E. S. RUSSELL, South Hadley, Mass

Telt'iihune Ncjrthani]»t«>n ItllM

Are You Going to Amherst?

JULY 28 -AUGUST 2

If you're a farmer, then of course
you'll be there, for you can't afford to
stay at home. It's the great Summer
Farmers' Meeting that will be THE meet-
ing of the year. The Grange, many ag-
ricultural and horticultural associations,
your friends and your neighbors will be
there, and they will expect to see you.
Don't disappoint them.

Theie will be few lectures but many
demonsti'ations on subjects of interest
both to men and women, and something
will be doing every minute. But don't
delay for Amherst will be crowded. So
write at once for room reservation for
your whole family, and also for a
program.

THE EXTENS.ON SERVICE

Massachusetts Agricultural College

" MEET ME AT AMHERST FOR

THE SUMMER FARMERS" WORK ■

NORTHAMPTON

COMMERCIAL

COLLEGE

"THE SCHOOL OF THOROUGHNESS"

III se.'!.sioii twelve iiioiitlis in
the year. Students admitted
at any time and graduated
when i-ompetent.

Greater demand and better
salaries for business - trained
men and women than ever be-
fore. For catalogue and com=
plete information address

JOSKPH PICKETT, Principal
76 Pleasant St., Northampton, Mass.

Con'-hidfd from pago 1

Tobacco Growers' Association, Julv
29th.

Massachusetts Holstein Breeders, .July
.30th.

Massachusetts State Dairymens' Asso-
ciation, -July .30th,

Seventh Annual Poultry Convention,
July 30th to Augu.st 1st.

Massachusetts Fruit Giowers' Asso-
ciation, -July Slst.

Boston Market Gardeners' Association,
August 1st to 2nd.

We are extending to all the farmers
and their families, but especially to those
from Massachusetts, the most cordial in-
vitation to be present not only during the
Field Day of their respective organiza-
tions and specialty, but during the whole
period, so that they may become thor-
oughly acquainted with the work and ac-
tivities of the college. The college is
your college, farmers of Massachusetts,
and we want you to know it better than
some of you do, and to know it in all
its aspects. Your coming will be not
only a help to you, but also, I am sure,
a great help and inspiration to us.
Edward M. Lewis,

Acting President.

Coin.-huieil from paj^e 1

The regular arrival of feeder cattle at
the Lancaster Union Stock Yards on
practically every market day is attract-
ing the attention of commission men.
There were 1,604 head of feeder cattle
reported in May by railroad agents
throughout the district and commission
men at the local yards as entering the
district for feeding purposes. The same
month a year ago only 277 head were
reported. A consignment of 64 head
was received today which marks the
heaviest days run this spring. It is the
opinion of local dealers that the recent
break in live cattle prices will not mate-
rially effect feeding operations in this
district. The feeders of the district
adhere quite closely to established prac-
tices and variances therefrom are never
very great. The dissatisfaction which
many farmers have voiced in regard to
prices received for last year's tobacco
crop has had a tendency to increase the
corn acreage. Corn has proved an in-
fluential factor in regard to the number
of cattle placed on feed heretofore. The
condition of the corn crop at the present
time is exceedingly good. With a good
supply of feeder cattle available begin-
ning the latter part of -July, indications
point to normally filled stables during
the coming feeding period.

The farmer who keeps accounts and

I records of his business knows where he

stands without any guess work. Records

reduce the chances for loss to the lowest.

Records pay any farmer.

COBURN 8C GRAVES

The REXALL Store

Tel. 200 . . Northampton, Mass.

BISSELL'S TIRE SHOP

NOKTHAMFTON, MA.SS.

Miller, Goodyear, and U. S. Tires

Tires and Tubes

Vulcanized by Steam

GOODYEAR SERVICE STATION

FKKK AIR

66 KIN<; STRKKT

Tel. 1293-M

FARMERS' WEEK

MASSACHUSETTS
AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE

July 28-August 2

Save these dates for a worth-v/hile
outing

H. D. SMITH

Hatfield, Mass.

GRAIN, COAL, ICE

AND

FARM MACHINERY

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

BUMPER CROPS"

May Be Expected If You Use Our

GRASS .-. SEED

TIMOTHY
RED TOP

CLOVER

MILLET

ALFALFA

HUNGARIAN

VETCH

IF YOU WANT GOOD SEED

'you can OET it at SULLIVAN'S"

J. A. SULLIVAN ac COMPANY 1 USSi^AREl

3 Main Street

Telephone 6, Northampton, Mass.

JAMES A, STURGES

Flour, Feed, Grain and Hay

Poultry Supplies

Field Seeds in Season

EASTHAMPTON
Rear 35 Main Street, Next Town Hall

J. E. MERRICK & CO.,

Flour and Feed, Grain, Hay, Straw

Baled Shavings

AMHERST, . . . MASS.

CHILSON'S AUTO TOP SHOP

We make new tops and do all kinds of top
and cushion repairing. Celluloid windows put in
while you are in town. Ask us about your job.

THE LEATHER STORE

NOKTII AMI-ION, .M.ASS.

W. N. POTTER'S SONS & CO.

Flour, Hay
Grain, Salt

Lime and Cement

NORTHAMPTON

FLORENCE

HADLEY

Tli(;fe (ire (iJl kinds of licracs, hut
the moil ii'/io risks Ins life fur the
(/oDil of his coinitrii is hero No. I.

We'll ilo iiiir Ix'.st t(i fit our returned
soldiers with a civilian suit as li(>-
coming as the uuiforni they've worn
with such credit to ull.

Here are new models to lit broad
shoulders, hig chests and husky
men and the New York styles in
liberal variety.

Prices from $25 up.

MERRITT CLARK Si. CO.

144 MAIN STREET, NORTHAMPTON, MASS.

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY

FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

Vol. IV

NOKTHAMPTON, MASS., AUGUST, 1911)

No. 8

SUCCESSFUL WOOL SALE

The following article contributed by
the Franklin County Farm Bureau will
be of interest to the sheep breeder.s of
Hampshire County, as many of our men
marketed their wool through the Fiank-
lin County A.ssociation.

The P'ranklin County Sheep Breeders'
Association is to be congratulated on
making a very successful sale of the wool.
The whole clip was sold at an average
of about 63 cents net to the farmer. At
the time the Association began to J^ke
in wool, buyers were offering from 50
cents and 55 cents w^j about the top
price in the county. Tht wool was all
graded and sold on grade. There were '
so many grades that it rather confused
the grower, but roughly speaking the
wool grades are staple and worth more
than the short wool with which shoddy [
can be mixed without detection and which
is called clothing wool. The terms full
blood ?-, 3, and \ blood are used to classify '
the finest, full blood representing the fine
Moreno wool and the fractions the pro-
portion of the Moreno blood which usu-
ally produce that type of wool. A rather
unusual market this year paid more for
the fine wool than for the mediums which
are usually sold higher, but full blood
and one half blood stable wool netted 70
54 8-10 cents, the Black Wool, Tags,
8-10 cents per pound; the ii, 62 8-10 cents,
the 2 58 8-10 cents, the clothing grades
Pulled, etc., 38 8-10 cents. It is very
easy to see that those having the 70
8-10 cents wool will be better satisfied
with the results than those having the
38 8-10 cents grade, and perhaps the
growers will realize that it pays to pi-o-
duce good quality in wool as well as in
other things. Black fleeces, those having
scattered black hair, seedy and dirty
wools are things easily avoided. The
Association paid the expenses of organi-
zation, built a storage room, set aside a
reserve to meet the interest of stock and
a small sulpus, and handled over 17,000
pounds of wool for which the farmers
received nearly $1,500 more than they
have received had it been sold in the
usual way. It is hoped that this success-
ful record may act as a stimulant to the
sheep industry of the county.

THE APPLE MARKET CONNECTICUT VALLEY TOBACCO

LOOKS FAVORABLE GROWERS ORGANIZE v

Condition

July

1919

1918

With fall approaching, fruit growers
are wondering what the outlook on prices
is for winter apples. The crop report
for July 1 is very interesting, especially
in regard to the New York apple crop
which has considerable influence on
apples from this district.

Western New York

Hudson Valley

Shenandoah District

Predmon District

New England Baldwin Belt 75

Another good indication of a bright
mai-ket this fall is the present activity
of apple buyers. Last fall practically
no buyers were in the field and the fall
market was rather dull.

No grower should hurry selling his
crop, but wait until it is harvested and
ready for the market. Good winter
apples will be in demand and indications
all point to a high price.

The apple crop in Hampshire County
will be very light through the hill towns,
with a very satisfactory crop in the Con-
necticut Valley District. While the blow
in the spring was one of the best seen in
years many orchards in the hill sections
are bearing very light and it is the
occasional orchaid that has a good crop.
The South Amherst District which is
fast becoming the apple section for this
part of the state has a good crop of fall
apples of very fine quality.

The Hampshire County and Hampden
County Tobacco Organizations in Massa-
chusetts, togethei- with the Connecticut
organizations, have affiliated themselves
into a parent organization, known as the
"Connecticut Valley Tobacco Grower.-!,"
Inc. This organization will have as its
duties the standardizing of the grades,
supervising the packing, and mai'keting
the tobacco for the different locals. The
forming of this parent organization was -
a vital step as it will prevent the possible
chance of any local competing against
another local on the market and will
assist greatly in the standardizing of mar-
ket grades.

At the election of officers which took
place in Hartford, August 9th, Charles
F. Ward, Broad Brook, Conn., was elected
president; G. Fred Pelissier, Hadley, vice-
president; H. L. Hamilton, Ellington,
Conn., secretary; and A. H. Brown,
Windsor, Conn., treasurer.

LOCAL POTATO SEED

HAS HARD TIME

PROVING ITS VALUE

During the first part of August, Prof.
Earl Jones of the Mass. Agricultural
College took a trip through the western
part of the County, inspecting the potato
fields, planted with certified seed secured
from New York State. In many of the
fields, interesting comparisons were seen ;
certified stock was planted side of home-
grown seed, different varieties, both local,
certified and New York and Maine seed
growing in the same field, late plantings
and early plantings, all taught lessons
Concluded on page 2

THRIP SPOILS ONION CROP

Indications point to a light crop which
should bring good prices

The heavy rains the latter part of July
worked havoc with a great many fields of
onions by furnishing ideal conditions for
the deadly work of the thrip. As a result
the onion harvest will begin earlier than
usual. In fact, at this time (August 6),
fully twenty-five cars of seed onions have
already been shipped from Connecticut
valley points.

The acreage. Generally speaking, the
onion acreage has been i-educed this year
in New York, Ohio and Massachusetts.

Neiv York. In Wayne county the acre-
age this year is 1,500 compared with an
ordinary crop of 2,000 acres. While
some fields are in excellent condition the
avei-age stand on August 1st was poorer
than last year and the pi-ospects for the
county as a whole are for a much lighter
crop than last year when the yield was
close to 425 bushels per acre. On account
of a recent hail storm in the vicinity of
Macedon the condition of the crop is not
over 50 per cent. A good figure for the
county as a whole is about 66-2/3 per
cent. Similar conditions prevail at Fair-
Concluded on page 5

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

PUBLISHED BY THE

Hampshire County Farm Bureau

A. F. MarDiMisrall, County Agent
Helen A. Harriman, Home Deiu. Afrent
C. H. Gould, lioyK' and Girls' Club Lender

Office First National Bank Building

Northampton, Mass.

Entered as second class matter Nov. 9. 1^15. at the
Post Office at Northampton. Massiicbusetts. under
the Act of March 8. 1879.

"Notice of Knlry "

''Acceptance for mailing at special rate of post-
age provided for in section llOli. Act of October 3.
1917. Authorized October 31, 1917."

I*rice, JJ.5 cents a year

Officers of the Trustees

Leslie R. Smith, President
Clarence E. Hodgkins, Vice-President
Warren M. King, Treasurer
Charles H. Gould, Secretary

Trustees for County Aid to Agriculture

Fair Time

Within a few weeks, the Fair season
will be with us again. Middlefield Fair
is to be September 3 and 4 ; Cummington,
September 2.5-26; Northampton, October
1, 2, .3. What have you prepared to ex-
hibit? Remember in an exhibit, the first
impression that the judge gets, is the one
that helps him most in making his de-
cision. This means everything should
have a clean, attractive appearance.
Have all cattle well brushed or washed
and hoofs and horns cleaned. Never
bring stock into the ring with manure or
manure stains on them. If it is a fruit
or vegetable exhibit, uniformity, freedom
from blemishes, and truene.ss to type are
the points to follow.

Don't wait until a few days before the
fair before thinking about your exhibit.
Start now and then you will have an
exhibit that will do justice to yourself
and the fair, and will be educational to
those who see it.

.At a meeting of interested sheep men
of New England held in Boston at the
State House on July 12th, it was decided
to hold a Pure Bred Ram Sale of the
breeds piominent in New England, in
conjunction with the Eastern States Ex-
position.

TQBACCQ GROWERS PLAN
I TO USE COVER CROPS

I To Build Up Soil

The experiences of many of our best
tobacco growers during the last few years
with the use of cover crops on tobacco
land have proved beyond question that
it is a valuable practice. Last year saw
a big increase over the year before in
followers of this plan. All indications
now point to double the acreage this year
over last in land covered with timothy or
rye. County Agent Southwick of Hart-
ford County, Connecticut, made some
startling announcements Farmers' Week
at the Mass. Agricultural College, con-
cerning the amount of plant food con-
served, and the organic matter added by
the use of cover crops. Also those men
troubled with tobacco sick soils have
found they can improve conditions
greatly by the use of timothy.

Allowing land valued at $500 to $1,000
an acre to only grow a crop about 60-70
days and then be idle the balance of the
year, subject to the leaching of the rains,
seems even to the casual observer, as a
very poor farm practice. Why not let
this soil help build itself up by growing
organic matter in the form of a cover
crop and also let this crop hold the avail-
able plant food over for the next tobacco
crop instead of letting it be leached away
by the winter rains?

Timothy has proved itself to be the best
cover crop for tobacco, except possibly
on the very light sandy soils where rye
may be used to advantage. Rye is usu-
ally .sown at the rate of IJbu. per acre
and timothy at i bu. to the acre.

Concluded from page 1
that should be followed by farmers in-

'terested in potato growing.

No final results can be given at this
time, of course, but arrangements are
being made with as many farmers as
possible to keep accurate records on yields
from .small equal areas so that the proper
deductions can be drawn in the fall.

From the appearance of the vines, there
was a decided difference in favor of the
new seed when it was planted beside seed
grown on the farm from five to ten years.
In a few cases the local seed produced
fair potatoes and the field would have
been pronounced very good if there had
been no seed with which to make com-

' parisons.

Some farmers say that the vigor of
seed potatoes can be kept up in the hill
towns for sevei'al years and the second
year's crop from new seed is better than
the first. Prof. Jones states that he can-
not say how long the vigor of potatoes
can be kept up under careful selection,
but with ordinary selection, the seed runs
out in a few yeans. Prof. .Jones' obser-
vations lead him to believe that farmers
should get new seed more often.

Don't Tell Anyone We Told
You But:

Rosen Rye is the only kind of rye to-
plant. That is what the farmers say who
are growing it this year. If you are
planning on planting any rye this fall
i be sure and do not plant the common
variety.

In marketing the wool pooled in the
Franklin County Association, Howard
Johnson, Worthington, received the high-
est price paid by the association. His clip
came from Shropshire sheep.

Poultry culling demonstrations are to
be given in Hampshire County during
the last week in August and the first
week in September. If you are interested
in poultry, be sure and attend the demon-
stration in your section. Don't buy high
priced grain to feed low producing hens
or pullets.

Robert Barr, age 9, of Huntington,
has the best field of rape in the County
Pig Club.

i The estimated onion crop of 14 leading-
Northern onion states was equivalent to
' 22,365 cars of 600 bushels each. It sur-
j passed the great crop of 1917 by nearly
2,000 cars and was nearly 9,000 cars ahead
of the short crop of 191 6.

An efl'ort is being made to bring some
prominent corn growers from the Corn
Belt into eastern Massachusetts, so that
they may have first hand knowledge of
the damage the European corn borer is
doing. It is hoped that in this way the
big western corn growers may be able
to secure sufficient Federal aid in check-
ing the spread of the corn borer further
west.

Francis Pease and George Olds of
Middlefield, are members of the County
Calf Demonstration Team.

Alice Fairman of Worthington, a Pig
Club member, has a Berkshire pig that
has been gaining a pound and a half a
day.

1. It is not always sufficient to have
seed corn mature.

It must also be well dried out.

2. The crib is not a safe place to store
seed corn.

The following recommendations seem
warranted :

1. Select in the field, about the av-
erage time of the first frost, a two years'
supply of matuie seed corn.

2. Have it thoroughly dry before
freezing weather comes.

hampshire county farm bureau monthly
home: making

FIRELESS COOKERS

GAIN IN POPULARITY

Hot Soup and Ice Cream Keep
tfqually Well

The fireless cooker is the most versatile
kitchen utensil imaginable. Women who
have tried them are quick to appreciate
their value, and numerous accounts of
tireless cookery come into the office. The
Home Demonstration Agent recently re-
ceived the following testimonial :
My dear Miss Harriman :

Having occasion to go to Northampton
sometime ago, I went into Riley's and as
he was very much in doubt of never
finding those agate three compartment
utensils for Fireless Cooker, I brought
home the aluminum ones and have used
my fireless cooker a good many times.
Have made soups, and boiled and creamed
potatoes, rice, things with cream gravies
and white sauces — preparing them at
noon and finding them all hot at supper
time. It is also fine for spinach and I
have also baked beans.

It seems rather funny, but one day
I'll have hot soup in it and the ne.xt day
ice cream. I have tried both vanilla and
chocolate and they are fine and it takes
such a little ice. One of my neighbors
has several dinners to put up so she puts
.soup, potato and meat in the cookers,
puts it in the wagon and sends it along.
Quite an idea.

I hope this week to make a tender
chicken out of an old hen. Oh yes! and
I forgot that of course I use it for cooked
cereals putting in less water than I would
on the stove, as there is no chance for
steam to escape.

Yours most sincerely,
Mrs. C . C. Knapp,

Cumminffton, Mass.

At Laurel Park, one interesting feature
of the six days' program was a demon-
stration on "Home Nursing" given by
Miss Christine Hall, trained nur.se at
Smith College. Miss Hall gave helpful
suggestions on children's diseases, making
the patient's bed, changing the linen, with
the patient in bed, and making the patient
comfortable. About fifty women and
girls were present at the demonstration.

MEND POTS AND PANS

AT GRANGE MEETING

Cape Cod Grangers Vary Program

Don't depend on itinerant tinkers to
mend your broken kettles, let the Grange
do it.

A certain Grange on Cape Cod decided
that the Home Economics program should
be different. During the afternoon '
session, the women brought in kitchen
utensils that needed mending. In the
evening the men were rounded up in four
groups and with the repair kits at hand
proceeded to mend the .32 broken articles.

VARIOUS USES FOR TOMATOES

The tomato, although not very nutri-
tious, may be classed as one of our most
useful vegetables.- Raw, it makes an
attractive and refre.shing salad and may
be served by itself or in combination
with other vegetables, with meat or with
fi.sh. As a vegetable, the tomato may
be prepared in many ways. It makes a
good foundation for soups and sauces.
Made into catsup or pickles it serves as
a relish. The addition of a little tomato
gives a pleasant, acid flavor to many
soups and sauces and also to meat, fish
and vegetable dishes.

When properly canned this vegetable
keeps well and retains its natural flavor.
The housekeeper who has a generous
supply of canned tomatoes on hand will
find them very valuable at all times of
the year, but especially in the winter
months when the variety of vegetables
is not great.

CANNED TOMATOES

Scald la minutes or until skins loosen.
Cold-dip. Remove stems and cores. Cut
in pieces or leave whole and pack directly
into hot jars. Press down with table-
spoon (add no water). If tomatoes are
whole fill jar to 1* from top with hot
strained juice. Add level teaspoonful
salt per quart. Put rubbers and caps of
jars into position, not tight. Sterilize in
water bath, homemade or commercial, 22
minutes.

Kitchen walls should be painted so
that they may be wiped with a damp
cloth, making cleanliness possible with-
out great demand on strength and with-
out the disarrangement caused by white-
washing or calcimining.

Try to make the dishes served of such
size that there will be enough to satisfy
the appetite of the family and no unneces-
sary table or plate waste. Don't be
ashamed to plan closely. Thrift in food,
means providing enough food, neither too
little nor too much.

The housewife must not practice econ-
omy at the expense of the health of her
family. Growing children must have
good milk to drink as well as other nour-
ishing food.

Why not give a community supper or
entertainment now to earn money to help
finance the school lunch this fall? Many
children in your community would be
better workers and have higher rank if
you would see to it that a warm dish at
noon was provided.

PRACTICAL HINTS

ON MAKING JELLIES

In making jellies, housewives usually
find more difliculty than when preserving
fruit in any other way. The cause is due
probably to the fact that no hard and
fast rules can be given. The following
directions have been given by Prof.
Chenoweth after experimenting for some
time at the Mass. Agricultural College.

In making jellies three things must be
present in the fruit juice. These are
pectin, acid and sugar. All three of
these occur in some fruits, while othei's
may lack either the pectin or acid in
suflicient quantity. This explains why it
is relatively easy to make jelly out of
certain fruit juices like the apple and the
plum, but difficult or impossible to get
good jelly from such fruits as the peach,
cherry and some of the small fruits.

All fruit is at its maximum quality
when it is just ripe. At this time, also,
most fruits which normally contain acids
and pectin in sufficient quantities to pro-
duce jellies are in their prime for jelly
making. If one must use fruits slightly
over-ripe either add a small quantity of
the same fruit that is under-ripe or add
another fruit that is known to contain
pectin.

If the fruit is known to contain pectin
but is deficient in acid the addition of a
small amount of juice from an acid fruit,
such as cherry, currant plum or apple,
will correct this deficiency. No hard and
fast rule regarding the amount of this
acid juice to be added can be given be-
cause the quantity will vary somewhat
It should never exceed one-half of the
non-acid fruit.

Test for Pectin :

1. Alcohol test. (WOOD ALCOHOL
IS A POISON. It should be labeled as
such and great care must be taken in
its use.)

Mix 1 tablespoon of the cooked juice
with 1 tablespoon of alcohol; if pectin
is present it will collect either in a solid
mass (which indicates a large amount),
or in small particles (which indicates
small amount.) This test should be
watched carefully as the wood alcohol
tends to dissolve the pectin in a short
time.

2. Epsom Salts Test. Mix together
1 teaspoon of cooked fruit juice, i tea-
spoon of Ep.son salts. Stir until all are
dissolved and let stand five minutes. If
the mixture sets into a jelly within this
time it is a good jellying juice.

Preparation of Fruit. Wash fruit
thoroughly and, if fruit is large, cut.
Slice apples i inch thick at right angles
to the core, running from the stem to
the blossom end. When cut this way the
Concluded on page 7

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

HAMPSHIRI

COUNTY CLUB WORK

LEARN YOUR STATE SONGS

AND CHEERS

Every boy and gii! in the county should
get right to work learning the club songs
and cheers. Practice them as you work,
sing them at your club meetings, sing
them to your families, but be sure you
learn them. We have only a few at
present, others may come later. You
can easily learn these four and I am sure
you will like them.

Time — "Solomon Levi"
Her name is MASSACHUSETTS and we

cheer her with a will.
No matter what may ever come
To her we're loyal still.
We bake, we cook, we can, we hoe,
Our work it all is play.
For boys' and girls' 4-H Club work
In our State has come to .stay.

Chorus
Oh, MASSACHUSETTS!
Glory and honor to thee.
Oh, MASSACHUSETTS!
Loyal and loving are we.
We love our big republic
With its country all so fine,
But of all the States in all the world
It's the old BAY STATE for mine.

Tune — "Have a Smile"
The 4-H Clubs most gladly welcome you
To hear and see the things we do
Head, heart, hand and health all strive to

give
Our better's best to you.
Heads direct our hands, hearts are loving

too,
Health will help us do the best we can
To give our better's best to you.

T/fric— "Beautiful Ohio"
To can, and bake, to sew and rake
And think and plan,
To strive to make our better best
All ways we can.

Come and hear the tales we'll tell to you
Of 4-H Club so tried and true.
Work is fun, the goal most won
If vve are true
To our motto and our Club and Leaders

too;
We .strive to do right, if it takes all our

might!
4-H Club, here's to you.

r»ne— "Where Do Wo Go from Here?"
Where do we go from here, girls,
When our work is done?
Anywhere from M. A. C. to dear old

Washington.
And when we've done our very best,
".Sticktuit" till the end.
Oh, joy? Oh, boy? Where are we going
then?

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY TEAMS

TO DEMONSTRATE

Hampshire County club members are
getting ready for competitive demonstra-
tions with the other counties. At the
New England Fair in Worcester, the Bay
Road Canning Club of South Amherst
will send a team to represent the County
to compete against the other counties for
the honor of representing Massachusetts
at the Eastern States Exposition.

Hadley boys will furnish a corn demon-
stration team which will compete with
other state teams at Springfield and the
Middlefield Calf Club will compete at
Worcester for similar honors.

CLUB PIG PARADES

ON FOURTH OF JULY

South Amherst Boy puts Club Work
in Line

Hubert Barton, .Jr., a wide awake pig
club member from South Amherst, helped
enliven the Fourth of -July celebration in

1 Amherst by having his pig in line.

I Hubert built a crate and set it on a
wagon, and after properly labelling and
decorating the exhibit, it was carted
through the streets of Amherst, making
a live advertisement of the fact that there
is a pig club in Amherst.

EASTHAMPTON GARDENS

GROOMED FOR JUDGING

Under the supervision of Mr. Merritt,
principal of the Center Grammar School,
the Easthampton garden project has been
going ahead with the usual success.

The County Leader in judging the
gardens recently found many that were
excellent some being especially groomed
for the occasion.

South Hadley Falls has a garden pro-
ject that shows improvement over past
seasons' work. Supervisor, J. C. Folsom
asked the County Leader to judge the
best of them and they show a decided
improvement in size and care. Peanuts
are a favorite crop in South Hadley and
in some gardens tobacco was found grow-
ing.

The County Leader recently received
the following letter from a Polish boy
on Mt. Tom Island.

On his first visit the club leader told
the boy that the next time he came the
piece would be measured to determine the
aci'eage. You may be sure the job was
done.
("Dear Sir:

"Will you please come Tuesday after-
; noon at 2 o'clock, and bring your measure
>vith you.

"Please come for sure. I am glad that
you are going to help me to Bolek Oliwa."

Your Bolek.

PRIZE WINNERS' CAMP

A GREAT SUCCESS

County Champions Have Lively Time

One full week of pure, unadulterated
fun was the program for the prize win-
ners at their camp at M. A. C. last month.

Hampshire County champions were
there in force. The rainy weather damp-
ened no ones spirits, and it cleared off
in time for each member to pose before
a moving picture camera. There were
lectures and demonstrations, judging
contests, ball games, swimming holes and
vaudeville shows which the winners all
took part in. Hampshire County winners
at M. A. C. were:

Mildred McKemmie, South Amherst,
Canning Club; Henry Kokoski, Hadley,
Potato Club; Roger Johnson, Hadley,
Corn Club; Horace Brockway, .Jr., South
Hadley, Pig Club; Luther Beals, Goshen,
Sow and Litter Club; Mary Yarrows,
Hadley, Sewing Club; Leslie Kelley,
Amherst, Bread Club; Blanch Haesaert,
Belchertown, Bread Club; Evelyn Pease,
Southampton, Sewing Club.

PIG CLUB GOSSIP

Again my first thought is your record.
Don't fatigue yourself carrying it around
in your brain, set it down in your record
book, then you can and you can't forget
it.

Are you increasing the feed for your
growing pig? You expect him to grow
fast, he can't unless you feed him lib-
erally.

No one feed is sufficient for a pig. To
make good, economical growth, he must
have variety, two or more feeds. Stick
to the growing feeds for another two
months, milk, middlings, shorts, fine feed,
ground oats, tankage, fish meal, plenty
of green stulT and a little corn.

I heard a pig tale the other day.
Farmer had a pig out in a pasture with
absolutely no shade. Hot spell came
along and pig laid down and died. Pig
Club member next door had a pig in
pasture but had provided shade and the
pig came through the hot weather all
0. K. I hope all pig club members have
got a shade on this fai'mer.

If there are lice on your hogs it is
costing you 1 or 2 cents more per pound
to grow pork. So far as I know no one
pays any premium for pork produced by
a lousy hog. It's absolute loss and any
oil or grease will stop it. (See Primer).

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

MANDELL

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"Where the people who know"
buy their

SHOES TRUNKS

HOSIERY BAGS

UMBRELLAS SUIT CASES

The Draper Hotel Building
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Northampton
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WARREN M. KING, President
C. H. PIERCE, Vice-President
EDWIN K. ABBOTT, Cashier

CAPITAL AND SURPLUS, $680,0t»

DEPOSITS, S2.TOi.nno

Interest Paid on Special Accounts and
Certificates of Deposit

We are qualified to act as Executor,
Administrator and Trustee

Why not make your will appointing
this Bank as Executor ?

THE BANK FOR EVERYBODY

The Habit of Saving

Is at the bottom of most
big successes in tlie busi-
ness world. Begin tlie
habit by opening a sav-
ings account witli tlie
H a y d e n V i 1 1 e !Sa.vings
Banlv. One dollar is
enough to start with.

BANK BY MAIL

IJoiiL-luileil from pa^e 1

port, Union Hill, and Webster. At Port
Byron, Cayuga county, late plantings
have increased the acreage to .50 as com-
pared with 85 in 1918. The condition is 1
reported good. In Madison county the
present condition is better than last year
and gives promise of a yield of from Pj-'iO
to 400 bushels per acre.

Ohio rcniditiomi. Hot sun and dry
weather the first three weeks in .June
thinned the stand of onions in Hardin
county and stunted their growth. Fifty
acres have been abandoned on account
of weeds. Present indications point to
75 per cent of a normal crop. The
eastern edge of the Scioto marsh is full
of thrips. Pulling will begin Aug. 10-15.
The acreage is 3,200. At Lodi the acre-
age is .300 and on account of thrips and
smut only 75 per cent of a normal crop
is expected. At Orrville only 70 per
cent of a normal crop will be harvested.
MasiMchuaetts. The acreage has been
slightly reduced throughout the valley.
The .stand in many fields is thin and the
tops are short. The constant rain during
.July and the activity of the thrip will
reduce the yield very materially. The
best growers report an expected yield of
from 300 to 350 bushels per acre as com-
pared with 475 to 490 bushels per acre
last year. The acreage in sets this season
was much larger than during the seasons
of 1917 and 1918. The yield, however,
was lighter than last year, but prices
were good. Sets in 1918 were sold gen-
erally at from $4 to $4.50 per 100 pounds
f. 0. b. shipping point. This season the
price was slightly higher. The sets have
already been marketed and the harvesting
of .seed onions has begun. Good storage
stock will be limited and fair prices to
growers are assured.

The shipments this season from the
various points in the valley to August 6,
inclusive, number 124 carloads, 93 of
which were shipped in July, 31 the first
six days in August.

The table gives the carload shipments
from the Connecticut valley for four
seasons for -July and the first week in
August.

W. H. RILEY & CO.
PLUMBING and HEATING

KITCHEN FURNISHiriGS

,\(;ents fou

Glcnwood Kitiiycs and Lowe Bros. I'aiiits

Opp. Post Offlrn Nortbaiupton, M:;ss.

.July
August

Total

1-G

191G

1917

1918

1919
93

124

* Exact figures by months are not
available. The total shipments to Sep-
tember 3 were 201 cars. Most of these were
shipped during the latter part of August.
There were comparatively few sets in the
valley last year.

W. L. Mid-limer, M. A. C.

HAYDENVILLE SAVINGS BANK

HAYDENVILLE, \1ASS.

Mrs. Brown — "In what course do you
■xpect your boy to graduate, Mrs. .Jones?"

Mrs. .Jones — "Why, in course of time, I
suppose."

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January, April. July, October

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Interest Paid on Deposits

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Open 9 A. M. to 3 P. M.
Saturdays, 9 A. M. to noon
Monday evenings, 6.30 to 8

FIRST NATIONAL BANK

NUK'THAMITUN, MASS.

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If you want to feel at home, do
your banking business with us.
We pride ourselves on our large
and progressive agricultural cli-
entele. Assets over ^2,700,000

W'M. G. BASSETT, Piesidcnl

1-. .\. KXEELAiND, Vice-President
OLIVER B. BKAULEV. Cashier

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

IWiswell the Druggist

SI MainflStreet

— THE KODAKfSTORE —

VETERINARY REMEDIES
Daniels', Lesure's, Barber's

STABLE DISINFECTANTS

SAMUEL U. IKIWAKII WII.I.IA.M N, MOWAltl)

D. F. Howard & Sons

Wholesale and Retail Dealers in

FLOUR, MEAL, GRAIN
FEED, PRESSED HAY
STRAW AND

POULTRY SUPPLIES

90 East Street,

Ware, Mass.

Klevator on H. A: A. IC. U.
Lone DistaiU'e T<!lepIioiie

GAZETTE PRINTING CO.
MERCANTILE PRINTERS
NORTHAMPTON, MASS.

SUMMER

CLEARANCE SALE

The time to Save Money on all kinds
of Clothing for Men or Boys

COMK IN AND SliK US

R. F. ARMSTRONG & SON'S

80 MAIN STREET
gESS;iNORTHAMPTON, MASS.

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Fords orv

Here is Henry Ford's world-wide yii't to civilization, which
lias won the all-England clianipionship prize at the demon-
stration given at Lincolnshire, England, JMay 9, 1918. It is
one of the principal factors in winning this great war in
helping in the production of food. Every farmer should own
one of these machines.

For Circulars, Catalogs, Etc., Etc.
CHASE MOTOR SALES COMPANY

Distributors for Western Massachusetts

a03 MAIN SIKKKT NOKIH AMI'TON, MASS.

USE OF SULPHUR AND

SULPHATE OF LIME

As a Fertilizer

In the face of propaganda urging the
use of such substances as sulfur and
sulfate of lime or land plaster as fertili-
zers, because plants need sulfur as well
as phosphorus, nitrogen and potassium, it
is important that certain facts be kept
in mind that are not mentioned in the
sulfur propaganda.

In our everyday practice we use con-
siderable sulfur in the form of sulfates
when we apply our common manures and
fertilizers. Farm manures contain sul-
fates which come partly from the digested
sulfur and sulfates of food and partly
from those constituents of the undigested
residues and litter. Since sulfates are
more soluble than phosphates, the former
leach away from the manure pile freely,
as manifested in analyses of well waters
contaminated by sewage, where sulfates
are a prominent and characteristic con-
stituent.

Among the common chemical fertilizers
containing sulfur, we have sulfate of
ammonia, sulfate of potash and all the
di-ssolved phosphates, in which sulfuric
acid has been used to make the phosphoric
acid soluble. In 100 pounds sulfate of
ammonia there would be 57 pounds sul-
furic acid; in 100 pounds high-grade sul-

fate of potash, 42 pounds sulfuric acid;
and in 100 pounds acid phosphate of 16
per cent grade, about 15 pounds sulfuric
acid combined with the lime which was
originally united to the phosphoric acid.
In 1,000 pounds of a fertilizer of 3-8-4
guarantee, there may be half the nitrogen
in sulfate of ammonia, the potash as sul-
fate and three-fourths of the phosphoric
acid from a dissolved phosphate. In
such case there would be found about 130
pounds sulfuric acid combined with the
ammonia, potash and lime of the in-
g}-edients.

There is little use in heeding the prop-
aganda of the .sulfur and gypsum promo-
ters when one is using farm manures
and the usual forms of mixed fertilizers.
The use of farm manures alone might
possibly require the addition of gypsum
in order to replace the sulfates that might
have leached away if the manure were
exposed to the weather. It occurs to the
wi'iter that the old-time use of land
plaster (gypsum) and its apparent bene-
fit may have been due to the loss of
sulfates from the farm manures, which
in those days were usually left under the
eaves of the barns for months instead of
being housed in a basement or .shed.

The value of .sulfur or gypsum as a
supplement to insoluble phosphates still
remains to be demonstrated as an eco-
nomical method of fertilization for our
! farmers.

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

A. W. HIGGINS

SOUTH DEERFIELD, MASS.

FERTILIZERS AND
FERTILIZER MATERIALS

Telephone South Deerfielii Uil

or E. S. RUSSELL, South Hadley, Mass
Telephone Northampton HJIH

Coni'huled from i)K^e :-(

hlices are of uniform thickness and cook
evenly. For hard fruits, add an e(iual
quantity of cold water by weight; for
soft fruits, add water equal to i the
weight of the fruit.

Cooking Period. Place the fruit and
water in a covered kettle and boil for ten
minutes. Remove to the back of the stove
and let s'^and for ten minutes. Strain
through four thicknesses of cheese cloth.
Remove jnilp to a kettle, add cold watei'
equal to that added in the beginning and
repeat the directions given above. The
juice obtained this time is called the
second extraction.

Addition of Sugar. The old-time rule
most commonly used calls for equal
amounts of fruit juice and sugar. Ex-
perience shows that jellies of superior
flavor and quality may be made when the
sugar is reduced to 3 or i the amount
commonly used. With fruits one-half as
RIQQFIl'Q TIDF Q HOP 'much sugar as juice by weight will give

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obtained. Heating the sugar is an un-
necessary bother for the quality of the
jelly is not improved by this precaution.
Fruit juice should be cooked before .sugar
is added. It is difficult to set any arbi-
trary period since the rate of boiling and
the character of cooking vessel will de-
termine this largely. Where small quan-
tities of juice, 2 to 3 quarts, have been
cooked at a tim.e in a fairly shallow
aluminum kettle at a rate which kept the
liquid at a hard boil, the following rule
has been found to work satisfactorily:
If 4 as much sugar as juice is to be used,
boil 5 minutes; if h as much sugar as
juice is to be used, boil 10 minutes and
if i as much sugar as juice is to be used,
boil 1.5 minutes before the addition of the
sugar.

Straining. .Jelly need not be skimmed
during the cooking period. Continuous
skimming is wasteful of the material.
Allow the syrup to boil vigorously until
the jelly test is reached. The sheeting-
test most commonly used is the one that
can best be relied upon. When cooking
juice has become so concentrated that it
forms a sheet i inch or more in length
on the edge of the .spoon when suspended
in the air, it is ready to be removed from
the fire. Strain through a cheese cloth
into a hot pitcher and fill the sterilized
jelly glasses immediately. It is a wise
precaution to hermetically seal jelly when
i to i as much sugar as juice has been
used.

NOUTH,*>IFTON, MASS.

Miller, Goodyear, and U. S. Tires

Tires and Tubes

Vulcanized by Steam

GOODYEAR SRRVICE STATION

HiKK .A IK

66 KING STKEET

T«.i. isn.-^-M

NORTHAMPTON

COMMERCIAL

COLLEGE

"THE .SCHOOL OF THOROUGHNESS"

Li session twelve iii(}iitlis in
the year. Students admitted
at any time and graduated
when competent.

Greater demand and better
salaries for business = trained
men and women than ever be=
fore. For catalogue and com=
plete information address

JOSEPH PICKETT, Principal
76 Pleasant St., Northampton, Mass.

Scaling. After the jelly has stiffened
in the glasses, run a blunt edged knife
around the edge to loosen the jelly from
the glass to a depth of I inch. When the
boiling paraffin is poured on, a much
better seal is obtained. Cover jelly
glasses with the tin covers or paper sealed
over the top.

COBURN dc GRAVES

The REXALL Store

Tel. 200 . . Northampton, Mass.

SMITH'S AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL

Hit yitii \v:iiit til Ih> nil iiitenigeltt farmer ?
Woiihi y«m like to be it skilled carpenter or

sheet metal worker ?
Have you a tiesire to beeome an ellieieiit

home maker ?

SMIIH'S St HOOL HAS

1. Agricultural Department

% acre farjii, 5 acres market garden, 35
acres field crops, 10 acres orchard and
berries, blacksmith's and farm mechan-
ic's shop, .500 bird poultry plant.

2. Carpentry Department

Seijarati- building, trade training, trade
■ mathematics, shop practice drafting.

3. Household Arts Department
Kitchens, laundry, dressmaking, milli-
nery, home decoration.

4. New Sheet Metal Department
One of the best paying ti-ades.

Entrance without examination. No tui-
tion. A democratic school. Practical
teachers.

School opens Sept. 8th. Agricultural
Department opens Oct. 6th.

Aihii'ess the I>ireetor at the Sehool
for inforiuatioii.

H. D. SMITH

Hatfield, Mass.

GRAIN, COAL, ICE

AND

FARM MACHINERY

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

HOW ABOUT YOUR ROOF?

If it needs atteation see us about

NEPONSET TWIN SHINGLE

W. N. POTTER'S SONS & CO.

CHEAPER THAN SLATE
MORE DURABLE THAN WOOD t

FIRE PROOF
Send for Circulars

PAROID ROOFING

If You Want

Good Roofing

VOU CAN OET IT AT SULLIVAN'S"

J. A. SULLIVAN dC COMPANY ] HS^^^ware!

3 Main Street

Telephone 6, Northampton, Mass.

JAMES A. STURGES

Flour, Feed, Grain and Hay

Poultry Supplies

Field Seeds in Season

E ASTH AMPTON
Rear 35 Main Street, Next Town Hall

J. E. MERRICK & CO.,

Flour and Feed, Grain, Hay, Straw

Baled Shavings

AMHERST, . . . MASS.

CHILSON'S AUTO TOP SHOP

We make new tops and do ail kinds of top
and cushion repairing. Celluloid windows put in
while you are in town. Ask us about your job.

THE LEATHER STORE

NOKTH ASlrrON, .MASS.

Flour, Hay

Grain, Salt

Lime and Cement

NORTHAMPTON

FLORENCE

HADLEY

A naval officer being asked what^made the success

of our Navy, replied :

" Quality and Quick Service.'*

The very characteristics that make this store
a success.

No time wasted— you can promptly get what
you want.

Intelligent assistants who know your size and
quickly grasp your ideas.

Everything for men to wear.

A two-piece suit would add to your peace of
mind for the hot days'

MERRITT CLARK 8c CO.

144 MAIN STREET. NORTHAMPTON, MASS.

:v I :

SEP 2 7 1919

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY

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FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

Vol. IV

NORTHAMPTON, MASS., SEPTEMBER. 1919

No. 9

TOBACCO GROWERS COMPLETE

ORGANIZATION

Association Votes to Hire .Vlanager

The director.? of the Connecticut Valley
Tobacco Grower.?, Incorporated, at their
September meeting, voted to open an
office and .sample room in Hartfoid and
engage a manager. This will give them
an opportunity to dispose of about 2000
case.s af 1918 tobacco and be in readiness
for the 1919 crop.

This action of the directoi's completes
the organization of the marketing sys-
tem. The local associations, such as the
Hampshire County Tobacco Growers,
Inc., sorts and grades the farmers' crop
and prepares it for market. The parent
organization in Hartford, through its
board of directors, containing two repre-
sentatives from each local, and its mana-
ger, will market all the tobacco of the
several locals.

Representing several thousand acres
of 1919 tobacco, both in Connecticut and
Massachusetts, and having the support
of sevei-al hundred tobacco growers, the
Connecticut Valley Growers, Incorpora-
ted, ought to become a real factor in the
tobacco trade. The tobacco crop has too
long been handled in a speculative way
and the development of this system,
managed by the tobacco growers them-
selves, should do much toward stabalizing
the industry.

ALL OUT FOR THE COUNTY FAIR

October 1, 2, 3

The directors of the Northampton
Fair are planning this year to have the
best and largest agricultural display and
exhibition of live-stock ever seen at our
County Fair. In order to do this, it
means everybody in the county giving
their best support. Bring the best you
have on your farm and in your home ancf
see how your results compare with those
exhibited by people from neighboring
towns or counties.

The Massachusetts Agricultural Col-
lege is planning to make an exhibit cover-
ing one-half the space in the Merchants
Building, The Boys' and Girls' Building,
the best in New England, will be filled
to overflowing, besides all this, you can
have a good time at the races, watching
the vaudeville stunts or looking over the
mid-way.

CROP REPORT IS VERY FAVORABLE

Good Potato Crop In Aroo.stook
Maine Potatoes improved slightly, de-
spite August drought in the central coun-
ties says V. A. Sanders, Field Agent, in
his crop report Sept 8. There has been
lack of rain and some fertilizer injury in
Aroostook, but the county is living up to
its long record of producing a good crop.
Forecast for Maine is now 20,614,000
bushels compared with 19,966,000 last
month and 22,400,000 last year. Fore-
cast for the U. S. is now .349,000,000 com.-
pared with 357,120,000 last month and
400,106,000 last year. Late in August,
blight, with considerable rot, spread over
southern New England, but too late to do
much damage.

NEW ENGLAND COMMERCIAL APPLE
CROP .55% MORE THAN IN 1918

The forecast for New England com-
mercial apples is now 1,.365,000 barrels
compared with 881,000 last year — a 559r
increase: for the U. S.— 23,072,000 com-
pared with 24,740,000 last year. Maine
and Vermont show big gains and only
Massachusetts runs below last year. In
commercial orchards the fruit is normal
in size, quality and color; and recent
rains should benefit the crop. Farm
size and quality; much of it is wormy
and has considerable black rot and scab.
Most reports show a heavy crop of Spys ;
but the other main varieties run light in
some sections, tho heavier elsewhere, no
one of them being a heavy crop. The
number of bearing trees is certainly less
Cnncluded on page 6

NEW PROJECTS APPROVED

Your Home Demonstration Agent
plans to emphasize this next year the
following projects, all of which have been
recommended by various towns in the
County.

1. Clothing Efficiency: Making of
patterns and garments with small ex-
penditures of time, strength and money.

2. Household Management: Organi-
zation of the housework, Increased home
conveniences. Household accounting.

3. Health Preservation: Child Wel-
fare as started by the Children's Bureau,
Washington, Home Nursing.

What are you planning for your com-
munity this fall? Remember the Farm
Bureau Agents are YOUR agents.

A PROFITABLE FARM

Peter Hanifin's of Belchertown is a Qood
Example

From time to time articles will be
printed in the Farm Bureau Monthly
telling the story of how some of our best
farmers have organized, and developed
their farms.

Mr. Hanifin came to Belchertown in
1885 when he was 23 years old and hired
out to a farmer at $5 a month and board.
Times were dull then and farm wages
were low. After seven years as a hired
man, he purchased a fifty acre farm,
followed three years later by an adjoin-
ing farm of twenty acres and in 1902
by a second adjoining farm of 115 acres.

The latter fai-m is now the base of op-
erations, the other two oeing used largely
for pasture of dry stock and hay land.

The Farm: It consist of 152 acres
about 60 of which are tillable, 30 acres
of woodland and about 62 acres of past-
ure and brush land. It is a typical farm
of the tyjie which returns good profits
to its owaier. The fields have been drain-
ed and stone walls removed and they are
now in position to produce large crops.

The Crops : The acreages of crops for
last year and this year are given below. —

Crop

Acres

1918

1919

Field corn

Silage corn

Potatoes

Cabbage

Hay

Oats (hayed)

Apples (bearing)

Apples (not bearing)

Total acres crops 68* 68J

Of the above crops — the young orchard
was double cropped with field com and
the bearing apples are scattered over the
farm. Sufficient field corn is raised to
provide a considerable amount of feed
for his stock. Other stock feeds raised
are the silage and hay.

His cash crops consist of potatoes and
cabbage both crops being marketed by
auto truck to towns and cities within 15
miles radius.

Stock: The Stock consists of 26 grade
Holsteins, large cows and heavy milkers,
11 grade Holstein heifers and a pure bred
Concluded on page 7

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

PUBLISHED BY THE

Hampshire County Farm Bureau

A. I*'. Ma<"I><>iiKalI. Comity Agent
Helen A. Harriiiiaii, Home l>eiii. Agent
C H. Gotili), Boys' aiul Girls' ('Inb l-e:i<ler

Office First National Bank Building
Northampton, Mass.

Entered as second class matter Nov. 9. 1915. at the
Post Office at Northampton. Massachusetts, under
the Act of March 8. 1879.

"Notice of Entry"

"Acceptance for mailings at special rate of post-
age provided for in section 1103, Act of October 3,
1917. Authorized October 31, 1917."

Price. 25 cents a year

Officers of the Trustees

Leslie R. Smith, President
Clarence E. Hodgkins, Vice-President
Warren M. King, Treasurer
Charles H. Gould, Secretary

Trustees for County Aid to Agriculture

TOBACCO GROWERS

Remember that Cover Crop

The use of cover crops on tobacco land
is on the increase, both in Massachusetts
and Connecticut. Timothy and Rye are
the favorite crops used, with most of the
growers favoring timothy. The follow-
ing quotation is taken from the Hartford
County Farm News:

A good timothy cover crop on an acre
of tobacco land adds 3 J tons of organic
matter — as much humus-forming mater-
ial as 15 tons of manure. Estimating
that value in dollars is almost impossible,
but all tobacco fields need humus, and on
many it is seriously deficient.

The 170 pounds of soluble nitrogen
saved for future crops cannot now be re-
placed for less than $35 per acre.

Many tobacco growers who use a cover
crop firmly believe it benefits the soil in
some unknown way, for it heljjs "bring
back sick fields." Certainly it is true
that no tobacco giower should leave his
fields bare over winter if he wants econo-
mical production and the best future
crops. Suiv timotlii/ this fall!

Don't Tell Anyone We Told
You— But:

Be sure and see the e.xhibit made by
the Easthampton Clothing Efficiency
group at the Three County Fair. Types
of the varions garments will be shown
and there will be someone to tell you air
about it.

Remember that sugar isn't necessary
for canning. Better can fruit without
sugar than not can at all. When serving
fruit, open several hours beforehand and
sprinkle well with sugar. This gives
time for the fruit to absorb the .sweeten-
ing.

"Do you think early rising is good for
your health?' asked the tired city visitor.

"I don't know about my health," an-
wered Happy Hawkins, "but next to sun,
rain, and fertilizer, it's the best thing
there is for crops!"

GOOD-BYE SCRUB

Campaign Is On

October 1 sounds the death nell to
scrub sires over the entire United States.

The United States Department of Agri-
culture is starting a country-wide cam-
paign on that date to eliminate any un-
worthy sire, either pure-blood scrubs or
common scrubs. It will take in all clas-
.ses of Live stock — cattle, horses, swine,
sheep and poultry. The plan includes
everyone who keeps any kind of domestic
livestock, from the boy or girl with a few
chickens to the extensive ranchman or
breeder of live-stock.

Now, how about Hampshire County?
How many scrubs do you have in your
town? Have you one yourself? Only
yesterday the County Agent saw a scrub
red and white bull in a pasture with a
herd of cattle. How much profit can
that man make raising stock from a
scrub bull with grain at .$80 a ton and
labor at $3.00 a day?

Hampshire County hasn't many scrub
sires. Even the men keeping pure-blood
sires have shown a marked desire to get
even better ones, paying more attention
to blood lines and records. Many faim-
ers who, a few years ago, hesitated at
paying $25 for a calf, are now looking
for stock costing $100, $150, and even

more. But we still have some scrubs
in each community. Make yourself a
committee of one to talk to that fellow
and show him where he is losing. Help
him to see how he can start the dollars
rolling his way if he will start right with
a sire from stock of known production.
Suggest to him that possibly the Farm
Bureau can locate some stock for him at
reasonable prices. By helping your
neighbor get better stock you are help-
ing yourself.

A Delware Co., N. Y., woman has di.s-
covered that when making potato cakes
she saves time by forming the mixture-
in a roll and then slicing it into patties.

Send some of your favorite recipes to
the Home Demonstration Agent so she
can pass them on to others in the County.
Send them today.

"Farmers warm water for cows in cold
weather, cook food for hogs in winter,
and heat coffee for themselves when
lunching out in the timber during wood
cutting season, but too often allow their
children to eat cold food at noon, day
after day. Something warm at noon
will benefit the children physically and
mentally."

Another Club for girls between 10 and
18 years, known as the Home Economics
Club, starts in Januaiy for three months.
Keep it in mind. Club work is bound to
bring out the best there is in your child,
if he or she is interested and is en-
couraged at home.

New Clothing Efficiency groups have
been started in Williamsburg and Had-
ley. The women meet i-egularly for 5 or
6 weeks until the patterns are made and
tested.

Middlefield Fair had as good an exhibit
of cattle this year as one would find at
fairs double its size. An improvement
is seen each year in the stock exhibited.
The farmers in that section believe in
high-grade or pure-blood stock. If you
don't believe it, come around to the Fair
next vear and see for youiself.

You have a dollar, I have a dollar.

We swap.
You still have a dollar, I still have a
dollar.

Profit — nothing.
You have an idea, I have an idea.

We .swap.
You now have two ideas, 1 have two
ideas.

Profit— 100%.

QUICK PICKLES

Put cucumbers in strong brine (i to-
3 cupful of salt to 1 quart of water).
Bring them slowly to the boiling point,
and simmer them for 5 min. Drain off
the brine, cover them with cold water,
and change it as it becomes warm. Keep
^changing the water until the pickles are
crisp and cold. Cover them with a vine-
gar mixture made by either of the two
preceding recipes.

PEPPER RELISH

12 red peppers, 12 green peppers, 12
onions, 1 pint vinegar, 2 cupfuls sugar,
3 tablespoonfuls salt.

Chop the peppers and the onions. Co-
ver them with boiling water, and let them
stand for 5 minutes. Drain off the liq-
uid, .^.dd the vinegar, scalded .jars, and
seal them.

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

home: making

THE WARM SCHOOL LUNCH

A Necessity in kurai Schools

The necessity for the thoughtful and
scientific care of the child seems more evi-
dent than ever before. For some time,
special care and study has been given to
the breeding and raising of stock, for it
has brought direct money value. Boys
and girls have a value and we are appre-
ciating it more. The war conditions
have made us see more clearly our duty
and the necessity of the full development
of the possibilities of the children of
today. We realize, as never before, that
the nation requires and needs for its
safety a strong defense. The childhood
of the nation today means the man power
of the generation tomorrow.

Proper feeding of children helps to de-
velop good bodies and makes good citi-
zens proper feeding means not only
nourishing food, but food given at re-
gular times. School life of children
tends to interrupt the regulai'ity of feed-
ing, especially when the school is so sit-
uated as to keep the child from returning
home at the noon hour; and for these
children, the aim is to provide .some
means of furnishing hot nourishing food
at noon.

The diet of a child should sei-ve two
purposes: first, it should furnish grow-
ing material ; second, it should give en-
ergy to maintain the constant activites
of the child. When there is an insuffi-
cient amount of either type of food, one
demand is partly supplied by the other,
and neither function efficiently. School
discipline is frequently a serious prob-
lem, due to the fact that pupils are tired
and restless, which is caused by insuffi-
cient food. Children often are hurried
off to school with little or no breakfa.st,
followed later by an ill-prepared and
scanty lunch.

Food of the proper kind for the school
lunch is many times a neglected task of
a busy mother. One-third of the food
supply of the child is taken at school,
and for that proportion it seems that the
rural teacher is somewhat responsible.
The food taken to school may be good
and sufficient, in many cases, but the ;
condition in which it is carried, and the i
circumstances under which it is eaten,
oftentimes make the meal unfit to whet
the appetitie, to the extent of supplying
the child's needs. Aside from the nour-
ishment needed, the formalities of the
noon hour tend to bring about better
manners and good habits of digestion.

To provide at school a noon meal of
one hot dish or more, as the case may be,
supplemented with a well-packed and
nourishing lunch from home, should be
the consideration during the coming
months.

WHAT KIND OF SHOES

ARE YOU WEARING?

! It is still possible to obtain shoes of a
fairly good pattern in this country,
though it requires patience and persever-
ance. Such shoes .should have a low
broad heel (no more than three-quarters
of an inch high) and straight inside line,
a wide outward .sweep to avoid cramping
and pulling in the little toe, and a fle.xible
arch ; the shoe should lace, and be of the
blucher type. The toe may be pointed,
if so desired, but the point should be
straight in front of the normal great toe,
and not in front of the third toe, as is
the almost invariable custom. The army
.shoe is a good outline, though not entire-
ly ideal in other respects. The shoes
with which most women, and many very
sensible women, are at present crippling
and distorting their feet, are as bad phy-
siologically as they are hideous.

From St. Dep't Health.

THRIFT

As a means of encouraging thrift the
Department has issued a series of eight
bulletins to aid the housewife. These
bulletins give helpful suggestions on the
proper apportionment of the family in-
come, wise purchasing of clothing, easy
methods of cleaning and laundering, re-
moval of stains, proper care of clothing,
method of cleansing wearing apparel.

The Home Demonstration Agent will
be glad to send sets of these bulletins on
request.

It might be that some interested in-
dividuals or organizations would send
into the school, hot cocoa or soup or some
other food and sell it or give it to the
children who carry their dinners.

In some towns the mothers send a
home-made fireless cooker, full of hot
food on-the school team in the morning.
The cooker keeps the food hot until ready
to be served at noon.

Another way and perhaps the simplest,
is for each child to carry some food which
can be heated up on the stove in the
school room.

In both rural and city schools, the
scheme of preparing one or more warm
foods for sale at the noon hour, has
worked most sucessfully. This of course
requires more time and effort on the part
of the teacher, and some equipment. But
at the same time, it teaches some of the
first principles of cooking and their prac-
tical application.

Keep in mind that the hot school lunch
is purely for the good of the child.

The Home Demonstration Agent stands
ready to help a community or indi\iduals
who are interested in this problem.

HOW TO FILL THE PICKLE JAR

Pickles are eaten largely for thei*-
pleasing flavor as they have little food
value and may be classed as condiments.
If used in moderation as a relish with
a dinner, pickles are appetizing and may
help to stimulate the digestion, otherwise
they are not easily digested. Children
should never be allowed to eat pickles.

SOME GENER.AL RULES

1. Always use a good grade of vine-
gar.

2. Always use a porcelain or agate
lined kettle because of the action of the
acid.

3. A small portion of alum improves
cucumber pickles but it is considered un-
wholesome.

4. Do not boil vinegar over 12 min-
utes as it loses its strength.

5. Keep the pickles covered with vin-
egar in good, clean, glass or stone jars.
A few pieces of horseradish added pre-
vents scum from forming on the surface
of the vinegar.

6. A brine made of about l c. salt to
1 quart of water is the proportion most
commonly used. Let brine come to the
boiling point, but do not boil. Cool be-
fore using. If too strong a brine is
used for vegetables they will soften and
spoil.

7. Sterilize all utensils.

8. Wash the cucumbers in clean cold
water. Do not use a vegetable brush as
this rubs off the litle points and makes
the cucumbers shrivel when soaked.

Two vinegar mixtures for pickles are
as follows:

Recipe 1 — 1 qt. vinegar, 1* tap. whole
black peppers, IS tsp. celery seed, IJ tsp.
allspice i tb. sugar, i tsp. whole cloves,
!J tsp. mustard seed, 15 tb. cinnamon bark
4' tsp. grated horseradish.

Recipe 2 — 1 qt. vinegar, i oz. ginger,
1 tsp. mace, 1 oz. small onions, 1-3 oz.
mustard seed.

CUCUMBER PICKLES

Soak cucumbers in brine for 24 hours,
then rinse and drain them. Cover them
with vinegar or vinegar mixtures to
which has been added i tablespoonful of
brown sugar for each r|uart of vinegar.
Bring them slowly to the boiling point.
Pack the pickles in a jar, and cover with
vinegar.

SWEET CUCUMBER PICKLES

Soak cucumbers in brine for 24 hours.
Rinse, drain, and wipe them dry. Place
them in a kettle, and cover them with the
following vinegar mixture: 1 qt. vine-
gar, 1 cupful sugar, 8 whole cloves, 6 all-
spice, 6 blades mace, 8 whole black
peppers.

Heat the pickles slowly to the boiling
point, and pack them at once.
CoQcluded. ou page 5

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

HAMPSHIRE: COUNTY CLUB WORK

MAKE MONEY ON TWENTIETH '
ACRE OF ONIONS

North Amherst Boy Clears $25

Walter Jones, age 9, of North Amherst
is the first boy in the Hampshire County
Onion club to finish his project, and win
his bronze medal. In fact, he is the first
onion club member in the State to come
through with the project. Incidentally
he can show a fine profit.

Walter became interested in the onion
club through hearing the County Leader
tell about it at school last spring. So
as soon as the land was ready he staked
off 1-20 of an acre and planted it to sets.
Then he began to keep records on the
crops. And if every farmer would keep
records as accurately as those records on
the onion project were kept-well, farmers
would know lots more about their busi-
ness.

Walter sold his crop to a Commission
man in Boston and made a net profit of
$25.20.

NORTHAMPTON FAIR APPROACHING

Youth's Department Interests Young
Folks

The Youth's Department of the Three
County Fair is to be the best ever. More
and better premiums are oflFered the
young people. Any boy or girl is allowed
to compete, whether club members or not.
All who can show any article made or
grown by them should not keep it at
home the first three days in October.
Bring it to the Fair.

School and town exhibits of vegetables
and manual arts are to be featured and
there can be no better way of showing
the collective efforts of the school child-
ren than by entering this contest.

MOTION PICTURES START

GIRL IN PIG CLUB

Little Miss Alice Fairman, aged 10,
of Worthington, has become an enthusi-
astic Pig Club member, and all because
Mr. V. A. Rice, State Pig Club Agent,
came to Worthington one evening with
his motion picture machine.

One raw April evening the people of
Worthington had a community supper.
The town fathers were there, so were the
school children, the local club leaders,
parents and guaidians; the County Lea-
der brought Mr. Farley and Mr. Rice,
and Alice Fairman and her parents were
there too.

After supper, Mr. Farley told all about
club work. The Home Economics Club
gave a demonstration, sang its songs and
gave its yell. Then came Mr. Rice; he
didn't say anything, just showed those
wonderful Pig Club films, while the
County Leader told what the diff'erent
scenes meant. Everyone went home
good natured.

Next May the County Leader was boil-
ing his Ford up the hill from West
Worthington, when one of the men work-
ing in the road, dropped his shovel, and
shouted :

"Hey there!"

"Hello, Mr. Fairman," said the County
Leader, "road torn up ahead?"

"No, but say, got any of those cards
you were talking about the other night?
You've started something up my way.
My daughter's been talking pigs ever
since that movie show you fellows put
on."

"Yes, sure, wait a minute," and the
County Leader dove down into the depths
of his brown bag, which is filled with
enrollment cards, rape seed, primers, etc.,
and gave him a card.

"I got her a pure bred Berkshire.
She's crazy about earning some money,
and what she gets from him she is going
to put in the bank. Come up to the
house some day."

"Sure, I'll be glad to," and the Ford
resumed its boiling.

Two months later, the County Leader
went to Alice's home. She lives about
three miles from town over towards Cum-
mington, in fact, so close to Cummington
that it is hard to tell which town she be-
longs to.

The club member lead the County Lea-
der up the hill in back of the house, and
there was a Pig Club project for any girl
to be proud of — movable pen, rape field,
mineral mixture, fine pig, and an enthusi-
astic pig club member, and what is more,
some genuinely interested parents.

"My pig has gained most a pound and
a half a day since June 1," volunteered
Alice. "I've got all my feed records, but
I can't add 'em up right the fir.st time
myself, but mother helps me."

"I'm going to take him to the Cum-
mington Fair, like the boy did in the
movies."

Those movies had made their impre.s-
sion.

On the way to town the County Leader
met the man who sold her the pig.

"I've just seen one of your pigs that's
been doing a pound and a half a day
since you sold it," commented the Leader.

"That so, who is that?"

"Little Alice Fairman, up the road
here."

"Well, 1 want to know, I remember
now the sow he came from. Well, he
was a good pig, he ought to do well."

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY AT THE

EASTERN STATES

Club Members to Exhibit and
Demonstrate

Massachusetts is trying its best to up-
hold its end at the Eastern States Ex-
position, and Hampshire County has been
assigned its pait.

Evelyn and Fayolyn Streeter of the
Cummington calf club will be present at
Camp Vail and will exhibit their Short-
horn calves in the big club pageant.

Some club members from Belchertown
will send some bread and canning ex-
hibits.

Irving Clapp of Noithampton, and
Kathleen and Horace Brockway of South
Hadley will exhibit their fat hogs which
they have raised in the pig club. These
pigs are fine animals, and should help
the awards in the class to come Massa-
chusetts way.

Hadley club members will be in evi-
dence as usual. Frank Bilski, James
Lehane and Henry Kokoski, will repre-
sent the State in the Inter State Com
Demonstration contest. Hadley corn,
potato, and poultry club members will
also have exhibits of their product on
hand.

CANNING CLUB EXHIBITS

Members of the Junior Canning Clubs
in Ware, Waretovim and Easthampton;
have exhibited their canned fruits and
vegetables which were judged by the
Home Demonstration Agent.

At the Ware Fair, approximately Iff
jars were attractively arranged in a
booth in the exhibition hall. The club
prize winners were:

Marion Sloat, Waretown, first prize.

Lurelene Sumners, Waretown, second'
prize.

Rachel Cummings, Waretown, third
prize.

Pauline Dillion, Ware, first prize.

Ethel Wein, Ware, second prize.

Julia Gurka, Ware, third prize.

Prizes of money were given to those
exhibiting the best individual jars of
certain fruits and vegetables.

In Easthampton, the exhibit was held
in the Town Hall, along with the garden
exhibit. Victoria Niemiec scored the
highest. Amy Oberempt won second, and
Lillian Ferry, third. Money prizes, .$1.00
75f and .50f were given the winners.

Four of the five girls in Easthampton
told the Home Demonstration Agent that
they had shown their mothers how to can
"the new way."

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

MANDELL^S

"Where the people who know"
btiy their

SHOES TRUNKS

HOSIERY BAGS

UMBRELLAS SUIT CASES

The Draper Hotel Building
NORTHAMPTON

Northampton
^ National Bank ^

WARREN M KING, President
C. H. PIERCE, Vice-Presidem
EDWIN K. ABBOTT, Cashier

CAPITAL AND SURPl.US, $680,0U0
DEPOSITS, S2,00U,0L10

Interest Paid on Special Accounts and
Certificates of Deposit

We are qualified to act as Executor,
Administrator and Trustee

Why not make your will appointing
this Bank as Executor?

THE BANK FOR EVERYBODY

The Habit of Saving

Is at the Ijottom of most
big successes in the busi-
ness world. Begin the
habit by opening a sav-
ings account with the
H a y d e n V i 1 1 e Savings
Bank. One dollar is
enough to start with.

BANK BY MAIL

Correction : Epsom Salts Test for
pectin read incorrectly in the August
issue. It should reat as follows:

Mi,x together 1 teaspoon of cooked
fruit juice, i teaspoon sugar and i tea-
spoon of Ep.som salts. Stir until all are
dissolved and let stand five minutes. If
the mixture sets into a jelly within this
time it is a good jellying juice.

Does ironing make your feet ache? A
Plymouth County woman places a folded
rug under the feet and thereby lessens
the strain. She finds it a real strength
saver. Why not have a stool and sit
down to iron — especially the flat pieces?

HAYDENVILLE SAVINGS BANK

HAYDENVILLE, MASS.

Concluded from page 8
SOUR PICKLES

6 qts. vinegar, I lb. salt, .3 oz. ginger
root, 4 oz. white mustaid seed, 2 oz.
cloves, 2 oz. cinnamon, 2 oz. mustard,

1 tsp. cayenne pepper.

Heat together, to boiling point. Let
get cold and put in crock. Put in washed
and dried cucumbers, as they are pickled
all summer. (Better to keep vinegar in

2 separate receptacles and add as need-
ed). A bag of mustard over tops of
sour pickles prevents molding.

MUSTARD PICKLES

2 qts. cucumbers, 2 qts. green tomatoes,
2 qts. cauliflower, 2 qts. small onions, I
lb. mustard , 1 cupful flour, 6 cupfuls
brown sugar, 1 green pepper, cut fine,
2 qts. vinegar.

Cut up the vegetables, and scald them
in salt water (1 qt. water to i cupful
salt), then drain them well. Mix the
mustard, the flou)-, the sugar, and the
pepper, add the vinegar, and boil the
mixtuie for 10 minutes. Pour the mix-
ture over the chopped pickle while it is
boiling hot, and seal in scalded jars.

PEPPER RELISH (EXCELLENT)

1 peck green tomatoes (cut small), 4
red peppers, 4 green peppers, 2 cups cel-
ery, a cup salt, 2 cups onion, 6 cups vine-
gar, i cup mustard seed, 2 cups brown
sugar.

Put all vegetables through food chop-
pei'. Let stand all night with the i cup
salt. Drain and put with other ingredi-
ents to cook until soft.

STUFFED BELL PEPPER PICKLE

Chop fine 1 medium-sized white head of
cabbage, sprinkle it with salt, and allow
to stand for 2 hours. Squeeze diy plac-
ing in muslin bag and twisting tightly.
Thoroughly mix with this cabbage: 2
ounces white mustard seed, 2 Tb. celery
seed, 2 Tb. grated horseradish.

The Peppers: Select sweet bell pep-
pers of medium and uniform size, cut off
the top with the stem, remove every seed,
stufl" peppers with the filling, replace top
and stitch firmly with needle and coarse
thread. Place peppers in stone jars,
pouring over them enough boiling spiced
vinegar to cover thoroughly.

W. H. RILEY & CO.
PLUMBING and HEATING

KITCHEN FURNISHINGS

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$1 will open an account
Interest Paid on Deposits

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Saturdays, 9 A. M. to noon
Monday evenings, 6.30 to 8

FIRST NATIONAL BANK

NORTHAMPTON, MASS.

THE BAXK OX THE CORNER

If you want to feel at home, do
your banking business with us.
We pride ourselves on our large
and progressive agricultural cli-
entele. Assets over ^2,700,000

\VM. G. BASSETT, President

P. N. KNEELAM), Vice-President
OLIVEK B. BKADI.EV. Cashier

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

Wisweli the Druggist

'82 Main ^Street

— THE KODAK STORE —

V E T E R I N A R Y" R E ^\ E D I E S
Daniels', Lesure's, Barber's

STABLE DISINFECTANTS

SAMUEL D HdWAHU WILLIAM N HdWAHII

D. F. Howard & Sons

Wholesale and Retail Dealers in

FLOUR, MEAL, GRAIN
FEED, PRESSED HAY
STRAW AND

POULTRY SUPPLIES

90 East Street,

Ware, Mass.

Klevator on 15. * A. K. K.
LonsT DUtaiH'e Telephone

GAZETTE PRINTING CO.
MERCANTILE PRINTERS
NORTHAMPTON, MASS.

FALL SUITS!

A large variety of Styles
and Prices to suit a large
variety of tastes of men,
either ready-made or made
to measure

R. F. ARMSTRONG & SON

80 MAIN STREET

NORTHAMPTON, MASS.

Fords oiv

Here is Henry Ford's world-wide gift to civilization, which
has won the all-Englund championsliip prize at the demon-
stration given at Lincolnshire, England, May 9, 1918. It is
one of the principal factors in winning this great war in
helping in the production of food. Every farmer should own
one of these machines.

For Circulars, Catalogs, Etc., Etc.
CHASE MOTOR SALES COMPANY

Distributors for Western Massachusetts

aO:5 MAIN STREKT. ..... NKKTH A MPTON, MASS.

Concluded from page 1
throughout New England than in 1910;
mt with some big new orchards coming
o bearing and more old orchards re-
;eiving better care the productive capaci-
y may be about the same.

GOOD CRANBERRY CROP ON C.\PE COD

Plenty of cranberries for Thanksgiving,
Christmas and other dinners are promis-
2d by the .3-50,000 barrels which Cape Cod
offers compared with 195,000 last year.

LIGHT ONION CROP IN CONNECTICUT
VALLEY

Hot weather and thrip following heavy
showei-s late in .July reduced the yield per
acre from 475 bushels last year to 340
now, and the production to 2,493 cars (of
600 bu.) compared with 3,641 last year.
There are 4,400 acres now; 4,600 in 1918.

PLENTY or BEANS: GARDENS GOOD

With unusual stocks of beans carried
aver and good crops this year there will
be plenty of beans; and most garden
crops are good.

EXCELLENT TOBACCO CROP IN NEW
ENGLAND

The hail and wind storm of Aug, 24
did heavy damage in limited acres in
Franklin and Hampshire counties, Mass.,
Fairfield and Litchfield counties. Conn.,
but Mass. w-ill have 16,830,000 lbs. com-
pared with 15,000,000 last year; and

Conn., 42,500,000 compared with 37,500,
000. The crop is of fine growth and
quality; favorable curing weather thus
far.

BIG HAY YIELDS: GOOD QUALITY

Not much old hay was carried over;
but a heavy yield of fine hay has been
harvested in excellent condition except
in sections of southern New England
where rain damaged it. Timothy, al-
falfa and millet are good crops; pasture
is good in Mass., R. I. and Conn., but is
short in Me., N. H., and Vt., due to
drought.

AVERAGE CROP OF OATS

The season was too dry and hot early
for best oat growth, tho late sown ones
have grown better. Wheat, Barley and
Buckwheat are good crops.

EXCELLENT CORN YEAR: GOOD CROP

The hot days and nights of July and
early August, with timely rains make
this the best corn year for some time and
the crop is well above the average — field,
silage and sweet corn all having done
well.

Mr. Ernest Russell of Hockanum, has
resigned his position as instructor in
agriculture at the Smith's School and is
now with the firm of A. .J. Higgins,
Dealer in Fertilizer material. His head-
quarters are at South Deerfield.

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

FERTILIZER SITUATION

Be sure and understand all sides
of the fertilizer question before
you place your order

We are always glad to give any
fertilizer information that we pos-
sess. Ask us about

RAPESEED MEAL, 36% Fnitein

in place of Cotton-seed meal
$69.00 per ton

as a feed or a fertilizer

A. W. HIGGINS

SOUTH DEERFIELD, MASS.

Telephone 140

BISSELL'S TIRE SHOP

NOIM llA>n'ION. MASS.

Miller, Goodyear, and U. S. Tires

Tires and Tubes

Vulcanized by Steam

GOODYEAR SERVICE STATION

KIIKE AIR

60 KING STREUr

NORTHAMPTON

COMMERCIAL

COLLEGE

"THE SCHOOL OF THOROUGHNESS"

In session twelve iiiniiths in
the year. Students admitted
at any time and graduated
vvlien <'i)mpetent.

Greater demand and better
salaries for business - trained
men and women than ever be=
fore. For catalogue and com=
plete information address

JOSEPH PICKETT, Principal
76 Pleasant St., Northampton, Mass.

Coiicl'iilt'tl Irnm Ii:i]J"- 1

Holstein bull. Three horses are used on
the place and to top off his stock he has
12 shoats and enough hens to supply the
family with eggs and a fowl or so for
Sunday dinner. The effect of using a
pure blood sire is very noticeable. Mr.
Hanifin says he can't show by figures
that the heifers are doing better than
their dams, but he does know he has bet-
ter cows that will sell for more money.

By the way, Mr. Hanifin's last bull
was purchased from Mr. .J. McAuslan
Easthampton, at the suggestion of thf?
Farm Bureau and is backed by some ex-
cellent records.

Labor: The number of men on a year
basis required to take care of this amount
of crops and stock is about ?>i. Mr.
Hanifin is doing a large enough business
to make it profitable for his son to re-
main on the farm. One reason why so
much is accomplished with such a small
amount of labor is the use of a large
amount of labor-saving machinery on
fields arranged for long rows, fields on
which crops can be planted on time.

Financial Statement : We cannot give
you a complete statement of his receipts
and expenses, but we can say that the
gross receipts from the place last year
were about $11,000, about 40'/r of which
came from cash crops and miscellaneous
items. We think this is a right combina-
tion of receipts — wholesale milk and cash
crops. The milk is sold thru the Holyoke
' Milk Producers' Association for Holyoke
consumption.

Tlie Barnf. The buildings are well
arranged for efficiency in operation and
the doing of the barn work with the least
possible amount of effort. An example
of this is shown by a device for handling
and mowing away hay. The hay is
brought from the wagon to the peak of
the barn by a grapple fork and when the
fork -is dumped the hay lands on poles
(set at a 4.5 degree angle) on which it
slides into the side bays. These poles
have a notch in one end which hooks into
a two-inch board which is nailed to the
rafters about two feet above the purlin
plate. The other end of the poles lest
on the beams at the other side of the
drive-way.

Winter ivork: Last winters' work
consisted largely of caring for the stock,
husking nine acres of corn, and market-
ing the potatoes. In the late fall some
ditching is done and when no other work
is pressing, brush is mowed in the past-
ures. We think that Mr. Hanifin has
his farm business organized to provide
as nearly year-around work and income
as it is possible to organize a farm
business. This is one of the main rea-
sons why the business returns good pro-
fits. In order to make the maxinmm of
profits on the farm it is necessarn to have
a 12 months biisiness.

W. S. Bronson.

COBURN & GRAVES

The REXALL Store

Tel. 200 . Northampton, Mass.

SMITH'S AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL

NOi: 1 II A II ITON. IIA-

AOKHI LTIR.VI. I>KP.\R-IMKNT

Do you want to keep bees, poultry, live
stock ? Do you want to grow vegetables,
fruit and farm crops ? Do you want to
know soils, fertilizers, feeds ? Agricul-
tural Department opens October 6.

HO.MKM.AKING DEPARTMENT

Do you want to know how to make your
own clothes end hats, to make rugs, to knit
sweaters, to furnish and decorate a home,
to do home nursing, to make an income
cover your needs ? Girls from our home-
making department can do these things.

CA RFENTRV DEPARTMENT

Turns out good carpenters, cabinet mak-
ers and all-round wood workers.

SHEET METAL DEPARTMENX

Plenty of jobs and best of pay. Size
of class limited and nearly full now.

You can enter any department now.
Smith's School has best corps of teachers
it has ever had. It desires to serve Hamp-
shire County to the full extent of its abili-
ty. Call at the school or write the Director
of the School for information.

H. D. SMITH

Hatfield, Mass.

GRAIN, COAL, ICE

AND

FARM MACHINERY

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

PROTFXTION!

DO YOU BELIEVE IN IT?

W. N. POTTER'S SONS & CO.

.tooriNs

sniM

Protect Your Buildings

WITH GOOD I

NEPONSET ROOFING l^'OU^ H^V

WE CARRY SEVERAL GRADES

; BIRD* sow IF YOU NEED ROOFING PAPER
lONSSS TAR PAPER

OR SHEATHING PAPER

" YOU CAN OCT IT AT 80LLIVANS"

HARDWARE I

J. A. SULLIVAN 8C COMPANY ', qStsEwXRE 1

} Main Street

Telephone 6, Northampton, Mass.

JAMES A. STURGES

Flour, Feed, Grain and Hay-
Poultry Supplies
Field Seeds in Season

EASTHAMPTON
Rear 35 Main Street, Next Town Hall

J. E. MERRICK & CO.,

Flour and Feed, Grain, Hay, Straw

Baled Shavings

AMHERST, . . . MASS.

CHILSON'S AUTO TOP SHOP

We make new tops and do ail Icinds of top
and cushion repairing. Celluloid windows put in
while you are in town. Ask us about your job.

THE LEATHER STORE

NORTH. \>IPTON, MA.SS.

Grain, Salt

Lime and Cement

NORTHAMPTON

FLORENCE

HADLEY

A naval officer being asked what made the success

of our Navy, replied :

" Quality and Quick Service."

The very characteristics that make this store
a success.

No time wasted— you can promptly get what
you want.

Intelligent assistants who know your size and
quickly grasp your ideas.

Everything for men to wear.

A two-piece suit would add to your peace of
mind for the hot days.

MERRITT CLARK 8i CO.

144 MAIN STREET, NORTHAMPTON. MASS.

,XIT^

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HAMPSHIRE COUNTY

NOV i'19lB

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FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

A^ol. IV.

NORTHAMPTON, MASS., OOTOBEK, 1919

No. 10

COMMUNITY DENTAL CLINIC

What Cummington is Doing

Last spring, the need of a dentist in
the hills was brought to the notice of
the Home Demonstration Agent by the
Homemaking leader of Cummington.
The County Missionary was also much
interested in the request. A meeting
was called at the Farm Bureau inviting
the District Health Officer, his assistant,
the County Missionary, a local physician,
and Secretary of the Board of Trade in
Northampton to consider plans for same.
Later the County Missionary and the
Home Demonstration Agent met the
Cummington School Board to discuss the
plans and necessary equipment. A den-
tist. Dr. Bodin, Of Northampton was
located who was willing to spend a day
a week in Cummington provided equip-
ment was furnished. The School Board
purchased the necessary equipment and
maintained the clinic during the summer.

The equipment consisted of a chair,
cuspidor, cabinet, sterilizer (alcohol),
bracket table, and foot power engine
which cost approximately one hundred
dollars. Dr. Bodin furnished his own
instruments, drugs, towels, paper cups
and paid his own transportation. After
June, Miss Sears, a telephone operator,
gave her services to the dentist each
afternoon. She made the appointments,
cared for the instruments, mixed the fil-
ling materials, kept the recoi'ds and cared
for the patient and the office.
Concluded on page 3

WOMEN IN THREE COUNTIES

TO HOLD MEETING

On November 4, the women leaders in
Hampden, Franklin and Hampshire
Counties are invited to come to the Par-
ish of the first Congregational Church
Northampton, for a meeting on general
community work. Mrs. Salisbury of
Washington who has charge of work
with women in the North and West
States will head the discussion in the
morning. The afternoon will be given
over to Mrs. Reed, who will discuss
Clothing Efficiency. Although the meet-
ing is held especially for leaders in com-
munity, all interested women are urged
to come. It will be a good chance to hear
what communities in the other counties
and states are doing.

CITY ADVANTAGES BROUGHT TO THE COUNTRY

FARM BUREAU DAY

November 18

The Annual Meeting of the Farm
Bureau is set by the trustees for Tues-
day, November 18th. Reports will be
made on the different projects carried on
during the year and plans made for the
i920 activities.

If you are interested in agriculture
and farm life and in the development of
Hampshire County, don't fail to attend
this meeting. Remember the Farm
Bureau is YOUR OWN organization and
its progress depends on your interest and
effort.

The largest number of towns repre-
sented at any of our meetings during
previous years has been seventeen.
Cannot we have a good delegation from
every one of the twenty-three towns?

Get in touch with your town director
and help him make arrangements for the
meeting. Men, women, boys and girls,
are all urged to save November 18 and
make plans for an active part in the
meeting. A complete program will be
sent you within a short time and we are
sure it will interest you. Remember —
every town represented with a good
delegation.

When a community loses the power to
entertain itself, it loses the power to
hold itself together.

IMPRESSIONS OF OUR

COUNTY FAIRS

NORTHAMPTON

No Fair can be successful and stand
still, and with this in mind the directors
of the Three-County Fair have attempted
each year to make progress in one or
more of its departments. This year
from an agricultural standpoint, every-
one will agree that the Cattle Exhibit
was by far the outstanding department.
The increase in the quality of herds ex-
hibited, both beef and dairy, was due to
a large extent to the hard and efficient
work put in by J. G. Cook, Hadley,
director in charge of this department.
The hog and sheep exhibit was good in
numbers, but the different classes were
small, and breed competition very poor.
The accommodations are not very good,
the stock showing to poor advantage.
It is hoped that this department can be
built up and the swine and sheep indus-
try receive the encouragement that it
deserves. Mention should be made here
of the excellent exhibit of Southdown and
Shropshire Sheep, as well as Percheron
Horses, made by the Massachusetts
Agricultural College. This is the first
year that our College has shown or ex-
hibited at any of the fairs and everyone
was pleased with the results.

The exhibit in the Poultry building
was up to average.

Continued on page tj

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

PUBLISHED BY THE

Hampshire County Farm Bureau

A. F. Ma<-n<me:ill, County At-fiit
Helen A. Ilai'ritnan, Home Deni. Acont

Office First National Bank Building
Northampton, Mass.

Entered as second class matter Nov. 9, 1015. at the
Post Office at Northampton, Massachusetts, under
the Act of March 8, 1879.

** Notice of Entry "

"Acceptance for mailing at special rate of post-
age provided for in section 1103, Act of October 3,
1917. Authorized October 31, 1917."

Price, 35 cents a year

Officers of the Trustees

Leslie R. Smith, President

Clarence E. Hodgkins, Vice-President

Warren M. King, Treasurer

A. F. MacDougall, Secretary pro tern

Trustees for County Aid to Agriculture

CLUB WORKER RESIGNS

After Two Years' Active Service

On October 1, Mr. Chas. H. Gould,
County Club Leader, resigned to take a
position in the Pomology Department of
the Mass. Agricultural College. Mr.
Gould has been with us for two years and
taken an active interest in the develop-
ment of the boys' and girls' work in the
county as well as in the other Farm
Bureau activities. It was with many
regrets that the trustees accepted his
resignation and his presence will be
greatly missed among the county people
and especially by the boys and girls.
The best wishes of Hamp.shire County
people follow Mr. Gould in his new work.

Farm Individuality

A farmstead possesses as much indi-
viduality as the person that lives on it.
The appearance of the farmstead is, nine
times out of ten, a pretty accurate index
to the character of the man on it.

When we .see a farmstead with all the
buildings in good repair, with the barn-
yard uncluttered, the stable clean and
sweet-smelling we know what kind of man
is managing that farm without ever see-
ing him.

Are you ready to be judged by the
appearance of your barnyard and of your
stable?

James Magazine.

HAS YOUR TOWN A PROGRAM
I FOR DEVELOPMENT

Before November 18, every town direc-
tor has been asked to arrange a com-
munity meeting for his town at which
time a report can be made of 1919
results and a program of work drav*Ti up
for 1920, and leaders for each project
elected.

The first towns to reply that they were
on the job were Worthington, Hatfield,
Hadley and Middlefield,

Last year meetings were held in fifteen
out of the twenty-three towns and pro-
jects were decided upon in 14 out of the
15 towns.

There isn't a town in Hampshire Coun-
ty but what depends to a large degree for
its prosperity on the prosperity of its
farms and farm homes and a great many
of our to\\Tis depend entirely on its farms
for future development.

Organized effort along three or four
lines will bring quicker and better re-
sults than the efforts of individuals along
several lines.

Has your town a definite program for
its development? If it has, be sure you
have a community meeting .so everyone
will know of its progress and lay your
plans for 1920. If your town still is
unorganized, be sure your director ar-
ranges for a meeting this fall and start
your town in the right direction.

Below is a list of the town directors so
that you can call them up or call them
down if you wish, if you don't hear of
some progress being made toward your
community meeting.

Amherst, H. C. Barton.

Belchertown, Henry Witt.

Chesterfield, H. L. Merritt.

Cummington, Leon Thayer.

Easthampton, Jarius Burt.

Enfield, F. E. Parson.

Goshen, Geo. L. Barrus.

Granby, Chas. W. Ball.

Greenwich, William H. Walker,

Hadley, G. Fred Pelissier,

Hatfield, Oscar Belden.

Huntington, W. A. Munson.

Middlefield, We.sley A. Olds.

Northampton, Louis A. Duffey.

Pelham, Fred Harris.

Plainfield, John Dalrymple.

Prescott, W. M. Waugh.

Southampton, W. A. Parsons.

South Hadley, H. T. Brockway,

Ware, W, N. Howard.

Westhampton, A. D. Montague.

Williamsburg, Sereno Clark.

Worthington, Howard Johnson.

COUNTY NOTES

The largest yield of potatoes that the
County Agent has noted to date is that
of Pelissier Bros., Hadley, whose Green
Mountains yielded at the rate of 370 bu.
per acre and Russets 360 bu. per acre.
Who can equal it?

Calamity Ed had been feeding his
horse on straw through the winter, and
then like the witless fool he was had
worked him hard the first day he had
him out in the field. The next morning
when he went out to the barn to hitch
him to the plow, he found the nag dead.
He was telling about it down at the store
that night.

"Funny thing about that horse," he
said, shaking his head. "He never did
that before."

"No," replied Eben Hoskins grimly,
"an' he ain't likely to do it again!"

The Williamsburg Fruit Growers'
Asociation has sold its apples this fall
to the same concern who has purchased
them for three previous seasons. This
year the buyer bought them by telephone,
not deeming it necessary to inspect the
fruit. Does this not prove that cooper-
ative marketing pays?

The outstanding educational feature
at the Belchertown Fair was the float
shown by the "Blue Meadow Canning
Club" composed of Mrs. Dwight Randall,
Leader, and five girls, Alice Randall,
Rachel Randall, Blanche Haesaert, Rose
Haesaert, and Frances Sauers.

.A.t the HoLstein Sale, held at Brat-
tleboro, Vt., November 7-8, Hampshire
County was well represented, showing
the increased interest in pure-blood
cattle. Those purchasing stock at the
sale were C. W. Tower, Chas. E. Clark,
Leeds; W, A. Parsons, Southampton; W.
W. Haswell, Easthampton ; and North-
ampton State Hospital.

The New England Fruit Show is to be
held this year in Providence, R. I.,
November 10, 11, 12 and 13. With the
good .showing made by Hampshire Coun-
ty apples at the Eastern States, many
entries should be made at the New Eng-
land Show.

SEED POTATOES

Why Not Buy This Fall

Within a short time we hope to publish
the results of this year's seed potato
demonstrations. We can safely say at
this time however, that it has been defi-
nitely proven that new seed is a good
thing every few years and in most cases
every year.

With late blight so prevalent this fall,
very few farmers will try to carry their
seed over, even those that purchased
certified seed last spring. The general
indications are that seed will cost more
next spring than this fall and many
growers plan to purchase at the present
time for spring delivery. What is your
decision? Let your wants known to your
town potato project leader or town
director so that the necessary action can
be taken.

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

home: making

HOUSEHOLD ACCOUNTING

Easthampton to be the Demonstration
Group

Up to the present time, 76 Household
Account books from the Mass. Agricul-
tural College have been distributed to
women in the county. Several of these are
being kept by Easthampton women. Miss
Gifford plans to spend each third Mon-
day afternoon in the month with women
there and make a study of account keep-
ing. The meetings are open to all
women. Similar demonstration groups
are being conducted throughout the State.
The Home Demonstration Agent plans
to take the work with Miss Gifford so
that she will be able to lead other groups
who desire to choose the same program.

WOMEN SHOULD ATTEND

The annual meeting of the Hampshire
I County Farm Bureau will be held in

Northampton on Tuesday, November 18.
[ There will be an

arranged for the women as well as the

men. Keep the date in mind and plan to

be present.

Program for Demonstration Groups in
Household Accounts

•5.
6.

Why and how to keep accounts.

Where does the dollar go?
Meat cutting demonstration showing

cheapest and best cuts of meat.
Demonstration. Use, preparation

and cooking of cheaper cuts of meat.

Making and use of tireless cooker.
Demonstration. Use of left-over

meats. Meat substitutes.

Demon.stration. Use of Milk.
Grocery order for family of 5.
Discussion of changes which may be
made with either same food value,
or increased food value at the same
cost. Discussion of change in order
for variety, maintaining the same
cost.

Planning of meals from the grocery
order.

a. balanced meals.

b. variety and attractiveness.

c. time of preparation.

d. value of planning ahead.
Problems of buying.
Making a budget.

One Ship Drives East

One ship drives East

Another drives West

While the self-same breezes blow;

'Tis the set of the sails and not the gales

That bids them where to go.

Like the winds of the sea

Are the ways of the Fates

As we move along through life;

'Tis the set of the soul that decides the

goal.
And not the storm of the strife.

— Autlior Unknown

THE SAME IS TRUE

IN HAMPSHIRE COUNTY

"There are a good many little pale

faces in the Schools," reports a Home

™ r'!*^"!.„,'"'!^T' ' Demonstration Agent in New Hampshire,

"and I want to get the people interested

in installing hot school lunches this fall."

There are 5,000,000 undernourished
children in the country. Is your child
one of them? There are more under-
nourished childi-en in the country than in
the city. The school lunch has proved
an invaluable factor in raising that
standard of health among children. The
rural school is an ideal place to begin,
and the school where your children go is
a still better place to begin. Let the
Home Demonstration Agent help you and
the teacher start the plans.

The Unpardonable Sin

To live in a County
To make a living OFF OF IT —
and OUT OF IT—
To get every thing you possibly can

OUT OF IT—
And put ABSOLUTELY NOTHING

INTO IT—

Home making is as much a business
as any that is connected with selling the
farm crops. Thrift in the home is
more than ever necessary in these times.

"Proper feeding is one of the chief
factors in health."

Try Mrs. Morey's (Cummington) Recipe
for Raised Doughnuts

At night scaled 1 pint milk, put in 1
scant cup fat, fill up pint measure with
whole milk. Add IJ cups sugar, 1
yeast cake, dissolved in 1 cup warm
water. Put in nutmeg, salt (11 tsp.) Add
flour and mix so it can be handled
easily. In the morning, stir down, let
rise again, cut out and rise, fry and roll
in sugar.

Read,

Mac-

As a result of the Clothing Efficiency
exhibit made by the Easthampton gi-oup ,
at the Northampton Fair, three towns
have asked the Home Demonstration
Agent for instnactions in this line of
work. Two new groups are being
carried on in Hadley and Williamsburg.
Nearly all the groups that began last
year have organized and are preparing
for the advance work. Mrs. Reed will
meet the Enfield group October 30. All
interested women in that part of the
County are invited to be present.

One woman in the County became in-
terested in making her work easier.
The fireless cooker came first. Next
she had a pantry built and so planned
that she can work there without
taking extra steps or making any ia\^e
motions because utensils and materials
have been thoughtfully grouped. Re-
cently she has had the sink and other
working surfaces raised so the work can
be done with fewer backaches. Al-
though she has a family of five and does
all her own laundry and other work, she
has time to lead a Clothing Efficiency
group, a Mothers' Club and keep up
with other community interests.

Some Books Worth Knowing

Save and Have. The University Society,
New York.

The Mothercraft Manual. M. L.
Brown Little Co., Boston.

Education Through Play. Curtis,
millan Co.

The New Public Health. Hill,
millan Co.

The- Newer Knowledge of Nutrition.
McCollum Macmillan Co.

Training the Girl. McKeever Mac-
millan Co.

Housewifery. Balderston, Lippincott.

How to Live. Fisher & Fisk, Funk
Wagnalls Co.

Health Education in Rural Schools.
Andress, Houghton Mifflin Co.

Play & Recreation. Curtis, Ginn & Co.

Manual of Homemaking. VanRens-
selaer & Cannon, Macmillan Co.

Household Engineering. Frederick,
American School of Home Economics.

Home and Community Hygiene. Broad-
hurst, Lippincott.

The Business of the Household. Taber,
Lippincott.

Cuncludfd from page 1
The Dentist reports the following:

Number of days worked (.June 1-Sept,
30) 11.

Extractions, 6.

Treatments, 7.

Cleanings, 17.

Cement fillings, 18.

Silver fillings, 35.

People worked on, 22.

People from neighboring towns took
advantage of the clinic as well.

No free work was done. Each person
paid according to woi-k done.

There seems to be general satisfaction
and appreciation of the clinic so that it
will no doubt be carried on another year.

Other towns similarly situated might
well take up work of this kind.

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

HAIVfPSHlR

COUNTY CLUB WORK

IN SPEAKING OF RECORDS

MR. RICE SAYS

"Let's have no quitters, no deseiters
from the Pig Club this year. You all
admire a bull dog if for no other reason
than that when he once takes hold he
wdll not let go; we all admire men of
this type or soldiers who will die rather j
than give up or surrender. Before any
man can be successful or great, he must
develop this stick-to-it quality and you
boys and girls have a chance to
strengthen that quality in yourselves by
keeping up your records in the Pig Club
and sticking till it is all over December
1st."

There will be a sow and litter contest
this year also. It begins when you have
the sow bred, preferably in December,
and ends when the pigs are weaned in the
spring.

PRIZE CANNERS

The South Amherst Canning Club
deserves much credit for their good work
this season. They were the first prize
team for the County and went to Wor-
cester to compete for the State prize.
The team was composed of Mildred Mc-
Kemmie, Kathleen King and Margaret
Thayer. While at Worcester they showed
that they had been well trained by Miss
Hewlett and had all the skill of veteran
Canners. However, when eight or ten
teams chosen from all over the State are
all after the first place, the winner has
to be a real prize team. Many of the
girls that made up the competing teams
were well toward their senior year in
High School and as the average age of
our girls were only 12 years and 4
months, they were handicapped.

They did not get the first place, but
they did excellent work. The best part
of the whole contest is the spirit the
young people .showed during the whole
season.

Mr. Qould Leaves Us

The boys and girls of this county learn
with regret of Mr. Gould's resignation.
They will long remember Mr. Gould's
talks, visits and advice, and miss him in
their games, picnics and all phases of
club work.

Directions for Writing the Canning Club
Story of Experience

CLUB .STORY

What is it : A letter or booklet writ-
ten by each club member telling of his or
her summer's work in the state canning
club.

When due: Stories should be in the
hands of your club leader on November
ist unless requested before by your local
leader. The canning club closes the 15th
of October. This gives you fifteen days
in which to write your story.

Importance of story: The writing of
the club story or letter gives splendid
practice in enabling you to express your
thoughts and experience in words.
Here is an opportunity for you r.lso to
use your originality and imagination on
the cover, illustrations, and subject
matter of your story.

SUGGESTIONS FOR STORY

Cover: Cardboard, mounting, or
drawing paper make serviceable covers.
Select a good title and print or write it
neatly. Drawings, designs, or pictures
pertaining to canning make a more in-
teresting booklet. Square covers are
usually the neatest.

Forepage : First page inside the cover
Write here your name, address, and age.

Subject matter : Write on ruled or un-
ruled paper, unruled is the neatest.
Tell all about your local canning club,
its organization, meetings and exhibit.
Your home experiences, discoveries,
successes, and failures will give your
book a personal and distinctive touch.

Ilhistrations : This may include
camera pictures, drawings, or magazine
pictures. Do not put too many pictures
in your book, especially those cut from
magazines. Fasten your book together
with ribbon, raffia, cord, or steel fas-
tenings.

Notice : Be careful of the neatness,
grammar, spelling, interest of story it-
self, originality of expression, and illus-
trations.

The writing of the story of experience
is one of the four requirements in the
state canning club. Do not fail on this
requirement or you will lose the club
pin.

Helen M. Norris.

CANNING CLUB EXHIBITS

Exhibits have been .judged in four
more towns and prizes awarded as
follows :

NORTHAMPTON

Mary Guiff're, first
Frances LaBello, second
Dorothy Powers, third

PLAINFIELD

Helen Hamlin, first
Hazel Holden, second
Addie Dyer, third

Amelia Yakubek, first
Helen Szafer, second
Mildred Pierce, third

BELCHERTOWN

Alice Randall, first

Alice Howard, .second

Mary Holcomb, third

After the canned products (.5 jars)

are judged, the members are required to

complete the record sheet and story and

send them to the Farm Bureau before

November first.

Club Records

Carry your contest to the finish. Don't
fail when the job is half done.

Evelyn Streeter, Cummington, was the
only girl club member to represent the
County at the Eastern States. Evelyn
won this reward by raising one of the
best calves in the State Boys' and Girls'
Calf Club.

Hopkins Academy furnished the Corn
Demonstration team which represented
Massachusetts at the Eastern States and
won first prize over New Hampshire and
Connecticut. The team was composed of
Frank Bilski, .James Lehane and Henry
Kokoski. Hopkins boys can usually be
depended on to come out on top. j

JUDGING CONTESTS

The boys and girls winning prizes in
the several contests at the Northampton
Fair are listed below:

PIG JUDGING CONTEST

Henry Bilger, A.shfield, first.
Rockwell Smith, Hadley, second.
Bernard Barnes, Ashfield, third.

POTATO JUDGING

Wallace Handfield, Ashfield, first,
Bernard Barnes, Ashfield, second.
Louise Whitaker, Hadley, third.

CORN JUDGING

Ii-ving Johnson, Hadley, first.
Wallace Handfield, Ashfield, second,
Bernard Barnes, Ashfield, third.

STOCK JUDGING

Emory Broadhurst, Ashfield, first.
James Lehane, Hadley, second.
Wallace Handfield, Ashfield, third.

STOCK JUDGING TEAM

Sanderson Academy, first.
Hopkins Academy, second.

BREAD JUDGING

Arlene Cranson, first.
Carmen Damon, second.
Mariel Eddy, third.

PRESERVES JUDGING
Carmen Damon, first.
Frances Rupprecht, second.
Ethel H. Packard, third.

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DRAINAGE AND STONE WALLS

How one Farmer Solved the Problem

This is a story of one of the best
farms in Hampshire County — its develop-
ment and the present and future plans
of operation. Last month we told
something of the organization of this
same farm, Peter Hanifin's of Belcher-
town. This month we wish to tell how
he brought the farm to its present con-
dition and the influence of drainage on
his profits.

In 1902 the present farm of 115 acres
was purchased and it wasn't long before
he found that to do more business on the
farm he had to do one of two things:
(1) clear more land, (2) drain the fields
which had been cleared. He chose the
latter course with some of the results
given below.

Mr. Hanifin tells of one field of five
acres, the hay crop of which had to be
removed by hand, (consisting of some
grass, but more blueberries, cranberries,
and polypods — possibly four jags of poor
bog hay). Last year this field cut about
12 tons of good hay and this year it is
growing fine crops of cabbage, corn and
grass, and the work of planting and
hai-vesting the crop is done with horse
labor.

The simple thing that changed this
field from one which grew swamp hay to
one that grew Number one hay, cabbage
and corn equally well and from one that
could be worked only late in the season
to one that could be gone onto any time,
was three lines of tile drain. The tile
probably cost him $40 and the work was
done by the regular farm labor during
slack seasons.

There were two good demonstrations
on the farm this fall of what tile drain-
age will do for crops. In one of the fields
the drains failed to tap one of the wet
spots — the corn there was about knee
high and sickly yellow in appearance
while on both sides the crop stood higher
than your head with healthy dark green
foliage. In a second field where the
drainage work has not been completed
the effect of drainage on the grass grown
was shown very well — the rank growth
of ferns and sedges where not drained
compared with the fine growth of
timothy and clover where the drainage
has been completed.

Now what has been the result of this
drainage work on Mr. Hanifin's farm
operations and farm profits? They are
largely the following: —

1. The crops can be planted on time.
This means large yields and well matured
crops put on the market when the price
is right.

2. other crops besides hay can be
grown on the land.

.3. Fields can be made larger and of
a shape more easily worked thus decreas-
ing the amount of man and horse labor
ConcluJcd on page 6

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Elevator on 15. & A. It. K.
Loiis: Distance Telephone

GAZETTE PRINTING CO.
MERCANTILE PRINTERS
NORTHAMPTON, MASS.

OVERCOATS!

Our line of overcoats this fall will
bear close inspection. The mate=
rials are in the coats and the
prices are very reasonable con=
sidering the times. Some few
coats were carried over from last
year, due to the mild weather
last winter. These coats are
priced the same as last year and,
while they last, they are a mighty
good buy for someone.

R. F. ARMSTRONG & SON

80 MAIN STREET
NORTHAMPTON, MASS.

Fords oiv

FORDSON TRACTORS ARE REDUCED IN PRICE
New price, $750 F. O. B. Dearbon. Old price, $885.93 F. O. B. Detroit

When everything else is advancing in price Henry Ford & Son reduced
the price of their tractor. Mr. Ford has sold over 70,000 of these
tractors, and we have sold over sixty in our territory, which are all giv-
ing excellent satisfaction.

Now is the time to do your Fall plowing and other farm work, and
we will be very pleased to show you how this tractor works on your
own land. Please let us know when we can give you a demonstration.

CHASE MOTOR SALES COMPANY

UKAR ao:! M.4IN STKKKT.

NOKTHAMPTON, MA.SS.

AROOSTOOK POTATOES

The acreage of Aroo.stook potatoes is
put at 76,000; the average yield at 250
bu.shels and the county's crop at 19,000,
000 bu.shels. The crop of the whole
state is 21,812,000 bu.shels. The ciop is
especially fine in quality and rot, which
has appeared in some places is not con-
sidered serious.

Conc-hided from page .5
needed to grow the crops. Again, with
larger fields more horse machinery can be
used and used when needed.

Another line of improvement has been
the removal of old stone walls. This
has increased the size of his fields and
has made them more easily worked. For
example, what was formerly three fields
is now one large field of 24 acres. In
former times before the opening of the
western lands, crops were produced on
this farm and others of similar nature by
hand labor — machinery wasn't known and
the size and shape of the field.s had little
effect on the cost of producing a crop,
but under conditions where machinery
and horse labor must displace man labor
in order to grow crops profitably, the
size and shape of fields determines
whether or not the crops can be raised
at low enough cost to return a profit.
Do what Peter Hannifin has done.

Continued from page 1

Floral Hall was well filled this year.
The Grange exhibits added greatly to the
attraction of the hall as also the fine dis-
play by the Northampton State Hospital.
One point worth noting in the fruit dis-
play was that many of our local growers

[ are now growing fruit that competes
successfully with any of the professional
exhibitors at our fair. With all the in-
terest that has been taken in canning
fruits and vegetables during the last
few years, it is surprising the lack of in-
terest taken in this department. Where
are the women who have their shelves
filled with preserves?

The Boys' and Girls' Building, aside
from the school exhibits, made a very
poor showing this year. We know that
the boys and girls have the material, but
few single entries were made. The
school exhibits were of the be.st, however,
and added greatly to the interest and

lvalue of the fair. Next year the boys
and girls must redeem themselves by
filling the hall to ove flowing.

CUMMINGTON
One of the best "Cattle Shows" in
Massachusetts. The cattle shown this
year were in excellent condition and the
entries were large. The .swine and sheep
department accommodations ai-e very
poor and consecjuently few entries.
Continue. 1 <ni page 7

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

FERTILIZER SITUATION

Be sure and understand all sides
of the fertilizer question before
you place your order

We are always glad to give any
fertilizer information that we pos-
sess. Ask us about

RAPESEED MEAL, 36% Protein

in place of Cotton-seed meal

$69.00 per ton
as a feed or a fertilizer

^. W. HIGGINS

SOUTH DEERFIELD, MASS.

Teleplioiie 14«

BISSELL'S TIRE SHOP

NOUTHAJirTON. MASS.

Miller, Goodyear, and U. S. Tires

Tires and Tubes

Vulcanized by Steam

QOODYHAR SKRVICE STATION

FREE AIR

66 k;n<j street

Tel. 129,3-M

NORTHAMPTON

COMMERCIAL

COLLEGE

"THE SCHOOL OF THOROUGHNESS"

In se.'isioii twelve months in
the year. Students admitted
at any time and graduated
wlien competent.

Greater demand and better
salaries for business = trained
men and women than ever be=
fore. For catalogue and com=
plete information address

JOSEPH PICKETT, Principal
76 Pleasant St., Northampton, Mass.

Ci)liclu(led from liage <)

Wouldn't it be well to strengthen this
department? The poultry display was
about average. In the hall, the Granges
sprung a big surprise. Four granges
exhibited and all were a credit to any
town. May this work be continued.
The fruit and vegetable show was very
good, especially the apples. Very few
shows the size of Cummington can boast
of as fine a display of apples. In the
domestic exhibit very little change was
noted and similar to Northampton it is
hoped that at least the exhibit of pre-
serves will be gi-eatly improved.

MIDDLEFIELD

This fair is very similar to Cum-
mington and the same remarks would
apply with the exception of the hall ex-
hibit. Middlefield is improving each
year in the quality of cattle shown and
compares very favorably with shows
much larger in size. The hall exhibits,
however, would allow for much improve-
ment. The fruit exhibit can never be
large but many of the farmers in that
district aie growing excellent farm crops
and it would add greatly to the value of
the fair if these were exhibited.

One thing is certain — no one leaves
Middlefield without the impression that
he has attended a real Agricultural Fair
and has profited by his trip.

WARE

This fair does not receive state aid and
from an agricultural standpoint would
not be classed as a very important fair.
Considerable interest has developed in
this section in both light and draft horses
with the result that the fair is stronger
along these lines. More farmers, how-
ever, should take an active interest in ex-
hibiting farm crops if it is to be called
an agricultural fair. The boys and girls
made some excellent exhibits this year in
vegetable and canning displays

BELCHERTOWN

This fair takes the form more of an
"Old Home Day" than of an agricultural
display. The quality of cattle shown
was very poor this year compared with
other fairs. In the hall, however, the
apple show was very good and a fine
showing was made of the vegetables
grown by the boys and girls from the
State School. The display of canned
fruits and vegetables by the canning
clubs and the float by the Blue Meadow
Canning Club deserves special mention.

COBURN 8C GRAVES

The REXALL Store

Tel. 200 . . Northampton, Mass.

SMITH'S AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL

N Olt'lH A M I'TON , M A SS.

ONION SHIPMENTS

Cooperating with the Franklin County
Farm Bureau, a report on Daily Onion
Shipments is being sent to all those in
Franklin and Hampshire Counties who
desire them. The reports are obtained
from the shipping stations every after-
noon between four and five o'clock and
the summary mailed that evening.

AGRICl LTIRAL DEPARTMENT

Do you want to keep bees, poultry, live
stock ? Do you want to grow vegetables,
fruit and farm crops ? Do you want to
know soils, fertilizers, feeds ? Agricul-
tural Department opens October 6.

HOMEMAKING DEPARTMENT

Do you want to know how to make your
own clothes and hats, to make rugs, to knit
sweaters, to furnish and decorate a home,
to do home nursing, to make an income
cover your needs ? Girls from our home-
making department can do these things.

CARl'ENTKY DEP.AKTMENT

Turns out good carpenters, cabinet mak-
ers and all-round wood workers.

SHEET METAL DEPARTMENT

Plenty of jobs and best of pay. Size
of class limited and nearly full now.

You can enter any department now.
Smith's School has best corps of teachers
it has ever had. It desires to serve Hamp-
shire County to the full extent of its abili-
ty. Call at" the school or write the Director
of the School for information.

H. D. SMITH

Hatfield, Mass.

GRAIN, COAL, ICE

AND

FARM MACHINERY

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

FEED CUTTERS

WE CARRY AN EXCELLENT LINE

BUILT FOR
BUSINESS

REMEMBER

when you want

BARN
EQUIPMENT

"you can OCT IT AT SULLIVAN'S"

J. A. SULLIVAN SC COMPANY 1 nS^i^wAlel

3 Main Streat Telephone 6, Northampton, Mass.

JAMES A, STURGES

Flour, Feed, Grain and Hay

Poultry Supplies

Field Seeds in Season

E ASTH AMPTON
Rear 35 Main Street, Next Town Hall

J. E. MERRICK & CO.,

Flotr and Feed, Grain, Hay, Straw

Baled Shavings

AMHERST, . . . MASS.

CHILSON'S AUTO TOP SHOP

We make new tops and do all kinds of top
and cushion repairing. Celluloid windows put in
while you are in town. Ask us about your job.

THE LEATHER STORE

NOKTH.4^>IPTO>', .MASS.

W. N. POTTER'S SONS & CO.

Flour, Hay

Grain, Salt

Lime and Cement

NORTHAMPTON

FLORENCE

HADLEY

Our crop is just as big as the farmers' — good
as wheat, and it's all harvested ready for the
market, and, mark you, you've never seen such
perfect specimens of suits nor such finely de-
veloped overcoats.

Even if you are hard to suit, it will puzzle you
how to find fault, the assortment is so large and
the variety so pleasing;

PRICES

Suits,
Overcoats,

$30.00 to $45.00
$27.50 to $60.00

MERRITT CLARK & CO.

144 MAIN STREET, NORTHAMPTON, MASS.

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HAMPSHIRE COUNTY

Oo-iJu^^ii^

FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

Vol. IV

NORTHAMPTON, MASS., NOVEMBER, 1919

No. 11

EVERYONE IS PLANNING TO COME

You Cannot Afford to Miss It

We couldn't be talking about anything
but the Annual Meeting of the Farm
Bureau which is to be held Tuesday,
November 18, at 10.30 o'clock in Odd Fel-
lows Hall, Northampton. This meeting-
means the getting together of all the men,
women, boys and girls interested in the
building up of their own communities and
the making of a more prosperous and
progressive Hampshire County.
The program is given below :
10.30 — Business Meeting.
11.00 — Report of Farm Bureau Agents.
11.30— Results of 1919 Projects, given by

town project Leaders.
12.00— Our Boys' and Girls' Clubs

Reports by Club Members.
12.30 — Dinner, served by Northampton

Grange.
1.30 — The Future of Agriculture.

Pres. K. L. Butterfield, Mass.

Agricultural College.
2.30— Program of Work for 1920.
Remember the trustees want every
town well represented and everyone to
take an active part in the making of the
county projects for 1920. The work in
the county will progress just so fast as
you take an active interest in the organ-
ization and this means to start with your
presence at the annual meeting. Save
the date of November 18 and be sure and
attend.

DON'T LET MONEY DRAIN AWAY

The care of farm manures is an old
question and much has been written con-
cerning this in the agricultural papers.
Present conditions seem to justify our
calling attention to a few points along
this line.

1. As the price of fertilizers, labor and
all other commodities has risen, so has
the value of manure.

2. Loss of part of the fertilizing value
of manure is a more serious matter now
than in the past.

3. Liquid cow manure contains one-
half of the nitrogen and four-fifths of the
potash in the manure. Based on the pre-
sent value of fertilizer materials approx-
imatly 5.5'/r of the money value of manure
is in the liquid manure.

4. Saving all the liquid manure pos-

Concluded on page 7

COMPARISON OF LOCAL AND CERTIFIED SEED POTATOES

WHAT ABOUT CONCENTRATES

THIS WINTER?

Dairy Cattle of High Productive Ability
Require Liberal Grain Feeding

Present market conditions are causing
the majority of dairymen to do some
figuring on the variety and amount of
concentrates to be fed dairy cattle this
fall and winter. Just what will happen
to the grain market and transportation
during the next six months is indeed
difficult to predict. Even our best in-
formed, reliable grain merchants refuse
to venture decided opinions.

But our cattle must have grain, never-
jtheless. Roughage is not suflficient for
either the growing or producing animals.
The amount of the daily concentrated
ration recommended will depend entirely,
in the case of matured cows, upon their
physical condition, stage of lactation, and
their inherent tendency toward producing
milk. Men who feed dairy rations with
no regard to these factors are not eco-
nomical feeders and have no legitimate
right to be at the business.

We believe thoroughly in making ex-
ten.sive u.se of home-grown clovers, al-
falfa, corn silage and the various cereals,
or a mixture of them. Our best dairy-
men make as full use of these as is pos-
sible, but do not depend on them entirely
for cows of high producing ability. So
we apparently need the purchased con-
centrates, preferably those of high pro-
tein content and availability. Cows of
Concluded from page .5

WHAT IS YOUR POTATO YIELD ?

New Seed Gives the Best Results

It is commonly believed that seed po-
tatoes do not run out readily in the hill
towns of western Massachusetts. It is
not considered necessary to buy new seed
as often as in the Connecticut Valley or
in the eastern part of the state. Many
people in the western part of the state
have grown the same potatoes from five
to ten years and have not changed seed in
that time.

In the spring of 1919 two or three car
loads of new certified seed potatoes were
brought into the western part of Hamp-
shire County. On some farms this new
ieed was plaiited beside some of the old
seed which the farmers had, although no
definite attempt was made to arrange
demonstrations.

In all ca.ses but one, which the writer
has observed, the new seed was superior
to that which the farmer had. Not only
was the growth of the tops more vigorous
during the .season but the yield of the po-
tatoes was greater. In some cases the
farmer's own seed produced a fair crop
and it might have been considered good,
if better seed had not been planted in the
same field.

One farmer had hill-.selected his po-
tatoes for several years and considered
that he had a very vigorous strain. For
some reason these potatoes run out during
the seasons of 1918 and 1919 and the
yield was very poor. If this man had
Concluded on page 7

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

PUBLISHED BY THE

Hampshire County Farm Bureau

A. r. 3[acl>oiii;.-ill. County AKfut
Helen A. Hai-riiitaii, Hume l>eiii. Atcent

Office First National Bank Building

Northampton, Mass.

Entered as second class matter Nov. 9, IfllS. at the
Post Office at Nortbami)ton, Massjichusetts. under
the Act of March 8, 187U.

"Notice of Kiitry "

"Acceptance for mailing at special rate of post-
age provided for in section 1103, Act of October 3,
1917. Authorized October 31. 1917. ''

Price, 25 cents a year

Officers of the Trustees

Leslie R. Smith, President

Clarence E. Hodgkins, Vice-President

Warren M. King, Treasurer

A. F. MacDougall, Secretary pro tern

Trustees for County Aid to Agriculture

Edwin B. Clapp, Easthampton
Charles E. Clark, Leeds
Clarence E. Hodgkins, Northampton
William N. Howard, Ware
Milton S. Howes, Cummington
Mrs. Clifton Johnson, Hadley
Warren M. King, Northampton
Le-slie R. Smith, Hadley
John A. Sullivan, Northampton

A FARMER'S CREED

I believe in a permanent agriculture,
a soil that shall grow richer rather than
poorer from- year to year.

I believe in hundred-bushel corn and
in fifty-bushel wheat, and I shall not be
satisfied with anything less.

I believe that the only good weed is a
dead weed, and that a clean farm is as
important as a clean conscience.

T believe in the farm boy and in the
farm girl, the farmer's best crops and
the future's best hope.

I believe in the farm woman, and will
do all in my power to make her life
easier and happier.

I believe in a country .school that pre-
pares for country life, and a country
church that teaches its people to love
deeply and live honorably.

I believe in community spirit, a pride
in home and neighbors, and I will do
my part to make my own community the
best in the state.

I believe in the farmer, I believe in
farm life, I believe in the inspiration
of the open country.

I am proud to be a farmer, and I will
try earnestly to be woi'thy of the name.
—Frank I. Mann.

IS YOUR TOWN STANDING STILL?

I There aie about six towns in Hamp-
I shire County where the farmers are still
trying to make progress alone on their
own little farm without joining hands
with the other farmers in their community
and giving their whole town a boost as
well as pu.shing their own farm along.

There are about fifteen towns in Hamp-
shii'e County where the farmers have
j proven to their own satisfaction that it
1 is a lonesome and unproductive task try-
ing alone to make farming profitable.
They have found that co-operative eff'ort
is the only sane and sure way to make
their farm and their community a pro-
fitable and enjoyable place in which to
live. In what group is your town?

Of what benefit is it for a family to
work alone and prosper if their neigh-
bors do not progress? How are youi- ;
schools and church supported and your
roads kept in repair, except by the pros-
perity of your neighboring farms. In
other words, is it of much use to stay at
home and prosper along one narrow chan-
nel? Is not the only real way to make-
up your mind to live in a prosperous com- ,
munity; and this can be done only by
your taking an active part in all enter-
prises that aim at the building up of the !
community as a whole and not the pro-
moting of individual prosperity. Let your
community prosper and you cannot help
but lead a productive and worth-while
life.

COMMUNITY EXTENSION SCHOOLS

Are Again in Season

For the past few years Extension
Schools from the Mass. Agricultural Col-
lege have been in much demand by Hamp-
shire County towns. Already requests
are coming in regarding schools for the
coming winter.

At the community organization meet-
ings being held in many of the towns,
definite programs of work are being
planned and projects adopted. What
better arrangments can be made than to
start these projects ofl' wnth a two, three,
or four-day school, with specialists from
the College present to give each com-
munity the information desired?

If the farmeis of your town are
especially interested in potato growing or
live-stock raising and if the women
desire millinery or clothing work, why
not have a school and emphasize these
particular points?

December, January and February are
the months in which these schools should
be held. Talk over wth your neighbors
the question of a school oi- be ready to
make plans for it at your community
meeting. If your town is one that has
never had a school, get busy right off,
for you are missing something. Several
towns in Hampshire County have had as
many as three schools.

CITIZENSHIP

Citizenship begins in the home. What
is my home to my community?

What have I done to help my fellow
man?

Did I expect something in return?

Let us join with our neighbors to sup-
port schools, churches, libraries, to en-
courage better health laws, roads and
farming.

Give to the world the best you have and
the best will come back to you. — Inter-
national Harvester company.

BETTER LIVE STOCK CRUSADE

In the campaign for better live stock
in the United States, the United States
Department of Agriculture is asking that
all farmers interested enroll in the cru-
sade. The only requirement is that every
male used must be Pure-bred and of good-
type and quality. An emblem will be is-
sued by the Mass. Agricultural College
and the United States Depaitment of
Agriculture to all the farmers filling an
application blank and complying with the
requirements. Blanks for enrollment
can be obtained at the Farm Bureau of-
fice.

For those farmers who do not quite
understand the different definitions re-
lating to character of breeding, the fol-
lowing table is given.

What is Breeding?

Purebred: A pure-bred animal is one of
pure breeding, representing a definite,
recognized breed and both of whose
parents were pure-bred animals of the
same breed. To be considered pure-
bred, live stock must be either
registered, eligible to registration, or
(in the absence of public registry for
that class) have such lineage that its
pure breeding can be definitely proved.
To be of good type and quality, the
animal must be healthy, vigorous, and
a creditable specimen of its breed.

Thoroughbred : The term "thoroughbred"
applies accurately only to the breed of
i-unning horses eligible to registration
in the General Stud Book of England,
the American Stud Book, or affiliated
stud books for thoroughbred horses in
other countries.

Standardbred : Applied to horses, this
term refers to a distinct breed of
American light horses, which includes
both trotters and pacers which ai'C
eligible to registration in the American
Trotting Register. Applied to poul-
try, the term includes all birds bred
to conform to the standards of form,
color, markings, weight, etc., for the
various breeds under the standard of
perfection of the American Poultry
Association.

Scrub: A scrub is an animal of mixed or
unknown breeding without definite type

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HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

home: making

EXTENSION SCHOOLS PLANNED

Interested Commnnities should Arrange
Dates Harly

The Bureau is making preparations
for a series of extension schools in ag-
liculture, horticulture and home econom-
ics and other meetings to be held dur-
ing- the winter months. It is extreme-
ly desirable that the schedule be com-
pleted at as early a date as possible in
order that the various members of the
Bureau staff and the extension special-
ists from the college may use their time
to the best possible advantage. Individ-
uals and organizations who wish to have
meetings or extension schools held in
their communities during- the fall or
vdnter are urged to take the matter up
with the Bureau without delay.

HOUSEHOLD ACCOUNT GROUP

HOLDS MEETING

Miss Gilford of the Mass. Agricultural
College met the Account group in East-
hampton and discussed with them
methods and values of account keeping.
The meeting- was small due to the lack
of understanding as to date and place.
On November 17, at McConnell's Market
in Easthampton there will be a meat
cutting demonstraton and the uses and
cooking of cuts of meat will be discussed.
The meeting is open to any who are in-
tei-ested. Those are especially urged to
come who are keeping or planning to
keep the Mass. Agricultural College
Household Account book.

THANKSGIVING

"The year rolls round its circle,

The seasons come and go.
The harvest days are ended,

And chilly north winds blow.
Orchards have lent their treasures,

And fields their yellow grain.
So open wide the doorway.

Thanksgiving comes again."

Keep our Annual Meeting date in
mind — 10.30 A. M. Tuesday, November
18. Plan to be present and get an in-
spiration to take back to your town.

The first Farm Bureau organization
meeting of the season was held in Worth-
ington, October 28, at an open meeting of
the Grange. It was interesting to note
that the homemakng program which the
women laid out last year was well
covered; namely. Clothing Efficiency,
Meat Canning, Home Conveniences
(firesless cookers and wheel trays and
remanagement of kitchens). This year
the women plan to continue with Clothing
Efficiency work and take up some pro-
ject in the Grange.

Requests for Clothing- Efficiency groups
have come from Turkey Hill (Belcher-
town), North Hatfield, North Hadley,
Amherst, Florence, Hatfield and South
Hadley Falls. It will be impossible for j
Mrs. Reed or the Home Demonstration I
Agent to meet these groups for work un-
til after January 1, 1920.

The County Missionary, Mr. Wight-
man, took the Home Demonstration Agent j
to West Farms, October 30, to call on
several of the families.

DO YOU—

U.se a high stool in your kitchen?
"You can use it for a great part of
your work, and if it is the right
height for your working surfaces you
will find you can work as quickly and
more comfortably."

"Use a hose to carry your wash
water. If you have a pump use a fun-
nel and fasten on the hose with a
wire. Try to plan some way to con-
nect your wash tubs with the drain to
avoid all the back-breaking work of
emptying the tubs. If you have a low
sink on which to place the tubs and
an outlet with a stopper in bottom of
tub it is easy.

"Have you the working surfaces
the right height for you? If tables
or cabinets are too high it is easy to
cut the legs off to the right length.
If too low, raise, adding blocks of wood
fastened by metal strips or place legs
in blocks of wood with a socket in which
the table leg sets securely.

"Realize how many steps you save by
the use of a wheeled sewing tray or a
small table or stand on castors or wheels
to carry things from the kitchen to the
dining room?

"Use a spatula or palette knife when
cooking? It will remove all the mixture
from the bowl with little work.

"Use a—

"Wooden spoon for cake and pre-
serving,

"Double boiler,

"Large size egg beater turbine or a
well made large dover,

"Measuring cup.

"If you have not the following are you
planning to have them as soon as pos-
sible?

"Running water with a sink,

"A washing machine,

"A bread mixer,

"A fireless cooker,

"A vacuum cleaner,

"A screened porch."

CORRESPONDENCE COURSES

IN HOME MAKING

Do you want to study Home Economics?
The Mass. Agricultural College is ready
to enroll women and girls who wish to
take correspondence courses. Poultry,
Fruit Growing, Beekeeping, Gardening
and many other subjects are offered be-
side Home Economics. They are a
series of lectures written by members of
the College faculty who are specialists in
the particular subjects about which they
write and are prepared with one aim in
view — home and group study.

The registration fee is $2.00 for each
course or part thereof to residents of
Massachusetts and $5.00 to residents of
other States.

The study course term is fiom October
1 to .June 1 and the courses are so ar-
ranged that they may be completed with-
in those dates if the student gives a
reasonable amount of time to them. Upon
application a student is sent an enroll-
ment card which she returns properly
filled out together with enrollment fee.
The first two lessons are then sent. She
studies the first lesson and returns the
answer sheet to the College where it is
corrected while she studies the second les-
son.

Very often five or more students who
are working on the same course or
courses form a class and carry the work
on together, meeting at regular times.
The College will send a collection of books
for supplementary study and also send to
the class two or three times during the
term some member of the college
faculty who is in a position to discuss
the problems confronting the class.

The subjects covered in the Home
Economics course are Food stuffs, Food
Composition and Digestive Processes,
Fruits, Vegetables, Cereals, Milk, Meats,
Eggs, Salads, Desserts, Menus and
Diets for adults and children. Table
Setting and Serving. The course con-
sists of 10 lessons.

Massachusetts Agricultural College
Extension Library

The following is a list of books on
Homemaking in the Mass. Agricultural
College Extension Library which your
library may borrow for two months by
paying transportation charges. If you
want them, send word to the Home
Demonstration Agent.
Bruere, R. W. Increasing home efficiency.
Child, G. B. The efficient kitchen.
Farmer, F. M. Food and cookery for the

sick.
Fisher and Fisk. How to live.
Frederick, C. Household engineering.
Frederick, C. The new housekeeping.
Richards, E. H. The art of right living.

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

HAMPSHIRI

COUNTY CLUB NA/ORK

GET YQUR DAD TO READ THIS 1920 HOME ECONOMICS CLUB

Then ask him to take you to the Farm
Bureau Community iVleetings

We talk much about the development
of "Community Spirit." We seek ways
and means of developing this spirit. One
of the best ways to arouse good com-
munity spirit is to make a community
prosperous. To make a community
prosperous you must make the home pros-
perous and a home will be prosperous
when every member in it is happy.
Large sums of money are not needed for
happiness.

To attempt to develop this spirit in n
community and neglect the boys and girls
is short-sighted and fool-hardy. Adults
have all too few years of active life to
center on themselves, and forget the next
generation, Although money is an es-
sential, nevertheless the sooner this old
world gets over thinking that money is
the only thing worth striving for, and
gets over giving all its energy to train-
ing the youths of the land so that they
have but one object in view and that is
the dollar; the sooner will we I'eturn to
a normal and contented state of mind.

We haven't heard much since 1914 of
the "splendid system of vocational educa-
tion of Germanij." Those who were in
educational work previous to that time
heard little else and much vocational
education in our country today was or-
ganized to pattern after it.

Now we are beginning to hear of the
French system of Education. Isn't
there by any possibility of an American
education which can be developed; a sys-
tem big and broad and deep. Can't we
get up something that will fit our smaller
communities, make life in them have an
appeal which will reach our young people.

If Farm Bureau work has come to stay,
it must stay with the home as a center.
Some day we will believe that the biggest
job we have is to train our own children
to think for themselves; to i-eason for
themselves; to believe that n-ork is the
greatest thing in the world. Meantime
we will jog along full of the troubles we
are surrounded with today.

What we fail to realize is that young
people carry responsibility just as well
if not better than do we adults. Let
them have a fair share of responsibility.

The home organization was one of the
first established by the human race.
When it disappears so will civilization.
Club work seeks to help young people
learn that lesson of carryng responsi-
bility commensurate with their years. It
gives parents a chance to make home a
place worth while. It is so conducted
that it can be made to fit into every com-
munity in the .state.

Make Your Plans Now

A great many boys and girls have al-
ready signified their intention of joining
the Home Economics Club this winter.
Five women have volunteered to act as
leaders in as many communities. Why
not have a club in your town and enjoy
a profitable winter?

The club runs 4 months instead of 3.
Dates January 1-May 1. Members who
have completed first year work and won
the bronze pin have the chance to select
the second year and earn a silver pin as
in the canning club.

Either bread or sewing must be se-
lected as the major, not both. No record
of time need be kept of these, but 50
hours of housework requires a record
sheet. The first year's work includes
two simple garments and five pairs of
stockings darned, or 15 bakings of bread
(2 loaves at a time). All take the house-
work.

The second year's work has been se-
lected to require more skill but not more
time. This should make it interesting to
high school girls. It includes one gar-
ment more difficult than before, stocking
and dress darns, and patching. In
bread making, 14 bakings of two diff'erent
kinds of yeast bread and some quick
breads.

Housework is cut down to 40 hours.
In addition, the helping in cooking and
serving of 12 meals aids to teach good
housekeeping and comes with both majors
as does the housework.

WATCH JAMS AND JELLIES

It has been found that jellies and
canned goods show evidences of mold
around the paraffin and the rubbers, due
to the damp weather of this sea.son. The
products showing mold should be used
at once and the others carefully watched.
One housewife reports that even though
her cellar is dry, mold is very abundant
and she has even had to cook over some
of her products.

More Prizes Awarded

.Junior Canning Club exhibits have
been judged in the following towns and
prizes awarded :

LITHIA

Minnie Barrus, first
Cordie Allen, second

BONDSVILLE (FranklinSchool)
Cassie G. Sullivan, first
Mary Klaus, second
Helen C. Rys, third

WORTHINGTON

Winifred Mason, first

Maude Giltrop, .second

Muriel Clark, second

Elizabeth Porter, third
The girls who have done second year
work show great improvement in quality
of products and packing.

At the annual meeting of the Farm
Bureau on November 18, some of the
boys and giiJs are planning to tell thd
grown-ups how they carry on club work.

A boy in Ware who hadn't been
reached by the County Leader so as to
enlist in the Garden Club, decided he
would go ahead on his own account and
do his best. He finished his job and kept
accurate account of all vegetables sold.
Besides supplying the home, he sold over
.$10.00 worth and had a good time doing
it. This is the kind of spirit we like t&
find.

Stories from the members of the Calf
Clubs are just coming in and they are
certainly interesting. Everyone has had
a wonderful time, has gained a lot of ex-
perience, and most of them have a well
grown calf or yearling to show for their
efforts. More boys and girls should join
this club next year.

Fathers and Mothers, let us take for
our first task to train our own children
to right action, right thinking, right
acting. Let us make them a part of our
community planning. Let us find a place
for them in all our plan of action.

Give them some responsibility and
watch them grow.

George S. Farley
State Boj/s and Girls

Club Leader

At the Worthington Community Meet-
ing, the Girls' Canning Club had a long
table filled with canned fruits and vegeta-
bles, showing what they had been doing
during the summer. While their dads
were growing crops, they were busy do-
ing their share. Everyone has a part tot
play. What is yours and are you making
the most of it?

Through the kindness of the Florence
Manufacturing Company, five dozen tooth
brushes were sent to Miss Denis, School
Nurse, Easthampton, for the children
who had no brushes. A small fee was
paid by each child. Any school children
in the County have the same opportunity
to get brushes. Remember "A clean
tooth never decays!"

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

MANKLL

MANDELL^S

"Where the people who know'
buy their

SHOES TRUNKS

HOSIERY BAGS

UMBRELLAS SUIT CASES

The Draper Hotel Building
NORTHAMPTON

Northampton
^ National Bank ^

WARREN M. KING, President
C. H. PIERCE, Vice-President
EDWIN K. ABBOTT, Cashier

CAPITAL AND SURPLUS, $880,0(J0
DEPOSITS, S8,00(i,0(M

Interest Paid on Special Accounts and
Certificates of Deposit

We are qualified to act as Executor,
Administrator and Trustee

Why not make your will appointing
this Bank as Executor ?

THE BANK FOR EVERYBODY

The Habit of Saving

Is at the ijottoiii of mo.st
big successes in tlie lousi-
ness world. B<'.i;-in the
habit by opening a sav-
ings account witli the
H a y d e n V i 1 1 e Savings
Bank. One dollar is
enougli to start with.

BANK BY MAIL

HAYDENVILLE SAVINGS BANK

HAYDENVILLE, VIASS.

Concluded from page 1
poor productive ability will not pay for
these feeds, but they should be supplied
to the better cows, if greatest profits are
to be realized.

One practice, all too common, and
which invariably leads toward discourag-
ing results, is for farmers to withhold all
grain from dry cows on poor pasture
during late summer and fall. As colder
weather threatens, these same cows are
brought to the stables about ro-.tdy to
freshen. Even after calving the proper
grain mixture is scantily provided and
the animals grow thinner, never giving
good account of themselves. You cannot
run business successfully that way. It is
contrary to natural laws. Obviously, if
dairy cows produce to their maximum
productive ability, they must be fed for it.
The following are suggested rations
for November, prices considered:

FOR DAIRY COWS IN MILK

200 lbs. ground oats.
100 lbs. wheat bran.
200 lbs. gluten feed.
100 lbs. oil meal (O. P.) or cotton-
seed meal.

FOR CALVES

100 lbs. wheat bran.

50 lbs. hominy.
100 lbs. ground oats.

50 lbs. oil meal.

IS YOUR SEED CORN GOOD?

Be Sure it is Stored Properly

The continue wet weather for the past
two months has prevented corn from dry-
out very rapidly. This calls for some
extra care in getting seed corn for 1920
properly dried out. If particular care
is not taken, and we should have an early
and severe winter, the damage to seed
corn might be as great as during the
severe winter two years ago.

Recently the writer had occasion to
look at some corn which had been stored
in an unused room, the ventilation of
which was poor. In this particular case,
the ears wei'e tied together by the husks
and the bunches hung very close to each
other. An examination of this corn
showed that it was not only failing to
dry out, but was molding badly. The
farmer thought that he had his corn
stored in good shape and that further
attention would not be necessary.

The writer believes that it is very es-
sential that every farmer note whether
his seed corn is drying out or not. If
it is not drying satisfactorily it may be
well to store it where there is some artifi-
cial heat as freezing weather damages
the germinating power of moist corn.

W. H. RILEY & CO.
PLUMBING and HEATING

KITCHEN FURNISHINGS

ACKNI'S K(H(

Glenwood Ka^^es and Lowe Bros. Paints

Opp. Post Offire North mupton, Mass.

Nortliamptmi Jnatttuttnn
fnr ^autnga

Ilicorpoi-ated 1842

Quarter Days, First Wednesday in
January, April, July, October

(^* ^^* ^*

$1 will open an 'account
Interest Paid on Deposits

^% (^% ^^

Open 9 A. M. to 3 P. M.
Saturdays, 9 A. M. to noon
Monday evenings, 6.30 to 8

FIRST NATIONAL BANK

NOKTHAMPTON, MASS.

THE HAXK (IX THE CORNER

If you want to feel at home, do
your banking business with us.
We pride ourselves on our large
and progressive agricultural cli-
entele. Assets over ^2,700,000

\VM. G. BASSETT, President

F. i\. KNEEl-ANI), Vice-President
OLIVEK H. BRADLEY, Cashier

6 HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

Wiswell the Druggist

82 Main Street

—THE KODAK STORE

VETERINARY REMEDIES
Daniels', Lesure's, Barber's

STABLE DISINFECTANTS

SAMUEL D. HOHAKrj WII.I.IA.M X. IIOWAUI)

D. F. Howard & Sons

Wholesale and Retail Dealers in

FLOUR, MEAL, GRAIN
FEED, PRESSED HAY
STRAW AND

POULTRY SUPPLIES

90 East Street,

Ware, Mass.

Elevator un 15. A: A. 1!. U.
L.ons DistaiK'e Telephone

GAZETTE PRINTING CO.
MERCANTILE PRINTERS
NORTHAMPTON, MASS.

OVERCOATS!

Our line of overcoats this fall will
bear close inspection. I he mate»
rials are in the coats and the
prices are very reasonable con-
sidering the times. .Some few
coats were carried over from last
year, due to the mild weather
last winter. These coats are
priced the same as last year and,
while they last, they are a mighty
good buy for someone.

R. F. ARMSTRONG & SON

80 MAIN STREET
NORTHAMPTON, MASS.

S,..> ,\.,^ -«:

■AV. ,>x,.. i;»^>»,..,^v^.^-».'..v.-.v- .

Fords oiv

TRADE V1*P»»«

KORDSON TRACTORS ARK RBDUCHD IN PRICE
New price, $750 F. O. B. Dearbon. Old price, $8S5.93 F. O. B. Detroit

Now is the time to do your Fall plowing and other farm work, and
we will be very pleased to show you how this tractor works on your
own land. Please let us know when we can give you a demonstration.

CHASE MOTOR SALES COMPANY

aOo .M.Vl.N MKKKT,

NOIUllAMl'TOX, MA.SS.

WOMEN FARM BUREAU

WORKERS MEET

Over 100 women gathered at the First
Church Parish House, Tuesday, Novem-
ber 4 foi the session of delegates and pro-
ject leaders in the various towns of the
three Counties. After reports of the
Home Demonstration Agents, Mrs. Edith
C. Salisbury of the United States Rela-
tions Service of the U. S. Department of
Agriculture gave a most interesting and
insti-uctive talk on "The value of One
WoiTian's Influence," illustrating it with
the story of the white apron which was
made by a little girl in a district school,
material and instruction being furnished
by the teacher. When the child wore it
home the contrast was too great and a
clean face and hands, also a clean dress
followed, first for the little girl and then
for her brothers and sisters and finally
the reform extended to the house and
ya- d and then to the village. Small be-
ginnings have large endings. After Mrs.
Salisbury's speech a basket lunch was
served, coffee being provided by the ladies
of the farm bureau. The luncheon hour
was an especally social one, during which
lots of valuable hints on various phases
of social economics were exchanged. The
afternoon program was largely devoted
to the clothing projects and reports were
given by leaders from the various towns.

I In the afternoon Mrs. Reid, the clothing
efficiency expert, from M. A. C, gave a
valuable talk on her subject, beginning
with the fundamental necessity of a
healthy body to wear the clothes made
by efficient hands. For this three things
are necessary, flat heeled shoes, a full
diaphragm and a high chest. She told
the program for the classes which have
been held and their work was illustrated
by a claoS from Sunderland who dis-
played the very pretty and useful gar-
ments they hrd made. Mrs. Reid spoke
also of a class in Montague, who had
recognized the educational value of their
work and had made wonderful progress
not only in eflSciency but in saving time
and material. A pretty waist made of
one and one-half yards of goods was
shown, also a dress made of three and a
half yards. One of the ladies made a
dres^ with eight button holes and some
'.rimming on colkr and cuff.'- in two hours
and twelve minutes. Mrs. Reid's desire
is ta eliminate put'ering and give con-
fidence in one's ability that neither time
nor goods be wasted.

Boys and (iirls

How about that story you are to write
o finish the contest? Don't be a quitter
an the last lap. We want 100?r to
break the tape. Be sure you are in-
cluded among those that fini.sh, even if
you don't happen to win a prize.

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

FERTILIZER SITUATION

Be sure and understand all sides
of the fertilizer question before
you place your order

We are always glad to give any
fertilizer information that we pos-
sess. Ask us about

RAPESEED MEAL, »i9t I'rotein
in place of Cotton-seed meal
$69.00 per ton

as a feed or a fertilizer

A. W. HIGGINS

SOUTH DEERFIELD, MASS.

Teleplioiie 140

BISSELL'S TIRE SHOP

NORTHAMPTON, MASS.

Miller, Goodyear, and U. S. Tires

Tires and Tubes

Vulcanized by Steam

GOODYEAR SERVICE STATION

FHKK AIR

.'NG STREET

Ti-I. 1893-M

NORTHAMPTON

COMMERCIAL

COLLEGE

"THE SCHOOL OF THOROUGHNESS"

In session twelve months in
the year. Students adniitted
at any time and graduated
wlien competent.

Greater demand and better
salaries for business = trained
men and women than ever be=
fore. For catalog-ue and com=
plete information address

JOSEPH PICKETT, Principal
76 Pleasant St., Northampton, Mass.

Publishers' Statement

Statement of the ownership, manage-
ment, circulation, etc., required by the
Act of Congress of August 24, 1912 of
the "Hampshire County Farm Bureau
Monthly, published monthly at North-
ampton, Mass. Owner and publisher,
Hampshire County Farm Buieau, Inc.
Trustees: Edwin B. Clapp, Charles E.
Clark, Clarence E. Hodgkins, William N.
Howard, Milton S. Howes, Mrs. Clifton
.Johnson, Warren M. King, Leslie R.
Smith, and John A. Sullivan; Managing
Editor, A. F. MacDougall ; Business
Manager, A. F. MacDougall. Bond hold-
ers, mortgages, stockholders and other se-
curities, none.

(Signed) A. F. MacDougall

Business Manager

Sworn to and subscribed before me this
thirtieth day of October, 1919.

John C. Hammond,

Notary Public

Coni-hi(lf<l from i)iitri' 2

or markings. Such terms as native,
mongrel, razorback, dunghill, piney
woods, cayuse, broncho, and mustang
are somewhatsynonymous with "scrub,"
although many of the animals des-
cribed by these terms have a certain
fixity of type even though they present
no evidence of systematic improved
breeding.

Crossbred: This term applies to the
progeny of pure-bred parents of dif-
ferent breeds, but of the same species.

Grade: A grade is the offspring result-
ing from mating a purebred with a
scrub, or from mating animals not
purebred, but having close pure-bred
ancesters.

ConclniU*(l from pa^e 1

tried new seed beside his own occasion-
ally he would have realized sooner that
his own were running out.

The results warrant the urging of
farmers planning to grow potatoes next
season, to buy Northern Grown seed for
at least a greater part of their fields. It
is all right to try some seed that has
done well previous years in your com-
munity or seed that is only one year
away from some Northern section, but
be sure and do not plant your entire crop
with local seed.

Conrlmlecl from ])agp 1

sible by practical means is a matter that
cannot be neglected by the farmer.

.5. There are two practical methods of
saving more of this liquid manure:

The use of plenty of litter, such as
straw, waste hay, sawdust in the
gutters, and cement floors in the
gutters and manure pits. The
former is of more immediate import-
ance at the present time, but both
are worth while when the present
value of manure is considered.

COBURN 8C GRAVES

The REXALL Store

Tel. 200 . . Northampton, Mass.

SMITH'S AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL

NORTHAMPTON. MASS.

A(iiai I I.TI RAI, DEPARTMENT

Do you want to keep bees, poultry, live
stock ? Do you want to grow vegetables,
fruit and farm crops ? Do you want to
know soils, fertilizers, feeds ? Agricul-
tural Department opens October 6.

HOJIKMA KIN«i DEPARTMENT

CARPKNTUV DEPARTMENT

Turns out good carpenters, cabinet mak-
ers and all-round wood workers.

SHEET METAL DEPARTMENT

Plenty of jobs and best of pay. Size
of class limited and nearly full now.

H. D. SMITH

Hatfield, Mass.

GRAIN, COAL, ICE

AND

FARM MACHINERY

8 HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

LOADED FOR BEAR

AS WELL AS F„R SMALLER OAME ^ ^ PQTTER'S SONS & CO.

J^ E^BV^m^^LQ^J. ^

We Carry Loaded Shells
Black and Smokeless Powder

LEADER REPEATER AJAX
NEW RIVAL ROMAX CLIMAX

ALL GAUGES— ALL SIZES OF SHOT

Flour, Hay

Grain, Salt

Lime and Cement

YOO CAN' OCT IT AT SULLIVAN'S"

J. A. SULLIVAN 3C COMPANY I Ho&gl^XlE 1

3 Main Street Telephone 6, Northampton, Mass.

JAMES A. STURGES

Flour, Feed, Grain and Hay

Poultry Supplies

Field Seeds in Season

EASTHAMPTON
Rear 35 Main Street, Next Town Hall

J. E. MERRICK & CO.,

Flour and Feed, Grain, Hay, Straw

Baled Shavings

AMHERST, . . . MASS.

CHILSON'S AUTO TOP SHOP

We make new tops and do all kinds of top
and cushion repairing. Celluloid windows put in
while you are in town. Ask us about your job.

THE LEATHER STORE

NOlirllAHITON, MAS.S.

NORTHAMPTON

FLORENCE

HADLEY

Even if you are hard to suit, it will puzzle you
how to find fault, the as.sortment is so large and
the variety so pleasing;

PRICES

Suits,

$30.00 to $45.00

Overcoats,

$27.50 to $60.00

MERRITT CLARK & CO.

144 MAIN STREET, NORTHAMPTON, MASS.

S-.:.

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HAMPSHIRE COUNTY

JAN 8* 1920

FARM BUREAU

Vol. IV.

NORTHAMPTON, MASS., DECEMBER, 1919

No. 12

WINTERING BROOD SOWS

Good Care Means Better Litter

Sows calculated to farrow early in
April mu.st be bred successfully about
the middle of December. From that time
on, until the litter is born, the proper
feed and care of the pregnant sow is of
utmost importance. We have plenty of
concrete evidence showing that under-
nourished pregnant sows, with winter ex-
■ercise more or less restricted, almost al-
ways giva birth to small, runty, feeble and
often hairless pigs. This kind never
wholly recover and are distinctly un-
economical producers of pork. But this
is not the pigs fault.

Successful hog growers do not practice
slip-shod methods. Throughout the win-
ter pregnant sows are prepared for
spring farrowing by receiving sufficient
food of the proper kind, adequate housing
and plenty of daily exercise, no matter
what the weather happens to be.

FEEDING

For best results, pregnant sows should
be fed a little grain twice daily — morning
and evening. If roots, such as mangels
or sugar beets are available they give
good results when fed at noon. The chief
value of roots are that they sei-ve in
stimulating the appetite and in regulating
the bowels against constipation.
Continued on page 6

FARM BUREAU LEADERS AT ANNUAL MEETING

MANURE AND ACID

PHOSPHATE FOR CORN

The high price of fertilizers and other
materials has made it necessary for
farmers to practice all reasonable eco-
nomics. Most of the corn produced in
Massachusetts is grown on manured land
and in the majority of cases some com-
mercial fertilizer is used in addition to
the manure. In most cases, this fertili-
zer is mixed fertilizer containing nitro-
gen, phosphoric acid and potash, (when
the latter is available at reasonable cost.)

Since fertilizer prices have advanced
many farmers have been questioning
whether the fertilizer bill could not be
reduced in this particular case. It has
long been known that manure is relative-
ly lacking in phosphoric acid and that
phosphoric acid is needed to assure early
maturity of corn, whether field or silage.
Concluded on page 5

MISS BENA ERHARD

ELECTED AS CLUB AGENT

Has Had Much Experience as Boys' and
Qirls' Leader

Miss Bena G. Erhard of East Milton,
Mass. started work in the County on
December 15th as Club Agent to fill the
vacancy caused by Mr. Gould's resigna-
tion.

Miss Erhard graduated from the Mass.
Agricultural College last June and while
in College, majored in general agricul-
ture in which work she was very success- ^
ful. During her summer vacations, she ;
acted as club supervisor in Franklin
County and Milton, Mass. Her training
and experience qualifies her as a leader,
especially in the agricultural clubs which
are of greatest inteiest to the boys and
girls. Co-operating with the Home De-
monstration Agent, Miss Erhard also
plans this winter to interest more of the
girls in the Home Economics Clubs and
later on in the Canning Clubs.

The trustees of the Bureau feel that
they are especially fortunate in obtaining
Miss Erhard to lead the club work in the
county and know that the people will co-
operate and give the work as much, if
not more support than they have in the
past. The annual meeting clearly de-
monstrated that club work was one of
the most important enterprises of the
bureau. Also it was demonstrated that
the boys and girls can and will do their ^
part, all that it is necessary is for the i
adults to take an interest and give it I
their support.

ANNUAL MEETING A SUCCESS

Nineteen Towns Represented

An indication of a successful year is
usually shown by the response and en-
thusiasm of the people at the annual
meeting. This year, 110 people attended,
nineteen towns were represented and the
spirit was of the best.

The most interesting part of the morn-
ing's program was the reports made by
the project leaders. Arthur Field, Gos-
hen, reported for the Sheep Project;
Ellis Clark, Williamsburg, Fruit Project;
M. S. Howes, Potato Project; Mrs. R. J.
Kennell, Easthampton, Clothing Project;
Mrs. S. C. Wilbur, Huntington, Warm
School Lunch ; and Frank Bilski, Hadley,
Alice Fairman, Worthington, and Kath-
leen King, South Amherst, told of their
experiences in club work.

President Butterfield in his address
during the afternon, spoke on the prob-
lems facing the American Farmer. He
emphasized the importance of obtaining
freer access to the land through an im-
proved credit system; more effective eco-
nomic organization through cooperation,
more voice in public affairs by an or-
ganized body representing all agricul-
tural interests, and the establishment of
a definite national agricultural policy.

The meeting closed with a general dis-
cussion on the projects for 1920.

Eight towns have arranged for two-day
Exten.sion Schools in Agriculture and
Millinery from the Mass. Agricultural
College. Has your town scheduled one?

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

PUBLISHED BY THE
Hampshire County Farm Bureau

A. F. MaoDousrall, County Agent
Helen A. Harrinian, Home Deui. Aeent
Bena G. Erliartl, County <'I«b AKent

Office First National Bank Building

Northampton, Mass.

Entered as second class matter Nov. 9, 1915, at the
Post OfiQce at Northampton, Massachusetts, under
the Act of March 8, 1879.

'* Notice of Entry"

"Acceptance for mailing at special rate of post-
age provided for in section 1103, Act of October 3,
1917. Authorized October 31, 1917."
Price, 2ij cents a year

Officers of the Trustees

Clarence E. Hodgkins, President

E. B. Clapp, Vice-President

Warren M. King, Treasurer

A. F. MacDougall, Secretary

Trustees for County Aid to Agriculture

THE NEW YEAR

First of all, let us wish you a happy
and prosperous new year.

With each incoming year, a great
many people make resolutions regarding
their future plans for the conduct of
their business, their home, and their in-
dividual habits. Not that one day is any
better than another for making resolu-
tions, but New Years Day appeals to
many as a time to start with a clean
slate for more prosperous and happy
homes.

What will your resolutions be? Have
you decided that your family deserves
more conveniences in the home and that
you will start this year putting some of
your ideas into operation? Or have you
decided that your boys and girls are fast
growing up and you want to do more to
make them feel as if they were necessary
to the successful management of your
farm and home and will be inter-
ested enough .=ome day to continue the
enterprises that you are now developing?
Or have you decided that this year you
will run your farm as business like as
possible, keeping accurate accounts so as
to be sure of the projects you are most
successful in and be able to discard those
enterprises that are not worth while?

The day is here when the farm and the
farm home must be made as attractive,
convenient, and efficient as possible. May
your resolutions aim toward making your
home and community an ideal place in
which to live.

WHY HE LEFT THE FARM

The other day an anonymous letter
came into the office with a poem enclosed,
parts of which are printed below. The
signer of the letter stated that "It was
such things that sickened the children
and of the farm, machinery and help
outside, nothing in the house. Some
pleasure for the man, drudgery and
cursing for the family."

The editor would like to add that
"Thank goodness conditions are changing
and the mother and children are coming
into their own on the farm and in the
home. The boy is being made a pardner
on the farm and the daughter to feel
that she is a necessity on the farm and in
the home. Running water, bath room,
washing machine, screened porch, auto-
mobile, etc., are all helping to make the
farm home an ideal place in which to
live."

"I left my dad, his farm, his plow.
Because my calf became his cow;
I left my dad — 'twas wrong, of course — •
Because my colt became his horse;
I left my dad to sow and reap
Because my lamb became his sheep;
I dropped my hoe and stuck my fork
Because my pig became his pork;
The garden truck that I made grow
Was his to sell but mine to hoe;
It's not the smoke in the atmosphere
Nor the taste for life that brought me

here;
Please tell the platform, pulpit, press,
No fear of toil or love of dress
Is driving off the farmer lads,
But just the methods of their dads."

— Anonj/mous.

PRUNE YOUTaPPLE TREES

Thousands of bushels of poorly colored
apples are marketed in Massachusetts
every year. They form the strongest
argument for more general pruning that
can be advanced. The inferior prices
which they bring constitute a loss to
farmers in dollars and cents that would
probably pay for the pnining of every
apple tree in the state.

Pruning the trees is just as important
as picking the apples and will just as
surely add to the farm income. Few
farmers neglect their trees intentionally;
they know that they canot afford to
neglect them. But pruning is put off
until spring and in the rush of spiing
work it is often half done or put off en-
tirely for another year. The trees need
a light pruning each year to keep them
vigorous and productive, and the farmer
who has many trees to prune will find it
to his advantage to start the work right
away and utilize every mild day until
the job is complete.

Where only a few trees are involved it
may be more satisfactory to prune them
in spring, but it is of far more impor-
tance to get the trees pruned than to
prune them at any particular time.

UNION AGRICULTURAL MEETING

In Horticultural Hall, Boston, January
20, 21, 22, 23, will be held the Big Agii-
cultural meeting of all State agricultural
organizations. The Fruit Growers, Dai-
rymen, Poultrymen, Vegetable Growers,
Nurserymen, Beekeepers, etc. will all
meet. Speakers of national reputation
are scheduled on the program. Hamp-
shire County men and women can well
afford to take in at least a part of this
program and it is hoped a large number
will attend.

January 1, 1920, the yearly subscrip-
tion price of the Farm.- Bureau Monthly
will be 50 cents. It is hoped to inaugu-
rate new departments in the paper and
make it more valuable to our subscribers.

Do you want a hired man that never
complains of long hours or under pay?
Then ask Chas. E. Clark, Leeds about the
collie pups he has for sale. A good cow
dog is of the utmost value on any dairy
farm.

Wright A. Root of Easthampton is
winning national prominence with the
wonderful quality apples he is producing
and his attractive displays exhibited at
' different fruit shows. At the New Eng-
! land Show held in Providence, Mr. Root
was awarded first prize for the best col-
lection of apples arranged for decorative
effect. This exhibit created a great deal
of favorable comment.

An enthusiastic teacher in South
Amherst told the Home Demonstration
Agent recently that all children who
carry lunches to school bring either
cocoa or milk. No coffee or tea in that
school! How many other teachers can
say the same?

The School Lunch

The Home Demonstration Agent will
gladly help in organizing the work of
preparing school lunches. The women of
every community may well take up this
matter of serving a warm dish to the
school children carrying a cold lunch.

The Home Demonstration Agent has a
list of speakers available on Home-mak-
ing and other subjects. Those interested
in planning Grange or Club programs
may secure a copy of this list from the
Home Demonstration Agent.

Enfield, Williamsburg and Huntington
Clothing Efficiency groups have reported
excellent results in teaching new mem-
bers. One woman alone in Williams-
burg is teaching a class of seven.

Encourage your boy or girl to join a
State Club this year. No better way to
interest them in the fai m and home.

hampshire county farm bureau monthly
home: making

HANDLING AND CURING PORK

Timely Suggestions Taken from Essex
County Bulletin

If kept cold, the meat will keep fresh
for some time. Frozen, and kept fro-
zen, it will keep until thawed. All meat
that is not wanted for fresh pork should
be salted or cured. To salt, cut in strips
about four inches wide, pack carefully in
a clean barrel or crock, placing a layer of

1920 EXTENSION SCHOOLS

As was stated last month, several
towns have asked for two-day Extension
Schools this winter during January and
February. The Mass. Agricultural Col-
lege has secured the services of Miss
Mildred Annan to teach classes in Mil-
linery. It will be a fine opportunity to
learn fundamental points even though it
will be between seasofi time. Miss Annan

salt in the bottom and between each layer ] has done very successful Millinery class
of meat at the rate of about a half peck , work in Essex County. It is desirable to
of salt to each hundred pounds of pork, have 10 workers and any number of
When all the meat is in, pour in water observers. The workers should be se-
enough to cover it. Use a weight if lected from the standpoint of their qual-

necessary to keep the meat under the
brine.

The hams, shoulders, and some bacon,
may be cured as follows: for 100 pounds
of meat u.se 8 pounds of rock salt, .3
pounds of brown sugar, 2 ounces salt-
peter, 2 ounces soda, and 4 ounces of red
pepper. Rub on dry as much of this
mixture as will stick to the meat, pack
in a barrel and allow to stand one week.
Make a brine of the same mixture by
boiling in 4 gallons of water. Strain and
cool. Remove the meat from the bariel,
brush off any of the dry mixture remain-
ing, repack, and cover with the cooled
brine. Leave in the brine for a week, re-
move and smoke over a slow fire of hick-
ory wood or corncobs.

For sausage, take the meat in the pro-
portion of 1 pound of fat to 3 pounds of
lean, and run through the meat grinder.
Prepare a seasoning of 1 ounce of salt,
one-half ounce of black pepper, and one

ifications as "Home Demonstrators" in
Millinery and these "Home Demonstra-
tors" can organize classes for follow-up
work in the community. Both afternoons
of the two-day school will be given over
to millinery, leaving each morning free
for Clothing Efficiency, Household Con-
veniences, Meat Canning, Home Nursing,
Textiles, Foods for Children, Household
Accounts or any other subject desired.
Towns requesting two-day schools are
Middlefield, Worthington, Cummington,
Chesterfield, Goshen, Prescott and Plain-
field.

CHANCE TO GO TO SCHOOL

Ten Weeks' Course in Home Economics

From December 29, 1919 to March 5,
1920, a short course in Home Economics
is offered by the Mass. Agricultural Col-
lege to the farmer's wife or daughter
over 18 years of age. There is jio tui-

half ounce of sage, for each four pounds i tio" charge for residents of Massachu-

of meat; mix with the ground meat and I setts. For further information, address

run through the grinder again. This

sausage meat may be put in cloth bags

and paraffined, or put in a crock and

covered v^dth melted paraffin or lard.
Farmer's Bulletin 913 on "Killing

Hogs and Curing Pork" may be had by

writing the Farm Bureau.

The health charts which the
Demonstration Agent loans to the dis-
trict and school nurses and teachers in
the country are now in So. Hadly and
Belehertown. Those who have used the
charts have found them very helpful in
giving health talks to the school children.
We want to keep the charts in constant
circulation throught the county. When
W'ould you like them in your town?

Director of Short Courses
Mass. Agri. College,

Amherst, Mass.

The Home Demonstration Agent is
glad to receive recipes or suggestions
which will be of benefit to other women in
the county.

Everyone is interested in schemes which
will help in reducing the cost of living.
If you have made a discovery be sure
and pass it along for other people to
benefit by.

The Home Economics Club of Hunting-
ton has assisted Principal Poole and the
Home Demonstration Agent in establish-
ing a warm lunch. Every day cocoa or
Home j soup and sometimes sandwiches are pre-
pared by two of the girls and sold to over
thirty pupils and teachers who carry cold
lunches. So far the scheme has worked
most successfully and warrants imitation
where children are eating cold dinners
day after day.

In the Williamsburg school, a warm
dish has been recently undertaken by the
Wives Club.

The Worthington Grange has become
interested in the same problem in the
Worthington Center School.

In Cummington Center School, the
children have begun bringing three pen-
nies for their cup of cocoa or soup each
day.

Eventually perhaps all children in our

Some Results for 1919 in the
Homemaking Department

Organization meetings held in seven-
teen towns to plan program of work for
the year.

Twenty Clothing Efficiency groups
trained as leaders, (average 10 women
per group.)

Three hundred children furnished with
tooth brushes and taught to brush their
teeth properly.

Dental Clinic established in Cumming-
ton.

Assisted in holding four Community
meetings with the State Department of
Health.

Health charts loaned to teachers and
Public Health Nurses.

Milk Campaign in two towns.
Warm lunches established in five
towns.

Kitchens remodeled or rearranged in
five towns.

Thirty-eight fireless cookers made in
eleven towns.

Household account books distributed to
85 families.

Household Conveniences exhibited and
explained in sixteen towns.

Two or more meetings held with eleven
Junior Home Economics Clubs and six-
teen Junior Canning Clubs.

Hundreds of jars of meats canned as
result of demonstrations.

Extension schools in Homemaking held
in two towns.

Fairs visited, judging done, exhibits
set up in five towns.

Home visits 40

Office calls 315

Phone calls 510

Articles written for local press 56
Demonstrations 74

Letters written 1900

Bulletins distributed

U. S. D. A. 1700

M. A. C. 3172

Others 1773

County who carry cold lunches will be
able to have a warm drink.

Are You Getting Your Money's Worth?

There seems to be a constant, upward
trend in prices at the present time. Per-
haps we are becoming too accustomed to
them and have formed the habit of ac-
cepting prices wdthout a question. Let
us acquire an investigating disposition
and determine whether or not we are
pajang a legitimate price for the goods
purchased. The Commission appointed
to investigate the necessities of life,
having its headquarters at the State
House in Boston, will supply you with a
standard price list which you may com-
pare with the local prices. Send to the
above address for this price list and in-
form yourself of the prices that may be
legitimately charged.

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

Hampshire: county club work

ARE HAMPSHIRE COUNTY BOYS
AND GIRLS INTERESTED

IN CLUB WORK?

Here' is a letter which one of our club

members wrote, which will

speak for itself

Cummington, Mass.

Nov. 17, 1919.

Dear Members of the Boys and Girls
Clubs:

"I wanted to come to the Farm Bureau
Meeting, but I have to go to school. I
thought the next best thing I could do
virould be to write a short letter.

"I don't know how we ever got along
before we had the clubs, but we certainly
have nice times now.

"My sister and cousins were in the
canning club and had trips to Amherst
as prizes.

"I can't boast of such trips, but I took
fourth prize at the Eastern States Ex-
position for potatoes this year and got a
beautiful medal, also a second medal for
my Shorthorn calf that spent the week
there.

"I got a second prize of fourteen dol-
lars and a nice letter from. Mr. Harwood
of the State Department of Agriculture
which I think as much of as the prize, and
a lovely certificate signed by Wilfred
Wheeler, Commissioner.

"Every boy and girl ought to be in one
of these clubs. I like the live stock best,
but there is the Canning Club and the
Home Economics which I was in two
years. I learned to make bread and all
other kinds of cooking which I love to do.
Last year, mama went on a vacation and
I did the cooking. My sister did the
house work.

"Never mind it if you don't win a
prize — stick to it.

"Do the work yourself — don't have
your father, mother, or hired help do it,
because in doing the work yourself is
where you get more benefit than from
the prizes.

"There is always the visits from the
leaders, Mr. Howe, Mr. MacDougall, and
others which are to be looked forward to."
From a Club Member,

Fayolyn G. Streeter,

Age 13 years.

Silvermine

"I bought a pig, it was red and black,
A curly tail and a nice broad back.
Her legs were straight and strong
Her face was broad and her ears were

long
I named my piggy, 'Silvermine'
For my pocket she might line."
Nettie Thompson

South Hadley

Age 10 years

THE STORY OF "CURLY"

On the front page is the picture of
Alice Fairman of Cummington, who
told the story of her pig at the Annual
Meeting. Are you • interested in her
"^tory? Here it is, as she wrote it for
the club leader.

"I bought my pig with the money that
I got at the fair last year on canning,
cooking and sewing.

I One night when he was small, he bit
1 my puppy's tail while he was waiting for
his supper.

One Sunday morning just as we were
starting for Springfield he got out of his
pen and we had to leave him in the bai-n.

He can get out any time. All he has
to do is to put his nose under the end of
the pen and raise it up.

The fiist of June he weighed SO pounds
and was six weeks old.

The nineteenth of September he
weighed 155 pounds.

At first we weighed him in a hen crate
uath wire on it and one night just as we
put him on the scales he stuck his nose
through the wire and walked out, but he
stopped under the first apple tree and I
went I'ight up to him.

Curly has been in pasture most of the
time and has had rape since the fifteenth
of July. He has had sweet apples and
some sweet corn which I planted to save
buying grain for him. If I mi.x my grain
too dry it makes him mad, and he tips
it over and spills it all.

If you stick your foot through his pen
he will bite it, but I get right inside the
pen with him and give him a bath in
warm water and rinse him off with cold
water. I give him something to eat so
he will stand still.

The other day we had to put him in a
larger pen so he would get more exercise;
he was getting fat and lazy.

I entered him at Cummington Fair
where he won the first prize which was
$5.00. On account of my good looking
pig, Mr. MacDougall invited me to attend
the Annual Meeting of the Farm Bureau
and tell the farmers how I had raised my

pig.

The first day of December before we
killed him, mother took a picture of
Curly and I together. That morning he
weighed 280 pounds.

December 1, pork was $17.00 a hundred
so I cut my pig up and peddled him out,
so in that way he brought $25.00 a hun-
dred.

Alice Fairman

Cummington, Mass.

FOOD RULES FOR

SCHOOL CHILDREN

1. Begin the day by drinking a glass of
water and drink at least six glasses dur-
ing the day.

2. Do not go to school without break-
fast.

3. Eat regularly three times a day.

4. Eat slowly and chew all food well.

5. Drink milk every day — four glasses
are not too much.

6. Eat some breakfast cereal every day.

7. Eat some vegetables besides potato
every day.

8. Eat bread and butter every meal;
dark breads are best.

9. Eat some fruit every day. Spend
the pennies for apples instead of candy.

10. Do not eat candy between meals ;
eat candy and other sweets only at the
end of a regular meal.

11. Do not drink tea or coffee; it does
the body no good but does do it harm.

12. Do not eat or touch any food with-
out first washing the hands.

13. Do not eat fruit without first wash-
ing it.

14. Do not eat with a spoon or folk
which has been used by any other person
without first washing it.

15. Do not drink from a glass or cup
which has been used by another person
without washing it.

16. Do not eat from the same dish with
any other person.

A. W. SANDWALL

JUNIOR CLUBS

Canning club exhibits were judged in
Huntington, Westhampton, Williamsburg
and Enfield last month. This completed
the exhibits of the 16 clubs formed last
June.

ECHOES FROM THE CLUB

LEADERS' CONFERENCE

If there is enough interest shown, a
Sheep Club may be formed. A member
will start with three bred ewes.

We hope there will be some "Mother
and Daughter" clubs formed. In this, a
girl and her mother or some other person
work together as a unite in the club.
This makes it very interesting, because
each can help the other.

The Garden Club this year will be for
plots 500 square feet or over. This will
enable more work, on less ground, and
hence a better garden.

The Home Economics clubs are just
starting for 1920. Some new features
are planned, such as care of clothing,
laundrying, storage of clothing, and
pressing.

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

'MAMIKLL'

MANDELL^S

"Where the people who know"
buy their

SHOES TRUNKS

HOSIERY BAGS

UMBRELLAS SUIT CASES

The Draper Hotel Building
NORTHAMPTON

Northampton
^ National Bank ^

WARREN M. KING, President
C. H. PIERCE, Vice-President
EDWIN K. ABBOTT, Cashier

CAPITAL AND SUBPI,US, $680,000
DEPOSITS, S2,'M0,000

Interest Paid on Special Accounts and
Certificates of Deposit

We are qualified to act as Executor,
Administrator and Trustee

Why not make your will appointing
this Bank as Executor?

THE BANK FOR EVERYBODY

The Habit of Saving

Is at the bottom of most
big successes in the busi-
ness world. Begiu the
habit by opening a sav-
ings account with the
Haydenville Savings
Bank. One dollar is
enough to start with.

BANK BY MAIL

HAYDENVILLE SAVINGS BANK

HAYDENVILLE, IWASS.

Concluded from page 1
Not only is manure lacking in phosphoric
acjd, but it is rich in nitrogen which de-
lays maturity unless it is supplemented
with phosphoric acid.

Within the past few years many
farmers have grown satisfactory crops
of corn using nothing but acid phosphate
to supplement moderate or heavy appli-
cations of manure. From 300 to 500
pounds per acre was used in most cases.
Farmers from all parts of the state have
done this very satisfactorily. (There is
a question about doing this where the
seasons are short and the springs late.
Where it is questionable it would be bet-
ter to try it out before adopting it as a
practice.)

At the present time a ton of acid
phosphate costs from $28..50 to $30.00 per
ton, while brands of fertilizer containing
2 to 3% of ammonia and 8 to XO'A of
phosphoric acid cost from $45.00 to
$55,000. It seems then that there is a
possibility of economizing in the fertili-
zer bill by using acid phosphate alone for
corn, when the land has been well
manured.

We have been reading for yeais that
acid phosphate should be mixed with
manure either in the stable, the manure
shed or on the spreader before hauling
to the field. This is a satisfactory
■practice and an economical means of ap-
plying the acid phosphate to the field.
As far, however, as the acid phosphate is
concerned, it is effective when applied in
the spring directly to the land.

It is usually recommended that 40
pounds of acid phosphate be used for
each ton of manure or, in other words,
about one pound per day for each 1000
pounds animal in the stable] . Where 20
loads of manure are used per acre, as is
often done on some Massachusetts farms,
the amount of acid phosphate used per
load of manure can be reduced so that
from 400 to 500 pounds are used per
acre.

PASTURE DEMONSTRATIONS

Five pasture demonstrations were
started in Hampshire County last spring-
on the farms of Enoch Peterson, Pres-
cott; George Timmins, Ware; M. D. Grif-
fin, Ware; Sereno Clark, Williamsburg;
and C. M. Thayer, Cummington. Certain
areas were top-dressed at the rate of 1000
lbs. ground limestone and 400 lbs. acid
phosphate per acre. Check plots were
used where limestone and the acid phos-
phate were applied alone. Wood ashes
were also used in two instances. On one
pasture, manure was used and also part
of the pasture was harrowed and new
seed applied.

No results were expected the first year
as many of the applications were made
rathe)- late. In every case but one, how-
ever, the farmers reported better feed
Coucluded on page 6

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F. N. KNEELAND, Vice-President
OLIVER B. BRADLEY, Cashier

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

Wiswell the Druggist

■82 Main Street

THE KODAK STORE

V.ETERINARY REMEDIES
Daniels', Lesure's, Barber's

STABLE DISINFECTANTS

SAMUEL D. HOWARD \VI 1.1,1 AM N. HOWARD

D. F. Howard & Sons

Wholesale and Retail Dealers in

FLOUR, MEAL, GRAIN
FEED, PRESSED HAY
STRAW AND

POULTRY SUPPLIES

POTEast Street,

Ware, Mass.

Elevator on H. & A. R. K.
Lons: Distance Telephone

GAZETTE PRINTING CO.
MERCANTILE PRINTERS
NORTHAMPTON, MASS.

OVERCOATS!

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NORTHAMPTON, MASS.

Fords oiv

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FORDSON TRACTORS ARE REDUCED IN PRICE
New price, $750 F. O. B. Dearbon. Old price, $885.93 F. O. B. Detroit

Now is the time to do your Fall plowing and other farm work, and
we will be very pleased to show you how this tractor works on your
own land. Please let us know when we can give you a demonstration.

CHASE MOTOR SALES COMPANY

REAR a03 MAIN .STREET.

NORTHAMPTON, MASS.

Concluded from page 5
where the acid phosphate was applied. In
the one case mentioned, the application
was made rather late in the summer. The
farmers stated that practically any time
in the day, one could look out on the past-
ure and see the stock feeding on the
demonstration plots. The improvement
was also very noticeable to the eye on
most- of the demonstrations, clover and
grasses shooting up through the clumps
of moss, giving a green effect as com-
pared with the brown moss, when one
looked at the pasture from the distance.

Where manure was applied the pasture
appeared somewhat improved, but the
cattle did not like the feed. Harrowing
and applying seed gave no benefit this
year.

Sheep were pastured in Mr. Timmins'
farm in Ware, in addition to the cattle,
and the whole pasture was improved.
Mr. Timmins stated, however, that the
plot fertilized with acid phosphate was
the favorite spot and sheep could be seen
there about any time of the day.

The demonstrations at least warrant
the observation of the farmers of our
county and another year or two should
bring forth some interesting results.

Have you obtained your farm account
book for 1920? Don't fail to start one
the first of the year. The Farm Bureau
has a supply if you need one.

Continued from page 1

It is highly important that the ration
of the brood sow furnish ample protein
and mineral matter for the pi'oper
nourishment of her body and the develop-
ment of the unborn young. Feeding
trials by Evvard of Iowa Agricultural
Station, show the folly of feeding corn
alone. Brood sows so fed, farrowed pigs
lighter in weight and less vigoious than
when the ration was properly balanced.
For instance, when these sows were fed
ear corn and sufficient meat meal to bal-
ance their ration, the average weight of
the new born pigs was 2.23 lbs. as com-
pared with 1.74 lbs. when corn alone was
fed. Morever, the proportion of strong
pigs from sows receiving the balanced
ration was 939f while the proportion of
strong pigs from sow fed corn alone was
only 68%. These experiments, and other,
are to be neither overlooked nor under-
rated when it comes to preparing for
next spring's pig crop.

During the last two months of the
gestation period the sows ration should
not contain over thirty-three per cent
corn or corn products. At this partic-
ular time many of our most successful
feeders leave corn out of the ration en-
tirely. It is possible, however, to use a
fairly wide variety of feeds so long as
the feeder realizes the importance of fur-
nishing considerable bulk and of restrict-
Conciuded on page 7

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

FERTILIZERS

Nitrate of Soda

Nitrate of Potash

Acid Phosphate

Ammo=Phos

Sulfate of Potash

Several other materials

A, W. HIGGINS

SOUTH DEERFIELD, MASS.

lionsrer analyses at shorter prices "

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NORTHAMPTON, MASS.

Miller, Qoodyear, and U. S. Tires

Tires and Tubes

Vulcanized by Steam

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Tel. 1893-M

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COilMERCIAL

COLLEGE

"THE SCHOOL OF THOROUGHNESS"

In session twelve months in
the year. Students admitted
at any time and graduated
when competent.

Greater demand and better
salaries for business = trained
men and women than ever be=
fore. For catalogue and com=
plete information address

JOSEPH PICKETT, Principal
76 Pleasant St., Northampton, Mass.

Concluded from page C
ing the proportion of heating or highly
fattening feeds. A good winter ration
for pregnant brood sows is as follows:

200 lbs. wheat middlings,

100 lbs. ground oats,

100 lbs. corn (ground or whole.)
During the early part of gestation, if the
sow is thin from having fed a big litter
just previous to conception, the propor-
tion of corn may be doubled. The amount
to feed will depend entirely on the con-
dition of the sows. That is where a
feeder should exercise skill.

The feed may be fed dry or slightly
dampened. Clean water should be ac-
cessible to sows at all times but adding
too much to the feed during cold weather,
is a mistake.

SUPPLY MINERAL SLITTER

Losses frequently occur from sows eat-
ing their young. This is more likely to
happen in the spring than in the autumn
and is caused by a depraved appetite.
Such losses may be lessened by having in
a trough before the sows at all times, the
following: —

Charcoal, one bushel; hardwood ashes,
one bushel; salt, eight pounds; air-
slacked lime, four pounds; sulphur, four
pounds; pulverized copperas two pounds.
It is a good plan to mix the lime, sulphur
and salt together before adding them to
the charcoal and ashes. The copperas
dissolved in hot water should then be
stirred into the above mixture. Feeding
the tonic with the gi-ain forces some hogs
to eat what they really do not need.
Using a self-feeder having different
compartments for the various feeds is
found to be a great advantage. Hogs'
tastes differ, and they will do best when
they can obtain what suits them.
R. B. Cooleij

Mf/.'?.s. Afirii'idtural College

COBURN dc GRAVES

The REXALL Store

Tel. 200 . . Northampton, Mass.

PASTURE FERTILIZATION

IN ENGLAND

The following paragi'aph is taken from
an article in the News Bulletin of the
National Fertilizer Association and
shows clearly the dollars and cents re-
turns on fertilization of pastures. Why
are not similar results possible in Hamp-
shire County?

At the famous Eothamsted Station an
acre of fertilized pasture produced 950
pounds more milk than an acre of un-
fertilized pasture, given the same care.
This was an increase in milk production
of nearly 60 per cent in favor of the
fertilized acre. About two tons of lime
and 600 pounds of fertilizer were applied /
every four year.=. The return on th/
money invested in fertilizer, at presf^nt
day prices of fertilizer and milk, 'was
nearly 4.50 per cent. The average anni.jal
cost of the fertilizer would be about .$4 OO
and the increased milk return would ; be
worth $18. *i

The business of Homemaking requires
preparation.

Vocational schools prepare girls to be-
come skilful homemakers.

The Smith's Agricultural School is
a vocational school.

Smith School Girls Study

Sewing, Dressmaking, Design, Draw-
ing, Millinery, Textiles, Weaving,
Cooking, Food Values, Household
Chemistry, Household Physics, Housf
Furnishing, Laundering, Nursing, In-
valid Cookery, Household Accounts and
Management, Citizenship, English,
Current Literature, History, Calisthen-
ics, Games and Dancing.

A girl who takes three years' course at
Smith's School is propared to earn her way
in the world. Write to the

SMITH'S AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL

NORTHAMPTON, MASS.

H. D. SMITH

/■

Hatfield, Mass.

GRAIN, COAL, ICE

AND

FARM MACHINERY

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY

lOO-PlECE DINNER SET

BEAUTIFUL IN DESIGN

VERY REASONABLE IN PRICE

ALL OPEN PATTERNS

WHITE DISHES, ODD DISHES

GLASS WARE IN GREAT VARIETY

VISIT OUR HOUSEWARE DEPARTMENT

' YOU CAN QET IT AT- SVLLIVAN'S"

J. A. SULLIVAN 3C COMPANY I JI^Sg^^^E !

3 Main Street Telephone 6, Northampton, Mass.

JAMES A, STURGES

Flour, Feed, Grain and Hay

Poultry Supplies

Field Seeds in Season

f AST HAMPTON
Rear 35 Ma' \ Strer*. Next Town Hall

J. E. Mt..?RiCK & CO.,

Flour and Feeci. Crain, Hay, Straw

Baled Sha 'ingt,

AMHERST, . . . MASS.

CHILSON'S AUTO TOP -HOP

We make new tops and do all kin^^'s of Un
and cushion repairing. Celluloid winO-<.-*'» put in
while you are in town. Ask us about /<>"■ job.

THE LEATHER STOR t

NORTHAMPTON, MASS.

W. N. POTTER'S SONS & CO.

Flour, Hay

Grain, Salt

Lime and Cement

NORTHAMPTON

FLORENCE

HADLEY

m\\M'

Even if you are hard to suit, it will puzzle you
how to find fault, the assortment is so large and
the variety so pleasing;

PRICES

Suits,

$30.00 to $45.00

Overcoats,

$27.50 to $60.00

MERRITT CLARK 8C CO.

144 MAIN STREET, NORTHAMPTON, MASS.

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