HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARMERS' MONTHLY 



CLUB WORK 



SPECIALS FOR 1925 



Young folks, you aren't working alone. 

 Many other people know what you are do- 

 ing, especially if you succeed. We've 

 found out that you have admirers lately. 

 The replies we have received from 

 the Grain Companies, Poultry Sup- 

 ply Companies, Publishing Companies, 

 etc., have stated they will give some of 

 their merchandise as special prizes at the 

 Northampton Fair. This will give you 

 more to work for. We are telling you the 

 list of Companies so far co-operating and 

 what they give. 



W. A. Minison, Huntington — 1 setting 

 of White Rock Eggs. 



K. ElUx Clark, Williamsburg — 1 setting 

 of Rhode Island Red Eggs. 



Eniorii H. Bartlett, Enfield— 1 setting 

 of Single Comb White Leghorn Eggs. 



Luther Banta, Amherst — 1 setting of 

 Rhode Island Red Eggs. 



H. A. Parmalee, Williamsburg — 2 sett- 

 ings of Barred Plymouth Rock Eggs. 



Crosby Milling Company, Brattleboro, 

 Vt.-400 lbs. Wirthmore Feed. 



Singer Sewing Machine Company, 

 Northampton, Mass. — No. 20 Hand Sing- 

 er Sewing Machine. 



Holstein Friexian World, Lacona, N. 

 Y. — 1 subscription to magazine. 



Phelps Publishing Co., Springfield, 

 Mass. — 3 subscriptions to New England 

 Homestead. 



Russell Miller Milting Co., Minneapolis, 

 Wis. — 4 sacks Occident. 



Newtown Giant Incubator Corp.. Har- 

 risonburg, Va. — No. 11 brooder for 500 

 chicks. 



Franklin County Jersey Cattle Club — 

 $10.00 in prizes. 



Mass. Guernsey Breeders' Association — 

 $15.00 in prizes. 



Hampshire, Franklin-Holstein Club — 

 $15.00 in prizes. 



American Guernsey Cattle Club — 5 rib- 

 bons, "The Guernsey Breed" — book. 



Holstein Friesian Association of Amer- 

 ica — 5 ribbons. 



Collis Products Co., Clinton Iowa — 1 

 sack of Collis Process Pure Dried But- 

 termilk. 



Webb Publishing Co., St. Paul, Minn.— 

 2 yearly subscriptions of "Farmers 

 Wife." 



The Poultry Item, Sellersville, Pa. — 

 Two 1-year subscriptions. 

 Two 2-year subscriptions. 

 One 3-year subscription. 

 One copy of Dr. Wood's "Modern Fresh 

 Air Poultry Houses." 



American Poultry Jouryial, Chicago, 

 111. — 3 aluminum chick feeding pans. 



J. A. Sullivan, Northampton — 1 Little 

 Putnam Stove. 



Purina Mills, St. Louis, Mo. — 1 Large 

 Purina Chicken Chowder Hopper. 



J. A. Siurges & Co., Easthampton — 

 200 lbs. of grain. 



Wiswell, the Druggist, Northampton — 

 gallon cans of poultry house disinfectant. 



Union Grange, Belchertown — 1 pair of 

 shears, 1 work basket. 



Tri-County Fair Association — 4 gold 

 medals for poultry. 



These prizes are in addition to the 

 $471.00 in cash premiums offered by the 

 Fair Association. There are other com- 

 panies whom we haven't heard from yet 

 but whom we feel sure will co-operate. 



POULTRY BOYS TO 



USE EGG SEAL 



Poultry club members who find difficul- 

 ty in getting top prices for their eggs 

 can benefit by the use of the Massachu- 

 setts boys' and girls' poultry club egg 

 seals which are made up as follows: The 

 seal is a piece of paper four inches by 

 five inches blue on one side and glued on 

 the other so it can be stuck on the egg 

 carton. On the blue side in white letters 

 is the following: 



THE HOME GARDEN 



Qet Your Seed 



Plan to have a home garden. Every- 

 one admires a good looking, healthy, pro- 

 ductive garden and I think it is safe to 

 say everyone admires the one who takes 

 care of such a garden. Having a good 

 garden is more than sowing seed or weed- 

 and thinning. It does take planning. 

 One of the important things to do now is 

 to get your seed ready. What will you 

 plant? You want a variety in a garden. 

 How much will you plant? Why not 

 have a good sized one this year — 40' x60' 

 or twice that. You must have at least 

 500 sq. ft. to be a 4-H club member. But 

 have a bigger one than that. What 

 varieties of vegetables will you plant? 

 Here's a list that may help you. 



MASSACHUSETTS 



BOYS' AND GIRLS' 



POULTRY CLUBS 



Name of Club 



Guaranteed 



QUALITY EGGS 



These eggs are guaranteed to be 

 fresh and of the highest quality if 

 .seal is unbroken. 



Producer's name 



Date shipped from farm 



Size oz. per doz. 



Color 



Dennett Howe and Osborne West are 

 using this seal with good results. They 

 pay fifty cents a hundred for the seals 

 and agree to properly grade and candle 

 their eggs and have them strictly fresh. 

 Mr. Nodine states the boy members should 

 get from five to ten cents more per dozen 

 for eggs sold under the club seal. 



Miss Harriet Woodward, Assistant 

 State Club Leader, talked with the two 

 Haydenville Clothing Clubs recently, ex- 

 plaining the textile booklet and many 

 other club jobs. 



At D wight the handicraft boys have 

 made .some good nail trays. 



The Huntington poultry club met on 

 February 17th and elected Robert Barr, 

 president, and Hobart Childs, secretary 

 of the club. The "Selection of Hatching 

 Eggs" was then taken up and the method 

 of testing eggs was shown. 



