HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARMERS' MONTHLY 



H. A. Dwjght Uses a Pencil, 

 Milk Scales and Eastern 

 States Feeds 



Franklin County Farmer In- 

 sists That His Cows Pay 

 Him a Profit 



i fiH'd LOustrrn Stiites Fulpail 

 Oaiiy Ration to my herd, I have fed 

 about one pou!id of ration to three 

 and one-half povinds of milk. The 

 rou^ha^e consists of ten pounds of 

 hay and about thirty pounds of 

 silage. The hay is not clover or al- 

 falfa, but just common mixed hay. I 

 have been asked many times what T 

 fed with the ration, and always say, 

 ■nothing.' What is the use of un- 

 balancing- a balanced ration? I jiiii 

 not M fanner of extended mean.s .so I 

 lia^e to fiRiire to have the oo\v.s feed 

 iiie in.stead of iiiy feeding theiii. 



"M.\' cows are glade Holsteins. 1 

 have" one cow that gave 10,117 lbs. 

 of milk in 12 months. The average 

 test w.as 4. 26 per cent, which made 

 555.3 lbs. of butterfat. Her feed was 

 worth $150.52. so she made her but- 

 terfat at a feed cost of 27.2 rents per 

 lb., and her milk at a cost of $1.14 a 

 hundred. 



■■In the month of November. 1<124. 

 1 had one cow that I milked three 

 times .-i day that gave 1881 lbs. of 

 milk which tested 4 per cent, making 

 75.24 lbs. of butterfat, with a feed 

 cost of $12,50. Also, I h,-ive three other 

 cows Ih.'it were milked three times 

 daily in November. One gave 156" 

 lbs. .if milk that tested 3.5 per cent, 

 making 54.7 lbs. of butterfat, with 

 a feed cost of $12.50. Still another 

 cow gave 1530 lbs. of milk testing 

 4 per i-ent, making 61.5 lbs. of but- 

 terfat, with the cost of feed $0,72. 

 This p.irtieular cow had just fresh- 

 ened and was not to her full capaci- 

 ty. The third cow gave 1473 lbs. of 

 milk testing 3.6 per cent, making 53 

 lbs. of butterfat. with a feed cost of 

 $12.50. This cow fieshened Septem- 

 ber 10. 1024. and had been milked 

 twice daily until November. These 

 cows had Fulpail Dairy Ration 1 lb. 

 to about 3 'A lbs. milk produced, and 

 hay and .silage, with just ordinary 

 care." — H. A. Dwight. Griswoldville, 

 Mass. The figures are from records 

 of the Franklin Co., Mass., Cow Test- 

 ing Aas'n.) 



H. A. Dwig-ht figures that because 

 his means are limited, he must stay 

 in the Cow Testing Association. He 

 needs his profits from profitable 

 cows and cash crops, and refuses to 

 feed them to boarder cows. 



Thousands of farmers are using 

 Eastern States Open Formula Feeds 

 regularly. The most satisfied users 

 are the men like H. A. Dwight who 

 keep tabs on their milk factories as 

 Henry Ford keeps tabs on his auto- 

 mobile factories. 



Where records are kept, Ka.stern 

 ^itates Open Formula Feeds prove 

 their worth. For information on 

 Eastern States Open Formula dairy 

 .and poultry feeds, and on the ferti- 

 lizers and seeds offered through the 

 Exchange this season, write the 

 oiUce. 



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 j Farmers' Exchange 



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 tion owned and controlled by the 



farmerH it serve.s 

 SPRINGPIELD, MASSACHUSETTS 



NITROGEN FOR THE 



APPLE ORCHARD 



Why? When? and How Much? 



Recent experiments in Massachusetts 

 apple orchards, as -well as in other or- 

 chards of the country, furnish conclusive 

 evidence that nitrogen is most often the 

 limiting element in growing- profitable 

 crops. There seems to be an urgent need 

 for an abundant supply early in the 

 season. Orchardists are therefore being- 

 advised to consider the demands of the 

 tree, and apply a readily available nitro- 

 genous fertilizer t-wo or three weeks be- 

 fore blossoming time. Nitrate of soda is 

 apparently one of the best forms of nitro- 

 gen for this purpose, and in most cases, 

 its use has proven a very profitable in- 

 vestment. 



Soil conditions may exist in -which 

 there is no response to the application of 

 nitrate of .soda, but its use is likely to ef- 

 fect the yield in three -ways, — (1) by 

 promoting growth, thus increasing the 

 bearing area, (2) by insuring a "set" of 

 fruit, and (3) by increasing the size of 

 individual fruits. If the orchard is in 

 cultivation, the need for nitrate of soda 

 is not as great, since cultivation tends to 

 encourage the liberation of available 

 nitrogen. But under a sod system, the 

 tree is competing -with the grass for its 

 share of food, and the supply will prove 

 insufficient for best results, unless the soil 

 is naturally fertile. For bearing trees, 

 the amount of nitrate of soda to be recom- 

 mended will vary from 3 to 12 pounds per 

 tree depending on the size of the tree and 

 the system of management. 



W. H. ThU'.-i, M. A. C. 



Why a Practical Fruit Cirower Uses 

 Nitrate of Soda 



"The beneficial results from the use of 

 nitrates on gro-wing plants is so apparent 

 to the eye that there need be no extended 

 argument to convince one of the value 

 derived from its use. 



The use of this plant food upon a grow- 

 ing orchard or a non-bearing orchard is 

 equally apparent. 



This year we had come under our care 

 an orchard about equally divided between 

 old trees that had been dehorned and trees 

 of 15 years of age more or less stunted 

 growing in sod land. 



We gave it a dressing of 2,000 lbs. 

 nitrate of soda. The whole orchard 

 showed a good dark green foliage all 

 summer, notwithstanding its standing in 

 sod ground yielding less than 1,000 lbs. 

 hay to the acre. We picked 200 barrels 

 of apples. 



We have an orchard of 25 acres that is 

 sustained on fertilizers, principally ni- 

 trate of soda. Another orchard of 15 

 acres that has nothing but stable dress- 

 ing. Both do equally well." 

 I W. H. Atkins, South Amiierst. 



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