HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARMERS' MONTHLY 



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of the oil and degree of confine- 

 ment 01' the amount of direct 

 sunshine received by the chicks. 

 Start feeding when chicks are 

 one week old. 



4. Mash Freditig That mash feeding 



should be deferred until the 

 chicks are one week of age after 

 which the mash should be kept 

 before them providing they do 

 not gorge. 



5. Scratch Feeduig The scratch or 



chick feed should be given the 

 chicks four or five times a day 

 until mash feeding is begun, 

 after which three times daily. 



6. Milk Feeding That some form of 



milk should be given the chicks 

 from the time they are placed in 

 the brooder until the close of the 

 brooding period and that it is 

 desirable to feed milk thruout 

 the entire growing season if 

 facilities and price permit. 



7. Shiftivfj from Chirk Feed to Coarse 

 Srratrh That at the age of five to 



six weeks whole wheat and 

 cracked corn should be mixed 

 with the chick feed and the 

 amount gradually increased, 

 eliminating the chick feed at 

 about the age of .seven weeks. 



8. Ratio of Scratch to Musli That the 



proportion of scratch and mash 

 thruout the entire growing sea- 

 son should be at the ratio of 

 three to two. 



9. Rinific That for best results chicks 



should be grown on free grass 

 range at the rate of not more 

 than about 500 per acre (500 

 baby chicks) ; The number should 

 be gradually decreased thruout 

 the brooding season. 

 10. Ef/o Feeding That in case eggs are 

 used as a source of vitamines A 

 and D, they should be fed at the 

 rate of 1 egg to each 30 chicks 

 daily or 4 eggs added to each 

 pound of dry mash. Start feed- 

 ing only when chicks are one 

 week old. 



FARMERS' EXCHANGE 



FOR SALE: Hatching eggs from 

 healthy, early maturing, heavy producing, 

 single comb Rhode Island Red stock. 

 Satisfactory fertility guaranteed. Book 

 orders in advance. Price ten dollars a 

 hundred or one dollar and a half a sett- 

 ing. Smiths Agricultural School, North- 

 ampton. 



FOR SALE:— Connecticut Valley 

 Dent corn for silage, Germination 95';, 

 Josiah Parsons, Northampton. 



FOR SALE:— Mass. Certified seed 

 potatoes, Homer Granger, South Worth- 

 ington; Arlin Cole, South Worthington ; 

 F. F. Fiske, Plainfleld ; A. H. Streeter, 

 Cummington. 



FOR SALE:— Rhode Island Red 

 Chicks from large heavy producing stock. 

 C. P. Otis, Williamsburg. 



FOR SALE:— 3,000 R. I. Red pullets 

 from accredited stock. Eight weeks old 

 March 8. None sold after March 25. 

 Write for price. Nonotuck Poultry 

 Farm, Kingsley and Perkins, Props., 

 Northampton, R. F. D. No. 1, Mass. 



FOR SALE:— Certified White Leghorn 

 Chicks. Combine freedom from White 

 Diarrhea and . high egg laying ability. 

 Our pen took 7th at Storrs in 1924. Mem- 

 ber Mass. Certified Poultry Breeders 

 Ass'n. Emory Bartlett, Enfield, Mass. 



FOR SALE:— Eight weeks old R. I. j 

 Red pullets from certified stock. Buy ' ' 

 and .save loss from brooding, Leland 

 Wight, Leeds, Mass. 



FOR SALE:— Certified Day Old Chicks 

 and Hatching eggs fiom R. I. Reds and 

 White Plymouth Rock, Member Mass. 

 Certified Poultry Breeders' Ass'n., S. 

 Ellis Clark, Williamsburg. 



BISSELL'S TIRE SHOP 



NOIITHAMI'TOIV, MASS. 



Miller, Goodyear and U. S. Tires 



Tires and Tubes 



Vulcanized by Steam 



Goodyear Ser\ice Station 



FKRE AIR 



GO KIXG STREET 



Tel. ll'n:{-M 



RAISE HEALTHY CHIChS ! 



CORROSIVE SUBLIMATE • 

 is valuable for 

 Disinfecting Brooder Houses and Yards 



We carry it in powdered form 



Put up in the size package you need 



It is cheaper by the pound 



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WISWELL THE DRUGGIST 



52 Main Sfreef 



Northampton, - - - Nass. 



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Will Ijinic 



' 'out itiu''<-i from pa 



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Fred Strong, South Hadley. 



R. C. Turner, Enfield. 



William Howard, Ware. 



William Quirk, Ware. 



Henry Pease, Middlefield. 



Sam Willard, Middlefield. 



■Jesse Vaughn, Greenwich Village. 

 Soil samples may be sent to Prof. J. B. 

 Abbott, M. A. C, Amherst or to the Coun- 

 ty Agent, 59 Main Street, Northampton, 

 to be tested. It is hoped that we can find 

 one live farmer, fertilizer or grain deal- 

 er in each town who will make this test- 

 ing service available to the farmers of 

 his community. If interested or if you 

 can qualify as above, write to the County 

 Agent at once. 



QUALITY CROPS PAY 



Whether you specialize in Tobacco, Onions or Fruit, or whether you 

 grow general farm and garden crops, you do not need to fear over- 

 production and low prices if your product is of high tjuality. The analy- 

 sis of a Fertilizer alone is not a true indication of its ability to grow a 

 quality crop. The sc4ection of materials and the proportions in which 

 they are combined are tjuite as important. The high quality of all our 

 Fertilizer Mixtures will be reflected in the quality of your crop. 



"IT IS THE QUALITY BEHIND THE ANALYSIS THAT COUNTS" 



The Rogers & Hubbard Co. 



Portland, Conn. 

 Write for Booklet and prices. ^^^_ 



