HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARMERS' MONTHLY 



CLUB WORK 



HOPKINS WINS JUDGING 



Pres. Clark of Trustees Join Bojs 



Hopkins Academy of Hadley with 1,110 

 points won the second annual inter- 

 scholastic dairy cattle Judging contest of 

 the county held at Ellis Harlow's Jersey 

 farm in Amherst, March 24. Erick Mo- 

 berg, a contestant from Smith Agricul- 

 tural School of Northampton, was indi- 

 vidual high scorer with 390 out of 500 

 points while Walter Sullivan of Smith 

 Academy of Hatfield and George White 

 of Hopkins Academy, Hadley, were tied 

 for second place with 380 points each. 



The Harlow place is two miles of mud 

 out of Amherst and the seven cars with | 

 their 2.5 judges and Prof. C. J. Fawcett, 

 the dairy field specialist from the Agri- 

 cultural College plowed their way out 

 just after dinner. Mr. Charles E. Clark 

 of Leeds, President of the Board of Trus- 

 tees of the Extension Service, was ov 

 hand to see the boys at work, in accor 

 with a recent decision of the board, i, 

 see how fast the boys of the county weie 

 becoming good farmers. i'- 



Mr. Harlow had arranged five classal 

 of 4 ani-mals each, — two of mature cow 

 one of 3 year olds, one heifer. Twenid 

 five animals were compared, examin a 

 and placed by each of the 25 boys a 

 well as by Prof. Fawcett who explainir. 

 and demonstrated his decision to all aftiy 

 their scoring papers had been returniss 

 Mr. Harlow's reference to milk recore. 

 showed that superior type, conformatidJl, 

 and quality run in most cases along with 

 high milk production. The high produc- 

 ing individuals came close to the top in 

 this showing contest. These results set 

 out Mr. Harlow's belief that production 

 plus conformation plus quality equals a 

 truly desirable dairy cow. I 



When the placing became known B JJ- 

 kins Academy had 1,110 points, Smith 

 Agricultural School 1,090 and Smith Aca- 

 demy 975. These boys, Lewis West and 

 Joe Fialposke of Hadley, and Stanley 

 Farmer of Hatfield were tied with 265 

 points for third individual scoring. 



Sewing Machine Earned 



Club Girls of North Hadley earned 

 their own .sewing machine. They have 

 sold $60.00 worth of Larkin Products re- 

 cently to the people of North Hadley who 

 were eager to help the girls of the two 

 sewing clubs — the "Wide-A-Wakes" and 

 the "Seven Sisters." Mrs. Caroline Scott, 

 the club leader, states that 13 girls took 

 part in this effort to secure a sewing 

 machine to work with at their club meet- 

 ings which are held at the school. 



OUR GREAT ASSET 



Money, ca.sh, bonds are our first 

 thoughts. Land, yes that's another. 

 Pleasure? — possibly. We have become 

 accustomed to measure our county and 

 national wealth in terms of farms, homes, 

 livestock and equipment. At the end of 

 the year we figure our wealth in terms 

 of increases in stock, equipment, homes, 

 farm improvements and sales of produce. 

 We must grow in material goods to justi- 

 fy our place among people and to ad- 

 vance society. 



All that we have comes from the earth. 



Materials, now functioning for man, were 



here millions of years ago, perhaps in a 



different state. The great natural re- ^ 



sources, the soil, the timber, the streams, 



the age old possessions of the earth are 



the original stores of our wealth. Men 



capable of interpreting the meaning of 



the atmosphere, of the rocks with their 

 uiiea HOOTS Are Labor Savers 



Oil offers a most satisfactory treat-; 

 ment for the kitchen floor, because a floor' 

 that has been thoroughly filled with oil 

 does not spot grease and is more easily 

 cared for than an untreated one. 



After the floor has been thoroughly 

 cleaned and allowed to dry it may be 

 oiled. If a darker floor is desired, a 

 stain may be applied at this time before 

 the oil treatment is applied. An acid or 

 alcohol floor stain of the desired color 

 may be had from local dealers, but a less 

 expensive stain and one that has proven 



EARLY HATCHED CHICKS WIN 



Feb. Production 1,011 doz. Eggs 



The February reports of the egg lay- 

 ing Contest that show 53 club members 

 keeping 1,254 hens produced 1,011 dozen 

 eggs. The production figures 9.66 eggs 

 per bird. The birds were laying at the 

 rate of 34.5'/r. Did you realize that the 

 Boys and Girls raised that many eggs? 

 Only one half of the members reported. 



But young Folks, lets draw some con- 

 clusions from the above figures. Did the 

 hens lay enough eggs in February? What 

 should they lay? A flock should lay 160 

 eggs a year per hen. In Febiuary, birds 

 should lay 12 eggs each in order to reach 

 the 160 eggs a year mark. In other 

 words your flock should be laying at the 

 rate of 40'7f in February. If it didn't lay 

 that per cent your birds were not up to 

 standard. You want to know why they 

 didn't do better? There are 5 poultry 

 principles to follow which are listed be- 

 low. 



1. Hatch early — (Rocks, Wyandottes 

 and Reds — before Apr. 20. Leghorns — 

 before May 7.) 2. Healthy stock. 3. 

 Comfortably housed. 4. Well fed and 

 cared for. 5. Stock Bred to lay. 



We feel that late hatched chicks among 

 many of the members is the cause of 

 our low average at the present time. A 

 late hatched chick won't lay as soon in 

 the fall, and therefore fewer eggs than 

 a chick hatched on Apr. 1, or earlier. 

 Some of the members did hatch early in 

 spring of 1924. Below are the highest 

 records in the Feb. egg laying contest: 



The Bay Path Handicraft Club of 

 South Amherst is learning the caning of 

 chairs. 



FEB. EGG LAYING CONTEST 



Alice Randall and Norman Howland 

 Take First Places 



Records sent in on the February egg 

 production show that 32 out of the 53 

 members reporting had a production of 

 over 10 eggs per bird. The average pro- 

 duction for the 32 flock was 11.4 eggs per 

 bird. The winners were as follows: 



.2 MS 



CO HP. 



Small flock 



1. Alice Randall, Bel'town 25 20.04 



2. Joe Donis, Hatfield 7 20.00 

 Flocks over 40 birds 



1. Norman Howland, Hun'ton 45 13.2 



2. Joe Sena, Easthampton 50 12.6 

 The above 4 winners will be given 



prize grain of 50 or 25 pounds depending 

 on their place in the contest. 



Three high winners are also given rib- 

 bons. These are awarded to: — 



1. Alice Randall Belchertown — blue 



ribbon. 



2. Joe Donis, Hatfield — red ribbon. 



3. Charles Damon, Williamsburg — 



white ribbon. 



ma. 





Alice Randall, Bel'town 20.00 71.5 



Joe Donis, Hatfield 20.00 71.5 



Charles Damon, Williamsburg 19.3 68.9 

 Paul Vachula, Hatfield 19.1 68.2 



Howard Neidel, Easthampton 18.0 64.3 

 Dennet Howe, Amherst 16.8 60.0 



John Bak, Hadley 16.5 58.9 



Leslie Howland, Huntington 15.6 55.7 

 Helen Wells, Williamsburg 14.8 52.9 

 Robert Lowe, Amherst 14.6 52.1 



These fine production records, with one 

 exception, were made with flocks hatched 

 in April or before. Success with poultry 

 depends upon getting eggs when prices 

 are high. High prices come in October, 

 November, and December. A pullet will 

 not lay until she is mature. Hatch your 

 chicks early this year and give them a 

 chance to make you a better profit next 

 fall. 



At PeJham Center, Mrs. Cook has 20 

 members in a lunch box club. Miss Wood- 

 ward and Miss Boice have each been up 

 j there to meet with the group and have 

 scored the members health habits once 

 and their lunch boxes once. 



