HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARMERS' MONTHLY 



AROUND THE COUNTY 



Herman Andrews and George Moberg, 

 both of Southampton, have lecently 

 bought Guernsey calves from the Mixter 

 Farms. 



Seven Gr<ni(>ii boys attended the Bel- 

 chertoioi Poultry Meeting on February 

 2«;th. 



The Gniiiliii poultry club entertained 

 the Manhan Poultry Club oi En^thampfon 

 on Saturday, February 21st. The Ea.st- 

 hampton Club carried on the meeting. A 

 discussion of "Hatching Eggs" was taken 

 up. 



"You can't starve a chicken." Remem- 

 ber that when you start your baby chicks 

 off. Don't feed too much. A chick is 

 pretty small. 



William French of Gruiibi/, who is at- 

 tending the Belchertown High School, is 

 leading a gioup of ten boys in handicraft 

 work at Belchertown Center'. 



The Granbii Handicraft club has re- 

 cently added some fine tools of the Ditt- 

 son and Stanley make to their collection. 

 A square, plane, set of auger bits, files, 

 cross cut saw, rip saw and key hole saw 

 are in the set. 



The money spent, amounting to over 

 twenty-two dollars ($22.00), was earned 

 by the club members by giving a play last 

 spring. 



The Cushmati clubs, under the leader- 

 ship of Mrs. L. E. Walsh, gave a food sale 

 at which they cleared over $10.00 with 

 which to buy paint and materials to con- 

 tinue their club woik. 



We want every club member to get his 

 or her chicks this spring before April 20th 

 if they are Reds, Rocks, or Wyandottes 

 and before May 5th if they are Leghorns. 



Dairy members are being urged to 

 grow good legume hay for their coming 

 fresh heifers. Clover, alfalfa, soy beans 

 or alsike are the kinds of hays they need 

 for best results. One-half acre per cow 

 is recommended. 



Mr. O. A. Morton, Sup't. of the Had- 

 ley and Hatfield schools told the grangers 

 at the Pomona Meeting in So. Amherst, 

 April 2, about the values of Club Work. 



Miss Lillian Shaben of Boston, repre- 

 senting the Russell Miller Milling Co. of 

 Minneapolis, Minn., was in the County 

 on April 7. She showed the club how to 

 make sandwiches. At Griinbii a health 

 talk was given, taking up the importance 

 of plain, proper foods. At Amherst be- 

 fore a group of 30 girls Miss Shaben 

 made ham rolls and sauce which the girls 

 tested afterwards and voted it a great 

 success. 



The Boys at Cummington are setting 

 out some apple trees. 



Ten settings of local farm eggs were 

 distributed to the boys on April 13th. 



The Huntington Poultry Club met on 

 Tuesday, April 14th. The meeting was 

 in charge of Pres. Robert Barr. Natural 

 and artificial brooding was discussed. 



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Hatfield, Mass. 



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BRUSHES 



have many and varied uses around the Farm. House, Garage 

 and Shop. 



Some nice appearing agent, ma}' have persuaded you to 

 buy brushes. Have you ever tried buying the same style 

 brushes at your hardware store? We havc/^a big stock of all 

 sorts of brushes and we are selling them at reasonable Prices. 



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