HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARMERS' MONTHLY 



A Business Bank for 



Business Farmers 



This is a message for business 

 farmers — for those progressive 

 crop and cattle raisers who know 

 that to get profits from farming 

 there must be knowledge not only 

 of crops, but of markets, of prices, 

 of soil treatment, of other factors. 



This bank's primary object is to 

 help farmers of this section to pros- 

 per. Our complete banking facili- 

 ties and our dependable sources of 

 information valuable to farmers are 

 at your disposal. 



We'll be glad to serve you. 



NORTHAMPTON 

 NATIONAL BANK 



THE BANK FOR EVERYBODY 



OLD DEERFIELD 



FERTILIZERS 



Both our standard grades of 

 goods and our Concentrated 10-16- 

 14 Potato and Market Garden Fer- 

 tilizer are especially compounded 

 (out of the more expensive mate- 

 rials) to produce not only a quick 

 start but a steady growth over the 

 whole season. 



We handle a full line of fertilizer 

 materials. 



A. W. HIGGINS, Inc. 



SOUTH DEERFIELD, MASS. 



The habit of Saving 



Is at the bottom of most 

 big successes in the busi- 

 ness world. Begin the 

 habit by opening a savings 

 account with the Hayden- 

 ville Savings Bank. One 

 dollar is enough to start 

 with. 



BANK BY MAIL 



HAYDENVILLE SAVINGS BANK 



HAVDENVILLE, MASS. 



HOME HAPPENINGS 



The Episcopal Church Mothers' Club 

 which consists of a group of twenty-two 

 women representing the communities 

 Leeds, Bay State, Florence, and North- 

 ampton have started with the children's 

 ' clothes project. These women are to at- 

 tend a series of four meetings supervised 

 by the Home Demonstration Agent and 

 are to make at least two garments for 

 their children using some of the improved 

 methods taught them. 



The aim of this project is to teach 

 mothers the use of the sewing machine 

 attachments, use and alteration of com- 

 mercial patterns, hygiene of clothing and 

 numerous short cuts; in fact, eveiything 

 that will help them to clothe their child- 

 ren better and more easily. 



The South Hadley Group of seventeen 

 women has made a fine record with its 

 first work in clothing construction. Dur- 

 ing a series of four meetings they have 

 learned to use and alter a commercial 

 pattern, to make a guide pattern and to 

 use this guide pattern to make various 

 types of house dresses. 



There has been so much interest in the 

 meetings that the women are reluctant to 

 have the work end. They are now plan- 

 ning to continue with the second year of 

 the clothing construction project where 

 they will learn to use their guide patterns 

 to make different kinds of undergarments 

 and the correct finishes to apply to these 

 garments as well as numerous short cuts. 

 Then they will make a more elaborate 

 dress which will be the test of their effi- 

 ciency. 



NortlTamptnn 3natitution 

 for i'auiugs 



Incorporated 1842 



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A MUTUAL SAVINGS BANK 



Deposits begin to draw interest 

 on the first business day of each 

 month. ?1 will open an account. 



Your income from your deposits 

 in Massachusetts Mutual Savings 

 Banks is not taxable under the 

 State Income Tax. 



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Open 9 A. M. to 3 P. M. 



Saturdays, 9 A. M. to noon 



Monday evenings, 6.30 to 8 



The pupils in two schools, one in Plain- 

 field and one in Pelham, are working to 

 improve their noon lunches which they 

 must bring to school each day. The 

 boys and girls have scored themselves 

 with the food habit score card and found 

 what foods they should eat and carry in 

 their lunch boxes every day. The Home 

 Demonstration Agent and Club Agent 

 visited each group a month later and 

 .scored the lunch boxes. A demonstration 

 was given on packing a lunch box and a 

 good and poor lunch was shown. In as 

 short a time as a month several improve- 

 ments have been made. Some of the boys 

 who were drinking coffee are now carry- 

 ing milk, more fruit is being used and we 

 hope less pie and cake. 



W. H. RILEY & CO. 



rl.UMBIlVG and HEATING 



KITCHEN FURNISHINGS 



AGENTS FOR 

 Glenwooil l{nnge.s 



and Lowe llroN. Paints 



Opp. Po.st Office Northampton, Mass. 



Onion Cups 



Boil Bermuda onions till nearly done. 

 Take out the inside of the onions leaving 

 a cup shaped shell. Chop the part that 

 you took out, mix it with boiled rice. 

 Sea.son and add a white sauce. Put this 

 mi.xture inside the onion "cup" and bake 

 in a moderate oven. Left over meat or 

 grated cheese may be added to the rice 

 and onion. 



PypCT NRTIONRL BRNK 

 1 irXOl NORTHAMPTON 



^■^— The BanU on the Corner" — i^ 



Assets over 

 Three and a half million 



Savings Department 

 Interest payable quarterly 



EDWARD L. SH.WV, President 

 F. N. KNEELAND, Vice-President 

 ELHERT I. ARNOLD. Cashier 



