HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARMERS' MONTHLY 



COUNH CHAMPIONS 



FOR 1924 



We have picked the following boys and 

 girls as county champions in the following 

 projects: 



Canning — Elizabeth Zumbruski of 

 Hadley. 



Field Crops — Robert Barr of Hunting- 

 ton. 



Garden — Paul Vachula of Hatfield. 



Dairying — J. Hilton Boynton of South 

 Hadley. 



We al.so will pick a clothing, handicraft 

 and Home Decoration champion out of 

 the groups doing that work this winter. 



Eloise Parsons of Enfield and Henry 

 Randall of Granbtj each win 50 lbs. of 

 grain as winners of the November con- 

 test. Herbert Smith of Hatfield and 

 Arthur Gould of Ware win 25 lbs. each as 

 2nd winners in the November contest. 



The Manhan Poultry Club of Eaxt- 

 nmpton has voted to hold a local poultry 

 show in the spring. The parents and 

 friends of the club will be invited. An 

 entertainment and judging contest will be 

 held. Prizes for the best birds will be 

 given from the Club Treasury. 



The Club Agent is trying to encourage 

 Grain Companies and Poultry Equipment 

 Companies to offer some products for 

 prizes at the Northampton Fair ne.xt fall. 

 We are getting the permium list ready. 

 You get your exhibits ready. 



The clothing club is attracting many 

 girls this year. 



At North Amherst a poultry club led 

 by Mr. Nodine is interesting the boys. 



The training of leaders to pass on to 

 the homemakers of their communities the j 

 information they have received is one of ' 

 the important phrases of the work for it 

 makes it possible for many more people 

 to have the benefit of the Extension teach- 

 ing then home demonstration agents or 

 specialists could meet directly. 



In 1922 there were 25,000 women in j 

 the United States who acted as leaders of 

 their communities and were trained in 

 better practices of home making. 



Every homemaker enrolled in our ex- 

 tension project is expected to demonstrate 

 in her own home the value of suggestions 

 given. The success of an extension pro- 

 ject is measured not by the number of 

 women attending meetings but by the 

 number who have adopted suggestions 

 made in these meetings. 



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Fifteen boys in Smith School and 

 Smith Academy are to keep Farm Rec- 

 ords. Mr. Mayo and Mr. Talmadge will 

 include this important part of Extension 

 Work in their Farm Management Course. 



Robert Barr of Huntington received 

 twenty-nine bushels of potatoes from his 

 plot where he planted one. He used cer- 

 tified seed. He sprayed four times. He 

 cultivated .sufficiently to control the 

 weeds. 



H. a SMITH 



Hatfield, Mass. 



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Standardine 5 tube 

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Before you make out your 



SEED ORDER for 1925 



we would greatly appreciate an opportunity to quote you prices 

 on QUALITY SEED. We have always aimed for the nearest 

 possible to perfection — germination, size, color, flavor and 

 adaptability to local conditions have been factors we have in- 

 sisted on. 



Our seed trade is increasing every year. If your neigh- 

 bor has good luck using our seed, you can do the same. 



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