HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARMERS' MONTHLY 



CLUB WORK 



DAIRY CLUB BOYS TOUR 



Hampshire County Wins Judging 



The Mixter Farms at Hardvvick on 

 Saturday, May 9th, was livened up by 

 the presence of one hundred dairy club 

 members and thirty adults from the state 

 of Massachusetts. It was the annual 

 dairy club members' field day arranged 

 by Mr. William Howe of the State Club 

 Office in Amherst. Nineteen dairy boys 

 and thirteen others went from Hampshire 

 County in six cars. Mr. .John M. Clark, 

 superintendent of the Farms with his 

 force of men made the day very valuable 

 for all. A judging contest was an in- 

 teresting feature of the day. Four 

 classes were judged by the young folks. 

 Mr. James Harper, Secretary of the 

 Massachusetts Guernesey Breeders' As- 

 sociation gave his support to the dairy 

 work in a short talk to the youngsters 

 who were comfortably seated in clean 

 straw on the barn floor. Professor C. J. 

 Fawcett, dairy field specialist, explained 

 some necessities in getting animals ready 

 for show. Mr. Howe presented to Mr. 

 Clark for the dairy members a fountain 

 pen in honor of the encouragement and 

 support he has given the dairy club work 

 of the state. 



Most everyone brought their lunch and 

 those who forgot received plenty of sand- 

 wiches from the hosts. Milk was also 

 served. 



The results of the judging contest 

 showed three Hampshire County and one 

 Worcester county members tied for first. 

 To break the tie another ring was judged 

 and the scores from this gave Herman 

 Andrews of Southampton, first: Molly 

 Gregory of Framingham, second ; C. 

 Hilton Boynton of South Hadley, third; 

 and Dennet Howe of Amherst, fourth. 



At Hadley Center, twenty-nine girls 

 are enrolled in canning work. A demon- 

 stration at Hopkins and three or four 

 throughout the summer will help the 

 members to can well over the required 

 725 jars of fruits and vegetables. 



Sixteen Chesterfield women are going 

 to grow spinach in their vegetable garden 

 this year. This is a direct result of their 

 study of the food .selection and vegetable 

 garden project. They realize they must 

 raise more greens if they are to serve 

 them three times a week. 



One of the best exhibits of 4-H club 

 work .shown in Westhampton for a num- 

 ber of yeai's was held the evening of May 

 13th at the Town Hall. About one hun- 

 dred and fifty parents and friends at- 

 tended to see the exhibit and entertain- 

 ment put on by club members. The mem- 

 bers of the Bu.sy Bee club presented a 

 playlet showing the advantages club 

 work has for every member of the family. 

 The Home Decoration club sang several 

 club songs. All the members were pre- 

 sented with 4-H club pins, and Miss 

 Graves and Miss Crowley, the club lead- 

 ers, were given the new National club 

 pin. 



PLANT DUMPLINGS 



The garden club of Croydon Flat, 

 N. H. was holding its meeting to 

 consider plans for the year's gar- 

 dens. 



"How would you boys like to 

 raise vegetables that could be sold 

 in bunches for boiled dinners?" 

 asked Miss Mildred Proctor, the 

 club agent. 



"We'd like it," echoed the boys. 

 "What should we plant in the gar- 

 den for such boiled dinners?" in- 

 quired Miss Proctor. 



A bright little youngster jumped 

 up and waved his hand. 



"Dumplings" he cried, "Dump- 

 lings!" 



GIRLS ENTERTAIN MOTHERS 



Worthington Club Doing Extra 



The annual Mothers' Day at Worth- 

 ington in the Needlecraft Club contain- 

 ing seven lively 4-H club girls was will- 

 ingly attended by six mothers and six of 

 the younger kiddies. Mrs. E. J. Bligh, 

 Mrs. Guy Bartlett, Mrs. Walter Shaw, 

 Mrs. Victor Bernier, Jr., Mrs. Joseph 

 Wright and Mrs. Howard Johnson were 

 there. They were received at 3. .30 o'clock 

 in the afternoon at Mrs. Harry Molli- 

 son's, the leader's home, and given all the 

 honors due guests. Entertainment con- 

 sisted of singing, in which they excell 

 and readings. Marjorie Bartlett read a 

 paper on "What Club Work Means to 

 Me." Gladys Wright's paper to the 

 mothers explained "What We Are Doing." 

 Jelly with whipped cream and cake made 

 by the girls themselves was the treat, and 

 was well prepared, too. A surprise was 

 in evidence when a card covered with ' 

 little stocking pictures showed the moth- 

 ers a goal of over 1.50 darns this winter. 

 Gladys Wright and Marjorie Bartlett 

 made all the buttonholes for the rompers 

 and other clothes of the youngsters of 

 their families. And the mending. Yes, 

 they do all their own. Dorothy Shaw, ' 

 the president, and Marguerite Johnson, 

 the vice-president, had charge of the re- 

 freshments and entertainment, while 

 Dorothy Bartlett, Anita Bernier and 

 Cora Bligh were armed to the teeth with 

 efforts to entertain. 



The Needlecrafts are completing a sec- 

 ond year at sewing this spring. Each 

 one starting at the beginning of needle- 

 work two years ago will now show some 

 sewing with finish at the final exhibit on 

 May 16th. Eighteen garments have been 

 made. At an April meeting they had a 

 private exhibit, a complete lay-out of 

 their articles, just to see how they looked 

 and what they were doing in pi-eparation 

 for their public showing later. Mrs. ' 

 Mollison had each member judge the ' 

 articles. Cora Bligh won. They plan to 

 continue work this summer. 



SMITH SCHOOL WINS JUDGING 



Doris Bolter and Agnes Kwola First 



Doris Bolter of Smith School, North- 

 ampton, tied with Agnes Kwola of Hop- 

 kins Academy, Hadley, for first place with 

 420 out of a possible 600 at the Girls'' 

 Judging Contest held at the Extension 

 Service rooms in Northampton on April 

 6th. Forty girls arrived at one o'clock 

 from Hadley, Hatfield and Northampton. 

 Miss Lucile W. Reynolds of Amherst, 

 Home Demonstration Agent Leader of 

 Massachusetts, was here to talk to the 

 gToup and to explain in detail about 

 judging. Mrs. Clifton Johnson of Had- 

 ley, a trustee of the Extension Service,, 

 was also present to witness the effort to 

 encourage girls to know the best. 



Miss Reynold's demonstrations were 

 followed by. a judging contest between the 

 three schools in which Smith School came 

 out the winner with a score of 121.5 while 

 Hopkins Academy was second with 1200 

 points. Smith Academy followed with 

 112.5. 



Edna Dickinson of Smith School and 

 Sabina Suleski of Hopkins Academy were 

 second high scorers with 40.5 points while 

 four tied for third place with 390 points 

 each; Lillian Martin and Anna Styane of 

 Smith School, Myia LaMountain and 

 Maria Leibl of Smith Academy. 



The six classes consisted of bread, bak- 

 ing powder biscuits, muffins, cakes, 

 dresses and hemmed patches. The cloth- 

 ing articles were furnished by the Russell- 

 ville and Plainville Clubs of Hadley 

 while the cooking was done by the three 

 school departments in the contests. 



Club Exhibits will be held throughout 

 the month of May and a few will be left 

 over for June. 



EXHIBITION AT 



NORTH HADLEY 



The club exhibit at North Hadley on 

 Friday evening, May 1st, showed the 

 work of twelve girls, members of the 

 "Seven Sisters" and "Wide-A-Wakes." 

 Mrs. Doris Champlain, head of the Hop- 

 kins Academy Domestic Science depart- 

 ment, judged the clothing articles which 

 were arranged by Mrs. Caroline Scott, lo- 

 cal leader. Among the "Wide-A-Wakes," 

 Elizabeth White took first, Teofila 

 Mokrzecka second, and Florence Fiel 

 came third. Anna Polchinsky stood first 

 among the "Seven Sisters," Catharine 

 Shimen.ski was second and Florence Fiel 

 came third. 



The parents were invited to the school 

 for the evening entertainment. Mr. 0. 

 A. Morton talked on "Club Work and 

 School Work." The girls sang and gave 

 a style show. 



