HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARMERS' MONTHLY 



MARCH EGG LAYING CONTEST ,j^::::^!Tsr?s; ?"rc 



and gills and offer prizes for articles 

 made and raised during the year. 



Two Easthampton Boys Win 



In March the records soared high. 

 Adolf Willerd's six birds layed 28.5 eggs 

 each while .Joe Sena with a flock of fifty 

 got an average of 18.7 eggs fiom each 

 bird. 



Flocks Under 40 Birds 



35 



Adolf Wilier, Easthampton 

 Joe Donis, Hatfield 

 Howard Neidel, Easthampton 14 

 Charles Damon, Williamsburg 12 

 John Howe, Amherst 

 Robert Lowe, Southampton 

 David Paisons, No. Amherst 

 Charles Klimoski, Hadley 

 Russell Burr, Huntington 

 Helen Wells, Williamsburg 

 Phillip Reed, Hadley 

 Leslie Rowland, Huntington 



Flocks Over 40 Birds 

 Joe Sena, Easthampton .50 



Herman Andrews, S'hampton 40 

 Phillip Ives, Amherst 69 



18.7 

 17.6 

 16.3 



AROUND THE COUNTY 



Many garden members are including 

 strawberry or raspberry plants in their 

 home gardens this spring. They set out 

 from twenty-five to five hundred plants. 



Leslie Howland of Huntington is set- 

 ting out an apple orchard on his southeast 

 slope. He has also grafted a number of 

 trees around the buildings. 



Professor W. H. Thies, fruit specialist 

 at The Massachu.setts Agricultural Col- 

 lege, recently accompanied the Agricul- 

 tural and Club Agents through Cum- 

 mington on a fruit trip. Milton Howes, 

 Ashley Gurney and Stanley Thayer were 

 given instructions on the pruning and 

 fertilizing of their apple trees recently 

 set out. 



Robert Lowe of Southampton is build- 

 a poultry house 20' x 18'. He has re- 

 cently bought one hundred certified chicks 

 from William Dunker of Halifax and 

 plans to get others from Axelrod's in 

 Westfield. 



The Hadley Grange has voted to sup- 

 port club work. 



Club records are due at the time of the 

 e.xhibit for handicraft, sewing and food 

 members. For poultry members they are 

 due on June 15th. 



The boys and girls at Worthington 

 Center recently set out 250 strawberry 

 plants in their gardens. 



A Massachusetts dairy member's Field 

 Day was held at the Mixter Farms in 

 Hardwick on May 9th. Mr. William 

 Howe, As.sistant State Club Leader, ar- 

 ranged for the field day. There was an 

 attendance of one hundred and thirty. 



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