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 



HAYDENVILLE, MASS. 



America used 103 pounds per person last 

 year. If mothers want to improve their 

 family's health as well as increase the 

 size of their pocket books they must .serve 

 less sugar and depend on the following 

 foods to supply a large part of the re- 

 quired amount. 



Each of these foods contain the equiva- 

 lent of two tcaspoonfuls of sugar. 



'^ large apple 



V2 large banana 



1 medium-sized orange 



1 medium-sized pear 



1% medium-sized peaches 

 3/4 fig 



2 dates 



1/8 cup raisins 



3 1/8 cups cabbage 

 2 cups spinach 



5/6 glass milk 



WORSTED 



"Woolens and worsteds? Why, my 

 dear, they're just the same thing." 



Quite wrong, Mrs. Jones, for they are 

 wholly different. In fact, they are alike 

 only in one respect: both are all wool. 



When the mills spin woolen yarns, they 

 do not try to straighten out each fiber. 

 Woolen threads are the only ones in the 

 whole textile field in which there is a 

 haphazard crossing and interlacing of 

 fibers. 



In Norfolk, one of the eastern counties 

 of England, the spinners in the little 

 village of Worstead first thought of spin- 

 ning woolen yarns of fibers which had 

 been combed out straight so that all 

 would be parallel. By degrees, the 

 fabrics woven from these yarns became 

 as worsteds, and the method was used 

 wherever woolen cloth was made. 



In texture, worsteds differ from 

 woolens in that they feel stilfer and 

 harder to the touch, because worsted 

 yarns are given a harder twist than 

 woolens. Some fabrics are made entirely 

 of worsted yarns; others have a worsted 

 warp and a woolen weft. Our finest suit- 

 ings, like cassimers, are woven of 

 worsted yarns. 



Worsted, of course, is all wool, and 

 .should contain no cotton. 



HOMESPUN 



The hum of the spinning wheel, and the 

 hand-loom's creak and slap were familiar | 

 sounds in our colonial homes. From 

 sheep's back to finished cloth, the stout i 

 woolen fabric was a home product and 

 thus came by the name homespun. 



The yarns used were coarse and rough, 

 and the cloth therefore was loose in weave 

 and nubby in finish. The product was 

 not only very strong but was also crudely | 

 beautiful. Some homespun is still made 

 on hand-looms. 



By the use of similar yarns, mill-woven 

 homespuns are now made which closely 

 resemble the old fabric. They are used 

 mostly for coats, suits and dresses. 

 Usually of wool, modern homespun may 

 contain cotton, camel's hair or mohair in 

 addition to wool. 



To most people, homespun means a 

 woolen fabric, and it is possible to get 

 one of all wool. The Boston Better Busi- 

 ness Commission, therefore, suggests to 

 local merchants that in advertising they 

 use the name homespun only for an all- 

 wool fabric, and that when it contains 

 other fibres, they name the additional con- 

 tent, as, for example, "homespun — wool 

 and cotton." 



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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. 



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



Saturdays, 9 A. M. to noon 



Monday evenings, 6.30 to 8 



W. H. RILEY Si CO. 



rLUMMJTG and HEATING 



KITCHEJf FURNI.^HINGS 



AGENTS FOR 

 Glenwooil lennges 



nnd Lowe Bros. Paints 



Opp. Post Oflice Northampton. Mass. 



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