FARMERS' MONTHLY OF HAMPSHIRE COUNTY 



AROUND THE COUNTY 



The County 4-H Club Exhibit! Don't 

 foiget. 



Your last winter's sewing 



Your last winter's handicraft 

 • Your poultry 



Your dairy calf 



Your garden vegetables 



Your club group exhibit 



Your cooking 



Every 4-H club member, is expected to 

 help make the county exhibit show what 

 has been done in county club work. We 

 depend on you. 



Six of our Guernsey club members 

 bought privileges at the recent Guernsey 

 sale at Southboro. The animals went too 

 high, however, for them to buy. The sale 

 was run so the boys would get an animal 

 or a profit. The profit for the boys 

 amounted to three hundred and thirty- 

 seven dolars. With this money we hope 

 they will buy Guernseys. 



The soybeans being grown by club 

 members are looking fine. Stanley Mis- 

 terka of Northampton, Alice Randall of 

 Belchertown and Stanley Saponckey of 

 Granby, all dairy club members, each 

 have fields of soybeans which they will 

 cut and make into hay about September 

 fifth. 



The Easthampton garden and canning 

 club members held their annual picnic on 

 Monday, August third. Forty members 

 met in a field by the Manhan river on 

 Ferry Street. A ball game and sports 

 were run off and at five thirty o'clock 

 they had a picnic supper and frankfurt 

 roast. Miss Faina Thouin, leader of the 

 clubs, showed the members many new 

 games and helped in the singing of club 

 songs. 



Howard Streeter of Cummington has 

 joined the dairy club with a Guernsey. 



A watermelon feast at the Northamp- 

 ton Fair would not be discouraging. If 

 his crop turns out as well as expected, 

 Mr. William Underwood of Mt. Tom, 

 agrees to furnish the watermelons. 4-H 

 exhibitors and members on floats will be 

 invited. Singing and speaking will fol- 

 low. 



At the recent Mixter Farm Disposal 

 Sale dams of the heifers belonging to 

 ; ome of our club members were sold. The 

 dam of George Moberg's heifer .-old for 

 twelve hundred and fifty dollars. The 

 dam of .John Howe's heifer was struck 

 off at two thousand dollars. -Judge for 

 yourself. Have these boys valuable heif- 

 ers? 



In spite of the dry weather we had the 

 first part of .June some fine looking club 

 gardens are in the care of club members. 

 In Plainfield, Worthington and South- 

 ampton they are on to their job. 



In Easthampton Miss Faina Thouin is 

 visiting the gardens of club members. 



A small start has been made with the 

 boys in setting asparagus out. In Hat- 

 field four hundred and seventy roots have 

 been .set at Bradstreet and at the Center. 



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Hatfield, Mass. 



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