FARMERS' MONTHLY OF HAMPSHIRE COUNTY 



CLUB WORK 



RESPONSIBILITY GOOD FOR BOY i 



Everyone likes to see a boy at a job, 

 pushing his way, learning. The pic- 

 ture shows James Garvey of Belcher- 

 town at work learning the method of \ 

 caponizing. Alexander Sungel and Ray- 

 mond George, his chums, are also stealing 

 the knowledge. These boys all have 

 chicks. James bought one hundred Reds 

 from a certified flock and also a -500 chick 

 brooder this spring. Even though he had 

 to learn to run the brooder he raised 

 about 90 out of the 100. He wanted to 

 caponize a few of the cockerels to see 

 what results he would get and so a dozen 

 capons are under his observation this 

 summer. 



Linden Avery of Easthampton also 

 caponized twenty-five cockerels and was 

 able to do the job quite well before the 

 whole number was operated on. 



A boy matures properly when both his 

 mind and body are being trained at the 

 same time. We all know that muscles 

 develop with use. So does a mind. To 

 grow up as a healthy man, exercise is 

 necessary. To become a thinker and 

 planner, these things must be practised in 

 youth. Obstacles appear often to all of 

 us. It is sometimes easier to go around 

 the obstacle than knock it aside and go 

 straight through. Our ability to plan 

 goes far toward the making of a success. 

 With success goes the power to go 

 straight through obstacles and beat them. 



To fit oneself for such a job, accept 

 responsibility, that is, do something your- 

 self. Plan it out and make it go in spite 

 of the difliculties you are bound to have. 

 Henry Randall of Granby didn't stop his 

 poultry project when he lost a whole 

 hatch of chicks in a smoking brooder. 

 Dennett Howe of Amherst lost twenty- 

 five chicks from feeding rotten milk by 

 mistake. He took it as a lesson and still 

 raises chicks. Osborne West lost three 

 of his valuable heifers when the tuber- 

 culin test was given. Osborne still be- 

 longs to the dairy club. A fox got ninety 

 of Alfred Putnam's chickens but Alfred 

 is still at it. Ruth Besaw of Huntington 

 lost the clothing championship to a South 

 Amherst girl but Ruth is out for it again 

 next year. 



In fact we can expect mistakes, hard 

 luck, and sometimes failure before suc- 

 cess. But the working out of poultry, 

 clothing, gardening and other tasks for- 

 tifies the young people to carry out big- 

 ger jobs when older. They learn to beat 

 discouragement and defeat only by doing 

 so. Growth conies largely from accom- 

 plishments. 



The Extension Service through 4-H 

 club work helps boys and girls to work 

 out their problems in farm and home pro- 

 jects. Any one between the ages of ten 

 and twenty-one can and should belong. 



SPECIAL EXHIBITS AT FAIR 



See the special exhibits at the Fair of 

 some of Hampshire County's best club 

 workers. Howe Brothers of Amherst, 

 Dorothy Wentworth of South Amherst, 

 and Herman Andrews of Southampton 

 will have exhibits there. 



The Howe Brothers Concern is made 

 up of John and Dennett, brothers, who 

 until last fall were running separate 

 flocks but seeing the advantages in co- 

 operating, combined their individual 

 flocks in one business of which Dennett is 

 the President and Manager, and John is 

 the- Secretary and Treasurer. Dorothy 

 Wentworth has served for four years as a 

 club member. See her work and the story 

 of her club woi'k. 



Herman Andrews, the last year's wiz- 

 ard at judging livestock in this state, 

 carried on four projects this summer. 

 Corn, potatoes, poultry and dairying will 

 figure in his special exhibit. Watch the 

 string of special exhibits. They show 

 possibilities in 4-H Club Work. 



DAIRY MEMBERS TO SHOW 



Hampshire Club Sends 25 Heifers 



Hampshire County Dairy members 

 have twenty-five heifers at Springfield 

 showing them at the Eastern States Ex- 

 position Dairy Calf Club Show. Fifteen 

 boys and girls own the pure bred and 

 tuberculin tested animals they are exhib- 

 iting all groomed and polished for the 

 occasion. Those exhibiting are: 

 Alice Randall, Belchertown 4 Holsteins 

 Rachel Randall, Belchertown 2 Guernseys 

 John Howe, Amherst 1 Guernsey 



Lewis West, Hadley 1 Holstein 



Osborne West, Hadley 4 Holsteins 



Gordon Cook, Hadley 1 Holstein 



Lyman Pratt, Hadley 1 Jersey 



Roger Barstow, Hadley 1 Holstein 



Hilton Boynton, So. Hadley 2 Holsteins 

 Leonard White, So. Hadley 1 Holstein 

 Steven Brusko, Hatfield 1 Holstein 



Christine Osley, Hatfield 1 Jersey 



Herman Andrews, South'pton 1 Guernsey 

 George Moberg, South'pton 1 Guernsey 

 Irving Clapp, Westhampton 1 Guernsey 

 Walter Granger, Chesterfield 1 Holstein 

 Stanley Misterka, North'pton 1 Holstein 



These seventeen youngsters are at the 

 Exposition with their animals and have 

 free access to the exhibits and amuse- 

 ments during the week. 



English Qovernment Takes Up 

 Club Work 



The English Ministry of Agriculture 

 has recently taken up Club Work in the 

 British Isles and plans to advance it in 

 a more organized way. 



Assistant Director, Wm. H. Kendrick 

 of West Virginia, states that the three 

 big problems in 4-H club work are: First, 

 to reach more boys and girls with a four- 

 fold life vision ; second, to keep the pro- 

 gram flexible enough to meet their needs; 

 third, to train the leaders. 



The Russellville Handicraft Club of 

 Hadley exhibited their ninety-two handi- 

 craft articles made by eleven boys under 

 the direction of Miss B. A. Ryan at the 

 Middlefield Fair. They will also have 

 at Cummington and Northampton. 



THE RECORD BOOKS 



Permit us to scold a bit. Canning and 

 garden members, we are aiming this at 

 you. Your record book is our subject. 

 Have you kept a record of your garden 

 crops or your canning work? If you 

 have, don't read any further.. You are 

 O. K. If you haven't a record, remember 

 that the record of your work is a part of 

 Club Work. To be a success in your pro- 

 ject you must have the record for us by 

 October 15th when it must be sent to the 

 Extension Office in Northampton. And 

 so if you had to read this through we 

 must gently say, "Show your colors and 

 get that record in shape." 



AROUND THE COUNTY 



Lester Coit of Huntington has been in- 

 terested in chickens for a number of 

 years. Recently his father bought a 

 small building 9' x 14' for his poultry 

 house. Lester has put up a wire yard 

 and is now better equipped for business. 



Some young people don't forget their 

 calves at home. Christine Osley, a dairy 

 club member, attended Sargent Normal 

 School last winter. She wanted to con- 

 tinue to be a club member and is glad 

 to go to the Dairy camp at Springfield 

 this fall. 



