FARMERS' MONTHLY OF HAMPSHIRE COUNTY 



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. 



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OLD DEERFIELD 



FERTILIZERS 



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 start but a steady growth over the 

 whole season. 



We handle a full line of fertilizer 

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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- 

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 dollar is enough to start 

 with. 



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relished by most people. It should be 

 cooked for only a short time, twenty to 

 thirty minutes, and served in the juice in 

 which it cooks. During cooking, the cover 

 of the kettle is left off to allow gases to 

 escape. It may be served with cream, 

 butter or milk. Served raw, it may be 

 chopped or shredded and seasoned in 

 various ways, or used as lettuce to gar- 

 nish a salad. A cabbage leaf or a small 

 amount chopped may be combined with 

 other foods as a filling for sandwiches. 

 Try this when lettuce is hard to get. 





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AS YE SOW SO SHALL YE REAP 



The Chesterfield Vegetable Gardens 

 Prove the Old Saying to be True 



"It is very essential to have a vegetable 

 garden wherever possible, and it takes no 

 more time to take care of a good one than 

 a poor one," Mr. Koon, Market Garden 

 Specialist, told the Chesterfield women 

 last spring. He advised that they have 

 their garden soil tested to show whether 

 it was acid or alkaline; recommended the 

 right kind of fertilizer to be used and the 

 right kind of seeds to be planted. 



Evidently these suggestions were plant- 

 ed in fertile soil because most of the 

 women hearing the lecture carried out 

 one or more of Mr. Koon's sugge.stions. 

 Several of them had the best gardens they 

 ever had. They made their rows longer 

 and therefoie the garden was easier to 

 cultivate. Fifteen of them had their soil 

 tested and used the required amount of 

 wood ashes to neutralize the acid condi- 

 tion. These women say they had the 

 best peas, beets, carrots and greens they 

 have ever raised in their garden probably 

 due to neutrality of the soil and the use 

 of proper fertilizers. 



Mr. Koon furnished enough spinach 

 seed so that every woman in the group 

 could have spinach in her garden. This 

 was a new adventure and they enjoyed it 

 so much that spinach will be a necessity 

 for the vegetable garden from now on. 



How to take care of all the vegetables 

 these good gardens have produced is now 

 the question. So Professor William Cole, 

 Food Management Specialist, is going to 

 talk to the Chesterfield group November 4 

 on storing fruits and vegetables for the 

 winter. 



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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 

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Miss Foley Appointed Nutrition Specialist 



We are glad to announce the appoint- 

 ment of May E.stella Foley as Extension 

 Specialist in Nutrition, to succeed Mildred 

 L. Wood who resigned in July and was 

 married. Miss Foley is a graduate of the 

 Michigan Agricultural College, majoring 

 in home economics. She has had Ex- 

 tension experience in Michigan, resident 

 teaching experience at the Woman's Col- 

 lege in Denton, Texas, and holds a mas- 

 ter's degree from Columbia. Miss Foley 

 began work September 8. 



