FARMERS' MONTHLY OF HAMPSHIRE COUNTY 



CLUB WORK 



YOUTH DEPARTMENT 



HIGH POINTS 



Howe Brothers Win Brooder 



The Fair is over but we can't forget 

 some high points. In the first place we 

 had sunshine on Boys' and Girls' Day 

 which was appi'eciated. It brought with 

 it a swarm of youngsters who had a 

 grand time. We saw many girls stop at 

 Amy Oberempt's canning exhibit of 

 twenty-five of her best jars and remark 

 something lilve this, "Say, she can can." 

 "Golly, look what she's done this sum- 

 mer." All the boys were interested in 

 Spark Plug, the rabbits and witches in 

 the Russellville school handicraft ex- 

 hibit of over fifty articles arranged to 

 show what boys will do under the direc- 

 tion of a leader. Dorothy Wentworth's 

 special exhibit of sewing showed the re- 

 markable results obtained by an energetic 

 girl as a 4-H clothing club member and 

 Herman Andrews likewise showed in his 

 special exhibit as an all around club mem- 

 ber what a boy can do on a farm. He 

 has poultry, a dairy animal, a patch of 

 potatoes and a field of corn. He is a live 

 stock and poultry judge and a winner at 

 both. He learns to make the most of 

 what he has, one of the high points of 

 4-H Club Work. 



Poultry and Dairy Exhibit Best Ever 



The poultry and dairy exhibits were 

 both far above anything previously put on. 

 Mr. Parley, state club leader, stated that 

 no county in the state has shown such a 

 fine lot of dairy animals raised and 

 cared for by 4-H club members. There 

 were thirty of them. Last year we had 

 twenty-four. In our poultry show we had 

 96 pens. Every coop was full. There were 

 over two hundred and fifty birds. Mr. 

 Nodine, state poultry specialist, remarked 

 about the quality of the birds. Many of 

 them were laying. Competition was 

 strong and winners can feel that their 

 stock is very good if put at the head of 

 such classes. Professor Luther A. Banta 

 of Massachu.setts Agricultural College 

 who judged the poultry thought this 

 year's exhibit was an improvement over 

 the preceding year. 



The club group exhibits arranged by 

 Westhampton, Busy Bees' Home Decora- 

 tion Club, Smith School Poultry Club, 

 Manhan Poultry Club of Easthampton, 

 and the Worthington clothing club were 

 especially good. Prizes were awarded in 

 the order named. 



Watermellon Feast 



After the float parade in which the 

 "Seven Si.ster Club" and "Wideawakes" 

 of North Hadley won first place we had 

 a watermellon feast. Mr. William A. 

 Underwood of Mt. Tom .Junction gave 



sixty fine watermellons. There were 

 enough mellons so that we could feed the 

 Boy and Girl Scouts also. Everyone had 

 all they could eat and we have not heard 

 of any disastrous results. 



The Special Prizes 

 Who won the Newton Coal Burning 

 Brooder? Howe Brothers of North Am- 

 herst. Howe Brothers is composed of 

 John and Dennett, brothers. They also 

 won a gold medal for the best display of 

 leghorns, 100 pounds of Wirthmore Mash, 

 a gallon of Disinfectant, a book on 

 Modern Fresh Air Poultry Houses and a 

 can of Louse Chase. Walter Phelon of 

 Smith School won a gold medal on 

 Rhode Island Reds, a Purina Chicken 

 Chowder Hopper and a gallon of Disin- 

 fectant. Francis Leitl of Easthampton 

 won a gold medal, a barred Rock pullet, 

 50 pounds of Wirthmore scratch feed and 

 a two year subscription to the Poultry 

 Item. Osborne West won a gold medal 

 on Wyandottes, a gallon of disinfectant, 

 a Biggie poultry book and 100 pounds of 

 Wirthmore stock feed. Edgar .Judd of 

 Lithia won a setting of eggs and a three 

 year subscription to the Poultry Item. 

 Henry Randall of Granby won a setting 

 of Leghorn eggs, a Biggie poultry book 

 and 100 pounds of Collis Process ' Pure 

 Dried Buttermilk. Linden Avery of 

 Easthampton won 1.50 pounds of Wirth- 

 more scratch feed. Alice Randall of 

 Belchertown won a Biggie Cow Book, a 

 gallon of Fly Killer and a subscription 

 to the Poultry Item and a can of Lice 

 Paint. 

 I Other prizes were won by : 

 Peter Saponckey, Granby — Putnam Stove 

 James Garvey, Belchertown — Biggie 



Poultry Book 

 Philip Reed, Hadley — Subscription to 



Poultry Item and Setting of eggs 

 Joel Dwight, Hatfield — Subsciiption to 



Poultry Item 

 William Loud, Plainfield— Biggie Garden 



Book 

 Stanley Misterka, Northampton — Biggie 



Garden Book 

 Steven Brusko, Hatfield— 100 lbs. of 



Wirthmore Dairy Feed 

 Walter Granger, South Worthington — 



Subscription to Holstein Friesian 



World 

 Lyman Pratt, Hadley — Biggie Cow Book 

 Rachel Randall, Belchertown — Biggie 



Cow Book 

 Herman Andrews, Southampton — Biggie 



Cow Book and The Guernsey Breed 



(book) 

 Anna Polchincky, North Hadley — No. 20 



Hand Singer Sewing Machine and a 



Sewing Basket 

 Dorothy Wentworth, So. Amherst — Sub- 

 scription to Farmer's Wife 

 Ruth Sherman, Hadley — Subscription to 



Farmer's Wife 



Cecil Noel, Granby — Subscription to 

 Modern Priscilla 



Barbara Rowland, Belchertown — Sub- 

 scription to Modern Priscilla 



Hazel Wolfram, North Hatfield— Sub- 

 scription to Pictorial Review 



Katharine Donahue, Huntington — Sub- 

 scription to Pictorial Review 



Stanley Misterka, Northampton — Sub- 

 scription to New England Homestead 



Joe Sena, Easthampton — Subscription to 

 New England Homestead 



Dana Gollenbush, Pelham — Subscription 

 to New England Homestead 



Dairy Specials 



Hampshire — Franklin Holstein Club 

 prizes went as follows: Osborne West, 

 1st; John Howe, 2nd; Alice Randall, 3rd. 



Massachusetts Guernsey Breeders' As- 

 sociation prizes went as follows: Herman 

 Andrews, 1st ; John Howe, 2nd ; Rachel 

 Randall, 3rd. 



Franklin County Jersey Club prizes 

 went as follows: Lyman Pratt, 1st; Eliza- 

 beth Pratt, 2nd; Lyman Pratt, 3rd. 



We agree with anyone that the 192-5 

 young people's department at the North- 

 ampton Fair was a grand success and a 

 credit to the club members of this country. 



DAIRY BOYS ORGANIZE 



Back in the summer each dairy club 

 member in Hampshire County was sent 

 a ballot on which to vote for a President, 

 Vice-president and Secretary-Treasurer 

 of the Hampshire Dairy Club. There was 

 a wide difference of opinion as to who 

 should have these offices but having re- 

 ceived seventeen ballots find that the fol- 

 lowing officers are elected on a plurality 

 vote: President, Dennett Howe of 

 North Amherst; Vice-president, Osborne 

 West of Hadley; Secretary-Treasurer, 

 Alice Randall of Belchertown. 



Gold Watch for Osborne 



At the Eastern States livestock judg- 

 ing contest a Hampshire County boy 

 again came out first. Osborne West of 

 Hadley judging at Springfield for his last 

 time because he soon will turn the corner 

 to twenty-one years of age, won first 

 place against seventy-five other competi- 

 tors. His placing entitled him to a gold 

 watch given by the management. 



James Coffey also of Hadley won third 

 place and received a gold medal. 



SUMMARY OF WINNINGS 



We believe no county in Massachusetts 

 can show a better record. Our boys and 

 girls have competed against the best in 

 the state and have achieved the results 

 shown below. In exhibits and in judging 

 they have taken a heavy toll on prizes 

 offered by six major fairs in the Common- 

 wealth. 



