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FARMERS' MONTHLY OF HAMPSHIRE COUNTY 



Who's Who W^ith Poultry 



Continued from png:e 1, colum!! o 

 Steele's but they have shown that M. A. 

 C. blood when properly handled makes ex- 

 cellent producing- stock. This year Mr. 

 Schoonmaker is out to better this record 

 as his chicks were hatched a little earlier. 



Miss Minnie Moody of South Amherst 

 has a flock of Reds that have been con- 

 sistent high producers. They started lay- 

 ing early and produced from 14.4 to 21.1 

 eggs per bird every month after Novem- 

 ber when their record was 10 eggs per 

 bird. This flock too has a good deal of 

 M. A. C. blood. 



In fact, all of those on the list above 

 have had healthy flocks, early hatched, 

 comfortably housed, well fed and cared 

 for. These are the "Four Horsemen" of 

 profitable poultry production. In addi- 

 tion, the bird.s must be bred to lay. Nine 

 of the leading flocks were bred by their 

 owners. This shows that Hampshire 

 County has some real progressive poultry 

 breeders who are getting i-esults. Five 

 otheis purchased their chicks from people 

 who make a business of producing high 

 quality day old chicks from bred to lay 

 stock while only two flocks were from 

 doubtful sources. 



August Poultry Summary 



The leading flocks in the Egg Laying 

 Contest for August show that there are 

 flocks that are producing well. In these 

 flocks the poor birds are culled out as 

 quickly as they are seen. This practice 

 of continual culling always has and al- 

 ways will pay. The following are the 

 leaders for August. 



Eggs 

 per bird 

 19.7 

 19.1 

 17.7 

 17..5 

 17.2 

 17.0 



Of the larger varieties of ensilage corn, 

 Lancaster County Sure Crop is one of the 

 best we have ever seen. It grows about 

 as tall as Eureka but is a decided im- 

 provement over that variety in that it 

 cariies an enormous ear. For the man 

 who must have a large tonnage of en- 

 silage per acre without too great a sacri- 

 fice on quality, this variety ofl^ers a solu- 

 tion of the problem. It needs a long sea- 

 son and fertile ground for best results. 

 It is not a variety to plant the middle of 

 .lune and then expect that it will make 

 good ears. 



Local dealers will be informed of the 

 results of these tests and it is expected 

 that both Huron County and Lancaster 

 County Sure Crop seed may be obtained 

 another year through local dealers. 



Birds 

 H. T. Newhall, Amherst 80 

 John Bloom, Ware 275 



Albert Baker, Amherst 110 

 Frank D. Steele, Cum'ton 101 

 John M. Lowe, Amherst 100 

 A. H. Ballou, Ware 30 



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 infected. This is a new ruling based on 

 an interpretation of Federal laws and 

 regulations and on many of the State 

 laws. A thorough clean-up is necessary, 

 of course, befoie disinfection can be prop- 

 erly performed. 



. The ruling is expected to be helpful in 

 reducing the number of reactors found on 

 retests of infected herds. Unless disin- 

 fection is promptly and thoroughly done 

 following the removal of tuberculous cat- 

 tle from a farm, there is serious danger 

 of continued lurking infection which may 

 mean more leactors to pay for at a later 

 time. Such a practice is contrary to good 

 business methods and the program of 

 Federal economy. 



Practical livestock sanitation includes 

 such matters as good drainage, removal 

 of manure at frequent intervals, founda- 

 tions of concrete or other material that 

 does not rot or harbor infection, good 

 light and ventilation, and smooth walls, 

 floors and ceilings that can be easily 

 cleaned and disinfected. The trend of 



progress is plainly in the direction of bet- 

 ter care and housing of farm livestock, 

 since sanitation pays both in a business 

 way and from a health .standpoint. But 

 in spite of the excellent progress already 

 made, department officials point out that 

 thei'e is abundant opportunity for more 

 attention to this important subject. 



FARMERS' EXCHANGE 



FOR SALE: Shetland Pony and out- 

 fit. Silas Snow, Williamsburg. 



FOR SALE: Rhode Island Red breed- 

 ing cockerels from William Ryan's certi- 

 fied stock. Maude A. Frary, Southamp- 

 ton. 



FOR SALE: Registered Guernsey bull 

 of serviceable age. Grandsires, Lang- 

 water Fisherman and Langwater War- 

 rior; Sire, Langwater Mixter; Dam now 

 on test. A wonderful herd sire. Quincy 

 Bagg, South Hadley. 



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 son, Granby; and Sereno S. Clark, Wil- 

 liamsburg. This, corn grows to be about 

 nine feet tall and has a large conical 

 shaped ear. It is an early maturing 

 corn being a little later than the Con- 

 necticut Valley Dent. It gives a good 

 yield of silage per acre. The men who 

 grew it this year all thought well of this 

 variety and are planning to use it again. 

 It is a variety worthy of greatei- use. 



In other demonstrations, Leaming and 

 Sweepstakes were compared. This year a 

 lot of the "Sweepstakes" corn was not 

 the kind put out as "West Branch Sweep- 

 stakes" from Pennsylvania. We believe 

 that the true "West Branch Sweepstakes" • 

 is one of our best varieties of ensilage 

 corn. It has a larger ear than Leaming 

 and the lower leaves are not so apt to 

 "fire" or dry up. i 



FEDERAL TESTED DAIRY COWS 



Why go West when clean good producing cows are near at 

 hand ? 



959^ of the cows of Sullivan County, New Hampshire have 

 been under Federal supervision for over 3 years and are free 

 from tuberculosis. As a final check, however, they receive a 

 Federal test just before shipment. Several carloads of High 

 Producing Gi'ade and Pure Bred Holsteins and a few of other 

 Breeds are now available direct from farmers. Our agent 

 takes you to see them and attends to all details of testing, load- 

 ing, etc. Buy here and save on Time, Expenses and Freight. 

 Quick shipments insure arrival of stock in good condition. 



H. N. WELLS, Secretary Telephone 176 



Sales Committee, Farm Bureau, Clartmont, N. H. 



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