FARMERS' MONTHLY OF HAMPSHIRE COUNTY 



CLUB LEADERS MEET 



A club leader's meeting was held for 

 those taking charge of clothing groups in 

 the western part of the county on Satur- 

 day, November 7. Leaders present were: 

 Miss Anna Brusko, Hatfield 

 Miss Anna Pelz, West Hatfield 

 Miss Louise Frisbee, Hatfield 

 Mrs. R. E. Donnelson, North Hatfield 

 Miss Marion Chandler, Hatfield 

 Mrs. M. Powers, Amherst 

 Miss H. Baird, Worthington 

 Miss Bertram, North Hatfield 

 The leaders will take back the points 

 considered to seventy-five girls who are 

 working under them. 



Miss Marion L. Tucker, assisted by 

 Miss Mildred Boice, took up patterns, 

 materials, construction and trimmings for 

 the apron. Apron judging was introduced 

 and use of illustrative material mention- 

 ed. 



At a similar meeting on January 16 

 Miss Tucker will work with the leaders 

 on dresses. 



Mr. Edward Burke states his boys want 

 dairy animals. A number of his boys are 

 to join the dairy club. 



CLUB WORK 



THREE NECESSITIES 



To form a 4-H Club just three things 

 are necessary. First, there must be a 

 group of ambitious youngsters, the kind 

 of youngsters who are eager to tackle 

 jobs and finish them, the kind of young- 

 sters who aren't afraid of work, who 

 would rather be busy than idle, who en- 

 joy accomplishing things. You can't 

 name a really popular boy or girl who is 

 lazy. We can name hundreds of club 

 members that are wide-awake. Then we 

 must have a helping club leader, one who 

 the "peppy" youngsters admire, get along 

 with, and will work with and for. Some 

 "live" adult will make a club leader the 

 second necessity. Thirdly, we must have 

 interested parents, parents who are eager 

 to see their boys and girls learn, associate 

 with other people, do tasks which will 

 make a good background for their future 

 work, parents who laugh less at their 

 children and encourage them more. A 

 helpful 4-H club may be formed with only 

 three types of people: 



1. Ambitious youngsters 



2. A lively club leader 

 .3. Interested Parents 



Two new dairy members are .John 

 Garvey of Belchertown and Jo.seph Clark 

 of Easthampton 



The November issue of the Dairy News 

 Letter was dedicated to the Hampshire 

 Franklin Holstein Club and a copy sent 

 to each member. 



The 4-H Club Pledge 



I pledge 

 My Head to clear thinking 

 My Heart to greater loyalty 

 My Health to better living 

 My Hands to larger sei-vice 

 For 

 My Club, My Community and My Coun- 

 try 



WHAT TO DO THIS WINTtR 



The clothing work for girls has al- 

 ready started in many places. Girls and 

 leaders seem more willing than ever to 

 carry on the work. At Worthington, 

 Huntington, Chesterfield, Belchertown, 

 Amherst, Hatfield and Hadley, we are 

 sure clothing clubs will be formed and 

 will be glad to see them start in other 

 towns. Food clubs will be formed at 

 Pelham, Amherst, Granby, Hadley, Hat- 

 field, Westhampton and West Farms but 

 of course other groups can come in. At 

 , South Hadley, Granby, Amherst, East- 

 hampton, Hadley, Hatfield and North- 

 ampton poultry clubs will be formed. 

 Handicraft work will be done at Worth- 

 ington, Huntington, Chesterfield, Hat- 

 field, Hadley, Amherst, Belchertown and 

 Granby. Our dairy boys throughout the 

 county are ever at it and home decoration 

 work will be furthered at Westhampton 

 and Cushman. 



The above are the main projects for 

 this winter. 



Any youngster between the ages of ten 

 and twenty-one may belong. Ambitious 

 young people are the ones we seek for. 



Join the club in your community and 

 make it go. If there is no club in pro- 

 cess where you live we depend on you to 

 tell us you want one, to help get the 

 young people together and start one. 



GRAIN DEALERS TO HELP 



The annual 4-H Club Egg Laying Con- 

 test started November 1st. Club mem- 

 bers' birds have been hatched earlier and 

 developed better this year than last year 

 and we will doubtless see an improvement 

 over last November in this month's pro- 

 duction. We are again getting ribbons 

 for the second and third winners for 

 each month and are also securing grain 

 from local grain dealers which will fur- 

 nish one hundred and fifty pounds to be 

 given out each month as prizes. Thus 

 far we have six local grain dealers back- 

 ing the contest and each giving one 

 hundred and fifty pounds of grain. They 

 are : 



James A. Sturges, Easthampton 

 Ryther and Warren, Belchertown 

 George B. Samp.son, Holyoke 

 Merrick Grain Company, Amherst 

 W. N. Potter's Sons and Co., North- 

 ampton 

 Bisbee Bros., Williamsburg 



ADVICE TO PARENTS 



The club leader will not take the place 

 of parents. The responsibility toward 

 your boys and girls does not cease when 

 they go to school or to a club meeting. 

 The parents exert by far more influence 

 on their boys and girls than any other 

 agency. President Coolidge says the 

 greatest need of the present American 

 youth is "more home control through 

 parental action." He further states, "It 

 is not enough that there should be action 

 in the pulpit, there must be reaction in 

 the pews." 



This has a bearing on 4-H club work. 

 The club leader in your community must 

 not be given all the responsibility of 

 your youngsters' club projects. Your 

 influence will show up definitely in the 

 club members' results. The rea.son for 

 successful club work in this county can 

 be traced nearly always to interested 

 parents. The West boys of Hadley, the 

 Howe Brothers of Amherst, the Randall 

 girls of Belchertown, Henry Randall of 

 Amherst, Steven Brusko of Hatfield, 

 James Garvey of Belchertown and many 

 others all have parents who advise them, 

 direct them and are interested in their 

 eff'orts. 



NEWS TO SOME 



Question: What do the 4 H's mean? 



Answer: The National Club Emblem of 

 Junior Extension Work is the 

 four leaf clover with an H on 

 each leaf. Therefore Junior 

 Extension work goes under the 

 name of "4-H Club Work." The 

 H's stand for Head, Heart, 

 Hand and Health. 



Question: Who furthers 4-H Club Work? 



Answer: The United States Department 

 of Agriculture, the State Exten- 

 sion Service and the Hampshire 

 County Extension Service Co- 

 operating. 



Question : Why have you recently refer- 

 red to Calf Club Work as 

 Dairy Club Work? 



Answer: Becau.se many of the calves 

 owned by members have not 

 grown into cows. They are no 

 longer calves but still belong to 

 club members. In calling the 

 work a Dairy Club it includes 

 both the calves and cows of the 

 members in the project. 



It Is Oreat To Know 



You've heard of Stanley Misterka of 

 Pine Grove. He bought a Holstein calf 

 last spring from Charles Clark of Leeds. 

 It came along fine and developed into a 

 good yearling this fall. Stanley's father 

 saw it grow, got interested in purebreds 

 and has recently bought four pure bred 

 heifers. Stanley helped. 



