FARMERS' MONTHLY OF HAMPSHIRE COUNTY 



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sulphid, commercially known as "high 

 life," \vhen used at the rate of 1 pound 

 to each 100 cubic feet of space at about 

 75' temperature for 48 hours. This 

 liquid, which costs about twenty cents a 

 pound, forms, upon exposure to air, a 

 foul smelling gas which is more than 

 twice as heavy as air. Beans to be fu- 

 migated should be placed in an air-tight 

 container such as a wash boiler or an iron 

 drum. After coinputing the cubical con- 

 tents and measuring the dosage, the fu- 

 migant is poured into shallow dishes or 

 pans placed on top of the seeds. The 

 container is then covered with heavy pa- 

 per or sacks tied over the top. A wooden 

 cover is also good for confining the fumes. 

 CARBON DISULPHin GAS IS HIGH- 

 LY INFLAMMABLE. It has been 

 known to explode from the fire of a 

 lighted cigar and from a protected elec- 

 tric spark. The odor disappears quickly 

 when the beans are aired. 



Bean weevils may also be killed by fu- 

 migation with hydrocyanic acid gas at 

 the rate of 21 pounds of cyanide for each 

 1000 cubic feet of space, but this is not as 

 practical for small lots of beans. A tem- 

 perature of 1.31 F. for 1 hour will kill 

 all stages of the bean weevil if the beans 

 are spread on the floor or in shallow pans, 

 and this method of control is gaining 

 favor since it has been found that this 

 heat did not injure the germination of 

 the beans. 



Cold will delay and stop the develop- 

 ment of the bean weevil but an exposure 

 of .56 days at 31= to 32 F. is necessary 

 to kill all stages of the insect. 



After the seed is fumigated or heated, 

 be sure to discourage infestation in the 

 field next sea.son by: 



1. Planting only sound seed. 



2. Gathering and destroying all scat- 

 tered pods in the field this fall. 



3. By harvesting, thrashing, and sack- 

 ing the crop as soon as possible. 



— W. D. Whitcomb. 



CORN VARIETIES 



Sweet corn is fast becoming one of the 

 most popular of vegetables. Its season 

 is so comparatively short that much at- 

 tention is being called in all the seed 

 catalogues to "new" early varieties. For 

 quality the old true Golden Bantam is 

 hard to beat. This is so true that a large 

 proportion of the yellow corn sold over 

 the counter, either at roadside stand or 

 retail store, is sold as "Bantam." There 

 have been any number of crosses of Gold- 

 en Bantam with larger types and selec- 

 tions for larger ears. The standard size 

 of Golden Bantam is an ear about 7 in- 

 ches long with 8 rows of kernels. It not 

 only is small but does not fill out well, 

 making it unattractive to the consumer 

 when placed beside the new types of yel- 

 low corn which ma.^querade under a 

 multiplicity of names such as. Early 



Golden, Early Sunrise, Golden I lawn. 

 New Yellow, Buttercup, etc. Most of 

 the.-e produce an attractive, large, and 

 well filled ear of from 10 to 18 rows, some 

 are long and slender, others short and 

 fat. The catalogues list these varieties 

 as maturing a few days later than Golden 

 Bantam, some claim they have a variety 

 that will mature ahead of Golden Bantam, 

 but the writer knows of only one instance 

 where this has proven true. In the corn 

 variety test at the Field Station this year 

 one strain of Golden Dawn was a few 

 days ahead of the earliest strain of Gold- 

 en Bantam. As is the case with different 

 strains of the same variety of all vegeta- 

 bles, there was considerable difference be- 

 tween the strains of Golden Bantam tried 

 this year not only in date of maturity but 

 also in type of ear. 



This year in the variety te.st of corn 

 planted May 5, one strain of Golden 

 Dawn was the first yellow corn to mature, 

 August 3 ; on August 6 the earliest strain 

 of Golden Bantam was picked, while the 

 first picking of any of the other types of 

 yellow corn was made August 10 (Whip- 

 ple's Yellow). Of the white corn, Ear- 

 liest of All was picked July 22 but the 

 ears were quite small, running 7 to 8 

 dozen to the bushel box Early Dighton ' 

 Corn from seed of a private grower ma- 

 tured a week (July 27) ahead of seed 

 from a seedsman (August 3) and pro- 

 duced over 50 per cent more marketable 

 ears. This variety. Early Dighton, pro- 

 duces a good sized ear of fair quality run- 

 ning 6 to 6i dozen ears to the box and i> 

 the best early while vai-ieties of corn ob- 

 served by the writer. 



Information as to sources of seed of 

 strains and varieties mentioned here, as 

 well as records of the corn variety test of 

 1925 may be obtained from the Field 

 Station office. — P. W. Dempsey. 



FARM WORiG GE lEBF INCREASES 



Estimates made by the Department of 

 Agriculture and the Bureau of the Cen- 

 sus indicate that the total farm-mort- 

 gage encumbrance in the United States 

 increa.sed from $3,320,470,000 in 1910 to 

 $7,857,700,000 in 1920. There is reason 

 to believe, says the department, that the 

 total has increased since 1920, although 

 there is no exact measure of the increase. 

 While some of the increase represents 

 merely a refunding of short-term debt, a 

 part is attributed to the tendency to ex- 

 pand farm operations. Transfers of 

 lands by purchase or inheritance have 

 also no doubt been responsible for some 

 of the increa.se. 



FARMERS' EXCHANGE 



FOR SALE: Single Comb White Leg- j 



horn cockerels. Tancreds Royal Mating i 



World's Best Strain. .$5.00 each. F. J. | 



Ward, Southampton, Mass. ', 



PRODUCTION INSURANCE 



Did you ever stop to think that 

 you ought to take out production 

 insurance on your cows? A 30,000 

 pound five year old cow is worth 

 more than $200.00 to you, and a six 

 year old canner is worth less than 

 $80 00, the exact sum depending on 

 her size and age. A 10,000 pound 

 cow is a profitable machine in the 

 dairy barn, and a canner is junk 

 in the dairy barn. 



By the care which you give your 

 herd and by the wa" you feed your 

 animals during the various stages 

 of their development you control to 

 a large extent the length of time 

 they stay out of the canner class. 



Eastern States Open Foi-mula 

 Feeds are built to furnish the mem- 

 bers of the Exchange feeds which 

 will produce strong calves, mature 

 healthy heifers, and keep cows in 

 good order while producing milk at 

 capacity month in and month out, 

 year in and year out. 



The astonishing figures in the 

 cow testing association article in 

 the November Eastern States Co- 

 operator are made possible only 

 through the comprehensive way in 

 which Eastern States Feeds are 

 foi-mulated and mixed. The rec- 

 ords of Hampshire County herds 

 show that Eastern States Open 

 Formula Feeds are making good in 

 all of these regards. 



Hampshire County young stock 

 is being raised economically on 

 Eastern States Fitting Ration. 

 Hampshire County mature cows are 

 holding out profitably through their 

 lactation period and from year to 

 year on Eastern States Feeds. 

 Hampshire County herds which 

 have been using Eastern States 

 Feeds consistently have increased 

 their production per cow from year 

 to year. 



Where records are ke/tt Eastern 

 States Oj)en Formula Feeds prove 

 their worth. 



Why experiment with substitutes 

 when you can secure Eastern States 

 Feeds from your Eastern States lo- 

 cal agent and thus go a long way 

 toward insuring your individual 

 cow and herd production? 



f}astGni§tatcs farnici's f}xcIiaAge 



A iioii-S(€M>k, non-l*ruli( or^nnizu- 

 lion owned nnd controlled by tlie 

 I'lirnier.s it ,ser\e.s. 



Sprin'.;licl(l. 



Massachusetts 



