FARMERS' MONTHLY OF HAMPSHIRE COUNTY 



CLUB WORK 



DAIRY CLUB TO MEET 



Fathers Urged to be Present 



Dairy club boys of this county are be- 

 ing encouraged along many lines. First 

 they must own a dairy animal. It may 

 be a calf, a heifer, or a cow. If possible 

 we wish it to be a good pure bred. They 

 learn to feed. We want them to learn 

 how to raise the feed. In short the dairy 

 club is developing into an all around 

 dairy job. 



With these above jobs in mind we are 

 holding on Saturday, January 23, at the 

 Hampshire County Extension Service 

 rooms a dairy club meeting and will have 

 the following program starting at ten 

 o'clock. 

 Roll Call — Alice Randall, Secretary, Bel- 



chertown. 

 Value of a County Dairy Organization — 



Geo. L. Farley, State Club Leader. 

 Economical Feeding — C. J. Fawcett, 



Dairy Field Specialist, M. A. C. 

 Growing Alfalfa — R. A. Payne, County 



Agricultural Agent. 

 Report of the President — Dennett Howe, 



North Amherst. 

 Ba.sket Lunch — Hot cocoa will be served. 

 Selecting calves — W. F. Howe, Assistant 



State Club Leader, E. J. Montague, 



Superintendent of College Farm. 

 Exhibiting, Field Days, Tours, etc. — dis- 

 cussion led by George L. Farley. 

 Kolrain Coinicopia Colantha — Stephen 



Brusko, Hatfield. 

 My Interest in the Farm — Alice Randall, 



Belchertown. 

 My Aim in Dairying — Osborne West, 



Hadley 



James Harper, Sec'y. Mass. Guernsey 

 Breeders' Association. 



This meeting is run also for the fathers 

 of the dairy members and we expect 

 fathers and sons to get together in dairy 

 work. 



alternate. They received a score of 1265 

 points placing them sixth place out of 

 fifteen teams judging. On our way home 

 from Boston after the judging which hap- 

 pened to be on the 31st day of December, 

 the boys made a New Year's resolution to 

 win at the Boston Show next year if they 

 won the chance to represent the county. 



However we had other judges there. 

 Osborne West, Roger West and Dennett 

 Howe have all been to New York as 

 judges in the National Contest and so 

 were not allowed to form a team and 

 compete for the State Championship. 

 They were allowed to judge individually 

 and we find the sum of the scores of the 

 three boys one hundred and fifty points 

 above the score of the Norfolk County 

 team which won the state championship. 



OSBORNE FIRST AT BOSTON 



Osborne West of Hadley won first place 

 in the poultry judging contest at the Bos- 

 ton Poultry ' Show. He has finished his 

 judging as a club member with a grand 

 victory. Osborne passes on to twenty- 

 one shortly. Forty-nine boys judged in 

 this contest, boys who had previously 

 proved themselves the best judges in the 

 county. Hampshire County had seven in 

 the contest and they placed as follows: 

 Osborne West, Hadley l.st 



Roger West, Hadley 6th 



Dennett Howe, Amherst 7th 



Walter Phelon, Smith School 9th 



Erick Moberg, Southampton 9th 



James Coffey, Hadley 16th 



John Byron, Hadley 34th 



The Hampshire County team compet- 

 ing for the State Championship was com- 

 posed of Walter Phelon, Erick Moberg 

 and John Byron with James Coffey as 



THE HEALTH OF YOUNGSTERS 



Miss Harriet Woodward in talking 

 with Miss Dargie, teacher at the Plain- 

 field Union School found that a recent 

 weighiilg of the youngsters showed a 10% 

 deficiency in weight. Miss Dargie is to 

 help improve this condition with the help 

 of Mrs. Mildred Guerney, school nurse, 

 and a lunch box club. Hot cocoa or soup 

 will be served and the young people 

 through the lunch box club will learn 

 more about the health building foods with 

 an idea of improving if possible their 

 daily lunch box. 



FOOD CLUBS GET HELP 



We have about one hundred and fifty 

 young people in the county in 4-H food 

 clubs. They are learning more about 

 what to eat, how to cook it, and further- 

 more, they do cook. 



On January 13 and 14 Miss Lillian 

 Shaben, Extension Specialist for the Rus- 

 sell Miller Milling Company of Minnea- 

 polis, Minnesota, will meet five of our 

 clubs to give food demonstrations. At 

 Granby, Belchertown, Pelham and West- 

 hampton she will make quick breads. At 

 Plainfield she will show a lunch box some 

 fine pointers in sandwich making and 

 packing lunch boxes. 



AROUND THE COUNTY 



The Manhan Poultry Club of East- 

 hampton has had an ofl'er to use a moving 

 picture machine later in the winter. They 

 anticipate getting poultry films from 

 Washington and spending a meeting or 

 two watching tnem, and furthermore, 

 other surrounding clubs probably will be 

 invited. 



The work shop at West Farms being 

 made out of an old woodshed is progres- 

 sing. A floor has been laid and the walls 

 covered with Upson board. A window 

 has been set in the south side and the 

 job promises to be a success. 



LOCAL LEADERS' MEETING 



During January three local leader 

 meetings will be held. One comes on 

 January 16 at which Miss Marion L. 

 Tucker, state clothing specialist, will 

 demonstrate on the making of under- 

 garments, including patterns, materials, 

 trimmings, judging, etc. Miss Mildred 

 Boice will show the leaders how to make 

 a felt sport hat. 



On January 23 food club leaders will 

 meet Mi:;s Mae Foley, state food special- 

 ist, at the Hampden County Improvement 

 League Building at West Springfield. 



On January 30 Miss Pratt of Singer 

 Sowing Machine Co., Boston, will show 

 leaders the use of sewing machine attach- 

 ments. 



wirthmore"m]ltry clubs 



South Hadley now has a poultry club, 

 a poultry club house and lots of enthu.si- 

 asm. It started back in November when 

 the club agent called on a few boys known 

 to be interested in chickens and then ar- 

 ranged a meeting at a later date. The 

 boys were to find a leader and they did. 

 Mr. Osborne consented to help the eight 

 boys and has furnished the upstairs of 

 his garage for a club room. On one 

 meeting night all hands took hold and 

 nailed up a piece of heavy canvas on 

 either side of the room to help make it 

 warmer. Between this canvas on the two 

 ends of the building is a space about 14 

 feet wide and 25 feet long. Toward one 

 end sets a stove and the secretary's table 

 with the president's stand. When the 

 meeting starts the president rules and all 

 others have to obey. At a recent meet- 

 ing diseases of chickens were discussed 

 by each member of the club and each 

 member has in mind the getting of good 

 stock for the next year. 



Mrs. J. L. Sanborn of North Amherst 

 has recently organized a club of ten girls 

 in clothing work. 



The Needlecraft club has recently lost 

 Miss Baird for their leader but have se- 

 cured the interest of Mrs. Burrows who 

 will keep the club together. 



A little salt improves the flavor of 

 coffee, cocoa, or any dish made with 

 milk, even ice-cream and custard. Use 

 only a few grains, of course, about one- 

 eight teaspoon to a quart. 



A burn, however slight, is likely to 

 prove quite painful. A cloth Well wet 

 with vinegar bound over the injured place 

 will relieve the pain almost instantly, and 

 unless in case of a very bad burn, will 

 prevent blistering. 



Mrs. Gordon Dargile is the Plainfield 

 club leader. This is to correct the state- 

 ment made last month. 



