FARMERS' MONTHLY OF HAMPSHIRE COUNTY 



WHITE COTTON MAGIC 



If the Eastern States Farm- 

 ers' Exchange were to put its 

 growing mash up in white cot- 

 ton sacks and label it "Eastern 

 States Chick Starter," it 

 would be able to sell hundreds 

 of tons at from $4.50 to $5.00 

 a hundred. This statement is 

 made each spring by local 

 agents who know what the 

 farmers in their towns are 

 buying. 



But for around $3.00 a bag 

 on the present market this 

 same feed is available in new 

 jute sacks marked "Eastern 

 States Growing Mash." If 

 anything could be gained for 

 the poultryman by putting out 

 a special chick starter, the 

 Eastern States Fanners' Ex- 

 change would do so. The 

 authorities assui'e us, how- 

 ever, that our growing mash 

 is adequate. Thousands of 

 farmers are using it success- 

 fully as a starter for the third 

 year. 



If you are one of those 

 farmers who believe in the 

 magic of words, tiy a chick 

 starter, but if you have fed 

 birds long enough to know 

 that the ingredients of a mix- 

 ture rather than the color of 

 the sack in which is comes 

 detemiine its quality, order a 

 months' supply of Eastern 

 States Growing Mash on the 

 next Eastern States car to 

 your station. Be sure to or- 

 der enough so that you will al- 

 ways have some on hand. 



For the fomiula of the 

 Eastern States Growing Mash 

 write the office. 



J}astGrti§tates farniGi's ]}xchange 



A non- Stock, iion-I*rofit organ Izn- 



tion o^vned and controlled by the 



farmers it serves. 



! 



Springfield, 



Massachusetts 



STUDY OF FOREST TAXATION 



BEGUN 



A nation-wide study of the forest tax 

 problem in relation to reforestation is be- 

 ing launched by the Forest Service, j 

 United States Department of Agriculture 

 which has just announced the appoint- 

 ment of Prof. Fred R. Fairchild of Yale 

 University as director of the investiga- 

 tion. 



A detailed study of forest tax problems 

 will be made in principal forest regions 

 of the United States to determine the ef- 

 fect of present tax laws on reforestation 

 and timber holding, and the conditions 

 that must be met in any effort to read 

 just present tax laws so as to be fair 

 both to the land owner and the county. 



Study Authorized by Congress 



The study is the outgrowth of a coun- 

 try-wide investigation of reforestation 

 conducted by a special committee of the 

 United States Senate in 192.3-24. This 

 committee came to the conclusion that 

 timber growing would be greatly stimu- 

 lated by giving land owners security 

 against unjust and burdensome taxation. 

 Provision for the study is embodied in the 

 Clarke-McNary Forestry Act, passed by 

 the last Congress. 



Prof. Fairchild, who will take active 

 charge of the work about the middle of 

 this month, is an authority on general tax 

 problems, and on forest taxation in parti- 

 cular. He has written much on general 

 taxation problems and has frequently 

 acted in the capacity of consulting tax 

 expert to municipalities and States. j 



Since 1904 he has been connected with 

 the Department of Economics of Yale 

 University, acting for the past six years 

 as chairman of that department. In 1918 

 he .served the military government of San 

 Domingo, and in 192,3 the Republic of 

 Colombia, as tax expert, assisting these 

 governments to plan national revenue 

 systems. For several years he has served 

 as a member of the advisory committee of 

 the financial department of the Chamber 

 of Commerce of the United States, and 

 also of the National Commission on 

 Federal and State Inheritance Taxation, j 



Timber Crops Very Important 



Commenting on the appointment of 

 Prof. Fairchild, Chief Forester William 

 B. Greeley stressed the importance to the 

 country of the proposed investigation. 



"Timber growing as a private business 

 is of the utmost importance to the wel- 

 fare of this country," said Col. Greeley. 

 "This activity will be hampered by the 

 uncertainties of forest taxation, and it is 

 necessary to devise systems of forest 

 taxation that will not tax growing forests 

 over and over again before they reach 

 merchantable size. 



"The tax investigation provisions of 



Merritt Clark & Co. 



Clothiers, Furnishers 



and 



Hatters 



HART SCHAFFNER AND 

 MARX CLOTHES 



? 



144 Main Street 

 NORTHAMPTON, MASS. 



BISSELL'S TIRE SHOP 



NOHTHAMPTON, MASS. 



Miller, Goodyear and U. S. Tires 



Tires and Tubes 



Vulcanized by Steam 



Qoodyear Service Station 



FREE AIR 

 66 KING STREET Tel. 1293-M 



New 1926 5-Tube 



Freshman 



Radio Set 



^39.50 



G. P. TROWBRIDGE CO. 



129 King St., Northampton 



Phone 48 O 



