FARMERS' MONTHLY OF HAMPSHIRE COUNTY 



A Business Bank for 



Business Farmers 



This is a message for business 

 farmers — for those progressive 

 crop and cattle raisers who know 

 that to get profits from farming 

 there must be knowledge not only 

 of crops, but of markets, of prices, 

 of soil treatment, of other factors. 



This bank's primary object is to 

 help farmers of this section to pros- 

 per. Our complete banking facili- 

 ties and our dependable sources of 

 information valuable to farmers are 

 at your disposal. 



We'll be glad to serve you. 



NORTHAMPTON 

 NATIONAL BANK 



THE BANK FOR EVERYBODY 



OLD DEERFIELD 



FERTILIZERS 



Both our standard grades of 

 goods and our Concentrated 10-16- 

 14 Potato and Market Garden Fer- 

 tilizer are especially compounded 

 (out of the more expensive mate- 

 rials) to produce not only a quick 

 start but a steady growth over the 

 whole season. 



We handle a full line of fertilizer 

 materials. * - 



A, W. HIGGINS, Inc. 



SOUTH DEERFIELD, MASS. 



The habit of Saving 



Is at the bottom of most 

 big successes in the busi- 

 ness world. Begin the 

 habit by opening a savings 

 account with the Hayden- 

 ville Savings Bank. One 

 dollar is enough to start 

 with. 



BANK BY MAIL 



HAYDENVILLE SAVINGS BANK 



HAVDENVILLE, MASS. 



who simply follows the style giving no 

 thought to becomingness of line, design, 

 material and color would be classed im- 

 mediately with the brainless little chat- 

 terbo,x who chews gum and earns her 

 living in a way that takes no brains. 

 Yet, dress that same girl in a becoming 

 hat with appropriate costume and ac- 

 cessories and we have her transferred 

 from the slums to the mansion on the 

 hill. She is a girl of means, and edu- 

 cation and the hat has made the differ- 

 ence. 



The question is "What does your hat 

 say about you?" 



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HOME HAPPENINGS 



Our Huntington friends are still at 

 work. Last August we told you about 

 them and all the work they had done re- 

 finishing furniture. We thought they 

 stopped then but they did not. They are 

 I still meeting every week putting in rush, 

 splint and cane seats and refinishing the 

 chairs and some very nice old tables and 

 bureaus. 



Between times they have taken mil- 

 linery on the loader training basis. Those 

 women not wishing to work on furniture 

 make hats. 



Several of the women attended Farm 

 and Home Week and saw the demonstra- 

 tion on drafting a kimona pattern and 

 the application of the pattern for various 

 types of dresses. With what subject 

 mater the agent could send the leaders 

 Mrs. A. L. Moore and Mrs. W. A. Mun- 

 son, they have qualified themselves to 

 teach it, and so for spring work the 

 women will be making the two hour dress. 



This is what is going on in the county 

 as a result of good leadership and co- 

 operation. 



Niirtljamptmi Snatitution 

 fur i'auinga 



Incorporated 1842 



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A MUTUAL SAVINGS BANK 



Deposits begin to draw intei'est 

 on the first business day of each 

 month. $1 will open an account. 



Your income from your deposits 

 in Massachusetts Mutual Savings 

 Banks is not taxable under the 

 State Income Tax. 



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Open 9 A. M. to 3 P. M. 

 Saturdays, 9 A. M. to noon 

 Monday evenings, 6.30 to 8 



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W. H. RILEY & CO. 



•LUMBIJVG nnd HEATING 



KITCHEN FURNISHINGS 



AGENTS FOR 



Glenwood Itanges 



nnd Lowe Bros. I'atnts 



Opp. Post Office Northampton, Mass. 



The agent was pleasantly surprised to 



find that the Westhampton women under 



1 the leadership of Mrs. John Hathaway 



had made forty-five felt hats since the 



first of December. 



It all started when these women saw 

 the agent's thirty cent hat. They im- ' 

 mediately wanted the pattern and the ad- 

 dress of the firm where they could buy 

 felt. Having taken millinery for two j I 

 seasons they had no difliculty in making \ 

 some very attractive and practical hats. 

 And think of the money they saved! 



Mrs. Frank Taylor of Williamsburg 

 reports having renovated and reseated 

 eight chairs in her spare time this winter. 

 Five of the chairs belonged to a dining 

 room set, one was a bed room chair and 

 one was a real antique. Mrs. Taylor has 

 certainly made good use of the knowledge 

 she learned from the extension meetings 

 held in her town a year ago. 



