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 MAY G - 1926 



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FARMERS' MONTHLY 



OF HAMPSHIRE COUINTV 



Vol. XL 



NORTHAMPTON, MASS., APRIL, 1926 



No. 4 



HOME FURNISHING 



Radio Talk given by Miss Lucile W. 



Reynolds, State Home Demonstration 



Agent Leader, from WBZ 



This is the season when plans are be- 

 ing made to "brighten up the corner" 

 where we live, not necessarily by the ad- 

 dition of costly pieces of furniture, but 

 rather by the use of paint, stain or wall 

 paper. It may be that new draperies or 

 curtains are contemplated or some choice 

 pieces of old furniture are to be refinish- 

 ed. I am going to take a specific room, 

 the living room, and discuss with you cer- 

 tain principles that should guide us in 

 planning the furnishings for that room. 



First, what is the purpose of the living 

 room? It is just what its name suggests, 

 a room where the family life is carried 

 on. In the average home, it is the room 

 in which the family gathers for relaxa- 

 tion at the end of a busy day. This room 

 then should be a restful, cheery attractive 

 place, not so elegant but that the man of 

 the family feels at home there, even 

 though he is not wearing his best clothes, 

 but inviting enough so that daughter will 

 want to bring her friends home to plan 

 for the May day party. 



If the living room is to be restful then 

 the background — the walls, woodwork, 

 floors and rugs, must not be too con- 

 spicuous. This does not mean that they 

 cannot be interesting. Nature has fol- 

 lowed certain principles in furnishing 

 the out of doors. If we follow these 

 principles in our houses we cannot go far 

 astray. The floor covering, like the earth 

 or the grass, should be darkest in color 

 or value as we say; the walls and wood- 

 work, like the trees should be somewhat 

 lighter and the ceiling, like the sky, 

 should be lightest of all. 



As to the color to be used for our walls, 

 we are safe in saying that one in which 

 the yellows and oranges predominate, 

 giving the effect of warmth, is most 

 satisfactory. We want our living room 

 to be a cheerful place. Aren't we all in 

 better spirits when the sun shines? We 

 can't control the sun but we can contri- 

 bute tremendously to the sunny effect in 

 our homes by our choice of colors for our 

 walls. Let us not be persuaded to use 

 cold grays for our walls or rugs even, 

 though we may read that gray is to be 

 "all the style" this spring. There are 

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HOLSTEIN CLUB MEETING 



The Spring meeting of the Hamp- 

 shire-Franklin Holstein Friesian 

 Breeders' Club will be held at 

 Boyden's Restaurant, Main Street, 

 Northampton at 12.00 o'clock noon 

 Saturday, April 24. The following 

 is the program: 



12.00 M.— Dinner. 



1.00 P. M.— Holstein Moving 

 Picture. 



1.30 P. M.— C. N. Crissey, Nation- 

 al Holstein Club. 



2.15 P. M.— .J. C. Cort, State De- 

 partment of Agriculture. 



Everyone interested in Holsteins 

 is urged to attend this meeting. 

 Come and bring the family. 



FRUIT GROWERS MEET 



Spraying Subject of Spring Session 



Over fifty fruit growers attended the 

 second meeting of the Hampshire County 

 Fruit Growers' Association held at the 

 Massachusetts Agricultural College 

 Thursday, March 25. Prof. A. I. Bourne 

 described various insects which the fruit 

 growers have to combat. Particular em- 

 phasis was placed on the control of cod- 

 ling moth and railroad worm. Professor 

 Bourne .stated that observation over the 

 past few years had .shown that this in- 

 sect did not come out according to the 

 calendar but according to weather condi- 

 tions. All of the moths do not come out 

 at once so there is danger of having 

 trouble with late moths if they are not 

 watched. He is to furnish the fruit 

 growers with information as to the prop- 

 er time to spray this year. The im- 

 portance of picking up "drops" was 

 shown in the control of railroad worm 

 also the need for a spray containing 

 arsenate of lead about the first week in 

 July. 



Prof. W. L. Doran discussed the control 

 of apple scab. The scab spores go 

 through the winter on last years infected 

 leaves. These spores infect the present 

 years leaves. The problem then is to 

 keep the foliage from becoming infected. 

 He said that it is still debatable how 

 many sprays are needed before the calyx 

 spray to control scab. Most growers are 

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WHO'S WHO WITH POULTRY 



Hampshire County Flocks Lead State in 

 Winter Lgg Production 



A recent list of .state leaders in egg 

 production for the four months period 

 ending February 28, 1926 shows that 

 Hampshire County poultrymen captured 

 nine of the eighteen leading places. The 

 reports are divided according to size of 

 flocks: (1) "Large flocks," over 500 birds. 

 (2) "Small flocks," less than 500 birds. 

 As regards pullet production, the state 

 leaders of "large flocks" for the four 

 months' period are: (1) Hillside School, 

 Greenwich, with 76.6 eggs per bird; (2) 

 Geo. E. Scott, Belchertown, 6.3.4 eggs per 

 bird; (3) J. T. Geer, Belchertown, 62.8 

 eggs per bird. 



In the "small flocks" division, the fol- 

 lowing were the state leaders with pul- 

 lets: (1) Mrs. A. G. Eldridge, Amher.st, 

 68.7 eggs per bird; (2) P. L. Wheelock, 

 Amherst, 67.1 eggs per bird; (3) Mrs. 

 F. T. Frary, Southampton, 65.6 eggs per 

 bird; (5) Frank D. Steele, Cummington, 

 60.5 eggs per bird; (7) Geo. H. Ball, 

 North Amherst, 59.4 eggs per bird; (9) 

 H. I. Bean and Sons, Florence, 57.8 eggs 

 per bird. There are 239 poultrymen in 

 the state sending in these records. This 

 shows that Hampshire County poultry- 

 men do not have to take their hats off to 

 any in the state. 



The following is the summary of winter 

 egg production (Nov. 1 to Feb. 28) for 

 the county, showing egg production of 

 pullets : 



No. of Eggs 

 Owner Ad.iress Birds* per Bird 



Hillside School, Greenwich 322 76.61 

 Mrs. R. P. Thayer, Hadley 29 72.99 

 Mrs. A. G. Eldridge, Amh'st 147 68.87 

 P. L. Wheelock, Amher.st 170 67.02 

 Mrs. F. T. Frary, South 'ton 152 65.72 

 Geo. E. Scott, Belchertown 413 63.43 

 .1. T. Geer, Belchertown 537 62.86 



H. F. Duncan, Belchertown 305 61.15 

 F. D. Steele, Cummington 306 60.50 

 Geo. H. Ball, No. Amherst 241 59.33 

 H. C. Booth, Belchertown 1,218 58.40 

 H. I. Bean & Sons, Florence 175 57.83 

 Henry Witt, Belchertown 510 54.67 

 R. S. Schoonmaker, Amh'st 270 54.55 

 Mrs. E. H. Alderman 



Middlefield 172 54.37 



*No. Pullets reported in February. 



A study of the ten leading flocks shows 

 that only two were getting less than ten 

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