FARMERS' MONTHLY OF HAMPSHIRE COUNTY 



CLUB WORK 



HERMAN ANDREWS 



OF SOUTHAMPTON 



state Corn Champion 



Herman lives with Mr. Fred Graves of 

 Southampton, five miles from the center 

 of the town. He was sent to his place in 

 1920 and since that time has been an im- 



DAIRY MEMBERS KEEP RECORDS 



On April 1 starts a conte.st among the 

 dairy club members owning milking 

 animals. The work might better be 

 called a Juniors' Cow Test Association 

 for they will carry out about the same 

 plans as the Seniors. There are eleven 

 young people having fifteen to twenty 

 heifers which have freshened. It is to 



portant part of the farm. The second i their advantage to know what they make 

 year he was there he started club work in profit and so this contest or cow test 

 and has carried on eleven projects up to association is started. This is what they 

 the present time. These have been four ^jn do. 



years of poultry, one year of gardening, i. The milk from the cow must be 

 one year of potatoes, four years of corn : weighed at least three days each month 

 and one year of dairying. throughout the term of the contest which 



Recently he has been selected as State | will close on October 1. The weighing 

 Corn Champion for the summer of 192.5. will be done on the 13th, 14th and 1.5th 

 Each year he has planted one-half an days of the month which will be set down 



acre and last year would have put in an 

 acre and a half had he not decided to 

 plant an acre of potatoes side of his corn. 

 In 1922 he harvested sixty-two bu.shels 

 making a profit of $60.00. In 1923 an 

 early fall frost got his patch before it 

 ripened and the crop was used as stover. 

 In 1924 he again had good results and 

 harvested eighty-one bushels with a pro- 

 fit of $59.7.5 while in 1925 he harvested 

 sixty-five bushels with a profit of $66.65. 



In 1924 he began to get interested in 

 having a dairy animal and so with Mr. 

 Graves' help and through a loan from 

 the Northampton National Bank he 

 bought a fine Guernsey from the Mixter 

 Farm. 



As a judge he has stood way above the 

 average. His first public appearance in 

 judging was at a field meeting at Lom- 

 bello's farm in Westfield where he won 

 first place, competing against experienced 

 dairy owners. He got all the practice 

 he could in judging at Fairs, field days 

 and at Smith Agricultural School which 

 he now attends as a Senior. Then he be- 

 gan to show his ability. At the Eastern 

 States Exposition he won the gold watch 



on a sheet sent to the member by the 

 Extension Service. 



II. On the 16th of each month the fol- 

 lowing records must be sent in: 



(a) Record of milk for the three 

 days. 



(b) Record of amount and kind of 

 grain given for the three days. 



(c) Record of amount and kind of 

 roughage given for the three 

 days. 



(d) A sample of the milk taken 

 from milkings on the 15th day 

 of the month. 



The milk will be tested by the Agricul- 

 tural Department of the Smith Voca- 

 tional School. The Eastern States 

 Farmers' Exchange is backing us in the 

 attempt to encourage the dairy members 

 to keep and use records. They are offer- 

 ing 1,000 pounds of dairy feeds to the 

 three winners. The winners will be 

 selected on the following points : 



1. Production of cow — 45%. 



2. Keeping of milk and feed records — 

 45-"^. 



3. Use of milk and feed records— 10%. 

 And so a member may win though he 



for first place in stock judging in 1924. | hasn't the best cow because a lot of con- 

 He was picked to represent Hamp.shire ; sjderation will be given to the use they 



EXHIBITS COME IN MAY 



How the time does fly! During the 

 month of May fifty clothing and food and 

 handicraft clubs will hold their exhibits 

 of work. In some cases two or three of 

 these clubs will have their exhibit at the 

 same time. At all exhibits the public is 

 urged to come and look over the work of 

 the youngsters. Little plays showing the 

 value and what is learned in Club Work 

 are being prepared by a number-of clubs 

 throughout the county. The following 

 leaders have agreed to the suggestive 

 dates sent out by the Extension Oflfice. 

 Miss Martha Conklin, Belchertown — May 



17— Food 

 Mrs. E. F. Shumway, Belchertown — May 



17— Clothing 

 Mrs. Carl Loveland, Worthington — May 



4— Clothing 

 Mrs. C. A. Kilbourn, Worthington — May 



4— Clothing 

 Mrs. Charles Burt, Westhampton — May 



5— Pood 

 Miss Ruby DeLLsle, Westhampton — May 



5 — Handicraft 

 Miss Nellie Shea, Bondsville— May 10— 



Handicraft 

 Miss Marion Keyes, Bondsville — May 



10— Clothing 

 Miss B. Fitzgerald, Belchertown — May 



12 — Clothing and Handicraft 

 Miss Yvonne Cayer, Goshen — May 26 — 



Lunch Box 

 Mrs. Ashley Randall, Granby— May 31— 



Clothing and Food 

 Miss E. D. Haines, Granby— May Si- 

 Handicraft 



At the exhibits 4-H club pins will be 

 awarded to all members completing suc- 

 cessfully the year's work. Gold seals 

 will be placed on their charters when 

 1007r of the members have finished. 

 Over six hundred boys and girls are in 

 these three kinds of clubs in Hampshire 

 County. 



County at the Boston Poultry Show on 

 our poultry team and helped that team 

 to win the State Champion.ship. Later 



make of milk and feed records. 



Ribbons will be given to the three 

 highest producing animals each month 



the team went to New York City to en- ' ^nd a report of the results will be publish- 



ter the National Judging Conte.st where | ed in the Farmers' Monthly. 



they took second place. And then this 



fall he made the team to try for the State 



Championship in combination judging at 



Brockton. The team won six cups of 



the seven off'ered. At the High School 



Day at M. A. C. in 1925 Herman was 



first in judging (which included all types 



of animals) and received a loving cup 



from the College and a silver medal from 



the State. At the State Dairy Club 



Field Day held at the Mixter Farms on 



May 9, 1925 Herman tied for first place 



with three other young people in the 



livestock judging contest in which sixty 



or more competed. Another class was 



judged by these first four in order to 

 break the tie and Herman placed first 

 receiving a rossette ribbon from the 

 Massachusetts Guernsey Breeders' As- 

 sociation. 



His attitude toward farm work is ex- 

 cellent. One day he was asked, "Her- 

 man, what if I don't get Mr. Graves back 

 by milking time?" He replied, "Oh, 

 Fred doesn't mind, he knows we can do 

 the work here all right." 



Canning and garden members should 

 enroll as soon as possible so as to get 

 copies of all material that goes out. 



SURE-TO-WIN CALF CLUB 



South Hadley has the distinction of 

 having the first local organized dairy club 

 in this county. C. Hilton Boynton who 

 has been a member of the county dairy 

 club for three years was instrumental in 

 getting the boys together. Seven mem- 

 bers belong and they selected "Sure to 

 Win" as their name. Conrad Chouinard 

 was elected president, Nathan Buckout, 

 vice-president; Hermon E. Freeman, 

 secretary and C. Hilton Boynton on 

 publicity. The club agent, Mr. Whippen, 

 was present at their meeting on Satur- 

 day, February 27th, and told them about 

 the doings of members of the Hampshire 

 County Dairy Club. Four of the boys 

 have Holsteins and the other three are 

 planning to get something good. 



