FARMERS' MONTHLY OF HAMPSHIRE COUNTY 



Most Luck is Applied 

 Common Sense 



There is no use denying the fact 

 that we all have the gambling in- 

 stinct. This tendency is more pro- 

 nounced in some than in others, 

 but all who are getting ahead are 

 taking chances. "Nothing ven- 

 tured, nothing gained," is a true 

 saying. 



Some folks are credited with 

 more luck than others. The ele- 

 ment of luck of course comes into 

 the picture always, but it is not so 

 important a factor as the less for- 

 tunate consider it to be. Look over 

 the record of those who have the 

 reputation for being generally 

 lucky, and you will find that when 

 they take chances the odds are 

 usually in their favor. It is be- 

 cause this is so that they usually 

 win. 



Take the question of feeding 

 gi-ain to cows on pasture, for in- 

 stance. The dairymen who are mak- 

 ing a decent profit over co.st of feed 

 on spring cows are all doing it, and 

 they stand to win by doing so. 

 Figure it out. A cow making forty 

 pounds of milk a day needs at lea.st 

 150 pounds of pa.sture grass to hold 

 her weight and make that amount 

 of milk unless she gets something 

 to eat besides the grass. The work 

 of making the milk is as great a 

 tax on her system as is a day's 

 work for a horse, and if in addi- 

 tion to doing all that you ask her 

 to grub 1.50 pounds of grass out of 

 your pasture, you are not giving 

 your cow a chance to keep earning 

 a profit for you. 



Remember that the late summer 

 and early winter are the periods 

 of high milk prices, and that the 

 spring cow which is kept in flesh 

 through the early summer and 

 through fly time is the cow which 

 delivers the most premium milk. 

 Remember, too, that the spring 

 cows which are not worth graining 

 because they give so little milk are 

 not worth keeping through the 

 summer. They use up grass which 

 the good cows can turn into more 

 money, and they bring more at the 

 butcher's in the early summer 

 when your neighbors hate to 

 sell the boarder cows than they 

 do in the fall when your neighbors 

 have to sell their boarder and 

 surplus stock. 



If you have not read the para- 

 graphs on pasture feeding in the 

 1926 Eastern States Feed Booklet, 

 be sure to write for a copy. 



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Who's Who With Poultry 



Continued from page 1. column S 

 eggs per bird in November, while only 

 three were getting over 50% production. 

 Two of these flocks were able to maintain 

 high production while the third dropped 

 from 18.86 eggs per bird in November to 

 15.6 eggs per bird for December. In 

 December all of the leading flocks had 

 reached 50% production or better and 

 maintained this high production through 

 February. This shows that if pullets are 

 bred for egg production, are healthy, 

 early hatched and properly fed that it is 

 possible to maintain high winter egg 

 production. At least three of the flocks 

 made high production without the use of 

 artificial light. To do this the owners 

 have to be exceptional feeders. 



The following are the leading flocks 

 in egg production for February: — 



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

 Mrs. R. P. Thayer, Hadley 

 F. D. Steele, Cummington 

 ■J. T. Geer, Belchertown 

 P. L. Wheelock, Amherst 

 Henry Witt, Belchertown 

 Geo. E. Scott, Belchertown 

 Geo. H. Ball, No. Amherst 

 Hillside School, Greenwich 

 F. T. Frary, Southampton 

 Mrs. E. H. Alderman, 



Middlefield 



The following is the state summary of 

 the poultry records for February: 



172 15.71 



*Includes sales, thefts, and fowls eaten 

 in addition to deaths. 



** Average for the entire flock — combines 

 hen and pullet production. 



The Uelieious Apple 



Continued from page 3, column 3 



weH. Either cultural methods that will 

 improve size and quality must be adopted 

 or the trees had better be top-worked to 

 other varieties. Second rate Delicious 

 are not likely to be profitable. It is hard- 

 ly possible to say with confidence what 



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