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 



HAYDENVILLE, MASS. 



both glass curtains and over drapes and 

 which gave you the feeling that the win- 

 dows were much over dressed? That is 

 what we need to avoid in the window 

 treatment. A treatment that is quite ap- 

 propriate in a large spacious living room 

 is quite out of place in a small modest 

 room. If one prefers to have one set of 

 curtains answer both purpose such ma- 

 terials as pongee, casement cloth, un- 

 bleached muslin, heavy linens may be 

 used. 



"What shall we do about pictures for 

 our living room?" you will a.sk. Mo.st of 

 us have inherited or received as gifts 

 some pictures which are literally white 

 elephants on our hands. We have out- 

 grown them intellectually and aesthetical- 

 ly. But, if it is true, as one author puts 

 it, that "There is no single way in which 

 a 'person reveals himself so completely as 

 he does thru his choice of pictures," then 

 we need to stand off and view our collec- 

 tion critically, impersonally and decide 

 what ones we can afford to keep, what 

 ones we should discard. Sometimes it is 

 possible to remove the old picture and 

 substitute for it a worth while print, us- 

 ing the same frame. The frame may 

 need toning down or retinting, but this is 

 done very successfully in the modern art 

 shop. You may belong to the group that 

 has a large number of really good pic- 

 tures. Your problem then is to choose 

 what ones you will hang in your living 

 room this season, what ones you will store 

 for the present. We would consider it 

 poor taste to display on our person at one 

 time all the jewelry we possess, why dis- 

 play all of our pictures at once just be- 

 cause we are fortunate enough to have a 

 good many? 



In choosing and arranging such things 

 as vases, lamps, sofa pillows, table covers, 

 remember to ask yourself this question. 

 "Is this a useful accessory? Is it also 

 beautiful? Does it harmonize with the; 

 other furnishings of the room?" Let us 

 not forget that books and magazines not 

 only provide intellectual stimulus, but be- 

 cause of their attractive bindings and 

 colorful covers, add a real color note to 

 the room. And we need color in the liv- 

 ing room. We also need some pattern. 

 It is in the planning and arrangement of 

 the color and pattern notes that the 

 artist expresses his appreciation of color 

 and pattern on canvas. The costume 

 designer expresses his in his costumes. 

 Mother Nature expresses her love of color 

 in the lovely splashes of .swamp pink, 

 mountain laurel or cowslips among the 

 green trees, shrubs and grass, and we all 

 exult in the achievement. -Just so can 

 the woman in the home express her love, 

 understanding and appreciation of color 

 in the planning of the color and pattern 

 notes for the living room of her house. 

 It is in the skillful use of color and pat- 

 tern that she gives to the room real dis- 

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Northampton Institution | 

 for Savings 



Incorporated 1842 



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Miitaiil Savings Bank 



Deposits draw interest from the j 

 first business day of each month. 



Safe Deposit Boxes 



Foreign Exchange j 



Savings Bank Life Insurance j 



It will pay you to investigate the 

 details of cost, etc. Issued only for 

 residents of Massachusetts. 



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W. H. RILEY 8C CO. 



I'LUMBIIVG and HEATING 



KITCHEN FURNISHINGS 



AGENTS FOR 

 Glen^TOOil Hanges 



and Lowe Bros. Paints 



Opp. Post Office Northampton, Maes. 



