FARMERS' MONTHLY OF HAMPSHIRE COUNTY 



CLUB WORK 



EVERETT MARTIN, STATE DAIRY CHAMPION 



THE STORY OF EVERETT MARTIN, 

 STATE DAIRY CHAMPION 



Berkshire County has every reason to 

 be proud of its State Champions. They 

 are all the kind of boys one enjoys know- 

 ing and are outstanding in their manli- 

 ness. This is particularly true of 

 Everett Martin. To know his is to ad- 

 mire him as a splendid young man. 

 Everett has more to show for his club 

 activities than any of our present cham- 

 pions as he has built up a splendid herd 

 of Holsteins that are not only fine to 

 look upon but are filling the milk pail 

 which means most in the long run. At 

 present Everett owns a herd sire, 10 cows 

 producing, five of which are pure breds. 

 Six out of the ten have produced from 

 .50 to 6.5 pounds of milk per day. Besides 

 these he owns one pure bred yearling and 

 three calves, two of which are purebreds. 

 Altogether fifteen head of which nine are 

 purebred. 



Everett's start was made in 1919 when 

 his father gave him a calf to raise. 

 From that small beginning he has worked 

 up to his present herd. His herd sire is 

 a splendid animal which he obtained from 



j Mt. Hermon. The dam of this bull pro- 

 duced 18,829 pounds of milk with a test 

 of 4.1% butterfat which made 959.66 

 pounds butter. The sire of this bull was 

 Colantha Sir Walker Korndyke which 

 animal has a splendid ancestry. 



Everett was County Champion last 

 year and was also chosen to represent 

 Dairy Club Work at the Eastern States 

 Exposition last fall. While at Camp 

 Gilbert he saw that the College had a 



' great deal of information that he could 

 make use of. As he could not leave his 

 herd for a long course, he attended the 

 ten week's Winter Course this year and 

 got a great deal out of it. 



As Everett expresses it; "Farming and 

 Club Work are fine and work well to- 



I gether." 



WORTHINGTON CLUBS EXHIBIT 



On Tuesday evening. May 4th, the 

 Needlecraft Sewing Club of the center, 

 the Busy Bees at West Worthington and 

 the Boys' Handicraft Club held their an- 

 nual exhibit at Lyceum Hall. Fifty 

 parents and friends came to see the ex- 

 hibits and the entertainment arranged by 

 Mrs. C. A. Kilbourn, local leader of the 

 Needlecraft Club and Mrs. Carl Love- 

 land, local leader of the Busy Bees and 

 to hear singing by the Center Grammar 

 School. The club agent reminded the 

 parents of the fine spirit and helpfulness 

 of the leaders and the stick-to-it-iveness of 

 the young people. Both of the girls' clubs 

 won their 1926 gold seals for their char- 

 ters and each were presented their clover 



leaf 4-H club pin. The two leaders were 

 also awarded the pin for the first time. 



The boys' work this year was far better 

 than in previous years. They exhibited 

 chairs in which they had put in new cane 

 seats and other articles such as boot 

 jacks, foot stools, toy windmills, etc. 

 The boys have been working without a 

 leader which has been a handicap for 

 them. Mr. James Burckes is to help the 

 boys from now on in an organization and 

 so we can expect considerable more in- 

 terest in the future. 



HAMPSHIRE BOYS WIN 



Why do Hampshire County boys win? 

 Recently at M. A. C. a high school day 

 was held to which boys from all over 



Massachusetts came to enter the stock 

 and poultry judging contests. There 

 were twenty-six teams competing in stock 

 judging and teams compet- 



ing in poultry judging. Note the results. 



Stock judging — l.st place — Hopkins 

 Academy, Hadley — 1454 points. 



2nd place — Smith Agricultural School, 

 Northampton — 1435 points. 



Weynouth Academy, Weynouth — 1435- 

 points. 



3rd place — Smith Academy, Hatfield — 

 1427 points. 



Poultry Judging — 1st place — Hamp- 

 shire County 4-H Club Team— 1310 

 points. 



Three of the first four winning teams 

 in stock judging were from our county. 



Knowledge of good livestock and good 

 poultry is surely a very desirable thing 

 to know. Our boys are excelling in it. 



DAIRY members' ASSEMBLE 



Hampshire County and Franklin Coun- 

 ty dairy club members will get together 

 at Massachusetts Agricultural College on 

 Wednesday and Thursday, May 26 and 

 27, for .Jersey and Holstein and Guernsey 

 Meetings. The Jersey boys will be called 

 together on Wednesday while the Holstein 

 and Guernseys members will get together 

 on Thursday. It is very much desired 

 that the parents attend these meetings. 

 Here is the program for both nights. 

 Arrive at 5.30 to 6.00 P. M. 

 Meet at College barns. 

 Eat at College Cafeteria at 6.30 P. M. 



(50 cents a plate). 

 Assemble at Stockbridge Hall after 



banquet 

 Jersey night special talk 



Mr. Ellis Harlow of Amherst— "The 

 Jei'sey" 



A Breeder from Franklin County — 

 "The Jersey" 



Robert Cutter of Hatfield— Why I • 

 Selected a Jersey" 



A Club Member from Franklin Coun- 

 ty — "My Jerseys Are Best" 

 Pictures on the Holstein Breed 

 We will have songs, other talks, dis- 

 cussions. We will all get acquainted. 

 We want every Jersey member and every 

 parent present on Jersey night and every 

 Holstein and Guernsey member and 

 parent present on Thursday night. 



RED GRANGE EATS RIGHT 



Red Grange, the great foot ball star 

 gives a lot of credit for his success as an 

 athlete to good food. We can't all be 

 athletes on the football field or track, or 

 baseball field, but we all want the health 

 of an athlete. Red Grange in a recent 

 radio address said as follows, "There is 

 only one way I know to become an ath- 

 lete. Get lots of sleep and live a normal, 

 regular, healthy life. Keep away from 



