FARMERS' MONTHLY OF HAMPSHIRE COUNTY 



the bright lights and eat plain food. 

 Don't eat too much meat. Any vegetable 

 is good. Spinach and potatoes are ex- 

 cellent. Chew the food well. Don't 

 smoke. Don't drink liquor. Don't be a 

 loafer on the street. Think, dream and 

 believe that you will come to the top, and 

 you'll get there. Track work is the best 

 way to build up endurance but hard work 

 of any kind such as carrying ice on an 

 ice wagon is first class training." 



Any 4-H club member has those 4-H's 

 to develop. Remember they stand for 

 Head, Heart, Hands and Health. Your 

 thinking, your loyalty, your skill with 

 hands are all at their best when you are 

 in perfect health. Food, what you eat, 

 should be important to you. Whether 

 you become an athlete or not you have 

 got to work hard to succeed and good 

 food will help to make a rugged body as 

 it did for Red Grange. 



AROUND raE^COUNTY 



Henry Randall of Granby underesti- 

 mated his ability as a poultry judge. 

 When we asked him to judge on the 

 county poultry team he said, "No, wait 

 until I study up on it and learn how to 

 do it." Of course he already knew some- 

 thing about it and we finally persuaded 

 him to be a member of the team. The 

 team won first place in the M. A. C. con- 

 test on May 1st. 



The 4-H Pelham Food Club had their 

 exhibit on the evening of May 3d. They 

 gave an original play and sang a number 

 of club songs. Mrs. Guy Reed and five 

 members furnishing their requirements 

 received their 4-H clover leaf pins. 



The county dairy club tour comes on 

 June 19th. Thornton Clark of Granby, 

 Ellis Harlow of Amherst and Massachu- 

 setts Agricultural College will be visited. 

 Alfalfa fields, hay fields, judging and 

 many other interests will fill the day 

 from 10.00 A. M. until 4..30 P. M. 



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 tinction, real individuality and charm. 

 i Such a room as we have been de.scribing 

 cannot be achieved in a day. It means a 

 careful study of principles, it means 

 much observation, great restraint, keen 

 appreciation of what is good, willingness 

 to experiment, to discard, to rearrange. 

 But it is worth all it co.sts in the lasting 

 satisfaction it brings to every member of 

 the family. 



Gazette ^^rtming (Hn. 

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Don't Wear Out Hay 



Continued from page 1. r-olumn 3 



If the hay is cocked up it can be left 

 in the cocks till cured. Before loading, 

 the cocks are opened up in flakes to dry 

 out. The hay should be absolutely free 

 from external moisture before loading 

 but it can be a lot greener than most peo- j 

 pie believe and still go through in fine 

 shape. If a little green, salt may be ad- 

 ded to draw the moisture from the stems. 



Last June in New York state we saw ' 

 alfalfa being put in the barns pretty 

 green, yet the men told us that it came 

 out bright green, the leaves staying 

 with it. One man said he used to cock up 

 the alfalfa but by using the above method 

 found it to be unnecessary. 



Soy beans are handled the same as al- 

 falfa except that the stems being coarser 

 the crop has to be cocked. The tendency 

 is to get the leaves too dry before rak- 

 ing. This is not only unnecessary but is 

 actually harmful to the crop. 



H. D. SMITH 



Hatfield, Mass. 



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