FARMERS' MONTHLY OF HAMPSHIRE COUNTY 



Phillip and Michael who head the list. 

 Grain prizes are given to Joe Newman 

 and Henry Randall who get fifty pounds 

 each while Phillip Ives and Alice Randall 

 get twenty-five pounds each. 



To the 1'oiinK l*o»>[>le 



Continued from pas-p 1. column 2 



hundred young people were enrolled in 

 club work when I came to this county but 

 soon realized that the wonderful support 

 of school departments and local people 

 made it possible for me to increase the 

 enrollment to one thousand twenty last 

 year, and I want to expre.ss my most sin- 

 cere thanks to the group of adults who 

 have stood by me in carrying out the 

 projects and activities of 4-H club work 

 during my supervision. 



I became interested in the dairy work 

 on my arrival. This interest has been in- 

 tensified and the enrollment has increased 

 from twenty-five to fifty-five and the 

 number of animals from forty to one 

 hundred. I could see great possibilities 

 in Dairy Work because so many other 

 projects are allied with it such as raising 

 legumes which many of the boys have 

 taken up, milk record keeping, and selec- 

 tion of sires to get proper breeding. I 

 surely hope that this work will expand. 



The poultry work as we are trying to 

 have the young people conduct it, that is, 

 on an egg-laying basis, has seemed to me 

 to be one of our best projects, and the 

 exhibit of three hundred birds at the 

 Northampton Fair last fall proved to the 

 people of the county that your young 

 folks are travelling right alongside of the 

 men in excellency of poultry keeping. 



The food club work stirred me up con- 

 siderably last fall when I realized its 

 tremendous value for your health and I 

 hope that this nutrition or food work will 

 gather momentum next winter and that 

 you will be as eager for it as I am my- 

 self. 



Girls must have clothes too. What an 

 opportunity you girls have to get such 

 splendid ideas from leaders in clothing 

 work. Keep it up ! 



Any work you do in club work is a 

 positive gain. It is meant to make you 

 a better farmer, a better homemaker and 

 a better citizen and so when I say that I 

 am hereby tendering my resignation as 

 club agent of Hampshire County, don't 

 feel that I think less of the principles of 

 club work and its furtherance than I ever 

 have. It appears to me to be a big worth- 

 while job. 



The .Jersey meeting held at the Massa- 

 chu.sctts Agricultural College on May 26 

 attracted thirty-five from Franklin and 

 Hampshire Counties even though the 

 weather was lowery. Bob Cutter of West 

 Hatfield and Mr. Ellis Harlow of 

 Amherst talked and proved they knew 

 .Jersey Cattle were better than any others. 

 Everybody else there agreed with them. 



The Holstein and Guernsey meeting on 



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 NortliamjJtan, ilaas. 



AROUND THE COUNTY 



Easthampton girls turned out on Fri- 

 day, May 28, to see Professor William 

 Cole's demonstration in canning rhubarb 

 and asparagus. Thirty-five girls with 

 Miss Faina Thouin, the club leader, were 

 present. 



H. D, SMITH 



Hatfield, Mass. 



GRAIN, COAL, 



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FARM MACHINERY 



RADIO SALES AND SERVICE 



Competent repairs on all makes of Radios 



Wiring and Supplies 



Complete stock on hand at all times 



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LET US SUGGEST— 



For the Women Folks of the Farni Bureau 



ELECTRIC HOUSEHOLD AIDS 



will help to make easier the work around home — 



Universal Electric Coffee-Percolators, 



Toasters, Waffle Irons, Water Heaters, 



Hair Curlers, Heating Pads, Heaters and Fans. 



Tliat Good Hardicare Stot'e 



Foster-Farrar Company 



162 Main Street, 



Northampton, Mass. 



