FARMERS' MONTHLY OF HAMPSHIRE COUNTY 



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tion. However, in the light of the fore- 

 going figures the reduced income from 

 a tuberculous herd may equal or even ex- 

 ceed the amount of indemnity ordinarily 

 paid. This loss, the officials conclude, 

 should be as great an inducement as the 

 expected indemnity for having the test 

 applied promptly, so as to check the 

 ravages of the disease, economic losses, 

 and danger to mankind. 



IS CANNED OR DRIED MILK 



AS VALUABLE AS FRESH? 



"May we substitute dried, evaporated 

 or condensed milk for fresh?" is a ques- 

 tion often asked. To a certain extent 

 these presei-ved milks take the place of 

 the fresh product, but they should not be 

 depended upon for the bulk of the milk 

 taken. Milk is very valuable for several 

 things — the protein or muscle building 

 material, the fat, the milk sugar, the 

 minerals so necessary for bones and 

 teeth, and the vitamins — substances 

 which promote growth, stimulate all 

 bodily functions and maintain health. 

 When the milk is dried, evaporated or 

 condensed, everything in the fresh milk 

 remains except some of the water and 

 some of the vitamins. Vitamins may be 

 destroyed by long cooking oi' ageing. For 

 this reason it is much better to give the 

 children fresh milk, at least most of the 

 time. If it is impossible to get good 

 fresh milk, the canned or dried product 

 may be used under a physician's direc- 

 tions, providing fresh fruit and vegetable 

 juices, egg yolk and cod liver oil are used 

 to supply additional vitamins. Even 

 cow's milk does not contain a large supply 

 of all the vitamins and must be supple- 

 mented by some of the above foods. 



Babies raised on sweetened condensed 

 milk are often fat because of the large 

 amount of sugar in the milk ; and because 

 they do not get enough minerals their 

 bones and teeth suffer eventually. Such 

 babies are often pale, soft and flabby, 

 and develop rickets and other bone trou- 

 bles. 



SPRAYING POTATOES 



Last year the leaf hoppers killed the 

 potatoes in this county. These insects 

 are yellow and about an eighth of an inch 

 long. They look like minature grass 

 hoppers. Flea beetles also took a serious 

 toll. A simple spraying or dusting pro- 

 gram will control the insects and fungus 

 diseases of the potato. Spraying and 

 dusting prevent injury. They do not 

 cure troubles. 



The program .starts when the potato 

 plants are six inches high. The field 

 should be gone over often enough to keep 

 the whole plant covered with spray or 

 du.st until the plants die. Bordeaux 



Mixture is the standard spray. Arsenate 

 of lead or calcium arsenate is added to it 

 to kill eating insects. Many men find 

 that they can save time by mixing up 

 stock solutions, dissolving .50 lbs. of cop- 

 per sulfate in a .50 gallon barrel of water 

 and putting 60 lbs. of finishing lime in 

 50 gallons of water in another barrel. 

 These are stock .solutions and should 

 never be mixed directly together. If your 

 sprayer holds 100 gallons, put 8 gallons 

 of the copper .sulfate .stock solution into 

 the sprayer. Add water till the tank is 

 2/3 full. Add 8 gallons of the lime solu- 

 tion and fill sprayer with water. 



Many men have found that there is 

 less trouble with nozzles plugging if they 

 use hydrated lime instead of quick lime. 

 There are two grades of hydrated lime: 



(1) Ma.son's hydrate, used largely for 

 water proofing cement; (2) Finishing 

 hydrate. The latter is the kind to use as 

 it leaves practically no sediment. 



FARMERS' EXCHANGE 



FOR SALE: Ayrshire bull 5 mo. old. 

 Fine individual, fine breeding. Albert 

 Parsons, North Amherst. 



FOR SALE: Four registered pure-bred 

 heifers — T. B. tested — one, two, three and 

 four year's old. Prices right — Earle L. 

 Martin, Enfield, Massachusetts. 

 R. F. D. No. 1. 



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 farm can be easily built by 

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