FARMERS' MONTHLY OF HAMPSHIRE COUNTY 



FEDERAL LAND BANK, JUNE LETTER 



The volume of business as measured by 

 carloading, Bank debits and the like, con- 

 tinues relatively high with prospects of 

 slight recessions during the summer. 

 There is some evidence that the second 

 half of the year will show less activity in 

 the building industry. The trend of com- 

 modity prices is slowly downward. Much 

 depends upon the crop outlook in the next 

 sixty days. 

 Money: 



Easy money conditions show no signs 

 of immediate change. The trend is to- 

 wards lower level. The bond market for 

 gilt edge securities is strong. 

 Farm Work: 



Reports from all sections of the North- 

 eastern States stress the cold, dry, back- 

 ward season as the most important factor 

 effecting the farm outlook at the moment. 



The crop season is generally delayed two 

 to three weeks. Complaints of drought, 

 the past month, are general except in the 

 more northern districts of New York and 

 New England. 

 Hay Crop : 



Hay, the most important crop in this 

 district, promises to be short except in 

 northern New York, northern Vermont 

 and parts of Maine. In much of south- 

 ern New England, southern and western 

 New York State which areas include im- 

 portant dairy regions, the outlook for the 

 hay crop is very poor. Added to this 

 condition reports are almost unanimous 

 that there is very little old hay carried 

 over. 

 Pasture : 



The situation with re.spect to pastures 

 is much the same as it is with hay, they 

 being generally in poor condition except 

 in the more northern districts. 



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Contented 

 Co^vs and 

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 Milk 



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 directly increase your net profits. 

 They go a long way toward as- 

 suring Contented Cows and 

 "Grade A" Milk. 



Concrete Dairy Barn Floors 

 are sanitary to the last degree, 

 and easily kept so. 



They are also easy to build. 

 And they require no maintenance. 

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Ask for a copy of booklet F-14. 



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A National Organization 

 to Improve and Extend the Uses of Concrete 



Oliices in 31 Cities 



Nine Out of Ten 



In the Southern Berkshire Cow 

 Testing Association in May nine 

 of the ten leading cows were East 

 ern States fed. Gladys, a regis- 

 tered Holstein owned by the Green 

 River Farm, Great Harrington, 

 Mass., led in butterfat production 

 with 18.39 lbs. milk, 90.1 lbs. but- 

 terfat. Lady, another regi.stered 

 Holstein, owned by Hurlwood 

 Farm, of Ashlev Falls, Mass., led 

 in milk with 2084 lbs. milk 68.8 lbs. 

 butterfat. 



It is interesting to note that 10 

 different herds are represented in 

 the list of 10 leading cows, and 

 that 9 of these herds are owned by 

 members of the Eastern States 

 Farmers' Exchange, well-known 

 breeders and dairy farmers in 

 southwestern Massachusetts and 

 northwestern Connecticut. Most 

 farmers of this stamp do not buy 

 feed blindly or from prejudice. 

 They buy grain as they breed cat- 

 tle, only after careful considera- 

 tion. Through the selection of 

 their grain these farmers control 

 not merely milk production but 

 also body maintenance and gener- 

 al health in their mature cows. 

 They control economical growth — 

 vitality and ruggedness — in their 

 young stock. 



The up and coming dairyman to- 

 day recognizes the fact that a good 

 cow should be so fed that she will 

 remain a profitable milk producer 

 for the greatest possible number 

 of years, and that the grain ra- 

 tion she receives has much to do 

 with her length of profitable pro- 

 ductive life. He also knows that 

 the -.sale of surplus stock can be- 

 come an important division of the 

 farm income. The demand, how- 

 ever, is for big cows — well grown 

 animals with the vitality and con- 

 formation needed to handle feed 

 and turn it into milk. The real 

 dairyman today is growing his 

 voung stock intelligently and 

 knows that to do this he must make 

 good use of home grown roughage 

 and the proper grain supplement. 



The leading fai'mers of the 

 Southern Berkshire Cow Testing 

 Association are standardizing on 

 Eastern States Feeds because they 

 know they offer them just what 

 they need for their cows — dry and 

 in milk — and young stock. Cow 

 Testing Association records have 

 proved to these farmers the value 

 of using to the full the buying serv- 

 ice which their Ea.stern States 

 Farmers' Exchange ofi"ers them. 



Where reeiirds are kei>t Eastern 

 States Open Forninla Fee<L4 prove tlieir 

 worth. 



For further information on the 

 feed service for dairy cows, 

 horses, and poultry offered by the 

 Exchange, a co-operative sei-\-ice 

 which should not be confused with 

 car door service offered by private 

 manufacturers, write the office. 



postern gtcrtcs foraici's" Exc[\ang« 



Springfield, 



Massachusetts 



