FARMERS' MONTHLY OF HAMPSHIRE COUNTY 



chance to see some of the quality of her 

 work which had no small part in winning 

 her the championship. One hundred and 

 seventy-five jars was her record last year 

 which was her fifth as a club member. 

 If that isn't some job in itself, Amy says, 

 "Just try it." A large number of can- 

 ning members complain of having nothing 

 to can without going out and buying it. 

 There isn't so much trouble of this kind 

 in her home as she has a garden of her 

 own and cans the surplus. 



Elizabeth King of Grariby was the food 

 champion. While this was only her 

 second year as a club member Elizabeth 

 is such a "live wire" in her club and does 

 such good quality work that we couldn't 

 help awarding her the championship. 



Alice Randall of Belchertown beat all 

 the boys in the dairy project to the dairy 

 championship. It was disclosed while at 

 the camp that Alice fir.st joined a 4-H 

 club in 1917 which would make this her 

 tenth year as a club girl. This was a 

 record two years longer than any other 

 member of Camp Gilbert could lay claim 

 to and one of which she feels justly 

 proud. What Alice has done in that 

 time as a club member has already been 

 printed in a previous issue of the "Month- 

 ly" making it unnecessary to print it 

 again. 



Nathan Bradley of West Chesterfield 

 gave such good care to his one-eighth acre 

 of potatoes last year that he raised at 

 the rate of three hundred thirty-six 

 bushels per acre, about the highest yield 

 in the county. This alone did not win 

 him the championship. For the past 

 four years he has been carrying on club 

 projects with a leader to help only one 

 year and then it was a handicraft club 

 from which he alone has remained a 

 member. 



Henry Randall of Granby won his 

 second trip to Camp Gilbert. This year 

 he was poultry champion whereas last 

 year he won the trip as a member of the 

 handicraft club. He wintered about six- 

 ty White Leghorns and Rhode Island Red 

 hens and in the seven month's egg lay- 

 ing conte.st for flocks of over forty birds 

 captured first place four times, and 

 fourth place three times, thus winning- 

 two hundred pounds of the grain off'ered 

 by six grain dealers in the county. 



Last spring he purchased three hun- 

 dred chicks of which he has lost but 

 forty and plans to winter about one hun- 

 dred and fifty pullets. Last fall he 

 built a new laying house according to Ex- 

 tension Service plans and is planning to 

 enlarge it this year to house his increased 

 size of flock. In addition to continuing 

 his handicraft and poultry projects, 

 Henry has joined the dairy project by 

 purchasing a purebred .Jer.sey calf that 

 is a beauty. 



Two other county champions were un- 

 able to attend the camp. Myrtle Damon 

 of Chesterfield, clothing champion, was 



unable to go because of home duties while 

 Clarence Rouel of Granby, handicraft 

 champion, was injured while playing with 

 a bow and arrow. 



While these two champions missed the 

 good time at the Camp and the inspira- 

 tion gained from such a week yet they 

 have the satisfaction of knowing that 

 they won the honor of being the be.st in 

 their respective projects which cannot be 

 taken from them. 



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