FARMERS' MONTHLY OF HAMPSHIRE COUNTY 



A Business Bank for 



Business Farmers 



This is a message for business 

 farmers — for those progressive 

 crop and cattle raisers who know 

 that to get profits from farming 

 there must be knowledge not only 

 of crops, but of markets, of prices, 

 of soil treatment, of other factors. 



This bank's primary object is to 

 help farmers of this section to pros- 

 per. Our complete banking facili- 

 ties and our dependable sources of 

 information valuable to farmers are 

 at your disposal. 



We'll be glad to serve you. 



NORTHAMPTON 

 NATIONAL BANK 



THE BANK FOR EVERYBODY 



RAISE HEALTHY CHICKS! 



CORROSIVE SUBLIMATE 



is valuable for 

 Disinfecting Brooder Houses and Yards 



We carry it in powdered form 



Put up in the size package you need 



It is cheaper by the pound 



WISWELL THE DRUGGIST 



52 Hain Street 



Northampton, - - - Mass. 



The habit of Saving 



Is at the bottom of most 

 big successes in the busi- 

 ness world. Begin the 

 habit by opening a savings 

 account with the Hayden- 

 ville Savings Bank. One 

 dollar is enough to staii; 

 with. 



BANK BY MAIL 



HAYDENVILLE SAVINGS BANK 



HAVDENVILLE, MASS. 



ren learn this early in life there will be 

 fewer disappointments later. 

 Should a homemaker Have a System^ 

 atic Plan for Her Housework? 



I think we women must get over our 

 aversion to the term efficiency. Most of 

 us seem to feel that if we ai-e efficient 

 we sacrifice some other values. Every 

 thoughtful woman realizes that home- 

 making is housekeeping plus. And every 

 woman wants more time to develop the 

 plus, the home side. In modern industry, 

 efficient methods are considered essential 

 if a worker is to produce a maximum 

 output in a minimum of time. Surely 

 every woman in her home wants to re- 

 duce to a minimum the time required for 

 the routine work. She would be glad if 

 by careful planning the definite system 

 she could do her dishes in half the time 

 she now requires; she surely would re- 

 joice to have cleaning day reduced in 

 length. Most good housekeepers have 

 evolved a system of their own for doing 

 their work. They may not have worked 

 it out on paper, but they really have 

 systematized their routine work. They 

 have classified the work in the home into 

 three groups — the work that must be 

 done, that which may be done, that which 

 needn't be done. Systematic planning 

 means just that. It means first of all 

 that we must have an ideal for our home. 

 Then it means deciding what are really 

 essential housekeeping duties, duties that 

 must be performed. Then what is the 

 best way of doing these essential tasks? 

 Every woman has to make these de- 

 cisions for herself. No one plans work 

 for every home. But a type plan may 

 have suggestions for each of us. All of 

 you know large families where the 

 mother is constantly over working, and 

 where the house is in a turmoil most of 

 the time. You may know another large 

 family where the mother always seems 

 fresh and vivacious, the house is in order 

 and there is a general air of serenity. 

 These contrasting conditions don't just 

 happen. In the latter home it is a safe 

 guess that every one does his part, 

 father, mother, children. And back of it 

 all is a good domestic engineer, a sys- 

 tematic plan of work and an established 

 routine. And the re.sult is a healthier, 

 happier, saner home life. The more 

 work there is to do, the greater the de- 

 mand on one's time, the greater need 

 there is for a carefully thought out sys- 

 tem for the routine work of the home, a 

 system that will really work. But you 

 run the system, don't let the system run 

 you. 



Nortiiampton Institution 

 for Savings 



Incorporated 1842 



= A = 



Mtttaal Savings Hank 



Deposits draw interest from the 

 first business day of each month. 



Safe Deposit Boxes 



Foreign Exchange 



Savings Bank Life Insurance 



It will pay you to investigate the 

 details of cost, etc. Issued only for 

 residents of Massachusetts. 



Parents who buy gasoline at the ex- 

 pense of a well balanced, wholesale diet 

 for their children, are usually saving up 

 trouble at compound interest. A quart 

 of milk per day will ultimately bring 

 more joy and pleasure to a youngster 

 than two or three gallons of gas and an 

 exciting ride in the old bus. 



