FARMERS' MONTHLY OF HAMPSHIRE COUNTY 



CLUB WORK 



READY FOR 



NORTHAMPTON FAIR? 



There are many things to say about 

 the above question but to us there are 

 three outstanding phases of the Junior 

 department that deserve some thought. 

 They are Exhibits, Judging contests and 

 the Parade. 



Exhibit 



If you are a club member, the parent 

 of a club member or a club leader you 

 should get the Premium list of the Junior 

 department and study it. Not just look 

 it over, but study it. Why? Because 

 there is a lot in it. Cash prizes and 

 specials galore are offered for exhibits 

 of canning, cooking, sewing, vegetables, 

 potatoes, poultry, dairy animals, handi- 

 craft, home decoration, in fact everything 

 a 4-H member can make or grow. This 

 year $375.00 in cash is offered and the 

 specials are worth $165.00 more. Every- 

 thing except Poultry and Dairy animals 

 should be shipped by parcel post to ar- 

 rive not later than Monday noon October 

 4, unless you are going to bring it in or 

 send it by some one. In either case we 

 must have them Monday in order to put 

 it up. 



Judging Contest 



Judging contests in live stock, poultry 

 and Home Economics will be held on 

 Wednesday, October 6 on or before 9.00 

 A. M. The Northampton Chamber of 

 Commerce offers three five dollar gold 

 pieces to the team of three individuals 

 scoring the greatest number of points in 

 livestock and poultry judging, while the 

 Hope Grange of Hadley offers the same 

 for the best Home Economics Judging 

 team. In addition, $45.00 in cash prizes 

 will be given to the individuals highest 

 in each of the three contests. 



Junior Parade 



Do you remember the Watermellon 

 feast after the Parade last year? Mr. 

 William Underwood has offered to give 

 another feast this year to those boys and 

 girls taking part in the parade this year. 



Every float will get a prize, the 

 smallest being five dollars, or enough to 

 cover the cost of building it. This may 

 answer the question of who is to pay for 

 the equipment, materials, etc., used in its 

 construction. 



Who is to plan it? Every member of 

 an organized club should help to plan it 

 and not leave it all to the leader and one 

 or two members. 



Who is to build it? A committee of 

 three or the whole club take part. 



When is the parade to be? Tuesday 

 afternoon at 1.30 P. M. 



Where will it form? Inside the race 

 track on the north side of the field, which 



is on the side next to the cattle sheds, 

 then taking its place in the big parade 

 and marching around the track. 



When and where is the Watermelon 

 feast to be held? Directly after the 

 parade is over, on the field where the 

 parade was formed. Sixty watermelons 

 were eaten last year. Can we do it 

 again? 



DAIRY ANIMALS EXHIBITED AT 

 EASTERN STATES 



32 Dairy Animals Entered 



Seventeen girls and boys are being 

 thought of as mighty lucky dairy mem- 

 bers this month when they show a total 

 of 32 animals at the Eastern States from 

 September 19-25. Practically all of 

 these boys and girls are planning to stay 

 the full week at the exposition where 

 they will be members of a Dairy Camp 

 made up of about 75 dairy members from 

 all of the New England States. There 

 they are given their meals and beds free 

 of charge, feed for their animals, the 

 privilege of competing for very liberal 

 prizes on their animals, and in addition 

 given the chance to see everything on the 

 grounds without cost. 



If all of the 60 dairy members in the 

 county knew of the good times enjoyed 

 by the 17 lucky ones we would be com- 

 pletely swamped with entries, as it is, 

 we notice that all of those who have been 

 before try to be the first to enter the next 

 year, which in itself is sufficient recom- 

 mendation of the camp. 



Although but two girls have entered 

 this year from this county, Alice and 

 Rachel Randall of Belchertown, yet they 

 are holding up their side by sending down 

 two herds of four females each, or one- 

 foui-th of the whole delegation. Lyman 

 Pratt of Hadley may send a third herd 

 of four Jerseys although at the time of 

 this writing he was still undecided. 



The entries are as follows: 

 Rachel Randall, Belchertown 4 Guernseys 

 Alice Randall, Belchertown 4 Holsteins 

 Gordon Cook, Hadley 2 Holsteins 



Roger C. Barston, So. Hadley 1 Holstein 

 Frank Misterka, Northampton 1 Holstein 

 Stanley Misterka, North'ton 2 Holsteins 

 William Czabon, Enfield 1 Guernsey 



Lewis West, Hadley 2 Holsteins 



Joel H. Dwight, Hatfield 1 Holstein 



C. Hilton Boynton, So. Hadley 2 Holsteins 

 Harmon Freeman, So. Hadley 1 Holstein 

 Lyman Pratt, Hadley 3-4 Jerseys 



Joseph Sena, Easthampton 1 Holstein 

 Stephen Brusco, Hatfield 2 Holsteins 



Walter Granger, So.Wor'ton 2 Holsteins 

 Howard Hill, Enfield 1 Guernsey 



Robert Cutter, Hatfield 1 Jersey 



CLUB MEMBERS ATTEND 



FIELD DAY 



Erick Moberg best Judge in Contest 



Erick Moberg of Southampton showed 

 his colors as a judge of Jerseys August 

 25, when he made the highest individual 

 score in the judging contest held in con- 

 junction with a Jersey Field Day at the 

 Killingly Farms, Barre, Mass. 



The contest was staged by the Farm 

 Manager, Mr. Richard Faux, who offered 

 a silver loving cup to the best county 

 teams of three members each. Hamp- 

 shire County team won a close second to 

 a team from Berkshire county, with 

 Franklin and Worcester counties trailing 

 in the order named. The members of 

 the team to represent Hampshire County 

 were Herman Andrews of Southampton, 

 Lewis West of Hadley and Henry Ran- 

 dall of Granby, while Erick Moberg of 

 Southampton, Rachel and Alice Randall 

 of Belchertown and Joel Dwight of Hat- 

 field judged individually. 



As the cup must be won three times 

 to become permanent property of any 

 county we have strong hopes of carrying 

 it home with us next year and eventually 

 having it as permanent property. 



Gives Canning Demonstration 



On August 10, Professor W. R. Cole of 

 M. A. C. gave two demonstrations on how 

 to can peaches before the Easthampton 

 Canning Club and the Hatfield Canning 

 Club. At each of these meetings Prof. 

 Cole showed the groups of girls how to 

 score the finished product, using the M. 

 A. C. canning score card. 



It is hoped that sometime we will have 

 some junior canning judges to srnd to 

 some of the fairs near here. For some 

 time, at least, no canning team has been 

 sent to either Greenfield or Worcester 

 Pairs both offering very good prizes for 

 canning judges. Although we may not 

 work up enough skill to compete this year 

 yet we all can look ahead to the same 

 thing next year. 



DeWitt Wing, Editor of the Breeder's 

 Gazette, says, "next to the right kind 

 of home training during childhood, the 

 most effective education of the heart, 

 hand and head for agriculture is that 

 which is received by hundreds of thous- 

 ands of members of boys' and girls' 

 clubs." 



The first fall exhibition of Canning, 

 Vegetables, Flowers and Poultry was 

 held in the Easthampton Town Hall, 

 Saturday, Sept. 11. The display was un- 

 usually attractive, drawing a steady 

 crowd during the afternoon and fully 150 

 in the evening when the prizes were 

 awarded. Miss Faina Thouin is the 

 leader of both Canning and Garden work 

 and deserves a great deal of credit for 

 the excellent showing they have made. 



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