FARMERS' MONTHLY OF HAMPSHIRE COUNTY 



a desirable lot of seed. It may take more 

 time but it makes for progress, or at least 

 helps to maintain the quality and prevent 

 rapid running out of the strain. The 

 present season is about done but it's not 

 too early to plan for next year. High 

 production depends on good seed. With 

 high production, the price fluctuations 

 from year to year are less of a hazard 

 to breaking even or making a profit with 

 potatoes. 



—J. P. Heltjar. 



POULTRY ACCOUNTS 



The new Massachusetts Agricultural 

 College account book will be ofi" the press 

 the la.st of this month. We would like 

 to have at least one hundred poultrymen 

 in this county using this account book. 

 Sample sheets will be sent on request. 

 The books sell for thirty-five cents each. 

 Send your money to the Hampshire 

 County Extension Service, .59 Main St., 

 Northampton, Mass. 



Hoyir Concrete 

 Helps the Farmer 



Farmers who have the advantages of 

 permanent, expense-proof buildings save 

 time and money that would otherwise go 

 to keep ramshackle buildings fit for use. 

 Concrete dairy barns mean healthier 

 cows that give more milk; and that means 

 bigger milk checks. 



Concrete silos make possible economi- 

 cal, dependable feed the year 'round — 

 which also means more milk. 



Concrete manure pits prevent loss of 

 valuable fertilizing elements in manure. 



Concrete corn cribs keep out rats and 

 mice. You can't sell these pests so why 

 fatten them? 



Concrete feeding floors and hog houses 

 make healthy, profitable hogs. 



Concrete protects the home, and other 

 farm buildings against fire. 



Wouldn't you like to know more about 

 Concrete — how to mix and use it, and 

 how to estimate quantities of materials? 

 We will gladly send you this informa- 

 tion without charge, if you will write 

 and let us know what you are planning 

 to build. Why not write today? 



Our booklet F-14 tells all about the uses of concrete 

 on the dairy farm. Send for your <.upy. 



PORTLAND CEMENT ASSOCIATION 



10 High Street 

 BOSTON 

 a4 National Organization to Improve and 

 Extend the Uses of Concrete 



Of iices in 3 1 Cities 



It Suits Peeders 



"The other day I tried a feed 

 they said was just as good, but I 

 had bag trouble right off and I 

 came back to Fulpail quick. The 

 feed was quite a lot cheaper but I 

 don't want any more of it." This 

 bag trouble story is coming in quite 

 frequently from all sections served 

 by the Exchange this year, and in- 

 dicates that many feeds are over- 

 balanced with certain powerful 

 concentrates. 



We got this particular story on 

 Wilbraham Mountain, 12 miles 

 from Springfield, September 22, 

 when we were trying to secure 

 three bags of Eastern States Fit- 

 ting Ration for one of our members 

 exhibiting at the Eastern States 

 Exposition. This member had 

 loaned himself .short at the cattle 

 barn on the Exposition grounds, 

 and needed three bags to carry his 

 herd through. 



Eastern States Dairy Rations fit 

 into the feeding program of all in- 

 telligent feeders. Take these two 

 men, for example. The dairyman 

 on Wilbraham Mountain is selling 

 his milk wholesale through the 

 Springfield Dairy System. His 

 sole aim in feeding his cattle is to 

 produce a quantity of milk at the 

 greatest possible profit, maintain- 

 ing the health and strength of his 

 herd so as to continue in the dairy 

 business. The exhibitor at the Ex- 

 position is intere.sted primarily in 

 making high production records 

 with his exhibition stock, the cost 

 of making these records being sec- 

 ondary to the records themselves. 

 The dairy farmer has found that 

 the quality of Eastern States feeds 

 and the economical method by 

 which they are mixed and dis- 

 tributed makes them the best feeds 

 h<? can buy for his practical dairy. 

 The other feeder is glad to take 

 advantage of the economical sys- 

 tem of distributing Eastern States 

 feeds because he knows that 

 through no other source can he 

 .secure such high standards of 

 quality as he receives regularly 

 through his Exchange. 



The value to the farmer of being 

 able to secure feeds of the highest 

 quality blended with his interests 

 in mind by his own cooperative or- 

 ganization is being demonstrated 

 every day and accounts for the 

 steady growth of Eastern States 

 Farmers' Exchange purchases for 

 its members. 



For further information on the 

 Eastern States cooperative feed 

 service for dairy .'Jtock, horses, hogs 

 and poultry, a cooperative service 

 which should not be confused with 

 the car door service offered by 

 private manufacturers through 

 dealers or groups of farmers, write 

 the office. 



J^astcFti^tates jforoici's £}xchang« 



A non -.stock, niin-itrofit orK^mizn- 



tion oYvneil anil c*onfr€»lled liy the 



farnier.s it .serveM, 



Springfield, 



Massachusetts 



