FARMERS' MONTHLY OF HAMPSHIRE COUNTY 



MORE MONEY FROM FEWER TREES 



At the recent heavyweight champion- 

 ship fight an "official bouncer" was on 

 hand to facilitate the removal of any in- 

 dividual who had gained admission with- 

 out proper credentials. We need such an 

 agency in Massachusetts orchards today. 

 The apple market will be far better off 

 when we remove from our orchards all 

 undesirable trees. And the undesirable 

 tree is such because it is either of the 

 wrong variety, or because it is neglect- 

 ed. 



Consider, for example, one typical case 

 of an orchard (so-called) containing 

 about fifty old Baldwin trees scattered 

 over as many aci'es and a younger block 

 now coming into bearing, Jonathan, Rome 

 Beauty, Winter Banana, several un- 

 knowns, and a few Mcintosh. The old 

 Baldwins constitute a problem because 

 they are too scattered to spray conveni- 

 ently and too high either for spraying; 

 thinning or picking. As a result they 

 are neglected and the fruit is scarcely 

 worth picking. With the younger trees, 

 the problem is mainly one of trying to 

 market varieties not ideally adapted to 

 this section. And yet the fruit from this 

 whole farm is dumped into the market 

 to help set a standard for New England. 



We hear some talk of overproduction 

 of apples. Overproduction of what 

 kind, good-sized, well-colored, unblem- 

 ished fruit of the right varieties? Not 

 at all. 



If overproduction exists, it is of cull 

 stuff and of unwanted varieties. Poor 

 fruit comes from neglected trees or from 

 neglected parts of trees. Ten trees, well- 

 cared for, will net more profit than fif- 

 ty, neglected. 



The Western grower has learned this 

 lesson. He knows that his only salvation 

 is a compact acreage of good varieties 

 producing first class fruit. When every 



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COW TEST SUMMARY 



The December records of the Hamp- 

 shire County Cow Testing Association 

 show that thirty-seven of the 598 cOws 

 tested during the month made over fifty 

 pounds of butter fat for December. 



The following is a list of the high cows 

 for the month : 



Owner Breed lbs. Milk lbs. Fat 



W. A. Parsons G.H. 1643 72.2 



Pelissier Bros. R.H. 1871 70.0 



D. E. Pomeroy G.H. 15.50 66.7 



H. H. Bissell R.H. 1884 66.0 



W. H. Atkins R..J. 1318 65.9 



R. C. Adams R.H. 1628 60.2 



A. G. Houghton R.H. 1720 60.2 



J. G. Cook R.H. 1659 58.1 



W. A. Parsons G.H. 1519 57.7 



D. Duggan G.H. 1479 54.7 

 F. D. Steele G.H. 2945 88.3* 

 F. D. Steele R.H. 2406 81.8* 

 F. D. Steele R.H. 1968 59.0* 



E. P. West R.H. 1541 58.6** 

 E. T. Clark G.H. 1519 56.2* 



* Milked 3 times. ** Milked 4 times. 

 Eight of the forty-three herds averaged 

 over 1,000 pounds of milk per cow for 



the month, as follows: 



Owner 



Address 



No. Cows 



F. D. Steele, Cummington 6 

 J. G. Cook, Hadley 13 



D. R. Pomeroy, Amherst 8 

 Pelissier Bros., Hadley 10 

 C. G. Loud, Westhampton 16 



E. P. West, Hadley 32 

 Burt Bros., Westhampton 6 

 R. C. Adams, Amherst 17 



The following are the leading 

 the production of butter fat per 



Lbs. Milk 

 per Cow 



1585 



1183 



1149 



1144 



1057 



1040 



1019 



1011 

 herds in 

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