FARMERS' MONTHLY OF HAMPSHIRE COUNTY 



CLUB WORK 



THE COUNTY DAIRY 



CLUB MEETING 



Boys own 98 Animals 



The Hampshire County 4-H Dairy Club 

 held its second annual meeting at the 

 Hampshire County Extension Service 

 rooms, Northampton, January 22, 1927, 

 with an attendance of nearly 50 members, 

 parents and friends. 



The meeting was called to order by the 

 President, Dennett Howe, at 10.30 A. M. 

 Mr. Eastman was appointed secretary, 

 Pro-Tem, until the arrival of the club sec- 

 retary. 



W. F. Howe, assistant state club lead- 

 er, had for his subject: "Troubles in 

 Dairy Work." He said that one of the 

 worst troubles was that many of the ani- 

 mals are found to be poor producers, 

 which is perhaps more discouraging to a 

 boy than anything else can be. Second, 

 that many of the boys receive too small 

 a price for their milk. He feels that it is 

 sometimes a mistake to pay a big price 

 for a pure bred when an exceptionally 

 good grade could have been bought for 

 half the price. Third, he felt that the 

 calves that go to the Eastern States are 

 over fed to put them in a fit show condi- 

 tion. He thinks that some day the ani- 

 mals will be shown in every day condition 

 as far as fat is concerned. 



Walter Granger and Stephen Brusco 

 told about their experiences in growing- 

 soybeans. 



R. A. Payne, Agricultural Agent, gave 

 an illustrated talk on growing legumes. 

 He said that an 8-6-6 fertilizes or plain 

 acid phosphate was good on an alfalfa 

 piece, as top-dressing. Failures to grow 

 good alfalfa were due to the lack of lime. 

 A good way to overcome that is to grow 

 soybeans on a field that has had two tons 

 of lime per acre applied, and the next 

 year, after plowing this field and reliming 

 it, plant alfalfa. 



President Dennett Howe gave a report 

 of last year's activities. The membership 

 has increased to 52 members, who own 98 

 dairy animals, 88 of them pure breds. 

 Twenty-eight of these were shown at the 

 Eastern States, where they won $700, or 

 $200 more than ever before. The Massa- 

 chusetts Dairyman's Association offered 

 five halters for the best junior showmen 

 in this section of the state. Three of 

 them were won by members of this club. 



At the judging contests in which dairy 

 members took part this county received 

 $467.00 in cash, three medals and a certi- 

 ficate. At the Three County Fair we re- 

 ceived $150.00 in prizes, making a grand 

 total of $1,317 won on exhibits and judg- 

 ing contests this year. 



Tours and Field Days were held as fol- 

 lows: 



May 26— -Jersey night at M. A. C. 

 May 27— Holstein and Guernsey night 

 at M. A. C. 



.June 19 — County Dairy Tour to Thorn- 

 ton Clark's, Granby; M. A. C; and Ellis 

 Harlow's in North Amherst. 



Aug. 7 — Holstein Club Field Day on 

 Mt. Holyoke and also visited four farms 

 in Hadley. 



Election of Officers 



The officers elected for 1927 were as 

 follows: Erick Moberg, of Southampton, 

 president ; John Howe, of North Amherst, 

 vice-president; and C. Hilton Boynton, of 

 South Hadley, Secretary. 



At noon a basket lunch was enjoyed 

 with hot cocoa served to all. 



The main speaker of the afternoon was 

 Prof. C. J. Fawcett, of M. A. C, who 

 spoke about winter feeding. His main 

 point was to "make the younger animals 

 grow and the older ones produce milk and 

 the best way to do it is : ( 1 ) feed the ani- 

 mal, (2) feed economically, (3) feed ac- 

 cording to production or growing needs 

 and (4) keep records." He emphasized 

 the fact that the good average milk pro- 

 duction throughout the year is what 

 counts, not what she will give in a short 

 time. Also that you should get the best 

 bred cows, as you cannot make a cow pro- 

 duce more than she is bred to. It does 

 not pay to raise a calf unless it was from 

 a good producer, but if she is from a good 

 producer to feed that calf well. 



Club members should become good 

 dairymen for this dairy club work is real- 

 ly a business proposition. 



Eastern States Exchange Gives Prizes 



Mr. Quentin Reynolds of the Eastern 

 States Exchange was present and gave a 

 very interesting talk on the value of pro- 

 ducing good quality milk. The Exchange 

 is again giving 1,000 pounds of grain for 

 the production contest that is in progress 

 at the present time. 



Other talks were given by Dr. J. B. 

 Lentz, of M. A. C, Erick Moberg, of 

 Southampton, who told of his trip to the 

 National Dairy Show ; the club agent and 

 Alice Randall, who spoke of her results 

 with alfalfa and soybeans. 



Dr. Lentz's talk was on keeping ani- 

 mals healthy. A healthy animal is one 

 in which all of the body systems operate 

 properly. In order for the animal to keep 

 healthy it must have air, water, proper 

 feed, care and housing, plenty of light in 

 the stable, exercise and be kept clean, 

 otherwise these are apt to be the predis- 

 posing causes of disease. 



After the program all those who stayed 

 took part in some games. 



Respectfully submitted, 



Alice Randall, Secretary. 



MEETS FOOD CLUBS 



Miss Lillian Shaben, New England 

 Representative of the Russell-Miller Mill- 

 ing Co., met two of the Food clubs in the 

 county, February 1st, and showed how 

 easy it is to make yeast bread, as well as 

 some attractive variations to be made 

 with the yeast bread dough. 



In Belchertown the meeting was held 

 in the high school domestic science room, 

 where about 50 club members, domestic 

 science pupils, and teachers made up a 

 very interested audience, that included 

 High School Principal Mr. Allen and 

 Supt. of Schools Herman Knight. 



So pleased were they with Miss Sha- 

 ben's demonstration that Mr. Knight 

 asked her to return and give another talk 

 to which parents and other women of the 

 town could attend. This, Miss Shaben 

 promised to do and will come again March 

 eighth, planning to be in Belchertown in 

 the afternoon of that day. 



In Amherst she met the Food club led 

 by Mrs. E. H. Nodine, the meeting being 

 held in the high school building with 

 about 20 present. 



Among the many things Miss Shaben 

 told the girls present were details as to 

 make the following: 



1. Clover leaf rolls. 



2. Surprise biscuits. 



3. Parker House rolls. 



4. Lover's knots. 



5. Cinnamon rolls. 



6. New Fangled loaf of bread. 



The recipe she uses is as follow for one 

 loaf of bread: 



Bread 

 1 cup milk (scalded but cooled until luke 



warm) 

 1 tsp. salt 

 1 tbsp. sugar 

 3 cups flour 

 % cake yeast 

 1 tbsp melted fat 



Biscuits 

 1 cup milk (scalded but cooled until luke 

 warm) 



1 tsp. salt * 



2 tbsp. sugar 

 21 cups flour 

 V2 cake yeast 



3 tbsp. melted fat 



Granby Road, South Hadley: — The 

 Wirthmore Poultry club, Mr. Paul Ittner, 

 leader, held a judging contest January 20, 

 at Mr. Ittner's home. Two classes of four 

 birds each were judged by the boys, one 

 class of Rhode Island Red cockerels. At 

 the close of the contest, which was handled 

 by the County Club Agent, it was found 

 that Elmer Ittner and Nelson Bullough 

 were tied for first place with a score of 

 120 points each. 



