FARMERS' MONTHLY OF HAMPSHIRE COUNTY 



WINS FRUIT JUDGING CONTEST 



Walter Phelon, senior at Smith's Agri- 

 cultural School, won the highest individu- 

 al honors at the state-wide fruit judging 

 contest at Worcester in January, with 

 Oliver Brooks and Kenneth Ripley on the 

 same team with Phelon, Smith's School 

 stood third in the state. 



Hopkins Academy of Hadley entered a 

 team consisting of James Coffey, John 

 Bak and Lewis West. Coffey was their 

 highest man, winning fourth individual 

 honors, while their team stood sixth, with 

 thirteen in the contest. The prizes given 

 were i-ibbons awarded by the State De- 

 partment of Agriculture. 



JUNIOR EGG LAYING CONTEST 



770 Dozen Eggs Produced 



Forty-three club members sent in re- 

 ports in the egg-laying contests for De- 

 cember. The outstanding feature of this 

 month's results is the increasing number 

 of entries in the large flock class. There 

 were 14 flocks in this class, which is near- 

 ly twice as many as we ever had before, 

 with an average of .57 hens per flock. 



There were 1,28.5 birds reported by the 

 4.3 flocks that laid a total of 9,235 eggs, 

 or an average of 7.2 eggs per bird. As 

 the so-called "yard .stick" calls for 10 eggs 

 per bird for December, it is easy to see 

 that some of the boys need to check up on 

 themselves and see why their birds are 

 not laying better. 



The leaders were as follows: 

 Flock of 5 to 40 birds : 



Avr. 



etcg 

 Ml). i)f Ti>tal per 

 birds eggs bird 



Robert Atherton, Pla>:nficld 22 399 18 1 



John Cernak, Hatfield 13 180 13.8 



Gordon Cook, Hadley 7 92 13.2 



Flocks of 40 or more birds : 



Victor Fournier, North- 

 ampton 72 1102 15.3 



Joseph Sena, Easthampton 70 844 12.0 



Walter Granger, So. 



Worthington 100 1097 10.9 



The other flocks that averaged 10 eggs 

 or more per bird are as follows: 



Belchertoivn: — The sewing club made 

 up of grammar school and junior high 

 girls last year, and led by Mrs. E. F. 

 Shumway, has been re-organized for 1927 

 with 12 junior high girls as members, 

 Stephania Senvatka, a senior in the do- 

 mestic science department of the high 

 school, will act as leader. She will be as- 

 sisted somewhat by Martha Conklin, do- 

 mestic science instructor. 



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Hortl^ampton. Mass. 



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Cushman, Amherst: — Two clubs have 

 been started among the girls and boys in 

 the grammar school. The girls are to do 

 home decoration work, such as painting 

 vases, reed work or stenciling, for the sec- 

 ond year, while the boys will join in the 

 Handicraft club. Both clubs are led by 

 the teacher, Mrs. L. E. Wal.sh, of Che.st- 

 nut St., Amher.st. 



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H, D. SMITH 



Hatfield, Mass. 



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