FARMERS' MONTHLY OF HAMPSHIRE COUNTY 



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alfalfa as Grimm and Dakota Common 

 are superior to the African seed in the 

 Northern States. Turkestan alfalfa is 

 especially undesirable in the humid re- 

 gions, being much inferior to domestic 

 varieties and strains. 



AH imported clover and alfalfa seed 

 not adapted to general agricultural uses 

 must, according to a recent act of Con- 

 gress, be stained red when it enters the 

 United States. Seed from Canada that 

 is U'ell adapted for use in our Northern 

 States will be stained violet, and seed 

 from all other foreign countries, if 

 adapted to agricultural uses, will be col- 

 ored green to indicate its foreign origin. 



AGROSPECS 



An Unmoral Rhyme 



A dog on a log, 



A frog in the bog, 



The dog jumped in. 



The frog jumped out. 



And that's what this 



Is all about. 



The frog croaked "gee! 



That was a close call." 



The dog said "Woof! 



That was some fall." 



So he pulled himself out 



And ran to play. 



While the frog jumped in 



And swam away. 



The moral of this 



Is hard to see. 



In fact, I doubt 



If there is an^. 

 But even so it's somewhat like the fel- 

 low that buys a lot of grain to make a 

 lot of milk. When he gets the milk 

 check and pays the grain bill he's about 

 where he started, like the dog and the 

 fi'og. Now, the fellow that can grow 

 lots of good roughage, which means lime 

 and plant food mostly, can get by with 

 less grain to balance the ration, and pay 

 himself good wages raising the roughage. 

 That is if he's got some pretty fair cows. 

 Well, any\vay they are doing it becau.se 

 they have to. And that is a pretty good 

 reason. Probably the dog didn't want to 

 jump in but he had to obey that impulse. 

 So did the frog. There sure is happiness 

 in being where you belong. 



— Spec. 



On Page Forty Two 



I seen in the paper where a doctor said, 

 "If you want to have teeth that stay in 



your head, 

 .Just chew some alfalfa three times a day, 

 And the molars and bicuspids won't ever 



decay." 

 "The reason," he says, "that they'll defy 



all time 

 Is because alfalfa carries a lot of lime." 

 So when I goes to my favorite cafe' 

 And a.sks for a cud of alfalfa hay, 

 I gets the laugh from the whole darn 



crowd 



.* nd the chef says somethin' about "cryin' 



out loud." 

 Not to be outdone in my cryin' need 

 I get me a book about teeth to read. 

 And what I found in there on page forty 



two 

 Decides me a plenty what I'll have to do. 

 So out I goes for a long, long ride. 

 And scans every field in the country side, 

 'Til at last I finds, like a sea of green, 

 The prettiest alfalfa you ever seen. 

 I .stops at the house and lays out my plan 

 And find I'm dealing with a real cow- 

 man. 

 He takes my order for two quarts a day. 

 Of milk that's made from alfalfa hay. 

 So now I'm doing what all should do 

 According to the rules on page forty two. 

 If you want to have grinders that ain't a 



mockery 

 Nor filled with silver or made out of 



crockery. 

 Just li.sten to this and you'll all know 



how. 

 And you don't have to eat what's a feast 



for a cow. 

 It's lime you need and in milk you'll find 



it 

 If the old cow's ration has lime behind it. 

 And alfalfa won't grow where lime is 



lacking 

 So alfalfa for teeth has mighty good 



backing. 

 But the mistake I made, and you will too. 

 It to forget what's written on page forty 



two. Spec. 



FARMER'S EXCHANGE 



FOR SALE: S. C. R. I Red eggs for | 

 hatching, $1.00 per setting. Pen won 

 the cup in the youth's dep't. at the ] 

 Three County Fair.— Edgar R. .Judd, 

 Lithia. 



FOR SALE: White Leghorn eggs for 

 hatching, .$1.00 per cetting. Pens won 

 l.st and 2nd at the Three County Fair 

 la.st fall.— George D. -Judd, Lithia. 



FOR SALE: Registered Holstein Bull 

 calves from the following producing 

 dams : 



1. Midfield Wayne, at 3 years, 23,188 

 lbs. milk, 800 lbs. fat. 



2. Arabelle Artis, at 2 years, 9,274.4 

 lbs. milk, 323.1 lbs fat. 



3. .Jewel Walker, at 2 yrs., 9,165 lbs. 

 milk, 281.7 lbs. fat. | 



4. Korndyke Fayne, in test 9 months | 

 produced 11,9.58 lbs. milk, 444.8 lbs. fat. 



5. M. Leda De Kol, at 3 yrs., 10,812 

 lbs. milk, 364.7 lbs. fat. 



6. M. D. K. Pieterje Colantha, at 3 

 yrs., 11,794 lbs. milk, 381.6 lbs. fat in 

 10 months. 



These bull calves were sired by 

 HARSTSBROOK Creamelle Lad, whose 

 dam produced 21,863 lbs. milk and 880 

 lbs. fat or by King Pietje Finderne, 

 whose dam produced 25,381 lbs. and | 

 785.5 lbs. fat at 4 yrs. (N. E. record 

 when made). — E. P. We.st, Hadley. 



START BABY 

 CHICKS RIGHT 



The Eastern States Growing 

 Mash has proved on thousands of 

 farms that it is a splendid chick 

 starter. It is because the authori- 

 ties who .suggest the formulas for 

 Eastern States poultry feeds have 

 stated that Ea.stern States Growing 

 Mash is a thoroughly satisfactory 

 stater that no special starter is of- 

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Eastern States Chick Grains and 

 Eastern States Growing Mash 

 make for rapid, thrifty growth from 

 the first feeding. The Eastei-n 

 States Farmers' Exchange, by put- 

 ting out these two feeds, has assist- 

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 the bunk and mystery out of baby 

 chick feeding. The farmer who has 

 proper brooding and housing facili- 

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 good care will find Ea.stern States 

 Growing Mash and Chick Grains 

 thoroughly satisfactory. The farm- 

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With mill owner.ship and com- 

 plete co-operative control of ingre- 

 dients and formulas, the Eastern 

 States Farmers' Exchange poultry 

 feeds have reached the highest 

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 only are the formulas open, the in- 

 gredients are tested and proved in 

 the members' own laboratory at the 

 Buff"alo mill. 



The chick feeding season is at 

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 ordering a supply of Eastern States 

 Chick Grains and Eastern States 

 Growing Mash on the very next car 

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For the formulas of Eastern 

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