FARMERS' MONTHLY OF HAMPSHIRE COUNTY 



CLUB WORK 



STATE 4-H CLUB CHAMPIONS 



state Leaders Announce Winners 



Twelve members of Massachusetts 4-H 

 clubs have been elected as State Cham- 

 pions of their respective projects during 

 1926. Announcement of the selection is 

 made by George L. Farley, State Club 

 Leader. 



Club work in Massachusetts is organ- 

 ized under 11 projects, a state champion 

 being chosen by the state leaders for out- 

 standing work in each project. Selection 

 is made on the basis of work accomplish- 

 ed, personal attitude, improvement, and 

 other points. 



Hampshire County was fortunate 

 enough to secure two places on this honor 

 i-oll. Alice Randall of Belchertown as 

 Dairy Champion and Ashley Gurney of 

 Cummington as Potato Champion. Alice 

 Randall's story will be found in another 

 part of this issue while Ashley's story 

 will appear later. 



Those '.selected as winners in the other 

 nine projects are: Eunice and Alice 

 Dowse, twins from Sherborn, Middlesex 

 County as Handicraft Champions; Sally 

 Bradley of Lee, Berkshire County, Baby 

 Beef Champion ; Mildred Cahoon of 

 Centerville, Barnstable County, Clothing 

 Champion; Marion Allen of Agawam, 

 Hampden County, Canning Champion; 

 Kenneth Gifford of North Dartmouth, 

 Bristol County, Pig Champion ; .John Den- 

 nett, of Plympton, Plymouth County, 

 Poultry Champion; Robert Sharpies of 

 Attleboro, Bristol County, farm manage- 

 ment champion ; and Roger Moody of 

 Bourne, Barnstable County, Garden 

 Champion. 



Small flocks of 5 to 40 birds 



Erick Moberg, S'th'pt'n, RIR 

 George Ritter, N'th'pt'n, WL 

 i .John .Jackowski, Hatfield, 

 Philip Reed, Hadley, RIR 

 Gordon Cook, Hadley, RIR 



4-fl CLUB EGG LAYING 



CONTEST FOR FEBRUARY 



Sixty-one boys sent in reports on 1,582 

 birds in the egg laying contest for Feb- 

 ruary. This is the largest response of 

 any month this year and some very good 

 reports were sent in. 



Twelve eggs per month was the so-call- 

 ed yard stick and we find that the 61 

 flocks laid an average of 12.1 eggs per 

 bird or, in other words, they just squeez- 

 ed by. Thirty-five flocks were above this 

 average while the remaining flocks were 

 below what they should be. 



The prize winners for the month were 

 as follows : 



Large flocks of 40 or more birds 



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Joseph Sena, E'th'pt'n, BPR|70I1410|20.2 

 Erick Moberg, S'th'pt'n, RIRUO] 736118.4 

 V. Fournier, N'th'pt'n, RIR|6.3|115.3118.3 



ACHIEVEMENT MEETINGS 



Local Exhibits to Begin Soon 



Forty Eight clubs in Hamp.shire county 

 will begin a series of exhibits and 

 achievement meetings combined April 26, 

 when the Amherst 4-H Food club puts on 

 their annual exhibition and achievement 

 night program at the Boys' club building. 

 As rapidly as possible the other clubs will 

 follow, the time depending somewhat on 

 the time they started their work, local 

 activities and other conditions. If possi- 

 ble all of them should be over by June 

 10th in order not to interfere with 

 graduation exercises. 



To date only a few clubs have decided 

 on dates, those that have decided are as 

 follows : 



Amherst 4-H Food Club— April 26th. 



Wirthmore Poultry Club, South Hadley 

 —May 28th. 



Two clubs in Granby — May 30th. 



SUMMER ACTIVITIES PLANNED 



FOR COUNTY DAIRY CLUB 



Banquet and Tour First on Program 



The summer activities committee of the 

 County dairy club met April 4 and plan- 

 ned several very interesting events for 

 the comming summer. 



The first event is a form of Father and 

 Son Banquet which will be held Friday 

 evening, May 27th. Just where it will be 

 held has not been decided but will be 

 announced soon. The novel part of this 

 banquet is the fact that all the food will 

 be solicited from parents and friends of 

 theDairy club members so that from a 

 cash viewpoint the banquet will be free 

 for every dairy club member as well as 

 their parents. Even though it will be 

 called a Fathers and Sons banquet we will 

 be only too glad to welcome mothers and 

 daughters. 



What the program will be has not been 

 decided yet but will be as soon as we can 

 secure one or two good speakers. 



Saturday, June 18th, will be the day 

 for the Dairy tour. The trip is to be held 

 in the central part of the county and will 

 include stopping at such places as E. P. 

 West, Fred Pelissier, and J. G. Cook of 

 Hadley and U. G. Groff of South Am- 

 herst. The trip will take in only two 

 breeds of cows, .Jerseys and Holsteins, 

 but in addition we will have the chance 

 to see four of the Dairy club member's 

 animals as well as see Sweet Clover and 

 Alfalfa fields. The committee was unani- 

 mous in its belief that we should have 



HIGH SCHOOL DAY AT M. A. C. 



High School pupils and teachers are 

 cordially invited by the Massachusetts 

 Agriculture College to attend its 18th 

 Annual High School, Saturday, April 30, 

 1927. 



Over night accommodations are provid- 

 ed by the college for high school juniors 

 and seniors and for all contestants in the 

 judging contest.s Luncheon and supper 

 will be served at Draper Hall at Moder- 

 ate rates. 



The Massachusetts Interscholastic 

 Championship Live Stock Judging Con- 

 test and the Fruit Judging Contest will be 

 Friday, April 29, at 1.30 P. M. The 

 Poultry Judging Contest will be Satur- 

 day, April 30, at 8.15 A. M. 



Friday night there will be a 4-H Club 

 Banquet at Draper Hall. 



The program for the next day is as 



follows : 



8.00 A. M. — Registration booths open — 



boys at Memorial Hall, 



Girls at South College. 



8.15 A. M.— Poultry Judging Contest, at 



Poultry Plant. 

 8.30 A. M.— 12.00 M. Inspection of the 

 the campus and college 

 buildings. 

 11.15 A. M.— 12.15 P. M.— College Live 



Stock Parade. 

 11.30 A. M.— 1.30 P. M.— Explanation of 

 entrance requirements, Me- 

 morial Hall. 

 12.00 M. — L u n c h e o n— Draper Hall 

 Cafeteria open from 12.00- 

 1.30. . 

 12.30 P. M. — L u n c h e o n — Meeting o f 

 teachers, principals, school 

 superintendents and town 

 representatives Draper 

 Hall. 

 1.30 P. M. — Exhibition by the Cavalry 



unit — near Drill Hall. 

 3.00 P. M. — Varsity Baseball game — M. 

 A. C. vs. Wesleyan, Alum- 

 ni Field. 

 5.30 P. M. — Supper — Draper Hall cafe- 

 teria, open from 5.30-7.00. 

 7.00 P. M. — Program at Stockbridge 

 Hall. 



Address by President Lcvris. 

 Award of prizes in Judging 

 Contests. 



Entertainment by the M. A. 

 C. musical clubs. 



judging contests at two or more places as 

 well as some good speakers. 



The committee in charge of these ac- 

 tivities consLstod of Erick Moberg of 

 Southampton, President of the Dairy 

 Club; C. Hilton Boynton of South Had- 

 ley, Secretary of the club ; M r. W. F. 

 Howe of North Amherst and the Club 

 Agent. 



