FARMERS' MONTHLY OF HAMPSHIRE COUNTY 



POULTRY CLUB TOUR 



A Three County Trip 



Saturday, April 23d, Poultry club mem- 

 bers in Western Hampshire, Berkshire 

 and Western Hampden Counties will com- 

 bine in holding a tour of three of the best 

 poultry farms on the Jacobs' Ladder 

 Trail. 



The club members from the three coun- 

 ties will meet at the High School in Hunt- 

 ington at 10.00 A. M. and go directly to 

 W. A. Munson's poultry plant in Hunt- 

 ington. Next they will ride to Westfield 

 and plan to arrive there about noon at 

 Max Axelrod's large poultry plant where 

 they will eat dinner and look over Mr. 

 Axelrod's poultry equipment and birds. 

 The third and last stop will be at Mr. 

 Thompson's smaller but very practical 

 farm also in Westfield. 



The main points to be emphasized on 

 this trip %vill be the hatching, the brood- 

 ing, and the feeding of the chicks until 

 they reach maturity as well as the hous- 

 ing. 



Any and all people interested in Poul- 

 try are cordially invited to accompany 

 us on this tour, which, although held 

 primarily for 4-H club members, is for 

 every one. 



Bring your lunch and anyone interested 

 in Poultry raising. 



States in the senior yearling class I won 

 first, and second in Massachusetts special 

 and second and third in the Northeastern 

 States, first in .Junior yearling class and 

 fifth in the calf class, and first on my 

 herd. 



At the Northampton fair I won first on 

 my calf in the open class and club class 

 both, and she was also .Junior Grand 

 Champion. 



During the years I have been in the 

 Dairy Club I have not only received many 

 prize ribbons but also $4. 58 in prize 

 money, and I have had many good times 

 and met many boys and girls from diffei-- 

 ent places. 



I have enjoyed the Dairy Club very 

 much and it has taught me a great deal 

 about feeding, caring, .showing and judg- 

 ing animals which I would otherwise not 

 have known. 



Mj- HolHtriii Herd 



Continued from png'e 1, column 3 

 beans and they grew better this year than 

 last year. I think they are a good quick 

 legume crop and they make the cows pro- 

 duce more milk than when fed common 

 hay. 



We al.so raised two acres of alfalfa 

 this year. It did very well until the lat- 

 ter part of August when the weeds came 

 in. Then we had to cut it, but it soon 

 started growing good again. 



I think the cows like alfalfa better than 

 soy beans although from my experience 

 they give the same amount of milk on 

 both. 



I think that it pays to raise good 

 roughages to feed the cattle for then, not 

 so much grain will have to be fed and 

 thus cut down the grain bill. 



I am glad that Hampshire County has 

 a cow Testing Association for now we can 

 tell what our cows are doing and whether 

 they are making a profit or not. It puts 

 the dairyman on a business basis. A cow 

 of known value will always sell better 

 and her calves will be more valuable. By 

 her record you can tell how much to feed 

 her for that is only economical and scien- 

 tific way to feed. 



Prizes total $458.00 



I have showed my calves every year at 

 the Noi-thampton Fair and at the Eastern 

 States Exposition except in 1921 when I 

 had baby beef and in 1922. This year I 

 exhibited four head. At the Eastern 



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