FARMERS' MONTHLY OF HAMPSHIRE COUNTY 



ROBERT CUTTER WINS IN LIVESTOCK 

 JUDGING CONTEST 



Lewis West Places First in 

 Poultry Judging 



Hampshire County boys certainly came 

 to the front in the .Judging Contests held 



Cummington 1st prize, and at Northamp- 

 ton 2nd and 3rd prizes. 



Wins Showman's Prize 



That same year, 1926, at the Eastern 

 States Exposition I was awarded the 

 medal for being champion showman, 

 which was given by the Holstein-Friesian 

 Association. 



All of my calves had skim milk for 

 about nine months and all the rowen hay 

 they would eat. For a grain mixture in 

 1923, 1924 and 192.5, I used a mixture of 

 mixed feed, corn meal or hominy and 

 ground oats. About one month before, I 

 added oil meal to the above. Since 1926 

 I have been using Eastern States Fitting 

 Ration. The first calf I bought has fresh- 

 ened twice but each time has had a bull 

 calf. At the present time I have had 

 three of my heifers bred to my bull. The 

 names of the cattle as registered in my 

 name are : 



Mt. Herman Nettie Fayne Colantha 



Bay State Colantha Rex 

 Lady Jess Johanna Wayne 



Lady June Night of Bonny Rigg 



Pride of Chesterfield 



I have been on practically every trip or 

 tour taken by the Hampshire County 4-H j 

 Dairy Club. 



MARCH EGGHYING CONTEST 



Reports Show Nearly >,750 Dozen [ 

 Eggs Produced During Month 



Seventy-three flocks were reported in 

 the March 4-H club egg laying contest. 

 These 73 flocks contained 1,907 birds, the 

 largest number to be reported any month 

 since the conte.st started. The average ' 

 was fairly good, being 17.3 eggs per bird 

 for the month, although not quite up to 

 the so-called yard stick of 19 eggs for 

 March. We find that 29 flocks were above 

 this dead-line while 44 were below v/hat 

 they should have been. 



The first five leaders in each class are 

 as follows: (the first two in each class 

 win grain prizes) 



Flocks of 40 or more birds 



Total 

 Name Adflress Birds 



V. Fournier, N'th'pt'n, 60 

 Edgar Judd, Goshen, 48 

 E. 'Moberg, S'th'pt'n, 40 

 J. A. Gould, Ware, 81 

 H. Andrews, S'th'pt'n, 40 



Flocks of 5 to IjO birds 



Erick Moberg, S'th'pt'n, 10 250 25.0 



A. Taylor, No. Amherst, 10 245 24.5 



Joseph Sena, E'th'pt'n, 17 413 24.3 



Milton Dietz, 33 798 24,2 



South Hadley Falls, 



Gordon Cook, Hadley, 5 116 23.2 



on High School Day at M. A. C, Satur- 

 day, April 30. 



In the three contests held we won two 

 of the higest places individually; Robert 

 Cutter of Hatfield, a student at Smith 

 Academy, winning highest individual 

 honors in the livestock judging contest, 

 while Lewis We.st of Hopkins Academy, 

 Hadley, placed first in judging poultry. 



In addition to these two high honors, 

 ten other boys won distinction in the 

 three contests. In fruit judging the 

 Smith Agricultrural School team of 

 Northampton placed second while Joseph 

 Newman of Smith Academy, Hatfield, 

 won second individual honors. In poultry 

 judging the Hopkins Academy team plac- 

 ed second while in the exhibition classes 

 the team of tree boys won first, second 

 and third places individually. The team 

 consisted of Lewis West, James Coff'ey 

 and John Bak. 



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