FARMERS' MONTHLY OF HAMPSHIRE COUNTY 



AS IT WERE 



Hayin' aint like what it used to be, 

 With a jug of cheer 'neath the old apple 



tree. 

 The swish of the scythe is seldom heard 

 Where the mowin' machine sings like an 



iron bird, 

 As it lays down the swath an' clicks at 



the turns, 

 While the scythe is cutting brakes an' 



polypod ferus, 

 Trimming out the corners an' along the 



fence, 

 As if every spear was worth three pence. 

 Rakin' too has changed a lot more. 

 An' you'll sca'cely find a bull-rake in any 



store. 

 The side-delivery kind is doin' the job 



now, 

 An' a good deal better than we use to 



know how. 

 It use to be a knack to put on a load, 

 That would land in the barn an' not in 



the road, 

 Layin' up the corners, an' makin' 'em 



square, 

 To make place for a ton, an' some to 



spare. 

 Pitchin' on, too, was a matter of fun, 

 If the man on the load was on the run. 

 Mebbe, then, two men was pitchin' from 



the ground. 

 But now the thing is all turned around. 

 The men are on the load, an' the loader's 



behind, 

 Pushin' up the hay to beat four of a 



kind. 

 So sayin' today, for me an' my neighbor. 

 Is a job of savin' of time an' of labor. 

 An' the machinery is what does it sure as 



sin, 

 An' before we know it, we'll have to 



begin. 



POULTRY RECORD SUMMARY 



The summary published by the Massa- 

 chusetts Agricultural College of the five 

 months period, November thru March, 

 shows that H. C. Booth's flock of Leg- 

 horns stands fourth among the flocks of 

 over 1000 birds in the state. In the 

 "small flocks" division, those having less 

 than 500 birds, P. L. Wheelock of Am- 

 herst is fir.st; .John Bloom of Ware, 

 second; J. M. Lowe of Amherst third and 

 F. D. Steele of Cummington, sixth. The 

 following is the complete list for the 

 state : 



Large Flocks (over 1,000 Birds) 



Eggs 



Name County per bird 



Elm Tree P. F., Plymouth 84.8 



Peckham P. F., Bristol 83.8 



Munroe and Nepper, Plymouth 77.5 



H. C. Booth, Hampshire 76.3 



E. H. Castle, Plymouth 73.8 



Globus P. F., Bristol 66.9 



H. R. Rowell, Essex 65.2 



Lm-ge Flocks (500-999 Birds) 



A. S. Pendleton, Essex 83.3 



L. E. French, Plymouth 82.3 



C. M. Williams, Barnstable 79.5 



J. C. Fabel, Worcester 76.5 



H. H. Gott, Bristol 75.9 



Glendale Farm, Bristol 74.6 



Small Flocks (90-499 Birds) 



P. L. Wheelock, Hampshire 99.1 



John Bloom, Hampshire 95.2 



J. M. Lowe, Hampshire 93.9 



E. M. Dexter, Plymouth 90.4 

 N. Chilson, Franklin 89.2 



F. D. Steele, Hampshire 88.3 

 L. A. Soker, Middlesex 87.8 



The March records for the county show 

 that seven flocks averaged over 20 eggs 

 per bird for the month. The "160 egg 

 standard" calls for 19 eggs per bird dur- 

 ing March. The following is the list of 

 leaders in production for March: 



No. Eggs 

 Birds per bird 

 John Bloom, 485 24.1 



F. D. Steele, 321 23.2 



P. L. Wheelock, 238 22.3 



J. M. Lowe, 167 22.3 



F. B. Lyman, 105 21.9 



S. A. Clark, 29 21.5 



Mrs. E. H. Alderman, 287 20.0 



The State Summary for March shows 

 those reporting for this county are below 

 the state average in number birds that 

 have died, that more rigid culling has 

 been carried on. The result of "healthy 

 birds, well fed and cared for" is that the 

 total production per bird is 7.2 eggs per 

 bird above the state average. The follow- 

 ing is the complete state summary for 

 March: 



The State County 

 Farms reporting 191 25 



Av. No. females per 



455 



5.2% 



IQAVf 



farm Nov. 1st 

 Reduction by death 



since Nov. 1st 

 Total reduction since 



Nov. 1st. 

 Av. No. females end of 



March 365 



Percentage of pullets 



end of March 80 



Eggs per hen — March 14.0 

 Eggs per pullet — March 17.9 

 Total Prod, per bird 



in March 

 Total prod, per bird 



since Nov. 1st 

 Price rec'd per doz. 



for eggs sold : 

 Wholesale 

 Retail 

 All Sold 



During the year 1926, 72,000 persons 

 left the farms of New England and 52, 

 000 returned to the farms, but the de- 

 crease or births over deaths brought the 

 diff"erence dovm to 15,000 in favor of the 

 cities. 



17.2 



57.7 



381 



3.1% 



22.8% 



294 



81 



17.9 



19.4 



18.7 



64.9 



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