FARMERS' MONTHLY OF HAMPSHIRE COUNTY 



11 



to the producer and to decrease costs to 

 the consumer. It is one of the ways by 

 which the world may become richer with- 

 out decreasing the prosperity of any 

 individual. Therefore, as I see it, the 

 breeders of good purebred dairy cattle 

 are among the world's greatest bene- 

 factors. 



"It is a common practice to select dairy 

 bulls on their appearance and their ped- 

 gree. The day is coming when dairy bulls 

 will be selected on appearance, pedigree, 

 and progeny. The production records of 

 a large number of daughters of a daii-y 

 bull when compared with the production 

 records of their dams determine the 

 breeding value of the bull as certainly as 

 the records show the producing ability of 

 the cows themselves. If a sire has a high 

 producing dam he may transmit high pro- 

 duction to his daughters, but if he has al- 

 ready transmitted high production to 

 every one of his first 5 or 10 daughters it 

 is a practical certainty, not that he may, 

 but that he will transmit high production 

 on an average to all his offspring. The 

 record of the dam of any dairy sire is a 

 promise, but the record of a large number 

 of high producing daughters is the fulfill- 

 ment of that promise." 



"I would like to have letters direct from 

 men who have ordei-ed certified trees, 

 especially those who have failed to get 

 trees bearing the lead seal." 



REGARDING CERTIFIED TREES 



It has been brought to the attention of 

 the Massachusetts Fruit Growers' Asso- 

 ciation that some firms have been adverti- 

 sing "Certified Trees" and then delivering 

 trees which did not bear the lead seal of 

 the M. F. G. A. The following letter 

 from Prof. J. K. Shaw of Amherst is self- 

 explanatory. 



"We have learned of a number of cases 

 where fruit growers have ordered trees 

 certified by the M. F. G. A. and received 

 trees not bearing the lead seal. We want 

 to check up on this situation." 



HDlNtein C'liili l>iNi-iisses T. 11. I':r:illioation 



Continued from pase 1. column :! 



percentage of reacting cattle found in all 

 of those tested in recent years: 1924, 

 18'/; 1925, 2.3'7r:1926,197r; average 20-/ 

 for three years. Every year, far more 

 cows are worn out by improper feeding 

 and other causes than are condemned 

 thru the tuberculosis test." 



The actual turnover of cattle for the 

 state is as follows: 

 Turnover 

 of Cattle 1924 192.5 1926 



No. -January 1 219,042 204,163 192,777 

 Brought in 17,130 21,818 20,919 



Total 236,172 225,981 213,696 



Actual Decrease 32,009 33,204 33,000 



Reactors Killed 5,889 7,8-56 6,392 

 Per Cent of 



Decrease IS'/r 239!- 197r 



Milk Produced 909,850 914,940 

 (1,000 lbs.) 



Connecticut is making good progress in 

 eradicating tuberculosis from it's cattle. 

 They have an area test bill so that a 

 whole area may be made clean. There 

 are forty-one dealers in the state who are 

 cooperating with the authorities on get- 

 ting clean replacements for farmers. 

 These dealers guarantee cattle purchased 

 from them to pass a sixty or ninety day 

 retest. They have only had two per cent 

 of reactors in these cattle. Massachusetts 

 farmers need this type of cattle dealer to 

 help solve the T. B. problem." 



The club discussed the area test bill. A 

 vote showed that only two members were 

 opposed to it. 



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guaranteed to contain I'i^/r of nitrogen combined with 

 quickly available lime. Especially good results are 

 obtained in orchards, on cucumbers, celery, onions, 

 also for top dressing old alfalfa fields and meadows. 

 The material is available thru fertilizer dealers. 

 Write for our Calcium Nitrate booklet. 



KUTTROFF, PICKHARDT 8c CO., INC. 



Sole Importers 

 11-50 Broadway New York. 



Poultrymen Know Now 



When the Eastern States Fann- 

 ers' Exchange came out with its 

 Growing Mash in 1925 feeders 

 bought it for two reasons. They 

 believed in the authorities to whom 

 their cooperative organization turn- 

 ed for formula recommendations. 

 They knew their organization would 

 follow the spirit as well as the 

 letter of the recommendations. The 

 first month, January, they tried 3 

 tons of Eastern States Growing 

 Mash, February 8, and March 38. 



By .January 1926 the Eastern 

 States Farmers' Exchange had 

 been operating its own mill for 8 

 months. Poultrymen as well as 

 dairymen had seen the quality of 

 the ingredients and of the feeds. 

 Therefore, when the chick season 

 opened, they were ready for more 

 Eastern States Growing Mash and 

 ordered 8 tons in .January, 45 tons 

 in February and 136 tons "in March. 

 Any poultrynian knows that this 

 early tonnage started thousands of 

 chicks and that it gave hundreds 

 of feeders a chance to test the val- 

 ue of Eastern States Growing Mash 

 as a starter. 



Therefore, the 1927 tonnage fig- 

 ures mean a lot — .January 45 tons, 

 , February 86 tons, March 258 tons. 

 j Eastern States Growing Mash is 

 living up to all that loyal Eastern 

 States farmers expected of it. The 

 first orders came on faith but the 

 1927 orders are coming on per- 

 formance. 



Where records are kept Eastern 

 States Open Formula Feeds prove 

 their worth. With Eastern States 

 Farmers' Exchange members co- 

 operation is a means and not an 

 end. They purchase supplies 



through their cooperative Exchange 

 because they are convinced that 

 their organization can .secure for 

 them feed and feed ingredients 

 more advantageou.sly than they can 

 secure these for themselves. In 

 1926 the demand for Eastern States 

 Growing Mash continued to mount 

 from the 136 tons shipped in March 

 I to 499 tons shipped in -July. The 

 I figures for 1927 promise to be as 

 I convincing. 



If you have never used Eastei-n 

 States Growing Mash, be sure to 

 order some on the next car for your 

 station. If you are not familiar 

 with Ea.stern States service and 

 wish to learn about the feeds for 

 poultry and livestock, write the 

 office. 



Eastern gtates fWaiGi's J}xcliaiig« 



A non-Ntock, non-profit orf^rnnizn- 



tion oYvned nn*] eontrolleil hy the 



farn)er.s it serves. 



Springfield, 



Massachusetts 



