FARMERS' MONTHLY OF HAMPSHIRE COUNTY 



COW TEST SUMMARY 



farmers' program are such well known ■ 

 (authorities as: J. W. White, pasture 

 The May report of the cow testers show specialist from the Penn State Agricultu- 



the following to be the high cows in but- 

 terfat production for the month: 



Breed 

 G.H. 

 R.H. 

 R.H. 

 R.H. 

 R.H. 



G.G.Il.52.5 

 R.H. 2340 

 R.G. 1553 



R.H. 

 G.H. 

 R.H. 



R.H. 



G.H. 

 R..J. 

 R.H. 



lbs. lbs. 

 Milk flit 



2418189.5* 

 2325172.0* 

 2313171.7** 

 2106171.6** 

 2015170.5* 

 70.2 

 70.2** 

 69.9* 

 69.7 

 66.4 

 63.6* 



2247 

 1545 

 2120 



1710 



1890 

 1110 

 2003 



63.3 



62.4 

 62.2 

 62.1* 



times daily. **milked 4 times 



Owuer 

 F. D. Steele, Cumm'ton 

 F. D. Steele, Cumm'ton 

 E. P. West, Hadley 



E. P. West, Hadley 



F. D. Steele, Cumm'ton 

 L. L. Titus, So. Hadley 



E. P. West, Hadley 

 L. B. WiLson, Ware 

 Pelissier Bros., Hadley 

 W. A. Parson, So'pton 

 C. Loud, West'pton 



F. L. Frost, Mgr., 



East'pton 

 H. J. Searle, & Son, 



Hadley 

 W. H. Atkins, Amherst 

 H. Bridgman, West'ton 



*milked 

 daily 



The following were the high herds in 

 average milk production per cow: 



Lbs. Milk 

 No. Cows per cow 

 F. D. Steele, 6 1530 



Pelissier Bros., 8 1486 



R. Pomeroy, 7 1421 



.J. W. Parsons, 10 1255 



Hugh Bridgman, 13 1246 



E. P. West, 33 1186 

 A. S. Brown, 14 1085 



F. L. Frost, Mgr., 8 1074 

 F. L. Antes, 5 1011 

 M. S. Howes, 13 1008 



The following were the high herds in 

 average butterfat per cow: 



POULTRY RECORD SUMMARY 



The summary published by the Massa- 



ral College; E. F. Phillips, beeman ' chusetts Agricultural College of the six 

 from Cornell University; A. J. Farley, months' period, November thru April, 

 fruit and spray authority from New : shows that H. C. Booth's flock of Leg- 

 Jersey Agricultural College; and F. B. ' horns .stands fourth among the flocks of 

 Morrison, livestock feeding specialist, : over 1000 birds in the state. In the 

 Wisconsin Agricultural College. "small flocks" division, those having less 



Others scheduled to appear on the , than 500 birds, P. L. Wheelock of Am- 

 farmers' program are Dr. E. A. Cross- ' herst is first; John Bloom of Ware, se- 

 cond; J. M. Lowe of Amherst, third and 



F. D. Steele of Cummington, fourth. The 

 following is the complete list for the 

 state: 



F. D. Steele, 

 Pelissier Bros., 

 Fred Frost, 



E. P. West, 

 Hugh Bridgman, 



F. L. Antes, 

 R. Pomeroy, 

 R. C. Adams, 

 Bisbee Bros., 

 H. H. Bi.s.sell, 

 E. C. Harlow, 

 M. S. Howes, 

 Wm. Atkins, 

 L. L. Titus 



No. Cows 



6 



8 

 10 

 13 

 13 



5 



7 

 11 

 10 



8 

 26 

 13 

 12 

 12 



Lbs. Fat 

 per cow 



52.1 



49.1 



46.4 



39.9 



39.7 



39.5 



39.4 



37.9 



37.8 



37.7 



37.6 



37.4 



37.3 



37.0 



Large Flockfs (over 1000 Birds) 



Prod. 



County 

 Plymouth 

 Bristol 



Name 

 Elm Tree P. F 

 Peckham P. F. 



man. Federal tuberculosis eradication 

 man for New England; E. Z. Russell, 

 swine specialist, United States Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture; W. H. Pew, beef 

 cattle specialist, formerly of Iowa Agri- 

 cultural College; J. C. Cort, State De- 

 partment of Agricultural; L. V. Tirrell, 

 sheepman from Connecticut; P. J. Ander- 

 son, tobacco authority from Connecticut; 

 Alex Gumming, home garden man, Bristol, 

 Connecticut; Dr. F. T. McLean, florist, 

 from Rhode Island; and R. W. Curtis, 

 floriculturist from Cornell. 



In addition to specialists, many leading 

 farmers will appear on the program. The 

 list includes George Taylor, Shelburne; 

 Carl Gunn, Sunderland; Frank Steele, 

 Cummington ; E. Van Deusen, Mt. Wash- 

 ington; S. R. Morrison, Windsor; T. L. 

 Warner, Sunderland ; J. Warren Os- 

 bourne, Middletown; John Lamont, Lex- 

 ington ; S. K. Lovell, Goff^stown, N. H. ; 

 John Chandler, Meadowbrook Farm, 

 Sterling Junction; C. J. Billings, Hazard- 



ville. Conn,; E. H. West, Dorset, N. H,; John G. Ellis, Berkshire 

 R. T. Gould, Contoocook, N. H.; H. F. 

 Sandborn, Chicopee; O. F. Fuller, Black- 

 stone; J. H. Merrill, Raynham; Fred P. L. Wheelock, Hampshire 

 Challet, Northampton; W. I. Mayo, John Bloom, Hampshire 



Monroe and Nepper, Plymouth 



H. C. Booth, Hampshire 



E. H. Castle, Plymouth 



E. Hayes Small, Barnstable 



Hass P. F., Bristol 



Per Bird 

 103.0 

 101.0 



97.5 



95.1 



92.1 



72.5 



71.5 



Large Flocks (500-999 Birds) 

 A. S. Pendleton, Essex 103.9 



L. E. French, Plymouth 101.6 



C. M. Williams, Barnstable 100.2 



Glendale Farm, Bristol 93.2 



H. H. Goff, Bristol 93.2 



Bernard Binder, Barnstable 93.0 



M. R. Jones, Barnstable 90.9 



87.7 



Small Flocks (90-499 Birds) 



Northampton; and others. 



John M. Lowe, Hampshire 

 F. D. Steele, Hampshire 

 Nils Ohlson, Franklin 

 E. W. Dexter, Plymouth 

 L. A. Sohier, Middlesex 

 Bertha Martindale, Franklin 



Home Program Well Filled 



Speakers and subjects from outside the 

 state for the home makers' program are 

 as follows: Bertha Titsworth, Ohio 

 Wesleyan, "Child Welfare"; Mrs. H. G. 

 Fish, New York, "Home Furnishings"; 

 Mrs. Bina Preble, Columbia University, 

 "Hats and Heads"; Catherine Cleveland, 

 Columbia, "Home Industries in New- 

 foundland and Labrador"; Ruth Parrish, 

 Columbia, "Purchasing for the Home"; 

 and Dr. Jesse Williams, New York, "The I John Bloom, Ware, 

 Meaning of Health." [ P. L. Wheelock, Amherst, 



Among the Massachusetts women who F- B. Lyman, Amherst, 

 will appear on the program are: Mrs. A. J. Bakei-, Amherst, 

 Gladys H. Groves, Bo.ston; Mrs. Mary , J- M. Lowe, Amherst, 

 Potter, president of Massachusetts Feder- F- W. Rood, Southampton, 

 of Women's Clubs ; Miss Agnes ; W. S. Chaff"ee, Enfield, 



122.3 

 119.4 

 116.1 

 113.6 

 111.8 

 111.8 

 108.7 

 107.3 



The April Poultry records show the 

 following to be the leading flocks for the 

 month : 



F. D. Steele, Cummington, 

 S. Waite, Southampton, 



KiiriiicrN "Week A< M. A. C 



Continued from page 1, column 3 

 author, naturalist, and lecturer, will give 

 an address Thursday evening, his subject I ation 



being "Literature at Woodchuck Lodge." i Craig, president or Massachusetts Home , Mrs. E. Morgan, Amherst, 

 Woodchuck Lodge was the home of the | Economics Association; Mrs. George ^ S. A. Clark, Williamsburg, 



Whiting, president of Parent-Teacher j 



A.ssociation ; and Mrs. True Worthy 



White, Massachusetts League of Women ^ LOST: At Laurel Park June 9, during 



Voters. the extension conference, a mother of 



late John Burroughs, famed naturalist 

 and author, and a close friend of Pro- 

 fessor Sharp. 



Mrs. Alexander E. Cance, violinist, and 

 accompanying artists will give a musical 

 program both Wednesday and Thursday 

 nights preceding the following the 

 speakers of the evening. 



Prominent among the speakers on the 



I pearl pendant with gold edge — a butterfly 

 I on one side and bird on the other. This is 

 Hog cholera killed 1.500,00 hogs last ' ^ precious keepsake and a liberal reward 



year. Vaccination by a competent veteri- ^jjl be given for its return to Mrs. F. J. 



narian will prevent it. Ward, Southampton. 



