FARMERS' MONTHLY OF HAMPSHIRE COUNTY 



3.5% higher than a year ago. Ma.s.sa- 

 chusetts shows the greatest gain over last 

 year. Average daily production in IVIassa- 

 chusetts was 10. 1% higher than a year 

 ago; in Maine — 3.3%; in Vermont — 2.5'/r ; 

 and in Rhode Island — 2.7'a ; while New 

 Hampshire declined l.gyf and Connecticut 

 .!'/<■ Cold weather and lack of rain are 

 retarding the growth of grass in meadows 

 and pastures somewhat in northern New 

 England. 



Numbers of dry cows i-emain about the 

 same as in previous years. Reports show 

 that for New England as a whole 17.1% 

 of all cows were dry on May 1, the same 

 as a year ago, and compared with 16.9% 

 two years ago. According to reports 

 17.9% of all cows were dry in Maine, 

 23.2% in New Hampshire, 14.1% in Ver- 

 mont, 15.3% in Massachusetts, 19.6% in 

 Rhode Island and 20.8% in Connecticut. 



According to the current MONTHLY 

 LETTER of the New England Milk Pro- 

 ducers' Association, April milk purchases 

 by the larger Boston dealers were 25% 

 greater than the .January purchases com- 

 pai-ed with 33% increase during the same 

 period in 1926 and 26% in 1925. The net 

 price of all milk for April was $2.52 per 

 hundred compared with $2.38 last year 

 and $2.14 the five year average 1922-1926. 



Retail grain prices showed slight gains 

 during April ranging from 1 cent per 

 hundred for linseed oil meal to 8 cents per 

 hundred for gluten feed. Prices of cotton- 

 seed meal are at the lowest point since 



1921 and are now tending to advance. 

 Slow progress of pastui'es is strenghthen- 

 ing demand for feedstuffs in the New 

 England states where warm favorable 

 weather is needed. Wholesale prices of 

 92 scoi-e butter at Boston during the first 

 two weeks of May averaged 44.4 cents per 

 pound compared with 40.8 last year and 

 40.9 the five year average 1922-1926. Cold 

 storage holdings of butter on May 1 are 

 negligible, being the lowest on record. 



New 1926 5-Tube 



Freshman 

 I Radio Set 

 ^39.50 



.1- 



G. P. TROWBRIDGE CO. 



129 King St., Northampton 



Phone 4BO 



LINCOLN ,^^^^^ FORDSON 



JUNE 21, 1926 

 NEW IMPROVED FORD PRICES 



All cars. Balloon Tires and Starters 



CHASE MOTOR COMPANY 



NORTHAMPTON, MASS. 



24 Center Street Telephone 470 



Not on a Hunch 



'I'lif I (l.-iirymen whose lierd.s led 

 I he New London Cuunt.v. Connecti- 

 cut, Cow. Testing A.s.soci.ation for 

 the year ending March 1, 1927. fed 

 lOa.stern .States grain duiing that 

 period and all 4 of them have order- 

 ed a large portion of the feed and 

 grain they .shall need during the 

 present As.sociation year through the 

 ria.stern Stjites Farmers' Exchange 

 on its 1027 feed contract. E.xperience 

 has convinced these men that their 

 E.xchange can and does secure for 

 them ingredients and rations superi- 

 oi- in quality to what thi-.v can secure 

 as individuals. It is significant that 

 these 4 leading herds in the Associ- 

 •ation include Holstein. Guernsey, and 

 Jersey herds. The best herd aver- 

 aged 12.548.2 lbs. milk and 414.76 lbs. 

 fat and the fourth herd 720G.5 lbs 

 milk and 343.68 lbs. fat. 



The leading cow, a Holstein in the 

 leading herd, owned by Thomas W. 

 Wood. Waterford, made 21,4.36.8 lbs. 

 milk, 6S3.26 lbs. fat on Eastern 

 .States Fulpail. Of the 19 cows on 

 the Honor Roll for the year, 16 were 

 Eastern States fed. 



The New London County Cow 

 Testing Association extends over 

 the entire County. The results ob- 

 tained by members of the Associ- 

 .ition with various feeds and feed- 

 ing practices have spread through- 

 out the county. That the findings of 

 the Association are favorable to 

 Eastern States feeds Is indicated by 

 the fact that more Association mem- 

 bers are using Eastern States feeds 

 tod.ay than did so a year ago and 

 that New London County is using 

 more Eastern States feed than it did 

 .1 year ago. In March 1926 the 

 count.v used 228 tons and in March 

 1927 — 277 tons, an increase of 21 per 

 cent. 



Wliere rceor<l.s jire kei>t I-'asterii 

 States fceils i»riMe tlieir «or(li and 

 « here reeonl.s are kept I'ariiier.s tise 

 tliese l"e4'ilK ^vitli tlie Rreate.st von- 

 titlenee. 



The ccmtiol of quality which is 

 m.ade possible by the farmer owner- 

 ship of the Eastern States Mill and 

 the farmer direction of the Ex- 

 change's policies coupled ■with the 

 economies made possible by enor- 

 mous volume handled on the cash at 

 the c-ir door basis make Eastern 

 .States feed service increasingly 

 popular month in and month out. 

 year in and year out. 



For information on the Eastern 

 States feed service for poultry and 

 livestock, a service which should not 

 be confused with car door service 

 offered b.v private manufacturers 

 through dealers or groups of 

 farmers, write the office. 



pastern §tates parnici's £^xcIiaA9« 



A noii-stofk, non-profit orKaniza- 



tlon o^vned nnil controlled by the 



fnrnierH it serves. 



Springfield, 



Massachusetts 



