FARMERS' MONTHLY OF HAMPSHIRE COUNTY 



FARMERS' MONTHLY 



PUBLISHED BY THE 

 Hampshire County Trustees for Aid to 



County Trustees 

 Agriculture 



STAFF 

 Roland A. Payne, Connty Agent 

 Mildred TV. Boice, 



Home Demonstration Ag^ent 

 Harold W. Eastman, County Club Agent 

 Catherine Liicey, Clerk 

 Helen Clark, Assl. Clerk 



Office First National Bank Building 



Northampton, Mass. 

 Entered as second class matter Nov. 9, 

 1915, at the Post Office at Northampton, 

 Massachusetts, under the Act of March 

 t. 1879. 



"JTotlce of Entry" 

 "Acceptance for mailing at special rate 

 of postage provided for in section 1103, 

 Act of October 3, 1917. Authorized Oc- 

 tober 31, 1917. 



Priee, 50 eents n year 



Officers of the Trustees 



Charles W. Wade, Pre.sident 

 Mrs. Clifton Johnson, Vice-President 

 Warren M. King, Treasurer 

 Roland A. Payne, Secretary 



Trustees for County Aid to Agriculture 



Edwin B. Clapp, Easthampton 



Charles E. Clark, Leeds 



Clarence E. Hodgkins, Northampton 



Milton S. Howes, Cummington 



Mrs. Clifton Johnson, Hadley 



Warren M. King, Northampton 



Charles W. Wade, Hatfield 



W. H. Atkins, Amherst 



L. L. Campbell, Northampton 



VEGETABLE GROWERS 



ANNUAL FIELD DAY 



AU REYOIR 



After six years a County Agent I am 

 resigning to become Southern New Eng- 

 land representative of the N. V. Potash 

 Export My of New York. Six years has 

 seen many changes in agricultural prac- 

 tices in the county. The use of certified 

 seed potatoes, poultry disease control, in- 

 terest in better crops, the use of lime for 

 onions, alfalfa production and T. B. Test- 

 ing are some of the improved practices 

 that have made progress. 



I have enjoyed the work in this county. 

 The co-operation of the Trustees, of the 

 other agents and of the farmers of the 

 county who have made this possible. 

 Those who have had different opinions, I 

 have to thank for keeping me mentally 

 alert. The only regret I have in leaving 

 is that I have not accomplished more. 



I expect that Mr. Allen Leland of 

 Bridgewater, the new County Agent, will 

 receive the same co-operation that the 

 people of this county have given the two 

 previous County Agents. I am sure he 

 merits the confidence and the support of 

 every one in the county. 



I shall have my headquarters in North- 

 ampton as I like this county. This is au 

 revoir but not good-bye. 



August 3 marks the date on which 

 Field Day will be observed at the Market 

 Garden Field Station at Cedar Hill, Wal- 

 tham. On this date there will be op- 

 portunity for everybody interested in 

 vegetable growing to inspect the work be- 

 ing done by the Massachusetts Agricul- 

 tural College in behalf of the market gar- 

 dening industry of the state. Everybody 

 interested in gardening, commercial or 

 otherwise, is invited to visit the station 

 for the purpose of observing the scientific 

 work in progress as related to vegetable 

 production. 



A complete assortment of gardening 

 tools and machinery will be on display. 

 Motor cultivators, hand cultivators, weed- 

 ers, seeders, sprayers, dusters, five differ- 

 ent makes of irrigation systems, and all 

 manner of equipment necessary in modern 

 vegetable farming will be at the disposal 

 of visitors for actual trial under practical 

 conditions. Trying before buying may 

 save disappointment. 



Specialists will be available for personal 

 consultation on plant diseases, insect 

 pests, soil fertility, greenhouse manage- 

 ment and other problems of the grower. 

 Bring your sample of disease and insect 

 injury along with you for diagnosis. If 

 you suspect that certain areas of your 

 soil are sour bring samples of the soil and 

 it will be tested for you, and treatment 

 recommended. 



A new line of experiments and demon- 

 strations are under way and will prove of 

 interest to everybody. 



The women will be interested in learn- 

 ing that Prof. W. R. Cole, Specialist in 

 Food Presei-vation will be at the station 

 again with his home canning equipment 

 which proved so helpful last year, and will 

 be glad to di.scuss with with interested 

 individuals the problems relating to home 

 preservation of fruits and vegetables. In 

 addition to this the Middlesex County Ex- 

 tension Service will co-operate with an 

 exhibit of great interest to home lovers. 



W. A. Munson, Director of the Exten- 

 sion Service will bring greetings of wel- 

 come from the college to those assembled 

 and Professor H. H. Whetzel, Plant Path- 

 ologist for the New York College of Agri- 

 culture will give an address. Speaking 

 at 1..30. 



Feeding the multitude has always been 

 a problem. This year the problem has 

 been solved by arranging with a progres- 

 sive caterer who seems to have the proper 

 recognition of farmers' appetites, to pro- 

 vide a substantial lunch at a very reason- 

 able figure. Moreover there will be plen- 

 ty of it to go around and nobody will be 

 kept waiting to be served. 



The Field Station lies to the northeast 

 of Waltham Center, between Waverley 

 and Waltham on Beaver St. In case of 



confusion inquire for Cedar Hill which is 

 a well known location in the vicinity. The 

 hours are from 10 to 4. 



R. M. Koon 



Teacher : 



Johnny : 

 Teacher : 

 Johnny: 



PERFECT 



Johnny, how much are two and 



two? 



Four. 



Pretty good, Johnny. 



Pretty good, be darned, that's 



perfect 

 There are some alfalfa fields that an- 

 swer Johnny's description. W. W. Smith 

 of South Amherst, E. T. Clark, G. A. and 

 G. N. Galusha and Rimbold Bros, of 

 Granby, A. Z. Kingsley of Southampton, 

 Pelissier Bros, of Hadley, Allen G. Clark 

 of North Amherst, Wallace Dostal of 

 Pine Grove, M. K. Parsons and Burt Bros, 

 of Westhampton, all have fields that are 

 the "hen's whiskers." Some time when 

 you are planning to take a ride look these 

 over and see what these men think about 

 alfalfa. You'd be surprised ! 



.4iralfn Trips Held 



Continued from page 1, column 2 

 middle of August. Cutting later than 

 this date the first year will cause consider- 

 able winter killing thus giving weeds and 

 grasses a chance to get in. 



At George H. Timmins' Green way Farm 

 in Ware an eight acre yield of sweet 

 clover was seen. Fifteen first calf Guern- 

 sey Heifers had been on the field for about 

 three weeks. The feed was about two 

 feet high. L. B. Wilson, manager of the 

 farm, stated that the sweet clover had re- 

 placed tv^'o feeds of ensilage and half of 

 the grain. The heifers not only kept up 

 in production but had increased their milk 

 flow on the sweet clover. J. Davis Turner 

 of Westhampton showed a piece of sweet 

 clover smaller in area that had twenty- 

 three Guernsey cows on it. His experience 

 was the same as that on Greenway Farm. 

 Farm. 



Several of those attending the meetings 

 decided to try alfalfa on their farms. It 

 was pointed out that the following are the 

 essentials of success with alfalfa: (1) 

 Adequate lime. (2) A firm seed bed free 

 from weeds. (3) Ample fertility. (4) 

 Grimm of Ontario variegated seed. (5) 

 Proper inoculation of seed. (6) Seeding 

 between June 1.5 and August 15. 



At Burt Brothers in Westhampton a 

 stand of alfalfa five years old are seen. 

 The field has had no manure since it was 

 seeded but has been top-dressed every 

 spring with fertilizer high in acid phos- 

 phate and potash. The group estimated 

 that the first cutting this year would run 

 from 2^ to 3 tons per acre. No other hay 

 crop the fifth year after seeding will give 

 any such yields. 



"Our work is racial defense, if we want 

 this civilization to march forward higher 

 economic standards, to moral and spirit- 

 ual ideals. It will march only on the feet 

 of healthy." — Herbert Hoover 



