FARMERS' MONTHLY OF HAMPSHIRE COUNTY 



COW TEST SUMMARY 



The June reports of the cow testers 

 show the following to be the high cows in 

 butterfat production for the month: 



Owner Breed 



W. H. Atkins, Amherst 

 R. D. Steele, Cumm'ton 

 E. C. Harlow, Amherst 



E. P. West, Hadley 



F. D. Steele, Cumm'ton 



G. H. Timmins, Ware 

 J. G. Cook, Amherst 

 H. Bridgman, West'ton 

 E. P. West, Hadley 

 H. Bridgman, West'ton 

 E. P. West, Hadley 

 W. H. Atkins, Amherst 

 H. Bridgman, West'ton 

 W. A. Parsons, So'ton 



lbs. lbs. 

 Milk fat 



84.4 



79.8* 



75.7 



75.4** 



72.2* 



71.9 



68.8 



68.5* 



68.3** 



68.0* 



67.2** 



66.8 



61.6* 



60.3 



*milked 3 times daily. **milked 4 times 

 daily 



The following were the high herds in 

 average milk production per cow: 



Lbs. Milk 



OIL SPRAYS EFFECTIVE 



A two-year survey just completed of 

 four orchards in Hampshire County 

 brings out some interesting facts for fruit 

 growers. 



Three of the orchards showed only very 

 few or slight infestations of red mice, 

 aphis, leaf hopper, bud moth, and psylla; 

 except that one showed an abundant sup- 

 ply of bud moth. The fourth orchard 

 showed considerable infestation of all 

 pe.sts, being even threatening in the case 

 of the leaf hopper. 



According to W. H. Thies and A. L 

 Bourne of the Massachusetts Agricul- 

 tureal College, who conducted the survey, 

 three things are very noticeable in this 

 survey. 



The general ineffectiveness of dusting 

 as compared with oil spray; the fourth 

 orchard having been dusted and the other 

 three sprayed. 



The abundance of bud moth in one of 

 the sprayed orchards was due to the fact 

 that arsenate of lead, which is the control 



for bud moth, had been left out of the oil 

 spray. 



The third thing which Thies and 

 Bourne point out is that an oil spray ap- 

 plied as a delayed dormant is very ef- 

 fective in controlling the red mite. 



CHICKEN PASTURAGE 



Pa.sture not yard is the poultryman's 

 conception of an ideal rearing range. 

 Green sod provides food and protection 

 from filth organisms. In tender greens 

 thei-e are succulence, vitamins, minei'als. 



Thrifty grass sod makes ideal range 

 when not over stocked and it is kept short 

 either by pasturing or mowing. If allowed 

 to grow tall and go to seed the sod runs 

 out and what grass is left becomes tough 

 and woody. As summer advances this is 

 apt to occur on the best of ranges. There- 

 fore the need of planting special crops for 

 additional green feed during July and 

 August. 



Rape is probably the best crop New- 

 England poultrymen can plant for sum- 

 mer green feed. For each unit of 1000 

 baby chicks sufficient greens may usually 

 be secured from one pound of Dwarf Es- 

 sex rape .seed planted on one-sixth acre of 

 land which has been treated with about 

 one-half ton of lime and one hundred 

 pounds of acid phosphate, together with a 

 liberal coating of manure. Rape does not 

 grow well in acid soil, hence the lime or 

 its equivalent in wood ashes if they are at 

 hand. The seed may be broadcast or 

 drilled in rows about sixteen inches apart. 

 For small areas most poultrymen prefer 

 the latter practice. If planted near the 

 range a daily cutting may be fed both 

 growing stock and laying hens without 

 too high a labor cost. 



In addition to rape other green feeds of 

 special consideration are, alfalfa, clover, 

 Swiss chard, fodder corn, lawn clippings 

 and weeds from the garden. 



— Wm. C. Monahan 



MAYBE 



Trot, trot to market 



To see how it's done. 



Home again, home again, 



Wa.sn't it fun? 



Nice red apples 



All in a row, 



But before we can sell them 



They have to grow. 



Prune them, and spray them. 



And pick, grade and pack. 



Then send them to market 



For there's ever a lack. 



Of nice red apples 



All in a row. 



And the quickest to sell 



Are the best we can grow. 



Spec. 



If you have idle land, grow trees. Idle 

 land is not only a drag on yourself but on 

 the community. 



POULTRY RECORD SUMMARY 



The summary published by the Massa- 

 chusetts Agricultural College of the seven 

 months' period, November thru May, 

 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, John Bloom of Ware is 

 first, P. L. Wheelock of Amherst is second. 

 John M. Lowe of Amherst is third and F. 



D. Steele of Cummington is fourth. The 

 following is the complete list for the 

 state: 



Large Flocks with 1000 Pullets or More 



Prod. 



Name County Per Bird 



Elm Tree P. F., Plymouth 123.1 



Peckham P. F., Bristol 117.4 



Monroe & Nepper, Plymouth 115.2 



H. C. Booth, Hampshire 114.8 



E. H. Castle, Plymouth 109.0 

 Globus P. F., Bristol 98.4 

 Hass P. F., Bristol 90.4 



Large Flocks with 500 to 999 Pullets 



A. S. Pendleton, Essex 122.2 



L. E. French, Plymouth 199.5 



C. M. Williams, Barn.stable 118.6 



Glendale Farm, Bristol 111.4 



H. H. GofT, Bristol 110.8 



Bernard Binder, Barnstable 110.7 



M. R. Jones, Barnstable 108.8 



Small Flocks with 90 to i99 Pullets 

 John Bloom, Hampshire 144.4 



P. L. Wheelock, Hampshire 144.4 



John M. Lowe, Hampshire 137.3 



F. D. Steele, Hampshire 136.0 



E. W. Dexter, Plymouth 131.5 

 Frank LeBlanc, Bristol 129.2 

 Nils Ohison, Franklin 127.2 

 L. A. Sohier, Middlesex 126.7 

 Eusebe Lacombe, Plymouth 126.7 



The May Poultry records show the 

 following to be the leading flocks for the 

 months : 



John Bloom, Ware 



F. D. Steele, Cummington 

 Mrs. E. Morgan, Amherst 

 P. L. Wheelock, Amherst 

 W. S. Chaffee, Pelham 

 J. M. Lowe, Amherst 



NEW AGENTS EMPLOYED 



The trustees have hired Allen Leland 

 of Bridgewater, Mass., as County Agri- 

 cultural Agent and Miss Mary Pozzi of 

 Burlington, Vermont, as Home Demon- 

 stration Agent. Mr. Leland is a graduate 

 of M. A. C. in the class of 1924. He has 

 helped his father run a dairy farm and 

 the pa.st year has been assistant farmer 

 at the State Farm, at Bridgewater. Miss 

 Pozzi is a native of North Adams, a 

 graduate of Farmingham Normal School 

 and for the past two years has been Home 

 Demonstration Agent at Burlington, Ver- 

 mont. Both agents start work here Au- 

 gust 1. 



