FARMERS' MONTHLY OF HAMPSHIRE COUNTY 



setts Agricultural College. 



Several holes are made around the hill 

 and filled with carbon bisulphide. This 

 chemical, on being exposed to the air, 

 forms a deadly gas which being heavy 

 sinks down into the hill, killing the ants 

 The holes may be covered with sods or an 

 inverted pail or tub. Since the gas is 

 explosive as well as deadly, never open in 

 room or near an open light. 



Calcium cyanide is another poison 

 which may be used to destroy ant hills. 

 It, too, must be used with great care, 

 specialists say, because it is deadly to life. 

 The gray powder or granules may be 

 sprinkled in holes like carbon bisulphide 

 and covered with a tub. It may be neces- 

 sary to use calcium cyanide two or three 

 times to each nest. This is the poison 

 that farmers often use for rats. 



The big black carpenter ants bore into 

 wood. When searching for them the 

 housewife should look around for rotting 

 wood, perhaps an old .stump. When this 

 is removed the colony will be destroyed. 



CONTROL OF CUCUMBER BEETLE 



The striped cucumber beetle, perhaps 

 the most important insect pest of cucum- 

 ber and melon growers, should be treated 

 to a dinner of poison on his first appear- 

 ance in the spring before he has done 

 much damage. 



Not only do these pests eat and destroy 

 the plants and leaves, but they are known 



as carriers of cucumber and melon di- 

 seases according to A. I. Bourne, ento- 

 mologist from Massachusetts Agricul- 

 tural College. 



Several methods of control are open to 

 the farmers and gai'deners, says Mr. 

 Bourne. Farmers' Bulletin 1322, "The 

 Striped Cucumber Beetle," explains vari- 

 ous methods of control. 



This publication may be obtained from 

 the Mailing Room, Extension Service, M. 

 A. C, Amherst, or from the United States 

 Department of Agriculture, Washington, 

 D. C. 



FOR SALE: 5000 ten weeks old R. I. 

 Red Pullets, certified stock. Ray Wil- 

 liams, Holyoke on Mt. Road between 

 Easthampton and Holyoke. 



FOR SALE 



Farm of 100 acres of the late 

 Chas. F. Barrus, on Berkshire 

 Trial, in Goshen. Good sugar place, 

 valuable timber, good pastures, nice 

 mow land, high-bush blueberries sell 

 right at door, and apples. Two milk 

 trucks going by daily. 



Separate from this, situated a 

 mile away, 135 acres of pasture 

 land, a good piece of spruce timber 

 ready to cut. 



Inquire: Mrs. Ruthven H. Pack- 

 ard, R. F. D., Williamsburg, Mass. 

 Phone Williamsburg 18-24. 



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JUNE 21, 1926 

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And the Seed— 



Yes, the selection of the right 

 seed is one of the fundamentals in 

 growing alfalfa. You may prepare 

 your seed bed perfectly, and plant 

 at the right time, and yet lose near- 

 ly all you spend in these important 

 tasks by sowing seed which is not 

 adapted to the rigor of our New 

 England winters. 



The Eastern States Farmers' Ex- 

 change is well supplied with Grimm, 

 Ontario Variegated, and North- 

 western Common certified grown in 

 Idaho and Canada, Ontario, and 

 Utah, respectively, all clean and of 

 high germination. 



Inoculated and sown on well- 

 drained soil into which sufficient 

 lime has been thoroughly worked 

 and into which plenty of manure or 

 at least 500 lbs. acid phosphate and 

 150 lbs. potash have been worked 

 also, any of these varieties of East- 

 ern States Certi-Seed Alfalfas will 

 do well. The Grimm will probably 

 pi-oduce stands for more years than 

 will the Variegated and the Varie- 

 gated than will the Common, but all 

 will produce heavy stands of alfalfa 

 for several years with good care. 



Inoculation Necessary 



It has been demonstrated em- 

 phatically that alfalfa seed inocu- 

 lated before planting produces a 

 sturdier stand and adds more nitro- 

 gen to the soil than alfalfa not in- 

 oculated. Because the alfalfa bac- 

 teria are even more sensitive to 

 acidity in the soil than the bacteria 

 affecting most of the other legumes 

 and therefore apt to die out as 

 plants draw lime from the soil, it is 

 insurance to inoculate alfalfa seed 

 even when it is to be sown in fields 

 where alfalfa has previously been 

 grown successfully. 



Time is short. You should be se- 

 curing now the alfalfa seed which 

 you will use this summer. For in- 

 iformation and prices on Eastern 

 States Certi-Seeds for summer and 

 fall sowing, fill out the accompany- 

 ing coupon and mail it at once. 



Eostenigtates fWinci's f}xcliaiige 



A non-.stoek, non-pri>flt org:nnlza- 



tion oivned and controlled l»y the 



farmers it «erve.»». 



Springfield, 



Massachusetts 



Eastern States Farmers' Exchange 

 Box 1482, Springfield, Mass. 



Please send me prices and informa- 

 tion on Eastern States Certi-Seeds 

 and Inoculants. 



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