FARMERS' 



OF HAMPSHIRE COUINTV 



Vol. XII. 



NORTHAMPTON, MASS., AUGUST, 1927 



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No. 8 



VALUE OF REAL PASTURE 



"Pasture to most of us means a Hol- 

 stein cow wandering thru woods, balanc- 

 ing herself on a steep hillside and looking- 

 for red top" said Prof. .J. W. White of 

 Pennsylvania, at Farm and Home Week 

 at M. A. C. "This land can not be tilled. 

 It should be in forest. Our trouble is 

 that we look on the wrong side of the 

 fence for pasture. My idea of a real 

 pasture is where cows are knee deep in 

 blue grass. We cannot get this kind of 

 pasture on land that cannot be tilled. In 

 our experiments in Penn. we took our 

 poorest type of soil. At the end of the 

 second year we had growth of Kentucky 

 Blue grass superior to that grown in 

 Kentucky. 



To get at the value of real pasture, i. e. 

 when cows can get 80 lbs. of Kentucky 

 Blue grass a day, we took three kinds of 

 cows producing 20, 35 and 50 lbs. of milk 

 a day. On pasture it cost an average of 

 $17.68 to feed these cows. In the barn it 

 cost $57.51, a difference of $39.83. Where, 

 we used lime and phosphorus the value of 

 the pasture was $25.20 and it took 1.6 

 acres of land per cow. Where lime, phos- 

 phorous and potash were used the value 

 of pasture was .$32.31 and it took 1.3 

 acres of land. Where nitrogen, lime, 

 phosphorous and potash were used the 

 value of pasture was $44.25 and it took .9 

 of an acre of land. Farmers fully realize 

 the importance of a grain rotation and 



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IMPORTANT DAIRY MEETING 



Cummington Community House 

 August 23rd-8 P. M. 



The dairymen of Hampshire County 

 are very fortunate in being able to get 

 Director Frank B. Cummings of the Di- 

 vision of Animal Indusrty at Boston as 

 the chief speaker for this meeting. He 

 will speak on T. B. testing, the matter of 

 keeping te.sted herds clean, raising better 

 young stock, and he will gladly answer 

 any questions regarding the T. B. work. 



Professor C. J. Fawcett of the Massa- 

 chusetts Agricultural College will speak 

 on the Cow Testing Association. More 

 dairymen should consider going into this 

 western association. 



Mr. Sumner R. Parker of Amherst, will 

 also be present to address the group. 



OUR CHAMPIONS AT CAMP GILBERT 



Lett (« Kif^lil: Top Ktin , Hev. .1. II. iliirckes, Mrs. C'liriiiine SfoK, H. W. K:istiii:in, 

 W jillor tiriinsjer, rliiyd Tliati'hrr. Itliildle lto« : Alloc H-.iniUiil, Mi.sx \rllic slie;i, I'liiiip 

 Ivex, KilmiDl Kin>;, A.slilc.v (iiirney. l-'runt Kow: .li-iinie Kossikonski. V«t:i Alfleri, 

 Kliz.-ihelfi Iving^ iiiifl (iiliicrinc Donsililic. 



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Seven County Champions, two State [ While we will not attempt to tell all of 

 Champions, three adult local leaders, and the experiences of these champions we 

 one guest, made up the delegation from will try to tell a bit of the outstanding 

 Hampshire County to the Champions things about each that had a good deal to 

 Camp (Camp Gilbert) at M. A. C, July do with their winning the championships. 

 22 to 29. ! Catherine Donahue of Huntington, 



It would be hard to find nine club mem- clothing champion, has been a clothing 

 bers, even Champions, that would equal club member four years and in addition 

 in pep, enthusiasm, and all round ability, to doing most of her own sewing, has 

 the group that went to Camp this year, helped with that of her small sister. She 

 On the average they were older than most , reported making ten articles of clothing 

 champions, the average age being nearly i for her sister. In her story of her club 

 si.\teen and one half years. Also their ' work, she admitted a desire to become a 

 experience in club work was much greater leader of a sewing club and tells us that 

 than most delegations. On the average if she returns to Huntington High School 

 they have been in club work for Ave and : next fall, will start a club among the 

 one half years. Alice Randall of Belcher- ■ other girls. 



town, the State Dairy Champion, had the i Vera Alfieri of So. Amherst has been a 

 distinction of being a club member two i canning club member for three years, 

 years longer than any other member of j During these three years she has been 

 the camp, being enrolled for the eleventh I nearly at the top of her club in both qual- 

 year. I ity and quantity of products canned. Last 



In choosing these champions there were y^^'" ^^^ P"* "P ^^4 jars of fruits, vege- 

 four different phases of the work that ' t^*''*'"' "^at, fish and pickles and 34 jars 

 were considered. First, the number of "^ J^'ly- thus doing practically all of the 



years in the project; second, the quality I "=^""'"^ ^""^ ^"' fa^'ly- 



c 1 J iu- J ii. i-1 r ' -Jennie Kosakowski of Amherst, Food 



of work done; third, the quantity of ^, , , ^ , , , , 



, ,,,,., , , . . Champion, has been a food club member 



work done and; fourth, the club spirit . ,, i^i. i. j^ ^^ 



for three years although for four years 

 shown and the active, leading part taken previous to that she had been a sewing 



member and a canning club member. 



in their club activities in their own com- 



munities. 



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