FARMERS' MONTHLY OF HAMPSHIRE COUNTY 



COW TEST SUMMARY 



Owner Broed 



E. C. Harlow R.J. 



Ruben Pomeroy G.G. 



E. T. Clark G.H. 



E. P. West G.H. 



Wm. H. Atkins R.J. 



G. H. Timmins G.G. 



J. G. Clark R.H. 



W. A. Parsons G.H. 



J. G. Cook R.H. 



Hugh M. Bridgenian R.H. 



Hugh M. Bridgenian R.H. 



Hugh M. Bridgenian R.H. 



E. P. West G.H. 



E. P. West G.H. 



E. P. West G.H. 



lbs. Ujs. 

 Milk fat 



1410 

 1194 

 1581 

 1813 

 930 



1 ooo 



1705 

 1240 

 1783 

 1770 

 15621 

 1848| 

 2148 

 20301 

 19221 



70.5 



63.3 



63.2 



61.6 



60.5 



60 



59.7 



59.5 



57.1 



61.9 



60.9 



59.1 



83.8 



69 



67.2 



MORE COUNTIES FREED OF 



BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS 



A new official order of the Bureau of 

 Animal Industry, United States De- 

 pai'tment of Agriculture, adds four count- 

 ties and several parts of counties to the 

 extensive area already freed from bovine 

 tuberculosis. The new counties are Knox 

 County, Indiana; Hartnett County, North 

 Carolina; Lawrence County, Pennsyl- 

 vania; and Shelby County, Tennessee. 

 Besides these new areas the Government 

 recognizes also, as modified accredited 

 areas, parts of three counties in the State 

 of Vermont. The areas which have earned 

 this recognition are that part of Washing- 

 ton County included in the town of Berlin, 

 the part of Lamoille County included in 

 the town of Johnson, and the part of 

 Caledonia County included in the town of 

 Peacham. 



The bureau has also reaccredited other 

 areas for an additional period of three 

 years following completion of necessary 

 tests. The reaccredited areas are Stanley 

 and Stokes Counties in North Carolina, 

 and Ohio County in Indiana. 



To obtain the I'ecognition mentioned, 

 the cattle of an area must be tested for 

 tuberculosis by a State or Federal veteri- 

 narian and the result of the test must 



show not more than one-half of 1 per cent 

 reactors, such animals, if any, being 

 promptly disposed of by slaughter. The 

 total number of counties in the United 

 States on the modified accredited list is 

 now 306. 



POULTRY RECORD SUMMARY 



COUNTY NOTES 



Hampshire County poultrymen led the 

 rest of the state in attendance at the 

 Poultry convention held at M. A. C. The 

 registration was 55 for this county, 45 

 Worcester, 35 Hampden, 27 Middlesex, 23 

 Plymouth, 20 Bristol, 17 Essex, 9 Nor- 

 folk, 7 Franklin, 7 Berkshire, 5 Barn- 

 stable, 5 Suffolk. 



Fewer Cattle Than in 1926 



Figures obtained from the State Divi- 

 sion of Animal Industry show that the 

 number of neat cattle decreased from 15,- 

 882 in 1926 to 15,479 in 1927, a net de- 

 crease of 403 head or 3.1%. For New 

 England the decz-ease is 2.9% according 

 to Now England Crop Report Service. 

 The towns showing an increase were Am- 

 herst, Cummington, Granby, Hatfield, 

 Ware and Westhampton. Amherst and 

 Ware gained 153 and 155 head respective- 

 ly. The leading towns in the number of 

 neat cattle are as follows: Amherst, 1595, 

 Belchertown 1348, Granby 1338, Hadley 

 1238, and South Hadley 1967. These 

 were 2014 herds in the county in 1927 as 

 compared with 2069 in 1926. 



New Bulletin on Mill< Supply 



"The Milk Supply of Massachu.setts." 



Bulletin No. 236 of the Agricultural 

 Experiment Station, Amherst, Mass. is of 

 interest to dairy farmers in this county. 

 The bulletin has three parts: (1) Local 

 production and imports; (2) Consump- 

 tion and Sources of Supply in Springfield 

 and vicinity; (3) Milk production and 

 shipped in feed. Copies may be obtained 

 for the Agricultural Experiment Station, 

 Amher.st, Mass. 



ROTATION FAILS TO MAINTAIN NITROGEN 



Eight consecutive crops of rye, fol- , 

 lowed by cow peas, and both turned 

 under, have failed to maintain the nitro- 

 gen content of the surface soil in tests 

 conducted by the Missouri Experiment 

 Station. Nor has any other system of 

 crop rotation, both with and without ' 

 cover crops and legumes, accomplished 

 the much desired result of maintaining 

 or increasing the nitrogen content of the 

 top foot soil. From these tests agrono- 

 mists conclude that it is probably more 

 practicable, and more important, to pro- 

 vide a large "revolving fund" of availa- 

 ble nitrogen (with the accompanying de- 

 caying organic matter) from crop resi- 

 dues, manures, and green manures than 

 to try to maintain a high total nitrogen I 

 level. 



A FUTURE POLICY TOWARD 



APPLE VARIETIES 



Next to the question of the orchard 

 site, choice of varieties is of greatest im- 

 portance. No orchard can be considered 

 highly successful unless it contains the 

 best varieties for that locality. 



In one county of Massachusetts the 

 writer selected at random 20 large or- 

 chards containing trees of odd varieties, 

 that is trees of varieties not on the re- 

 commended list. It was found that these 

 twenty orchards contained 2,284 such 

 trees, or 114 per orchard. One hundred 

 fourteen tz-ees pi-oducing fz-uit not in pub- 

 lic favor because of quality, coloz% size or 

 some other good reason. Practically 

 every Massachusetts farm has a few 

 trees of that kind. 



Imagine if you can, an orchard in which 

 the past pei-foz-mance of eveiy tree is 

 known, including yield, returns and pi'ofit. 

 What a difference in the individual re- 

 cords! This tree has netted its owner an 

 average of $10 per year for 10 yeaz-s; a 

 neighboi'ing tree has not paid its upkeep. 

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