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HAMPSHIRE COUNTY 



FARMERS' MONTHLY 



SEP 2 *> 1927 

 icu\tural 



Vol. XII. 



NORTHAMPTON, MASS., SEPTEMBER, 1927 



No. 9 



SIXTY-FIVE DAIRYMEN 

 LEARN ABOUT T. B. TESTING 

 AT CUMMINGTON MEETING 



Directoi' Cummings, as the principle 

 speaker at the meeting which was held at 

 the Community House on the evening of 

 August 23, cleared the doubt away from 

 the minds of many who wished to know 

 more about the T. B. testing from the 

 state point of view. 



Testing has increased TS'/r in Hamp- 

 shire County during the past six months 

 and 1328 head have been put through the 

 test in that time. The very low average 

 of only \0'A reactors during that period 

 in the county, is due to the low natural 

 infection among the hill-town herds. 



Fewer Cows Produce More Milk 



Director Cummings brought out the 

 interesting fact that 8000 less cows in 

 1926 than in 1925 produced 9,000,000 

 pounds more milk which goes to show 

 that the average cow which reacts to the 

 T. B. test is a low producer and low pro- 

 duction means high cost per unit. 



The tuberculin test does not sftow the 

 degree to which an animal is infected 

 with the tuberculosis organism, but since 

 it has been proven by actual experiment 

 that a cow which reacts to the test may 

 become within six months a serious case 

 to the degree of infecting the milk, it is 

 readily seen that one cannot afford to 

 keep reactors on the farm. 



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Cummington Fair, Sept. 27-28. 

 Three County Fair, Oct. 4-6. 

 These fairs are the two largest in 

 Hampshire County and they de- 

 serve your hearty backing and sup- 

 port. 



The Three County Fair is really the 

 County Fair. 



The Fair Directors are sparing no 

 efforts to put on a program better 

 than ever before. 



Two evening programs, Oct. 4 

 and 5. 



Boys and Girls Day, Thursday, 

 Oct. 6. 



DISCUSSING FABRICS AND 



STLYES FOR FALL 

 Stressing the Ensemble 



The ensemble is very important this 

 season. Fabric interest is pronounced in 

 these, with effective tweeds in a looser 

 weave than has been the rule prominent 

 as coat mediums, while frocks often re- 

 peat the coat fabric in the skirt, with a 

 sweater completing the costume. Cos- 

 tumes of sport nature take on a formal 

 air by adding a metal juniper or a lining 

 to a tweed coat. Cloth coats have velvet 

 frocks in one and two piece genre while 

 silk crepe frocks are also worn with cloth 

 coats. The more formal ensembles are 

 developed in velvet, both plain and pat- 

 terned. 



EVERYTHING IS READY 



FOR THREE COUNTY FAIR 



Over $500 offered on Exhibits and 

 Contests In Junior Department 



October 4, 5, and 6, 1927, will be big 

 days to the young people of Hampshire 

 County. Between Exhibits, .Judging Con- 

 tests and a Parade there should be enough 

 going on to satisfy even the most am- 

 bitious boy and girl. 



Space will not permit us to tell all of 

 the good things that the Fair Association 

 and Merchants of Northampton as well as 

 Granges and Commercial Concerns are 

 giving as prizes for the best exhibits, etc. 

 As the above figures show, over $500 in 

 ca.sh is offered, to say nothing of specials 

 valued at over $100. 



Opportunity for Club People 



Without a doubt, this is the be.st chance 

 the club people will have this year to win 

 prizes on Clothing, Food, Canning, Handi- 

 craft, Poultry, Dairy Animals and vege- 

 tables. Of course, the Dairy and Poultry 

 club members compete for larger prizes 

 at the Eastern States, but they have a 

 great deal more competition. The new pre- 

 mium list has been changed a great deal, 

 and we believe for the better, and at the 

 same time the pi-emiums increased in size 

 so that there is a very good opportunity 

 to carry home enough money to make any 

 effort worth while. 



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HAMPSHIRE COUNTY 



DAIRYMEN WIN HONORS 

 AT JERSEY FIELD DAY 



The field day of the American Jersey 

 Cattle Club at Wauban Farms, Ashfield 

 on Aug. 1'6 was well attended by Jersey 

 breeders from all over the state. 



Judging of cattle by 4-H club boys took 

 the attention of nearly everyone in the 

 morning and the contest was won by 

 Eastman's group of boys. A calf sale 

 was held in the afternoon and following 

 that prizes were awarded. 



U. G. Groff of Amherst won a silver cup 

 for a Register of Merit Senior 3 year old, 

 Gamboge Jersey Dot, in class A. A. A. 

 with a 305 day fat record of 536.38 lbs. 

 which is equal to a 365 day mature equiv- 

 alent of 705.48 lb. fat. 



E. C. Harlow of Amherst received two 

 Cow Testing Association Silver Medals, 

 awarded by the American Jersey Cattle 

 Club. The first was won by a Senior 2 

 year old. Gamboge's Social Belle No. 

 601338 with a milk production of 5433 lbs. 

 and a fat production of 312.4 lbs. The 

 second was won by a Senior 4 year old, 

 Matilda of Hebron No. 534874 with a milk 

 production of 10,822 lbs. and a fat pro- 

 duction of 595.5 lbs. 



W. H. Atkins of So. Amherst also won 

 a C. T. A. silver medal with an aged cow, 

 Rioter's Pretty Bell No. 465238 with a 

 milk production of 10710 lbs. of milk and 

 583.5 lbs. of fat. 



HOWARD HILL WINS 



JUDGING CONTEST 



Howard Hill of Enfield and Rachel 

 Randall of Belchertown won first and 

 third prizes respectively at the Judging 

 Contest held at the Guernsey calf sale in 

 Southboro, August 4. 



In spite of being handicapped by com- 

 peting with many older and more ex- 

 perienced doys, this 14 year old winner 

 very nearly got a perfect score, winning 

 285 out of a possible 300 points. His 

 prize was a Gold Medal while Rachel was 

 awarded a Bronze Medal. 



Other Hampshire County Club mem- 

 bers in the contest were: Herman An- 

 drews, Southampton; Robert Cole, Hunt- 

 ington; and Dennett and John Howe, 

 North Amherst. 



