HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARMERS' MONTHLY 



POULTRY RECORD SUMMARY 



The summary published by the Massa- 

 chusetts Agriculture College for the nine 

 month period ending, July 31 shows that 

 H. C. Booth's flock of Leghorns holds 

 third place in flocks of 100 birds or more 

 in the state. In the small flock of less 

 than 500 birds, John Bloom, of Ware, P. 

 L. Whoelock of Amherst, John M. Lowe 

 of Amherst and F. D. Steele of Cumming- 

 ton hold respectively, first, second, third 

 and fourth places of all such flocks in the 

 state. The following is the complete list 

 for the state. 



Large Flocks (over 1,000 Birds) 



Eggs 

 Name County per bird 



Elm Tree P. F., Plymouth 155.9 



Peckham P. F., Bri.stol 147.6 



H. C. Booth, Hampshire 147.0 



Monroe & Nepper, Plymouth 146.9 



E. H. Castle, Plymouth 139.1 

 Globus P. F., Bristol 131.9 

 Homer Rowell, Essex 130.9 



Large Flocks (500-900 Birds) 



C. M. Williams, Barnstable 153.2 



L. E. French, Plymouth 151.9 



A. S. Pendleton, Essex 149.7 



Bernard Binder, Barnstable 143.2 



Glendale Farm, Bristol 142.1 



Frank Porebski, Plymouth 141.8 



M. R. Jones, Barnstable 140.6 



Small Flocks (90-499 Birds) 

 John Bloom, Hampshire 168.9 



P. L. Wheelock, Hampshire 183.1 



John M. Lowe, Hampshire 174.2 



F. D. Steele, Hampshire 173.9 

 Frank LeBlanc, Bristol 172.7 



E. W. Dexter, Plymouth 164.8 

 Nils Ohlson, Franklin 164.1 



Seven flocks in the county averaged 

 over 16 eggs per bird for the month of 

 July. The list is as follows: 



Birds per egg 

 Birds 

 P. L. Wheelock, Amherst 167 19.0 

 A. J. Baker, Amherst 138 18.5 



John M. Lowe, Amherst 113 18.1 

 John Bloom, Ware 425 17.5 



Wm. S. Chaffee, Enfleld 84 17.0 



Harold Booth, Belchertown 590 16,8 



F. D. Steele, Cummington 167 16.5 j 

 The State Summary for July shows 



that Hampshire County flocks have a 

 production per bird for July and a total 

 production per bird for the nine months ; 

 period which is above the state average: 



The State County 

 No. farms reporting 138 12 , 



Ave. No. females per I 



farm Nov. l.st 457 397 



Reduction by death 



since Nov. l.st 10.3% 7.4% 



Total reduction since 



Nov. l.st 47.7% 53.9% 



Av. No. females end of 



July 239 183 



HAMPSHIRE-FRANKLIN 

 HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN FIELD 

 DAY HELD AUG. 6, 1927 



The Northfield School was visited in 

 the morning and the group looked over 

 the cattle before dinner. During the noon 

 hour, at which time a picnic lunch was 

 held, Mr. Thomas E. Elder and Mr. L. A. 

 Polhemus gave talks about the work of 

 the two schools, Mt. Hermon and North- 

 field Seminary. Mr. Enos Montague in- 

 terested everyone by telling of his trip to 

 England, Scotland, Guernsey, Jersey, 

 France, Belgium and Holland, which he 

 and Mrs. Montague took this spring. The 

 new county agent was introduced to the 

 group. 



After dinner, a portion of the North- 

 field Farm was visited and then the group 

 stopped at Mr. Arthur H. Bolton's in 

 East Northfield. He has about half 

 Guernseys and half Holsteins, and sells to 

 retail trade. Mr. Bolton owns some very 

 fine animals. 



The last stop was at Mr. A. L. Miller's 

 in Vernon, Vermont. Mr. Miller sells the 

 cream to a bakery in Holyoke and uses 

 the skim milk to feed to his calves of 

 which he has a large number. Mr Miller's 

 farm is well diversified as he rai.ses be- 

 sides ensilage corn and clover hay, onions, 

 strawberries, sweet corn, melons, 

 squashes, cucumbers and potatoes. 



FOR SALE 



A question I ask. 

 An answer I beg, 

 Which comes last, 

 The hen or the egg? 

 It makes little difl'erence 

 As you can guess, 

 But I would like to know 

 Never — the — less. 

 The reason I ask, 

 I may as well tell. 

 I have some hens 

 That I want to sell. 

 I have fed them right. 

 According to advice, 

 And kept them safe 

 From the hawks and lice. 

 I always supposed 

 It was an endless chain 

 From eggs to hens. 

 And to eggs again. 



AUGUST COW TEST SUMMARY 



The August reports of the cow testers 

 show that five cows made over fifty-five 

 pounds of butterfat on twice a day milk- 

 ing and that three made over sixty 

 pounds of butterfat on four times a day 

 milking. The following is a li.st of the 

 leading cows for August. 



Owner 



E. P. We.st 



J. G. Clark 



E. T. Clark 



J. G. Clark 



E. C. Harlow 



L. L. Titus 



W. A. Atkins 



Hugh M. Bridgman 



Hugh M. Bi'idgman 



Hugh M. Bridgman 



E. P. West 



E. P. West 



E. P. West 



* milked three times 

 four times daily. 



Only three herds averaged over 1000 

 pounds of milk per cow during August 

 and this figure is the lowest for some time 

 but it is entirely consistant with the aver- 

 age milk production of all cows in New 

 England during July which also declined. 

 The following is a list of the high pro- 

 ducing herds in average production per 

 cow. 



Lbs. Milk 

 No. Cows per cow 

 E. P. West 26 1122 



Pelissier Bros. 8 1086 



Hugh M. Bridgman 10 1086 



E. T. Clark 22 980 



Frank D. Steele 7 930 



Fred Frost 12 885 



Six herds made an average butter fat 

 production of over thirty pounds per cow 

 during the month. The list is as follows: 



But these hens are mine 



Have failed in their mission 



So off they go 



For their sins of omission. 



They may be right 



In their birth control. 



In a deeper hole. 



Right out they go 



From a happy past. 



If the egg comes first, 



And the hen comes last. 



Spec. 



Sunshine is an important factor in the 

 feeding ration of all Massachusetts live- 

 stock and poultry. 



