HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARMERS' MONTHLY 



4-H CLUB NEWS 



OLENA BESAW OF HUNTINGTON 

 TO ATTEND CAMP VAIL 



"This fall I will start my sixth year in 

 the sewing club and I have no idea what 

 the work is to be. Will you please write 

 and tell me the things I am to do?" 



The above letter was the little lever 

 that decided the rather difficult question 

 of who would represent Hampshire 

 County at Camp Vail, Eastern States Ex- 

 position this year. 



Out the of the twelve hundred club 

 members in the county it is no very easy 

 job to pick out one that is more deserving 

 of such a free trip than all the others. 

 Yet the above letter gives the idea of the 

 way Olena feels about club work. In- 

 stead of waiting until some one came and 

 told her about next year's work she 

 wanted to know ahead of time so as to get 

 started. 



Perhaps the secret of her success is 

 that she keeps ahead of the crowd, for in 

 Huntington she is one year ahead of the 

 other girls, as she did her fourth year's 

 work the summer of 1926 in order to get 

 ahead. 



There are two other things, however 

 that we liked when deciding who should 

 go: first, she does excellent work and a 

 lot of it. In fact it would be hard to find 

 any better work in Hampshire County. 

 The second thing was a rumor that Olena 

 was to start a club of her own this fall. 



Camp Vail is the untimate goal and aim 

 of each of the 125,000 members enrolled 

 in 4-H club work in the thirteen North 

 and Middle Alantic States. Twelve mem- 

 bers from each of these thirteen states 

 are enrolled in this camp, which is sup- 

 ported by the Exposition. This is a free 

 trip for these young people who are, with- 

 out a doubt, among the best club members 

 in these North Eastern States. Olena is 

 to be complimented on her success and the 

 good time that she can look forward to, 

 the week of Sept. 17-24. 



OUR DAIRY JUDGING TEAM 

 WINS AT JERSAY FIELD DAY 



The Hampshire County Dairy Club 

 again lived up to it's reputation of being 

 good judges when it's team consisting of 

 Dennet Howe, No. Amherst; Roger West, 

 Hadley and Herman Andrews of South- 

 ampton captured fir.st place at the Wau- 

 ban Farms, Ashfield, August 16. Not 

 only that, but Dennett Howe walked off 

 with the Silver Medal and Book, "Dairy 

 Cattle and Milk Production" by Eckles, 

 given for the higest individual honors. 

 Herman Andrews was tied for second 



place with fully one half dozen other boys, 

 and finally captured fifth honors. 



The team prize was a silver loving cup 

 given by Richard Faux, manager of Kill- 

 ingly Farms, Barre. This is the second 

 time we have competed for it, placing se- 

 cond to Berkshire County team last year. 

 Each year the cup is brought back and 

 defended until one county has won it 

 three times when it becomes their perma- 

 nent property. 



Other Dairy club members who attend- 

 ed the Field Day and took part in the 

 contest were: Erick Moberg, So. Am- 

 herst; Howard Olds, Middlefield; Law- 

 son Clark, Williamsburg; George Ruste- 

 meyer, Williamsburg; Lyman Pratt, Had- 

 ley; George Simmons, .Ir., So. Amherst; 

 and Chauncey Simmons, So. Amherst. 



Ready For Three County Fair 



Continued from page 1, column 1 



A great many special prizes are being 

 given by local merchants. Granges, Breed 

 Clubs, Magazines and Commercial grain 

 companies. 



Perhaps the most hotly contested 

 specials are the Tioga Cup and medals, 

 the pictures of which are on this page. 

 The cup is given for the best pen of poul- 

 try in the Junior Department while the 

 medals are given, one for the best pullet 

 and one for the best cockerel in the show. 



CLUB AGENTS LOOK OVER 



WORK IN EASTERN COUNTIES 



The County Club Agents of the state 

 made a tour of three of the eastern Coun- 

 ties, Middlesex, Bristol and Plymouth, 

 July 6th, 7th, and 8th in order to look 

 over some of the work that is being car- 

 ried on in that part of the state. 



It was, without question, the most in- 

 teresting and in.stnictive trip that it is 

 possible for Club Agents to take, as in 

 each county under different leadership 

 and under different conditions many new 

 ideas were picked up that will be of great 

 help to us. 



The tour started at Waltham in Middle- 

 sex County and proceeded to Maynard 

 where we found a handicraft exhibit 

 which included truly wonderful work con- 

 sisting mostly of articles of furniture. 

 This club work was distinctly done as club 

 work as there is no manual training in 

 the town. There are four handicraft 

 clubs here each with a leader and all be- 

 ing supervised by a high school boy, who 

 is a club member and has been for six or 

 seven years. This boy, Edward Fearns, 

 organized these clubs and has kept in 

 close touch with them throughout the 

 winter. Three of the clubs meet outside 

 of school time and are all members of the 

 Junior High School. The fourth club 

 consists of members of the 6th grade and 

 they meet during school time. The boys 

 have fitted up a room in the basement in 

 the school and have bought tools so that 

 they have accumulated a splendid col- 

 lection which is kept in a big closet in 

 this room. 



Raises Hens for Neighbor 



A visit was then made to Westford and 

 So. Acton to see poultiy, garden, handi- 

 craft and clothing work. 



An interesting visit was made to Elmer 

 Berry of Stowe. This boy has been a mem- 

 ber of the poultry club four years and the 

 garden club for 5 years. He is, this sum- 

 mer, in addition to raising chicks for him- 

 self, raising a bunch of 500 for a neighbor 

 and for his labor is to receive 60 of the 

 best pullets. Out of this bunch of chicks 

 he lost only 12 in 10 weeks. 



In Bristol County one of the most out- 

 standing things of interest was a style 

 show at Norton. There were four cloth- 

 ing clubs here which cooperated in put- 

 ting on the show. These girls had made 

 all kinds of garments and their show was 

 most unique. They wore different gar- 

 ments and sang songs appropriate for the 

 occasion ; for in.stance, in wearing school 

 clothes they sang school songs, in wearing 

 church clothes they sang church songs, in 

 ' wearing sport clothes they sang play 

 songs and finished up with pajamas and 



night gowns singing "Good Night Ladies". 



