HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARMERS' MONTHLY 



POULTRY RECORD SUMMARY 



The State summary for the ten month 

 period ending- August 31. shows that H. 

 C. Booth's flock of over 1000 birds has 

 climbed to second place. In the small 

 flocks of less than 500 birds, P. L. Whee- 

 lock of Amherst and John Bloom of Ware 

 hold respectively first and second place. 

 John M. Lowe and Frand D. Steele are 

 fourth and fifth in this group. 



Large Flocks (over 1,000 Birds) 



Eggs 

 Name County per bird 



Elm Tree P. F., Plymouth 167.9 



H. C. Booth, Hampshire 158.8 



Monroe & Nepper, Plymouth 158.6 



Peckham P. F., Bristol 158.2 



E. H. Castle, Plymouth 151.2 



Hass P. F., Bristol 143.4 



Globus P. F., 142.7 



Homer Rowell, Essex 142.7 



Small Flocks (90-i99 Birds) 

 P. L. Wheelock, Hampshire 203.3 



John Bloom, Hampshire 202.4 



Frank LeBlanc, Bristol 192.7 



John M. Lowe, Hampshire 190.4 



Frank D. Steele, Hampshire 184.6 



Eusebe Lacombe, Plymouth 178.3 



E. W. Dexter, Plymouth 178.1 



The same four poultrymen as in July 

 still hold the first four places for the 

 month's record. 



Birds 

 Birds per egg 

 P. L. Wheelock, Amherst, 155 20.2 

 A. J. Baker, Amherst 90 19.0 



John M. Lowe, Amher.st 97 16.2 

 John Bloom, Ware 320 15.5 



Mrs. A. G. Eldridge, Am'st 170 14.3 

 Wm. S. Chaffee, Enfleld 81 13.8 

 D. C. Wornock, North'ton 28 13.6 



The average of all Hampshire County 

 flocks shows that our poultrymen have 

 lost one third less birds by death than 

 the State average. The production per 

 bird in the County for August and for the 

 last 10 months period is above the State 

 average. 



The State County 

 No. farms reporting 148 16 



Ave. No. females per 



farm Nov 1st. 472 353 



Reduction by death 



since Nov. 1st. 10.6 6.8% 



Total reduction since 



Nov. 1st. 60.7 61.1% 



Pullets added during 



the month 81 7 



Ave. No. females end 



of August 266 143 



Eggs laid per 1927 



Pullets in August 8.9 17.8 



Eggs laid per bird 



(Old Flock) in Aug. 13.6 14.6 



Total prod, per bird 



in August 12.1 14.7 



Total prod, per bird 



since Nov. 1st. 134.0 155.1 



HOLSTEIN-FREISIAN TOUR 



ON COLUMBUS DAY 



About fifty dairyman took in the in- 

 teresting trip to seven of the Holstein 

 breeders in Hampshire County. 



Clinton Tower, Charlie Graves, Leon 

 Shumway, Sereno Clark and Charlie 

 Clark were all visited by the group in the 

 morning. Charlie Loud, Hugh Bridgman 

 and Mr. Montague were visited in the 

 afternoon. An interesting fact that was 

 noted at practically all of these farms is 

 that the men owned good pure bred bulls 

 and were raising their own young stock. 

 That method is one step toward success in 

 the dairy industry. 



Sei-eno Clark had the most diversified 

 farm of any on the tour for besides his 

 dairy cattle, he raises sheep, hogs, apples 

 and has a maple sugar orchard. He 

 treated the group to Macintosh apples 

 and cider while Charlie Clark treated the 

 group to coffee and milk during the lunch 

 hour. After lunch Mr. Sereno Clark 

 spoke about his varied fanning opera- 

 tions. Prof. Ford mentioned the quali- 

 fications of the new president at the 

 Massachusetts Agricultural College. He 

 felt that Pres. R. W. Thatcher under- 

 stood agriculture vei-y thoroughly. 



Lime is necessary on all dairy farms 

 according to Roland Payne and his state- 

 ment is backed up by facts noted on var- 

 ious farms visited during the day. He 

 advised raising better stock, for the aver- 

 age dairyman's profit is in the milk pail i 

 and not in the show ring. [ 



The county agent showed that records 

 should be kept on all milking cows and 

 that the Cow Testing Association afforded 

 the cheapest and best way to do this. 



It was noted that an increasing number 

 of dairymen are raising alfalfa or clover 

 hay and good ensilage in order to reduce 

 the cost of production of milk. 



I COW TEST SUMMARY 



[ The September reports of the cow test- 

 ers show that four cows made over fifty- 

 I three pounds of butter fat on twice o day 

 I milking. Only two did this on three times 

 a day milking while four made over 60 

 pounds of butter fat on four times a day 

 milking. The list of leading cows for 



* Milked three times daily. **milked 

 four times daily. 



Three herds made an average milk pro- 

 duction per cow of over 1000 pounds 



Lbs. Milk 

 No. Cows per cow 

 J. G. Cook 7 1106 



E. P. West 29 1103 



E. T. Clark 20 1100 



Pelissier Bros. 8 974 



Vigneault Bros. 12 939 



The following list gives the average 

 butter fat production for the herds listed 



Lbs. Fat 

 per cow 



40.9 



38.3 



35.8 



34.4 



32.8 



No. Cows 

 J. G. Cook 7 



E. P. West 29 



E. T. Clark 20 



Pelissier Bros. 8 



Vigneault Bros. 12 



Fay Montague leaves as tester at the 

 end of the month and it is certain that 

 the friends he has made while in the work, 

 wish him every success in whatever he 

 undertakes. A competent man to do the 

 work will be hired before Nevember 1. 



FARM AND HOME? 



Ask Me Another Answers on Page 9 



1. Of what farm crop does Massachu- 

 setts produce more than half of the 

 United States supply? 



2. What milk product was invented 100 

 years ago? 



3. Why are the common black current 

 and gooseberry bushes a menace to 

 our Massachusetts forests? 



4. How many farms are there in Mas- 

 sachusetts? 



5. What is pasteurized milk, and why 

 is it pasteurized? 



Why is it called pasteurized milk? 

 What one thing causes more disease 

 and promotes the spread of diseases? 



FOLLOW THROUGH 



The Cow Testing Association is show- 

 ing up your unprofitable cows. Are you 

 discarding them? Any increase produc- 

 tion over a period of years will be largely 

 associated with the use of a purebred 

 bull of high producing ancestry. Are 

 you planning your livestock program on 

 the basis of such facts? 



6. 



7. 



8. Why are the green leafy vegetables 

 valuable in the diet of both man and 

 animal? 



9. Which popular breeds of chickens 

 were developed in America? 



10. What are the five leading breeds of 

 dairy cattle? 



