HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARMERS' MONTHLY 



Towns Qualify For Test 



Continued from page 1, column 1 

 distributed which gave the progress of 

 the work in Massachusetts. 



Director Cummings, Dr. Grossman of 

 the Federal Department and Dr. Roberts, 



local veterinarian were present at the fair 

 on vaz'ious days to help answer any ques- 

 tions that might be raised regarding the 

 work. 



Eventually, why not now is a motto 

 that is in the minds of more and more 

 dairymen regarding the test. 



T. B. Eradication Making Progress in Mass. 



Eradication of bovine tuberculosis is not a community but a state wide pro- 

 ject. In most sections the work is progressing rapidly under the local manage- 

 ment and the state force in charge of F. B. Cummings, new head of the division of 

 animal industry. The table below showing the progress of the work in the various 

 sections has been issued from the state office. 



STANDING BY COUNTIES, .JULY 1 



3. 



8. 



9. 



10. 



ANSWERS TO FARM AND HOME? 



See Page 3 



Cranberries, Massachusetts produc- 

 ing about 434,000 barrels in 1926, 

 more than 507f of the United States 

 crop. 



Condensed milk was invented in 1827 

 by Appert of France. 

 Because it is upon these bushes that 

 blister rust lives over winter and at- 

 tacks our forests of white and pitch 

 pine. 



There were 33,454 in 1925. 

 It is milk which has been held at a 

 temperature of 142-145 degrees for 

 30 minutes to destroy or render in- 

 active all bacteria or disease germs. 

 From Louis Pasteur of France who 

 invented the idea in 1864, but at that 

 time it was applied to wine only. 

 Lack of cleanliness causes more di- 

 sease than any other one thing. 

 For their roughage, vitamins, and 

 mineral.? — particularly iron. 

 Plymouth Rocks, Rhode Island Reds, 

 and Wyandottes. 



The five leading dairy breeds are 

 Holsteins, Brown-swiss, Ayrshires, 

 Guernseys, and Jerseys. 



The secret of life is not to do what one 

 likes but to like what one has to do. 



Hale. 



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Hartljamptou. IfflaaH. 



Srlppluinr 1UB8-H 



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Use an 

 Effective Disinfectant 



after removing reactors 

 We carry Parke, Davis & Co.'s 



COMPOUND SOLUTION OF 

 CRESOL, U. S. P. 



Recommended by the U. S. Dep't 

 of Agriculture 



Price right for quality. Free 

 delivery in gallon lots. 



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WISWELL THE DRUGGIST j 



82 Main Street 1 



Northampton, - - Mass. ! 



MONEY 

 IN EGGS 



Of course the reason why eggs 

 are high in price in the fall and 

 early winter is that most hens are 

 laying only a few eggs if they are 

 laying at all. To get the money 

 out of eggs you have got to get the 

 eggs out of the hen. 



Proper feeding is one of the 

 factors which make for profitable 

 egg production. Good stock, pro- 

 perly housed, will lay most ef- 

 fectively if supplied with the right 

 sort of feed. Hens need more than 

 mash and scratch. They need these 

 mixtures composed of quality ingre- 

 dients properly blended. Because 

 the Eastern States Farmers' Ex- 

 change is a farmers' cooperative 

 owned only by the farmer Patrons 

 served, it aims to give feeders who 

 use its service just this — mash and 

 .scratch of quality ingredients pro- 

 perly blended — and at low distri- 

 buting costs. 



During the first 8 months of 1927 

 the Eastern States Farmers' Ex- 

 change distributed 4,556 tons more 

 of poultry feeds than during the 

 same period of 1926. This ever- 

 increasing demand proves that the 

 feeds are making good because the 

 method of distribution is the same — 

 cash at the car — and the feeds are 

 the same — no cheaper feeds have 

 been added to the line of Exchange 

 rations to catch the price buyer and 

 thus increase volume. 



AVIiere reeordx are kept Kaxleni 

 StafeN 0|>en F(»riiiiila Feeilx |iro\'e 

 I heir n-ortli. 



For information on the Eastern 

 States feed service for horses and 

 cattle as well as poultry, the sei-vice 

 which should not be confused with 

 car door service offered by private 

 manufacturers through dealers or 

 groups of farmers, write the office. 



pastern §tatcs f\iFDici's' J}xchiiAge 



A noii-Ktock* non-prf»flt orKiinizii- 



tion owned :ind coiitrolleil l»y the 



farmers it serve.H, 



Spriagtielfl, 



Massachusetts 



