HAMPSHIRE COUNTY 

 FARMERS' MONTHLY 



iltUTc. 



Vol. XII. 



NORTHAMPTON, MASS., NOVEMBER, 1927 



No. 11 



PELISSIER BROS. LEAD 



IN POTATO PRODUCTION 



The 300 Bu. Potato Club contest has 

 closed and four growers in the county 

 have made over 300 bushels per acre. 



Pelissier Bros, had a yield of 369 

 bushels per acre with Rural Russets. 



Sears & Son of Cummington had the 

 second highest yield with 356 bushels per 

 acre of Cobblers. 



A. Coles & Son of 

 Chesterfield had a yield 

 of 352 bushels per acre 

 of Green Mountains. 



Wm. Baker and Son 

 of Chesterfield was the 

 other grower to get in- 

 to the club with a yield 

 of 320 bushels per acre. 



It is particularly in- 

 teresting to note that 

 some of these men dust- 

 ed entirely while others 

 sprayed entirely. All of 

 which goes to show that 

 either dust or spray is 

 entirely effective if pro- 

 perly applied. Dust ap- 

 plications must be made 

 while the dew is on the 

 plants and no air is 

 stirring, i. e. during the night or early 

 morning. Spray, on the other hand, should 

 not be applied until the dew is off the 

 vines. 



All of these gi-owers used certified seed. 

 Some used commercial fertilizer entirely, 

 others used an application of manure and 

 added some commercial fei'tilizer. In 

 every case the soil was in good tilth with 

 an abundance of organic matter present 

 to conserve soil moisture which is so nec- 

 cessary to the development of the potato 

 tuber. 



A meeting of all the growers entered 

 in the contest over the entire state will be 

 held sometime during the winter and it is 

 hoped that Hampshire County growers 

 will be well represented at this meeting. 

 Notice will be sent to all when the exact 

 date and place has been decided upon. 



Remember The Date 



of December 9, 1927 



When President R. W. Thatcher 

 of the Massachusetts Agricultural 

 College will speak at the Annual 

 Meeting of Hampshire County Ex- 

 tension Service. 



Place— Odd Fellows Hall on Cen- 

 ter St., Northampton. 



Time— 10:30 A. M. 



MANHAN POULTRY CLUB 



AT EASTERN STATES 



One of the livest, most active Poulti-y 

 clubs in the county is the above group 

 of boys, the Manhan Poultry Club of 

 Easthampton. Led by Mr. J. A. Stur- 

 gess, the local grain dealer, this group 

 of seven live wires believe in seeing what 

 there is to see and so spent one day at 

 the Exposition, Saturday, Sept. 24. 



Useing money that they had raised 



j last spring by giving an entertainment 



they spent the day seeing the sights and 



in the evening had their pictures taken 



in the Industrial Building. 



Left to right the club folks are as 

 follows: front row: Albert Czajkowski, 

 Walter Pomper, Francis Sturges, Fred 

 Bergmann, Adolf Wilier and Francis 

 Leitl. Back row: J. A. Sturgess, leader, 

 i Joseph Sena and Alfred Leitl. 



Continued on page 6. column 3 



ANNUAL MEETING DISCUSSED 

 BY ADVISORY BOARD 



The second meeting of the Advisory 

 Board was held on Monday, October 31, 

 at 2:30 o'clock in the Extension Rooms. 

 The meeting was led by the chairman, 

 Mrs. Clifton Johnson of Hadley. The 

 secretary's report was read and accepted 

 and was followed by the Home Demon- 

 stration Agent's report. Miss Pozzi. 



This meeting was 

 called to discuss the 

 question : What could be 

 done to make the Annu- 

 al Meeting more inter- 

 esting. 



It was voted to have 

 some one group in the 

 county put on a short 

 playlet, which was to be 

 selected by Mrs. Clifton 

 Johnson and Miss Pozzi. 

 This playlet is to be 

 given during the pro- 

 gram of the day. 



The Advisory Board 

 also suggested that each 

 community make a spe- 

 cial effort to have at 

 least one car load of 

 women present at this 

 meeting. Last year 

 there were more men than women, 

 this year let us see if the women can't 

 do a great deal better. 



Because of such a full program, it is 

 necessai-y to begin at 10:30 sharp. Be 

 sure that you are not one of those that 

 will come strolling in after the meeting 

 has started when you know we must 

 start at 10:30 sharp. 



Meetings that beg^in on time always 

 have much more snap than those that 

 are held up because of a few. It is going 

 to be so interesting that you can't afford 

 to miss any part of it. 



Nearly 1,000,000 pounds less tea was 

 imported into the United States in the 

 last fiscal year than in the preceding 

 year, according to the report of the tea 

 control laboratory of the food, drug, and 

 insecticide administration. 



