THE FARMERS' MONTHLY, NOVEMBER, 1927 



EXHIBITS POTATOES AT 



NATIONAL CLUB CONGRESS 



November 25 to December 2 four Po- 

 tato Club members from Hampshire 

 County with one from Berl?shire enter 

 Potato exhibits in as stiff competition 

 as can be found anywhere in the country. 

 These boys, Joseph Sena, Easthampton; 

 Ashley Gurney, Cummington, and Joseph 

 Donnis, Hatfield with two others made 

 up a state exhibit of 160 potatoes and 

 entered it at the National Club Congress 

 at Chicago in competition with 41 other 

 states. Each boys exhibit of 32 potatoes 

 competes separately by varieties for 

 some very substantial prizes while the 

 first prize for the state exhibit is $30.00. 



These boys, of course, do not expect 

 to win the blue ribbon, (although they 

 do hope to) but they are interested to 

 see how their judgment in picking out an 

 exhibit compares with boys from other 

 states. 



Maybe there's a chance this fall to be- 

 gin a little pasture improvement with 

 some likely piece of ground in the old 

 pasture or a part of the mowing land 

 that isn't so good. Fall plowing is a good 

 beginning — turn under some manure if it 

 can be spared and cart off some of the 

 extra stones, if any. Next spring add 

 lime, fertilizer and sweet clover seed plus 

 some Kentucky blue grass seed. Its the 

 only way I know of that can be confident- 

 ly expected to get results in most cases. 



When you come to the end of a perfect 

 day, clean your teeth. 



— American Dental Association. 



Teeth are built from the foods you eat. 

 Milk and the dairy products, fruits and 

 vegetables, and whole grain bread are 

 most important. 



AGROSPECTS 



Harvest Tales 



November first — and before it a kindly 

 October that has helped a lot with the fall 

 work. Here and there rowen being cut, 

 potatoes about all dug, a few apples yet 

 to be picked and countless other choices to 

 do befoi-e real cold weather. How's that 

 for words? But at this time of year 

 there's not much to say about crops ex- 

 cept in retrospect. But even that view 

 can probably come under Agrospects for 

 it deals with crops as to prospects — sus- 

 pects and retrospects. 



One can't pick up two potatoes where 

 only one grew, nor take the worm hole 

 out of the apple. But back of all this 

 there is something important, a reason 

 why there were not two potatoes, a reason 

 why there was a worm in the apple, or a 

 black smudge on its rosy cheek. What 

 we have today represents what we did or 

 didn't do yesterday. In the case of that 

 missing potato it may have been poor 

 seed, or not enough nourishment, or per- 

 haps the hoppers took it when they killed 

 the leaves. Poor spraying practice is the 

 story the apple tells. Failures are valu- 

 able if we let them teach us. Most 

 generally there's a reason why they hap- 

 pened but it is granted that conditions 

 make a difference as to how much can be 

 done. 



Better than 400 bushels of potatoes 

 from an acre. That's what I hear from 

 two contestants in the 300 bushel potato 

 club. And they had the same weather 

 that was prevalent in 1927. Even if pota- 

 toes were selling at 75 cents a bushel I 

 doubt if they would be losing a cent. At 

 tAvice that price they are going to be a 

 profitable crop, and the surplus over cost 

 will pay for a good spray outfit. 



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