HAMPSHIRE COUNTS 

 FARMERS' MONTHLY 



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Vol. XII. 



NORTHAMPTON, MASS., DECEMBER, 1927 



No. 12 



MARY DEBRAYNIO IS 

 CANNING CLUB CHAMPION 

 FOR 1927 



With a record of 536 jars of canned 

 goods of her credit and six years of can- 

 ning club work, Mary Dedraynio of Had- 

 ley, a senior at Hopkins Academy, has 

 been chosen as County Champion for 1927. 



Mrs. Luther Barstow, with whom Mary 

 lives, estimated that in her six years of 

 canning club work 

 Mary must have put 

 up over a thousand 

 jars of canned pro- 

 ducts besides helping 

 put up the family can- 

 ning which averages 

 well over 300 quarts 

 each year. 



With this back- 

 ground of experience 

 it is only to be expect- 

 ed that Mary should 

 be a good judge of 

 canned goods and good 

 she is, having won 

 prizes in Judging Con- 

 tests on at least two 

 occasions. 



Last year she won 

 her place as a member 

 of the judging teams 

 that her Instructor in 

 Home Economics, Mrs. 

 Doris Champlain, took to Greenfield and 

 Worcester' Fairs besides judging at the 

 Three County Fair. This year she made 

 the same trips and won at Worcester. 



We feel sure that the other Canning 

 Club members in the county join with us 

 in congratulating Mary on her achieve- 

 ment. 



In addition to the honor of being Cham- 

 pion, she will be given a free trip to the 

 Champions Camp (Camp Gilbert) which 

 is held each year for one week at M. A. C. 



Men Cooperate with Agent 



Miss Pozzi wishes to thank Mr. Wm. 

 Quirk of Ware for his co-operation in ob- 

 taining a meeting place for the evening 

 group in Ware. 



She also thanks Mr. Knight for letting 

 Miss Sullivan dismiss her class earlier 

 than usual so that the women at Cold 

 Springs might meet with her. 



The Agents of the Hampshire 

 County Extension Service wish to 

 extend to you our Hearty Greetings 

 for a Merry Christmas and a Pros- 

 perous New Year. 

 Mary Pozzi 

 Allen S. Leland 

 Harold W. Eastman 



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EXTENSION SERVICE HOLDS 

 A SUCCESSFUL ANNUAL 

 MEETING 



Nearly one hundred faithful supporters 

 of the Hampshire County Extension Ser- 

 vice attended its annual meeting in Odd 

 Fellows Hall, December 9, 1927. 



Pres. Charles W. Wade called the meet- 

 ing to order and gave a few words of wel- 

 come. 



The Secretary's and Treasurer's re- 

 ports were read. 



The Treasurer's report showed a bal- 

 ance on hand November 18, 1926 of 

 $1201.11. Receipts for the year were 

 $14,810.91. Expenditures for the same 

 period were $13,938.88 leaving a balance 

 on hand November 15, 1927 of $2073.14. 



The morning session was devoted large- 

 ly to the reports of agents and demonstra- 

 tors. 



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PROF. THATCHER SPEAKS 

 ON THE AGRICULTURAL 



SITUATION 



The principal speaker at the annual 

 meeting was Pres. Roscoe W. Thatcher of 

 the Massachusetts Agricultural College. 

 In his introduction he mentioned the 

 fine type of student which he has found 

 at the Massachusetts Agricultural Col- 

 lege. They are there for an education 

 and 459^ of them are 

 earning their way 

 through college. 



He stated that agri- 

 culture in this country 

 is in a rather difficult 

 situation out of which 

 the business men of 

 the country are finally 

 trying to keep them 

 because the progress 

 and prosperity of the 

 country depends on 

 agricultures stability 

 with industry. Busi- 

 ness men are interest- 

 ed because the basic 

 purchasing power of 

 the farmers has de- 

 clined as a result of 

 the agricultural de- 

 pression. 



The income of farmers have decreased 

 more than that of industry as shown by 

 the following table which takes 1919 as 

 the basis of 100 in both groups. 



Income of Farmers 

 1919=100 

 1923= 34 

 1926= 77 

 1927= 70 



Incomes of Industrial Workers 

 1919=100 

 1923= 84 

 1926=101 

 1927=101 

 Yet the farmers have been continually 

 increasing their efficiency, in fact more 

 than any other group. In the last fifty 

 years farmers have tripled their produc- 

 tion per man. 



The price of farm land has declined 

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