THE FARMERS' MONTHLY, DECEMBER, 1927 



E. C. HARLOW LEADS 

 IN BUTTER FAT PRODUCTION 



E. C. Harlow of North Amherst leads 

 the Association herds in butter fat pro- 

 duction with his high cow making 68.6 

 pounds of fat during November. The 

 following table gives the leaders for 

 November. 



* Milked three times daily. ** Milked 

 four times daily 



J. G. Cook and Son's herd leads both in 

 average total production per cow and 

 average butter fat production per cow. 

 Four herds averaged over 1000 pounds 

 of milk per cow. 



Lbs. Milk 

 No. Cows per cow 



second in butter fat production per cow 

 and the following table gives the high 

 herds for November. 



No. Cows 

 11 



Lbs. Fat 

 per cow 



43.3 



40.0 



39.8 



35.0 



34.8 



34.2 



J. G. Cook & Son 

 W. H. Atkins 8 



E. C. Harlow 28 



H. M. Bridgeman 11 



E. P. West 28 



F. D. Steele 4 

 The fact that there are now only 



twenty-nine active herds in the Cow Test- 

 ing Association led the County Agent to 

 combine both associations and hire Mr. 

 Earle Douglass as full time tester. 



Cow Testing Association 

 Membership Pays 



Herd owners in the Association should 

 feel proud of their part in the 1926 

 Government figures which show that360,- 

 000 cows in Cow Testing Associations 

 produced as much milk as 584,000 aver- 

 age cows, and returned as much profit 

 over cost of feed as 640,000 average cows. 



P. L. 



WHEELOCK'S FLOCK LEADS IN YEARLY EGG 

 PRODUCTION FOR THE STATE 



Hampshire County men should feel proud of placing five flocks in the winning 

 columns for the past year's egg production. 



Harold C. Booth of Belchertown placed third in the state list of flocks over 1000 

 with an average egg production of 177.5. 



Mr. P. L. Wheelock of Amherst, John Bloom of Ware, John M. Lowe of Amherst 

 and Frank D. Steele of Cummington placed first, second, fourth and fifth respective- 

 ly in flocks of less than 500 birds. 



P. L. Wheelock of Amherst with an average for his flock of 227.1 eggs per bird 

 leads the entire state. 



Leaders in Egg Production for Year ending October 31, 1927 



State Lists 



Flocks over 1000 birds 



Production per Bird 



Name 

 Elm Tree Poultry Farm, 

 Monroe & Neppei-, 

 Harold C. Booth, 

 E. H. Castle, 

 Peckham Poultry Farm, 

 Globus Poultry Farm, 



C. M. Williams, 

 A. S. Pendleton, 

 L. E. French 

 John G. Ellis, 

 M. R. Jones, 

 R. O. Walbridge, 



P. L. Wheelock, 

 John Bloom, 

 Frank LeBlanc, 

 John M. Lowe, 

 Frank D. Steele, 

 Wilfred A. Murray, 

 Bertha Martindale, 



Leaders in Egg Production for 12 months' period ending Oct. 31, 1927. 



County List 

 Hampshire 



Name 

 P. L. Wheelock, 

 John Bloom, 

 John M. Lowe, 

 Frand D. Steele, 

 Harold C. Booth, 



Annual Extension Meeting 



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 ent articles of which 650 were dresses or 

 undergarments. 



There was a total of 1122 boys and 

 girls enrolled in Club work in the county 

 this year. 



Mr. Eastman plans to have a camp for 

 the boys and girls next summer. 



Huntington girls came in for their 

 share of credit when Mr. Eastman told 

 of four girls in that town that once were 

 in clubs and now each one of the four is 

 leading a club of younger girls. These 

 girls are themselves in a leader training 

 group under the domestic science teacher. 



Cooperators' Report 



Mr. G. Fred Pelissier of Hadley report- 

 ed on the value of the Cow Testing Asso- 

 ciation work. It is of particular value in 



the records it gives particularly when 

 raising young stock. Through this work 

 his own average production per cow was 

 increased in the past year over last year 

 by 1161 pounds of milk and 46 lbs. of 

 Butter Fat. His cost of producing milk 

 was reduced 16 cents per one hundred 

 pounds. 



Mrs. John Boynton of South Hadley re- 

 ported on the value of the club work to 

 her son, Hilton Boynton. He started in 

 Calf Club work in 1923 and has owned 13 

 animals in four years. He now has charge 

 of his father's farm and he owns all of 

 his animals. He had the champion Hol- 

 stein at the Eastern States Exposition 

 among the Calf Club boys. Hilton has 

 organized a dairy club and a garden club 

 among other boys of South Hadley. As 

 Mrs. Boynton stated it, "He has learned 

 to do by doing." 



