THE FARMERS' MONTHLY, DECEMBER, 1927 



178 BIRDS EXHIBITED 



IN POULTRY SHOW 



By winning four of the five gold medals 

 given for best four single birds and best 

 pen, members of the Smith Academy- 

 Agricultural department came out of 

 largest winners in the junior department 

 of the Northampton Poultry Show. 



This show, which was held in the Arena 

 of Smith Agricultural School, Northamp- 

 ton, contained the largest Junior depart- 

 ment that it has enjoyed for over ten 

 years. In all 178 birds owned by 4-H 

 club members in Hampshire County, with 

 a few from out side the county, were 

 brought together. 



In addition to cash prizes, gold medals 

 were offered for best cock, hen, cockerel, 

 pullet and pen in the show. They were 

 won as follows: 



Best Cock, Alfred .Jubenville, Hatfield. 



Best Hen, C. Hilton Boynton, So. Had- 

 ley. 



Best Cockerel, .Joseph Donnis, Hatfield. 



Best Pullet, Joseph Donnis, Hatfield. 



Best Pen, Walter Sullivan, Hatfield. 



The largest single exhibitor was C. 

 Hilton Boynton of So. Hadley who 

 brought in 2.3 of his choice White Wyan- 

 dotes and three Blue Andalusians on 

 which he won many prizes. 



Hold Judging Contest 



A Poultry Judging Contest was held 

 during the Show in which 43 boys took 

 part with the following winners : 



Frank Schmid, Northampton, first, 2.35 

 points. 



Edward Drodzal, Hadley, second, 230 

 points. 



Joel Dwight, Hatfield, third 215 points. 



Gordon Cook, Hadley, fourth, 210 

 points. 



Sidney Grant, Conway, fifth, 210 points. 



are sold at market prices, the money be- 

 ing sent to the exhibitor. The prices are 

 u.sually fairly good as is comes during 

 Thanksgiving week when the market is at 

 its heighth. 



The prize winners were as follows: 

 Large Roasters; 



Henry Sadlow.ski, Hadley, first and 

 sweepstake prize. 



Gordon Cook, Hadley, second. 

 .Joseph Donnis, Hatfield, third. 

 Small Roaster; 



Gordon Cook, Hadley, finst. 

 Edward Godin, Hatfield, second and 

 third. 

 Fryers; 



John Byron, Hadley, first and second. 

 White Eggs; 



Adolf Wilier, Easthampton, first. 

 Brown Eggs; 



Walter Pomper, Easthampton, first. 



CLOTHING WORK POPULAR 



DURING PAST YEAR 



With an enrollment of 260 girls the 

 sewing project continues to hold first 

 place in popularity among the girls who 

 were 4-H club members in Hampshire 

 County during the past year. 



Tv/enty-four organized clubs were 

 necessary to take care of this enrollment. 

 The leaders of these clubs should feel 

 very proud of their achievement as seven- 

 teen of these proved to be Banner Clubs 

 in spite of a late start last winter. A 

 Banner Club is one that has lOC/r of its 

 members complete their work. 



All of these twenty-four clubs put on 

 public exhibitions of their work last 

 spring and fifteen of them gave an enter- 

 tainment as part of their exhibition pro- 

 gram. 



A total of 679 articles were made by 

 the 218 girls who made a written report 

 at the end of their club season, the major- 

 ity of these articles being garments such 

 as dresses and undergarments. 



Although all of the girls who reported 

 did not state how many garments they 

 mended during he year, the total of those 

 who did answer that question was 1,347 

 garments. Twenty-five girls reported do- 

 ing all their own sewing while eight said 

 they did all of the family sewing. 



Among the first year girls 108 were 

 taught to use a sewing machine for the 

 first time. Forty-one girls had learned 

 to remodel dresses, coates, etc. Thirty- 

 six selected all of their own wearing ap- 

 parel and thirty-one were keeping com- 

 plete cost accounts of their clothing. 



As "a dollar saved is as good as a 

 dollar earned", these girls made $481.29 

 above the cost of their articles. They 

 estimated (and their estimate is low) that 

 the 679 articles were worth $915.52 and 

 cost them $434.23, the difl'erence being the 

 actual saving for being in the sewing club 

 and learning to make their own garments. 



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Every Facility 



tor hnndlln<i any or nil 

 of your business 



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Edward L. Shaw, President 

 F. N. Kneeland, Vice-President 

 Elbert L. Arnold, Cashier 

 H. L. Ames, Asst. Cashier 



HADLEY BOYS WINNERS IN r. 

 DRESSED POULTRY SHOW 



By winning every first prize they com- 

 peted for, three Hopkins Academy stu- 

 dents came out the largest winners in the 

 annual Dressed Poultry and Egg Show 

 held at the Massachusetts Agricultural 

 College November 21 and 22. 



The egg exhibit was very small in the 

 junior department, Adolf Wilier and 

 Walter Pomper of Easthampton being 

 the only Hampshire County exhibitors 

 and winning firsts on white eggs and 

 brown eggs respectively. 



This show is an annual event put on by 

 the students who are studying poultry at 

 the college. Classes are for commercial 

 growers, students at the college and for 

 club members and agricultural High 

 School students. 



The birds, which are killed and picked 

 by the boys who own them, compete for 

 some vei-y good prizes and after the show , 



TO THE MEMBERS OF THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS 



For any new carpenter work 

 or any you are doing over, 

 there is a suitable DuPONT 

 Paint or Varnish. 



Let us suggest the correct 

 one. 



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