THE FARMERS' MONTHLY, JANUARY, 1928 



MANHAN POULTRY CLUB 



WINS BANNER FOR NOV. 



The 4-H Poultry Club Banner, which is 

 given to the club with the highest average 

 egg production for each month, was won 

 by the Manhan Poultry club of East- 

 hampton for the month of November. 



This club of nine members own 162 

 hens that laid 1097 eggs or an average of 

 6.7 eggs per bird for the month. This was 

 quite a bit better than any of the other 

 clubs as is shown in the following table. 



N" of Avg. per 



fliii-ks No. binls No. eggs Ijird 



Manhan Poultry Club 



Easthampton 8 162 1097 6.7 

 Smith's School 



Northampton 6 329 1.552 4.7 

 Hatfield Poultry Club 



Hatfield 9 277 1181 4.3 



Wirthmore Poultry Club 



S.HadleyFalls 7 178 312 1.8 



None of the other Poultry groups were 

 eligible as the rules of the contest call 

 for at least five reports per club per 

 month before they are considered. 



Adolf Wilier Leads in Contest 



In the individual contest a total of 

 forty flocks were reported that contained 

 1465 birds. 



These blocks are divided into two 

 classes; small flocks of 5 to 40 birds, 

 large flocks of 40 or more birds. Adolf 

 Wilier of Easthampton sent in the highest 

 report for the small flocks and incidently 

 for flocks in both classes with 13.6 eggs 

 from each of his 10 white Leghorn Pul- 

 lets. 



Joseph Donnis of Hatfield led the 

 county in the large flocks with 8.8 eggs 

 from each of his 50 Rhode Lsland Red 

 Pullets. 



The five highest records in each class 

 are as follows: 



Small Flocks 

 Adolf Wilier, 



Easthampton W.L. 10 136 13.6 

 Daniel Cernak, 



Easthampton R.I.R. 34 432 12.7 

 Walter Pomper, 



Easthampton R.I.R. 8 81 10.1 

 Wayne Smith, 



Northampton R.I.R. 28 256 9.2 

 Frank Dietz, 



S.HadleyFalls R.I.R. 25 160 6.4 

 Larfie Flocks 

 Joseph Donnis, 



Hatfield R.I.R. 50 439 8.8 



Joseph Sena, 



Easthampton B.P.R. 70 503 7.2 



4-H CLUB PLEDGE 



1 Pledge 



my head to clearer thinking, 

 my heart to greater loyalty 

 my hands to larger service, and 

 my health to better living, 



for my club, my community, and my 

 country 



WIN TRIP TO THE 



BOSTON POULTRY SHOW 



Wednesday morning, January 4, four 

 Hampshire County Club boys, accompa- 

 nied by the Club Agent, left Northampton 

 bound for the Poultry Judging Contest at 

 the Boston Poultry Show. 



These four boys were: Joseph Donnis 

 and Joel Dwight of Hatfield, Howard Itt- 

 ner of South Hadley and John Howe of 

 North Amherst. These boys won this trip 

 because of having won the leading places 

 in the elimination contest at M. A. C. 

 Friday December 23, where thii'teen of the 

 best judges in the county met to decide 

 on the quartet who were to go to Boston 

 to compete for state honors. 



This is the largest contest in the state 

 as the be.st judges in eleven counties meet 

 here to decide on a team to represent 

 Massachusetts at the National Contest 

 held in New York City January 21. 



Last year two Hampshire County boys, 

 Dennett Howe of Amherst and Roger 

 West of Hadley were tied for first place 

 in this contest, but as they had previously 

 won the trip to New York they were not 

 able to go again. 



This year we are banking on the above 

 four boys upholding the reputation that 

 Hamp.shire County has eai'ned by winning 

 four of the past five State Championship 

 Team prizes in addition to having high 

 man in all but one of the past five contests. 



In addition tothe Boston Show these 

 boys were entered in an apple Judging 

 Contest which was held January 6 at 

 Worcester in conjuntion with the Fruit 

 Show staged by the Massachusetts Fruit 

 Growers Association. 



J. Arthur Gould, 



Ware R.I.R. 78 538 6.9 



Phillip Ives, 



Amherst R.I.R. 40 258 6.5 



Chester Sawieki, 



Hatfield R.I.R. 42 250 6.1 



IS HAMPSHIRE COUNTY BOY 

 TO ATTEND NATIONAL CAMP? 



The County Club Agent has just re- 

 ceived word from G. L. Farley, State 

 Club Leader, that we may have the privi- 

 lege of sending a boy to the National 

 Club Camp held at Washington, D. C, 

 providing the necessary money can be 

 raised to finance the trip. 



This Camp is to be held next June, the 

 membership to be made up of two boys 

 and two girls from each of the 48 states 

 in the Union, each state delegation to be 

 accompanied by one or more State leaders. 



"The National Camp in Washington is 

 an event of far-reaching importance to 

 the future of agriculture," said C. W. 

 Warburton, director of Extension work, 

 U. S. D. A. 



"Last year's National Camp, the first 

 to be held, served several important pur- 

 poses," he said. "It provided an oppor- 

 tunity for a Country-wide discussion of 

 the problems met, at carrying on 4-H 

 Club Work with boys and girls and ways 

 of I'eaching more of the 11,000,000 or 

 more rural young people in the United 

 States. Then the Camp gave those in at- 

 tendance an opportunity to obtain first 

 hand information and contact with the 

 organization of the Federal government, 

 which they might pass on to their fellow 

 club members. And it also gave the 

 oflicials of the Government an opportunity 

 to learn by personal contact something of 

 the problems and ideals of more than 

 600,000 leading farm boys and girls who 

 are already making application of much 

 of the departments' research and who will 

 soon be ready to take their places in the 

 farming world." 



The program of the camp will include 

 daily conferences for both junior and 

 adult campers. There will also be ad- 

 dresses on matters of national interest 

 by persons prominent in Government af- 

 fairs. Time will be provided for educa- 

 tional trips about Washington, which will 

 enable the boys and girls to become better 

 acquainted with the work of the Govern- 

 ment. 



Four Counties in Massachusetts each 

 year will choose their most outstanding 

 club boys or girls to make this trip. Just 

 who will represent Hampshire County has 

 not been made public yet, but if the 

 chances of financing such a trip appear 

 favorable the announcement will be made 

 soon. 



