THE FARMERS' MONTHLY, FEBRUARY, 1928 



Hilton Also Wins at i;. S. 



Hilton Boynton is now 16 and starting 

 on his sixh year as a Dairy club 

 member. He was also a winner at the 

 1927 Eastern States Exposition, winning 

 gi-and champion Holstein in the junior 

 class. With the same heifer he won jun- 

 ior champion in the open class at the 

 three-county fair, Northampton, as well 

 as four first places at the two shows. At 

 the Northampton fair he also won the 

 Best Showman's contest, competing 

 against 37 contestants. 



However, dairying is not the only 

 activity in which Hilton is an active 

 leader among the boys of South Hadley. 

 During the past summer he led 20 boys in 

 a garden club. This club, under his 

 direction, put on a exhibit at the Harvest 

 supper. South Hadley church, which 

 caused wide comment. 



Poultry has also received Hilton's at- 

 tention for several years. He joined his 

 first poultry club in 1924, having at that 

 time Anconas. The following year he 

 switched to pure-bred white Wyandottes 

 and since that time has been handling his 

 own breeding pens, until he now has some 

 real show birds as well as birds which are 

 capable of good production. He is now 

 producing eggs for hatching purposes. 



In 1927 he won three gold medals for 

 poultry at the Northampton fair, having 

 in the junior classes the champion hen of 

 all breeds, the be.st white Wyandotte hen, 

 and the best Wyandotte cockerel. He also 

 has some Rhode Island Reds and .some 

 blue Andalusians. One of the Rhode Is- 

 land red hens placed first in the utility 

 class in the junior show at Eastern states 

 this past year. 



During the 1927 fair season, counting 

 prizes won by both poultry and dairy ani- 

 mals, Hilton totaled .$1-50 in cash prizes 

 and .53 ribbons. He also has 30 ribbons 

 which he won in former years besides 

 many other smaller prizes. Last summer 

 his father turned over to him the manag- 

 ing of the farm business, buying grain 

 not only for his own animals but for the 

 horses, hens, etc., buying fertilizer and 

 seeds, and paying for these under his own 

 name as well as collecting for his milk 

 and egg trade. 



Other Champions 



Other .state champions chosen for the 

 4-H club projects were: Elmer Berry, 

 garden, Middlesex county; Howard 

 Waterman, poultry, Plymouth county; 

 Royal Matthews, handicraft, Norfolk 

 county; Costas Garigianus, farm manage- 

 ment, Middlesex county; Agnes Kendrick, 

 canning, Barnstable county; Violet Tup- 

 per, clothing, Middlesex county; Gladys 

 Colwell, food, Middlesex county; Angeline 

 Forrest, room beautiful, Barn.stable 

 county; Howard Havens, pig, Worcester 

 county; Helen Buckler, Baby Beef, Berk- 

 shire. 



OUR TEAM WINS AT 



BOSTON CONTEST 



With Joseph Donnis of Hatfield win- 

 ning the highest individual honors and 

 our team placing first among the county 

 teams, Hampshire County won it's usual 

 number of prizes at the Poultry Judging 

 Contest held in Boston January .5th. 



Donnis' score of 640 out of a possible 

 800 was 20 above his nearest competitor 

 and as Joel Dwight of Hatfield and 

 Howard Ittner of South Hadley Falls 

 were tied for sixth place with 604 j points 

 each, it brought our team of three over 

 40 points ahead of Worcester County who 

 won second. John Howe, North Amherst, 

 the alternate on the team was not far be- 

 hind with a score of 474. 



Ten Counties sent teams to this conte.st, 

 which, although it is not the largest in 

 the state, is by far the best. Fifty-six 

 boys took part, making the competition 

 very keen. 



Competes in National Contest 



By winning first place in this contest, 

 Joseph Donnis was chosen as a member 

 of the State team which went to New 

 York City to compete with other State 

 teams from the Ea.st and South, in a 

 National Piultry Judging Contest. This 

 was held January 21 at the Madi.son 

 Square Garden Poultry Show. The other 

 two members of the team were Harold 

 Lundgren, Worcester County, and Elmer 

 Berry, Middlesex County. 



This team placed fifth in this contest, 

 which was won by a team from Virg-inia 

 while Maryland's team placed second. 

 Pearl Scott, a member of the Virginia 

 team, took the high honors, this being the 

 first time a girl has ever won the Nation- 

 al Contest. 



Fruit Growers Meet 



(-onf.iniiod frttm p;i^c 1. Cfdiimn 'i 



working of his home made grader. He 

 also stated that his best Spys were in an 

 orchard which had been in alfalfa for 1.5 

 years. However he fertilizes for both the 

 trees and the alfalfa as he removes the 

 alfalfa to feed to his cows. 



The new oflScers for 1928 are as follows : 

 President, Wright A. Root, Easthampton 

 Vice-Pres., Edward Searle, Southampton 

 Sec.-Treas., Richard Markei-t, S. .\mherst 



Directors 

 A. H. Bean, Florence 

 Charles Stiles, So. Amherst 



Auditor 

 Sumner R. Parker, So. Amherst 



A committee of growers was appointed 

 to work with Wright A. Root in improv- 

 ing the fruit show at the Three County 

 Fair. 



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