THE FARMERS' MONTHLY, FEBRUARY, 1928 



11 



HIGH GRADE SEEDS 



FOR 4-H CLUB MEMBERS 



Do you want a prize winning garden 

 this year? If you do you must start with 

 good seeds. As you know, many of the 

 seeds ordinarily sold in packets will not 

 sprout, or if they do grow, the crop is 

 often disappointing. 



The Massachusetts Farm Bureau wants 

 all 4-H members to have a chance to get 

 really good seed that will grow, if proper- 

 ly cared for, and seed of the best kinds. 

 At the suggestion of many club leaders 

 they have prepared collections of vege- 

 table seeds for the members of 4-H clubs : 



The Little Garden Collection of 8 dif- 

 ferent kinds of vegetables for $.50. 



The Bigger Garden Collection of 11 dif- 

 ferent kinds of vegetables for $.7.5 



The Biggest Garden Collection of 14 

 different kinds of vegetables for $1.00 



The Farm Bureau seeds will be the be.st 

 that they can get and of varieties approv- 

 ed by the Massachusetts Agricultural Col- 

 lege. The packets are large and each 

 collection will have just as much seed as 

 they can supply for the money. Correct 

 directions for planting and care will come 

 with each collection. 



Order blanks giving the lists of seeds in 

 each collection and the cost of each may 

 be secured upon request at the Extension 

 Service office, 184 Main St., Northampton, 

 or at the Massachusetts Farm Bureau 

 Federation, 740 Main St., Waltham, 

 Mass. 



ANSWERS TO FARM AND 



HOME QUESTIONS 



Questions on Page 3 



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 10. 



Few pullets lay eggs before they are 

 200 days of age. 



Catgut is made from the intestines 

 of .sheep. 



By their teeth. The centers of a 

 horse's teeth are slightly dished and 

 black. As the horse ages these cen- 

 ters disappear until at about 10 or 

 12 the black centers are entirely 

 gone. 



Poland-China, Duroc-.Jersey, Ches- 

 ter-White, Hampshire, Berkshire. 

 By the use of potassium iodide, 

 which is used as a salt. A small 

 amount placed in ordinary table 

 salt will suffice for humans. For 

 animals it is put in their feed. 

 Ice cream and pie. 

 Cane, Maple and Beet. 

 Pork due to the fact that diseases 

 are often carried by this meat from 

 animals to humans. 

 Wool. 

 Cotton. 



Poultry Recommendations 



1 'Miiliiuiid r'idni iiagr 1. c-iiliimn 2 

 should be included in the ration when 

 the chicks are three to four months 

 old in order that they may become 

 accustomed to it before being install- 

 ed in winter quarters. 

 ■5. For economical and sanitary reasons, 

 both grain and mash should be fed 

 from the beginning in no-waste hop- 

 pers or troughs that can be and are 

 kept clean and free from litter, dirt 

 and filth. An abundance of hopper 

 space is imperative — meaning by this 

 that hopper space should be sufficient 

 for three-fourths of the chicks to eat 

 at any one time. 



6. Poultrymen are urged to include in 

 their feeding schedule certain sys- 

 tematic sanitary programs, details of 

 which can be secured from their Agri- 

 cultural College. Clean up and clean 

 out the brooder houses every five days 

 during the brooding period. 



7. Best results are obtained by growing 

 chicks on clean, abundant alfalfa or 

 clover range at the rate of not more 

 than .500 chicks per acre. After the 

 disposal of cockerels, this means not 

 more than 250 pullets per acre. 



8. To insure an ample supply of green 

 feed, the growing of rape, kale, swiss 

 chard, or other green crops is recom- 

 mended, especially for fall use when 

 the range is less likely to meet all re- 

 quirements of developing pullets. 



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 Nnrtl^ainptntt. Mass. 



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Use an 

 Effective Disinfectant 



after removing reactors 

 We carry Parke, Davis & Co.'s 



COMPOUND SOLUTION OF 

 CRESOL, U. S. P. 



Recommended by the U. S. Dep't 

 of Agriculture 



Price right for quality. Free 

 delivery in gallon lots. 



WISWELL THE DRUGGIST 



82 Main Street 

 Northampton, 



Mass. 



Springfield, 



Eastern States Farmers' Exchange 

 Box 1482, Springfield, Mass. 



Please send me all information on 

 Tobacco Fertilizer. My shipping 



station is 



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Address 



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Eastern States Tobacco 

 Fertilizers Are Ready 



The Eastern States 

 Farmers' Exchange has I 

 taken particulas pains to ! 

 build for tobacco growers 

 fertilizers which will assist 

 them to get large yields 

 of high quality tobacco. 



Eastern States Tobacco 

 Fertilizers contain no sodi- 

 um, no sulphur and no 

 chlorine. They are built 

 in accordance with the 

 latest authentic informa- 

 tion on the fertilizer needs 

 of this particular crop. 



For formulas, prices and 

 other information fill out 

 the accompanying coupon 

 and mail at once. 



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