THE FARMERS' MONTHLY, MARCH, 1928 



ENOS MONTAGUE DESCRIBES 

 HIS EUROPEAN TRIP 



The agriculture of England, Scotland, 

 France, Belgium and Holland as well as 

 the islands of Guernsey and Jersey was 

 very interestingly portrayed by the talk 

 of Enos Montague, superintendent of the 

 farm at the Massachusetts Agricultural 

 College. This talk was given at the an- 

 nual meeting of the members of the 

 Hampshire County Cow Test Association 

 which was held in Odd Fellows Hall on 

 February 14, 1928. 



According to Mr. Montague, there is a 

 much greater representation of the differ- 

 ent breeds of cattle at the agricultural 

 fairs than is the case in this country. 

 Farm machinery exhibits are also much 

 more extensive. 



In England, individual breeds of live- 

 stock seem to be associated with certain 

 counties rather than having every breed 

 represented in each county. 



In Scotland, he visited some excellent 

 Ayshire breeding establishments a few of 

 which date back to the early history of 

 the breed. The Clydesdale horse is very 

 popular in Scotland and nearly every 

 farmer has his mares served by a stallion 

 of good breeding. Very often a Clydes- 

 dale breeder will have a number of his 

 stallions on a circuit through the sur- 

 rounding country so that the horses of 

 the section may be continually improved. 



The leading crops of both Guernsey and 

 Jersey are early vegetables such as toma- 

 toes and potatoes. A large proportion of 

 the vegetables are grown under glass. 

 About one fourth of the crop is harvested 

 as early as the first of June. Practically 

 all of the farm work is done by hand on 

 these two islands. 



The island type cattle are generally 

 smaller than the generally accepted 

 American standard. Other breeds of 

 cattle are excluded and the people are 

 very proud of their animals. 



In Holland, the home of the Holstein 

 breed, all fields are separated by canals 

 whereas they are separated by hedges in 

 England. The Dutch are a very thrifty 

 and neat people as in evidenced by the 

 appearance of their farms and homes. 

 The breeders there, are very interested in 

 increasing the butter fat te.st of their 

 stock. From 1895 to 1925 the butter fat 

 average of all herds increased from 2.9 to 

 3.56%. 



Officers For 1928 



The morning session was devoted to re- 

 ports and to a pre.sentation of the C. T. A. 

 summary of 1927. The officers elected 

 for 1928 are: 



President 



Frank D. Steele, Cummington. 



Sec.-Treas. 

 Allen S. Leland, Northampton. 



Directors 

 R. C. Adams, North Amherst. 

 .Josiah Parsons, Northampton. 

 H. H. Bissell, Goshen. 



F. H. Branch, Extension Socialist in 

 Farm Management from the Massachu- 

 setts Agricultural College gave a talk on 

 the methods of obtaining replacements. 

 His figures, which were the average taken 



on over fifty farms, showed it is cheaper 

 to raise replacements than to buy them. 

 Reference to the February issue of the 

 Farmers' Monthly will give the method 

 of feeding skim milk powder to calves. 

 The costs are not too high with this meth- 

 od and good heifers are produced. 



Four square feet of floor space for 

 heavy birds and 3.5 square feet for 

 lighter birds is the recommended rule for 

 housing poultry. Remember that over- 

 crowding aids disease. 



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