THE FARMERS' MONTHLY, MAY, 1928 



Smith School Club 



Wins Poultry Banner 



With a jump in production from 10.6 

 eg-gs per bird to 17.4 per bird as an aver- 

 ag'c for .317 birds, the Smith School Poul- 

 try Club went from fourth place in Febru- 

 ary to first in March. 



This i.s a club of seven boys who are 

 members of the Agricultural Department 

 of Smith School, Northampton, Mr. Noel 

 Smith instructor and leader of the club. 



The second "upset" of this month's 

 contest was the leap made by the Wirth- 

 morc Club of So. Hadloy Falls from sixth 

 place in February to second in March. 

 The Banner which the Smith School Club 

 won this month is given for the club 

 whose birds have the highest average pro- 

 duction counting all those that report and 

 penalizing the club one tenth of an cg'g 

 for each member not reporting. 



The outstanding feature of the March 

 contest was that all seven poultry clubs 

 had 100 per cent of their members re- 

 porting. This has not happened before 

 in the past two years. 



Below is the standing of the organized 

 clubs for March : 



No. No. Avg. 

 of of per 



Name of Club flocks birds bird 



Smith School Club, 



Northampton, 7 .317 17.4 



Wirthmore Club, 



So. Hadley Falls, 5 1.37 17.2 

 Smith Academy Club, 



Hatfield, 12 ,311 17.1 



Manhan Club, 



Ea.sthampton, 9 140 1G.5 



Ware Center Club, 



Ware, 13 403 14.8 



Hatfield Grammar School, 



Hatfield, 16 29.3 14.8 



Bond.sville Club, 



Bond.sville, 4 50 13.3 



In the individual conte.st the average 

 was very good with an average pro- 

 duction of 16.3 eggs per bird. Eighty 

 flocks were reported that contained 2,198 

 birds. 



Twelve boys who owmed small flocks 

 and six who owned larger flocks had an 

 average production of 20 or more eggs 

 per bird. 



The leaders are as follows: 



Small Florlm (5 to J,0 hir(h) 



No. No. Avg. 



Name Town birds eggs Prod. 



J. Jackow.ski, H'field, 20 487 24.4 



Wayne Smith, No. 'ton, 27 648 24.0 



E. Celatka, H'field, 6 143 23.8 



n. .7. Riley, .Jr., H'field 22 .'S18 23.6 



A. Michaiowski, Hat', 20 471 23.6 



Large Flocli-p {J,0 or more birch) 

 Benton Cummings, Ware, 59 1365 23.5 

 nietzBro.';.,S.H'ley Falls, 40 900 22.5 

 .Joseph Sena, East'ton, 41 904 22.0 

 .Joseph Donnis, H'field, 40 847 21.2 

 .John Cartschi, Leeds, 60 1247 20.8 



22 Clubs Select Delegates 



For First County Camp 



On May first 22 clubs in Hampshii-c 

 County had either selected their delegates 

 to the fir.st county 4-H camp or had made 

 definite plans to do so in the near future. 

 The Camp is held .June 26-30. 



This is a good start and shows how 

 popular the camp really is when it is con- 

 sidered that the announcement was made 

 about April first and that the clubs have 

 until .June 1 before they must report their 

 decision to the Club Agent. 



The above number does not include 

 many clubs that have been considering 

 ways and means of raising $5.00 neces- 

 sary to defray the expenses of their dele- 

 gates. Space will not permit printing all 

 of the ways used by the various clubs in 

 raising this money, but as one of them is 

 being used by several clubs it may be 

 worth while to state it here. 



At a meeting recently of the Trustees 

 of the Hampshire County Extension Ser- 

 vice it was voted to allow any club to sell 

 subscriptions to the "Farmer's Monthly" 

 at 50 cents per year and allow that club 

 20 cents on each subscription as commis- 

 sion. 



The clubs that have taken advantage of 

 this plan state that it is a very satis- 

 factory method to use and that is is easy 

 to sell the subscriptions. Any club that 

 is inti're.sted .should write the club agent 

 in Northampton. 



Hampshire County's 

 First 4-H Club Camp 



Greenwich Lake 

 June 26-30, 1928 



Poultry Club Wins at M. A. C. 



The Manhan Poultry club of Easthamp- 

 ton distinguished itself at the inter- 

 .scholastic poultry judging contest held in 

 connection with high school day at Massa- 

 chusetts Agricultural college Friday, May 

 4th. In competition with teams repre- 

 senting the high schools of Massachusetts, 

 a team of boys from this club represent- 

 ing Easthampton high school won second 

 prize in judging poultry in both the pro- 

 duction and exhibition classes. The team 

 consisted of Francis Leitl, Francis Mutter 

 and Albert Czajkow.ski. In addition to 

 this honor Adolf Wilier, president of the 

 Manhan club, as a member of the Smith's 

 Agricultural School team, won second 

 prize at highest individual score in all 

 classes, and Francis Leitl took third place 

 in same class. First award for highest 

 score in individual judging in exhibition 

 class went to President Wilier and 

 Francis Leitl took second in this class. 

 Particular credit is due these boys as 

 many of the teams contesting were from 

 schools where agriculture and livestock 

 judging is a major item in the curriculum. 

 The element of guesswork is entirely 

 eliminated from these contests. Five 

 birds from each of the main breeds of 

 poultry, Rhode Island Reds, Barred Ply- 

 mouth Rocks and White Leghorns, were 

 used and the five were each to be scored 

 as to their relative ability as egg pro- 

 ducers. These birds were trapnested 

 stock and their ability as layers was a 

 matter of record at the college. In ex- 

 hibition judging the same procedure was 

 followed. The birds of the various breeds 

 to be judged had previously been judged 

 by experts at the college and the con- 

 testant placing them nearest the order 

 named by the experts was given the high- 

 est score. In the exhibition class there 

 were some birds purposely placed to catch 

 the contestants and test the ability of the 

 boys as judges. Such small matters as a 

 twisted feather or slight irregularity in 

 coloring is of considerable importance in 

 judging fancy stock. These defects were 

 quickly noted by the boys, who did not 

 hesitate to score them accordingly. Many 

 complimentary remarks were made by the 

 faculty on the fine work of the Easthamp- 

 ton boys. The premiums won in these 

 contests are now on exhibition in the win- 

 dow of J. A. Sturges company. Mr. 

 Sturges being local leader of this group 

 of boys. 



— Courte.sy Hampshire Gazette. 



