THE FARMERS' MONTHLY, MAY, 1928 



PROGRAM OF NATIONAL 



4-H CLUB CAMP TO BE 



BROADCAST JUNE 22 



The 600,000 farm boys and girls 

 throughout the country who are members 

 of 4-H clubs will have an opportunity to 

 spend an hour with their delegates at the 

 second national club camp in Washington, 

 D. C, on June 22 by radio. Arrange- 

 ments have just been completed by the 

 National Broadcasting Company and as- 

 sociated stations for broadcasting the 

 evening meeting of Friday, the second 

 day of the camp, from 7 to 8 p. m., eastern 

 standard time. Club meetings will be 

 held in the communities and counties 

 having organized clubs all over the 

 United States on that night to receive 

 the program. They will join in .singing 

 club songs led by the Washington meet- 

 ing, repeat the club pledge with their 



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Edward L. Shaw, President 

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 Elbert L. Arnold, Cashier 

 H. L. Ames, Asst. Cashier 



representatives at the national capital, 

 and listen with them to speakers and 

 musicians of national reputation. 



The second naitonal farm boys' and 

 girls' 4-H club camp is to be held on the 

 grounds of the United States Department 

 of Agriculture, .June 21-26. Each State 

 is entitled to send four club member.?, two 

 girls and two boys, as delegates. 



PLANET JR. GIVEN AS 



PRIZE AT COUNTY FAIR 



Poultry Club Members 



Organize County Club 



.Joseph Donnis a junior in the agricul- 

 tural department of Smith Academy, 

 Hatfield was elected president of the new- 

 ly organized Hamp.shire County 4-H Poul- 

 try Association at its first county-wide 

 meeting March .31. 



Dennett Howe of North Amherst, a 

 former county poultry champion, was ] 

 elected vice-president and Stephen 

 Brusco, Jr. also of Smith Academy, Hat- 

 field was chosen secretary. 



About 40 poultry club members were j 

 present at the all day meeting at which 

 several talks were given by club members 

 on trips won and instructions and sug- 

 ge.stions given by Prof. Luther Banta of 

 M. A. C. and Frank Steele, a poultryman 

 from Cummington. 



Philip Ives of Amherst, Howard Ittner 

 of So. Hadley Falls and .Joseph Donnis of 

 Hatfield gave talks on trips they had won 

 to camps and contests. 



Mr. E. H. Nodine, State Poultry Club 

 Leader, told the boys about the new poul- 

 try requirements. Briefly they are as 

 follows: the minimum number of birds is 

 increased from 5 to 10 pullets or hens in , 

 the fall and increase 10 each year that ! 

 he remains a member. He also told 

 about other county-wide poultry clubs 

 and read a suggested constitution and by- 

 laws for our County club, which was ac- 

 cepted by the new club. 



In the afternoon Professor Banta told 

 the boys about two well known poultry 

 diseases, Bacillary White Diarrhea and 

 Coecidio.sis, how to prevent them and care 

 for them. 



L. N. Sloan, District Sales Manager, of 

 the Larrowe Milling Co. .showed four 

 reels of moving pictures showing the 

 Larrowe proving plant where an amazing- 

 ly complicated although very interesting 

 and valuable series of feeding demon.stra- 

 tions are carried on. j 



Garden club members have a I'eal in- 

 centive this year in exhibiting as many 

 vegetables as possible at the Three County 

 Fair in October. S. L. Allen and Co. of 

 Boston are giving a Planet .Jr. combined 

 seeder and Drill and Cultivator as a 

 special prize and is to be awarded to the 

 boy who wins the largest number of 

 prizes on his vegetables. 



In choosing the winner for this garden 

 tool, which retails for $18.00, the points 

 will be counted as follows: first prize, five 

 points; second prize, three points; third 

 prize, one point. 



According to a report, A of the total 

 cost of the United States Government is 

 paid in taxes by agriculture. 



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AS YE SOW 

 SO SHALL YE REAP 



Small Seeds Grow into 

 Large Crops 



Small Savings Grow into 

 Large Accounts 



You Guard Your Crops 

 Let Us Guard Your Monev 



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Hampshire County's 

 First 4-H Club Camp 



Greenwich Lake 

 June 26-30, 1928 



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