THE FARMERS' MONTHLY, JUNE, 1928 



f^ 4 H^CLUB 



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Hatfield and Ware Boys 



Lead Egg Laying Contest 



In the small flocks Hatfield boys showed 

 their colors for April when they captured 

 first, second and fifth places in the indi- 

 vidual contest and the first place in the 

 club Banner contest. 



Ware boys, in turn, captured first, third 

 and fifth places in the large flock class. 



A total of 64 flocks were reported that 

 laid an average of 18.9 eggs per bird. 



The Smith Academy Poultry Club 

 carried ofl" the banner for the second time 

 this year with an average of 20.2 eggs per 

 bird. 



The Manhan and the Bond.sville clubs 

 enjoy the distinction of having 1009f re- 

 porting again. 



Here's how the clubs stand for April: 



Six clubs had members place in the 

 leading five individuals in the two classes. 

 Benton Cumming's R. I. Reds are leading 

 the large flocks for the fourth time. Con- 

 gratulations Benton! 



Here are the leaders for the two classes. 



Small Fliickf: (r, to iO bir(h) 

 No. 



No. 



Name Town birds eggs 



G. Rogalewski, H'field, 13 344 



D. Riley, .Ir. H'field, 22 .575 



C. Stolar, Bondsville, 15 389 



J. Sena, East'ton, 28 704 



T.Michalowski, H'field, 15 375 



Avg. 

 Prod. 

 26.5 

 26.1 

 26.0 

 25.1 

 25.0 



Lnrf/c Flocka (40 or more bir(h) 



Benton Cummings,, Ware, 58 

 Robert Barr, Hunt'ton, 40 

 Cedric Freeman, Ware, 40 

 Wilton Pearson, No.'ton, 100 

 J. A. Gould, Ware. 65 



1368 

 911 



889 

 1828 

 1179 



23.5 

 22.8 

 22.2 

 18.3 

 18.1 



"If we do not give children our best in 

 their childhood, they will give us their 

 worst in their adulthood." 



Gordon Cook of Hadley Wins Prize in Contest 



Canamy .Johanna Canary, a thi-ee year and 400 pounds of grain which is given 

 old Pure-bred HoLstein, owned by Gordon by the Eastern States Farmer's Exchange 

 Cook of Hadley, won first prize in the of Springfield. 



third milk production Contest which This is the first 12 months contest that 

 closed April 30. the County Dairy Club has staged, yet 17 



By producing 16,541.9 pounds of milk cows owned by 10 boys completed the 

 and 543.1 pounds of fat, and doing it at a year's test. The success of the contest 

 cost of only $1.21 per hundred pounds of makes it quite certain to become an 

 milk, canary won for her owner first prize annual event. 

 Here is the standing of the contestants: 



10,385 3.3 348.5 



7,084 3.5 250.8 



Name Town Breed Age lbs. milk test lbs. fat 



Gordon Cook, Hadley P. B. H. 3 yr 16,541.9 3.3 54.3.1 



Stanley Misterka, Northampton P. B. H. 2 yr 11,168 3.4 318.4 



(Fancy) 

 Robert Coie, Huntington P. B. G. 4 yr 5,545 5.1 285.4 



C. Hilton Boynton, So. Hadley P. B. H. 3 yr 10,770 3.7 396.6 



(Sarah Pontiac Prilly) 

 Joel H. Dwight, Hatfield P. B. H. 5 yr 



(Etta) 

 Stanley Misterka, Northampton P. B. H. 2 yr 



(Alice) 

 Howard Hill, Enfield P. B. G. 2 yr 6,213 4.4 276.5 



Stanley Misterka, Northampton P. B. H. 2 yr 6,766 3.6 243.8 



(Mercedes) 

 C. Hilton Boynton, So. Hadley G. H. 3 yr 10,953 3.1 339.0 



(Molly) 

 Roger Barstow, Hadley P. B. H. 2 yr 9,799 3.6 352.7 



C. Hilton Boynton, So. Hadley P. B. H. 2 yr 8,423 3.8 318.8 



(Thirza) 

 Edward Dwight, Hatfield P. B. H. 8 yr 8,733 3.4 299.8 



(Stella) 

 Edward Dwight, Hatfield P. B. H. 6 yr 9,547 3.4 324.3 



(Elsie) 

 Joseph Sena, Easthampton P. B. H. 7 yr 9,224 4.1 37.6.4 



Joel Dwight, Hatfield P. B. H. 5 yr 8,253 3.4 281.1 



(Clara) 

 George Simmons, Amherst P. B. J. 2 yr 4,369 3.9 260.2 



Joel Dwight, Hatfield P. B. H. 5 yr 6,910 3.4 236.0 



(N. C. Mary) 



4% 

 milk • 

 14,737.1 

 10,189.2 



6,498.6 

 10,257.7 



9,382.6 



6,598.2 



6,633.7 

 6,363.1 



