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HAMPSHIRE COUNTY 

 FARMERS' MONTHLY 



Vol. XIII. 



NORTHAMPTON, MASS., JULY, 1928 



No. 7 



'Joy in Your Job" 

 Proves Interesting at 

 Homemaiiers' Picnic 



Two hundred and fifty homeniakers 

 from all over Hampshire County had their 

 annual picnic again this year at Laurel 

 Park on June 12. 



Mrs. Clifton Johnson of Hadley who is 

 chairman of the adviso- 

 ry council took charge 

 of the program in her 

 usual capable way. The 

 program was opened by 

 a few words of greeting 

 by the chairman. This 

 was followed by com- 

 munity singing. A nomi- 

 nating committee was 

 then apnointed to pre- 

 pare a ballot for the ad- 

 visory council members 

 for the coming year. 



Our state people were 

 then introduced, each 

 giving a few woi'ds of 

 greeting. Mr. Willard 

 Munson, Director of 

 Extension Work gave 

 the following: 



Where We Want to go Most 



I have attended three meetings of the 

 women in the various counties in the state. 

 I have taken a great deal of pleasure in 

 these meetings. They visualize the work 

 that women are doing in the home econo- 

 mics program in the state. That program, 

 of course, includes several different sub- 

 jects, home management problems, nutri- 

 tion problems, clothing problems and child 

 training problems of the home. When one 

 realizes the importance of these four sub- 

 jects, they also realize the tremendous in- 

 fluence that women have upon the life of 

 our nation, because the life of our nation 

 is dependant upon the homes that it con- 

 tains. If the home will e.xert its influence 

 properly upon its family, then we v.-ould 

 have a sound and solid foundation for our 

 nation and its affairs. We could not have 

 stable government unless we had the pro- 

 per influence in the home. We could not 

 have stable community activities unless 

 we had the proper influence in the home, 

 and the amount of time devoted to this 

 Continued on page 4, column 1 



TOItACCO FIKI 



U I)AV 

 AT M. A. C. 



Tobacco Field Day at the Massa- 

 chusetts Agricultural College has 

 been set for Tuesday, August 7. 



The program, which runs from 

 1:30 to 5:00 p. m., has two main 

 speakers; James Johnson, Univer- 

 sity of Wisconsin, who will discuss 

 root-rot resistant strains ; and John 

 Stewart, tobacco grower of Wind- 

 sor, Connecticut, who will discuss 

 firing tobacco. 



All Round Program For 



Farm and Home Week 



ALFALFA STAND AT 



GREENWAY FARM, WARE 



The above picture shows only one of 

 several fine fields of alfalfa v/hich are 

 growing on the Greenway Farm, Ware. 

 The man in the picture is Mr. Wilson the 

 manager who has had much to do with the 

 success of these alfalfa fields. 



Adequate lime has been used on fields 

 and they are fertilized annually with a 

 fertilizer high in phosphoric acid and 

 potash. 



There are many similar fields in vari- 

 ous parts of the county such as the stands 

 at Rimbold Bros.', Granby, C. D. Lyman's, 

 Granby, R. C. Adams, N. Amherst, M. K. 

 Parsons', Westhampton, Sereno Clark's, 

 Williamsburg and F. D. Steele's, Cum- 

 mington. If you have any doubt that the 

 crop will grow just take a visit to one of 

 these farms. 



Fertilizers needed for pastures 



A pasture party was held at Charles 

 E. Bisbee's pasture demonstration plot on 

 Thursday evening, June 28. 



Continued on page 9, column 2 



Farm and Home Week at the Massa- 

 chusetts Agricultural College, July 24, 

 25, 26, and 27, is one time when farmers 

 and homemakers become "students" again 

 and enter the class room to hear discus- 

 sions on modern ideas of agricultural 

 pursuits and of making the home a better 

 place in which to live. 



But Farm and Home 

 Week which is held at 

 the college in Amherst 

 is not all study. The 

 parade of the college 

 live stock is but one of 

 the special attractions 

 which interest both men 

 and women after a day 

 in the class room. 



This year one of the 

 special features during 

 the program is a u- 

 nique pulling contest of 

 groups of men against 

 the dynamometer, which 

 is ordinarily used in 

 testing the pulling 

 power of horses. Fruit- 

 men, poultrymen, bee- 

 keepers, dairymen, and 

 others will enter their groups (20 in a 

 group) in this contest which will be held 

 on both Tuesday and Thursday after- 

 noons, the live stock parade being held 

 on Wednesday afternoon. Arrangements 

 are also being made for other special 

 contests for attractions to add to the re- 

 creational side of the program. 



The evening programs also have much 

 to offer to the visitors in the way of enter- 

 tainment. On Wednesday evening the 

 men and home makers will be taken on 

 "The March of the Seasons Through the 

 White Mountains of New Hampshire" 

 with Albert Leonard Suier, noted artist 

 and lecturer, who illustrates his talk with 

 scenic views of the countries through 

 which he takes the audience. The same 

 evening, Roy K. Patch, well known 

 Massachusetts tenor, will give several 

 selections. 



Complete programs and reservations 

 for rooms, etc., may be had by writing to 

 E. S. Carpenter, Extension Service, M. 

 A. C, Amherst, Mass. 



