THE FARMERS' MONTHLY, AUGUST, 1928 



FARMERS' MONTHLY 



PUBLISHED BY THE 



Hampshire County Trustees for Aid to 

 Agriculture 



STAFF 



Allen S. Leland, County Agent 

 Mary Pozzi, Home Demonstration Agent 

 Harold W. Eastman, County Club Agent 

 Nora Foley, Clerk 



Office at 184 Main St., 

 Northampton, Mass. 



Entered as second class matter Nov. 9, 

 1915. at the Post Office at Northampton, 

 Massachusetts, under the Act of March 

 8, 1879. 



"Notice of Entry" 



"Acceptance for mailing at special rates 

 of postage provided for in section 1103, 

 Act of October 3, 1917. Authorized Oc- 

 tober 31, 1917. 



Price, 50 cents a year 



Officers of the Trustees 



Charles W. Wade, President 

 Mrs. Clifton Johnson, Vice-President 

 Warren M. King, Treasurer 

 Allen S. Leland, Secretary 



Trustees for County Aid 

 to Agriculture 



Charles W. Wade, Hatfield 

 Mrs. Clifton Johnson, Hadley 

 Warren M. King, Northampton 

 Edwin B. Clapp, Easthampton 

 Clarence E. Hodgkins, Northampton 

 Milton S. Hovi'es, Cummington 

 W. H. Atkins, Amherst 

 L. L. Campbell, Northampton 



DO NOT LET TAXES EAT 



UP YOUR TIMBER PROFITS 



If you have growing timber you should 

 take steps to reduce the taxes on this. 

 These should not be a burden. Perhaps 

 you have seen your neighbor cut down 

 his timber to avoid heavy annual taxes. 

 That is not necessary. Keep your timber 

 until it is worth more to you. Let it gi-ow 

 with little annual expense. Then some 

 day it will bring you the money it should. 

 Then you can have a little legacy sure to 

 come in when you or your family may 

 need it most. 



Protect your growing woodlot from un- 

 necessary taxes. Classify it under the 

 Forest Taxation Law of Mas.sachusetts. 

 Then you can let this timber come to 

 maturity. Then you will not have to 

 worry about high taxes on growing tim- 

 ber. 



A brief resume of the law providing for 

 the taxation of forest products and the 

 classification of forest lands follows: 



(a) It cannot be assessed at more than 

 $25.00 per acre. 



(b) It cannot have more than 20 cords 

 per acre on the average. 



(c) It must be so stocked with trees as 

 to promise to yield at maturity 20,000 

 board feet of softwood or 8,000 board feet 

 of hardwood per acre. If mixed growth, 

 in proportion. 



(d) The owner may cut $25.00 worth 

 of stumpage free each year for his own 

 use. More than that amount has a 6% 

 tax levied on the stumpage. 



(e) Your timber remains on the classi- 

 fied list until it has a crop of 25,000 board 

 feet of softwood or 10,000 board feet of 

 hardwood per acre. 



(f ) Two years' notice is given the own- 

 er before removing the timber from the 

 classified list. 



Extension Forester, R. B. Parmenter, 

 says that because of this law woodlots can 

 be made more profitable to their owners. 

 The Cooperative Extension Service be- 

 lieves that farm woodlots should be made 

 the source of a much larger income than 

 at present. Get more information about 

 the Forest Tax Law and on woodlot man- 

 agement. Get started on the road to tim- 

 ber profits. 



Classify Your Land with Qrowing Timber 



'SERVICE BACTERIOLOGY" 

 NEW PHASE STATION WORK 



The State Experiment Station, in co- 

 operation with the Department of Bac- 

 teriology and Physiology of the college, 

 has opened a new field of service of the 

 state. This will be known as "Service 

 Bacteriology," and the scope of work in- 

 cluded in its program provides a vdde 

 variety of chemical, physical, and bacteri- 

 ological examinations. 



As it is one of the functions of the 

 Massachusetts Agricultural College to 

 bring its sei-vice to the people, their re- 

 sponse will furnish the encouragement 

 necessary to carry this program to the 

 best advantage. 



A brief summary of the work oflFered in 

 this new service follows: 



1. Examination of foods — animal and 

 human for bacterial contamination. 



2. Examination of fertilizers for sub- 

 stances poisonous to soil organisms. 



3. Chemical and bacteriological exam- 

 ination of milk and milk products: 



a. specific gravity 



b. sediment 



c. butterfat 



d. bacterial count 



e. specific infections and contamina- 

 tions 



f. miscellaneous examinations of 

 milk 



5. Consultations by appointment to 

 eliminate pollution or contamination of 

 water, milk, etc. 



6. Preparation, shipment, and control 

 of legume bacterial cultures. 



a. annual tests of college cultures 

 for all-around efficiency. 



b. annual tests of commercial cul- 

 tui-es sold in this state. 



7. Investigational work to improve 

 methods and advance knowledge in the 

 field of service bacteriology. 



It is the intention that this work be 

 done at actual cost prices. For this rea- 

 son the charges for examinations are ex- 

 tremely economical. The following is a 

 partial list: 



Water Analysis 



(a) chemical .$3.00 



(b) bacteriological 3.00 

 Milk Analysis 



(a) bacterial count .50 



(b) sediment, butterfat, etc. .60 

 Legume cultures (per acre) .50 

 Reports will not be sent out until all 



the charges for the examinations have 

 been prepaid. It is also to be understood 

 that this sei-vice does not include the dia- 

 gnosis of animal diseases. 



Just how great a program this work 

 will include depends entirely upon the en- 

 couragement given those in charge by the 

 people of the state. A good response will 

 mean a bigger and better program. 



Anyone desiring more detailed infoi-ma- 

 tion in regards to this service will receive 

 prompt attention by writing to Service 

 Bacteriologist, Department of Bacteriolo- 

 gy and Physiology, Massachusetts Agri- 

 cultural College, Amherst, Mass. 



— R. L. France. 



Three County Fair 



Premiuni List Ready 



We have just received a supply of the 

 premium lists of the Three County Fair 

 which comes October 2, 3, 4 this year. 



This year the Boys' and Gii'ls' Depart- 

 ment premiuni list has been printed in the 

 same booklet as the adult classes. 



We feel that every man, women, girl 

 and boy in the county should be interested 

 in the premium list as there are prizes 

 off"ered that are worth trying for in every 

 department. 



In the Youths' Department the prizes 

 have been growing steadily year by year 

 until the amounts ofl"ered compare very 

 favorably with those of any fair in 

 Western Massachusetts. 



With prizes offered on exhibits of vege- 

 tables, canned products, clothing, draw- 

 ings, poultry, dairy animals, 4-H Club 

 and school exhibits, it would seem that 

 nearly every one could compete, while 

 there are judging contests in Dairy, Poul- 

 try, Vegetables, Canning, Clothing and 

 Food for those who are interested in pit- 

 ting their judgment against any one el.ses. 

 As usual there will be a youths' parade in 

 which any youths' organization may enter 

 a float or marching body. 



If you want a copy of the premium list, 

 write to the Club Agent, 184 Main St., 

 Northampton. 



