THE FARMERS' MONTHLY, SEPTEMBER, 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. Howes, Cummington 

 W. H. Atkins, Amherst 

 L. L. Campbell, Northampton 



towns, where former county agent, Payne, 

 did such good work in backing the test, 

 are much better than 50Vc te.sted at the 

 present time. Former Director Cummings 

 has offered a silver cup to the first clean 

 town in the state. Let us bring the cup 

 to a western Hampshire County town 

 where it belongs. 



A modified accredited area for western 

 Hampshire County should be the goal of 

 every dairyman in the section. 



TIME TO TEST 



On another page in this issue there is a 

 summary of the talks given by Mr. G. 

 Fred Pelissier on T. B. eradication. He 

 gives many good reasons why Massachu- 

 setts should make a real drive to rid all 

 of the herds of bovine tuberculosis. The 

 reasons apply equally well to that portion 

 of the state in which we are most vitally 

 interested, i. e. Hampshire County. 



Previously some men hesitated to test 

 because of the low state indemnity. There 

 is now no justification for refusal to test 

 on such grounds for the state indemnity 

 will be doubled December 1. The new 

 director of the Division of Animal Indus- 

 try, Evan Richardson, will accept applica- 

 tion blanks at the present time and will 

 delay to apply the test until the increased 

 indemnity law goes into effect providing 

 that desire is expressed in a letter to ac- 

 company the application blanks. 



During .June over 1,000,000 cattle were 

 tested for T. B. in the United States, the 

 highest number that has been tested in 

 any one month since the work started. 

 This shows that dairymen are realizing 

 the value of the test in maintaining dis- 

 ease free herds. 



Several western Hampshire County 



New Assistant State 



Club Leader Appointed 



Miss Helen Doane, who for the past 

 four years has been assistant 4-H club 

 leader in the Hampden County Improve- 

 ment League, West Springfield, has been 

 appointed as assistant state club leader 

 of the state Extension Service, M. A. C, 

 Amher.st. She will assist Miss Marion 

 Forbes, assistant state leader, in conduct- 

 ing the home economics club work of the 

 state. 



Miss Doane is a graduate of the Fram- 

 ingham Normal School, having received 

 her degree in 1922. For two years she 

 taught home economics at North Andover, 

 going from there to Hampden County. 



Four-H club work in Massachusetts has 

 had a steady increase, says G. L. Farley, 

 state club leader, and for several years 

 the state office has felt the need of an- 

 other worker in the home economics sec- 

 tion of 4-H club work. Two assistants in 

 boys' work have been available up until 

 the present time with only one assistant 

 for the girls. At present there are more 

 than 16,000 boys and girls enrolled in 4-H 

 club work in Massachusetts. Any further 

 increase, declares Mr. Farley, will depend 

 upon the number of local leaders in the 

 home communities and the availability of 

 state specialists to train these local 

 leaders in club leadership. 



Miss Doane's appointment was made 

 possible by funds of the Capper-Ketcham 

 bill which was passed by the last session 

 of Congress. This bill makes available 

 for cooperative extension work, in addi- 

 tion to all other funds appropriated for 

 that purpose, $980,000 the first year and 

 each year afterwards $1,480,000. This 

 is to be divided equally among the 48 

 states and the territory of Hawaii. The 

 main specification of the bill is that at 

 least 80 per cent of the funds are to be 

 u.sed for the salaries of state and county 

 leaders. 



Nor love, nor honor. 



Wealth nor power 

 Can give the heart a cheerful hour 



When health is lost. 

 Be timely wise; 



With health all taste of pleasure flies. 



—Gay. 



THE COUNTY FAIR 



Along about the middle of September, 

 For most as long as you can remember, 

 Mary and I have hitched up the pair 

 And spent a day at the County Fair. 

 Time was when it warmed my heart 

 To go over there, and be a part 

 Of the fun and joyful meetin's 

 With friends all shoutin' their happy 



greetin's. 

 We use to rise before the sun 

 So's to get the chores all done. 

 And off we'd .start with the serrey full, 

 A load it was for the horses to pull. 

 Up hill and down with brakes a screechin' 

 And the pair right back against the 



breechin'. 

 Across the flats we'd have a race, 

 'Cause we all was plannin' for a place 

 Where we could watch the trottin' grand 

 Without payin' to go up on the stand. 

 In the morning we looked over the stock 

 Or just stood around to have a talk 

 About crops and weather and politics 

 Or about a neighbor that was in a fix. 

 But now it all makes me sort of cold, 

 And it ain't because I'm just gettin' old, 

 Or can't get use to shift and change. 

 Mary's got a new electric range. 

 The fair has changed sure as preachin' 

 -Just like ways of doin' teachin'. 

 And it gets my goat so, I vow 

 That I won't go again without a row. 

 There use to be a big showin' of stock 

 Enough to fill more'n a city block 

 But now, I vum, there's mighty few 

 And them all come from Kalamazoo. 

 Some reason or other interest is lackin' 

 And folks don't give the fair their backin'. 

 They like to come and be amused 

 And feel peeved and downright abused 

 If they can't spend their hard earned cash 

 For a chance to win a piece of trash. 

 Well ! it ain't for me to say what they'll do 

 And I wouldn't even if I was able to. 

 But it does make me smilin' glad 

 To think there's a chance for any lad 

 Who's up and comin', and for his sister 



too. 

 To show the folks what they can do. 

 These 4-H Clubs both here and there 

 Are a spark of life to the County Fair, 

 They ought to be supported and given 



every chance, 

 Tho' they don't draw the crowds like an 



Egyptian dance. 

 But they're trainin' men and women for 



to morrow's chore, 

 And the world will be comin' to them 



more and more 

 For ideas and leaders to get things done 



right. 

 Theirs will be the job to work with a 



might. 

 For better homes, and more business-like 



farmin'. 

 I guess after all it ain't .so alarmin'. 

 And the county fair won't be a dead letter 

 So long as they aim to make the best 



better. Spec. 



