THE FARMERS' MONTHLY, SEPTEMBER, 1928 



44 Attend Annual 



4-H Dairy Club Tour 



In spite of a heavy rainfall, 44 4-H 

 Dairy members, parents and other rela- 

 tives attended the 4-H Dairy tour which 

 was held Saturday, August. 25. 



The first stop was made at Andrew C. 

 Sena's farm in Easthampton. While at 

 Mr. Sena's four purebred Holstein heifers 

 and the bull which won the .Junior Cham- 

 pionship at the Three County Fair la.st 

 fall, were shown to the folks. The.-^e five 

 animals will be exhibited at the Ea.stern 

 States Exposition by Joseph Sena, who is 

 a Dairy club member. 



While at this farm a class of Holstein 

 cows was judged by the members in order 

 to get a little practice before the contest 

 at the Exposition, September 16. 



The second stop was made at C. Hilton 

 Boynton's in South Hadley. Hilton, who 

 was State Dairy Champion last year, 

 showed the crowd his herd of five milking 

 cows, one yearling heifer and yearling 

 bull and two calves, all of which are pure- 

 bred Holstcins. Hilton is akso planning 

 to exhibit two animals at the Exposition, 

 a senior yearling and his two year old 

 that won the championship last year. 



Having our lunch at this stop we all 

 appreciated the lemonade and ice cream 

 which was served by Mr. and Mrs. Boyn- 

 tpn. Much applause was given the har- 

 monica music which was furni.shed by 

 Joseph Sena. 



■■ Leaving Boynton's farm we moved on 

 to Whiting's Guernsey Farm, also in 

 South Hadley, where we saw the farm 

 buildings which were very neat and up to 

 date. 



■ Our next stop was at Roger Barstow's 



an Hockanum. Roger .showed us his six 



purebred Hol.steins, two of which will be 



exhibited at Ea.stern States. We also saw 



JMr. Barstow's herd of Hol.steins. 



Moving on to Mr. Carl Pratt's farm in 

 Hadley we had a continuation of our 

 judging contest using a class of Jersey 

 cows. We saw a very good herd of Jer- 

 seys, seven of which are to be exhibited at 

 Eastern States by Georgia Lee and Ly- 

 man Pratt. 



Our la.st stop was at the home of Gor- 

 don M. Cook in Hadley who is president 

 of our County Dairy Club and was Coun- 

 ty Dairy Champion for last year. Here 

 we saw his herd of four purebred Hol- 

 steins which is to be shown at Eastern 

 States. 



At 4:15 the party broke up and left for 

 home after declaring that they had en- 

 joyed the tour in spite of the fact that 

 many were soaked from the rain. 



The winners of the practice judging 

 contest were as follows: 

 Name Place Score 



Joseph Sena, Easthampton First 185 

 Helen Sena, Easthampton Second 155 

 Edward Dwight, W. Hatfield Second 155 

 Noel Dwight, W. Hatfield Second 155 

 Tom Jubenville, Hatfield Fifth 125 



Donald Sheehan, Hatfield Fifth 125 

 Helen Sena, 

 Sec. County Dairy Club. 



Girl Has Best Garden In Granby 



Adolf Wilier Wins 



Trip To Camp Vail 



Adolf Wilier of Easthampton, president 

 of the Manhan Poultry Club of that town 

 and a junior at Smith's Agricultural 

 School, Northampton has been awarded a 

 free trip to Camp Vail. 



This camp is held each year at the 

 Eastern States Exposition and this year 

 is from Sept. 16 to the 22nd inclusive. 

 The membership is made up of six boys 

 and six girls from each of thirteen north- 

 eastern states all of whom are outstand- 

 ing 4-H club members. 



Adolf won this trip because of having 

 done extra good work. He has been handi- 

 capped in not having room to expand his 

 own poultry project at home but he has 

 made up this deficiency by taking a lead- 

 ing part in the Manhan Club activities 

 during the past five years and in addition 

 he is a poultry judge of no mean caliber. 



He has placed high in many of the 

 small judging contests in this neighbor- 

 hood but last May at High School Day at 

 M. A. C. he showed his real ability. Com- 

 peting with the pick of the whole .state he 

 was high man in judging exhibition birds 

 and second man in judging all classes. 



He has been the main stay in his own 

 club, the Manhan, of which he has been 

 president for two years and has been a 

 real help to his local leader, Mr. J. A. 

 Sturges. 



He likes to own real good birds and so 

 last spring bought a setting of eggs from 

 E. V. Thompson of Amenia, N. Y. from 

 his "Imperial Ringlet" strain of Barred 

 Plymouth Rocks, paying $10.00 for the 

 setting. From these he hopes to build 

 up a real flock of wonderful show birds 

 that are also good layers. 



Aurora Haesaert, a 13 year old girl, 

 and a Garden club member for the first 

 time, carried off first honors in the "best 

 garden contest" sponsored by the Granby 

 Grange this year. 



Warren Bray and William Constant 

 were tied for second prize, each boy hav- 

 ing a well planned and unusually well 

 cared for garden. 



This contest, which was started this 

 year by the Granby Grange, in coopera- 

 tion with the 4-H club department of the 

 Hampshire County Extension Service 

 created quite a bit of interest among the 

 young people. Seven boys and girls had 

 gardens competing for the prizes and in 

 nearly every case were of very good quali- 

 ty as well as quantity. 



Aurora's garden, which is strictly a 

 commercial proposition, is about an acre 

 in size and contains sweet corn, tomatoes 

 and potatoes. The sweet corn and ripe 

 tomatoes she has been retailing through a 

 road side stand while the remainder was 

 sold in Holyokc. She says a good part of 

 her potato crop has already been con- 

 tracted, in fact, in talking with Aurora 

 .she gives the impression of knowing 

 exactly what and where all of her pro- 

 duce is going to be sold and the amount 

 of money she will make. 



Of course, a girl thirteen years old 

 could not do all of the work in a garden 

 of that size, so mother was hired to help 

 to do the work. Aurora did not have the 

 money to buy the 500 tomato plants so 

 her father financed this part of the gar- 

 den and will get one half of the gross 

 sales from the plants. 



All of the other six contestants should 

 feel that they have done a very good job 

 this year and that in beating them, 

 Aurora has done one of the best pieces 

 of gardening in Hampshire County this 

 year. 



I PLEDGE 

 My HEAD to clearer thinking 

 My HEART to greater loyalty 

 My HANDS to larger service 

 My HEALTH to better living 

 For MY CLUB 



MY COMMUNITY 

 MY COUNTRY 



