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HAMPSHIRE COUNTY 

 FARMERS' MONTHLY 



cultural 



Vol. XIII. 



NORTHAMPTON. MASS.. OCTOBER, 1928 



No. 10 



C. HILTON BOYNTON 



WINS GOLD WATCH 



A solid gold watch, engraved with the 

 4-H insigna and the name of the winner, 

 is the valuable prize won by C Hilton 

 Boynton of South Hadley at the 4-H 

 Dairy judging contest at the Eastern 

 States Exposition this year. 



This is perhaps the most valuable and 

 most hotly contested prize of them all, as 

 boys from several states try hard to win 

 it. It seems very fitting 

 that if it is to be won by 

 a Massachusetts boy, 

 that Hilton should be 

 that boy, as he is the 

 present State champion 

 in the dairy project. 



This is not the first 

 time that such a prize 

 has been won by Hamp- 

 shire County boys, as 

 Osborne West of Hadley 

 and Herman Andrews 

 of Southampton, have 

 both won a gold watch 

 in similar contests at 

 the exposition, and to 

 keep up the comparison, 

 both of these boys have 

 been state club cham- 

 pions in their projects. 



FAIRS COMES TO CLOSE 



WITH BELCHERTOWN FAIR 



vol' AKK liWlTKIJ 



to attend the annual meeting of the 

 Hampshire County Extension Ser- 

 vice, Friday, November 16, at the 

 Odd Fellows Hall, Gothic St., North- 

 ampton. 



Rev. Kenneth C. MacArthur of 

 Sterling, Head of the town and 

 country department of the Massa- 

 chusetts Federation of Churches 

 will speak on the "Rewards of Rural 

 Leadership." 



NEW POULTRY CONFERENCE 

 TO BE HELD AT M. A. C. 



Exhibits this year showed a marked im- 

 provement throughout the fairs. Having 

 judged last year and again this year, 

 many changes were noted by Miss Pozzi. 

 Improvement means advancement and of 

 course that is what we are all after. None 

 of us want to become satisfied with "stand- 

 ing still". We want to move on up. 



While fairs are still fresh in your 

 minds, let us check over the exhibits and 

 see if next year you can help bring them 

 up a few more notches. 



First let us take the canned products. 

 Do you realize that the youths' depart- 

 ment is exhibiting a far better quality 

 than the adults? Why is this? When 

 you are canning, just keep a few of the 

 following points in mind which Prof. Cole 

 has sent out. Can a few jars at least 

 for exhibiting purposes. 



"If you plan to exhibit greens, be sure 

 that you have a pretty full jar, liquid up 

 Continued on page 4. column 3 



International 4-H Training 

 School Visits Hampshire County 



33 Members Visit Schools and Parents 

 to Explain 4 = H Club Work 



The above picture shows the 33 mem- 

 bers and leaders of the International 4-H 

 Training School who invaded Hampshire 

 County September 14, to tell the boys and 

 girls and their parents, about 4-H club 

 work. 



Entering the towns of Southampton, 

 Westhampton, Goshen and Cummington, 

 these young people, who come from 30 

 different states and four provinces in 

 Canada, spoke to the pupils in the various 

 schools, visited the parents of these pupils 

 and then put on a program at a communi- 

 ty meeting in the evening. 



This training school is made up of one 

 young man and one young woman, either 

 club members or former clvb members. 

 Continued on page 6, column 2 



A Poultry Breeders' Conference — a 

 school for intensive study of standard and 

 production breeding — is to be held at the 

 Massachusetts Agricultural College and 

 Experiment Station, November 15-16-17, 

 1928, according to an announcement just 

 given out by .J. C. Graham, head of the 

 poultry department at M. A. C. 



The eastern part of the country has 

 long been considered the 

 leading section for stan- 

 dard-bred stock, due to 

 the work done at the 

 Massachusetts Experi- 

 ment Station the past 

 fifteen years in produc- 

 tion breeding, together 

 with the eff"orts of other 

 New England and 

 neighboring states along 

 similar lines. The large 

 shipments of produc- 

 tion-bred and standard- 

 bred poultry exported 

 from New England to 

 Chile, Germeny, and 

 other countries the past 

 few years bear testi- 

 mony to these state- 

 ments. 

 Continued on pagre 2, column 3 



UNITED STATES POTATOES 



46.3,722,000 BUSHELS 



The United States potato crop is now 

 expected to total 463,722,000 bushels com- 

 pared with 466,815,000 bushels indicated 

 a month ago, 406,964,000 bushels haiTest- 

 ed last year and 384,-566,000 bushels the 

 five year average 1923-1927. With dig- 

 ging in progress in all late states pi-elimi- 

 nary reports on expected yields largely 

 confirm the earlier forecasts. Altho some 

 fields are still green, the yield will now 

 depend largely on the extent to which 

 growers gather seconds and culls. If 

 prices continue low an undetermined 

 quantity of potatoes will be left in the 

 fields. 



The New England potato crop Is now 

 expected to total 46,508,000 bushels com- 

 pared with 46,213,000 bushels indicated a 

 month ago, 45,598,000 bushels haiwested 

 last year and 47,240,000 bushel the five 

 year average 1923-1927. Potato digging 

 is progressing rapidly in all parts of New 

 Continued on p,ig:e 8. column 1 



