THE FARMERS' MONTHLY, DECEMBER, 1928 



1000 4-H Club Members 



in Hampshire County 



Continued from opposii*- page 



them in an egg laying contest from No- 

 veber 1 to June 1. Ninety of these boys 

 reported on their project during the con- 

 test for an average of five months each 

 during which time their birds averaged 

 74 eggs each or three more than the year 

 before for the same period. 



This has been our best year in exhibit- 

 ing poultry. At the Northampton Poul- 

 try show last December our boys exhibit- 

 ed 178 birds which exceeds all previous 

 records for that show. At the Exposition 

 this fall we exhibited 131 birds out of 

 525 from the whole state, with Roger 

 West of Hadley and C. Hilton Boynton 

 of South Hadley ranking first and second 

 as the highest individual winners. 



Mr. E. H. Nodine, State Poultry Club 

 Leader, recently informed us that we took 

 first as a county on number of points won 

 on prizes, competing with seven other 

 counties. 



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At the Three County Fair 214 birds 

 were shown, the largest number ever 

 shown in this department and Mr. No- 

 dine tells us that it is the largest junior 

 poultry show at any fair this fall in the 

 state, excepting of course, the Exposition. 



43 at County Camp 



The first 4-H club camp in Haniijshire 

 County and the first of its kind in the 

 state was held .June 26-30, 1928 at the 

 Holyoke Y. W. C. A. camp at Greenwich. 

 Twelve boys, twenty-three girls and eight 

 leaders made a total of 43 present for the 

 whole four days. 



The camp was a huge success in nearly 

 every way and it is expected to continue 

 it as an annual event. We have already 

 secured the same site for another year 

 and the dates set tentatively for .June 

 24-29. 



National Club Gatherings 



We were fortunate enough to have the 

 opportunity to send a delegate to the 

 National Club Camp at Washington, D. C. 

 •J. Arthur Gould of Ware was our delegate 

 and brought back an account of a really 

 wonderful camp, without a doubt the most 

 remarkable group of young people that 

 it would be possible to bring together at 

 any one time. 



At the time of this writing, another 

 outstanding club boy, C. Hilton Boynton 

 of South Hadley is enjoying a trip to the 

 National Club Congress which is held in 

 conjunction with the International Live- 

 stock Exposition in Chicago. This is no 

 doubt the most spectaculer club event in 

 the country as over 1000 boys and girls 

 from all over the country meet for one 

 week to be entertained by the business 

 concerns and merchants in the city. 



This trip is really a special honor for 

 Hilton for until this year, Massachusetts 

 had never been represented by a 4-H club 

 boy at this congress. 



HAMPSHIRE COUNTY 



POULTRY JUDGING 



TEAM SELECTED 



Wednesday, January 2, four boys will 

 start for the state poultry judging con- 

 test which is held at the Boston Poultry 

 Show each year. The boys are Benton 

 Cummings, Ware; Gordon Cook, Hadley; 

 Adolf Wilier, Easthampton ; and Alfred 

 Jubenville, Hatfield. These boys came out 

 on top in an elimination contest which 

 was held at M. A. C, Friday, November 

 30, in which twenty of the best judges in 

 ' the county took part. The contest was 

 held in conjunction with a judging school 

 where Mr. Vondell, Sup't. of the Massa- 

 chusetts Agricultural College poultry 

 plant and Mr. Nodine, State Poultry Club 

 Leader, gave demonstrations on how to 

 judge birds for both production and ex- 

 hibition. 



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