HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARMERS' MONTHLY 



HAMPSHIRE COUN"rY CLUB WORK 



REMEMBER OCT. 4, 5, AND 6 



Every Boy and Girl out on Boy's and 

 Qirl's Day 



We want to make "our" day at North- 

 ampton Fair, the "Big" day without a 

 question. We want every club membei 

 in the county there. We want every 

 club member to exhibit, to enter a ,iudg- 

 ing contest, to be on a club float, and to 

 be in some of the events. The only way 

 to make the day the kind of a success that 

 Hampshire County club members call a 

 real success, is to have it lOO'v and 

 nothing else. 



The program runs; judging contest in 

 the morning, with athletic stunts on the 

 track for those interested in judging; big 

 club pageant at 2.00 o'clock in the after- 

 noon ; followed by a peg race, bicycle race, 

 and a greased pig race; ending with a 

 lively track meet between the high schools 

 of the county. 



If you have any questions in regard to 

 the fair, the whys and where fores of any 

 of the program or exhibits for the boys' 

 and girls' part, get in touch with Miss 

 Erhard at the "Farm Bureau" either by 

 letter or telephone, Northampton 5.3. 



At the first day of the Middlefield Fair 

 the canning club of that town had its ex- 

 hibit. Miss Hazel Boyer was the leader. 

 Mr. Farley judged and the prize winner.<; 

 were as follows : 



First year work — 1st Lizzie Tefts. 



First year work — 2nd Nellie Tefts. 



First year work — 3rd Ethel Boyer. 

 Second year work — 1st Frances Cottrell. 

 Thii'd year work — 1st Helen Olds. 



September 2nd, Westhampton had its 

 exhibit in connection with a church sup- 

 per. All weie doing first year work, 

 Mrs. George Burt was leader. Miss 

 Alice Bartlett judged the exhibit. The 

 winners were as follows: 



First — Elsie Warren. 



Second — Rose Hayden. 



Third — Frederick Honor. 



Other exhibits are .scheduled through 

 September and October. Plainfield, Cum- 

 mington, Chesterfield and Worthington 

 will exhibit at the Cummington Fair. 

 Easthampton exhibits at the garden ex- 

 hibit September 11; Huntington the 12th; 

 Pelham at Old Home Day, September 17. 

 Amherst clubs will exhibit at the town 

 exhibit September 30. Belchertown will 

 exhibit at the Belchertown Fair and Ware 

 at the Ware Fair. Hatfield is planning 

 an exhibit. Hadley and Northampton 

 will exhibit at the Northampton Fair. 



Practically every club in the county 

 will also exhibit in the "club exhibit" 

 class at the Northampton Fair. 



Charles 

 trained 

 judged 

 "Reds", 



GOOD SHOWING AT WORCESTER 



Represented in Handicraft, Sewing, 

 Poultry and Canning 



Hampshire County was represented in 

 these four projects at the Worcester Fair. 

 There were exhibits and judging teams. 

 In all lines there was keen competition, 

 as this is the fair when the club work 

 from all over the state comes in compe- 

 tition. 



The judging teams from the county 

 were poultry and canning. The canning 

 team consisted of Frances Sauers and 

 Alice Randall of Belchertown, and Mary 

 Shea of Ware. The team was trained 

 by Mr.s. Dwight Randall. They judged 

 as a team, a class each of rasphberries, 

 peaches, peas, and string beans. The 

 team placed second. The poultry team, 

 Harold Pellisier, Osborne West, and 

 Mather, all of Hadley, was 

 by Mr. Wm. Loring. They 

 individually, a class each of 

 Leghorns, White Rocks, and 

 Plymouth Rocks. The team placed third. 

 Pellissier being high man. 



The exhibits all made a good showing. 

 The only sewing sent, a specimen of darn- 

 ing by Freda Bloom of Ware won third. 

 Of the three handicraft exhibits sent the 

 following won ; a useful article by Ernest 

 King of Ware, first; a recreational article 

 by Hector King of Ware, first. Of the 

 six canning exhibits sent the following 

 won; a club exhibit of 24 jars of fruit by 

 the So. Amherst club, first; club exhibit 

 of 24 jars of vegetables by the Plainfield 

 club, third; an individual exhibit of 

 twelve varieties by Miriam Loud of Plain- 

 field, second; a collection of 5 jars by 

 Alice Randall of Belchertown, second; a 

 collection of 4 jars by Frances Sauers, 

 second. Out of seven poultry exhibits 

 entered the following won: by Dennett 

 Howe of Amherst, second on Leghorn 

 pullet and second on cockerel ; by Roger 

 West of Hadley second on Rhode Island 

 Red cockeiel ; and by Osborne West of 

 Hadley, 3rd on Wyandotte pullet, and a 

 3rd on cockerel. This means thecounty 

 won $3.5.7.5 in prize money. 



I Suggestions for Those in Judging 

 Contests 



j A good many dug members will be en- 

 tering the judging contests at the Cum- 

 ; mington and Northampton Fairs. This 

 j means not only placing the class judged 

 i but also giving reasons. We suggest that 

 all judging look over the class carefully 

 and not too hurriedly and then write as 

 follows: 



j "I placed them A — C — D — B (or what- 

 ever order you decide they should go. 

 I place A over C because: (List your 

 I reasons, in tabular form, concisely, and 



CORN TEAM TO GO TO 



EASTERN STATES 



Same Team as last Year 



The teams that are to represent Massa- 

 chusetts at the Eastei n States Exposition 

 this year have not been picked by com- 

 petition, as they were last year. This 

 year tHere are to be only four teams to 

 go from the whole state, and they have 

 been picked by Mr. Farley. As the state 

 is to have a corn team, he has asked the 

 same two boys who won last year to go 

 again this year. Osborne West and 

 Irving Johnson, both of Hadley will 

 demonstrate the care of seed corn. A 

 boy from Franklin County will also be on 

 the team. He will discuss the various, 

 kinds and vai'ieties of corn. 



Notes About the County 



The county has now a Hampshire 

 county canning club label. A set for the 

 exhibit jars has been given to each club 

 member. Watch for the labels at all the 

 fairs in the county. 



Elmer Olds' of Middlefield lead his calf 

 club calf into the ring at Middlefield fair, 

 and came out with the blue ribbon. 



Mary Mazella of Huntington has an ex- 

 ceptionally fine garden. She has fully 

 a half acre under cultivation. She has 

 .^old a good deal of produce and has a 

 good deal in glass jars. 



The pig club girls will have to work 

 pretty hard if they want a girl champion 

 again this year. There are a few boys 

 "out to win", and to date they are doing 

 it. 



Every agricultural club member in the 

 county has been visited by the county club 

 agent. In practically every case she 

 found good work. The thing that pleased 

 her most was the fact that less than five 

 boys and girls in the whole county last 

 spring signed cards, and then did not fol- 

 low up with a project. Let us hope 

 every one will finish the job with a record 

 and a story sent in at the proper time. 



A good many of the canning clubs have 

 i-eported "all members finished the re- 

 quired amount and still going strong". 



Aug. 28th saw a very good garden ex- 

 hibit at South Hadley Falls. Miss Bart- 

 lett says practically every gardener ex- 

 hibited. 



Lawrence LaPlante, So. Amherst, has 

 935 plants of tobacco from which he hopes 

 to clear at least fifty dollars. 



accurately.) 



I place C over D, etc." 



It is only necessary to tell the reason 

 for placing the last at the last when it 

 was done so for a definite reason at the 

 very begining; as for example, a dis- 

 qualified bird in poultry, or a spoiled jar 

 in canning. 



