HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARMERS' MONTHLY 



HAMPSHIRE: COUNTY CLUB WORK 



HAMPSHIRE COUNTY 



CLUB WORK AT THE 



FAIRS AND EXHIBITS 



Makes Good Showing 



Each fair and local exhibit showed the 

 fine woi-k the club boys and girls of 

 Hampshire County were doing. 



Ware fair had exhibits from the No. 7 

 poultry, garden, canning and handicraft 

 clubs; from the Ware Center handicraft 

 club; the Ware .3 garden and canning- 

 clubs. The boys' and girls' department 

 was reported the best ever. It was 

 noticeable that practically every boy and 

 girl exhibiting was a club member. 

 Great credit should be given the fair as- 

 sociation for the splendid way it stood be- 

 hind this department and made so many 

 attractive classes for boys and girls. In 

 the school parade No. 7 won first 

 place. They were dressed as "far- 

 mers" so they should have won, because 

 they did not have to play the part — they 

 are real farmers and real club members. 



At Greenfield Fair, Irving .Johnson 

 took first prize with his flint corn. In the 

 judging contest Sophie Branasinka of 

 Hadley won second in bread judging; 

 Irving -Johnson of Hadley won first in 

 vegetables and in corn judging; Osborne 

 West of Hadley won 4th in stock and 

 first in potato judging. 



At Eastern States Exposition two of 

 the Massachusetts corn teams were 

 Hampshire County boys. The team 

 placed third among twenty-eight teams 

 competing. Baby Beef Club members 

 won $1..50 in prizes. 



At Cummington fair many potato, corn 

 and garden club members exhibited. 

 There were five club calves shown and 

 seven club pigs. Fifteen canning club 

 girls from Goshen, Plainfield, Chester- 

 field, Cummington and Worthington made 

 a very creditable exhibit in the club col- 

 lection class as well as in the individual 

 exhibits. In this the second prize went to a 

 Windsor, Berkshire County club girl. 

 The first prize in Berkshire pigs al.so 

 went to a Berkshire County club member. 



.Joint canning and garden exhibits 

 were held in Huntington, Easthampton, 

 Hatfield and Amherst. The Pelham 

 canning club exhibited at Old Home Day, 

 and there was a South Hadley Center 

 garden exhibit in connection with a 

 church supper. 



In all classes the quality of the vegeta- 

 bles and canning was very good. This 

 counts more than quantity. In practi- 

 cally all places, however, there was also 

 quantity. 



LUTHER BELDEN OF HATFIELD MORE CANNING CLUB EXHIBITS 



BABY BEEF CHAMPION Uood work shown in all Sections 



Wins in Contest of Sixty 



Eastern States Exposition was the 

 windup of the Baby Beef Club. There 

 have been three boys and two girls in this 

 county raising Hereford steers for the 

 past ten months. All showed at Spring- 

 field. There were four classes: "Here- 

 fords in Western Hampden County"; 

 "Herefords in Eastern Hampden Coun- 

 ty"; Herefords outside Hampden Coun- 

 ty"; "All Other Beef Animal". Of 

 course our members were in the third 

 class. They were in competition with 

 boys from Connecticut and Berkshire 

 County. Luther Belden of Hatfield with 

 his steer "Cherry" won first place in the 

 class. Sternes Belden of Hatfield with 

 "Chappie" came third. Robert Cutter 

 of Hatfield won seventh with "Harding" 

 and eighth with "Coolidge". Rachel 

 Randall of Belchertown came ninth with 

 "Wildfire" and hei- sister Alice came tenth 

 with "White Socks". 



From each class the first and second 

 prize winners were first in the champion 

 class. Luther Belden was first here 

 making his "Cherry" champion of the 

 show. The reserve champion was won 

 by a boy in Connecticut with an Angus 

 steer. Third place went to a Connecticut 

 Hereford so Luther's was the only Massa- 

 chusetts steer to place in the champion 

 class. 



The steers were sold on the hoof at 

 public auction. Luther's steer sold at 

 fifty cents a pound. This is the greatest 

 price ever paid for beef on the hoof 

 East of Buffalo in the history of the 

 country. We must realize that this great 

 price was paid because the man who 

 bought it wanted the advertising for 

 buying the champion steer. Club mem- 

 bers must not feel that they can go into 

 beef work and expect to get such a price. 

 The day the steer sold the Chicago mar- 

 ket price was 101 cents a lb. The other 

 Hampshire .steers brought 1.3 J cents — 12 

 cents — lOi cents — 10 cents a lb. The 

 county won $1.50.00 in prize money on 

 their steers. 



Some boys and girls are already plan- 

 ning to enter the baby beef club again. 

 In every case we ask them to seriously 

 consider the dairy calf first and if then 

 they want to go into beef, we will do all 

 we can to help. Anyone wanting parti- 

 culars about the 1921 baby beef club 

 .should get in touch with Miss Erhard. 



What Club Next? 



This is the next question every Hamp- 

 .shire County club member must settle. 



Many canning clubs have exhibited at 

 local exhibits as well as the fairs around 

 the county. In all cases there has been 

 very good work. The winners in diff'er- 

 ent clubs are as follows: 



AMHERST CE.NTER 



1st Year Work 

 First — Agnes Thompson. 

 Second— Estelle Watt 

 Third — Marion Baker. 



SOUTH AMHERST 



1st Year Work 

 First — Marion Lombard. 

 Second — Eva Alfieri. 

 Third— Ruth Ellis. 



2nd Year Work 

 First — Kathleen King. 



CUMMINGTON 



1st Year Work 

 First — Estelle Tompkins. 

 Second — Edith Mongin. 

 Third— Gertrude Gloyd. 



CHESTERFIELD 

 1st Year Work 

 First — Myrtle Damon. 



EASTHAMPTON 



1st Year Work 

 First — Marian McLaughlin. 

 Second — Esther Meschicovsky. 

 Third — Mary Drondoski. 



2nd Year Work 



Amy Oberempt 



GOSHEN 



1st Year Work 

 First — Lura Richardson. 



2nd Year Work 

 First — Minnie Barrus. 



HATFIELD 



First — Constance Breor. 

 Second — Mary Doppman. 

 Third — Vanda Dombronski. 



2nd Year Work- 

 First — Daisy Gutowski. 



HUNTINGTON 



2nd Year Work 

 First — Mary Mazella. 



PELHAM 

 1st Year Work 

 First— Dorothy Martin. 

 Second — Hazel Martin. 

 Third— Doris Cadrett. 



PLAI.N'FIELD 



1st Year Work 

 First — Katharine Allen. 



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