HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARMERS' MONTHLY 



HAMPSHIRI 



OOUNTY CLUB WORK 



MANY NEW POULTRY CLUBS 



Show Dates Ready 



In place of the three poultry clubs 

 Hampshire County had last year, there 

 are now ten 1921 clubs. The Amherst, 

 Hadley and Ware No. 7 clubs are carry- 

 ing on as usual. Ware Center has 

 started again after a year's rest. The 

 brand new clubs are in Bondsville, Bel- 

 chertown, Greenwich, Huntington, Worth- 

 ington and Smith School, Northampton. 



There is a new primer out. Our club 

 members are cjuite interested in the pic- 

 ture of the 1920 Hampshire County judg- 

 ing team which went to Boston. 



Already the poultry shows are dated 

 and club members are planning to ex- 

 hibit. At practically all shows there will 

 be judging contests. The show dates are 

 as follows: 



Nov. 18-19— M. A. C. Dressed Poultry 

 Show. 



Nov. 29-30— Amherst. 



Dec. 8-10 — Northampton. 



Dec. 14-15— Greenfield. 



.Jan. 2-6 — Boston . 



Further details of shows can be ob- 

 tained fiom local or county club leader. 



Keep Even with the Game— all the time 



You are just beginning your club work 

 for the winter. 



Because you are just beginning your 

 work we want to pass along a suggestion 

 that we know will be a big help, if you 

 will use it. 



Our suggestion is contained in the cap- 

 tion of this editorial : Keep even with the 

 game — all the time. 



There is nothing on earth so hard and 

 so disagreeable as trying to catch up on 

 some piece of work that we allow to get 

 behind. We lo.se some of our self respect 

 because we let it get behind ; accumulated 

 work looks so big it seems that we shall 

 never get it done and while in this frame 

 of mind we cannot do our best work. 



Think about this as you start your club 

 work this year and promise yourself that 

 you will keep every phase of your club 

 work right up-to-the-minute all the time. 

 You will enjoy your work more, you will 

 do a better grade of work, the unpleasant 

 details won't be so onerous and you will 

 have a deeper feeling of satisfaction when 

 the year's work is done. 



This should be applied especially to 

 your records. Any form of record which 

 is allowed to get behind is very difficult 

 to bring up-to-date and much of its ac- 

 curacy is lost. Keep your rcco)ds up-to- 

 date all the time. 



We know a man who has for his motto: 

 "Keep a week ahead of your job". Wc 

 think this would be a fine motto for mem- 

 bers of Boys' and Girls' Clubs. 



HANDICRAFT, BREAD, 



SEWING CLUBS 



Let's Have More and Better Onesl 



As soon as garden and canning and 

 other summer records and stories are in 

 we begin to look toward our winter work. 

 We want a club in every town. We want 

 every old club to keep on and a goodly 

 number of new clubs to form. 



Both boys and girls are interested in all 

 these clubs. Some will go on with second 

 and third year work and some will repeat 

 first and second year work. Generally 

 we prefer that a club member do first 

 year work twice. We want to see it done 

 and done well before going on to third 

 year work. Enrollment cards for winter 

 clubs may be had by writing the county 

 club agent. 



The Lay of a Home Economics Club 

 Member 



Holes! holes! holes! 



Holes in your stockings and buttonholes 



Stitch! stitch! stitch! 



And darn ! darn ! darn ! 



One stitch at a time. 



With a needle full of yarn. 



For a little bit of patience 



And a little bit of skill. 



Time and inclination 



Will just fill the bill. 



This is an echo from 1920. This rhyme 

 appeared in a club girl's story. It surely 

 tells the tale of what is neded to make a 

 good Home Economics Club member. 



NOTES ABOUT THE COUNTY 



The last meeting of the Westhamptort 

 canning club took the form of a club tour. 

 Miss Erhard came to see the work done 

 by all the club members. It ended at 

 Mrs. Burt's house where ice cream and 

 cake were served. At this time the club 

 members made Mrs. Burt a present of a 

 very pretty vase in appreciation of all 

 she had done for them. Wasn't that a 

 nice idea? 



The dinner at the annual meeting, No- 

 vember 16, 1921 is to be all club raised. 



Rose Haessart of Belchertown has 

 canned 299 jars of fruits, vegetables and 

 pickles in the canning club. 



An "Own Your Own Room" club pro- 

 ject has been started in Worthington with 

 Miss Alice Bartlett as leader. This is a 

 new club project in this state and this, 

 group i.s studying t'ne thing out for 

 Western Massachusetts. 



SHEEP CLUB 



Merton Cottrell Doing Well 



This boy of Middlefield, who is trying 

 out sheep club work for the county has 

 just completed his second year of work. 

 He started two years ago with four bred 

 ewes. He got two ewe lambs and one 

 ram lamb. He kept all these so started 

 this year with seven animals. This year 

 he got four lambs and raised them all. 

 He sheared 43* lbs. of wool; an average 

 fleece of six lbs. 



This year it cost him $15.00 to care for 

 sheep. His inventory now shows his 

 animals worth $54.00, and he still has 

 his wool on hand. Mei-ton has been very 

 faitliful in keeping his club record and 

 writing his club stories. We appreciate 

 the work he is doing, because he is 

 working alono, trying the sheep club out 

 for the county. 



Abiaham Liscoln said: "We all like the 

 man who sticks through thick and thin." 



LAST OF CANNING EXHIBITS 



Every Club Exhibits 



The final canning club exhibits have- 

 been held, each club "coming thru". 

 Many clubs were banner winners. The 

 results of these last exhibits are as fol- 

 lows: 



Belchertown club exhibiting at Town 

 Fair. 



FIRST YE.AR WORK 



First — Lena Bock. 

 . Second — Gladys Hazen. 

 Third— .Anna Bock 



THIRD YEAR WORK 



First — Alice Randall. 

 Second — Frances Sauers. 

 Williamsburg exhibiting at Grange' 

 Fair. 



FIRST YEAR WORK 



First — Clara Ames. 

 Second— Ruth Tetro. 

 Third — Helen Roberge. 

 Bondsville holding exhibit at School. 



FIRST YE.^R WORK 

 First — Veronica Wales. 

 Second — .Judwiga Krol. 

 Third — Catharine Bigda. 



CALF CLUB OFFER 



Elizabeth Farley of Amherst has 

 oiTered to give pure bred .Jersey bull- 

 calves to club boys and girls in Hamp- 

 shire County. The only requirement is 

 that the club member will care for the 

 calf one year. This is a good way to 

 get started in the calf club if you are 

 interested in Jerseys. Any boy or girl 

 wanting to know more about this may 

 consult the County Club Agent. 



