HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARMERS' MONTHLY 



HAMPSHIRE: COUNTY CLUB WORK 



HAMPSHIRE COUNTY CLUB 



WORK REPORT FOR 1921 



Given at Annual Meeting, Nov. 16, 1921 



Club work in the county has been 

 organized twice, once for winter work and 

 once for summer work. 



In the winter, clubs were only organized 

 in those places where there were volun- 

 teer local leaders. 



There were 196 home economics mem- 

 bers in 29 clubs, twenty-one of these mem- 

 bers took bread making. During the 

 four months they made 948 loaves of 

 bread and 296 dozen quick breads. With- 

 in this time they also report 3,064 hrs. of 

 housework. The bread club members 

 finished 1007'. 



There were 174 sewing club members, 

 169 of whom finished. They report the 

 following: Made 143 aprons, 42 outei' 

 garments, 18.5 under garments, 24.5 but- 

 ton holes, 1,598 pairs of stockings darned, 

 28,312 hrs. housework done. 



Of the 94 handicraft members, 90 com- 

 pleted their work. They report 135 use- 

 ful articles made, 109 toys, 106 repair 

 jobs and 18,888 hours of chores done. 

 Articles made in these three clubs show 

 value of $871.76 at actual cost to club 

 members of $375.64. 



At the end of the winter exhibits were 

 held in all the communities where club 

 work has been done. 



During the winter there were 40 poul- 

 try club members. Of the 21 reporting 

 a net profit of $266.43 is shown. 



In the spring all the schools in the 

 county were visited. Some of the club 

 members enrolled were in organized clubs 

 and some did individual work. 



The canning clubs were practically all 

 started off with canning demonstrations 

 given by the club agent. Many canning 

 club members were visited at their own 

 homes. Club members exhibited this fall 

 at local exhibits, fairs, etc. 



Of the 139 canning club members, the 

 75 who have reported to date show the 

 following work done: 



1,558J qts. of fruit canned. 

 1,303 qts. of vegetables canned. 

 107 qts. of meat and soup canned. 

 304 qts. of pickles canned. 

 419 jars jam and jelly. 

 This, if put on the market, would value at 

 $2,369.73. It was done at an actual cost 

 to the club members of $818.95. J 



Agricultural club work was done 

 mainly as individual work. An effort was 

 made by the club agent to visit each club \ 

 member at least once at his home during 

 the summer. All reports are not to date 

 in, but from those we have, the following 

 is shown: 



Corn Club 



8 members report 5 acres corn yielded 



389 bu. and 8i ton stover, all valued at 

 I $1,569.63 grown at an actual cost of 



$266.58. 



Potato Club 

 [ 9 members report 4 J acres potatoes 



yielded 398 bu. valued at $749.25, grown 



at an actual cost of $266.58. 

 ! Garden Club 

 ' 28 members report products valued at 



$589.17 grown at an actual cost of 



$179.32. 



I Onion Club 



Our 1 member reports 1 acre yielded 

 138 100 lb. bags, valued at $508.00 grown 

 at an actual cost of $202.34. 



The five baby beef club members show 

 2575 lbs. beef raised at a cost of $616.39. 



Sheep, pig and calf clubs are still run- 

 ning so no report can be given as yet. 



The following shows a comparison be- 

 tween this year, and 1920. 

 Corn this yr. 15 members — last yr. 7 

 Potato 22 11 



Garden 74 107 



Pig 32 44 



Sow and litter 8 16 



Calf 24 7 



Onion 1 6 



Sheep 1 1 



Baby Beef 5 4 



Poultry 40 81 



Canning 139 125 



Home Econ. 196 118 



Handicraft 94 27 



Small Fruits 5 5 



Total 656 559 



This shows just the number of club 



I members enrolled. We fell down in 

 number enrolled in many clubs this 

 year but better results have been 



J obtained due to the fact that we tried to 

 get only the members who were really in- 

 terested. We feel we have succeeded in 

 this due to the way the club members 

 have worked at theii- projects all year. 



Northampton Fair was made the 

 round-up of all the summer work. The 

 fair directors were very liberal and gave 

 the boys' and girls' day splendid support 

 both financially and in interest. At this 

 time the club members from various 

 towns came into competition in exhibit- 

 ing, judging and in putting on competi- 

 tive club floats which were the main fea- 



j ture of the pageant in the afternoon. 



A good deal of time has been spent in 

 judging work. At all the fairs there 



] have been judging contests. Great in- 



I terest has been shown. Results at local 

 fairs have been the basis of picking- 

 county teams which have been sent to the 

 out-of -county shows. At these shows the 



I county team rated as follows: 



BOSTON POULTRY SHOW 



January 2 = 6, 1922 



Mr. Nodine, State poultry club special- 

 ist writes as follows : 



"There will be classes for both the utili- 

 ty breeders as well as for the fancy 

 breeder. There are no classes this year 

 for ducks, turkeys, or geese, but there 

 will be a class for pigeons. 



Our $250 in cash prizes are off'ered by 

 the Boston Association. Special prizes 

 are also off'ered to all prize winners. 

 Liberal prizes are offered on poultry 

 equipment, eggs and organized Poultry 

 Club exhibits. All prize money will be 

 paid the last day of the show. 



Much larger cash prizes will be given 

 this year on everything exhibited. There 

 will be four cash prizes in each class of 

 birds, and five ribbons ; four cash prizes 

 on eggs, and five ribbons; four cash prizes 

 and ribbons on Poultry Club exhibits ; 

 three cash prizes and five ribbons on each 

 class of poultry equipment; three grand 

 sweepstake prizes; eight individual cash 

 prizes for judging contest; and three 

 cash prizes for the demonstration teams, 

 j Instead of giving medals for the judging 

 and demonstration teams, ribbons will be 

 given. 



Entry fee, $.35 single entry; pens $.60. 



Entries close December 7, 1921. 



We have the stage the same as last 

 year, and we want at least 500 birds. 

 Connecticut and Rhode Island are plan- 

 ning to send a number of birds as well as 

 a judging and demonstration team. 



Premium lists are now being printed 

 and will be sent out soon as possible to- 

 gether with the entry blanks. We want 

 this the biggest Junior Show ever held in 

 the East. Take it up among the club 

 members in your county, and get them to 

 send in theii' best birds. Every boy and 

 girl will have an opportunity to advertise 

 his stock, -sell bi-eeding cockerels, or take 

 orders for hatching eggs." 



Correction 



The October issue made the statement 

 that Muriel Clark of South Worthington 

 got third prize in first year canning work. 

 This was a mistake. She received fir.st 

 prize in third year work. 



At Boston Poultry Show — second. 



At Worcester Fair — poultry third, 

 canning second 



Splendid cooperation has been received 

 by the county club agent from local peo- 

 ple. There have been 51 people acting 

 as local club leaders during this year. 

 It is only through a strong oi-ganization 

 of local people that club work can be a 

 big success and stand on its own feet. 



C(»ntiluiH<l un i)age T, t-oUinin 'S 



