HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARMERS' MONTHLY 



RESULTS OF 1921 POTATO DEMONSTRATION 



NAME 



H. G. Streeter 

 D. R. Wells 

 G. R. Tedfoid 

 H. W. Gurney 

 Fred Cole 

 Mrs. A. B. Tirrell 

 Geo. Barrus 



Frank Rice 

 Arthur Field 

 C. S. Packard 

 Geo. McElwain 

 Wesley Olds 

 Spencer Parish 

 Homer Granger 

 J. W. Russell 

 C. E. Jarvis 

 Chas. A. Kilbourn 

 Arlin Cole 

 Victor Pearl 

 Frank Baker 

 H. Sutherland 

 William Walpole 

 Newell Galusha 

 C. R. Clark 

 W. Gamble 

 Beaudin Bros. 

 H. Warner 

 CD. Lyman 

 H. E. Chapin 

 R. S. Bridgman 



Cummington 



Cummington 



Cummington 



Cummington 



Plainfleld 



Plainfield 



Goshen 



Goshen 



Goshen 



Goshen 



Goshen 



Middlefield 



Middlefield 



Worthington 



Worthington 



Worthington 



Worthington 



Worthington 



Worthington 



Chesterfield 



Chesterfield 



Chesterfield 



Williamsburg 



Granby 



Granby 



Granby 



Granby 



Granby 



Granby 



Granby 



Westhampton 



Average 



Yield 

 Cert. 



.30 



30 



13 



1.5 



14 



20 



2.5 



26 



21 



19 



27 



20 



24 



23 



21.4 



20 



20 



27 



28 



18 



13.4 



17 



23 



13 



23 



13 



11 



18.6 



14.6 



15 



20.6 



Per Rod 



Home 



12 



25 



8.6 

 16.4 

 12 



7 

 24.5 

 25 

 25 

 18 

 18 

 12 

 19 

 15 

 14 



7 

 22 

 30 

 20.5 



6.6 



6.6 

 13 

 12 



7 

 17 



5 



7 

 1.5.6 



9 

 17 

 36 



15.5 



Yield 

 Cert. 

 474 

 473 

 190 

 220 

 205 

 293 

 366 

 381 

 308 

 278 

 396 

 293 

 352 

 337 

 312 

 293 

 293 

 395 

 410 

 249 

 196 

 249 

 337 

 144 

 337 

 190 

 161 

 257 

 213 

 220 

 557 



Per 

 Home 



176 

 366 

 120 

 240 

 176 

 102 

 361 

 366 

 361 

 249 

 249 

 176 

 278 

 220 

 205 

 102 

 322 

 404 

 300 



95 



95 

 190 

 176 



93 

 249 



73 

 102 

 228 

 132 

 249 

 528 



305.7 225.2 



Gain for 



Cert. 



298 



107 



70 



—20 



29 



191 



5 



15 



—53 



29 



147 



117 



74 



117 



107 



191 



—19 



—9 



110 



154 



101 



59 



161 



51 



88 



117 



59 



29 



81 



—29 



29 



81.8 



Northampton 

 ^ National Bank ^ 



WARREN M. KING, President 

 C. H. PIERCE, Vice-President 

 EDWIN K. ABBOTT, Cashier 



CAPITAL AND SURPLUS. $680,000 

 DEPOSITS, §3.00(1,000 



Interest Paid on Special Accounts and 

 Certificates of Deposit 



We are qualified to act as Executor, 

 Administrator and Trustee 



Why not make your will appointing 

 this Bank as Executor? 



THE BANK FOR EVERYBODY 



Continued from pa^e 1. column ;i 

 The picture on the front page shows 

 the product of one rod of row of certi- 

 fied seed compared with selected stock 

 taken on the farm of W. Gamble, Gran- 

 by. Certified seed gave 13 lbs. while se- 

 lected stock gave 5 lbs marketed. Think 

 it over and act at once. 



Coutinned from jiage 5. r-<ih]nin 2 

 In Poultry, we have held three schools, 

 four culling demonstrations, three cock- 

 erel futurity tests, three disease control 

 demonstrations and two light demonstra- 

 tions. 



In Livestock, eight registered bull 

 calves of good breeding have been secured, 

 besides assisting farmers to locate regis- 

 tered and grade stock. Cooperated with 

 the local Holstein Club in field meeting.-;. 

 Furnished 24 farmers with milk record 

 sheets. Assisted the farmers of Granby 

 Amherst, South Hadley and Southamp- 

 ton in establishing the Holyoke Producers 

 Dairy Company. 



In soils and crops, we have assisted far- 

 mers in obtaining certified seed potatoes 

 and carrying on demonstrations showing 

 their superiority over local and selected 

 seed. Demonstrations showing acid phos- 

 phate instead of low grade mixed goods 

 with manure for corn, oats and rye ; Con- 

 necticut Valley dent for silage in our hill 



towns; lime; nitrate of soda for top- 

 dressing hay land; pasture improvement 

 have been made carried on in practically 

 every town in the county. 



Over 100 account books have been 

 furni.shed farmers; two tours held 

 showing desirable farm practices. Pro- 

 duction cost of potatoes secured. 



With fi'uit, we have carried on work 

 with demonstration orchards, giving dem- 

 onstrations of pruning, spraying and fer- 

 tilizing old orchards. 



Three hundred different farmers were 

 visited on their farms and 578 calls made. 

 Two hundred three days were spent in 

 the field and eighty-one in the oiflcc. One 

 hundred seventeen meetings were held 

 with an attendance of 4884 people. Six 

 hundred twenty-seven personal letters 

 have been written and 159 circular 

 letters sent out with a circulation of 

 14 875. Seven hundred seventy-two tele- 

 phone calls received and answered be- 

 sides handling 374 office calls. One 

 hundred seventeen demonstrations have 

 been carried on, results of which are 

 being published or sent out in circular 

 letters. 



There will be a meeting of the Frank- 

 lin Hampshire Holstein club held .Ian. 7, 

 at Greenfield. We want a good delega- 

 tion from this county. 



Continued from page 4, column 3 

 The map on the wall shows the club 

 work as done in the county. This shows : 

 66 organized club. 

 51 volunteer leaders. 

 2 paid garden supervisors working 

 in 6 towns. 

 Club Agents reports: 

 325 office calls. 

 1225 telephone calls. 

 5823 circular letters sent out. 

 1278 personal letters sent out. 

 4511 bulletins, leaflets and other ma- 

 terial distributed. 

 117 club meetings attended. 

 403 home visits made. 

 8 club tours made. 

 8 fairs, shows, etc. attended. 

 34 local exhibits held. 

 The following demonstrations were 

 given : 



Poultry killing, 3 



Capenizing, 2 



Canning, 17 



Darning, 11 



Pattern using, 1 



Apron making 1 



The Habit of Saving 



Ls ;it tlu> hottoiii of most 

 l)ig successes in the busi- 

 ness world. Begin the 

 hahit by <)j)ening a sav- 

 ings account with the 

 H a y (1 e n V i 1 1 e Savings 

 Banlc. One dollar is 

 enough to start with. 



BANK BY MAIL 



HAYDENVILLE SAVINGS BANK 



HAYDKNVILLE, MASS. 



