HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARMERS' MONTHLY 



FARMERS' MONTHLY 



PUBLISHED BY THE 



Hampshire County Trustees for Aid to 

 Agriculture 



STAFF 



Kt>l:iiir1 A. Payne. Cuiiiity Agrent 

 Mary Cheney Carpenter. Home Dein. Aeent 

 Bena O. Erhai-d. County ( Itib Asent 

 Mary C. OXeary. Clerk 



Office First National Banli Building 



Northampton, Mass. 



Eatfred as secondclass matter Nov. 9, 191.'). at the 

 Post Otfice at Northampton, Massachusetts, under 

 the Act of March 8. ls:9. 



"Notice of Entry" 



"Acceptance for mailing at special rate of post- 

 age provided for in section 1108, Act of October 8. 

 191". Authorized October 31. 1917." 



Price, GO cents a year 



Officers of the Trustees 



Edwin B. Clapp, President 

 Charles E. Clark, Vice-President 

 Wairen M. King, Treasurer 

 Koland A. Payne, Secretary 



Trustees for County Aid to Agriculture 



Edwin B. Clapp, Easthampton 

 Charles E. Clark, Leeds 

 Clarence E. Hodgkins, Northampton 

 William N. Howard, Ware 

 Milton S. Howes, Cummington 

 Mrs. Clifton Johnson, Hadley 

 Warren M. King, Northampton 

 John A. Sullivan. Northampton 

 Charles W. Wade, Hatfield 



New England Crop Report 



But little rain in northern counties of 

 Me., N. H., and Vt., since early May, 

 while the re.st of New England, though 

 injured somewhat by June drought, re- 

 ceived rains the end of June. Hence the 

 New England hay ciop is one of the 

 lightest on record, being 669r of normal 

 against 9K/ last year and 89' v the 

 average. Dry regions have only half a 

 crop, with no large stock of old hay. 

 Some farmers are buying market hay 

 now, and have sown more fodder crops. 

 U. S. hay, too, declined during June from 

 84.2% to 78.77f of normal. Average 8.3.3 

 %. Acreage 101.7% of 1920. 



New England pastures have suffered 

 about the same as hay, the condition now 

 being 68 again.st 93 last year and average 

 of 90. Milk production has decrea.sed 

 rapidly in drought regions. Hay pastures 

 and oats have improved much in regions 

 receiving recent rains. 



Most of New England corn grows 

 south of the drought area. Recent rains 

 and hot weather have pushod it along 

 rapidly. It is generally much better 

 than last year and somewhat above 



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MARKET GARDENERS' TRIP MEMBERSHIP FARM BUREAU 



Every market gardener in this County 

 should make an effort to attend the Field 

 Day at the Market Garden Field Station, 

 Lexington, August 3. Experimental 

 work of vital importance to market 

 gardeners is being carried on so there is 

 something of interest for all. The County 

 Agent is trying to organize a trip at this 

 time. If you are going and can take one 

 more, will you let him know as thei-e may 

 be others who do not have transportation. 



Last year's test of Bonny Best tomato 

 strains showed a wide variation in earli- 

 ness and yield. This was brought out by 

 the Field Station yet one local market 

 gardener did not get this information till 

 he heard of it on a train to California. 

 You should know just what this station 

 is doing. Here is an opportunity to get 

 acquainted if you have not had the oppor- 

 tunity already. 



Thank You, Local Club Leaders I 



Hampshire County Club Work wants to 

 thank all the people who helped to make 

 the winter work such a success. With- 

 out the local club leaders club work could 

 never be the great force it is. These 

 people give their time and energy to 

 the boys and girls of their communities. 

 We want to extend our sincere thanks for 

 what they have done, and we feel sure 

 the local people join us in this, to the fol- 

 lowing: 



Leaders in Poultry Clubs 



Ware — Miss P. Mende, Miss Maude Har- 



wood. 

 Hadley— Mr. W. R. Loring. 

 Amherst — Mr. E. H. Nodine. 



Leaders in Handicraft and Home 

 Economics Clubs 



Plainfield— Mrs. Wni. Packard. 

 Cummington Hill — Mrs. L. C. Sweet. 

 Lithia — Miss Marjorie Morton, 

 Worthington — Miss Alice Bartlett, Mrs. 



H. MoUison, Mrs. A. Cole. 

 Chesterfield— Miss Ethel Packard. 

 Middlefield— Mrs. A. Culver. 

 Northampton — Miss Ruth Porter. 

 Hadley— Miss Alta Corbin, Mi.ss B. A. 



Ryan. 

 Amherst — Miss J. Greene, Miss C. Hew- 

 lett, Mi.ss H. Enright, Mrs. J Bacha- 



rach. 

 Pelham— Mrs. G. Kimball, Mrs. Wm. 



Chaffee, Miss Alice Collis, Miss Ada 



Collis. 

 Enfield — Miss Blanche Fortin. 

 Belchertown — Miss Lucy Bolter, Mrs. D. 



Randall, Mrs. H Hazen. 

 Belchertown — Miss Keyes, Miss N. Shea. 

 Ware — Miss P. Mende, Miss M. Olds, 



Miss M. Harwood. 

 Huntington — Miss Beulah Snow, Mr. J. 



E. Poole. 



CAMPAIGN COMMUTE ELECTED 

 FOR HAMPSHIRE COUNTY 



The farmers of Hampshire County had 

 an opportunity to hear at first hand what 

 the American Federation of Farm 

 Bureaus is doing for the farmers of the 

 county Monday evening, June 20. Ap- 

 parently there were only a dozen farmers 

 interested in this national organization, 

 but they were interested enough in the 

 movement to elect a committee of five to 

 organize a member.ship campaign. H. 

 P. Hinckley of Agawam, President of the 

 State Federation, stated that business 

 men have their chamber of commerce, 

 labor has its organization and farmers 

 now have the American Federation of 

 Farm Bureaus. This farmers' organiza- 

 tion is built on business principles and is 

 to protect the farmers interests in an or- 

 ganized way. Farmers constitute over 

 one-half of the population of the country 

 and constitute the largest class of con- 

 sumers, yet this is the first time they 

 have formed a strictly business organiza- 

 tion. 



R. C. Edlund of Hampden County, 

 showed that while the Improvement 

 League only had 400 farmer members, 

 the Farm Bureau had over 900. The 

 League through its staff could not do for 

 the farmers what they can do for them- 

 selves through the membership Farm 

 Bureau. 



Fred D. Griggs, State Secretary, told 

 of the experience of the membership or- 

 ganization in Middlesex County which 

 has 1300 members. An organization 

 committee planned the membership cam- 

 paign and formed a program of work. 

 The direct results have been better at- 

 tendance at meetings; co-operation with 

 trustees for county aid to agriculture; 

 forming of commodity groups such as 

 market gardeners, dairymen and fruit 

 growers; buying and selling groups 

 foi-med. In the legislature they worked 

 for the standaid farm produce box which 

 holds one bushel to replace the five peck 

 box which has been used in the Boston 

 Market, for daylight saving, and for a 

 state constabulary for rural sections of 

 the state. 



The meeting elected the following cam- 

 paign committee to meet at Amherst 

 during Farmers' Week: H. C. Barton, 

 Amherst, Chairman ; Ralph Cole, Hunt- 

 ington; Josiah Parsons, Northampton; 

 E. Thornton Clark, Granby; Arlin Cole, 

 West Chesterfield. 



Continued from page 1. column 2 

 1.00 A. M.— Inspection of School 

 Farm and Holstein Herd. 

 12.00— Basket lunch. 

 1.30— Informal talks. 



