

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY 





FARMERS' MONTHLY 



Vol. VII. 



NORTHAMPTON, MASS., FEBRUARY, ]9l'2 



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HAMPSHIRE-FRANKLIN 



HOLSTEiN-FRIESAN CLUB 



Holds Annual Meeting 



The annual meeting of the local Hol- 

 stein Club held at the Man.sion House, 

 Greenfield, Saturday, January 28, was 

 well attended by Holstein Breeders from 

 Hampshire County. The mornng ses- 

 sion was given over to election of officers. 

 T. E. Elder of Mount Hermen was re- 

 elected president and other officers were 

 j-e-elected for 1922. The treasurer's re- 

 port showed the club to be in a healthy 

 financial condition and it was voted to re- 

 duce the annual membership fee from 

 five dolars to three dollars. 



The afternoon session was addressed 

 by Prof. E. S. Savage of Cornell, who 

 spoke on Modern Dairy Rations. He 

 said in part: Cows need plenty of fresh 

 air and water and while both are inexpen- 

 sive they are a limiting factor in milk 

 production. Cows giving over 40 lbs. of 

 milk a day do not maintain the balance 

 of calcium and phosphorous in their 

 bodies. This lack of minerals in the 

 feed is taken by the cow from her 

 skeleton. She puts it back during her 

 dj'.v period and can best do this on pasture 

 rather than on dry feed. Remedies sug- 

 geted are: 1. Feeding legume hay. 2. 

 Feeding Bone Meal at the rate of 1/10 to 

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HAMPSHIRE COUNTY 



FARM LOAN ASSOCIATION 



Annual Meeting 



The annual meeting of the Northamp- 

 ton National Farm Loan Association 

 .showed an increasing interest on the part 

 of farmers in this county in the Federal 

 Land bank. A large percentage of the 

 stockholders were present and the fol- 

 lowing officers for 1922 elected : 



President, E. Thornton Clark, Granby. 



Vice-President, E. C. Phillips, Wil- 

 liamsburg. 



Secretary-Treasurer, W. J. LaFleur, 

 Northampton. 

 Directors:— C. E. Stiles, Amherst; W. 



E. Cole, Florence, John Dalrymple, 

 Plainfield. 

 Loan Committee: — E. C. Phillips, E. T. 

 Clark and John Dalrymple. 



Applications for loans may be had by 

 addressing W. J. LaFleur, Pleasant St., 

 Northampton, Mass. 



FORMS FARM BUREAU 



Leading Farmers Elected Officers 



Hampshire County farmers decided to 

 join forces with the American Federa- 

 tion of Farm Bureaus at a meeting held 

 in Northampton, Tuesday, January 24. 

 For the past year this matter has been 

 under consideration and ideas on the 

 subject have finally crystalized into ac- 

 tion. 



Howard S. Russell, State Secretary for 

 the Mass. Federation spoke on the bene- 

 fits to be derived from the Farm Bureau 

 in this state, making clear that the success 

 { of the organization would depend on 

 strong local units brought together into 

 a county organization. The county or- 

 ganization is represented in the State 

 Federation and the States in turn are 

 bound together in the Amei'ican Federa- 

 tion of Farm Bureaus which represents 

 at the present time over a million of 

 farmers from practically every state in 

 the union. One cannot take up the daily 

 papers or agricultural journals without 

 reading of the activities of this organi- 

 zation. Every farmer should take pride 

 in belonging to such an efficient organi- 

 zation made up solely of farmers working 

 for the farmers' interest. 



George E. Taylor of Shelburne Falls 

 and Treasurer of the Franklin County 

 Farm Bureau, said that over 400 Frank- 

 lin County farmers believed in the Farm 

 Bureau and had formed a workable or- 

 ' ganization in Franklin County. 



The meeting elected the following offi- 

 cers: Josiah W. Parsons, Northampton, 

 President; G. Fred Pelissier, Hadley, 

 Vice-President; Fred H. Bean, Florence, 

 Secretary; Earle Parsons, Northampton, 

 Treasurer; Executive Committee: J. G. 

 Cook, Hadley; Geo. Barrus, Goshen; W. 

 H. Atkins, Amherst. Every officer is a 

 real farmer. 



These officers met Friday, January 27 

 and chose town directors foi' each town 

 in the county and made arrangements for 

 a general meeting and dinner to be held 

 at Boyden's, Northampton, Thursday, 

 February 9th. It was expected that 

 every tovim in the county would be repre- 

 sented at this meeting and plans were 

 made for a membership campaign. 



CLUB LEADERS' "GET-TOGETHER" 



Largest Ever 



Saturday, February 4th, was the annual 

 club leaders gathering from all over the 

 county. The weather man sent an ideal 

 day so it was possible to come from all 

 parts of the county. Ware and Plain- 

 field, two extremes of the county were 

 represented. 



The meeting started at about eleven 

 o'clock wdth a short report given by Miss 

 Erhard of the club work done in the 

 count.y during 1921 and the work now 

 going on for 1922. 



The meeting then split into four 

 groups. Mrs. French, County Home 

 Agent, had charge of the food group 

 which took up the judging and scoring of 

 bread. Miss Murdock, State Home Econ- 

 omics Club Leader, had the sewing gi-oup, 

 laying special emphasis on the use of 

 decorative stitches. Mr. Nodine, State 

 Poultry Club Leader, had charge of the 

 poultry club and Mr. Howe, Assistant 

 I State Leader, had the handicraft group. 



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CO-OPERATIVE MILK PLANT 



Holds Annual iVleeting 



The first annual meeting of the Hol- 

 yoke Producers' Dairy Company formed 

 by Hampshire County farmers supplying 

 the Holyoke market, was a decided suc- 

 cess in evei-y way. Over two thirds of 

 the members were present thus showing 

 their interest in the company. The 

 morning session was devoted to reports 

 of the Directors, Manager and Treasurer. 

 The Directors report gave in detail the 

 history of the forming of the company. 

 Meetings were held in the towns from 

 which milk was shipped to Holyoke and 

 the farmers interest aroused in the 

 marketing of milk. In February 1921 a 

 general meeting of milk producers in 

 Holyoke elected a committee to investi- 

 gate milk marketing and to .see if retail 

 business could be purchased. Farmers 

 put $460 at the disposal of the committee 

 and options on four concerns having stock 

 business of 4,800 quarts daily secured. 



In March the farmers voted to form 

 the Holyoke Producers Dairy Company. 

 ; Much difficulty was encountered in fi- 

 i nancing the company but finally loans of 

 i $30,000 were secured on farmer's notes, 

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