HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARMERS' MONTHLY 



HAM PSHIR 



COUNTY CLUB WORK 



MIDDLEFIELD GIRL 



CANNING CHAMPION 



Makes $75.04 Profit 



Canning champion has finally been 

 picked by Miss Murdock, Asst. State Club 

 Leader. Helen Olds of Middlefield, com- 

 pleting third year work won. There 

 were other girls who canned more pro- 

 ducts and made bigger profits but Helen 

 did excellent work and scored very high. 



Frances Sauers of Belchertown came 

 in second and Miriam Loud of Plainfield 

 came in third. 



Alice Randall of Belchertown is the 

 county's candidate for State champion- 

 ship. 



Following is the canning story written 

 by Helen : 



My Canning Club Story 



I have been in the canning club two 

 years so I thought I would be in it again. 

 I canned first 19 quarts of beef. We 

 were sick in the spring so I could not can 

 any strawberries or raspberries. 



Then I canned beans and made some 

 pickles. When it was time for blackber- 

 ries, I canned blackberries until I was 

 sick of it but I have sixty-four quarts 

 and I guess it paid. I got so tired of 

 canning one day that J canned several 

 quarts without rubbers and had to fix 

 them all over again as I didn't notice 

 they were without rubbers until they 

 were cold. I canned several quarts of 

 string beans and after we had a large 

 watermelon I made watermelon pickle of 

 the rind. I had about two quarts. Last 

 year when we canned plums we did not 

 have sugar enough to make jelly of the 

 skins so we canned the skins and made 

 jelly of them this summer. I took some 

 canning to Middlefield Fair and received 

 first prize in the club. 



We went to Northampton Fair and had 

 a float. The float was decor.ated to rep- 

 resent the boys' and girls' clubs. On the 

 float were members of sheep, garden, 

 sewing, handicraft, calf, canning, and 

 corn clubs. We were very much pleased 

 to receive the fourth prize. 



I made eighteen jars of jelly, peach, 

 apple, plum and blackberry. 



I could not can any succotash because 

 the corn and beans were not ready at the 

 same time. I began going to high school 

 and my mother had to can the last of the 

 sweet corn and the last of the peaches. 

 I did not receive my report sheet so I 

 had to make one out. 



I enjoyed my work very much and 

 think it pays to can. 



Helen Olds. 



WEST IS CORN CHAMPION 



Yield 96 Bushels to the Acre 



A committee finally decided that the 

 county championship in corn should go 

 to Osborne West of Hadley. Irving 

 .Johnson of Hadley placed second and 

 Stefan Buczala of Westhampton placed 

 third. 



The champion's story will be printed 

 in an early issue. 



Poultry Notes 



The following special prizes were won 

 at the Boston Poultry Show, in addition 

 to the prizes announced last month : 

 1 quart can zenoleum to : 



Lewis Whittaker of Hadley for 4th 



prize White Wyandottes. 

 James Parnell, Amhei'st, for 2nd prize 



White Leghorns. 

 Lewell Walker, Amherst, for 2nd prize 



for Anconas. 

 William Chmura, Hadley, for honorable 

 mention. 

 Setting of Leghorn Eggs from Lord 

 Farms to: 



Dennett Howe, Amherst, for 1st prize 

 Wyandotte hen. 

 One year subscription to "Eevrybody's 

 Poultry .Journal" to: 



Osborne West, Hadley for 1st prize 



Wyandotte hen. 

 Dennett Howe, Amherst, for 1st prize 

 White Leghorn hen. 

 Package Pratts baby chick feed to : 

 Osborne West, for 3rd prize white 



Wyandotte Cockerel. 

 Andrews Peters, President of Amherst 

 Poultry Club, has resigned his position 

 due to the fact he has sold his birds. 

 Helen Whalen was made president and 

 the club voted to make Peters an honor- 

 ary member. 



The Bondsville club is doing very good 

 work. They are doing things in a very 

 systematic way. For example, at their 

 last meeting they voted that all hen 

 houses be white washed. We understand 

 all are living up to their recommenda- 

 tion too. 



GREAT VARIETY OF CLUB NAMES 



Many of the clubs about the county 

 have reported their names and officers. 

 The names are as follows: 

 South Amherst 



'22 Bay Path Gaiment Club. 

 South Amherst 



'22 Bay Path Handicraft Club. 

 Amherst 

 Easthampton 



Willing Worker.s- — Handicraft. 

 Cushman Magic Workers — Garment. 



Other names as they come in will be 

 printed next month. 



Notes Around the County 



The girls in Packardville School club 

 are making very good looking bungalow 

 aprons. Each girl has designed her own 

 neck. Some of these are very original. 



Hazel Holden of Plainfield attending 

 the high school in William.sburg is acting 

 as junior leader of the home enconomics 

 club there helping Mrs. Ellis Clark. 



At each meeting of the East Amherst 

 handicraft club one of the older members 

 gives a demonstration on the use of 

 tools. This is a very good idea and 

 shows good club spirit. 



At a recent community meeting in 

 Easthampton, the local prizes were 

 awaided. George Waltz, garden mem- 

 ber, won the set of tools and Amy Obe- 

 rempt won the canner. 



The following prizes were won at the 

 Boston Junior Corn Show, netting club 

 members .$13.00: 



William Chmura, Hadley — one 4th prize. 

 Irving .Johnson, Hadley — three 1st prizes. 

 Osborne West, Hadley — three 1st prizes. 

 Edward Thompson, Westhampton — one 

 1st, two 4ths, one 6th. 

 Merton Smith, Amherst — one 4th. 

 Irving Johnson also won 1st in pop corn 

 in the Senior Show. 



Couriiiiied from page 1, column 'S 

 At noon a buffet lunch was served of 

 scalloped oysters, potato chips, rolls, 

 coffee, ice cream and cake. 



After lunch Mr. Farley, State Club 

 Leader, spoke on the club work in the 

 state, — past, present and future. 



Mr. Paul Alger, Club Agent for Frank- 

 lin County, spoke on the calf club. 



Mr. Robert Trask, Club Agent for Mid- 

 dlesex County, gave a very interesting 

 talk on the Achievement Club of his 

 county. This is an organization of older 

 club members who help carry on the club 

 work in the county. 



As all good club meetings have a 

 game there was next a little while given 

 to "Who is Your Neighbor"? This was 

 followed by a general discussion of club 

 plans for the coming year. The meeting 

 adjourned at three o'clock. 



Folowing is a list of those present: 

 Amherst — Misses Howlett, Greene, En- 

 right. 

 Belchertown — Mrs. Randall. 

 Chesterfield — Misses Packard and Snyder. 

 Cummington — Mr. Leon Thayer. 

 Easthampton — Mr. Forbes. 

 Goshen — Miss Morton. 

 Granby — Miss Wood. 

 Hadley — Two Miss Flaherty's, Miss Cor- 



bin and Miss Ryan. 

 Huntington — Mr., Mrs., and Miss Mun- 

 son. 

 Continxu^d nii pagi' (i. column I 



