HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARMERS' MONTHLY 



OLD DEERFIELD 



FERTILIZERS 



' Reasonable in Dollars and Sense'' 



MANUFACTURED BY 



A. W. HIGGINS, Inc. 



SOUTH DEERFIELD, MASS. 

 Teleplinne 140 



BISSELL'S TIRE SHOP 



NOKI'HAMI'TON. MASfS. 



Miller, Goodyear, and U. S. Tires 



Tires and Tubes 



Vulcanized by Steam 



GOODYKAR SERVICK STATION 



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NORTHAMPTON 



COMMERCIAL 



COLLEGE 



"THE SCHOOL OF THOROUGHNESS" 



111 session twelve niontlis in 

 the year. Students lulmitted 

 at any time ami graduated 

 wlien cnmpetent. 



Greater demand and better 

 salaries for business = trained 

 men and women than ever be= 

 fore. For catalogue and com= 

 plete information address 



JOSEPH PICKETT, Principal 

 76 Pleasant St., Northampton, Mass. 



I FARMERS' EXCHANGE 



FOR SALE: A New Leader Evapora- 

 tor for 400 brickets. 20% discount if 

 taken at once. .John Braun, Ashfield, 

 Mass. Telephone Cummington 13-14. 



Coiitimied from pape 2. colinnii 1 



ary 1 is more satisfactory but others, 

 March 1 may be moi-e convenient as there 

 is less supply of crops and feed on hand 

 at that time. If you do nothing more 

 than take an inventory once a year you 

 will at least know if your business has 

 been profitable. You will not be able, 

 however, to study your business and find 

 the leaks as if you had kept in addition 

 some sort of accounts. 



A classified account of receipts and ex- 

 penses in addition to the inventory will 

 tell you about your different enterprises 

 and give lots more information with 

 which to plan your farm operations. 



Don't bother to keep accounts unless 

 at the end of the year you plan to sum- 

 marize them and know what returns you 

 have made on your investment and labor. 

 It is the most interesting part of your 

 whole year's work and a few hours spent 

 in this way should give you more profit 

 than any other work you can possibly 

 do. 



Remember and get some sort of an ac- 

 count book and use it. If you want a 

 simple and yet complete account book, 

 call your County Agent and ask for the 

 Massachusetts book. It only costs 2.5 

 cents. 



TRAINED MEN IN AGRICULTURE 



Approximately five hundred disabled 

 ex-service men are receiving vocational 

 training in Agricultui-e in the .states of 

 Maine, New Hampshire, and Massachu- 

 setts, Vermont and Rhode Island. These 

 men are taught both practical and theo- 

 retical princii51es of scientific agriculture 

 at State Colleges, County Agricultural 

 Schools, and selected farms throughout 

 New England. 



The Federal Government, through the 

 Veteran's Bureau, is paying these men 

 while in training, and every effort is 

 made by the Rehabilitation Department 

 of this Bureau to turn out practical far- 

 mers who will answer to the need of 

 further development in progressive far- 

 ming in New England. 



All men going into agricultural 

 training are examined by medical special- 

 ists, and in every case assurance is given 

 that the man's disability will not prevent 

 the full performance of the type of agri- 

 cultural training that he has selected. 

 Our experience with twenty-five men who 

 graduated from the Two- Year Course in 

 Practical Agriculture, at Mass. College, 

 has been most encouraging. All of these 

 men are now located in permanent em- 

 ployment at good wages and are giving 

 complete satisfaction. 



C'lilitimied uii i«igi' T. I'olumn :! 



W. H. RILEY & CO. 

 PLUMBING and HEATING 



KITCHEN FURNISHINGS 



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Glcnwood Uaniics and Lowe IJros. Taints 



0pp. Post Offire Xoi'thaiupttm, Mass. 



Northamptnn Jnatttirttnn 

 for ^auinga 



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Deposits begin to draw interest on the 



first business day of each month 



$1 will open an account 



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Your income from your deposits in Massa- 

 chusetts Mutual Savings Banks is not 

 taxable under the State Income Tax 



Open 9 A. M. to 3 P. M. 

 Saturdays, 9 A. M. to noon 

 Monday evenings, 6.30 to 8 



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 NORTHAMPTON 



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We make every effort 

 To render a faultless 

 Personal service. 

 May we serve you ? 



\VM. G. B.\.SSI:TT, President 

 F. N. KNEELAM), Viee-rresiilent 

 EDWARD L. SHAW, Vice-President 

 ELBERT L. ARNOLD, Cashier 



