HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARMERS' MONTHLY 



HAMPSHIR 



COUNTY CLUB NA/ O R K 



EXHIBITS IN MAY 



Plan to Attend in Your Town 



All the home economics and handi- 

 craft clubs in the county will hold exhi- 

 bits in May. In some towns the poultry 

 club members will also exhibit at this 

 time. Some clubs will hold individual 

 exhibits and in other places two or more 

 clubs in the town will combine. Fol- 

 lowing are the dates as scheduled, all 

 coming in May. Posters will be put up 

 in all towns telling of the place. Plan to 

 attend your own exhibit or visit nearby 

 towns. 



15th — Afternoon, South Amherst; sew- 

 ing and handicraft, two clubs. 



Evening — East Amherst; Food and 

 handicraft, two clubs. 



16th — Afternoon, Russellville ; sewing 

 and handicraft, one club. 



16th — Evening, Middlefield; sewing 

 and handicraft, one club. 



17th — Afternoon, Cushman; sewing 

 and handicraft, two clubs. 



17th — Evening, Amherst, M. A. C; 

 sewing and handicraft, nine clubs. 



18th — Afternoon, Hockanum ; sewing 

 and handicraft, one club. 



18th — Evening, Chesterfield; sewing 

 and handicraft, two clubs. 



19th — Afternoon, Westhampton; sew- 

 ing, one club. 



19th — Evening, Huntington ; sewing, 

 food, handicraft, three clubs. 



20th — Afternoon, W. Chesterfield; sew- 

 ing and handicraft, two clubs. 



20th — Evening, Williamsburg; sewing, 

 one club. 



22nd — Evening, Ware; sewing and 

 handicraft, five clubs. 



2.3rd — Afternoon, Washington School, 

 Belchertown ; sewing and handicraft, two 

 clubs. 



23rd — Evening, Bondsville; sewing and 

 handicraft, two clubs. 



24th — Afternoon, So. Hadley Center; 

 sewing, one club. 



24th — Evening, Hadley; food and 

 handicraft, two clubs. 



25th — Morning, Granby; sewing and 

 handicraft, four clubs. 



2-5th — Afternoon, Enfield; sewing, one 

 club. 



26th — Evening, Hatfield; sewing and 

 handicraft, nine clubs. 



27th — Afternoon, Blue Meadow; 

 sewing and handicraft, one club. 



27th — Evening, Pelham; sewing, food 

 and handicraft, one club. 



29th — Afternoon, Goshen ; sewing and 

 handicraft, one club. 



29th — Evening, Plainfield ; food, sewing 

 and handicraft, one club. 



Cummington exhibit pending. 



THREE OUT OF TEN! 



state Champions 



Mr. Farley, State Club Leader, has just 

 announced the state club champions for 

 1921. Of the ten awarded, three came 

 to Hampshire County. Following is a 

 list and comments by Mr. Farley: 

 Garden — Ernest Golthwaite — Middlesex. 

 Potato — Roger Pepperill — Middlesex. 

 Corn — Osborne West — Hampshire. 

 Pig — Eugene Graves — Franklin. 

 Calf — Elmer Olds — Hampshire. 

 Poultry — Richard Noyes — Middlesex. 

 Sheep — Merton Cottiell — Hampshire. 

 Canning — Lilse Crawford — Middlesex. 

 Bread — Helen Knight — Essex. 

 Sewing — Hester Russell — Middlesex. 



"There are several interesting situations 

 developed as the prize winners were 

 chosen which I think might be of interest. 

 For instance, in the Pig Club the final 

 award came down to a choice between 

 a girl and a boy who both raised sow pigs 

 to be kept for breeding purposes; both 

 wrote good stories and had most satis- 

 factory reports, both made good gains 

 with their pigs but the boy had a little 

 the best of the girl in the cost per pound 

 for raising. 



In the corn contest it settled down be- 

 tween two boys, the prize goes to West 

 on the strength of better story and report. 



The other boy got a little the best of him 

 in the cost per bushel of raising but when 

 all the points were taken into considera- 

 tion it was felt that West won first prize. 



In the potato contest the boy from Ply- 

 mouth County who was state champion 

 last year bettered his previous records, 

 but as you remember it was decided in 

 the annual conference not to award the 

 state championship to the same individual 

 more than once, so the award goes to 

 Roger Ryan. 



The garden contest was the closest one 

 of all, it finally reduced itself down to 

 four boys, one from Norfolk, Plymouth, 

 Worcester and one from Middlesex Coun- 

 ties. After nearly two hours discussion 

 on the part of Mr. Howe and myself, we 

 called the Market Garden Department 

 and found Mr. H. F. Thompson of the 

 Extension Service in Amherst for the day 

 and taking the reports of these four boys, 

 Prof. Thomp.son, Dr. Dacy, Prof. Harris, 

 Mr. Howe and myself stayed in confer- 

 ence for three quarters of an hour more 

 and as a result finally decided that Ernest 

 Goldthwaite of Dunstable deserved the 

 prize." 



It will be of interest to Hampshire 

 County people to know that the girl who 

 lost out in the pig club was Rachel Ran- 

 dall, Belchertown, Hampshire County. 



We are sure all club people of the coun- 



MORE MEMBERS 



MORE LEADERS 



MORE CLUBS 



The Aim for the Summer 



And we'll do it if all work together! 

 We hope each town will have an agricul- 

 tural club and a canning club. In many 

 towns these clubs are already formed. 

 They can only be formed and run success- 

 fully when there is a good live leader. 



The plan is to have each club meet once 

 a month. The first meeting will be for 

 organization and making out a program 

 for the summer. Other meetings will be 

 planned at different places so the club' 

 may visit all its members at home during 

 the summer. At each meeting it is hoped 

 one member will give some kind of demon- 

 stration and that each member will report 

 on how his project is progressing. The 

 canning club will be very similar. The 

 first meeting will be for organization, the 

 next for demonstration and the other 

 meetings following out the program the 

 club decides on. 



The club projects of the county and the 

 minimum requirements are as follows: 

 (only first year requirements are given) 

 Etc. — denotes there are different require- 

 ments for 2nd, 3rd and 4th year. 



1. Canning — 24 jars; etc. 



2. Garden— 500 sq. ft, etc. 



3. Potato— 1/20 acre. 



4. Corn — i acre. 



5. Onion — s acre. 



6. Pig— 1 pig. 



7. Calf— 1 calf. 



8. Poultry — 5 birds, etc. 



Any boy or girl under twenty-one years 

 of age in the county who is not reached 

 through school, wishing to enroll in a pro- 

 ject may get a card by writing to the 

 County Club Agent. 



CLOVER LEAVES 



On March 13th the "Ready Running 

 Rollers" sewing club of Amherst, led by 

 Miss Faina Thouin had all their require- 

 ments complete. This club has "Work 

 with a Will" for a motto and blue and 

 gold for colors. 



At the community meeting in South' 

 Amherst, George McKennie, president of 

 the handicraft club reported the work 

 being done by that club and the sewing 

 club. John Schoonmaker gave a report 

 of the poultry he and his brother keep. 



ty congratulate "our" three champions. 

 All join to extend the congratulations of 

 the county to the one champion from 

 Franklin, one from Essex and the five 

 from Middlesex. 



