HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARMERS' MONTHLY 



RELIABLE MARKET INFORMATION 



Are You Getting It ? 



Reliable market quotations are a neces- 

 sity for all farmers. There are all sorts 

 of market quotations published, some of 

 which are not reliable. To sell to advan- 

 tage the farmers must know what the 

 market is for his products. The Boston 

 Farmers' Market Report is issued every 

 day by the State Department of Agri- 

 culture and the Boston Market Gar- 

 deners' Association. It gives accurate 

 and reliable market information on 

 fruits, vegetables, eggs, butter, live- 

 stock, hay and grain. All information is 

 gathered by actual contact each morning 

 with market gardeners and others selling 

 their produce on the market. A charge 

 of three dollars is made for this report 

 which merely pays postage and does not 

 take care of other expenses. No farmer 

 can afford to be without this report. Send 

 $3.00 to W. E. Maloney, 136 State House, 

 Boston 9, to be put on the mailing list of 

 the Farmers' Produce Market Report. 



Continued from page 1. column 1 



The larger part of the afternoon was 

 given over to comments from those 

 present regarding the work as now con- 

 ducted. A discussion on kitchen plan- 

 ing brought out the fact that the ser- 

 vices of the men in this direction would 

 be required. It also was brought out 

 that demonstrators should have more de- 

 tailed plans so that there might be no 

 mistakes made in carrying on demonstra- 

 tions. 



The interest of all in Boys' and Girls' 

 Club work was manifest. Mr. Forbes of 

 Easthampton told an interesting inci- 

 dent. The Farmers' Club of Easthamp- 

 ton invited the boys and girls of the town 

 to a meeting at which gardening was to 

 be discussed. They had 25 different 

 kinds of seeds to be named. It was sur- 

 prising to see how interested the children 

 were and how much they knew about 

 seeds. 



Mr. -J. A. Sullivan of the Trustees for 

 County Aid to Agriculture, stated that 

 every one in the county was taxed to sup- 

 port the Extension Service and that the 

 Trustees were public officials whose duty 

 it was to see that this money was wisely 

 expended. In speaking of organizations 

 he stated that business men have their 

 organizations which obtain information 

 of what other business men in other parts 

 of the country are doing. In this way 

 each may profit by the experience of 

 others. The extension Service and other 

 farmers' organizations are doing this 

 thing for the farmers so that all may 

 benefit by improved methods. 



Taken altogether, it was a very success- 

 ful meeting. Next year we hope to have 

 every town represented so that all may 

 get valuable inspiration for the season's 

 work. 



AREN'T YOU GLAD? 



She Deserved it 



When a girl almost wins one year and 

 then goes back to win the next, we are 

 always glad to see her do it. This 

 garden champion did not float easily to 

 the top place in the county. She worked 

 hard and against odds. Here is her 

 story. 



My Oarden 



Last year I joined the garden club. I 

 liked it very much. I obtained the .second 

 prize at Cummington Fair. 



This year I thought it would be inter- 

 esting and profitable if I joined a club. 

 I resolved that this year I would work 

 for first prize. Now I have succeeded 

 for last night I received a check for six 

 dollars for first prize on my vegetable col- 

 lection. 



There wasn't enough club members so 

 we could have an organized club. 



I bought some seeds and sold most of 

 them and earned the camera with which 

 I took the picture which is on the first 

 page. 



I planted some of the seeds I bought 

 and some that I saved last year. It was 

 a great deal of fun to plant them and 

 also to see the different kinds of seeds. 



A few days after I had planted my gar- 

 den I hurt my finger very badly at school 

 so that I could not use my hand for a 

 month. I watched for the plants to come 

 up. But the weeds grew faster than 

 the plants. I tried to make my finger 

 grow better fast, .so that I could pull tho.se 

 horrible weeds out away from the plants 

 so the plants could grow better. 



My brother had a garden also. We 

 called the weeds Bad Habits and the 

 plants Good Habits. We tried to keep 

 the Bad Habits away from the Good 

 Habits. If the Bad Habits bothered the 

 Good Habits the Good Habits could not 

 grow to be big and tall. 



My plants grew fast after they had 

 started. It was great sport to see them 

 grow. 



The bugs were another enemy of my 

 plants. We fought thein with "bug- 

 death" and other things. Another enemy 

 of mine was the hens and chickens. They 

 were not as easy to fight as the other 

 things. But I kept them out the best I 

 could. Father says he will have the hens 

 shut up another year. 



As my plants grew bigger and stronger 

 they could fight the weeds better them- 

 selves. 



One time when the County Club leader 

 came to see my garden it did not look as 

 good as it usually did because I had been 

 away picking berries. But I soon had it 

 looking a good deal better. 



My garden was 4,500 square feet. 



I enjoyed my garden very much but 

 most of all the visits of the Club Leaders. 

 Christine Thatcher. 



Age 12 years. Plainfield. 



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