HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARMERS' MONTHLY 



HAM PSHIR 



COUNTY CLUB WORK 



HAMPSHIRE-FRANKLIN DAY 



Calf Club Members Meet 



June 26 the calf club members of 

 Hampshire and Franklin counties com- 

 bined to hold a field day at the M. A. C. 

 Farm. The meeting started at 10.30 A. 

 M. Mr. Montague, the farm manager, 

 conducted the boys and girls around the 

 barns. Then a judging contest was held. 

 The club members judged four classes of 

 calves, three in a class. Many of the boys 

 and girls were judging for the first time. 

 On the whole they did very good work. 



After a picnic lunch the meeting con- 

 tinued in Grinnell Arena. Professor 

 Fawcett of the Animal Husbandry De- 

 partment of the E.xtension Service talked 

 on proper feeding. Mr. Cooper, the na- 

 tional Holstein Calf Club Man, gave a 

 demonstration and talk on getting calves 

 ready for the show. 



Mr. Howe, State Calf Club Leader, 

 showed a calf shipping crate one of the 

 club members had made and explained the 

 requirements of a good crate. 



Mr. Putnam, Franklin County Agent, 

 who has for four years followed the shows 

 told the boys and girls what to do and 

 how to do it at the shows. 



Mr. Farley, State Club Leader, talked 

 a few minutes on what constitutes a good 

 calf club member. The meeting ad- 

 journed at three o'clock. 



There were sixteen Hampshire County 

 club members and seven adults, leader 

 and parents, present. There was a good- 

 ly number of Franklin county people 

 there. All felt the day had been both in- 

 teresting and instructive. The club mem- 

 bers are now looking forward to seeing 

 each other at the fairs in the fall. 



CHAMPIONSHIPS AWARDED 



Hadley, Amherst and Bondsville Win 



Mr. Farley, Miss Murdock and Mr. 

 Howe of the State Club Department 

 helped to pick Hampshire County 

 champions. The competition in gar- 

 ment and handicraft was particularly 

 keen. 



The food winners are: Champion, Vic- 

 toria Korzera of Hadley, second Ruth 

 Beesaw of Huntington, third (honorable 

 mention) Dorothy Martin of Pelham. 



The garment winners are Bronka Dus- 

 za of Bond.sville, Ruth Larned of Amher.st 

 and Mae Holcomb of Belchertown. The 

 winner is a third year girl. She won 

 over the second prize girl because she had 

 done more work and had al.so taught the 

 first year girls of the club how to darn. 



The handicraft champion is George 

 Westcott of No. Amherst. There was a 

 tie for second place between Hector King 

 of Ware and Joseph Benis of Granby. 

 Third place went to Kenneth Hooker, Pel- 

 ham. 



FIRST IN THEIR CLUB 



The following is the rest of the list 

 started la.st month of the club first prize 

 winners : 



(jarment Club 



South Amherst, First year work — Eva 

 Alfieri; Russellville, first year work — 

 Helen Kobyera; Huntington, second year 

 ! work — Eve Savage ; third year work — 

 Helen Olds; Cushman, first year work — 

 Delah Adamites; Granby older first 

 year girls — Florence Bellieveau ; younger 

 first year girls — Thelman Turgeon ; Wil- 

 liamsburg, first year work — Pelham, 

 Packardville first year work — Florence 

 Goodrich; West Pelham, first year work — 

 Evelyn Kimball; East Pelham, first year 

 jwork — Violet Cadrett; Plainfield, first 

 [year work — Katharine Allen; Hockanum, 

 first year work — Catharine John.son ; 

 Amherst, older first year girls — Helen 

 Butterworth ; Amherst — Middle-aged first 

 year girls — Estelle Watts; Amherst 

 younger first year girls — Louise Joy; 

 North Amherst older first year girls — 

 Annie Kulohoskie; North Amherst mid- 

 dle first year girls — Mary Ursia ; North 

 Amherst Thrifty Workers, first year 

 girls — Dorothy Sherman; third year 

 girls — Ruth Larned; Hatfield Center 

 "Star" first year— Nellie Tobacco; Hat- 

 field Center "T. E. W." first year— Bea- 

 trice Boyer; Hatfield Center "Banner" 

 first year — Helen Wickles; Bradstreet 

 first year — Frances Konteith; West Hat- 

 field first year — Susan Bousko; North 

 Hatfield first year — Irene Slattery; En- 

 field, first year — Alma Perry; Lithia, 

 first year — Beth Bissell ; Washington Sec- 

 tion (Belchertown) first year — Catharine 

 Cavanaugh, Blue Meadow (Belchertown) 

 first year — Doris Holcomb; second year — 

 Mae Holcomb; Bondsville, first year — 

 Sophia Dusza; second year — Violet 

 Dusze; third year — Bronka Dusza; Ware 

 Town, first year — Sophia Kozik; Ware 

 3, first year — Conciglia Lemone; Ware .5, 

 first year — Dorothy Parker. 



Handicraft Club 



Hadley, first year— William Chmura; 

 Granby older first year boys — Joseph 

 Benis; younger first year boys — Henry 

 Randall; Bondsville, first year — Hubert 

 Howe; West Chesterfield, first year — 

 David Healey; Ware 7, first year — Jerry 

 Donnigan; second year — Leo CoUette; 

 third year — Ernest King; Worthington, 

 first year — Harry Jejion; Lithia, first 

 year — Helmar Lundberg; second year — 

 Robert Beals; Pelham (East) unable to 

 exhibit; Pelham (West), first year — 

 Theodore Geraniar; Packardville, first 

 year — Kenneth Hoker; Plainfield, first 

 year — Fredrick Tirrell; Brad.street, first 



CLOVER LEAVES 



All the calf club members in the county 

 have been visited. Purebreds, Holstein 

 and young heifers seem to predominate. 

 There are a few grades, no scrubs, few 

 Jerseys and Guern.seys, no Ayrshires, and 

 one heifer in the county. 



A county secietary's book has been is- 

 sued. Each club in the county has a copy 

 of this. The club department is in- 

 terested to see who will send back the best 

 looking at the end of the yeai'. 



Canning demonstrations have been 

 given in seven different communities by 

 the club agent. In towns where there are 

 older club members, these girls are giving 

 the demonstrations. 



At a meeting of county club agents 

 held in Worcester the matter of a local 

 leader's manual was taken up. The book 

 will be ready for distribution in the fall. 



Mr. Farley, State Club Leader, was the 

 graduation speakei- at Middlefield and 

 Williamsburg. 



Championship camp is July 21st to 

 July 28th. There will be Hampshire 

 County club members there, three of these 

 state champions. 



Cnntiiuie*! troin ii.ii^f 1. <_-<)lunin 8 



toned down with blue. Elizabeth Cole 

 has a pretty blue and white room, warmed 

 with a bit of yellow, all of which makes 

 a pretty background for a beautiful set 

 of old fashioned furniture that has been 

 oiled and waxed. Elizabeth Porter's 



' room is done in buff' and blue. Reinette 

 Bernier has a big room done in yellow to 

 set off a pretty .set of old stenciled fur- 

 niture. One of the most interesting 

 things in the room is a very attractive 

 dressing table made from an old melodian. 

 Her sister did her room in rose. The 

 girls were not so situated that they could 

 refinish their rooms, so they made as 

 many of the things as possible and studied 

 the main principals with the club. 



The club has paid all the expenses of 

 their rooms by running suppers and other 

 entertainments. A complete cost account 

 is being prepared taking in all cost of 

 all the rooms. The club has been very 

 successful and we feel it has done ex- 

 ceptionally good work. Much of the 

 credit is due Miss Bartlett who has 



'worked untiringly with the girls. It is 

 hoped that next fall more of these clubs 

 may start in other communities. This 



I is distinctly an "older" girl project. 



year — Searnes Belden ; North Hatfield, 

 first year — Sammy Omasta, West Hat- 

 field, first year — John Chandler; Ware .5, 

 first year — Walter Peabody ; Cuniming- 

 , ton. 



