HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARMERS' MONTHLY 



SAVE THE ONIONS 



BY 



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WILLIAM L. BELDEN COMPANY, Inc. 



SOUTH DEERFIELD, MASS. 

 Sole Distributing Agents for New Hngiand (except Maine). 



Continued from juit^H 1, (-.liuniii t 



necessary equipment of tlie efficient farm 

 shop. 



In the agricultuial group programs, 

 marketing is given a major place, particu- 

 larly in the fruit, market garden, tobac- 

 co and onion meetings. 



Each of the specialized farm industries 

 of first importance in the state is the sub- 

 ject of a group of meetings making .sepa- 

 rate programs within the "Week". The 

 fruit sessions run from noon of the 2.5th 

 through the 26th, with field meeting.s in 

 the orchard, a trip to South Amherst's 

 orchards, a talk on direct marketing by 

 Dr. S. W. Fletcher of Pennsylvania, and 

 an afternoon on farm fruit manufacture 

 and storage as features of the two days. 



The college farm departments are ai- 

 ranging a balanced program which will 

 consider both the animal industry and 

 the raising of the necessary feed and cash 

 crops, and which will give an opportu- 

 nity for field meetings on the college fai-m 

 the afternoon of the 26th, and a livestock 

 show the latter half of the afternoon of 

 the 27th. The college farm will present 

 fields showing suggested dairy farm ro- 

 tations, the effects of the top dressing 

 mowings, and a comparison of thick ver- 

 sus thin planting of silage. The farm 

 has a demonstration short dairy rotation 

 with a promising stand of alfalfa, and a 

 potato rotation for a dairy faim. 



The poultry convention last three days, 

 beginning the 26th, and includes signifi- 

 cant meetings on flock certification and 

 disease control. Unprecendented inter- 

 est in poultry raising this past year indi- 

 cates a large attendance of new poultry- 

 men at these meetings. The market 

 gardeners, onion growers, tobacco far- 

 mers and livestock breeders have com- 

 pact programs of half a day or less, on 

 Friday, the 28th, onions and tobacco 

 sharing the afternoon. 



On the woman's side, household 

 management is the dominating interest, 

 and is presented every day in one form or 

 another. A symposium on household 

 management by farm women .scheduled 

 for Wednesday and Friday afternoons 

 when women who have been undertaking 

 new methods of increasing home making 

 efficiency will discuss their experiences. 

 Home furnishing meal planning, flowers 

 in the home, kitchen equipment and prac- 

 tices, and water systems for the farm, 

 are among the principal subjects on the 

 farm home program. 



The week's schedule in brief follows: 



Beekeepers Day, Tuesday. 



The Farm Shop, Tuesday morning. 



Fruit Growers Days, Tuesday after- 

 noon and Wednesday. 



General Dairy Days, Tuesday after- 

 noon, Wednesday and Thursday. 



Poultry Convention, Wednesday noon to 

 Friday night. 



Market Garden Program, Friday mor- 

 ning. 



Tobacco and Onions, Friday afternoon. 



Livestock Session, Friday morning. 



Lawn School, Wednesday afternoon. 



Farm Home Progiani, each day. 



FAIR DATES 



Aug. .30-.31 Middlefield. 



Sept. 2- 6 Worcester. 



Sept. 8- 9 Ware. 



Sept. 12-14 Greenfield. 



Sept. 17-2.3 Eastern States. 



.Sept. 2G-27 Cummington 



Oct. .3- 5 Northampton. 



Northampton 

 t^ National Bank ^ 



WARREN M. KING, President 



C. H. PIERCE, Vice-President 



EDWIN K. ABBOTT, Cashier 



J. MALCOLM WARREN, Ass't. Cashier 



CAPITAL AND SURPLUS, $71X,WXl 

 DEPOSITS. $3.H(I0,IKX) 



Savings Department 

 Interest Payable Quarterly 



We are qualified to act as Executor, 

 Administrator and Trustee 



Why not make your will appointing 

 this Bank as Executor? 



THE BANK FOR EVERYBODY 



H. D. SMITH 



Hatfield, Mass. 



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