HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARMERS' MONTHLY 



HAMPSHIRE: COUNTY CLUB WORK 



CLUB CAMP 



Best Ever 



Camp week at Amherst has come and 

 gone again. This year all felt was the 

 best camp ever held. 



Hampshire County gathered for lunch 

 July 21 at the Hampshire County Ex- 

 tension Service rooms. Here is a pic- 

 ture of those from the county. As they 

 stand in this picture they are as follows: 

 First row left to right, Rachel Randall, 



1920 Pig Champion ; Victoria Kozera, 

 Hadley — 1922 Food Champion; Bronka 

 Dusza, Bondsville — 1922 Sewing Cham- 

 pion ; Orele Scott, Windsor. She was the 



1921 Canning Champion of Berkshire 

 County. She now lives in Cummington, 

 is a Hampshire County thiid year can- 

 ning club member, president and local 

 leader of the club. Christine Thatcher, 

 Plainfield, 1922 Garden Champion. 

 Second Row— Merton Cottrell, Middle- 

 field, 1921 State Sheep Champion; Alice 

 Randall, Belchertown, 1920 Canning 

 Champion ; Ward Harlow, Cummington, 



1921 Calf Champion; Ernest King, Ware, 



1922 State Handicraft Champion; Helen 

 Olds, Middlefield, 1921 Canning Cham- 

 pion. Top Row — Elmer Olds, Middle- 

 field, 1921 State Calf Champion, Alfred 

 Moray, Cummington, 1921 Potato Cham- 

 pion; George Westcott, Amherst 1922, 

 Handicraft Champion ; Osborne West, 

 Hadley, 1921 County Pig and County 

 Com Champion and State Corn Cham- 

 pion; Irving Clapp, Westhampton, 1922 

 Poultry Champion. 



After lunch the champions were all 

 taken to Amherst. 



The boys' camn was at the Diill Hall 

 and the girls' camp at North Dormitory. 



Every morning there were trips to va- 

 rious parts of the campus. There were 

 talks by various professors. Each eve- 

 ning thei-e was a special get-to-gether for 

 a good time. Saturday afternoon the 

 whole camp went to Mt Sugarloaf. Mon- 

 day there was a track meet; Tuesday a 

 trip to Orient Springs. The boys and 

 girls were able to attend much of the Far- I 

 mers' Week program. All the campers 

 agreed this was a fine and very worth 

 while week. Each one is trying again to j 

 win the trip next year. But next year's 

 vidnners are .still in the making! Every 

 club member in the county has an equal 

 chance. The camping trip goes to the 

 champion of each project. 



CHAMPIONS FROM THE COUNTY 



A Personal Note 



Dear Canning Club Members: It is now 

 time to start thinking about exhibits. We 

 want canning club girls and boys to be 

 well in evidence at the fairs. 



— From Your County Club Agent. 



FALL IS FAIR TIME 



start Planning Now 



Fair time is almost with us again. 

 Now is the time to plan for the various 

 fairs. Following are the dates that in- 

 terest Hampshire County Club members: 

 Middlefield Aug. .30-.31 



Worcester Sept. 2-6 



Chesterfield Grange Sept 6 



Ware Sept. 8-9 



Greenfield Sept 12-14 



Eastern States Sept. 16-2.3 



Cummington Sept 26-27 



Williamsburg Grange Sept 30 

 Northampton Oct. 3-.5 



All of these fair associations back boys' 

 and girls' work by giving them a good 

 pi-emium list. It is up to the boys and 

 girls to back the fair by giving them a 

 good exhibit. Every good club member 

 should exhibit. First of all support your 

 local fair. Then all should do their best 

 to make Northampton Fair the best 

 county fair in the State. Get a pre- 

 mium list now. Decide what you are 

 going to exhibit and start now to get it 

 ready. 



If you are exhibiting live stock, start 

 now to get it in condition. Practice 

 leading your calves so you may show them 

 well. 



If you are exhibiting vegetables oi- can- 

 ning, remember quality and uniformity 

 are what count. 



In any case exhibit what the premium 

 list calls foi- — no more or less. Show 

 your stuff in its best conditions. 



When you get to the fair, go into the 

 judging contests. Start now learning 

 how to judge. Practically all organized 

 clubs are having judging contests now to 

 practice. If you are not a member of a 

 club, practice judging your own cows, 

 your own canning and vegetables. 



WHAT MAKES A GOOD FLOAT ? 



The biggest feature of boys' and girls' 

 day at the County Fair is the Club 

 Pageant. All good club members should 

 now be planning what their float is to be. 

 At two o'clock October 3rd, the Club 

 Pageant starts. 



Communities doing club work are al- 

 lowed to enter a float. We hope EVERY 

 community doing club work tcill enter a 

 float. The only rule is that the float 

 must represent the club work your com- 

 munity is doing. Here are a few rules 

 to follow: 



1. Represent the woi'k you are doing. 



2. Make your float simple but attrac- 

 tive. 



3. Don't try to get too many things on 



4. Tell a story so peojilc will know 

 what you are doing. 



5. Be original. 



6. Have name of your town or commu- 

 nity on the light hand side of your 

 float. 



Think this over. Plan on it at your 

 August meeting. Get your float ready in 

 September. Be on hand October 3. 



Corrections 



The two following collections are made 

 to articles appearing in the .July issue of 

 (he paper: — 



1. In the article regarding the final 

 exhibit of the room club of Worthington, 

 the Extension Service was repre.sented 

 by Mrs. Mary Sullivan and the county 

 club agent, not by the County Agent. 



2. In the article regarding calves in 

 the county, as listed in Clover Leaves, 

 there is one bred heifer in the county. 

 The article reads one heifer, naturally the 

 big majority of calves are heifers. 



