HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARMERS' MONTHLY 



HAMPSHIRE: COUNTY CLUB WORK 



BOYS' AND GIRLS' DAY A SUCCESS BUSY WEEK AT SPRINGFIELD 



CLOVER LEAVES 



Bigger and Better than 1921 



Boys' and Girls' Day at Noithampton 

 Fair has come and gone again. All parts 

 of the county joined to make it a bigger 

 and more successful day than ever before. 

 The exhibit in all the boys' and girls' 

 departments were larger than ever 

 known in the history of the fair, ac- 

 cording to all reports. It was interesting 

 to note that in the hall exhibits of the 

 284 prizes given, 157 went to club mem- 

 bers. Seventeen of these were from out- 

 side the county and one hundred and 

 forty in the county. Of the two hun- 

 dred eighty-four awarded, forty-two were 

 given in drawing, penmanship and such 

 things in which club members would not 

 compete. This would go to show that 

 Hampshire County club members are sup- 

 porting the county fair and doing excel- 

 lent work. 



The high quality of the vegetables was 

 noticed by everybody. There was an ex- 

 ceptionally fine onion display with keener 

 competition than in the adult show. There 

 was the biggest exhibit of canned goods 

 ever known in the boys' and girls' de- 

 partment. The 24-jar club exhibits 

 caused much comment. The prizes in the 

 class went to 1st South Amherst, 2nd 

 Cummington, 3rd Pelham, 4th Plainfield, 

 and .5th Easthampton. 



In the poultry department there were 

 exhibited one hundred and forty birds, 

 ten pair of pigeons, and thirty rabbits. 

 Club members also showed in the adult 

 show. Mr. Nodine, state poultry club 

 specialist, remarked on the marked im- 

 provement in the birds shown. 



In the livestock department there were 

 eight pigs, and thirteen calves shown. 

 Four of the calves were shown in the open 

 classes. Earl Martin won second with 

 his bull calf and first with his heifer. 

 Ralph Payson won second with his bull ; 

 and Osborne West won first place and 

 junior champion of the show with his 



Win $311 in Prizes 



We noticed at the Three County Fair 

 Hampshire County was well repre- that William Chmura of Hadley, a corn 

 sented at Eastern States. Club members ' and pig club member, was running true 

 were showing in many classes, and in all i to form. He won the corn judging 

 totalled 39 prizes — $311.00. contest, he caught a greased pig and 



husked the most corn. 



Baby Beef A goodly number of Hampshire County 



With the 7 steers exhibited we won 1 i ^lub members went to Greenfield fair and 

 second, 2 thirds, 1 fourth, a fifth and ^n'^^i"^'^ '^^e judging contests. When the 

 sixth. The grand championship this year ' I'esults were announced, out of the pos- 

 went to Wesley Garrigus of Storrs, Conn. ; ^^^'^ 20 prize winning places in the con- 

 It so happened that this boy and Willard j tests, Hampshire County won 15. 

 Belden of Bradstreet each showed their i Tiie Westhampton Cannng Club had its 

 steers in the open class of Hereford, f"^' exhibit in connection with a Church 

 Then Belden got first and Garrigus | Supper. There was a very close compe- 

 second. This makes $170 prize money. ' tition. 



At the beef auction the lowest price on ' The Pelham Canning Club exhibited at 

 steers from the county was 13<* which was I Old Home Day. There was a very 



2<i' above Chicago market that day. 

 highest was 20<-. 



The 



Dairy Calf 



In the Massachusetts Dairy Calf ex- 



ereditable showing. 



A PROFITABLE FAIR SEASON 



It pays to be a good club member and 



hibit the following cluh. members f rem ; keep on the job. We suspect that Os- 

 the county were showing: Osborne West j borne West of Hadley, better known to 

 and Ward Harlow with Holsteins; Earle ! other club members as "Suds", has had a 

 Martin, a Guernsey; and Elmer Olds, a ' i"oi'e profitable fair season than if he 



.Jersey. They won a third, 2 sixths 

 seventh, making $55.00. 



and 



Poultry 



Six club members from Hadley, Am- 

 herst and Westhampton showed poultry 

 in the Mass. Poultry classes and won 8 

 firsts, 6 seconds, 5 thirds, 4 fourths, and 

 2 fifths. This netted them $60.00. 



Pig 



Rachel Randall of Belchertown exhi- 

 bited a sow pig, a boar and a litter class. 

 She got $26.00 in prizes. 



Room Club 



The Worthington Room Club was asked 



heifer. Besides the money given by the ! *° ^""^'^'^ ^ '"°°'" ^^ ^amp Vail. They 

 fair association there were" prizes and rib- P''*^.'^. ^" ^^.^"^' room that they had done 

 bons given by the breed associations to 



calf club members. 



Boys' and Girls' Day was blessed with a 

 fine though warm day. The morning was 

 spent in judging contests for all those 

 interested. These were won as follows: 



FOOD 



1— Mable Mather, Hadley. 



2 — Florence Edmond, Hadley. 



3 — Victoria Kozera, Hadley. 



PRESERVES 



1 — Mary Gwozdzill, Hadley. 

 2 — Katharine Zygmont, Hadley. 

 3 — Helen Szafer, Hadley. 



Continued on pape .'», column 2 



and shipped it down. It was set up there 

 as nearly as possible just as it appears at 

 home. This was said to be the finest 

 exhibit of its kind ever set up at this Ex- 

 position. 



were running a hot-dog stand. He is a 

 club member in the following projects: 

 Poultry, Corn and Calf. Following is 

 the way his account book looks since 

 September 1 : 



WORCESTER FAIR 



Livestock judging — 2nd 

 Showing Poultry — 2 firsts 



GREENFIELD F.\IR 



Poultry .ludging — 1st 

 Vegetable .Judging — 1st 

 Potato Judging — 1st 

 Corn Judging — 8rd 



EASTERN STATES 



Showing Calf 

 Showing Poultry 



CUMMINGTON FAIR 



Livestock Judging 

 (Member of team) 



2 66 



NORTHAMPTON FAIR 



CUMMINGTON FAIR 



The boys' and girls' exhibits were very 

 good. There was keen competition in the 

 canning exhibit, due to many canning i Showing poultry 



Showing poulti-y (open class) 



Showing corn 

 Showing apples 

 Showing mangels 

 Showing squash 



club members. 



Mr. A. F. MacDougall who judged live- 

 stock said the class of club calves was one 

 of the hardest clas.ses to judge at the fair. 



Isabelle Streeter won first in the pig 

 club class. 



Showing calf 



Showing calf (open class) 



Judging poultry — 1st 



Total 



$121 16 



