HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARMERS' MONTHLY 



FARMERS' MONTHLY 



PUBLISHED BY THE 



Hampshire County Trustees for Aid to 

 Agriculture 



STAFF 



Roland A. PayiU", County Atrent 

 MiMieil W. Hoiif. 



HoiiK- Deiiionstration A;;<'nt 

 Bella <i. FZrhaiMl, ('nunty Clnb Asent 

 Mary C. O'I.eary, Clerk 



Office First National Bank Building 

 Northampton, Mass. 



Entered us second class matter Nov. 9. IVU.i. at the 

 Post Office at Nortliampton. Massachusetts, tinder 

 the Act of March 8. LSTH. 



"Notice of Kntry " 



"Acceptance for mailing at special I'ate of post- 

 age provided for in section WCfS. Act of October 3, 

 1917. Authorized October 31, 1917." 



Price, 50 cents a year 



Officers of the Trustees 



Edwin B. Clapp, President 

 Charles E. Clark, Vice-President 

 WnirtMi M. King, Treasurer 

 Roland A. Payne, Secretary 



Trustees for County Aid to Agriculture 



Edwin B. Clapp, Easthampton 

 Charles E. Clark, Leeds 

 Clarence E. Hodgkins, Northampton 

 William N. Howard, Ware 

 Milton S. Howes, Cummington 

 Mis. Clifton Johnson, Hadley 

 Warren M. King, Northampton 

 John A. Sullivan, Northampton 

 Charles W. Wade, Hatfield 



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 the following reasons: (1) land was well 

 drained, (2) seed disinfection which 

 eliminated scabby potatoes and reduced 

 the number of small ones, (3) greening 

 seed which resulted in a quicker start, 

 (4) using certified seed, (5) using more 

 seed per acre, (6) thorough spraying. In 

 previous years the yield had run about 

 100 bushels per acre. 



Miss Alice Bartlett gave the result of 

 the Worthington canning work. Seven 

 women were in the group and expected to 

 sell to the local hotel but a change in 

 management made this impossible. The 

 products, such as home made jams, jellies 

 and canned garden products, were sold 

 mostly to the local summer colony. While 

 all were plea.sed with the results as a pin 

 money proposition, it was felt that busi- 

 ness could be increased by advertising and 

 by getting orders in the spring. 



Dennett Howe of North Amherst gave 

 his experience in club work. He joined 

 the pig club in 1918, then took up the 

 poultry club with 18 pullets in the fall. 

 In 1919 he had five pigs and joined the 

 garden club, continuing with poultry. In 

 1920 he built a poultry house for 12 hens 

 at a cost of $3.50. In the handicraft club, 

 he made calf crates and chicken coops. 

 In 1922 he joined the calf club, 

 purchasing two calves costing $155 with 



money he had made from the pig and 

 poultry clubs. This year he won $50 

 and took 30 ribbons at fairs with his 

 poultry. His inventory this fall shows 

 $(iO in poultry, $225 in heifers, a $50 

 Liberty Bond and a saddle horse as a 

 result of five years club work. 



Arthur Bean of Northampton, who was 

 one of the first farmers to use the Com- 

 munity Market, stated that this year the 

 services of a market master were not re- 

 quired and this money used for advertis- 

 ing. The interesting developments have 

 been an increase in business and an im- 

 provement in quality and variety of pro- 

 ducts offered for sale by the farmers. 



Mrs. Arthur Moore of Huntington 

 stated that their group studied kinds of 

 food, scoring food habits of the family 

 and meal planning. As a result she 

 changed her entire diet with satisfactory 

 results. 



J. R. Clapp of Westhampton stated that 

 by dusting his potatoes regularly he in- 

 creased the crop 50'/f over the undusted 

 plot. 



S. R. Parker gave a resume of the 

 work done by the Holyoke Producers' 

 Dairy Company formed last year by the 

 farmers of Amherst, Granby, Belcher- 

 town and Southampton. 



At noon the Northampton Grange 

 served a chicken pie dinner to which all 

 did justice. 



Mayor H. E. Bicknell of Northampton 

 and County Commissioner Hodgkins 

 spoke briefly during the noon hour. 



The afternoon ses.=ion was opened by a 

 cold pack canning demonstration by the 

 Bondsville Team, consisting of Cassie 

 Sullivan and Irene McLean. These girls 

 showed that they knew their subject from 

 A to Z and their efforts were well re- 

 ceived. 



Dr. A. E. Cance spoke on Agriculture 

 and Economics stating that most of the 

 ills of agricultui-e during the past few 

 years had been laid to economics. 

 Economics deals with the best use of 

 things which are scarce. When anything 

 is plentiful there is no need for economy. 

 It was brought out by charts that the far- 

 mer was getting less for his efforts than 

 other classes of workers. One of the best 

 ways to make things scarce is to put a 

 distinctive mark upon them. It was 

 stated that the selling price was not 

 governed by the cost of production. The 

 public does not care how much it costs to 

 produce products and if every farmer 

 were guaranteed cost plus 10% profit 

 there would be so much produced that we 

 would not know what to do with it. 



"Are You Wearing the Right Hat" was 

 the subject of a talk given by Mrs. Elsie 

 K. Chamberlain of the Eastern States 

 League. She brought out the fact that 

 the head dress is one of the most import- 

 ant part of women's costume. It is not 

 the scarcity nor the material in a hat 

 which makes it costly, but the good taste 



and artistry which goes into it. Girls 

 can wear any kind of hat and look well 

 due to their vivid personality. As women 

 grow older, grey is the predominating 

 color in the face. A vivid colored hat 

 brings out this color. It is important to 

 wear green-blue to bring out the pink in 

 the face. Blondes can wear bright colors 

 but brunettes should only wear dark, 

 rich colors. 



Mrs. Chamberlain went on to show how 

 a perfectly good hat can be ruined by the 

 way it is placed on the head. Tall women 

 should not have such a combination of 

 effects that they seem to be all points and 

 taller than they need to appear. Many 

 fat women are prone to use broad hats or 

 go to the other extreme in getting a pill 

 box variety all full of roundness. 



Another important point is that colors 

 should all be pretty much the same. Get 

 clothes all of one color and depend on 

 beads, chains and other insignificant orna- 

 ments to break monotony. If this is done 

 hats "to match can be produced. We buy 

 hats to look our best, not merely for the 

 sake of having a new hat. 



Mrs. Chamberlain illustrated her points 

 with hats kindly lent for the occasion by 

 the Bon Marche Shop in Northampton. 



Conniiiied from pane 1, column 2 



of this offer. It is absolutely safe and 

 sure; its equal as a sound investment 

 paying a fair rate of interest is unsur- 

 passed. 



It is obvious that every individual loan 

 to the Government which can be extended 

 over another five year period or any por- 

 tion thereof will be a distinct advantage 

 to the Government since it will minimize 

 the actual cash outlay which at this time, 

 owing to the maturities of War Savings 

 Stamps and Victory Bonds, will be very 

 heavy. 



Your postmaster will be glad to furnish 

 additional information, accept stamps, 

 and issue certificates in lieu thereof when 

 the time comes. 



As is usual at this time of year, 

 weather prophets are predicting a long 

 cold winter with lots of snow. Whether 

 this will be true or not the wise fruit 

 growers will clean the weeds and trash 

 away from their fruit trees so as to re- 

 duce the chance of having their trees 

 girdled by mice and rabbits. Wire 

 guards can be purchased which are very 

 satisfactory. While their cost is high 

 they last several years so that in the long 

 run they are economical. Building paper 

 and tar paper also make satisfactory 

 guards for one season. An easy way to 

 prepare the paper is to saw the roll in 

 two, making two 18 inch rolls. The 

 guard for each tree can be easily cut 

 from this. Tar paper should be removed 

 in the spring. 



