HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARMERS' MONTHLY 



HAMPSHIR 



COUNTY CLUB WORK 



CLUB WORK FOR 1922 



As Reported by the Club Agent at the 

 Annual Meeting 



For the purposes of this report the 

 work of the year is divided into two 

 parts: the special work of the year and 

 the routine work. 



SPECIAL WORK 



1. An effort was made to form agricul- 

 tural clubs taking in the summer 

 members in a town. This gives the 

 members the advantage of working 

 with other boys and girls instead of 

 individually, as in previous years. 

 There were thirteen of these clubs and 

 six others combining agricultural and 

 canning club members. The clubs 

 were all under the leadership of some 

 local person. The county and local 

 leaders, working together the first of 

 the year, made out a program for the 

 summer, arranged so that each club 

 member during that time had to take 

 part in a meeting. All report this a 

 very satisfactory method of pro- 

 cedure. 



2. Much work was done in calf club 

 work. The aim was not to increase 

 the membership but to get members 

 better suited to the work. It is found 

 advisable only to enroll calf club 

 members where the parent or some 

 breeder nearby is really interested in 

 the club member. We also try to 

 have as many calf club members as 

 possible raising purebred stock. In 

 the county there were twenty-four 

 club members raising thirty-one 

 calves, of which twenty-three were 

 purebred. Results of this work were 

 seen at the various fairs. Calf club 

 members of the county exhibited at 

 Middlefield, Worcester, Cummington, 

 Springfield, and Northampton. The 

 work at Northampton Pair was great- 

 ly helped by the cooperation of the 

 various breed associations. 



3. An effort was made to introduce more 

 poultry work in the county. In 1921 

 there was poultry work done in five 

 towns in the county. In 1922 there 

 were eight organized clubs and 

 poultry members in all but two of the 

 towns of the county. Some of these 

 were enrolled in the spring prepara- \ 

 tory to the work for the coming year. 



4. Work was done to develop a room 



club project. This was carried on 

 in Worthington. The aim of this 

 club was not only to do work in re- 

 finishing and refurnishing the girl's 

 own rooms but to develop a plan for 

 this project for Western Massachu- 

 setts. There were nine girls in this 

 club. There were seven rooms 



POULTRY LEADERS' CONTEST 



For November, 1922 



HAMPSHIRE COUNTY LOCAL LEADERS 



Miss Alice Bartlett, Worthington. 

 Mr. W. Loring, Hadley. 

 Mr. M. I. Mayo, Northampton. 

 Mr. Fred Graves, Southampton. 



M.\SSACHUSETTS STATE AND 

 COUNTY LEADERS 



Mr. E. Nodine, State Poultry Leader. 

 Mr. 0. E. Hall, Hampden County Leader. 

 Of the state Mr. Mayo held the highest 

 record. 



He has 100 birds which laid 235 eggs 

 in November; Mr. Graves got 17 eggs 

 from 12 birds; Miss Bartlett 120 fi'om 

 7.5 birds; Mr. Loring .5 eggs from 5 birds. 

 For the State, Mr. Hall got 24 eggs from 

 20 birds and Mr. Nodine 6 eggs from 10 

 birds. 



worked on. Excellent results were 

 obtained largely due to the splendid 

 work of the local leader. Miss Alice 

 Bartlett. 



ROUTINE WORK 



During the year the following projects 

 iwere carried on: clothing, food, handi- 

 craft, poultry, beef, sow and litter, pig, 

 calf, garden, corn, potato, onion, small 

 fruits, sheep, canning and room. During 

 the winter there were twenty-eight cloth- 

 ing clubs, three food clubs, seventeen 

 handicraft clubs, and twelve clubs com- 

 bining the three, making a total of sixty 

 clubs. There were also eight poultry 

 clubs and one beef club. The 288 clothing 

 club members made 661 garments valued 

 at $94.5.90 at an actual cost of $294.79. 

 The 38 bread club members made food 

 valued at $293.82 at an actual cost of 

 $167.92. The 193 handicraft members 

 report 1055 articles made or repaired, 

 valued at $418.05 at a cost of $103.60. 

 The poultry club members report receipts 

 of $4,883.94, costs of $3,201.23 and net 

 profit $1,682.71. The five baby beef 

 members report net profit of $588.43 plus 

 $215.00 in prize money. It would be hard 

 to give a mei-cenary value to the work 

 done in the room tflub. 



All reports of the summer work are not 

 in to date. The 73 canning members who 

 have already reported show canned, 2 308 

 qts. of fruit, 1298i qts. vegetables, 33', 

 gallons pickled products, all valued at 

 $2,672.95 at a co.st of $883.53. 



The 37 crop club members reporting 

 to date show net profit of about $550.00. 



This by no means takes all the reports. 



Club members in the county were in- 

 terested in judging or showing at the 

 following: Northampton, Amherst, Bo.'*- 



CLOVER LEAVES 



Boys and girls of Hampshire County 

 supplied the food for the annual meeting 

 of the Extension Service. The menu was 

 chicken soup and celery, chicken pie, 

 mashed potatoes, baked squash, pickles, 

 boiled beets, rolls and butter, ice cream 

 with raspberry sauce and cookies. Every- 

 thing except the ice cream was made or 

 raised by the club members. Due to a 

 rainy day there was not as large a crowd 

 as expected so the extra food was sent to 

 the Childrens' Home which seemed very 

 fitting. 



Kathleen King of South .\mherst and 

 Helen Olds of Middlefield have received 

 club certificates showing they have com- 

 pleted fourth year requirements in can- 

 ning. This is the first time there has 

 been any of these given out in Hampshire 

 County. 



A poultry judging team picked as a 

 result of the Northampton and Amherst 

 judging contests will be sent to the 

 Boston Poultiy Show to represent the 

 county. These boys are Osborne West, 

 Roger West of Hadley, and James Parnell 

 of Amherst. 



We think Alfred Morey, potato club 

 boy of Cummington is a good sound busi- 

 ness man. He was 1921 county potato 

 champion. In 1922 he was again in the 

 club trying this year for state champion- 

 ship. Realizing the value of his records 

 he sent them to the county office by 

 registered mail. 



ton, and Greenfield Poultry Shows, Bos- 

 ton Corn Show, Worcester, Cummington, 

 Middlefield, Ware, Greenfield and North- 

 ampton fairs, and Eastern States Expo- 

 stion. There were also two Grange 

 Fairs and 33 local exhibits. 



The agent or one of the state leaders 

 conducted the following demonstrations 

 during the year: 



10 in clothing work, 8 in canning, 

 6 in handicraft, 3 in room club, 3 in 

 poultry club. The agent has att&nded 121 

 club meetings, visited 307 club members 

 at their homes, spoke at 131 meetings and 

 conducted six club tours. 



The work during the year has been 

 ably carried on by eighty local volunteer 

 leaders. 



The following office woik was done : 



76 office calls. 



416 telephone calls. 

 1,088 personal letters. 



39 form letters with circulation of 

 7,526. 

 4,599 bulletins distributed. 



Supplied one page for Farmer's Month- 

 ly and edited the same. 



About 259r of the time was spent in the 

 office and 75<',f in the field. 



