HAJVIPSHIRE COUNTY FARMERS' MONTHLY 



Continued from page 5, colnmn 2 

 demonstrations showed that it pays to 

 rear chickens on clean ground. In all 

 but one case results have been satis- 

 factory. In that case the ground used 

 was not clean. Already this man has 

 plans under way for new portable brooder 

 houses and is going to use entirely new 

 land for next season's breeding. Disease 

 control meetings have been held at three 

 demonstrations and it is expected more 

 poultrymen will follow the program 

 another year. 



Animal Husbandry 



Feeding schools were conducted in four 

 towns. In two other towns series of 

 meetings were held to discuss dairy ra- 

 tions. The main work has been co- 

 operating with the local Holstein Club 

 in conducting their series of two winter 

 and two field meetings. Milk record 

 sheets have been furnished 25 dairymen 

 in the county. 



Fruit Growing 



Twelve pruning demonstrations were 

 held to show the proper pruning of both 

 young and bearing apple trees. In most 

 •cases those present were urged to take 

 part. Two demonstration orchards al- 

 ready started were used for meetings. 

 One new orchard was set out and will be 

 used as a demonstration. Eight demon- 

 strations were conducted to show the 

 benefits of nitrate of soda, sulphate of 

 ammonia and manure on sod orchards. 

 In all cases the fertilized trees have 

 shown larger fruit, better growth, 

 larger and better colored foliage than the 

 unfertilized plots. Fourteen spraying 

 ■demonstrations .showed better quality 

 fruit. 



Marketing 



A series of meetings was held to dem- 

 onstrate United States Standard onion 

 gi'ades. We have cooperated with all the 

 cooperative marketing associations in the 

 county. In the tobacco marketing work 

 we put the leaders of the movement in 

 touch with the leading tobacco growers 

 «f the county. 



Office and Field Service 



Three hundred and seventy-five farmers 

 were visited on their farms with a total 

 of 752 visits; 286 office calls were re- 

 ceived; 87 days were spent in the ofiice 

 and 191 days in the field; 144 meetings 

 were held with an attendance of 6258. 

 Five hundred ninety-eight individual 

 letters were sent out; 119 circular letters 

 were sent to 11,573 people; 670 telephone 

 calls were received. 



The men who have been carrying on 

 demonstrations have had first claim to 

 the county agent's time. Requests for 

 visits have been given attention as time 

 permitted. One sure way to obtain ser- 

 vice is to attend community meetings or 

 extension schools and make your wants 

 known. 



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One Can Not a— Ford 

 to be without a— Ford 



at tlie.se prices : 

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Coupe 



louring 



T) 1 i 4. kfc (b Lb bb 



Kunabout 



Cha.'jsis 



Ton Truck Cliassis, 



Ford sou Tractor, 



All prices F. O. B. Detroit 



1505.00 

 550.00 

 393.00 

 364.00 

 330.00 

 380.00 



395 00 



CHASE MOTOR COMPANY 



NORTHAMPTON, MASS. 



24 Center Street Telephone 470 



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A. R r E R 

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