HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARMERS' MONTHLY 



HAMPSHIRE: COUN~rV CLUB WORK 



STATE CHAMPION POULTRY TEAM 



kesult of Hard Work at Local Shows 



The Hampshire County poultry club 

 members put in hard and earnest work 

 at the various poultry shows. The fruit 

 of their labors was the winning of state 

 judging championship at Boston. 



Excellent boys' and girls' departments 

 were shown at both our local shows, Am- 

 herst and Northampton. 



In Amherst the local grange offered a 

 splendid special pi'ize for local club mem- 

 bers. Merchants in the town also gave 

 special prizes. Northampton special 

 prizes were awarded as follows: 



Flashlight from Foster-Farrar for best 

 display of Wyandottes won by Osborne 

 West, Hadley. 



Camera from L. F. Ruder, Druggist, 

 for best display of R. I. Reds won by 

 Roger West, Hadley. 



Sheepskin slippers from Alberts & , 

 Lipshires for best R. I. Red birds in the 

 show won by Irving Clapp, Westhampton. 



Pocketbook from Chilson & Son for best 

 display Rocks in the show won by Viola 

 Albee, Amherst. 



Automatic pencil from Heffernan for 

 best Wyandotte bird in the show won by 

 Lewis Whittaker, Hadley. 



Poultry Book from W. R. Loring for 

 best Rock bird in show won by Viola 

 Albee, Amherst. ' 



Necktie from Armstrong & Son foi- best 

 Leghorn in the show won by Dennett 

 Howe, Amherst. 



Pair Cuff links from G. Henry Clark 

 for best Partridge Cochin in the show | 

 won by Chester Wyzorek, Hadley. 



Picture from -J. E. Morse for third 

 prize R. I. Red cockerel won by Irving 

 Clapp, Westhampton. 



Picture from .J. E. Morse for third 

 Wyandotte cockerel in show won by Lewis 

 Whittaker, Hadley. 



Picture from J. E. Morse for best An- 

 cona in show won by Lewell Walker, 

 Amher.st. 



•Judging contests were held at both the 

 shows. More than twenty contestants 

 were entered in each. As a result 

 of these contests a county team was j 

 picked to go to Boston. Those on the 

 team weie Osborne West, Roger West of 

 Hadley, and James Parnell of Amherst. 



The county team spent January first 

 and second at the Boston Show. They 

 judged in competition with teams from 

 the following counties of Massachusetts: 

 Suffolk, Norfolk, Essex, Middlesex, Bris- 

 tol and Worcester. There was also a 

 team from Connecticut. The boys each 

 judged separately and their combined 

 score was taken for a county average. ' 

 The Hampshire County Team won first i 

 place. This entitles them to go to the ! 

 Madison Garden Show to represnt Massa- [ 

 chusetts. This show is in the latter 

 part of the month. 



CLUB WORK IN THE COUNTY 



POULTRY LEADERS' CONTEST 



For December, \91i 



Hampshire County local leaders. 

 , W. R. Loring, Hadley, 

 F. C. Graves, Southampton, 

 W. I. Mayo, Northampton, 



E. H. Nodine, Amherst, 

 Alice Bartlett, Worthington, 



Bristol County. 



Edward Sisson, 



Theodore Glover, 



Walter Viles, 

 Hampden County. 



Otis Hall, Co. leader, 

 Dukes County. 



R. W. Martin, 

 Middlesex County. 



F. C. Johnson, 

 Leading' pens for month of December — 



Theodore Glover, 

 Otis Hall, 

 E. H. Nodine, 

 Leading pen to date — 

 Walter Viles, 



CLOVER LEAVES 



Williamsburg has started a splendid 

 Room Club. Five girls attended the first 

 meeting. Five more plan to join. These 

 girls are planning to have their work 

 completed so they can .set up a room at 

 the Grange Fair in September. 



A group of college girls from the Massa- 

 chusetts Agricultural College are to lead 

 the Amherst home economics clubs. 



The group of Boy Scouts on Norwich 

 Hill, Huntington, led by Edward Granger 

 are going to do handicraft club work foi- 



84 eggs from 11 hens. 



24 eggs from 106 hens. 



361 eggs from 106 hens. 



120 eggs from 10 hens. 



335 eggs from 75 hens. 



178 eggs from 10 birds. 



29 eggs from 24 birds. 



1085 eggs from 100 birds. 



67 eggs from 5 birds. 



58 eggs from 7 birds. 



56 eggs from 11 birds. 



Bristol County. 

 Hampden County. 

 Hampshire County. 



Bristol County. 



the four winter months. 



Some older boys in Hadley and North- 

 ampton are to cairy on farm manage- 

 ment piojects under the supervision of 

 Mr. A. F. MacDougall, Farm Manage- 

 ment Specialist, at the State College. 



The Worthington Room Club is carry- 

 ing on second year work. These girls are 

 also giving the material used last year to 

 a group of younger girls at the south end 

 of the town. 



Calf club members have already started 

 to enroll for the coming year. An effort to 

 get better stock is being made on all sides. 



