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HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARMERS' MONTHLY 



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living plants feed through their green 

 parts as well as through their roots, and 

 if deprived of their green parts by too 

 close grazing they die just as surely as 

 though the roots were cut off. A pasture 

 grazed two weeks and rested two will 

 carry almost double the stock that it will 

 under continuous grazing, that is, if 

 fully stocked. 



The reason why acid phosphate gives 

 results under favorable conditions is not 

 hard to see. A good dairy cow puts into 

 her milk every year as much phosphoric 

 acid as there is in 100 pounds of acid 

 phosphate. A lot of it, maybe half, 

 comes from the pasture. In a hundred 

 years, or maybe two hundred, our Massa- 

 chusetts pastures have given up a lot 

 of their originality none too plentiful sup- 

 ply. 



.■Applications of acid phosphate have not 

 given equally striking results in all cases, 

 and applications of less than .500 pounds 

 per acre in general have been disappoint- 

 ing. No result at all have followed ap- 

 plication to extremely drouthy, brushy, or 

 mossy land. At present, results seem to 

 warrant recommending that it be tried 

 experimentally on the best portions of 

 pastures. Apparently the profit in the 

 business does not at present warrant 

 trying to do much with poorer pasture 

 land except under certain special condi- 

 tions as to market for the product, and 

 basically good quality of land. 



There is a great need of further ex- 

 perimental work as to the effect of lime, 

 potash and other treatments, and the Ex- 

 periment Station has already undertaken 

 it. but results do not yet warrant any 

 definite conclusions. 



Prof. .John B. .'Vbbott, M. A. C. 



LINCOLN ^^^^d. FORDSON 



One Can Not a— Ford 

 to be without a— Ford 



CHASE MOTOR COMPANY 



NORTHAMPTON, MASS. 



2A Center Street 



Telephone JTO 



COUNTY NOTES 



We visited a poulti-y man the latter 

 part of November who has an interesting 

 comparison between early and late 

 hatched pullets. There are 400 pullets 

 in the main flock which were hatched 

 April 1-5. These birds have been lay- 

 ing from 200 to 220 eggs during No- 

 vember. In another lot there are .50 pul- 

 lets which were hatched about May 1.5. 

 These layed from :'. to 5 eggs per day 

 during November. This man is getting 

 9.3 to 95 cents a dozen for eggs and needs 

 no further proof of the statement that it 

 pays to get chickens out early. Perhaps 

 it is well that the minority hatch early, 

 othei'wise there might not be as much in 

 it. 



.A Northampton Bakery recently had a 

 display of .squashes grown by a local far- 

 mer with a sign .stating that they u.sed 

 these squashes in making their pies. We 

 believe that this was a fine thing for both 

 parties, as it must have increa.sed the de- 

 mand for the bakers pies and it surely did 

 not decrease the demand for the farmers 

 squashes. 



SMITHES AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL 



NORTHAMPTON, MASS. 



Offers to High School graduates and those who have had three years 

 of High School work, a four months Graduate Course. 



IN 



HOUSEHOLD SCIENCE 



This course is to be an intensive tiaiiiiiig lor mature young women 

 who want to get in touch with modei-n ways of managing homes. 



Training in Cookery, Food Values, Dressmaking, Textiles, Millin- 

 ery, Nursing, Care of Children, Invalidry Cookery, Household Fur- 

 nishings, Launderying, Handicraft, and Household Management. 



IHIS COUR.Si; 



Begins February 5 and ends May 25 



Those who complete the course in a satisfactory manner will re- 

 ceive a certificate. If you are interested write to the Director at once. 



