HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARMERS' MONTHLY 



HAMPSHIRE: COUNTY CLUB WORK 



COUNTY CHAMPIONS AWARDED 



For 1922 Projects 



With the assistance of the State Club 

 Leaders the county champions for the 

 projects carried on during the summer of 

 1922 have been picked. All the records 

 and stories of all membeis were carefully 

 looked over by the county club agent and 

 the best few picked out and submitted to 

 state leader. As a result the following 

 awards are announced. 



Calf Club 



First — Alice Randall, Belchertown. 

 Second — William Harlow, Cummington. 

 Third— Christine Osley, Hatfield. 



Pig Club 



First — Robert Beals, Goshen. 

 Second — William Chmura, Hadley. 

 Third — Isabelle Streeter, Cummington. 



Corn Club 



First — William Chmura, Hadley. 



Second — H. Andrews, Southampton. 

 Garden Club 



First — T. Meschicovsky, Easthampton. 



Second — Hector King, Ware. 



Third — Irving Clapp, Westhampton. 

 Canning Club 



First — Kathleen King, South Amherst. 



Second — Amy Obrempt, Easthampton. 



Third— Tie, 



Stella Hamlin, Plainfield. 

 Stella Wellspeak, Huntington. 



During the coming summer each first 

 prize winner is given a week's camping 

 at M. A. C. The second winner receives 

 recognition from the state club leader. 

 The third prize winnei- receives Honor- 

 able Mention fiom this office. 



The candidates from the county for 

 .state championship have al.so been de- 

 cided upon. They are as follows: 

 Corn — Irving .Johnson, Hadley. 

 Potato — Alfred Morey, Cummington. 

 Canning — Orele Scott, Cummington. 

 Calf — Alice Randall, Belchertown. 

 Garden — Christine Thatcher, Plainfield. 

 Beef— Robert Cutter, Hatfield. 

 Pig — Rachel Randall, Belchertown. 



Eastern States as Reward of Merit 



At a meeting of county club agents held 

 in Boston it was decided that for 1923 one 

 club member from each county be elected 

 to attend the Eastern States Exposition. 

 This boy or girl will be an all around good 

 club member. This means in point of 

 service to others as well as good club 

 work done personally. A list of the can- 

 didates from this county will be pub- 

 lished when decided upon. The list will 

 be submitted to the state leaders and the 

 choice made. The county club agent con- 

 siders it one of the hardest jobs of the 

 year to pick out this list. A survey of 

 each town will be made to piocure the 

 list. 



POULTRY LEADERS' CONTEST 



lor January, 1923 



H.'\MP.SHIRE COUNTY L()C.\L LE..\Dl;HS 



W. R. Loring, Hadley, 



127 eggs from 11 birds. 



F. C. Graves, Southamtpon, 

 43 eggs from 12 bird.-i. 



W. I. Mayo, Northampton, 

 920 eggs from 103 bii'ds. 



E. H. Nodine, Amherst, 



87 eggs from 9 birds. 

 Alice Bartlett, Worthington, 

 287 eggs from 19 birds. 



Bristol County. 

 Edward Simon 



Report not in. 

 Theodore Glover. 



Report not in. 

 Walter Vile. 



1212 eggs from 100 birds. 



Hampden County. 



Otis Hall, County Leader. 

 87 eggs f)-om 100 birds. 



Dukes County. 



W. R. Martin. 



Report not in. 



Middlesex County. 



Geo. Erickson — County Leader. 

 1172 eggs from 13.5 birds. 



F. C. -Johnson. 



Report not in. 

 Leading pens for .January: 



1. Edawid Simon, Bristol County. 



2. Otis Hall, Hampden County. 



3. Walter Vile, Bristol County. 



Leading pen to date : 



Walter Vile.s— Bristol County. 



Coutimit'd fi'om i>ai;e 1. colunin :.' 



boys and girls club team. Every state in 

 the union had the right to send a team 

 There were six college teams and three 

 club teams. These were from Mass. Conn. 

 La. Both contests weie run at the same 

 time on the same birds. Each boy had to 

 judge 4 classes of utility hens and 4 

 classes of fancy birds. This latter class 

 consisted of cock birds, cockrels, hens, and 

 pullets. White Wyandottes, White Leg- 

 horns, Plymouth Rocks, and R. I. Reds 

 were in each class. There were .5 birds 

 in a class. The boys had to place each 

 bird in its respective place of merit. 

 They were given 20 min. on each class. 

 No contestant was allowed to speak with 

 any one during the whole contest. After 

 the placings were graded the whole score 

 of each team was taken. As each class 



CLOVER LEAVES 



.Vt a meeting of leaders the final plans 

 for the 1923 baby beef contest were 

 drawn up. The classification will be 

 about the same as in previous years. 

 Hampshire County has three boys entered 

 this year; Luthei- Belden in his fourth 

 year, Robert Cutter in his third year, 

 and Willard Belden in his second year. 



There are two food clubs in Hadley 

 Center this year. Many of the members 

 aie boys. 



East Amheist has a sewing club in- 



; stead of a food club. Theie is also a 



I handicraft club. 



I The sewing club in Packardville has ac- 

 quired an old sewing machine, cleaned, 

 oiled, and put it in running condition. 

 This has proved a valuable asset. 



Luther Beals of Lithia, formerly a good 

 club member has volunteered to lead the 

 agricultural club work of Goshen this 

 .summer. 



was given 100 points each contestant 

 I could mak2 800 points, and each team 

 2400. 



In the club boys contest there were 2 

 [cups ofl"ered, one for the highest team 

 score on just fancy classes, offered by the 

 ! Garden Show management, and one 

 'offered on the team score in the 8 classes 

 offered by the "Full-o-Pep" Quaker Oats 

 Feed Company. The Hampshire County 

 team won both of these. The college con- 

 test was won by the Penn. State College 

 Team. The Mass. Agri. College team 

 came fourth. When the scores of all nine 

 teams, boys and college, were looked over 

 it was found that the Penn State team 

 had highest and the Hampshire county 

 team second, hence winning over two 

 boys teams and -5 college teams. Hamp- 

 shire county team score was l.')20. Penn. 

 State team scored 1610. 



The Garden Show also offered a gold 

 medal to the contestant in each contest 

 making the highest individual score in 

 judging the fancy classes. .James Par- 

 nell of Amherst won this in the junior 

 contest. The high man on the Penn State 

 team won the one in the college contest. 

 Both .scores were the same, 300 points, 

 making a tie for the honor of having the 

 highest individual score of the 27 con- 

 testants. 



In the junior contest La. placed second, 

 and Conn, third. 



Besides seeing the poultry show the 

 team had some time to see the city. They 

 inspected it from lop of a .^th Ave. bus, 

 the Woolworth building, and the Statue 

 of Liberty. They also took in Central 

 Park and the Aciuarium with about 

 everything in between, including the Hip- 

 podrome. They returned home Saturday, 

 the 27th. 



