HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARMERS' MONTHLY 



CLUB WORK 



LOCAL LEADERS 



GET TOGETHER 



Great Interest Shown 



The meeting of local leaders held in 

 Northampton, April 7th, was felt by all 

 to be the most worthwhile one ever held 

 in the county. In the morning the lead- 

 ers of Jjoys' and girls' work, of men's 

 work, and of women's work met in sep- 

 arate sections to discuss their own prob- 

 lems. This meeting started at 10.4.5 a. m. 

 and lasted until 12.4.5 p. m. Then the 

 groups adjourned to Boyden's for lunch 

 and held a joint meeting, as reported else- 

 where in the paper. 



The club section was attended by the 

 following leaders : 



Miss Clara Hudson of Plainfield. 



Miss Alice Cody of Huntington. 



Mr. Fred Graves of Southampton. 



Miss Frances Loud of Westhampton. 



Mrs. Dana Pelton of Westhampton. 



Miss .Jessie Green, East Amherst. 



Miss Cora Howlett, South Amherst. 



Miss Mary Foley of Amherst. 



Miss Margaret Ryan of Hatfield. 



Miss Edith Snyder of Chesterfield. 



Miss Blanche Nichols of Chesterfield. 



Miss Ethel Packard of Williamsburg. 



Miss Hope Knapp of Pelham. 



Mrs. Grace Kimball of Pelham. 



Miss Alice Collis of Pelham. 



Mrs. Marjorie Brooks of Goshen. 



Mr. Luther Beals of Go.shen. 



Miss Helen Keyes of Bondsville. 



Miss Nellie Shea of Bond.sville. 



Mr. W. R. Loring, Hadley. 



Miss Faina Thouin of Easthampton. 



This section was also attended by Mrs. 

 Ralph Bridgman of We.sthampton, Mrs. 

 C. L. Ward of Pelham and Mr. Norwood, 

 a M. A. C. student. 



Assistant State Club Leader, W. F. 

 Howe, State Poultry Club Specialist E. 

 H. Nodine, Assistant County Club Leader 

 Fanny Martin and County Club Agent 

 B. G. Erhard were also present. 



A short report of the work of the past 

 year was given by Miss Erhard. This 

 consisted principally of a study of the map 

 of the county showing where club work 

 is carried on. Plans for the coming year 

 were then outlined as found in the county 

 program of work. Besides the routine 

 work it is planned to carry on the fol- 

 lowing work with special attention : 



1. Forming of club committees to help 

 local leaders. 



2. Stress judging contests in all pro- 

 jects. 



.3. Continue the room club project. 



4. Introduce canning club work in 

 Northampton. 



5. Stress calf work with special em- 

 phasis on (1) Better Stock; (2) Better 

 Feeding; (?,) Better Fitting. 



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HOW TO SET UP AN EXHIBIT PLAN TO ATTEND 



ONE OR MORE 



In doing this we must think of two 

 things — the public and the judge. For 

 the sake of the former it must be attrac- 

 tive and for the latter convenient. With 

 this in mind the following suggestions 

 have been drawn up. 



1. Have all the articles made by one 

 member togethei- and be sure each mem- 

 ber has at least the required things. 



2. Have articles so labelled and ar- 

 ranged that there is no misunderstanding 

 as to whose exhibit each thing belongs. 



S. Arrange all first year members to- 

 gether and second year together, etc. 



4. Have all records and stories to- 

 gether in one place. The past two years 

 South Amherst has put them all into 

 one cover, each member's a complete sec- 

 tion of the whole. 



5. Have the secretary's report book 

 with the report requested with the stories. 



6. Caution: Don't try to put too many 

 things in one place. Spread them out 

 so they can be seen. 



POULTRY LEADERS' CONTEST 



For March, 1023 



Hampshire County Loc^l Leaders. 

 W. R. Loring, Hadley, 



208 eggs from 11 birds. 

 F. C. Graves, Southampton, 



122 eggs from 12 birds. 

 W. I. Mayo, Northampton, 



1,256 eggs from 86 birds. 



E. H. Nodine, Amherst, 

 118 eggs from 9 birds. 



Alice Bartlett, Worthington, 

 767 eggs from 72 birds. 



Bristol County. 

 Edward Simon, 



.359 eggs from 19 birds. 

 Theodore Glover, 



did not report. 

 Walter Vile, 



1,926 eggs from 97 birds. 



Hampden County. 



Otis Hall, County Leader, 

 83 eggs from 5 birds. 



Dukes County. 

 W. R. Martin, 



113 eggs from 7 birds. 



Middlesex County. 



Geo. Erickson, County Leader, 

 did not report. 



F. C. .Johnson, 



93 eggs from 10 birds. 

 Leading pens for March: 



1. Walter Viles, Bristol County. 



2. W. R. Loring, Hampshire County. 



3. Edward Simon, Bristol County. 



The latter part of May sees the home 

 economics clubs and the handicraft clubs 

 holding their final exhibits. The boys 

 and girls have worked hard and the local 

 leaders harder to make these a success. 

 Each exhibit is open to the public. All 

 are invited to attend. 



In the past much interest has been 

 shown by neighboring clubs in other ex- 

 hibits. Many leaders and members have 

 come from the next town to see an ex- 

 hibit. This is splendid spirit. We hope 

 it will be manifested even more this year. 

 But above all be sure and visit the ex- 

 hibit in your own town. See what your 

 ou-n boys and girls are doing. 



Following is the schedule of exhibits. 

 There may of necessity be a few minor 

 changes but in the main this is the way 

 the exhibits will be held. All the dates 

 are in May. 



9—7.30 P. M.— North Hatfield, School 



Hou.se. 

 10—3.30 P. M. — Hadley Center. 

 11 — 7..30 P. M. — Amherst, Memorial 



Hall, M. A. C. 

 14 — .3.00 P. M. — Westhampton Center, 



School House. 

 1.5 — 2.30 P. M.— Bondsville, Franklin 

 School. 

 7.30 P. M.— Pelham, Packardville 

 Church. 

 16—10.30 A. M.— Ware, School, No. 7. 

 3.30 P. M. — East Amherst, School 

 House. 

 19 — 7.30 P. M. — Williamsburg, Grange 



Hall. 

 21 — 3.0U P. M. — South Amherst, School 

 House. 

 7.30 P. M.— Chesterfield. 

 22 — 10.30 A. M. — Dwight, Belchertown, 

 School House. 

 2.30 P. M.— Cold Springs, Bel- 

 chertown, School House. 

 7.30 P. M. — Belchertown Center, 

 Town Hall. 

 2.3—3.30 P. M.— Huntington, Center 



School. 

 24—3.30 P. M.— Hatfield, Center SchooL 

 7.30 P. M. — Goshen, Center School. 

 25—10.30 A. M. — Gran by. Center 

 School. 

 3.00 P. M. — Cushman, School 

 House. 



Monthly To Leaders 



At the April meeting of the board of 

 trustees of the Extension Service it was 

 voted "to put every active local club 

 leader on the mailing list of the Farmers' 

 Monthly .so that a copy of the paper may 

 be available for all clubs in the county 

 to be used at their club meetings." 



