HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARMERS' MONTHLY 



Miss Frances Martin of Amherst 



Miss Frances Martin of Amherst has 

 been appointed Assistant Club Agent for 

 the summer. She will have charge of 

 the garden and canning work in North- 

 ampton, Easthampton, and Ware particu- 

 larly. She will also do work with the 

 other canning clubs throughout the Coun- 

 ty- 

 Miss Martin was formerly a club mem- 

 ber in the County. In 1918 she was on 

 the county canning demonstration team 

 which performed at Worcester Fair. 

 Miss Martin graduates from the Massa- 

 chusetts Agricultural College in June and 

 comes to us directly. She is particularly 

 well suited to carry on the canning work, 

 as she has done extensive work with Pro- 

 fessor W. W. Chenoweth. 



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Suggestions were given as to setting 

 up an exhibit. The essentials of thi.s will 

 be found in an article on this page. 



There was a discussion about organized 

 clubs, where to have and how to carry on. 



Miss D. W. Murdock, assistant state 

 club leader was unable to be present so 

 Miss Erhard reported on the girls' work. 



Mr. Howe spoke on agricultural and 

 handicraft projects. 



He laid emphasis on the idea of having 

 a boy take up the agricultural project 

 best suited to his community and particu- 

 lar farm. In handicraft he stressed the 

 "better finishing" of articles made. 



Mr. Nodine spoke on "The Duties of 

 Local Leaders". He made the following- 

 points: (1) Help the members get better 

 .stock, (2) Keep up the interest by visiting 

 the homes of the members, (3) Assist in 

 arranging tours, (4) Assist in keeping 

 the records up to date. 



Mr. A. .J. Morse of the Three County 

 Fair gave a vei-y interesting talk on 

 "Club Work and The Fair". He had with 

 him a copy of the first premium list of 

 the fair held in 1819. He made a very 

 interesting comparison between that list 

 and the present one. It was interesting 

 to note that in the old list there was no 

 boys' and girls' department and there was 

 about $7.50.00 in prize money. Today 

 the boys and girls are responsible for 

 one-third of the fair and more than 

 $750.00 is spent in this one department. 



He also spoke of the "cleaning-up" of 

 the midway saying it was a direst result 

 of the large part of young people now 

 playing in the fair. 



The rest of the morning was given 

 over to discussion of various club prob- 

 lems as found in a "question box". This 

 took up specific problems regarding pro- 

 jects and general problems of leaders. 



This was the third annual "get-to- 

 gether" of local leaders held in the coun- 

 ty. It was certainly the best one held 

 to date. There was splendid interest 

 and enthusiasm shown by all. Everyone 

 felt the time well spent. 



CLOVER LEAVES 



A joint meeting of the boys of Hopkins 

 Academy and Smith's School, who are 

 interested in farm management work, 

 was held with Mr. MacDougall. A dis- 

 cussion of "size of business" and "what 

 one can learn about his business from 

 his accounts" was carried on. 



Most of the boys in the county who 

 are interested in beef raising attended 

 the meeting held in Hartford at which 

 County Agent Bucker of Lancaster Coun- 

 ty, Pennsylvania, was the main speaker. 



The girls in the Williamsburg Room 

 Club are doing a fine piece of work. 

 They are planning an exhibit to be held 

 in connection with the one of the younger 

 home economics club girls. 



The two food clubs of Hadley held a 

 joint meeting at which Miss Erhard was 

 present. It was very noticeable that the 

 boys in the club stand high in the amount 

 of woik done and bread baked. 



NOTICE! 



Three of the very best and 

 most popular 



Manure Spreaders 



TO BE SOLD 



AT WHOLESALE PRICES 



If you want a Spreader this Spring 

 here is your chance 



N<>i:TH.\>irr<)N -.iii; 



At M. A. C. in June 



During June there will be 3, 2i day 

 schools held at the Agricultural College 

 for club people interested in canning- and 

 horticultural manufactures. Leaders and 

 club members are eligible. The .schools 

 are scheduled as follows: 

 I. June 12—1.00 P. M. 



to June 14— 4.;;!0 P. M. 

 II. June 18—1.00 P. M. 



to June 20—4.30 P. M. 

 III. June 21—9.00 A. M. 



to June 2.3—12.00 M. 

 This work will be carried on in the 

 laboratory. Expenses for the course will 

 consist of travel, lodging at 7-5 cents per 

 night and meals at about $1.00 per day. 

 Anyone interested in attending the 

 schools should notify the County Club 

 Agent at once. Reservation .should be 

 made by May 20th at the latest. 



I'liclc Si siiys — 



" Balin' wire aint so bad for a 

 quick fix, but it don't look good 

 and wont last. 



It's time to get ready for Spring work 



Look over your tools 



Remove the baling wire 



Bring in the broken parts and let us 



fix them with a blow torch cheaply 



and stronger than new 



NORTHAMPTON MACHINE 



and WELDING CO. 



34 Center Street. IMione .■>S6->I 



I A 11(1 now — 



j OPEN FORMULA POULTRY FEEDS 



j Six weeks after announcing the new Eastern States Open Formula Dairy 



! Rations last summer, we had sold over 30,000 tons. The New England dairy- 



! man, then and ever since, has shown his respect for the Eastern States Open 



I Formula idea. The Exchange is offering to the eastern poultryman a similar 



i opportunity in good feeding practice, by bringing forward these five 



I Eastern States Open Formula Poultry Feeds : 



I K<i<; M.\.SH «;l{UWIN<i M.\SH SCRATCH <iKAINS 



j CHIl K <iH.\INS KATTKNlN<i M.\SH 



I A folder has been prepared describing in detail these Open Formula Poultry Feeds. 



I Send for your copy, addressing Dept. D. 



j JIILK PRODUCERS :-Havo you iM.nsklerea the eronumy ill our 20 jier cent Fl"LPAIL 



I DAIRY RATION for summer feedingr Good jmsturage takes care of the other 4 per cent- 



! EASTERN STATES FARMERS' EXCHANGE 



Co-operative Distributors of Feeds, Grains, Fertilizers, 

 Seeds, Spray Materials, Etc. 



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