HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARMERS' MONTHLY 



CLUB WORK 



SPLENDID CALF CLUB TRIP EXHIBITS OVER ONCE MORE 



Franklin and Hampshire Counties 

 Combine 



The annual two-county calf club day 

 for 1923 was held May 19th. This year 

 it took the form of a tour seeing the 

 various breeds of dairy cows. 



The Hampshire County group left 

 Northampton at nine o'clock by machine. 

 Each car had a flag and sign on front 

 labelled "Hampshire County 4-H Club 

 Tour" and each car had a sign on back 

 relative to the aim of dairy club work. 

 These consisted of such statements as 

 "Better Stock— Better Care— Better Fit- 

 tings"; "No Tubercular Animal for Us — 

 Go on Federal Test"; "Hampshire Coun- 

 ty Dairy Club Members Own 40 Pure- 

 breds" and similar things to acquaint the 

 public with dairy club work. 



At Greenfield the Franklin County 

 Group fell into line. The first place visited 

 was the Potter Farm in Shelburne where 

 they keep Guernseys. From there the 

 fifteen machines journeyed on to see Mr. 

 Truesdell's Ayrshires in Shelburne. Af- 

 ter inspecting the herd the party gathered 

 on the hillside to eat lunch and have a 

 few speeches. Mr. Alger, Franklin Coun- 

 ty Agent, was in charge of this meeting. 

 Mr. Putnam, the County Agent from 

 Franklin County, spoke first on the "Place 

 of Dairying and the Purebred on New 

 England Farms". He emphasized not 

 only the keeping of dairy stock but keep- 

 ing better stock. Mr. Alger spoke on the 

 1923 plans for Eastern States. Mr. 

 Thomas Elder of Mt. Hermon spoke re- 

 garding a "fitting" program. He ad- 

 vised feeding whole milk only if there is 

 a surplus, if not, skim milk. He ad- 

 vocated putting the calves in pasture dur- 

 ing the day but taking them into the barn 

 at night to keep their hide in better con- 

 dition. He explained the training and 

 handling of them now, not just before 

 the fairs. The roll was then called of 

 club members by counties and by breeds 

 that all might get better acquainted. 



In the afternoon three farms were visi- 

 ted. First stop was made at Mr. David 

 Barnard's place to see the Milking Short- 

 horns. Next the tour led back through | 

 Greenfield to see Mt. Hermon and the 

 fine herd of Holsteins. From there they 

 journeyed to Northfield to see Mr. Chas. 

 Tenney and his herd of Jerseys. i 



At each place the owner showed off 

 particularly the animal he considered 1 

 most typical and explained wliy. In this i 

 way real value was gained by learning 

 the various breeds. We considered this 

 a very instructive as well as pleasant 

 trip. 



The five cars from Hampshire County 

 were driven by Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Ran- 

 dall of Belchertown, Mr. W. R. Loring 

 Continued on page 7, column 1 



Many Candidates for County Champion 



The last three weeks of May saw ex- 

 hibits to the right of us and exhibits 

 to the left of us. The winter work for the 

 year has now been completed. Considering 

 the hard winter and the great amount of 

 ' sickness there has been, the work was 

 exceptionally good. A large per cent of 

 the clubs won their banner seals to put 

 on their charters. Some very good sec- 

 ond and third year work was seen. In 

 each club the work of club members tak- 

 ing each grade of work was judged 

 against each other. Each first prize win- 

 ner in any class of work is eligible to 

 county championship. The champions 

 will be picked during the month of June. 

 The names of the candidates follow: 



Handicraft Club 



Reno Smith, Harold Smith, of South 

 Amherst. 



Arthur Jefferson, Dana Golenbush, 

 Earle Martin, of Pelham. 



James Garvey of Cold Springs, Bel- 

 chertown. 



Leslie Taylor, of Williamsburg. 



Louis Raymond, of Ware. 



Charles Grincovitch, Stuart Ashley, 

 Milo Bittistone, of Cushman. 



Horace Penn, of East Amherst. 



William Wellspeak, Raymond Elder, of 

 Huntington. 



Elliot Blakesley, of Westhampton. 



Henry Randall, of Granby. 



Robert Beals, Robert Clifford, Winni- 

 fred Sears, and Edgar Judd, of Goshen. 



Food Club 



Rose Haesart, of Blue Meadow, Bel- 

 chertown. 



Mary Kowalski, of Hadley. 



Clementina Gwoyczik, of Hadley. 



Doris Torey, of Chesterfield. 



Ruth Besaw, of Huntington. 



Oranier Diamont, of Huntington. 



Mildred Longueil, of Packardville, Pel- 

 ham. 



Doris Cadrett, of Pelham. 



Garment Club 



Catharine Marco, Nellie Ances, of 

 South Amherst. 



Helen Colditz, Evelyn Kimball, Gladys 

 Mitchell, Hazel Martin, of Pelham. 



Myrtle Damon, of Chesterfield. 



Helen Shuttleworth, of Cold Springs, 

 Belchertown. 



Avis Hussey, Esther Squires, Irene 

 Howard, Alice Randall, Rachel Randall, 

 of Belchertown Center. 



Madeline Haesart, Lena Bock, of Blue 

 Meadow, Belchertown. 



Mary Strycharz, Zophie Duscha, Polly 

 Strycharz, of Bondsville. 



Olga Kisielewski, of Dwight, Belcher- 

 town. 



STICK WITH IT 



A Little Bit Lvery Day 



Isn't that a good resolution to make 

 i-egarding your summer club work? We 

 have all started one or more projects. 

 Let's stay with the job. The time wilt 

 come not so long hence when the weather 

 will be hot, the swimming good and the 

 weeds growing! Then will be the proof 

 of how good a club member we are. Let 

 us plan to do a little each day and thus 

 keep up with the game. We all want 

 something worth while to show at the 

 fairs this fall. Let us keep this in mind 

 all the time. And the records! Let us 

 keep these right up to date. Then they 

 are not hard to do. Remember they are 

 of real value only when they are correct 

 and can tell you the things you want to 

 know. 



All right then, let us resolve to be and 

 remain the kind of club members Hamp- 

 shire County can be proud of. 



Club Qirls Save Time 



The modern housekeeper is decidedly 

 interested in saving time. There are nu- 

 merous ways to do this. The class in 

 Hou.sehold Efficiency working with the 

 Home Demonstration Agent is trying out 

 various stunts. One of these a group of 

 club girls tried out. It was simply using 

 a tray while "washing dishes". The girls 

 tried clearing the table, washing and wip- 

 ing the dishes and putting them away, 

 first with a tray and then without a tray. 

 Four different girls tried this out. They 

 saved from three to twelve minutes on 

 the whole task with an average of seven 

 minutes. Isn't that worth saving? Try 

 it. Show Mother how she can save time 

 and steps. 



Please Excuse It I 



Due to its being received late the poul- 

 try leaders contest results for March 

 were not given last month. The highest 

 for the month were Walter Vile, T. M. 

 Glover and E. R. Session all of Bristol. 

 The next three were from Hampshire and 

 were in order W. I. Mayo, W. R. Loring 

 and E. H. Nodine. A final report of 

 whole contest will be published next 

 month. 



Elizabeth Pennington, of Williamsburg. 



Margaret Smith, Madeline Long, 

 Catharine Sheehan, Stella Malinowski, of 

 Hatfield. 



Lucy Bernard, of Cushman. 



Mary Pekins, of East Amherst. 



Mildred Crum, of Huntington. 



Regina Dombrowski, Hazel Wolfram, 

 of North Hatfield. 



Ruth Redman, Louise Joy, Annie Kos- 

 achoska, Marion Martin, Sallie Howe, of 

 Amherst. 



Eva Parent, Marjorie Warner, of 

 Granby. 



