HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARMERS' MONTHLY 



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WHAT'S A COW TESTER DO? 



A good cow tester, according to As- 

 sistant County Agent Waite in Pittsfield, 

 who used to be a cow tester himself, must 

 be able to talk on most anything. He 

 gets $80.00 a month but he has to be 

 almost a county agent. He's on the job 

 every minute. His monthly visits are a 

 social event at every farm he visits. He 

 has to sit up half the night at every 

 stop to talk about cows, the best crops, 

 and how to mix grain and what ration 

 to feed, and what is the best cash crop 

 to grow next year. He has to be a good 

 judge of cows. Sometimes he even has to 

 go to an auction to help one of his mem- 

 bers pick out a likely looking addition 

 to his herd. He has to be able to tell 

 the farm wife how to feed chickens and 

 how to can string beans. 



In Southern Berkshire the longest trip 

 between farms is five miles, but the 

 Northern Association tester has a trip of 

 twenty-four miles between two of his 

 stops. The Noithern cow tester averages 

 100 miles a month, the Central tester 80 

 miles a month and the Southern tester 50 

 miles a month. 



A dairyman in Hancock had two cows 

 he was going to get rid of when he 

 joined the cow test association. The test 

 proved that they were just the cows to 

 keep. 



A Great Barrington farmer had made 

 up his mind to kill one cow that proved 

 on test to be making 400 lbs. of butterfat 

 a year. She was very nearly the best 

 cow in the herd. 



The North family of Shakers in 

 Lebanon increased the production of their 

 cows an average of 8.5 lbs. of milk and 

 2 lbs. of butterfat per cow and saved 

 $48. in one month, which is more than 

 the cost of membership, in the association, 

 by changing their ration on advice of the 

 tester. 



NEW VERMICIDE FOUND 



"Black Leaf 40" Hxpels Stomach 

 Worms from Sheep 



Every year new uses are found for 

 many of our common every-day things. 

 Recently Prof. G. H. Samson, .Jr., of 

 the Storrs' Agricultural Experiment 

 Station, has discovered that "Black-Leaf 

 40" is a very effective remedy for stomach 

 worms in sheep. This material has been 

 found to act more efficiently than the 

 copper sulphate, it is easier to procure, 

 easier made and cheaper and does not 

 seem to have the long after effects that 

 some of the other vermicides have. Three 

 teaspoonfuls, which is ecjuivalent to one- 

 half ounce of the 40% nicotine sulphate 

 to one quart of water is the common 

 strength. This should be stirred well 



Poultry Accounts 



Continui'd Irom page 1, column 2 

 been above the average for the state. Of 

 the twenty-six farms reporting, fifteen 

 sold poultry showing we hope that many 

 of our good poultrymen have already 

 started culling their flocks. 



Everyone of the cooperators receives 

 a monthly i-eport, showing how his flock 

 compares with the average for the county 

 and state. This same service is available 

 to every poultryman in the county. Why 

 not write into the county agent today for 

 blank? Others are finding this service 

 valuable and we believe you would too. 

 The following is the report for April: 



State 

 No. Farms Reporting 26 1.53 



No. Birds 

 Average per Farm 

 Eggs per bird 

 Highest flock Average 

 Egg receipts per bird 

 Farms selling Poultry 

 Av. Value Poultry Sold 

 No. Farms Incubating 

 No. Chicks per Farm 

 No. Farms selling chicks 



County 



26 

 6,265 

 241 

 15.4 

 19.4 

 38f 

 15 

 $41.56 



13 

 634 

 5 



Av. Value chicks .sold $120.94 



36,139 



236 

 15.9 

 26.7 

 43^ 

 86 



$43.87 

 92 



672 

 25 

 $115.19 



even while being used. For a mature, 

 rugged sheep, weighing over 100 pounds, 

 four ounces is the correct amount of this 

 diluted solution. For smaller sheep, 

 more or less weak, one to three ounces; 

 for the lambs five months' old or over, 

 1 one or two ounces. 



I 



The Eastern States Peed Pool 



Offered in the Pool : 



EASTERN STATES 

 MILKMORE RATION 



EASTERN STATES 

 FULPAIL RATION 



EASTERN STATES 

 FITTING RATION 



EASTERN STATES 

 EGG MASH 



Write for Booklet and folder 

 on these Pool Feeds 



The Eastern States Feed Pof)l, season of 1923, 

 started on June 4th, and continues until July 

 20th, unless tonnage capacity is reached at an 

 earlier date, (let in toucdi with your local co- 

 operative V)uying organization to learn how you 

 can place yonr requirements in the Pool. If 

 you are not served by such an organization, 

 or if an Exchange representative fails to call 

 on you, write direct to the Eastern States 

 Farmers' Exchange, Box 1482, Springfield, Mass. 



EASTERN STATES FARMERS' EXCHANGE 



Co-operative Distributors of Feed, Grain, 

 Fertilizers, Seeds, Spray Materials, Etc. 



SPRINGFIELD 



MASSACHUSETT S 



