HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARMERS' MONTHLY 



TO THE BOYS AND GIRLS: 



Even though I was sorry to leave my 

 boy and girl friends in another section I 

 am anxious to meet the clubs and boys 

 and girls of Hampshire County. A letter 

 from Miss Erhard, your former agent, in- 

 cluded the following conceining this coun- 

 ty, "You have splendid people ,who believe 

 in Club Work and the Boi/s and (Hrls are 

 the kind who will work hard." I am sure 

 that Miss Erhard's opinion of you is cor- 

 rect. I am vei'y glad to have the oppor- 

 tunity soon to meet you and talk over 

 with you your calf project, chickens, sew- 

 ing and the other demonstrations you are 

 carrying on. I have heard that the calves 

 are the best in the state, that the chickens 

 are laying and that the sewing has turned 

 common cloth into useful articles. 



Let me say now, "Finish what you have 

 started. No one ever succeeds unless he 

 ' Sticks- to-the-job' ". 



CLUB WORK 



THE BOYS AND GIRLS AT THE 

 HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FAIR 



The Hampshire County Fair is to be 

 held on October 2, 3 and 4. There will 

 be much of interest to the Boys and Girls. 

 The Agricultural Society is very liberal 

 with prizes and very interested in the 

 Boys' and Girls' Day Program which will 

 be run off on Tuesday, October 2. We 

 hope that the whole enrollment of boys 

 and girls (908) will come on Tuesday to 

 see their exhibits with the others and also 

 to enter the Field Sports and Judging 

 Contests that are to be run off. Below 

 is a review of the contests and exhibits. 

 Judging Contests 



Judging is to enable you to pick out 

 the best. It is very important that you 

 should be able to do this. It will help 

 you to increase the quality of your stock 

 or work. There will be judging on corn, 

 potatoes, livestock, poultry, canned prod- 

 ucts and food. The prizes offered for 

 each of these are good and what you will 

 learn will be worth more than the first 

 prize. If you are going into the corw 

 jvdging, learn what a good ear is. If 

 you are going to judge live stock, learn 

 the points of a good cow — get into your 

 mind what a perfect cow looks like. If 

 it is poultry you are interested in, know 

 the qualities of a laying hen, the good 

 points of a pullet, and what to consider 

 in picking out the best cockerel. In can- 

 ning you will have to pick out the be.st 

 fruit and vegetables and jelly and in food 

 judging the best yeasts bread and quick 

 bread. 



Every judge in the above mentioned 

 classes will be asked to wiite reasons for 

 their placings. Everyone plan to enter 

 this. 



BOYS' AND GIRLS' DAY PROGRAM 



Three=County Fair, Northampton, Tuesday, October 2, 1923 

 You Can He'p to Keep This Day Kntireiy for Boys and Qirls 



Thursday, October 2, will be a day of 

 trial not only for the b 'ys and girls of 

 Hampshire County but ; Iso for the Ex- 

 tension Service. We believe that the boys 

 and girls will make their Jay one of the 

 best days of the fair. The fair directors 

 have got to be shown. If we fall down, 

 it means that the junior department will 

 be put in a minor place, 'the only way 

 for the boys and girls to keep this first 

 day for their very own is to make it the 

 best ever. This means that everyone 

 must not only be at the fair but that they 

 must take part in the program. The 

 following program suggests opportunities 

 for you to help. 



JUDGING CONTESTS 



9.4.5 Corn and Potato Judging Contest. 

 At Boys' and Girls' Building. 



9.4.5 Poultry Judging Contest, (lasting 

 through a. m.) at Poultry Building. 



10.45 Livestock Judging Contest. At 

 livestock sheds. 



10.00 Preserves Judging Contest. Boys' 

 and Girls' Building. 



11.00 Food Judging Contest. Boys' and 

 Girls' Building. 



SPORTS ON TRACK 



10.00 to 12.00. For those not interested 

 in judging. Under direction of Mr. E. 

 W. Fobes of Northampton Y. M. C. A. 

 Events will be: 50 yd. dash for boys 12- 

 15 years; 50 yd. dash for boys under 12; 

 50 yd. dash for girls; 50 yd. sack race 



for girls; 50 yd. sack race for boys. 



Prizes in these events: Blue, red, and 

 white prize ribbons for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd 

 place respectively. 



Team Races for all. Teams will be 

 selected, captains appointed and sashes 

 of different colors given to each member 

 of team. Events will be: Relay Broad 

 Jump; Relay Race; Leap-frog Jump; 

 Centipede Race. 



Prizes in team races: A blue prize 

 ribbon to each member of winning team 

 in each event. 12.30-1.30 Rest Hour. 



.\FTERNOON PROGRAM 



In front of grand stand. Tickets to 

 stand 50c for adults, 25c for boys and 

 girls. The track will be kept clear by 

 state constabulary. 



1.30-2.00 Vaudeville and band concert. 



1.30 Tentative Judging of club floats, 

 at parking place. 



2.00 Club pageant — under direction of 

 County Club Agent. 



Rules. Floats or marching bodies to 

 be only by groups doing Boys' and Girls' 

 4-H club work and floats to represent 

 that. Prizes: Ribbons and $12, $10, $9,. 

 .$8, $7, $6 respectively. 



A cup is awarded for one year to the 

 ' first prize winner. The community win- 

 ning this a second time becomes its 

 permanent owner. To date Belchertown 

 and Pelham have each won it once. 



Exhibiting 



I dont know of any part of the work 

 that is more interesting to your parents 

 and friends than to see an exhibition of 

 Boys' and Girls' Club Work. It is one 

 of the* best ways to show results. You 

 are also competing against the other Boys 

 and Girls. Everybody can't get a prize 

 but you can help us to show what Hamp- 

 shire County Boys and Girls are doing 

 by .sending an exhibit of your work. If 

 your town is to put on an exhibit, do your 

 best to make it a winner. If your town 

 isn't going to put on an exhibit the boys 

 and girls should see that it is done for 

 your town must be represented. We hope 

 there will be a large number of graniviar 

 school exhibits. The woodwork exhibit 

 will attract a lot of attention. Be sure 

 and have the best you can make in it. 

 And we hope that the cuvnivg girls will 

 work hard to win the prizes for their club 

 in the canning club exhibit. 

 Live Steele Class 



Be positively sure that you get your 



calf or steers or colt or hog into this fair. 

 Your stock is causing a lot of interest 

 in the county this yeai. Everyone wants 

 to see it. Have it in tip-top showing 

 condition. Remember the special prizes 

 offered by the Hampshire, Franklin Hol- 

 stein Club, the Franklin County Jersey 

 Cattle Club and the Massachusetts Guern- 

 sey Breeders Association. 



Poultry Exhibit 



You can practice judging when you 

 pick out your best exhibit of chickens to 

 send to the fair. 



Vegetables 



j The garden boys and girls can make a 

 showing in this class. Have your veg- 

 etables uniform in sizes and shape, clean, 

 free from disease and blemishes. Pick 

 out those vegetables that your Mother 

 likes best to cook. 



We are depending on every boy and girl 

 to do his or her part to make the Boys 

 and Girls Exhibit the best yet. 



