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HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARMERS' MONTHLY 



Continufci frciin page !i. column S 

 Sell to a Buyer Who Pays for Quality 



Nothing could he more discouraging to 

 a producer of highest quality eggs than 

 to have to sell them to a huyer who pays 

 the same price for good and poor quality. 

 The price paid by such a buyer is an 

 average for all qualities and it offers no 

 incentive or inducement for producing 

 the best. 



'ro|i-l)reN.sin»:^ rerinanfiit ra.slures 



Continued from page 1. column 1 

 And even that guarded statement is true 

 only in case other conditions such as mois- 

 ture supply, etc., are satisfactory so that 

 shortage of plant food is the true limit- 

 ing factor in the growth of clover. 



That being the ca.se, it is well to select, 

 for a test of pasture top-dressing, a piece 

 of land which looks as though it ought 

 to grow good clover and grass but which 

 is not doing it. In such cases application 

 of the right chemical is quite likely to 

 produce profitable results. But what is 

 the right chemical? Pota.sh as at Am- 

 herst or acid phosphate as at Great Har- 

 rington or perhaps a combination of both, 

 or possibly lime? It all depends upon 

 the soil and the one sure way to find out 

 is to conduct a small scale test before 

 making any great expenditure for chemi- 

 cals with the possibility of a failure. 



To conduct such a test select as uniform 

 an area as possible where there already 

 exists a fairly good sod without much 

 moss or brush. Stake out four long nar- 

 row plots, preferably not over a rod each 

 in width, running straight up and down 

 the slope. Fertilize as follows, being 

 careful to sow to a straight edge so as 

 to facilitate comparisons. 



Plot 1. Acid phosphate 1,000 pounds 

 per acre. 



Plot 2. Acid phosphate 1,000 pounds 

 per acre. 

 Muriate of pota.sh 200 pounds 

 per acre. 

 Plot 3. Muriate of potash 200 pounds 



per acre. 

 Plot 4. Acid phosphate 1,000 pounds 

 per acre. 

 Muriate of pota.sh 200 ])ounds 



per acre. 

 Lime one ton per acre. 

 Careful observation of such a test as 

 this will enable one to decide intelligently 

 what treatment gives the best results on 

 any particular piece of pasture land and 

 whether those results are good enough to 

 warrant the expen.se. If there is some 

 question, the comparison is rendered more 

 certain by fencing the cattle off for a 

 period of two or three weeks early in the 

 second or third season following applica- 

 tion of the fertilizer. If this is not done 

 they are likely to gnaw the fertilized plot 

 so closely as to make it look like about 

 the barest land in the whole pasture. 



LINCOLN 





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One Can Not a — Ford 

 to be without a — Ford 



iit these price.s : 



Seduri with Starter and Dfiii. Kims, 



Coupe 



louring 



unal)out 

 Chassis 



Ton Truck Cluissis, 

 Fordson Tractor, 



All prices F. O. B. Detroit 



ifSDo.OO 

 550.00 

 393.00 

 364.00 

 330.(»0 

 380.00 

 395.00 



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THE SMITH'S AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL 



Opened with 70 students in the trades departments 

 41 Students from outside Northampton 



The Automotive I)ei)artuieut was Hlled before s(diool i 

 opened. Httideiits already sisninj; up f'i'r next year. 



The Agricultural Uepartment opeiis Seiitember 24. 



This department opens late and closes early so that boys 

 can help at harvesting and planting. 



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