HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARMERS' MONTHLY 



FARMERS' MONTHLY 



MARKET GARDEN NOTES 



PUBLISHED BY THE 



Have vou made plans for the storage 



Hampshire County Trustees for Aid to ^^ your "vegetables for the winter? It 



Agriculture is ^ very simple thing to make a place 



j for storing root vegetables as well as cab- 



STAFF bage and celery if the pits are not to be 



County Agent opened until spring. Dig a hole about 



Rolnnd A. Payne, 

 Mildred W. Boice, 



Home Uenionstrntion Agent 

 .\oriii:iii F. Wliipiien, I'ountj' Ciuli Agent 

 Mar>- C O'l^eary, Clerk 

 Mary Sullivan, Asst. Clerk 



Office First National Bank Building 



Northampton, Mass. 

 Entered as second class matter Nov. 9, 



a foot deep, thiee feet wide and as long 

 as necessary, in a well drained spot; 

 place a small amount of straw or dry 

 {leaves on the bottom, and pile your root 

 crops and cover with a small amount of 

 straw until freezing weather sets in. 

 Then throw on five or six inches of loam 

 on top of the straw. A single layer of 



1915, at the Post Office at Northampton, 

 Massachusetts, under the Act of March cabbage oi' celery is all that can be placed 

 *■ i^''^- in these pits, and they should be treated 



"Notice of Entry" ^^^ ^^j^^ ^^ ^^le root crops, that is, a 



Acceptance for mailing at special rate ^^^^^ amount of straw placed on top un- 

 til freezing weather, and then throwing 



of postage provided for 

 Act of October 3, 1917. 

 tober 31, 1917. 



Price, .'»0 cents 



section 1103, 

 Authorized Oc- 



on four or five inches of loam. For a 

 storage place which can be opened during 

 the winter it is well worth while to build 

 a pit with a wooden roof, and a door that 

 can be easily opened and also easily pro- 

 tected in case of freezing weather. A 

 hole two feet deep and five to six feet 

 wide and as long as necessary can be used, 

 and boards placed as a roof with straw 

 on top of the boards, and when freezing 

 weather sets in cover straw with a small 

 amount of loam. The door can be used 

 to ventilate with until cold weather sets 

 in, when care must be used to keep the 

 contents from freezing, by using hay or 

 straw over the door. 



The carrot blight has not been very 

 - serious this year in any of the sections 



SON'S CALF, FATHER'S COW Last year at this time the carrots at the 



Field Station were completely blighted 



The young stock exhibit by the mem- ^^, ^-^^^ j^ ^^^ hard to pull them, as well 

 bers of the Hamp.shire County Boys' and ^^ preventing a good growth. This year 

 Girls' Calf Club at the Three County |^]^g j,jjgjj,. j^^^g j^g^ started in and there 

 Fair certainly was a credit to their own- ^^.^ ^^^jy ^ f^^ ^^^^^^^ ^l^i^j^ .j,.g brown, 

 ers and to the county. In the open classes rj.^^ treatments to date, of seed and of the 

 they took sixteen prizes and in every class ' ^rrot tops for prevention of the blight 

 there was keen competition. \u^^^ ^^^ g^own any practical control. 



In practically every case, the calves 



Officers of the Trustees 



Edwin B. Clapp, President 

 Charles E. Clark, Vice-President 

 Warren M. King, Treasurer 

 Roland A. Payne, Secretary 



Trustees for County Aid to Agriculture 



Edwin B. Clapp, Easthampton 

 Charles E. Clark, Leeds 

 Clarence E. Hodgkins, Northampton 

 Milton S. Howes, Cummington 

 Mrs. Clifton .Johnson, Hadley 

 Warren M. King, Northampton 

 John A. Sullivan, Northampton 

 Charles W. Wade, Hatfield 



sold to the boys and girls were animals 

 of superior type and breeding. In fact 



Have you cleaned up your weeds and 

 refuse? It is money well spent to thor- 



we know that adults could not have oughly clean all of your own land. You 

 bought some of these calves. The men not only kill the weed seeds, but kill the 

 who sold these animals hoped to keep the insects which live over the winter in the 

 young folks interested in good livestock, stalks. The corn borer is the most im- 

 What they want and what the Extension portant, but there are other insects which 



Service desires is to have the animals 

 form the foundation of good herds. 



Too often this purpose has been de- 

 feated by son's calf becoming father's 



can be somewhat controlled by thoroughly 

 cleaning up and burning all refuse. 



Wholehearted cooperation between the 



cow. The result is that the young people young people, their parents and the Ex- 

 lose interest in livestock as such and, too ten.sion Service will be required to ac- 

 often, in farming. Next year we want complish the desired result. Parents will 

 to see every club member showing the play the most important part as they are 

 same animal, and, if circumstances per- on the scene of action every day. The 

 mit, also having another equally good ' Club Agent's visits, while necessarily few, 

 calf. A few club members have already i will have a stimulating efi'ect. We can 

 started herds in this way. Every calf ] make the Calf Club something more than 

 club member .'ihould have this objective Ijust giving the boys and girls experi- 

 in view. lence in raising calves. Let's do it. 



.SiH'ce-ssfiil Fair Sea.son 



Continued fi'om paj?e 1. column 3 

 it takes considerable time to get cattle 

 ready for the show and that it is a real 

 job getting them to and from the grounds. 

 The efi'ort is justified however by the in- 

 formation received concerning desired 

 type of animals. 



The hall exhibit was one of the best 

 shown in years. The fruit display would 

 be hard to beat anywhere. Time was 

 when very ordinary fruit had a chance 

 to win prizes but not so now. In fact to 

 get in on the money, apples must be of 

 the best quality in every way. Twelve 

 collections of ten or more varieties were 

 shown and in this class there was the 

 keenest competition. All but two of these 

 exhibits would have withstood competition 

 from any place in the state. The exhibit 

 showed that good fruit not only can be 

 grown in this section but it is being 

 grown. 



The "peck of potatoes" class also 

 showed great improvement over former 

 years. No longer does one see mis- 

 shapened, scabby wormy or otherwise in- 

 ferior potatoes at this show. In such 

 competition one can well feel proud to 

 even get a prize. Vegetables of all kinds 

 showed a decided increase in quantity as 

 well as in quality. In fact the whole hall 

 exhibit was second to none in the county. 

 The Grange Exhibits certainly were 

 works of art and attracted much favora- 

 ble comment. 



Northampton 



The directors of the Three County Fair 

 made an honest efi'ort to remove objec- 

 tionable features from the midway this 

 year. While there are those who proba- 

 bly could see objectionable features, the 

 majority concede that progress has been 

 made. Still further progress is looked 

 for next year. Exhibits as a whole were 

 better than last year. While only six 

 granges exhibited, the quality of products 

 and the artistic arrangement were fully 

 up to the standard. The vegetable ex- 

 hibits were far ahead of last year. In 

 the fruit classes, exhibits were of fine 

 quality. However there is plenty of room 

 for more exhibits in the fruit classes. 



As usual the boys and girls controlled 

 the first day and fully justified its 

 reservation for their use. Attendance 

 was lessened by the experiment of 

 charging admission for children over 

 twelve years of age. Another year this 

 matter will be remedied, as public senti- 

 ment is strongly against it. The club 

 parade was well received. The floats 

 while fewer in number than last year 

 .showed much thought and careful plan- 

 ning. The greased pigs furnished much 

 amusement to the onlookers and more ex- 

 citement for the contestants. Lack of 

 wind on the porkers' part made the races 

 .short though snappy. 



Director Fobes of the Northampton Y. 

 Continued on page 10. column 1 



