HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARMERS' MONTHLY 



CLUB WORK 



WINTER PROJECTS 



The Winter work in the Club Depart- 

 ment is now being put in motion The 

 Food Work, Clothing Work, Poultry 

 Work and Handicraft Work is still find- 

 ing enthusiasm among the boys and girls. 

 The Food Club program has been changed 

 somewhat. Below are the first year re- 

 quirements of this club. 



5 bakings of quick bread. 



10 bakings yeast bread. 

 Home Tasks. 



Wash dishes .50 times. 



Clean silver once. 



Make beds 25 times. 



Clean and oil stove once. 



Choose three: 

 Dust twice. 

 Sweep twice. 

 Clean windows twice. 

 Iron twice. 

 Score Food Habits. 

 Exhibit. 



One loaf yeast bread. 

 Story. 

 Record. 



In the Clothing Work first year girls 

 have to make the following: 



1. One work apron. 



2. Choice of one of the following: 

 Simple housedress. 



Kimono. 

 Nightgown. 

 Rompers. 

 Chemise. 



Bloomers, (one to be hemmed by 

 hand) . 



3. Collect and mount: 



Ten samples of cotton material, 

 labelled and identified (to be cut 

 uniform size, by warp and woof) . 



4. Darn ten stockings. 



5. Home tasks: 



Wash dishes 50 times. 

 Clean silver once. 

 Make beds 25 times. 

 Clean and oil stove once. 

 Choose three of the following: 

 Dust twice Sweep twice 



Clean windows twice Iron twice 

 Mend twice (other than stock- 

 ings). 

 Exhibit. 



One garment or one apron. 

 (Showing hand hemming). 

 One stocking darn. 

 Textile booklet. 

 Record. 

 Story. 



In the Poultry Work you may be in- 

 terested in the egg laying contest in which 

 you keep an egg record on five or more 

 birds from November 1 to October 31st. 

 If you have a flock which you have been 

 keeping records on continue to do so. 



The Handicraft Work consists of mak- 

 ing articles out of wood or raffia and 



many of the boys want to start or con- 

 tinue this project. 



Another line of work that is offered 

 which may be more interesting and help- 

 ful is the Dairy Calf Project. If you 

 live on a farm where you have a place 

 to keep a dairy calf talk with us about 

 the project. 



Be interested in .some of these tasks. 

 Remember that every successful man or 

 woman was once a boy or girl who did 

 things. Be an active boy or girl your- 

 self by working on some useful ta.sk. 



Dairy Calf Boys and Qirls are Stili 

 Interested 



In talking with the 1922 calf club mem- 

 bers we find them still interested to go 

 ahead and continue their work. The 

 calves of most of the members have good 

 enough backing to build a herd on. The 

 few grades should and no doubt will be 

 replaced by better animals. We hope the 

 owTiers of the calves will be the owner 

 of the cows they will grow into. For in 

 this way and only this way can we hope 

 to get the most out of the work. 



Calves Take Eighteen Prizes Over Adults 



At the Three County Fair the twenty- 

 one calves exhibited by the boys and girls 

 took fifteen prizes in the open classes 

 against the adults. Besides these fifteen 

 prizes they had among their lot three 

 Junior Champions. We think this shows 

 one fine thing — the boys and girls are get- 

 ting good stock. And also we appreciate 

 the fact that their parents are willing 

 they should have it. 



RESULTS OfIuDGING 

 CONTESTS AT THE 

 TRI-COUNTY FAIR 



Poultry Judging — Lewis West, Hadley 

 — First; Osborne West, Hadley — Second; 

 Kenneth Summer, A.shfield — Third. 



Dairy Cow Judging — Osborne West, 

 Hadley — First; Clarence Hall, Ashfield — 

 Second; Broni-slaw Lebiecki, Florence — 

 Third. 



Preserve Judging — Clara B. Curtis, 

 Hadley — First; Mary Chunglo, Hadley — 

 Second; Sabina Suleski, Amherst — Third. 



Food Judging — Sabina Suleski, Am- 

 herst — First; Clara Curtis, Hadley — Sec- 

 ond; Mary Chunglo, Hadley — Third. 



Corn and Potato Judging — Warren 

 Lyman, Florence — First; Ralph Pay.son, 

 Westhampton — Second ; Charles Powers, 

 Hatfield — Third. 



Poultry Members Win at Eastern States 



Seven of our poultry boys sent some of 

 their stock to the boys and girls exhibit 

 at the Eastei-n States Exposition. When 



their prizes were added together we found 

 they amounted to fifty-nine dollars and 

 twenty-five cents. 



Belchertown Center Club Wins Cup 



The cup offered by the Fair Association 

 to the club getting first prize two years 

 in the Club Float Parade was won by 

 Mrs. D. D. Hazen's club at Belchertown 

 Center. In 1921 a float from Belcher- 

 town decorated by Mrs. Dwight Randall's 

 club won. In 1922 Belchertown lost to 

 the Pelham Club in charge of Miss Alice 

 Colliss but won for the second time this 

 year. It is hoped the interest developed 

 by this contest will continue and that the 

 Fair Association will put up another cup. 

 Other prize winners in their order were 

 Hatfield, Blue Meadow (Belchertown), 

 Westhampton, Pelham and Goshen. 

 There were also floats from Ware, Flor- 

 ence, Bay State and Northampton. 



Eight Canning Club Exhibits at 

 Northampton 



Northampton, Florence, Belchertown 

 Center, Dwight ( Belchertown ) , Pomeroy 

 Meadow, Westhampton, Pelham and 

 South Amherst each had canning club ex- 

 hibits at the Fair. Pelham took first. 

 South Amherst, second, and Ware, third 

 prize. 



THE STRENGTH 



OF CLUB WORK 



When a building is to be put up the 

 contractor or one in charge considers very 

 carefully the foundation. Hei-e is where 

 the great weight of the walls will rest 

 and the foundation must be suitable or 

 the walls will soon sag and eventually 

 fall. And if the base be solid the build- 

 ing will remain plumb and continue to 

 be of use. 



In the same way we can think of the 

 various social and business activities. If 

 they be based on good principles they will 

 live, and if not, they will soon be aban- 

 doned. 



Is the program for Boys' and Girls' 

 Club Work a good foundation? If club 

 work were an organization simply to en- 

 tertain the boys and girls it would have 

 been discarded long ago. To make it per- 

 manent it must have a progressive pro- 

 gram and increase its usefullness year 

 after year. We believe that Club Work 

 is founded on three great principles of 

 progress — Work, Education and Coopera- 

 tion. 



When a Boy or Girl enrolls he decides 

 at once to do a certain piece of work, 

 either raise a calf, some chickens, pota- 

 toes, or sew, cook, can or other definite 

 job. He is planning to do some special 

 WORK when he takes up a club project. 

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