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HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARMERS' MONTHLY 



\jitionill Dnirj Sho« 



Continued from page 1, colnmn 1 

 Much time was profitably spent in look- 

 ing over the hundreds of instructive ex- 

 hibits. Glass lined tank cars and trucks 

 for the transportation of milk were 

 shown. In fact, machinery has been per- 

 fected to reduce the labor necessary in 

 handling milk and in making it into by- 

 products. 



The United States Department of Agri- 

 culture had an extensive exhibit showing 

 various phases of dairying. The import- 

 ance of weeding out poor cows was shown. 

 Actual records of 3 cows were: No. 1 — 

 2,52.3 pounds milk, 1.53 pounds fat; ^lo. 

 2 — 4,800 pounds milk, 238 pounds fat; 

 No. 3 — 10,700 pounds milk, 560 pounds 

 fat. No. 1 was a liability. No. 2 was on 

 the border line while No. 3 made a profit. 

 One farmer started testing in 1917 when 

 his cows averaged 155 pounds of butter 

 fat, which gave an income of 64 cents 

 per cow over feed cost. In 1923 after 

 six years of culling and testing, his herd 

 averaged 280 pounds of butter fat and 

 returned him $146 per cow over feed 

 costs. Since the average production per 

 cow for this county is less than 4,000 

 pounds, it would seem that this state- 

 ment should be of interest. 



Another part of the exhibit of particu- 

 lar interest was regarding tuberculosis. 

 A map of the whole country was colored 

 to represent the percentage of T. B. in- 

 fection. After gazing at the map for 

 some time, our thought was that anyone 

 looking for better stock would have to 

 have good courage to buy stock in this 

 part of the country unless it came from a 

 tested herd. A few pioneers have already 

 started testing their herds. Even tested 

 grade stock commands a premium of from 

 $25 to $50 over untested animals. Can 

 we afford to keep in the same old rut? 

 It was interesting to note the increased 

 adoption of alfalfa through New York 

 state. Some counties have tripled their 

 acreage of this crop in the past ten years. 

 In fact, it seemed as though practically 

 every farm around Syracuse had all its 

 fields seeded to this crop. Our county 

 has 97 acres according to the census 

 figures. 



With only 75,000 people attending the 

 exposition this year there is some doubt 

 whether it will be held in Syracuse next 

 year. If it is, let's make a determined 

 efl"ort to attend. It surely is worth the 

 effort. 



SPRAY THIS FALL 



FOR LEAF-CURL 



Peach leaf-curl is the most .serious 



fungous disease affecting this fruit in our 



climate. Peach leaf-curl often means 



several if not all of the following losses: 



Continued on piige 11, column 1 



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