HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARMERS' MONTHLY 



SPECIAL WINTER COURSES 

 IN DAIRYING AT M. A. C. 



A series of four special courses for 

 dairymen and workers in milk and ice 

 cream plants will be given at the Mas- 

 sachusetts Agricultural College this win- 

 ter. The courses are highly specialized 

 and intensive and they are intended for 

 the experienced farmer or plant operator 

 who wishes the latest information along 

 his special line. The instruction will be 

 given by the regular staff of the Depart- 

 ment of Dairying. The laboratories of 

 this department are very well equipped 

 and all the machinei-y will be available 

 to students in these courses. 



The first course "Testing Milk and Its 

 Products" will start on -January 2 and 

 end January 12. The second course runs 

 from January 15 to January 26 and 

 covers "Market Milk Handling" and "Soft 

 Cheese Making." These two courses are 

 of particular interest to the dairyman and 

 the milk plant worker. Course three, 

 January 29 to February 9, will be de- 

 voted to "Ice Cream Making," and course 

 four, February 12 to February 2.3, to 

 "The Making of Butter." Course four 

 will be repeated from February 26 to 

 March 8 if the enrollment is too large 

 to be handled in one section. 



Registration in all courses will be 

 under the supervision of Professor John 

 Phelan, Director of Short Courses. A 

 bulletin describing the courses in detail 

 will be sent on request. 



I'riininK ->leetinB» Held 



Colli iiuic^d f 1 nm paae 1. i-olunin " 

 three or more scaffold limbs have been 

 saved, all starting about the same as the 

 fingers on one's hand. The young trees 

 look pretty but that is their main ad- 

 vantage. The sad part is that when 

 these trees are about ten years old the 

 limbs will be close together and will 

 crowd. Then, when there is a heavy crop 

 of fruit, one or more of the branches 

 breaks down, taking with it a part of 

 the trunk. Rot starts in and the tree is 

 doomed. 



All this trouble and loss can be avoided 

 by taking the time to space the limbs well 

 apart and have them unite with the trunk 

 at as near a i-ight angle as possible. To 

 do this it is necessary to keep a central 

 leader until all the main branches are 

 established. To keep this central leader 

 it is necessary to destroy the competition 

 from other branches. In young trees this 

 can be done ea.sily. In the older trees 

 it is a problem. 



These and other points have been 

 brought out at the pruning demonstra- 

 tions held this fall in Southampton, Wil- 

 liamsburg, We.sthampton, Prescott, Ches- 

 terfield and Huntington. If you would 

 like to have a demonstration in your town, 

 write to the County Agent. 



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NORTHAMPTON, MASS. 



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Telephone 47(» 



Do you know iiow to nutke niecluinical drawings ? 



Many young men spend several liundred dollars for corrcs- 

 pondence courses trying to learn tiiis dillicult art. 



All Smith kS(d)ool Ixiys know how to make and to read me- 

 (dianical drawings, 



P^irst-class mechanics have to use hlue prints and know- 

 how to estimate costs. 



SMITH'S SCHOOL, NORTHAMPTON 



HAS THE FOLLOWING DEPARTMENTS FOR BOYS 



CARPENTRY SHEET METAL AUTOMOBILE 



AGRICULTURE SILK TEXTURE 



VISIT THE SCHOOL 



