HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARMERS' MONTHLY 



CLUB WORK 



CANS FOR FOUR YEARS MEMBERS WIN PRIZES 



Wins Interest of Parents 



In 1920 Oiele Scott was introduced to 

 club work at her home in Berkshire Coun- 

 ty. She favored canning and so, even 

 though her mother and father didn't think 

 much of the idea, started in that year. 

 The fifty jars which she put up were 

 greatly appreciated by the family and her 

 successful attempt to learn to can, a use- 

 ful home task for any girl to know, 

 gained the approval of her father and 

 mother. Her father was mighty pleased 

 when Orele took a prize at the Fair that 

 fall and offered to give her as much 

 money as she could win thereafter. Her 

 mother who perhaps looked at canning 

 work as a "messing up of the kitchen" 

 changed her mind after Orele's first suc- 

 cessful year and since that time has seen 

 her with interest put up many jars. Mrs. 

 Scott always used the open kettle method 

 but after seeing how Orele's preserves 

 kept and tasted she changed her method 

 and cans now entirely by the cold pack 

 method. 



In the second year of Orele's work she 

 put up 150 jars and was made county 

 champion in Berkshire County and at- 

 tended Camp Gilbert at Amherst in the 

 summer of 1922. 



In 1922 she put up her greatest number 

 of jars in any one season — 450. She was 

 a member of Hampshire County this year 

 and helped to interest some of the other 

 girls of Cummington. She talked on 

 canning work at the Extension Service 

 Annual Meeting in Northampton in the 

 fall. In 1923 she canned 230 jars. 



In the fall of 1923 she entered Spring- 

 field Technical High and states that her 

 canning work has been very easy for her 

 as a result of her past club work. She 

 still enjoys it. She has in the past four 

 years canned nearly everything — even 

 milk. She has demonstrated that it is 

 possible to completely preserve everything 

 if proper precaution in the method of 

 doing it is followed. She has demon- 

 strated that parents can be won over if 

 shown the value of club work by doing 

 something worth while and also that what 

 club members get out of club work may 

 be of value to grown people. 



Henry Randall Wins 



Henry Randall of Granby for the sec- 

 ond time wins in the egg laying contest. 

 His thirteen hens laid 191 eggs, a per- 

 centage of 47.1. 



AT BOSTON 



Think about your poultry work for the 

 spring. The early bii-d catches the worm. 

 To got chicks when you want them — order 

 them now. Get the best — they are the 

 cheapest. A thirty cent live chick is bet- 

 ter than two fifteen cent dead ones. 



At the Boston poultry show the few 

 members won many prizes which are as 

 follows : 



Viola Albee of Amherst: 



Prizes 

 Fancy Barred Rock Hen 1st and 2nd 



Utility Barred Rock Hen 1st and 2nd 



Fancy Baried Rock Pullet 1st and 2nd 

 Fancy Leghorn Cockerel 1st 



Leghorn Cock Biid 5th 



Bantam Cock 2nd 



Bantam Cock 5th 



She took in prizes $11.75 and besides 

 won the following special prizes : 

 10 lbs. of Cabola. 

 Subscription to Poultry Success. 

 A $7.00 setting of Barred Rock Eggs. 

 10 lb. package of Pratts Baby Chick 

 Food. 

 Dennett Howe of Amherst: 



Prize 

 Fancy Leghorn Hen 5th 



Fancy Leghorn Hen 2nd 



Utility Leghorn Hen 5th 



Utility Leghorn Cockerel 1st 



Fancy Leghorn Pullet 2nd 



Utility Leghorn Pullet 4th 



He took in prizes $3.50 besides the fol- 

 lowing special prizes: 

 10 lbs. of Carbola. 



Setting of White Leghorn Eggs from the 

 Lord Farm. 

 I Package of Pratt's Baby Chick Food. 



10 lbs. of Beacon Egg Mash. 

 i Roger West of Hadley: 



Prize 



} Utility Red Hen 3rd 



Fancy Red Cock 2nd 



Fancy Red Cockerel 2nd 



1st prize in judging. 



He took in prizes $9.75 and the follow- 

 I ing special prizes : 

 20 lbs. of Beacon Egg Mash. 

 1 10 lb. package of Full of Pep. 

 ' 1920 Standard of Perfection. 

 Subscription to Poultry Success. 

 Osborne West of Hadley: 



Prize 

 Fancy White Wyandotte Hen 2nd 



Fancy White Wyandotte Hen 3rd 



Utility White Wyandotte Hen 4th 



Fancy White Wyandotte Cockerel 1st 

 Utility White Wyandotte Cockerel 3rd 

 Utility White Wyandotte Pullet 2nd 



Pen White Wyandotte 1st 



Judging 3rd 



He took $10.50 in prizes and the follow- 

 ing specials: 



10 lbs. of Beacon's Egg Mash. 

 10 lb. package of Full of Pep. 



John Howe of Amherst: 

 1 Red Capon 5th prize 



1 He received a special prize of a can of 

 i Zeneolun. 



COOLIDGEl AT HEAD 



OF BOYS' CLUBS 



Assumes Honorary Leadership of 

 700,000 Farmers' ^oungsters 



Leadership of 700,000 farmer boys and 

 girls has been accepted by Pi-esident Cal- 

 vin Coolidge, it was announced, when G. 

 L. Noble, executive secretary, said at the 

 second annual Boys' and Girls' club ban- 

 quet that President Coolidge had accepted 

 the honorary chairmanship of the club. 



In accepting the chairmanship Presi- 

 dent Coolidge declared that probably no 

 actitvity is of more importance to the 

 future of agriculture than the Boys' and 

 Girls' club work. The 1,500 boy and 

 girl membei-s attending the banquet that 

 afternoon had attended the dedication of 

 their own new clubhouse at the Union 

 Stock Yards, held in connection with the 

 International Livestock show. 



"In a few short years the boys and 

 girls whose hornes are now on farms will 

 be the men and women of the nation," 

 President Coolidge's letter of acceptance 

 stated. 



]t4i,>s Win nt HOMton Poultry Show 



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poultry work, we feel that in knowing 

 how to pick out the good ones is an asset. 

 The three above mentioned boys appeared 

 to be about the best poultry judges in 

 this county after tabulating the results 

 of Fairs throughout the year at which 

 they judged. Horace Babb of Hadley 

 was selected for the team but was re- 

 placed by Osborne West when he was 

 taken sick. At Boston they proved them- 

 selves the best in the State. Now they 

 go to Madison Square Garden in New 

 York City to compete against other States^ 

 Massachusetts wall do its best to win. 



AROUND THE COUNTY 



The Boys' and Girls' Club at Dwight 

 organized on Friday afternoon, January 

 4th. They are taking up handicraft and 

 sewing. After the meeting Miss Ran- 

 dolph, the teacher and club leader, started 

 the girls with their darning and the boys 

 had a demonstration in handicraft on 

 the making of a necktie holdei'. There 

 are fifteen members in the club. 



The Williamsburg Room Club led by 

 Mrs. Murray Graves again has organized. 

 The middle of December they gave a 

 play at the Grange Hall in Chesterfield 

 to raise money to buy reed for articles 

 which they are making for their rooms. 

 The purpose of the club is to improve the 

 homeliness of their own rooms. 



How about a strawberry patch? 

 to put one in next spring. 



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