HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARMERS' MONTHLY 



AROUND THE COUNTY 



With Club Hoiks 



The Holstein Friesian Association of 

 America presented Osborne West a check 

 for $20.00 for his good work with the 

 Holstein Breed. 



Both a boys' and a girls' club were or- 

 ganized at Belchertown Center on Janu- 

 ary 4th. Miss Edith Towne is to be the 

 leader of the girls and Mrs. Louise Elliott, 

 is to lead the boys. The meetings for 

 a time will be every Friday afternoon. 

 The girls will sew in the school room and 

 Mr. Lewis, Supt. of Schools, thought a 

 place in the basement by the furnace 

 could be fixed up for the boys. 



Henry Randall of Granby, we believe, 

 will accomplish good results with poultry. 

 He has built a house twelve feet deep and 

 twenty feet long and is planning to put 

 on another twenty feet in the spring. He 

 built this house entirely himself except 

 the stone foundation. He keeps White 

 Rocks and got a 50 per cent production 

 in December. 



County Champions Picked 



The county champions have been picked 

 for the summer piojects which are as 

 follows : 



Garden — Rachel Randall of Belchertown. 

 Canning — Ruby Delisle of Westhampton. 

 Dairy — Osborne West of Hadley. 



The Hadley Stitchers have organized. 

 Eighteen of them belong. Miss Farns- 

 worth, teacher at the Grammar School, 

 is local leader. Officers were elected as 

 follows : 



President — Martha Charlson. 



Vice-president — Mary Puewiortek. 



Secretary — Sleiva. 



Treasurer — Mary Debraynio. 



Some of the girls are taking up second 

 year work and some first. They set as 

 club goals the following: to be a banner 

 club, to have a Mothers' Meeting, to 

 judge, to have a demonstration team, a 

 picnic and a club e.xhibit. They will meet 

 once a week. 



The boys also organized with Mr. H. D. 

 Chittini as local leader and the following 

 officers : 



President — Clarence Saunders. 



Vice-president — John Sullivan. 



Secretary-Treasurer — Chester Smith. 



They plan to fit up a room in the base- 

 ment of the school with a bench and other 

 ecjuipment. They have a fine opportunity 

 to develop this woi-k. Mr. Chittim has 

 about twelve boys in his group. 



Girls at Roo.sevelt School in Hadley 

 elected their officers and will meet with 

 Miss Eva Hickey, Local Leader, soon to 

 start work. 



At last the steer bought by Raymond 

 Granger of Huntington from the Beldens 

 in Hatfield was captured on December 30 

 by means of a trap stanchion set in a 

 barn where he had been eating hay since 

 the snow came. The steer was at large 

 for about three months after he was 

 brought to Huntington and even though 

 somewhat thin now, we hope he will show 

 rapid gains when accustomed to his new 

 quarters. 



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H, D. SMITH 



Hatfield, Mass. 



GRAIN, COAL, ICE 



AND 



FARM MACHINERY 



I will buy for highest cash prices: 



PEWTER— OLD GLASS (colored or plain)— OLD DESKS, 

 TABLES, CHAIRS, BUREAUS, CHESTS,-OLD LANTERNS, 

 MIRRORS, CLOCKS, OLD FLASKS OR BOTTLES(with faces 

 or figures blown in the glass or having odd shapes) — BRASS 

 or COPPER CANDLESTICKS or OTHER HOUSEHOLD 

 UTENSILS. 



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FRANK THOMAS 



NORTHAMPTON, MASS. 



Seeds Of Quality 



Domestic, northern-grown red clover seed is scarce this 



season. Foreign grown stock is being imported in larger 



quantities than ever before. 



The Department of Agriculture reports that this imported 



seed is not adaptable to conditions north of the Ohio River. 



It is more susceptible to disease than domestic seed, and 



seldom survives New England winters. 



The Eastern States Farmers' Exchange is distributng red 



clover seed produced in Michigan under the supervision of 



the Crop Improvement Association and the Farm Bureau 



of that state. This seed is grown under conditions similar 



to those in New England, and is, therefore, adaptable here. 



Its germination and purity is guaranteed. 



Similar care is used in securing all "Eastern States" seeds. 



Write for further information and prices. 



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