HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARMERS' MONTHLY 



11 



Farmers' Kxf)iaii:;e JShovv.s Froj^re^s 



Continued from page 10. column 2 

 Sales totaled $20,703.81 of which $226.45 

 was uncollected at the end of the year. 



"This year thirty-six carloads have 

 been handled to date (29 cars of feed, 4 

 fertilizer, 2 seed potatoes and 1 molasses) . 

 Sales will amount to approximately 

 $40,000 with a larger percentage on the 

 books. 



"During the past three years the Ex- 

 change has built up a personal credit 

 which has surprised even the most opti- 

 mistic. Local banks have been perfectly 

 willing to extend credit wherever it has 

 been required. Business has been done 

 on a very narrow margin, yet a surplus 

 of about $2,000 has been obtained. 



"Most of the business has been carried 

 on with the Eastern States Farmers' Ex- 

 change. We have been in the fertilizer 

 pool for three years with satisfactory 

 results. The decrease in fertilizer ton- 

 nage this past year was due to the fact 

 that all of the membeis used no-filler 

 fertilizers thus being able to cut the total 

 amount needed. 



"This is our second year in the Feed 

 Pool. Last year 350 tons were signed 

 up in the pool, saving our members about 

 $8 per ton. This year 497.4 tons were 

 signed up in the pool. Only 7 of those 

 signing- up last year did not sign this 

 year and they seemed to have good rea- 

 sons. Early in the season there was 

 some critici.sm of the pool price but as 



prices of other feeds have advanced criti- 

 cism has decreased. 



"When the Exchange was first formed, 

 many doubted whethei' it would evei' do 

 any business. Others gave it a year or 

 so to live. Records .show that the busi- 

 ness has increased rapidly." 



Lights Boost Storrs' Lay 



Artificial lights were used this year for 

 the first time at the laying contest at the 

 Connecticut Agricultural College at 

 Storrs. The result was that the hens in 

 the contest laid 5,000 eggs more than 

 were produced in 1917, which was the 

 previous banner year, and 10,000 eggs 

 more than the average contest produc- 

 tion had been for the past eight years. 

 The following table shows the numbei- 

 of birds in each breed in the contest, the 

 average production for each breed, and 

 the average production for all breeds: 

 400 White Leghorns 177.4 



100 White Wyandottes 169.1 



240 Rhode I sand Reds 168.1 



200 Plymouth Rocks 154.9 



1000 Average all Breeds 



FARMERS' EXCHANGE 



168.5 



sired by Ne Plus Ultra (15265). Ne Plu.s 

 Ultra has 38 A. R. daughters. Good 

 backing on both sides. Write Earle Mar- 

 tin of Pelham. 



lor ^ale 



M. A. C. strain R. L Red breeding- 

 cockerels from flocks that have averaged 

 over 200 eggs per bird last two years. 

 Diarrhea — free by State Test. Sunset 

 Poultry Farm, Amherst, Mass., L. Banta, 

 Proprietor. 



CA1_1_ * 



480 



FOR BATTERY STORAGE 

 THIS WINTER 



BATTERIES 



FOR YOUR 



AUTO OR RADIO 



For Sale 



Guernsey Bull of extra good backing 

 and good show qualities. Name — Sun- 

 nyvale Admiral, born May 10, 1921, sired 

 by Floraham Admiral (33997) and grand- 



THE G. P. TROWBRIDGE 



129 King St., Northampton 



CO. 



WE CAU roe and deliver batteries 





LIBERTY FERTILIZERS 



We are trying; to follow out as closely as possible the New England Standard Formulas, which are 

 recommended by most of the heads of the p]xperinient Stations. 



We offer for your consideration the following: 



Liberty Corn, Fruit and All Crops 2-12-4 



Liberty Fish, Bone and Potash 3-10-4 



Liberty Market Gardeners and Onion Growers Special 4- 8-4 



Liberty Market Garden and Onion Grower, 5- 8-7 



Liberty Tobacco Special (Cottonseed Meal base) 5- 4-5 



Liberty High Grade Tobacco Manure, 8-4-5 



Also Raw Materials for Home Mixing: 



Acid Phosphate Castor Pomace Double Manure Salts Sheep Manure 



Agricultural Limestone Cottonseed Meal Muriate Potash Sulphate Potash 



Animal Tankage Dry Ground Fish Nitrate Soda Hydrated Lime 



Pure Bone Meal Manure Salts Precipitated Bone 



We are in a position to quote attractive prices on Special or Open tobacco formulas and we can make 



prompt shipment from our factory at East Windsor, Conn. 



Our factory is only 14 miles from Springfield, Mass. Come down and look us over. 



Apothecaries Hall Co. Factory East Windsor, Conn. 

 Main Office — Waterbury, Conn. 



MAURICE P. NELLIGAN, Agent, 



Phone — Northampton 1820 Post Office Address — Amherst, Mass. 



