HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARMERS' MONTHLY 



CLUB WORK 



POULTRY JUDGES SHOW 



ABILITY ON FARM 



Horace Babb and Roger West were 

 among those who went to New York City 

 to judge poultry at the National Poultry 

 Show. They went because of their 

 ability to pick out laying hens and show 

 hens. 



Recently they have been doing some 

 judging or culling on the farm of Miss 

 B. A. Ryan in North Hadley. She had 

 a flock of 73 birds many of which were 

 not laying. Miss Ryan wanted breeders 

 saved as well as egg producers and so 

 their results are not quite as striking as 

 they could have been. And so when they 

 selected hens that had both laying quali- 

 ties and good type in mind, out of the 

 73 birds flock 43 were discarded as no 

 good for layers or breeders and we are 

 placing below a table showing the egg 

 production. 



Total number of hens in the flock — 73. 

 Number eggs laid week before culling — 



69. 

 Number laying hens and breeders saved — 



30. 

 Number culls removed — 43. 

 Eggs laid week after culling by layers — 



79. 

 Eggs laid week after culling by culls — 



10. 



Second Week substitute Dry Mash for 

 Two of the feedings, once in morning 

 and again after noon. Use shallow hop- 

 pers foi- the mash and provide ample 

 feeding surface. Begin with 20-minute 

 feeding periods, gradually lengthening 

 the time until at three weeks of age the 

 mash is always available. 



1. Laying Mash Modified by sifting 

 out oat hulls and larger particles of meat 

 scrap and mixing One Part of Bran with 

 Thi-ee Parts Mash, 

 or 

 '2. 1 part Bran. 



1 part Middlings. 

 1 part Corn Meal. 

 1 part Bone Meal. 

 1 part Oatmeal. 



i part Fiiie Meat Sciap or Pow- 

 dered Milk. 

 Keep Fine Grit, Powered Charcoal, and 

 Water or Milk always available. After 

 the first week daili/ raw vegetables (po- 

 tatoes, mangels, etc.) or the clipped green 

 tops of sprouted oats. 



CLUB WORK PROMISING 



IN ENFIELD 



HOW DO YOU FEED 



YOUR CHICKS 



You can't starve a chicken. Don't feed 

 your chicks too much. If you took off 

 the featheis you would find the chick very 

 small. A few pieces of rolled oats will 

 go a long way with him. Give the chick 

 all the sour milk he wants but go easy 

 on other foods. 



The kind of feed is more important 

 than the quantity of feed. 



Below are recommendations on the 

 feeding of chicks given in Extension 

 Leaflet No. 6. 



Do not feed chicks until i8 Houis after ! 

 hatching. Nature encloses in the chick's 

 body the yolk of the egg from which it 

 hatched. It takes 48 hours, or there- j 

 abouts, to absorb this yolk. Make Sour 

 Milk the first feed. When local milk is 

 not available buy powdered, condensed or 

 semi-solid milk. It pays to feed milk to 

 chickens. ! 



First Week of feeding scatter Five 

 times a Day fine scratch grain outside ' 

 the hover in a litter of sand and planer [ 

 shavings, cut straw, clover or alfalfa. ! 

 For this purpose use a Ready Mixed Feed, I 

 or mix Parts Fine-Cracked Corn, Cracked I 

 Wheat and Pin-Head or Steel Cut Oats. 

 Do not over- feed. 



After talking to a fine group of young- 

 folks in the Grammar School of Enfield 

 we feel that club work will work its way 

 into this town before long. Poultry work 

 was the principally discussed project and 

 quite a good number seemed interested 

 in it. We are howevei' in the market 

 for some older person who is interested 

 in encouraging these tasks among the 

 boys and girls. 



GRANBY BOYS 



TO RAISE CHICKS 



Mr. Ashley Randall to Help 



Nine boys and one girl met to hear 

 Mr. E. H. Nodine, Club Poultry Special- 

 ist, at Mrs. A. R. Mosely's home in Gran- 

 by. The boys and girls were having a 

 vacation and so we feel that interest is 

 growing. Mr. Nodine discussed with 

 them the necessity of early chicks for 

 best results financially. He encouraged 

 and emphasized good stock. Some of the 

 boys will buy chicks and some will hatch 

 their own. Mr. Ashley Randall has of- 

 fered to help the boys as he can, to en- 

 courage theni and to help to keep them 

 interested. If parent interest enters in 

 now, Granby will have a fine poultry 

 club. 



Robert Bray of Granby is building a 

 peep 'o day brooder. As a handicraft 

 member he is getting ready for his poul- | 

 try pi-oject. He is planning on 100 day 

 old chicks. 



REQUIREMENTS 



Here is What You Ha\e To Do 

 Handicraft Work • 



First Year 2 useful articles. 

 1 toy. 



L repair job. 

 .50 hrs. chores. 

 Second Year Same as first year plus: 

 Make an improvement 

 such as : 



Painting a floor. 

 Varnishing a floor. 

 Setting a window. 

 Third Year, Same as first year plus: 

 Construct or repair work 

 in tin, sheet iron or pine. 

 Some work in leather. 



Clothing Work 



First Year. 



I. Work to be Done. 



1. One work apron. 



2. Choice of one of the follow- 



ing: 

 Simple housedress. 

 Kimona. 

 Nightgown. 

 Rompers. 

 Chemise. 

 Bloomer.s. 

 One to be hemmed by hand. 



3. Collect and mount. 



Ten samples of cotton ma- 

 terial, labelled and inden- 

 tified (to be cut uniform 

 .size, by warp and woof.) 



4. Darn ten stockings. 



5. Home tasks. 



Wash dishes 50 times. 

 Clean silver once. 

 Make beds 2.5 times. 

 Clean and oil stove once. 

 Choose three of the follow- 

 ing: 



Dust twice. 

 Sweep twice. 

 Clean windows twice. 

 Iron twice. 



Mend twice (other than 

 stockings.) 

 11. Exhibit. 



One garment or one apron, 

 (showing hand hemming.) 

 One stocking darn. 

 Textile booklet. 



III. Record. 



IV. Story. 



Second Year. 



Woj-k to be Done. 



1. Choose one from each group. 

 Nightgown. 

 Chemise, 

 a — Plain petticoat. 

 Princess slip. 

 Bloomers. 

 Club uniform. 

 Cotton dress. 



