HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARMERS' MONTHLY 



b — Cotton skirt. 

 Simple blouse. 



2. Add to te.xtile booklet. 

 Samples of ten cotten dre.ss 



materials and linen fabrics. 



3. Darn ten stockings. 



4. Make six buttonholes. 



5. Home tasks. 



(See First Year Pi-ogram.) 



II. Exhibit 



One garment. 

 Textile booklet. 

 Two buttonholes. 

 One darned stocking. 



III. Record. 



IV. Story. 



Third Year. 



I. Work to be Done. 



1. Choose one from each group. 

 Woolen skirt. 



a — Lingerie Waist. 



Summer dress. 



One made over garment. 



Three forms of simple deco- 

 ration. 



Three bound buttonholes, 

 b— One set in pocket. 



Learn to use three sewing 

 machine attachments and 

 clean and oil sewing ma- 

 chine. 



2. Two hemmed patches. 



.3. Add to textile booklet ten 

 samples of silk and wool. 

 Exhibit. 



One garment. 



One choice. 



Textile booklet. 



One patch. 

 Record and story. 

 Story. 



II. 



III. 

 IV. 



Poultry Work: 



Keep a record of at least five laying 

 birds and send in a record and story in 

 .lune. This poultry project is the egg 

 laying contest which starts in November. 



Members taking any of these projects 

 want to take the reins and get as much 

 of their work done before spring as pos- 

 sible. We don't want any slackers or 

 quitters in our enrollment. Let's all 

 complete, get a 4-H club pin, help the 

 club get the gold seal, and be able to 

 say, "/ finished the Job." 



AROUND THE COUNTY 



With Club Folks 



The schools of Hatfield were recently 

 visited by Mr. D. W. Belcher and the 

 Club Agent to start the boys and girls 

 thinking about summer work. Over 500 

 were talked to about summer projects. 

 They were encouraged to get good seed 

 and good varieties, to plan their garden 

 before planting it and to really decide 

 to do something worth while. 



The handicraft club of Granby under 

 the leadership of Mrs. Haines is making 

 many useful articles such as a wood box, 

 brooders, tool box, carpenter's horse, iron- 

 ing boai'd, tool chest, flower box and a 

 sled. 



Mrs. Haines is getting samples of the 

 diff"erent kinds of wood to help the boys 

 distinguish between them. 



The bench they built is a good piece 

 of work . 



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Can You Cut Down on Protein? 



Many dairymen will this month get down to that 

 early-cut hay in the bottom of the mow, and find it 

 to run of better quality than what they have fed 

 previously this winter. If this is true in your case, 

 or if you are feeding silage or best-pulp you can 

 safely cut down on feed costs at this time of year 

 by using a feed mixture of less protein. 



If you have been feeding such a 24% ration as 

 Milkmore, you will now probably find the 20% protein 

 of Pulpail ample to keep up milk-production — and at 

 a saving in feed-costs that is well wox-th trying for. 



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