HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARMERS' MONTHLY 



County Xotes 



Continued from page 2. column :i 



Parsons of Northampton and E. P. West 

 of Hadley, the local committee on ar- 

 rangements. 



Westhampton Poultry School 



Westhampton set the low mark for at- 

 tendance at Poultry Schools held this 

 winter. Only seven men put in an ap- 

 pearance. This same meeting set a high 

 record for percentage that agreed to 

 carry out the Disease Control Pi'ogram. 

 Four men signed up. We have long since 

 ceased to measure Extension progx-ess by 

 attendance alone. It is only those who 

 agree to try the practices discussed who 

 make the meetings a success. 



At this meeting, John Hathaway told 

 his experience in disease control work. 

 Two years ago he raised part of his pul- 

 lets on new land and part on the old yaid 

 whei'e chicks had been raised for sevei-al 

 years. The particular trouble was in- 

 testinal worms which caused the birds to 

 first lose the use of their legs and finally 

 to die. There was not a single case of 

 this trouble among the birds from the 

 new land while several of those reared 

 on the old yard were aifected. Last year 

 all of his pullets were grown on new land. 

 Needless to say he is doing the same this 

 year. He knows it pays. 



Three County Fair Meeting 



Practically every town in Hampshire 

 County was represented at the dinner 

 given by the Directors of the Three Coun- 

 ty Fair in Northampton, Saturday, 

 March 29. The purpose of the meeting 

 was to get the support of every town in 

 the county for the fair which will be held 

 in Northampton, September 30, 31 and 

 October 1, 1924. 



Treasurer A. J. Morse stated that the 

 organization had no stockholders. Every 

 cent of profit is spent for better buildings, 

 better grounds and a better show. The 

 people of Hampshiie County own the 

 fair and it is run entirely for them. The 

 directors are merely their sei'vants. 

 These eleven men are planning to run 

 a fair this fall that will be both enter- 

 taining and instructive, that will appeal 

 to all ages and that will make everyone 

 feel happy. In their task, they need the 

 whole-hearted support of every one of the 

 7.5,000 people in the county. 



Brooder House Hquipment 



There is no need of having the floor 

 of the brooder house looking as though 

 "the devil had had an auction and had 

 not .sold out." The following fills the 

 actual needs and reduces expen.se for 

 equipment: (1) Enough 2 cjuait earthen- 

 ware drinking fountains so that all the 

 chicks may have a chance to drink; (2) 

 Two i boards, 8 or more inches wide by 

 5 or 6 feet long; (3) 2 pie plates for 

 grit, charcoal and oyster shells. 



For the first week put the feed on the 

 boai'ds. After the chicks are 10 days old, 

 strips of 3 inch furring may be nailed 

 around them to make mash hoppers. 

 When not in use, they can be hung on a 

 nail driven in a rafter. Keep your main 

 supply of coal outside. A pailful may 

 be hung on a nail inside. Even if the coal 

 is wet, it will dry out before it is needed 

 for the fire. Supplies of scratch feed, 

 mash and milk may be kept in the same 

 way. The chicks need the floor space. 



I'^ceiliii^ SiiS'K<^!^tioii.s f«ii' April 



<'ontinue<i from page 3. column 3 

 about five pounds of grain containing 

 some 27 per cent of protein. This grain 

 would better be fed on the silage. Two 

 bags of a 24 per cent ration mixed with 

 one bag of 36 per cent cotton.seed meal 

 would supply the protein necessary, but 

 don't feed heavily of this grain. 



If roughage is poor or the supply is 

 low, it may be necessary to feed two or 

 three pounds more grain, then the 24 

 per cent would be high enough in protein. 

 Under most conditions it would be better 

 to take slightly less milk than to feed 

 more than seven or eight pounds of grain 

 to this twelve quart cow. And if .she 

 gives only twenty pounds of milk, the 

 grain must be watched still more closely. 

 With the roughage, 4 to 5 pounds should 

 do the trick. For this cow a bag each of 

 bran, cottonseed and linseed meal may 

 be used, or the mixture of 24 per cent 

 and cottonseed suggested above. 



If no silage is available, 20-2.5 pounds 

 of hay and 2 or 3 pounds of dried beet 

 pulp may be used instead of hay and 

 silage. Feed the grain on the wet beet 

 pulp. 



Remember that a poor grade of hay can 

 be improved by sprinkling a pint of di- 

 luted molasses over a feeding of the hay. 



The pasture season is approaching, so 

 next month look for suggestions for feed- 

 ing to supplement pasture. 



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