HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARMERS' MONTHLY 



CLUB WORK 



DAIRY CLUB MEMBER 



TELLS IDEALS 



Beulah Harlow Says Type Counts 



I think that we in starting our dairy 

 calves should take type into consideration 

 both in the dam and the sire and the 

 families behind them, as much as pro- 

 duction as it is possible and profitable to 

 get the combination. I believe this be- 

 cause men that come to our farm to buy 

 animals who have really got the price 

 to pay for them demand the type fully as 

 much as the production. I consider a 

 cow a farce that will not produce and also 

 a cow is not good to look at if she hasn't 

 type. Two things I should put great 

 stress on — first, if a female, she should 

 have a refined and feminine head and 

 second, a general appearance throughout. 

 I don't mean by this a delicate animal 

 but one of good size, plenty of constitu- 

 tion for the breed that she represents. 

 I do not put stress on oversize if she be 

 a Jersey which is the kind I am interested 

 in. She should weigh from 900 to 1,000 

 pounds at maturity. She should have a 

 nice straight topline with a long level 

 rump as that indicates an udder of good 

 length from forward to rear. In breed- 

 ing our dairy heifers we should mate 

 them with sires not too much in contrast. 

 What I mean is, if our heifers are of a 

 fine type family we should not breed them 

 to the extremely coarse becau.se we will 

 never get a herd that is uniform in type 

 in this way which is to be much desired 

 in building up a herd. In the first place 

 .select calf from good producing ancestors 

 and animals of good type, then feed them 

 well, especially their first year as this 

 year counts more than any time later. 

 A calf well cared for until a year old can 

 go to pasture very successfully. To sum 

 it all up I will say that with a good calf 

 well parented, with good feed and care, 

 we can reasonably expect a good cow. 



AROUND THE COUNTY 



The Ware Poultry Club met on April 

 17th with Mr. Howard Tucker, their 

 leader. The club has six members. Most 

 of them have Plymouth Rocks. 



BOYS AND GIRLS! 



Ihe Tri»County Pair! 



We depend on each one of you to make 

 the Boys' and Girls' Depai'tment a suc- 

 cess. And we might further say the 

 Boys' and Girls' Department is a big part 

 of the Fair. We got a whole building to 

 fill and with your help we will fill it sluck- 

 a-block full of perfect vegetables, fine 

 sewing, canning, club exhibits, town ex- 

 hibits, canning exhibits, etc. The poultry 

 raised by club members will be exhibited 

 in our building this year instead of with 

 the adult poultry exhibit. The calf ex- 

 hibit will be as usual at the cattle shed. 



We hope Boys' and Girls' Day will be 

 the best ever held. There will be no ad- 

 mission. The parade will be as in pre- 

 vious yeai-s. A Grammar School Track 

 Meet will be held in charge of Mr. O. W. 

 Morton, Superintendent of Schools in 

 Hadley and Hatfield. These are the 

 events: 



60 yd. dash for girls (7th and 8th grades) . 

 50 yd. dash for girls (.5th and 6th grades) . 

 60 yd. dash for boys (7th and 8th grades). 

 50 yd. dash for boys ( 5th and 6th grades) . 

 Standing Broad Jump for Boys. 

 Base Ball Throw for Boys. 

 Base Ball Throw for Girls. 

 Clothes Pin Race for Girls (distance 30 



ft.) 

 Potato Race for Boys. 

 .Sack Race for Boys. 

 Sack Race for Girls. 



The events will be run ofl' as relays. 

 Each competing school or club will send 

 a team of four members for each event 

 entered. A school or club may enter any 

 number of teams in each event. Ribbons 

 will be presented to members of the win- 

 ning team in each event. The winning 

 school or club will be presented a shield. 



There is something for clubs to work 

 for during the summer, and also for 

 schools before they close. 



Why can't clubs raise money by means 

 of entertainments, food sales, lawn 

 parties or other ways and plan to go to 

 the Boys' and Girls' Day next fall? 



At Bai/ Slate, a part of Northampton, 

 interest is found in garden work. Mr. 

 Mayo, Agricultural Instructor at Smith 

 School, is interested in garden work and 

 will help the members duiing the sum- 

 mer. 



At Pomeroj/ Meadow, Southampton, 

 Miss Margaret Zoudlick has a group in- 

 terested in poultry work. Many of them 

 are getting settings of eggs from Pro- 

 fessor Banta of M. A. C. 



Mr. Mayo of Smith School says he will 

 give credits to boys who act as leaders 

 of boys and girls in their community in 

 agricultural club work. 



At Westhampton we hope to get a 

 group of girls in canning. Some of the 

 girls go to the Hill and .some to the Loud- 

 ville School. 



George Zgrodnik of Hal field was high 

 man in the dairy judging contest at the 

 McConnell farm in Easthampton. His 

 i score was 178. James Coffey's of Hadley 

 was 177, L. A. Belden of Hatfield had a 

 score of 172. 



DATES FOR CLUB EXHIBITS 



All Are Inxited 



South Amherst — Mon., May 19, 7.00 p. m. 

 Cushman — Mon., May 19, 1.00 p. m. 

 Belchertown — Fri., June 6, 10.00 a. m. 



(This includes the whole town.) 

 Granby— Fri., May 30, 1.00 p. m. 

 Hadley— Wed., June 11, 10.00 a. m. 

 (This includes the whole town.) 

 Hatfield— Thur. June 12, 10.00 a. m. 



(This includes the whole town.) 

 Huntington— Wed., May 21, 7.00 p. m. 

 Pelham— Tues., May 20, 7.30 p. m. 

 Southampton — Wed., May 21, 10.00 a. m. 

 Westhampton — Wed., May 21, 1.00 p. m. 



(Hill School) 

 Williamsburg — Sat., June 7. 

 Worthington — Mon., May 26, 8.00 p. m. 

 Westhampton— Wed., May 21, 3.00 p. m. 



(Center School) 



Tlii-iM' .Vsri*'iil(ur:il Ueiiiirtiiient.s Meet 



ContinuKtl from p.ige 1. column 3 

 dents of the three schools seems an ad- 

 vantage to all. With this in mind we 

 called a meeting for Wednesday, April 

 9th to which we invited the agricultural 

 students of the three schools. The gath- 

 ering at which twenty-four boys and their 

 instructors attended was at the McConnell 

 Fann in Easthampton. Professor C. J. 

 Fawcett, Dairy Field Specialist from M. 

 A. C, gave the boys a talk on Judging. 

 He went over the points of a good cow 

 and answered many questions on this 

 subject. With the help of Mr. Haswell 

 a ring of mature cows and a ring of 

 heifeis was lined up for the boys to judge. 

 The judging was run ofl" as a contest, the 

 schools competing against each other. 

 The results of the contest were as fol- 

 lows : 



Smith Academy 

 Hopkins Academy 

 Smith School 



158.9 points 

 158.2 points 

 149.8 points 



Southampton Boys Led By Frank Rood 



After a talk about garden work at the 

 Grammar School the boys again got to- 

 gether in the Club Room to meet with 

 Mr. Rood and the Club Agent for further 

 discussion. Ten boys are able to have 

 gardens. At their meetings besides gar- 

 den discussions they plan to take up other 

 activities such as hikes, getting ready for 

 the Grammar School Track Meet to be 

 held at the Tri-County Fair, etc. At 

 their meetings on Wednesday, April 30th, 

 they will make definite plans. 



The girls were present at the discussion 

 and are becoming interested in the forma- 

 tion of a club. They favor clothing or 

 sewing work now. 



Anybody can be a club member who 

 will carry on a project. Every boy and 

 girl ought to do .•<nmethinef during the 

 summei'. 



