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HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARMERS' MONTHLY 



POULTRY ACCOUNT 



SUMMARY FOR MARCH 



Thirty-five poultiymen sent in a record 

 ■of the business for March. This is a 

 gain of three over last month and gives 

 this county more people reporting than 

 any other county in the state. Also we 

 have the largest number of hens. Since 

 "birds have, to be fed every month, we 

 are urging poultiymen to keep up their 

 recoi'ds for the whole year. The follow- 

 ing is the summary: — 



County 



.3.5 



9670 



State 

 116 

 283.50 



249 



I.5..3 



41(- 



22^ 



29 



28.68 



38 



908 



11 



.$130.98 

 160 eggs 



No. fanns reporting 

 No. hens and pullets 

 .A.V. hens and pullets 



per farm 276 



Eggs per bird 1-5.6 



Egg receipts per bird :'8( 



•Grain costs per bird 22c 



No. farms selling poultry 12 

 Poultry sold per farm 4.'i.23 

 No. farms incubating 15 



Eggs incubated per farm 1242 

 No. farms selling chicks 3 



Value chicks sold 



per farm .$169.25 



To have the birds aveiage 

 each for the year, the average for March 

 should be 19 eggs per bird. Some men 

 liave not reached this number this month, 

 but have exceeded the standard in pre- 

 vious months. They are to be congratu- 

 lated. Those whose birds have not kept 

 up to the standard during the winter but 

 now exceed it, have no reason for elation 

 as any hen will lay at this time of year. 

 That is the main rea.son why eggs are 

 cheap. 



Frank D. Steele of Cummington is the 

 first poultryman in the County to break 

 into the class of state leaders. His birds 

 produced an a^jerage of 21.1 eggs per 

 bird and places him 5th in the state. 

 This is 2.4 eggs less per bird than the 

 .state leader's record. Next fall we want 

 to see the names of more of the poultry- 

 men of this county in the first five for 

 the state. 



The following are the County leaders 

 for March: 



Eggs No. of 

 Per Bird Birds 



1. F. D. Steele, Cummington 21.1 224 



2. S. G. Waite, Southampton 



3. C. E. Lyman, South Hadley 



4. Smith's School, North'ton 



5. E. P. Forman, Greenwich 



1«:;4 Feeil Tool 



Continued from p:in<' :j. i-uUiinn 3 

 quality; but only after the recommenda- 

 tions of the College Feed Conference 

 Board, and in the interests of economy. 



With the pool starting earlier than 

 usual, the Exchange has a longer and 

 more favorable period in which to buy. 

 And the extension of the shipping period 

 one month longer, from September 

 through March, should be advantageous 

 in cariying the feed user as far into the 

 Spring as possible, without involving him 

 in the price decline customarily experi- 

 enced in late Spring. The new pool plan 

 appears to make more desirable than ever 

 before the quantity pool buying of these 

 quality feeds, with the open formula and 

 digestibility advantages continued. 

 Eastern States Booklet 



There has just come to our attention 

 an unusual little booklet which ought to 

 be recommended to such readers of the 

 Monthly as have not already seen it. It 

 is called " — by the farmer himself — " 

 and is being distributed free of charge 

 to all who are interested in cooperative 

 purchasing. Carrying 32 pages of in- 

 teresting text and photographs, the book- 

 let furnishes a comprehensive sketch of 

 the origin, grovrth, scope and policies of 

 the Eastern States Farmers' Exchange, 

 which is publishing it. In addition, it 

 carries a fairly detailed report on Ex- 

 change business in 1923, as a typical 

 year. 



This is the first and most complete 

 work of a general nature ever put out 

 by the Exchange, and offers a good op- 

 portunity to leai-n the whole story of that 

 growing organization. Whether or not 

 he believes in cooperative purchasing oi- 

 in the policies and procedure of the Ex- 

 change, every farmer in this county 

 owes it to himself to get hold of a copy 

 of the booklet, in order to keep himself 

 posted. Mr. Selby has offered to mail 

 a copy free to anyone who writes the 

 Exchange ofiice in Springfield for one. 



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FARMERS' EXCHANGE 



FOR SALE:— Chester White Pigs— E. 

 F. Gaskill, Amherst. 



FOR SALE: — Registered Holstein 

 Bull, 4 years old. His dam has produced 

 16,000 pounds of milk a year on two 

 milkings a day. His Sire's dam has a 

 26 pound record. T. B. tested— J. G. 

 Cook, Amherst, Mass., R. F. D. 



Corona is the standaid Portable 



Typewriter. 



Take it with you. Set it anywhere. 



Will do anything a big machine can SB 



do. 



.$50.00 cash or small monthly pay- |5 



mcnts. 



NORTHAMPTON 



COMMERCIAL COLLEGE, Inc. 



.Altclits 



76 Pleasant Street 

 Northampton, Mass. 



RAISE HEALTHY CHICKS! 



CORROSIVE SUBLIMATE 



is valuable for 



Disinfecting Brooder Houses and Yards 



We carry it in powdered form 

 Put up in the size package you need ffi 

 It is cheaper by the pound 



WISWELL THE DRUGGIST 



52 Main Street 



I Northampton, 



Mass. '§ 





BISSELL'S TIRE SHOP 



IXOKTHAMI'TOIV, MASS. 



Miller. Ooodyear and U. S. Tires 



Tires and Tubes 



Vulcanized by Steain 



Qoodyear Service Station 



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FRUIT GROWERS' 



SUPPLY CO. 



j N. Y., N. H. & H. Freight Shed j 



Tel. 2073, Northampton 



I Specialists in Spraying and j 



i Dusting Materials and Ma- j 



! chinery. ! 



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