HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARMERS' MONTHLY 



CLUB WORK 



BRONISLAW LEBIECKI 



TWICE WINNER 



County Poultry Champion Goes 

 To Camp Vail 



Some say it never rains but it pours. 

 So Bronislaw Lebiecki of Florence must 

 think when notified that he is chosen both 

 as County Champion in poultry for 1924 

 and also candidate for Camp Vail from 

 Hampshire County. 



Bronislaw has just completed a third 

 year in poultry work, and has now about 

 200 White Wyandottes which are well 

 along toward maturity. His first poultry 

 was kept at his home in Florence but for 

 the last two years he has had a house at 

 Smith Agricultural School which he at- 

 tends. He not only takes care of his 

 flock but for the last two years has taken 

 all the care of the Smith School flock 

 which numbers this year 1,400 chicks. 

 Mr. Mayo who is in charge of the agri- 

 cultural work at Smith Agricultural 

 School says he does all the culling for the 

 school. "The strong point in his favor", 

 Mr. Mayo says, "is his persistency in 

 sticking to it and the increase each year 

 in the size of flock." This year Bronislaw 

 bought 50 Wyandottes from Harry N. 

 Lewis and paid $20.00 for them. He 

 hatched others in his 120 egg Mandy Lee 

 incubator and brooded them in his own 

 250 chick No Cold Oil Brooder. His 

 hatching and brooding was a success. A 

 60 per cent to 70 per cent hatch is none 

 too good for him and out of his 200 chicks 

 he will winter 90 pullets. He thinks 

 more of eggs than fancy birds and so is 

 running his flock from a utility stand- 

 point. 



Besides hatching his own chicks this 

 spring he hatched 70 Reds for his Mother 

 in Florence. 



Bronislaw is 18 now and a senior at 

 Smith School next fall. He was picked 

 from this county to attend Camp Vail 

 at the Eastern States Exposition by the 

 State Ofltice in Amherst because he does 

 .show persistence, ability and interest in 

 his work. And he was picked as County 

 Champion because his record and poultry 

 job seemed a little superior to any other 

 poultry member. 



Viola Albee was chosen as second win- 

 ner in poultry work for 1924 in this coun- 

 ty. Viola's most noticeable accompli-sh- 

 ment is the Strain of Barred Rocks she 

 has developed. She sold a number of 

 roosters for ten dollars ($10.00) a piece 

 last fall and eggs for hatching this spring 

 for five dollars ($5.00) a setting. Her 

 spring hatches were excellent and her 

 pullets will be laying early in the fall. 

 Viola exhibited last fall in Northampton, 

 Amherst, Greenfield, Springfield, and 

 Boston and won prizes at all. 



THREE COUNTY FAIR 



Boys' and Qirls' Day Programme 



On the .30th of September at the Fair 

 Grounds every boy and girl of the County 

 wants to be present. There will be some- 

 thing of interest for the hardest one to 

 amuse. Here is the program as ar- 

 ranged : 



Judging Contests 



10.00 A. M.— Poultry .Judging Contest at 

 Boys' and Girls' Building in charge of 

 Luther Banta, Mass. Agricultural Col- 

 lege. 



10.45 A. M.— Live Stock Judging Contest 

 at Live Stock Sheds in charge of W. 

 L Mayo, Smith's Vocational School. 



10.45 A. M. — Preserves .Judging Contest 

 at Boys' and Girls' Building in charge 

 of Miss Mildred Boice, Hampshire 

 County Extension Service. 



Grammar School Track Meet 



Under direction of Mr. O. A. Morton 



Supt. of Hatfield and Hadley Schools. 



10.00 A. M.— On track in front of Grand 



Stand : 



Open to all grammar schools of the 

 County. The events will be run as re- 

 lays. Each competing school to enter a 

 team of four (4) members in each event. 

 There will be two classes in each event: 

 Class I — 5th and 6th grades; Class II — 

 7th grade and over. Events will be: 



BOYS 



50 yard dash (class I). 



60 yard dash (class II). 



Standing broad jump (both classes). 



Baseball throw (both classes). 



Potato race (both classes). 



Sack race (both classes). 

 GIRLS 



50 yard dash (class I). 



CO yard dash (class II). 



Baseball thiow (both classes). 



Clothespin race (both classes). 



Sack race (both classes). 



Schools may enter any number of teams 

 in each event. Prizes: Ribbons for mem- | 

 bers of winning team in each event. ' 

 Schools winning largest number of points i 

 will be given a shield. 



Afternoon Program 



Events to be run in front of the Grand 

 Stand. 

 1.. 30-2.00 P. M.— Band Concert and 



Vaudeville. 

 2.00 P. M.— Grand Boys' and Girls' Pa- i 



rade. 



Open to every Boys' and Girls' organi- j 

 zation in the County. There will be three ' 

 sections in the parade: I. Boys' Organi- 

 zations; II. Girls' Organizations; III. 

 Boys' and Girls' 4H Club Work. Or- 

 ganizations may be represented by either 

 floats or marching bodies. 



Prizes: Class 1 and 2 — First Prize, 

 American Flag; Class 3 — 4H Club Flag; 

 Second and Third Prizes (all classes) 

 Ribbons. Five dollars will be given for 

 each float in the parade. 

 2.45 P. M.— Greased Pig race: 



Any boy between 11 and 16 years. 

 Contest limited to 16 entries. Two races 

 will be run. No resin or other foreign 

 substance allowed on hands or clothing. 

 Winner must hold pig for 30 seconds. 

 Entries will open September 22 and close 

 September 27 unless class is filled before. 

 Send entries to Norman F. Whippen, 59 

 Main Street, Northampton. 

 3.00 P. M.— High School Track Meet. 



PICNIC ATLOUDVILLE 



80 Attend 



The clubs of Northampton and East- 

 hampton met at High Bridge in Loudville 

 on August 1st for a get-together. The 

 clubs attending were the following: 



Bay State Garden Club. 



Pine Grove Garden Club. 



West Farms Garden Club. 



Manhan Poultry Club of Easthampton. 



Easthampton Canning Club. 



About 80 young people attended and 2 

 grown folks. 



Mr. Georg(j Farley, State Club Leader, 

 was there and talked to the boys and 

 girls in the afternoon. 



The sports, ball games, swimming and 

 picnic dinner were all enjoyed. 



CLUB MEMBERS GO TO 



BRATTLEBORO 



Visit Wirthmore Mills 



A group of young people from East- 

 hampton and Southampton were taken by 

 Mr. Sturges of the Sturges Grain Com- 

 pany of Easthampton to the Wirthmoi-e 

 Mill in Brattleboro on Wednesday, .July 

 23. There were twenty-five in the group. 

 Mr. Read, the Superintendent of the mill, 

 showed the boys and girls around the mill 

 where they mix about 2,000 bags of grain 

 a day. The boys saw the large mixer 

 where the dry mash is made and also 

 saw the scratch feed mixed. It was in- 

 teresting to them to examine the great 

 bins over the mixer, in the top of the 

 building where the diff'erent kinds of 

 grains were kept ready to be drawn 

 into the mixer. They thought the filling 

 of the bags quite efficient after watching 

 a man hold a bag under a 12 inch pipe 

 and almost instantly see it filled with 

 100 pounds of grain. These filled sacks 

 were sewed up by a machine from which 

 the bags tumbled down a shute to where 

 men were loading a car. 



At noon every one went upstairs where 

 they were served a good lunch by Mr. 

 Sturges and ice cream by Mr. Read. 



