HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARMERS' MONTHLY 



AROUND THE COUNTY 



Twelve boys from this county went to 

 the New England Fair at Woi'cester on 

 September 3rd. to judge Dairy Stock. 

 They were required to place three classes, 

 namely: Holsteins, Guernseys, and Ayr- 

 shires. There were fifty boys in the con- 

 test. The results will be reported in the 

 October issue. 



Earl Martin of Pe/hdm, Guernsey calf 

 club member, is selling his stock and 

 plans to attend New Salem Academy this 

 fall. 



C. Hilton Boynton of South Hadley has 

 about as good a flock of 20 Anconas as 

 one often sees. He is to put up an 8' 

 X 12' poultry house this summer and has 

 recently got drawings from the Extension 

 Service. Hilton has also two purebred 

 heifers which he has recently taken in 

 from pasture to treat as possible prize 

 winner .should be treated for the rest of 

 the summer. 



formerely run at Smith Academy, Hat- 

 field by Mr. P . W. Belcher. Mr. Belcher 

 has accepted a teaching position at We.st 

 Haven, Conn. At Hopkins Academy in 

 Hadley, Mr. Brown of Vermont will 

 fill the vacancy as Agriculture Instructor 

 recently made by Mr. Wm. Lo'ing. 



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It would do you good to see Leonard 

 White of Sontli Hadley storing away hay 

 in his barn made from a leanto on the 

 side of his fathers garage. Leonard is 

 thinking of enlarging the quarters in 

 which he has kept his Mount Hermon 

 heifer since early spring. 



Miss Nellie Shea of Bondsville has ac- 

 complished a task which is impos.sible in j 

 most communities. She has 14 members 

 in garden work who have their gardens 

 side by side in one field. The interest 

 and competition among the boys and girls 

 is keen. 



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Paul Vachula of Xorlli Hatfield has 

 planted and managed one-half acre of 

 onions this summer as a club pi'oject. 

 Even though the onions have suffered 

 somewhat from lack of rain his patch 

 shows signs of consistant hoeing and 

 weeding and looks equal to most fields 

 in the valley. 



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Every n:Gmber of the club was present 

 as usual on Monday Evening, August 2.5, 

 at the clothing meeting held at Elizabeth 

 Buczala's home. Miss Mildred Boice, 

 Home Demonstration Agent, was present 

 and talked on cutting of patterns in which 

 the girls were intensely interested. After 

 the demonstration the exhibit and parade 

 at the Northampton Fair was discussed 

 and the girls thought favorably of enter- 

 ing their work and their ingenuity in 

 getting up a float. The club consists of ; 

 eight girls. 



Hopkins and Smith Academy ha\e 

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Mr. Harry Talmadge of Shelburne 

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