HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARMERS' MONTHLY 



FARMERS' MONTHLY 



PUBLISHED BY THE 



Hampshire County Trustees for Aid to 



Agriculture 



STAFF 



Koliiiid A. I'ayne, County Agent 

 Mildred VV. Roiee, 



Home Denionstrntion Agent 

 Norin:in I-'. VVIiippen, County Club Agent 

 M.'iry Diitiond. Clerk 

 Mary Sulliviin, Asst. Clerk 



Office First National Bank Building 



Northampton, Mass. 

 Entered as second class matter Nov. 9. 

 1915, at the Post Office at Northampton, 

 Massachusetts, under the Act of March 

 8. 1879. 



"Notice of Entry" 

 "Acceptance for mailing at special rate 

 of postage provided for in section 1103, 

 Act of October 3, 1917. Authorized Oc- 

 tober 31, 1917. 



Price, 50 cents a year 



Officers of the Trustees 



Edwin B. Clapp, President 

 Charles E. Clark, Vice-President 

 Warren M. King, Treasurer 

 Roland A. Payne, Secretary 



Trustees for County Aid to Agriculture 



Edwin B. Clapp, Easthampton 

 Charles E. Clark, Leeds 

 Clarence E. Hodgkins, Northampton 

 Milton S. Howes, Cummington 

 Mrs. Clifton Johnson, Hadley 

 Warren M. King, Northampton 

 John A. Sullivan, Northampton 

 Charles W. Wade, Hatfield 

 W. H. Atkins, Amherst 



COUNTY NOTES 



Poultry Paralysis 



Recently several flocks have shown 

 signs of paralysis. The following article 

 by Prof. Roy Jones of Connecticut is 

 timely and should be useful to many 

 poultrymen in this county. 



"POULTRY PARALYSIS has again 

 appeared in several flocks particularly 

 among the young stock. The birds lose 

 color, lose flesh, in some cases become 

 lame and occasionally become blind. In 

 most of these flocks the post mortem re- 

 veals very little or no worm infection. 

 Some poultry authorities seem to be quite 

 certain that this is a disease of the ner- 

 vous system rather than worm infection 

 or a nutritional problem. Very little can 

 be done in the way of treating a nervous 

 disorder in chickens, but worm infection 

 can be treated and faulty nutrition can 

 be corrected. If the digestive tract 

 shows severe irritation but no worms are 

 present the flock may be treated as 

 follows : 



Formula for Tonic: — Pulverized 

 gentian. 1 lb., pulverized ginger, \ lb.. 



pulverized saltpeter, i lb. pulverized iron 

 sulphate h lb . 



Use one pint to each one hundred 

 pounds of mash." 



This formula can be purchased at drug- 

 stores at less than $1.00 for the two 

 pounds. 



Dairy Meetings 



A series of meetings for dairy farmers 

 will be held in this county the first two 

 weeks in November. We have secured 

 Professors J. B. Abbott and C. J. Fawcett 

 of M. A. C. They have prepared two 

 talks that are of vital interest to all 

 dairy farmers of the county. Notices of 

 the meetings will be sent to the dairy- 

 men announcing the time and place of 

 the meetings. 



Community Market Has Successful 



Season 



Farmers attending the community 

 market in Northampton report a good 

 season. While the number of teams has 

 increased over last year, all seem to have 

 had their share of business. The slogan 

 of "Fresh Farm Products at Farmers' 

 Prices" has been lived up to and has been 

 appreciated by the purchasers. The cre- 

 dit for the smoothness with which the 

 market has been run is due to George 

 Burt of Westhampton. He has given un- 

 stintingly of his time and efforts to make 

 the market one of the best of its kind 

 in the state. The market has been a fine 

 thing for both the farmer and the public. 



Annual Meeting 



The Annual Meeting of the Extension 

 Service will be held in Odd Fellows Hall, 

 Center Street, Northampton, Thursday, 

 November 20, starting at 10.30 A. M. 

 The morning session will be devoted to 

 reports of the three agents of the Ex- 

 tension Service and reports of people who 

 have been carrying on work in the 

 county. Dinner will be served at noon. 



Able and interesting speakers will be 

 obtained for the afternoon session. 



Every farmer and every home-makei' 

 in the County is invited to attend this 

 meeting. Last year every one who at- 

 tended felt that it was decidedly worth 

 while. Many expressed regret that there 

 was not a larger attendance. We can 

 remedy this defect if you will come. 

 Better, still, interest your neighbors. 



Poultry Disease Control 



Report blanks have been sent to poul- 

 trymen who have been co-operating in 

 disease control work this year. The in- 

 formation received from these blanks 

 will show just how eff^ective this work 

 has been. If you signed up and have 

 not sent in your report, do it now! We 

 hope to have the figures to publish in the 

 November issue of the Monthly. 



Certified Seed Potatoes 



Continued from page 1. column 3 

 very few which show even a tapering on 

 the ends. In fact, the exhibit showed 

 that the,se potatoes were of a remarkably 

 desirable type. We have personally 

 visited fields that are being dug and on 

 careful inspection find practically none of 

 these pointed tubers. 



All will agree that this has been a fine 

 growing year for potatoes as there has 

 been no blight. The fields of certified 

 seed here have shown remarkably con- 

 sistent yields, running from 275 to 400 

 bushels of marketable tubers per acre. 

 These yields have not been based on small 

 plot diggings but by measuring the land 

 and weighing the potatoes. The majority 

 of the fields will run about -320 bushels 

 per acre. 



Hence, we believe that this certified 

 seed is as good as can be purchased, be- 

 cause: (1) It is free from degenerative 

 diseases such as mosaic, leaf roll and 

 spindling tuber; (2) It has been grown 

 at a high altitude where aphids have been 

 scarce this season; (3) It is of a highly 

 desirable type of market potato; (4) It 

 is absolutely free from late blight rot; 

 (5) It shows consistently high yields of 

 marketable tubers per acre. 



Most of the farmers who grew this seed 

 are not equipped to store their entire 

 crop this fall. They are willing to sell 

 the seed, bearing a Massachusetts Certi- 

 fication tag, this fall at prices which are 

 in line with the quality of the product 

 they are producing. This means that the 

 other potato growers in the county have 

 the opportunity of seeing the seed before 

 making a purchase. By buying this fall, 

 they are sure of getting a high quality 

 article at a fair price. 



Some of the men are equipped to store 

 limited amounts of the seed and would 

 be willing to do this for local purchasers 

 who do not have good storage facilities. 

 If they are not able to sell their crop 

 as certified seed this fall, it will be sold 

 as table stock. This would be unfortu- 

 nate for all concerned, as this seed is 

 superior to most of the certified seed 

 which has been .shipped here in past 

 ! years. 



Due to an error, two names were left 

 off the list, published last month. The- 

 following is the complete list: — 

 Ernest L. Dodge, Chesterfield 

 Arthur E. Dodge, Chesterfield 

 William Baker, Jr., Chesterfield 

 H. L. Meiritt, Chesterfield 



E. M. & A. T. Cole, Chesterfield 

 Homer Granger, Chesterfield 

 Darwin Wells, Cummington 



G. R. Tedford, Cummington 

 W. H. Morey, Cummington 

 A. H. Streeter, Cummington 



F. F. Fiske, Plainfield 

 George L. Barrus, Lithia 

 Tilton Farm, Goshen 



