HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARMERS' MONTHLY 



HERMAN ANDREWS WINS 

 AT EASTERN STATES 



At the Eastern States Judging con- 

 test we can't be ashamed of the results 

 of those sent from this county. Compet- 

 ing against sixty other young people from 

 Massachusetts and Connecticut five of 

 our members were in the first 10 places. 

 Herman Andrews of Southampton took 

 first prize and won the gold watch. Eliza- 

 beth Pratt of Hadley was 5th; Dennett 

 Howe of Amherst was 6th; Bronislaw 

 Lebiebcki of Florence was 7th; and 

 Walter Kellogg of Williamsburg was 9th. 



HAMPSHIRE BOYS 



Huntington Boys Cull 



A meeting was held at J. A. Burr's on 

 ' August 26, at which 10 boys attended a 

 culling demonstration and discussed the 

 , points of a good layer. Five or six of 

 1 Mr. Burr's yearling- hens were caught 

 for observation. Each was pretty thro- 

 ughly discussed as to its possibilities of 

 being a good hen to keep foi- another year. 



(SaHi'ltc Priming (fin. 



3)ub JJrinters 

 Nurlltamptou. Hasa. 



JUDGE CROPS 



At the Greenfield Fair four places out 

 of five were taken by Hampshire County 

 boys in potato and corn judging. In 

 potato judging Roger West, John Bak, 

 James Coffey and Horace Babb won 2nd, 

 3rd, 4th and -Sth respectively. In Corn 

 Judging Roger West won 1st, 2nd, 3rd 

 and 4th respectively. In vegetable judg- 

 ing Lewis West won first; James Coffey 

 and Roger West tied with a Franklin 

 County boy for 2nd ; Osborne West tied 

 with two Franklin County boys for 3rd 

 and Horace Babb was 4th. 



AROUND THE COUNTY 



The members at the Hill School in 

 Wcaihaiiiptoii are considering a handi- 

 craft club for the winter. The boys are \ 

 thinking of mash hoppers, grain boxes, 

 an dthe like and the girls are considering 

 stenciling, painting, etc. 



Miss Harriet Woodward, new State 

 Girls' Club Leader, met forty girls in the 

 Domestic Science room at Huntington on 

 October 8th. Miss Annie Parker reports 

 she must make three groups in order to 

 help all wishing clothing club woi-k. 



At Huntington, My. A. J. Rhines is 

 still interested in helping the boys in 

 handicraft work and after a talk with 

 his boys finds much interest in continuing 

 this year. A special job tried will be 

 chair caning. 



The Westluimpton Center- girls want 

 clothing work. Miss Alice Graves, teach- 

 er of that school and an ex-club member 

 of the Williamsbuhg club will make them 

 a good leader. 



H. D. SMITH 



Hatfield, Mass. 



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The Needlecraft Club at Worthington 

 met for a planning meeting on Wednes- 

 day evening October 8th and decided to 

 take up the next year of clothing club 

 work with a special goal set to darn 100 

 stockings. 



Why not give the roof a coat of Paint? 



Or paint the piazza? Other spots may need a 

 coat of life preserving. 



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