HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARMERS' MONTHLY 



A Business Bank for 



Business Farmers 



This is a message for business 

 farmers — for those progressive 

 crop and cattle raisers who know 

 that to get profits from farming 

 there must be linowledge not only 

 of crops, but of markets, of prices, 

 of soil treatment, of other factors. 



This bank's primary object is to 

 help farmers of this section to pros- 

 per. Our complete banking facili- 

 ties and our dependable sources of 

 information valuable to farmers are 

 at your disposal. 



We'll be glad to serve you. 



NORTHAMPTON 

 NATIONAL BANK 



THE BANK FOR EVERYBODY 



OLD DEERFIELD 



FERTILIZERS 



'■|{v:i.Non:il>le in Uollar.s and J^cnse" 



MANUFACTURED BY 



A. W. HIGGINS, Inc. 



SOUTH DEERFIELD, MASS. 



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The habit of Saving 



Is at the bottom of most 

 big successes in the busi- 

 ness world. Begin the 

 habit by opening a savings 

 account with tlie Hayden- 

 ville Savings Bank. One 

 dollar is enough to start 

 with. 



BANK BY MAIL 



HAYDENVILLE SAVINGS BANK 



HAVDKNVILLb, MASS. 



grain is a firm and closely woven dress, 

 libbon and necktie silk. Gros de Londres 

 or "London cord" has alternate wide and 



I narrow ribs, while gros de Lyon or "Lyon 

 cord" is ribbed both in warp and filling. 



I All are dress fabrics. 



' Silk poplin was first made in the six- 

 teenth century in Avignon, France, then 

 the Pope's residence. Single poplin has 

 fine cro.ss-ribs, while the cords in double 

 poplin are much heavier. Poplin is an 

 excellent suit, dress and coat material, 

 while the beautiful Irish poplin of silk 

 and wool has long been a popular fabric 

 for neckwear. 



In most of the corded .^^ilks, combina- 

 tions of silk with wool and cotton are 

 common. As most of the ribbed silks are 

 used for street wear, there is little neces- 

 sity for laundering them. In fact, 

 laundering of fabrics where wool or cot- 

 ton are combined with silk would ruin 

 them, as cotton and wool will shrink 

 where silk will not. In the Bengaline 

 and grosgrains of all silks, it is possible 

 to wash them, if the same piecautions be 

 obseived as in any all silk material. The 

 most important is the use of a mild soap 

 and luke-warm water. Hot water and 

 strong soaps will weaken the silk fibre. 

 When corded silks contain wool, cotton 

 or rayon, the Boston Better Business 

 Commission has recommended to local 

 merchants that they state these facts in 

 their advertising. 



THE MEANING OF 



EXTENSION WORK 



The story of the development of the 

 home demonstration work reads like a 

 fairy tale. In 1910 four counties in the 

 United States had home demonstration 

 agents, in 1922 there were 911 home 

 demonstration agents. This rapid growth 

 of the work was made possible by the 



j passage of the Smith-Lever Act in 1914, 



1 making public funds available for home 

 demonstration work. 



Massachusetts has a home demon.stra- 

 tion agent in each of 11 counties. In five 

 of our counties there are in addition as- 

 sistant home demonstration agents. A 



I small amount of Federal Smith-Lever 

 money is apportioned to each county. The 

 major portion of the salary and expenses 



j of agents in Massachusetts is paid by 

 county funds. Hence every taxpayer in 



j the county contributes to the support of 

 this work and all aie entitled to receive 

 the assistance. 



There is no other group of people ren- 



1 dcring the same type of service to the 

 homes of the nation as are the home 



] demonstration agents. They are giving 

 service to thousands of homes and com- 

 munities in improving practices of home 

 making, in improving standards of living 

 and in developing a thinking leadership 



1 among rural people. 



Nnrthamptnn Jnatituttnn 

 fnr i'aitturifl 



Incorporated 1812 



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A MUTUAL SAVINGS BANK 



Deposits begin to draw interest 

 on the first business day of each 

 month. $1 will open an account. 



Your income from your deposits 

 in Massachusetts Mutual Savings 

 Banks is not taxable under the 

 State Income Tax. 



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Open 9 A. M. to 3 P. M. 

 Saturdays, 9 A. M. to noon 

 Monday evenings, 6.30 to 8 



W. H. RILEY 8C CO. 



IM.UHItllVG and HEATING 



KITCIIFIIV FURNI.SHINGS 



AGENT.S FOR 

 <«lcn%\ «>«»<■ Kiin^os 



and Lowe Bros. I*iiintii 



Opp. I'ost Otrice Northampton. Mass. 



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 north;\mpton 



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Assets over 

 Three and a half million 



Savings Department 

 Interest payable quarterly 



I liDW'Ain) I.. SHAW, I'lcsidcMl 

 I-. N. KXKKLANI), Vicc-i'rcsiiknt 

 ELHEWT I-. AKXOLJ), Cashier 



