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HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARMERS' MONTHLY 



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TEST SHOWS EASTERN | 



STATES FERTH^IZER I 



SUPERIOR 



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Novembi-r 5, 1024 



Kastern Sfatesi IVo-Filler 

 FilNterii States IVo-Filler 



Easteni States Farmers' 

 Exchange, 

 Springfield. Mass. 



Gentlemen: 



Used Eastern State-* 5-8-7 No- 

 Filler Fertilizer on two acres, one 

 ton to the acre, and got 60fl bush- 

 nls of potatoes off the piece. 



Used another well-known brand 

 of 5-8-7 Fertilizer, a ton to the acre 

 '.m 3 2-3 acres of the s.ime piece of 

 land and got 800 bushels of potatoes. 



These plots were planted with the 

 same seed, the same day, and were 

 cared for exactly the same. The 

 Eastern States potatoes looked a 

 darker green all through the grow- 

 ing season and stayed green ten 

 days to two weeks longer. 



The Eastern States 5-8-7 No- 

 Filler produced better top growth 

 and longer growth, cost less money 

 per ton, and produced 82 bushels per 

 acre more. 



Yours very truly, 

 George D. Emery. 



Conway, N. H. 



As past master of the Elmwood 

 Grange of Conway and as a mem- 

 ber for several years of the Execu- 

 tive Committee of the Carroll County 

 Farm Bureau, Mr. Emery has been a 

 leader in the development of New- 

 Hampshire agriculture. Mr. Emery 

 and men of his type, — sound, straight 

 thinking Eastern farmers. — are the 

 backbone of the Eastern States 

 Farmers' Exchange. 



It is the aim of the Eastern States 

 Farmers' Exchange to distribute 

 fertilizer of the best quality as eco- 

 nomically as possible. For this rea- 

 son the famous No Filler Itrands 

 have been developed. This year, in 

 .iddition to chemicals, the following 

 brands are offered: 



Rastern States IVo-Filler .I-IS-S 

 Ra.stern States IVo-Filler 4-8-10 



- 8-7 

 -10-5 



Rnstern States Kfo-Filler 8- 6-6 



Special prices to none, but fair 

 prices to all will be the rule again 

 this year — true co-operation. 



Urge your neighbors to combine 

 their needs with yours to assure 

 maximum tonnage for the Kxchangr 

 at your most convenient railroad 

 station. For further particulars — 

 prices, method of payment etc. and 

 for tobacco mixtui-es — write the of- 

 fice. 



Eastern States 

 Farmers' Exchange 



X Non-Stoek, IVon-I'rolit Orf^anizn- 



tion owned anil controlled b.v tlie 



farmers it serves 



SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS 



Continued from page 0. column 1 

 also a help. From past experience, we 

 found that some people who thought the 

 land was clean were fooled, so the use of 

 tobacco dust, as recommended by the 

 California Experiment Station, was ad- 

 vised. Thus the whole program was 

 based on nothing more than thorough 

 sanitary measures, or putting into prac- 

 tice the old adage, "an ounce of preven- 

 tion is worth a pound of cure." 



In 1921, three men carried on succes.s- 

 ful demonstrations ; in 1922, sixteen ; and 

 in 1923, twenty-six. Every one of these 

 plants had had severe losses from coc- 

 cidiosis and intestinal worms. The re- 

 sults were excellent in practically all 

 cases. This showed that the program was 

 right and would work in the hands of 

 poultrymen if properly carried out. The 

 problem then was not method of con- 

 trol, but how to reach the largest num- 

 ber of poultrymen in the shortest time. 

 At the rate we had been going, it would 

 have taken a lifetime to cover the coun- 

 ty, so a Disease Control Campaign was 

 planned. Lists of poultrymen were se- 

 cured from all of the towns of the county. 

 Nine extension schools were held in 

 to\vns having the most poultry to pre- 

 sent the Disease Control program. As a 

 result of these meetings, 103 poultrymen 

 agreed to carry on the work. They ex- 

 pected to hatch or buy 66,750 chicks. 

 Circular letters, enclosing the program 

 outline and pledge cards, were then sent 

 to all of the poultrymen in the county 

 owning fifty or more birds. Then a sec- 

 ond letter was sent out to get all who 

 cared to sign up. The final agree- 

 ments amounted to 223 flocks in 20 towns 

 of the county. These people expected to 

 raise 131,350 chicks under Disease Con- 

 trol Methods. 



Through the spring and summer, visits 

 were made to as many of the.se people as 

 possible to see that they were doing 

 things right. Timely letters of instruc- 

 tion were sent out to remind the co-opera- 

 tors that certain things should be done. 

 It was found that there were no local 

 sources of the proper kind of tobacco 

 dust. Ten merchants in nine towns of 

 the county were told what we were doing 

 and were asked if they would carry this 

 material. All agreed to do this, so that 

 poultrymen were assured of a local sup- 

 ply of the right quality tobacco dust. 



In October, a report blank was sent to 

 each of the people who agreed to carry on 

 the program. About 70 replied. In two 

 weeks, another letter and a report blank 

 was sent out. This brought in 54 replies, 

 making a total of 124 out of 223. 



The summary of these reports is as 

 follows: — The 124 reporting, hatched or 

 bought 87,877 chickens. From these, 

 they raised 30,603 pullets to maturity. 

 Good poultrymen usually figure to put 

 one pullet in the laying house for every 



three chicks hatched. This group did this 

 and had 1311 pullets to spare or about 

 4%. Eighty-eight reported that they 

 really did use new ground. The other 

 30% gambled that the old ground was 

 all right. Sixty-nine used Bichloride of 

 Mercury to disinfect the brooder houses; 

 thirty used it on the land around the 

 brooder houses; sixty-seven used it to 

 disinfect the laying houses. The total 

 amount used by these reporting was 771 

 pounds. Eighty-five fed tobacco dust and 

 used a total of 1350 pounds. Five re- 

 ported that the birds ate less of the 

 treated mash than they did when there 

 was no tobacco in it. The rest noted no 

 difference. Ninety-eight reported that 

 their birds were better than last year, 

 fourteen could see no difi'enence and 

 twelve had decidedly inferior success. 

 The final test, however, came when we 

 asked how many would follow the pro- 

 gram another year. One hundred and 



I RAISE HEALTHY CHICKS! 



CORROSIVE SUBLIMATE 



is valuable for 



Disinfecting Brooder Houses and Yards 



We carry it in powdered form 



Put up in the size package you need 



It is cheaper by the pound 



WISWELL THE DRUGGIST 



32 Main Street * 



Northampton, - 



BISSELL'S TIRE SHOP 



iVOUTHAMPTON, MASS. 



Miller, (ioodyear and U. S. Tires 



Tires and Tubes 



Vulcanized by Steam 



(ioodyear Service Station 



KUEE AIR 

 «6 KI.VG STREET Tel. I293-M 



