THE HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY 



pine from Europe. In spite of these 

 warnings in portation continued even 

 from tlie particular nursery in Ger- 

 many wliich was definitely known 

 to be the main source of disease, un- 

 til finally, in 1912, all such impor- 

 tation was stopped by Federal action. 

 The white-pine blister rust afects 

 the eastern white-pine, the western 

 white-pine, the sugar-pine, and in- 

 deed all of the socalled five-leaf pines 

 producing cankers on the stems and 

 branches, killing young trees, and 

 maiming and disfiguring old ones. 

 It also produces a leaf disease of cur- 

 rant and gooseberry bushes. The 

 fungus causing tie disease must live 

 for a part of its life on pine trees 

 and part of its life on currants and 

 gooseberries. The disease can not 

 spread from one pine tree to anotner 

 but must pass first to currant bushes 

 and then back to the pine 



In Europe the disease has made 

 the culture of American white pine 

 impracticable in England, Denmark 

 and Holland and has seriously han- 

 dicapped its cultivation in Germany. 

 Since the trees which it attacks in- 

 clude three of the most rmportant 

 timber trees of the United States, the 

 loss which this disease will produce 

 if unchecked is very great. Fortun- 

 ately, the disease is not known to be 

 present west of Buffalo, N. Y., but 

 if it is not checked in the Eastern 

 States, its ultimate spread to the 

 vast forests of the Rocky Mountains 

 and the Pacific coast is certain. The 

 disease now occurs in three locali- 

 ties in New Hampshire, two in Ver- 

 mont, ten in Massachusetts, two In 

 Connecticut, five in New York, one 

 in Pennsylvania and three in Onta- 

 rio, Canada. 



The disease could be controlled 

 now by the destruction of the diseas- 

 ed white pines or the complete de- 

 struction of all currant and goose- 

 berry bushes In the vicinity of in- 

 fected pine trees. Whether or not 

 this simple action can be accom- 

 plished depends upon the legal au- 

 thority possessed by the various 

 State horticultural inspectors con- 

 cerned. If the inspector is not arm- 

 ed with authority to destroy eithar 

 currant bvtshes or the diseased white 

 pines without the consent of the 

 owner, all efforts at control will be 

 unavailing, as a single person by per- 

 mitting diseased pines or currants to 

 remain on his place can nullify the 

 work of an entire community. 



The following is the list of the 

 months of November and December: 



NOVEMBER 



Grade 



E. T. Whitaker, Hadley 

 Holsteins. 



Milk Fat 



1035 lbs. 35.2 lbs. 



1229 45.4 



1162 48.8 



1109 36.9 

 1239 35 9 

 1052 32!6 

 1153 36.9 



E. C. Harlow, Cushman, Purebred 

 Jerseys 



859 44.6 



688 ■ 44.7 



1132 46.4 



657 42.7 



911 48.3 



James McAuslan. Easthamptoa, 

 Purebred Holstein 

 1005 32.1 



Nelson Lewis, Northampton Grade, 

 Holstein. 

 1007 38.3 



Joe Parsons, Northampton, Pure- 

 bred Holstein 

 JO"",) 32.4 



T E. Dimick, Grade Holstein 

 1004 31.1 



C. W. Ball, South Hadley, Pure- 

 bred Holstein 

 1317 48.7 



J. L. Ingham, Granby, Grade Hol- 

 stein 

 1026 31. S 



Hugh Bridgman, Westhampton, 

 Grade Holstein 



1110 33.3 

 1020 38.7 



W. A. Parsons, Southampton. 

 983 41.2 



995 43.8 



FARM BUREAU WORK 



Summary of the Work 

 (Nov. 22-Dec. 25) 



MILES TRAVELED 

 Auto 706 



Train 124 



Total 



830 



SUCCESSFUL JERSEY BREEDING 



It is of much interest to note the success of one breeder of pure 

 blood cattle in the County in just a few years. The following results 

 were obtained by Mr. W. H. Morey of Cummington with ten head In 

 his herd of Jerseys. With the exception of Merry of Glenwood and 

 Fancy Air, they were turned to pasture every day in summer and re- 

 ceived the same care as the rest of the herd. They were all milked 

 twice daily_ 



As this is the first year of official testing at Brick House Farm, 

 the results are very gratifying. More breeders should make a study of 

 their herds and develop high producing stock. 



DAIRY RECORDS 



Each month a list will be pub- 

 lished of the members of the Conn-' 

 ecticut Valley Cow-Test Association I 

 who have cows making a monthly 

 record of over 1000 lbs. of milk or 

 40 lbs. of butter fat. ' 



