THE HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY 



In ordering apple trees, use tlie 

 two-year old trees If you are plan- 

 ning to set your orchard in rough or 

 poor land, otherwise use the one-year 

 old trees. The XX or medium tree 

 is generally preferable. With peaches, 

 never buy over a one-year old tree. 

 Plums, pears, cherries and quinces 

 are usually sold as two-years' old. 

 Select a few of the .standard varieties, 

 the fewer the better. Do not try any 

 new varieties unless you wish to ex- 

 periment. ^^'estern varieties as a 

 rule do not thrive in New England. 



Ill buying small fruits, especially 

 raspberries, blackberries or straw- 

 berries, it is preferable to buy them 

 from some local grower if he has 

 good, clean, stock and new beds or 

 plantations. One is surer of getting 

 varieties that are true to name and 

 hardy for the locality. 



FARM BUREAU WORK. 



Summary of the Work 



(Feb. 28-Mar. 25) 



Farms Visited 59 



Letters Written 110 



Circular Letters 144 



Office calls 58 



Telephone calls 71 



MEETINGS 



Meeti-ngs held 4 



Total Attendance 270 



ALFALFA CONTEST 



The Massachusetts Society for Pro- 

 moting Agriculture have offered the 

 following prizes for the purpose of 

 «ncouraging the growing of alfalfa 

 in Massachusetts. 



Six hundred dollars in five prizes 

 for the best acre, planted in 191b; 

 these Prizes to be awarded in Octo- 

 ber, 1918, as follows: — 



First Prize ?250 00 



Second Prize 150.00 



Third Prize 100 00 



Fourth Prize 75 00 



Fifth Prize 25.00 



The Trustees will be governed in 

 awarding these prizes by the general 

 condition and appearance of the crop 

 during the season of 1917-1918. and 

 by the total weight of field cured 

 hay. The award of the Prizes will 

 be based on the purity of the stand 

 determined in the field previous to 

 cutting. The yield of protein and 

 moisture to he computed from anal- 

 yses made by the Massachusetts Agri- 

 cultural Experiment Station at Am- 

 herst, as an index of the feeding 

 value of the crop. The cost of pro- 

 duction will be taken into considera- 

 tion in making the awards. A weigh- 

 er's certificate suitably witnessed will 

 be required. 



FOUND — A gold mine in Hampshire 

 County. Hundreds of apple trees 

 that need spraying. Safe and sure 

 investment. Don't delay. Oppor- 

 tunity will last only three months. 

 Tel. 100-% Perfect Hampshire 

 County Apples. 

 FOR SALE— Davis Strain Yellow 

 Flint Seed Corn: White Wyandotte 

 Hatching Eggs; Mammoth Pekin 

 Duck Eggs; Day-old chicks and 

 ducklings; Six fine Wyandotte 

 Cockerels. Address, Charles H. 

 Thayer, Hickory Farm, Amherst, 

 Mass. 

 FOR SALE— Two registered Hol- 

 stein-Friesian Bulls, 3 and 6 mos. 

 old, $50 each. 24 registered head 

 i.n herd. Herd null is a grandson 

 of Finderne Pride Johanna Rue. 

 She made the following record in 

 365 days— 28,403.7 lbs. milk, 1 470.58 

 lbs. butter. Address, J. S. Graves, 

 Haydenville, Mass., R. F. D. Box 13. 

 FOR SALE— Eggs for hatching, 

 Owen Farm strain, S. C. White 

 Orpington, 75c and $1.00 per sett- 

 ing. Write or phone E. J. Burke, 

 Hopkins Academy, Hadley, Mass. 

 FOR SALE— One registered Chester 

 White Boar, llmos. old; also a 

 limited amount of Yellow Flint 

 seed corn. Smith's Agricultural 

 School, Northampton, Mass. 

 FOR SALE — A Son of Merry of Glen- 

 wood, her official record was 7(>» 

 lbs. 11 oz. of 85% butter for one 

 year. Sire a Grandson of Imp. Ox- 

 ford Lad, his dam laade 499 lbs. 10 

 ox. of 85% butter as a three year 

 old. This calf was dropped June 

 13 and is a fine individual. Also 

 ready for service, bulls from ad- 

 vanced registry cows. Prices right, 

 quality considered. Address W. H. 

 Morey, Bryant Hill, Cummington. 

 FOR SALE:— Three (3) thorough- 

 bred Aberdeen Angus bulls. Pine 

 Individuals. Address, H. N. Mason, 

 Worthington, Mass. 

 ONLY ONE HOLSTEIN BULL LEFT. 

 A son, born July 28, 1915 to the 

 three-year-old heifer, Koningin 

 Beauty 2nd. She has given G196 

 lbs. of milk from Aug. 1 to Jan. 1. 

 Price $100. Address, Edward J. 

 Clark, Cummington, Mass., R. F. D. 

 EGGS FOR HATCHINGS— White 

 Plymouth Rocks and S. C. WTiite 

 Leghorns, $1.00 per 15 or $6.00 per 

 100. Order early so there won't 

 be any trouble about filling your 

 order. Geo. H. Timmins, Green- 

 way Farm, Ware, Mass. 

 FOR SALE— Eggs for hatching from 

 prize wining strain, S. C. White 

 Leghorn, and Buff Wyandotte. $1 00 

 per 15 — $6.00 per hundrefl. Also 

 day-old chicks. A. B. Roberts, 165 

 Main St., Easthampton, Mass. 



WANTED — 4-can Cooley Creamer; 

 copper-lined. Address, Lewis H. 

 Granger, So. Worthington, Mass. 

 Tel. 13-22. 



FOR SALE— 10-can Cooley Creamer; 

 copper-lined. Address, Lewis H. 

 Gran.;';or, So. Worthington, Mass. 

 Tel. 13-22. 



FOR SALE— One Leader Sprayer, 2 

 h.p. engine, 200 lb. pressure; can 

 run three lines of hose, tank 150 

 gal. with hose, bamboo rods, noz- 

 zles all In .good running order and 

 ready for business. Price, $175. 

 Inquire of J. Pierpont, William.s- 

 burg, Mass. 



FOR SALE — One galvanized iron 

 sugar making outfit, consist'ng of 

 a sap pan 3 X 4^^ ft., ab0"t 200 

 Grimm's spigots, 100 pails and two 

 dozen new gallon syrup cans. Ray- 

 mond A. Warner, Williamsb'"i«, 

 Mass. Phone 9. 



FOR SALE: — Farm of 90 acres, 

 consisting of sugar orchard, 12-rooin 

 house, pasturage, running water, 50 

 bearing trees, 100 young trees. Ad- 

 dress, A. F. Dyer, Plainfield, Mass. 



FOR SALE Registered Jersey cows, 



heifers and bulls; also a few nice 

 grade cows at farmers' prices. H. 

 W. Gurney, Cummington, Mass. 



FOR SALE— One pure bred Hol- 

 stein Bull calves, nicely marked; 

 price $30. Address, C. E. Parson* 

 & Sons, 168 Bridge St., Northampton, 

 Mass. 



FOR SALE — 1 registered Jersey Bull 

 11 mos. old. Address C. S. 

 Parsons, 15 Sherman Ave., North. 

 ampton, Mass. 



FARM TO RENT — Small farm, 25 

 acres — Pasture, Wood, mowing — 

 House and barn near State Road 

 and Electric Cars — Town water. 

 Price, $20 month. Work given In 

 our mill in winter. 'Bradford Hill 

 Farm" A. S. Hills, owner, Hayden- 

 ville, Mass. 



FOR SALE— Seed Corn. Try Yellow 

 Flint. It has a reputation for high 

 quality. Highest rewards in five 

 entries at Boston Show. Perley B. 

 Davis, Granby, Mass. 



FOR SALE— 200 Grim 13 qt. sap palls, 

 9 spouts, set Carlton lb. sugar 

 moulds, 5-barrel gathering tub. all 

 nearly new. Eight bottle Ea'^cock 

 milk tester and outfit, two horse 

 sled, nearly new. All at my form- 

 er residence in Worthington. Aid- 

 en N. Curtis, Westfleld, Mass. 



THE PURE-BRED Percheron, Sir 

 Vivian, record No. 102007 will make 

 the season of 1916 at the Park 

 View farm, 93 West St., Easthamp- 

 ton, Mass. Geo. Emerson feearle. 

 Proprietor. 



