THE HAMPSHIRE COUNTV FARM BUREAU MONTHLY 



Such reports as have been received 

 indicate that the acreage in Califor- 

 nia, Oregon and Washington is about 

 normal. The condition (or Califor- 

 nia is reported at 96 per cent. The 

 United States figure is 75.5 against 

 81.9 per cent last year. 



The acreage in these seven States 

 represents practically 80 per cent of 

 the total acreage of commrcial 

 onions in the United States, disre. 

 garding the southern crop which is 

 always marketed for immediate 

 consumption, being unsuitable for 

 storage purposes. 



POULTRY NOTES 

 Bacillary Wliite Diarrhoea 



Great loss is experienced every 

 year by poultrymen through the 

 loss of chickens by white diarrhoea. 

 It has been found by experiments 

 conducted by the Massachusetts and 

 the Connecticut Experiment Stations 

 that the disease is transmitted by 

 the hen laying the egg. By blood 

 tests of the breeding hens the reac- 

 tors can be eliminated and with 

 proper sanitation, no trouble will be 

 experienced from this disease. 



The Extension Service and the Ex- 

 periment Station are co-operating to 

 carry on this work. A charge of five 

 cents per hen will be made to cover 

 expenses. Anyone wishing to have 

 their flock tested should apply to 

 the Poultry Department, Massachu. 

 setts Agrictiltural College, Amherst, 

 Mass. 



Killing' and Bleeding Poultry 



The following is quoted from' Cir- 

 cular 61, Bureau of Chemistry, U. S. 

 D. .\. Anyone wishing more detail- 

 ed information on the matter should 

 send for this circular. 



(1) Grasp the chicken when 

 killing by the bony part of the skull. 

 Do not let the fingers touch the 

 neck. 



(2) Make a small cut inside the 

 mouth on the right side of the 

 throat just where the bones of the [ 

 skull end. using a narrow-bladed, i 

 sharp-pointed knife. The direction] 

 of the knife is upward and toward 

 the left when the bird is held head 

 downward with the throat toward 

 the operator while Icilling. 



(3) Brain for dry picking by 

 thrusting the knife through the 

 groove which runs along the middle 

 line of the roof of the mouth until 

 it pierces the brain in the bacl< part 

 of the sku'l. causing a loosening of 

 the feathers. 



(4) For chickens use a knife the 

 blade of which is 2 inches long. one_ 

 fourth inch wide, with a thin, flat 

 handle, a sharp point, and a straight 

 cutting edge. For turkeys the blade 

 may be 2 1-2 inches long. Keep 

 knives very sharp. 



ANNOUNCEMENT. 



Space on this page is given to 

 Farm Bureau members who desire 

 to advertise live-stock, farm pro- 

 ducts, etc., either to buy or to sell. 

 At the present no charge will be 

 made for limited space. Send adver- 

 tisements to the Farm Bureau by 

 the twenty-fifth of each month. 



The Farm Bureau Office is receiv- 

 ing many inquiries with regard to 

 men who wish to buy, lease, or rent 

 farms and also from owners of 

 farms who wish to either sell or rent 

 them. It would be of much advant- 

 age to both parties if a list were 

 kept on file in the office so these in- 

 quiries could be answered. Will 

 those who desire such assistance 

 pleas send a description of the farms 

 for sale or to rent or of the kind they 

 wish to buy, to the Farm Bureau, 

 and. as much elp as possible will be 

 returned? 



FARM BUREAU WORK 



SUMMARY OF THE WORK 

 (August 23 to September 18) 



Farms Visited 



Letters Written 



Office Calls 



Telephone Calls 



MEETINGS 



Evening Meetings 



Field Meetings 



Total Attendance 



MILES TRAVELED 



Auto 



71 

 103 



41 



75 



9 



9 



389 



1584 



23.50 



GRAIN PRICES 



The following quotations are tak- 

 en from the Boston Chamber of Com- 

 merce for September 22, 1915: 

 Middlings. per ton 24.25 — 28.50 

 Bran, winter 

 Bran, spring 

 Mixed Feed 

 Red Dog 



Cotton Seed Meal 

 Linseed Meal 

 Gluten Feed 

 Hominy Feed 

 Corn Meal, per hag 

 Oats 



1 clipped white, per bu. .44 



2 clipped white, Bsr Int. .43 



3 clipped white, per bu. .42 



25.75 



32.00 



25.00 

 S3. 50 

 29.00 

 31.25 

 33.00 

 38.00 

 28.00 

 33.40 

 65 — 1.67 



No. 

 No. 



No. 



FOR SALE Registered Jersey cows, 



heifers and bills; also a tew nice 

 grade cows at farmers' prices. H. 

 W. Gurney, Cummington, Mass. 



FOR SALE — Berkshire Pigs of high- 

 est quality. Apply to D. C. War- 

 nock. 25 Hampden street, North- 

 ampton. 



BREED now for fall colts. Use the 

 pure blood Percheron Stallion Con- 

 uet standing at C. E. Parsons & 

 Son, 128 Bridge St., Northampton, 

 Mass. 



FOR SALE — Farm Work Horse, 

 weight 1200 lbs., age 11 yrs., 

 black, sound and willin. Dr. A. 

 G. Doane, 102 Main St., North- 

 ampton, Mass. 



FOR SALE — Holsteins. Right near 

 home. 3 regustered heifers, 8 re. 

 gistered cows and 2 registered 

 bulls. Write, telephone or call in 

 person. Ball Holstein Farms 

 South Hadley Falls, Mass. 



FOR SALE — Cream separator, 

 "Siiarples Tubular Number 4," 

 used very little. Price with extra 

 10-gallon tank only $25.00. Ad- 

 dress Walter Bliss, Enfield, Mass. 

 Tel. 9-2. 



FOR SALE — 1 registered Jersey Bull 

 11 mos. old; also one high-grade 

 Berkshire Boar. Address C. S. 

 Parsons, 15 Sherman Ave_., North, 

 ampton, Mass. 



FOR SALE — Two young registered 

 Holstein cows, one pure bred Hol- 

 stein bull calf, 6 mos. old. Can 

 be seen at Mineral Valley Fann, 

 Westhampton, Mass. E. B. Clapp, 

 Easthampton, Mass. 



3 COUNTY 

 FAIR 



NORTHAMPTON 



October 6 & 7 



Unsurpassed 

 Horse Show 



Large Auto- 

 mobile Show 



Wright Biplane 

 Special Youth's 



Exhibit 



