THE HAMPSHIRE COUXTY FARM BUREAU MOXTFILY 



No individual can borrow more 

 than $10,000 or less than $100. 



No loan may be made for more 

 than 50 per cent of the value of the 

 land mortgaged and 20 per cent of the 

 value of the permanent insured im- 

 provements upon it. 



The loan must run for not less 

 than 5 and not more than 40 year.s. 



Every mortgage must provide for 

 the repayment of the loan under an 

 amortization plan by means of a fixed 

 number of annual or semi.-annual in- 

 stallments sufficient to meet all inter- 

 est and pay off the debt by the end of 

 the term of the loan. The install- ' 

 mens reouired will be those published j 

 in amortization tables to be prepared 

 by the Farm Loan Board. 



The bank is given power to protect 

 itself in case of default by recalling j 

 the loan in whole or in part, or tak- ! 

 ing other necessary action. 



try a cover crop on tlieir tobacco 

 fields this fall. 



COVER CROPS FOR TOBACCO 



At the annual meeting of the New 

 England Tobacco Growers' Associa- 

 tion, Dr. E. G. Beinhart of the U. S. 

 Dept. of Agriculture spoke and laid 

 special emphasis on the use of cov- 

 er crops and rotation in the control 

 of true root rot and troubles that ap- 

 pear to have the same effect on the 

 plant. Dr. Beinhart stated that if 

 one was absolutely sure he had true 

 root rot, rotation was the best so- 

 lution. For what appeared to be 

 toxic effect of the soil, the use of 

 cover crops, especially timothy, 

 would assist in checking this trou- 

 ble. The use of rye seemed to be a 

 failure as far as checking this trou- 

 l)le. On the farm where the meeting 

 was held, timothy ad been used as a 

 cover crop in the shade grown to- 

 bacco for the last six years. Mr. S. 

 W. Pinney, manager of the farm, 

 stated that when he commenced us- 

 ing timothy, the land was yielding a 

 very poor crop, hardly worth prim- 

 ing, while tliLS year the crop prom- 

 ises to be one of the best in that 

 section. Mr. Pinney sows his timot- 

 hy after his field is cleared and uses 

 a bushel of seed to every three acres. 



Dr. Beinhart also stated that from 

 his observations, as a rule, anything 

 that would tend to increase the acid 

 content of the soil would improve the 

 crop. The use of sulphate of pot- 

 ash for example in comparison with 

 carbonate gives better results in that 

 it does not neutralize the soil and 

 allow root rot or toxics to develop 

 as does the carbonate. 



The Farm Bureau has arranged 

 for several cover crop demonstra- 

 tions in the County and would be 

 glad to assist others who desire to 



How Many Dollars Worth of Dairy 

 Products Do You Sell Per Cow? 

 How do your cows compare with 

 your neighbors? Are you getting as 

 large returns as your neighbor? Did 

 you ever figure out how much your 

 average cow brought in? Keep a 

 few figures on your cows and find 

 out. 



FARM BUPlEAU WORK. 



SUMMARY OF THE AYORK. 



(July 1-JuIy 29) 



Farms Visited 41 



Letters Written 106 



Office Calls 45 



Telephone Calls 4S 



MEETINGS. 



Meetings Held 4 



Attendance ISO 



FOR SALE— Breeding stock from 



the following officially tested Jerseys. 



Two made over "00 lbs. butter, three 



made over 600 I'^s. butter, five made 



over 400 lbs. butt-^r. \Ym. H. ;Mcr-^y, 



Brick House Farm. Cummington. 



THE PTTRE-BRED Perchernn, Sir 



Vivian, record No. 102007 wi'l make 



the season of 1916 at the Park 



View farm, 93 West St., Eps'hamp- 



ton. Mass. Geo. Emerson Searle. 



Proprietor. 



WANTED — 4-can Cooley Creamer: 

 copper-lined. Address, Lewis H. 

 Granger. So. Worthington, Mass. 

 Tel. 13-22. 

 FOR SALE— lO-can Cooley Creamer; 

 copper-lined. Address, Lewis H. 

 Graneer, 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 ,T. Pierpont. Williams- 

 burg, Mass. 



FOR SALE: — Farm nf 90 acres, 

 consisting of sugar orchard. 12-room 

 house, pasturage, running water, 50 

 bearing trees, 100 young trees. Ad- 

 dress, A. F. Dyer, Plalnfield, 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 — 1 registered Jersey BuU 

 11 mos. old. Address C. S. 

 Parsons, 15 Sherman Ave., North, 

 ampton, Mass. 



FOR S.\LE: — A Jersey Bull Calf; 

 75 per cent, blood of Eminent 

 Second. Address C. M. Pratt, Had- 

 ley, Mass. 



ONLY ONE HOLSTEIN BULL LEFT. 

 A son, born July 2S, 1915 to the 

 three-year-old heifer, Koningiu 

 Beauty 2nd. She has given 6196 

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

 Price $100. Address, Edward J. 

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

 NOTICE: — Judge a stallion by his 

 colts. Connet, pure bred percher- 

 on, will make the season at C. E. 

 Parsons & Son, 128 Bridge St., 

 FOR SALE: — Farm of 50 acres. 

 Good S-room house with wide pi- 

 azza. Barn and henhouse. Nev- 

 er-failing spring water. 100 

 grafted apple trees, abundance 

 wood and timber for farm use. 

 Telephone and free delivery of 

 mail. An ideal location for poul- 

 try. Price $1,000. Reasonable 

 terms. Address owner, H. H. Ma- 

 son, Worthington, Mass. 

 FOR RENT: — Farm of 400 acres, 

 consisting of 10-room house, large 

 barn, pastures, wood, mowing, 

 three blueberry lots, apple orch- 

 ard, supplied with barn yard fer- 

 tilizer for spring planting, some 

 old hay. Farm located on State 

 Road, one-third of a mile from ho- 

 tel. "Hinckley Williams Farm." 

 Address. F. H. Botlwood, Will- 

 iamsburg. R. F. D. 

 FOR SALE: — (The Levi Bryant 

 Estate) One of the best farms In 

 the town of Chesterfield. Less 

 than one mile from the center. 

 Cream collector and school team 

 pass the door. 200 acres, includ- 

 ing 45 acres tillage and over a 

 million feet of lumber, two-thirds 

 soft wood, sugar bush that will 

 set SOO tubs. The farm is well 

 fenced and mowings clear of 

 stones. Large house and barn 

 connected by shed. A fine sitely 

 place with many good building 

 lots — Apply to Frank Baker, 

 Chesterfield, Mass. 



FOR SALE: — Farm of 89 acres, 30 

 tillage, in the town of Southamp- 

 ton. Beautiful location, large 

 house and barn in fine repair. 

 Running spring water in house 

 and barn, house equipped with 

 modern conveniences. Several 

 acres of good tobacco land. All 

 equipped. ready for business. 

 Large share of planting done. 

 Apply to Farm Bureau Office. 

 FOR SALE— Two registered Hol- 

 stein-Friesian Bulls, 3 and 6 mos. 

 old, $50 each. 24 registered head 

 in herd. Herd bull 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, 

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



