TIIK HAMPSHIRE COUXTV I-AKM BUREAU MOXTHLV 



HAMPSHIRE COUNTY 



FARM BUREAU MONTHLY 



Published By The 



Hampshire County Farm Eureaa 



A. F. MacDougall, County Agent 



Office, First National Bank Bldg. 



Northampton, IVIass. 



Entered as second class matter ' 

 Nov. 9, 1915 at the post office at 

 Northampton, Massachusetts, under 

 the Act of March 8, 1879. 



OFFICERS OF THE FARM BUREAU 



Leslie II. Smith, President, Hadley. 

 W D. Mandell, Treasurer, Northainp- 



ton 

 K. K. Clapn, Secretary, Nortliamp- 



lon. 



Advisory Board 



Leslie R. Smith, Hadley 



Chas. R. Damon, 'Williamsbiirg 



Ferley E. Davis, Granby 



C. E. Hodpkins, Northampton 



Warren JM. King, Northampton 



M. A Morse, Belchertown 



Manin Norris, Southampton 



EDITORIAL 



This issue of the Farm Bureau 

 Monthly is devoted to reports on 

 boys' and girls' agricultural work 

 in the County for the past season. 



The success of the Boys' and 

 Girls' Exhibit at the Three-County 

 Fair was made possible through the 

 efforts of the committe in charge, 

 Mr. Raymond Clapp. vegetables; 

 Miss Alice Bunce, Sewing, Cooking 

 and Preserves; Mr. John Hart, 

 Drawing, Painting, etc.; Mr. Curtis 

 Peckham. Poultry; and to Mr. Reed, 

 Russell and Miss Bliss of Hopkins 

 Academy, Mr. Richards, Supt. of 

 Schools, Hatneld and Mr. E. W. 

 Goodhue, Supt .of Schools, Will- 

 iamsburg. 



Boys' and Girls' garden work was 

 carried on in a majority of the 

 towns in the County this past sea- 

 son. The work was directed by an 

 agent from the Farm Bureau who 

 was assisted by local supervisors, 

 these supervisors giving their ser- 

 vices free. Considerable assistance 

 was also received from the Massa- 

 chusetts Agricultural College. It 

 was planned to have each child's 

 garden visited at least twice dur- 

 ing the season and then to hold an 

 exhibit in the fall. In most of the 

 towns these exhibits have been held 

 and the results have been very grat- 

 ifying. This type of work should 

 be carried on In every section of the 

 County. In the towns where work 

 of this kind is not being developed, 



the parents should interest them- 

 selves and make plans tor the com- 

 ing year. 



At the Northampton Fair, nine 

 pigs were entered by Pig Club 

 boys. For pigs over six months, 

 Talbot Eldridge won first, Edward 

 Montague second, and Edward Fy- 

 denkevez third. For pigs under six 

 months, Arthur Corains won first, 

 Sidney Sears, second and James 

 Comins, third. 



The following members of the 

 Boys' and Girls' State Pig Club 

 were chosen to send their pigs to 

 the National Dairy Show: Sidney 

 Sears, Goshen; Edward Montague, 

 Westhampton; Talbot Eldridge, Am- 

 herst, and Arthur Comins, John 

 Devine and Edward Fydenkevez, 

 North HacUey. 



BOYS' AND GIRLS' AGRICUL- 

 TURAL WORK. 



The showing made by the boys 

 and girls at the different fairs in 

 the County this fall is ample proof 

 of the intense interest that is being- 

 taken in all phases of agricultural 

 work by the younger generation. A" 

 the Amherst Fair, a tent 18x30 was 

 filled to overflowing by displays of 

 home and garden work. At Cum- 

 mington Fair the children's work ex- 

 ceeded in many respects that of the 

 adults. In several of the towns, lo- 

 cal exhibits of the school children 

 have been held with very gratify- 

 ing results. Of especial mention 

 were the exhibits in the towns of 

 Hatfield, Williamsburg and Chester- 

 field. At the Three-County Fair in 

 Northampton, a display not equal- 

 led in New England was shown in 

 a large tent 100x60, many author- 

 ities stating that it surpassed in 

 attractiveness the large boys' and 

 girls' exhibit at the National Dairy 

 Show. The school displays of vege- 

 tables, flowers and preserves at- 

 tracted considerable attention. The 

 silver cups were awarded as fol- 

 lows: For the best display of an 

 Agricultural School or High School, 

 Smith's Agricultural School, first, 

 Hopkins Academy, second. For the 

 best Grammar School or Town 

 School display, Hadley Schools, first, 

 Hatfield Central School, second. 

 Williamsburg Central School also 

 made a fine exhibit. 



At the Eastern States Exposition, 

 the boys and girls in Hampshire 

 County out-did themselves. In the 

 agricultural and market gardening 

 work the boys and girls from Hamp- 

 shire County won twice as many 

 prizes as any other County. 



Also in poultry, one first, six 



j seconds and three thirds, were won 



and in handicraft works, two firsts, 



five seconds and two thirds. The boysc 



and girls from the Smith's Agri- 



I cultural School and Hopkins Acad- 



j emy won many prizes and the win- 



I ners may be known by reading the 



articles on these schools. 



Special mention should be made 

 of the fine showing made by the 

 children from Hatfield. This is the 

 first year that the Hatfield boys and 

 girls have made any exhibit at the 

 fairs. They won second prize for 

 a school exhibit at the Northamp- 

 ton Fair and David Wells and Marg- 

 aret Flint won several prizes at the 

 Dairy Show. David Wells won 

 third prize with potatoes; second, 

 sweet corn; third, tomatoes; third, 

 onions; and third on collection of 

 vegetables. Margaret Flint also 

 won third on best collection of veg- 

 etables. 



The Root children of Easthamp- 

 ton made an excellent showing and 

 won a remarkable number of prizes. 

 Kenfred Root won third on potatoes, 

 second on eggs and a second sweep- 

 stake prize on eggs; second, Rhode 

 Island Red fowl; Katherine 

 Root, second on eggs and third 

 sweepstake prize on eggs; Eliza- 

 beth Root, third on popcorn; first 

 on watermelon; third on collection 

 of vegetables; and second on beans; 

 Snow Root won third on eggs; third. 

 White Wyandotte; and second on 

 cucumbers. This makes a total of 

 thirteen prizes for the Root child- 

 ren, probably a record not equal- 

 led by the children from any other 

 family. 



In the judging contest, the Coun- 

 ty feels proud of John Bishko of 

 Hadley who won fifth prize out of 

 I a field of ninety-seven contestants 

 and brought home as a prize a pure 

 bred Jersey bull calf, sired by No- 

 ble's Fawn Prince. We also would 

 like to share the honors with 

 Franklin County and congratulate 

 Earl Streeter of Cummington, a 

 student at Sanderson Academy who 

 won fourth prize and chose for his 

 prize $75 in gold. 



The Bread Judging team com- 

 posed of Rozella Ice and Vivian 

 Muller of Williamsl)urg and Stan- 

 ley LeDuc of Chesterfield won fourth 

 prize. Considering the short time 

 this team had to prepare and of the 

 very limited amount of instructions, 

 their record was auite remarkable. 



A Canning Juding team composed 

 of Eleanor Clark of Worthington, 

 Beatrice West of Worthington and 

 Nellie Streeter of Cummington also 



