THE HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BLRIvAT MOXTHLV 



bles, preserves and flowers that was 

 put up by the school was awarded 

 the first prize cup. Among the in- 

 dividual prize winners were the 

 t'oUowing: Elmer Clapp, first prize, 

 Rhode Island Red fowls, third prize 

 Rhode Island Red chickens. third 

 prize carrots. 



Robert Damon, prizes on Water 

 Melons, Celery, Cauliflowej', Swiss 

 Chard Tomatoes and Potatoes. 



George Burt, second prize display 

 of vegetables, first prize on White 

 AVyandotle chickens, second prizes 

 on tomatoes and parsnips. 



John Hathaway, first prize best 

 display of vegetables, prizes on Irish 

 Cobbler and Green Mountain pota- 

 toes, pop corn, field corn, beets and 

 beans. 



Rodney Howard, White Leghorns, 

 first prize, cabbage, first prize, plate 

 of potatoes, first prize; peck of po- 

 tatoes second prize, Swiss Chard 

 second prize. 



Ralph Strong — first prizes on 

 plates of yellow onions, red onions 

 and whi'.e onions, first prize for 

 best peck of onions, third prizes for 

 tomatoes and parsnips. 



Pay Montague — fl.''st prize, shell 

 beans. 



Ralph Roberts — first prize, pears. 



Earl Mariz — first prize, sunfiow- 

 er. 



Walter Filer — first prize, beans. 



The great Dairy Show at Spring- 

 field was the goal toward which we 

 had been working and the following 

 students were permitted to represent 

 us there. 



Stock judging. Percy Ama't. El- 

 mer Clapp. Joseph Dickinson, Ray- 

 mond Dragon, James McCallum and 

 Fay Montague. 



Corn judgers, John Hathaway 

 and William Howard. 



Potato judge, Fred Challet. 



Market Garden judgers, George 

 Burt, Robert Damon and Harold 

 Hall. 



Handicraft judges, Henry Bridg- 

 man, Philip Clapp and Raoul Tatro. 



Poultry Killing and picking dem- 

 onstration team, Walter Filer. Har- 

 old Hall and John Hathaway. 



Market Garden exhibitors, Elmer 

 Clapp, Philip Clapp, Robert Da- 

 mon, George Burt, John Hathaway, 

 Rodney Howard, William Howard, 

 Fred Challet, Ralph Strong and Fay 

 Montague. 



Farm Handicraft exhibitors. 

 Philip Clapp, and Bernice Dickin- 

 son. 



They were rewarded with the fol- 

 lowing prizes: The Market Gard- 

 en judging team took second place 

 and $22. .50 in gold. Robert Damon 

 scored highest on the team and was 



tied with Albert Kramer of Spring- 

 field for the sweepstakes prizes. 



The Handicraft Judging team 

 took third place and $15.00 in gold. 



The poultry killing and picking 

 demonstration team was reported to 

 have given some of the most inter- 

 esting demonstrations of the show. 

 Some of the market garden exhib- 

 itors were successful. John Hatha- 

 way took second on pop corn. Fay 

 MJontague second on shell beans, 

 Ralph Strong first on onions and 

 third on parsnips, Elmer Clapp, 

 third on carrots, Philip Clapp, tliird 

 on cabbages, Robert Damon, second 

 on display of vegetables and second 

 on celery, Rodney Howard second on 

 potatoes. 



Every article exhibited in farm 

 handicraft by the two Smith's Ag- 

 ricultural School representatives 

 took prizes. 



Philip Clapp — first — rope tying 

 and splicing (10 knots tied aUd 

 mounted) second — milking stool; 

 second, trap-nest; third. ironing 

 board. 



Bernice Dickinson — first, ironing 

 board, second, flying trap; second 

 trap nest; second rope tying and 

 splicing. 



Considered as a whole, we feel j 

 very well pleased with the work of 

 the Smith's School sttidents at the 

 fairs this fall. Our full share of 

 prizes has been captured at each I 

 fair attended. It is especially | 

 gratifying to realize that over SOJ 

 per cent, of our agricultural stud-| 

 ents who were eligible to compete 

 in all the contests were successful 

 competitors. However, we are also 

 pleased that there were individual 

 studen's who shared marked con- 

 sistency along certain lines. Yet in 

 order that fairs may promote the 

 general interest in agriculture they 

 must so distribute their premiums 

 that each competitor will be anx- 

 ious for the return of another aut- 

 umn with its circuit of fairs, and 

 such seems to be the general feel- , 

 ing at S. A. S. j 



DAIRY RECORDS 



Cows in the Connecticut Valley 

 Cow-Test Association, making over 

 1000 lbs. milk or 401bs. butter fat 

 for the month of September; 



W. H. Learned, Florence, Grade, 

 Jersey 



870 lbs. 40.9 lbs. 



Milk Butter Fat 



Helstein 



1215 35.6 



1272 35.6 



J. S. Graves, Williamsburg. 



Holstein 



1147 47. 



C. G. Loud, Westhampton. 



Holstein 



1102 38. 6 



H. M. Bridgnian, Easthampton, 



Holstein 



1139 40.2 



James McAuslane, Easthampton, 



Holstein 



1004 32.1 



Clapp Bros.. Easthampton, 



Holstein 



1056 32.7 



FOR SALE; — Registered Guernsey 

 bull calf, sired by Dean of the 

 May. Dame is sired by Longwa- 

 ter Demonstrator and out of an A. 

 R, O. cow. Price, $50 for quick 

 sale. Geo. Timmins, Greenway 

 Farm, Ware, Mass. 



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. 



FARM BUREAU WORK. 



SUMMARY OF THE WORK 



(.Vug. 28-Sept. 301 



Farms Visited 5 4 



Letters Written 70 



Circular Letters 1497 



Office Calls 54 



Telephone Calls 70 



MEETINGS 



Meetings Held 7 



Attendance 420 



Those desiring to buy or rent farms 

 can find a substantial list at the 

 Farm Bureau Office. 



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. P. H. Botlwood. Will- 

 iamsburg. R. F. D. 



FOR SALE; — Farm of 89 acres, 30 

 tillage, in the town of Southamp- 

 ton. Beautiful location, large 

 house and barn in fine reoair. 

 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. 



