THE HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY 



FAEM BUREAU WORK 

 Suiiiiuai"y of the Work 



(Oct. 2-Oct. 28) 



Fai'in Vist s 28 



Office Calls 41 



Telephone Calls : . 80 



Letters Written 64 



<'irciilar Letters 210 



.MEETIXGS 



Meetings 2 



Attendance 4o 



Market quotations have been sent 

 by the Bureau of Office of Markets 

 to a great many farmers in the 

 County at the request of the Farm 

 Bureau. The Bureau has also had 

 the quotations published daily in 

 the Northampton papers. Quotations 

 are now being returned only on the 

 apple market. Another season they 

 may be continued if the farmers in 

 the County believe that they are of 

 value to them. Reports to the Farm 

 Bureau on the value of these quota- 

 tions would be appreciated. 



WILL THE COW-TEST ASSOCIA- 

 TION BE CONTINUED? 



At a recent meeting of tlie mem- 

 bers of the Connecticut Valley 

 Cow-test Association, it was voted to 

 continue the cow-test work one more 

 month and see if more farmers de- 

 sire to put their lierds on a business 

 basis. The fifteen members were 

 unanimous in stating that the asso- 

 ciation was of much value to them 

 and that it should be continued. But 

 the facts are that it cannot continue 

 unless ten more herds are obtained 



within the next month. It was de- 

 cided also that the towns of Am- 

 lierst, Hadley. Northampton, East- 

 hampton. Southampton, Westhamp- 

 tou and Williamsburg should be in- 

 cluded in the Association. If there 

 are not twenty-five farmers in these 

 seven '.owns who desire cost ac- 

 counts on their cows the work will 

 be dropped. Fanners are every- 

 where complaining of the high cost 

 of grain and labor, but very few 

 know for a certainty whether or 

 not '.hey are wasting their time and 

 money feeding .unprofita))le cows. 



In a string of twenty cows if two 

 cows were found not paying for 

 tlieir keep, it would have the same 

 effect as reducing the cost of grain 

 from $2.00 a bag to $1.80 a bag. 

 Most of tiie farmers would welcome 

 this reduction. It is the exceptional 

 Iierd that does not have boarders. 

 Why not reduce the high cost of 

 gi-ain by decreasing the cost of pro- 

 duction? Grain and labor are too 

 high to be guessing on whether a 

 cow is paying or not. Have a rec- 

 ord kept on her and know. Get 

 the testci' to stop at your place next 

 month. Telephone tlie following 

 men for information regarding cow- 

 tes' work. 



E. T. Whitaker, Hadley, 



Wilfred Learned, Florence, 



Ralph Clapp, Easthampton, 



E. D. Waid, Amherst, 



W. A. Parsons, Southampton, 



J. S Graves, Williamsburg, 



E. H. Montague, Westhampton, 



Farm Biireau, Northampton. 



Tliose desiring to buy or rent farms 

 can find a substantial list at the 

 Farm Bureau Office. 



FOR SALE: — Farm of 50 acres. 

 Good S-room house with wide pi- 

 azza. Barn and henhouse. Nev- 

 er-falling 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 S.-^LE — Registered Holstein 

 yearling bull. Also registered 

 bull calf. Both from high-pro- 

 ducing dam and backed by good 

 breeding. Both dams have rec- 

 ords in Conn. Valley Cow-Test 

 Association. Apply at once. Jo- 

 siah Parsons, 128 Bridge St., 

 Northampton. 



FOR SALE — Excellent opportunity 

 to get registered Holstein bull 

 calves at reasonable prices. One 

 out of dam with an 18% lb. rec- 

 ord and sired by a bull out of 21 

 lb. dam and he out of 25 lbs. dam. 

 Also calf from a heifer giving 40 

 lbs. milk daily. J. G. Cook, .Am- 

 herst, R. F. D. 



REPORT ON APPLES IN STORAGE 



On November 1, the Office of Markets. U. S. D. A., gave the follow 

 ing rei>ort of Cold Storage Apple holdings: 



Number 



of firms 

 report- 

 ing 



Combined 

 holdings 

 expressed 

 in barrels 



Comparison 

 of holdings 

 on a per- 

 centage 

 basis 



FOR SALE — Guernsey Bull Calf. 

 Dam raised at the Mixter Farm 

 and calf sired by bull from high 

 producing stock. A good chance 

 1 if taken at once. E. D. Montague, 

 Northampton, R. F. D. 



Holdings Reported on 



on. November 1. 1916 383 2,5:54,268 



Compari-son of Holdings 



on Nov. 1. 1915 283 3.688,981 



and Nov. 1, 1916 28'3 2,078,656 



Comparison of Holdings 



on Dec. 1, 1915 300 4,918.272 



and Nov. 1, 1916 300 2,329,312 



Pre.sent indications are that apples will be in demand this coming 



winter with prices somewhat above normal. 



100.0 

 56.3 



100.0 

 47.4 



YORKSHIRES — A chance to start 

 in the pure-blood hog business 

 with stock that is healthy, quick 

 growing and very prolific. Have 

 three sows to let on shares to 

 right parties. Sows are bred to 

 prize winning boar. If interest- 

 ed write at once for further in- 

 formation to H. C. Barton. South 

 Amherst, Mass. 



