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FARM BUREAU MONTHLY 



Published by the Hampshire County Farm Bureau 



PRICES 50 CENTS PER. YE \R; $1.00 PER YEAR INCLUDING MEMBERSHIP IN FARM BUREAU 



Vol. 2 



Northampton, Mass., January, 1917 



No. 1 



DAIRY NEWS 

 Holyoke Association 



The annual meeting of the Hol- 

 yoke Milk Producers' Association 

 was held January 1st in South Had- 

 ley. The attendance was somewhat, 

 disappointing, but those present 

 were unanimous in their favorable 

 I ppreciation of the work of the as- 

 iciatinn. The feeling was expressed 

 tliat between now and spring every 

 member should take a live interest 

 in the organization and strengthen 

 it in every way possible. The real 

 strength of the organization has nor 

 t'<-en tested as yet, and the next six 



mths will prove its worth. It all 



rietuls on the back bone of the in- 



vidual members. 



Dr. A. E. Cance of the Mass. Ag- 

 ricultural College gave a very in- 

 'vuctive talk in the afternoon on 

 riie Value of a Co-operative Asso- 

 ciation." He stated that the points 

 gained by an organization were: 



1— Strength. The combined force 

 of all the farmers selling milk from 

 one district was bound to bring bet- 

 ter results. The quotation from Pat- 

 rick Henry covered the point — 

 "Hang together or Hang separately" 

 2 — Enthusiasm. 3 — Protection. 4 

 — Material Gain. 5 — Possibilities 

 for advertising products. 6 — Edu- 

 cation in Business. The price of 

 organization was 1. Money Cost. 

 - Sacrifice of self-loyalty. The 

 farmer has always been more or less 

 independent and it Is hard for him 

 -to pool his interests with his neigh- 

 bors, 3. It may be necessary to 

 sacrifice present gain for future 

 gain. The value of organized efforts 

 depends not on the first year's work 

 but on the results of five or ten 

 years' service. Dr. Cance further 

 stated that the second pull is the 

 hardest pull. All the Dairy Associ- 

 ations had things very easy this last 

 fall, especially in regard to increas- 

 ing the price of milk. The second 

 pull or where the members of the 

 association needed to show their loy- 

 alty to the organization would be 

 next spring or next year when there 

 might be a surplus of milk and a 

 force created to lower the price. The 

 farmers had the matter in their own 

 hands if they would only stand to- 

 gether. 



At the business meeting of the 

 Holyoke Association, Mr. H. M. 

 Thompson, South Hadley, was elect- 

 ed president; Mr. C. E. Stiles, South 

 Amherst, vice-president: Mr. W. A, 

 Parsons, Southampton, Secretary 

 and treasurer; Mr. H. A. Cleveland, 

 Granby, manager. 



Nortliamp+on Associa^c'on 



The milk producers supplying 

 Northampton probably have the 

 strongest organization in the Cotin- 

 ty at the present time. During 

 January, an agreement was reached 

 by the directors of the association 

 with the dealers, where-by the price 

 of milk would be 6 cents, delivered 

 in Northampton. 



On one or two routes, it was nec- 

 essary to send the milk to the cream- 

 eries in order to have the dealers 

 recognize the association and meet 

 Its demands. Approximately 9000 

 quarts of milk are sold in North- 

 ampton, dealers producing 2500 

 quarts of this amount. The mem- 

 bers of the association produce 6500 

 quarts or in other words, practical- 

 ly every man producing milk for 

 Northampton market belongs to the 

 association. The following is a list 

 of the officers: President. Wna. 

 Phillips, Hadley; Vice-president, Jo- 

 siah Parsons, Northampton; Secre- 

 tary-Treasurer, J. G. Cook, Hadley; 

 Directors, Joseph Graves, Williams- 

 burg; Harry T. Newhall, Conway; 

 Chas. Clark, Leeds; L. S. Graves, 

 Whately; C. H. Crafts. No. Hatfield; 

 Josiah Parsons, Northampton; Wm. 

 Phillips, Hadley; Manager, J. G. 

 Cook. 



Easthampton Assoc'ation 



At a recent meeting, the farmers 

 in Easthampton decided to form a 

 permanent organization similar to 

 those around the other market dis- 

 tricts in the County. No definite 

 plan of work has been outlined for 

 this year, but it is hoped that during 

 the winter meetings will be held for 

 the purpose of developing more 

 economical methods in the produc- 

 tion and marketing of milk. 



PRIZE WINNERS IN 

 BOYS' & GIRLS' CLUB WORK 



The Massachusetts Agricultural 

 College conducts state-wide contests 

 among boys and girls in Corn grow- 



ing. Potato Growing, Market Gard- 

 ening, Pig Club Work, Home Econ- 

 omics, Canning, Poultry, etc. The 

 prizes in all of these clubs are: First 

 Free trip to Washington, D. C; sec- 

 ond. Free trip to points of interest 

 in New England; third. Week It 

 Camp at the Massachusetts Agricni 

 tural College: fourth, a book on the 

 subject taken. 



In Hampshire County, the follow- 

 ing boys and girls won prizes: 



Corn Club: — Roger Johnson of 

 Hadley, who won second prize, 

 raised 84.2 bushels on 1 acre at a 

 net profit of $82.20. Prank Kokos- 

 ki of Hadley won third prize, raising 

 SO. 5 bushels on approximately 

 19-20 of an. acre at a profit of 

 $79.41. Two fourth prizes were 

 awarded John E, Devine of Amherst 

 and John Bishko of North Hadley 

 being the winners. There is not as 

 wide-spread interest in this club as 

 in some of the others and efforts are 

 being made to increase its enroll- 

 ment for 1917. Every boy and girl 

 in the State who has the facilities 

 for entering this club should con- 

 sider it carefully as it offers excel- 

 lent opportunity for good rewards 

 both in financial profit and in the 

 way of prizes to be won. 



Canning: Club: — Third prize, Nel- 

 lie Streeter, Cummington, 302% 

 quarts; Helen Streeter, Cumming- 

 ton, 341 quarts. Honorable men- 

 tion, Eva Ewart. Plainfield; Rozella 

 Ice, Williamsburg. 



Market Garden : — Fourth prize, 

 Frank Kokoski, Hadley. 



Poultry: — Third prize, Katherine 

 Root, Easthampton; Fourth prize. 

 Snow Root, Easthampton. 



Home Economics:— Bread: Third 

 prize, Stanley LeDuc, Chesterfield; 

 Rozella Ice, Williamsburg. Fourth 

 prize, Vivian Miller, Williamsburg; 

 Verna Smith, Worthington. 



Piff Club: — Third prize, Edward 

 Montague, Westhampton; Fourth 

 prize, Arthur Streeter, Cumming- 

 ton; James Comins, Edward Pyren- 

 kevez, Hadley; Talbot Eldridge, Am- 

 herst. 



A great many boys and girls in 



the County entered these clubs and 



of course some were disappointed in 



not winning prizes; but prizes are 



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