THE HAMPSHlRh CoUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY 



HAMPSHIRE COUNTY 



FARM BUREAU MONTHLY 



Published By The 



Hampshire County Farm Bureau 



A. P. MacDougall, County Agent 



Office, First National Bank Bldg. 



Northampton, Mass. 



Entered as second class matter 



Nov 9, 1915 at the post office at 



Northampton. Massachusetts, under 



the Act of March 8, 1879. 



OmCERS OF THE FARM BUREAU 

 Lesl .e R. Smith, President, Haaiey. 

 W D. Mandell, Treasurer, Northamp 



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K. K. Clapi. Secretary. Nort'.iamp- 



ton. 



Advisory Board 



Leslie R. Smith, liarllpy 



Chas. R. Damon, Williamsburg 



Ferlpy E. Davis, Oranby 



C. E. Hodekins, Northampton 



V-irren M. Kins. Northampton 



M. A Morse. Belchertown 



Manin Norrl=. Southampton 



EDITORIAL 



Spray materials should be pur- 

 chased at once. Prices are advanc- 

 ing and shipments are uncertain. 

 Co-operative buying will reduce the 

 cost. Local commutii'.ips should pool 

 their orders and obtain lower prices. 

 Most of the farmers in the western 

 part of the Country are planning to 

 order through the Williamsburg 

 Fruit. Growers' Association. Imme- 

 diate attention to this matter means 

 a saving in time and money. 



In the State-Wide Spraying Cam- 

 paign, conducted last, year of the 

 twelve orchards reporting the aver- 

 age cost of. spraying each tree was 

 50 cents, the increase in yield 1% 

 barrels, and the profit per tree 

 $4.60. What other farm operation 

 gives better returns? 



Conferences are being held witn 

 the directors in each of the towns to 

 formulate a definite plan of work 

 for 1917. These conferences are 

 bringing out the important projects 

 that should be adopted by the Farm 

 Bureau and gives these on four con- 

 structive pieces of work for each 

 town. 



Last season 200 boys and girls In 

 Ware entered the Home Garden 

 Contest. A large per cent carried 

 the work through till fall and many 

 excellent gardens were produced. On 

 January 22, the Civic Committee of 

 the Board of Trade presented three 

 silver cups and tour ribbons to the 

 winners. The Town Hall was filled 



with nearly 700 children and man;. 

 m-^nts to FB" tlip cutis pwird-'d. Tf' 

 wirners were first. Gert^'ude Griffl" 

 second. Annie Kroll; third, Fran" 

 Martowski; fourth, William Yabor 

 ka, fifth, Catherine Malboput; 'six .' 

 .T"mes Dufault; seventh. Charlr 

 Molyka The Iccil suD°rvi<'or<' <" 

 this work wer" Miss Carolvn Tuok 

 er. Mr<5. J. F. Robinson,. Mis<? Kite'' 

 cork. Miss Irene Connors and Mr. F 

 E. Zeissig. 



Fprmors who are interestPd i- 

 '.he forming of Nat-'onal P^rm Loar 

 jis^'OPintions for the purpose o* 

 availing themselvps of the opportu 

 nitv offered by the F-^deral Pari" 

 Lonn Parks, one of whiph Is to h' 

 established in Spri^igfinld, shoul'^ 

 obtain Bulletin No. IS. i^ssued bv +'^' 

 Eytpnsion Sprvice of 'h° Massachu- 

 setts Agricultural College. Thi=- 

 bulletin may be obtained at the 

 Farm Bureau Office. 



ANITOAL MEETING. 



On January 6th the spcond annu- 

 al meeting of the Farm Bureau wa- 

 held in Northampton. About eighty 

 men were present and the intere'* 

 and enthusiasm shown was beyonr" 

 e-i-pectations. Reporf? from the Sec 

 retary. Treasurer and County Agent 

 were read and accep'.pd The treas- 

 urer reported a small balance on 

 hand. Total budgpt for the year 

 $4,217. The county agent's report 

 is to be published at an early dat'' 

 and so Is not included in this arti- 

 cle. 



In tJie afternoon, Miss Laura Corn- 

 stock of the Massachusetts Agricul- 

 tural College explained fully th'" 

 possibilities of a woman Countv 

 Agent. Those present were much 

 interested in this phase of Farm Bu- 

 reau work and the sentiment se°med 

 to be that if the women in the Coun- 

 ty would take an active part and 

 If the finances were obtainable, it 

 would be a valuable step for the Bu- 

 reau to take. 



Mr. Sumner Parker, State Leade 

 of County Agent Work, was th- 

 next speaker and showed plainly t' 

 fJiose present the responsibility th^ 

 members and directors of the Parr- 

 Bureau held and their part in the 

 development of Hampshire county 

 He stated that although It was par 

 of the director's duty to assist Ir 

 raising funds for the support of tlip 

 Bureau, it was only a very small 

 part of a big job to promote the in- 

 terests of this County and especially 

 those Interests along agricultural 

 lines. 



Mr. Geo. F. Farley, State Leader 

 of Boys' and Girls' Work followed 

 with a spirited talk on the field for 



vork among boys and gi:ls. He 

 'ave many illustrations of the fine 

 -exults obtained ;.hrough the State 

 xnd of the vital influence the work 

 ■ ' --no" thp club •^^embprs. 

 S"v°ral farmers told of the va'ue 

 ^f the Bureau in their localities 

 ■j -^ the mepting adjourned with a 

 feeling of loyalty prevailing that 

 iromiserl ■< 'nccps"ful y^rr. 



Further proof that Hampshire 

 Countv is as well adapted to the 

 srowi^g of applps as any =ec Ion in 

 the S+ate, Is shown by the results 

 ■^f the contest conduct''d hy *he 

 itite Board of Agriculture in ig^S. 

 '^^1'. of ?ix first arid si-'' second nriz°s 

 •^ffer'^d In Cliss 3 Apples, far^ie's in 

 -T.,„i„c.|ij,.p Ci^unty won fou'' firsts 

 and four seconds. 



The list of the farmers winning 

 *he prizes is given below: 



Sectioi 1. For the be-t orchard 

 if one acr° of standard anp'- f^-'s, 

 ♦rees plantPd in the fall of 1911, 

 ■pring or fall of 1912 or ifl-"^. or 

 hp spring of 1914. Second. W H. 

 \tkins, So. Amherst. 



Section 2. For the best orchard 

 of not less than three acres trees 

 nlanted as in Section 1. First. O. 

 C. Sparle & Son, Southamp on. 



Section 3. For the bpst apnle or- 

 -'-•"•d in bearing. Third, W. H At- 

 kins 



Section 4. For the b»st old apple 

 nrchard rpnovated, First, C. 

 Searle & Son; Second, W. A. Root, 

 Easthampton. 



SecMon 5. For best yield of 

 marketable apples from a singl" tree 

 nlanted In fall of 1901 or later. 

 First, W. A. Root; Second, W. H. 

 Atkins. 



Section 6. For best yield of 

 marketable apples from a single . 

 tree planted in spring of 1901 o; I 

 earlier. First, W. H. Atkins; Sc! « 

 ond. O. C. Searle & Son. 



W. A. Root also received first prize 

 an best crop from a single pear tree. 



■^HE COST OF MIIK PRODUCTION 



The following are a few reasons 

 why the price of milk is advancing: 

 New England Experiment Stations 

 have figured the average cost of pro- 

 ■lucing milk at from .0413 cents to 

 .0538 cents per quart, and the av- 

 erage of these estimates is .0476 

 cents. Since these were made, the 

 cost of many of the elements which 

 go to making milk have greatly in- 

 creased. The wholesale price of 

 grain has increased 42 per cent over 

 last year, which would add .006 

 cents per quart to the cost, and in- 

 crease in cost of labor adds .005 



