THE HAMPSHIRF. COUNTY FARM BURF.AU MONTHLY 



cent" Ofr quart, more. Other eie- 

 m«>"ts piifh as barns and tbeir re- 

 pairs, cost of cows, tools, utensil" 

 ^1r^<1'^^r.p■ otc, bave all increased in 

 price, arliiing still more to cost of 

 proflnn+ion. Tf we take the averasre 

 cost, of prorlucinE: milk at 047fi 

 ccts ^Ti^ add the increase in grain 

 and labor alone, we have .05Sfi 

 ce^to n-^r ni"""t as the actual cost of 

 producing milk in New England to- 

 (Jav. 



It will be readily seen that the 

 farmer cannot sell his milk for the 

 present, average price of .045 eent= 

 per nu^rt a^id continue in the busi- 

 npoo. A coninmnity whose rural 

 population is working at a loss will 

 surelv ripp'prerate. and it is absolute- 

 ly p'j^ential for the prosperity of the 

 towns that the farmers should re- 

 ceive more than the present price for 

 thpir niiiir: and jt can be readily 

 seen that the advance of 1 cent per 

 qunr'. would not be sufficient to cov- 

 er tbp cost of production alone. — 

 FVanklin County Farmers' Bulle- 

 tin. 



nST OF OFFTCET?S OF THE 



FARM BUREAU 



Elected at the Annual Meeting for 



the Year 1917 



President, Leslie R. Smith, Had- 

 ley; Treasurer. W. D. Mandell. 

 Nortbamp'.nn; Vice-President, M. S 

 Howes, Cummington; Secretary, R 

 K rinnn. Northapipton. 



Directors: — Amherst, H. C. Bar- 

 ton. So. Amherst. E. D. Waid, H. A 

 Parsons, No. Amherst Belcher- 

 town, E. P. Shumway, Wm. Sauer. 

 M. A. Morse; Cummington, A. B 

 Dogget'.. W. H. Morey, M. S. Howes. 

 Swift River; Chesterfield. P. Baker. 

 Bisbpps. Chas. Bisbee, Bisbees, H. 

 L. Merritt, Arlin Cole, W. Chester- 

 field, Chas. Drake; Easthampton. 

 Jarius F. Burt, E. B Clapp, D. A. 

 Forbes; Enfield, Walter Bliss; Gosh- 

 en, Geo. L. Barrus, Lithia, Sidney 

 Packard; Granby, Perley E. Davis. 

 E. M. Ingham, Chas. W. Ball, So. 

 Hadley; Greenwich, W. H. Walker. 

 Gr. Village; Hadley, Leslie R. Smith, 

 E. T. Whitaker, Fred Pelissier, Ern- 

 est Russell, Ernest Hibbard, J. G. 

 Cook; Huntington, W. A. Munson, 

 E. D. Cady; Northampton, C. E. 

 Clark, Leeds, Wilfred Learned, Flor- 

 ence, H. N. Loomis, Josiah Parsons, 

 Warren M. King; Pelham, Fred 

 Shepard, Amherst; Prescott. Waldo 

 H. Pierce, Gr. Village, Walter M. 

 Waugh, Gr. Village. Chas W. Ber- 

 ry, Gr. Village; Plainfield, H. S 

 Packard, N. K. Lincoln; South Had- 

 ley, John Reid, H. T. Brockway; 

 Southampton, MarUn Norrls, E. C. 

 Searle. W. A. Parsons; Westhamp- 



ton, A. D. Montague, Levi Burt, P. 

 A. Loud; Wortiiington. Frank Batos- 

 Fred Burr. E. J. Clark, Ernest 

 Thayer. W. Worthington; War". 

 Cpo. H. Ti'^mins. P.ert Groen, M. D. 

 Griffin; Ha'field. Geo. Beld^n, Rrad- 

 street, Chas. Wade, S. H Field: 

 WilHRmsbur,g, E. W. Goodhue, Hay- 

 drnviUe. John Ice. W. M Purring- 

 ton, Haydenville, C. R. Damon. 



Several' projects covering the most 

 important phases of agriculture i" 

 Hampshire County are drawn un 

 each year for the purpose of out- 

 lining some constructive work. The 

 following is the Dairy Project fo"^ 

 1917: 



DAIRY PROJECT 



Object: — To secure a more satis 

 factory dairy industry in Hampshir' 

 County. 



Procedure: — 



I. Organization — There are fou- 

 strong local milk producers' asso 

 ciations formed for the purpose of- 

 Protection of members; Supervision 

 of con'racts for sale of milk; Secur 

 ing and maintaining satisfactory 

 grades These organizations have 

 over 300 members. There are thrf 

 other districts where assistance wil' 

 he given in organization as soon a'- 

 the demand is suflicient. The local 

 will be urged to form a coun'.y union 

 with representatives in larger fed- 

 erations as it seems feasible. 



II. Efficient Production: As cow 

 test associations are the best known 

 means of securing accura'e record" 

 on feed and milk production their 

 work will extend wherpver possible 

 Efficient production will be further 

 nromoted by urging individual 

 farmers to: 



1. Keep accurate records of feed 

 and production; 2. Eliminate un- 

 profitable cows; 3. Feed balanced 

 rations; 4. Grow feeds more econ- 

 omically; 5. Grow more legumes; 

 6. Use good business metJiods in 

 nurchase of grains; 7. Use dairy 

 farm management analysis; 8. Keep 

 accounts; 9. Improve quality of 

 product; 10. Breed and keep better 

 cows. 



III. Advertising;. — Efforts will 

 be made to increase demand for lo- 

 cal milk. The items entering into 

 the cos', of production of milk will 

 be brought to the attention of both 

 producers and consumers. 



IV. Information: — Information 

 regarding dairying will be gathered 

 as follows: 1. Number of dairy 

 farms; 2. Number of cows kept for 

 dairy purposes and amount of milk 

 produced per cow; 3. Number of 

 pure-bred and scrub bulls; 4. Com- 

 parative cost of production where 



cows are bought and sold and whelE 

 cows are raised. List farms of each 

 type; 5. Efforts will be made to se- 

 cure good heifer calves from dairy 

 h^rds in milk producing sec'.ions 6t 

 this or other counties to place in hill 

 towns where there is an insufficient 

 sunnly of good s'ock. 



V. Organization: — The loccal 

 mi'k producers' associations will Kb 

 '^p units bv which the rtiffprenf se<^' 

 tinns of this project will be ad- 

 Trn-opd Assii-taTire wil' hp renuest" 

 °d from the Massachuspfs yA^-'-icuV- 

 *ural Collegp, T^nited States Dppart- 

 'nent of Agriculture and other stata 

 ind local organizations 'hat are 

 working for the development of thB 

 Dairy Industry. 



DAPY RECORD'' 



Cows in the Central Hampshire 

 i^ow-test Association, making ovpr 

 1000 lbs. milk or 40 lbs. butter fat 

 for 'he month of Decembpr: 



W. H. Learned, Florence, Grade 

 ■'^olstein, 



"^Tilk Fat 



1015 lbs. 34 5 Iba. 



E. H. Montague, Westhamptoa, 

 Guernsey, 

 947 40 



J. McAuslan, Easthampton, Holj- 

 stein, ': 



1008' 26-2 



O. C. Searle & Son, Southampton^ 

 Holsteln, j 



1095 40.5 



lOfiS 32. 



1080 36.7 



1146 35.5 



Lombello Bros., Westfield, P. B. 

 Holsteln, 



1200 43.2 



1877 77. 



Wilfred Parsons, Sou^hamptom, 

 Holsteln, 

 969 41.7 



C. T. Burt & Son, Easthampton, 

 Holsteln, 



1000 35. 



1032 32. 



E. T. Whitaker, Hadley, Holsteln, 

 1112 38.9 



Mrs. R. G. Sessions, Hadley, Hol- 

 steln, 



1085 31.5 



1269 49 5 



866 40.7 



Continued From Page One. 

 PRIZE WINNFRS 

 only a small part of the rewards. 

 Nearly every boy and girl who com- 

 pleted his work has In many cases 

 money In the hank, a new suit of 

 clothes or some other reward to 

 show for his work. Besides mate- 

 rial gain, they have obtained from 

 each contest an experience that will 

 be profitable In the season to follow. 



