THE HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY 



The average Cow or the Good Cow. 



-—The average cow is not the one 

 that makes a profit. We must do 

 better than the average if we expect 

 a good profit in any line of busi- 

 ness. Many years ago, a prominent 

 agricultural teacher said that one- 

 third of the cow£ of Ihis country 

 were kept at a fair proht, one-third 

 fust about paid their way and one- 

 third were kept at a loss. The low- 

 er third is what we ne^d to get out 

 (rf the dairy. We caunot do this 

 except by a close study of individu- 

 als, through the use of the scales 



and the Babcoek test. No farmer 

 is skillful enough to pick out his 

 best and liis poorest cows by any 

 other means. As an illustration, at 

 an agricultural fair in Otsego coun- 

 ty during the past fall, several hun- 

 dred farmers were asked to pass 

 judgment on two cows, one of which 

 had the lowest record and one the 

 highest record in a cow testing as- 

 sociation. Sixty-two per cent of 

 these farmers selected the cow with 

 the lowest record as the one hav- 

 ing the highest record. — St. Law- 

 rence Co. Farm. Bureau. 



FARM BUREAU WORK 

 I Suiiunaxy of the Work 



; (Nov. 2S-Dec. 30) 



Farm Visits 33 



i Office Calls 36 



I Telephone Calls 78 



I Letters Written 43 



Circular Letters 491 



MEETINGS 



Meetings Held 11 



Attendance 224 



^^ii0lt Power 



Saw-Gifhtd-Pump- Thresh 



In two minutes HELPING HENRY jacks up 

 your car and is at work — weighs only 135 lbs. — all 

 steel — carried on running board — go anywhere on 

 farm or sell power to neighbors — takes place of 

 expensive engine — cost less than suit of clothes. He 

 never eat^ or sleeps — the ideal hired man. 



Runs Hay Press— Ensilage Cutter — Pea and 

 Clover Huller— Rice and Grist Mill— Corn Sheller— 

 tanning Mill — Elevator — Buzz Saw — Milker — 

 Separator — Cider Press — ^VVashing Machine — Pump 

 Jack — Irrigating Pump — Sprayer — Concrete Mixer. 

 Does not W&&H' tires —there is no slipping or 

 friction — just like running on smooth roadbed. 



HELPIKS HEfSRYis guaranteed to give satisfac- 

 tion. Try hirrs 30 days — your money refunded 



if not in every way satisfied. Come in and see liim today. 



SrAd by 

 O. C. SEARLE & SOr^, 



Southampton 

 Made by AUTOPOWER COMPANY, Laporte, Ind. 



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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. 



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- 

 '. "Hinckley Williams Farm." 

 Address, F. H. Botlwood. Will- 

 iamsburg, R. F-. -D. 



FOU SALE — 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, 3 2S Bridge St., 

 Northampton. 



FOR SAI^E — Excellent opportunity 

 to get registered Holstein bull 

 calves at reasonable prices. One 

 out of dam with an ISi/^ 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 dally. J. G. Cook, Am- 

 herst, R. F. D. 



Try Davis Yellow Flint Corn for 

 high yields and quality — Perley 

 E. Davis. Granby. 



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, Masa. 



