THE HAMPSH[RE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY 



HAMPSHIRE COUNTY 



FARM BUREAU MONTHLY 



Published By The 



Hampshire County Farm Bnreaa 



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. 



OFFICERS OF THE FARM BUHEAU 



Lesli.e R. Smith, President, Hadiey. 

 W D. Mandell, Treasurer, Nortliaiiip 



ton 

 K. K. Clapp, Secretary, Nortliamp- 



ton. 



Advisory Board 



Leslie R. Smith, Hadiey 



Chas. R. Damon," Williamsburg 



Ferley E. Davis, VGranby 



C. E. Hodfrkins, ^Northampton 



W^irrpn M. King,; /Northampton 



M. A ;V'or?e. Belchertown 



Martin Norrls, Southampton 



EDITORIAL 



TOWN APPROPRIATIONS. 



The Farm Bureau wishes to ex- 

 press its appreciation of the re- 

 sponse made by fourteen towns In 

 the county to the support of the 

 Bureau by town appropriations. A 

 few towns have not had their town 

 meeting as yet and without doubt, 

 more will contribute. Results of 

 this kind act as a barometer in 

 showing the interest of the people 

 and the loyalty of the directors and 

 officers for the organization. 



SPRAY MATERIALS. 



The time is here when all farmers 

 who use spray materials either for 

 fruit or for potatoes should place 

 their orders. Arsenate of lead is 

 steadily advancing in price and for- 

 tunate Is the man who ordered his 

 material a month ago. 



In regard to the materials to use. 

 the liquid-sulphur still gives as 

 much satisfaction as any of the 

 fungicides for a dormant spray on 

 all fruit trees and also as a foliage 

 spray on apples and pears. With 

 arsenate of lead for an Insecticide, 

 many of the growers are preferring 

 the powdered to the paste. One- 



half the amount of powdered Is 

 used as compared with the paste and 

 the cost delivered is about double. 

 If the time In mixing is considered, 

 the powdered seems :.o have the ad- 

 vantage. The Williamsburg Fruit 

 Growers' Association Is using powd- 

 "r'>rl lead almost entirely. This As- 

 sociation by buying in car-load lots 

 i=; -ihle to save its members several 

 dollars in their spray material ord- 

 ers. Their prices are approximate- 

 ly $7.00 per bbl. for lime-sulphur 

 and 19c per lb. for powdered arse- 

 nate of lead. 



FARMERS' WEEK 



Save the date of March 26-30 for 

 Farmers' Week at our State Agricul- 

 tural College. Granges should send 

 delegates and have them report at 

 some later meeting on what they 

 <j^w and heard at the College. Ex- 

 cursions might be formed In several 

 towns to attend special days. Farm- 

 ers Interested In the growing of to- 

 bacco and onions will bp int°rested 

 to know that at, entire day — Friday 

 March 30th — will be devoted to the 

 discussing of these two crops. 



A Fruit Show; a Milk, Cream and 

 Gutter Show; a Potato Show; a 

 Horn Show; a Poultry Exhibit; a 

 Home Economics Exhibit; a Flow- 

 Show; Junior Extension Work Ex- 

 hibit; a Market Garden Exhibit; a 

 Beekeeping Exhibit; Commercial 

 Exhibits; exhibits of Crop Diseases 

 and Injurious Insects. These are 

 some of the attractions for Farm- 

 ers' Week at Mass. Agricultural Col- 

 lege. The majority of these are 

 simply educational exhibits but the 

 Milk Show; Corn Show and Potato 

 Show are competitive exhibits, open 

 to all. If financial limitations have 

 precluded the Irish spud from your 

 daily bill of fare you will be espe- 

 cially anxious to go to Amherst to 

 gaze upon the specimens on exhibit. 

 These exhibits are only some of the 

 many attractions offered to the pub- 

 lic during Farmers' Week, the big 

 round-up meeting of the year. Ev- 

 ery farmer and farm woman In the 

 state should make definite plans to 

 be present and profit by the very 

 extensive program of the week. 

 There will be three days devoted 

 to women's interests. The complete 

 program has just been issued. Send 

 for a copy to the Extension Service. 

 Mass. Agricultural College, Am- 

 herst, Mass. or the Farm Bureau 

 office. 



Poultry raisers In the vicinity of 

 Northampton will be interested in 

 the announcement just made by the 



No thampton Poultry .\ssoclation of 

 a Public Egg Auction. This auc- 

 tion is to be held in the Board of 

 '^'■''de Rooms, Northampton, Thurs- 

 day evening, March 15, at which 

 time hatching eggs of various breeds 

 of poultry will be sold to the high- 

 est bidder. The eggs are given to 

 the Association by local breeders of 

 poultry and are from both utility 

 and show stock. The purchasers re- 

 c°ive orders for the eggs, the do- 

 nors agreeing to furnish them on 

 any date desired. 



TOWN CONTESTS 



Home and School Garden Work 



HADLEY WINS AGAIN 



The awards for the town contest* 

 in Home and School Garden Work 

 conducted by the Massachusetts Ag- 

 ricultural College, cooperating with 



j the U. S. Department of Agriculture, 

 have just been made. These awards 

 were made on the basis of records 

 secured by the use of a score-card 

 which took account of the percent 



' of the total number of school chll- 

 dren who cultivated various sized 



I plots; proportion of the total en- 



I gaged In the work who made Indi- 

 vidual exhibits of products; certi- 

 fied lists of premiums won at ag- 

 ricultural fairs; Inspection records 

 of the gardens; photographs of 

 gardens; photographs of exhibits, 

 organized clubs and organization of 

 local committee to promote the 

 work. 



In the "Town" class, Hadiey won 

 first and Wilbraham second. There 

 has been keen rivalry between 

 these towns, both working hard for 

 the coveted prize. 



The townspeople and the boys 

 and girls alike entered Into the 

 spirit of the contest. Agriculture 

 has received a big boost, especial- 

 ly In the younger generation 

 through the Impetus gained by this 

 contest. 



In the "Village School" class, 

 Hadiey again receives double her 

 share, Russell Street School. Had- 

 iey winning first; the North Hadiey 

 Grammar School, second; the Center 

 School of Wilbraham, third; and the 

 Center School of Brimfleld, fourth. 



Last, but not least. In the "One- 

 Room Rural School" class, the Rus- 

 sellville School of Hadiey won first, 

 the Hartsbrook School of Hadiey 

 won second. New Boston and B. 

 Wilbraham Schools winning third 

 and fourth respectively. 



Approximately 45,000 boys and 

 girls all over the state figured In 

 these contests. 



