THE HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY 



settB Agricultural Experiment Sta- 

 tion went down to 16 degrees below 

 zero killing a very large portion of 

 the buds especially on tender va- 

 rieties. This freeze had been pre- 

 ceded by a warm period January 26- 

 28 when the average temperature 

 ■Kcas around 40-50 degrees which 

 swelled the buds rendering them 

 more easily killed. The big crop of 



1915 came through a temperature of 

 18.5 degrees below on December 27 

 when the beds must have been 

 strictly dormant. The 1916 crop 

 vjas probably further cut down by 

 cool cloudy weather at blooming 

 time which interfered with the set- 

 ting of fruit from the remaining 

 buds, and also by wet weather fa- 

 T.orable to the development of 

 brown rot as the ripening period 

 approached. 



This year the temperature 

 dropped on February 13 to 16 be- 

 low zero, the same point as last 

 year, yet there are several things 

 tliat indicate that there is still room 

 for hope of at least a fair crop. First, 

 there has been no warm period to 

 swell the buds. The average tem- 

 perature for January was 23 de- 

 grees while January 1916 was 28 

 degrees compared with average for 

 twenty-flve years of 25 degrees; i. e., 

 January 1917 was 2 degrees colder 

 than the average while January 



1916 was three degrees warmer, 

 due largely to the warm period re- 

 ferred to. Second, the drop this 

 year was not so sudden as that of 

 last year but there was a gradual- 

 ly lower temperature on successive 

 days, and such conditions are 

 thought to be less fatal to the buds. 

 Finally a count of buds from trees 

 in the college orchard showed from 

 7 to 30 per cent, of live buds ac- 

 cording to the variety. There will 

 probably be the usual variation in 

 different orchards, some having 

 plenty of live buds and others few 

 Or none. Inasmuch as there was lit- 

 tle or no wind on the coldest morn- 

 ing, elevated orchards may be ex- 

 pected to have more live buds than 

 those located on lower levels or 

 where for any reason air drainage 

 is poor, but there are always what 

 seem to be exceptions to this gen- 

 eral rule." 



DAIRY RECORDS 



Cows in the Central Hampshire 

 Cow-Test Association, making over 

 1000 lbs. milk or 40 lbs. butter fat 

 for the month of January: 



W. H. Learned, Florence, Grade 

 Holstein, 



Milk Butter fat 



1037 lbs. 36.3 lbs. 



J. S. Graves, Williamsburg, P. B. 

 Holstein, 

 1094 35. 



E. H. Montague, Westhampton, 

 Guernsey, 

 1013 42.5 



A. D. Montague, Westhampton, 

 Holstein 



1144 44.6 



1341 48.3 



1124 32.6 



1082 33.5 



Guernsey, 

 962 49.1 



H. M. Bridgman. Westhampton, 

 Holstein, 



1019 32.6 



1307 43.1 



J. McAuslan, Easthampton, P. B. 

 Holstein, 



1313 42 



G. Holstein, 

 1039 28.1 



O. C. Searle & Son, Southtmpton, 

 Holstein, 



885 41.8 



1161 41.8 



1123 33.7 



1140 44.5 



1189 40.4 



1123 40.4 



Lombello Bros.. Westfleld, P. B. 

 Holstein, 



1167 35. 



1443 51.9 



W. A. Parsons, Southampton, Hol- 

 stein, 



1010 4S.5 



836 42.6 



E. D. Waid, Amherst, Holstein. 

 1337 42.4 



E. T. Whltaker, Hadley, Holstein, 

 1103 34.2 



1157 44. 



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

 stein, 



1121 35.9 



1221 39.1 



1003 27.1 



FARM BUREAU WORK 



Summary of the Work 

 (Jan. 1-Jan. 27) 



Farm Visits 38 



Office Calls 33 



Telephone Calls 64 



Letters Written 76 



Circular Letters 758 



MEETINGS. 



Meetings Held 9 



Attendance 970 



FOR 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. 128 Bridge St., 

 Northampton. 



FOR SALE: — Registered Holstein 

 bull, yearling. Dam made 20 lbs. 

 butter in 7 days. Price, |50, If 

 taken at once. C. M. Thayer, 

 Cummington, Mass. 



FOR SALE:— Guernsey bull calves 

 at reasonable prices. Mister 

 Farm breeding. Fine opportuni- 

 ty if taken at once. Two of the 

 calves are from advanced Regis- 

 try Cows. George Tlmmins, 

 Ware, Mass. 



FOR SALE: — Farm of 50 acre*. 

 Good 8-room house with wide pi- 

 azza. Barn and henhouse. Nev- 

 er-falling 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 acre*, 

 consisting of 10-room house, larg« 

 barn, pastures, wood, mowing, 

 three blueberry lots, apple orch- 

 ard, supplied with barn yard fer- 

 tilizer for spring planting, soma 

 old hay. Farm located on State 

 Road, one-third of a mile from ho- 

 tel. "Hinckley Williams Farm." 

 Address, F. H. Botlwood, Will- 

 iamsburg, R. P. D. 



GUERNSEY BULL CALF FOR SALE 

 Dam is an A. R. O cow from the 

 Mixter Farm. Calf Is excellent 

 type and color. 



Berkshire Pigs all ages, eligible 

 for registry. For sale, reasonable 

 if taken at once. George Tlmmins, 

 Ware, Mass. 



FOR SALE — Excellent opportunity 

 to get registered Holstein bull 

 calves at reasonable prices. One 

 out of dam with an 18% 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 daily. 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 busines* 

 with stock that is healthy, quick 

 growing and very proliflc. Have 

 three sows to let on shares te 

 right parties. Sows are bred te 

 prize winning boar. If interest- 

 ed write at once for further in- 

 formation to H. C. Barton, South 

 Amherst, Mass. 



