THE HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY 



HAMPSHIRE COUNTY 



FARM BUREAU MONTHLY 



Published By The 



Hampshire County Farm Bureau 



A. F. 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. 



OFFICEES OF THE FAIIM BUSEAU 



Leslie R. Smith, President, Hadley. 



W. D. Mandell, Treasurer, Northaiiip- 

 ton 



K. K. Clapp. Secretary, Northamp- 

 ton. 



Advisory Board 



Iipslie K. Smith, Hadley 



Chas. R. Damon, Williamsburg 



Perley E. Davis, Granby 



C. E. Hodpkins, Northampton 



Warren M. King, Northampton 



Wm. N. Howard, Ware 



E. B. Clapp. Easthampton 



EDITORIAL 



FARMERS' WEEK 



Massachusetts AgTicultural College 



March 26-30 



Monday Market Gardening 



Tuesday Fieie Crops 



Wednesday Dairying 



Thursday Fruit Growing 



Friday .... Connecticut Valley Day 

 Women's Section — Tuesday, Wed- 

 nesday and Thursday. 



Exhibits 

 Corn Show: Potato Show; Milk. 

 Cream and Butter Show; Flower 

 Show; Fruit Show; Poultry Exhib 

 it; Market Garden Exhibit; Exhibit 

 of Boys' & Girls' Club Work; Homo 

 Economics Exhibit; and several oth- 

 er Educational Exhibits. 



You cannot afford to miss it. 



cently purchased a carload of this 

 seed for the farmers in their dist- 

 rict and report entire satisfaction. 

 If any group of farmers are inter- 

 ested, please get in touch with th° 

 Farm Bureau at once. 



SEED POTATOES 



The local supply of seed potatoes 

 is practically exhausted. The de- 

 mand for staple crops guarantees at 

 least a fair price for potatoes next 

 fall. 



The high cost of seed, labor and 

 fertilizer warrants the use of only 

 the best selected seed, immediate 

 action should he taken by the farm- 

 ers in obtaining their supply. Sel- 

 ected seed from fields where 350 or 

 more bushels per acre were grown, 

 can be obtained for $3.00 a bushel 

 by the carload, delivered. The Ply- 

 mouth County Trust Company re- 



DIRECTORS' MEETING 



On Jlarch 2, the largest and most 

 enthusiastic meeting ever held by 

 the directors of the Farm Bureau 

 took place in Northampton, forty- 

 two men being present, representing 

 seventeen of the twenty-three towns 

 in Hampshire County. 



President Smith outlined the 

 plans tor the year and then called 

 upon the following speakers: Mayor 

 A. J. Morse; W. A. Clark, President 

 Northampton Board of Trade; Dr. L. 

 Clarke Seelye, Pres. Emeritus Smith 

 College; M. S. Howes, Cummington; 

 J. A. Sullivan, Northampton; W. M 

 Purrington, Haydenville; and S. D. 

 Drury, Northampton. The import- 

 ance of agriculture to the future de- 

 velopment of Hampshire County was 

 emphasized by all the speakers and 

 it was made quite clear that thb 

 Farm Bureau was filling the need of 

 more organized effort on the part of 

 the business men and farmers to- 

 ward developing the resources of the 

 County. 



Dr. Seelye who is now chairman 

 of the committee investigating the 

 needs of the Mass. Agricultural Col- 

 lege, appointed by the Governor, 

 spoke very forcibly on the import- 

 ance of agriculture, stating that its 

 development was the most import- 

 ant problem of the world and that 

 intelligent farming was the only 

 thing to save the nation in the pres- 

 ent crisis. Dr. Seelye called for the 

 sentiment of the meeting regarding 

 the work of the Agricultural College 

 and several spoke on the efficient 

 and valuable service the College was 

 rendering. 



Mr. J. A. Sullivan stated the re- 

 lation of the merchants in North- 

 ampton to the agriculture of thi 

 county, showing that prosperity 

 among the farmers meant prosperity 

 among the business men. 



Mr. S. D. Drury spoke especially 

 of the value of a farm training to a 

 boy or girl in preparing them for 

 their life work. He stated that the 

 isolation of farm life, especially in 

 the hill towns developed in the boy 

 or girl a resourcefulness and inge- 

 nuity that would help them in any 

 profession that they undertook and 

 that this asset alone gave them an 

 advantage over the boy or girl who 

 grew up in a large town or city. 



The meeting ended with a spirit 

 of good feeling and enthusiasm that 



is bound to bring a more prosperous 

 and full year to the Farm Bureau 

 and its members. 



PREPAREDNESS IN FOOD SUPPLY 

 AND CONSERVATION 



In these hours of wars and rum- 

 ors of wars it is imperative that W9 

 look well to that fundamental asset, 

 our food supply. In peace we must 

 be fed: in war even greater emphasis 

 must be laid upon the need of a con- 

 stant and adequate food supply. As 

 a state and as a nation the largest 

 work will be done, but that work 

 can only reach its highest efficiency 

 when we, as individuals, do our part 

 in the general plan. And what is 

 our part? It we are on a farm, it is 

 to increase production in 1917 to a 

 maximum; if. in a suburban locali- 

 ty, it is to plant a garden, it you 

 have none, or to enlarge in size and 

 productiveness the garden you have; 

 if you are in the city, it is to have a 

 garden, if possible: and it is for all 

 to conserve the products of the gard- 

 en and the farm by utilizing on the 

 table, in the market or by preserva- 

 tion everything that is produced. 

 You may need definite instruction 

 and advice. Your State College of 

 .Agriculture at Amherst, beginning 

 next Monday, holds its annual Farm- 

 ers' Week with nearly one hundred 

 speakers and over one hundred sub- 

 jects on its program. Go to Amherst 

 for the instruction and enthusiasm 

 that you will receive. The State 

 Committee on Public Safety has a 

 sub-committee of ten on Food Supply 

 and Conservation. The plans of this 

 committee will be outlined during 

 the week. There will be some twelve 

 or fifteen shows and exhibitions and 

 numerous other instructive features. 

 Send to the college for a complete 

 program. Enlist now in the volun- 

 tary preparedness brigade which 

 mobilizes at Amherst next week, 

 and get there the ammunition for 

 the season's campaign. 



HOME CANNING TRAINING 

 SCHOOL 



AMHERST, APRIL 3 to 6 inclusive. 

 One phase of agricultural prepar- 

 edness is the full utilization of 

 crops produced. One means of ac- 

 complishing this is through the 

 home canning of whatever products 

 cannot be satisfactorily marketed 

 when produced. The Massachusetts 

 .Agricultural College is laying heavy 

 stress on this matter and as a pre- 

 liminary step has arranged a four 

 days' school of instruction in home 

 canning, primarily for boys' and 

 girls' club leaders and supervisors 

 but open to anyone interested. A 

 representative of the U. S. Dept. of 



