THE HAMPSHIRH COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY 



HINTS FOR THE SEASON 



Plant Good Seed. This year 

 above all others we must eliminate 

 all waste. Poor seed means waste 

 — in time, labor, space and money. 

 Therefore take every precaution. If 

 there are ten days befcn-e planting 

 test your corn for germination, and 

 be sure to treat seed potatoes against 

 scab. 



Spray Potatoes. The potato bug 

 is only one of your enemies. You 

 can prevent blight, early and late, 

 by liberal applicat on of Bordeau 

 Mixture on time. 



Make Every Square Foot Count 

 Seed, labor and fertilizer are so ex- 

 pensive that we cannot afford to 

 make a single false move. Do not 

 plan more' than you can do well. 



Plant Corn In Check Rows. The 

 extra time in planting will be well 

 invested when it comes to cultiva- 

 tion. You cannot afford to hoe corn 

 very much this year. 



Keep Your Hens. ^lany people 

 are selling out or reducing their 

 hatches; and eggs will be in great 

 demand next spring. 



Clean Out Your Stables and Hen 

 Houses. Every b:t of manure 

 should be in use. 



Don't let the Pests Get Ahead of 

 You It is estimated that one plant 

 louse will breed 1,000,000,000,000,- 

 000,000 in a season, if you let him 

 alone. The lady-bugs are your 

 friends, for they feed on plant lice. 



Don't Desoise Student Labor. But 

 don't p'.an too many kinds of work 

 for it. for the boys will require di- 

 rection for every step. Don't ex- 

 pect too much from tl^eni until they 

 have time t.o'get toughened. 



Remember Your Pigs. On your 

 route to town there may be people 

 burning or burying garbage. Your 

 pigs might better have it. Per 

 haps you should turn some pgs on 

 forage. 



Don't Throw Away Extra Garden 

 Stuff. Perhaps you can dry. can or 

 pickle it for next winter. 



Grow Your Own Stock Feed as Far 

 as Possible. Silage and clover will 

 partially take the place of grain 

 in your ration. It is predicted that 

 the people will be depenaing on corn 

 for bread next fall. If you expec*^ 

 to need it for your stock, you had 

 better plan to grow it. 



Grow 'Win'^er Vegetables. You 

 can do so easily and cheaply, and 

 food is certainly going to be high- 

 er before sprng. 



Remember that beans. peas, 

 beets and cabbage do best on a sweet 

 soil. This is not true of potatoes, 

 because of the scab. 



! Replace Missing Hills Immediately 



This is efficiency. 



Don't Worry About the Market. 



With all the world at war the pro- 

 ducers are few. But every one must 

 eat and will be glad to pay dearly 

 for the privilege. 



DAIRY RECORDS 



Cows in the Central Hampshire 

 Cov.'-Test Association, making over 

 100 lbs. milk or 40 lbs. butter tat 

 for the month of iMarch: 



W. H. Learned. Florence, Grade 

 Holstein 

 Milk Fat 



1006 lbs. 32.2 lbs. 



J. S. Graves. Williamsburg, Hol- 

 ste'n, 



1112 43.3 



1012 30.3 



A. D. Montague, Westhampton, 

 Holstein, 



1196 43.1 



loss 37. 



H. M. Bridgman, Westhampton, 

 Holstein, 



1049 39.9 



1070 33.2 



1116 37.9 



E. H. Montague, Westhampton, 

 Guernsey, 



1116 41.3 



II. L. Parsons. Southampton, Jer- 

 sey, 



SIS 49.1 



I.ambello Bros, Westfield, R. F. 

 D. 



I'iSS 53.9 



rJTO 44.9 



< lapp Bros., Easthampton. Hol- 

 stein, 



1101 46.2 



1104 39.7 



To provide good succulent pasture 

 I for the swine, a few acres should be 

 I seeded to rape, acccording to J. S. 

 I Coffey, of the Animal Husbandry 

 Department, Ohio State University. 

 Rap > seeded early in April should be 

 j ready for pasture early in June, if 

 I the season is favorable and the soil 

 fertile. Ordinarily an acre of rape 

 will furnish enough pasture for two 

 sows and fifteen pigs during the 

 summer and fall. Dwarf Essex is 

 regarded as the best variety to 

 plart, and generally costs about fif- 

 teen cents per pound. Ordinarily 

 the rape is sown by itself on a care- 

 fully prepared seed-bed at the rate 

 of five or six pounds per acre. It 

 may be broadcasted or drilled, and 

 som^ prefer to sow it in rows six- 

 teen inches apart, thus making lanes 

 for the swine to walk in, so that the 

 loss from tramping is lessened. — 

 Farm Journal, 



Continued From Page One. 

 basis of a straight loan to the farm- 

 er concerned, the Bureau and 

 banks helping him to get the sig- 

 natures of underwriters and the se- 

 curity again being the crop in pros- 

 pect. 



Farmers are already taking ad- 

 vantage of these exceptional oppor- 

 tunities. The time for action is at 

 hand. All steps should be taken 

 through the Bureau. 



People are becoming crazy about 

 planting. A farm publication urges 

 its readers to. "plant every acre, no 

 matter how small." — Chicago Trib- 

 une. 



PUBLISHERS' STATEMENT 



Northampton, Mass., 



April 30, 1917. 

 Statement of the ownership, man- 

 agement, circulation, etc., of the 

 "Hampshire County Farm Bureau 

 Monthly," published monthly at 

 Northampton, Mass., required by 

 act of August 24, 1912. Owner and 

 publisher, Hampshire County Farm 

 Bureau, Inc. Leslie R. Smith, Pres.: 

 W. D. Mandell, Treas. ; John Mensel, 

 Secretary; Editor, A. P. MacDougall, 

 Northampton, Mass. Bond holders, 

 mortgages, stockholders and other 

 securities none. 



(Signed) A. P. MacDougall, 

 Sworn to and subscribed before 

 me this seventeenth day of April, 

 1917. 



JOHN C. HAMMOND, 



Notary Public. 

 My commission expires Septem- 

 ber 28, 1917. 



FOR SALE: — Registered Holstein 

 bull, yearling. Dam made 20 lbs. 

 butter in 7 days. Price, $50, if 

 taken at onoe. C. M. Thayer, 

 Cummington, Mass. 



FOR SALE: — Guernsey bull calves 

 at reasonable prices. -Mixter 

 Farm breeding. Fine opportuni- 

 ty if taken at once. Two of the 

 calves are from advanced Regis- 

 try Cows. George Timmins, 

 Ware, Mass. 



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, 



