THE HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY 



COUNTY COMMENT 



Two tractor engines have come 

 into Granby tliis spring. One is 

 owned by Mr. Perley Davis, and the 

 other by Mr. C. H. Bryant. 



One of our thrifty housewives re- 

 ports that she has served Red Dog 

 biscuit to her family with great 

 success. Not only were they an- 

 cepted by her unknowing table- 

 ■folk, but they were praised as be- 

 ing exceptionally igood. Red Dog 

 costs less than three cents a pound. 



One of the youthful recipients of 

 a Bureau pig has written that he 

 was so delightful with the little 

 porker that he gave him his first 

 meal on the rug in the parlor. He 

 did not say whether his mother 

 was present. 



Rose bugs are being complained 

 of everywhere. Not only are they 

 eating the rose leaves, but they are 

 riddliD,g the leaves of cherry trees 

 and bean plants and have caused 

 trouble among young peaches. 

 There is no satisfactory remedy. The 

 most effective is a mixture of 6 

 lbs. arsenate of lead, 1 gal. cheap 

 molasses, and 50 gals, of water. 



Granby housewives have bought 

 nearly nineteen gross of Atlas cans 

 for the conservation season. The 

 project wae conducted by Mr. East- 

 man. 



Mr. Johnson of Springfield has 

 been hired to supervise the boys' 

 and girls' gardens in Huntington. 



The first of two boys' agricul- 

 tural camps is being conducted on 

 the College campus in Amherst. The 

 boys are divided into squads and 

 are doing actual farm work, both on 

 the College farm and on other 

 ■farms in the community. 



The Massachusetts Committee on 

 Pood Production and Conservation 

 announces a special conference of 

 those interested in the problem of 

 food supply, in Amherst, July 31- 

 August 2 inclusive. It is expected 

 that Mr. Hoover himself will be 

 present, and all readers of the 

 Monthly are invited to attend all or 

 part of the sessions. 



The Amherst Red Cross have held 

 a fruit and vegetable bazaar, for 

 which all sorts of produce were con- 

 tributed to be sold for the benefit of 

 the Red Cross. 



The Massachusetts Agricultural 

 College announces the fifth annual 

 poultry. convention, to be held in 

 Amherst July 25, 26 and 27. 



Mrs. E. J. Clark of Worthington, 

 who usually grows eleven hundred 

 aster plants, has given up her flow- 

 ers this year in favor of cabbages 

 and other vegetables. 



Among the freak plants which the 



garden supervisors have run across 

 this season are a bean-pea and a po- 

 tato-tomato. The plants were true 

 to name and thrifty enough; the 

 fruit, of course, is not yet ready for 

 inspection. 



The Central Hampshire Cow-test 

 .Association is continuing its work 

 under the auspices of the Bureau 

 and the inspection of Mr. Gidney, 

 the tester. It could provide for a 

 few more members, and, at this time 

 of soaring prices it is most import- 

 ant for the farmers to know and eli- 

 minate the slackers in the herd. 



WAR GABDENS IN WARE 



Thomas J. Gasser. garden supervi- 

 sor from the College, has been doing a 

 big work in Ware this spring. There 

 are 485 employees of the local mills 

 caring for garden plots about an 

 eighth of an acre in size and growing 

 almost entirely potatoes, beans and 

 cabbages. The land was furnished and 

 plowed by the mill owners, the town 

 waterworks, and the driving park as- 

 sociation, and the men are paying for 

 the fertilizer." seed and spray material. 

 Mr. Gasser has succeeded in getting 

 the men to abandon their traditional 

 practice in caring for potatoes and to 

 use the combination spray. The witch 

 grass proved a peculiarly trying prob- 

 lem with the gardeners, but they have 

 stuck to it and are at last in control I 

 of the situation. Mr. Gasser is at the 

 gardens constantly, and his follow-up 

 work is proving alnmst as important 

 as the planting. The Driving Park As- 

 sociation is offering prizes for the best 

 gardens. 



DAIRY RECORDS 



Cows in the Central Hampshire 

 Cow-test Association standing higb- 

 est in milk and butter fat production 

 for May. 



Milk. 

 Breed Owner Ibs^ 



P. B. Holsteln, C. G. Loud, 



Westhampton, 1647 

 Holsteln, Lombello Bros., 



West field, 1637 

 B. Holstein, J. S. Graves, 



Williamsburg, 1592 

 Butter fat 

 Holstein, H. M. Bridgman, 



Westhampton, 56.5 

 B. Holstein, J. S. Graves, 54.5 

 Holstein, Lombello Bros., 54. 



Milk for June 



B. Holstein, Mrs. R. G. 



Sessions, Hadley, 1651 

 Lombello Bros. 1559 



Mrs. R. G. Sessions 1447 

 Butter fat 



Lombello Bros. 51. 



P. B. Holstein, Mrs R G Sessions 49.5 

 G. Holstein, H. M. Bridgman 49.2 



G 



G. 



G. Holstein, 

 G. Holstein, 



G Holstein, 



SURVEY STATISTICS 



The recent survey of Hampshire 

 county, taken under the auspices of 

 the State College, has revealed some 

 interesting items. There are a 

 grand total of 6S16 cows and 2377 

 heifers. Amherst leads the otner 

 towns with S25 cows and Granby is 

 second with 790. There are only 

 2S0 sheep in the county, and 204 of 

 these are in Cummington, Hunting- 

 ton and Middlefleld. Thirteen towns 

 have no sheep at all. There are 

 nearly sixty-five thousand hens re- 

 ported, Amherst, Hadley and South 

 Hadley leading in the order named. 

 Of the 1705 swine, Amherst leads 

 with 277, and Northampton is sec- 

 ond with 240. 



The following estimates of crop 

 production are worthy of note. 

 These are for 1916 and like the oth- 

 ers are not absolutely complete. 

 There are reported 2665 acres of 

 seed corn and 1791 of silage. Haa- 

 ley leads in the former with 775 

 acres, and Granby in the latter with 

 300. South Hadley is second in 

 silage with 203 acres. 15,511 

 acres of hay are reported for the 

 county. Amherst leads with 1981 

 and Hadley is second with 1867. 

 Hadley raises more potatoes than 

 any other town, the estimate being 

 164 bushels. Amherst raises 134 

 and Granby 100. Only five towns 

 raise any oats. South Hadley lead- 

 ing with 7 acres. Amherst 

 raises nearly dne fourth of all the 

 beans, her estimate being 20 

 acres. Hatfield reports raising one 

 half of all the tobacco and Hadley 

 raises most of the rest. The aggre- 

 gate is 2941 acres. The same re- 

 lation holds for onions, the a.sgre- 

 gate being 1310 acres. No oar- 

 ley is reported. 



CONSERVATION BULLETINS 



The following Farmers' Bulletins 

 may be obtained by writing to the De- 

 partment of Publications, Washington, 

 D. C; 



Home Canning by the One-period 

 Cold Pack Method. 



Drying Fruits and Vegetables in 

 the Home. 



How to Select Foods. 



The following recent bulletins are 

 to be obtained by writing to The Ex- 

 tention Department of the State Ag- 

 ricultural College. Amherst: 



Canning Fruits and Vegetables. 



Methods of Saving Fats. 



Bulletins on saving wastes and oa 

 meal planning are also being pre- 

 pared at M. A. C. Ask to have your 

 name put on the mailing list and you 

 will receive these when they are 

 ready, and all subsequent bulletins as 

 well. 



