THE HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY 



CONSERVATION COMMENT 

 All twenty-three towns in the 

 county, with the exception of Cum- 

 mington, Greenwich and Prescott, 

 have held conservation schools this 

 summer. Wherever the Bureau 

 agent has been present, she has 

 made provision for follow-up work 

 by means of study clubs. She would 

 like to institute such work in the 

 other towns as well. 



Over a hundred children are en- 

 rolled in canning and marketing 

 clubs, and more are coming in. Work 

 in Williamsburg, Northampton and 

 Hadley is just beginning. 



Citizens in the towns where chil- 

 dren are at work are urged to take 

 an active interest in them. They 

 are capable of splenelct service m 

 case they receive the proper encour- 

 agement. 



It is expected that the children 

 will be so proficient as to take care 

 of the surplus products of the com- 

 munities. They will be organized 

 into groups of helpers, either to go 

 into the home of a woman or to take 

 her produce somewhere else for can- 

 ning. They will receive some pay 

 on the basis of so-much an hour. 



The Bureau's home demonstration 

 agent is prepared to give practical 

 demonstrations on the following 

 subjects: 



Meat Substitutes: Use of skim 

 milk, cheese, vegetables, cereals, 

 etc. 



Emergency breads: Barley, rye. 

 corn, etc. 



Left-overs: How they may be 

 used and saved. 



Those communities desiring such 

 demonstrations should get in touch 

 with Miss Harriman, the home de- 

 monstration agent. 



Can or dry the beets, carrots, etc., 

 secured by thinniti,g. They are 

 splendid when properly preserved 

 and supply an important element of 

 the diet. 



Let the shelves of your fruit-cup- 

 board sag a little this winter. 



The canning Bulletin Is being 

 translated into French, Italian, Li- 

 thuanian and Polish. Our Bureau 

 agent has given a demonstration for 

 the Polish people in Northampton 

 and Ware, using an interpreter in 

 both instances. 



In Northampton she Is holding a 

 canning seminar every Friday, 

 where local women are invited to 

 bring their fruits and vegetables to 

 can them under supervision. There 

 is no expense connected with this 

 and the purpose is wholly educa- 

 tional. 



If each of us should reduce our 



use of wheat bread from five slices 

 to three and a half, we could export 

 the 450,000,000 bushels needed by 

 o>ir allies. 



Bananas are an important food. 



Send your questions to your 

 home demonstration agent Make 

 known to her your community 

 needs. Do not hesitate to tell her 

 what you would like to have her do 

 in your town. Help her to help 

 you. 



A NEW PEST 



Potatoes in the valley plots have 

 been besieged by a new and avoraci- 

 ous invader — the plant .iphis or 

 green lice. Orchardists and mark- 

 et-gardeners are acquainted with 

 the pest, but the potato growers 

 have never been seriously troubled 

 before. Many of the patches are in 

 bad shape and some are practically 

 dead. Apple growers usually con- 

 sider that by August the danger 

 from aphis is over, but it is not yet 

 certain that such an assumption may 

 safely be made in regard to pota- 

 toes. The lice, little green insects 

 readily seen, work on the under 

 side of the leaves, sucking the sap 

 from the leaf after the manner of 

 a mosquito. The result is that the 

 leaves grow dry and limp and fin- 

 ally die. Bordeaux, Pyrox, or ar- 

 senate of lead are not effective 

 sprays. It is necessary to have a 

 contact poison, and the one com- 

 monly recommended is nicotine, 

 commercially sold as Black Leaf 

 Forty. This is mixed in water at 

 the rate of one ounce to 12 gallons, 

 and it is well to add 1-2 pound of 

 soap to insure a thorough distribu- 

 tion on the leaf. It is al?o possible 

 to use an emulsion made by mixing 

 a stock solution of 1-2 lb. hard soap, 

 2 gallons of kerosene and 1 gallon 

 of boiling water. churning until 

 creamy and diluting with 20 times 

 its volume of water. The difficulty of 

 spraying the under side of the 

 leaves must be met by perseverance 

 and in.genuity on the part of the 

 sprayer. 



Late blight is just coming on. 

 Farmers are likely to rest content 

 after they have conquered The pota- 

 to bug. The blight is a more insid- 

 ious and often more dangerous foe 

 and can be controlled only by con- 

 stant applications of Bordeau-mix- 

 ture (contained In the prepar- 

 ed sprays as Pyrox, Bordo 

 Lead, etc.) Prevention is tihe only 

 adequate cure. Black Leaf Forty 

 may be mixed with the Bordeau, in 

 which case the soap should be dis- 

 pensed with. Keep spraying. 



SECOND FARM LOAN ASSOCIA- 

 TION FORMED 



A group of farmers from the 

 western part of the county met with 

 the representative of tlie Farm Loan 

 Bank on ,Tuly 20 and organized as 

 the Second Farm Loan Association 

 01" Hampshire County. A board of 

 direc'-ors was elected and this 

 board chose Mr. John Hart of Wor- 

 thington to serve as president and 

 Mr. Raymond H. Friel of Easfhamp- 

 ton as secretary-treasurer. 



It is expected that the two or- 

 ganizations will be sufllcient for 

 Hampshire county. Any one in the 

 county is eligible to become a mem- 

 ber of either of them, and may do 

 so by getting in touch with Mr. 

 Friel of the second association or 

 Mr. Alfred LaBelle of Enfield, sec- 

 retary of the first. There are ad- 

 vantages in joining such an associ- 

 ation in case a man wishes to bor- 

 row money for a period longer than 

 five years. He may borrow to fifty 

 per cent of the value of his security 

 for any purpose of an agricultural 

 nature. The Bureau would be glad 

 to furnish farmers with literature 

 explaining the project in case they 

 are in need of money for agricultu- 

 ral purposes. 



Concluded from Page I 

 farms with sheep and there is no 

 question but that they can protect 

 their flocks from dogs. 



It is not too late to get some of 

 the Rambouillet-Lincolns shipped 

 into New England from the/ far 

 West. Can you think of any better 

 way of investing a hundred dollars 

 than in seven of them? Get into 

 touch \'ith your county agent and 

 talk it over with him. 



FOR SALE — Ball jars, Lightning 

 style, pints 75c dozen, quarts 80c. 

 Also copper sulphate for spraying. 

 County Committee on Food Pro- 

 duction. Tel. 53-W. 



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^^Form of 50 acres. 

 Good 8-room house with wide 

 piazza. Barn and henhouse. Nev- 

 er-failing spring water. 100 graft- 

 ed apple trees, abundance wood 

 and timber for farm use Tele- 

 phone and free delivery of mail. 

 An ideal location for poultry. 

 Price $1,000. Reasonable terms. 

 Address owner, H. H. Mason, 

 Worthington, Mass. 



