HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY 



Wiswell the Druggist 



82 Main Street 



— THE KODAK STORE — 



VETERINARY REMEDIES 

 Daniels', Lesure's, Barber's 



STABLE DISINFECTANTS 



It is our aim to 

 Co-operate with the Farmer 



Let us figure on 

 Your Winter's Supply of 



GRAIN and FEED 



D. F. HOWARD & SON 

 Wholesale and Retail Grain Dealers 



Ware, Mass. 



GAZETTE PRINTING CO. 

 MERCANTILE PRINTERS 

 NORTHAMPTON, MASS. 



ADVERTISERS! 



Whenever you wish to change 

 your advertisement, see to it 

 that the copy reaches our office 

 by the first of the month in 

 which the issue is to appear. 



READERS! 



Do not skip the advertisement 

 pages. The time is coming when 

 farmers will advertise a great 

 deal more than they do; it is an 

 essential to successful business. 



And when you patronize our ad- 

 vertisers, mention the Monthly. 

 In that way you help the paper 

 and the Bureau. 



Chips 



The U. S. D. A. announces that 10,000 

 tons of potash were produced in this 

 country last year, and that most fer- 

 tilizer companies will offer brands con- 

 taining from 1 to 3 per cent potash this 

 fall. 



The Star-Herald of Presque Isle, 

 Maine, (August 23) stated editorially, 

 "Within the past ten days the rust (late 

 blight) has been playing havoc with the 

 Aroostock potato crop. . . . It is 

 likely to reduce the yield one-third, and 

 as some think, one-half." 



Watermelons are wearing blue collars 

 this season, — a wash of bluestone and 

 starch applied by many commercial 

 growers to prevent stem-end rot. 



Prof. William D. Hurd, director of 

 the extension service of M. A. C, has 

 been appointed temporary special assist- 

 ant in the office of the secretary of 

 Agriculture at Washington. 



The increase in the loan value on 

 painted buildings as compared with un- 

 painted ones has been estimated by a 

 Michigan banker to be over 22 per cent. 

 The increase in the owner's satisfaction 

 is probably greater. 



The Eastern States Exposition will be 

 held in Springfield, October 12 to 20. 



FORD 



THE UNIVERSAL CAR 



Have You Ordered Yours? 



If not, every day you wait means 

 disappointment to you. Ford cars 

 are the only known commodity that 

 has dropped in price in the past two 

 years. Come in and talk it over 

 and get complete information about 

 Ford Cars. 



Touring Car, $360 Runabout, 



Chassis, $325 Town Car, 



Couplet, $505 Sedan, 



Trucks from $375 to $695 



$345 

 $595 

 $645 



FORD SALES COMPANY 



How about half a dozen geese for an- 

 other season? In the west they are 

 much more common than here. Those 

 who know them say that they are the 

 most interesting and profitable of fowl. 

 A Vei-mont farmer has made the suc- 

 cinct if exaggerated statement that he 

 can keep a goose on a grain of corn a 

 year. 



Bean Seed 



Bean seed should be selected in the 

 field, from high _ producing and early- 

 maturing plants which are free from 

 disease. This precaution against disease 

 is particularly important in the case of 

 pod spot (anthracnose) because offering 

 almost the only insurance we have 

 against its ravages another season. The 

 seed beans should not be allowed to come 

 into contact with others during the 

 winter. 



Hampshire county people have com- 

 plained sometimes of the weevil, an 

 insect which effects an entrance into the 

 bean during the growing season and does 

 not make its appearance until after the 

 harvesting. The fall is the only time to 

 combat this insect. Put the beans into 

 a tight box or can and fumigate with 

 carbon disulphide by putting a teaspoon- 

 ful of it for each cubic foot of the con- 

 tainer, into a dish and leaving the dish 

 shut tightly inside the box near the top 

 for twenty-four hours. After the beans 

 have been aired for an hour, they are 

 ready for storage. Care must be taken 

 because the gas is inflamable. 



203 M.\IN ST. 



XOnXHAMPTON, MASS. 



CHEVROLET 



Model $490 

 Touring $635 

 Roadster $620 



Model F A. Touring Car $935 

 Roadster $935 



Model D, 8-cylinder Touring and 

 Roadster, $1,385 



PKICES, F. O. It., FLINT, MICH. 



McCarthy & stearns 



185 Pleasant Street 

 Northampton, .... Mass. 



NORTHAMPTON 



COMMERCIAL COLLEGE 



"THE SCHOOL OF THOROUGHNESS" 



In session twelve months in 

 the year. Students admitted 

 at any time and graduated 

 when competent. 



Tuition low. Train and trol- 

 ley service good. Board in 

 good homes at reasonable rates. 

 Greater demand and better 

 salaries for business-trained 

 men and women than ever be- 

 fore. For catalogue and com- 

 plete information address 



JOSEPH PICKETT, Principal. 

 76 Pleasant St., Northampton, Mass. 



