HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY 

 BOVS' AND GIRLS' WORK 



CHARLKS H. GOl LI), Le-ader 



Eastern States 



Hampshire County boys and girls won 

 many prizes at the Boys' and Girls' Food 

 Training Camp at the Eastern States Ex- 

 position. Every club project was rep- 

 resented by work of club members from 

 all over the County. A total of twenty 

 premiums out of 40 entries were won. 



The dairy judging team which won 

 first for Massachusetts carried two 

 Hampshire County boys, John Bishko 

 and John Devine, both of Hadley. The 

 latter boy being high man in the con- 

 test with a score of 85J. The Massa- 

 chusetts corn judging and demonstration 

 team composed of Roger Johnson, Frank 

 Kokoski and Frank Bilske, all of Had- 

 ley, made very creditable showings. The 

 towTi of Hadley won the silver cup for 

 the group making the best record in ex- 

 hibiting, judging and demonstrating. 



Ethel White of Hadley has earned a 

 reputation as a hog raiser. Her big 

 blue ribbon Chester White hog called 

 forth several compliments from club 

 leaders. 



Following is a complete statement of 

 Hampshire County's part in the Food 

 Training Camp: 



AWARDS 



Can-ots, John Bishko, Hadley, 3rd. 

 Onions, Frank Kokoski, Hadley, 2nd. 

 Pumpkins, David Wells, Hatfield, 3rd. 

 Watermelons, E. Root, E'hampton, 1st. 

 John Bishko, Hadley, 2nd. 



Mady Gula, Belchertown, 3rd. 

 Dent Corn, John Devine, Hadley, 2nd. 



May Devine, Hadley, 3rd. 

 Flint Corn, Roger Johnson, Hadley, 2nd. 



(over ten inches) 

 Flint Corn, Roger Johnson, Hadley, 5th. 



(under 10 inches) 

 Popcoi-n, Roger Johnson, Hadley, 1st. 

 Corn Story, Roger Johnson, Hadley, 1st. 

 Sweepstakes, Roger Johnson, Hadley. 



(corn project) 

 Canning, Elizabeth Graves, Hatfield, 2nd. 



(Tomatoes) 

 Pig, Ethel White, Hadley, 1st. 



(under 6 months) 

 White eggs, K. Root, E'hampton, 5th. 

 Brown Eggs, K. Root, E'hampton, 2nd. 

 Egg Birds, K. Root, E'hampton, 5th. 



(chicks) 

 Gen. Purpose, Birds, 



K. Root, Easthampton, 2nd. 

 Gen. Purpose, K. Root, E'hampton, 5th. 

 Egg Birds, K. Root, E'hampton, 7th. 

 Gen. Purpose, birds (chicks) 



David Wells, Hatfield, 1st. 



OTHER EXHIBITORS WERE 



Evelyn Streeter, Cummington, Canning 

 Lois Ferry, Granby, Canning 

 Mae Griffin, Ware, Canning 

 Concluded on page 6 



A Pig Club Story 



"The reason I am a Pig Club member 

 is that I like to see what I can do, and I 

 have 51 good time meeting the different 

 men that come to see the Pig and me. 

 Every year so far I have a little money 

 to put at interest from it. 



"Mr. Gould brought me the Pig, June 

 5th, in a sack to the school house. I 

 was sick so my brother Charles put him 

 in a box, but Piggie got out. I suppose 

 to see the country — and oh, the job to 

 get him. His name is Joe as all people 

 by that name are fat. I didn't like him 

 when he first came, as he looked all nose. 

 He weighed 10 pounds. 



"Pasture gives exercise, and green feed, 

 that is needed for stomach and bowels. 

 I gave him milk often, and on hot days 

 I gave him water in a tub. He liked to 

 lie in it. I had Sealed Scales to weigh 

 with. I feed plenty of sweet milk ; he 

 didn't like sour or buttermilk for it gave 

 him bowel trouble and made him vomit. 

 He was fed three times a day and never 

 was forgotten but once, and then mother 

 and I were away and the hired man for- 

 got to give him his dinner I had fixed. 

 Hominy and milk were his favorite 

 dishes. Sweet apples, weeds and plantin \ 

 were his dessert. He liked plantin roots 

 best of all. 



' "I had to give him a bath often, as he 

 came very lousy. That he didn't like, 

 sometimes it was a buttermilk bath, 

 ^ sometimes a carbonal bath. He was very 

 I tame till Dr. Thayer, state veterinary, 

 ! came and vaccinated him. After that 

 he didn't like men. He is very fond of 

 my mother, he will follow her wherever 

 she goes. He would go just as far as 

 the door and mother would sit down 

 on the threshold and rub him, and he 

 would lay down like a dog at her feet. 

 "Mr. C. Gould has made me frequent 

 i visits and I was glad to see him. Mr. 

 i Rice and Mr. Newbill from Washington 

 came to see me. The man from Wash- 

 ington wants to get the boys to keep 

 pure bred pigs. Mr. Rice is very busy 

 so he don't come very often, but he likes 

 the boys just the same, and wants them 

 to do well with their pigs. 



"Mr. MacDougall, if last is not least, is 

 on his job as he does lots of good things 

 for the boys of Hampshire County, and 

 gives us all a good hand-shake and a 

 financial gift. I should have said I gave 

 a note for $7.50 to Mr. MacDougall, due 

 December 1, 1917 at the Bank. 



"I have due me $3.00 for No. 1 at Cum- 

 mington, and $6.00 for No. 1 at North- 

 ampton. That will leave me $1.50 and 

 a fat pig valued at $40. 



"I have partly learned how to judge a 

 pig. I could see what other boys and 



Concluded on page 5 



Local Exhibits 



An exhibit of garden produce and 

 handiwork by the children of Plainfield 

 was held October 19 under the auspices 

 of the Grange. 



The Westhampton Canning Club held 

 its local exhibit in the Center School, 

 October 26. Howard Loud received 1st 

 prize; Lillian Clapp, 2nd; and Eleanor 

 Hathaway, 3rd. The club has had a 

 most successful season under the leader- 

 ship of Miss Louise Clapp. 



The school children of Cummington, 

 West Cummington, Plainfield and Goshen 

 were recently given a demonstration of 

 the palatability of warm lunch at noon. 

 Miss Harriman conducted the demon- 

 stration. Mr. Gould also gave illus- 

 trated lectures on Boys' and Girls' Work. 

 Mr. Martin, Superintendent of Schools 

 was in charge of the meetings. 



The Northampton Poultry Associa- 

 tion distributed settings of eggs last 

 spring to a number of children. The 

 children were required to send in a story 

 giving an account of their experience. 

 The following by a Southampton girl is 

 typical : 



"Last spring I received a setting of 

 eggs for which I was to take care of 

 them. The day I received the eggs, I 

 put them under a hen to set. She set 

 on the eggs about four weeks and then 

 they began to hatch. There were thir- 

 teen eggs and 5 eggs were not good at 

 all, but I got 8 little chicks out of the 

 rest. They did not do very well at first 

 because two of them died right away so 

 now I have six more left. These are 

 growing so fast they seem to grow bigger 

 every day. I am very proud of the ones 

 I've got left because they are so nice. 

 I am very glad I called for the eggs. 

 I hope now that I may spread those 

 chickens out next year so that I may 

 have many more of those kind. I am 

 very sorry I did not have more hens be- 

 cause I think they are all going to be 

 roosters but one and that there is but one 

 hen. So that I will not be able to save 

 many eggs for that next setting with 

 ] only one hen laying. Well I will try 

 and save as many as I can from that one. 

 I guess that I have written you all that 

 I can think of about them." 



Junior Extension Schools 



Organization of club work for the com- 

 ing year will start very soon, and plans 

 for Junior Extension schools, demon- 

 strating club work, are being consid- 

 ered. These schools will be held for the 

 benefit of the school children, and are to 

 be conducted after a fashion, similar to 

 extension schools for adults. 



