HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY 



D. A. rORBES 5. SON 



EASTHAMPTON'S 

 'HOME HARDWARE STORE" 



Farming Tools 

 Spray Pumps 



Spray Materials 

 Fertilizers 

 Seeds 



Implements 



EASTHAMPTON, MASS. 



BISSELL'S TIRE SHOP 



NOKTHAMPTON, MASS. 



Miller, Goodyear, and U. S. Tires 



Tires and Tubes 



Vulcanized by Steam 



GOODYEAR SERVICB STATION 



FREE AIR 



66 KING STREET 



Tel. 1293-M 



THE HINMAN MILKER 



CoTicluded from paf<e 1 



The medium sized pen usually consists 

 of from 20 to 40 females mated with two 

 males. Generally the large or farm flock 

 consists of from 50 to 100 or more fe- 

 males mated with 6 or 8 males. Experi- 

 ments have shown that it is a very great 

 mistake to place 1.5 or 20 males with 75 

 or 100 females. Very much better re- 

 sults are obtained by using only the 

 very best males and fewer of them ; 3 

 for 50 females, and 5 or 6 for 100. This 

 means increased quality. For best re- 

 sults, the matings should be complete 

 about the middle of .January and from 

 that time until the eggs are saved for 

 hatching the birds should be studied 

 carefully and those that prove to be 

 poor, inactive or otherwise unfit for 

 breeding should be discarded and replaced 

 by others. 



In selecting males, it is very essential 

 to have on hand a few for reserve, as it 

 is quite common to lose one or two males 

 during the breeding season and if there 

 are none in reserve, the owner will be 

 very greatly handicapped. In fact, he 

 may be obliged to go outside for hatching 

 eggs or what may be more disastrous, to 

 buy a bird on very .short notice, which 

 many times results in securing poor stock 

 or a delay in hatching. Cocks do not 

 recover from the moult soon enough to be 

 of much use as early breeders, so it is 

 necessary to depend upon early hatched 

 cockerels from .January and early Febru- 

 ary eggs. The average farmer will 

 greatly improve his stock if before sav- 

 ing eggs for hatching he culls his birds 

 carefully, placing all unsuitable ones in a 

 pen by themselves, either marketing them 

 later or keeping them enclosed until the 

 breeding season is over. 



Massachusetts Agricultural College. 



COBURN & GRAVES 



The REXALL Store 



Tel. 200 . . Northampton, Mass. 



FURNACES FOR ALL WOOD 

 OR COAL BURNING 



A one-pipe furnace 

 will heat five or six 

 rooms to an even 

 temperature, and will 

 save fuel in opera- 

 tion. 



Not an ounce of 

 heat is wasted, and 

 the cellar remains 

 cool for storing vege- 

 tables. 



H. B. LYMAN, Southampton, Mass. 

 SHEET METAL WORKS 



The Ideal Restaurant 



SIDNEY J. HALL, Proprietor 



ALSO 



The R. T. Prentiss 

 Complete Fertilizer 



Concluded frum lage '.i 

 POTATO BREAD. 



1 c. milk or water, 1 T. fat, 1 yeast 

 cake, (2 T. sugar), 1 t. salt, 1 c. potatoes 

 put through sieve or ricer, flour enough 

 to knead (3-4 c), i c. lukewarm water. 

 Put hot potatoes, fat, sugar and salt into 

 hot milk or water. Cool until lukewarm. 

 Add yeast cake, which has been softening 

 in warm water. Add flour, let rise and 

 bake in moderate oven. Raisins may be 

 added. 



MUFFINS. 



1 egg, 1/.3 T. sugar, 3 t. salt, 6 t. baking 

 powder, S c. milk, butter substitute size 

 of egg, 1 c. potatoes, sifted flour enough 

 to make a di-op batter. Sift dry ingredi- 

 ents together. Beat the eggs, add to the 

 milk. Combine dry ingredients and 

 lastly add melted butter. Put into 

 greased muffin pans and bake. 



REGULAR MEALS 



Also ORDER COOKING 

 FULL LINE OF LIGHT LUNCHES 



40 MAIN STREET, NORTHAMPTON, MASS. 



H. D. SMITH 



Hatfield, Mass. 



GRAIN, COAL, ICE 



R. T. PRENTISS, Agent 



JOI Pleasant Street, HOLYOKE, MASS. 



KEEP SWEET 



Things to keep sweet: the milk can, 

 the dish rag, the kitchen sink, and your 

 temper. — Kansas Bn lie tin. 



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FARM MACHINERY 



