HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY 



Wiswell the Druggist 



82 Main Street 



— THE KODAK STORE — 



VETERINARY REMEDIES 

 Daniels', Lesure's, Barber's 



STABLE DISINFECTANTS 



SAMUEL D. HOWAHI) WII.LIAM X, HoW'AUD 



D. F. Howard & Sons 



Wholesale and Retail Dealers in 



FLOUR, MEAL, GRAIN 



FEED, PRESSED HAY 

 STRAW AND 



POULTRY SUPPLIES 



t'ollrlu'it'ti Iiv.iii l);i^<_' 1 



of hay and increase the acreage of crops 

 of higher feeding value and thus de- 

 crease the expenditures for commercial 

 feeding stuffs. The saving thus effected 

 will much more than offset the increased 

 cost of doing so. Silage corn, field corn, 

 clover, peas and oats and alfalfa, i 

 wherever it can be grown, are particu- 

 larly well adapted to this purpose. 

 — Middlesex County Farm Bureau. 



FORD 



90 East Street, 



Ware, Mass. 



Klevatoi' on H. .V: A. li. U. 

 LouK Distance Telephone 



GAZETTE PRINTING CO. 

 MERCANTILE PRINTERS 

 NORTHAMPTON, MASS. 



Old Sol won't get your goat 

 this summer if you're dressed 

 in a manner that will insure 

 your comfort. 



Featherweig-ht Underwear, 

 Soft Collars and Cool=Toned 

 Shirts are being displayed here 

 in a pleasing array. For farm 

 work or dress. 



R. F. ARMSTRONG & SON 



80 M.4IX STUKKT. NORTHAMPTON. MASS. 



Cimcluded froui page I 

 quickly. Cherries stick to the tree but 

 the fruit is stunted and gnarled by the 

 punctures or eaten by the larvae. The 

 egg-laying and feeding punctures early 

 in the season cause apples to become 

 gnarled and dimpled as they grow. At 

 picking time these "dimples" might 

 easily be confused with those made by 

 the apple red-bug, but the punctured 

 spot at the bottom is marked by a rus- 

 seted spot which often retains at least a 

 suggestion of the crescent shajje. The 

 ground feeding punctures made late in 

 the season by the new brood of beetles 

 are frequently starting places for rot, 

 particularly in stone fruits and in early 

 apples, but this injury is seldom serious 

 in Massachusetts. 



The first step in combating this pest 

 should be the removal of brush heaps 

 and trash piles from the orchard for they 

 furnish the insect with ideal winter 

 quarters. Since the larvae pupate in the 

 soil, cultivation destroys many of them, 

 but where injury by curculio is serious 

 we must turn to spraying. The curculio 

 is a biting and chewing insect and may 

 therefore be poisoned. The most effect- 

 ive control measure consists in keeping 

 the trees covered, as nearly as possible, 

 with an arsenical spray. Stone fruits 

 should be sprayed with arsenate of lead, 

 two pounds to fifty gallons of water, 

 about the time the shucks are coming 

 off which is a week or ten days after the 

 petals fall. This application should be 

 repeated at intervals of about two weeks 

 the number of applications depending 

 on the amount of injury in previous 

 years and the relative importance of the 

 present crop. When the insects are 

 plentiful in an apple orchard a pre- 

 blossom arsenical spray is desirable to 

 destroy the early appearing adults 

 when they are feeding on the leaves. 

 The codling moth spray, just after the 

 peals fall, will take care of curculio at 

 that season. Where infestation is severe, 

 the application should be repeated as 

 often as conditions seem to warrant. 



The Curculio has a habit, when dis- 

 turbed, of "playing 'possum" and drop- 

 ping to the gi'ound. Where only a very 

 few trees are involved advantage may be 

 taken of this habit by jarring thera into 

 a canvas or sheet spread beneath the 

 tree. — Mass. Ar/ri. College. 



For the man who is going to buy a 

 Ford car now is the time to order it. 

 These are war times, so if you want 

 a Ford car, don't wait, place your 

 order now. 



We follow the sale of every Ford car 

 with "After Service" that is efficient, 

 prompt, courteous and economical. 



PRICES F. O. B. DETROIT 



Chassis $400 Couplet $560 



Runabout 435 Sedan 695 



Touring 450 Ton Truck 600 



CHASE MOTOR SALES COMPANY 



I!<'!ir 3():! M.\1N STKKET 

 NOKTHAMPTON. MA.SS. 



Ddsge Brothers 



COMMERCIAL CAR 



1000 lbs. Capacity 



72x43=inch Loading Space 



Electric Lights and Starter 



Demountable Rims 



Just tlie tiling for moving 

 men and materials quickly 

 and economically. 



$950 



Delivered in Jsorthanipton. 



S. E. HICKMAN 



145 KING ST., NOKTHA.MPTON. M.VSS. 



NORTHAMPTON 



COMMERCIAL COLLEGE 



"THE SCHOOL OF THOROUGHNESS" 



In sessi(jn twelve months in 

 the year. Students admitted 

 at any time and graduated 

 •>\ lien competent. 



Tuition low. Train and trol- 

 ley service good. Board in 

 good homes at reasonable rates. 

 Greater demand and better 

 talar-ies 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. 



