HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY 



D. A. FORBES 5. SON 



EASTHAMPTON S 

 'HOME HARDWARE STORE" 



Farming: Tools 

 Spray Pumps 



Spray Materials 

 Fertilizers 

 Seeds 



Implements 



EASTHAMPTON, MASS. 



BISSELL'S TIRE SHOP 



NOKTHAMPTOX, MASS. 



Miller, Goodyear, and U. S. Tires 



Tires and Tubes 



Vulcanized by Steam 



GOODYEAR SERVICE STATION 



FKKK AIR 



GG KIXG STREET 



Tel. la93-M 



THE HINMAN MILKER 



ALSO 



The R. T. Prentiss 

 Complete Fertilizer 



Concluded from iia^n 1 



applied, the better. .3, Nozzles should 

 be so arranged as to throw a spray to 

 the sides of the plant as well as from 

 the top. 4, The spraying should com- 

 mence as soon as the flea-beetles appear, 

 and be repeated at intervals of 2 to 3 

 weeks up to the middle of August. 

 From this time on it should be done as 

 often as heavy rains wash ofi" the copper 

 or whenever the vines outgrow the pro- 

 tective coating. Neglect during the 

 latter part of the season may cause the 

 loss of the crop. 5, As the season ad- 

 vances more and more spray must be 

 used. For first spraying .50 gal. per 

 acre is generally sufficient, for the last 

 150 gal. has often to be used. 



COBURN 8C GRAVES 



The REXALL Store 



Tel. 200 . . Northampton, Mass. 



Conohl'lt'il from iiaixe 1 



soil. 2. Adding humus to the soil. 



3. Checking the growth of the trees. 



4. Adding nitrogen to the soil. It 

 does some other things but these are 

 the most important. Now a good crop 

 of weeds will do all of these things, 

 except the last one. It wont do them 

 quite as well as the best of cover crops 

 but neither does potato flour make the 

 best of white bread. Yet we are using 

 potato flour these days and I believe we 

 ought to use weeds. The only block of 

 orchard that I should worry about this 

 year on the cover crop question, is the 

 block that won't grow a good crop of 

 weeds. On such a block it will be neces- 

 sary to sow some other crop and prob- 

 ably the choice would be between dwarf 

 rape (2 lbs. per acre) buckwheat (1 bu. 

 per acre). The great argument in 

 favor of rape is its cheapness but it is 

 good in other respects. It doesn't add 

 the humus that either of the others do 

 but it is very fair in that respect. 



Whether we use weeds, or one of the 

 three crops just mentioned, I should con- 

 sider the question of sowing a little 

 clover to help out on other functions and 

 to add nitrogen. In my own orchards, I 

 am planning to use crimson clover at 

 the rate of 4 or 5 lbs. per acre on any 

 blocks that I think need nitrogen and 

 yet are in good enough condition to 

 bring along a reasonably good crop of 

 clover. This may be considered a nice 

 distinction to make, but I think it can 

 be made. On the one hand, clover wont 

 grow on very poor soil, and on the 

 other hand really good soil may not need 

 it. And if I can end the season with a 

 reasonably good crop of pigweed, I shall 

 be more than satisfied. — F. C. Sears. 



R. T. PRENTISS, Agent 



JOl Pleasant Street, HOLYOKE, MASS. 



Seed Corn 



A prominent Massachusetts farmer 

 said recently, "I will not be caught again 

 with poor seed corn as I was this year. 

 I am going to save seed enough for two 

 years every fall and will be ready when 

 the next bad winter comes." 



ARE YOU LOOKING 



FOR 



Some special article made from 

 sheet metal for the farm or 

 the house? 



We make those unusual, out= 

 of=the-ordinary fittings which 

 cannot easily be found in the 

 market. 



H. B. LYMAN, Southampton, Mass. 

 SHEET METAL WORKS 



Northampton Community Market 



WILL OPEN 



SATURDAY, JULY 13, 1918 



This ilarket presents an opportunity never before 

 open to producers in this vicinity 



A fee of 50 cents for place on market. 

 All transactions on cash basis. 

 Dealings are direct with consumer. 

 For further information call the Farm 

 Bureau. 



H. D. SMITH 



Hatfield, Mass. 



GRAIN, COAL, ICE 



AND 



FARM MACHINERY 



