HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY 



D. A. rORBES & SON 



easthampton's 

 "home hardware store" 



Farming Tools 

 Spray Pumps 



Spray Materials 

 Fertilizers 

 Seeds 



Implements 



EASTHAMPTON, MASS. 



BISSELL'S TIRE SHOP 



NORTHAMPTON. MASS. 



Miller, Qoodyear, and U. S. Tires 



Tires and Tubes 



Vulcanized by Steam 



QOODYEAR SERVICE STATION 



FREE AIR 



60 KING STREET 



Tel. 1393-M 



THE HINMAN MILKER 



ALSO 



The R. T. Prentiss 



Complete Fertilizer 



R. T. PRENTISS, Agent 

 JOI Pleasant Street, HOLYOKE, MASS. 



Conclude<l frnni pa^e 1 



are going to the ground in which they 

 pass the winter. 



Where these caterpillars are discovered 

 before they have fed much, the trees can 

 be protected by spraying them with .5 

 lbs. of arsenate of lead paste (or 25 lbs. 

 of the powder) in 50 gallons of water, 

 but this is, of course, impracticable in 

 the forests and would only be worth 

 while for beech and maple shade trees 

 along the roads. Even then it is doubtful 

 if it would pay. Where the caterpillars 

 are found crawling from trees they have 

 stripped to others not infested, these can 

 be protected by putting a band of ti'ee 

 tanglefoot around the trunk. 



Many natural enemies of this insect 

 are now present, feeding on them and 

 killing large numbers, and these enemies 

 will probably become sufficiently numer- 

 ous to bring this pest under control with- 

 in a year or two. 



Some trees which were stripped last 

 year are now dead, but as nearly all 

 decidious trees can stand stripping for 

 three or four years in succession before 

 dying, it is probable that in this case 

 the severe winter following the stripping 

 was the final cause. Trees weakened by 

 last year's stripping and farther weak- 

 ened by the hard winter may perhaps be 

 now in such a condition that this year's 

 stripping may prove "the' last straw" 

 and die as a result, but it is probable 

 that most of them will live if another 

 hard winter does not follow. 



Whether this insect will be injuriously 

 abundant ne,xt year cannot now be pre- 

 dicted, but the chances are against it. 

 Usually one or two years of abundance 

 is followed by their almost entire dis- 

 appearance. 



Mass. Ayri. Ex. Station. 



A Handy Tool 



The best dollar's worth on my farm 

 is a hand cutter. The handle is 20 inches 

 long, of tough oak, .5 inches wide at end 

 for the hand, with a steel bolt through 

 crosswise to strengthen it. The shaft is 

 11 inches long from bottom of handle 

 to square end, upon which is attached 

 the knife by two » inch bolts. Cutting 

 length of knife is Sis inches. It is of 

 the very best steel. It is hung at a 

 peculiar angle, which gives the tool re- 

 markable facility in cutting brush or 

 weeds. I always take it in my walks 

 about the farm and one may follow me 

 by the thistles, bigweeds, brush, etc, 

 whacked off by this tool as I go along. 

 If I have to go over a barbed wire fence, 

 this tool is used to hold down the wire. 

 If a nail needs to be driven into some- 

 thing, use it as a hammer. Is a root 

 or other specimen to be dug, use the 

 blade. The Yankee genius who perfected 

 this useful tool is C. O. Bicknell of West 

 Chesterfield, — Herbert A. Myrick in 

 .V. E. Homestead. 



COBURN & GRAVES 



The REXALL Store 



Tel. 200 . . Northampton, Mass. 



Don t Wait Until Pall 



before putting in your heating 

 plant. Prepare now for cold 

 weather by installing: A ONE= 

 PIPE WOOD FURNACE. 



You will find a woodburn= 

 ing- furnace a good kind to own 

 when the use of coal is re= 

 stricted. 



H. B. LYMAN, Southampton, Mass. 

 SHEET METAL WORKS 



ROSEN RYE 



$3.00 per Bushel F. 0. B. Michigan 



A LIMITED NUMBER OF BUSHELS 



FOR SALE 



Make application through Farm 

 Bureau. 



H. D. SMITH 



Hatfield, Mass. 



GRAIN, COAL, ICE 



AND 



FARM MACHINERY 



