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. HOWARD AVII.I.IAM N. IHlWAHl) 



D. F. Howard & Sons 



Wholesale and Retail Dealers in 



FLOUR, MEAL, GRAIN 

 FEED, PRESSED HAY 

 STRAW AND 



POULTRY SUPPLIES 



90 East Street, 



Ware, Mass. 



Klevator on IJ. i- A. It. K. 

 Loii;; JL>i?itain-c Telephone 



GAZETTE PRINTING CO. 

 MERCANTILE PRINTERS 

 NORTHAMPTON, MASS. 



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Our Suits are tailored to wear to the 

 purchaser's entire satisfaction. The mak- 

 ers have been in the business over half a 

 century and in that time have learned the 

 business in all its intricate ]ioints. Not 

 an inch of cloth goes into the suit that is 

 not tested for strength, color, and quality 

 which all means satisfaction to you. Any 

 suit bought here that does not give satis- 

 faction, we will be not only glad but an.\- 

 ious to make good. 



R. P. ARMSTRONG & SON 



80 MAIS STIIKKT. NttKI II A MI'TON, MASS. 



I Cuntinuecl frum page 1 



I out nearly as quickly as a smaller or 

 paler colored bird. 



The EYERING, that is, the inner 

 edges of the eyelids, bleach out a trifle 

 slower than the vent. The earlobes on 

 Leghorns and Anconas bleach out a little 

 slower than the eyering, so that a 

 bleached earlobe means a little longer 

 or greater production than a bleached 

 vent or eyelid 



The color goes out of the BEAK be- 

 ginning at the base and gradually dis- j 

 appears until it finally leaves the front 

 part of the upper beak The lower beak 

 bleaches faster than the upper, but may 

 be used where the upper is obscured by 

 horn or black. On the average colored, 

 yellow-skinned bird, a bleached beak 

 means heavy production for at least the 

 past four to six weeks. 



The SHANKS are the slowest to 

 bleach out and hence indicate a much 

 longer period of production than the 

 other parts. The yellow goes out from 

 the scales on the front of the shanks 

 first and finally from the scales on the 

 rear. The scales on the heel of the 

 shank are the last to bleach out and 

 may generally be used as an index as 

 to the natural depth of yellow color of 

 the bird. A bleached-out shank usually 

 indicates fairly heavy production for at 

 least fifteen to twenty weeks. 



The yellow color comes back into the 

 vent, eyering, earlobes, beak and shanks 

 in the same order that it went out, only 

 the color returns much more quickly 

 than it goes out. A vacation or rest 

 period can sometimes be determined by 

 the outer end of the beak being bleached 

 and the base being yellow. 



BODY CHANGE.S DUE TO LAYING 



A laying hen has a large, moist VENT 

 showing a dilated condition and loose- 

 ness as compared with the hard, 

 puckered vent of a non-laying hen. 



The whole ABDOMEN is dilated, as 

 well as the vent, so that the pelvic 

 arches are wide-spread and the keel is 

 forced down away from the pelvic 

 arches so as to give large CAP.^CITY. 

 The more eggs a bird is going to lay the 

 following week, the greater will be the 

 size of the abdomen. The actual size 

 of the abdomen is, of course, influenced 

 by the size of eggs laid and by the size 

 of the bird. 



Heavy production is shown by the 

 quality of the SKIN and the thickness 

 and stiffness of the PELVIC ARCHES. 

 Fat goes out from the skin and body 

 with production so that the heavy pro- 

 ducers have a soft velvety skin that is 

 not underlaid by layers of hard fat. 

 The abdomen, in particular, is soft and 

 pliable. The STERNAL PROCESSES 

 are very prominent and are generally 

 bent outward. The thicker and blunter 

 the pelvic arches and the greater the 

 Concluded <m page 7 



Fordson Tractors 



Direct to Farmers at Factory Prices 

 Henry Ford's Gifts to Civilization 



Henry Ford has given to the world a 

 Tractor that will revolutionize farming 

 and help win the war. Lord Northcliffe 

 recently wrote in the London Times: "I 

 mounted the Fordson Tractor and plowed 

 a half mile furrow in about eight min = 

 utes a speed of four miles an hour. 

 Any boy or girl can drive it." 



The Fordson Tractor is a proven suc= 

 cess 6,000 are working day and night 

 in England — several thousand more are 

 revolutionizing farming in the Western 

 States and in New England those already 

 in use here have proved that the Ford 

 Tractor is the best adapted for New 

 England conditions. 



YOU CAN BUY 



FORDSON 4-CYLINDER TRACTOR 



For $750 



F. O. B., Dearborn, Michigan. We are 

 handling this distribution as a patriotic 

 measure without profit. I he whole ar= 

 rangement is a war measure to procure 

 the greatest Food Production possible. 

 We expect a car load of Tractors soon. 

 For a technical description, write or 

 telephone for a circular. 



CHASE MOTOR SALES COMPANY 



Distributors for Fordson Tractors 

 203 Main St., Northampton, Mass. 



NORTHAMPTON 



COMMERCIAL COLLEGE 



"THE SCHOOL OF THOROUGHNESS" 



111 session twelve months in 

 tiie year. Students admitted 

 at any time and graduated 

 when C(inii)etent. 



Tuition low. 'J'rain and trol- 

 ley service goctd. Board in 

 good homes at reasonable rates. 

 Greater demand ami better 

 salaries for l)usiiiess-trained 

 men and women than ever l)e- 

 fore. For catalogue and com- 

 plete information address 



JOSEPH PICKETT, Principal. 

 76 Pleasant St., Northampton, Mass. 



