HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY 



Wiswell the Druggist 



82 Main Street 



-THE KODAK STORE 



VETERINARY REMEDIES 

 Daniels', Lesure's, Barber's 



STABLE DISINFECTANTS 



SAMUEL l>. IKlWAIll) Wll.l.lAM X MOWAItll 



D. F. Howard & Sons 



Wholesale and Retail Dealers in 



FLOUR, MEAL, GRAIN 

 FEED, PRESSED HAY 

 STRAW AND 



POULTRY SUPPLIES 



90 East Street, 



Ware, Mass. 



Kleviitor 1)11 It. & A. n. K. 

 Loner Distiince Teleiilioiie 



GAZETTE PRINTING CO. 

 MERCANTILE PRINTERS 

 NORTHAMPTON, MASS. 



OVERCOATS 



All overcoat is an essential. A 

 great overcoat is more tlian an 

 essential, it is an asset. It is a 

 wise plan to Iniy your winter coat 

 early this year, for llie clioice will 

 lie mnch greater and tiie iirice 

 more reasonal)le. We liave a few 

 coats at last year's prices, tiiey 

 will not l)e with us long, tiie lirst 

 customers get the best choice. 



Fords oiv 



Here i.s Henry Ford's world-wide gift to civilization, which 

 has won the all-England i-liamijionship prize at the demon- 

 stration given at Lincolnshire, England, May 9, 1918. It is 

 one of the principal factors in winning this great war in 

 helping in the production of fdod. Every farmer should own 

 one of these machines. 



For Circulars, Catalogs, Etc., Etc. 

 . CHASE MOTOR SALES COMPANY 



Distributors for Western Massachusetts 



a03 MAIN STUKKT, NOItTHA.IIlTOX, MA.S.S. 



Prices $15.00 to $45.00 inc. 



R. F. ARMSTRONG & SON 



so M.VIN STUKKT, NtMlTH AMI'TON, MASS. 



Continued from page 1 

 the idea that potash exerted an almost 

 magical influence on crop production. 



"In December, 1917, Professor Roth, 

 of the Griefswald University, was 

 quoted as making the claim that Amer- 

 ica had entered the war in order to se- 

 cure the potash deposits of Alsace, as 

 American crops would be in perpetual 

 jeopardy without potash. 



"Since 1914 the United States has been 

 unable to import potash from Germany, 

 and as we have produced but a small 

 fraction of the amount normally used 

 for agricultural purposes, fertilizers 

 have contained little or no potash. This 



I is e.specially true of the last two years, 



1 and yet this country has in sight today 

 the largest crops ever produced in her 



! history, while Germany's crops are, from 

 all accounts, far below their normal 

 yields before the war, though she has 

 doubtless used e.xcessive quantities of 

 potash in an effort to minimize the 



, eff"ects of the dearth of phosphates. 

 Other countries also have grown nor- 

 mal crops since the war without the use 

 of potash. 



"This emphasizes the fact that phos- 

 phoric acid, in the form of superphos- 

 phate, is far more important to crop 

 liroduction than potash, as was long 

 ago demonstrated in this country, when 

 phosphatic fertilizers were used suc- 



Concluded from page 4 



Some things I have learned: 



Don't slam the oven door while a cake 

 is baking. 



Don't rest a hot iron on the article you 

 are ironing. 



Don't go away while you have some- 

 thing baking in the oven. 



Don't forget to measure soda very 

 carefully. 



Don't boil beans too long that are to 

 be baked, just soak them over night and 

 they won't get musty. 



A little salt in oven, under the baking 

 tins, will prevent burning on the bottom. 



When a cake sticks to a pan, set it for 

 a few minutes on a cloth wrung out of 

 cold water. 



To cut hot bread or cake, heat the 

 blade of the knife before cutting. 



cessfully for over 20 years before the 

 advent of potash. Germany has no 

 mineral phosphates with which to make 

 superphosphates, being dependent upon 

 the United States, Algeria and Tunis 

 for her supply of this basic raw ma- 

 terial. 



"While potash is valuable as a fer- 

 tilizer for strengthening the stalk and 

 improving the quality of some crops, 

 phosphoric acid is the essential element 

 for the production of t'lo grain and fruit 

 of all crops. 



