HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY 



CoiicUideil fr<ini itatre 1 

 badly mixed, disease is too plentiful, and 

 the acreage small. 



What are the conclusions? 

 First, that the farmers in Hampshire 

 County can compete on the market with 

 potatoes from other districts. This 

 year, for example, local potatoes are not 

 plentiful enough to supply the fall de- 

 mand. It has even been stated that 

 local farmers are selling Maine potatoes 

 on the community maiket. Potatoes 

 ' have proved a good cash crop, grown 

 one year after anothei-. 



In regard to the hill towns growing- 

 seed stock, it might be said that Piof. 

 Earl Jones, Extension Agronomist, 

 Mass. Agricultural College, has found 

 only a few farmers who have stock, 

 suitable for market .seed. Prof. -lones 

 recommends that the farmers in the 

 I different hill town districts pool their 

 orders and purchase some northern- 

 grown, certified seed, for a foundation 

 RIQ^FII'Q TIRF QUflP stock and then by selection and the use 



well, is free from disease, and is suit- 

 able for the market. 



Don't Make the Fertilizer Man Your 

 Banker His Rates are High 



Qet in Front with 



A. W. HIGGINS 



DEALER IN 



All rertilizer Materials 



WESTFIELD, MASS. 



TEL. laa or AMHKKST •.J34-.n 



Bulk in n fertilizer is iininaterial 

 Pounds of plant fooil are everything 



NOKTH.VMPTON, MASS. 



Miller, Qoodyear, and U. S. Tires 



Tires and Tubes 



Vulcanized by Steam 



GOODYEAR SERVICE STATION 



FKEE AIK 



66 KING STREET 



Tel. ia93-N 



NORTHAMPTON 



COMMERCIAL 



COLLEGE 



"THE SCHOOL OF THOROUGHNESS" 



In session twelve months in 

 the year. Students admitted 

 at any time and graduated 

 when competent. 



Greater demand and better 

 salaries 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. 



Onion Set Conditions at Chicago 



Onion sets in the Chicago district have 

 turned out very much better than was 

 anticipated in the summer and early fall. 

 During the harvesting season the crop 

 appeared short. Though the acreage 

 planted to onion sets this year was much 

 larger than last year, it is estimated that 

 the acreage of sets harvested this year 

 was less than that of last year. The 

 yields, however, were better, averaging 

 on the South Side of Chicago, about five 

 bushels for each pound of seed sown, and 

 on the North Side, five and a half to six 

 bushels per pound sown. No survey of 

 total production has been made, but 

 dealers estimate that the production for 

 1918 is about 80 per cent of that for 

 1917. The sets were harvested under 

 ideal weathei- conditions and the quality 

 is excellent. 



The active shipping season from 

 growers' to distributors' hands is over. 

 The outside demand is quiet and prices 

 have declined about 2.5 cents per bushel 

 from those pievailing about thirty days 

 ago. Most of the independent growers 

 having a surplus quantity of sets have 

 sold them and while a few sets are still 



1 being offered, they do not find ready 

 sale. 



Present quotations, for prompt ship- 

 ment, based on 32 pounds per bushel, are 

 $2.00 per bushel for yellow ; $2.00 to 

 $2.20 for red; and $2..50 to $2.75 for 

 white onion sets. Quotations for Jan- 

 uary shipment are about $2.2.5 for yel- 



|low; $2.40 for red; and $3.25 to $3.50 



' for white onion sets. 



COBURN 8C GRAVES 



The REXALL Store 



Tel. 200 . Northampton, Mass. 



Wood 

 Burning 

 Furnaces 



FOR THE 



COUNTRY HOME 

 Utilize the fuel that 

 may be obtained near 

 at hand. 



Do away with the setting-up up of 

 heating stoves. 



Keep the house warm and comfortable. 



H. B. LYMAN, Southampton, Mass. 



HORSE BLANKETS 

 GLOVES and MITTENS 



should interest you at this time 



Best Display and Prices Right at 



CHILSON'S 



The Leather Store 



NORTHAMPTON. . MASS. 



H, D. SMITH 



Hatfield, Mass. 



GRAIN, COAL, ICE 



AND 



FARM MACHINERY 



