HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY 



FARM BUREAU MONTHLY 



PUBLISHED BY THE 



Hampshire County Farm Bureau 



A. F. I>IacI>(ius:nll. County Agent 

 Helen A. Harriuian, Home I>eni. At;ent 

 C. H. Gonld, Boys' and Girls' Club Leader 



Office First National Bank Building 



Northampton, Mass. 



Entered as second class matter Nov. 9, 1015. at the 

 Post Office at Northampton. Massachusetts, under 

 the Act of March 8. 1879. 



'* Notice of Entry " 



"Acceptance for mailing at special rate of post- 

 age provided for in section 1103. Act of October 3, 

 1917. Authorized October 31, 1917." 



Price, 50 cents a year 



$1 a year, including membership in Farm Bvireau 



Officers of the Trustees 



Leslie R. Smith, President 

 Clarence E. Hodgkins, Vice-President 

 Warren M. King, Treasurer 

 Charles H. Gould, Secretary 



Trustees for County Aid to Agriculture 



Edwin B. Clapp, Easthampton 

 Charles E. Clark, Leeds 

 Clarence E. Hodgkins, Northampton 

 William N. Howard, Ware 

 Milton S. Howes, Cummington 

 Mrs. Clifton Johnson, Hadley 

 Warren M. King, Northampton 

 Leslie R. Smith, Hadley 

 John A. Sullivan, Northampton 



JUNIOR EXTENSION WORK 



A. B. Doggett, Jr. 

 E. J. Burke 

 W. R. Hart 

 Ralph Waterhouse 

 H. C. Barton 

 E. W. Goodhue 



Cummington 



Hadley 



Amherst 



Amherst 



So. Amherst 



Haydenville 



HOME ECONOMICS 



Mrs. Josiah Parsons 

 Mrs. B. B. Hinckley 

 Mrs. Elizabeth Perkins 

 Mrs. W. R. Hart 

 Mrs. G. L. Munn 

 Mrs. E. C. Searle 

 Mrs. Thaddeus Graves 

 Mrs. C. W. Ball 



Northampton 

 Northampton 

 Northampton 



Amherst 

 Easthampton 

 Southampton 



Hatfield 

 Granby 



$1,000 Balance 



The annual meeting of the Farm Bu- 

 reau revealed an unu.sual fact. Treas- 

 urer Mandell's report showing a balance 

 on hand of $1,000, was the most en- 

 couraging in the existence of the Bureau. 



The prevalence of the influenza pre- 

 vented many from attending, but those 

 who were present were inspired by the 

 size of the jobs the Farm Bureau under- 

 took this year in assisting the people of 

 the county in their war programs. 



Director Hurd outlined the organ- 

 ization of the Farm bureau under the 

 new law. Dr. T. N. Carver of Harvard 

 gave some very logical arguments in 

 favor of a return to the freedom of the 

 open market instead of continued price 

 fixing. A new feature of the program 

 was the appearance of a pig and canning 

 club members who told of their work 

 the past season. Needless to say, their 

 remarks were greatly relished. 



County committees to assist and ad- 

 vise the agents were elected as follows: 



County Commissioners Favor Bureau 



The County Commissioners, speaking 

 at dinner at the annual meeting, laid 

 great stress on the importance of the 

 Farm Bureau. 



The Commissioners are firmly of the 

 opinion that county funds appiopriated 

 for the Farm Bureau have done more 

 real good than any other county expendi- 

 tures. This is an argument for citizens 

 of the county to consider carefully. 



Each year the County appropriation 

 for the Bureau has been increased. The 

 time will be coming shortly when each 

 town will be asked to appropriate its 

 share for Farm Bureau work. The 

 1918 record of town appropriations con- 

 firms the belief of the commissioners and 

 the undivided financial support by towns 

 for 1919 is one of the most convincing 

 methods citizens of the county can em- 

 ploy to sustain the verdict of the county 

 government and express a similar opin- 

 ion for themselves. 



COUNTY COMMITTEE 

 M. D. Griffin 

 Fred Montague 

 Josiah Parsons 

 Oscar Belden 

 Fred Pelissier 

 W. H. Atkins 

 Peter Hanifin 



IN AGRICULTURE 



Ware 



Westhampton 



Northampton 



Hatfield 



Hadley 



Amherst 



Belchertown 



Town Organizations 



Many towns in Hampshire County 

 have started mapping out their towns for 

 agriculture, home economics and boys' 

 and girls' work for 1919. The people 

 fully realize that the prosperity of their 

 towns depends on the development of 

 their agriculture and pleasant home sur- 

 roundings. At the community meeting 

 where the difi'erent topics are discussed, 

 leaders in these three branches are elect- 

 ed. The people will look to these leaders 

 to bring to their communities all the as- 

 sistance and advantages possible, beside 

 making use of all the local energy and 

 material available. 



In Chesterfield, the agricultural leader, 

 Mr. H. L. Merritt, is also the master of 

 the Grange — an ideal combination that 

 works for the benefit of the town and the 

 support of the Grange. 

 There are still a few towns in the County 

 which have not arranged for a communi- 

 ty meeting to consider their town prob- 

 lems. If your town is one, find out why 

 and get the ball a rolling. 



County Items 



At the Ira club meeting in Easthamp- 

 ton, the Home Demonstration Agent lec- 

 tured on Labor Saving. One woman 

 finds it a great economy to keep bits of 

 paraffin in an old tea pot; thus, it can 

 bs easily melted and poured when de- 

 sired. 



Several women in Cummington came 

 together for a meat canning demonstra- 

 tion. The canning of all kinds of meats, 

 raw or cooked, should help solve many 

 problems in the hill towns. 



The junior club leader and the Home 

 Demonstration Agent have visited sev- 

 eral leaders and club members to en- 

 courage fulfilling the canning club re- 

 quirements. Those who have not writ- 

 ten their stories should send them in at 

 once. 



Are you going to support a Junior 

 Home Economics Club, to teach cooking 

 and sewing to the children in your town 

 this winter? 



CLUB PRIZES 



The county has 11 winners of State 

 prizes. Three of these were first prizes 

 out of a possible eight in the whole state. 

 When it is realized that these 3 first priz- 

 es came to Hampshire County people who 

 were in competition with about 6,.500 

 others, there value and significance will 

 be appreciated. 



The complete 1917 prize list is as fol- 

 lows : 



Pig Project: 1st. Mary White, Hadley 

 4th. Willard Pease Mid- 



dlefield 

 Sidney Sears, Lithia 

 Frank Kowal, Hadley 

 Poultry Project: 4th. Kenfred Root, 



Easthampton 

 Corn: Ists Roger John.son, Hadley 

 John Devine, Hadley 

 3rd Mae Devine, Hadley 

 Bread Project: 1st. Eleanor Sprague, 



Amherst 

 Canning: 3rd. Evelyn Streeter, Cum- 

 mington. 



1918 COUNTY PRIZES 



The county prize in 1918 Home Econ- 

 omics contest have been awarded as fol- 

 lows: 



Bread Project: Leslie Kelly, Amherst 1 

 Louise Talbot, Ware 2 

 Sewing Project: Mary Yarrows, Had- 

 ley 1 

 Grace Dillon, Ware 2 



The people of Prescott held a Com- 

 munity Thanksgiving dinner at the 

 Grange Hall. One hundred and thirty 

 people attended the gathering — an ex- 

 cellent manifestation of community 

 spirit. 



