HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY 



BOYS' AND GIRLS' NA/ORK 



CHAULKS H. GODLW, Leader 



Pig Club Members 



KEEPING CLUB RECORDS 

 AN ENFIELD PROJECT 



The picture on this page shows two 

 Enfield boys, Frank and George Ingra- 

 hani, keeping records on their pig club 

 project. 



When the County Leader and Mr. 

 Howe of the State College called last 

 summer, they found the best pig project 

 in Enfield. 



Every club member has to keep a 

 record of the feed given his pig. These 

 boys had their records up to date. They 

 made the pen shown in the picture them- 

 selves. 



Fine Pig Club and Canning Club Films 



The State College has two fine motion 

 picture films showing pig club work and 

 the manufacture of Good Luck Rubber 

 rings. It is hoped that these films can 

 be shown extensively in Hampshire 

 County. 



Any party desiring these films at a 

 community gathering should notify the 

 County Leader a week or two in advance. 

 In communities where no electricity is 

 available, storage batteries may be used, 

 so no community need forego this ex- 

 cellent entertainment because of lack of 

 electricity. 



Sow and Litter Members 



Milton Patterson, Amherst 



Winthrop Kellog, Amherst 



Ellsworth Jenks, Amher.st 



Louis Osborne, Enfield 



Roy Packard, Goshen 



Freddie Field, Goshen 



Charles Sears, Goshen 



Luther Beals, Goshen 



Raymond Vollinger, North Farms 



Berkshires and Chester Whites are 

 the breeds being used. Roy Packard of 

 Goshen will probably have the only litter 

 of pure bred Berkshires. 



Pals 



We're sure good pals, my dad and me. 

 We hardly ever disagree, 



On how to run the place, 

 'n when I get to be a man, 

 I'll have a farm like dad, and plan. 



To beat his pace. 

 You see, we're pardners, me and dad, 

 And though he says I'm just a lad, 



He don't treat me as one; 

 He lets me in on his affairs, 

 I'll bet the city millionaires 



Don't have more fun. 

 He gave to me a calf and pig. 

 And later on, when they get big, 



I'll take them in to sell, 

 And with the money that they bring, 

 I'll maybe buy out dad next spring, 



It's hard to tell. 

 -Just why a feller likes to roam 

 And leave the farm, his folks and home. 



Is easy to be seen; 

 He ain't a pard, — he's just a hand. 

 And has to work to beat the band — 



A farm machine. — Selected. 



Push Swine from the Start 



Spring pigs should be pushed from the 

 start. Young animals make more pounds 

 of grain from a given amount of food 

 than when older. The Wisconsin station 

 found that 38-pound pigs required 293 

 pounds of feed to make 100 pounds of 

 gain; 78-pound pigs required 400 pounds 

 of feed; 128-pound hogs, 437 pounds of 

 feed ; 226-pound pigs, 498 pounds, and 

 for the 330-pound hogs it took 535 

 pounds of food to make 100 pounds of 

 gain, nearly twice as much as the 38- 

 pound pig. This emphasizes the im- 

 portance of pushing the hogs from the 

 start. Pigs farrowed in April should 

 weigh from 200 to 250 pounds by No- 

 vember 1st. 



Some Truth in This 



"I have always been interested in pigs. 

 When the opportunity came to raise one 

 in the Boys' and Girls' Club, I jumped 

 at the chance. 



I obtained a full blood registered, 

 Berkshire. My Pig's name is Hill Top 

 Queen. 



Soon after I got her my father and I 

 took a bransack and weighed her. We 

 had a hard job, however. She would 

 run from one corner to the other: finally 

 we caught her. 



She weighed twenty-one pounds. I 

 fed my pig three times a day. I always 

 scald my grain before giving it to the 

 pig. It agrees with her better. Green 

 feed and pasture is also necessary. 



I took my pig to the Cummington Fair. 

 I won first prize on my breeding sow. 



I learned many things since I started 

 to raise pigs. One thing in particular, 

 was, that pigs with slender legs are not 

 as good as pigs with stout legs. Well 

 bred pigs are better than scrubs, because 

 they have broad backs and stout legs. 



Pigs are the neatest animal living. I 

 wonder if we all realize it? 



Pigs must be treated kindly and fed 

 regularly. 



I have made up my mind that the Pig 

 Club is of great help to young farmers. 



I plan to join it this fall with a sow 

 and litter, next spring with a new Pig." 



— Roji H Packard, Goshen, Age 11. 



Banner Canning Clubs 



The Agricultural College has awarded 

 handsome felt banners to canning clubs 

 of Goshen, Westhampton, and South 

 Hadley. 



These clubs are the only ones in the 

 Country that had six or more members 

 complete all club requirements. Much of 

 the success of these clubs is attributable 

 to the consistant efl'ort of the leaders. 

 Mrs. A. W. Bailey led the club in South 

 Hadley, Mrs. H. H. Bissell in Goshen, 

 and Mrs. Federal Bridgman and Miss 

 Louise Clapp in Westhampton. 



Local Town Leaders 



Town leaders to work with the County 

 Leader in organizing club work in their 

 towns have recently been elected in 

 Middlefield, Chesterfield and Prescott. 



These leaders were elected by their fel- 

 low citizens and are members of the 

 local Farm Bureau committee. E. H. 

 Alderman was elected in Middlefield, U. 

 F. LeDuc in Chesterfield, and Mr. La- 

 Plante in Prescott. The County Leader 

 expects to formulate definite plans with 

 these people for the organization of club 

 work in their towns. 



