HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY 



UP-TO-DATE FERTILIZERS 



FOR 



UP-TO-DATE FARMERS 



Are you a business farmer? Do you 

 buy simply "Farmers' Delight" or do 

 you purchase units of plant food ? Now 

 that the war is ended we can offer for 

 the first time in quantity two high-grade 

 fertilizers : 



AMMO-PHOS 



10.7 '/c Nitrogen (13 9'c Ammonia) 



47 '!• Available Phosphoric Acid 



Think of a " 13-47 " — sixty units of 

 plant food in one ton ! This phosphate 

 of ammonia is a nearly pure chemical 

 with its nitrogen in the form of ammonia 

 and its phosphoric acid mostly soluble in 

 water. Ammo-Phos is endorsed by expe- 

 riment stations and agricultural scientists 

 everywhere. It is especially suited for 

 use alone for pushing peas and beans and 

 for grains, or in conjunction with manure 

 of tankage for general crops. 



AMMO-PHOS AND 



TANKAGE MIXTURE 



10 '/c Nitrogen (12'; Ammonia) 



25 % Available Phosphoric Acid 



Approximately one-half of the nitrogen 

 is mineral and one-half organic, phosphoric 

 acid mostly water soluble. 



These fertilizers leave no objectionable 

 salines in the soil, are non-caustic, clean, 

 fine-ground, dry, and are packed in 100-lb. 

 bags. Prices extremely low, analysis con- 

 sidered. Potash furnished if desired. 



We are also offering a full line of all 

 fertilizer materials. Write us for prices 

 and formula suggestions for 1919. 



A. W. HIGGINS 



SOUTH DEERFIELD, MASS. 



T.'lt-i>li..ii.- South D.-t-rfl.-ld 141] 



or E. S. RUSSELL, South Hadley, Mass. 



Tel<?]>bone Northampton ItJlfi 



Conchli-led from i)a^(- 1 



The first food a family should buy is 

 MILK, and THE LAST FOOD to be dispensed 

 with is MILK. It is not the only food, but 

 it is the most important food. It is indis- 

 pensable for children, and, within reason- 

 able limits, economical and desirable in the 

 food ration of adults. 



— Dairy Bureau of Massachusetts 

 State Board of Agricidture. 



NORTHAMPTON 



COMMERCIAL 



COLLEGE 



THE SCHOOL OF THOROUGHNESS" 



111 se.'isioii twelve nioiitlis in 

 the year. Students admitted 

 at any time and graduated 

 wlien (-(impetent. 



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. 



Couchided from pa^e I 

 well. Some of the thin stands were due 

 to planting the beans too deep and some 

 to a failure to plant enough beans. It was 

 observed that the soy beans did not do so 

 well with tall, late maturing varieties of 

 corn nor with corn planted very thick. 



The farmers who grew soy beans for 

 silage in 1918 were pleased with the crop 

 and will grow soy beans again in 1919. 

 When put in the silo the silage containing 

 soy beans was separated from the corn 

 alone so that the farmer would knew defi- 

 nitely when he began feeding it. The 

 farmers visited recently had not fed 

 enough of the corn and soy beans to make 

 a report, but the cows liked the mixed 

 silage better than straight corn silage. 



Results to be Expected. — Soy bean 

 and corn silage is more palatable than corn 

 silage alone and contains more digestible 

 protein. A richer silage is produced at the 

 extra cost of the bean seed and with a 

 little extra labor in harvesting the crop. 

 Increased yields as compared with corn 

 alone cannot be expected. Our observa- 

 tions did not indicate that the corn was 

 smaller where the soy beans were grown 

 and experiments in New York indicated 

 that the yield of corn and soy beans was 

 about the same as that of corn alone. 

 Fertilization, cultivation, etc., is the same 

 as for corn alone. 



Practice in Other Parts of the 

 State. — This practice has been develeped 

 in other parts of the state more than it 

 has in Hampshire County and more espe- 

 cially in Berkshire and Bristol Counties. 

 There are farmers who have grown soy 

 beans and corn together for 10 years and 

 the practice had spread to considerable 

 extent before being taken up by the Farm 

 Bureau. It can, therefore, be said to be 

 a satisfactory practice and one that is 

 being adopted more by farmers every 

 year. A large majority of the men who 

 grow soy beans for silage grow the beans 

 and corn together, as this reduces the labor 

 cost of growing silage as compared with 

 growing soy beans alone. Mixtures vary, 

 but probably the most common mixture is 

 three quarts of beans to five quarts of 

 corn. Our observations lead us to recom- 

 mend that not over twelve quarts of corn 

 be planted per acre. 



Mr. U. F. LeDuc, Town Club Leader in 

 Chesterfield, is making plans for the sea- 

 son's work with the young people. 



COBURN & GRAVES 



The REXALL Store 



Tel. 200 . . Northampton, Mass. 



BISSELL'S TIRE SHOP 



NOUTHAMPTOX, MAS.S. 



Miller, Qoodyear, and U. S. Tires 



Tires and Tubes 



Vulcanized by Steam 



QOODYEAR SERVICE STATION 



FKKE AIR 



66 KING STREET 



Tel. 1293-M 



FARMERS' WEEK 



at Mass. Agricultural College 



March 17 to 20 



Remember and save those dates 



H. D. SMITH 



Hatfield, Mass. 



GRAIN, COAL, ICE 



AND 



FARM MACHINERY 



