HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY 

 HAMPSHIRE: COUNTY CLUB WORK 



U. S. D. A. TO PRESENT OPEN CLUB MEETINGS | TOWN LEADERS BUCKLE 



CLUB CHARTERS] WITH SONG DOWN TO WORK 



County Leader Requests Department 

 to Honor Local Clubs 



The County Leader has requested the 

 United States Department of Agricul- 

 ture, through Prof. Farley, to furnish 

 several local clubs with Standard Club 

 Charters. These charters are nicely de- 

 signed certificates, and will be signed by 

 Secretary Houston and others. 



Every club meeting the following re- 

 quirements, is entitled to such a docu- 

 ment. 



1. Have a membership of at least five. 



2. Have a local club leader. 



3. Have local club organization. 



4. Have definite program of work. 

 It is hoped the following clubs will be 



honored : 



Goshen Hom.e Economics Club. 



Victory Sewing Circle of Westhampton. 



Southampton Home Economics Club. 



Busy Bee Home Economics Club of 

 Enfield. 



Busy Bee Home Economics Club of 

 South Amherst. 



Ware Home Economics Club. 



Blue Meadow Home Economics Club 

 of Belchertown. 



Greenwich Plains Home Economics 

 Club. 



Hadley Poultry Club. 



South Worthington Club also Has a 

 Shout 



The South Worthington Home Eco- 

 nomics Club has adopted a club song, 

 and sings it at the beginning of every 

 club meeting. The song is sung to the 

 tune of Old Black Joe and originated 

 with one of the leaders. 



This club also closes its meetings with 

 a vociferous rendering of the following 

 club shout: 



Who are we? Who are we? 



We are the members of the H. E. C. 



Zip boom bah! Zip boom bah! 



Home Economics Club, Rah, Rah, Rah. 



DON'T ATTEMPT TO SELL 



THE RUNTS IN YOUR HERD 



You Will Hurt Your Reputation and 

 Future Market by So Doing 



No breeder or club member should at- 

 tempt to sell the runts and inferior pigs 

 from his herd. For he who does such 

 is injuring the reputation of the breed, 

 his herd, himself, and creating prejudice 

 against pure-breds. Cull your herds 

 closely, and select only desirable ones for 

 sale. Select for type, weight, age proli- 

 ficness, and color. Don't be afraid of 

 culling out your sale stock too close, for 

 upon the selection of good individuals de- 

 pends your future market. 



Hadley Boys to take in Farmers' Week 



The boys in the "Ag" Department of 

 Hopkins Academy are planning an ex- 

 cursion to M. A. C. during Farmers' 

 Week. They plan to look over the sheep, 

 swine, and cattle, and take notes on as 

 many lectures and demonstrations as pos- 

 sible. 



This is an excellent and worth-while 

 plan, and it goes without saying that 

 the boys will make a day of it. 



South Worthington Club Song 



(Time of Old Black Joe) 



Gone are the days when our work went 



hard and slow, 

 Gone are the days when we could not 



cook or sew, 

 We've learned to work with a light good 



will you see, 

 For we are all good membei-s of the 



H. E. C. 

 Chorus: — We love it, we love it, 



'Tis fun for us you see, 

 For we are all good members 

 of the H. E. C. 

 We've learned to make our stitches small 



and neat, 

 Patches are true and darns won't hurt 



the feet, 

 Bread we can make and cake and cookies, 



too. 

 Oh! you would be surprised to know 



what we can do. 



Determined That Club Work Shall be 

 Well Done 



Every town in the county that has a 

 Town Club Leader has got some plan to 

 work on for the coming year. With but 

 few exceptions, Prof. Farley has con- 

 ferred with every leader and has thor- 

 oughly inoculated them with the spirit 

 of club work. Several towns have 

 booked Mr. Farley for return engage- 

 ment, notably, Prescott, Ware, South 

 Hadley, Worthington, Middlefield and 

 Belchertown. 



Prof. Farley will come to the County 

 next time with sufficient ammunition to 

 combat several erroneous ideas of club 

 work. Chief among the doomed fallacies 

 are the "Boy's Pig but Dad's Hog," — 

 method of depopulating farms; the "Oh 

 He'll Never Amount to Anything, He's 

 a State Boy," — system of repressing 

 youth; the "She's Always in The Way, I 

 Can't Be Bothered With Her In The 

 Kitchen," — process of benumbing the 

 housewives' art; the "He's So Lazy He 

 Ain't Worth His Salt," — method of cre- 

 ating town loafers and cracker box poli- 

 ticians. 



He also will have plenty of encourage- 

 ment, for Prof. Farley is such an opti- 

 mist, that even professional cold water 

 artists can't dampen the spirit that is 

 working day and night for the young 

 people of this State. 



Noah was 600 years old before he 

 learned to build the Ark. Don't lose 

 your grip 



BELCHERTOWN HEARS MORE 



ABOUT CLUB WORK 



Young Men's Club Qets New Conception 

 of its Relation to Community 



Prof. Farley and the County Leader 

 assisted J. E. Raynolds, County Y. M. C. 

 A. Secretary, in organizing a young 

 men's club in Belchertown last month. 

 The Belchertown people desiied the 

 Y. M. C. A. to lend a hand in organiz- 

 ing the young men. The Farm Bureau 

 was asked to show how the boys could 

 work for the interests of Belchertown, 

 along agricultural lines. 



Prof. Farley gave a very clear concep- 

 tion of the relation of club work to such 

 a group, and to the community. Prof. 

 Farley and the County Leader have been 

 asked to attend the next meeting of the 

 club and show the motion pictures of the 

 Pig Club work. 



HATCHING CHICKS ON 



FEBRUARY 18 



Chesterfield Boy Qets Them Off Early 



Thirteen husky chicks hatched Febru- 

 ary 18 is the record of Franklin Clark, a 

 Poultry Club member. When Mr. Farley 

 and the County Leader called to visit his 

 project, this brood was proudly exhibited. 



Young Clark is an enthusiastic Poul- 

 try Club Member. He designed and 

 built his own poultry house, and has a 

 flock of White Leghorns entered in the 

 winter Egg Laying Contest, which gives 

 piomise of putting him in the front rank 

 with a good record. 



HADLEY AND LEEDS BOYS 



WIN PRIZES 



Roger Johnson of Hadley and Howard 

 Cranston of Leeds have been picked as 

 first and second winners in the County 

 Corn Contest. 



Henry Koko.ski, North Hadley and 

 Frank Bilski, Hadley, won similar honors 

 1 in the Potato Contest. 



