HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY 



FARM BUREAU MONTHLY 



PUBLISHED BY THE 



Hampshire County Farm Bureau 



A. F. MacIJoiisall, Cownty Agent 

 Helen A. Harriuiaii, Home I>em. A^cnt 

 C. H. Gouia. Boys' and Girls' Club Lender 



Office First National Bank Building 



Northampton, Mass. 



Entered as second class matter Nov. 9. 1915, 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. 25 cents a year 



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 



His Epitaph ! 



Soon we will eliminate the fellow who 

 sits back and says, "I got my schooling 

 there and I guess it is good enough for 

 my children." Through legislation, school 

 officers' meetings and farmers' organiza- 

 tions we have been preparing for his 

 funeral. 



His more progressive neighbors are 

 soon going to erect to his memory a mon- 

 ument upon which will be inscribed this 

 epitaph : 



"Here lies Silas Jones who was an 

 honest, hard working, tax-fearing, non- 

 progressive citizen of this rural com- 

 munity, looking upon his children and 

 our children as so much commercial val- 

 ue, but he had the wrong view-point so 

 we have interred him here to prevent 

 further contamination of the community. 



"May he wake up in heaven with less 

 money and a vision broad enough to look 

 beyond the 'good enough of the past' to a 

 community giving the same advantages 

 to rural boys and girls as is offered to 

 the city boys and girls." 



W. L. Coffey, 



Banker Farmer 



Don't Forget the Qarden 



Don't forget to include the home gar- 

 den as one of your main lines of work 

 the coming season. If you have not al- 

 ready made your plans for a garden do 

 so at once. Select, fertilize, and prepare 

 your ground as soon as possible. The 

 seed supply should also be looked after 

 and ordered at the earliest possible date, 

 in order to prevent disappointments and 

 delays in planting. See that the garden 

 includes a good variety of vegetables, and 

 also plant it so that it will continue to 

 work for you and supply your table with 

 fresh vegetables throughout the entire 

 summer and fall. Too many gardens 

 are abandoned after the first crop of 

 vegetables is harvested in the spring. 



The article on page one on pasture 

 conditions in Middlefield was read by Mr. 

 Arthur Pea.se before the Middlefield 

 Grange. Mr. Pease sets forth a condi- 

 tion that can be found on nearly every 

 farm in our hill towns. We would be 

 pleased to receive reports from farms 

 who have been succeeded in maintaining 

 their pastures so that their experiences 

 could be told for the benefit of others. 



The resignation of Professor W. D. 

 Hurd as director of the Extension Ser- 

 vice and County Agent Leader is met 

 with a deep feeling of regret among the 

 people of Hampshire County. Professor 

 Hurd has been a friend indeed to us and 

 his ten years at the college have meant 

 a big help in our agricultural develop- 

 ment and better appreciation of our 

 State College. We wish him success and 

 happiness in his new field. 



A question has come up in regard to 

 the acreage of potatoes in Aroostook 

 County for next year. The county agent 

 of Aroostook County states that there is 

 no truth in the statement that they will 

 grow no more potatoes until a minimum 

 price is guaranteed or until the price of 

 fertilizer is reduced. 



He expects, however, a considerable 

 drop in the acreage in 1919 because of 

 the high price of fertilizer and because 

 the market outlook is not promising for 

 next fall and winter. 



At the County Meeting of directors 

 and project leaders, held in Northampton, 

 March 11, eighteen towns were repre- 

 sented and three of the towns not pres- 

 ent sent telephone messages, expressing 

 their regrets at not being present. 



It was the most representative agri- 

 cultural meeting ever held in Hampshire 

 County. All pre.sent felt the need of 

 closer cooperation between the towns in 

 promoting our county intei-ests. The 

 spirit of the meeting and the attitude of 

 I those present toward town and county 

 I projects proved, beyond question, that the 

 ' people of our county are not only striv- 

 ing to improve their farms and their 

 homes, but along with it, they are mak- 

 j ing better communities. 



Don't Tell Anyone We Told 

 You— But: 



M. D. Griffin. Ware, says that six 

 quarts of soy beans planted in an acre of 

 silage corn will increase the feeding val- 

 ue of the .'^ilage at least $1.00 per ton. 



Howard Johnson, Worthington, believes 

 that in figuring out the farm income, the 

 cream check is not the only source to 

 count on. Mr. Johnson had 1,500 pounds 

 of pork to sell last fall which made a 

 good way of marketing his skim milk. 



WTiy buy meat from the west when it 

 can be grown at home? Mr. W. M. 

 Waugh, Pre.scott, believes in patronizing 

 home products. The last time we wei-e 

 in his yard, he was just dressing off 

 about 800 pounds of beef. 



Do our directors believe in the Farm 

 Bureau? Ask John Dalrymple of Plain- 

 field who had to leave home at 1.00 a. m. 

 in order to reach town with his load of 

 produce in time to attend the County 

 Meeting; or Howard Johnson of Worth- 

 ington who did chores till 10 o'clock the 

 night he returned in order to attend the 

 same meeting. 



Mrs. Federal Bridgman sent in an 

 order through the Farm Bureau for 

 eleven toothbrushes so that the children 

 in her section of Westhampton may learn 

 the proper care of their teeth. 



Farmers desiring spring rye seed 

 should get in touch with W. H. Atkins, 

 Amher.st, Mass., Tel. 526-M. 



Ware farmers have had a rather un- 

 successful Farmers' Club for the last 

 three or four years. They have now or- 

 ganized and with the help of the ladies 

 and suggestions from a neighboring club 

 in Easthampton, they plan to make up 

 for lost time. Seventy-five people at- 

 tended their last meeting. 



During "Milk Week" in Northampton, 

 many consumers appreciated receiving 

 leaflets on the value of milk, but one 

 consumer at least, thought the "real 

 stuff" was more valuable to him, as 

 shown by his letter below: 



"I put out $1.50 Sunday a. m. and you 

 took out two (2) tickets, and left only 

 one quart of mlk. Either your Alarm 

 Clock don't work ju.st right, or you want 

 pay for this little Milk paper for 1918, 

 which I don't think worth the price of a 

 qt. of milk, so please give me one qt. of 

 milk this A. M. and take your little 

 paper." 



Alsike Clover Preferable to Red Clover 



This is a time to emphasize the merits 

 and value of alsike clover. Quotations 

 show that seed ccsts from $7,50 to $9,00 

 per bushel less than red clover. 



