6 HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY 



Wiswell the Druggist 



82 Main Street 



THE KODAK STORE 



VETERINARY REMEDIES 

 Daniels', Lesure's, Barber's 



STABLE DISINFECTANTS 



SAMUKL D- HOWARD WH.LIAM N. HOWAUD 



D. F. Howard & Sons 



Wholesale and Retail Dealers in 



FLOUR, MEAL, GRAIN 

 FEED, PRESSED HAY 

 STRAW AND 



POULTRY SUPPLIES 



Fords oiv 



90 East Street, 



Ware, Mass. 



Klevator on H. & A. K. K. 

 Loiisr Distance Telephone 



GAZETTE PRINTING CO. 

 MERCANTILE PRINTERS 

 NORTHAMPTON, MASS. 



FOR THE SPRING WORK 



Here is Henry Ford's world-wide gift to civilization, which 

 has won the all-England championship prize at the demon- 

 stratiftii given at Lincolnshire, EnglancL May 9, 1918. It is 

 one of the principal factors in winning this great war in 

 helping in the production of food. Every farmer should own 

 one of these machines. 



For Circulars, Catalogs, Etc., Etc. 

 CHASE MOTOR SALES COMPANY 



Distributors for Western Massachusetts 



303 MAIN STKKKT NORTHAMPTON, MASS." 



We have a fine line of Overalls, 

 Khaki Trousers, Canvas or Leather 

 Qloves, Work Shirts, Heavy Hose, 

 and in fact everything in the line of 

 work clothes that is durable and 

 will stand the gaff. 



R. F. ARMSTRONG & SON 



80 MAIN STREET, NORTHAMPTON, MASS. 



Concluded from page 1 

 begin to pay a profit until about the 

 tenth year, but under the system of crop- 

 ping which has been practised in this or- 

 chard and under the system of manage- 

 ment which has brought the trees into 

 bearing early the blocK has shown a profit 

 for every year except two, since it was 

 planted. 



The net profit or loss, and the inter- 

 crops used, are shown in the following 

 table : 



CROPS 

 1910 — strawberries, potatoes, corn. 

 911 — strawberries, potatoes, squash, cab- 

 bage, turnips. 1912 — strawberries, po- 

 tatoes, squash, cabbage. 191.3 — straw- 

 berries, potatoes. 1914 — strawberries, po- 

 tatoes. 1915 — potatoes, turnips. 1916 — 

 none. 1917 — none. 1918 — none. 



PROFIT 



1910— $137..50. 1911— $140.18. 1912— 

 $1.52.23. 1913— $86.02. 1914— $69.50. 

 1916— $72.73. 1918— $551.05. 



LOSS. 



1915— $27.15. 1917— $24.77. 



It will be seen that some crops were 

 grown among the trees up to 1916 and 

 that the total profits from the block have 

 been $1,208.96 for the nine years, the to- 

 tal loss only 51.92 or a net profit of 

 $1,157.04. 



The system of cultivation has been to 

 plow the land as early in the spring as 

 the soil was in good condition. That part 

 of it which was planted to some crop was 

 of course, cultivated in the way best 

 suited to the particular crop, but a strip 

 of land was always reserved along each 

 tree row which was Handled strictly in 

 the interests of the trees. This strip has 

 been cultivated thoroughly up to about 

 -July 1 and then seeded down to some 

 cover crop, which was allowed to remain 

 on the land until the following spring 

 when it was plowed under. 



There have been only two serious 

 "casualties" in the orchard. One of these 

 is a block of 73 Mcintosh trees which 

 since they came into bearing have every 

 year persisted in bearing mammoth Black 

 Twig apples! This latter variety may 

 be good enough in Berlin, Maryland 

 where the nur.sery firm is located that 

 sold the College the trees, but is not sat- 

 isfactory for Massachusetts. The other 

 casualty was the loss of 60 fine Baldwin 

 trees from the severe winter of 1917- 

 18. But even with these losses the rec- 

 ord is remarkably satisfactory and it 

 bids fair to be more and more so. The 

 net profit of $551.05 for last year would 

 be a very fair one from a mature bear- 

 ing orchard, but for four acres of 9-year 

 old trees it is certainly very unusual. 

 —F. G. Sears, M. A. C. 



