HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY 



A. W. HIGGINS 



SOUTH DEERFIELD, MASS. 



FERTILIZERS AND 

 FERTILIZER MATERIALS 



Telephone South Deerfteld UO 



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



Telephone Northampton 1616 



Mr. Frank Miller, Jr., of 

 Southampton has a three= 

 year=old registered liolstein 

 Bull for sale. 



Price reasonable. 



NORTHAMPTON 



COMMERCIAL 



COLLEGE 



THE SCHOOL OF THOROUGHNESS" 



In session twelve month? in 

 tlie year. Students adinitted 

 at any time and graduated 

 when competent. 



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. 



CONTEST IN RAISING 



GRADE HEIFERS 



To encourage the rearing of grade 

 heifers from good milking strains of 

 dairy animals the State Department of 

 Agriculture offers for best heifers sired 

 by pure-bred Ayrshire, Guernsey, Hol- 

 ;tein-Friesian, Jersey or Dairy Shorthorn 

 bulls, and from high producing grade 

 dams of any breed, heifers born between 

 August 1, 1918, and .July 31, 1919, in- 

 clusive, prizes aggregating $2. 500. 



RULES. 



1. These prizes are open for contest 

 only for animals owned by practical dairy 

 farmers who superintend their own 

 dairies and gain their principal livelihood 

 from their farm, and for animals owned 

 by wives, sons, or unmarried daughters, 

 of such eligible farmers, provided their 

 animals are kept upon said farm and the 

 owners live upon said farm and are main- 

 ly dependent on the farm for a liveli- 

 hood. 



2. All heifers eligible for entry must 

 have been sired by pure-bred bulls which 

 are either registered or eligible for reg- 

 istry. Satisfactory proof must be fur- 

 nished in each instance. In case of reg- 

 istered bulls the certificate of registry 

 will be accepted. In case of pure-bred 

 bulls eligible for registry satisfactoy affi- 

 davits must be filed at the time of entry. 



3. All animals must have been bred 

 and raised by the e.xhibitor. 



4. No animal will be eligible in more 

 than one class. 



.5. All entries must be made on or be- 

 fore July 31, 1919. 



6. The animals will be examined by 

 the judge either at the farm of the ex- 

 hibitor or at such other place as may be 

 determined upon by the Dairy Division of 

 the State Department of Agriculture. 



7. Animals will be judged by a com- 

 petent expert and the decision of the 

 judge shall be final. 



8. No prize shall be allowed for un- 

 meritorious animals. 



9. The right to reject or cancel any 

 and all entries is reserved. 



10. Results will be announced as soon 

 as possible after the close of the contest. 



11. A certificate of award will ac- 

 company each cash prize. 



For entry blanks apply to P. M. Har- 

 wood. Dairy Division, 136 State House, 

 Boston, Mass., or to Farm Bureau Office. 



"Neurasthenia," said Mrs. Eiggums 

 to her cook, "I think we will have some 

 chicken croquettes today out of that 

 left over pork and calves' liver." 



"Yes'm," "An' we got a little bread 

 dressin' what went wid the pork, mum. 

 Shall I make apple sauce out'n hit, 

 mum?" 



COBURN & GRAVES 



The REXALL Store 



Tel. 200 , . Northampton, Mass. 



BISSELL'S TIRE SHOP 



NOKTHAMPTON, MASS. 



Miller, Goodyear, and U. S. Tires 



Tires and Tubes 



Vulcanized by Steam 



QOODYEAR SERVICE STATION 



FREE AIR 



66 KING STREET 



Tel. 1293-M 



WATCH 



THIS 



SPACE 



H. D. SMITH 



Hatfield, Mass. 



GRAIN, COAL, ICE 



AND 



FARM MACHINERY 



