HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY 



FARM BUREAU MONTHLY 



PUBLISHED BY THE 



Hampshire County Farm Bureau 



A. F. Mat'Dousall. Comity Agent 

 Helen A. Harrinian. Hfiiue Deiu. Ai:ent 

 C. H. Gonlil, Boys' and Girls' Club Leader 



Office First National Bank Building 



Northampton, Mass. 



Entered as second class matter Nov. 9. 1915. at the 

 Post Office at Nortbampton, Massachusetts, under 

 the Act of March 8. 1879. 



"Notice of Kntry " 



"Acceptance for mailing at special rate of post- 

 age provided for in section 1108. Act of October 3, 

 1917. Authorized October 31, 1917." 



Price, 25 eents 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, Cunimington 

 Mrs. Clifton Johnson, Hadley 

 Warren M. King, Northampton 

 Leslie R. Smith, Hadley 

 John A. Sullivan, Northampton 



1918 ONION CROP REPORT 



Record Crop but Large Shrinkage in 

 Storage Market Shipments for 1918 



Onion shipments were recorded by W. 

 L. Machmer, Distiict Market Agent and 

 later by the Hamp.shire County Farm 

 Bureau, so that the growers and .shippers 

 could have monthly reports on all ship- 

 ments made. The season's summary is 

 given below by months and by stations. 



GET READY FOR 



AGRICULTURAL FAIRS 



Plan on making at least one e.xhibit at 

 your agricultural fair. Every farmer's 

 wife, son, and daughter, as well as the 

 farmer himself, should start now prepar- 

 ing for their exhibit next fall. Pick out 

 the calf, pig, colt, potato field, or what- 

 ever it may be, and start now to pu.sh 

 the crop along or to keep the animal in 

 the best of condition. Only by compari- 

 .=on in the showing or at the exhibition 

 hall, can one see to the best advantage, 

 the good or poor points in the crop or 

 animal grown. Help make your fair an 

 educational institution for yourself as 

 well as to your community and this can 

 best be done by your taking an active 

 part in exhibitions and displays. 



Don't Tell Anyone We Told 

 You But: 



Mr. Joseph W. Bates, Huntington, re- 

 ports that from his grade Shropshire 

 flock of 13 sheep, three and four-year 

 olds, he has had this season nine sets of 

 twins and one of triplets. From his Jl 

 yearling, he also got seven lambs. The 

 ewes that had single lambs, have lambs 

 weighing over .50 lbs. each. The entire 

 flock sheared 240 pounds of wool. Who 

 has a record to equal this? A flock of 

 this kind would certainly be an asset to 

 any farm. 



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Devil's paint brush can be driven out 

 of our permanent mowings, so it is re- 

 ported from certain parts of New York 

 State by topdressing with lime and acid 

 phosphate. Two demonstrations of this 

 kind are being tried in Hampshire 

 County this year, one in Plainfield on the 

 farm of John Dalrymple and the other 

 on Ira Jones' place at Worthington Cor- 

 ners. Those farmers in the western part 

 of the county who are troubled with this 

 weed .should watch the.se demonstrations 

 with interest. 



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Several farmers of the county availed 

 themselves of the oppoitunity to market 

 their wool through the Berkshire or the 

 Franklin County Sheep Breeders' Asso- 

 ciation. At Shelburne Falls, the head- 

 quarters of the Franklin County Associa- 

 tion, on the day the wool was graded, 

 farmers started getting in line at 5 

 o'clock in the morning and the yard was 

 packed all day with all sorts of vehicles, 

 loaded with wool for the association. 

 Ovei- 17, .500 lbs. of wool was graded and 

 made ready for the market. 



Be on the watch for the European 

 corn borer. Your county agent will tell 

 you how to identify the work of this most 

 destructive pest which has recently made 

 its appearance in this state. 



A square deal is all anybody has a 

 right to a.sk. There is no legislation and 

 no cooperation which will long maintain 

 a superior price for an inferior product. 

 Get that? 



In estimating the total shipments out 

 of the Valley, in addition to the cars 

 listed below, one must add cars shipped 

 by express, those sold by truck loads and 

 also more than usual was purchased by 

 individuals with trucks and touring cars. 



It is the usual custom to ship 2.50 sacks 

 to the car, but due to war conditions, the 

 average this year were appioximately 275 

 sacks. This makes a total known num- 

 ber shipped of 88.3,987. Add S'A to this 

 for onions shipped other than car lots by 

 freight, making a total of 954,700 sacks. 



Several of the dealers are of the opin- 

 ion that the shrinkage this year was as 

 large as 20%. Taking this into consid- 

 eration, the total yield for the Valley 

 would be 1,145,650 sacks or 2,203,000 

 bu.shels. Taking the average yield at 475 

 bu., this would make approximately 4,040 

 acres for the Valley. 



Farmers' Week at the Massachusetts 

 Agricultural College, July 28-August 2, 

 inclusive. Every town in Hampshire 

 County should plan an excursion to the 

 College for at least one of these days. 

 See the College farm in operation and 

 have a profitable day's outing. 



POULTRY CULLING IMPORTANT 



Send the Non = Layers to .Market 



It is a known fact that culling poultry 



j is absolutely necessary in order to realize 



' the best results. Every poultryman 



should understand how to cull his own 



flock. 



From August 7th to September 13th, 

 ] demonstrations will be given in Hamp- 

 shire County by experts from the Massa- 

 chusetts Agricultural College. If your 

 district is interestpd, get in touch with 

 the Farm Bureau, immediately, so that a 

 date may be reserved for you. 



Short accounts make long friendships- 

 sometimes. 



"Has Reggie come home from school 

 yet, Mary ? " 



"I think so, ma'am." "The cat's e- 

 hidin' in the coal house." 



