HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY 



HAMPSHIRE: COUNTY CLUB WORK 



ONLY THREE FAILURES 



IN HOME ECONOMICS CLUB 



Seven Banners and Two 100 'i Clubs 

 in County 



The County Home Economics Club has 

 finished its work with only three real ' 

 failures, making a 95% record for the 

 county. Every one of the eleven clubs 

 has made a fine record and the leaders 

 of the groups are responsible for such a 

 fine showing. 



Some very interesting demonstrations 

 and exhibits were made by the different 

 clubs which emphasized out the earnest- 

 ness with which club members carried on 

 the work. The county records are being 1 

 compiled now. ] 



Local leaders who assisted the clubs 

 this last winter are as follows: 



South Worthington : Mrs. Arlin Cole, 

 Miss Alice Bartlett. 



Goshen: Mrs. H. H. Bissell. 



Westhampton : Mrs. F. E. Bridgman. 



Southampton : Miss Helena Klopfen- 

 stein. 



Russellville : Miss B. Agnes Ryan. 



South Amherst: Miss Cora Hewlett. 



Belchertown : Mrs. Dwight Randall. 



Enfield : Miss Florence .Johnson. 



Enfield: Miss Dora Foley. 



Greenwich : Mrs. Bishop, Mrs. H. H. 

 Dickinson. 



Ware: Mrs. W. N. Howard, Mrs. H. H. 

 Sibley. 



IPLAINFIELD POULTRY MEMBER CANNING CLUB 



HAS GOOD EGG RECORD 



"I have enjoyed being in the poultry 

 club very much. I had twelve pure bred 

 White Wyandottes and one pure breed 

 rooster. I fed them 281 quarts of wet 

 wash and about 90.5 ears of corn. I gave 

 them about a half of a quart of scratch 

 feed at noon during the coldest weather. 

 In the morning I gave them corn and at 

 night mash. 



I gave them chafi" and leaves for litter. 

 1 kept water and oyster shells by them. 



They laid 675 eggs during December, 

 January, February, March and April. 

 — Gwendolyn Thatcher. 



DEMONSTRATION TEAMS FOR 



STATE HONOR TRIALS 



Who will be the girls to represent 

 Massachusetts as a canning demonstra- 

 tion team at the Eastern States Exposi- 

 tion next fall? 



Hampshire County girls have an equal 

 chance with groups from every other 

 county but they will have a stiff proposi- 

 tion before them. Several other coun- 

 ties are looking for the honor of repre- 

 senting the state at the big exposition 

 and of competing for the champion.ship of 

 all the Eastern States. It will be no walk- 

 over. 



The decision as to which county team 

 shall represent Massachusetts will be 

 made at the New England Fair in Wor- 

 cester, just before the Eastern States Ex- 

 position. The real test and real decision 

 es to whether Hampshire County will 

 have the honor comes back to the girls 

 who have enrolled in the canning clubs in 

 the country. If they take enough inter- 

 est in the work and show ability as dem- 

 onstrators there will be plenty of ma- 

 terial from which to pick a team with a 

 fair chance of winning the state cham- 

 pion.ship and possibly the championship of 

 all the states covered by the exposition. 



A BAY STATE CLUB SONG 



Let's Have Several 



Is there a Massachusetts state song, do 

 you know? I think not; especially not a 

 boys' and giils' club song, so we must 

 get one. At the Eastern States Exposi- 

 tion at Springfield we want spirit and 

 plenty of it. There should be no doubt 

 in the minds of any who attend from any 

 part of the United States as to the state 

 we repre.sent or the support that is back 

 of it. Some very good .songs have come 

 in from all over this county for home 

 economics club songs and cheers and we 

 ought to get some good material for a 

 state song. Why not see what you can 

 do as a club or as individuals to make 

 up a state song? Choose a familiar tune 

 or make a new one and make up some 

 words that every boy and girl in Massa- 

 chusetts will be pi'oud to sing. Wouldn't 

 it be an honor to have your song cho.sen 

 as the state one? Send us your attempt 

 let us all prove that Hamp.shire County 

 has original talent as well as ambition. 



REOUIREMENTS, 1919 



Wlio man join : Any boy or girl be- 

 tween 10 and 19 years of age. 



Club Context opens May 15th and closes 

 October 15th. No one may enroll after 

 July 1st. 



Quanta ij required: 24 jars of fruits 

 and vegetables. Canning may be done in 

 pint or quart jars, whichever you have. 

 The maximum number of jars for which 

 credit is given is 124. 



Variety: At least two different varie- 

 ties of fruits and three of vegetables. As 

 many other varieties can be canned as 

 you wish. See the list of products on 

 the back page of the Canning Booklet, 

 only products mentioned here can be 

 counted in the Canning Club Record. 



Credit is given for relishes, salted and 

 dried products after the required 24 jars 

 are canned. 



Report : Just a one-sheet report of the 

 amount, variety, value and expenses of 

 yoar canning. 



Exhibit : Each member must exhibit 

 with the other members of the club, two 

 jars of different fruitu and three jars of 

 different vet/etable.x. A jar of greens is 

 suggested as one jar of vegetables. The 

 five jars will be scored according to the 

 State Score Card. 



Story of experience: Write a little 

 story of your summer's experiences in the 

 Canning Club. Stories are due Novem- 

 ber 1. 



Tlie Club Pin is given to all who — 



1. Can 24 jars. 



2. Send in report. 



3. Exhibit 5 jars. 



4. Write story of experience. 

 Banner Clubs: An honorary reward 



will be given every club of 6 or more 

 members where all complete the club re- 

 quirements. 



CALF CLUB IN MIDDLEFIELD 



Middlefield boys have started the first 

 calf club in the county and the first meet- 

 ing will be held June 13, when Mr. Howe 

 of the Massachusetts Agricultural Col- 

 lege will have charge of the meeting. 



The contest will close with an exhibit 

 at the Middlefield Fair next September. 

 There are four members in the club and 

 some good animals have been entered. 



There is also interest in a calf club at 

 Cummington and South Hadley, where 

 some good work is looked for. This club 

 being quite well received. 



Demonstration teams will be developed in 

 several towns and they will meet com- 

 petitively to decide on which team should 

 represent the county at the fair in Wor- 

 cester. 



ORGANIZED PIG CLUBS 



PROVE POPULAR 



The Franklin Pig Club of Belchertown 

 and the Tri-Color Pig Club of South Had- 

 ley have held two regular meetings, and 

 made definite arrangements for the third. 



The clubs have had great times in 

 choosing officers, and names. The South 

 Hadley Club is named the Tri Color be- 

 cause there are black, white and red pigs 

 in the club. After choosing this name, 

 one member made the sad discovery that 

 the teacher said that black and white 

 were not colors, but after ai'guing this 

 point decided that as far as pigs were 

 concerned black and white, were colors. 



As many organized pig clubs as pos- 

 sible will be carried on this year for bet- 

 ter results will be obtained. 



