6 HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY 



WJswell the Druggist 



82 Main Str^eL 



— THE KODAK STORE 



VETERINARY R E A\ e;d I.'E S 

 Daniels', Lesure's, Barber's 



STABLE DISINFECTANTS 



SAMUEL D. HOW'AUI) WILLIAM N. IKiWARIl 



D. F. Howard & Sons 



Wholesale and Retail Dealers in 



FLOUR, MEAL, GRAIN 

 FEED, PRESSED HAY 

 STRAW AND 



POULTRY SUPPLIES 



90 East Street, 



Ware, Mass. 



Klevator on |{. 4. A. K. K. 

 Lous: Distance Telephone 



GAZETTE PRINTING CO. 

 MERCANTILE PRINTERS 

 NORTHAMPTON, MASS. 



COOL 

 CLOTHES 



AT 



R. F. ARMSTRONG & SON'S 



80 MAIN STREET 

 NORTHAMPTON, MASS. 



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Fords oiv 



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

 has won tlie all-England championshii) prize at the denioii- 

 stration given at Lincolnshire, England, May It, ]!)18. It is 

 one <if 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 



ao:i MAIN STUKKT NORTH AMfTlJN, MASS. 



SEED DOWN YOUR LAND 



No one questions the value of a short 

 rotation in increasing the productiveness 

 of our soils. There are large areas of 

 relatively unproductive hay land in Mass- 

 achusetts which would be improved if the 

 land were manured or fertilized and seed- 

 ed down at once or after growing one or 

 two cultivated crops. 



The following condition has been noted 

 on a considerable number of farms this 

 spring. There is run out hay land which 

 can be plowed and which is receiving no 

 care and hence growing more unproduc- 

 tive while on the same farm, perhaps in 

 the same field, is land which is being 

 plowed the second or thii-d time for a cul- 

 tivated crop and at the same time being 

 liberally manured and fertilized. 



The productivity of the farm would be 

 increased if the land which has been ma- 

 nured and has grown one or two culti- 

 vated crops would be reseeded and some 

 of the run out land taken up and ma- 

 nured. However, from force of habit, 

 because the land plows easily or for other 

 reasons the same land is plowed year 

 after year and the old mowings left to 

 become more unproductive. It seems that 

 this is a question which every farmer 

 should apply to his conditions. Is there 

 any old run out hay land which needs 

 taking up and which could be taken up 



if some of the cultivated land were seed- 

 ed down? — Ear) Jonen. 



FOOD SUPPLY PROBLEM 



The question of food supply is no 

 longer one that affects the farmer alone. 

 The city consumer is even m.ore concerned. 

 The faimer could stop supplying and live 

 on his surplus. The city has practically 

 no surplus. Cut off from the country its 

 citizens would soon feel the pinch of hun- 

 ger. 



The country producing population is 

 constantly decreasing. The city popula- 

 tion is increasing. The boys and girls 

 cannot be kept on the country farm by 

 education or argument. Population seeks 

 a level of advan'.ages as water seeks its 

 own level. The city needs youth and 

 health and vigor and enterprise. It bids 

 against the country for the.se qualities. 

 In the present organization of society the 

 city bids highest and got? the prize. The 

 only way to keep the boys and girls on 

 the farm producing food for the city is 

 to give them a better reward for their 

 labor. It is to the interest of the city to 

 see that the farm producer gets a square 

 deal and a better rcwai d for his services. 

 It is the only way to keep the inhabitants 

 "rom ultimate starvation. 



— P. J. McGourthy, 



Supt. of Markets, Boston. 



