HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY 



Wisweli the Druggist 



'82 Main ^Street 



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V E T E R I N A R Y" R E ^\ E D I E S 

 Daniels', Lesure's, Barber's 



STABLE DISINFECTANTS 



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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 15. * A. K. K. 

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GAZETTE PRINTING CO. 

 MERCANTILE PRINTERS 

 NORTHAMPTON, MASS. 



FALL SUITS! 



A large variety of Styles 

 and Prices to suit a large 

 variety of tastes of men, 

 either ready-made or made 

 to measure 



R. F. ARMSTRONG & SON 



80 MAIN STREET 



NORTHAMPTON, MASS. 



Fords oiv 



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

 has won the all-Englund championsliip prize at the demon- 

 stration given at Lincolnshire, England, 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. 



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 CHASE MOTOR SALES COMPANY 



Distributors for Western Massachusetts 



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Concluded from page 1 

 throughout New England than in 1910; 

 mt with some big new orchards coming 

 o bearing and more old orchards re- 

 ;eiving better care the productive capaci- 

 y may be about the same. 



GOOD CRANBERRY CROP ON C.\PE COD 



Plenty of cranberries for Thanksgiving, 

 Christmas and other dinners are promis- 

 2d by the .3-50,000 barrels which Cape Cod 

 offers compared with 195,000 last year. 



LIGHT ONION CROP IN CONNECTICUT 

 VALLEY 



Hot weather and thrip following heavy 

 showei-s late in .July reduced the yield per 

 acre from 475 bushels last year to 340 

 now, and the production to 2,493 cars (of 

 600 bu.) compared with 3,641 last year. 

 There are 4,400 acres now; 4,600 in 1918. 



PLENTY or BEANS: GARDENS GOOD 



With unusual stocks of beans carried 

 aver and good crops this year there will 

 be plenty of beans; and most garden 

 crops are good. 



EXCELLENT TOBACCO CROP IN NEW 

 ENGLAND 



The hail and wind storm of Aug, 24 

 did heavy damage in limited acres in 

 Franklin and Hampshire counties, Mass., 

 Fairfield and Litchfield counties. Conn., 

 but Mass. w-ill have 16,830,000 lbs. com- 

 pared with 15,000,000 last year; and 



Conn., 42,500,000 compared with 37,500, 

 000. The crop is of fine growth and 

 quality; favorable curing weather thus 

 far. 



BIG HAY YIELDS: GOOD QUALITY 



Not much old hay was carried over; 

 but a heavy yield of fine hay has been 

 harvested in excellent condition except 

 in sections of southern New England 

 where rain damaged it. Timothy, al- 

 falfa and millet are good crops; pasture 

 is good in Mass., R. I. and Conn., but is 

 short in Me., N. H., and Vt., due to 

 drought. 



AVERAGE CROP OF OATS 



The season was too dry and hot early 

 for best oat growth, tho late sown ones 

 have grown better. Wheat, Barley and 

 Buckwheat are good crops. 



EXCELLENT CORN YEAR: GOOD CROP 



The hot days and nights of July and 

 early August, with timely rains make 

 this the best corn year for some time and 

 the crop is well above the average — field, 

 silage and sweet corn all having done 

 well. 



Mr. Ernest Russell of Hockanum, has 

 resigned his position as instructor in 

 agriculture at the Smith's School and is 

 now with the firm of A. .J. Higgins, 

 Dealer in Fertilizer material. His head- 

 quarters are at South Deerfield. 



