HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY 



FERTILIZER SITUATION 



Be sure and understand all sides 

 of the fertilizer question before 

 you place your order 



We are always glad to give any 

 fertilizer information that we pos- 

 sess. Ask us about 



RAPESEED MEAL, 36% Fnitein 



in place of Cotton-seed meal 

 $69.00 per ton 



as a feed or a fertilizer 



A. W. HIGGINS 



SOUTH DEERFIELD, MASS. 



Telephone 140 



BISSELL'S TIRE SHOP 



NOIM llA>n'ION. MASS. 



Miller, Goodyear, and U. S. Tires 



Tires and Tubes 



Vulcanized by Steam 



GOODYEAR SERVICE STATION 



KIIKE AIR 



60 KING STREUr 



NORTHAMPTON 



COMMERCIAL 



COLLEGE 



"THE SCHOOL OF THOROUGHNESS" 



In session twelve iiiniiths in 

 the year. Students admitted 

 at any time and graduated 

 vvlien <'i)mpetent. 



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. 



Coiicl'iilt'tl Irnm Ii:i]J"- 1 



Holstein bull. Three horses are used on 

 the place and to top off his stock he has 

 12 shoats and enough hens to supply the 

 family with eggs and a fowl or so for 

 Sunday dinner. The effect of using a 

 pure blood sire is very noticeable. Mr. 

 Hanifin says he can't show by figures 

 that the heifers are doing better than 

 their dams, but he does know he has bet- 

 ter cows that will sell for more money. 



By the way, Mr. Hanifin's last bull 

 was purchased from Mr. .J. McAuslan 

 Easthampton, at the suggestion of thf? 

 Farm Bureau and is backed by some ex- 

 cellent records. 



Labor: The number of men on a year 

 basis required to take care of this amount 

 of crops and stock is about ?>i. Mr. 

 Hanifin is doing a large enough business 

 to make it profitable for his son to re- 

 main on the farm. One reason why so 

 much is accomplished with such a small 

 amount of labor is the use of a large 

 amount of labor-saving machinery on 

 fields arranged for long rows, fields on 

 which crops can be planted on time. 



Financial Statement : We cannot give 

 you a complete statement of his receipts 

 and expenses, but we can say that the 

 gross receipts from the place last year 

 were about $11,000, about 40'/r of which 

 came from cash crops and miscellaneous 

 items. We think this is a right combina- 

 tion of receipts — wholesale milk and cash 

 crops. The milk is sold thru the Holyoke 

 ' Milk Producers' Association for Holyoke 

 consumption. 



Tlie Barnf. The buildings are well 

 arranged for efficiency in operation and 

 the doing of the barn work with the least 

 possible amount of effort. An example 

 of this is shown by a device for handling 

 and mowing away hay. The hay is 

 brought from the wagon to the peak of 

 the barn by a grapple fork and when the 

 fork -is dumped the hay lands on poles 

 (set at a 4.5 degree angle) on which it 

 slides into the side bays. These poles 

 have a notch in one end which hooks into 

 a two-inch board which is nailed to the 

 rafters about two feet above the purlin 

 plate. The other end of the poles lest 

 on the beams at the other side of the 

 drive-way. 



Winter ivork: Last winters' work 

 consisted largely of caring for the stock, 

 husking nine acres of corn, and market- 

 ing the potatoes. In the late fall some 

 ditching is done and when no other work 

 is pressing, brush is mowed in the past- 

 ures. We think that Mr. Hanifin has 

 his farm business organized to provide 

 as nearly year-around work and income 

 as it is possible to organize a farm 

 business. This is one of the main rea- 

 sons why the business returns good pro- 

 fits. In order to make the maxinmm of 

 profits on the farm it is necessarn to have 

 a 12 months biisiness. 



W. S. Bronson. 



COBURN & GRAVES 



>^ 



The REXALL Store 



Tel. 200 . Northampton, Mass. 



SMITH'S AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL 



NOi: 1 II A II ITON. IIA- 



AOKHI LTIR.VI. I>KP.\R-IMKNT 



Do you want to keep bees, poultry, live 

 stock ? Do you want to grow vegetables, 

 fruit and farm crops ? Do you want to 

 know soils, fertilizers, feeds ? Agricul- 

 tural Department opens October 6. 



HO.MKM.AKING DEPARTMENT 



Do you want to know how to make your 

 own clothes end hats, to make rugs, to knit 

 sweaters, to furnish and decorate a home, 

 to do home nursing, to make an income 

 cover your needs ? Girls from our home- 

 making department can do these things. 



CA RFENTRV DEPARTMENT 



Turns out good carpenters, cabinet mak- 

 ers and all-round wood workers. 



SHEET METAL DEPARTMENX 



Plenty of jobs and best of pay. Size 

 of class limited and nearly full now. 



You can enter any department now. 

 Smith's School has best corps of teachers 

 it has ever had. It desires to serve Hamp- 

 shire County to the full extent of its abili- 

 ty. Call at the school or write the Director 

 of the School for information. 



H. D. SMITH 



Hatfield, Mass. 



GRAIN, COAL, ICE 



AND 



FARM MACHINERY 



