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FARM BUREAU MONTHLY 



A^ol. IV. 



NORTHAMPTON, MASS., OOTOBEK, 1919 



No. 10 



COMMUNITY DENTAL CLINIC 



What Cummington is Doing 



Last spring, the need of a dentist in 

 the hills was brought to the notice of 

 the Home Demonstration Agent by the 

 Homemaking leader of Cummington. 

 The County Missionary was also much 

 interested in the request. A meeting 

 was called at the Farm Bureau inviting 

 the District Health Officer, his assistant, 

 the County Missionary, a local physician, 

 and Secretary of the Board of Trade in 

 Northampton to consider plans for same. 

 Later the County Missionary and the 

 Home Demonstration Agent met the 

 Cummington School Board to discuss the 

 plans and necessary equipment. A den- 

 tist. Dr. Bodin, Of Northampton was 

 located who was willing to spend a day 

 a week in Cummington provided equip- 

 ment was furnished. The School Board 

 purchased the necessary equipment and 

 maintained the clinic during the summer. 



The equipment consisted of a chair, 

 cuspidor, cabinet, sterilizer (alcohol), 

 bracket table, and foot power engine 

 which cost approximately one hundred 

 dollars. Dr. Bodin furnished his own 

 instruments, drugs, towels, paper cups 

 and paid his own transportation. After 

 June, Miss Sears, a telephone operator, 

 gave her services to the dentist each 

 afternoon. She made the appointments, 

 cared for the instruments, mixed the fil- 

 ling materials, kept the recoi'ds and cared 

 for the patient and the office. 

 Concluded on page 3 



WOMEN IN THREE COUNTIES 



TO HOLD MEETING 



On November 4, the women leaders in 

 Hampden, Franklin and Hampshire 

 Counties are invited to come to the Par- 

 ish of the first Congregational Church 

 Northampton, for a meeting on general 

 community work. Mrs. Salisbury of 

 Washington who has charge of work 

 with women in the North and West 

 States will head the discussion in the 

 morning. The afternoon will be given 

 over to Mrs. Reed, who will discuss 

 Clothing Efficiency. Although the meet- 

 ing is held especially for leaders in com- 

 munity, all interested women are urged 

 to come. It will be a good chance to hear 

 what communities in the other counties 

 and states are doing. 



CITY ADVANTAGES BROUGHT TO THE COUNTRY 



FARM BUREAU DAY 



November 18 



The Annual Meeting of the Farm 

 Bureau is set by the trustees for Tues- 

 day, November 18th. Reports will be 

 made on the different projects carried on 

 during the year and plans made for the 

 i920 activities. 



If you are interested in agriculture 

 and farm life and in the development of 

 Hampshire County, don't fail to attend 

 this meeting. Remember the Farm 

 Bureau is YOUR OWN organization and 

 its progress depends on your interest and 

 effort. 



The largest number of towns repre- 

 sented at any of our meetings during 

 previous years has been seventeen. 

 Cannot we have a good delegation from 

 every one of the twenty-three towns? 



Get in touch with your town director 

 and help him make arrangements for the 

 meeting. Men, women, boys and girls, 

 are all urged to save November 18 and 

 make plans for an active part in the 

 meeting. A complete program will be 

 sent you within a short time and we are 

 sure it will interest you. Remember — 

 every town represented with a good 

 delegation. 



When a community loses the power to 

 entertain itself, it loses the power to 

 hold itself together. 



IMPRESSIONS OF OUR 



COUNTY FAIRS 



NORTHAMPTON 



No Fair can be successful and stand 

 still, and with this in mind the directors 

 of the Three-County Fair have attempted 

 each year to make progress in one or 

 more of its departments. This year 

 from an agricultural standpoint, every- 

 one will agree that the Cattle Exhibit 

 was by far the outstanding department. 

 The increase in the quality of herds ex- 

 hibited, both beef and dairy, was due to 

 a large extent to the hard and efficient 

 work put in by J. G. Cook, Hadley, 

 director in charge of this department. 

 The hog and sheep exhibit was good in 

 numbers, but the different classes were 

 small, and breed competition very poor. 

 The accommodations are not very good, 

 the stock showing to poor advantage. 

 It is hoped that this department can be 

 built up and the swine and sheep indus- 

 try receive the encouragement that it 

 deserves. Mention should be made here 

 of the excellent exhibit of Southdown and 

 Shropshire Sheep, as well as Percheron 

 Horses, made by the Massachusetts 

 Agricultural College. This is the first 

 year that our College has shown or ex- 

 hibited at any of the fairs and everyone 

 was pleased with the results. 



The exhibit in the Poultry building 

 was up to average. 



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