HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY 



HAIVfPSHlR 



COUNTY CLUB WORK 



IN SPEAKING OF RECORDS 



MR. RICE SAYS 



"Let's have no quitters, no deseiters 

 from the Pig Club this year. You all 

 admire a bull dog if for no other reason 

 than that when he once takes hold he 

 wdll not let go; we all admire men of 

 this type or soldiers who will die rather j 

 than give up or surrender. Before any 

 man can be successful or great, he must 

 develop this stick-to-it quality and you 

 boys and girls have a chance to 

 strengthen that quality in yourselves by 

 keeping up your records in the Pig Club 

 and sticking till it is all over December 

 1st." 



There will be a sow and litter contest 

 this year also. It begins when you have 

 the sow bred, preferably in December, 

 and ends when the pigs are weaned in the 

 spring. 



PRIZE CANNERS 



The South Amherst Canning Club 

 deserves much credit for their good work 

 this season. They were the first prize 

 team for the County and went to Wor- 

 cester to compete for the State prize. 

 The team was composed of Mildred Mc- 

 Kemmie, Kathleen King and Margaret 

 Thayer. While at Worcester they showed 

 that they had been well trained by Miss 

 Hewlett and had all the skill of veteran 

 Canners. However, when eight or ten 

 teams chosen from all over the State are 

 all after the first place, the winner has 

 to be a real prize team. Many of the 

 girls that made up the competing teams 

 were well toward their senior year in 

 High School and as the average age of 

 our girls were only 12 years and 4 

 months, they were handicapped. 



They did not get the first place, but 

 they did excellent work. The best part 

 of the whole contest is the spirit the 

 young people .showed during the whole 

 season. 



Mr. Qould Leaves Us 



The boys and girls of this county learn 

 with regret of Mr. Gould's resignation. 

 They will long remember Mr. Gould's 

 talks, visits and advice, and miss him in 

 their games, picnics and all phases of 

 club work. 



Directions for Writing the Canning Club 

 Story of Experience 



CLUB .STORY 



What is it : A letter or booklet writ- 

 ten by each club member telling of his or 

 her summer's work in the state canning 

 club. 



When due: Stories should be in the 

 hands of your club leader on November 

 ist unless requested before by your local 

 leader. The canning club closes the 15th 

 of October. This gives you fifteen days 

 in which to write your story. 



Importance of story: The writing of 

 the club story or letter gives splendid 

 practice in enabling you to express your 

 thoughts and experience in words. 

 Here is an opportunity for you r.lso to 

 use your originality and imagination on 

 the cover, illustrations, and subject 

 matter of your story. 



SUGGESTIONS FOR STORY 



Cover: Cardboard, mounting, or 

 drawing paper make serviceable covers. 

 Select a good title and print or write it 

 neatly. Drawings, designs, or pictures 

 pertaining to canning make a more in- 

 teresting booklet. Square covers are 

 usually the neatest. 



Forepage : First page inside the cover 

 Write here your name, address, and age. 



Subject matter : Write on ruled or un- 

 ruled paper, unruled is the neatest. 

 Tell all about your local canning club, 

 its organization, meetings and exhibit. 

 Your home experiences, discoveries, 

 successes, and failures will give your 

 book a personal and distinctive touch. 



Ilhistrations : This may include 

 camera pictures, drawings, or magazine 

 pictures. Do not put too many pictures 

 in your book, especially those cut from 

 magazines. Fasten your book together 

 with ribbon, raffia, cord, or steel fas- 

 tenings. 



Notice : Be careful of the neatness, 

 grammar, spelling, interest of story it- 

 self, originality of expression, and illus- 

 trations. 



The writing of the story of experience 

 is one of the four requirements in the 

 state canning club. Do not fail on this 

 requirement or you will lose the club 

 pin. 



Helen M. Norris. 



CANNING CLUB EXHIBITS 



Exhibits have been .judged in four 

 more towns and prizes awarded as 

 follows : 



NORTHAMPTON 



Mary Guiff're, first 

 Frances LaBello, second 

 Dorothy Powers, third 



PLAINFIELD 



Helen Hamlin, first 

 Hazel Holden, second 

 Addie Dyer, third 



Amelia Yakubek, first 

 Helen Szafer, second 

 Mildred Pierce, third 



BELCHERTOWN 



Alice Randall, first 



Alice Howard, .second 



Mary Holcomb, third 



After the canned products (.5 jars) 



are judged, the members are required to 



complete the record sheet and story and 



send them to the Farm Bureau before 



November first. 



Club Records 



Carry your contest to the finish. Don't 

 fail when the job is half done. 



Evelyn Streeter, Cummington, was the 

 only girl club member to represent the 

 County at the Eastern States. Evelyn 

 won this reward by raising one of the 

 best calves in the State Boys' and Girls' 

 Calf Club. 



Hopkins Academy furnished the Corn 

 Demonstration team which represented 

 Massachusetts at the Eastern States and 

 won first prize over New Hampshire and 

 Connecticut. The team was composed of 

 Frank Bilski, .James Lehane and Henry 

 Kokoski. Hopkins boys can usually be 

 depended on to come out on top. j 



JUDGING CONTESTS 



The boys and girls winning prizes in 

 the several contests at the Northampton 

 Fair are listed below: 



PIG JUDGING CONTEST 



Henry Bilger, A.shfield, first. 

 Rockwell Smith, Hadley, second. 

 Bernard Barnes, Ashfield, third. 



POTATO JUDGING 



Wallace Handfield, Ashfield, first, 

 Bernard Barnes, Ashfield, second. 

 Louise Whitaker, Hadley, third. 



CORN JUDGING 



Ii-ving Johnson, Hadley, first. 

 Wallace Handfield, Ashfield, second, 

 Bernard Barnes, Ashfield, third. 



STOCK JUDGING 



Emory Broadhurst, Ashfield, first. 

 James Lehane, Hadley, second. 

 Wallace Handfield, Ashfield, third. 



STOCK JUDGING TEAM 



Sanderson Academy, first. 

 Hopkins Academy, second. 



BREAD JUDGING 



Arlene Cranson, first. 

 Carmen Damon, second. 

 Mariel Eddy, third. 



PRESERVES JUDGING 

 Carmen Damon, first. 

 Frances Rupprecht, second. 

 Ethel H. Packard, third. 



