HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY 



jgWiswell the Druggist 



i [82 Main ^Street 



-THE KODAK STORE — 



VETERINARY REMEDIES 

 Daniels', Lesure's, Barber's 



STABLE DISINFECTANTS 



SAMUEL I) HOWAHIt WILLIAM N. HOWARD 



D. F. Howard & Sons 



Wholesale and Retail Dealers in 



FLOUR, MEAL, GRAIN 

 FEED, PRESSED HAY 

 STRAW AND 



POULTRY SUPPLIES 



90 East Street, 



Ware, Mass. 



Elevator on 15. & A. It. K. 

 Loiis: Distance Telephone 



GAZETTE PRINTING CO. 

 MERCANTILE PRINTERS 

 NORTHAMPTON, MASS. 



OVERCOATS! 



Our line of overcoats this fall will 

 bear close inspection. The mate= 

 rials are in the coats and the 

 prices are very reasonable con= 

 sidering the times. Some few 

 coats were carried over from last 

 year, due to the mild weather 

 last winter. These coats are 

 priced the same as last year and, 

 while they last, they are a mighty 

 good buy for someone. 



R. F. ARMSTRONG & SON 



80 MAIN STREET 

 NORTHAMPTON, MASS. 



Fords oiv 



FORDSON TRACTORS ARE REDUCED IN PRICE 

 New price, $750 F. O. B. Dearbon. Old price, $885.93 F. O. B. Detroit 



When everything else is advancing in price Henry Ford & Son reduced 

 the price of their tractor. Mr. Ford has sold over 70,000 of these 

 tractors, and we have sold over sixty in our territory, which are all giv- 

 ing excellent satisfaction. 



Now is the time to do your Fall plowing and other farm work, and 

 we will be very pleased to show you how this tractor works on your 

 own land. Please let us know when we can give you a demonstration. 



CHASE MOTOR SALES COMPANY 



UKAR ao:! M.4IN STKKKT. 



NOKTHAMPTON, MA.SS. 



AROOSTOOK POTATOES 



The acreage of Aroo.stook potatoes is 

 put at 76,000; the average yield at 250 

 bu.shels and the county's crop at 19,000, 

 000 bu.shels. The crop of the whole 

 state is 21,812,000 bu.shels. The ciop is 

 especially fine in quality and rot, which 

 has appeared in some places is not con- 

 sidered serious. 



Conc-hided from page .5 

 needed to grow the crops. Again, with 

 larger fields more horse machinery can be 

 used and used when needed. 



Another line of improvement has been 

 the removal of old stone walls. This 

 has increased the size of his fields and 

 has made them more easily worked. For 

 example, what was formerly three fields 

 is now one large field of 24 acres. In 

 former times before the opening of the 

 western lands, crops were produced on 

 this farm and others of similar nature by 

 hand labor — machinery wasn't known and 

 the size and shape of the field.s had little 

 effect on the cost of producing a crop, 

 but under conditions where machinery 

 and horse labor must displace man labor 

 in order to grow crops profitably, the 

 size and shape of fields determines 

 whether or not the crops can be raised 

 at low enough cost to return a profit. 

 Do what Peter Hannifin has done. 



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Floral Hall was well filled this year. 

 The Grange exhibits added greatly to the 

 attraction of the hall as also the fine dis- 

 play by the Northampton State Hospital. 

 One point worth noting in the fruit dis- 

 play was that many of our local growers 



[ are now growing fruit that competes 

 successfully with any of the professional 

 exhibitors at our fair. With all the in- 

 terest that has been taken in canning 

 fruits and vegetables during the last 

 few years, it is surprising the lack of in- 

 terest taken in this department. Where 

 are the women who have their shelves 

 filled with preserves? 



The Boys' and Girls' Building, aside 

 from the school exhibits, made a very 

 poor showing this year. We know that 

 the boys and girls have the material, but 

 few single entries were made. The 

 school exhibits were of the be.st, however, 

 and added greatly to the interest and 



lvalue of the fair. Next year the boys 

 and girls must redeem themselves by 

 filling the hall to ove flowing. 



CUMMINGTON 

 One of the best "Cattle Shows" in 

 Massachusetts. The cattle shown this 

 year were in excellent condition and the 

 entries were large. The .swine and sheep 

 department accommodations ai-e very 

 poor and consecjuently few entries. 

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