HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY 



Wiswell the Druggist 



■82 Main Street 



THE KODAK STORE 



V.ETERINARY REMEDIES 

 Daniels', Lesure's, Barber's 



STABLE DISINFECTANTS 



SAMUEL D. HOWARD \VI 1.1,1 AM N. HOWARD 



D. F. Howard & Sons 



Wholesale and Retail Dealers in 



FLOUR, MEAL, GRAIN 

 FEED, PRESSED HAY 

 STRAW AND 



POULTRY SUPPLIES 



POTEast Street, 



Ware, Mass. 



Elevator on H. & A. R. K. 

 Lons: 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 



T R A,OE fvi aR »* 



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 



REAR a03 MAIN .STREET. 



NORTHAMPTON, MASS. 



Concluded from page 5 

 where the acid phosphate was applied. In 

 the one case mentioned, the application 

 was made rather late in the summer. The 

 farmers stated that practically any time 

 in the day, one could look out on the past- 

 ure and see the stock feeding on the 

 demonstration plots. The improvement 

 was also very noticeable to the eye on 

 most- of the demonstrations, clover and 

 grasses shooting up through the clumps 

 of moss, giving a green effect as com- 

 pared with the brown moss, when one 

 looked at the pasture from the distance. 



Where manure was applied the pasture 

 appeared somewhat improved, but the 

 cattle did not like the feed. Harrowing 

 and applying seed gave no benefit this 

 year. 



Sheep were pastured in Mr. Timmins' 

 farm in Ware, in addition to the cattle, 

 and the whole pasture was improved. 

 Mr. Timmins stated, however, that the 

 plot fertilized with acid phosphate was 

 the favorite spot and sheep could be seen 

 there about any time of the day. 



The demonstrations at least warrant 

 the observation of the farmers of our 

 county and another year or two should 

 bring forth some interesting results. 



Have you obtained your farm account 

 book for 1920? Don't fail to start one 

 the first of the year. The Farm Bureau 

 has a supply if you need one. 



Continued from page 1 



It is highly important that the ration 

 of the brood sow furnish ample protein 

 and mineral matter for the pi'oper 

 nourishment of her body and the develop- 

 ment of the unborn young. Feeding 

 trials by Evvard of Iowa Agricultural 

 Station, show the folly of feeding corn 

 alone. Brood sows so fed, farrowed pigs 

 lighter in weight and less vigoious than 

 when the ration was properly balanced. 

 For instance, when these sows were fed 

 ear corn and sufficient meat meal to bal- 

 ance their ration, the average weight of 

 the new born pigs was 2.23 lbs. as com- 

 pared with 1.74 lbs. when corn alone was 

 fed. Morever, the proportion of strong 

 pigs from sows receiving the balanced 

 ration was 939f while the proportion of 

 strong pigs from sow fed corn alone was 

 only 68%. These experiments, and other, 

 are to be neither overlooked nor under- 

 rated when it comes to preparing for 

 next spring's pig crop. 



During the last two months of the 

 gestation period the sows ration should 

 not contain over thirty-three per cent 

 corn or corn products. At this partic- 

 ular time many of our most successful 

 feeders leave corn out of the ration en- 

 tirely. It is possible, however, to use a 

 fairly wide variety of feeds so long as 

 the feeder realizes the importance of fur- 

 nishing considerable bulk and of restrict- 

 Conciuded on page 7 



