HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY 



FERTILIZERS 



Nitrate of Soda 



Nitrate of Potash 



Acid Phosphate 



Ammo=Phos 



Sulfate of Potash 



Several other materials 



A, W. HIGGINS 



SOUTH DEERFIELD, MASS. 



lionsrer analyses at shorter prices " 



BISSELL'S TIRE SHOP 



NORTHAMPTON, MASS. 



Miller, Qoodyear, and U. S. Tires 



Tires and Tubes 



Vulcanized by Steam 



QOODYEAR SERVICE STATION 



FREE AIR 



66 KING STREET 



Tel. 1893-M 



NORTHAMPTON 



COilMERCIAL 



COLLEGE 



"THE SCHOOL OF THOROUGHNESS" 



In session twelve months in 

 the year. Students admitted 

 at any time and graduated 

 when competent. 



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. 



Concluded from page C 

 ing the proportion of heating or highly 

 fattening feeds. A good winter ration 

 for pregnant brood sows is as follows: 



200 lbs. wheat middlings, 



100 lbs. ground oats, 



100 lbs. corn (ground or whole.) 

 During the early part of gestation, if the 

 sow is thin from having fed a big litter 

 just previous to conception, the propor- 

 tion of corn may be doubled. The amount 

 to feed will depend entirely on the con- 

 dition of the sows. That is where a 

 feeder should exercise skill. 



The feed may be fed dry or slightly 

 dampened. Clean water should be ac- 

 cessible to sows at all times but adding 

 too much to the feed during cold weather, 

 is a mistake. 



SUPPLY MINERAL SLITTER 



Losses frequently occur from sows eat- 

 ing their young. This is more likely to 

 happen in the spring than in the autumn 

 and is caused by a depraved appetite. 

 Such losses may be lessened by having in 

 a trough before the sows at all times, the 

 following: — 



Charcoal, one bushel; hardwood ashes, 

 one bushel; salt, eight pounds; air- 

 slacked lime, four pounds; sulphur, four 

 pounds; pulverized copperas two pounds. 

 It is a good plan to mix the lime, sulphur 

 and salt together before adding them to 

 the charcoal and ashes. The copperas 

 dissolved in hot water should then be 

 stirred into the above mixture. Feeding 

 the tonic with the gi-ain forces some hogs 

 to eat what they really do not need. 

 Using a self-feeder having different 

 compartments for the various feeds is 

 found to be a great advantage. Hogs' 

 tastes differ, and they will do best when 

 they can obtain what suits them. 

 R. B. Cooleij 



Mf/.'?.s. Afirii'idtural College 



COBURN dc GRAVES 



The REXALL Store 



Tel. 200 . . Northampton, Mass. 



PASTURE FERTILIZATION 



IN ENGLAND 



The following paragi'aph is taken from 

 an article in the News Bulletin of the 

 National Fertilizer Association and 

 shows clearly the dollars and cents re- 

 turns on fertilization of pastures. Why 

 are not similar results possible in Hamp- 

 shire County? 



At the famous Eothamsted Station an 

 acre of fertilized pasture produced 950 

 pounds more milk than an acre of un- 

 fertilized pasture, given the same care. 

 This was an increase in milk production 

 of nearly 60 per cent in favor of the 

 fertilized acre. About two tons of lime 

 and 600 pounds of fertilizer were applied / 

 every four year.=. The return on th/ 

 money invested in fertilizer, at presf^nt 

 day prices of fertilizer and milk, 'was 

 nearly 4.50 per cent. The average anni.jal 

 cost of the fertilizer would be about .$4 OO 

 and the increased milk return would ; be 

 worth $18. *i 



The business of Homemaking requires 

 preparation. 



Vocational schools prepare girls to be- 

 come skilful homemakers. 



The Smith's Agricultural School is 

 a vocational school. 



Smith School Girls Study 



Sewing, Dressmaking, Design, Draw- 

 ing, Millinery, Textiles, Weaving, 

 Cooking, Food Values, Household 

 Chemistry, Household Physics, Housf 

 Furnishing, Laundering, Nursing, In- 

 valid Cookery, Household Accounts and 

 Management, Citizenship, English, 

 Current Literature, History, Calisthen- 

 ics, Games and Dancing. 



A girl who takes three years' course at 

 Smith's School is propared to earn her way 

 in the world. Write to the 



SMITH'S AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL 



NORTHAMPTON, MASS. 



H. D. SMITH 



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Hatfield, Mass. 



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