Mansfield Town (part 10 of 12)

We asked our group members why they wanted to make a dress, and we found three chief reasons. The first of these is money-saving. The homemade dress is of better quality and workmanship than the ready-made dress which costs the same. The second reason is the question of style and fit. The well-fitting dress wears better, and individuality of style is possible in even an inexpensive homemade dress. Many women find themselves imperfectly fitted in a ready-made dress. The third reason is that these women enjoy sewing. The making of a dress gives them a great deal of personal satisfaction, and after all, isn't that in itself sufficient reason for making a dress.'

Some who were disappointed because they were unable to enroll in our classes this fall have already organized classes for January and February.

Executive Board Meeting

At the fall meeting of the Executive Board of the Bristol County Home Bureau the following officers were elected: President, Mrs. Philip A. Gavin, Norton; Vice-President, Mrs. Henry P. Bayley, Mansfield; Secretary, Mrs. W. Wallace Austin, Jr., Taunton. Other members of the Board are: Mrs. Elbert H. Welch, East Freetown, Mrs. Edson L. Sanford,

Westport, Mrs. Harry C. Perry, Segreganset,- Mrs. Alton M. Tripp, Fairhaven, Mrs. Anthony F. Chace, Swansea, and Mrs. Wyman E. Hawkes, Segreganset. The following committees were also elected: Committee on revision of Constitution and By-Laws - Mrs. Bayley, Mrs. Tripp and Mrs. Hawkes; Committee on preparation of a year book - Mrs. Sanford and Mrs. Chace.

Town Committees

Part of our plan for organization for the ensuing year is the formation of a committee in every town to further Extension Service in Home Economics. As a beginning committees have been organized in the following towns:

Home Lighting

A leaflet entitled "Better Home Lighting" is available for distribution without charge through the Bristol County Extension Service, Segreganset, Mass. This Bulletin was prepared by Miss Grace Girard and Mrs. Harriet J. Haynes from the State College in Amherst. Information on the protection of our eyes by better lighting and sketches illustrating how our lamps and fixtures may be adapted for better lighting conditions make this leaflet very useful.

extension nutritionist at Massachusetts State College. At least once a day is a good rule and in many families it is wise to serve them twice a day, she says.

Many persons use macaroni and rice as substitutes for potatoes, and feel that these substitutes are just as good. This is a mistaken idea. While the substitutes are good sources of starch, potatoes are much richer in vitamins and minerals. Potatoes are also a good source of iron particularly when cooked in the skins.

One good way of using potatoes. Miss Foley says, is to combine them with onions in a variety of nourishing and tasty dishes. To help homemakers plan fall meals with these two vegetables, Miss Foley has prepared a leaflet entitled, "Onions and Potatoes in Fifty Ways." The leaflets are free and may be obtained by writing to the Bristol County Extension Service, Segreganset, Mass.

Helpful Hints

Eggs whip to a larger volume and beat more rapidly if they are at room temperature - that is, around 75 degress - than when they are chilled.

The mild flavor of cottage cheese can be seasoned with a bit of onion juice, horseradish, chopped olives or parsley, celery, cucumbers, pimentos, or green peppers.

Lee Flemming

Lee Flemming of Myricks first joined a 4-H Handicraft Club in the Myricks School in the fall of 1929. He was in Club work for three years and made an excellent showing. Even at this time, although he was but t-welve years old, he showed qualifications of leadership. He was always interested in boys and girls which is a good trait, and they all liked him.

Lee was the Club member selected by the local leader of his Club to take the free trip to County Camp offered by the Myricks Club annually because of his outstanding work. That was in 1930 and he attended again in 1931. It seems that Lee must have caught the 4-H Camp fever because last year he applied to the Club Agent for Counselorship at the Camp. He attended and did a wonderful job. We all hope that he can come again.

For the past two years Lee has also been a local leader for the Myricks Handicraft Club and it has been the most successful Club that Myricks has ever had. In fact it has been one of the best in the County because the Leader's spirit and qualifications have been so fine.

Lee graduated from Taunton High School in 1935 and took a post graduate course in the Dighton High School in 1936. He is attending Bridgewater Normal School now, and is getting along fine. (Continued on Page 4, Column 1)

Continued from Page 3, Column 3) He plans to go through to get his degree and is specializing in Mathematics which subject he hopes to teach eventually. He has a soft spot in his heart for the sea and might possibly enter the Coast Guard Service later. He also has a fine radio voice as was shown by his appearance before the "mike" a few weeks ago when the Bristol County Service Clubs put on a program over WHDH in Boston. He will no doubt be called upon again for this purpose.

Lee's personality is such that we are sure he will succeed in life in whatever he attempts. He is the type of young man who makes good anywhere and especially as a 4-H leader.

One of the big 4-H events of the season is coming on Thursday evening, November I6th at 7 P. M. at the Smith Mills Grange Hall in North Dartmouth. It is the Third Annual County Service Club banquet. The committee in charge of the event this year is composed of the following: John S. Perry, Jr., President of the Service Club, Chairman; Mrs. Ralph Doran, Mrs. Harry Goodwin, Lorraine Paquette, Raymond Harrington of Dartmouth and Harvey H. Smith of No. Westport.

The committee wishes to announce that the banquet will begin at 7 P. M. and at 8 P. M. after dinner speaking will take place to be followed by about an hour of entertainment. At 9:30 there will be dancing for those who wish or visiting with old friends. The price of the banquet will be fifty-five cents and it will be put on by the Smith Mills Grange. Watch the papers for further details concerning the event.

There are only twenty-three members of the one hundred and thirty odd Service Club members who are leading clubs at the present time. In addition there arc five more who are members of Town 4-H Committees. Should not this organization which has "Service" as its watchword be doing more individually to boost Club work in the County? Local leadership is the greatest need just at present although there are several other things that members could do to further the work.

We should like our County Service Club membership to increase. The requirements to join are very simple. Anyone who is at least sixteen years of age and has completed at least two years of Club work, one who has been a local leader, or one who wishes to join and be of service in the 4-H program is eligible. There are no dues. A small fee is collected at each meeting to pay for the refreshments at that particular meeting.

January 15th, and February 19th. Further dates will be announced later. Other eastern counties are on the state broadcast from this station on Saturdays at this same hour. Over station WBZ programs are broadcast each Saturday at 1:30 P. M. Listen to "Uncle George" at this time.

Enrollments for the Egg Laying contest for the year should be in the County Agent's office as soon as possible after November 1st. Start to keep your egg and grain records if you wish to join and then send them to Segreganset for poultry primmer and record sheets. Remember there are several good things in store for Poultry Club members who make good records. Last year four hundred tested day old chicks and five hundred hatching eggs were given to worthy club members by prominent poultry men in Bristol County.

Clubs Which Are Organized

A total of ninety-nine Clubs with local leaders for all Clubs have been organized. There are prospects of ten or fifteen more before December 1st.

Are you saving Tuesday evening, November 30th for the Annual Local Leaders' Get Together and Supper to be held at 6:30 P. M. at the First M. E.

Church in Taunton? This is the same meeting place we had last year. Mr. George L. Farley, State Club Leader, will be present to give one of his inspirational talks. This is the time of the year when all leaders renew acquaintances and make new friends. A recreation program will follow the supper and short meeting. Learn new games and songs for fun and to teach your Club members.

Calendar Of 4-H Coming

At this season of the year we have many things to be thankful for. Yet we can be happier if we share our happiness with others. What are you as a 4-H Club member planning to do? Last year many Clubs gave som.e kind of Community Service. In the 4-H calendar, November and December have been set aside as a time v\fhen Clubs are trying to help others.

Many services were rendered by Clubs last season. Dresses were repaired for the Red Cross, or for Welfare Departments at Christmas; clothes and gifts were sent to flood sufferers; Thanksgiving and Christmas Baskets were given to needy families; toys, scrap-books and puzzles were sent to childrens' wards in hospitals. Perhaps your Club has planned an interesting program in this work.

There are suggestions for Home and Community celebrations for Thanksgiving in a bulletin you may like to obtain from the Bristol County Extension Service at Segreganset. There are suggestions for decorations, favors, games, poems and community singing.

Bristol Couhtty Farm Outlook

Not much change in business Higher incomes for dairymen Better year for poultrymen Feed will be cheaper Farmers will use more credit Farm wages will be higher Other farm expenses will rise Slight change in living costs Truck crop acreage remains same Apples meet citrus competition Ready market for tobacco prices for potatoes Farm woodlot products higher

Director'S Column

The general demand for farm products will be about the same as in 1937. There will be recessions in one industry or field and improvements in another industry or field. The net result will be a demand for farm products of about the same degree as in 1937. The possible exception to this will be in the Fall River and New Bedford area where slackened industrial activity has caused a drop of 30 cents per hundred in the price paid farmers for Class I milk. This lack of industrial activity in these areas may change to the better as quick as it started to slacken.

Poultry

POULTRY Bristol County poultrymen may look forward to a better year. Feed costs will be favorable relative to egg prices. The number of layers and the supply of eggs cannot be greatly increased until the fall of 1938. A temporary business decline cannot reduce egg prices much below their present low levels, especially if supplies of competing food products are considered.

Stabilization of feed prices in the government program, if and when it is made effective, would help poultrymen of this area more than it would those of other sections. Commercial poultrymen must keep production at a high level, and if feed prices are stabilized in some degree, the industry will benefit.

Consumption loiver in 1938 - The relatively cheaper price of eggs, compared with meat, has increased current consumption. The extent of meat price declines, especially of po-k, will govern the relative advantage of eggs.

In concluding this series of articles on the selling of farm products at the roadside, there seems to be two features left to discuss, namely the prices for the products, and the service rendered by the farmer to his customers.

The quality of the produce, and the manner in which it is displayed are important factors in the ej'es of the buyer, but all interest may be lost if the prices are out of line. As stated in a previous article, one of the main reasons for roadside selling of farm products is their freshness, and the nearness of the market to the source of supply. These are desirable factors in the mind of the customer.

But let us see what is involved in this method of selling. The producer, in order to sell his products at the stand, must plan his farming operations so as to have a continuous supply of fruits, vegetables and poultry products rather than large quantities all at one period. That involves succession planting, greater varieties and seasonal hatching. Smaller and more attractive packages are needed. A neat and efficient stand must be built and operated with some one in attendance at all times. No time is needed to be spent in going to the wholesale markets, however, a,nd that is a major item in the farmer's program of work. To sum it up, roadside selling costs money if done conscientiously and etficiently.

Is Here To Stay

As the so-called "Soil Conservation" program reaches its second milestone some things stand out. At long last the federal government has established a permanent, far reaching, and workable national policy for dealing with agriculture that may and will be modified somewhat from year to year, but is about as likely to be "junked" as is the manufacturers' tariff, or the federal land bank, or the agricultural extension service.

The name for this new program has quite rightly been fixed as "Agricultural Conservation Program", no longer "Soil Conservation Program", which was too narrow a designation for what the program covers.

Then, too, the program has become definitely constructive. It is no longer a program of turning under crops that have been planted, or paying for baby pigs that are slaughtered, but a sensible encouragement for orderly productionwith as little restriction of individual initiative and management as possible, a program that works to the advantage of the individual farmer, north, east, south and west, as surely as to the advantage of the nation.

The Agricultural Conservation program is wisely administered by the farmers themselves. So far as possible New England farmers, Bristol County farmers, are consulted and given consideration in determining the national program, and especially in adapting the Conservation Program to local needs and determining how far it shall be applied to farming in this area.

Farmers over the whole county voted 4 to 1 to include potatoes with cotton, corn, tobacco, peanuts and rice as among the soil depleting crops the production of which shall be subject to regulation, but such regulation is rightly applied only in "commercial areas", does not apply to the small grower or the area wherein consumption exceeds production.

We have learned by experience. No longer are there "contracts" or "penalties" connected with Agricultural Conservation. Participation is voluntary, but it is nearly always to the farmer's advantage to participate. It is a sensible program of soil fertility and permanent agriculture.

What Customer Wants

On the other hand, what does the housewife expect? If she is going to take the time to- drive out to any stand, or even stop when passing by during a business or pleasure trip, she expects to buy only what she wants, and at a fair price, comparable to that which her local groceryman would charge for articles of like quality. Naturally, quality and freshness are expected at the farm. And how can the producer meet this demand.'' As previously stated, grading of all products is very desirable. At the present time, many farm products have definite State grades, which if used, allow the customers to make their choices in the articles wanted. For example, eggs should be displayed according to size and freshness; fruits, such as apples and peaches should be sized, graded as to quality, and varieties separated; and vegetables should all be graded as to size, quality, cleanliness and freedom from bruises, insect injury, etc.

November 1937

Total herds 28; Total cows on test 929; No. cows in milk 813; No. cows dry 116; Average production per cow 644 pounds milk, 26.1 pounds Butterfat; Average butterfat test 4.04.

Turkey

Heavy Winter Broiler Production - Very favorable poultry meat and feed price relationships will over-stimulate winter broiler production and reduce broiler prices. There will probably be a gradual increase in Bristol County in number of people keeping 200 to 500 birds with market gardeners looking for other opportunities for increasing their income. TURKEY

Higher prices for turkeys than pre- last season are in prospect this fall and early winter because of a smaller number of turkeys raised in 1937. If turkey growers react as they have in the past to the more favorable prices, a larger turkey crop, with attendant lower prices, is to be expected in the fall of 1938. APPLES

The volume of apples in other sections i.s such that prices received by Bristol County growers will not tend to produce a gross income for apples equal to previous years. The future of apples is hard to predict but we do know that tree numbers are declining and new plantings are not taking the place of trees being removed. Competition from citrus fruits not in full production is yet undeterminable with 45% of the orange trees and 69% of the grapefruit yet to come to full production.

A neat, plainly marked price tag should be on each similar group of products. Display the price to avoid repeatedly answering the question by the customer. The price charged is of course the big issue. In general, prices at roadside stands are made somewhere between wholesale market and retail store limits. The producer has to reckon with his costs as stated previously and the city market prices, with the time advantage in marketing figured in. On the other hand, except where .the customer considers buying at the farm regardless of cost, most folks will not pay any more than the city market delivers the same quality of goods for, and many of them do not expect to pay quite as much. Fairness to both producer and consumer should be the watch word of all roadside salesmen when displaying and pricing their products. Too often, when determining these prices, neighbors will not be uniform in marking similar products, due to the desire of one to attract customers by displaying lower prices. On the other hand, similar prices may be shown over goods of great variability! Unfortunately, manv customers do not appreciate the value of knowing the various grades of farm products and are at a disadvantage when buying by price alone.

There is nothing that helns more to make a sale and have the customer stop again than the service accompanying that transaction. A pleasant greeting by the

Wins State-Wide Contest

The Poultry Judging team of B. C. A. S. took first honors in the State judging contest held at Massachusetts State College, Saturday, November 12. There were fifteen teams competing. The poultry team comprised Norman Crowley, Roland Cullenberg and Stanley Collins. Stanley placed second for individuals and Roland Cullenberg placed third. In the Exhibition Judging, Roland Cullenberg placed first which gave him an ""American Standard of Perfection" as his award.

As a team they won first place which gives them permanent possession of the state cup awarded by the State Department of Agriculture. After any one sdiool has won this cup three times, it becomes their permanent possession. The Bristol County team v/on the cup in 1933 and 1934. A new cup will now be placed in competition. Awards were made by Commissioner William A. Casey.

In the vegetable judging contest, the Bristol team made up of Errol Whitemore, Sidney Winslow and Daniel Clarke placed sixth among 33 teams. As individuals, Sidney Winslow placed tenth with ninety six contestants.

A wedding announcement was recently received from William Hobby, who was a student at B. C. A. S. for two years, in the class of 1936. He was married October I6th to Miss Janet McLain in Lihue, Kauae, Hawaii.

Inter-Class Soccer

INTER-CLASS SOCCER The play-off of the inter-class soccer tournament was held Nov. 24th. After a fall schedule of keen competition the Seniors and Juniors were matched in the final play-off. The game was fast and exciting to the last, with overtime play, and finally ended in a tie score of 3-3. This score will have to be broken at some future date.

Within a few days Christmas will be here again. The lift of spirit that comes from concentrating on making others happy is often accompanied by a little thorn of worry. How can we make simple gifts which will be a true expression of affection without an undue strain on the family pocket-book.'

Have you thought of giving some home-made dainties for Christmas Gifts? A leaflet prepared by Miss May E. Foley, Extension Nutritionist, entitled "Foods for Christmas Gifts" offers some excellent suggestions. We shall be glad to send this leaflet to those who request it.

We also have a leaflet prepared by Miss Ruth Mclntire containing suggestions for home and community celebration of Christmas which is available for distribution.

Is Your Living Room

Every busy mother is interested in having the upholstery look attractive when company comes. Chair-sets are a protection, so use them, but see that they do not spoil the appearance of the chair by calling attention to themselves.

You can solve this art problem easily by making the chair-sets match the color of the upholstery. Either dye the old sets to match each chair or make new ones of material and thread that matches the color of the upholstery. Crocheted or knitted chair-sets in color are also more interesting to work on.

Originally so called because eggs are a rich source of the sunshine vitamin D, present prices on this valuable protein food throw a ray of sunshine on the food market for the consumer. Moderate egg quotations give a cheering light to the rather gloomy situation facing the food buyer with limited money to satisfy urgent nutritional needs and what seem like unlimited appetites.

Science offers sound reasons for the revered place of eggs in our dietary. Rarely can two foods be directly compared with fairness, unless the comparison be on the basis of one factor. But it is amazing in how many ways eggs rate superior to other foods, especially as source of food iron and vitamins A and D. Very few common foods are sources of vitamin D, the vitamin believed necessary for proper utilization of the phosphorous and calcium in the diet - for formation of good teeth and prevention of rickets.

Eggs are easily and quickly prepared but the desire for speed often brings ruin. Cooking should be done slowly, at moderate or low heat, whatever the style - poaching, frying, or baking. High temperatures are not smart in egg cookery.

The little hen, hailed as Hen of the Year at the recent Poultry Industries Exposition in New York City, laid 324 eggs' in one year. Thanks to this hen, her millions of not quite so prolific sisters, and the poultry managers, today eggs are plentiful.

Such wholesame food received in the 'original package' is worthy of the best care in the home. Keep eggs cold (preferably in refrigerator), clean, and away from contaminating odors or flavors.

Considering their food value, their general usefulness and adaptability to any and every menu, as well as their delatively moderate price, generous use of eggs shows wise judgement."

Bread

Four-fifths of the bread bought by the American public is made from white flour. Most of white flour used is bleached. There is a difference of o'linion as to the effect of bleaching upon flour. The position of the Pure Food and Drug Administration is that, provided the added chemicals cannot be shown to be harmful or to injure the quality or to conceal inferiority, bleaching is not a violation of the Foods and Drugs Act.

Two other kinds of flour widely used are whole wheat and rye. Bread labeled as whole wheat or graham must be composed entirely of whole wheat flour. Rye bread nearly always contains white flour, often half white. Pumpernickel is 100% rye flour or meal.

If bread is labeled "'Milk bread," the liquid used must contain milk solids equal to those in normal milk. Milk steps up the vitamin, mineral (especially calcium) and protein content of bread. Since the cost of dry skim milk is small, its use is recommended.

Most nutritionists agree that people who cannot afford adequate amounts of fruits, vegetables, milk and eggs - foods rich in vitamins and minerals but, unfortunately, comparatively expensive - had best include a good proportion of whole grain pioducts.

Household Hints

Pure dye silk burns with an odor of burning hair and forms tiny black balls. Silk heavily weighted with metal leaves a black crisp skelton on the weave rather than black balls.

salesman, a desire to please the customer by showing the various goods, some pertinent remarks about the quality or the various uses for the products which seem to interest the buyer, maybe a sampling of fruits, and a courteous ""Thank You" after the sale is completed - all help in establishing a trade. If a customer is somewhat exacting, all the more need for generous service. Sometimes a caller does not turn out to be a customer, yet the service and greetings should be just as cordial, as they may return. They will not return, however, if the attitude is ""no sale - no service."

All in all, roadside selling of farm products offers a convenient and profitable means of disposing ones produce. The factors of convenient and safe location, attractive display of quality products at a fair price, and a helpful spirit of mind are needed to make the effort worthwhile. If so handled, consumer good will is built up, with profitable returns to the farmer.

Eleanor Parker

When Eleanor Parker of Acushnet was eleven years old and in the sixth grade at the Marie S. Howard School, she joined the 4-H Clothing Club under the leadership of Miss Blanche Rogers. She has always been interested in clothing work and has continued with 4-H Club work while attending the New Bedford Vocational School. One year she also belonged to the Forestry Club.

While in Vocational School, Eleanor belonged to a Young Homemakers Club. This Club carried a miscellaneous program but principally Clothing and Home Furnishing. Eleanor has been most active in Clothing work. In the County Dress Contest she has finished first every year she has entered it, with the exception of her first entrance year in the contest at which time she finished second. She has entered the State Clothing Contest and has won a first and two seconds in three tries.

Eleanor was awarded a trip to County Camp in 1933 by the Acushnet Women's Club. She has held every available office in the Club. When the town held its 73 th celebration, Eleanor and other members of the Young Homemakers Club took part in the parade. Acushnet, near New Bedford has been interested in the cotton industry so the Club members represented this work. Two girls in 4-H uniform led with a 4-H banner, and then came girls dressed as cotton pickers with baskets of cotton. The rest of the members wore garments made of cotton representing various years of Club work from simple aprons and sports wear to cotton school and party dresses.

One year the group planned and conducted a Christmas party for fifty small children. This was a great success. Another year some girls went carolling to shut-ins. With other members of her Club in Forestry and Young Homemakers, Eleanor gathered and burned tent caterpillar egg clusters in the war against tent caterpillars. Whenever music has been needed for entertainment, Eleanor has always been willing to help with piano or guitar selections.

Eleanor's interest in Home Economics has taken her to State Teachers' College at Framingham where she is enrolled in the Vocational Course as a freshman. Eleanor was awarded a fifty dollar scholarship by the D. A. R. of Massachusetts. The local chapter awarded a similar scholarship. Whether Eleanor becomes a teacher. Club Agent, or carries on her home economics work in other fields, she i.^ bound to succeed because her standards are high and her ace quality is dependability.

Service Club Activities

The recent Service Club banquet held at North Dartmouth was a very pleasant event for the eighty odd 4-H Service Club me'^bers and f'-iends who gathered at the third annual event of the organization. The banauet was se^-ved very nicely by a committee of the Smith Mills

Grange. The program of after-dinner speaking included: Asst. State Leader Harley A. Leland, Director George H. Gilbert of the Agricultural School, Club Agents Edwin R. Wyeth and Dorothy M. Stewart. In addition the following past and present presidents of the Service Club spoke: Mrs. Doris H. Johnson, John S. Perry Jr. and Robert M. Sharpies. Lee Flemming of Myricks was toastmaster.

A short play and dance followed the speaking program. The committee in charge of the afi^air was: John S. Perry Jr. President of the Service Club, Chairman; Mrs. Ralph Doran, Mrs. Harry S. Goodwin, Miss Lorraine Paquette, Raymond Harrington and Harvey Smith.

The officers of the Club met with Asst. State Leader Melby W. Brady recently to plan a program for the year. The meeting was held at the home of Mrs. Doris H. Johnson. It will be sent to each member in due season.

Poultry Club members should get their egg record cards into the county office by the 10th of each month for the previous month in order to be in line for awards or other honors, trips etc. This year awards will probably be made on the basis of "excellent" "very good" and "good". All members having higher than a certain egg average will receive the blue or "excellent" award. Those a little lower will receive the red or "very good" award and those a little below that class will receive the white or "good" award.

Conservation Club members will be carrying out their program satisfactorily at this time just before Christmas if they will try to persuade people to adopt the following practises in connection with the gathering of Christmas greens and other materials used in making seasonal decorations.

4th. Gather only the following materials: white pine, pitch pine, red cedar, ground cedar or juniper, ink berry, black, alder, rose hips and bay berries.

An Auxiliary of The Oakland Handicraft 4-H Club known as The Oakland Handicraft Mothers' Club has recently been organized for the purpose of raising additional funds to make possible the erection of The Oakland 4-H Handicraft Club House in the near future.

The Club with its 22 members and its very active leaders, Mr. and Mrs. Williard Chace, their son Charles, and the members' parents are doing a fine job. Other clubs throughout the state may well follow their example.

Food Leaders

Miss Tena Bishop, Asst. State Club Leader, conducted a very interesting meeting for Food Club Leaders on Friday, November 12th at the Gidly School, North Dartmouth. Those present were: Mrs. Walter Telfer, Berkley; Miss Louise B. Sears, Taunton; Mrs. Ralph Doran, Miss Cecelia Scribner, Miss Lorraine Lavigne, and Miss Alice Lemieux of North Dartmouth. Various ways of using apples were demonstrated.

Calendar Of 4-H Events

D. M. S. CALENDAR OF 4-H EVENTS December 25 - Radio Broadcast - 12:45 P. M. WHDH, Miss Dorothy M. Stewart. January - Inter-Club Visits. January 14 - Service Club Initiation of 1937 members - 8:00 P. M. at Norton Grange Hall.

Christmas Gifts

The simplest gift carries a message of love and cheer if it reflects the spirit of the giver. How often the least expensive gift chosen with thought of the recipient in mind is appreciated far more than an expensive gift.

Have you any grain bags which you could bleach and make into breakfast sets ; aprons trimmed with bits of bright gigham; stuffed toys for children; bureau scarfs; Idtdien curtains trimmed with a simple embroidery or crayon design ? Perhaps you enjoy tramps through the woods. A bowl of partridge berries or a dish garden adds Christmas cheer.

An assortment of jams, jelhes or relishes may please a city friend or one who does not have time to cook. A dozen doughnuts, fancy rolls, a loaf of homemade bread, home-made cheese, jars of honey, candied orange or lemon peel, cake or cookies will reap a warm welcome from the recipient.

Farmer'S Bulletin Liming For The Land'S Sake

With the Agricultural Conservation Program giving credit of $4.00 per ton for ground limestone one cannot help but use some lime on his farm this year. The saying "for the land's sake iise lime" holds very true and profitable this year. My suggestion on the use of lime is this:

When no lime has been used previously, use lime as general soil improvement at the rate of one ton per acre. In seeding clover and alfalfa apply 2 to 3 tons per acre, and divide applications one-half before plowing and onehalf after plowing. Where lime has been previously applied have soil tested to determine lime needs. Lime should be applied this spring for fall seedings of clover and alfalfa.

Applications for the testing of soil for lime requirements are coming in fast and some of the farm visits cannot be made until the latter part of April. However, samples of soil brought to the office of the Bristol County Agricultural School between 8.30 and 9.30 in the morning wUl be tested while you wait.

Vegetable Varieties

Opinions differ widely as to the merits of certain varieties of vegetables. Their selection depends to a large extent upon climate, soil, growing conditions, market preference, and personal taste. There are, however, certain extensively grown varieties that might be termed "standard" and which are listed in most seed catalogues. Recent introductions of new varieties or improved strains that have proved equal or superior to the standard varieties in experimental trials are listed here. (Standard varieties are designated by *.)

CARROTS - Imperator* and Morse's Bunching* are very similar. Hutchinson is used extensively for both bunching and boxing in Eastern Massachusetts. For quality try Tendersweet and Red Cored Chantenay.

CELERY - Golden Plume* (or Wonderful) is the most popular self blanching celery. Golden Pascal is^a new variety worth trying. Giant "Pascal* for the fall and winter storage.

CORN - Early Golden Market*. Yellow Sensation, Golden Sunshine* are all early varieties worth trying, maturing in 75 to 90 days. Whipple's Yellow* for main crop. It takes about 90 days to mature.

LETTUCE-^White Boston* is the standard butter head type for sowing throughout the season. The New York* variety (Iceberg type) is standard the country over and strains No. 12 and No. 515 have proved particuarly adapted to local conditions.

ONIONS - Danvers Yellow Globe for seeding, Prizetaker and Riverside Sweet Spanish to grow from plants, and Japanese (Ebenezer) sets are recommended.

It seems almost impossible today to find a poultryman who is optimistic, cheerful, and satisfied with the business. A talk with him shows his discouraged attitude toward such phases of the work as high feed prices, high mortality (culls and dead birds), poor market prices, cancellation of chick orders, etc. Once in a while you meet a man who still grins cheerfully, saying that it is not so bad, but that it might be worse. Just where is the Bristol County poultryman headed? For failure and ruin? Absolutely no! True enough, it is that we are experiencing difficult times. Our poultrymen are situated in a fine market area, no very long distances to cover, and with a climate favorable to poultry production. If, then, we have such supposedly ideal market outlets, where comes the rub and the consequent discouragement? The following factors are not guess work but complaints that must be corrected if we are to keep a market that belongs to us. For instance, our costs of producing chix for sale should not vary a great deal throughout the northeast, yet a glance at the advertisements will show a wide variation. Does the reason lie in the grade of chick, the need for more detailed facts in advertising, or what? At present, all Poultry Associations are working together in an attempt to sponsor legislative action that will carry the complete story of ^%^ grades (size and quality) on to the consumer-buyer. The housewife is entitled to know what she is buying and how much she is paying for what she gets.

And what about the average size of the flock for the year? A hen is presumably put into a pen to live and lay. Yet culls and deaths do certainly cut down the average production that should have been maintained for the flock. Certainly, any poultryman who selects hi« breeding flock from a foundation that has had these factors in mind in their breeding work, should have a flock that will do a much better job of paying their way in these times.

What about that grain cost bogey? That is a vital issue. Definitely the midwest poultrymen are not any better off than we are. Their grain prices are as high as ours. With flocks of compara- ( Continued on Page 2, Column 1)

March, 1937

Total herds, 27; total cows on test, 828; number of cows in milk, 721; number of cows dry, 117; average production per cow, 773 pounds milk, 30.1 pounds butterfat; average butterfat test, 3.9 per cent. 10 HIGHEST HERDS

In addition to 13 cows noted above producing 70 pounds or over, 34 other cows in Association produced over 60 pounds butterfat during month of March. * Denotes cows milked three time s daily.

PEAS - It is impossible to make a short list of the best peas; there are a number of good varieties. Laxton's Progress* is a superior dwarf pea. Alderman (Telephone) is a good tall pea.

SQUASH - Straightneck* is the standard summer squash; Warren Turban* for fall; Blue Hubbard* for late fall and winter. Grow Golden Delicious for quality.

TOMATOES - Bestal has proved to be the earliest satisfactory variety worth trying. Early Prolific is another. Marglobe* is the standard main crop. Penn State and Rutgers are new varieties worth trying on a small scale.

in the eastern markets, they are not increasing the flock but are rapidly cutting down in size. Are we ready to grow grain here? In general, I would say not, particularly as to corn. On the other hand, such cereal crops as wheat and oats have a definite place. They may be grown with minimum labor charges and have a dual purpose in that they furnish a source of litter as well as grain. Growing costs are fairly low. I firmly believe that such crops have a definite place in northeastern poultry production. In addition, the Delaware Station has issued a bulletin on the value of a good grass range in the lowering of growing costs. Their statement of the possibilities in limiting the amount of grain for Leghorns from 34 pounds to 21 pounds per bird to maturity with less than average mortality, is certainly worthy of more attention. Their claim that a good sod range, not crowded, will cause the birds to graze more widely and pick up a great deal of nutrients essential to growth.

To my way of thinking, we have yet a long way to go for efficient production of eggs and poultry meat. It merits a great deal of thought and consideration, both in good times and particularly during such conditions as exist at present.

Graduation At B. C. A. S.

The commencement exercises of the graduating class of Bristol County Agricultural School was held in the auditorium of Dighton High School, Wednesday evening, March 31. Diplomas were presented by Dr. William P. Lynch to : John James Bartley, Thomas Booker, Vernon J. Cahoon, Paul William Donnelly, Winthrop Keene Dunham, Carl Lambert Erickson, Elmer Eugene Fournier, William H. Hadley, Walter A. Falk, Ralph G. Hall, Vernon Wade Hopkins, Merle Ivan Howland, Gilford Lawrence, Omer U. Monast, P. George Moreau, Joseph Mozzone, Peter Thompkins, Holder Bradford Tripp, and Gilbert F. Ward. Certificates were awarded to Joseph Michael Crosby, Edwin Leo Law, Ruth Janice Rosenberg, and Barbara Virginia Sherman.

The Charles Sidney Chace cash prize for the best essay was presented by Mf. Dwight F. Lane to Gilbert F. Ward and honorable mention given to Roland Cullenberg and Whitman Higgins.

The Alumni awards for outstanding co-operation and helpfulness, presented by H. Judson Robinson, '17 to Sheldon E. Davis, freshman; Whitman W. Higgins, sophomore; Roland Cullenberg, junior; Omer Monast, seniors, and Barbara Sherman, special group.

Athletic Awards

An arm band is given by the school for participation in athletic events, class sports, minor sports and school activties. These were presented at the Wednesday morning assembly by Mr. Willis T. Pettey to: Omer Monast, John Bartley, Gilbert Ward, Elmer Fournier, Lionel Peabody, Paul Donnelly, Keene Dunham, Holder Tripp, Ralph Hall, Ernest Hirschy, Lambert Erickson, and Arthur Saucier.

Mr. Edwin Wyeth presented the Basketball letters and numerals to the members of the basketball team who were in line for them. Letters: Thomas Booker, Charles Cheetham, Lambert Erickson, Lionel Peabody, Arthur Saucier, and to Holder Tripp, as Manager.

Care Of Electric Equipment

In handling an electric cord, always grasp it by the plug and not by the cord itself. Rough handling is hard on the fine wires inside the cord and will eventually cause them to break. Then they may cut through the protective covering in which they are wrapped. The cord should not be twisted or bent. Bicycle tape may be used to wrap a coi'd where it has become worn and thus prolong its life.

For best service an electric washing machine should not be overloaded either with clothes or water. In starting the machine, first start the motor and then throw the machine into gear. In stopping, throw the machine out of gear before turning off the motor. Wringer rolls, of course should have the tension released when left. The machine should be stored in a dry, clean place.

Best results with an electric iron come from keeping its sole or bottom surface clean being careful not to scratch it. It is important that the iron be disconnected when not in use, and, if there is a temperature regulator, current and time are saved by setting it at the proper point for the fabric to be ironed.

Clean the dust bag of a vacuum cleaner regularly but never wash it because washing will remove the "filler" in the fabric which helps to make the bag dustproof. Bits of glass, pins, or metal objects, if picked up with a vacuum cleaner, may clip the fan blades or make holes in the dust bag. Sparking of the motor is usually the result of worn brushes. These may be replaced.

The enameled parts of an electric range may be washed with soap and water or a mild abrasive when the range is cold. Metals parts may be polished with metal polish or whiting. Food spilled on cooking units is simply burned off and Einy particles left in the grooves brushed out with a soft brush.

Electric refrigerators require but little attention. The food compartment, of course, needs cleaning whenever anything is spilled and at regular intervals.

Costless Campaign Curbs Clothes Moth

Inexpensive methods of thorough cleaning and careful packing are still among the best for protecting winter clothes and blankets. Dry cleaning, washing in soap and water, thorough brushing, airing, and sunning are effective and cheap ways of destroying moths. And firm, unbroken paper with edges tightly sealed will prevent moths from reaching these cleaned garments

Napthalene, paradichlorobenzene and gum camphor in the form of familiar moth balls or flakes will give added protection to stored articles by evaporating into fumes which penetrate fabrics and kill any moths in them. But such fumes must be concentrated to be effective and should be used at the rate of one pound for each 100 cubic feet of enclosed space. The mere odor will not spoil the moth's appetite.

Moths ate heartily in an atmosphere scented with cedai-, dried lavender, tobacco, pine oil, or even insect sprays or camphor in experiments of entomologists in the U. S. Department of Agriculture. The entomologists also found that the odor of tar or cedar oil in paper clothes-bags has no deterring effect on moths.

Rhubard Routs Spring Pains

Instead of hauling out the sulphur and molasses this spring, just help yourself to another cut of rhubarb pie. According to Carl R. Fellers, research professor of horticultural manufactures at Massachusetts State College, rhubarb may play an important part in preventing "spring pains, aches, and loss of appetite."

Spring disorders are thought to be at least partly due to lack of vitamin C in the diet when few fresh fruits and vegetables are on the market, Mr. Fellers said. Hence rhubarb developing early as it does may fill this gap.

Fresh rhubarb, Dr. Fellers' experiments show, has approximately one-half the value of orange or grapefruit juice, weight for weight. When it is made into rhubarb sauce, approximately onethird of the vitamin content is lost. Rhubarb, cut into pieces, soaked all night to reduce acidity, and finally canned, contains only a very little vitamin C.

Shall We Serve Meals To

Getting ready to take in tourists during the summer months usually includes consideration of the problem' of whether or not to offer meals. Many people catering to the tourist trade feel that prospective overnight guests may not stop for lodging unless they can get breakfasts and dinners. On the other hand, when a tourist home is located in a town or near good eating places there is no necessity for offering meals.

What help can various members of my family contribute toward earning money in this undertaking? Can I take care of all the rooms available if rented and serve meals without hiring help?

What are my available sources for food supplies from the farm, such as dairy and garden products, fruits, berries and poultry products? How much farm produce in other words can be utilized in meal preparation and turned into ready cash?

How near am I to local grocery stores? Can I depend on them for supplies? Can I depend on market trucks for meats and other products and do they come regularly on time each week? How much can I store in my kitchen or supply room if I buy staple products in quantity? Do I have products and time to can them in preparation for the next season's business?

Can meals be served to guests without family interference or upsetting the family routine? Is my dining room suitably located for serving- guests - near the kitchen, quiet, attractive, and large enough?

Is my kitchen convenient to work in and to save labor? Do I have the necessary equipment to work with, such as adequate dishes for preparing a meal for the number catered to? Do I have efficient refrigeration? Is my fuel supply quick and efficient?

Am I a good cook? Do I know how to serve a good meal? Can I set a table properly. Am I personally capable of managing a tourist home where meals are served ?

The answers put down in black and white would give an opportunity to study one's situation before starting on such a venture. If meals are served, the best of material, skill, and preparation should be put into the menu.

A number of operators of tea rooms, tourist homes, and roadside stands have been discussing the possibility of a state-wide meeting at Massachusetts State College. They feel that the chance to talk over their problems and exchange ideas for making their places more attractive, convenient and profitable would be very worth while.

Such a conference is being arranged by Mrs. Harriet J. Haynes. The college will provide speakers and demonstrations and arrange round table sessions where topics of special interest can be discussed.

April 22 has been set as a tentative date for this conference. If you are interested will you please wi-ite directly to Mrs. Harriet J. Haynes, Extension Economist, Home Management, Massachusetts State College, Amherst, Mass.

Mrs. Florence Lewis Pontes

When Florence Lewis was attending school in Swansea she joined the 4-H Club. One year she belonged to the poultry club and for two years she was a clothing club member. The second year she won second place in County Clothing work. Then there was no club work in her community. The years slipped by and she graduated from high school. She took Extension Courses from Columbia University and taught for seven years in a Swansea school.

She married Victor Pontes, a farmer in Swansea. One day Mr. Pontes came back from the agricultural meetings at the Bristol County Young Farmers' Show and said, "They have meetings for women. Why don't you come up with me." This she did, and became interested in Home Demonstration projects. That was six years ago. She formed a group in her community and for five years has led this group in all the projects conducted. For three yeai-s she has been a member of the Home Bureau Executive Board, this year as president.

At county meetings Mrs. Pontes again came in contact with 4-H Club Work and for three years has been an enthusiastic Service Club member. She has served on the Board of Admission. For two years she has led a 4-H Clothing Club at the Bark Street School, Swansea. In returning to 4-H Club Work Mrs. Pontes has also continued her interest in Home Demonstration Work.

Mr. and Mrs. Pontes have three children, two boys aged 9 and 7, and a girl aged 6. The oldest boy is anxiously waiting for next year when he can become a 4-H Club member.

Clothing Contest

May 1 is nearly here! Is your dress ready for the Contest? Dresses must be at Segreganset by Friday morning, 9.00 o'clock, April 30. Be sure to send the itemized cost and if your dress material is washable include the laundering test cards. This is very important and may make a difference in your score.

Before you send in your dress, ask yourself the following questions: Is the dress clean and well pressed? Are the bastings all out? Is there a strap to hold the belt in place? Are the snaps well sewed on? Are my accessories all in order to wear?

After your dress has been sent, remember you have done your best so you enter the contest knowing you will be a gracious winner or a cheerful loser, for after all, you have an attractive new dress to wear.

Food

Are you prepared to enter the Food Contests on May 1? You will all enjoy it and at the same time learn "to make your best better". Notebooks and other exhibits should be in place at the Dighton High School by 10.00 o'clock Saturday morning. May 1. Judging Contests will take place about 10.30. Mr. Edwin R. Wyeth, County Club Agent, will give an interesting talk and demonstration on Flower Arrangement which you will not want to miss.

Home Furnishing

All contestants in the Home Furnishing clubs should have their exhibits at the Dighton High School on Saturday, May 1, by 10.00 o'clock. An interesting judging contest has been arranged which you will want to enter. Check over your exhibits now to see if they are in readiness. If you wish, you may send them in advance.

First, Caswell, East Taunton; second, Oak Hill, Attleboro; third, Grade-A, South Easton; fourth, Full-o-Pep, North Dartmouth; fifth. Greenwood, North Westport; sixth, Chick-and-Chizel, South Attleboro. By Individuals:

First ribbon, Richard Jones, South Easton; second ribbon, Omer Bernier, North Westport; third ribbon, George and Howard Bankert, South Attleboro. Others in order of their egg yield and receiving over 15 eggs per bird, are as follows: Bernard Paquette, North Dartmouth; Raymond Furmanik, East Taunton; Theodore Paquette, North Dartmouth; John Riley, East Taunton; Lawrence Bliss, Attleboro; Alfred Henault, East Taunton; George^ Remillard, Burton Billings and David Briggs, Attleboro; Jennie Szymanski, North Dartmouth; and Francis Williams, South Easton.

County Camp Notes

New counsellors added to our County Camp Staff are William Lamb, Taunton, and John Perry, Jr., North Dartmouth. The Misses Nellie Kut and Veronica Gryss of Acushnet are to be Mrs. Wyeth's assistants in the cooking at Camp. Each camper is to be charged a 25 cent hobby fee this year which will cover the cost of materials used during the hobby period.

Application blanks for County Camp are now ready and may be procured at any time. You are strongly advised to get your application in early. June 20 is not very far off.

Garden Club members to the number of 128 have been enrolled to date. They are in South Dartmouth, East Taunton, North Attleboro,. Norton, Berkley, Freetown and Westport.

The following local leaders of Garden Clubs have already offered to assist with Garden Clubs this summer: Mr. Edward Parker, Rev. John R. Fitzsimmons and Errol Whittemore, Easton; Gilbert White, Taunton; Donald Cnossen, South Rehoboth; Mrs. Kate R. Tallman, Westport; Robert H. Clorite, of Fall River, and Roy Collins of Mansfield.

Get vegetable and flower seed from reliable seed stores. Even though they cost a little more, they will be well worth the difference in price.

A first year vegetable garden club member must have at least 500 square feet. A flower garden member at least 150 square feet. For each succeeding year in the vegetable gardening project, 500 square feet should be added and for the flower garden, 150 square feet.

It is hoped that the Conservation Clubs, especially, will collect and destroy large numbers of the Tent Caterpillar in this campaign. Several members have reported several thousand each to date. April 15 is the closing date of the campaign so members should get their final records to their respective leaders by that time or very soon after.

Mr. Robert F. Clifford, Game Warden of the North Easton section of the county, gave the club members in Easton a very interesting and instructive talk in the North Easton High School recently.

B. C. A. S. NOTES (Cont from P. 3) Flower Show March 17. The team was composed of Barbara Sherman, Sidney Winslow and Ruth Rosenberg. As a team, they won first in the identification and third in the plant judging.

Roland Cullenberg and Sidney Winslow entered the Public Speaking Contest at Norfolk Agricultural School March 10, where Roland Cullenberg won second place. That entitled him to enter the State contest at Amherst March 19, where he won third place.

The Poultry Judging Team went to Amherst March 18 to enter the State- Wide Poultry Judging contest. Members of the team were Roland Cullenberg, who placed third, and Errol Whittemore, who placed fourth. This entitles them to go to Topsfield Fair in the fall to compete in the final eliminations, where two are chosen to go to Springfield to the Eastern States Exposition for the regionals.

Feed Situation

"The vaccination of cattle against Bang's disease during calfhood is a promising means of combating this serious cattle malady, says Dr. J. R. Mohler, chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry, United States Department of Agriculture. "Yes", he cautions, "this procedure is still in the experimental stage and livestock owners hesitate to place faith in claims tha,t promise more than scientific findings to date warrant".

The Bureau's investigators have found a vaccine prepared with a Brucella abortus strain of low virulence, and used only on calves between four and eight months old, to be an encouraging means of coping with Bang's dis- , ease.

Vaccine should not be given to pregnant cattle as it may cause them to abort and thus spread infection. It also may cause them to spread infection in the case of a seemingly normal birth. Nor should the vaccine be used in herds that are free from Bang's disease. The vaccination of mature cattle even " though non-pregnant is considered inadvisable.

Although calfhood vaccination continues to give encouraging results in controlled experiments, it is important that the method give similar results in extensive trials under herd and farm conditions before one may properly conclude that the method merits adoption on a large scale.

The Bureau of Animal Industry is cooperating with about 250 herd owners in different states in a calfhood-vaccination experiment on farms where 15 percent or more cattle have reacted to the Bang's disease test. It is proposed to continue this experiment until such time as all cattle in these herds will be those that were vaccinated when calves."

1. Fowl pox may be eliminated from the premises by removing the flock in which the disease has made its appearance, followed by thorough cleaning and disinfection.

4. Precautions should be taken to prevent the introduction of fowl pox through infected birds, contaminated feed and equipment, and persons coming in contact with infected flocks.

1. Vaccinate flocks in which the presence of the disease has been observed, either through natural infection or vaccination, and in which eradication does not seem practical.

4. Use a reliable vaccine, of which the expiration date has not expired. (Buy from a reputable source and handle the vaccine acording to instructions.)

7. The operator applying the vaccine should make certain that the vaccine is introduced into the break in the skin. (Important when the 'stick' method is used.)

Grain prices have been high for so long a period that we are beginning to take it for granted, but we should look forward and see what is coming.

Feed grain supplies of corn, oats and barley available for the rest of this feeding season are very low. While the grain available last fall was greater than two years ago, more livestock has been fed during the winter and the little bit of surplus available last fall has now disappeared. The supply of byproducts and wheat is nine percent higher than in 1935. This has a tendency to make cow feeds lower than they might be but does not help the poultrymen very much.

The high price of corn in the United States as compared to foreign countries will attract imports of Argentine corn but these importations will be only a drop in the bucket. Thirty-seven million bushels were imported two years ago and this is only 2 per cent of our national corn crop production.

A reduction in acreage of feed-gTain crops to be grown in the United States is to be expected and if averag'e conditions exist, a harvested grain crop 5 per cent, larger than 1936 is to be expected. The improvement in livestock prices since 1934 encourages better feeding of meat animals and hence a greater demand for grain. This is helping to keep grain prices up.

There is to be little relief from g-rain prices before another crop is harvested. These factors have a tendency to keep grain prices up. They are: that foreign purchases of wheat prevent its substitution for corn as a feed; a heavier grain feeding than was anticipated and a less than average plantings in prospect on March 1st.

Predicting feed prices now for next fall is just like predicting the weather for the coming summer. Indications now are for the same livestock numbers and a smaller number of poultry to consume the grain crop. This would make the supplies per animal greater than last year and probably a lower price.

April, 1937

Total herds, 28; total cows on test, 853; number cows in milk, 735; number cows dry, 118; average production per cow, 784 pounds milk, 30.6 pounds butterfat; average butterfat test, 3.91 per cent. 10 HIGHEST HERDS

Conservation Grows Apace

On May 1 field service for enrolling farmers in the Conservation Program was withdrawn. However, farmers may still enroll by getting in touch with the Conservation Agent at the Bristol County Agricultural School. Eight hundred and fifty Bristol County farmers have indicated they will participate this year, this being triple the 1936 enrolment. Mr. Riley states that it is not necessary to file a work sheet in order to enroll. Many men have already sent in a postcard indicating their desire to participate. This method is simple and will insure every farmer that his fai-m will be visited by a supervisor this fall and should be attended to at once.

Control Of Fowl Pox

(Continued from Page 1, Column 2) fully for "takes" eight to ten days after vaccination. (A "take" may appear as a swelling of the tissues and scab formation at the point of vaccination.)

Our Seniors Of 1937

Arthur Goulart, who graduated in 1928, was married in April. Since graduation he has been working as orchardist at Harvard, Massachusetts. He has recently made a change and is in charge of the Harco Orchards in South Easton, Massachusetts.

Summer Events At B. C. A. S.

May Queen Party - Boys choose your partners for the May Queen Party to be held Friday evening. May 14, at the Dighton High School Hall. We all enjoy beautiful flowers, homes, and especially beautiful young ladies. This event always attracts the young people and the older people of Bristol County, so make your plans immediately and let nothing prevent you from attending.

Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Woodward will be host and hostess. The judges are to be made up of one member from the student body, one from the Alumni and one lady connected with the school.

The Deep Sea Fishing Party will be held some time during this month. May. The date has not yet been set, but it is hoped that the group can go out of Plymouth Harbor. If you are interested, please call the school office for the date.

Registration Of New Pupils

Registration is well under way and from all indications there will be a large registration of new pupils for the opening of school in the fall. H you are interested to apply for admission it will be well to notify the school office at once to avoid disappointment as the quota of new entrants may be filled early in the season.

The Art Of Living Together

To be presented by Dr. Samuel Macaulay Lindsay of Brookline, guest speaker at the Bristol County Annual Home Bureau Bay, Saturday, June 5, at the Dighton High School, 10.30 A. M. to 3.30 P. M.

Other features include Recreation, Exhibits, One-Act Play, and talks by Mrs. Annette T. Herr, State Home Demonstration Leader and Miss Ruth Mclntire, Recreation Specialist.

Almost everyone thinks of a home as a refuge from harm and yet the home is not without its dangers. As a matter of fact, "there's no place like home for accidents". Injuries in the home take an unwarranted annual toll in life, suffering and economic loss. Many fatal accidents occur in the home. People are burned to death, they fall, are suffocated, asphyxiated, poisoned, strangled, shot, electrocuted and even drowned.

According to a report of the American National Red Cross, more accidents occur in the home than on our streets and highways, more than in our factories. In 1934 there were 34,500 accidental deaths in American homes, 150,000 family members were permanently disabled and 4,950,000 were temporarily disabled. The cost of all the home accidents amounted to $640,000,- 000. Falls were responsible for 14,100 of the deaths or 47 per cent, of all the home fatalities.

Most of the fatal accidents and thousands of accidents that are less serious, but painful and disabling, could be prevented if attention were given to the causes of accidents.

A neat, convenient, and orderly home in good repair tends to reduce the accident hazard. Order is an essential to the attractive, livable home and to the safe home. The grouping of the furniture, the choice and hanging of curtains and draperies, the selection and placing of rugs, the choice of accessories used in the home and the arrangement of all of the furnishings so that there are free passageways between doors all contribute toward making the home more attractive and reduce the accidents that occur in it.

Falls are responsible for injury to more people in the home than any other type of accident. Many of these falls can be prevented if the house is orderly - ^that is, "if there is a place for everything and everything in its place."

Other hazards causing falls necessitate the making of repairs about the house, in some cases new stairs, a stair rail, and new floors. Most of the falls that occur in the home are caused by:

Slippery floors - small or scatter rugs - small obstacles on the floor - stairs and steps - chairs and other step ladder substitutes - defective screens - defective railings or porches.

Better Light For Better Sight

Do You Know That - The behavior, efficiency, and happiness of the child is effected by his vision, not only in childhood but throughout life?

Twenty-five per cent of our young people have defective vision. The eyes of a child are especially subject to injury because they are not fully developed in growth or function.

The child becomes more quickly fatigued when he works by a poor light. This may cause irritability or nervous tension. Often it causes him to hold his book too close to his eyes. If this is continued over a long period of time, it causes malformation of eye muscles which results in near sightedness. If the child holds his book closer than 14 inches, the chances are that poor lighting is causing him to strain his eyes. Check up on the Lighting in Your Home

Higher Living Costs

The cost of living has increased about six per cent in the past three years, according to Mrs. H. J. Haynes, household management specialist at Massachusetts State College. The housewife must have $1.06 to buy what she bought three years ago with $1.00.

House furnishings are showing the largest advance in price of all household products compared with one year ago, Mrs. Haynes says. All prices have advanced during the past month, but floor coverings and blankets show the greatest increase, with furniture, sheets, comfortables, electrical appliances, and china also moving up.

Many consumers have not felt recent price increases because retail stocks generally have not been marked up. However, new stocks will reflect advances, she says. With the continuing increase in prices, the housewife will find it to her advantage to buy any needed home furniture before prices go higher if the best return is to be obtained for the money expended.

Herman Morse

Herman M.orse, then of Acushnet but now of Taunton, first joined a 4-H Club in 1920. He wasn't satisfied to take up one project but decided to handle six for a starter. They were Garden, Dairy, Corn, Pig, Poultry, and Potato Clubs. The Club Agent rather discouraged Herman from carrying so many, advising him to do one well. However, Herman took on the six and finished them all in good shape.

Of course, he continued in club work the next year and for several years after. In 1922 he won a County Championship in the Potato Project and was awarded a free trip to Camp Gilbert at the State College, Amherst.

He has been more or less active in the County 4-H Service Club and will assume charge of the 4-H Dairy Show at the coming Rehoboth Fair in September.

In spite of the fact that our camp costs are going to be considerably higher this year, we are not charging any more than usual. This, however, may be the last year that we will be able to keep it down to $5.00. Take advantage of the situation this year.

The County Camp Committee appointed at the last 4-H Service Club Meeting consists of the following members: Mrs. Clara M. Ashley, Berkley, Chairman; John Perry, Jr., Dax-tmouth; Mrs. D. Lee Johnson, Rehoboth; and the Club Agents. Of course, the President, Joseph Merrill of Raynham is exofficio a member. Any questions to any of these folks will be answered promptly. Applications for Camp should be made to Mrs. Clara M. Ashley, R.F.D. No. 1, Taunton.

Tent Caterpillar Contest

Preliminary reports on the Tent Caterpillar Contest indicate that the final count vnll be well ahead of last year. Last year the club members in this county collected and destroyed over 60,000 nests.

A free trip goes to the highest standing individual. The contest closes on Saturday, May 15, which is the day set apart to collect and destroy the tents.

Service Club Outing

The County Service Club has been invited to the Club Agent's Cottage in Brewster, on the Cape, on the 16th of May. All Service Club members are invited to go. It will be a fine day's outing if the weather is good.

Additional garden clubs have been organized in the Oakland section of Taunton with Mr. Willard Chace as leader; North Rehoboth with Mary Schobel as leader, and one in Acushnet with Raymond Parker as leader.

This year each garden club member will be obliged to collect and mount ten specimens of garden diseases. A very helpful and interesting illustrative booklet has been prepared by Prof. 0. C. Boyd, Extension Plant Pathologist, to guide each garden club member. This will be sent out at once.

Girls' Achievement Day

The morning was given to Clothing, Food, and Home Furnishing Contests. Eighty-four girls participated in the County-wide Dress Contest and Style Revue. Room permits the names only of those in the Excellent or Blue Seal Class. In the Junior Contest were: Eunice Chatterton, Arlene Chatterton, Somerset; Avis Chace, Shirley Bennett, Barbara Charlwood, Taunton. Intermediate prize winners were: Gertrude Chatterton, Somerset; Antonette Romeo, Fall River, and Ora Chace, Taunton. The older girls receiving prizes were: Rosalina Branco, Somerset; Ellen Swanson, Rehoboth; Virginia Dustin, Mansfield, in the School Dress Class. Rita Vincent, Rehoboth, Wool Suit; Irene Webster, Taunton, Informal Party.

In the Food Contests, girls exhibiting muffins who received Excellent scores were: Dorothy Blackmore, North Dartmouth; Janet Buck, Barbara Dustin, Martha Short, Janette Sweet of Mansfield. Exhibit of Cake for older girls, Excellent awards were: Alice Lemieux, Cecelia Scribner, Bernice Jackson, Evelyn Bradley, North Dartmouth; Muriel Salley, Rehoboth; Opal Hinton,

By Individuals: First ribbon, Leon Fozzy, Jr., South Easton; Second ribbon, Richard Jones, South Easton; Third ribbon, Bankert Brothers, South Attleboro. Others in order and receiving over fifteen eggs per bird from their flocks, are: Robert Allen, Easton; Bernard Paquette. North Dartmouth; John Riley, East Taunton; Lawrence Bliss, Attleboro; Raymond Furmanik, East Taunton; Davis Briggs, Attebolro; Randolph Riley, East Taunton; Omer Bemier, North Westport; Leonard Doran and Theodore Paquette, North Dartmouth; Melbourne Hicks and Edwin Eastwood of South Easton were tied for next place; George Remillard, Burton Billings, Attleboro; Harold Hudson, South Easton; Alfred Henault, East Taunton; Francis Williams, South Easton, and Frank Ludviania, East Taunton.

By Clubs: First, Grade A Club, South Easton; Second, Oak Hill Club, Attleboro; Third, Caswell Club, East Taunton; Fourth, Full-0-Pep Club, North Dartmouth; Fifth, Chick and Chizel, South Attleboro; Sixth, Greenwood Club, North Westport.

Poultrymen Co-Operate In 4-H Club Work

Each of the following poultrymen in Bristol County very kindly donated 50 day-old chicks to 4-H club members in this county. They are as follows : Messrs. R. E. and F. H. Kendrick, and Mr. Nathan B. Rounsevell, Freetown; Miss E. G. Casey, Mf. James Phillips of the Phillips Farm and Peckham Brothers of New Bedford.

We greatly appreciate what these poutrymen have done and we feel all those receiving chicks or eggs have acknowledged and thanked the above named poultrymen. Twelve club members have benefited by this enterprise.

The Consumer - Vegetables

Chances for an educative vacation are excellent according to reports from the Massachusetts State College. Preliminary announcements have just been made regarding the annual Farm and Home Week which is to be held July 27, 28, 29, and 30.

With living expenses as cheap as they are in Amherst, Farm and Home Week offers an excellent opportunity to take a pleasant vacation and at the same time brush up on latest farm and home information.

Here's just a general idea of what the program will include: Home flowers, three days, with such speakers as Mrs. Dorothy^ Biddle, editor of Garden Digest ; Dorcas Brigham of Williamsburg; and W. N. Craig of Weymouth; and then a special flower arrangement clinic which should be of interest to everyone.

The poultrymen will be holding their 25th annual meeting with such speakers as F. R. Beaudette of Rutgers University, New Jersey; L. F. Paine of Kansas State College; and A. G. Holmes of Stoneham, Massachusetts.

The fruit growers will have their usual two-day session with such speakers as B. R. Gardner of Michigan State College; Harold Rogers, Southington, Connecticut; J. Gelder of Cha22y, New York. These men and others will cover pruning, spraying, bud sports, growing and selling apples, and small fruits.

Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., and Charles M. Gardner of Westfield are the leading speakers on the Grange Day program which is scheduled for Friday, July 30.

There will be a three-day session devoted to dairy and general agriculture, covering milk marketing, governmental control, home grown crops, dairy herd selection, and dairy herd diseases, with such speakers as O. E. Reed of the Bureau of Animal Industry, United States Department of Agriculture; E. S. Savage of Cornell University; R. W. Smith, New Hampshire state veterinarian, and others.

The forestry program will be held on Tuesday with the principal topics being weeding, thinning, and estimating standing timber. A trip to Mount Toby, the college experimental forest, will conclude the program.

The Poultry industry in Bristol County seems to show three distinct types of business, when one looks over the flocks in this section of the country. First we have the very large number of comparatively small flocks of around fifty hens that are kept mainly for home or farm use. A few eggs are sold from these flocks, but they are usually looked upon as a source of food for the home. Then see those flock of 200 to 400 or more hins with a yearly rearing of about a thousand chickens. Usually these flocks are a part of a regular farm enterprise such as dairying or market gardening, or a part-time business along with some factory work. The poultry products usually go to stores or such wholesale outlets as auctions or commission houses. The broilers go from the farm in one load as a rule and the yearly sales of eggs may fluctuate considerably due to the once a year hatching program. And next we find the man whose main line of work is in the poultry industry. He is a specialist in that line with no other farm enterprise. The flock usually consists of at least 1500 layers. Many times the farm is small in area, and all land is used for houses and range. Markets are usually of the wholesale, hatching egg, or baby chick type.

In former periods of hard going in the industry when a decrease was made in flocks it occurred in the "part-time" group principally, with some cut down in the home flock. The reasons seen were that the factories at low production and unemployment rather general, many went into poultry keeping in their spare time until their markets were seriously affected due to the low purchasing power by the public. Then the flocks were reduced or eliminated. At present, however, we see a different picture. A grain price exceptionally high and the selling price of eggs and poultry rather low, means that with business supposedly better, buying power of the consumer is better and we find the first two groups of poultrymen able to keep their flocks going because of other income, not because of the profit they are making. But the third group, those men engaged in rather intensive poultry production, find that instead of the "shoe pinching", they are almost without shoes to pinch. Monthly feed costs are very high with little relief in sight, market prices of products ruinously low.

The consumer wants fresh vegetables and the fresher they are the more he will eat. The grower should take every means possible to put his vegetables into the consumers' hands so that the consumer wants to eat them. Here are some things one should do in harvesting vegetables: Harvest the crop early in the day when it is cool ; put the produce in a cool place after harvesting and use ice on those crops that need it.

Fruits and vegetables stay alive after harvest and in some cases continue to grow. Respiration takes place for a while after harvest. It is the taking of carbon dioxide and liberation of oxygen plus the breaking down of carbohydrates that evolve heat and accounts for self -heating in piled produce.

The problem for the grower is the one of preventing the ill effects of giving off heat. Pre-cooling and the use of ice will prevent this breakdown. The use of paper by most growers keeps the product in good shape until the market is reached. Some storekeepers do not do all they should to keep farm products in good condition to make it attractive to the buyer. There is little one can do in this case since it is easier for him to sell canned produce rather that local farm produce.

To my mind, the remedy is not specific, but general. To begin with there are probably some engaged in the business that are handicapped through lack of a thorough knowledge of the work. If accurate bookkeeping was kept, the figures would show a loss in operation and no one can continue long under such conditions. Other factors that are really important are the average production per bird per year of all birds housed. There is a vast difference between housing (after rearing and housing costs are considered) a thousand pullets in October and finishing the year with eight hundred and fifty and a flock which will only count up to six hundred at the some date. Average production for the flock should be based on the number of birds housed at the beginning of the laying year. High mortality during the year is costly. What good is a bird of 200 eggs a year probability or breeding if she dies after laying 100 eggs. She is nothing more than a 100 egg bird. So stock used, its livability and productive capacity should be considered far more than it is.

May, 1937

MAY, 1937 Total herds, 28; Total cows on test, 853; No. cows in milk, 745; No. cows dry, 108; Average production per cow, 844 pounds milk, 33.4 pounds butterfat; Average butterfat test, 3.96.

The Goal Of An Agricultural Policy

The policy farmers are developing seeks to provide for the most efficient and economical use and the wisest care of national resources with, at the same time, ample production at prices fair to both consumers and producers.

(2) Enable agriculture to provide for the farmer's family a living standard comparable to that enjoyed by the other three-fourths of the country's population.

(3) Enable agriculture to contribute its share tothe business and industry of the Nation through possessing an adequate and stable farm buying power.

(4) Supply the Nation with food and fiber in abundance, but not is such excess as to penalize the farmer and through him the national economy.

contrary there is still to be seen on too many of our farms such conditions as bare ranges, shadeless yards, broken down feed hoppers that are certainly not wasteless, worm and coccidiosis affected birds that will never make a dollar for the owner, and thin birds due to lack of sufficient feed.

Until we take a full, frank, and complete analysis of our business there will still be those who will try to make a living at something which cannot do it under their present management. On the larger poultry farms I sincerely believe that the owners have got to take a tip from their dairy friends and raise part of their feeds. In the industry as a whole a more concerted effort on the part of all to see that their products are of the best possible to grow and that the consuming public has an opportunity to know what a good food you produce. By the way, did you have an egg for breakfast ?

Farm & Home Week

Lawn Day, Parent-Teacher Day, a special conference on governmental problems, a four-day program for homemakers, and special programs on community organization and recreation will complete the Farm and Home Week program.

Ten boys and two instructors went on a deep sea fishing trip Thursday, May 27. Because of the rough water a few did not enjoy the trip as well as they might have, but the majority had a wonderful time. Forty five fish were caught, the largest caught by Burton Booker, weighing five pounds, and the smallest caught by Walter Falk.

The May Queen Dance was held Friday evening. May 14. It was indeed a May party with the auditorium beautifully decorated with apple blossoms.

There were many contestants for the May Queen's throne, and each one would have been a choice for a Queen. Miss Barbara Sherman, who received a certificate from the school this spring, was chosen May Queen.

June twenty-third, the pupils and friends of the school are invited to a trip to Cuttyhunk, with a lobster supper at the island. Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Pettey with be the host and hostess. The charge will be $ per person.

The week-end camping trip will be held July 17 and 18 at Crowell Hill in Auburn. This event is always enjoyed, with swimming, athletics, cooking over an open fire, sleeping under the stars. The party will leave the dormitory Saturday noon and return Sunday evening. Provision is made for attending church Sunday morning. Mr. Wyman Hawkes and Mr. Wayne Philbrook will be the instructors in charge. Please call the school office if you wish to go.

The Beach Party will be held at Fort Phoenix August 4. There will be swimming and diving contests, hot dogs and coffee and dessert. Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Woodward and Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Millard will be hosts and hostesses.

Garden And Home Canned

Many homemakers and householders are interested in reducing the cost of food for the family by operating a vegetable garden and by canning or otherwise preserving some of the products of such effort. This naturally leads to an interest in the dollars and cents of such effort.

A vegetable garden for such a family, designed to produce all possible food for a year and not including potatoes, needs to be about 5,000 square feet in area. The money cost, if fitting the land be done by horse or other power, will be about $10.00 on the average. This figure includes fitting land, fertilizer, seeds and plants, and materials necessary to control insects and diseases.

The man labor involved will amount to about 200 hours or an average of one hour per day for the garden season from April to November. At some periods more than an hour a day will be needed ; at others there will be many days when no work is called for.

Such a garden properly planned and managed and well cared for will, in an .average season produce considerably more than 2,500 pounds of vegetables. Of this total, in a program devoted to correct division of use, about 800 pounds will be eaten fresh, 1,000 pounds preserved by canning and 700 pounds preserved by storing.

Home canning costs are also rather -difficult to figure. Four elements enter the problem: three of them, viz. material used, containers and heat, may be quite accurately estimated. The fourth, labor, is an exceedingly variable factor.

The following table of canning costs is based on (1) material values as set up for home garden crops; (2) jars at one-fourth of first cost per year ; (The average life of jars is four years) ; (3) heat charged at II/2 cents per pint jar or 2I/2 cents per quart jar. It is belived to be a reasonably accurate average.

Labor cannot be figured with any degree of accuracy. It does not represent money spent but money earned. At forty cents per hour and averaged for all canning it may reasonably be figured at 4 cents per pint jar or No. 2 can and 7 cents per quart jar or No. 3 can. This would make the above costs on tomatoes run at 12 cents, 21 cents, 13 cents, 23 cents. Comparing home canning cost with bought costs only money spent should be considered and the difference credited as money earned.

In the garden project the labor involved should be credited at the difference between money spent and value placed on products. It will average more than $40.00 for a good garden.

In the canning project based on the number of jars that should be put up; 375 pints or its equivalent in other containers; this labor credit will be more than $25.00

In a well planned program, preservation by storage is included. This calls for a good cold room which involves some construction expense. This is, however, a small item. It need not cost over 10 or 15 dollars to create such a room and dividing this by the length of use makes its cost negligible.

The value of the garden usually increases as the stored crops are used because retail prices of such crops increase as the season goes on. Root crops, cabbage, etc., valued at 2 cents a pound when crediting the garden, are very often worth much more than that when used during the winter.

Valuation of jams, jellies, conserves, etc., etc., is more difficult than is the case on canned products. Raw materials are usually purchased and at widely varying prices. Only a rather rough estimate can be given as a basis for credit for this effort. This estimate is based on cost figures in laboratory practice over a long period of time.

Canning Meetings

We are joining with Plymouth County at Rochester for one canning center. We hope that Bristol County people near that center will avail themselves of this privilege.

Home Bureau Day was observed at Dighton High School, Saturday June 5 with a very good attendance of Homemakers from Bristol County. The morning session opened with communtiy singing led by Miss Ruth Mclntire, State Recreation Specialist. Director Gilbert welcomed the people and spoke on "The Home Circle" which he considers the real unit of the Home Bureau and the Community. The annual business meeting followed with the election of three new board members to serve three years - Mrs. Anthony Chase, Touiset, Mrs. Alton Tripp, Fairhaven and Mrs. W. E. Hawkes Segreganset. Mrs. Annette T. Herr, State Home Demonstration Agent spoke on "Children's Heritage." After lunch, more community singing was enjoyed.

Miss Blanche Eames, Home Demonstration Agent, was present and presented the fall program of work which will be clothing including the making of silk and wool garments. Mrs. Harriet J. Haynes, State Home Economist, gave interesting high lights on the program for Farm and Home week to be held at Amherst the week of July 27 to 30.

A one act play was presented by the Oakland Grange entitled "Bill's Rummage Sale." The play was coached by Mrs. Arthur Bliss and Mrs. Joseph E. Bryant. Both of these women were enrolled in Miss Mclntire's play production course given in the Spring.

Exhibits of the four Household Buying meetings, also of a chair caning group from Westport and hooked rugs from a Rehoboth group were displayed.

Service Club Hold Outing

The Bristol County 4-H Service Club recently held an outing at the Cape. The event was very enjoyable to all of the forty who attended and the weather was made to order.

In the early evening a "weenie" roast was held in the same spot overlooking the lake and this concluded the "perfect day" - an event long to be remembered by all. : _j

County Camp Notes

Just think. County Camp is only a short way off. The Camp may be smaller than usual this year due to the fact that so many schools in the County do not close until the same day as County Camp. William Lamb of Taunton is not to be with us this year as a Counselor owing to an appendicitis operation. We are sorry indeed to not have him with us. You remember he was with us last year. We hope "Bill" will improve rapidly.

Richard Bugbee of Attleboro Falls, a freshman at Springfield College, will have charge of the swimming and craft work at County Camp this year. We all know "Dick", and like him very much. He will be assisted by Lee Flemming of Myricks.

Mrs. Margaret Telfer of Berkley will assist with the craft work. Mr. John Perry Jr. of No. Dartmouth and Mrs. Margaret Telfer of Berkley will take care of the recreation. Mrs. Louise Gwilliam will be camp mother and have charge of the canteen ; Mrs. Bernice Witherell of North Rehoboth is Camp Secretary.

Present indications are for a fine camp this year. Mr. G. O. Oleson, Extension Editor at the Massachusetts State College, will take charge of the photography hobby and it should be good. Miss Mildred Ashley of Berkley will assist Mr. Oleson. All those interested in this hobby should be sure to bring their own or a borrowed camera. Other hobbies will be Amberolcraft, a sort of synthetic resin from which such things as pendants, buckles, paper knives, etc., are made. Another hobby will be metalcraft in which case trays, plaques, dishes, etc., will be made.

Rehoboth Fair

The State 4-H Garden Exhibit to be held at the Horticultural Hall, Boston, on August 26th and 27th is another grand opportunity for club members to win prizes. Premium lists for this show will also be sent upon request.

Garden Club members spray regularly for insects and diseases to say nothing of weeding and cultivation. Send to the Club Agent at Segreganset for spray charts.

The following are rules for a county wide canning contest to be held next fall. Enroll as a 4-H Canning Club Member and begin working now in preparation for the contest.

Exhibit Requirements

2. The exhibit shall consist of one jar of non-acid vegetable and one jar of fruit. Any glass jar may be used. Jars will be judged as a pair.

A. Hold local club contests in connection with any club meeting, only the jars winning first place to be sent to the county contest for final placing.

In the event plan A is used, the county prizes will be furnished on the basis of the number of club members exhibiting in the several contests.

State Prizes

One trip to the State Camp will be awarded to each county to the club member 15 years of age or over who exhibits in the above contest and whose exhibit and record is considered worthy by the county club agents for the honor of attending State Camp. Counties receiving this trip must have a total of 25 or more club members exhibiting regardless of age.

Margaret Rusconi

Margaret Rusconi of Hart Street, Taunton has just completed 9 consecutive years of 4-H Club Work. When Margaret was a student at the County Street School she became a clothing club member. She has continued in this project ever since. Three year ago Margaret won a first prize in the county dress contest with a white linen sport dress trimmed with navy blue and a white sailor hat with blue trimming tomatch. This entitled her to attend the State dress contest at Amherst where she received a very good score.

Four years ago the food club was without a leader. Margaret had always been a clothing club member but was studying foods in high school. She has been a very fine leader ever since. Her girls have won county prizes with their notebooks and food products.

Since 1933 she has been a member of the Young Homemakers Club, a club for 4-H Club girls in high school or graduates. Until this year Ida Davis has been leader. This year Ida has been enrolled at Massachusetts State College. Margaret and Sophie Bator have led the club and done very well.

During the winter a Mother and Dad Night combined with Community Night was' held. Rev. Wilton Cross of Taunton gave a fine talk and showed moving pictures of his trip to England. Music by club members opened and closed the program.

Margaret and one other girl from her club attended Miss Mclntire's meetings on Play Production. The second girl varied at each meeting depending on which girl v/as not working at the time. Later in the season a One-Act Play was presented. A charge was made and considerable money was obtained. Candy was sold during intermission. Moving pictures on club work were shown and club members furnished musical selections. The younger members of County Street Clubs also presented a 4-H Club Play.

Farmers' Bulleti

During the last month a group of farmers met with a representative of the State Agricultural Conservation Committee to make proposals for practices for the 1938 Agricultural Conservation Program.

The proposals for the large part dealt with increased benefit payments for most practices to offset increased seed and fertilizer costs. One proposal was the making of two practices out of the winter cover crop and green manure practice. It was suggested that the growing of a winter cover crop be considered as one practice and the plowing down of the crop a separate practice. If this is done dairy farmers would be free again to pasture the winter cover crops and receive benefit payments for cover crops grown to prevent erosion.

Another proposal suggested was the making up a wood-lot base for each farm. This woodlot base would be used only in the farm-lot for improvement cuttings, weeding and thinnings.

During June two additional practices were approved for 1937 particularly for market gardens. One practice is the growing of a green manure crop after a cash crop has been harvested, and plowing down the green manure crop to be followed by a winter cover crop. The benefit payment for this practice is $12.50 per acre. The other practice is the use of mulch on garden crops. The payment in this case is $2.00 per ton of mulch used with a limit of 5 tons per acre.

Soon inspection of farms for compliance will start. Just what procedure is to be used has not been decided. We are quite certain each field will have to be measured in order to determine acreages. This work will be under the direction of Vincent J. Riley, Agricultural Conservation Agent.

New Aggie Building Well Under Way

Our Extension Service friends, pupils, and parents alike will appreciate the prospect of more commodious and comfortable quarters in which to do business. The mere fact of getting back into a school home of our own will help much.

My attention has been called to the fact that nine cows belonging to the Bristol County Agricultural School have been shipped to a farm at Auburn, Mass., for pasturing, to remain there until September.

I am at a loss to understand why a matter of this nature was not called to the attention of the trustees. I note a payment of $35.00 for this pasturing, and there is, of course, the additional payment of transportation to this point which is about nine miles beyond Worcester.

In my opinion there are ample pasturing fields in Bristol County to care for our school needs in this respect and personally I see no reason for shipping our cows to this point.

Your letter of July 1 gives me a welcome opportunity to put before you in writing, as you suggest, the facts in regard to pasturing the dry stock and young stock from the Bristol County Agricultural School farm.