Taunton City (part 11 of 13)

I said "good-bye" reluctantly. I really hated to leave, but it was my wife's birthday, and I had promised her Charlie Chaplin in "City Lights", and women don't forget promises.

Bristol Vs. Essex

The score 44 to 25. That's the least of our concern. How those boys did play and fight - all of them. Essex is represented by a really fine aggregation on the court. Plenty of team-work and a good eye for the basket.

We like Essex and enjoyed having them here. Even glad they won. No regrets, save one. For the interests of good sportsmanship and fair rivalry, the age limit ought to be observed by our fellow agriculturists.

Essex

Against heavier, more mature and more experienced athletes, Bristol played a courageous, intelligent and exciting game. Their fighting spirit, manifest to the end, made us feel like hugging them, (their girls did). ESSEX

Bristol Orates

Philip Erbeck, stately and dignified; Gilbert Blackledge, debonair and hopeful; Peter Gurecki, Westward ho! and all of the "finest class" ever to graduate from B. C. A. S., '31, will lock horns with the budding stumpsters of Essex and Norfolk.

Annual Graduation Exercises

Fifteen young men will be given diplomas on Tuesday evening, March 31, by Mr. Harold F. Tompson, member of the Board of Trustees. These diplomas are, of course, a token of having completed the required work in B. C. A. S. Such a day is a significant one in the life of aspiring youth. It will be encouraging for them, the school, and all concerned, to see a great crowd of alumni and friends.

Splendid music has been arranged. Thrift prizes will be awarded as usual by Mr. W. L. Ide. The address will be given by Mr. Allen P. Keith, Superintendent of the New Bedford Schools and President of our Board of Trustees.

Short Story Contest

When Edwin Markham, distinguished poet, visited B. C. A. S., he left two copies of his "Shoes of Happiness" and two copies of his "Lincoln" poems. They were to be awarded to those members of the Freshman Class writing the best original short story. The winners were:

Can you imagine - failure to recognize "Grandpa" Gilbert in our last issue? A daughter, Thelma Louise, was born to Mr. and OMrs. Gordon Hixon, '25. Mrs. Hixon is, of course, known to all as Beatrice Gilbert.

Joe Walkden, '30, did his work so well at the Justa Poultry Farm, Long Island, that his employer gave him the privilege of hiring another B. C. A. S. student.

Met Voutas' dad, of Marlboro, recently. A regular "Teddy" Roosevelt grin and mighty anxious to visit B. C. A: S. and send other of his boys there.

'Mr. R. W. Stimson of the State Department of Education, and Mr. H. 0. Sampson, State Supervisor of Vocational Education in New Jersey, visited B. C. A. S. on February 24, and Mr. Sampson made a most careful study of our school.

Philip Erbeck, '31, will be foreman of the Orchard and Small Fruits Department of B. C. A. S. during the summer months, and in September he will pack the old knapsack and head for M. A. C. - the two-year course.

Among our alumni noticed at the dance, February 27 w'ere Charles E. Ashley, David Hatherly, Damon Clegg, Joe Alves, Arthur Lavigne, James York, Clinton Woodward, Hugh Kenworthy, James Eddy, Leonard Fuller, Elwood Lindsay, Herbert Davis, George Lowrie, and Roger Bennett. There were others, of course, that the reporter is not yet acquainted with. These dances are a fine time for reunions. We'll look for more next time.

Students Attend M. A. C. Short Course

Students taking Floriculture With Mr. Robinson, journeyed to the Field Station at Waltham to take in the Short Course put on by the College for Massachusetts florists. The day, February 18, was very stormy, but in spite of this, over two hundred men from all over the state were in attendance.

The interest and enthusiasm shown by those in attendance was very marked, and it w'as unanimously voted to hold the Short Course another year, and to hold it for two days instead of one.

David Hatherly

On February 21, I drove through "Fairyland", on the way to Marlboro. The highways and trees and farmhouses fairly glistened under the spell of snowflakes and sunshine. And the spell wasn't broken when I saw the Marlboro Dairy iCtompany. It's a most a1> tractive place. Went over to see David Hatherly. Didn't know much about him. Didn't want to. Preconceived notions would spoil the fun.

For a while I watched the hum of machinery, the hustle of working men and the steady flow' of milk. Then I inquired if David Hatherly worked there. "Sure, but he's out on a truck now." So he was a milk pedler. "How do you find this chap - reliable and honest?" "Sure - he's all right." "When will he be back?" "0, it's hard telling. You might call his home." "Hello, Central - 1560, please." "Hello, is Mr. Hatherly there?" "No, but I'll locate him for you." "No, don't go to that trouble." "No trouble at all. I'll call back."

Just then a splendid looking young fellow stepped in. Erect, eagle-eyed, energetic - just naturally a likeable chap. Introductions were in order. It was David Hatherly. "Let's go up to the office." Thought to myself that he was taking a lot of liberty, particularly when

Discovered that he had knocked around considerably since graduating from B. C. A. S. in 1923, including an irresistible pull back to the old school for a year of post-graduate work. Served as foreman of the Farm Crops Department. Spent some time at the Lakeville Sanitorium Dairy and Boston Farm and Trade School Dairy; hit the lumber camps in New Hampshire; herdsman near Fairhaven; a year and a half with Whiting Milk Company in Boston.

"Guess I didn't stay very long at any one place." But it's time w'e exploded that bit of popular bunk of "a rolling stone gathering no moss". Henry Ford and Thomas Edison moved around as much as Hatherly ever did. But it wasn't aimless wandering. They were headed somewhere. And they were going to find the thing for which they were by nature and equipment best prepared to do.

Hatherly found that very thing. He's been with the Marlboro Dairy Company two and one-half years. "Ji\st what's your work here, Mr. Hatherly?" "Why, I'm the general manager." I took an extra grip on my chair and a yank at my belt in order not to betray my shock too vividly. And yet it wasn't such a terrible surprise. Everything about him indicated enough ability, personality, capacity, and enthusiasm to do the job in a real way.

And when he offered to show me through the plant I didn't dare tell him I had already been through. Anyway, it's well worth seeing several times, and it was worth just watching his eyes glow as he showed me the place from top to bottom. It's a co-operative enterprise - buying milk from fifty-five farmers - all stockholders. Its total assets are valued at $103,041.70. Handles 3500 quarts of milk a day, over a large territory. Makes ice cream, cottage cheese, buttermilk. Modern and up-to-date in every respect.

And Hatherly is surely a booster for B. C. A. S. He sent Voutas over and is now trying to persuade two more Marlboro boys that it is the place for them. Arthur Turner and Charles Ashley are now employed under him. Freeman Cook worked there last summer.

Nothing would do but that my wife and I go out to his home for lunch. From what I've seen of these B. C. A. S. graduates, none of them need to apologize, either for their homes or wives. I had already noticed at the dances that they picked out wonderfully fine girls. And Mrs. Hatherly is no exception, and Eleanor, age two and a half, is one sweet little girl.

"You know, it wouldn't do any harm, interjected Mr. Hatherly, between bites of good old ham, for the school to give the boys a little more technical equipment. I had to send Turner and Ashley over to M. A. C. for a couple of weeks in order to give them a better chance."

Sort of stunned me for a moment. Maybe B. C. A. S. didn't mean much to him after all. "By the way, Mr. Hatherly, where did you really jet the stuff that enables you to handle this job so effectively - over at Whiting's Milk Company?" "No sir! It was B. C. A. S. that gave me confidence in myself. That's where I really got my love for this work."

In his annual report to the Directors, I found this, "The year 1931 will see the milk business develop the keenest, hardest competition in its history. The part of this competition now in operation is the price cutting stage where an orgy of price cutting has reduced the price far below cost. This condition is absolutely unsound and the result will be an unavoidable shortage of milk within the next year. The milk business as a whole is facing a trying situation. It will be impossible for any of us to come through unscathed. If w'e, here, meekly fold up our hands and quit, it will be ample proof that we have no real organization. The test of any organization is the acid test of hard times, insurmountable obstacles and even disloyalty in the ranks. It is plainly evident in the attitude of our directors that we have a real fighting organization, and out of the depression will rise a sounder, safer organization with more experience, faith, courage and enthusiasm." That's the kind of stuff David Hatherly is made of. That's the kind of spirit he has inculcated into the Marlboro Dairy Company.

I said "good-bye" reluctantly. I really hated to leave, but it was my wife's birthday, and I had promised her Charlie Chaplin in "City Lights", and women don't forget promises.

The score 44 to 25. That's the least of our concern. How those boys did play and fight - all of them. Essex is represented by a really fine aggregation on the court. Plenty of team-work and a good eye for the basket.

We like Essex and enjoyed having them here. Even glad they won. No regrets, save one. For the interests of good sportsmanship and fair rivalry, the age limit ought to be observed by our fellow agriculturists.

Against heavier, more mature and more experienced athletes, Bristol played a courageous, intelligent and exciting game. Their fighting spirit, manifest to the end, made us feel like hugging them, (their girls did). ESSEX

Philip Erbeck, stately and dignified; Gilbert Blackledge, debonair and hopeful; Peter Gurecki, Westward ho! and all of the "finest class" ever to graduate from B. C. A. S., '31, will lock horns with the budding stumpsters of Essex and Norfolk.

Fifteen young men will be given diplomas on Tuesday evening, March 31, by Mr. Harold F. Tompson, member of the Board of Trustees. These diplomas are, of course, a token of having completed the required work in B. C. A. S. Such a day is a significant one in the life of aspiring youth. It will be encouraging for them, the school, and all concerned, to see a great crowd of alumni and friends.

Splendid music has been arranged. Thrift prizes will be awarded as usual by Mr. W. L. Ide. The address will be given by Mr. Allen P. Keith, Superintendent of the New Bedford Schools and President of our Board of Trustees.

When Edwin Markham, distinguished poet, visited B. C. A. S., he left two copies of his "Shoes of Happiness" and two copies of his "Lincoln" poems. They were to be awarded to those members of the Freshman Class writing the best original short story. The winners were:

Senior Recepti,On

Can you imagine - failure to recognize "Grandpa" Gilbert in our last issue? A daughter, Thelma Louise, was born to Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Hixon, '25. Mrs. Hixon is, of course, known to all as Beatrice Gilbert.

Joe Walkden, '30, did his work so well at the Justa Poultry Farm, Long Island, that his employer gave him the privilege of hiring another B. C. A. S. student.

A. S. and send other of his boys there. Mr. R. W. Stimson of the State Department of Education, and Mr. H. O. Sampson, State Supervisor of Vocational Education in New Jersey, visited

Philip Erbeck, '31, will be foreman of the Orchard and Small Fruits Department of B. C. A. S. during the summer months, and in September he will pack the old knapsack and head for M. A. C. - the two-year course.

Among our alumni noticed at the dance, February 27 v/ere Charles E. Ashley, David Hatherly, Damon Clegg, Joe Alves, Arthur Lavigne, James York, Clinton Woodward, Hugh Kenworthy, James Eddy, Leonard Fuller, Elwood Lindsay, Herbert Davis, George Lowrie, and Roger Bennett. There were others, of course, that the reporter is not yet acquainted with. These dances are a fine time for reunions. We'll look for more next time.

Course

Students taking Floriculture w'ith Mr. Robinson, journeyed to the Field Station at Waltham to take in the Short Course put on by the College for Massachusetts florists. The day, February 18, was very stormy, but in spite of this, over two hundred men from all over the state were in attendance.

The interest and enthusiasm shown by those in attendance was very marked, and it w'as unanimously voted to hold the Short Course another year, and to hold it for two days instead of one.

County Association

At the County Dairymen's meeting held at the Bristol County Agricultural School March 24, a County Dairymen's Association was organized, with Lester F. Allen of Fall River, President. The other officers are: -

The real purpose of the Association for Bristol Ctounty Dairymen to have organized representation in affairs in which they are interested. The dairy industry of Bristol County represents an investment of approximately ten million dollars, which brings in a gross annual income of nearly four million dollars. Any industry of this magnitude should have adequate representation.

There is need for development and protection of our local markets. We should have more uniform, and, in some instances', more sensible regulations With reference to inspection of milk and dairy barns.

Cost Of Raising A Bushel Of

It costs 70 cents a bushel to produce high quality apples in Middlesex County. Thirty-nine cents of this goes for pruning, spraying, fertilizing, culr tivation and incidental expenses; 15 cents for picking and 16 cents for taxes, rent and interest on the value of the investment.

These figures are the result of a study made in four commercial orchards where the trees average 15 years old. The trees were mostly Mcintosh and Baldwin and were sprayed eight and nine times. The fruit averaged 85% clean. The average yield per trpe was 5.7 boxes and 325 boxes per acre.

County Club Camp Notes

The County Club Camp for Bristol County is only two months away. The dates are from Tuesday noon, June 22, to Friday noon, June 27. This ought to be the outstanding club event of the year from now on.

The Camp is in an ideal location with excellent water, swimming and boating facilities. The Camp is located on quite a high cliff above the Westport river and during the summer there is always a cool breeze blowing. The whole camp includes about 109 acres of beautiful woods. There are many birds that live in these woods. Last year the Club Agent, while spending a week at the Scout Camp here, discovered over 60 varieties of wild flowers and over 40 varieties of trees and shrubs.

Granges Award Free Trip To County Camp

The Westport Grange, the Mansfield Grange, the Smith Mills Grange of North Dartmouth, and the Easton Grange have very kindly awarded free trips to club delegates to the 4-H Club Camp at Westport this summer.

Awarded Honor Roll Certificate

Four members of the Bristol-Plymouth Herd Improvement Association from Bristol County were awarded Honor Roll Certificates for 1929-30 by the National Association.

Home Water Supply Not Always Safe

Tests conducted during the past year seem to indicate that nearly 50 per cent of the private water supplies of the State are unsafe for human use, according to the annual report of the Department of Bacteriology at the Massachusetts Agricultural College, Amherst.

Nearly 300 tests on water supplies have been run during the year, says R. L. France of the laboratory service, and these tests show that 50 per cent of the private supplies are unsafe. This indicates the need of more active education in the construction and location of water supplies. It also indicates the need of a sanitary survey of water supplies as regards those located on private property.

Services rendered by the laboratory include bacteriological analysis of foods and food products, milk and milk products, and water; chemical anaylses of milk and water; preparation and distribution of nitrogen fixing bacteria for leguminous crops; testing of these bacteria for quality; bacteriological examinations concerning sewage disposal; and bacteriological examinations of swimming tank water.

Electric Brooding

Now electrical brooding seems to be developing quite rapidly and it is quite possible that most of our chickens in the future will be brooded by electricity.

Early in March, this year, an electric brooder was installed in a single boarded 10x12 foot brooder house and 279 chickens w'ere placed in the house. A meter was attached to the power line and meter readings were taken at six hour intervals, together with temperature readings inside and outside of the brooder house. During this time the temperature at 6.00 A. M. varies from 22 to 30 degrees and the house temperature went as loW as 25 degrees.

The energy consumption has averaged 5.6 K. W. per 25 hours. This makes the operating cost, according to Amherst rates, 21 cents per day, or about the same as that of a coal burning stove.

The mortality of the above chicks the first two weeks was 2.2 percent. The chicks were very lively, uniform and well feathered, according to John H. Vondell, the manager of the Poultry Plant.

Pastures Garden Crops

Results of pasture fertilization demonstrations conducted during the past few years have demonstrated very conclusively that where pasture conditions were reasonably good, that applications of fertilizer not only greatly increase the yield, but very much improve the quality of the grasses grown.

In other Words, about four times as much actual value of grasses can be grown from a well fertilized pasture as from an unfertilized pasture.

The fertilizer should be applied as soon as possible after the grass starts growing. The fertilized grass will then get the benefit from the spring rains.

Mr. B. W. Donaldson, Agronomy Specialist at the Massachusetts Agricultural College, offers the following recommendations to be used under varying pasture conditions:

For the past two years the Farm Management Department of the Massachusetts Agricultural College has been collecting production on cost figures in Bristol, Essex and Middlesex counties. The following figures are average figures taken from 68 vegetable garden farms in these three counties. The figures give total cost per acre, yield per acre and cost per bushel for the various crops listed. These figures include all overhead expenses and cost of marketing.

Clothes Clinic

In spite of wind, rain and snow, Bristol County was well represented at the Clothing Clinic conducted by Mrs. Esther Cooley Page, State Clothing Specialist, at Bristol County Agricultural School, Segreganset, on March 26.

To be well dressed you should know yourself, that is, you should understand your own individual figure and coloring, says Mrs. Page. Warm colors, those with yellow and red predominating belong to those people with warm coloring. Most brunettes are in this class. The cool colors with green and blue predominating are most becoming to the cool types, which includes most blonde women. Medium types who have little contrast in the coloring of their skin, hair and eyes should look for colors that will supply that missing accent. Black, navy, dark brown and dark green with accents of white or delicate pastel colors are best. Medium grays and beige should never be Worn by women of this type.

Color emphasizes line in dress and has the ability to change the apparent proportions of the figure by emphasizing good or bad features. Skirt and blouse of contrasting colors make the figure appear shorter by dividing it into two distinct parts and so should be avoided by the short stout type as well as by the short waisted woman. Contrasting yokes have the same effect and contrasting bands at the bottom of the dress also shorten apparent height. These things may be worn successfully by the tall slender woman.

Lines should be chosen that interpret the best features and do not accentuate poorer ones. Horizontal lines add to breadth of line. Capes, boleros, yokes, peplums, belts, tucks, borders, sleeve accents, etc., add to the width of line at the position of their placing. They make the figure seem broader and shorter. Vertical or diagonal lines add to height and are usually most flattering. Angularity of feature is accentuated by stiff textures, geometric or square patterns and angular types of seaming or finishes, while roundness of structural design or pattern of goods, gathers, shirrings, etc., add to the individual's seeming rotundity. Shiny fabrics, closely fitted lines, large floral patterns or sharply defined patterns in prints, accentuate large figures.

It is to every woman's advantage to learn to know the different fabrics. It is not always easy to distinguish fibers as manufacturers are successful in making one fiber to imitate another. The following tests may help as guides. 1. Feel : of life and spring, almost harsh at times. Linen - Cool, harsh, tough, stiff, inelastic, but more springy than cotton. Silk - Supple, pliable, smooth, slippery, soft. Rayon - Smooth, heavy, cool, lifeless, less pliant, and more supple than silk. 2. Burning:

Cotton and Linen - Burn quickly with yellow flame, leaves a gray ash and an odor of burnt paper. Silk - -Burns quickly, leaves residue in form of a ball. Leaves an odor of burning hair. Wool - Burns slo-w^ly, fiber crumples, leaving a gummy residue and odor of burning hair. Cotton or rayon may be interwoven with Wool, so fibers should be unravelled for testing. ,Rayon - Odor of burnt paper. Some leave a small amount of ash, others a dark, globular, brittle substance. Rayon and silk can be distingruished easily by their odor. Weighting in Silk - Pure silk burns quickly, leaving a gummy ash in the form of a ball. If it is weighted, it bums with difficulty and the residue is the same shape as the sample burned. When held to the light, an unweighted silk shows tiny holes, a weighted silk none. There are very few unweighted silks on the market, and they are expensive but wear forever. A certain amount of weighting will not interfere with satisfactory wearing qualities. A large percentage of weighting is detrimental. A heavily weighted silk that has been on the shelf in a store for some time is an uncertain bargain, i. e., age plus weighting is responsible for silk "cracking". Salt air and perspiration may hasten the weakening of the fibre. Trademarked silks are most likely to give satisfactory wear. It is particularly valuable to know fabrics so that the best method of cleaning may be adopted when it is necessary to renovate a garment.

The following U. S. D. A. Farmers' Bulletins contain information which is helpful. These are available through the Extension office at the Bristol County Agricultural School, Segreganset.

Fruit Desserts Are Wholesome And Good

The family is probably becoming tired of the heavy desserts and canned fruits, and even of the friendly apple, baked, as apple sauce, or in pie. Oranges, bananas, and grapefruit are plentiful and not very expensive, but other fresh fruits are prohibitive for most of us. Rhubarb will be in season and there is no better spring tonic. Dried fruits are inexpensive and may be used in a number of ways. If we are to get our two fruits daily, we will need to depend upon these old friends dressed up in new ways.

Apple Floating Island 2 tablespoons granulated gelatin Vz cup cold water 2 cups sweetened apple sauce 4 tablespoons sugar 2 tablespoons lemon juice Pinch of salt

Soak gelatin in cold water. Melt over hot water. Mix with other ingredients and stir until gelatin and sugar are dissolved. When it begins to thicken, beat until fluffy. Mold in individual or large molds. Serve with cooked custard. Cocoanut Molds

Mix the cornstarch, sugar, and salt; stir in about M, cup of milk. Scald the remainder of the milk in a double boiler. Add the cornstarch paste, and stir until the mixture thickens. Stir in the cocoanut, cover and cook for ten minutes. Remove from stove, add vanilla.

Fold in the stiffly beaten egg whites; pour into wet molds and chill thoroughly. Unmold and serve With fresh or canned fruit. Serves six. Baked Pears

Put the pears in a baking dish, sprinkle with the cinnamon and sugar mixed together. Add the pear juice and bake in a moderate oven for V2 hour.

Mix the sugar and cornstarch. Add to rhubarb and cook, stirring until it thickens. Whip the cream and sweeten with l/S cup powdered sugar. Fold rhubarb, rice and whipped cream together. Serve ice cold in sherbet glasses.

Garden Club Honors

Howard's garden of %, of an acre, which included small fruits, netted him $467.84. Besides this he took care of the other farm work, including 8 cows, some poultry and other field crops. His work in local leadership in this community is outstanding. He will go to Camp Gilbert, Amherst, in July.

Final Exhibits

Final exhibits must be held sometime during May. Members should speak to their leaders and leaders arrange for it with their club members and notify the Club Agent.

Held Next Summer

One of the summer projects for 4-H Club girls will be a "Boom Beautiful iContest". You will want to do a great deal of thinking and planning before you make any actual change in your room. Begin planning now so you will be able to start work after you return your enrollment card in May.

Miss Marion E. Forbes, Assistant State Leader, will conduct a meeting for those interested in beautifying their rooms. The meeting will be at Brockton on Saturday, April 25. Anyone wishing to attend this meeting please notify Miss Dorothy Stew'art at Segreganset so she can arrange for transportation.

Following is the list of recommended varieties of vegetables as given by the Vegetable Garden authorities in the State at the Market Garden Field Station at Waltham. For direction in planting, etc., send to the Club Agent at Segreganset for garden bulletins.

Cabbag'e - For the home garden plant Golden Acre for all crops except storage. Its quality is excellent. Other varieties recommended are : Danish Ball Head, Penn State Ball Head, Danish .Round Head, and Savoy.

Carrots - Chantenay standard early carrot for bunching throughout the season ; Danvers Half Long and Hutchinson are standard for the late crop and for storage.

Peas - Gradus is the standard early wrinkled pea. World's Record, Thomas Laxton and Early Morn are also popular varieties. For a tall pea. Alderman and Telephone are both very good.

Peppers - For the main crop Sweet Mountain, Ruby King, World Beater, and Neopolitan are all recommended. For an early variety Harris Earliest is good. For a hot pepper Squash is standard. California Wonder is worth a trial.

Spinach - Round Thick Leaf is recommended for spring and fall; for summer King of Denmark and Princess Julian. Virginia Savoy is also good for the fall crop.

Squash - Straightneck has now displaced Crookneck as a summer squash. Blue Hubbard is the standard for winter use although Delicious is very good but low in yield. Bay State and Essex Hybrid are grown in some sections of the State.

Those On the honor roll are as follows: - Raymond Kuthan, Acushnet; Ralph Doran, Jr., Bernard Paquette, Theodore Faquetfe, Jolin Perry, Jr., Robert Kennedy, Julius Sylvia, of Dartmouth; Sheldon Davis, William Pearson, of Fall River; Lester Ralph and Henry Hadeck, North Attleboro; and Charles Belcher of Taunton. All these club members had an average egg yield of 15 or more eggs per hen.

Letter Awards

The auditorium was jammed. Parents, friends, sweethearts, craned their necks expectantly. Hearts beat as one. Fifteen young men marched in. They had completed a second lap in the struggle for an education. It was good to see them. Good stuff. A fine addition to the alumni ranks.

Six attractive and talented young ladies - Marjorie Andrews, piano; Claire Thuot, violin; Hilda Burgess, violin; Marion Sharpies, 'cello ; Irma Walmseley, clarinet; Miriam Sargeant, flute; from New' Bedford High School, rendered stimulating and artistic music. Nels Berghman, '32, presented each girl with a B. C. A. S. bouquet.

Gilbert Blackledge was the soloist. Philip Erbeck spoke on "The Emancipation of the Farmer"; Gilbert Blackledge On "Living the Life Beautiful". These boys were the honor graduates of the class.

Mr. Allen P. Keith, Superintendent of New Bedford Schools and President of the B. C. A. S. Trustees, was the speaker of the evening. In a striking fashion he stressed the necessity of -

Freshmen: 1, John Bryant; 2, Arthur Dumont; 3, Ernest Brulotte. Sophomores: 1, Manuel Barros; 2, Douglas Saunders; 3, James Marsden. Juniors: 1, Wilfred Vincent; 2, Michael Schobel; 3, Raymond Perreault. Seniors: 1, A. Philip Erbeck; 2, Gilbert Blackledge; 3, W. Ellery Kimber. A happy evening ended in the singing of the Star-Spangled Banner, the crowd dispersing with well wishes for the graduates of '31.

Living The Life Beautiful

I'm interested in living an artistic as well as a fruitful life. I want you to be my theme - "Living the Life Beautiful". Does not such a thought stir in the mind of the thinker a yearning for the aesthetic and lovely things of life? There are obscene and low standards in which altogether too many human beings find delight. Conceptions of the purpose and goal of life become hard and ugly either through ignorance beastial environment or lack of appreciation.

There are men, I am aware, whose sole ambition is to reign as king of the underworld. They apparently find thrills in violatjng the laws of the land, and breaking the commandments that are the basic fundamentals of right and decent living. They wallow in the mire of their own vices or the filth which they help to create.

But even with such I am persuaded that within every human heart there are aspirations that reach skyward. In the stirring drama, "Seventh Heaven", Chico is a lad worldng in the sewers beneath the city - pushing the rot and filth and decay forward. Someone ridicules him at his task. He cries, "I work in the sewers, but I live near the stars".

We should seek for men the privilege and inalienable right to be reasonably happy. To be happy they must possess insight into what constitute good citizenship, patriotism, reverence, beauty, fidelity, and love. He must not be shut out if he would find happiness in music, art, literature, companionship. He must be permitted to build a world of beauty, for beauty means ultimate happiness.

In the gathering dusk of evening with night chasing the last lingering rays of sunshine from the skies - and suddenly to hear the plaintive or thundering notes of an organ - ought to cause men to feel -

Human beings find it hard to resist the infinite touch of springtime if their souls have not been robbed of their sight by the crushing heel of oppression and the iron rod. Just to wander in forest and field, listening to the birds warbling their pure, lone songs ; to pluck smiling violets from their native heath; to catch the fragrance of the honeysuckle; to hear the buzz of the bees - it means a life beautiful.

Nature has been , blended so perfectly that each season she offers a captivating riot of color, fragrance, music, shadows, dreams, hope and aspirations. Man is an integral part of nature. It is for him to share the overflowing richness of nature's immense wealth. It is for him to create out of the unfathomed resources and capacity of an ingenious mind a finer background and more intriguing beauty than even now exists. It is for him to develop an environment conducive to a breed of men that will make America and the world a thing of beauty whose loveliness will increase forever.

A beautiful world means finer, happier men and w'omen. More than any other the farmer lives most intimately with nature. It is for him, through living with the tasseling corn, the golden wheat, the contented, productive cattle, the delicate and sunkissed flowers, to mold a world fit for

Due to other plans at the farm, I find that I am unable to attend the Commencement Exercises and once again see a class go from my alma mater.

The Staff and boys have done a very good job in publishing the B. C. A. S. New's Sheet and keeping us in close contact with the school. To me it is like a monthly letter from home, and I always look forward to it.

Mr. Robinson Speaks At Regional Conference

On Tuesday, March 23, Mr. Robinson was asked to address the North Atlantic Regional 'Conference of State and National Leaders in Agricultural Education, held at Hotel Statler, Boston.

Mr. Robinson spoke of the budgeting and accounting systems for farming as taught at Bristol County Agricultural School, the distinctive features of which are : ( 1 ) that pupils are taught accounting methods that are most readily adapted to their needs for their future farming enterprises, rather than those merely suitable for classroom purposes; (2) that standard bookkeeping books and forms are used, obtainable of any good stationer, rather than specially made blanks or books at extra trouble and cost; and (3) that the longestablished principles of tjie journal, cash account and ledger as applicable to the farm business are taught, rather than someone's "pet scheme" of farm accounting.

Among the alumni seen or recognized at the Senior Reception - Joseph Walkden, Clinton Ashley, Charles Ashley, Herbert Ashley, Chester Munroe, Walter Woolley, Emanuel Cabral, Herbert Davis, James Eddy, Joseph Alves, David Hatherly, George Lowrie, Arthur Gaisford, Arthur Coe, George O'Neil, Hugh Kenworthy, Damon Clegg, Roger Bennett, Elwood Lindsay.

And at Commencement - Richard Burt, '17, Arthur Lavigne, Herbert Davis, Arthur Gaisford, Damon Clegg, Herman Morse, Ralph Kase, Clinton Ashley, Clinton Darling.

Director Charles W. Kemp and Mr. Leslie M. Brown of Norfolk County Agricultural School, Mr. R. W. Stimson, Director of Vocational Education in Massachusetts, were present at Commencement Exercises of '31.

Bristol Aggies Win School League Trophy

Bristol Aggies were crowned champions of the Narraganset High School Basketball League at the conclusion of their league game with the Dartmouth high school team, vnnning by the score of 30 to 29. The game, the final for the Aggies, was played last night at Segreganset before a large gathering. The Aggies' second team pulled through a 21 to 19 victory over the Dartmouth seconds.

Mendoza, with four baskets and three fouls, and Hoole, with three baskets and four fouls, scored 21 points for the Aggies and gave the Dartmouth guards plenty of work. With these two players in the van, the Aggies jumped into a 17 to 12 lead in the first half. Munson and Hatch were the leading scorers for Dartmouth, the former scoring nine points and the latter six points.

Rogers and Norcross scored all the points for the Bristol seconds, with Rogers dropping seven field baskets and tallying two points from the foul line. Norcross scored the other five points, two from the court and one from the free throw line.

The Aggie seconds, after getting a lead of 14 to 8 in the first half, used their substitutes in the second half to good advantage. Fernandes and Harrington were the high scorers for Dartmouth seconds.

Pasture Ranges For Poultry

Poultrymen who have a rotation pasture for growing pullets have a decided advantage over those who are obliged to grow their pullets under crowded conditions on a worn out sod.

If the sod is reasonably good and not over 250 pullets are grown per acre it should be possible to keep up such a range almost indefinitely. The following practice is suggested by William C. Monahan of the Massachusetts State College.

After pullets are housed go over bare places about the houses and scratch in seed. Fertilize with five or six hundred lbs. of 4-8-4 fertilizer per acre. Use a ton of lime per acre where soil is run down.

For the next two years keep chickens and poultry manure off this land. Where feasible this land should be pastured by cattle or at least mowed before the grass goes to seed. By the third year this sod should again be in good condition for a poultry range.

The following figures taken from eleven years records of a successful poultry farm in Massachusetts are perhaps quite typical of many of our commercial poultry plants in Massachusetts and shows the advantage our poultrymen have over poultrymen who simply depend upon market eggs. This farm carries between 2500 to 3000. Percentage of Receipts from above Poultry Plant. Market Eggs, 43.0%

Should Dairymen Feed More Grain And Less Hay

The cost of one pound of protein purchased in the form of grain is about half the cost of one lb. of protein purchased in ordinary mixed hay, considering prices of hay and grain.

The dairyman who must purchase all his feed can probably save at least 25% on his feed bill by cutting down on the feeding of hay to about 12 to 15 pounds a day for the average cow, and increase the grain ration to approximately one pound of grain to two pounds of milk produced. If this is done the protein content of the ration should be reduced to about 12%.

Potato Club

With the price of grain relatively low and the price of hay high the dairymen who must purchase roughage should ask himself the question as to whether he should feed more grain and less hay.

Report

Although a wide variety of practices were followed by the Massachusetts Potato Growers who made the 1930 300-bushel potato club, there existed a certain uniformity in the method used in growing their potatoes.

All of the members used Northern grown seed. The amount of seed varies from 13% to 20 bushels per acre. The member who made the highest yield used second size Maine seed. Only nine out of twenty-six growers treated their seed. The date of planting varied from April 16 to June 5, and the average being about May 15.

The distance of planting varied from 10 to 18 inches in the rows and rows from 30 to 39 inches apart. Twenty of the twenty-six grew potatoes on old ground. Three growers dusted an average of eight times. Twenty-three sprayed an average of about seven times.

Six growers used manure and fertilizer and twenty growers used fertilizer alone. Seven growers used double strength fertilizer. Nearly all used an average of a ton or more fertilizer per acre, most of which was drilled.

Season

Seven "B" awards to Captain Sprague, Captain^elect Hoole, Mendoza, Courtney, Johnson, Leach, and Norcross. Manager Vincent received "B" aw'ard for his cheerful work. Very briefly, we should like to say: -

Those who lost out through accident - Waite, Ripley. Those who helped make the team - Redmann, Higgins, Rogers, A. Vincent, Gurecki, Harvey, Berghman, Haracz.

Won both games with Norfolk Aggies, but lost both with Essex. Lost to the Alumni for the first time. Their team used four of the original 1926 Varsity Team, all of whom have been playing ball ever since that year. Lost but one regular by graduation.

And last, and most important, the team developed the best spirit of co-operation and feeling that any team has ever had during my years with. them.

May Queen Dance

I have just received a B. C. A. S. News issue giving all the facts of the graduation of the Class of 1931. It takes quite a while for news to reach here, but even tho' it may be a little late, I wish to add my heartiest wishes for the success of those fine young men who were my classmates.

I am also graduating this year from High School. I wish to say that the work I had at B. C. A. S. helped me immeasurably in completing my course here. I am getting along real well and expect to graduate in good scholastic standing.

Upon my completion of High School I expect to return to my home in Massachusetts. I have enjoyed my stay in California, but I really believe that I prefer my Eastern home.

I regret greatly that I did not make a better showing at B. C. A. S. than I did. Nevertheless, it is the finest school that I know of, and I will always hold it in the highest esteem. You can be sure that when I return home I shall renew the many fine friendships I made at B. C. A. S.

I shall appreciate it if you will give my most sincere regards to the faculty and students of B. C. A. S. I should also be very glad to correspond with any of the fellows.

Winston H. Cushman

Again I extend my best wishes to the iClass of 1931 and also wish to congratulate the basketball team on its success during the past season* Very respectfully yours, WINSTON H. CUSHMAN.

Coming Events

May 16. Camping Party - An overnight Camp at Crowell Hill, in which a rousing bonfire, plenty of "eats", and a probable mountain trip feature. Five contests will be on the program - Rifle Shooting, Archery, Horseshoe Pitching, Baseball Throw, and Shotput. All winners get ribbons. Name of Sweepstakes winner inscribed on B. C. A. S. Outing Trophy.

Leach, Cote, in charge. Mr. Hawkes, Mr. Gilbert, Advisers. May 22. May Queen Dance and May Pole. Social Life Committee in charge. Mr. and Mrs. Pettey, and Mr. Millard, Advisers. June 19. June Carnival Dance.

Social Life Committee in charge. Mr. and Mrs. Hawkes, and Mrs. Gilbert, Advisers. July 23. Annual Outing at Seashore. Swimming and Diving Contest, Sprints

Home Bureau Day Home Decoration Meetings

Plans are nearly complete for the Annual Home Bureau Day program at the Bristol Cbunty Agricultural School, Segreganset, on Saturday, June 6.

Starting at ten-thirty in the morning a full program has been arranged to continue until three-thirty in the afternoon. Ample time will be allowed for the picnic lunch, so that women may visit, renewing old acquaintances and making new ones.

At this time the women of Bristo] County will have their first opportunity to welcome the newest Specialist in our Massachusetts Extension Service. Miss Mary Pozzi will lead us in singing and other recreational features and will speak on "The Appreciation of Music."

Mrs. Annette T. Herr, State Home Demonstration Leader, and Mrs. Harriet J. Haynes, Specialist in Home Managem,ent, each have a place in the program.

Miss Edith M. Gordon, who was first Home Demonstration Agent in Bristol County, will speak to us on "The Lure of the Orient". Miss Gordon spent a year in China and the Far East, and Will address us from her own personal experiences. She has a fascinating collection of Oriental things, which she is planning to bring with her. This is a splendid opportunity for those who are interested in broadening their horizons and in learning some of the problems of homemakers of other lands.

A Spring Tonic

If you have that tired out feeling which often comes in the spring, perhaps you need a few extra vitamins and minerals. You can get these from dandelions and other wild greens, cabbage, spinach, milk, eggs, rhubarb, oranges and tomatoes. All fruits and vegetables are valuable, especially the raw ones. In cooking vegetables, if very little water is used and the juice served, no minerals will be lost. Cooking for a short time without stirring helps to reduce the vitamin loss. Luckily canned tomatoes are practically as good a source of vitamins as the raw ones because the acid prevents loss of vitamins. When they are reheated, care should be taken to cook for a short time only, and stir as little as possible.

A very excellent bulletin. Get the Tomato Habit, is now being prepared at the Massachusetts State College, and will soon be ready for distribution. You may secure a copy from the college, or from your home demonstration agent.

"Good Taste in Home Furnishings" was the subject of three talks by Mrs. Harriet J. Haynes, Specialist in Home Management from the Massachusetts State College in Amherst. A total of one hundred and twenty-five women, representing many different communi'- ties, attended these meetings, the first of which was held in the Methodist Church in iChartley; the second at the Bristol County Agricultural School in Segreganset, and the third at the Smith Mills Church in North Dartmouth.

Mrs. Haynes spoke particularly of the background of the rooms in the house. She showed samples of wall paper suitable to different types of rooms. The choice of color is particularly important in the selection of wall coverings. Warm, sunshiny colors make dark rooms appear more cheerful and those on the north side of the house nppear warmer. A plain wall covering, or one with a small or all-over pattern, makes the room appear larger, while a paper with large figures and a bright pattern makes the same_ room appear many inches smaller.

Curtains and draperies as a part of the background were also discussed. Curtains are used either to frame the picture or the vieW presented from the window or to shut out an unpleasant aspect, and it is according to circumstances whether one chooses a glass curtain which allows a good opportunity to look out, or a curtain which covers the entire window. In most country homes there is little reason to shut out the view and a very transparent net or voile is recommended. Overdrapes may or may not be used. They add color and may also help to cover up undecorative wood work. Great interest was shown in an exhibit of curtains and overdrapes and other accessories trimmed with bias tape.

Mrs. Haynes mentioned the possibility of adding to the decorative appearance of the room by the use of slipcovers, used either to conceal an ugly or worn out chair, or to protect a new and delicately upholstered one.

An outline was given of the new Home Decoration project, which is to be stressed throughout Bristol County beginning in the early fall. An opportunity will be given the women of the county to study color and design as applied to their homes in the making of curtains, slip-covers, rugs, and lampshades or some similar article.

If the enthusiasm shown by the women who attended these meetings is a true guide, there is a very real interest in the material which (Mrs. Playnes has to offer, and we shall have many active groups studying Home Decoration this fall.

Dice onions and cook for 10 minutes in small amount of water. Add pepper, celery, tomatoes and seasoning and cook 15 minutes with little or no stirring. Thicken with flour and pour over whole wheat toast. Sprinkle with cheese and garnish with broiled bacon. This makes an excellent supper or luncheon dish.

Separate yolks from whites. Beat yolks until thick and lemon colored. Add salt, pepper and hot milk or cream. Beat whites until stiff and dry and fold into the whites the yolk mixture. Have omelet pan heating. If a regular pan is not available a skillet may be very successfully used. Care must be taken to see the pan is well greased, sides and bottom. Turn in mixture and cook over a medium slow fire until it is well puffed and delicately browned underneath. Have the oven hot and when the omelet is thoroughly cooked underneath, place in the oven to brown on top. To fold the omelet use a spatula bringing the half nearest the handle on top of the other half. If the pan is well greased the omelet will slip out easily.

Add onion to fat and cook until tender or yellow. Add other ingredients except flour, and cook 10 minutes without stirring. Thicken, and serve over omelet or fold in when it is turned.

1 pint tomatoes, strained 1 tablespoon sugar 1 Vz tablespoons lemon juice 1 teaspoon plain salt, celery salt, or onion salt. Serve cold. This makes four servings.

Junior Club Activities

The usual interesting program, including a baseball game between two of the grammar schools in the county, Identification Contests, Athletic Events, Moving Pictures, etc., is being planned. A detail program and entry blanks will be mailed to the various schools in the county in due season.

Annual 4-H Rally Day

The Annual 4-H Rally Day, held recently at the Bristol County School was the most successful yet held. Over 250 club members and leaders attended from 12 towns in the county.

Director George H. Gilbert, in his welcome address, suggested that we call this event a "Round Up" instead of a Rally Day, which is a good one. Henceforth, it will be called the 4-H Club Round Up.

Cotton Dress Contest

The third annual Cotton Dress Contest was held "in connection with the 4-H Club Round Up, with a total of 30 entries in the three classes. The dresses as a whole were much better than last year, both in design and construction.

In the Cotton School Dress Class for girls 12 years or under, Norma Colpitt of Berkley was first; Marianna Dow, Myi-icks, second; Esther Halliley, Myricks, third; and Alice Smith, Easton, fourth.

The girls in the Cotton School Dress Class for girls over 12 years were as follows - Christina Schobel, Rehoboth, first; Charlotte Perry, Attleboro, second; Dorothy Wilbur, Segreganset, third; Virginia Ide, Segreganset, fourth. Honorable mention was given to Ida Fasolo, Taunton, and Rachel Emery, Sw'ansea.

Music Memory Contest

1st - John Amarello, Fall River 2nd - Philip Lavoie, Fall River 3rd - Albert Faucher, Fall River 4th - Virginia Ide, Segreganset 5th - Ray Bolduc, Fall River John Amarello wins the free trip to the County Camp.

Chilean Nitrate Prize

A prize of a trip to Camp Gilbert is to be awarded to the Garden Club boy or girl doing the best work and getting the best results from the use of Chilean Nitrate of Soda. It is open to any garden club member in the county. If interested write to the Club Agent at Segreganset for particulars.

Other Granges Co-Operate

The Watuppa Grange of Westport and the Dighton Rock Grange, besides those mentioned in the last issue of the Bulletin, have awarded free trips to the County 4-H Camp at Westport this summer.

Dartmouth 4-H Club Orchestra Organized

The 4-H Clubs in the Gidley School of North Dartmouth, under the leadership of Mary Favor and Raymond Harrington, organized an orchestra of 15 pieces, which played at the recent 4'-H Club Round Up, at the Bristol County, Agricultural School, Segreganset.

They did well and many folks commented upon their playing. It is said that this is the only club orchestra in the State. We trust that it will be continued.

Room Improvement

In choosing the room color scheme remember that colors make a room appear warm or cold, large or small. The Warm colors, (red, orange, yellow), make a room appear smaller, whereas, the cool colors, (green, blue, violet) make a room appear larger.

Now is the time to look over your jars and get them ready for your summer canning. Take no chances with nicked jars or old rubbers. To test rubbers, stretch them and if they spring back into shape they are all right. Test the jars for nicks, especially around the mouth, and see if there are bubbles in the glass.

Forestry Club Notes

The Forestry Clubs of Dartmouth and East Taunton recently visited fire towers in Fall River and Middleboro. The trip was very helpful and interesting to the boys.

Miss Davis, with her Forestry Club at the Marie S. Howard School, Acushnet, has made a fine showing. One of the members has collected over 800 caterpillar nests.

County Club Camp

The County Club Camp dates are from Monday noon, June 22, to Friday noon, June 26. Select your candidates and get the names to the Club Agent soon.

Poultry Club Results

Attleboro. The Honor Roll for the month includes Noel Comirand, Attleboro; John Amarello, Dominic Ventura, Edward Miles, Fall River; Lester Ralph, North Attleboro; Robert Hawes, John Perry, Jr., North Dartmouth; William Ortelt, North Rehoboth; and Roland Booth, East Taunton.

State Dairy Meeting June 20

Dairymen in Bristol County are invited to attend a state-wide dairy meeting Saturday, June 20, from 10.00 A. M. to 3.30 P. 'M., at the grounds of the A. R. Parlcer Dairy Company, East Bridgewater.

There will be a speaking program immediately after lunch. His Excellency Joseph B. Ely, Governor of Massachusetts; Manager I. W. Heaps of the Maryland Milk Producers' Association, an organization which has maintained a stable price since 1923. Manager C. E. Hough of the Connecticut Milk Producers' Association; Glenn C. Sevey, Editor of the New England Homestead. Mr. Sevey will have just completed a tour of all dairy systems in Vermont and will be in a position to give us news of the very latest developments there.

It may be a long time before Bristol County dairymen will again be permitted to hear such a good program and have a free feed served to them.

From present indications it looks as though Bristol County dairymen who are interested in having the tuberculin test applied to their herds for the first time would have to wait until 1932 and possibly until 1933 before having the test applied.

On May 26, Director Richardson of the Division of Animal Industry, reported that there were funds enough left to test only 9000 cows on first test. On that date he had in his office applications for 20,000 cows and each day is bringing new applications. This means that only 9,000 of the 20,000 cows can be tested before December 1st, and new applications that are received will have to wait indefinitely.

Chicken Pox May Be Prevented

Chicken Pox may be prevented. Reports from Bristol County poultrymen and elsewhere shoW that the new type of fowl pox vaccine completely protects birds from pox infection.

Poultrymen whose flocks usually have chicken pox should plan to vaccinate their pullets while they are on range. The best time to vaccinate is from the time the pullets are three months old until about one month before they are ready to lay.

The best method of applying the vaccine is known as the stab or stick method. This is quicker than the brush method, easier to do, more economical of vaccine and gives a take which is not so severe. A small, sharp-pointed knife is used. The blade is taped or wound with silk thread about % or 3/16 inch from the end so as to expose only the point. The knife point is then dipped into a wad of cotton saturated with the fowl pox vaccine and stuck into the chicken's sldn in a bare spot just above the thigh or on the thigh, but no feathers need be pulled.

Massachusetts Wool Pool

Anyone in this section may bring or send their raw wool to the School. The wool will then be sent to the scouring mill and cleaned and will he manufactured into blankets. The cost of handling and manufacturing these blankets will not be over $3.00 per blanket. It takes eleven pounds of raw wool to make a four pound 70x90 inch blanket.

A wider choice of blankets is being oifered this year. These include four pound 70x90 inch blankets made in three coloi's - white with blue stripes, white with pink stripes, and brown with dark brown stripes. There will also be solid blue and solid pink blankets of the same size and weight.

Profitably Use More

To determine the answer to this question four members of the Bristol County Rural Electrification Committee, who were appointed at the last annual meeting of the Bristol County Farm Bureau, journeyed to Hubbardston and Sterling, Mass., to visit the electrical demonstration farms situated there. They were accompanied on this visit by representatives of the New Bedford Associated Gas and Electric Company and the Attleboro Steam and Electric Company.

These demonstration farms are conducted as a co-operative proposition by the Worcester County Farm Bureau, Worcester County Extension Service and the New England Power Association co-opei-ating. Mr. F. L. Rimbach of the New England Power Association acted as guide for the party.

One of these farms is located in a remote section of Hubbardston and is owned by George W. Slade. The Slades have a dairy herd of about 20 cows. Since electi-icity became available for this farm a year ago a large number of different pieces of electrical equipment have been installed. These are all separately metered and an accurate record kept of the cost of operating each.

One of the first items of equipment to be installed in the dairy room was an electric heater and an electric bottle washer. The water keeps hot all the time although the heater is run only three or four hours a day. The Slades have a rate of four cents per kilowatt hour. It costs 16 cents per day to run the heater and 68 cents a year to run the bottle washer. The bottle washer cuts down washing time on 175 bottles to half time besides improving the owner's disposition.

Milk is cooled by electric refrigeration. The cost '-f running this in the summer is about 12 cents a day and about 1 Vz cents in cool weather.

(Continued from page 1, column 3) costs 3 cents a load to unload the hay and saves a lot of time. A % horse power motor turns the grind stone and is also used in the workshop for turning lathes, etc.

The electric pump for pumping all the water for household and farm use cost $2.60 a year to operate and Mr. Slade figures that the pump has paid for itself in a year in the saving of labor.

Mrs. Slade appreciates the electricity fully as much as does her husband. She has an electric range, washing machine and an electric refrigerator and several table utensils. Then there is the vacuum cleaner and the radio.

The Lord Poultry Farm at Sterling was the other demonstration farm visited. The principal items of interest here were the electric brooder and electric incubator. These are both real savers of labor. The electric brooder has been operated throughout the season without any auxiliary heat.

Three hundred chickens are brooded under one hover at a cost of 11 cents per day. Mr. Lord has kept comparative costs with coal burning brooders and found that the actual cost for electricity was somewhat less than the cost of coal. There was very much less labor required with the electric brooder. It is necessary, however, to change the litter somewhat more frequently with the electric brooder.

Two electric incubators, one of 4500 egg capacity and the other 13,000 egg capacity are being used. It costs threetenths of a cent per egg to incubate eggs in the 4500i-egg machine and onetenth of a cent per egg to incubate eggs in the 13,000 egg machine.

A recent survey shows that 49% of Massachusetts farms are equipped with electricity. Most of the farms equipped vnth electricity could profitably use a great deal more electricity provided they have a reasonable rate. A good many sections of our country are already getting a satisfactory rate and doubtless all of our farmers could have a reasonable rate if a greater volume of electricity was used on our farms.

Probably there is nothing that helps to modernize the farm home more or make life in the country more worthwhile than does the use of electrical conveniences. The County Committee, whose names are given below, are very much interested in making the use of electricity available for every farm home in Bristol County.

The Rural Electrification Committee for Bristol County are as follows: Mr. Elmer M. Poole, No. Dartmouth. Mr. Albert P. Edminster, E. Freetown. Mrs. Charles S. Bliss, No. Rehoboth. Miss Blanche W. Fames, Segreganset. Mr. Warren L. Ide, Segreganset.

No T-B Test This Year

(Continued from page 1, column 1) have applied for the area test. These towns are nearly all in the western part of the State. Director Richardson informed the writer today, (June 3), that in all pi-obability that no new testing would be done in Bristol County until next year except in cases of absolute emergency.

It looks now as if it would take all the funds for this year and next to take care of the area tests soi that Bristol County probably will not have any new tests applied until 1933. Even then new tests will probably be done only in those towns which have applied for area test.

The present laW in regard to area test states that tov^nns with 85% of their cattle under supervision must file a special petition signed by at least 75% of the cattle owners or the owners of 85% of the cattle if they desire the remaining 15% tested and the quarantine law applied.

Mr. Lester F. Allen of Fall River, President of the Bristol County Dairymen's Association, is calling a meeting of Bristol County dairymen at the Agricultural School, Segreganset, Wednesday, June 17, at eight P. M., for the purpose of discussing this matter to see if anything can be done to help the situation in Bristol County.

Aggie News Items

Frank Mendoza is attempting to rear turkeys at South Truro on the Cape. During the evening and on Sundays he is at liberty to ride horseback or swim at the nearby beaches.

Wilfred Wilson is working on a real poultry farm near New Bedford, and has recently purchased a much used car to ride back and forth from work. Sixteen miles was too much on a bicycle.

Douglas Saunders milks eight cows and takes care of several hundred head of poultry for chore work and works on market gardens as well. Doug has lined up a job for the summer of 1932. No unemployment prospect here.

Gilbert Blackledge called in at the "old camp grounds" a day or two ago. It's interesting to note what plenty of good, honest work in some line he's interested in will do for a fellow, especially if it's in the out-of-doors. Gilbert was happy as a song bird and pretty as a ground squirrel.

On the tennis court we sure do miss Brousseau and Damon Clegg. But Leach, Hoole, Cote, Ward, Marsden, et al., occasionally get the ball across.

College

The program for the Annual Farm and Home Week at the Massachusetts State College, Amherst, has been completed. The program is scheduled for July 28, 29, 30, and 31.

A wide variety of subjects will be discussed by some of the leading authorities. There will be fourteen separate programs with several speakers tor each group.

There will be meetings for the following groups - Homemakers, Flower Gardeners, Fruit Growers, Tobacco Growers, Onion Growers, Poultrymen, Dairymen, Beekeepers, Vegetable Growers, Home Gardeners, Forestry, Farm Management, Cash Crops, Lawns, Food Preservation and Sheepmen.

At the time this copy of the Farmers' Bulletin goes to press. Home Bureau Day is still several days in the future so the account of that meeting must be postponed until the August number.

At this season of the year many women are asking themselves whether it is better to can food at home or to buy commercially canned products as needed. Many women find deep satisfaction in a well stocked preserve closet when vidnter approaches. Even though the grocery may be near by it is pleasant to know that in time of plenty one has laid by supplies for the lean months.

These home canned foods may be compared with money in the bank and will pay dividends in improved family health throughout the winter months. It is undoubtedly true that canned foods are used more liberally by those who have a good supply on their closet shelves than when it is necessary to buy each can as needed.

According to fignires presented by Ml-. William R. Cole, Specialist in Horticultural Manufactures from the Massachusetts State College in Amherst, .there is an actual saving of money in home canned foods, particularly for those who raise their own vegetables and fruits or are able to buy good fresh materials at reasonable prices.

Jars cost 90 cents to $1.00 a dozen, or 9 cents each. This item cannot be charged to a single year. Many records show a ten percent depreciation each year so we will consider that the jars will be completely replaced every ten years and vrill charge Ic per jar per year. Good jar rings cost 10c per dozen or three dozen for 25c and we will allow Ic per jar for rubbers. We will figure the house^A^ife's labor as worth 50c per hour. One bushel (sixty pounds) of good ripe tomatoes can be bought for 60c to $1.00, and they will produce thirty or more pint jars. It requires one hour of gas or one and a half hours of oil to heat water for blanching and filling, and one and one half hours of gas or two hours of oil to heat the water for processing and to do the processing, if handling twelve to fifteen pint jars per load. To summarize:

Any housewife may take a pencil and paper and figure out for herself just what saving she can make by canning fruits and vegetables at home.

Simple And Inexpensive

Prepared by May E. Foley, Extension Nutritionist One of the biggest problems of the homemaker at this time of year is to plan meals that will be nourishing, attractive to the capricious spring appetite and at the same time not increase the grocery bill too much. The dinners planned below may give some suggest tions.

a little water, cover, and simmer for a half hour. Place in casserole, and add a layer of onion, carrot and potato, thinly sliced, or cubed. Add seasonings. Pour over strained tomato and juice from peas. Cover and cook for one hour. Then add peas and cook for a half hour longer. Serves six.

Mix the cornstarch, sugar, and salt; stir in about Vi cup of milk. Scald the remainder of the milk in a double boiler. Add the cornstarch paste and stir until the mixture thickens. Stir in the cocoanut, cover and cook for ten minutes. Remove from stove; add vanilla.

*Escalloped Fish Baked Potatoes *Horseradish Relish Bread and Butter Carrots Baked in Milk Baked Pears Milk for Children Escalloped Fish 2 cups flaked fish 1 72 cups milk V2 cup grated cheese 1 V2 cups buttered bread or cracker crumbs (white crumbs best) Mix cheese with buttered bread crumbs. Arrange a layer of fish in buttered baking dish and add layer of crumbs. Add half the milk, then remainder of fish and crumbs. Bake 20 minutes to a half hour in moderate oven. A little onion may be added if liked.

Dissolve jello in boiling water. Add vinegar and salt. Chill, when slightly thickened, fold in horseradish and turn into mold. Chill until firm. Serves 8.

Harmless mirth is the best cordial against the consumption of the spirit; wherefore jesting is not unlawful, if it trespasseth not in quantity, quality, or season. - Thomas Fuller.

County Camp

Plans for the County Club Camp, which is to be held from Monday noon, June 22, to Friday, June 26, are practically complete and most of the delegates have been chosen. The following are the names of those selected up to date:

Those in charge of the Camp and Camp ProgTam are E. R. Wyeth, C'ounty Club Agent, Director; Miss Dorothy M. Stewart, Assistant Director. Counselors: Mrs. Clara Ashley, Berkley; Miss Elna Peterson, Waltham; Mr. Ralph Munroe, Rehoboth; and Mr. Aldo Fasolo, Taunton.

Parents and interested friends of those in the Camp are invited to visit the Camp any time Friday, the 26th. Camp will close on Friday, just after lunch.

A circular letter of instruction is being sent out to the Camp delegates. We hope to have a very fine Camp, at 'least, everything points that way.

Those included on the honor roll, having" received 20 or more eggs per bird for the month are Theodore Paquette, Raymond Harrington, John S. Perry, Jr., North Dartmouth; John Amarello, Sheldon Davis, Fall River; Lester Ralph and Alfred Glode, North Attleboro; William Ortelt, Carlton Norland, Ernest Ortelt, Alfred Hebert, North Rehoboth.

Ten members of the Full-0-Pep Poultry Club of Dartmouth exhibited eggs at the recent final exhibit of clubs in the Job S. Gidley School. It was a very fine exhibit. Raymond Harrington won first prize; Ralph Doran, Jr. second prize; John S. Perry, Jr., third prize. Leonai-d Doran and Bernard Paquette w'on honorable mention. Rita Paquette received special mention for her exhibit of duck eggs.

Forestry Club Notes

Special mention should be made of the Forestry Exhibit at the Marie S. Howard School, Acushnet, where Miss Susie J. Davis is leader. Twelve - six boys and six girls - composed the club. The exhibit consisted of mounts of tree leaves, sections of branches and hypsometers. The work is the best ever done in forestry club work in this county.

Outstanding Club Exhibits

The County Street School had its usual fine exhibit of Clothing, Food, Handicraft and Poultry. The program was also excellent. The leaders of the clubs at the County Street School were Miss Louise B'. Sears, Miss Ida Davis, Miss Natalie Ogosalek, Joseph Lima and Aldo Fasolo.

At Westport the exhibit and program was held in connection with the Grange meeting. A wonderfully fine program was arranged by Mrs. Kate W. Tallman and her assistants. The exhibit of Clothing, Food, Handicraft and Forestry was also fine.

The clubs in the Gidley School put on their usual good program with the club orchestra furnishing the musical selections. The clubs also staged an interesting play entitled, "John's Aunt Jane". The exhibit included Clothing, Food, Forestry and Poultry. The leaders of these clubs were Miss Florence Rowe, Miss Mary Faber, Miss Estella Gammons, Raymond Harrington and Julius Sylvia.

The exhibit at the Marie S. Howard School was very fine, including Forestry and Clothing. Miss Susie J. Davis and Miss Blanche A. Rogers w'ere the leaders responsible for the fine work exhibited there.

which included singing, dancing and acting by the club members. Their exhibits were also good. Mrs. George H. Jennings and Howard Jennings are the leaders of this club.

At Myricks a fine little program and exhibit was put on by the clubs of the Myricks School. Miss Mildred Ashley was the leader of these clubs assisted by the County Club Agent. Mrs. Clara Ashley assisted with the program.

Two Clothing Clubs and one Food Club in Norton, led by Rose Gwilliam and her mother, Mrs. Louise Gwilliam, held their final exhibit May 26 at the Norton Grange Hall. Miss Helen E. Doane, Assistant State Club Leader, judged the exhibit. A fine program had been planned including a style revue. A candlelight service concluded the program.

Canning Notes

There will be a meeting at the South Somerset Church, opposite the School, at 10.00 A. M. The meeting in the afternoon will be at the Berkley Church at 2.30 P. M.

These meetings are for 4-H Club members and leaders, but anyone interested in canning is cordially welcome. Attend the meeting that is nearest to you and bring any questions that you wish answered.

Canning Clubs have been formed in the following towns - Taunton, Berkley, Myricks, North Dartmouth, Westport, South Somerset, Swansea and Rehoboth.

Some of the clubs this summer are to be combined canning and food clubs. The girls are to can the required amount and also make several salads. These clubs are planning to have a canning demonstration in the afternoon and serve a salad supper at their monthly meetings during the summer.

The enrolments in the Room Improvement Club have been coming in very well. Has yours been sent? Remember June 15 is the final date set for entries.

(Continued from page 1, column 2) There will also be lighter weight blankets available weighing about two pounds. These will be made in solid blue, solid pink and solid white. They will be satin bound instead of being stitched like the regnilar v/eight. It is also proposed to offer all solid color blankets in odd sizes if desired and a special single bed size will be offered.

With regard to the recent ruling, allowing the seeding down of grass in corn, Mr. R. Harold Allen, Director, Division of Plant Pest Control, writes as follows: "In consequence of the prevailing practice to seed in cover crops in certain corn fields during the summer months for the purpose of establishing a crop rotation that gives most profitable and satisfactory results, the Department of Agriculture makes the following recommendations with reference to com borer control:

2. Clean culture practices with reference to weeds and other plants ordinarily infested with the com borer should be followed in an organized effort to maintain effective control of the corn borer.

"The provisions of the present Corn Borer Law, requiring that all corn stubble be plowed under or otherwise destroyed on or before December first of the year of its growth shall be enforced, and only in cases where corn stalks have been cut to ground level, leaving no determinable corn stubble, shall the necessity of fall plowing be obviated.

"Inspectors of this Department will examine seeded in fields for the primary purpose of determing the failure to comply with the provisions of the Corn Borer Law.

"'Co-operation with the farmer in the practical solution of his farm management problem will be the policy of the Department, and an impartial enforcement of the Com Borer Law by the Department of Agriculture in an effort to effectively control a most destructive insect pest should be considered by all farmers growing corn as a very positive indication of wise co-operation." Approved May 12, 1931.

Pasture And Legumes

With continuing low prices of milk the importance of economical feeding of dairy cattle becomes more and more apparent. The best and in most instances the most economical roughage feeds for dairy cattle are good pasture and legume hay. These feeds supply what the cow needs for her health and for a supei'ior milk in the best form.

If good pasture grass is available in the summer and good legume hay in the winter w'e shall need to wori-y very little about the cows getting a well balanced ration if we supplement these with most any of the ordinary feeds. "Seeding Down" in Corn and Corn Borer Control

The State Department of Agriculture has made a recent ruling that if coi-n stubble is cut off level with the gTOund, leaving no stubble, the stubble will not have to be plow'ed under. This will permit seeding in corn provided the corn is cut level with the ground.

Poultry Notes

There are three operations, at this time of year, to which most poultrymen should give more attention. They are: Better feeding of the laying stock to keep hens in good laying condition; the breaking up of the broody hens; and the removal of the non-producers. During periods when low prices are received for eggs, there is a tendency to neglect the laying stock in order to reduce expenses, and, in many cases, the feeding of the layers is neglected. During the summer months it is important to keep hens in good laying condition as in late summer and fall egg prices are increasing and poultrymen can take advantage of the higher prices, if hens are laying. Hens in good laying condition will consuiwe' about two parts mash and one part scratch grains. It is a good plan to weighr-^equently, a few birds to see if they are^pf standard weight. Should birds be found underweight increase the scratch part of the ration gradually day by day but do not make too radical a change in the amount of feed fed as this may throw the hens into a molt.

Broody hens are a problem on many farms. Just as soon as a hen becomes broody she should be removed to the broody coop and fed mash and water ^ so that she will come back into production. It is a good practice to band such hens with a spiral band for future identification. If that hen becomes broody a second time she should be dressed for market. Broody hens should not be used for breeders but they may be allowed in the laying flock until they go out of production. Broodiness is a factor that can be removed from a flock by careful breeding.

At least once a month the poorer birds of a flock should be handled and examined to see if they are out of production. Some may have become thin and exhausted from heavy production and are now out of production and not be capable of coming into production for several months, others may have started to molt. Such birds should be prepared for market. Fowls molting in (Continued on page 2, column 1)

Butterfat Production

I would like to make special mention of cow No. 1553, ow'ned and bred by Lakeville State Sanitorium. This cow milked 84 pounds per day in April, 92 pounds in May, and 84.5 pounds in June. Her highest day was 94.5 pounds, on April 30th. This cow has never been milked but twice a day.

Poultry Notes

July and August are slow in molting and generally are the very low producers. They are the birds that should be removed and dressed for market.

Another phase of poultry work that needs more care is the rearing of the pullets. Pullets generally start the laying year with the production of a large number of small eggs and this continues for about three months. Good pullets attain their egg size about the third or fourth month of production and show the size of egg that they are inherently capable of producing. Where pullets are forced into early production they frequently lay a large number of small sized eggs and in many cases always produce small eggs. Pullets should be brought into production about the 180th to the 200th day after they are hatched. To withstand heavy and continued production they should be up to standard size and weight for the breed. Pullets under weight and undersized which mature in three and a half to four and a half months generally lay a large number of small eggs and in many cases, on account of physical exhaustion, stop laying after three or four months of production and go into a partial or full molt. Feeding equal parts mash and whole grains at this period is less stimulating and the birds will put on more weight and attain a better size and be better able to stand heavy production.

The Cause Of The Dead Branches On The Evergreens

Many inquiries have come to the attention of the Extension Forester this year to diagnose the cause of the socalled rust on pines, spruce and arbor vitae. It is not rust or any disease, but rather the result of the drought of last year and during the winter.

Last summer and fall was extremely dry and the evergreens were constantly transpiring moisture through the needles. The trees went into the winter without a great deal of moisture in the soil to replace that which was evaporating through the needles. The ground closed up; it did not freeze very deep because of the very small amount of water content in the soil, but after winter set in and the snow fell, there was no chance for any to get to the roots. The result was that the roots were unable to supply the leaves with sufficient water to take the place of that lost through transpiration, and the tender ends of the branches withered and died. The larger branches and twigs were able to withstand the rigors of this treatment. Consequently, they did not dry out and die. Also during the winter there were high winds which drew more water from the needles and in larger quantities than the roots were able to provide. All of this tended to cause the drying of the ends as noted this spring.

Another condition noted by the Extension Forester was that one side of a great many pine trees appeared as though they had been blasted by flames from a fire. The cause of this was high winds before the trees were awake from their winter's sleep. The roots were still dormant and were unable to function propei'ly. All moisture was withdrawn from the limbs and they dried up and died.

The arbor vitae planted for ornamental use about residences and also stock which was growing in the nurseries were either entirely killed or partly killed.

If your trees are either wild or planted. Nature will soon cover up the rusty spots. The dead needles will fall, new growth will take their place and only a few ends of the dead twigs will show. These will not be sufficient to cause alarm. A blasted tree will be longer in recovering, but already the new green growth has changed the appearance of a great many trees. The arbor vitae and other planted stock that suffered will either have to be removed entirely or those dead branches pruned off. This treatment will be left entirely to the judgment of the owner.

In order that this condition may not arise again, it is recommended that the ornamental plantings be covered with pine boughs, straw, burlap or some similar protection from the winds of the ensuing winters.

Fruit Notes

Railroad Worm Flies (apple maggot) will be out in lai'ge numbei-s soon, ready to lay eggs just under the skin of the apple. Before laying eggs, they will drink from the dew on the leaves. It is at this time that they may be controlled. Arsenate of lead should be thoroughly applied to insure a good coverage. There is no chance of killing the worm after it has hatched. Three to four pounds of arsenate of lead to 100 gallons of water should be used.

Dusting has proven unusually efficient in the control of railroad worms. Fifteen pounds of arsenate of lead together with eighty-five pounds of hydrate of lime gives good results. Where the pest is plentiful about three applications should be made at intervals of ten days beginning about the first of July. The three applications of dust will usually equal two applications of spray.

Apple scab infectioii has been severe in many localities this year. It would, therefore, be advisable to use a fungicide with the lead in these maggot sprays. New Jersey Dry Mix, made and used according to the spray progi'am, may w'ell be used as a spray and sulphur, about seventy pounds used to replace that much lime, in the dust. Reducing late infections of scab will greatly simplify control next year as well as improve this year's crop.

At harvest time, many apples will undoubtedly show evidence of physiological diseases such as Baldwin Spot or Stippen, Water Core, etc. Recommendations will be very largely - increase the organic matter content of the soil. Now before the trouble shows up, you can do something to improve conditions. Cultivated orchai-ds should be planted to a covercrop of rye, buckwheat, millet, vetch, etc., according to your soil, in order that a supply of material can be grown to be turned under.

Growing a covercrop at this time will slow up tree growth and tend to bring about the proper maturity of fi-uit and tissue. The material, after having been turned under and allowed to rot, will increase the water holding capacity of the soil, even up the water distribution throughout the season, and improve the physical texture of the soil. Your County Agent will be glad to test your soil and make recommendations as to the crop to plant.

Brown rot, a fungus disease of peaches and plums, can be controlled by spi'aying under proper conditions of sanitation. Thinning fruits so that no tw'o are touching is of great importance. If this is not done, spray material cannot be placed on the surface in contact and disease may become established. It can spread from one fruit to the other by contact very rapidly. Spraying or dusting to within a short time of ripening is necessary if wet weather is encountered. Consult the peach spray program for materials.

Grass in sod orchards should be mowed. If allowed to rot under the trees two things are accomplished. First, a mulch is supplied to conserve moisture and protect fruit from bruising; second, when rotted, it adds to the organic content of the soil. If the grass is removed, manure or other organic matter should be put on to the orchard to make up for the loss.

Home Bureau Notes

From July to October is a fourth of a year and it does seem a long time ahead to make plans. However, very definite plans are alrady underway for the Homemaker's program at the Young Farmers' Show on October 8 and 9.

The premium list has been revised and we hope to have an exhibition of canned goods equal to, if not better than, the fine disiDlay of last year.

We believe it is practical and economical to preserve home grown foods and our reason for having this exhibition is to stimulate interest in home canning. A well stocked preserve closet is health insurance for the family during the winter months.

There ai-e also to be awards given for cotton house dresses, cotton school dresses and work aprons. Keep this in mind when you are doing your summer sewing. We are particularly interested in new and practical patterns for kitchen aprons.

Nature presented us with one of those rare June days that the poet sings of on the day scheduled for our Annual Home Bui-eau Meeting. Nearly a hundred women from diff'erent sections of the county gathered together to enjoy the program and to greet old friends.

Mrs. Charles S. Bliss, North Rehoboth; Mrs. Fi-ed J. Cooper,' West Mansfield, and Mrs. Benjamin A. Gilmore, Acushnet, were elected members of the Bristol County Home Bureau Executive Board to serve for three years.

Bristol County women not only like to sing, but sing well, particularly the old familiar numbers that Miss Mary Pozzi, Recreation Specialist, suggested.

The music by the Wyeth Trio was one of the most popular features of the entire program. Not only were the selections well played, but the idea of a family orchestra appealed to everyone.

Miss Edith M. Gordon, formerly Home Demonstration Agent in Bristol County, spoke most entertainingly of her experiences in China. The pictures of various phases of Chinese life were extremely interesting, but probably most fascinating of all was the large and colorful display of Oriental garments and _ embroideries which Miss Gordon brought with her. It was a privilege to examine the exquisite workmanship of these pieces and to hear Miss Gordon's explanation of the symbolic meaning of the embroidery.

Outdoor And Camp Cookery

Eating out of doors is enjoyed by grown-ups as well as children, especially when everyone shares in the preparation of the food and the clearing away of the meal. There are many occasions when meals may be eaten and partly or wholly prepared out of doors. Sometimes it is a change to eat in the back yard, often a picnic meal is planned away from home, and often in automobile travelling or vacations spent at camp, the three meals are events to be looked forward to. To have never enjoyed the experience of cooking a meal over a campfire is to have missed a most delightful experience.

Because the fresh air and exercise always stimulates the appetite, It is necessai-y to provide plenty of food, and also because the bulkier foods are hard to transport, there is often a temptation to have this largely made up of proteins, starches, fats. Fruits, vegetables, and milk are quite likely to be lacking in a camper's diet. This difficulty may be partly overcome by using dried and canned fruits and vegetables, and dried or evaporated milk. In most communities' the camper can arrange to buy some of these products fresh from neighboring farms, if no village is nearby.

The County Club Camp opened on Monday noon, June 22, and closed on Friday noon, June 26. This Camp is situated on the Westport River. It is the Boy Scout Camp at Noquochoke, Westport.

Mr. Edwin R. Wyeth led the program the first two days at Camp and Mr. Earl H. Nodine, Assistant State Club Leader, led the program the last two days. Sports of all kinds were held. Identification contests of wild flowers, native trees and birds were held. Camp fires were held every night.

Thursday, the last evening of Camp, a Candlelight Service was held. Mr. Nodine lead the services. A four-leaf clover was formed by stones and a fire in each leaf, and one in the center. Two boys and two girls represented each leaf. Louise Kurt represented the Heart H. Christina Schobel the Head H, Robert Williams the Hand H, and John Cahoon the Health H. Mr. Nodine explained and described what each leaf stood for. A boy and girl were chosen as Camp Spirit. They w'ere chosen because of their good all around work, willingness to help, good sportsmanship and always happy. The two Camp Spirits were Ralph Doran, Jr., and Rita Paquette, both of North Dartmouth. They both vnll get a free trip to Camp next year. There were quite a number of older club members present. Mr. Nodine said it was one of the best camps he had ever attended.

Every boy and girl enjoyed camp very much and helped to make it a big success. I had a very good time and hope there will be another camp next year.

The first 4-H County Club Camp, held at Camp Noquochoke, Westport, the Boy Scout Camp of the Fall River Council, was a distinct success in every way.

The following counselors and club agents made this possible: Mrs. Kate W. Tallman, Westport; Mrs. Clara M. Ashley, and Miss Mildred Ashley of Berkley; Mr. Ralph Munroe of Rehoboth; Mr. Aldo Fasolo of Taunton and the two Club Agents, Miss Stewart and Mr. Wyeth.

Mrs. Kate W. Talman, the Camp Cook, was pronounced by all as the best ever. Many of the campers said they enjoyed the meals better than those they had at home.

On Thursday evening, the last night at Camp, older club members in the county gathered to attend the Candle Light Service and have a reunion. The following ex-club members attended; - Mr. and Mrs. D. Lee Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Chester Munroe, Christine Schobel, Ralph Munroe, all of Rehoboth; Mr. and Mrs. Herbert M. Ashley, Berkley; Robert Staples, Seekonk; William Mc- Conville, Ralph Gifford, Philip Hawes, of Dartmouth; Howard Jennings, Easton ; John Enos, Dighton, and several of the older club members in the Camp.

As a result of this reunion an alumni association was formed. The officers elected were Howard Jennings of Easton, President; Robert Sharpies, Seekonk, Vice-President, and Clara Munroe Ashley, Berkley, Secretary.

The Handicraft vrinner this year is Everet Smith of North Dighton. This was Everet's sixth year-. He has been president of his club for the past three years. Everet has done very fine work ever since he has been in the club. He will go to Camp Gilbert in July.

Lester Ralph of North Attleboro has been awarded the County honor in the Poultry Club this year. Lester has worked consistently during the past few years. He hatched a few hundi-ed Barred Rock chickens this year and they are doing nicely. He has had a wonderfully fine egg record during the past year. Garden Club Notes

Don't forget the Fairs which will start early in September and finish with the Bristol County Young Farmers' Show on October 8 and 9. Take good care of your vegetable g'arden and keep it growing well. Beets, carrots, cabbage, peppers, tomatoes, squash, cucumbers, melons, pumpkins, potatoes, and many others will be good kinds to exhibit.

Don't forget to plant some other vegetables after one has been harvested. After peas, beans or lettuce plant winter turnips, cabbage or spinach. Pi-epare the land and fertilize it again before the second crop is planted.

Watch for the potato beetles and spray with arsenate of lead. Cover the winter squash vines at intervals so that if the borer attacks at one place it will not affect the whole plant.

For the squash bug spi-ay does not do much good. Put a shingle or a short piece of board near the plant, then early in the morning turn it over and kill the bugs which have gathered there.

A little fertilizer scattered along the rows of growing vegetables and hoed or cultivated in will help much. Be. careful not to get it on the foliage, however.

Josephine Kula of Berkley, Lorraine Paquette of North Dartmouth, and William Ortelt of Rehoboth are Bristol County's Delegates for the State Health Contest, which is being held at Worcester.

At the same time the State Dress Contest is being held. Christine Schobel of Rehoboth, Emma Stokinger of Easton and Norma Colpitt of Berkley are representing this county.

Prof. William R. Cole, State Extension Specialist of Horticultural Manufactures, and his assistant, Mr. Rice, gave two very interesting demonstrations of canning and jam making to 4-H Club Members on June 16. The morning meeting was held at the home of Mrs. Charles S. Bliss of North Rehoboth and the aftei-noon meeting was at the Berkley Church in Berkley. In spite of the rain there was a good attendance at these meetings.

If you were unable to attend either of the above meetings, Mr. Rice will be in Bristol County on August 22. The morning meeting is to be held at 10.30 at the South School, South Somerset. The meeting in the afternoon is to be at Westport, the time and place to be announced later.

Eighteen girls in Bristol County have enrolled in the Room Improvement Contest for the summer. Some are planning to paint and paper, others are changing their accessories. Some are changing their color scheme, others are using the same color scheme, but working it out in various ways. Everyone is having a good time and the rooms will look so much lovelier next fall.

Corn Borer Control Demonstrations

Because of new developments in machinery and equipment, and because of the revised interpretation of the State Law, the U. S. Department of Agriculture is co-operating with the County Extension Service in putting on some practical demonstrations in the use of new equipment for corn borer control.

Three demonstrations have been scheduled. The first on September 1 at the Bristol County Agricultural School at Segreganset. One on September 2, at the farm of Henry Wolstencroft, South Somerset, and the third at the farm of C. O. Wing, South Westport, on September 3. All three demonstrations will be at 2.00 P. M.

There will be an opportunity at these demonstrations to hear about the latest results of the demonstrations which are being conducted at the U. S. Department of Agriculture Demonstration Farm at Berkley, Mass. The new ruling in regard to fall plowing will also be explained at these demonstrations.

Lawn Facts

Many people seem to feel that lawns and pasture grasses require little, if any, food. Experiments at our State Experiment Station and elsewhere convincingly demonstrate that both lawns and pastures respond very quickly to fertilizer treatment.

Prof. Dickinson of the Massachusetts State College has found that sulphate of ammonia when properly applied has perhaps given the most satisfactory response of any fertilizer treatment used on lawn grasses. Sulphate of ammonia should be applied when the grass is dry, scattered evenly and thoroughly watered into the lawn. Otherwise it will burn the grass. June and September, according to Prof. Dickinson, are the best months to fertilize.