Taunton City (part 9 of 13)

Junior Club Activities

Final exhibits have been held in nearly all the clubs in the county to date. Among some of the best exhibits are the following: - William F. Howe 4-H Club of Easton; Job Gidley School clubs in North Dartmouth; the County Street School clubs in Taunton; the North Raynham School clubs in North Raynham and the Norton clubs. These clubs also conducted a program in connection with their final exhibits.

The work of the club members this year has been of exceptional good quality and it shows that the local leaders have been doing a good piece of work with them. Many useful articles of clothing have been made by Clothing club mernbers. Several Food club members including a few boys have become not only expert cooks, but have done much of the family cooking. The boys in the Handicraft club have made many useful articles and repaired things about the home. The young poultrymen have done especially well with their stock.

It has been a very successful season in the 4-H Club work and both Miss Stewart and Mr. Wyeth feel much pleased with the way the members have come through.

The News Writing Contest for the state honors closes on June 20th. If any boy or girl wishes to compete for the State Championship he or she should send their articles mounted and illustrated, to this office on or before June 20th.

For county honors the closing date will be July 1st. One boy and one girl -will be chosen in this contest and each will be given a free week at Brockton Fair this fall.

The Watuppa Rabbit Club with Mr. Joseph Pomfret, local leader, is holding regular meetings at the leader's home off Meridian Street, Fall River. This club is making good progress. Demonstrations are given at each meeting by the leader, the last one being the treatment of ear canker and sore hocks. The next meeting on Wednesday, June 11 will be on the fitting of rabbits for show.

The club is to hold a small rabbit^show of its own at an early date and in the fall at the Bristol County Young Farmers' Show. There is to be a rabbit department in both the adult and junior departments at the county show. Mr. Pomfret has been very helpful in making out the rabbit premium lists.

The following list are on the honor roll. All of these received over 15 eggs per bird for the month - Lester Ralph, William Lowe, North Attleboro; John Anacho, Frank Macuga, Attleboro; Bernard Paquette, Raymond Harrington, Ralph Doran, Mercedes Frates and Albert Robideaux, North Dartmouth; John Cahoon, William Pearson, Charles Davenport, Fall River; Vincent Dionne, South Rehoboth; George Mac- Callum, Chester Butler, Walter Dean, Charles Belcher, Taunton; John Mann, Alfred Doel, James Brodie, East Taunton; and Jack Briggs, Mansfield.

The color scheme used for the ceiling and walls should be chosen with regard to the location of the room as well as with regard to your own personal choice of color. Cool looking blues, greens and lavenders are suitable for sunny rooms. If wall paper is used there may be a tint of this color in the paper, but the real color scheme is brought out by the repetition of that color in rag rugs, curtains, waste baskets and lamp shades.

Large areas of color should be quiet in effect; grayed colors are best. Small amounts may show strong contrasts and may be more intense. Use closely related values if many colors are used together on large areas. Light neutral tones as ivory or gray are suitable for walls.

The floor or rug, which is the foundation, should be the darkest color in the room. The wall and floor coverings should not be so filled with pronounced patterns nor so brilliantly colored that they dominate the room.

Both flower and vegetable gardens should be well along by this time. Keep the weeds out of the garden. They rob the soil of both plant food and moisture that the flowers or vegetables should have. Pull or hoe the weeds out when they are small.

Pick the dead blossoms from annuals and perennials. Not only does it improve the looks of the plants, but with most plants, especially perennials, they will flower again.

' Second and third plantings of beans and corn should be made now, also plant late turnips and late plantings of beets and carrots for showing at the fall fairs. Winter cabbage should be set out during the next few weeks, that is, before July 1st.

Keep the garden cultivated but not too deeply. A shallow cultivation is better than a deep one for a deep one is apt to cut the roots and also dry out the soil too much.

The cucumber beetle, a small beetle with black and yellow stripes and found on the leaves of cucumbers, melons and squashes does considerable harm to these vegetables. A mixture of arsenate of lead and Bordeaux will drive them away. The application of dry lime on the leaves also helps.

The squash bug is rather hard to control. This insect is quite large, lo to ^4 of an inch long and hard when full grown. They may be picked off and crushed before they lay their eggs on the under side of the squash leaves. Another method is to put a board or shingle near the plant. The bugs will hide under them during the day. In the morning early they will be found on the under side where they may be crushed.

The squash vine borer is probably the hardest garden insect to control. This white borer about }4" to l" long gets into the stem and destroys and kills the vines They may be cut out by slitting the stem, lengthwise with a knife. If you will cover the vine at intervals along the way new roots will start out at these points and hence the borer cannot do so much damage.

The cabbage worm is a velvety green caterpillar about one inch long, which eats the foliage of late cabbage and cauliflower mostly. This can be controlled quite easily by spraying or dusting with arsenate of lead.

Massachusetts Retains Its Advantage In Egg Market

Has there been a decrease in the spread between prices of nearby eggs and the best grades of westerns? It is the general opinion that the development of grading and improvement in quality of western eggs has greatly decreased the advantage of New England poultrymen in the Boston market. While this is no time for the Massachusetts poultrymen to be less alert in the maintenance of quality, the advantage of producing quality eggs has not been lost nor even seriously encroached upon, writes A. B. Lindsey of the economics department, Massachusetts Agricultural College who is continuing studies of egg marketing started by H. W. Yount.

This spread varies considerably between different seasons of the year, being greatest from July to Thanksgiving. The differential then narrows through December; and during January, February, and March the spread is very small.

Averages for the 21-week period when the spread is greatest, show a decrease from 1924 to 1925, but since 192.5 the spread has been increasing. The average differentials in cents per dozen for the years 1924 to 1929 have been 13.8, 10.8, 11.4, 13.1, 14.4 and 14. Since the trend of egg prices has been downward, the increasing differentials since 1925 would be even more apparent if expressed in terms of percentages.

The low differentials were averaged for a 15-week period including January, February and March for each of the years. These differentials for the years 1924 to 1929 were 1.85, 3.5, 3.96, 1.68, 2.23 and 2.3. No particular trend is noticeable in these figures. Relatively, changes are greater for the low differentials than for the large differentials.

The differentials between Pacific Coast grades and nearby henneries behave much -the same as those between western extras and nearby eggs, except that during the months of April, May and June, Pacific eggs command a premium of from 1 to 3 cents per dozen. The reason for this premium is their guaranteed infertility which makes them especially desirable for storage purposes.

Although the period studied is too short to determine a trend or a cyclical movement, it does appear to prove that the advantage which the Massachusetts poultrymen has in producing quality eggs has not been lost because of the increase of the importance of western eggs on the Boston market.

Farm-Home Week

Twelve programs and approximately 100 state and national authorities or specialists are scheduled for the annual Farm and Home Week program at the Massachusetts Agricultural College, Amherst, which is to be held July 29, 30, 31, and August 1.

Each year at Farm and Home Week time, the college and experiment station workers make a special effort to give to farmers and others an opportunity to see the work of the college first-hand and to hear from the college workers of the new methods, new materials, and new equipment which are being developed and studied at the college, says W. A. Munson, director of the extension service.

Before one can make much use of an improved material or an improved method, he must learn about it; and Farm and Home Week is set aside for this very purpose. If there is one time when a farmer is justified in leaving his farm for a day or two to visit the college and station at Amherst, it is during Farm and Home Week, says Mr. Munson.

The program may be likened to a huge 12-ring show, the only difference being that there is no admission or parking charge, there is plenty of space on the campus for camping or picnic parties, and for those who do not bring lunch there is a cafeteria which furnishes reasonable meals. A nursery is also provided for those parents who wish to being their children.

The programs which are scheduled for the meeting include homemaking, fruit growing, flower gardens, home canning, tobacco and onions, beekeeping, poultry, sheep, dairy, cash crops, agricultural engineering, and lawns.

Thinning Apples

Apple thinning should be done during the first half of July. Misshapened and diseased fruit should be removed. The apples should be thinned to from (i to 9 inches apart.

Emergency Hay Crop

If you are short of hay for next winter you can supplement your hay crop by plowing up som.e of the older hay field and seeding to Hungarian or German Millet. These crops should yield two to three tons of hay per acre which would be preferable to Timothy hay for feeding dairy cattle.

Millet needs a fairly rich soil and also thrives better on moist rather than dry soils. If manure is available it would be advisable to manure the land adding 200 or 300 lbs. of superphosphate per acre.

Swat The Fly

Walt Mason says: "Oh, every fly that skips our swatters, will have five million sons and daughters, and countless first and second cousins and aunts and uncles, scores and dozens, and fifty seven billion nieces r so knock the blame things all to pieces."

A single fly lays two to four batches of 120 eggs at a time and lives from 10 to 30 days. Fly eggs hatch into maggots in a day or so and in 10 to 30 days grow to be adult flies.

Treating the manure pile with powdered borax at the rate of 1 lb. borax to every 16 cubic feet of manure, sifting it evenly over the surface of the pile is one of the best things to kill the fly maggots. Borax will not injure manure, but an excessive amount may injure certain plants. Some authorities think that acid phosphate applied to the manure pile helps to keep the maggot under control.

The use of a good commercial fly spray will keep down the flies. Apply the spray in the form of a fine mist. Spraying the stable walls and ceiling early in the morning and late in the afternoon will give good results. Have the doors closed while the spray is being applied.

Efficient

WASHINGTON, March 3.~Farmers are becoming more efficient, according to the United States bureau of agriculture economics. In the last four years agriculture production has averaged about 16 per cent more than in 1919-1922, due chiefly to better farming. One of the interesting developments of agriculture today is that fewer farmers, with less labor, on fewer acres, continue to increase production.

"The farmer knows more about his soils and the plants and animals with which he deals," the bureau said. "He is in better position to combat pests and apply his labor more efficiently so as to secure larger returns in volume of production per unit of labor or capital employed. He is using more fertilizer, expenditures for fertilizer in 1924 were more than double those for 1909.

"The farmer is feeding his live stock better as indicated by an average in feed purchases. He bought on an average of nearly 70 per cent more feed in 1924 than in 1909. He is learning not only better to feed his land and his live stock, but also to select and plant better seed and to breed and feed better animals."

Home-Made Pasture Harrow

The harrow is made of old tire rims of equal size placed four square and bolted loosely together with Ji" bolts, 3" long. Extra holes are drilled similar to the one already made for the valve stem. He finds it advisable to allow an inch or so of play and to batter the ends of the bolts to prevent the nuts from coming off. A stout pole bolted to one side of the harrow, serves as a cross bar to which to hitch.

Mr. Coombs uses the harrow both in his pasture to distribute the droppings and as a smoothing harrow. In the pasture he hitches the harrow behind his truck.

Poultry Hints

The result of questionnaires sent out this spring shows that pox can be controlled by vaccination. Most of the poultrymen who replied used pox vaccine, now commercially available from local veterinarians and the Massachusetts Farm Bureau at Waltham, Mass., and did the work themselves. The present cost of the vaccine is $6.00 for 500 doses.

The best time to vaccinate seems to be while the pullets are still on range, about one month before the pullets go into laying houses. Many poultrymen seem to feel that vaccination may help in the prevention of colds.

The immunity established from vaccination is permanent. The vaccine is applied with a small brush by merely rubbing it into feather follicles which have been exposed by pulling a pinch of feathers from the thigh just above the hock.

Lice and Mites multiply very rapidly in hot weather. If hens are confined to the house be sure that they have a dust bath. Black Leaf 40 painted on the roost late in the afternoon is very effective in controlling body lice. Mites can be destroyed by spraying the interior of the house with carbolineum, crude oil or coal tar products or painting perches with old crank case oil.

Although coccidia and intestinal parasites are blamed for much so called paralysis there seems to be a form of paralysis not caused by intestinal parasites.

Fowl paralysis according to Professor Dunlap of the Massachusetts Agricultural College is a disease which occurs in birds from three to eight months old and is more prevalent in summer and fall. Once it appears it has a tendency to re-appear year after year on the same farm. The onset may be very sudden. The symptoms first noticed are drooping of a wing, lack of coordination in walking followed by a limping gait and finally ending in complete prostration. The paralysis is usually on one side, although it may be on both sides. Partial or complete blindness in one or both eyes may be observed, associated with a change in the color of the iris from a yellow brown to a slate grey. Recovery is very rare.

Treatment is unsatisfactory. If heavy losses occur, the entire flock should be placed on the market and no new birds introduced into the old runs or buildings for at least a year.

Bristol-Plymouth Herd Improvement Association Field Station, Cedar Hill

The Massachusetts x'Kgricultural College invites ever5'body interested in Horticulture to the FIELD STATION, CEDAR HILL, WALTHAM for the Annual Field Day, Wednesday, Aug. 6,

Home Bureau Notes

June presented us with one of her perfect days for our Annual Home Bureau Meeting and women -gathered from all over Bristol County to enjoy the day's program.

Mrs. Albert F. Edminster, president of the Executive Board, presided. She opened the meeting with a short address of welcome in which she described the meaning of Extension Service.

At the business meeting three new members were elected to the Executive Board for a term of three years. The members of the Board are as follows:

Miss May E. Foley, State Nutrition Specialist, described the enthusiasm with which women in the different sections of this state have received the Vegetable Preparation project which is to be carried throughout Bristol County next fall.

We were fortunate in having our State Leader, Mrs. Annette T. Herr, and Mrs. Ruth D. Morley also present. Miss Wilma Jeppson kept everyone entertained and happy vAth her songs and little stunts.

Dr. Caroline Hedger's two talks were the high lights of the meeting. In the morning her subject was "Feeding in Relation to Physical and Mental Health" and in the afternoon "Adult Education."

Farm And Home-Week

Recreational periods, tours, and teas, as well as educational talks, will feature the homemakers' section of Farm and Home Week at M. A C, July 2J tD August 1 inclusive, the home program continuing throughout the four days.

Apparently the home leaders of the college believe that recreation and music are an important part of the every-day life of the family, for six periods during the four days are to be given over to the subject of music and games.

And, of course, practically all phases of homemaking or of subjects of interest to housewives will come in for discussion during the program. Planning the Daily Menu is the opening subject on the program for Tuesday morning, and from then on through Friday afternoon will follow a long list of talks and informational discussions.

Wednesday morning will open for the homemakers with a choice of three talks: one on Nutrition, one on Clothing, and one on Simple Home Equipment Repairs; followed by another talk on Clothes, and a Lamb Cutting Demonstration by M. 0. Cullen, meat expert of the National Meat and Livestock Board.

Equipment, Fashions and Figures, You and Your Posture, Attractive Living Rooms, and Cut Flowers in the Home are just a few of the other subjects which are listed for Thursday and Friday. You need to attend the program to appreciate the wide variety of subjects offered.

Tomatoes For Health

The conscientious homemaker who has been accustomed to using oranges or tomatoes at least twice a week for the health of her family, will be quite concerned now with the high price of oranges. She may need to think of new ways to serve canned tomatoes, which are always inexpensive and plentiful; and fresh tomatoes will soon be plentiful and less expensive. Some dishes using these healthful vegetables are suggested.

Make a white sauce with milk, flour and butter. Cook over boiling water for ten or fifteen minutes. Add seasoning to tomatoes and bring to a boil. Boil five minutes and strain. Pour this mixture slowly while hot into hot white sauce, stirring constantly. Pouring the white sauce into the tomato mixture usually curdles the milk. Serve at once. Six small, or four large servings.

Remove slice from top of medium sized, firm tomato. Cut the tomato that is removed into small pieces, drain, and mix with the celery, cucumber and salt. Moisten with salad dressing, and stuff tomatoes with mixture. Serve on lettuce with a spoonful of dressing.

Soak gelatin in cold water. Cook tomatoes with all ingredients except gelatin and vinegar for ten minutes. Strain and make up to 2 cups with hot water. Add dissolved gelatin and vinegar. Stir well and mold. Four servings.

Put all ingredients in stew pan and cook fifteen minutes. This may be served as a vegetable or thickened a little and served on toast as a supper or luncheon dish. If used for a main dish a little grated cheese may be sprinkled over the top or a few crisp slices of bacon added.

Beat eggs slightly, then add the milk and seasonings. Put fat in a hot omelet pan; when melted, pour in the egg mixture and cook slowly. As it cooks, stir with a fork until the whole is of a creamy consistency. Place on hotter part of stove to brown quickly underneath. Serve on platter with hot Tomato Surprise mixture and fold over. Cooked peas may be added.

New times demand new measures and new men; The world advances, and in time outgrows. The laws that in our fathers' day were best And, doubtless, after us, some purer scheme Will be shaped out by wiser men than we.' - James Russell Lowe'

The Food, Clothing, Poultry and handicraft Champions have been chosen for the past season's projects. There have been many candidates in the field in all of the projects and it has been difficult to select the winners as there was much good work done.

In the Food Club Doris Palm of the William F. Howe Club of Easton was chosen county champion by just a hair's breadth over Dorothy Hurst of County Street School, Taunton. Both girls have done remarkably fine work. Both have done the family cooking, preparing all the meals and making all the lunches. Beside being in the Food Club Doris was in the Room Beautiful and Clothing Clubs. Both girls have been in club work three years.

The Clothing Club Championship goes to Rose Gwilliams of Norton. Rose has been in the work five years and has been very active as a local leader, especially during the past two years. She has led clubs in Taunton as well as Norton. Rose is one of the girls who was in Mrs. George H. Fuller's group, a club that was known statewide for its fine work.

The choosing of both a Poultry and a Handicraft Champion was no easy task for there was much good work done in both projects. There were about 50 members who came through in the poultry and nearly 200 in the handicraft work.

Harvey Smith of North Westport, a student in the Westport High School and five years in poultry club work, was chosen county poultry champion. During this time he has done not only a fine job but has increased his flock from 10 to 150. He has been secretary and president also. He has had White Leghorns, his favorite breed, and they have turned in large yields for him . Harvey has exhibited at many shows both in and out of the county and he has many ribbons in his home to show for this. We are glad that Harvey has won this championship and is going to Camp Gilbert with the rest in July.

The Handicraft Club contest for County Championship proved to be another close one this year with the final decision going to Aldo Fasoli of County Street School, Taunton. This is Aide's sixth year and he has not only done fine work, but his leadership and visits to the homes of the members inspecting their work and helping them, was exceptionally good. Aldo, without doubt, deserves the trip to Amherst.

Everett Smith of North Dighton, who was second choice last year was again second this year. Everett's work was particularly good, as good as Aide's, but the fact that he had done no leadership work puts him out of the running for first honors.

clubs had a most successful year under the county leadership of Dorothy M. Stewart and E. R. Wyeth and the fine corps of local leaders who so kindly gave their help

Of the 72 clubs started nearly one-half were banner clubs, that is, every member completed his or her work. A few of the clubs, .3 or 4, for various reasons, discontinued, but the rest of them, about 68 clubs, finished, or about 95%. In all there were nearly 85% completions of the club members.

John Perry, Jr. of Dartmouth was chosen as health delegate to go to Worcester on July 2nd to compete for the statewide contest. The next issue of this bulletin will tell you if he was successful or not.

The prize winners in the last or May Egg Laying contest are as follows: First, John C. Mann, East Taunton; Second, George De Moura, East Taunton and Third William Lowe, North Attleboro.

The championship poultry club in the county was the "Full-0-Pep" Club in North Dartmouth, Rajonond Harrington, local leader. The club finished 100% or a banner club.

There are five organized garden clubs in the county besides many members not in organized groups. There is one in Taunton; two in Easton; one in North Dartmouth and one in Rehoboth.

The first 4-H Club Sectional Dress Contest was held at the Bristol County Agricultural School, Segreganset, June 28. The winners of the county dress contests of Barnstable, Plymouth and Bristol counties were present. Miss Esther B. Cooley, State Clothing Specialist, judged the dresses and later gave a very interesting talk on choosing colors and styles of dresses. The Assistant State Club Leader, Marion E. Forbes, was also present. The awards were as follows: Class I. - Party Dress.

The simplest and cheapest type of equipment used for cold pack canning is the water bath outfit. This consists of a vessel with a tightly fitting cover and a rack or false bottom to hold the jars above the bottom of the vessel. The vessel should be deep enough to allow the water to cover the tops of the jars at least 1 to 2 inches. New garbage cans, a wash boiler, or preserving kettles are suitable if they, answer this test. To be economical of time and fuel, the vessel should be just large enough to hold the number of jars to be cooked at one time. Testing Jars. - Put the glass cover on the jar. Tap around the edge to see if it fits evenly. If the cover rocks very much the jar is defective or the cover is warped. One or both should be rejected. Put the glass top on and clamp the upper bail over the cover. The bail should go into place with a snap. If it does not, take it off and bend down to tighten. Bend in the sides. If the bail is too tight, bend up to loosen.

The rubber is the most important factor in securing a perfect seal. Only good new rubbers should be used. Never use a ring more than once. When stretched slightly it should be sufficiently elastic to return to normal size. .When bent sharply upon itself it should not break. A good rubber should be soft and elastic when stretched.

Are your clothes hanging on hooks or hangers? Have you enough coat hangers? Can you find room for your hangers? Perhaps you or your big brother or Dad can put up a pole either lengthwise or crosswise of your closet on which you can hang your hangers without having your dresses crushed. The pole may be an old sawed off broom handle, it may be a curtain rod, or even a towel rack attached under the shelf. If you want an extension rod for your closet for still more clothes you can purchase one in the stores.

It'S Worth The Effort

To appreciate the faithfulness of those who tirelessly serve us intimately in the home or other local group, it is well from time to time to be separated from them for a season. The mother and father to whom every last mother's son of us is ever indebted far beyond what we may hope to repay, these loved ones with whom we live so constantly and so intimately, are never fully appreciated until through the perspective of years of separation and deepening experience.

And similarly our New' England with her comfortable homes, her varied landscape, her commonly thrifty industries, her convenient markets and good roads to market, her matchless opportunities for education, and her neighborliness, is endeared to us by an occasional more distant view through the perspective and experience that come from travel beyond her borders.

If the New England farmer at times thinks his lot a hard one, it would not be easy to prove his case by comparison with farming in most other sections of these United States. And as New England is favored by her markets over most other sections of the country, so is Bristol County within New England a favored county. Such is one's verdict after a first-hand study of the whole picture.

New Englanders by temperament and habit are not, as a rule, much given to "gushing" or braggadocio, and farmers as a class live too near the soil to be much carried "off their feet" by mere enthusiasm. Yet there is much that may be said for New E:ngland, even for farming in New England. Whether one's chief interest be poultry, or dairying, or vegetable gardening, or small fruit growing, or landscape work, or orcharding, or floriculture, it would be difficult to find a location that offers better opportunities or surer cash returns than some carefully selected spot on a sunny hillside or in one of the sheltered valleys of New England.

For the most part let the West grow our grain and beef; let the South produce our cotton and yams and tobacco; the idle lands of the whole country must be intelligently handled to produce our wood and timber; but, all things considered, for the growing and

The 1930 dates for the Bristol County Young Farmers' Show' and Union Agricultural Meetings have been finally determined as Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, October 8, 9 and 10. The second day's program is to be provided by the Dighton Tercentenary Celebration Committee.

The Massachusetts Department of Agriculture has been liberal in their support of the premium list. Citizens of the county are to be asked for subscriptions to match the funds thus provided by the State.

Each of us, as farmers and as students or graduates of the Agricultural School, has a responsibility that no other person can assume, to do a part to make the Show the best yet. First of all, a generous and quality exhibit; then to lend a hand, so far as possible, to help stage the exhibits; to let our friends, acquaintances and others know of the Show and the program, and encourage them to attend; and, finally, be on hand ourselves with a few friends. The returns will abundantly repay us for any effort required to put our part across, but it is "so easy" to loll along through life - just hang onto the "bandwagon", maybe even drag our feet a little, instead of putting a shoulder to it to help with a lift. Let us get into the game and get in early. It's worth the effort.

I will even say a word for the much maligned climate of New England. It is seldom monotonous (I trust no one will contradict me here) like the irksome "dry" seasons or "rainy" seasons of other localities. Nor is it, as a rule, devitalizing until the gait lags and the spirit fags, but is normally invigorating and stimulating. The terrifying cyclone, the devastating flood, the barren arid and "semi-arid" conditions are seldom known in New England.

"What would I not give at times," said a Southern California woman to me one day, "to be able to be out in a good old New England blizzard"! "Chicago", said another, "has an abundance of apples from the West, but

Everything is going fine and I seem to like it better every day. We had another hatch yesterday of two thousand more baby chicks. The house I am taking care of is full now with a total of about ten thousand White Leghorn baby chicks, ranging from one day to eight weeks old. Besides these we have about 1500 pullets and 2000 cockerels out on the range, but another man takes care of them.

I was planning on making a trip to the school this summer, but I don't think I can make it now. There are five of us working here, but it sure does keep us going. We have a special man here who does nothing but kill and pick broilers.

I guess that is about all I have to say this time. I was hoping that someone would come up to see me this summer, but I suppose it is too far out of the way.

Clarence Johnson, '32, who is at Acrebridge Fann, Marlboro, has just recovered from a case of blood poisoning which resulted from a floor burn received on the basketball floor last spring. He was in the hospital about a week.

every year we pay double money to have our apples shipped on by barrel from New England!" As we traveled down the main highway from Cheyenne, Wyoming, toward Denver, a big Lincoln seven-passenger whizzed by us. In the rear seat was a young Boston woman, visiting in the West. At the sight of our Massachusetts number plates, utter strangers though we were, she rose high in the tonneau to wave an enthusiastic gTeeting to the symbol of the old Bay State!

Since the last report many things have been done to improve the plant. New and heavier wire has been used for pen partitions and around the roosting closets. New wire is also replacing that used at the window.

Under our present schedule we cull once a week and sell on the average of thirty non-layers. Thus far our production has been keeping up very well for ' the summer months.

Milton Norcross. Farm Crops Department Our crops are looking good for this time of year, and if the weather is favorable the remainder of the season, we will have better yields than usual. At present we are cultivating five acres of Potatoes, five of Whipples Yellow Sweet Corn and twenty-two of Silage Corn.

Early in June w'e cut and put into the silo fifty tons of Wheat and Vetch. This was taken from five acres of land which has since been planted to Early Leaming Corn which bids fair to give us a heavy yield of silage next September.

Spraying has been the pastime this summer. As announced before, the school is enrolled in the "90% Clean Apple Club", and, to date, we are practically free from insect or disease injury. The new sprayer has performed without a hitch this season, a pleasant experience with this Department. In past seasons we were seemingly never without sprayer trouble, which prevented timely applications of spray and also cut down on the efficiency of the job.

A rather heavy yield of raspberries is looked for. The new system of training the bushes seems to be working out well. It keeps the heavily laden canes

Cunningham was away on a forced vacation due to the outbreak of scarlet fever in Mr. Robinson's home. Francis is now working in the Orchard Department for the balance of the season.

A new weed, called nut grass, has made its appearance in the com and strawberry plots and is causing some trouble to eradicate it. It may develop into as serious a weed as witch grass owing to its similar growing habits. Market Gardening Department The work in the flower house has been finished for the season. The soil is being removed and the benches will receive a heavy coat of whitewash. Five benches in the second section of house No. 2 will be set to carnations early in July. Section No. 1 in the same house will be set to chrysanthemums. Several new varieties have been obtained from Professor White at the Market Garden Field Station. These will be tried out along with our own.

In spite of a bad start last fall, the crop of carnations has done well. Cutting commenced in October and the last blooms are just being harvested.

The tomato crop is still going strong. The price received at present is twenty cents per pound wholesale. Approximately $500.00 is the gross amount received to date on this crop.

Students whose garden projects are outstanding at present are Barros, Saunders, Cote, Prairie, Cruickshank, N. Clegg, Hood, Lannigan and Rogers. Students at work in this department are Blackledge '31, Walker '33, Courtney '33, N. Clegg '33, Marsden '33, Rogers '33, Mendoza '33.

Farm Shop Department Since you have last heard from us we have built some new berry trays for the Fruit Department. We have also sharpened the blades in the ensilage cutter.

The gas engine, to pump water when the electricity is off, has been put together and all connected. A 2% -inch exhaust pipe has been run through the wall to the outside. A barrel has been put on a stand to supply the water for the w'ater jacket around the cylinder of the gas engine.

The apple cellar is coming along well. A concrete bulkhead has been put in. Bolts were set in the concrete so that the jambs could be bolted on. The doors are on and cament steps have been put in. The cracks between the sheets of insulating material (linabestos) have been filled with plaster of Paris.

Brousseau, '31, should certainly make a good poultry man some time if one can judge by the interest he manifests in the non-feathered varieties.

Hoole, '32, has a good project, considering that he is handicapped for range space. The same can be said for Perry, '32, who has 200 birds in a space not over 20 feet by 30 feet. These conditions are far from ideal, but the birds certainly look good.

Herbert Ripley, a graduate of the Cohannet Grammar School of Taunton, is working in Department 9 this summer. He is enrolled as student for this fall and appears to be of good stuff.

Freeman Cook, recent graduate of North Carolina State, w'as a farm visitor. Though he wiU assume a Fellowship teaching position in the Poultry Department of that University this fall, he is busy hunting a job for the summer. .

Roland Boulet, '28, called Wednesday evening to introduce his son. The baby is two months old and is certainly a fine youngster. Roland says he is to enter B. C. A. S., and at the rate he is developing, it looks as though he would be ready to enroll before many years. Roland is carrying on a retail poultry and vegetable route in New Bedford. He has remodelled a large henhouse and plans to keep a flock of 250 layers. The concrete work and also the carpentry has been done by Roland himself. Much of the work of renovating his home has also been done, such as painting, varnishing and papering.

Roland is only one of many others who are able to save many dollars by doing such work themselves. This is one result of the training which is to be had at B. C. A. S.

There is no reason why a graduate of B. C. A. S. cannot do much of his own building, plumbing, concreting, pamtmg, etc. Because of the training received in these and other lines, I have found it possible to keep my own home in repair and We are enjoying things in and about the home that we could not have if we were obliged to hire the work done by outside labor.

European Corn Borer Control

The European corn borer continues to be a serious pest. Apparently no new methods of control have been developed although intensive and extensive studies are being made. All sorts of dusts and sprays are being tried out, but nothing yet in the form of a dust or spray has been discovered which is practical and effective. Some headway has been made with parasites, lut only a small percentage of the corn borers are killed by parasites.

Fall plowing and cleaning up still seem to be the most practical solution of the problem. There are still some farmers who doubt that fall plowing and cleaning up are really effective. One of the largest dairy farmers in the county was skeptical about results obtained from fall plowing and so wanted to find out for himself if any good resulted. He spent the best part of a day in the spring digging up and examining corn stubble which had been plowed under the previous fall. He was unable to find a live corn borer in the stubble which was buried though the field had been badly infested. He was able to find a considerable number of live corn borers in stubble lying on top of the ground.

(2) Removing all corn stalks from the field and either cutting them up in half-inch pieces as for the silo and feed out, or, if this is impossible, burn the stalks.

(4) Clean up and burn all rubbish left on this field and around the fences. The corn borer spends the winter in rubbish at the surface of the ground.

(5) Encourage your neighbors to clean up their corn fields, but don't neglect your own field just because your neighbor does. Every borer that is destroyed this fall will mean several hundred fewer corn borers next year.

Summer Egg Requirements Farmers' Show

Now is the time to make plans to attend the Bristol County Union Agricultural Meetings and Young Farmers' Show at the Bristol County Agricultural School on October 8, 9 and 10.

The program this year will extend over the three days. The second day will be Old Home Day in charge of the Dighton Tercentenary Committee. The program on that day will include a musical program, sports, and a speaking program. Attorney General Joseph E. Warner will deliver the main address.

The Bristol County Young Farmers' Association in Cooperation with the State Department of Agriculture, the Bristol County Farm Bureau and other agricultural organizations, are planning to put on an even better show than they had last year. Special programs are being arranged for each evening in addition to the daytime programs.

William C. Viall, Rehoboth Alexander E. Smith, Westport 10:30 A. M. "Feeding Dairy Cattle for Economic Milk Production" - Prof. V. A. Rice, M. A. C, Amherst Discussion -

Ralph Horton, Rehoboth Lester A. Boyden, South Easton 12:30 P. M. Lunch Hour 1:30 P. M. "The Secret of Clean Milk Production" - J. C. Cort, Dept. of Agriculture, Boston Discussion -

Sow Alfalfa On The Lighter Well-Drained Soils

The one inescapable fact about alfalfa is this: farmers who have learned to grow it, like it, they want it to feed and, they are planting more of it. More than 1000 acres of it are now being grown in Massachusetts and each year the acreage is increasing, says R. W. Donaldson Extension agronomist at M. A. C.

In dry seasons it continues to grow when other hays are short. Deep rooted, rapid growing - farmers make two and three cuttings averaging three to four tons to the acre each year of the best feeding hay that can be grown. There is satisfaction in rolling up big yields on a small acreage - to fill the barn with a real feed which makes cows milk well even though less grain is fed. One has only to visit those farmers who are growing it to see how proud they are of their alfalfa fields and to note the enthusiasm they have for it. It is convincing proof of its value for any dairyman who is ambitious to have the best of home-grown feed for his herd.

is best. Lime it (to test neutral) in two applications - one before and one after plowing. Fit the land after disking in lime and super phosphate, with smoothing harrow to kill several successive weed crops and leave the seed bed firm beneath. A time to seed is after weeds are killed in the spring or, safer because of weeds, in July or August, following a crop of oats for hay. The safest plan of all is to seed in mid-summer on land summer fallowed to kill weeds and conserve moisture. Learn to fertilize: plenty of manure plowed under, .500 to 1000 pounds of superphosphate and 100-200 pounds of potash will make a thick heavy stand. Annual top-dressing -will insure big yields and prolong the life of the stand. 300 to 500 pounds of 8-6-6 or topdressing with manure produces vigorous growth. Or, 30O of superphosphate and 200 pounds of potash will encourage firm hardy plants. Furnish 20 pounds of Certified Grimm or Ontario variegated seed per acre and inoculate it carefully. And, do not cut it until the second year if seeded in midsummer. To cut alfalfa after September 1st is to risk winterkilling.

Test Birds Early

Early Pullet Testing Permits Intensive Retesting. During the past few years the progressive poultrymen have recognized the advantages and profits derived from testing their flocks as early as possible for pullorum disease. Such poultrymen, who knew their flock to be infected, tested their pullets on range before they attained egg production. According to obersvations made during the past few years, pullets need not attain egg production before the test can be satisfactorily applied. By testing infected flocks early in the season, the owner will have ample time to have his flock retested until no more reactors are detected. Some infected flocks can be cleaned up in one or two tests, whereas others may require more. Through intensive retesting one may establish a non-reacting fl.ock in one season, provided the proper eradication measures are observed. This plan should not appear too expensive for the average poultryman if he considers the losses from an infected flock. A pullorum disease free flock will bring more sales, higher prices, and a better reputation to the poultryman. Now is the time to act. Do not wait until the hatching season. During the last testing season, 151 flocks out of 460 were found to be infected. The owners of these flocks are advised to have all their birds tested in August, if possible, and later retested until clean. If you are in doubt as to whether such a plan should be applied to your flock, ask your county agent or write to the testing laboratory of the Department of Veterinary Science for assistance. Applications for testing are requested to be returned immediately, which will insure prompt and satisfactory service. Flock owners who wish their flocks tested for the first time may write to the Department of Veterinary Science for application blanks. They are also advised to have their flocks tested as early as possible. Early pullet testing and intensive retesting until clean will prevent losses from decreased egg production, fertility, hatchability, livability, and sales, which are associated with a pullorum diseased flock. Henry Van Roekel - Department of Veterinary Science.

Donald Strange, Taunton Walter Hampton, Segreganset 2:30 P. M. "Our Experiences in Growing Vegetables in Connecticut" - Prof. A. E. Wilkinson, Connecticut Agricultural College, Storrs, Conn.

12:30 P. M. Lunch Hour. 1:30 P. M. "Echoes from the World Poultry Congress" - Prof. W. C. Monahan, M. A. C, Amherst 2:30 P. M. "What Can the New England Council Do to Aid the Massachusetts Poultry Industry" - Prof. Harry R. Lewis, Davisville, R. I.

Clover Seeding

Clovers are the foundation crops of profitable dairying Farmers who will be seeding mixed grass and clover seedings in midsummer will find that a good catch of clovers depends largely upon the fertility and the lime supply in the soil at the time of seeding.

Soils that are fertile following a cultivated crop to which heavy applications of manure or fertilizer have been applied usually result in good stands of clover. Soils which are poorer, however, should be manured or fertilized previous to seeding. Manure and 300 to 500 pounds of superphosphate are suggested, or a complete seeding down fertilizer.

Unless soils have recently been limed or are very fertile, lime may make all the difference between a good catch or a failure - particularly of red clover. A couple of tons of lime per acre is a safe application in such cases.

Some outstanding examples have been observed on farms where either the addition of superphosphate to manure or an application of lime resulted in good catches of clover, and in failure where they were omitted.

At present no figures are available to tell us how many homemakers were present at the farm and Home Week program at M. A. C. in Amherst; but we do know that there were at least twenty Bristol County women who found it possible to attend.

The program this year was unusually well planned and had something of interest for every woman. Miss Margaret Quayle's talks on "Facing the Facts of Life" and on "InteUigent Living" were particularly popular. Miss Quayle urged the women to study themselves and to develop their own personalities so that they might live more abundantly.

Miss Cooley's discussion of "Color and Your Yellow Streak" attracted more women than could be seated comfortably in the room she was using. "Fashions and Figures", which was the subject of her talk on Friday morning, was also well attended.

Everyone is interested in flowers and in gardens as is easily seen by the numbers present at all of the garden talks. Of special interest was the tour of interesting gardens in Amherst and the visit to the Jones Library. About 2.50 people took advantage of the opportunity to visit the beautiful Childs' estate in Northampton.

Over a hundred homemakers attended the dinner at the Manse in Northampton on Thursday evening. A very interesting menu was served consisting of Health Cordial Chinese Cackle Golden Glow Vitamin Bouquet Acrobatic Feats Arctic Delight Sweets to the Sweet Amber Nectar which translated means

There were some amusing songs and some missing-word games. When the answers to the puzzles were read everyone claimed to have found the right answers. Miss Foley expressed doubt and one homemaker said, "We followed the true extension spirit and passed our information on." Perhaps the greatest hilarity was aroused over the home uses of a hairpin that the women discovered. Extension women surely are ingenious women.

During the June meeting Dr. Hegder said that the best way to overcome worry about old age was to store one's hfe so full of beauty that old age would not be empty, but full of lovely memories. Surely the homemakers who attended Farm and Home Week have stored away information to help them with some of their problems, and happy memories of friendly contacts with other women and of good fun, that will brighten many dull moments throughout the year ahead.

Homemaker'S Creed

For over three years a committee consisting of three Home Demonstration Agents, namely, Miss Mildred Thomas, Chairman, Miss Mary Dean and Mrs. Lillian Chase, have been working on a Creed for Massachusetts homemakers. Letters have been sent to women all over the State asking for their ideas and ideals of home. These have been incorporated in the following Creed.

My Home

I want to build a home which shall find its fullest expression and satisfaction in the creation of human life. In my own living I want to exemplify physical vigor, intellectual strength, and spiritual power so that my children may have standards to guide them on the road to right living. I want to keep my mind open to new ideas so that all members of my family may grow to the full stature of their capacities.

I want to share with my friends and neighbors whatever I have learned in the workshop of knowledge and practice. This I shall do with courage and willingness, realizing that through my influence I may strengthen other homes and thereby make my own a larger power for good.

Ice Cream For Dessert

There is no hot weather dessert that is more popular with all members of the family, both old and young, than ices and ice creams. And they are not only well liked, but most wholesome. Milk, eggs, and fruits may be used to advantage in this way.

Plain Vanilla Ice Cream

Heat the milk in a double boiler, add the sugar, then salt, and stir until dissolved. Pour the sweetened milk mixture slowly into the dish containing the well beaten eggs, stirring constantly. Transfer the egg and milk mixture back to the double boiler. At this point, if cornstarch is used as part of the thickening, mix it well with cold water and add it to the mixture, stirring constantly. Cook the custard until it coats the spoon. Remove from the fire, and when cool add the cream and flavoring and freeze, using a mixture of three parts finely chopped ice to one part rock salt. If using automatic freezer, use two parts ice to one part salt.

Chocolate Ice Cream

Use the recipe for vanilla ice cream, adding IH squares of melted chocolate to the custard. Use slightly more sweetening - about ?4 cup of sugar should be sufficient. Use the same amount of vanilla flavoring as in the original recipe.

Orange Ice Cream

Use the recipe for vanilla ice cream, but instead of 2 cups of milk and 2 cups of cream use 1 cup of orange juice, 1 Yo cups milk and 1)4, cups cream. Increase the sugar to I cup and omit the vanilla flavoring. Make the custard with the milk, sugar and eggs as usual, and when it is cool, not before, add to it, slowly, the orange juice, then the cream

Berry Ice Cream

Use the recipe for vanilla ice cream. Add to the mixture, when it has cooled, about lj'2 cups of crushed berries. Increase the sugar to 1 cup and omit the vanilla flavoring.

Peach Ice Cream

Use the recipe for vanilla ice cream, adding to the mixture, when cool, 2 cups of peach pulp and juice. Increase the sugar to 1 cup. Omit the flavoring.

Apricot Ice Cream

Use the recipe for vanilla ice cream, adding to the mixture, when cool, 1 J4 cups apricot pulp and juice. (Use the food grinder). Increase the sugar to 1 cup and omit the vanilla flavoring.

Grapenut Ice Cream Peanut Brittle Ice Cream

7. Adopt a cosmopolitan menu - become acquainted with minestrone, goulash, Irish stew, pig's knuckle and sauerkraut, and a ragout with vegetables.

S. Don't eat too many sweets. 9. Drink several glasses of water daily. 10. Do real cooking. Good health will not last with last-minute meals.

John Perry, Jr. of North Dartmouth was chosen as State 4-H Health Champion and was a delegate to Camp Gilbert, Amherst, during the last week of July. John is a third-year club member having been in Poultry and Garden Club Work. He has been president of his club twice and secretary once. He is a typical fine club boy and is a picture of health. He passed with a very high score at Worcester where the contest was held nearly a month ago.

At the present writing there are eight county and State delegates, two local leaders and Miss Stewart, the Assistant Extension Agent, representing Bristol County at Camp Gilbert, the 4-H Camp at Amherst. The next issue will contain a club member's impressions of Camp Gilbert.

At Brockton Fair there will be the Scholarship Contests which are open to any boy and girl in the county in active Club work, and in all contests but the Sewing Machine Contest, the boy or girl must have passed his or her 14th birthday.

The Scholarship Contests include the Singer Sewing Machine, Russell-Miller Milling Co., Ball Bros. Co., Brockton Fair Home Economics, Brockton Fair Agricultural, Vegetable, Dairy and Fruit. There is a fine opportunity to win some money to help a boy or girl if he or she is planning on going to college. Entries for these contests must be in by August 15 with Mr. Robert Ewing, 106 Main Street, Brockton.

Besides the Scholarship Contests there is a Livestock Show in which club members may exhibit poultry, cattle, swine and sheep. Write the Club Agent, Segreganset, for particulars. Entries for these contests must be in with Mr. Ewing by September 8.

At Eastern States Exposition there are to be competitive exhibits in poultry and cattle. The entries for these exhibits must be in the hands of Earle H. Nodine, Assistant State Club Agent, Junior Extension Department, Amherst, Mass., by Monday, September 1.

On October 8, 9 and 10 the Bristol County Young Farmers' Show is held. At this Show there will be classes open to all boys and girls in Bristol County sixteen years or under. These classes will include clothing, food, canning, handicraft, poultry, vegetable, rabbit and club records. Added to this will be the judging contests coming on the last day of the Show. Friday afternoon, October 9. A later issue or notice will be sent explaining the premiums, etc. Write for a premium list.

The Club Agent has visited nearly 100 gardens during the month of July in Berkley, Dartmouth, Dighton, Easton, Freetown, Raynham, Rehoboth, Taunton, Fall River and Swansea. In spite of the dry weather the gardens look better than in any previous year.

The Merry Gardeners of North Dartmouth went on a garden trip during July, visiting a market garden and a large greenhouse establishment in Westport. Following this the Club went to Horseneck Beach for a swim and a general good time.

The County Street Garden Club of Taunton took a garden trip to Seekonk recently, visiting Mr. H. F. Tompson's market garden. It was a very profitable and enjoyable trip.

The following prices or values can be used for the vegetables you used from your garden during July. If you sold any vegetables, of course, use the price you received.

Keep the weeds cut out of the garden, especially the large ones. If they go to seed it will be harder to get them out another year. Weeds also take the plant food and moisture from the soil that the vegetables need.

If you have a vacant space in your garden where a crop has grown, plant it to radishes, spinach, celery or lettuce. Be sure to fertilize again before planting this second crop.

Professor Cole, Extension Specialist in Canning, from the Agricultural College, is to be in the county August 16 and will give two demonstrations. If you would like him to come to your club or town, please write to the Extension Office, Segreganset, at once.

Don't forget, "canning girls", that there are to be fine prizes offered for canning exhibits at the Bristol County Young Farmers' Show on October 8, 9 and 10 at the Bristol County Agricultural School, Segreganset. Can a few jars extra well for exhibiting purposes.

Camp Gilbert

Saturday, July 26 dawned bright and sunny. It was especially bright for the fortunate boys and girls who were going to Camp Gilbert. The delegates from the southern part of the county met at Mr. Wyeth's house and from there went to

We must not forget "Bossy" who went with us. She was the Jersey cow from the William F. Howe Club of Easton, which rode on top of one of the automobiles and helped to make our trip such a success. She was a good 4-H member and did her bit to entertain the campers.

The other members attending Camp were Florence Steadman, and John Perry Jr. of North Dartmouth; Harvey Smith of Westport; Barbara Wyeth, Segreganset; Aldo Fasolo, Taunton; Rose Gwilliam, Norton; Doris Palm and Howard Jennings of Easton; Miss Clara Munroe of Rehoboth and Miss Mildred Ashley of Berkley; and the Assistant Club Agent, Miss Dorothy M. Stewart. Upon arrival at Camp we registered and were told our tent numbers. There we met our tent mates and "hopped to it" to get acquainted.

Assembly was blown so we went to the quadrangle and found Mr. Marshall, Assistant Club Agent of Worcester County was to lead the campers to the dining hall. After supper we returned to the quadrangle. The fi'ag was lowered. As each county delegation was introduced they sang a song. Here our "Bossy" was enthusiastically received. Sunday morning a song service was held in Memorial Building with Mr. Farley in charge. Barbara Wyeth, Segreganset, played a violin solo.

Vespers was held on Mt. Pleasant following a picnic supper. Miss Dorothy Emerson, State Club Leader for Girls in Maryland gave an inspirational talk about the beauty around us. The closing song, "America, The Beautiful" was sung as we watched the reflection of the setting sun on the valley and the distant hills.

Each morning the campers attended classes. The afternoons were given over to sports. The campfires in the hollow by the brook at twilight are surely worth remembering.

The Farm and Home Week visitors were entertained Thursday evening with a fine program. The State Dress Contest was held at this time. Anna Fox, Middlesex County received first prize in the informal cotton party dress contest. She will go to Chicago to enter the National dress contest. Rayla Edelstein, Middlesex County was awarded first place in the formal cotton party dress class. Lillian Lawrence, Norfolk County placed first in the cotton School dress class with set in sleeves. Her dress will compete at Chicago for National honors. The music contest was held on Friday and the selections were very well sung.

The last campfire and candlelight service were held by the pond. It was a solemn occasion because it was our last night together. The camp spirits Jessie Phinney, Franklin County and Ralph Granger Hampden County, were chosen to bring camp spirit into next years camp.

The candlelight service filled our hearts with the desire to come home and share what we can of camp with our club members and to "make the best better."

Farming For Young Men

In this part of the country most young men will find their life work in the professions as doctors, lawyers, ministers, teachers, or in factories as laborers and foremen and office workers, or in merchandizing, in the distributing of goods. This is inevitable, is as it should be, because there is need of the money in our New England industries, and in the highly complex life of our New England cities.

Out on the land, in the open, working with the things that grow, some young men will, however, determine to live and to work. To some young men the factory is a "prison", and the monotonous grind of toil at the bench, or machine, or desk, seems but endless and fruitless drudgery. To these "country-hearted" boys, farming is more than a mere business, it is a "life", in which they will find pleasures not for them to be enjoyed at the factory work-bench, and which cannot be compassed or counted on the ledger at an office desk.

There is, of course, much drudgery in farming. There is in any business. Drudgery for any one of us is merely work that we do not like to do. But in farming there is also infinite variety of work, the pleasures of life and work in the out-of-doors, the incomparable satisfaction of w'orking with plants and animals, with the fruits and the flowers to bring them to their best.

Let the mechanically minded boy go to his machines. Let the accountant stay with his accounting. Let the builder build his buildings. Let the lawyers wrangle and let the preachers preach. But the boy who likes best to busy himself with the planting and the harvest, for whom the greatest pleasures are to be found in the growing of livestock or in developing of fruits and flowers, let him study and prepare himself and turn to the work with these as his life task. He may be sure none other will satisfy him, in none other will he ever be content.

It was from one of these "countryhearted" boys, now for three years a graduate from Bristol County Agricultural School, when, recently, the question was put how he liked his work, there came the answ'er, "I like it better every day. In another year I'm going into the business for myself." - G. H. G.

Mr. March Breaks The Tie

Family ties are often broken and there is always a bit of hurt. We regret to lose C. Laurin March, head of the Poultry Department. He was a delightful member of the B. C. A. S. family. He was introduced to us in March of 1925, having come from the U. S. Veterans' Bureau at Perry Point, Maryland, where he taught poultry and dairying. A graduate of Penn State, keenly aw'ake to and appreciative of life, always pushing back horizons; friendly, co-operative, capable, he made a very real contribution to us.

It was won by Damon Clegg followed closely in order by John Sprague, Clifton Hoole and Herbert Ripley. Of course you remember that it was one of several events, when in rollicking, buoyant fashion, we banded together and dashed over to Fort Phoenix for a really good time on July 25th. We are doing some good w'ork at B. C. A. S. The Departments show it. And we're going to keep fit for a superior grade of work by indulging in what every boy and girl needs - good wholesome play. These playtimes at B. C. A. S. are going to be anticipated, unforgettable occasions.

In the high jump the winners were Alves, Hoole and Lindsay respectively; 400-yard dash - Alves, Bennett and Lindsay; 100-yard dash - Lindsay, Alves and Brousseau; 25-yard swim - Brousseau, Sprague and Ward; 50-yard swim - Sprague, Clegg and Mendoza; 100-yard swim - Brosseau, Hoole and Ripley.

And plenty of frankfurters and marshmallows furtively disappeared, having been delicately or scorchingly touched by the dying embers of a bonfire that lit the sky and danced on the waves of a beautiful New England coast.

A Colony At Amherst

Led by Director Gilbert, the staff descended on the town to attend the 12th Annual Farm and Home Week at M. A. C. Messrs Hawkes, Robinson, Petty, Gilson, March, Ide, and Millard were there. 3500 were in attendance. There were 12 programs, approximately 100 discussions, tours and other features. There were 60 speakers, all authorities in their respective fields.

animal husbandry. He achieved this place through the stiffest of competition mvolving tests on fund of information, personality and character. We say good-bye, dear fellow, but we'll not forget you. Good luck!

Hammer And Nails

Drought times in any industry tests its brains and courage. Of course its tough to see thrifty, colorful, promising fields of grain and fruit shrivel up and die. But that's no time to wander around in a daze and grouch and become a first class calamity howler. It's time to use your brains and conceive of ways to master even a drought. Deserts have been made productive. Dry Kansas has been made to yield bountiful crops of corn and wheat. Nature yields up many secrets when men get desperate enough to think or die, and men generally will think rather than die.

The farmer, in spite of droughts, wobbling markets, lop-sided prices, and a few other jaw busters, is going to hang on and come through, because corn, chickens, cows, and a few other commodities of the open field are yet to be called kings and indispensable ones at that.

When Bill Boeing, who carries half the nation's air mail poundage in ships he builds, so underbid his competitors on a contract to carry mail over 1,943 miles of extremely varied terrain where temperatures range from 20° beloW to 120° above; where ships must be capable of lifting heavy loads from sea levels at Chicago to 10,000 feet over Sherman Pass near Cheyenne and 12,000 feet over the Sierras west of Reno, government officials were exceedingly skeptical. Boeing grimly went to work, held on through thick and thin, and is now the guiding spirit of the United Aircraft & Transport Corporation.

Farming can be made to pay, and it's the business of B. C. A. S. to prove it to the skeptical. Give us your brains and tackle the job with honest to goodness faith in the job.

And as we write we hear the rumbling, ominous yet musical peal of thunder and see the startling flashes of lightning. Rain is in the air. It rains.

Echoes From Far And Near

They always come back to B. C. A. S. Funny how we get so attached to the place, isn't it? You'll notice it after your four years have slipped away and all too quickly.

Robert Peck, a student the last two years, couldn't resist the persistent and sly darts of Cupid and now Miss Gladys Potter, a winsome girl, well known to B. C. A. S. has him under her keeping. Robert's folks are aggressive market gardeners over Seekonk way.

All students of B. C. A. S. ought to visit the Dighton Co-operative Marketing Association in the old Stove Lining Works. Under the direction of Mr. Walter Hampton, vsrith a force of 20 workers, tomatoes are being graded by machine, hand packed and labelled so as to tell the world that such quality is grown in Dighton. It's a noteworthy experiment, profitable to observe, also a chance to get acquainted with progressive farmers in the vicinity of the school. Good practical lessons from these fellows will improve your course,

Lawrence Shaw was forced to go to his home in New Bedford because of threatening appendicitis. A speedy recovery to you, old scout, is the wish of us aU.

Melvin Wedmore has enlisted in the U. S. Navy and leaves us on August 15th. Melvin gave a good account of himself here as a sturdy, dependable worker. Row hard and you may be an Admiral yet! And to write to us from the distant shores.

Peter Gurecki is a busy lad this summer. He is foreman of Department 2, and is carrying a garden project at Mr. Millard's and markets flowers for Mr. Robinson in the evenings.

Emanuel Cabral, '27, who has develoyed quite a dairy since graduation, is planning on showing his yearling Holstein bull at the Brockton Pair. It was bred at M. A. C. and in appearance and pedigree is an excellent animal.

Michael Schobel, '32, has some fine R. I. Reds and White Wyandottes that youll find on exhibition at the Bristol County Young Farmers' Fair, October 9-11. He and his father are exhibiting two pairs of draft horses at the Brockton Fair.

Berghman, treasurer of '32, reminds his classmates that they voted to pay dues during the summer while each was earning. They now have over ten dollars in the bank.

Ernest Broulette of Fall River, and William Snyder of Pottersville are enrolled as new students and are gaining a slant at our school through the Fruit Department. Carleton Cobb of Fall River is getting his in Department

The garage has received a coat of zinc paint and it now presents a clean, white appearance. Zinc paint does not oxidize when exposed to the elements, therefore will remain white indefinitely. The doors have been painted gray and the iron work black. The boys are to be commended for their good work.

The Director's house has been scraped and sandpapered where needed and is now receiving a coat of zinc paint. The blinds have been removed and placed in the shop to be smoothed up and painted in bad weather. Sprague '31, is handling this job as his project for the year.

The boys in this department are getting some worthwhile experience in rigging stagings, preparing surfaces for painting, mixing paints, brushing, glazing and drawing sash.

Shaw, Ripley and Cobb, in Department 9, are getting rid of unsightly v/'eeds, giving attractive touches here and there, improving the south side of the main road, nurturing grass seed plots and numerous other little jobs, small in themselves but looming large in the end.

Our Feathered Friends

We now have 640 R. 1. Reds and 300 White Leghorn pullets in the laying houses. Prof. Graham of M. A. C. and Prof. Lunn of Oregan Agricultural College visited the plant on July 25 and were very complimentary in their remarks, both as to the appearance of the pullets and size of the pullet eggs.

The worries of baby chicks are about over and our range program is reduced to feeding, watering and persistent cleaning and disinfecting. This gives us more time for our repair jobs that have been hanging over during the spring and early summer rush.

B'. C. A. S. made the news when Shaw, Ripley, Cobb, Wedmore, Broulette, and Snyder turned over the sod of the County Courthouse lawn at Taunton, preparatory to the development of a new bed of grass, and under the direction of Farm Advisor Warren Ide.

Graduate To Teach Poultry Husbandry

We believe a good man succeeds Mr. March as head of the Poultry Department. There were many candidates, but the final selection was Mr. Harold 0. Woodward of Pomfret, Connecticut. From boyhood he was identified with the life of the farm. In 1925 he graduated from Connecticut Agricultural College, having specialized in Poultry Husbandry.

In 1925-26 he taught Poultry Husbandry in Georgia State College, and in 1926-27 in New York State Institute of Applied Agriculture at Farmingdale. Since then he was engaged as an estate gardener and tree specialist.

He is married and has three children. We anticipate his arrival about September 15, and feel confident of a happy relationship in the B. C. A. S. family.

In Taunton Milk Supply

Ted Devine is only twenty-five years old, but he delivers seven hundred quarts to consumers in the City of Taunton. His milkroom is new and modern in every respect. He personally supervises the inspection of herds from which he obtains milk. He has three employees.

The son of the late Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Devine of Taunton, he enrolled in B. C. A. S. in October, 1920. At that time he had no definite ideas as to his future occupation; but he learned the agricultural game from several angles. He became a foreman in both the Orchard and Farm Crops -Departments, "^hen he went to work in the dairy. He liked it. Both the instructor's personal interest in him, and the methods of herd and milk production got into his system.

He gi-aduated in 1923. That wasn't enough. Out he w'ent for practical experience. First to Mt. Hope Dairy. And still he felt the need of more of a school slant. He secured a diploma from the Stockbridge School at Amherst.

A great background of experience. Why not launch out for himself? Started out in October, 1927, on a pretty small scale - only twelve quarts a day. Today a flourishing $5000.00 business. A most important cog in the milk supply of Taunton. And mighty glad that he graduated from B. C. A. S.

A near-sighted man lost his hat in a strong wind. He gave chase. A woman screamed from a nearby farmhouse, "What are you doing there?" "Getting my hat", he replied. "Your hat", exclaimed the woman, "that's our little black hen you're chasing."

Athletics

While we are waiting for the basketball season to be ushered in, it's good to see the baseball diamond in use. Now is the time for every Freshman to familiarize himself with the exhilarating thrill of tennis and the canoes.

On September 3, the largest class of Freshmen in the history of B. C. A. S. arrived for business. They look like a fine crowd, anxious for work both in the classroom and field. They number forty-seven.

This Way To B. C. A. S.

The stranger can now easily find his way to B. C. A. S. A handsomely gold lettered sign at the four corners indicates the Way to Massachusetts' finest Agricultural School.

Young Farmers' Association

The Young Farmers' Association, a living, growing, progressive organization, is on the map. They held their Annual Banquet in the Dormitory of B. C. A. S., Friday evening, September 12th. Mrs. W. T. Pettey supervised with the assistance of several of our own boys, in the serving of a delicious menu :

Dr. Batchelder, Federal Entomologist, will be at the Forum on October 3, with the latest pictures and information on the destructive corn borer. It would be well for the students of B. C. A. S. to invite their dads and friends to this meeting.

Mr. F. E. Heald of the State Department of Education, was a visitor at the School, September 11. His congenial smile and avidity for the thing we're doing makes him doubly welcome.

Mr. Gilbert called on Hugh Kenworthy concerning the Young Farmers' Association Banquet, of which Hugh is chairman of the committee on sale of tickets. He is employed by Mr. Roy H. Beattie of Fall River, on his poultry farm at Tiverton, R. I. Mr. Gilbert reports as fine a flock of Barred Rocks and Rhode Island Reds as he has seen, with some of the best pens of pullets laying 70 per cent.

With Mrs. Gilbert and Mrs. Pettey and Miss Stewart as patronesses, between 30 and 40 had a mighty fine time at Wilbur's Pavilion, August 27. The hours were 8-12, with a well-known orchestra from Detroit, Michigan. This may well become an annual event.

Orchard Department Notes

The apple harvest is on in full swing. The crop this year is variable. The Mcintosh are the cleanest we have ever harvested, but have dropped badly. Some Wealthies are small in spite of being thinned. Many of the trees show the effect of the dry summer in small sized fruit, dried up leaves, and practically no limb growth for the season. The Wageners, which have usually been a good crop, are almost a failure this year, being very small. Many of the trees in the orchard, which by careful observances over a period of years have shown themselves to be light producers, are to be taken out this fall.

The raspberries were quite good this season, both in yield and quality. A very good growth has been made for the next year. A single wire as a support for the canes seems to work out well.

There's no time of the year more attractive than the fall. Its harvest time. It means lucious fruit. Apples, grapes, corn, pumpkins, squash - beautiful to the eye and tempting to the palate. Its the visible evidence of the farmer's labor.

And as long as folks will eat, it will be pretty hard to get along without the farmer. And it's a genuine certainty that since he is so essential to the world's living, that the right kind of adjustment will be made.

In the meantime harvest time will re-appear annually - a time of beauty and of good things to eat. Nature and the farmer are of kindred blood. The boys of B. C. A. S. can gladly anticipate forming such a desirable partnership.

The potatoes and sweet com are in the market and the land fitted for winter rye on the sweet corn piece and for winter wheat and vetch on the potato piece. We like to sow both rye and wheat as near the first of September as possible.

Wisconsin Humor

One night, just before closing up time, Ole Olsen came running into the general store, hatless, coatless and breathless, and dropping on his knees yelled: "Yon, Yon, hide me, hide me! Ye sheriff's after me!"

The Farmer-Optimist

It was refreshing - I wish you could have been there - to drop in on a Bristol County farmer the other day who had started at "scratch" about nine years ago and is going strong today, with all kinds of enthusiasm for his job.

He was a poultryman. His poultry had used him well enough so that he was encouraging his neighbors to get into the same game - said what we need is not less poultry in New England, but more. We need, he said, more good New England farmers educating our New England consumers to the superiority of the N( v England product.

This man's enthusiasm and optimism is no small factor in his phenomenal success. He's a good salesman, to be sure, and good salesmanship is the life of any enterprise - isn't it?

Well, he has salesmanship all right. When he started in and the conservative Yankee customers objected that they didn't like "white" eggs. His come-back was, "But, lady, you don't eat the shell, do you?" And he left a few samples to prove their superior quality, then returned the following week and sold a double order.

But, mark you, salesmanship and enthusiasm and optimism are triplets, and the person who carries a goodly supply of them in his pockets and hands them out liberally to the folks he meets is all but irresistible. You gladly hand him a few extra pennies for his product because of the spirit he radiates.

And, as a rule, you are justified in having a little more confidence in the quality and rightness of his goods. Almost inevitably something of his spirit will get into the product he offers you. There won't be a dirty grouch in a carload.

Perhaps farmers are not generally noted for their optimism. But when you do come upon a genial spifit who farms it for his living you have a choice combination; a rare spirit, indeed, is the farmer optimist.

It's no wonder that this genial poultryman, when all the world is in the doldrums, when almost every individual you meet, whatever his vocation, is hugging a grouch, no wonder this farmer-optimist continues to cash in his goods readily enough and at the very top of the market.

Union Agricultural Meetings At Worcester January 7, 8, 9

For thirteen years now the agricultural clans have been gathering in January at Worcester Armory to study their own business, called together by the Massachusetts Department of Agriculture.

The meetings are arranged for different groups - the poultrymen, the dairymen, the fruit-growers, the veterinaries, the sheep-growers, the vegetable growers, the Farm Bureau, the Massachusetts Home Economics Association, all have their group meetings. Then there is the Union Agricultural Banquet at Hotel Bancroft Thursday evening, January 8, at six o'clock, in which all the clans come together for an entertaining program. This year Governorelect Joseph B. Ely is to be a guest, and

Program may be had for the asking from Mr. A. W. Lombard, Department of Agriculture, 136 State House, Boston, Mass., or from Mr. Warren L. Ide, Segreganset, Mass.

Reforestation Notice

The general depression has affected all Hues of industry. So closely intertwined are the interests of all in the fabric of modern hfe that what affects one is very hkely to affect all.

One result is that the school cannot continue during 1931 the offer of 100,000 young forest trees free for planting on Bristol County waste lands.

The tremendous shrinkage in taxable property in the county - up towards $100,- 000,000.00 in the past three years - makes it unwise to cover this item by funds from taxation.

Trees may be obtained from the Massachusetts Department of Conservation, Division of Forestry, State House, Boston. These trees may be purchased at from $7.50 to $12.00 a thousand plus the delivery charges.

All who are planning to have their birds tested before the breeding season are urged to make application immediately if they have not already done so.

Suggestions On Pruning

Pruning practices, especially on young apple trees, have changed quite materially during the past few years. Much of this change has come about as a result of long time pruning experiments carried on at the Massachusetts Experiment Station and elsewhere.

It has been found that young apple trees come into bearing much more quickly if very little pruning is done than where heavy pruning is done.

Until young trees come into bearing they should be pruned only enough to keep the tree from getting misshapen. Even after the tree comes into bearing it will need little pruning except those trees that are poor shape. Heavy pruning may upset the bearing habit of the tree.

Bearing trees should be pruned lightly but regularly. The main branches should be favored and for the most part the pruning should be done on those branches that compete with the main branches.

There should be sufficient space between the branches to allow for free circulation of light and air. However, it is bad practice to open the trees up too much as this results in a loss of bearing wood and the sun is apt to scald the exposed branches.

Thinning out the branches is usually preferable to heading back the branches. Pruning may be done at any time when the trees are dormant although winter killing occasionally results from pruning in extremely cold weather.

Delay

1. Dead specimens should be well cooled out promptly after death, then packed in air tight, preferably tin, containers and well wrapped in paper.

Massachusetts Agricultural College, Amherst Mass. Delayed delivery frequently is responsible for a condition of specimens which makes satisfactory examination impossible. Most of the specimens which have spent either Saturday and Sunday or holidays in the mail are decomposed and unsuitable for examination on arrival; therefore shipment on Friday or Saturday should be avoided.

3. A specimen (shipment) consisting of not more than five chicks or two adult birds from one farm will be examined for two dollars ($2.00). A check or money order payable to the Treasurer of Massachusetts Agricultural College should accompany a letter of history sent at the same time the specimen is shipped.

4. Suggested points for the letter of history are: source (purchased or home hatched), age suspected causes of the trouble, when the first signs of disease appeared, number affected, number exposed, and nature of corrective measures applied.

5. If in doubt regarding incubation, brooding, feeding, housing, and other points of poultry husbandry, you will receive more prompt attention by consulting either the Department of Poultry Husbandry, Massachusetts Agricultural College, Amherst, or your County Extension poultry specialists.

Results Of Rat Campaign

With one exception the reports of the rat campaign held November 18th have been favorable. Following is a copy of the first report that came to the office.

"Best stuff ever. We were over run with rats in barn since the cold weather came on. Tuesday night gave them a dose. Was out of barn Wednesday after early hours until 1:30 P. M. Found on the floor 10 in all stages of the jumps. Pound 2 last night. Great stuff."

A lady telephoned two weeks after the campaign saying that just previous to the campaign she had lost by rats young rabbits valued at $25.00 and that she had had no trouble from rats since.

Nearly 1700 packages of bait were prepared at the Bristol County Agricultural School, including baits used in both Bristol and Plymouth Counties.

Although all the letters in regard to the campaign were mailed from our office at least a week before the campaign some reported not getting their letters until the day before the campaign.

The fact that rats are migratory and travel long distances means that even though all the rats on the premises may have been killed, the premises may again become infested in a short time. This demonstrates the importance of having unified action in a community or county.

found growing by the Mediterranean Sea. Red Squill is usually sold under the brand name of K. R. 0. (kills rats only). This material can usually be obtained at drug stores or it may be purchased from the Massachusetts Farm Bureau, 657 Main Street, Waltham, Mass.

We have a supply of bulletins on Rat Control. Anyone wishing a copy of this bulletin may obtain one free of charge by addressing the Bristol County Extension Service, Segreganset, Mass.

John J. Lally Winter Courses At M. A. C.

The ten weeks winter school at the Massachusetts Agricultural College offers an excellent opportunity for those who can get away from the farm for a few weeks in the winter, to secure a very practical course in agriculture.

Anyone wishing a complete schedule of winter courses should write to the Director of Short Courses, Massachusetts Agricultural College, Amherst, Mass.

Recommendations For Feeding Pullets And Hens

200 lbs. Coarse yellow corn meal . 100 lbs. Wheat bran 100 lbs. Wheat flour middlings 100 lbs. Ground oats, 38-40 lbs. per bu. 50 lbs. Meat scraps, not less than 50%

1. Dry mash should be kept before the birds constantly in hoppers or troughs that can be and are kept clean and free from litter, dirt or filth. Hard grains may be fed in similar hoppers or troughs. The amount will vary with the breed, the rate of production, the weather, and possibly other factors. If hens leave any one of the grains in the srcatch feed, use less of this grain.

2. On account of the low price of barley and wheat as compared with the price of corn at the present time, and where cod liver oil or cod liver meal is included in the mash, poultrymen can safely use a mixture of equal parts of corn, wheat and oats, or barley may be substituted for the oats.

3. Whole corn is recommended because there are certain vitamin losses in cracking, and furthermore, the feeder is better able to check on quality. This presupposes that pullets have been taught to eat whole corn on the range before being installed in thelaying house.

4. Cod liver oil is a valuable supplement that should be added to the ration during the winter months at the rate of not more than 1 pint per 100 pounds of mash, or nearly 1 pint per 100 hens per week. It should be fed the year round to hens kept in confinement. If cod liver meal is used in lieu of oil it should constitute 2 per cent of the mash.

5. Suggestions for those who wish to feed the following supplements: To each 100 hens feed germinated oats daily, 3 pounds dry weight, mixed with 1 pound of semi-solid buttermilk, or its equivalent in p'owdered or fluid milk, and ig pint of cod liver oil, providing oil is not incorporated in the mash or scratch feed.

6. Well cured and preserved alfalfa, clover or soy bean hay (approximately 5 pounds per 100 hens daily) may be fed to advantage, the leaves only being the valuable portion for poultry.

Apples are plentiful and cheap this year, so should be used often. There probably is no fruit of which the majority of people tire less quickly. They may be used in a variety of ways for brealifast, dinner and supper. The crispness, tart flavor and color make them attractive to eat raw.

Soak the gelatin in cold water. Dissolve it by setting the dish in hot water. Beat the egg white until it is stiff. To the applesauce add the sugar, salt, vanilla, dissolved gelatin, and egg white and beat thoroughly. Heap the mixture into a glass, a cup, or on a plate. Serve with soft custard or thin cream.

Put a thin layer of sweetened applesauce (not over 1 J-2 inches) into a buttered casserole. Butter stale bread, and sprinkle generously with sugar and cinnamon (1 teaspoon cinnamon to Yi cup sugar). Cut bread into small squares and cover applesauce with it. Put into moderate oven until sugar is well melted and applesauce is hot through. Serve with top milk, being careful to keep toasted bread on top.

very creamy. Add the rest of the ingredients and beat for 2 minutes. Pour into a loaf pan, which has been fitted with waxed paper. Bake in a slow oven for 40 minutes. This is excellent cake for the children's lunch boxes.

Fill a baking dish full of sliced, tart cooking apples. Sprinkle generously with brown sugar, add bits of butter and a bit of salt. Cover with sliced, slightly cooked sweet

Heat the apple juice. Mix dry ingredients, add slowly to hot liquid. Pour hot mixture over well beaten egg yolk. Cook until thick and clear. When perfectly cold, and just before using, add an equal measure of whipped cream, either sweet or sour.

Cover a slice of toasted bread with a thick layer of heavy applesauce. Place 2 slices of bacon on top of the sauce, and put in a hot oven until the bacon is crisp. Serve at once.

Modification: In place of plain toast, use a cheese sandwich, either toasted or made like cheese dreams. Spread on the hot applesauce and serve at once.

The end of life is a bigger thing than the mere prolongation of one's days. Health is the best means of achieving that end fully, and so it is man's duty to get health. - Galbreath.

A Christmas Feast

"Better a dinner of herbs where love is than a stalled ox and hatred therewith" - Thus spoke a preacher some thousands of years ago. Have you ever been a guest at a Christmas dinner where the menu cost not a cent of actual money to provide, but unlimited care and labor through a period of years? Such a meal may be spread for everyone at this joyous season, if time and patience are employed.

First - a fruit cup of Cordiality. Next - ample servings of the glorious roast, enough for all - Friendship, served with a border of Trust, done at a turn at the clear fire of Truth. With This come the entrees of all Our Blessings - among them the "herbs" of Kindliness and Gentleness. A salad of Courtesy dressed with Alacrity. Then - the eagerly awaited royal pudding of Merriment with its sauce of Wit and Hearty Laughter. And for all - even the children - the beverage that warms the cockles of every heart, a brimming cup of love, with the sweetmeats of Good Wishes. The table must be perfectly furnished forth with the appointments of Neighborliness and the whole made bright with the candle light of Smiles.

Junior Activities

The county champions in canning, vegetable and flower garden projects have just been chosen and will represent Bristol County at Camp|Gilbert, M.A.C., Amherst, next summer.

Estella Gammons of North Dartmouth has been selected as County Champion in Canning for the past season. She has been in Canning Club work for three years besides being in the Food Club. During the past year she canned 220 jars of fruits and vegetables, 129 tumblers of jellies, jams, marmalades and 186 jars of pickles. She has sold much of her canned goods and will probably sell more before the winter is over. Her work was of high quality, also. She exhibited at the Young Farmers' Show this fall and her club won first prize. She also won individual prizes at this show.

Second honor was won by LilHan Cahoon of North Westport. Lillian did not can quite so much as Estella nor sell as much, although her work was of high quality.

Mary Martin of Berkley stood third highest in the county in canning. Her work was also good. She also wins the town prize in canning offered by the Dighton Rock Grange.

The Vegetable Garden winner is Lawrence White of, Freetown. Lawrence has completed three years of garden club work. His work has been of high class during the three years that he has been in the garden club. This past summer he had a quarter of an acre, which he kept in fine condition all through the summer. Most of the vegetables he raised were used at home, although he did sell some. He will go to Camp Gilbert, Amherst, next summer with the other county winners.

Irving Wyeth of Dighton and Charles Viall, Rehoboth, were tied for second honors, both doing very good work with their gardens. Other good garden club work was done by Charles Belcher and Eugene Ferrie, Taunton; Manuel Frizado and Lillian Tokarz William Mitchell of Berkley; and John Perry of Dartmouth. Howard Jennings had a wonderfully fine garden but cannot be county champion but once. He is Bristol County's candidate for State Champion.