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600.00
Elizabeth F. Cronin,
1,020.00
Loretta H. Desrosiers,
630.00
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Edith S. Feustel, 1.120.00
Mrs. Flora C. Fitzgerald,
420.00
Mrs. Millicent G. Green,
1,020.00
Olive C. Holborn,
600.00
Marion L. Holland,
400.00
Selma Johnson,
420.00
Ruth M. Mason,
1,020.00
Alice N. May,
950.00
Mrs. Fannie R. Pease,
1020.00
Florence Schweppe,
420.00
Eleanor D. Shea,
375.00
rMrs. Genevieve C. Waite,
660.00
Mrs. Mabel E. Welch,
420.00
Frances C. Wilson,
630.00
$15,299.00
Textbooks
Chas. Scribner's Sons Company, $ 27.98
Benj. H. Sanborn & Company, 28.33
Newson and Company, 10.31
American Book Co.,
189.52
Ginn and Company,
42.00
Little Brown & Co.,
7.81
A. S. Barnes Co.,
81.19
D. C. Heath & Co.,
10.81
A. N. Palmer Company,
11.61
Silver Burdett & Co.,
18.11
Houghton Mifflin Co.,
28.47
Charles E. Merrill Co.,
28.60
F. A. Wheeler, expressage on textbooks, 4.81
The Cable Co., 8.34
$497.95
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Stationery, Supplies and Miscellaneous
Home Correspondence School, multi-
graphing $ 4.18
Newson & Co., phonic cards, 20.80
Milton Bradley Co., chalk, etc.,
481.21
Wright & Potter Printing Co., blanks, 4.30
4.06
Morgan, Crossman & Co., stamps, etc.,
Johnson's Bookstore, punch, transfer tray, 3.60
A. N. Palmer Co., penmanship manuals, 6.63
James Kingdon, carrying supplies,
8.00
Green & Thomas, paste,
.30
Shaw Walker Co., record cards,
4.13
A. L. Fredette, report cards, 15.00
.60
Blodgett's Music Store, pitch pipe,
1.00
Mrs. Ellen M. Burroughs, pencils, .75
Edward E. Babb & Co., busy work boxes, 3.70
Sackett's Typewriter Exchange, tickets, 2.25
$561.11
Janitors' Wages
J. P. Buckingham,
$ 85.00
Frank Brodeur,
533.00
Edward E. Mallette,
100.00
Harriet Swetland,
287.00
Mrs. B. W. Wilber,
60.00
C. W. Vinton,
80.00
Mrs. J. H. Farr,
60.00
Robert McCelland,
264.50
Herbert Tupper,
2.00
Elsie M. Perry,
7.35
John Ventura,
22.80
Dorothy Tupper,
6.00
C. E. Seymour,
2.00
$1,509.65
Frances C. Wilson, supplies,
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Fuel
Leon J. Bennett, wood,
$144.00
H. E. Morgan, wood,
342.00
E. O. Beebe, kindling wood, 2.50
Wm. H. McGuire, coal,
451.00
$939.50
Miscellaneous Operating Expenses
Central Mass. Electric Co., $ 9.99
Carlisle Hardware Co., pail, etc., .76
City of Springfield, water, 10.36
Masury-Young Co., sweeping compound,
6.00
Robert McClelland, expressage, 5.12
Forbes & Wallace, supplies, 1.39
E. O. Beebe, brooms, 1.40
H. W. Carter Paper Co., towels, cabinet, 10.60
Repairs
William N. Wallace, setting glass. $ 1.00
John Anderson, labor and material, 54.62
George E. Burke, glass and labor, 9.65
Green & Thomas, glass, putty, etc .. 3.96
American Seating Co., chair slides, 20.90
George W. Robbins & Sons Co., lumber, 6.90
Thomas S. Bower, expressage, 1.17
Ed. G. MacDowell, labor and material,
19.50
Edward F. Allen, repairs, 67.35
C. E. Seymour, repairing door and glass, 3.50
H. W. Cutler, material for repairs, 3.06
Wadsworth Howland Co., blackboard dressing, 1.87
James Kingdon, carrying supplies, 3.00
Bert Howard, repairs and material, 444.29
Charles S. Stacy, plumbing, etc., 236.83
Sackett Bros. Co., Inc., repairs at No. 2, 74.25
$45.62
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H. P. Cummings Construction Co., 130.25
C. A. Rogers, labor and material, 7.00
The Cutler Co., cement, etc., 134.46
C. W. Vinton, repairs, 15.00
Forbes & Wallace, repairs on clock, etc., 8.20
Reformatory for Women, flags, 10.37
Meekins, Packard & Wheat, repairing chair, 1.50
Kenney Bros. & Wolkins, seats and desks, 24.70
T. M. Walker & Co., wire, 3.00
F. A. Wheeler, expressage, 2.37
Robert McClelland, weather strip, etc., 3.00
George Milo, Green, nails, paint, 1.12
$1,292.82
Health
Signe L. Polson, salary and supplies, $ 778.39
Sackett's Typewriter Exchange, multi- graphing, 1.80
Carlisle Hardware Co., expressage on Scales, 2.25
Home Correspondence School, cards,
12.80
H. G. Webber, inspection and vaccin- ations, . 98.50
Dentists' and Surgeons' Supply Co., 18.29
$ 912.03
High School Transportation
. Springfield Street Railway Co., pupils' tickets, $2,100.00
Berkshire Transportation Co., 61.80
Springfield Motor Corporation, 320.00
Elizabeth Barhydt, 52.80
Helen Dickinson, 54.00
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Constance Ellinwood,
52.80
Doris Ellinwood,
25.80
Dorothy Ellinwood,
26.20
Myrtle Files,
48.40
William Files,
40.40
Audrey Genge,
52.80
Lorna Genge,
54.40
Carol Hardy,
42.00
Helen Nordin,
27.20
Gladys Phelps,
28.40
Marion Phelps,
52.40
Marion Rice,
49.20
Wilson Rice,
56.40
Dorothy Sherwin,
49.20
Rial Smith,
6.40
Dorothy Tupper,
39.40
Mary Tupper,
23.80
Irene Bliss,
52.40
Nina Bliss,
42.00
Ruth Dickinson,
36.40
Edith Hardy,
19.60
Marion Hardy,
44.20
Teresa Boylan,
.56
Leda Kennedy,
.35
Freda Bennett,
19.69
Eva Day,
20.82
Dudley Bliss,
10.80
Alta Callender,
10.80
Marion Callender,
9.20
Jennie Cole,
9.60
Ruth Crossett,
10.00
Theodore Merrick,
10.40
Erma North,
10.80
Roy Rice,
10.80
Maxine Hardy,
12.80
Samuel Hineman,
20.60
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Anthony Nietupski, Vagew Nietupski, Thelma Rogers,
19.00
16.40
30.00
$3,681.02
High School Tuition
City of Springfield,
$8,130.00
Town of Ludlow,
388.13
Town of Palmer,
37.50
Wilbraham Academy,
80.00
$8,635.63
Miscellaneous Auxiliary Agencies
Cone & Sherwood, insurance, $ 47.26
Mrs. Ellen M. Burroughs, ribbon, 3.21
Edith S. Feustel, ribbon,
3.11
Genevieve C. Waite, ribbon,
.50
Mrs. Fannie R. Pease, ribbon,
1.50
$ 55.58
New Equipment
F. A. Champlin, well at No. 4,
$ 283.50
Charles S. Stacy, plumbing, 91.96
Kenney Brothers & Wolkins, seats and desks, 37.80
A. E. Bangs, labor and material for well, 43.80
Wm. H. McGuire, labor,
9.60
Continental Scale Works,
13.25
Mrs. Ellen M. Burroughs, medicine cabinet, 1.00
$ 480.91
Total expenditures for School support for 1922, $36,248.97
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Third Portable Schoolhouse at The Pines
Appropriation,
$3,500.00
Amount Expended
Thayer Portable House Co., $2,350.00
Kenney Brothers & Wolkins, seats and desks, 394.00
Keenan Structural Slate Co., blackboards, 43.00
Charles S. Stacy, installing water, 98.19
Sackett Bros. Co., Inc., ~4.25
Ed. G. McDowell, labor, 288.73
James Kingdon, moving desks, black- boards, 14.00
C. E. Seymour, labor, 7.80
H. W. Cutler, freight, 3.55
Massachusetts Reformatory, chairs, 28.00
Less than appropriation.
$3,301.52 $ 198.48
Schoolhouse Plans
Appropriation, $1,000.00
Amount Expended
E. C. & G. C. Gardner, $ 1,000.00
Schoolhouse Lot
Appropriation, $ 250.00
Amount Expended
Ludlow Manufacturing Associates, $ 225.55
H. W. Cutler, registering deed, 6.74
$
232.29
Less than appropriation,
$ 17.71
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Toilets at North Wilbraham
Appropriation,
$3.400.00
Amount Expended H. P. Cummings Construction Co ..
building and sewer, $1,711.24
Charles S. Stacy, plumbing, heat- ing, etc., 1,700.11
$3,411.35
More than appropriation,
$ 11:35
Well at North Wilbraham
Appropriation, $ 500.00
Amount Expended
F. A. Champlin, drilling well, $ 492.00
Charles S. Stacy, plumbing, 47.81
A. E. Bangs, labor, 49.65
$ 589.46
More than appropriation, $ 89.46
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APPROPRIATIONS NEEDED FOR 1923
General Expenses.
School Committee :
Salaries.
$ 150.00
Expenses, 20.00
School Superintendence and en-
forcement of law :
Salary,
960.00
Traveling allowance,
150.00
Other expenses,
_500.00
Expenses of instruction :
Supervisors' salaries, 800.00
Teachers' salaries,
17,500.00
Textbooks, -
600.00
Supplies,
700.00
Operating expenses :
Janitors,
1,600.00
Fuel,
1,200.00
Miscellaneous,
150.00
Repairs,
1,500.00
Health,
1,000.00
Tuition,
10,000.00
Transportation,
4,000.00
$40.830.00
ESTIMATE OF CREDITS ON ACCOUNT OF EDUCATION FOR 1923
General School Fund, Part II,
$6,064.95
General School Fund, Part I.
2,334.44
Superintendent's salary,
580.00
Tuition of State children,
150.00
Total, $9,129.39
Respectfully Submitted, EVANORE O. BEEBE, H. W. CUTLER, THOMAS S. BOWER.
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
To the School Committee of Wilbraham :-
I herewith 'submit my report as superintendent of schools for the year ending December 31, 1922.
Alterations and Improvements.
The liberal appropriations granted for the purpose at the last annual town meeting made possible valuable im- provements in our school facilities.
At North Wilbraham a well has been drilled, a pres- sure tank and electric motor installed, two small additions made to the schoolhouse, a supplementary heater put in to warm them, and water closets and drinking fountains in- stalled. These changes have done away with a condition that was well-nigh intolerable and give to the children of North Wilbraham a schoolhouse that in many respects is modern and up-to-date. .
At Wilbraham Street the schoolhouse has been painted, and the yard enclosed, partly with new fencing and partly by rebuilding the old fence. But of more importance has been the drilling of a well there which furnishes the school with an abundance of good water.
At The Pines, as provided for by an appropriation of the town, another portable has been erected, placed 150 feet away from the last portable, so that a permanent build- ing can be erected without moving any of the schoolhouses now in use. Springfield water, which was introduced into the two-room building in 1921, has been piped on to the portables, and each one of them now has running water with a bubbler. Of permanent value to the town has been the acquisition of a fine schoolhouse lot of over three acres. I am convinced of the great importance of this lot to the welfare of the children of that section of Wilbraham,
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Manual Training and Drawing.
Several times this year the boys at North Wilbraham have come to me with the request that they be given a course in shop work. Manual training was dropped from the course of study on my recommendation three years ago. At that time it was supposed to be given by the supervisor of drawing, who was expected to teach manual training in Longmeadow, East Longmeadow, and Wilbra- ham, while at the same time supervising the work in draw- ing in all these towns and Hampden also. It was too much of a program and no one person could carry it out satis- factorily, as is attested by the fact that several drawing supervisors did not last out a full school year. The super- visor of drawing in this district now has fifty-six classrooms in twenty different buildings to visit. She is a very busy woman. If the work in manual training is to be resumed. a man should be secured for one or two days a week, and the work conducted in a manner to make it worth while. I suggest that the committee might call for an expression of opinion on the part of the voters on this matter. If the town is disposed to appropriate the money to carry on the work, it might well be taken up again.
Comparative Cost of Schooling in Wilbraham and Springfield.
At one of the town meetings held last year a ques- tion was asked regarding the cost per pupil for schooling in Wilbraham as compared with Springfield. The last annual report of the Department of Education gives the cost for school support in Springfield as $93.61 per pupil, in Wilbraham as $73.21. The costs vary greatly in Wil- braham. At The Pines, where each teacher has a large enrolment, the cost per pupil for instruction this year is at the rate of $29.12; at the Edward F. Powers school, where the enrolment is small, the cost is $95 per pupil.
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The cost to the town for tuition alone in the case of pupils attending Springfield senior high schools is $180. When transportation allowances are added to this, it will be seen that the cost to the town for its senior high school pupils in some cases amounts to $250 a year.
Consolidation is the only means by which the high instruction cost per pupil in schools with small enrolment can be done away with. Because of the crowded condition of our schools, the Edward F. Powers, Stony Hill, and Wilbraham Street schools are the only ones which could consider a project of consolidation. There is an unoccupied schoolroom at Wilbraham Street. If this were put into use, and the pupils now enrolled at Edward F. Powers and Stony Hill were brought to Wilbraham Street, three teach- ers could care for the children who now require four. One of these schools was closed some years ago, but dis- satisfaction resulted. It is doubtful if much saving of money would be made by closing these schools, as the cost of transportation would nearly or quite equal the salary of one teacher.
The two rooms at Wilbraham Street are pretty well filled ; especially, the grammar school room is crowded. In September, 1921, the room was reseated, narrowing the aisles and the spaces around the sides of the room, in order to put in every seat possible. No more can well be done along this line. If more pupils should enter this school, it might be necessary to divide it and to open the third room at Wilbraham Street. In this case, closing Edward F. Powers and Stony Hill would not mean employing another teacher at Wilbraham Street, and a considerable saving could be effected by closing them.
These schools should not be closed, in my opinion, unless the citizens affected are pretty unanimously willing to have it done. If closed, good transportation by auto- mobile should be assured, and good noon supervision at Wilbraham Street maintained. It would be desirable also
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to make provision for serving hot lunches. As I see it, one cause for dissatisfaction when small schools are closed and children transported to larger centers lies in the fact that at the larger centers the children secure no better accommo- dations while they are subjected to the inconvenience, and ofttimes hardship, of the transportation trip.
Mountain View Park.
The residents at Mountain View Park have from time to time expressed dissatisfaction with their schooling facil- ities. They object to the walk which their children have to take to get to school. It is not, as I understand it, that the distance is excessive, but that the road is a dangerous one for small children to travel because of the many power driven machines that go over it. That their fears are rea- sonable must be admitted.
It is not the task of the school department to make the highways safe. It seems to me, however, that it might be well to urge upon the town the advisability of building a good path along the Boston Road for the use of children going to and from school. To do this would be less expen- sive, I believe, than to furnish transportation or to open an additional school. Such a path would be a convenience to anyone, indeed, who had occasion to walk along this road.
The Situation at The Pines.
The situation at The Pines has already been taken under advisement by you and laid before the voters in a circular letter. The town has a fine lot of children there, physically and mentally fit. They are the voters of the future. A grouping by nationalities of children enrolled at The Pines is interesting, showing as it does the degree to which the future of New England is to be in the hands of the descendants of the more recent immigrant races. Of
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the children enrolled, one is of Hungarian stock, five of English, ten of Italian, seventeen of French, and one hun- dred ninety-one of Polish stock.
A State Record.
I challenge any town in the State to match Wilbra- ham's record for growth in school membership and attend- ance during the past three years.
School membership data collected in December since 1919 show that in December, 1919, the school membership was 295; in December, 1920, 328; in December, 1921, 380; and in December, 1922, 460 ; a gain of 56% in three years.
The gain in aggregate attendance is still more strik- ing. As shown by the school registers, the aggregate at- tendance for 1918-19 was 37,012; for 1919-20, 47,144; for 1920-21, 57,918 : for 1921-22, 67,166.5 ; a gain of 81% in three years. As this year's December membership shows 80 pupils more enrolled than were enrolled a year ago, there is no question but that the aggregate attendance for this year will be more than double that of four years ago.
A Word of Appreciation.
Dr. H. G. Webber, who for many years was a member of the school committee of Wilbraham, served as school physician from a date prior to the enactment by the Com- monwealth of the law requiring the appointment of school physicians up to last October. He has now resigned and moved from town. His long period of service in the schools of Wilbraham deserves a word of appreciation. I am sure that we all wish him Godspeed.
The school department has been fortunate in securing Dr. A. L. Damon to succeed Dr. Webber.
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Respectfully Submitted,
FREDERIC A. WHEELER.
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TABLES OF STATISTICS
School Calendar, 1923
Winter Term: Tuesday, January 2 to Wednesday, Feb- ruary 21.
Spring Term : Monday, March 5 to Friday, April 27.
Summer Term : Monday, May 7 to Wednesday, June 27.
Fall Term: Tuesday, September 4 to Friday, December 21.
Holidays :-
April 19, Patriots' Day.
May 30, Memorial Day.
October 12, Columbus Day.
Wednesday noon, November 28, to Monday, December 3, Thanksgiving Day recess.
School Census, April 1, 1922
Boys
Girls' Total
Persons 5 to 7 years old,
72
72
144
Persons 7 to 14 years old,
240
255
495
Persons 14 to 16 years old,
49
41
90
361
368
729
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SCHOOL MEMBERSHIP AND ATTENDANCE 1921-1922
Aggregate
Attendance
Average
Attendance
Total
Membership
Average
Membership
Per cent of
Attendance
Cases of
Tardiness
Cases of
Dismissal
Stony Hill
2620.5
14
20
15
93
43
6
The Pines,
Mrs. Burroughs
5348
29
37
31
94
15
4
Miss Baker,
6669
36
46
39
93
Mrs. Costello,
6924
38
41
40
96
6
Miss Cronin,
6589
36
40
37
96
17
3
Edward F. Powers,
1587
9
12
9
93
19
16
Wilbraham Street. Mrs. Pease,
5764
31
42
36
87
72
17
Miss Galusha,
3812.5
21
30
23
90
244
28
Mountain,
2371.5
13
15
15
90
32
16
East Wilbraham,
8028
22
32
23
95
76
29
Glendale,
3586.5
20
22
22
94
39
7
North Wilbraham,
Miss Feustel,
4593.5
25
32
28
88
161
13
Miss Desrosiers,
5208
29
36
-33
86
137
Miss Wilson,
4064.5
22
35
37
83
32
1
67166.5
345
440
388
91
893
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MEMBERSHIP BY SCHOOLS AND GRADES DECEMBER, 1922
Name of School.
Number of Grade.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8 Total
Stony Hill,
3
4
2
5
14
The Pines,
100
31
17
14
22
24
10
4 222
Edward F. Powers,'
1
5
1
3
10
Wilbraham St.,
7
2
6
9
5
9
14
13 65
Mountain,
3
2
3
2
3
5
2
20
East Wilbraham,
1
5
4
2
3
6
21
Glendale,
2
5
2
2
3
2
16
North Wilbraham,
12
10
12
14
8
13
15
8
92
Totals,
129
59
49
49
46
60
43
25
460
1
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Name of
School
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GRAMMAR SCHOOL GRADUATES, JUNE, 1922
Leo R. Backus.
Vagew Nietupski.
Dudley Bliss.
Erma North.
Mary Boden.
Julia Palluch.
Jennie Cole.
Ethel Prentice.
Ruth B. Crossett.
Nellie Prentice.
Maralyn E. Dempsey.
Edwin S. Rayen.
Stella Dumaine.
Roy C. Rice.
Hazel Dunsmoor.
Thelma Rogers.
Maxine B. Hardy.
George Siegel.
Beatrice Lachance.
Stella Smola.
Gladys (. Larro.
Stephen Soja.
Daisy Lemon.
Helen Sowalewski.
William McClelland.
Mary Szymczak.
Alfaretta Metcalf.
Mary Urban.
Anthony Nietupski.
Joseph Ziembienski.
NUMBER OF PUPILS IN HIGH SCHOOL DECEMBER, 1922
Buckingham Junior High,
13
State Street Junior High,
1
Central High,
10
Technical High,
10
High School of Commerce,
17
Ludlow High,
9
Total, 60
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CORPS OF TEACHERS, JANUARY 1, 1923
Number One Stony Hill 1
Ruth M. Mason, 116 Florence St., Springfield.
Number Two, The Pines
Mrs. Ellen M. Burroughs,, 52 Albemarle St., Springfield, Grades 6, 7 and 8.
Florence Schweppe, 55 Massachusetts Ave., Springfield Grades 5 and 6.
Mrs. Mabel E. Welch, 24 Alden St., Springfield, Grades 3 and 4. Marion L. Holland, 885 Worthington St., Springfield, Grades 2 and 3. Elizabeth F. Cronin, 88 Prospect St .. Springfield. Grade 1.
Eleanor D. Shea, 889 Worthington St., Springfield, Grade 1.
Number Three, Edward F. Powers
Alice N. May, Wilbraham.
Number Four, Wilbraham Street
Mrs. Fannie R. Pease, R. F. D. No. 2, Ludlow.
Mrs. Millicent G. Green, Wilbraham.
Number Five, Mountain School
Audrey E. Adams, North Wilbraham.
Number Six, East Wilbraham
Mrs. Flora C. Fitzgerald, 108 Benton Place, Springfield.
Number Seven, Glendale Selma Johnson, R. F. D. No. 1, North Wilbraham.
Number Eight, North Wilbraham
Edith S. Feustel, North Wilbraham, Grades 7 and 8.
Alice G. Amiot, North Wilbraham, Grades 4. 5 and 6.
Mildred E. Connolly, 1108 State St., Springfield, Grades 1, 2 and 3.
Music Isabel C. Hennessy, 256 King St., Springfield.
Drawing Helen P. Bartlett, 128 Cambridge St., Springfield.
School Nurse
Signe L. Polson, 112 Dunmoreland St, Springfield. Superintendent of Schools F. A. Wheeler, East Longmeadow.
REPORT OF THE HAMPDEN COUNTY IMPROVEMENT LEAGUE
And Report of Trustees for County Aid to Agriculture
January 5, 1923. To the Voters of Wilbraham :--
In accordance with the usual custom, I submit here- with the annual report of work accomplished in Wilbraham by the Trustees for County Aid to Agriculture co-operating with the Hampden County Improvement League.
Starting in January with the county-wide educational and membership campaign which more than doubled the membership of the League, there has come a renewed and awakened interest on the part both of the farm and of city folk throughout the entire county. More people have taken an active part in the work. Furthermore, the League and Trustees have now been organized for a period long enough to show concrete results of their efforts.
Take dairying, for example. Several definite evidences of progress can be recorded. During the past seven years, the number of pure-bred dairy animals in the county has almost trebled. This year, largely through the active leadership of the League, the state adopted a tuberculosis eradication law, of which the farmers of Hampden County are now rapidly availing themselves, thus making strides toward ridding the county of the disease and thereby in- creasing not only the health but the production of our dairy animals. This year, also, definite plans have been made toward better organization of dairy marketing facilities throughout New England. These plans have been
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worked out by the New England Milk Producers' Associa- tion. With the co-operation of the Hampden County Im- provement League, one of the first districts to be or- ganized will be the Springfield milk district which includes a very large share of Hampden County and dairy towns adjacent to Hampden County.
In potatoes, to take another example, this year saw in Hampden County a 700% increase in the use of certified seed which even in this poor potato year added at least $25,000 to the value of the crop in the county. Demonstra- tions conducted in all parts of the county showed an average potato production two or three times the average of the county.
The same can be said for apples. There are now on record in the office of the League and Trustees more than 30,000 apple trees in this county (which is approximately one-quarter of all there are in the county) that are being so handled as ultimately to produce large crops of high quality fruit. This has come about almost altogether within the history of the League.
As in dairying, potatoes, and apples, so in varying degree are similar results being achieved for poultry, tobacco, market gardening, pasture crops, and other farm products.
Among the activities in Wilbraham in agriculture and horticulture were the following :
A one-day orchard and dairy school during the spring, and another combined dairy and orchard meeting in De- cember on the farm of C. P. Bolles. At the latter meeting Professor C. J. Fawcett of Massachusetts Agricultural College was present to help conduct a stock judging contest.
Continuation of orchard demonstrations on the farm of Gardner R. Files, and the starting of a home apple tree nursery. Orchard pruning and spraying demonstrations at B. B. Green's farm.
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Peach dusting demonstrations to control ripe rot in the orchards of C. P. Bolles and L. W. Rice. The results were not conclusive.
Demonstration of poultry culling and killing at farm of G. R. Files.
Demonstration of poultry culling and killing at farm of J. F. Stocking.
Talks at Grange meetings on poultry and fruit.
Visits to individual farms, especially in connection with the control of poultry diseases.
In the women's work, the year has seen marked . changes. Organization has proceeded along lines new in Hampden County, though well tried out elsewhere, leading to the development of a county Home Bureau made up of all women who are members of the League.
The foundation and strength of the Home Bureau lies in the local communities. A meeting was held in con- nection with a one-day extension school, at which Mrs. Harriet Haynes, also spoke on "Saving time and strength in the kitchen." The following officers were elected :
Chairman,
Mrs. J. M. Pickens
Vice Chairman,
Mrs. G. R. Files
Secretary, Clothing leaders,
Mrs. G. Dickinson
Mrs. J. M. Pickens
Mrs. W. E. Porter
Mrs. E. B. Hitchcock
Mrs. G. R. Files Mrs. E. C. Clarke
Millinery leader,
efficiency, dressform construction, millinery, and home
Projects undertaken during the year included clothing management.
ยท Twelve women were enrolled in the clothing efficiency work, and the leaders who attended the county-wide train- ing conferences conducted ten local meetings, the garments as a result of this representing a saving of $210.
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The dressform construction work conducted by Miss Stuart was also popular, two demonstration meetings be- ing attended by 21 women and resulting in the making of 16 dressforms at a saving of $104. Further work in this project will be conducted this coming year, leading to other aspects of clothing work.
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