The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1873-01-29
For TIE RECORD.
UNION F4RMERS, CLUB-ADDHESS By
PR0R. COOPER. eft

q IR0E. COOPER. F4sfe
On Saturday, Jan. Is, 1878, the Union Farm
ers' Club met pursuant# to adjournment at
Mount Airy School House, at 2 o'clock, p NJ.
The President, e. E. Holcombe in the chair.
The minutes of the last meeting were read and
approved. The regular business of the Socie-
ty,vas laid aside, to listen to an address from
Professor Cooper, of New Brunswick, Prof.
Cook having been prevented from attending.
Prof. Cooper then delivered a very. able and
interesting address on the subject of scientific
farming. He spoke of the advantage of farm
ers making. their land rich, thereby raising
more grain from ten acres than they formerly
did from twenty with less labor and expense.
The address occupied about one hour, and was
very instructive to those who take pride in
tilling the soil. A vote of thanks was render
ed to the speaker for his instructive lecture.
The Club then discussed the question of
Farmers Clubs. The question, "Should
clover, when ploughed under for wheat, be
crossed up? was then takcnup and discussed.
Watson p. Magill John Williams and Merick
itVNetNi1 VI thV bViNpuiJ 1iup Va
Bucks county, and w. F. Holcombe, Caleb +.
Fisher and e. L. Holcombc, of the Union
Farmers Club, participated in the discussion.
The prevailing opinion of those that took part
in the debate was infWor Of once ploughing,
but the time and condition Of the clover, when
ploughed under, was disputed. Various stated
times were argued, some favoring the time
willie the clover is in bloom--otliers thought
it had better effect when the clover was dried
up. But cannot begin to give you anything
like a history of all thatwas said. If you, Mr.
Editor, would come to the meetings and take
notes, you might have more to say in your
paper.
Merrick Reeder called the attention of the
Club to the advantages of Farmers Clubs to
the community and especially had he been
benefited by what he had learned by expert
ence from remarks made by John Williams,
before the Soebury Club, about earth closets.
Mr.. Williams also advocated the formation of
earth closets by farmers, as being beneficial
and profitable to the farmer.
Watson r. Magill, one of the officers of the
Solebury Club, extended an Invitation to visit
the Solebury Club on Saturday, the 25th inst,
when Isaiah p. AIichener, Esq, was expected
to deliver an essay on the cause and the rene
dy for the prevailing disease among horses,
called Epizooty ~
f. S. Holcombe presented some apples to
the Club for distribution, called "Munson
and 'sRigley.n The .propriety Of calling a
Fruit Convention, for the proper naming of
fruit, was then discussed, as large number Of
fruit trees purchased by farmers do not turn
out to be the. kind they expected when giving
their orders different localities aud States
having different names for the same kind of
fruit In this section, one kind of apple is
called Benjamite, others Fallowater Hester,
Paradise, &c. o. IF. Fisher then gave history
of the supposed Bcnjamite apple Sixty-fve
years ago his father broughta graft from Sha-
mokin, and it was then called the Sbamokin
apple. Mr. Fisher thought all the apples call
ed by diferentnames for Benjamite, originated
from that graft brought by his father, and the
tree is still aliye--Q so understood him )-and
he has often picked and barrelled from that
tree from twenty to twenty-five barrels of ap-
pies. hcliidIk5 Wclc induo Wy uiuciCub per
sons on the subject. The question was laid
over for discussion at the next meeting
Adjourned to meet ON Saturday, February
1st at Q o'clock, r. NJ. r-rg
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TT The Frenchtown Press copies an article
of ours in relation to advertising, mud re-
marks =" 1t brings to mind an incident of q
few weeks ago, when, while on a visit to Tren-
ton, we were stopped by a friend in the street
and asked If there was a regalia n,aipfactur-
ing establishment in Frenchtown. We re-
piled that there was, and doing very good
business, etc. The party then Informed us
that he had just shipped large order to the
city, having first searched the columns of the
Press under the impression that there was a
mandatory here, but falling to find their
card in our paper the order went to, Philadol-
phia. Thus for the wise expenditure Of a
few dollars year in advertising, might have
been secured an order bringing in many dol
lars profit to the advertiser. Many just such
cases happen, and yet the parties fail to see
the good of Advertising 3fAsss
gsy- Do not forget that we are prepared to
do all kinds of JOB PRINTISe, such as posters,