Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-05-13
NEST MICHIGAN CLUB
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The West Michigan Farmers Club
held 10 regular monthly meeting zee.
tsscsy afternoon in the supervisors
room at the city hall with . ANAL At
tendance.
President Lindsrman called the meet
ing 10 order and said thai ~ there was
~ few present tho meeting would listen
10 reports from those in attendance
concerning the condition and prospects
for frui. in their several localities. be-
fore taking up the regular subject for
DISCUSSION
J. d. smith-The prospects for apples
Are that We Will get none To amount 10
anything. Peach prospects are good.
bat seem 70 b budding again.
". w. Johnsou--l don't think every
thing has been killed. My opinion is
thyt the peach buds were not open
enough TO be frozen to any great extent.
Pres. Linderman-l have examined
the buds Ia my orchard and find that
n great many Of them are killed. The
apple blossoms appear all right but the
y
one-fourth OF crop
Others expressed the same opinion.
and lt WAS also stated that the crop OF
strawberries would be almost failure
from the spring freeze.
How to Kill Potato Bags.
The subject. "rhe Best Varieties and
Modes OF Cultivatlng Spring Crops.p
was then taken up and discussed. The
cultivation of potatoes was the first
question considered.
j. d. SMITH am trying an expert
ment TO prevent bugs. A friend of
mine accidentally while planting pota-
toes dropped q few beans in the hill,
and the bugs didn't bother them at all.
w. w. Johnson-The surest way to
get rid of bugs 10 to knock them OFT the
vines and burn them. You have no
idea how easily you can get rid of them
that way.
w. W. Bosworth-I am in favor of
the Beauty Of Hebron variety. They
are the best for me that know of.
They are not 20 soft as the Early Rose.
w. w. Johnson-we have never had
n better potato than the old peach
blow. l have no preference as to
varieties now. have raised a good
| many different kinds. Last season
planted my potatoes in burrows filled
| in with we'll rotted manure and covered
over with earth. then planted 3 few
rows in the ordinary way and wheeled
manure on the surface. / could see
but little difference in the crop when
harvested.
E. l.. BriggsEI planted potatoes on
an old fence row that had never been
| plowed until last year. l expected
| good potatoes but the yield was moth.
ing extra. We used TO raise them 80
| years ago on new land that would
| excel any thing We can raise now. We
can't raise potatoes now as We could 80
years ago.
| Corn and Potate-Growing.
| W. W.Bosworth-I furrow my ground
with . shovel pillow after it has been
thoroughly fitted-well narrowed and
/ pulveri5ed. Then drop my seed and
cover it with light covering Of soil.
This, / think, is the best way to plant.
President Llnderman-One year /
raised the white star, and they were a
splendid crop. l sold the crop for Sl0C
per acre. When they were just coming
out OF the ground dragged the ground
over thoroughly and stirred the soil
killing the weeds when they were
young. | had no trouble IN keeping
the ground clean after that.
| w. W. Johnson--My idea is that corn
ought not TO be planted before a weed
will start. like to plant corn when il
is warm-so j. will not take more than
SIX or eight days for il to come up. !
ike to put IN corn when 1t will start
early. We can gain a great deal in
tending corn by having the ground
well fitted when planted. Then begin
cultsvating az soon as the corn is up,
whether the ground is foul or not.
Mr.. Bosworth-I cultivate my corn ~
soon as horse will follow the row, and
keep at it stirring the soil all summer,
bat don't cultivate deep.
W. w. Johnson-I believe that weeds
ought to be removed from the hills, for
have observed that larger ears grow
on hills that contain no weeds. We
used to hoe corn. but / 60 through and