Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-06-12
Pine River Township Farm .r's Club.

| The farmers club Of Pine River township
met at the home OF Mr. w Udell ON FRIDAY
j me 9TH, and this like all the other meet
/ lgs was very enjoyable one There were
about forty persons present who in spite the
extremely busy time had come to enjoy the
| pleasant home of Mr.. and Mrs Cdell. The
meetings are growing rapidly in number
and a great amount Of interest and enthu,i-
a,m i, manifest The meeting was called
to order At eleven o'clock by the president
q. w. Abbott Music bv the club Some
sweet day" Question box was opened and
the following question, were discussed:
lIa, modern labor saving invention. been
beneficial or otherwise to the laboring
classes? Mr. Curtis responded to the ques-
ton by SAYING he considered it a great bene-
fit to the farmer and no damage to the day
labor The manufacturer furnished more
,tea ly employment to the .laboring class
than could be found on the farm, and it
was impossible to keep the Yankee genius
down.
The next question was Does it pay to
drag corn; ii SO when is the best time to drag?
Mr. Ira Moody thought it a great benefit
it not only loosened the soil but DESTROYED
the weeds and especially the weed, in the
hill that could not be reached with the
cuitivator. The best time to drag was just
as it was nicely through the ground and his
iavorite drag was the slanting tooth drag
Mr.. Mey said he not only dragged hi, corn
but his potatoes A. we'll
The question was then asked Does it
show good common sense to stand this hot
weather ironing course every day clothing.
such as underwear, sheets, pillow slips and
towels? Mrs. Mey thought the time might
better be spent in reading and improving
the mind. 1t wa, the general opinion Of
the lpdie, that the time might be more pro-
itab.v spent.
The dinner hour having arrived an adj
joumment wa, taken for refreshments. A.
soon a, the ,umptuou>ly prepared dinner
had been disposed Of the president called
meeting to order and announced the first ON
the program would bee the report OF the
secretary. after which an invitation t. Join
the club and payment of quarterly dues.
We then had the pleasure of listening to
some instrumental music by g.. II. Mey and
Mis-, Gcrtie dell ON the cornct and organ.
after which Mrs. Cas-, Curtis read a selec-
ton, ~ higher standard of culture for
farmer, daughters The next was singing
10y the club. The next topic was Cuisines, /.
side Of ,torning' by Mr.. y c. Henry iol- /
lowed in discussion by John Henry and .
otto Mey Mr.. Henry said he considered .
keeping up the fertility Of the soil togaihcr
the proper rotation OF crops the main thing
to success, Mr. Mey said tilling was an
other essential point in making the farm
productive and the energetic, progressive
farmer va, making money not-with-,tand-
ing the extreme low prices.
Question box va, re-opened Does it pay
10 plant potatoes bv horse power: Mr. Mey
thought it did, they could plant much more
.hcapy, and if the soil was in a perfect
condition with just a, good result, a. when
planted by hand Mr. Abbott said his cx-
,cricnce had been a better crop when plant
ii 10y hand
Can We make it pay 10 buy our supplies
1t wholesale? 1t was thought a very good
way if the farmer had the ready mean, To-
invest. Mr. Abbott thought enough might