Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-03-26
4 Pine River Township Farmers Club.

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March nth. The visitors at this mt et-
ing were Mrs Schuyler of Washington,
ID. c., and Mrs Murphy. The meet
ing was opened by singing "America, -"
after which came the election of officers
70" the ensuing year, which are As fol
lows: President, G w. Abbott; Vice
President, JONI Henry; Secretary,
Mrs. Otto Mey; Corresponding Secre-
tdry, Mr.. Mey; Treasurer. Mrs. NJ. Ii.
Udell; Chap, Mr.. Davenport; Commit
tee on Program, Mrs. G.. Curtis, Mrs
Otto Mey and G.. w. Abbott; Commit
tee on Table, Mrs. j. Weeks and Mrs.
+. Hawley; after which the following
| questions were discussed: "HOw many
bushels of oats shall | SOW to the acre
If | drill, how many to broadcastP'
John Henry said the condition of the
soil had very much to do with il, and
about two and one half bushels, abund-
ance of well cleaned seed. Otto Mey
SAID in some seasons he had better sue
cess with heavy seeding. three bushels
per acre. other years quite the reverse.
His experiments had proven to him
that heavy seeding on rich soil gave
better results than heavy seeding on
light soil. A. c. Henery thought
quite the reverse of Mr. Mey. MesSrs.
Curtis and Davenport thought light
seeding was better. Mr.. Abbott said
in light seeding have enough seed sown
that the plants will shade the ground;
m )st kind of oats one and half to OF e
and three-iourths bushels per acre
drilled was enough.
should a woman do her own dress
making in connection with her house
work. Mrs. Frear said she could not
afford to pay five dollars for making a
dress. She could get gIrl for a week
for about a dollar and could get the
dress cut for one dollar and Go the
making of it herself, thereby making
quite a saving. Mrs. Mey thought
mothers made "a sad mistake in not
teaching their daughters while young
20 sew.
Then came the welcome call of din
ner, which was gladly received
The exercises began Immediately
after dinner with singing by the Club
"Some Happy Day" after which the
subject of Farmers vs.. Labor Organi-
cation and Capitalists was talked
upon by Frank Frear, by which he
made plain the facts of the injustice
done the people by the trusts and labor
unions. He quoted some pieces show
ing the enormous profits of the retail
dealers: The wholesale price of a set
of whilletreeS was soc and retaied at
81 a set; buggy stubs, wholesale price
$3.50, and the blacksmith charges So
for putting them on. He said it was
not only so in few articles, but every
thing we bought we paid more than we
ought to. For lack of time the subject
was not thoroughly enough discussed.
1t will be continued at the next meet
ing.
A paper was then read by Mrs. Otto
Mey, "Discontent," which was gra-
ciously received after which frankie
Frear gave a recitation which was
nicely rendered; then came the ques-
ton, when shall we SOW clover seed
and low much TO the acre." Mr.
Udell said the sooner now the better;
he said he sowed four quarts per acre
in the fall and SIX quarts in the spring,
two quarts clover and four quarts TIM
othy. Mr.. Mey said any kind of a ma
chine was better than sowing by hand;
he said mammoth clover was not cut
for hay, some might make it pay by
using it for pasture and then cutting
it for seed. The June clover excelled
in bringing up the land; he also said
the time for sowing was after the snow
was nearly gone, the freezing and
thawng of the ground left it in
honey comb condition and seed sown
at that time would invariably be the
result of a good catch. Mr.. Abbott
gave T. b. Terry's method of growing
clover.
Mr.. Frear gave a description of the
cow peas; he SAID they resembled a
bean and grew from three to four feet
high.
Mr.. Davenport said he had met with
perfect success in raising alske he said
a peck sowed four acres and the catch