The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-09-02


of Wheat, and Various Other Questions
of Both Particular and General Interest.
The August meeting of the Maple River
Farmers Club was held Thursday after.
noon, August 25th, at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Seth r, Cock with an attendance COM
prising nearly the entire membership of the
club.
On driving into the yard of this pleasant
homestead each guest was met at the drive
way by the host who assisted the passen-
gers to aight and then directed them TO the
doorway where they were met by Mrs. Cook
and their daughter Miss Ote Cook. The
men were directed on to the barn during
this time, where Mr.. Will Cook was having
his hands full taking care of the visitors
teams as they came in. There was room
for all however as the basement of a barn
1OOx35 feet in size will hold no small num-
ber of horses.
On this farm all hay and grain is kept in
doors and even though when the wheat is
threshed the straw Is necessarily thrown
out of doors, it is all drawn back again into
the barn as soon as threshiDg is over. Oats
alone are stacked outside and they are
threshed as soon as possible after stacking
and the straw taken in. The silo, which
is built in the east end of the barn, furnish
es receptacle for the corn fodder which
was to be cut up this week by Ernest Jo'
senhans who is doing the cutting for several
silos. Besides the barn there are various
other buildings of ample dimensions for the
use to which they are put, and, perhaps of
even greater interest, genuine abundance
of every kind of fruit in the orchard, and
in the very yard just west OF the house.
But time was short and forbade lingering
outside while the great roomy farm house
was becoming the center of attraction,
At abont half past two the club w.
to order by the new president - .as 60 CO.
den. America was sung ,hs st,u o,rs,,
cnap'et Vi ISAIAH W. 80 read by the chaplain
mrs. NJ a. gee .ey who then offered prayer
and the rer,ort of the secretary Miss Oue
SS~'AN " dS Teau
D. matter ofa good deal of Importance to
the club members then occupied few
moments of discussion under the call fol
unfinished business. 1t pertained to the
securing of free rural mail delivery. Vice
| president Ira Snyder has been gathering
statistics preparatory to making a good
showing In petition he expects to have
drawn up. Remarks were made on the
subject by E. j. Cook, Mr.. Snyder and II.
G. Payne, the latter two gentlemen being
appointed committee to carry the matter
further. The prospects for securing such
service seems more than hopeful this fall.
The matter of looking out to see that the
mo hunting" signs were up in proper shape
was brought up by P. B. Reynolds and
steps were taken to look up the number OF
signs on hand. The picnic given by the
combined farmers clubs of the county was
given due notice, roll was called and the
club was then brought face to face with the
regular program, though before he an
nounced the first number President Glad
den made few remarks concerning his &C
ceptance of his new position. He coult
not see why he had been given the highes
position but with the helpers who had beer
given to him in the club, he thought it woult
live for the next six months at least.
Ought happiness to be the chief aim IL
life, IL so how can 1t best be secured wa
the rather formidable subject assigned Il
Mrs. e. j. Cook but there are some at leas
who will never forget her very brief treat
ment of the subject or the lesson contained
in the legend of the wounded heart.
Mrs. Jennie o. Purdy was called upol
for IA leaf from the life of farmers wife
but she had planned apparently that |
should be one of the blank leaves though |
is to be doubted whether there are an!
such-saying that as the committee had en-
deavored 10 make her happy by putting he
on the program, so she wonld make tn
whole club happy-by being unprepared.
G. K. Fuller was allotted the topic o
"Learning from others" which he character
lied as being the great problem of ones life
The story which he told illustrative of tn
need of learning from others aroused mucl
merriment.
After this paper, "Greater America" on
of Will Carleton's latest poems was wei
rendered by Miss Bertha Payne.
My experience with different verieties o
wheat and which is best, was the subjec