Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-03-19
TATNUCK FARME RS.
Their Club Elects Officers and
Discusses "scares."
Fertilizers Another Subject for Debate
over $500 Subscribed for Electric
Road Extension.

The annual meeting of the Tatnuci
Farmers Club, which was adjourned
from March a, was held Friday in Tat
muck hall with President Elliott Moore
in the chair.
A fine block and gavel, the gift of r.
w. Moore were presented to the club
for use in It's meetings, and a vote of
thanks was extended to the donor.
The next business in order was the
election of officers for the ensuing year,
and the secretary was authorized to
cast a yea ballot for the present in
cumbents of the offices, which the sec
rotary did, thus electing the following
for the year: President, Elliott Moore;
first vice president, H. f. Rich; second
vice president, B. ]. Monroe; secretary,
H. Ward Moore; treasurer Chas. T.
Foster. auditor, Harding Pierce.
Mr.. Pierce declined TO serve another
year, and ]. F. Prentiss was elected to
fill the vacancy.
The club voted to hold another meet
ing on the evening of April l, in the
form of a mock town meeting. The
club then adjourned the annual meet
ing and opened the regular meeting of
the day President Moore introduced J.
,.
Agricultural Society, who gave a very
interesting address on 'Scares." Mr..
Bowker said scares were common ev-
erywhere, and that they were very often
made up to bring remuneration to those
who originate them. He described
many seares which are common, and
among them those originated with re-
gard to danger to health from various
infectious articles, such as milk from
flIhPTPlIlOl1S
He said that these scares are dangerous
TO the peace of the community, and
that the people to stop these scares are
the farmers, and that the farmers
clubs and oranges should be organized
against them.
c. B. Knight spoke upon the scares
created by the newspapers, many of
which were entirely uncalled for.
Q. B, Hadwen feared farmers would
not be able to pay the taxes needed to
furnish money necessary to carry out
the dongs of the various commissions
ers such as the gypsy moth commits
sion, cattle commission, etc.
Remarks followed by Chas. 7. Foster
H. B. Watts, H j. Allen, Mrs. w. W.
Clapp Mrs, Levi Howe, Mr.. Graham
of Holden and others. The meeting adj
iourned at 1880 p m. for dinner under
the direction of Miss Eva j. Prentiss
and Mrs. Ada B. Warner
After the dinner the subject of the
afternoon, Fertilizers" was taken up.
Charles Greenwood opened the discus
sion and told of his own methods of ap-
plying fertilizers and the results OBJ
tanned He said he did not believe it
made so much difference when the fer
tilizer was applied, so long as there was
plenty of the fertilizer.
H. R. Kinney gave the analysis of
several fertilizers and spoke of the
value of each. He also showed wherein
some fertilizers were deficient in Ger
tain elements of fertility Mr. Kinney
did not believe il was profitable for any
man to use low grade fertilizers. High
grades are always the cheapest in the
end
H. E. Rich told of his experiments
with fertilizers on one of his fields for a
number of years. He used high grade
fertilizers with good results. He ad-
v;sed the use of high grade fertilizers
only.
N H. Sears also spoke in favor of
chemical fertilizers and spoke of their
lasting effects.
General remarks followed by P F.
Sears, Geo. Graham and Levi Howe of
Holden and others.
The Ladies' Sewing Circle of Tatnuck
gave very interesting entertainment
at Tatnuck hall Wednesday evening
The program was: Piano solo, Miss
Amy j Williams; reading Miss Susie
Johnson; song, Island of Dreams" Mrs.
L. J. Kendall: reading, Miss Josie
Moore; violin solo, Miss Agnes Warner;
magic lantern views, VIM. Winn of
Worcester.
The prospects for the extension OF
the electric car line through Pleasant
street to Tatnuck seem very bright at
present. Subscription papers are in cir
culation, and already over $1,000 have
been subscribed in Tatnuc!l proper.