Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-02-15
The Marietta Daily Leader
WEDNESDAY, FEBRuARY Is, 1899.
Report Of Musklngum Farmers, club


Report Of Muskingum Farmers Club
The Club met at the home of j. ].
Strecker, Feb. II, 1899. The exercises
began with a song by Misses Ellen,
Bertha and Florence Strecker. The
minutes of the previous meeting we're
read and approved.
Miss Edith Riley reclted "Hew Heze-
kiah Stole the Spoons" Carroll Da-
Wis read an article on "a British View
of theAmercan Temperament" consist
ing of extracts from the London Spec
tator, detailing the points of resem-
blance and difference between the
American and the Englishman.
In place of an essay Miss Fannie
Barker read a selection from the Out
| look, "The Common Heroism." The
article showed that large portion OF
praise for great achievements should
be given to those who faithfully per-
formed the minor duties leading up to
such events.
The query, "Who Invented the Tele-
graph? When and Where was the
First Line Built?' was we'll answered
by Clark Devol.
Miss Fannie Barker read "a humor-
Gus poem on the Grip by Eugene Field.
w. d. Devol spoke of sending for
some alfalfa seed. A number of mem
bers wish to make trial of alfalfa on
different soil this year and see what
can be done with this crop in this COM
munity.
Regular discussion. American Ag-
ricuhure.
First part-W. d. Devol.
But little is said of agriculture in the
histories. The conditions of agricul-
ture are only incidentally mentioned.
The earliest farming was probably in
the valley Of the Nile. The ancients
had considerable knowledge of agri-
cultural methods though but little pro-
gress was made up to the latter part
of the last century, when agricultural
chemistry began to be understood.
The application of chemistry to farm
ing marks the division between an
cient and modern agriculture. With
the exception of harvesting and
threshing machinery, all of our mod
ern farm implements were used in a
crude form by the ancients.
Part two-Its Present. ]. ]. Streck-
| er.
There is now so much more compe-
tition than there used to be that farm
ing must be carried on nowadays with
as much care and system as any other
business.
G. P. Dyar said that everything Is
not known about farming. The Agri-
cultural Experiment Stations are con-
tinually searching out new things, par
ticularly in regard to blights and pests.
Agriculture is in advance of tue ne
cessities of the world.
It's Future-Jas. d. Devol. ,,,
1t is not probable that agriculture
will ever produce such enormous for
tunes in the future as it has in the
past, or that there will be so many
failures. The percentage of failures is
now less than in any other business.
The information which is being dis
trlbuted by the Experiment Stations
and by the agricultural press will have
a tendency to diminish failures. There
will always be chance to make a
comfortable living on a rightly con-
Quoted farm.
DR.. F. R. Sparkling thinks new era
of agriculture will be marked by
bllghts, insects and other pests and
chat farmers must exercise the ut
most caution to prevent their spread.
c. p. Dyar sees prospects for better
conditions of agriculture in the i'm
mediate future than there were in the
immediate past. He looks with seri-
GUS apprehension on our proposed ex-
tension of territory as tending through
the exploiting of capital to increase the
supply of farm products with a recip-
rocal increased demand for other pro-
ducts
After an instrumental piece by
Miss Bertha Strecker, the Club ad-
iourned to meet March 1st at Israel
Devols'. A. d. BARKER Sec.