The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1901-02-22

market. He also favored feeding straw
and bean pods in the morning in rota
ton. as hay one morning straw the
next, and bean pods the third. He
said he thought that there was or
dinarily more danger from over feeding
than from not feeding enough. The
subject was further discussed by Messrs
Bingham, w. H. White. Perry Brown,
+. A. Braden, and A. b. Cook. Mr..
Brown believes in the use of self
feeder and allows his sheep to feed as
much as they wish, but does not usually
keep them more than sixty days on
feed in that way. Mr.. Braden empha-
sized the danger of over feeding and
getting the sheep "off feed" told how
,, he fed his sheep, and advised feeding
only twice day. He does not want
his sheep disturbed any more than
possible during the day Mr.. Cook
agreed that the danger from over feed
ing was seldom fully realized.
After the discussion of this paper the
matter of the election of association
officers for the ensuing year was taken
up and the following were elected
President. Preston B Reynolds; vice
president, Mrs. j. F. Young; secretaries,
Mr.. and Mrs A. b. Cook treasurer,
Mrs. Wallace Moore; organizers, j. R.
Reynolds and Floyd Owen.
The committee on resolutions report.
ed set of ten resolutions which were
read by A. l. Chandler of the COM
mittee and then adopted by the as
ISOLATION. The resolutions were in
brief: Congratulations to the clubs and
farmers of the county for the splendid
organization which they have built up;
re.affirmatiOn of the demand for
equal taxation; assertion that the
country should have better roads, and
that too without changing the present
laws or adding to the expense which
the townships are now put to; de-
mand for the payment of county
officers by salaries instead of by fees;
call for the just enforcement of the
pure food laws; an affirmation that the
farmers had only themselves TO blame
for their worst ills; the declaration of
opposition to illegitimate combinations
of capital; demand for the election of
United States senators by direct vote
of the people; resolutions of thanks to
the ladies of the M E. Church and to
the church officers for the use OF the
church building and the furnishing of
meals at an almost nominal price;
resolutions of thanks to the out going
officers.
The committee on constitution and
bylaws reported through it's chairman,
E. j. Cook, that they had examined
the constitution and bylaws and
thought that there was no need for
making any changes Whatever this year.
The question of how the average
Shiawassee county farm can be made
to pay better was taken up by Mr..
Frank A. Braden. one of the enterpris-
ing farmers of Burns township. Mr..
Braden advised first of all, mixed farm
ing If prices were unduly low on one
crop or crop proved to be failure
then the farmer was not great loser
because he had all the other crops. He
himself is near enough to the Howell
condensed milk factory so that he sells
all the milk except what his own family
uses, to the factory. lie gets $l.20 per
hundred pounds but it costs IL for
carriage. Last year his cows each paid
him an average of ten dollars a month
profit. He gets considerably more for
the milk than he can get for the butter
which the same amount of milk will
make. AS the average farm of this
county cannot be made more profitable
through the Howell factory however,
Mr.. Braden turned his attention TO
other means which are within the
means of all farmers. The matter of
feed is an important one. He feeds
considerable ensilage, shredded stalks,
straw, bean pods, and but little hay
and grain. His hay crop having failed
one year, he began to experiment to see
what results he could secure with the
above feed less the hay and found that
the results were almost without excep-
tomas good as with the more expensive
hay crop. He therefore sells consider
able hay now, raising it quite as much
to provide good rotation of crops for
his farm as for feed. BY being careful
of his feed he has succeeded in making
his ewes yield him from an average of
three dollars per year to even as high
as seven dollars apiece last year. He
believes in the use of widecut mowers.
of self binders both for wheat and for
corn. The use of corn husking and
shredding machine is in his opinion
just as desirable and as much or nearly
as much of a money saver already as
the use of a threshing machine on the
wheat and GA. crop. He believes in