The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1902-02-21
FARMKRsscLUs MEETING.

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- ON the other hand it is good thing
occasionally for the farmer to stop and
consider whether in this age of advance
ment along all lines he is keeping up
with the rest All advancement to be
truly helpful and lasting should benefit
all classes equally. Some of the ways
in which the individual farmer should
attempt to keep up with the rest of the
world were then outlined in an address
on 1.-The Ideal Farmer"
The ideal farmer should strive to at
tain the ideal from the intellectual,
social, and moral standpoints. The first
is today easier than ever With the ex-
tension of the rural free delivery of
mail to the doors of the farmers, carry
ing with it the daily papers, the maya
zines and other mail, there is no reason
why the farmer shonld not be one of the
best informed men in the country.
With the added benefit of the numerous
farmers associations, the clubs and the
grange there is no reason why ne should
not be the peer of any man in the world
intellectually.
careful of his bearing He would have
him courteous and polite with his as
sociates. He would have him clean in
body and mind and so far as he was con-
cerned he would like to see him even
free from the faint Of tobacco In
morals he would have him equally as
clean. His moral character should be
above the shadow of reproach.
The ways and doings of the ideal
farmer were considered in various other
aspects. He would keep his farm
premises in good condition. They
would be clean and the drainage would
be good. He would keep up the fertility
of the soil on the one hand and his
buildings on the other would be neat
and attractive though not extravaganza
in cost. He would study and follow the
best methods and would use the best
tools and then care for them Labor
at the present time is not plentiful
said he, in supporter his contention that
the farmer could not afford to use other
than the best and most up-to-date tools
but the necessity of the tool house was
equally emphasized The ideal farmer
should be interested in good roads which
in one sense are like the frame sur
rounding picture but which in a more
practical sense reduce the cost Of /
marketing produce. from seventy-fve to
even higher per. cents. The farmer
should be success financially, too, for
without this he cannot have the in
fiuence which he should have and which |
he otherwise would. Il believe that it is
within the power of every farmer to be-
come well off, was the way i'll |
which he expressed his views of the
possibilities Of the farmers vocation |
and the guage which he would set for
his ideal farmer The farm should be |
made ideal as well as the farmer and |
the home life should be made life of |
helpfulness and thoughtfulness by him.
In the course of his address Mr.. |
Horton gave considerable attention to
the influence which he would have his |
ideal farmer throw against the proposed
county unit school system now so much |
talked of. Mr.. Horton does not believe
in the township system but prefers to
keep the country schools where they are
at present in close touch with the
people themselves. Keep them where
they are but improve them where the
improvement will be felt by the COM
munities in which they stand was the
burden of this part of the address and
the points which he made against
changing the present system other than
improving it by improving each school
were seemingly well taken.
Claude Martin sang beautiful solo
which ended the evening session.
WEDNESDAY FORENOON SESSION.
Meeting called to order at 1890 by
President p. b. Reynolds
Utilizing the milk product of the
farm, was presented by Mrs. E. O.
Place, of the North Owosso Club as
follows;
To me was assigned the topic, utiliz-
ing the milk product of the farm by the
making of butter.
Dairying, like any other business, in
order to be made financial success
must be managed with business fore
sight, must be studied 1t needs the ap-
plication of business methods. Thor
oughness, cleanliness, regularity, and
many other points are essential. With
all these If we expect to make dairying
. success we must have something else.
We pust have the dairy cow, one that