The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1902-05-09
Tho Perry aud Antrim Farmers Club.

Tho Perry aud Antrim Farmers Club.
The Perry and Antrim Farmers
Club held pleasant and profitable
meeting May 4, at the home OF w. Fl.
Beckley and wife. The day being fine,
the families composing the club. were
we'll represented and together with
invited guests numbered about sixty.
The meeting was called to order by
President Service, followed by song
by the club. Devotional exercises
were conducted by @. W.. Jennings,
minutes Of last meeting read and
accepted.
Next on program was the "Torrens
system Of land transfers." by'A b.
Cook, president Of the Michigan Asso-
citation of Farmers Clubs. Mr.. Cook
commenced his remarks BY saying
that he had visited a number OF clubs
over the state, that they were doing
good work and that 1t was a means OF
getting together and exchanging ideas
and methods.
Mr.. Cook thought the Torrens system
Of land transfers would be good thing
for this state, as it is more simple than
the present way of transferring titles
ofland.
Paper by Mrs. Service, "Along what
line of work are the clubs most lack
ing" which was SO we'll received by
the club that it was voted to have
it printed in the Perry Journal.
Recitation by Mrs. Bennett was well
received by the club. The Toledo
war by Walter Kimball, which was
caused by dispute over the boundary
line between Michigan and Ohio. The
disputed land carried by each state
was a strip OF land six miles wide con-
tanning about 46S square miles. BY
MichIgans claim Toledo would be in
Michigan and by Ohio in Ohio.
In 1885 Gov. Lucas, of Ohio, issued
proclamation assuming control of the
strip Of land. AS Michigan claimed
the strip, Gov. Mason called out the
militia and proceeded to Toledo to pre-
vent the Ohio officers from exercising
control Of the disputed land. Several
shots were exchanged but no blood was
shed. Congress settled the dispute by
giving Ohio the strip and to Michigan
was given the territory known as the
Upper Peninsula.
A song by Mr.. Hemstead and Mes
danes Hetnstead and Curry, was fol-
lowed by a paper, 1.-The Minerals of
Michigan, by G.. f. Colby. OF iron
ore Michigan mines annually little
less than one-half the total output OF
the United States. The value Of mar
ket ore in 1898 was nearly 81 900 600.
Until recently Michigan was the larg-
est producer Of copper of any state ia
the Union, 10000 tons being miued
last year. In 1900 Michigan mined
$40, 475 tons of coal valued at 81, 260,-
600. Saginaw and Bay. counties pro.
duce nine-tenthS Of the coal mined in
the state. Michigan stands first in
the production of salt, the number Of
barrels produced in 1901 being $3.50
1O1 and since 1860 SO, 933 ,5Si barrels.
There are twenty nine Portland &C.
ment plants in the state which will
turn out this year 100000 barrels OF
cement. Michigan has other minerals
gypsum, sandstone, marble, grind
stone, gold, silver etc.
G. w. Jennings was called on for a
few remarks. He said he was not in
vited but as he was in the neighbor.
hood he could not resist the tempta-
tion to be present as he knew farmers
always set good table, and Mr.. Beck
ley especially, he thought he would
take the opportunity to get some OF the
good things found at farmers clubs.
Mr.. Jennings was cordially welcomed.
The question box was conducted by
G. f. Colby.
Cement floors for horse and COW
stables, " A. B. Cook said, were the
cheapest and, best floors made. Some
objected to them for horses but plank
could be laid on the cement.
Mr.. Stone said he laid flat stone in
his COW stable which was giving good
satisfaction, and did not see why &C.
ment floor would not be good thing
as it would never rot out.
| Planting corn" Mr.. Trowbridge
said he would not plant corn before
the grounm was thoroughly warm; he
would prepare the ground and work
it until was.warm enough to plant
until the first of June if necessary.
Flowing bean ground" was discuss
ed by several. Mr.. Trowbrdge said
he thought it best to plant sod as
soon as plowed, as he had the best sue
cess in so doing. II he planted stub.
bic ground to beans he would pillow as
soon as convenient and work it down
until time to plant. Mr.. Grout agreed
with Mr.. Trowbridge.
After partaking of a bountiful sup
per the club adjourned to meet at the
home OF Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Burk-
hart, June 2. G. E. CURRY, Cor. Sec'y.