The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1906-09-28
BURTON FARMERS CLUB.

The September meeting of the Bur-
ton Farmers Club was held at the
r. c. Shepard hospitable home.
After the formal opening of the
club by a scripture lesson read by
Mrs. G.. C. Potter and the repeating
of the Lords Prayer by all present,
many regrets were spoken for the
death of our beloved chaplain, N. L..
Randall, which occurred since our
last meeting. He was one of God s
nobleman. A man with pure, up
right, beautiful soul, whose life was
love, whose necessity was kindness,
whose actions were blameless; he
thought no evil, spoke no bitter
word, nor touched another life I'M
gently"
The President, Mrs. Hammond, ap-
pointed Mr.. and Mrs. Sprinkle and
Mrs. Mason to draft resolutions for
publication relative to his death.
The program of the day was then
taken up. Mr.. Sprinkle, Mr.. Peter
son, and others talked about the best
method to produce marketable apples
They said nothing but thorough
spraying and proper trimming would
give the desired results. Mr.. Ham
mond would cut all the old, worth
less trees down and burn them. Mrs.
William Giles told of the persistent
work in the same line done in Or
chards in Boston, which had come
under her observation, that had
proved very satisfactory.
"The best milk-producing ration
| for cows" r. G. Shepard had found
equal parts, by weight, of wheat,
corn, and oats good ration. He
gives six quarts of this mixture twice
a day. F. M. Shepard said If there
was a scarcity of wheat; oats and
corn answers a very good purpose.
f. H. Rush spoke in very high terms
of spelch as a balance ration for all
kinds of stock.
Sweet corn in the shock was said
to be good and finely-favored milk
| producer Mr.. Peterson said that the
| silo would keep more cows and would
keep them better than they could be
| kept III any OJueT way.
Should the farmer have his sup
per before or after doin ghis evening
| chores?" R.C. Shepard would do
his chores in the winter before sup
per before or after doing his evening
have his supper at half-past five
o'clock
Sowing even was regarded an in
expensive way to obtain fodder for
| cattle, Mr.. Haupt, a guest of the
day, had found it very profitable and
, beneficial.
SIS the farmer under an obligation
to the local grocer, or should he buy
to the best advantage?" Mr.. Peter
son said the farmer should not run
up an account with his home grocer
and pay it at his leisure, and then,
| if he has cash to pay for his goods,
send away for them; but If he always
pays cash at the time Of purchasing,
| he is at liberty to go where he pleases
to do his purchasing.
The general opinion was if the
goods desired were held in stock by
| our home dealers, If bought in the
same quantities as when sending
away for them, they could be bought
| just as advantageosuly at home. But
the local dealers were under obliga-
lions to the farmer as well as the
| farmer to them.
The ladies' topic-"Resolved that
the improvements for the housework
he 70 do will he
| out of door work on the farm" Mrs.
| CARRIER thought that the improve
ments for the work in the house COM
pared favorably with the improve
| ments for the work on the farm.
Not many years back the women not
| of the members of her household and
did all of the work by hand, but they
made the cloth for all these garments
Now the clothing for the entire family
| ready for wear and of the latest up
to-date fashion can &c bought at a
books. But IL she chooses, there Is
a wonderful sewing machine, with it's
marvellous attachments, that can hem
and tuck and gather and embroider
and ruffie and stitch by the yard in a
way that makes the heart of any wo-
man glad who likes to see garment,
useful or beautiful, growing under
her hand.
There is the Improved washing
machine, or If preferred, the laundry,
to take the washing out of the house;
the carpet sweeper to take the place
of the broom. The passing away OF
the scrubbing brushes, and the COM
ing of the carpets, the oil cloths and
linoleums to take its place. The
cheese and butter factories, that
saves the housewife such a load Of
care and labor. She spoke especially
of the range, with its large oven, its
warming closet, its water tank and
its thermometer, which has taken the
place of the old-fashioned stove. She
said there we're innumerable i'm
provements for work in the house
that kept pace with the out or door
work on the farm.
Mrs. Mason thought that the i'm
movements for farm work had les