The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1906-10-26
BURTON FARMERS CLUB.

| whom were Mr.. and Mrs. Leland,
Mr.. and Mrs. Cosburg. Mr.. Spiess,
of Bennington, and Rev. and Mrs.
Karr, OF Laingsburg, and honorary
members, Mr.. and Mrs. G. G. Bowles.
After the formal opening of the
club, the committee on resolutions
presented the following, which were
duly adopted:
| Whereas, in the Providence of God
1t has been wise to remove from our
midst our beloved chaplain, l.. M.
Randall;
Resolved, that we, the members Of
the Burton Farmers Club, will sadly
miss his genial presence and wise
counsel in our monthly gatherings,
and that we extend to the bereaved
widow our sincere sympathy;
Resolved, that these resolutions be
spread upon the records Of the club;
that they be printed in our coun-
| ty papers, and that a copy be sent
to our dear Mrs. Randall.
Signed by Mr.. and Mrs. Sprinkle,
Mrs. Geo. Il. Mason.
r. c. Shepard was asked If it was
better to lay cement floors in blocks
or with an unbroken surface. He
preferred the unbroken surface.
Mrs. Auiler read General Fred
Grant afraid to drink" after which
a motion was made and carried that
the county papers be asked to copy
her article in full.
when to commence, and the best
way to build character" Rev. Karr
said it was great thing to be we'll
born. There were hereditary tend
encies to be considered. A priest
once said: Give me the first seven
years of a child's life and l will give
you the rest" Early surroundings
had much to do with the formation
of character. Teach the child to
think right and act upon correct prin-
ciples and you build the foundation
for pure and upright character.
Nearly all present expressed their
views on this question and with one
or two exceptions the sentiment was
that those who have the training OF
children are responsible for the char
acter developed.
''The greatest waste in the house. y
Mrs. Potter, Mrs. Peterson, Mrs
Sherman and other ladies were unan-
imous in the statements that there
were little If any wastes in their
homes. The gentlemen thought
there really was was waste in
homes, and that was the unneces.
sary amount of steps taken in doing
the work of the home.
The gentlemen's topic: Waste or
the farm" Mr.. Mason said: the
not doing things at the proper time
such not putting in and harvesting
crops in season was a great waste
and he might have added that nc!
gathering apples until they are over
ripe and after the September winds
have blown the best of them off and
reduced thousands of bushels of the
highest-priced apples to the paltry
price of seven and ten-cent cider ap.
pies. He spoke of the neglect oil
caring for farming tools and of moi
housing machinery, as another great
waste on the farms.
Mr.. Spiess said there is too much
hedge fence and bushes, causing
waste of land Others spoke on this
question and gave a number of sour
ces of loss to farmers from similar
and other wastes on the farm.
Loving Auiler read "The boys
days work"
A new order of business was in
troduced for the day. A review o.
the report of the previous club meet
ing.
The grain that f. H. Rush spoke
of as an excellent food for all kind!
of stock should have been spelled
s-p-e-l-t-z, instead as was given
The reproter said she didn't fee
so very badly about it, as it was no
at all probable that these report!
were read outside of our own club.
The milk producing ration giver
by r. c.. Shepard should have reat
Equal parts by weight, of corn, oat.
and wheat bran; to be fed six quarts
twice each day."
Mrs. Rowell, who has been spend
ing number of years in North Da
kota, said that this was not quite
true; that the Burton Farbers' clul
reports are read and have their in
fiuence in North Dakota. Now tina
Mr.. and Mrs. Rowell are back IL
Michigan, Shiawassee county paper!
may not get so far west again.
After the club adjourned, Mrs. De
witt caught us on the lawn with he
kodak and each of us have a picture
for the trifling sum of twenty-five
cents.
The next meeting will be held OF
the first Thursday in November al
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. c. s. Pot
ter
tEd.-The Burton Farmers Clut
Is mistaken; The Press-American
containg accounts of these meetings
goes to practically every state in the
union, and to several foreign coun
tries