The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1906-03-09

The March meeting of the Burton
Farmers Club which was held on
Thursday, the LIST inst, at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. f. ii. Rush, was well
represented and a large number of in
vited guests were present ALL were
royalty entertained by the host, the
hostess and family. and the club dinner
might more correctly be termed BAN
quet. and socially there was no lack of
good cheer.
Chaplain r. N. Randall was not pres
emit and Mr.. Love took charge of the
devotional exercises.
Mrs. Randall was reported very i'll.
The program was short but full of in
terest.
Do winter COWS pay better than sum-
mer COWS? r.. G. Shepard and others
had found that winter cows give the
best results, the amount of milk being
greater when the price of milk and but
ter is more satisfactory, and the flow of
milk increases when the cows are turned
out to grass in the spring, thus the
amount of milk and butter for the year
is much greater than when'the COWS are
fresh in the summer, and in addition,
the calves for veal bring much higher
price in winter than in the summer, or
at any other time in their lives
How much out of. door work should a
woman do? Mr.. and Mrs. Mason had
similar views on this question. He
thought that a womans out-of. door
work should not be obligatory, and
Mis-. Mason said woman should do all
that she wanted to and no more. She
had helped in that kind of work in the
early days of her life and enjoyed it..
She thought also that the husband
should help do the work in the house if
he felt like it. Mr.. Rush sanctioned
the suggestion that the husband should
do as much work in the house as he
liked and no more, and the gentlemen
all with smiling faces gave words of APP
proval.
The problem of beet culture was dis
cussed at length. MIR. James Post said
if it is good crop it pays. That with
| proper and thorough cultivation and
favorable weather conditions the crop
would surely be success that if the
cost of producing other crops were as
strictly accounted as the cost of produc.
ing beets had been, it would be found
that the cost of producing beets would
not greatly exceed the cost of producing
other crops. Mr.. Reynolds said that
every farmer should raise lew beets
That with an intelligent rotation OF
crops, say of four years, the land would
be in better condition with the beets
for one crop than without them.
How do the prices of farm products
of today compare with those of fifty
years ago? 1t developed that the price:
of farm products of fifty years ago de
pended somewhat on location. G.. G.
Potter, who lived near a large city in
Maryland, said that there at that time
wheat was $3.50 bushel, corn rs cents,
ryes$t 90, and other produce in the same
proportion. That stock was much
higher. Mr.. Mason said that with us
the prices of farm products are better
now than then. Mr.. Reynolds thought
wheat with us was then three shillings
a bushel and corn thirty eight cents.
Mr.. Bilhimer, at that time mere lad
living in Pennsylvania, remembered
that his father sold oats in large guam
titles at nine cents per bushel.
Which would you rather give up the
rural mail or the telephone2 Mrs.
Mason would rather give up the mail.
Mr.. Mason, Mr.. and Mrs. Hammond,