The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-07-05
West Haven farmers Club.

West Haven farmers Club.
The West Haven Farmers Club
held it's June meeting at the pleas
ant home of Mr.. and Mrs. Geo.
CAME.
The meeting was called to order
by the president. After a song by
members of the club and prayer by
| Mr.. OFT we listened to a piece of in
strumental music by Susie Hills.
Roll Call found fourteen families
represented. p
The discussion of the first sub
ject, I'm what way can mothers take
a more active part in school work ?'
was led by Mrs. T. Amos. One of
the ways in which she may aid is by
seeing that the. children are neat
and clean when they start for
school. She should also see that
they are at school on time.
She thinks visiting the school is
not always wise, as she has known
of those who make a practice of
visiting the schools and are dissat-
isfied with the school and are apt to
criticise the teacher too severely.
Mrs. Hill, who is an old teacher,
thinks that mothers should invite
the teachers to their home and be-
come acquainted with her and her
plan Of school work, and if her own
children are behind in any one
branch of their work a little help at
home is not only benefit to the
child but also a great help to the
teacher. rs
Mrs. Gassman spoke Of the help
that parents may give in discipline.
A child who knows that he is eX-
pected to obey the teacher and that
the parents will insist upon obedi-
ence never causes any serious
trouble in school.
After listening to instrumental
music by Lena Splitter we went out]
of doors and continued the meeting
in the cool shady yard
Mrs. Came gave an amusing
reading entitled THAT Whisk
Broom" which aptly illustrated the
average mans inability to find any
thing or to place things where they
belong in the house.
''In what way can We improve the
corn crop?" Mr.. Wiedman thinks
by selecting the best seed obtain
able, the soil as fertile as it can be
made and well titled with thorough
cultivation will usually insure al
good crop
Mr.. Fuller says that to improve
the corn crop the seed should be
selected before the corn is cut and
if horse planter is used corn
sizer would be a profitable invest
ment.
Mr.. Came and Mr.. Hills each
spoke of the breeding plot in the
corn field where the choicest seed is
planted. By selecting the best from
this plot before cutting the corn
each year, in a few years the corn
crop may be greatly improved.
The talk drifted to the enemies
of the corn crop. Several were
having serious trouble with cut
worms. No one knew of sure
remedy for this trouble. -''"'l'--
The subject, why donot farm
ers raise more sugar beets," was the
next on the program and Mr.. Came
said he could not speak for others
but he did not raise any beets this
year because they would interfere
with other work which he had plan
ned to do.
Mr.. Hills said that in his own
locality there is only about one half
the acreage there was last year and
there must be some reason. One
reason is the sugar beet business is
too one sided. The farmer is oblig-
ed to accept what the company
choose to give him and If he is not
satisfied there is no other market
as there is for other produce.
Another reason he thinks is the
foreign labor If they are not doing
the work satisfactorily, they cannot
understand and all that you can do
is to send for the field man and by
the time he arrives the crop is some
times badly damaged by too much
thinning. The men, quiet men, who
have so much to say of the talki-
tiveness of women, became so much
interested that they were uncon-
scious OF the fight of time. and
would. doubtless, have been talking
vet IF. the women had not called a
halt
After a select reading, Farming
for Tomorrow, by Mr.. Wilson
rising vote of thanks was given the
host and hostess for our entertain