The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-11-06
OWOSSO. FRIDAY, NOV. s, 1908
N,rth Newburg Farmers Club.

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Rippey.
The morning session was taken up
with opening exercises, devotions and
membership was increased by the
admission of two families, those of
Mr.. and Mrs. j. d. Leland of Corun-
of Shiawassee.
At the conclusion Of the after-din-
ner visiting hour the program was
taken up the first topic being: "The
Coming Conflict; The National Cam
paign," which was presented by F. NJ.
Whelan. The speaker in a charac-
teristically poetical vein of thought
compared this campaign with others
of his recollection, which had been
waged over apparently more mOmen-
tous issues, but not more important,
he declared, in preserving the life Of
the republic and the freedom Of its
citizens. The evils of "boss rule" he
considered the most menacing dan
ger now confronting the government
and, while looking somewhat mourn
fully upon the situation he yet ex-
pressed faith in the God Of nations
If not in the nations themselves, by
leaving the matter in the hands of
Providence. That would suit the
''bosses better than anything else.
"The Care, Feeding and Handling
of Dairy Cows" was the subject of a
very excellent paper read by Britten
Nation. 1t was paper which set
forth no theories. but dealt in the
statement of facts and opinions FORM
ed by experience and observation. Mr..
Mattoon had found the cost of keep
ing a COW to be about forty dollars a
year. He had used many kinds of
feed and had decided that there was
none better than good corn and good
oats, although he had found dried
beet pulp quite satisfactory with
clover hay or corn fodder the best
forage portions. Summer pasture he
usually supplements with grain and
and plenty of water and salt are in
dispensable, but above all these was
placed kind treatment in handling
the cows, and simply as business
proposition with little reference to
the moral side of the question.
The paper was somewhat briefly
discussed, many opinions being offer
ed as to the relative values of differ
ent rations, but general endorse
ment of the idea that cows are re-
sponsive to kind treatment. P. B.
Reynolds would prohibit swearing in
the presence of cows and heavy milk
stools which in moments of tempta-
ton might be used for purposes not
primarily intended. This sort of eX-
preston rather got on the nerves of
President Parmenter. While admit
ting that it was beautiful theory,
he demurred, stating that there were
times when sterner measures had to
be employed.
Then he told story of a cow
which he had tried to win with gentle
words. He had fed and petted and
praised and coaxed that COW to the
limit. but she grew daily more vic
ious and manageable. In time it
became necessary to have help at
hand every time he MIXED her to
prevent her killing him. Finally"
said the president, zone day I pickeo
up barrel stave-but not in anger
oh. no, I wasn't mad"-and then
when the noise had subsidized, he con-
tinued. land for about three minutes
I diverted that cows attention from
her customary train of thought. In
that brief space of time she under
went complete reformation and be-
haved like lady ever after"
This was followed by a humorous
recitation which was charmingly rem
dered by Miss Malcolm Of the Oak
Grove school, and received with much
pleasure and enthusiasm by her audi
ence.
THE Sunday Excursion" was al
topic handled by Mrs. Della Deve-
reaux. In her impromptu remarks
she gave some excellent observations
upon the different ways of looking at
a popular amusement.
A special feature of the program
was the exhibition of in panorama
of scenes from the life of Christ,
painted on canvas by Harold Flucke
of Ovid, a young school boy. The
painting was ambitious undertaking
for an artist of so few years and the
ingenuity with which the pictures
were mounted for exhibition showed
the possession of other talents than
those of painter. The young man
was introduced to the club by his
uncle, ]. S. Lemon.
The question box in charge of c.
Whelan developed some lively dis-l
cussions of timely subjects, starting
off with the relative merits of the
county and township road systems,
F.. II. Hoisington advanced the mod
crate suggestion that the township
system be given little more time to |
prove its worth before changing to
another new plan. He believed that
better results had been obtained al
ready than by the old system and
incidently commended the highway
commissioner of Shiawassee township
for placing watering troughs by the
roadside wherever springs were ac-
cessible.
Mr.. Reynolds made some remarks
i'm favor of the county system and eX-I