The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-06-05
North Owosso Farmers Club

The North Owosso Farmers Club
met with Mrs. S. A. Evans, Null
berry street last Friday afternoon for
the May meeting. The business of
the day was begun by the club sing
ing my Old Cottage Home" after
which Mr.. Willoughby offered prayer
Roll call found seven families alb
sent, but there were the usual num-
Der Of visitors present. Mrs. Day
was reported as not being as we'll and
had gone away for further treatment.
The June meeting will be held at
the home of Mrs Partridge and fam
lily. It was voted that the members
be on hand at twelve o'clock for din
ner it being election of officers.
The program was then taken up
as follows:
what product sold from the farm
takes the least fertility and restores
the greatest amount to the land?"
Mr.. Willoughby said that was a deep
question, but from his own expert
ence would say clover. Mr.. Place
says butter, the product of thed airy
COW. 1t brings six hundred dollars a
ton. The COW uses all feed grown
it restores fertility to the soil.
A select reading by Mrs. Clapp,
was given in her usual pleasant way.
What part of poultry raising
causes you the most trouble?" Mrs.
Stiles says the most of her trouble
just now is getting the young chick
ems out of the sudden storms. For
lice she dusts them with insect pow
der and rubs equal parts of kerosene
and lard on their heads. Mrs. Hur-
rell says sometimes her trouble is
with lice, other times cholera, and
again she may have trouble getting
the hens to set where she wants them
as sometimes she has to move them
to better place.
How to beautify rooms at small
expense" Mrs. WiIloughby thinks
paint, varnish and wall paper an in
expensive way to beautify rooms and
Mrs. Place says pictures add a great
deal
Treating seed for smut" Mr..
Henderson had never treated any,
but believed it was all right to. He
gave a neighbours way of doing it..
He spread his seed out on the gran
cry floor, sprinkled it with forma-
lin, dissolved in water and stirred it
well, then covered with a blanket for
twenty-four hours. Mr.. Stewart
thinks seed should be treated, as it
would spread another year.
How can we tighten the family
laundry work." Mrs. Lowell has
failed to find any way. She thinks
she will always rub and boil her
clothes, thinks person might save
themselves a little work in ironing
If they so planned. Mrs. Clapp adds
kerosene to the water in the boiler
before putting in the clothes and
thinks 1t helps to cut the dirt. Mrs.
Getman said some people think
washing machine great help, but
she finds it heavy work to run one.
"The laboring mans opportunity
as compared with fifty years ago."
Mr.. Clapp thinks man stood bet
ter chance then than now. Mr.. Place
says fifty cents was the pay for
days work, but there weren't as
many places to spend it. Good land
could be bought for eleven dollars
IN acre, that would bring fifty and
upwards now, on account of improve
ments. Mr.. Willoughby says people
i've too fast nowadays. They didn't
have to spend money then for rubber
ired buggies, and bicycles, could
Use their money for necessaries,
Gould get a hired man then for
welve to fourteen dollars a MONTH
md now you have to pay twenty
light and keep his horse and they
Won't work before or after six o'clock
md he doubted If he would even eat
lis supper after six. Mr. Stewart
aid a young man can't get girl un-
ess he has a good horse and buggy.