The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-07-16
Riverside Farmers Club.

and Mrs. Charles A. Lawrence IN
OwossO. Owing to the busy season
of the year the members were rath
er late in assembling, however, tire,
O'Clock found a well-filled house
and each one as they entered were
made to feel they were a welcome
| guest at the Lawrence home.
Meeting was called to order at z
p. m. by President d. ]. Gerow AL
Joined in singing America. Chaplain
Mrs. Matthews, being absent Mrs
Henspeter took charge of devotion.
al exercises, reading the 85th Psalm
after which all Joined in repeating
the Lords prayer Minutes of lasl
meeting read and approved Fiji,
teen families responded to roll call.
| Mr.. Sutterby took charge of the
| penny collection, which amounted ro
SO cent. There being no new or I'M
finished business to come before the
club the program was then taken up
Topic, rs Morality in Public Ser
wants necessity or only valuable
asseti' Rev. George w. jennings
The writer wishes that not only pub
lie servants but that every private
| citizen as well might have heard the
talk the gentleman gave on this top
| ic for surely 1t would have to be
| heard to be appreciated. In conclud-
| ing his remarks he said that not only
was it a valuable asset, but divine
duty as we'll. Rev. Jennings was
| heartily applauded.
Miss Esther Leffingwell then gave
| some instrumental music. Miss Ber-
nice Hankins sang a very pretty solo
responding to an encore. She then
sang cts not the things we do but
| the things we leave undone."
Topic Our girls, what we are
teaching them" Mrs. Gerow. Mrs
Gerow responded in very pleasing
way saying her paper was UMPIRE
| pared, as just at the present time her
girls were keeping her so busy she
did not have any time to teach them
| anything. BY special request Esther
| Leffingwell favored the club with
more music.
The question box was then taken
up, in charge of Elmer Black.
Question No. What amount of
clover and timothy should be sown
to the acre? Mr.. Detwiler said ne
wished the gentlemen would all talk
freely on the subject as he would like
to get their opinion in the matter,
and the request was granted, each
one having little different way than
the other fellow G. II. Barrett said
he believed there was the grestest
diversity OF opinion in the sowing OF
grass seed Of all other kinds Of seed,
but he thought about the general
rule was to SOW it about four quarts
of clover and two of timothy to the
acre, although he said he would have
liked to make the farmer believe it
required about one bushel per acre
last spring was seed was bringing
about SIS per bushel.
The next three questions were as
signed Mrs. Curry and were as fol-
lows:
No. l. ''Is the chicken business
profitable?
No. 2. How to raise chickens"
No. g. Tell us your experience
in raising poultry"
These questions were evidently
written by parties who knew that
Mrs. Curry like many others had
been unsuccessful this year with her
poultry. In responding Mrs. Curry
said that she knew nothing about
chickens, as she only had one chick
en- that she turned out to pasture on
the Lawrence farm where it was
coming along fine.
Question, (which pays the best, to
pillow or to cultivate corn stubble for
oats?" Mr.. Kentfeld thought either
cultivate or spring tooth it was way
ahead of spring blowing for oats.
Question, which do you find the
most expensive to keep a horse and
buggy or auto?" Mr.. Detwiler. He
spoke very strongly in favor of the
auto, saying they had run their ma
chine about thirty-six hundred miles
always going we'll loaded and he had
never been to over four or five dol
lars out for repairs.
Mr.. Lawrence told of a Grip they
had been taking down in Ohio, with
their machine which had proved very
satisfactory. Some one present asked
what the cost of running a horse a
mile would be. Some thought that
would depend largely on what kind
of a day it was, how fast you could
run him and the condition the horse
was in. Rev. Jennings thought the
person asking the question had not
been attending the race courses.
Mrs. Leffingwell then read the
program for the next meeting as
follows
Country life," Mrs. Case.
1.-THE outlook of the Irish Empire
today" George w. Detwiler.
'The value of lightning rods" L.
Leffingwell.
what can we do to help and pro-
mote the growth of late corn?" Chas.
Wright.
After a rising vote Of thanks to
our host. and hostess we adjourned
to meet the first Thursday in August
with Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Case on