The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1910-02-18
Riverside Farmers Club.

at their home February 8.
Our new president w. j. Brook
| ms, took his chair and an opening
song was sung followed by Scripture
reading and prayer by the new chap,
lain, Mrs. ID. III. Hammond.
The president made the follow
ing appointments at this time:
Prograpl-Mrs. Fauth, Mr.. C. E.
Potter.
Music-Mr. Peterson, Mrs. Love-
Mrs. G. e. Potter.
Visiting--Mrs. Alchin, Mrs Rush.
Mrs. Love.
Flower-Mrs. Sprinkle, Mrs. Giles
Mrs. Peterson.
Reception-Mr. and Mrs. M. L.
Peterson.
Chaplain--Mrs. d. H. Hammond.
Mr.. Rush, the delegate to the state
association of farmers clubs, brought
back to us very interesting report.
Your Plan for Preparing Seed
Potatoes Mr.. 6. e. Potter would
cut the potato so there will be one
or two good eyes on piece, dip
them in solution to prevent scaD
and plant one piece in a hill.
Mr.. Brookins prefers to cut a po-
tato the size of hens egg in two
and put one piece in hill while an.
other prefers to plant the whole po-
tato.
What are the Advantages of In
dustrial Education in the Rural
Schools?" Mr.. Love does not think
that manual training and domestic
science are practical in the rural
communities and does not favor
them if they were practical.
Mr.. Bush does not think the in
dustrial training as necessary to the
country boy and girl as they are
taught and have practice at home
along those lines, while the majority
Of city boys and girls do not have
any occasion to use tools. Yet he
said his son, who did shop work at
Ann Arbor could show him better
methods in his work with tools.
Mr.. Peterson believes the farm.
er of today is keeping pace with the
rest of the world. Mrs Hammond
says they read more on generaA
knowledge and the farmers, as a
class, can converse with almost any
class of people. Mrs. Fauth quoted
a local magazine dealer as saying
that the amount of periodicals the
farmers are ordering is far ahead of
the city people. The farmers have
not the amusement advantages OF
the city people so they use that time
for personal improvement.
what is the Best Feed for Cows
to Produce Milk?" Mr.. Sprinkle
told of the fine results he had re-
ccived from feeding his COWS sowed
corn without grain.
Mr.. Fauth said corn meal and
bran with clover hay make a gooc
balanced ration. He would sell
oats, as they are too expensive to
feed, and buy either bran or cotton
seed meal. He likes the results of
feeding silage very much. He gives
each cow three quarters of a bush
ell of it each morning and
night, while at noon he feeds cotton
seed meal and clover hay.
Kitchen Costumes" Mrs. Ham.
mond says 1--WE must dress accord
ing to our work. The dress must be
Of material that will wash well,
wear well and look neat. Then the
dresses must be made plain so that
the washing and ironing will be
easy.
Mrs. Alchin believes we can do
most of our summer sewing in win
ter and early spring thus saving
the time and worry of the sewing
in the spring and summer whea
there is so much to do.
us Absolute Contentment Evel
to be Desired?" Clayton Potter
does not favor absolute content
ment. He believes the people, who
are always contented with their lot
whatever 1t may be will never seek
to improve their condition.
Mr.. Love told us of his "trip to
Pennsylvania. There where the soil
was once so fertile. it will not even
raise clover now. And in machin-
cry they are from twenty to thirty
years behind the times.
Nearly every farmer has silo and
buys the grain for the cows. The
milk is sent to New York city for
which they receive four cents per
quart.
He saw the working of centralized
school system. 1t had been running
for two years There he found a
majority of the boys and girls are
home owing to the great expense
for conveyances end of course they
were unable to walk from three to
five miles.
Even when they had been taken
to school so many of the children
had to start SO early in the morning
and return home so late at night.
The people now wish they had
their old school houses back. so they
could send their children to the gooo
old country school.
Mr.. Love favors this states new
school law which allows a child at
tending high school to have his tut