The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-04-11
FARMERS N BUTTERAUT
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ing was held at the Butternut Valley
town hall for the purpose of consid
ering the organization of a farmers
club. A large and enthusiastic audi
ence had assembled when the meet.
ing was called to order by the tenn
porary chairman Mr.. Jens Johnson.
The meeting was opened by two
selections by the band. Mr.. Johnson
then stated the purpose of the meet.
ing and called on Fl. NJ. Green, presi
dent of the Blue Earth County Seed
Growers association. Mr.. Green point
ed out the value Of organization to the
farmer and made clear the fact that
the forming of farmers clubs through
ont the county was part of the
program OF the county association
Through more efficient organization
said Mr.. Green, will the farmer be
able TO get the things that he wants
and the things that he ought to have
This meeting was simply step in
the work that is just being started
10 bring about greater harmony and
more effective cooperation among the
farmers of this county.
Following Mr.. Green, Mr.. Mcmillan
OF the Lake Crystal high school
spoke on the value of a farmers club
and pointed out some of the things
that farmers clubs have done in the
communities where they have been
organized.
c. r. Shumway of the Mankato
high school then addressed the gath.
ering on the Results of a Farmers
Club" He brought ont the fact that
it is not only the matter of dollars
and cents that IS of importance to
the farming community but the social
side of the community should be i'm.
proved
Better Rural Schools.
There should be better rural
schools. There should be more COM
munity life. There should be more
getting acquainted. Then with these
things there will be no reason for the
boys and the girls wanting to leave
the farm for the things of the city for
there will then be nothing in the city
that can offer more than a mere pass.
ing attraction.
In as much as those that were
present al the meeting were heartily
in favor of having a farmers club for
Butternut Valley it was the sense
of the meeting that a permanent or.
SaniZation should be formed at once
Mr.. Jens Johnson was made the first
president. Art Nelson the vice presi
dent, j. r.. Owens secretary, and John
Went treasurer The constitution and
bylaws committee was appointed and
is as follows: Ole Hanson, o. Kaburd
and Hugh Lewis The new club made
a start with a membership enrolment
OF thirty-seven.
The next meeting will be held on
the third of May and at that time it is
expected that there will be large
turnout.
Boys Corn Club at Vernon Center.
In the fore part of the month of
March few of the wideawake boys
of Vernon Center got together and
organized themselves into a Boys
Corn club primarily for the purpose
Of entering into the state acre grow
in contest for boys eighteen years and
under and incidentally to improve the
corn crop of their own, community.
The boys elected one of their own
number Mr.. Mack, president of the
club and Harold S. Bowen as secre-
tary.
As soon as ii was seen that the
boys were in earnest in their under.
taking one of the local business men
put up 800 to be used as premiums
This will be divided into smaller pre-
miums as may seem best to f. III.
Barnes, the donor, and to the COM
mittee of the club.
The boys have held q number of
meetings to consider the selection of
seed and methods of procedure in Sc
lectng and preparing the ground TO
be used in this acre growing contest.
The most important of these meet
ings was held Friday and Saturday
April and 5. At a meeting in the
afternoon the boys were addressed by
l.. r. Mcmillan, agricultural instructor
in the Lake Crystal high school Mr.
Mcmillan discussed thoroughly the
matter of selection of the plot and al
so the selection of seed in order to
obtain best results.
Meeting in The Evening.
In the evening at $3.50 in the town
hall Mr.. Mcmillan again addressed
the boys and the farmers of the
community on the breeding of Corn
a general discussion in which several
took part followed.
Following this C. r. Shumway, agri-
cultural instructor in the Mankato
high school, spoke on the topic of
Marketing Corn" emphasizing the
fact that it is more profitable to mar.
ket corn on the hoof than in the ear.
general discussion also followed
this address.
The value and place of farmers
club in community was discussed
briefly.
On Saturday Harold Bowen ac-
companied by Messrs, Mcmillan and
Shumway visited several boys of the
club and consulted with them about
their land, seed and methods of pro
cedure.
This boys club is due largely to
two factors, first there were three
boys in the 1912 contest, second.
number of the boys attended farm
ers short course held in Mankato the