Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1914-05-28
SKILLLI CREEK
FARMERS CLUB

Because of the busy season members
were late in assembly at the club meet
ing held at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Wilbur Cahoon on Friday evening but
proceedings were interesting as usual.
Some of the young people of the Skillet
Creek school made a good showing of
the training of their teacher, Miss
Alvin. Four boys sang one of the
school songs, Harlon Hill and Orrie
Cahoon gave recitations and Miss
WEIGH a solo. AZ
Will Wichern talked of Alfalfa. The
present spring experience had given a
basket to his enthusiasm for alfalfa
growing as so much of the field sowed
two year ago was badly winter killed.
Young seeding year old is all right.
w. A. Toole has grown alfalfa for nine
years, and in that time has had no such
experience as that from 1912 seeding.
Heretofore the only trouble has been
with June grass choking out the alfalfa.
Older fields were not injured. The
oldest lot now standing on Pansy
Heights farm was thought to be Tur-
barton alfalfa Mr.. Wichern's seed was
obtained through the alfalfa order but
had proved no better than those OBJ
tanned from less reliable sources
Alfalfa in the neighborhood which was
seeded down with oats, is making as
good a showing as where the whole
ground was given to first seeding.
There was a very full discussion and it
is regretted there is not space for
full account.
The president presented the subject
of place names and gave sectional in
dication of points of interest which
should be named including many road
corners. The intention is to submit the
list to committee which shall recon-
mend names for adoption by the club.
This will then be submitted to the
County Historical society and a record
will be kept by the club secretary.
Farm names will also be placed on
ecord William Toole, ST., offered
Cozy Cottage Pansy Heights or Pansy
Farm Pansy Heights for the old home
place About thirty points of interest
were indicated and names suggested for
a number of places around. Among
such may be mentioned:
Douglas Corner Windmere Corners,
Section Three Center, Wichern Crossing,
Paddock Corners, Skillet Falls Corners,
Section Four Center, Pansy Heights,
Pewit Nest Corners, Pewit Nest School,
Cowles Bend, Skillet Creek School,
Camp Hill, Bench Mark Hill, Cold
Spring Gulch and Point Look Out. The
following attitudes were mentioned
River at Lyons 48O feet above sea
level; Section Center, $50 feet; Pansy
Heights, 1000 feet; Cowles Bend, 1880
feet; Camp Hill, 1000 feet; Bench Mark
Hill, 1900 feet; Point Look Out, 1870
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Hirschinger' Fruit Farm, 1850 feet;
being only 40 feet lower than point
Sank. Pansy Heights is 80 feet. higher
than the average of Websters' prairie
and 100 feet higher than at the court
house. ~. ~ ~%@
The next meeting will be when
strawberries are ripe in June. The
following committee will arrange
details for the festival: Mrs. Martha
Mrs. Dora Cowles, Mrs. A.
Smith, Wilbur Cahoon, H. A. Hill and
J. A Martiny. The annual Fourth of
July picnic of the club will be at Pc
wit Nest park. In answer to questions
Of Albert. Wichern the president said
that the committee of the Country Life !,
Association had decided that it seems !
advisable this year to hold the |
next annual picnic of the associ
alton at Devils Lake on the last Satur-
lay in July, the date July 25th.