The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-03-11
VALLEY CLUB TO
MEET MARCH 18TH
New Organization to Transact
First Business Thursday
of Next Week
(By w. H. Allison, President)

10y w. II. AillSOI, IIeSlOeuCJ
On account of giving attention the
past week to the final completion of
the club house, no time has been given
to taking up matters OF entertain
ment, improvement or business. In
asmuch as there are no committees ap-
pointed yet for this work / take this
opportunity to inform you this month
before everything gets into good
working order, by special committees.
AS. the next meeting of the members
of the Valley club was left subject to
my call, name the evening of March
18 as the first regular meeting in the
clubs new home for the purpose of
electing the balance of the officials,
adoption of bylaws, appointment of
various committees and such other
business as may come before it. Please
bear this date in mind and be present
with your suggestions and pet notions
of proper code of laws for the clubs
government.
The Seed Question
Some evenings of entertainment will
doubtless be announced later. Watch
for the dates. Do not place your or
der for seeds yet. A meeting will be
held the latter part of the month to
discuss the varieties best adapted to
this country. Hundreds of dollars are
sent to the various seed houses by
the residents of this valley for highly
described varieties found in the var
ious catalogs, with the hope that they
may find something better than they
bought at home the year previous. /
will not say that this always results
in failure, but frequently SO. Many
more hundreds of dollars are thrown
away buying seeds at home because
the seedman tells you they are the
standard varieties. The longer you
plant Goldenwax beans, Hubbard
Squash, Eclipse beets, Klondike GU
cumbers, Alaska peas, etc., because
they are standard varieties, the long
er you will part with your money and
your energy to reap dissatisfaction.
Independent Farmers
There is no reason why our farmers
should not be drawing nearer the slo-
gan, Independent Farmer" In or
der to become independent he must
grow more of his living, for when he
goes to purchase he loses his grip on
his independence and places himself
at the mercy of someone else.
The fact is that many of our home
gardens are not supplying their own
ers with vegetables for summer and
winter use because they have been
planted to the wrong varieties. The
fact is, wax beans, beets, squash, Gu
cumbers, etc., can be grown in any
garden, if the right variety was plant
ed at the right time. Much has been
done to improve the growing of to-
matoes in this valley until the garden
that does not contain some is rare. At
this meeting an attempt will be made
to secure a specialist on tomato cul-
ture.
Canned corn, beans, and tomatoes,
together with liberal supply of tur-
nips, satisfy, pickles, parsnips, beets,
pumpkin, squash and potatoes, will en-
able the farmer to live much cheaper.
We shou1d welcome tho dav when tho
improvement clubs Of this valley will
so work with the seed dealers that 80
per cent Of the now-on-sale seeds will
be supplanted with only those that are
Of value.
Feed for Hogs
Another problem for discussion will
be the growing of feed for hogs. The