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The Enterprise Club met at Rock
Spring on the evermemorable, cold Saturday Jan4th1879,
& not withstanding the intense cold & the distance to be
travelled, six of our members gathered around the comfortable
coal stove & organized at 6 PM with W^m W Moore as
Forman & [Barry?] H Miller acting for our absent Secretary.
The members present were W^m [L?]Brooke, [?]
Farquhar, [E?] P Thomas, W^m W Moore, B H Miller [?]our host. &
as guests we had Chas F Kirk &Chas Farquhar,
The minutes of last mtg were read [Shit?] those of our
meeting here one year ago were missing. The election
of a secretary for the ensuing year, bring next in order, Chas
HBrooke, was, by acclamation chosen to fill that position.
After supper the following questions were asked.
1st Quest. [?] Farquhar, has some wood and rails to cut
in clearing a piece of land [,:?] the wood rather scrubly & a good
many [?] among the rails [:?] what [?] per Cord for the wood
& per 1000 for rails ? Ans 60 cts for each.
2ndQuestion. Charles Farquhar has a number of calves [:?] shall
he let them [run?] to straw [rick?] and feed a little meal
or buy hay ? All advise buying hay.
3rd Quest. How shall Roger Farquhar get [?] sud [?] ?
We [left?] him to find out.
4th Quest. Our host wants to know whether to feed or haul
small Peerless potatoes .? Advised to keep for seed,
as they will likely be scarce.
5th Quest. Do your cows eat [clover?] hay with appetite ?
My [great?] complaint that they did not.
6th Quest. Would you throw water on your ice, such
weather as yesterday & today ? A general discussion
of the subject followed which was of