Club Minutes: Enterprise Farmers Club, 1873-1878

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8 Is there any danger in giving meal to growing calves. W We then adjourned to meet at White Hall 7th mo 1st is

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of Barn was variously estimated & finally was mentioned & found to be 92 feet Some five cows part Jersey were busy ? milked & their good ?? were ??? by the darirymen judges. We next ?? through a good field of timothy ready to cut the pasture field was well set in clover set on corn ground 13 horses & colts were pasturning on it the colts were very fine & much admired the four sucklings especially were pronounced by club as being fine as they ever saw. Sired by thoroughbread horses from 1/2 percheron mares. On way back ???? through garden pronounced best we had seen this year (had not seen much) Flower garden under care of German Gardener much admired & showed ???? After partaking of bountiful and reading minutes of previous meeting, following ques were asked. What is best drill? The Heller. When to till wheat? As soon as possible. How is the Peach crop? ??? moderate Heiderick Ghabler reported experiment with drilled & broadcast wheat drilled much the best After a very pleasant and informative meeting we adjourned for ??? at ??? 5th of 8th Month 1870 Arthur Sec pro tem

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Enterprise Club met a

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106 Enterprise Club met at Mt Airy September 2nd 1876 For once we had all our members present. Henry Miller Henry Hallowell & Wm Henry Farquhar were our welcome guests.

After organising we were invited out to prospect Farm etc after our usual manner the President having been appointed Wm Brooke he having honoured us I suppose in consequence of its being the Centennial year.

He witnessed a fine herd of Jersey Grade Jerseys all in fine milking order they were noticed however to have too great fear of the boy who drove them up. Hogs were not good.

A number of questions were asked but not all [?]

Ques 1st Will do to raise 2 calves weaned now Ans a good time to wean Sept to Dec

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