Club Minutes: Enterprise Farmers Club, 1878-1891

fork, six the double harpoon. Russel's carrier was well spoken of.

2. How soon will clover hay be redy to cut A. 1st of June 3. How much corn will the club plant. A. 331 Acres checkerd & 76 step 407 in all 4. When to plant potatoes. A. 1 5 mo 15, 2/ 6 mo 5, 1/6.8, 3/6.10, 6/6.15, 2/6.20 5. Is foul foot inherited A. One said yes. Use carbolic Acid. 6. What to do with 100 bu's lime A. Put on pasture field or young clover. 7. Is it too late to plant watermellons A. No. 8. Shall I make water drains in corn field A. yes. 9. What is it worth a week to keep a horse & hitch it up when wanted for use. A. Av $3.22 10. Will salt make quince trees bear A. Some say yes. bags of salt hung on the tree to kill insects. 11. Will you sell wheat this year as as soon asd threshold. A. 13 say yes 3 no. 12. What will Asa's wheat makeper acre A. Av 14 5/9 bu's per acre 13. What to do with 50 bu's Ashes. A. Put on grass & poor spots.

"Why has a butter factory not been started" refered to to J T. Moore.

To meet at P T Stabler 6 mo 15

11 The Enterprose Club met at the house of P T Stabler 6 mo 15 1878, with 11 members present & G L Stable H M Stabler & ch L Stabler as guests. N M Stabler foreman. After reading the minutes of the last meeting here, we walked through the garden and trench patch. On the way we were shown the hen house containing numerous compartments, opening to as many small yards for the accommedation of chickens of different ages. The grap yeild promised a heavy crop The wheat was not as heavy as was expected. The pasture field shows that this farm is improving, though a member suggests a little brambling about the spring house & above it. A very fine looking lot of cows & heifers are a great improvement on the stock seen on some of our former visits. After returning to the house and reading the minutes of the last meeting, the essay was called for, none being presented As a M Stabler As a M. Stabler gave us an interesting account of what has been done at [Pife] [Buck] with butter [factouis,]threr {three}being in [ofperation]with stock taken for another each costing about $3000 and considered profitable

{12} {1.} Shall I use paint or oil on porch floors A. 4 say paint and 7 say oil

{2} What is it worth to cut wheat with a Dorsey reaper with drives and without team. Av [average] 45 1/2 [symbol for cent] per acre

{3.} What is it worth to cut bind and shock wheat 20 [?] per acre A Av [average] $1 25

{4} What will be the price per day for binding wheat. Ans $1 25 per day

{5} Is it important to [cap?] wheat A yes

{6. }What kind of 3 horse plow is best. A. Syracuse, Oliver and Taylor

{7} Is it customary to thin new ground A. Yes

{8.} What is it worth to thin corn. Is 35/2 [symbol for cents] [hte?]

B N Miller was appointed to read the essay. This ofice was accepted with the understaning on his part that he should be exempt from duty as secretary as long as there are essays to read.

{9. }Is it practical to sow clover in August and get a crop. A Sow and top crop.

{10} Will it pay to thin Chestnuts sprouts A yes

{11.} What shall P T Stabler do with his permanent pasture A Leave one year & plow

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{12. }Shall P J Stabler mow next week or leave until after wheat harvest. A this resulted in a tie vote. {13} Shall N M Stabler use 2 3 or 4 inch [tie?] for a 4 [house wafers?]. A 4 inch {14.} Would you sell wheat or hold it. Ans, 6 would sell & 4 hold This was an unusually noisy meeting at the least and no appointment was made to answer a question. A few days after the meeting the foreman was requested to appoint A M Stabler to give his views on the old question relating to the butter factory Adjourned to meet at R M Stabler 7-13-78 W S [Bend] sec

The enterprise club met at the house of R M Stabler 7 mo 13. 1878 Samuel Hopkins was made foreman after reading the minutes of the last meeting here we were led first to the garden which was in good condition as is [used]here, our walk was extended to the shade of a large tree in the wheatfield, an after an ineffectual effort of our foreman to get us further we returned to the barn & to the house The barn was nearly full, after reading the minutes of the last meeting the following questions were answered.

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{1} Will new cropEarly Rose Potatoes mature if planted. A yes. A M Stabler was requested to give us his views on the butter factory question at our next meeting. J M Moore was requested to select a question & give us his views subject and furnish us with an essay next month. {2} What to do with red [duch?]. A. Cut below the crown & burn the sud. J M Moore advised us to detroy the blue bottle [wud?] on sight, should it make its appearance {3. }What to put in 2 acres of land that has been plowed. A 10 votes for Buckwheat to be plowed in for wheat. [4] Did B D Palmus field peas or buchwheat do best. A. Peas. {5.} Does the club enjoy large meetings {A.} The majority thought a full attendance of members with a few neighbors make the most intresting meetings, but that each member should feel easy to take with him any friends staying with him E P Thomas was given full liberty to take {notes} of the proceedings of our meetings, to assist him in writing his letters to the American Farmer, and a lively interest was [experefsed] that he should continue them.