Club Minutes: Enterprise Farmers Club, 1926

August 21st, 1926.

Samuel Thomas entertained the 732nd meeting of the Enterprise Club on Saturday, August 21st, 1926. The absent members were T. B. Stabler, Dr. Christie, Harwood Owings and Francis Thomas. The guests included Bentley Thomas, Wm.Thomas, Rowland Moore, Henry Moore, Malcolm Farquhar and Mr. Beall.

The weather being unsuitable for our usual "Walk", that interesting feature of our clubs, was dispensed with.

After a delicious fried chicken supper the meeting was called to order by Clarence Gilpin. The minutes of the last meeting held at Cherry Grove were read. The Secretary Pro Tem failing to bring the July minutes the reading of them was postponed until the September meeting.

Crop Prices:

Wheat---$1.33 bu. Apples---$0.75-$1.25 bu. Corn---$4.00 bbl. Potatoes---$1.75 bu. Hay---$24.00 T. Hogs---$0.14 lb. Beef Cattle---$0.09-$0.09 1/2 lb.

The Secretary was requested to inform T. B. Stabler that his inability to entertain or attend the clubs this summer was not sufficient cause for resigning, and to urge him to withdraw any such idea.

After the reading of an article by our Host, the questions were next in order.

Asa M. Stabler asked if he should, in substituting alfalfa clover for red, sow it with the wheat or in the Spring. He was advised to sow 15 pounds per acre in the Spring.

Malcolm Farquhar asked what dairy feed the local dairymen were using. Some were using a feed put up by Wilkin-Rogers which is similar to Laro and some were using Union Grains.

William Moore was told that dynamite could be used in ditch digging, though none present had used it. He also asked which would be cheaper for a cellar wall, cement or tile 0 some thought the tile would be a little cheaper.

George Wilson has two young cows for sale.

Frank Wilson wants a young boar. J. W. Jones has one.

T. Lamar Jackson wants a bale of straw. Yellott Canby has it @ $11.90 per ton.

Albert Stabler asked the best way to dispose of six heiffers, coming fresh this fall. Advertise in County papers.

Rust Canby wants a bull - No response.

Rowland Moore asked the Club's opinion as to re-locating the Market. Most everyone thought that a central location would be much better than at the wharf.

After learning of some of the interesting things that our fellow member B. H. Miller was seeing and doing while on his trip to the Western Coast, the meeting adjourned to meet with Milton Bancroft, September 18th.

EC Thomas

Secretary

September 18th, 1926.

Milton Bancroft entertained the 733rd meeting of the Enterprise Club at Norwood, Saturday, September 18th, 1926.

C. L. Gilpin, Dr. Christie, T. B. Stabler, T. Lamar Jackson, George Wilson and Newton Stabler were absent. The guests included Mr. Boyd, Mr. Etchison, J. J. Shoemaker, Joe Janney, Tom Hyde and Dr. Janney Nichols.

Our chairman being absent, Rust Canby was asked to fill the office. He called the meeting to order and asked Harwood Owings to act as foreman for the walk.

The flower and vegetable gardens attracted considerable attention, both being filled with many and various flowers and vegetables, all in fine condition. The grape vines and apple trees were well filled with fruit.

A call from the dining rooms soon found us seated at a delicious roast lamb supper, which included ice-cream and cake - all; with that little touch of Sandy Spring service which makes things taste so good.

On resuming business the "old" and last minutes were read also the minutes of the July meeting which was held at Kirkside - William Moore, Secretary Pro Tem.

Some clipping from B. H. Miller were also read.

Crop Prices:

Wheat---$1.34 bu. Apples---$0.75-$1.25 bu. Corn---$4.00 bbl. Potatoes---$1.75 bu. Hay---$25.00 T. Hogs---$0.14 lb. Beef Cattle---$0.09 1/2-$0.10 lb.

QUESTIONS:

Milton Bancroft told of the trouble he had had with the well at one of his tenant houses - the club could offer little encouragement after his description of the case.

Albert Stabler has a heiffer which had a calf two weeks ahead of time and did not produce any milk - he asked what to do with her - he was advised to keep her another year.

He was told that the price for cutting corn was $4.00 per acre.

Francis Thomas was advised to replace the logs which had caved in, in his ice-house and pack the dirt back of the logs again.

Samuel Thomas exhibited some very pretty red apples, and asked if any one knew the variety- No one knew the apple by sight.

Maurice Stabler has four cows for sale.

He told us of an excellent crop of hay he had out where one half the timothy and red top clover seed had been sown in the Fall and the balance in the Spring. He has a sow with fourteen pigs, which is two more than the number of feeding spaces provided by the sow - he asked if he should dispose of the surplus pigs - No.

Mr. Etchison was advised to buy steers weighing from 600 to 800 pounds each, and try to get even size and same color - two good points at selling time.

Rust Canby told us of a well he was having bored, at 55 feet muddy water was reached,at 80 feet,another stream of seven gallons per minutes was tapped - he feared that that amount was not sufficient for his needs and asked if he could turn in the first stream. He was advised to continue the boring.

The unrecorded pleasures and advice of this meeting are many. It was a much better event than my humble minutes show.

Adjourned subject to call of the Secretary.

EC Thomas

Secretary.

Nov 13, 1926

Chas E. Bond entertained the 734th meeting of the Enterprise Club on Sat Nov, 13th 1926.

Active members absent were Albert Stabler, Howard Owings, Geo. Willson, Samuel Thomas, Rust Canby and Newton Stabler.

The guests included Samuel Bond, J. W. Jones, M. O. Stabler + Mr. Pool

Clarence Gilpin called the meeting to order. On account of darkness the walk was dispensed with.

The "old" + last minutes were read the later approved.

A 'phone call from Attwood called us to supper, the Club having assembled at Magnolia as per request of our hostess.

A few minutes ride in our autos + we were seated to a delicious chicken dinner, after which we returned to the garden to continue the business of our meeting.

Crop Prices were in order