Club Minutes: Enterprise Farmers Club, 1928

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has passed and a careful study of the local market demands is necessary to make farming profitable.

Dr Jay Morgan of the Bureau of Education followed with an able address upon Movements in Education. He emphasized the tremendous changes in the industries and science brought about by experiment and inven research & the fact that in education we were far behind [?} the lack of facilities and support for a department of research on thesein educational lines. He advocated the formation of a Nat? department of education with a representative in' the President's Cabinet.

He stated closed with the arresting statement that we are spending money to eliminate the culls in our fruit & neglecting the culls among our children.

On the close of this address which made a marked impression upon the convention a rising vote of thanks was given to the ladies of the lunch committee.

Dr. Patterson of the U. of M. then favored the convention with a short address mentioned his forty years of acquaintance with the Convension & its work in the neighborhood - He developed the point that improvements in farm conditions had not come from some magic legislative formulas but through the result of research in bringing about better & larger production and efficiency resulting in higher standards of living & more profitable returns.

George Celand [?] who for the past two years has won the County & State prizes for pork production in the [?] litter class gave an able talk upon pork production - entering into all the various phases of kind of stock or breed [?] also gave careful tables of rations together with methods of feeding & housing.

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feed pasturage housing farming and care of the sow and the litter. It was full of practical points derived from actual + successful experience.

Dr. White of the U. of M_ then closed with a few impromptu remarks upon the future of electricity on the farm.

The Convention then adjourned.

Milton Bancroft } Herbert Hutton } Sec'ys

approved Com. on the Farmer's Convention 1928 The Committee on the Farmer's Convention held its annual meeting at the building of the Montg Co. Fire Ins Co at 2 P. M. Jan 13 1928

The members present were for - The Farmer's Club - John S. Muncaster - David [O]land J. J. Hutton Jr.

The Montg. Club O. M. Stabler Robt. Miller

The Enterprise Club C. L Gilpin E. Runt Canby Harvey Stabler Milton Bancroft

Clarence L. Gilpin precided - with Milton Bancroft Secy

The minutes of the meeting of last year were read & approved After discussion - upon the motion of John E. Muncarter seconded by G. Rust Canby it was voted that the meetings of the Farmer's Convention be continued.

Upon motion of Wm M. Moore recorded by G. Rust Canby the date of Feb 18th 1928 was selected for the next meeting of the convention the officers & refreshment committee members of the 1927 convention were reappointed by unanimous vote.

The assessement of the members of the club which support the Convention was placed at 35 cents per member in order to cover incidental expenses and all Club members are earnestly requested to contribute full baskets for the convention lunch.

After a discussion of the program for this year's Convention it was determined to open discussions of subjects of community interest. The subjects selected for the afternoon reunion are as follows

How adapt our Farm Practice to Changing Market Conditions Robt Miller

Adapting Orchard Fruits to Meet Market Conditons Dr Eugene C Auchter U of W George [O]land

How to Raise a [illegible?] Litter

G Runt Canby offered to approach Dr Auditers in regard to addresssing the Convention

The committee then adjourned Milton Bancroft

2 . 4 . 28 milton Bancroft S P Thomas long hand

748 3 . 3 . 28 geo . a . willson S P Thomas typed

749 3 . 31 . 28 S . P . Thomas E . C . Thomas ''

750 4 . 28 . 28 Chas . E . Bond E . C . Thomas long hand

751 6 . 7 . 28 Rust Canby E . C . Thomas '' ''

752 6 . 30 . 28 T. Lawar Jackson E . C . Thomas '' ''

753 7 . 28 . 28 C . L . Gilpin '' ''

754 9 . 21 . 28 Harwood Owings S . P . Thomas '' ''

755 10 . 26 . 28 wm . w . moore E . C . Thomas '' ''

756 11 . 24 . 28 Albert Stabler Edgwood E . C . Thomas '' ''

Norwood Feb 4^th 28

A very delightful fireside meeting of the Enterprise Club was held under the hospitible roof of Milton and Margret A.S. Bancroft on the above date.

I say fireside - years ago, when your sec protem was a new member of this worthy club, one might very appropriately have paraphrased the familiar saying about the mail:

Rain or shine, snow or blow The walk has always got to go.

And that was literally true; it was practically in hand of not to take over a short Four of inspection