Club Minutes: The Home Interest Society, 1899-1902

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well cleaned and sunned the writer is confident they would remain unmolested for ever & aye.

Dr. Thomas wanted a to know what had become of the Turkey buzzards if they had gone to the Philli or to South Africa. He ventured to say that some are left as a nest has been recently found .

Then adjourned to Leawood Mills June 13^th 1900

C. H. Farquhar Sec. pro tem

39 323 meeting Leawood Mills

As Quarterly Meeting came on our regular day the H.I. met on 4t^h day June 13^th at Leawood Mills.

This must romantic spot has a peculiar attraction for those of us who use to visit here when we were children.

The grounds have been greatly improved and the flower garden showed that its owner is a dear lover of flowers. We noticed a beautiful row of red lillies. so seldom seen planted out in the ground. The roses seemed to have stood the drought very well. A visit to the vegetable garden enabled us to admire the very early potatoes and tomatoes plants: Everything looked as if there was some on at hand who understood the business of gardening.

We had with us Mrs. and Miss Snider. The new neighbors of our host. Mrs. Halton of Harford Co. Miss Vail of Ruxton, Miss Wood of Va also several of neighborhood friends and relatives whose presence added much to the enjoyment.

The meeting was called to order by John Thomas one set of minutes read and then the walk. Supper was then announced. This is the only peace I believe that we get our deserts.

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this time it was Strawberry ice cream and delicious cake. At eight o'clock we again assembled. Walter Brooke in the chair. Minutes of last meeting read and approved.

We were asked if we ever knew of music ever being used as a means of quieting cows No one had: Some one suggested the graffi phone. An article was read stating that a switchman noticed that there was an important bolt out just as a train was approaching and so he inserted his finger and let the rushing train come, but to save his own life as well as those on board he gave a severe jerk leaving his finger behind.

Nelie Stabler wanted to kow how to keep cucumbers in brine, some did so without trouble when left in a cool place, some put the cucumbers right into vinegar; others pickled them at once. It was thought that the surest way to rid trees of catapillars was to burn the twigs, some spray with Kerosene..

Tnhe best way to stake tomatoes is to make a sort of arbor or trellis work instead of making a frame for each individual plant.

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Frederick Stabler use to use a trellis the fruit was very fine and much easier to gather. Potatoe bugs were eating John Thomas' tomato plants what shall he do with the stumps? He was advised to plant new vines and put Paris green on what he had left. Lou Brooke had wanted to have their pailings have a bluish tint and had used bottle blue but instead of producing the desired result the fence was unusually white. Persian blue or lamp black would most likely bring the wished for shade.

It was decided best to plant sweet potatoes if rather late. Few had observed the sweet potato pest.

Frederic Stabler said the strawberries raised in a hill were much finer but did not bear so profusely.

R.H. Miller was said to have used Nitrate of Soda on his & thought it a great benefit.

Tennessee, Gandy Sharpless and Michals early were varieties of strawberrys considered most desireable to plant.

There was no very satisfactory remedy given for the stalk rot spoken of in cabbage _ it was thought to be owing to their being the winter cabbage. Some