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Webster Farmers' Club

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Parent Issue
Day
15
Month
January
Year
1897
Copyright
Public Domain
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The monthly meeting of the AVebster Farmers' Club was held at the residence of J. AV. AVing, in the township of Scio, on Saturday of last week. After a short litera'ry program, the club sat down to a dinner such as the AVebster ladies are famous for, after which came the formal program of the day. Mr. J. W. Wing gave a veryinteresting account of the state meeting of farmers' clubs recently held at Lan sing. whicli he attend. das a delégate from this club. The principal paper of the afternoon was one by Prof'. De AVitt of Dexter public "schools, on "Peach Culture." Prof. DeWitthasa peach farm on the lake shore and bas made a success of the business. He favors north and west slopes for peach growing, and advises Michigan fruit growers to buy their stock from Michigan nurseries". Acclimated trees are hardier and less liable to have the yellows. He also thinks that a peach orchard should be eultivated thoroughly as often as once in ten days during the early part of the season, and about the middle of the summer, sovved to a mixture of rye and oats. The rye and oats will protect the roots of the trees during the winter season The next meeting of the club will be helrt the second Saturday of February, with AV. 1). Smith of Dexter township.

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Ann Arbor Democrat