Creamery In Ann Arbor

The meeting Jn. 7 was well attended. Prof. B. E. Nicbols' final report on trans jortation was accepted. A new committee on transportaron was appointed, consUing of Prof. B. E. Nichols, J. D. Bldwíd, J. J. Parshall, J. H. Clough. The jresident remarked that transportaron ot nlong with little friction and much ;ood results to snippers of fruit. The coinmitlee will begin its work early with the shipment of strawberrieg. J. Ga'-zhorn opened the topic, "Keepng up and increasing the fertility of the soil," with a paper which treated of the small value of the stable manure drawn 'rom town. It often filis the land with noxioua weeds. Botten stable manure drawn into the grapery caused grape rot. Sis experimenta with clover in altérnate rowe, in orchard as well as grapery, proved a perfect succes. The rows not Beeded down, ne kept stirrring with the cultivator. The res'ilt was large and well developed peaches, perfect foliage and the argest erop of grapes he ever had. Prof. üichols spoke of the practice of sowing corn in rows in the orchard, so that the cultivator could be kept going. The crops when up a foot or more should be plowed under. W. F. Bird : How can I subdue hard 3an clay soil ? I have used ashes but have not overeóme it yet. J. Allmand : To get my ground mellow and clsan I sow buckwheat, which is plowed under when large enough. J. H. Clough had 100 loads of manure ïauled from town last winter, which did not coat him hardly anything and is doing the same this winter. It is all in one aeap yet. J. Ganzhorn and J. Allmand considered it nearly worthles?, as the ammonia bad escaped. If it had been composted with altérnate layers ol muck or sod, the ammoni would have been retained. Mr. Clough was in favor of rotting manure to destroy the noxious seeds. The mojority believed in drawingfresh manure to the land at once. Charles Treaüwell met with good succes in corn by drawing coarse manure in the spring and plowing H UDder, and, after corn was up, by top dressing with finer manure from the bottom of the manure heap. The writer asked J. Austin Scott, who sat near him, what he thought on this topic. His answer was : " Manure should be housed like grain." Now, there is in this remark not only a bnshel but a ton of truth. J. D. Baldwin spoke of the great value of ulneached ashes, and the benefits derived from lectures, especially on th's manure question, when Michigan TJniversity forty years ago had a professor of agriculture. E. Baur believes in heavy muleh around iruit trees. Ile drew during the dry season of last summer muck around the trees, snd efter that for three weeks water with horse8. His pears, which began to drop prematurely and the leaves, which turned trom the heat of the sud, picked up at once and the erop was saved. CREAMERY AND CHEESE FACTORY. The acribe gave his opinión that the preceding question could be solved best by tbe erection of a creamery in Ann Arbor, which would induce us to keep more stock and make our own fertilizers. Many families on o small piece of land could make a living by Tceeping cows. This would create quite an interest in stock raising, and, producer as well as consumar, in fact this whole town, would be benefitted by this new industry. W. C. Olcutt, of Ypsilanti, representing D. H. Roe & Co., of Chicago, manufacturers of butter and cheese apparatus, thought Ann Arbor a very good point for a butter and cheese factory. The way to get at this was to raise a stock company. Hig company is also erecting cold storage, and, in connection with the creamery, a cold-storage room could be fitted up where fruit could be kept until the usual glut in the market is pasged. John H. Sperry: I think Ann Arbor could afford a creamery. I shall go in for it. All the ladies present were in favor of a creamery. Judgp Kinne was consulted. After satisfying himself that it would benefit the Iraternity, his decisión was : " Let us have it by all means." The society pased a resolution favormg the projected creamery and cheese factory, and encouraging the creation of a stock company for said purpose. It is lor the farmers and capitalists to eay whetner this factory shall be a reality. Charles Treadwell deserves praise for his enterprise in destroying the codling moth. As the noxious insect question will be discussed more fully this winter, we will give his aud other methods at a fuiure time. It would pay the state of Michigan wt-ll, if a popular circular, without much Latió, were prepared on noxious insects and modes oL prevention and destruction. Such a pamphlet should be placed into the hands of every family that owns a piece of land however email. All have to engage in this warfare ; individual effort will not rid us of the worm in all our fruit. It is a digrace to every grower ana consumer. We all should pray acd fight for its destruction. J. Toms, the florist, furnished the aesthetics to our hot and prosaic discussiocs by an array of flora. Cor. Sec y.