Saline Fanners' Club

The Saline Farmers' club beid their Maroh meeting at G. W. AUen'e in the village, March 9. Mrp Isaac Shaw read an essay entitled "Wh&thast thou gleaaed today ?" G. L. Hoyt read a paper on "the production and best manner of Bpplying bain yard manurea." The moet important factor in the production of manare was the common red clover. It contains more of ihe valuable eUments of fertility than other plants. It is valued as high as $12 per lou lor mammal purj oses. He vculë hi.ve bis cattle kept in bcx gUlN well littered, and the manuie drawn to the field and spread upon the Burface as ofien rs it might be necessary to clean out the Btalls. 8. R. Crittenden had always been tought to plow manure under as soon as possible fter it was drawn. This winter he was covering a part of a field, and in the spring he would cover the remtúnd-r juat before plowing and note the result. He had never practiced leaviog in piles any length of time. Geo. S. Wood had noticed the best result from an applicatioa of sbeep manure. Coarse manure should be spread ou gras land to be plowed under the following season. A. A.. Wood ihought the best time to draw manure was in the winter, wren not driven with other work. It wa much better if spread as drawn. Clover bav is worth $7 a ton for a erop of wheat. Rev. W. E. Caldwell toM the club how he made a worthless pear tree productive by the application of aBhes. Rev. snd Mrs. Yucum sang a beautiful song. Mrs. J. S. Wood gave a uelect readinff entitled 'Home life on the farm "