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Norwood
Oct. 1st 1901 Temp. 76°

After calling the meeting to
order, our President called attention
to the fact that every meeting had
been held and that we had had
pleasant weather at all except
two. We thanked the society for zeal
and for good exhibits. The minutes
of last meeting were read and approved.
The readers of selected articles
1st Joseph T. Moore asked his
wife to read which she did after
remarking that she had married
into the society, but she thought when
she did that her husband could
read! Her article was "Reclaiming
a desert by irrigation" A million
acres are being made productive
Opposition of the people through
whose land the water is taken
has retarded the work in some instances.
Another article on the increase
in the use of alfalfa and a