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January 11th 1873

The Club met at the house of Wm
W. Moore: All the members being present,
some coming in quite late. The first
thing done was to revise the Annual
question: how shall we get a secretary, &
who will serve. After a thorough
ventilation & no prospect of success, a
Member volunteered to accept the uncompensated
& much dreaded position.

Wm S Brooke was appointed
Foreman, & the minutes of the last meeting here
were read; We started out to look
around with J. F. Thomas & John Thomas
as guests. were shown some very
fine Pigs, Chester & a cross of Chester &
Berkshire.

One three year old cow had made
200 lbs of Butter in 9 months, & 6 Cows
averaged $14.00 worth of Butter in same
time, at 35 c/n. lb. The barnyard
contained many acres. The Colts were
small, one 2 1/2 yr old gave promise to make
a fine horse. The ^ ^new Dairy we
were told was a success, tho very far from
the house. A new Ice house
had just been filled, but the saw dust
roof was objected to by some.

On returning to the house, a member asked,
2 would it be best to plant Potatoes in a
Peach orchard 3 years old.