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Sept 3^rd 1881 , The Enterprise Club met at
the house of Samuel Hopkins . At a quarter
to six o'clock Arthur Stabler was chosen Foreman
and a fair count being made showed nine members
present and a respectable number of guests
who added materially to the evenings enjoyment .
Notwithstanding the dryness of the earth our
host was engaged in preparing his fallowland
for wheat . We could not make the cloddy
soil very fine but was leaving it in much
better condition to receive rain than it was
before . The lateness of the hour did not prevent
us from taking a stroll around the premises
for the double purpose of criticizing our host'
management and learning from him any new
ideas he may have developed in the past year .
two calves in the "stable were apparently
suffering from the effects of the hot, dry season ,
and evidently had the " go - backs".
The barn - yard is supplied with water, from a
tenent _ house some distance away , by means of
troughs made of boards . The place does not look
convenient or substantial , and some wondered at
what point in it's journey ( or shall we say
voyage?) The water congealed last winter when
the Ther. stood at 24 degrees below zero .
Our Host is in most respects a thourough and
practical farmer , therefore we must give it to
him heavy for allowing manure to lie leaching
and bleaching in the rain and sun for a
whole growing season , thereby losing both principal

100
Sept 3 ^rd 1881 , The Enterprise Club met at
the house of Samuel Hopkins . At a quarter
to six o'clock Arthur Stabler was chosen Foreman
and a fair count being made showed nine members
present and a respectable number of guests
who added materially to the evenings enjoyment .
Notwithstanding the dryness of the earth our
host was engaged in preparing his fallow-
land for wheat . We could not make the cloddy
soil very fine but was leaving it in much
better condition to receive rain than it was
before . The lateness of the hour did not prevent
us from taking a stroll around the premises
for the double purpose of criticizing our host'
management and learning from him any new
ideas he may have developed in the past year .
two calves in the "stable were apparently
suffering from the effects of the hot, dry season ,
and evidently had the " go - backs".
The barn - yard is supplied with water, from a
tenent _ house some distance away , by means of
troughs made of boards . The place does not look
convenient or substantial , and some wondered at
what point in it's journey ( or shall we say
voyage) The water congealed last winter when
the Ther. stood at 24 degrees below zero .
Our Host is in most respects a thourough and
practical farmer , therefore we must give it to
him heavy for allowing manure to lie leaching
and bleaching in the rain and sun for a
whole growing season , thereby losing both principal