Club Minutes: Enterprise Farmers Club, 1971

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Enterprise Club

1,242nd Meeting

6/12/71

Tom Stabler read a note about sheep, concerning an earring containing a a sustance with a skunk-like smell which has been used to repel dogs and coyotes.

Bob Raver wants two more farms for Farm Visitation Week. There was discussion of the value of the visitation program. It was agreed that the program can have value if properly supported and sustained.explained.

Bob Raver asked - Has anyone had serious problem with army worm?

Ans. There are some in several fields, but generally not enough to warrant spraying.

Harry Fraley - What is hay worth standing in field?

Ans. $8 to $10 per acre.

Bob Stabler reported the had attended an agricultural meeting where the speaker gave figures on agricultural costs - in one 50,000 head feed lot they use $23,000 worth of feed per day. This is big business, and price fluctuation or poor management can cause bankruptcy in a very short time.

The meeting then adjourned to meet with Norbert Behrendt in July.

(After adjournment Tom Stabler and Jack Shanks showed pictures they had taken in Korea at different periods. Unfortunately the secretary had to leave before these were shown.) Tom 1918 - Shank 1952

Respectfully submitted,

Stanley P. Stabler

Stanley P. Stabler, Secretary

THE ENTERPRISE CLUB

1,243rd Meeting

July 10, 1971

Norbert Nehrendt was host for our 1,243 meeting on the regular date in July. We met at Norbert's home on route 108 near Highland.

We first inspected a Shire mare and foal. The mare had been imported from England last year, and was Norbert's second import, his first having been a Shire stallion brought in the year before. The mare is excellent draft type and the foal gives promise of being equally good. Also seen were a Clydesdale mare and foal and a Palomino mare and her 3-year-old colt sired by a Thoroughbred stallion. This colt is a good Hunter prospect.

The stables and paddocks were well built and convenient. However, in spite of Norbert's good fences, visiting amorous equine females had caused such a disruption of the stallion's peace of mind and Norbert's sleep that poor Jock had been forced to submit to one of those unfortunate operations and now must get his kicks from pulling a wagon, which was where we saw him a short time later.

We left Norbert's home and drove to Howard Streaker, Jr.'s farm near West Friendship. Howard had there a team of six Shires, including the above-mentioned Jock, hitched to a National Brewing Company wagon. He took us in relays of ten or twelve at a time for rides about the farm. To ride behind a draft team was a first-time experience for many of the younger members. For the old timers it brought back memories of many hours spent in this manner.

Besides the six Shires attached to the wagon there were two stallions and 3 or 4 mares in the barn. Howard had been sent to England by the National Brewing Co. to pick out the horses and have them shipped here. He then had the task of breaking them to harness and getting them in shape to put on exhibitions at Fairs, ball games, horse shows, etc. He has done a good job ad they make a fine sight.

Shires are an old breed. They were originally used a war horses, and had to be strong to carry the heavy weight of knight and armor. They are large horses,

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Enterprise Club

1,243rd Meeting

July 10, 1971

the wheelers standing better than eighteen hands, and they have good action. We are indebted to Norbert, Howard, and the NAtional Brewing Company for a pleasant and novel afternoon, made even more pleasant by some of the brew from the Land of Pleasant Living.

From Streakers we went to the Wes Friendship Fire House, where we were served a fine country dinner by the Ladies Auxiliary of that fire department.

After dinner our meeting was called to order and we noted as guests:

Shirley Graham, Russel Zepp, Harold Rauth, Rusty Rauth, Le Behrendt, Bob Johnsen, Gus Riggs, Harry Wilson, Sam Riggs IV, Charles and Eugene Iager, HAns and Gary Johannsen, Dr. Siegriend Schulz, Boyd Smith, Paul Thompson, Gerald Roderick, Tom Dahl, Lasdale Pue.

Absentees were Tom Stabler, Tim Conner, Jack Shank, Lea Gilpin & Jack King. The minutes of our first meeting with Norbert were read, and the minutes of the June meeting were read and approved. Also read were minutes of a meeting with P. G. Ligon in 1942.

Crop prices were quoted as follows:

Wheat 1.60

Corn 1.75

Barley 1.00

Hay 30 to 45.00

Straw 45 - 60c bale in field

Milk 6.65

Livestock:

Fat cattle 29 to 31

Feeder cattle up to 38

Hogs 21.00

Calves 40 to 41

Dairy heifers 350 to 400

Pure Bred heifers 550 to 600

Questions and Coments:

1. The secretary read a news release describing Shire horses and the plans the National Brewing Company has for them.

2. Bill Canby has lost a heifer, presumbably from lead poisoning gotten by licking the paint from a bycicle

3. Mr. Iager planted alfalfa after red clover or timothy sod in the fall and then in the spring, using Eptam both times. The fall seeding gave good control, but the spring did not. Why?

Ans. Possibly due to different weather conditions - too much rain.

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4. Boyd Smith told a good bull story.

5. Rudell Beall reported that his Jefferson barley made a better yield, but that the advantage of the Barsoy was that it matured about two week earlier than the Jefferson, and the straw of the Jefferson stayed green much later.

Adjourned to meet with Roger Buxton the

3rd Saturday in August -

Respectfully submitted,

Stanley P. Stabler, Secretary

The Enterprise Club

1244th Meeting

August 21, 1971

Roger Buxton was host for the 1244th meeting of the Club on Aug 21, 1971, one week later than the regular scheduled date since Roger had been on a trip to the west with his family. This was our first meeting with the Buxtons + it proved that the Club had again been very wise in its selection of a member.

Roger's farm is located north of Damascus near the Fred Co. like. Milk production is his chief enterprise + the farm operation are geared to the growing of feed for the dairy herd.

After For our tour of inspection we loaded on a farm wagon. There were several corn fields, all with excellent color + giving promise of good yeilds with very little evidence of blight. One field had been in [?] for 7 years.Roger had used three methods of till planting; conventional, Vibra shank, + no till. All 3 seemed to be doing a good job. The corn had been fertilized with 100 to 120 lbs of nitrogen + 100 lbs each of phosphrous + potash + from the appearance