Club Minutes: Enterprise Farmers Club, 1971

year. They work 2 shifts milking 200 cows per man. The owner is well satisfied with this arrangement.

Harry Goff has a ^{5 ft} bush hog. It was recommended that he buy a Lilliston. The Club agreed.

Bob Stabler reported that they had [?] a system of charging hunters $5.00 a piece for the privilege of hunting. It is working very well & they have sold almost 100 permits.

Adj to meet with Drew Stabler in Oct.

S P Stabler, Sec

THE ENTERPRISE CLUB 1,246th Meeting October 9, 1971

Our President, Drew Stabler, was host for the 1,246th meeting of the Club on the regular date in October.

Members of the Club met a Bob's home on Brookeville Road, which is headquarters for the Stabler's corn drying operations. They have about 790 acres of corn this year, and harvest is well under way, one load of shelled corn having just come in from the field. There are two batch driers, one holding 450 bushels and the other 550. The heat is provided by propane gas and a fan powered by a large tractor blows hot air through the grain, which is circulated occasionally to get even drying, then cooled by continuing the fan after the heat is cut off. It takes from 11/2 to 3 hours to dry a batch, depending on the humidity of the air and how wet the corn is to start with. The dry corn is transferred by conveyor to two large wooden tanks for storage and delivery into trailer trucks as sold.

Also observed was various other farm machinery, including a 15' Wood rotary mower which was new this year and which has been very satisfactory for clipping sod.

In the barnyard were about 30 beef calves which had been weaned and were ready for the Feeder Calf Sale next week. The bunker type silo was filled with an estimated 500 to 600 tons of corn silage and was covered with ground limestone.

We then got into cars and went to Drew's home, stopping en route at the Owings's farm to inspect a very excellent field of no-till corn, and at the field in front of Drew's to look at the DeKalb hybrid corn variety tests.

When we finally reached the house Patsy and friends served a most bountiful club dinner to which we all did full justice.

Since our president was host the meeting was called to order by Bob Stabler. Guests included Owings, Bret Debnam, Sam Stiles, Mike Lethbridge, Gordon Keys, and Sam Riggs. We were especially pleased to have our Eastern Shore memeber, Jack King, with us.

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Enterprise Club

1, 246th Meeting

October 9, 1971

Both sets of minutes were read and those of the September meeting were approved. Also were read a set of very interesting mintues of a meeting with Joseph T. Moore on October 10, 1869.

Crop Prices were quotes as follows:

Wheat 1.35

Corn 1.15 (1.02 on Shore)

Hay 38 to 44

Straw 35 in barns

Milk 6.63

Old ear corn 6.50 bbl.

Livestock:

Lambs 32

Fat Cattle 32 - 36

Feeder cattle 36 - 38

Feeder calves 38 - 44

Veal Calves 40¢ to 55¢

Dairy heifers 350 to 400

Hogs 22

The Banquet Committee was continued.

Questions:

1. Drew Stabler - What is the best cover for our bunker silo?

Ans. Lime is O.K., but it should be a thicker covering than used this year.

2. Sam Stiles - What fertilizer program was used on the corn?

Ans. about 140 units of N , 100 units of P, 100 units of K.

Weed treatment on no-till; 3 lbs. Atrizine

1½ pints Par

3. Norbert Behrendt - Is there any hazard to livestock from feeding blighted corn?

Ans. Experiments have shown no damage from feeding, but the gains are not as good.

4. Rudell Beall - Will blighted corn in a bin spoil if it is dried to 15%?

Ans. It probably will not be safe at 15% but it probably would be safe at 13%.

5. Frank Willson - What crop was in the weedy strips next to the corn?

Ans. These were hayfields this past summer and will be no-till corn next year.

6. Jack King - Is the supply of dairy heigers high or low?

Ans. It is about normal here.

At this point Drew asked JAck to tell us a little about his operation on the Eastern Shore. They are milking about 140 cows. The corn crop is poor due to dry weather in mid-summer. He will not have enough feed and wants to find some.

Enterprise Club 1,246th Meeting October 9, 1971

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7. Breck Debnam - asked Drew waht herbicides worked best on the test plots.

Ans. 3 lbs. Atrizine was good. 11/2 lbs. Atrizine and 11/2 quart Lasso also good; (This combination costs about $2 more than Atrizine alone)

8. Mike Lethbridge - Who owns the Asheman farm at Brighton?

Ans. No definite information.

9. Gordy Keys bought wheat from Virginia. How much danger is there of getting Johnson gross?

Ans. Probably not too much.

10. S.P. Stabler - Gordy Keys sprayed fence rows and got very good control. What did he use?

Ans. 2-4 n and 2-4-5 T.

11. Harry Goff - Why don't more people grow Sudrox ?

Ans:It is not too economical for dairy. It has some place for beef cattle as insurance against a dry spell.

Adjourned to meet with Fred Gilpin in November,

Respectfully submitted,

Stanley P. Stabler, Secretary

1247th Meeting Nov. 13, 1971

The Ent Club met for its 1247th meeting with Fred & Lea Gilpin of the JJ Fire House on the reg date in Oct Nov.We were served of a fine roast beef dinner by Phylis & friends

Meeting was Called to order by WDS Pres

Both sets of Minutes were read and approved