Bethel-Zion WI Tweedsmuir Community History, Volume 4, 1963-2011, p. 13

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10. Put up a Bulletin Board in a central place. It can be used for advertising the Club members may wish to sell or buy. It may also be used to make announcements regarding meetings. 11. Assist in making a success of the Institute meetings and short courses in stock and seed judging to be held in the district from time to time. 12. A Question Drawer is valuable as a means of getting members to take part in the meetings who would not do so otherwise. Suggested Topics for Club Meetings 0() The Soil 1. Kind of soil best adapted to certain crops. 2. Summer and fall cultivation of the soil. 3. Value of fall ploughing; the effect upon the soil and its effect upon spring work. A. Ploughs and ploughing; the objects sought for in ploughing. 5. Value of drainage. 6. How to control soil moisture. 7. CrOp rotation and its effect upon the soil. Cereals 1. Seed selection. 2. Pure seed. . Preparation of the seed bed prior to sowing grain. 3 h. What grains should we grow in the district. 5. Diseases effecting cereals and their treatment. 6 . Corn planting, cultivation and harvesting. l. The Seed Control Act. 2. The eradication of noxious weeds. 3. Needs and their control. l. The varieties of clovers best suited to the condifions. 2. The place of clovers in a rotation. 3. The effect of clover upon the soil A. The value of clover hay as a food for stocko

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