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“THE 1<‘A11’J[ER Is OF JIURE eo.\'sEo('E- '07:.‘ THAN THE FARJI. AN!) sHol'Ln I-IE 1«'11:s'r IJII’l-.’()I'I'.'I)."

T VOL. XVII, N0. 15.‘.

I._.\.\'.\‘I.\'(}. )ll(‘?lIIG;\li, si«:r'ri:i1I:i:r. is, M.

\Vll(ll.li N1), ML’.

0 HOW TO l.\ll’R0\'E IHDAIDS AND ROAD l..\\\'S.

now. w.\i. L. \\‘I£l:ltl-11:.

5 I)rr1/nr/‘r/1'.

If you till a barrel with earth, level full. and then
pour water upon the earth until it is saturated so that the
water will run over the surface of the barrel you will find
that the earth in the barrel is softened by the water.
Now, if you bore a hole in the side of the barrel one-third

L the distance from the top the water will run out. and there
will be left in the earth only so much water as is held by
capillary attraction, and the earth will settle and become
solid. Bore a hole in the bottom of the barrel and the
entire contents will settle, all the water will be drained
out, except such as is held by capillary attraction. Now.
apply this practice in road making. If you have a ditch

y on both sides of your roadway, which stands with water
perhaps half full, then the roadway in its bottom is satur-
ated th1'ough to the line of the water e.\'tending from
ditch to ditch,and is soft. Let road makers remember
that water will always run ‘down hillr—— if you give it a
cliam-er—— the snioother the passage the faster it will run.
Tllerefore. tile draining of roadways should be resorted to

) wherever necessary to ensure drainage. and road beds
should be drained in all places where the sub«soil is
clay or packed, so that the surface of the road will have
no standing water under it to a depth of at least three
feet. \\'itl1 good drainage heavy rains pass off at once,
and_ do not saturate the road bed. “vith good drainage

‘x

mm _ expense, usually under the direction of a board of

; public works, and it would be well to provide that

 each county should have its “Board of Public
i \Vorks,” or, if you please, “ (‘ommissioners of High-
’ ' ways,” who should have the general supervision

and direction of the engineer, with authority to
direct improvements; and put the control of the
highways of the county into the hands of this
board, to be handled upon a business basis, and
with the intelligence which the experience of Europe
and the older sections of this country has given us.

HT( ),\'E Hi i.\ hs‘.

In many sections of the State field stones are
abundant. A good roadway can be made by e.\'('a\'at-
ing a trench. say eight to tenor sixteen feet, wide
and six inches deep. gathering these stones and
placing them <‘a1'efully on end, with the big end down.
and then with gravel or clay loam, or such other
material as is accessible. level up to grade. This gives
you a sub-structure which is permanent, and below
which the wheels will never go; and. if the surface
dressing is of proper material. and if the drainage
has been well attended to, a road once well made
in this manner would last for succeeding genera-
tions as a good road. and would permit two or three
times the load to be drawn over it with the same
power that can be drawn over the ordinary roads
of tl1e country now.

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Ro(uIs—— Let us talk about some of these really im.
portant topics rather than wrangle over (111('SllHllS
whose discussion is always of doubtful utility~Se/cc/r-(I.

and reasonable attention to keep the surface smooth the
ordinary earth road can be very much improved. There
. are very few places so level b11t what good drainage can
‘*1 be secured, and there is no one word which should be so
thoroughly impressed into the minds of all connected with
the making of roads, as the word “[)rainage,” thorouglz
(l1'aina_qe, deep (lr(u'm1ge.

 

HOMOGENEOUS. 

' Another suggestion to road makers: Never shovel sand
into a clay hole, nor black muck. Homogeneous materials
will unite, but if you fill a hole with sods or other material
that will not adhere to the material already there the
hole will be dug out again by the Wheels at once. I
have known many roads repaired in such a manner as
to require at least six months travel to make them as

4 good as they were before the repairing was done.

 
  
   
  
 
 
 
 
  
  

LEGISLATION NEEDED.

To secure best results our whole system of road making
and repairing should be changed. Our present system was
inherited, and it was an inheritance which has proved

K disastrous. The system arose from the necessities of
x a wilderness, necessities that no longer exist. I would
recommend that there be a constitutional amendment,
which would make every county :3. road district by itself,
and provide for the selection of a competent engineer,
under whose executive management the Work of making
and improving highways should be carried out, abol-
ishing all road work. There is no city now that improves
its streets and highways on the theory of road work and
highway ‘districts; it is done by general taxation, at general

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Slil’TE.\IBER 17>. 189;’.

Field and Sfock.

sl[..\(.‘.}l F0]: SHEEP.
FREI) B. ){L'.\iroi:i).

There seems to be an impression
among many farmers that silage is
not a desirable food for sheep.
How tnis opinion may have been
formed it is impossible to say.
Like all other new processes silage
has had to overcome the doubtful
conservatism of those farmers who
were willing to work along well es-
tablished lines of agricultural
practice. These doubtful ones
finally conceded it to be a most
excellent food for cattle, but held
that it should not be considered of
any value for horses. sheep and
swine. As time went on enter-
prising farniers found that silage
was not only a safe food for these
animals, but an economical food as
suitable for horses, sheep and
swine as for cattle. At the present
time there can be no possible
doubt of the great value of silage
as cheap, nutritious and safe food

for sheep. It is especially valuable ;
Those engaged §

for breeding ewes.
in rearing winter lambs are often
at a loss to furnish food for the
breeding tlock which shall not only
keep the animals in proper hcalth

and condition but which shall at:
induce a large‘

the same time .
secretion of milk. Prof. (look in

his valuable book on "The Silo and .

Silage" says, "I find my sheep
never did so well as since I have
given them silage." Speaking of
a prominent sheep breeder of the
east he says. “Mr. lVoodard finds
it superb for his ewes that are
suckling lambs.”
learn to get the silage and are soon
able to procure a large part of
their sustenance in this way.

The writer is personally ac-
quainted witli a large number of
farmers in Michigan who are en-
thusiastic in their praise of silage
as a most excellent food for all

many varieties that yielded twice  report fully on this variety another
the above amount and many others 3 season.

which probably did not yield more‘- Gcm.—Anotlier new variety of
than one-fourth of it. If we could ‘i_ great promise not fruited by us,
select varieties especially for fruit— 1 but highly spoken of by Pres, Ly-
ing without any regard to plantslon and others. (See tabular report
for our plant trade, we could make of Bulletin 80 from Agricultural
a selection from the following listlExperiment Station,: -Ian. I892),

The lambs soon 1

that would more than double the
above yield. They ofcourse would
not be allowed to root so thickly
as when grown with a view to se-
curing plants.

The following descriptions of
varieties tested with us during the
season just passed may be relied
upon  correct according to our
best judgment; but of course we
cannot  that the varieties which
do best with us will be the best
for all locations and circumstances,
as the same variety will vary in
point of productiveness, quality
and firmness, in ditl'erent localities
and soils.

lVm;/icli/ls No. 2.~—This com-
paratively new variety has given
_ us the best satisfaction of any on
our grounds, all points considered.
It is a free grower and makes plants
wonderfully, completely covering
the ground when allowed so to do.
. Fruit of good size and of a beauti-
. ful dark red color; good quality and
firm enough to bear shipment well.
.Tl1c most productive variety we
t have. Season early.
IIui:crl(im1.———This is another of
.the newer sorts that has come to
stay. Plant a thrifty grower and
, bright healthy foliage with long
‘ leaf stem and the fruit stems seem
‘ to hand out a great cluster of beau-
3 tiful long shaped berries nearly to
the middle of the space between
i rows. It is rather soft for distant
lshipinent; of good size and quality

and for a near market has few
lequals.

Biilmcli 3'0 5.——Is an excellent
ivariety. Foliage strong and heal-
 thy with a large leaf free from rust.

Fruit large. double, flattened at the
;point; holds its size well through
3the season and presents a very at-
jtractive appearance in the basket.

Claisesflf f’l.l"'lll' _ 1 ‘til tfl ltguite productive; a very desira-
- n ( xpi iiinent ¢_O11t uc {t a ie l _
lllicliiirin tition (l111‘l11"‘ tln win illle lllllrllet SON‘
; i -  ' i ~ * ‘Z - -
ter of b1b‘ll ‘l9 ver ' ('l(*'1I"ly demon 5 J(l‘llSl"'"’1)1“11l 1'0St‘1l1l)l1I1g Bu-
: . '. I ' V -
" 3 ‘bach. I‘ riiit ver large. «roodc ual-
Y n . -*3 l

t ' t *l tl 1 'aluA f silage fori. . . . -
S 1" “. l‘ l ‘ ll ‘ *‘” . 1 ity, sometimes has white tips. l\ot
fattening lambs. In connection ~

. . - :as productive as could be desired.
with h ‘r tI‘1'llS ‘l lambs were fed . . .
m Sillglwt for; 1;‘ ;_iOd of “ l Is a strong staininate variety and
( .l ‘.3 . r '

“'99l‘:53l - . . 1 H '. . .
9 other lambs were fed on sila<re’lllllll‘l'lb llll “cl. llllll P0 elll/‘el llll
‘ ( . ;_ ‘*3 4
for a similar period. The average!

'1 the above three varieties.
- .}’lll)'(‘]‘((.4A bright free grower
feed consumed and gains made are l ‘ 1‘ .‘ _ 1 P_ {L _ bl
__ ~— . 1, ,3.iin quite plot 11(_‘t1\e() aige )eau-
computed and aiianged iii tabii d.1 ‘tiful ])e1_1_i(_s “$11 worth , of 1
form in l’>ulletin 84. The average ; trial in 'e“,_1_ j (r_u_den -l ‘
, i r -
amount of food consumed by each, 1 ._l . 3 ‘"2 _I .
lamb was 1 mund “min (bran and -[i¢.1c/s 12(1) ‘I/./Tllls much
4 1 3 ' ‘v 1 .. lauded variety has disappointed us
Oats-l  of Olle pollllll llll) lllll ‘l7’ iiiiie'ir1ycve1'_Y point claimed for
.* .'l . This 1'8.tl1,l1 )ro- . . ‘ . . .
giilllillqglrgif of 0, mnidg I my . it ; is lint very little earlier (if any)
l ‘ g’ "3 p ‘Fifi than ‘iVartield. Small size; poor
4. . ~ . - -
-quality, and unproductive. How-

week for the entire period.
7 at -urr ~nt )rices- . . .
mllllllg the flloll L l 1 ' evcr. in some localities, particularly

. ' fi each lamb was 81.3‘). v. . . . .
ll“) 1).”) t on " : in the south near its O1'1"‘111 it seems
If this can be done when all food 1 to do We“ "

is purchased at cash prices. and} '

fl _ t. ade u 1“ rel , of Sila re j Pm'kei' E((rle.—Originated in
“Sell; llfilltlll fafmlgr glf make lo 1 Texas. Plant a large thrifty grow-

haiidsoiiie profit by producing hislell llellllllllll llalll green lollllge

Own food materials The suave in i and very productive of large bright

this experiment was estimated atlllellrletl of lrloofl ‘lllalll-V; form re‘
$2.50 per ton. Our largest grow- i Selllllllllg H&Wl.‘l”.ml' lle Shall
ers of silage are positive that they  plalll largely of ll lll lllle lllllllle'

can put cdin in the silo for fromi G‘”“l.’1-“A” excflllellt late "3'
$1 to .$l.5() per ton. Prof. Cook,§1'let'Y3131'S€}5l”“e £311‘ Cluillitl} not
who has had lame experience in 5 as productive as wouldbe desirable
this nmtter, Says  Costs less than = but worthy a trial in every straw-

one half the above amount. There l b‘l1'f3'1’lat' f.
is mone‘. in the Si10_ CI'(’S(}(’Jlt and U ils-on are the old

A,7,.,'C,,j,i,,,.aj C0lj(.g(,_ standbys and have given better
‘ - satisfaction over a larger range of
s'rR.ui'iii:iiiiii:s—rHIs si:.is0x's t?”"'lt.°1'3’ “la.” 3193' °”‘‘’‘' °1‘l"‘“‘ie‘

Y ‘RIFTY TEST ties in cultivation. but they are
‘ ‘ ' likely to be superseded by some of
the newer varieties named at the
head of this list, which are superior
in size and quality, and equal in

The berry 5935011 With 115113500136 I productiveiiess. But we shall still
and gone» and taken 31t0gethe1‘h9«S continue to plant them to some

been quite *1 5‘1tl5f3Ct01'Y 0119; £01‘ extent. at least. lllilson is an ex-
altholl.‘-Ih Prices 113"‘? ruled 1'9/911.91‘ celleiit pollenizer for \Varfield or
low yet the crop of strawberries any othereal-1y sort,

was simply immense in point of Bedder jj.'00d__ThiS new Va_
ylfld 8‘nd.SlZe' The long Contlnued riety has been sufficiently tested to
rams durmg the bloommg and de‘ warrant its recommendation as a
veloping season seemed well calcu- market VaI.iety_ plant a Strong
lated to bring them as near perfec- healthy grower and very pmduct_

tlon ‘ls Other clrcumstallces ‘:V°“ld ive of fair sized, bright-colored ber-
permit. Our crop of this fruit was Ties of good quality. We Shall
about 260 bushels which sold at an plant largely of in

average prlce of about $125 per G1'catPacL:fic—Plant and fruit

bllsllel “Te paid one cent per resemble Sharpless. A strong lux-

ifiglézlgflililélgih tlifigeeigciglg: uriant grower; fruit large and good
quality. Quite productive.

ings, for which We paid extra on , _
account of their being more scat- L0l'C’l3 Ea”!/-—Pla11tS 0f H115
variety set this spring. Showed

teriiig and pickers had become _ _ _
somewhat tired“ Vve have three considerable fruit of good size and

and one-half acres in bearing, (l‘131i'0Y- Plant 3 good 81"0We1‘ and
which were set not especially for 9a1‘1Y-

fruit but with a View to furnishing Wesi‘0n.——Plants of this variety
plants for our trade, which has be- sent us from the introducer have
come quite extensive. This would made a good growth and show
make the yield about 75 bushels some desirable features. Not yet
per acre or a little over. We had fruited by me. Hope to be able to

I. A. WOOLL.

where it is pronounced exceedingly
promising as a market variety.
Not fully tested here.
Enlzmice.«A decidedly proinis-
ing variety of large size and excel-
lent quality; quite productive; a
very desirable new variety; blos-
soms perfect.
JIo(n'cs Pro] 1' ic.— A large,
fruit stems that hold its load of
large, beautiful berries, well up
from the ground. “ie are highly
pleased with this sort. and shall
set more of it. Very promising.

rI”(I.7l{ll(,'.—TlllS now well testctl

variety, has not received the atten-
tion it merits.
is a good grower, having a very
bright waxy appearance, and an
abundant bearer of beautiful loiig-

been varnished.

varieties have grown small in size.
Bcc/ic.» —Plants of this variety
received from New Jersey the past
season in rather poorcondition, are
making a fair growth of plant and
a few specimens of fruit allowed to
mature were of good size and (111211-
ity. Requires farther testing.
.l[(mm'c/z of [he lVcsi‘.—Tliis is

tillate sorts and is quite productive
of large bright crimson berries.
Sometimes has white tips.
a rank free grower with beautiful
light green foliage.

C/ms. I)0iri1i/I!/a Cinnbcrltmrl,
Triumph. S/iurplcss and .ll‘i'ncr’s

fruit, but many of the newer va-
rietics are in evcry way superior.

shaped berries of rather poor qual-
ity. Se-asonlntc.

lVo/i.'ci'1oii «(ml Sru/ic. Plants
of these two varieties were set this
spring and are iiiakiiig an excellent

son are exceedingly proniising but
require further testing.

Sfrty/ii1((iz'.s‘ No. I.--(,)iiitc pro-
ductive of rather small berries of

tory with us, but shall give it
further trial.

Cloud
Gmjicld and Belle of La Crossc,

discard them.
here and discarded as not worthy
scy Queen, Pipcrls Scedlinr/, Duch-

ess, Warrcii, Old Iron Clad.
Elsie, lllich.

 

Rl'Ll'lS FOR )[.lRKlI'l‘lNG HONEY.

GEO. E. HILTON.

above caption.

could have copied the rules as
adopted by the ditfereiit conven-
tions, and you could have drawn
your own conclusions.

As it is you place me upon my
own resources, and while the rules
that I might adopt would suit me,

them.

In the first place I think all
honey should be sold by the
pound, whether it be comb or ex-
tracted. Thisis one rule that I
adopted when I first commenced
selling honey, in putting up my
comb honey by the case. I used
a printed label on each case, giv-
ing the weight of case, the gross
weight, and the net weight of the
honey in the case. Now these
cases hold twelve two inch sections
or fourteen seven to the foot sec-
tions, and in either case they will
average about eleven pounds net
of honey, so you see the unfairness
of selling them for fourteen or
even twelve pounds, as is in many
cases, and in perhaps the ma-
jority of cases done. I feel the iii-
justice of this rule to such an ex-
tent that I have discarded the sev-
en to the foot section, and use none
but the two inch, as this comes the
nearest to a pound of any we have,
yet I frequently get orders for the
narrow section with the claim that

they bring just as much as the

thrifty growing plant with immense .

The plant with us

shiiped berries of a dark red color,
having the appearance of liaviiig
. bcason late, giv- glass.
ing us beautiful berries after other

an excellent pollenizer for the pis- ;

Plant l

I’rr;l1jic,a1'e all well tried varieties of § all four
some value as pollenizers and fO1‘1c()ml)S to be iiiisoiled by travel-

growth, and judging froin the few‘-
. —. . l
berries allowed.-),9 ripen this sca- ,

fair quality; not entirely satisfac-'

Scctlliiig, P0i‘i'ci', Jlrs.‘
are of no value here and we shall ‘
Other varieties previously tested 

of cultivation are J[a.nclicsIci'. J cr- 3

You ask me to write under the‘
Had you asked me A
the rules for grading honey I:

I know there are those that would‘
not adopt them, because they could ;
make more money by discardingi

wide ones. May (lod help us to
remember the golden rule, and to ‘'
think more of the brother we are
selling to, and less of our own
pocket books. ,
In my home market my rule is
to set the price myself. I furnish
our grocers with cases to sell from
and I weigh and mark every sec-
tion of honey before it. leaves my
honey house, and the price of each
section is plainly marked upon it, I
and I am glad to say that our deal-
ers follow so closely in line, that
when they buy of others they
weigh and mark in the same way.
and I can vouch for one town that
does not sell twelve ounces of
honey for a pound. Now the
above will apply to all grades of
honey, but in this connection I
think we should consider the iiiat-
ter of grading. Many a niarket, is
spoiled, and the reputation of
many a producer ruined, because
he did not grade his honey, but
honey that should bring twenty
cents per pound is placed in the
same case with honey not worth
ten cents per pound. and I fear the
best is usually placed next the
At. the Northwcstcrii (lon-
vention at (‘hicago last fall I
was one of a coinniittec appointed
to draught or formulate a set of
rules for the gradiiig of honey. I
think we met three ditl'crcnt times.
and finally agreed that we could
-not agree, as the. rules that were
‘suitable to one locality were not to
the others, and as the committee
of three represented as many
states you readily sec the trouble.
However one member of the
icomniittee brought before the coii-
ventioii a itet of rules that were
adopted, and here they are:
First .(/l‘(l([(’.—All sections to be
, well filled, combs straight, of even
lthickness, and firmly attached to
sides, both wood and.

jstaiii or otherwise; all the cells

lscaled, and the honey of 1111'lllO1‘1l1,

(Il/(l)l([(ll(’.-—'PlIl1lt a fair grower , color,
and moderately productive of long-

, Sccoiul 1/rmlc.— ~All sections well
‘filled, but with combs uneven or
icrooked, detached at the bottom.

or with but few cells unsealed, both
i wood and comb unisolated by trav-
lel-stain or otherwise, and the
honey of uniform color.

T/u'i'(l _r/rmlc. ———Sections with
3wood or comb, or both. travel-
l stained or otherwise much soiled,
land such as are less than three-
fourths filled with honey, whether
sealed or unsealed; and crates
containing two or more colors.

‘Veil that looks well on paper
and in some localities it could be
lived up to, in others it could not.

But you ask me to be short and
,in conclusion will say, the best
rule I know is to strive to be hon-
’est and sell by the same rule you ‘
wouldbe willing to purchase by;
were you a consumer instead of a_
producer. '

Fremont.

 

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A MIS'l‘.-\Kl-I IN THE VARIETY OF,

R.\I’l-I SE]-ll).

Inasmuch as some Michigan
farmers may have rape growing
we reprint the following from the‘
Brcc(lc1"s Grizcffc, written by,
John A. Craig of the lVisconsin‘
station: “A big mistake has been ,
made by some seedsmen in regard
Eto the rape seed that many, both
lin the l'nited States and Canada,
have sown this season, and the
consequence is that a great many‘
who were desirous of trying thel
fodder rape have now a crop ofi
bird rape maturing in their fields. ‘
The fodder rape is a biennial; it‘,
would take it two years to produce ;
seed, while the bird rape rapidly;
ripens in this country, in some;
parts producing seed in three]
months from the time sown. It isi
safe to say that any rape sown the '
past spring that is in flower now,
or shows signs of flowering, is
bird rape and not the fodder rape.
The bird rape is useless as a fod-
der, for the plant grows a. long
stock with few leaves and the
former is hard and tough.

I have made careful inquiry
among Canadian seedsmen and I
find that there is a difference of
opinion in respect to the vitality
of the seed of the bird rape. The
majority of them are of the opin-
ion that the seed is easily destroyed,
while a member of a leading firm
tells me that it is to a very slight
extent similar to mustard in regard
to the vitality of its seed. From
what I can learn it seems to me to
be the best plan for those who

seedsinen as bird feed.

have this crop on their hands to
plow it under without delay.

The bird rape is grown by a few
for the seed. which is retailcd by
The seed
of the bird rape ditlers from that
of the fodder rape in that it is
smaller and of a brownisli tinge.
while the foddcr rape seed is‘ a
deep black. As most of this rape
which has been sown by mistake
has been put in in small plots it
would hardly be advisable to take
the trouble to harvest the crop and
secure the seed. \Vhen harvested
the crop is liandlt-d very similar
to that of tlnx, for the seed is very
easily lost. The crop is cut by
hand with sickles. laid on sheets
and tramped out. As the pod tlics
open readily when the plant is
ripe the crop is cut when quite
green.

It is greatly to be deplored that
this niistake has occurred. for it
will be a serious iinpcdiincnt to
the progress of the fodder rape.
In ('anada and in our country
grt-at quaiititics of this st-ed have
bccll sown. and the direct loss
will be serious. not to say anything
of the direct injury that has been
done to the fodder rape.

 

\\'ll|~I.\'I‘ .\'|' l’l'l€|)l'l-I.

Bulletin -11 of the .l’uriliic l'ni-
vcrsity agricultural cxpcriincnt
station contains iiiforiiiation of iii-
tcrest and iiiipoi'I:iiicc coiiccrning
wheat as grown in liidiaiia. The
following are some of the points
of iinportancc. as given in the
bulletin:

1. Velvet chutl. Micliigaii aiii-
ber and Fultz varieties of wheat
have been grown for nine years on
the UIll\‘(‘.l‘Slly farin. and rank in
value as named, though Micliigan
amber surpasses Velvet chatl‘ as a
rust-resisting variety.

2. Red (‘lawson and Joni-s's
winter fife are the two most prom-
ising recently introduced varieties.

3. For eight years. six pecks
of seed sown per acre have given
the most satist'actoi'y results.

~l. In the region of La Fayette,
a higher average _\‘icl<l has l)t'(‘ll
secured from wln-at sown Septem-
ber 20. over otlicr dates of sowing.

 Judicioiis rotations. includ-

ing grass, have given better
return than constant grain crop-
[)lI1L[.

ti. Ileavy applications of ina-

iiurc and fertilizers to a worn soil
growing corn and wheat altcriiatc-
ly, have given paying returns.
7. The average results of all
the experiiiients at this station
with fertilizers and inaiiures, upon
wheat during the past three years.
in full or two-thirds doses, have
not been profitable.

8. The use of hot water or cop-
per sulphate failed to destroy the
spores of loose sniut.

fl. Bunt or stinking suiut in

.wheat was successfully destroyed
-by using hot water or copper sul-

phate.
10. Early and late harvesting of

, wheat had practically no effect on

yield or weight of grain.

ll. Yields of grain and straw
were considerably reduced by
mowing wheat on certain plats in
spring. to check rankness of
growth.

12. In comparing forms of nit-
rogen for fertilizing the wheat
plant, sulphate of ammonia gave
rather better yields than nitrate of
soda or dried blood.

13. As the plants fertilized with
nitrate were slower to mature than
the others, these also sulfei'ed more
from rust than did the others.

At the \Visconsin station the re-
sults of a feed trial show:

1. For feeding lambs, a grain
mixture of oil meal and corn meal
gave better results than a grain
mixture of cottonseed meal and
corn meal.

2. The lambs fed the oil meal
made a greater gain than those
receiving the cottonseed mixture.
During the ten weeks’ trial the
lambs fed the oil meal ration each
made a weekly gain of 3.30 lbs.,
while those getting the cottonseed
ration each Week made a weekly
gain of 2.95 lbs.

3. The oil meal ration was, in
in addition, cheaper; for the lambs
so fed made 100 pounds gain at a
cost of $2 or 2c per lb., while those
getting the cottonseed ration made
100 lbs. gain at a cost of $3.30 or
3},c per lb.

The Railroads all give half fare rates
to Grand Rapids, the week of Sept. 19th
to 24th. Single fare for a round trip
ticket. A chance for every one to go.

  


  

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FHE Gniixon VISITOR.

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The assembly of the Priests of
Demeter of the ()rder of the Pat-
rons of Husbaiidrv will confer the
seventh degree or degree of Ceres
during the twenty-sixth session of
the National Grange, to be con-
vened at Concord, New Hamp-
shire. on Wednesday, N0\'(flDl)(‘I'
the 10th, 1892. The work is as-
signed for Friday afternoon, 4
o’clock, and Friday evening at 8
o’clock, November 18th. The cere-
monies of coiiferring the degree
will take place in \\'hite’s opera
house. Members who have re-
ceived tlie sixth degree, or degree
of Flora, are entitled to thisdegree,
upon the payment of one dollar,
accompanied with a certificate hear-
ing name of applicant, residence,
town, county and State, and time
and place of having received the
sixth degree.

Applicants will carefully note
the following.

‘V110 are entitled to the certifi-
cafe:

1st. The seven founders of the
order.

2d. All those wlioliave received
the seventli degree lieretofore, and
paid the fee.

3d. All who have heretofore re-
ceived the degree and present their
application with fee.

lth. All those who make appli-
cation, fee accompanying the same.
and are accepted by the assembly:
no free certificates will be issued. l

5th. The. certificate is worthyl
of the high honor it represents.l
and as a work of art has no supe- f
rior in its symbolic and emblematic 1
instructions and is worthy the?
home of any Patron.

titli. This will probably be the
grandest degree meeting ever held
by the assembly.

All applications for this degree
should be filed with N. -l. Bacli-
elder, East Aiidover, Merrimack
county. New Hampshire.

Fraternally,
LEONARD Itiioxn.
JOHN TRIMBLE, High l’rz'csf.
Annrtlzsf.

 

INGHADI POMONA PICNIC.

August 19, Hieiilate appoiiit-ed

 

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Eniroi: (‘iRA_\'GI-.‘ \'is1ror.—— Have
ijust returned from one of our iii-
; teresting Grange nieetings. ‘York-
; ing Grange No. 509. always has
,l'll’.tt‘I'(‘Stlli_£; meetings. or at least
_l1've never attended one but that to
, me was a treat. “'9 have ineinbers
;'that are talented in music. in reci-
ltation and oratory; many good. ;
,easy readers. that when they come‘
_l across a good thing in the papers. ;
5 lay it aside and take it to tho
§(}range to be sandwiched in with
3the other good things: a few good
yessayists, and few if any but that,
‘jean get up and express themselves}
gintelligently on the various (l1l(‘S- 3
ftions of interest that come up fori
fdiscussion. And it would be a poorf
lstick of a Lecturer that couldifitl
lget up an interesting prograni, for
a more intelligent, willing, earnesti
set of Grangers would be hard fol
find———I was going to say in Lena-l
wee county, but that would sound 
too tame, so I’ll say in the State of,‘
Michigan. and as Michigan stands
pretty well to the front as a Grange 1
State in the union, you can forml
a pretty accurate estimate of the
rank \Voi-king Grange 500, holds.
in these l'nited States of Anierica. l

“'0 are in debt some on our hall. l

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the interest and insurance that:

musl be paid, and the iinprove-l
ments that we would like to make, ,‘
make us feel that the State Grange‘
is a “ greedy old monster" to gulpl
down all of our initiation fees. As,’
for our ("rrange the old order ofl
fees was much the better. and Il
believe it the same with most Sub-f
ordinate (iranges. especially if they l
are in debt or anticipate getting a
home of their own. As the Sub-{
ordinate Gi'aiige is the foundation 
of the State Grange it seems thatl
its financial basis should be a solid l
one. “ Howsomever” this is onlyl
the opinion of some of Lenawee
county’s swamp Grangers, least of
whom is
AIJELINA H. Ki:LLoGG,
L('('fI(7‘(’l".

THE (IRA-.\'(u‘rE .\l\'l) SILVER.

l

l

In the VISITOR of Sept. lst We
are told by Mr. \Vhitehead that
"The farmers in the Grange have
steadily advocated a larger amount
;of money per capita since years,
ago they learned the lesson that‘
scarce money meant dcur money.

for the Grange picnic, marked an
unusually pleasant event in the
history of Ingliam County Pomona

and dear money meant lower
gprices for all the products they
 had to exchange for money. The

FROM THE “SW.\)[l’S" or r.i:.\'.i.‘si,,,.e we t,-iea this sort, of ,1,,,,gl

that the farmers have forgotten
that farm products are the last of
all commodities to rise in price.
The advance in real estate comes
later and last of all an advance in
the price of labor and then comes
the crash. \\'as not Daniel Webster

right: that of all devices for tle-«
fraudiiig the poor a cheap currency ‘

is the most efficient?

But. you say, it would always
pay a dollarls indebtedness. It
might niake legal settle-nient but it
would never pay unless it returns
the value proniised. Do you owe
debts more than 14 years old?
livery debt incurred within the
past 14 years is upon the present
value of a dollar. Does the (‘rraiige
as a body wish for legislation to
enable them to cheat? I trow not,
but whatever their purpose there
can be little question that they and
the laborers would be the sufferers
from the scheme tliey advocate.
Capital cares for itself whenever
danger is impending. Labor bears
the brunt.

But perhaps you cannot reason
that silver dollars under free coin-
age will be just as valuable as now
or else of a different value. Perhaps
you believe that by some inscru-
table power government by free
coinage and legal tender enact-
ments can tioat gold, silver and
paper dollars side by side and all
of them cheaper than now when
you want them, and dearer than
now when you part with them.
Please renieniber. then, that :35
grains of gold with or without our

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Including one Years Subscription to this Paper

 

HEMMEHS, l{UFFLliR, TU('Kl‘Zlt. [’.\('l\'.\Gl-I

We have ninde such :irraiii..'eiiio-iit.~' as enable us to
offer the I iliiciigo

Sl.\'(}lil\’ .\‘li\\'l.\'l} .\l.»\CI*ll.\'liS

at the above low rates‘. 'l'hi.~a lll.'l4‘llllll’ is nmde
aft:-r 1lu- lat»-st lIl(Hl¢'l~' of the h‘im,:er iiizieliiiioa,
and is perfect {ac similv in slizip»-, ornaim-ntation
and uppezirmico. .\ll the parts are made to gaiige
exactly the.~:um-zis the .\‘iiu_n»r. and are constriicted
of precisely the sziine llll|l4'l‘l2|lH.

The iitiiiost care is ex:-rcis--«l in the .-‘election of
the nlo'(:|l.~| ll.~«-d. and only the vo-r_x in-si « ualiiy in
[>|H'(‘l|HH|‘ll. lflzicli H|.'ll'lIlllI' is thoroiu:hl_v well
m:i«lc- and is titled with the iitniost l1ll'I‘i}‘ and
exactiiess, and no niiichiiie is [N’l'llllYio'il by tho
ll]-‘pl'('l(ll‘ to go out of the .-hops until it has been
fully ta-st:-<l and proved to do perfect work. and
to run lightly and without iioiae.

TheVliiczigofiiiuzo-r .\l:ichin:- land a very import-
ant iinprov--nu-nt in M lmose linlance \\'ha-el, so
coiistriicti-<l as to permit winding bobbins with-
out rl'llll)\'lll}{ the work from the niachiiie

li.\('l{ 5I.\(7llI.\'l'Z lh‘ l"UR.\'l.~‘lllil) WITH
THE F()LL()\\’l.\‘(i A'l"l‘.\(‘l{.\ll~l.\"l‘S:

'()l’ NEI-ll)l.ES, (‘lll<Zl‘K .\'l’l(lN1}, 'l‘lil{()AT

PLATE, WRE.\'t‘.l{, THRE.\l) (‘UT'I‘ER. l§l.\'DliR. l%()l£BINS, S('RI£\\' l)l{I\'ER. GAUGE,
(i.\U(iE S(.‘RliW. ()lL—('.\N. filled with Oil, AND l.\'H'l‘l{U('Tl(,).\l HOOK.

The driving wheel on this machine is admitted

to be the siuiple-st. i-iisiest running and most con-

venient of any. The machine is self-threadinit. made of the best material. with tho wearing parts

hardened. and_ is finished in ii superior style.

It has veneered cover, drop—loxif table, 4 end drawers,

and center swing drawer.‘ The manufacturer:-I warrant eyery machine for :'a years. _
They say: "Any machine not satisfactory to a subscriber, we will allow returned and will refund

the money."
Price including one year's subscription,$l.'i.

Sent by freight, receiver to pay chiirizes. Give

name of freight station if different from post—-ol‘l'ice address.
This )[:u-liine will be sent for $10.00 (‘ash and I0 New Sub-
scriptions to the \'lSl'l‘()l{ at 50 cents each.

Address, with the money,

GRANGE VISITOR, LANSING, MICH.

$100.00 For $l.00

This is no green goods nor lottery scli:-im-. but :1 fair ,
lJll>lnt'55 proposilioii, which we carry out as fullnW~: _
'I'o:.ui_v personsutferingfroni PILIIS in any {orin.m- i:tlt‘!' ;
the new discovery in niediciiio-, in combined external
luld internal treat ment known as the

PYRAMID PILE Gllll

stamp or legislation, with the
stamp of any govermneiit on earth. ‘
with the stamp of Julius (‘:1-sar,3
dead 2000 years, or with no stamp. 
still has the same value the world ‘
round;the stamp affects its value
not a whit, it merely certifies to its
weight and puri_ty. The same
would be true of silver under free
coinage.

‘Vs tried it 100 years and every
nation has tried it. Every old
man can remember when we offered
coinage to both alike and silver
being cheaper there was not a
dollar in gold in circulation. Any
man would be a fool to use a dollar
as a dollar when he could sell it
for $1.10 and buy a cheaper dollar
to use. Old men remember too,
that after the discovery of gold
in California gold dollars were
cheaper than silver ones and not a
silver dollar remained in circula-
tion aiid our smaller silver coins
were reduced in weight to prevent

Grange. In a pleasant grove, near i have learned that if the silver in a  Selling tlltim all out Of the l"”1d-
‘ ’ - r- - - i V‘ . VJ » V. ' .
the center of the county. A large T dollar is only worth 40 cents it is l , 50 1011:! 35 g0‘Ume“t 091115 0111)’
number of Patrons and farmers , because the stealthy demonetizing .:‘ lts “W11 511"” and I_)“1’tS ‘V_1lh “e"€_‘1'
assembled, prepared to enioy a day 1 act took away its money value. l 3 (10113? 9XC9l’l for “S “‘l“1V*l1911t 1t
- l . ‘

of recreation free from the care
and labor of farm life.

At 11 A. M., the \Voi'thy Master
called to order and the program
for the day was taken up. The
forenoon session was occupied by
recitatioiis by members of the dif-
ferent Subordinate Granges inter-
spersed witli music furnished by
the Dansville band and the \Vhite
Oak Grange choir. Preparations
for dinner followed, and culinary
delicacies disappeared in the usual
manner.

At 3 P. M,, the VVorthy Master
again called to order and the speak-
ers of the afternoon, A. J. Crosby,
State Lecturer, Mrs. Mayo, Chair-
man of the State Grange Commit-
tee on VVoman’s “Tork, and Presi-
dent Clute of the Agricultural
College, addressed the audience on
subjects of interest.

Mr. Crosby spoke on “ Co—oper-
ation among Farmers,” urging
them to unite for mutual protection.

Mrs. Mayo chose the subject of
“Rural Homes,” picturing their
influence for good or evil.

Pres. Clute spoke concerning
the “ Agricultural College,” its
work and the benefit derived there-
from.

A short time was also occupied
in a general talk on “ The Grange,”
by R. L. Hewitt, after which the
program was declared completed.

The picnic was in every Way a
success, and all present had occa-
sion to congratulate themselves in
being privileged to attend a. meet-
ing so pleasant and profitable.
SECRETARY.

,:‘They have also learned that the
isilver in a dollar is worth a dollar,
 it is the silver out of a dollar that
l is not worth a dollar, and that with
lfree coinage of silver the silver out
of dollar would be worth a dollar.”

Does all of this mean that under
free coinage of silver the silver
dollars would be just as valuable
as dollars now are, would cost as
much, sell for as much, buy as
much? Then who would be gainers
by free coinage? The farmers
would certainly get no more of
them than at present. Just now
it is said that in the leading mines
the 371 grains of silver in a dollar
costs :29 cents on the average. ‘V8
collectively buy this at 70 cents
and coin it into dollars and we col-
lectively make over six million
dollars per year by the means. By
free coinage we would simply pre-
sent this sum to the miners.

Does it mean that these dollars
Will only be of their own intrinsic
value—a cheap money—taking
three of them, more or less, to pay
for a bushel of Wheat and all other
things in proportion? Then indeed
would we get good prices. Even
one of them for every bushel of
wheat would be a treat, but does
not Mr. \Vhitehead- know that the
things we buy would rise in price
even more readily and rapidly?
Merchants would sit up nights to
mark higher prices on the goods
in stock. Does the farmer have
the same privilege, or does he wait
until all other goods have long
since advanced and then take what
is offered him? It is not so long

has some control over its price but
under free coinage it has none.
The miner comes with a button of
silver costing him 39 cents; the
government stamps it one dollar
and hands it back to him. lVhat is
to prevent his selling it the next
minute for 30 cents in gold and
gobbling all the gold in America if
the mint keeps ruiiiiing? Then the
silver dollars have cost nobody but
30 cents in gold. Vt/'liat power on
earth can ever make them Worth one
liundred? Change the figures to
70 instead of 30 cents, if you choose.
Does any thinking man believe
they would float together one hour
after a free coinage law passes?
Has not the Grange been unfortun-
ately misled, or does Mr. lVhite-
head misrepresent their intelli-
gence?
A STUDENT.

NURSERY LITER.\'l'l'RE.

In an article of the Contributors’
Club in the September :1fla'7lti0
relating to nursery literature, the
writer says:

The best results of fiction for the
young are to be found in the en-
richment of the imagination, not
in the cultivation of the moral fac-
ulties; and the genuine nursery
literature is so clearly imaginative
that no healthy-minded child mis-
takes such moral lessons as may be
drawn from it. For my part, I
should rather trust the morals of
the young to the most improbable
nursery tales than to the life-like,

unah<nluta-lvm-rtnin4« ‘
find Pll0TI(l7I)l_\'(l I'll
l’l~I|lV|A.\'l-2.\"[‘1l'lll-2. Hull‘ 1 can be used by
child with pei-fen-t safrt_v. and 1- [l.'Il'l\'2l|.!(' :-o.~iini:0
DOLLAR WILL D0 YIN‘ 0.\'|'2 lIl'Nl|ll DIDOLLAIIS WORTII 0F }
H000. at h-a~l this is the lionvs ‘v £‘\‘[)l‘l'\.\l‘ll opinion oi '
hIln(ll'1‘(l:~‘ who liave lweii 4-urei ny it in the past ye: * _
D0 MDT Sl'l-"I-‘I'll! A IMY l.0N(-I-Ill. but ask your drllifl-' V I
furit. or we \\ ill .~('llil ii po~ip:ui<l for $1.00, or asmall
trial puckuyre Hui!-I ror inn-. HI >i:1m]).~', alsoavalunbic
hook Cellini: :ill about pllri sent free. Address
PYIKAMID C()., ALBION, DIICU

  
  

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which the daugliter-in-law is setl
against her mother-in-law. Is itl
worse for an impressionable youth l
to contemplate the ingenuous de- 
pravity of the wicked uncle in The :
Babes in the Wood than to imbibel
from the latest, most improved fic- 
tioii the insidious poison which ‘
makes him critical of his own par-,
ents’ disciplinary methods with ,
him. because they differ from those l
of an ideally charming mamma in I

i

a story book? l

The great iniprovements made in
our live stock by l_)l‘t‘(‘<ll.l__‘,' and .
feeding within the last one or two
hundred years are remarkable.
Records show that in the early,’
days of the eigliteenth century they
average weight of fat steers in the ‘
London and Liverpool markets was =
only 310 pounds net. Half a cen- 
tury later it had gone up to 482
pounds, and for the last decade it
has been 050 pounds. At present
there is a growing tendency to
smaller rather than larger weights
of live stock. It is getting to be
recognized that choice steers have .
been kept too long and fattened to
an unprofitable extent, and the
tendency now is to slaughter cattle
at an earlier age and without such
an excess of low-priced fat. This
seems the common-sense view of
the matter. ~—Rm'al i\'c:c Y or/.'c1'.

 

In stocking the farm aim to
adapt the stock to the land. On a
rough, hilly farm you will not
have much use for the heavy breed
of cattle nor for large draft horses.
Nor do you Want many hogs there,
for they can not make much use
of such pasture land as you will
have. Sheep Will fill the bill a
great deal better. On rich, level
land grow large beeves, fine dairy
stock, heavy draft horses and good
hogs. Above all things do not
waste such land as the latter on
scrub stock. If you do you have
no business to have the land.—
lVesfcrn Rural.

The 3d day (Wednesday) of the West
Michigan Fair, at Grand Rapids, Sept.
21st, will be VVoman’s Day. The Equal
Suffrage Association have provided for
an interesting programme of speaking,
vocal and instrumental music. Mrs.
Martha Strickland, of Detroit, and
others will be present to address the

hateful narratives of real life in

crowd.

for imxi». Rl.l-:l~‘.l)INu. irriiisn 1' ;.
' -us ' ‘ ' ~

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Published on the 1st and 1:':th of every month.

Kenyon l.. lfiuttertlr-Id. l-ltlitoi‘ and Miulager,
LANSING. Z\II(.‘H..

To_w_hnm all_ exchanges. crtmmunications. adver-
tisiiu: biislno,-as and subscriptions should be
sent.

T]‘)R.\I.\‘ 50 (‘exits a Year. 25 (‘outs for Six
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How do you like our looks this
time?
________
The picnic season is about over;
now will come the fairs.
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Show us to a neigbor. and see if
you can’t get a subscriber for one

year.
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if anything is wrong with your
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Now that the great prize fight is
over people can oncc more turn
their attention to the cholera.

VVhen you haven’t anything else
to talk about, talk to your neigh-
bor about subscribing for the Visi-
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If any of our friends are at the
various fairs and find our agent
there. we hope they will make his
acquaintance and that they will
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VVe have an interesting article
from our State Secretary conccrn- ‘
ing Bay View Farmers’ ])ay. ‘Va
regret that the ladies’ page had,
been made up bcforc its arrivals‘

It will appear next issue.
_________

Have your boys and girls any-ji
thing to exhibit at the fairs this:
year? If they haven’t don't youi
think you could spare a littlei
ground to them and give them at
little help another year? ‘Vouldn’t‘l
such things help solve the problcm ;‘
of keeping them on the farm‘?

 

l
THE Cl’RIt’ENT ISSUE. ‘

The articles in this issue will be
of interest to all. The well-known
ability of Mr. \Vebber and the fact
of his recent appointment as
chairman of the
Road Commission will render
his article on the timely sub-
ject of Roads very interesting.
The thoughts of Ex-Gov. Luce are
always listened to, whether he
writes or speaks. The sound sense

of Dr. Kedzie will be helpful tolranks those who have nearly lost

many if they will heed his advice
regarding the care against the day
of the probable invasion of the
drc:t'led cholera. Prof.
port'.~: unique experience in Brazil,
his obs rvant mind, and his eter-
taining style, will cause all to rel-
ish his (lt. cription of Brazilian
agriculture. There are many other
articles of interest to our friends
who may get a copy of this paper.
And we want to say, modestly of
course. that we try to make every
issue fully the equal of this in
point Of valuable contents.

 

OUR ILLUSTRATIONS.

Through the courtesy of Mr.
James M. Turner, proprietor of
Springdale Farm, we are enabled
to present to our readers this week
a likeness of the important Shrop-
shire ram “ Springdale Reserve,

No.2-1353”, together with threey

ram lambs of his get and also three
ewe lambs by the same sire.
Particular attention has been paid
at Springdale Farm to the rearing
of choice Shropshire sheep and
the flock at Springdale has become
famous for the high character of
the animals sent out annually.
The flock now consists of about 500
animals and was founded by care-

‘fact that the Grange is bascd on
Ienduring principles and has in it-

THE GRAXGE VISITOR.

ful selections made several years
ago from the licst English flocks,
animals having been purchased in
England from John Darling. J. E.
Farmer, Joseph Beach, “'illiam
Thomas. Thomas Dicken. Thomas
Jones, J. Bowen Jones, P. & G.
Evans, {ichard Brown, John
Harding. E. Knock, A. E. Hansel,
G. Coke. George Lewis, B. M.
Knowles and T. S. Mintoii; and
the flock now at Springdalc con-
sists of these original iniportations
and their offspring. Mr. Turner,
the proprietor, seems to think that
in the Shropshire he has found one
of the most desirable combinations
of wool and mutton.

 

TIIE A(,'CEPTE1J TIJIE.

It would seem that in Michigan
at least thc time had come for the
Inost vigoi'ous and earliest cam-
paigning in behalf of thc (i1':tt1gc.
The "signs of the times” would
scent to point to the coming winter
as our great opportunity. There
is a largc and an increasing dc-
mand that farniers be organized.
Thcir nccds financially, intellect-
iially. politically, socially, arc bc-
ing recognized. and it is coming to
bc acknowledged more and more
fully that only through organiza- ~
tion can the best results be obtain-
ed along tliesc lines. The other
ordcrs in the State, which ina
nieasurc and for a time sapped the ‘
vigor of the Grange. are practic-
ally disbanded. And more and
more are farmers, and people in
general. coming to appreciate the

self the elements of stability.

The Graiige idea is being under-
stood by level headed farmers and
such are beginning to believe that
perhaps in this order lie their
hopes of progress. Moreover the
slow but steady and substantial
growth of the order during the
past few years, and at a time when
other like organizations have ar-
isen and fallen; the steadfast loy-
alty of its members to founda-,
tion principles, and the recogni-;
tion of the great good already ac-

‘atmosphere in motion.

whcre other cords have been fas-
tened around him until he was
lielplessly lost to honor and good-
nessi
Independence is a virtue; but
there are laws and principles the
disregard of which means ruin.
And to be iiidepcndent is not to
show disrespect for authority or
law. True independence, true lib-
erty, is iii so obeying law and
principle that all the faculties of
body, mind. and soul arc in liar-
mony. Une law brokcn means dis-
cord. Continuous disobedience of
law means a breaking down and
finally death. This is true of
thc physical laws. the laws of
mind and in the realm of the moral
and religious. There are eternal
truths that hold us to all that is
high and true, as cables hold a
ship tothe anchoragc. live inust
get hold of tlicsc and cling to
them through every storm that
blows. They arc our only safety.
Never were sturdy principle and
a high so-nsc of honor ncedcd more
than in these days when ambition
for wealth and for political station
is such a powerful incentive.
Youth must be educated and
trained into a knowledgc of these
great moral la\vs. It is only this
education and training that can be
depended upon in the eniergencics
which are sure to arise.
._______.___
A SIIOH 7' C. IJIPA ]G.\'.

;\lltl1tl*pa1‘tl(.*S. in state and in

‘nation,seem to be in a measure

keeping their guns in reserve.

t They are probably ramming in ex-
ttraordinary charges, so that when

the battle is well bcgtiii the tre-

mendous reports will thunder terror ,

into the hearts of the opponents,
to say nothing of the havoc that
will be wrought by reason of the
dimensions of the shot thus hurled
forth.

It is not a new idea, but it is one
worthy of serious consideration,

that our political .'~ttmpaigns should ‘

be of far shorter duration. As itis,
the cycle of local. state and nation-
al politics keeps the political

gives wise (‘.’) men a chance to

True it 2

Dave1i- 

tt1?e::1Ef:t(: (:‘::1]g:: yscatter their fertile ideas to the
to v . 

_ _ i] . 3 V - ,
lto believe that the time 1S at hand, I nee/es and mmspilpers abundant
< Icopy. But these advantages are

ithat the harvest is ripe’ ‘not essential to the well being of

i Like the mighty flag-ship of the;

1 and Staumh and Strona istof our institutions. Extended
ga es, , ' by i

able a11(lWllll110' to rescue the souls campaigns also give Opportunity
0

from the battered and sinking sis--if for Omtors to Spread their Wings
ter craft and proceed grandly on l and fly away (Om some of them do)

1 a3 Stqnds the Orange Stlon .1nto realms of intellectual light.
ierw ', .. .‘ r , ' 

. . . .But the sovereign people can’t
and intact trlad to include in its . ‘. .
’ C’ ' quite afford to maintain so exten-

1 . , sive a school of oratory. It costs
[fortune and hope in other organ-

tizations and to bear them on to a
 substantial and lasting good. i .

t . , investment.
Brothers and sisters, do you not i
‘ here recognize an opportunity, a
lduty‘? And will you not act upon
ithe thought and determine to.
spend and be spent for that which
 we believe is to bring cheer,
, strength, profit. good, to our farin-
lers.

very extensively cducated 01'
; broadened by the operation. And
{then the amount of energy used
land consequently the amount of

 

money to run a long campaign and I
there is no material return for the}
It takes time to hear_‘
all these orators and usually menl
go to listen to speakers of their?
own party so that they are not .

relegated to the etforts of a caiii-
paign. The education must be
going on continually. The cani-
paign gives a chance for a presen-
tation of issues and for appeal to
voters, but it is not in a high sense
educative. Hence a short. sharp.
business-like conliict would answer
all the ends actually gained by
the methods now pursued. The
chances to use the great political
machinery would be lessened. per-
haps, but no good citizen should
dcprecatc that.

Taking into consideration the
cost in time, energy and money.
theinterruption to business, the
c.\'tciisivc use of the "iiiucliine."
and the lessening of political c.\'-
citcinent, it would seem that if all
parties would agree in future to
limit the campaign to as many
weeks as thcrc arc now inouths
uscd, that it would tcnd to the gen-
cral good of our people and our
govcriiinent.

 

()('R LI'.'(}'ISI..l7lUI.’.\'.

The proceedings of cvcry stutt-
legislaturc arc the subjects of con-
tinued malediction by tltc pi'css.
usually by the i'epi'esciitativz-s of
the party not in power. \\'hilc a
large part of this fault-findiiig is
purely for political effect. it is
probably true that there is oftcu
occasion for censure. The nicagrc
pay and doubtful honor of belong-
ing to the legislature kccp many of
our best men out of that body.
There are many exceptions of

course. Scores of our l)1'iglitcst
young men find hcre drill and

training as well as the opportunity
to risc in public life. Again thcrc
are oftcn ablc men in middle life
who are so situated that they can
afi'ord to spend the time, iiccessary
to the work of a lcgislator, and
are willing to do so. But too
oftcn incoinpctcncc finds here a
chance to draw a salary, to make a
speech and to prefix thc title of
“Hon.” to the name.

Looked at from an ideal stand-i

point otir legislature should be
made up of our best men. who
believe that they are called together
ifor a high aitd patriotic purpose;

fwho are willing to sacrifice some-.

ithing of private interest for the
lgood of the public: who believe

lthat public office is a trust and‘

. - 1 -15 th to ‘t ltliat public otficers are public
Micliiganlflect, which has weathered thelom peep e H01 O 8 perpe m y‘ and W110 are Willing to‘

flay aside the robe of oflice when-if

‘lservants:
,‘ever the people so say or to take it
4 up whenever the people demand it.
; So much for the ideal. And we do
l most earnestly believe that this

ideal should be held in mind by:

all who are public educators ~-p11l-
pit, press, platform, and that the
sentiment of our people should be
cultivated toward such a standard.
Practically there may be Various
ways of accomplishing the purpose
in view. But public sentiment
‘will most largely determine the
Q mat-ter

‘; As an immediate aid in this
l direction, let the conventions which

THE CABLES OF THE SOUL.
Young men are prone to regard

[carbohydrates consumed is enorm-jare now making nominations see

,.ous. Men who imagine that theito it that their very best men are,
3salvation of the country de-pends,=called. Fortunately the closeness,

restraint as something wholly a  on their Own pursuasive powers,
nuisance, and to think that obedi-  expend a wonderful deal of muScu_
91199 to the laws of man and of God  lar activity that would, if directed
demeans their manhood S0  into economic channels, add very
many, early in life, break away 5 materially to 0,1,. Wealth’

from the restraining influences of; But serious”-y the’ advantages of
home: m°th‘=1': Sistersv to lead 1i"eSl a shorter campaign seem plain. If

which, though they may not betthe national and state conventions

ling in noble aspiration and strug- , September or the first of October,
igle. The boy who sacrifices hislvoters would have suflicient chance
gown desires to the heart-wishes of to know the candidates. It takes
[even an over-fon.d and over-anx-i'
to bad associations nor bind to evil  paign is valuable chiefly to catch
jhabitsgnever will guideinto impur-zthe floating vote
iity or vice. And many a boy,,l“educate” voters, as is claimed.
rout loose from these ties, liasjEducation in principles of govern-
tdrifted into places

,really bad. are careless and lack-éwere not held until the last off

, our modern newspaper about three
£10118 mother, has nothing to losejdays to tell the entire history of
,by so doing. A good mother’slevery man on the tickets, good his-
, ‘apron strings” never will lead in-ltory and bad history. The cam-

and not to

and habitsiment is not a process that can be

lthis state renders this more prob-,

able than usual, and no doubt our
next legislature, of whatever politi-
cal complexion it may be, will be
composed in the main of men of
ability.

 

ll’HY DON’T THE)" C'0MEf’
In the class which has just enter-
ed the Agricultural College there
 were about 80 students. ‘Va had op-
i portunity to look over the entrance
papers of 74 of these students and
thereby gathered the following in-

Mechanical course _ _ _ _
Special courses ............................. _.

     

38
8

Of these 74, 30 came from farms,

‘of the battle about to be waged in 1

formation. N umber of students
taking the
Agricultural course ......................... __ 

74}

SEPTl~I‘.\IBEH 1-3. 1592.

and by courses were divided as

follows:

Agricultural course... ..   1*
Mechanical course   . , , _ , , _ , , _ _ , . , . . ._ ‘
Special (‘fIU|’S(‘S__,_,_,,_,,_,  l

80

Of the '28 who took the agricul-
tural coursc 1'2 expected to be
farmers, 5 had decided for some
other occupation. and 11 were tin-
decided.

Of the entire class there were
nine who came from the farm. who
took the agricultural coursc and
who cxpectcd to rcturn to the farm
when graduated.

Now tlicsc tigtircs are but for
one class, or really part of a class,
for probably -10 or -"rll niorc stu-
dcnts will enter in the spring term.
But we have had prcviotis occa-
sion to look tip thc records of
other classes in the sainc line and
hnvc found that these tigurcs arc
sullicicntly accurate for thc pur-
poses of argtiincnt. And what is
the arguincnt?

Well in the first placc only 235'
out of the Tl tool; thc agriculturid
That incans that while
thc number of studcnts rcinains
about the sainc or u tritlc inorc
than a few years ago. the actual
number of studcuts taking the
agricultural coursc has fallen vcry
iuaterially. The mechanical course
ought to add pretty nczirly its cu-
tire body of studcnts to the num-
bcr in collcgc. lint it
done so.

(‘f llll'h'(‘.

has not

Again. only 530 of thc class cainc
front the farm. the rcst of cotirsc
from cities and villages. But more
than that, only 18 of the '38 agri-
cultural studcnts cainc froiu the
farm. lnothcr word.-zlhc honics
of the furnicrs of Michigan fur-
nishcd but 18 boys. out of 7-1 who
ciitcrcd to take the farming coursc.
Again, l)iit l2 of thosc who took
the latter ('()t1I'sc c.\'pcctc<l to go
back to thc farin.

Now wc have no fault to find

with any one in particular, but are
merely p1'csenting facts. \Vc be-
lieve that the condition of things
thus shown ought not to cxist.
And we would if we could assist
iii applying the remcdy. It sccins
to us that whilc the College has
many lines of work, and c.\’ercises
a good influence in various direc-
tions. yet the great idea of the Col-
t lege was and is to take a boy from
the farm. educate him into a prac-
tical and noble manliood, and re-
‘turn him to the farm. there to use
the training he has gained. As the
above figures show. there were but
nine in the present class who came
under these conditions and expec-
tations. The (‘ollcgc can’t edu
‘cate farnicrs dircctly unless stu-
dents conic to be educated for
farmers.

‘Vt‘Z1I'(? inclined to lay the blame,
or perhaps we ought better say, to
ascribe the cause of this to the
farniers tlienisclvcs. The College
is better equipped than ever before.
\\'hy do not the students come?
lVhy is it that so few farmers’
boys are here to get the training
for future farm life? Wle would
like to hear from our friends on
this subject. Surely something is
wrong somewhere. Either the
1 College is not doing good work or
tits work is not understood, or mon-
iey is too scarce. Certainly there
tought to be a larger number of
‘: students come every year from our
!Michigan farms, determined to
lstudy farming, and expecting to
iusc their knowledge on the farm.

1 The great Cavalcades at Grand Rapids
{will be very attractive features of the
1 Fair. They occur on Wednesday. Sept.
2 21st and Friday, Sept. 23d, at 1:30 p. in.
i Think of all the tine cattle and horses on
lthat tine mile track at Couistock Park.

Ii You ought to see them.

 

3 Try its six months for 25
icents.

The VISITOR
[cents a year.

 

is only 50

. ¢..~m. wmuwnm:znuuumm3.«nm 

 


 

SEPTEMBER 15, 18592.

BE.\'EFlTS UP FARM!-IRS’ 0R(u‘.\.\'-
IZATIUNS.

HON. CYRUS G. LL'('E.

In compliance with your request
I submit some thoughts in relation
to farmers’ organizations, prefacing
by saying, but few of the reasons
therefor can be presented in a
brief newspaper article.

Through the ages of the past
agriculture has furnished one of
the chief occupations of the race.
In many countries it has been the
great wealth producer that has en-
abled them to become prosperous
and happy. But in none of these
countries has the farmer been re-
corded riglits, privileges and enjoy-
meiits commensurate with his coii-
tribution to the general welfare.
In many of them, however much
he may have done for others, he
himself has been simply “a hewer
of wood and drawer of water.”

Of course the injustice thus iii-
flicted upon him has brought
perils upon the countries where
these wrongs were inflicted.

The misery existing in Russia‘

to-day is not caused, to any great
extent, by the droutli of last year.
This has only aggravated long ex-
isting and growing evils.
-culture in Russia, as well as in

many other lduropean countries, ‘
has been oppressed, degraded and '

almost ruined by these o p pressions.
The result of all this is inflicting

pain and penalty upon all otlier‘
The same is‘

classes in Russia.
eminently true of Turkey, and to
a great extent, of Spain and Italy.
Among all the farmers of Europe
there cannot be found one single
farmers’ organization that has for
its purpose the elevation of the
farmer, the improvement of his
methods and the exaltation of his
manhood.

And in our own country agricult-
ure confessedly furnishes
foundation for national growth

and prosperity. The fathers
and mothers of Plymouth Rock
were chiefly farmers. The
men who fired the first

-guns at Lexington in the great
battle for freedom that was waged
:and won, were farmers. The men
who have produced the wealth of
this country and now furnish the
products that build and sustain rail-

roads, construct cities and force‘

the balance of trade in our favor,
are farmers.

But until within the last quarter‘

of a century, no permanent farm-
3
-ers

hood and womanhood, or to con-
tinue the education of those who
live in rural homes and cultivate
the soil, or to promote and defend
all along the line the interest and
rights of the farmer. And still
there is no portion of the American
people that so absolutely require
the benefits of association and co-
-operation as the tillers of the soil.

Men and Women engaged in
other pursuits are brought in coii-
tact with their fellows in the
prosecution of their calling.
farmer in following his occupation
"is necessarily comparatively isolat-
ed. There is not the same keen
-competition in his case that act-
aiates and stimulates other men to
their utmost. Hence, the only

‘way open to him to realize the‘
benefits that contact with others:
bring to all people, is to organize, 5
and maintain organization for his,

own benefit.

Through organization the mighty
‘achievements of the age in which
we live have been wrought out;
without the strength and force of
these, but very little is accomplish-
ed.

The farmer who passes along
the highway, rides on the cars,
visits the city, attends fairs, wit-
nesses the evidences of all these
if he travels with eyes and ears
open. And if those engaged in
-other pursuits have been enabled
‘to secure opportunities, privileges
and advantages essential to their
success, these truths apply to the
tfarmer more forcibly than to any
-others.

Organization for the benefit of
-other men, erected upon a sandy
‘foundation, crumble and fall when
‘the storm overtakes them. So
‘will farmers’ organizations if the
foundation does not rest upon
;solid rock. Their promoters have
no reason to expect exemption from
the common lot that has overtaken
-others.

A farmers’ organization to be
permanent and useful must be in

Agri- ‘

the ‘L

organization existed in this:
country that had for its purpose;
the development of a higher maii- ;

The l

 

THE GRANGE VISITOR.

harmony with the laws that govern

our civilization. Its first and
highest purpose should be to
increase the knowledge of its
members; and the first and

most important branch in which
knowledge is secured, relates
to his own calling and the methods
which he should pursue. There
is no calling known to the head or
hand of men that requires abroad-
er, deeper, or more profound
knowledge than it does to properly
cultivate our acres, and manage
our own business affairs.

The ideal farmers’ organization
should not undertake to accomplish
the impossible. Energies have
often been exhausted in trying to
do what mortal man cannot do.
The organization should teach its
members to adjust themselves and
their operations to the conditions
which surround them: to meet
bravely and well emergeiicies as
they arise.

“Te cannot change the rising and
setting of the moon, we cannot
change the course of the stars, we
cannot prevent the rain, iiordo I be-
lieve call down the rain from the
cloiids at our bidding. \Ve cannot
prevent the early frosts that nip the
still growing grain or the early
blooming fruit. lint these casual-
.ties and difficulties that confront
the farmer should be met heroic-
ally,wisely and well,aiid a fariners’
organization can assist its meni-
bers in doing these very things.

It should not be established.
nor should it exist for any one
single purpose. If this is the
limit of the object, when it has ac-
complished the single purpose it is
ready to die, and if siiccess is not
achieved, then discoiirageineiit fol-
lows.

It should be broad and compre-
hensive in all of its purposes. It
‘should coniniand the respect and

men engaged in other legitiinate

pursuits, because it can make its

members wiser, more successful
and more extensive contributors to

the welfare of society, of commerce, ,

and of business.

of the farmer, he has been less

ready to perceive the force and‘
influence exercised by wisely con-

3ducted organizations. But he caii-
not longer run the race before him,
‘successfully, without the iiifiiience
and aid rendered by them. He
cannot exercise the influence asa
‘citizen of the state and nation as
the very best interests of all require,
without receiving the educational
benefits that can be secured within
‘the halls of some farmers’ organ-
ization.

And there is now all the more
zreason for seizing hold of this
_‘engine of power, because their
lnumbers are relatively reduced.
3‘The census of 1890 proves what

jthoughtful men knew before to be:

5 true;—-that the rural population was
; gradually going to the cities.

lMuch of this change is brought;

labout through natural causes.
1 Two farmers can now at the aver-
‘age farm work perform as much
llabor, produce as much, as three
 could thirty years ago; so that if
the same number of men remained
«on the farms as formerly, there

I would certainly be an overproduc-,

tion of farm products. The men
that used to live in the country and
work on the farms are now making
machinery that accomplishes these
great results, and this is to go on
more and more as we use more
1 machinery.

There is really nothing alarming
in this tendency, and if there were,
we could not prevent it. It has
come in as a part of the machinery
in our civilization. But it imposes
obligations upon those who do re-
main upon the farms. The rela-
tively smaller number become
stronger, broader and more influ-
ential, and we must, to secure the
perpetuity of our institutions and
the very government itself, hold
the balance of power out in the
rural homes. And I say without
hesitation that we cannot do this
without securing the benefits of
organization to aid us.

The farmers’ influence must not
be reduced or obliterated in this
country. When danger to business,
manufacturing, or in any other
way, comes, they are not found on
the farms. Indeed, to govern all
the farmers in this country would
not require a soldier, nor the ex-
penditure of but very little money.
And if ever another flag besides
the stars and stripes should be
raised anywhere, whether it be red

confidence and the kind wishes of‘

Because of the isolated condition ‘

or black, it will not be seen out on
the farms.

Farmers are generally home
owners. and this begets patriotism.
and the student of history will
readily believe that all of this
patriotism is and will be required
in the coming years. So this fur-
nishes another reason why he

should avail himself of all the‘

opportunities
can give him.
Farmers’ organizations are grow-
ing, and they will continue to
grow. They are now a force and
will be a greater one. a result
which every patriot should desire.

that organizations

 

IF CHOLI-IR_\ ('0.VlES.

DR. 1:. C. l{I{DZIE.

People naturally inquire what to
do in case cholera invades our State,
and what precautions to use to es-
cape its danger. A word of sug-
gestion may be acceptable on these
points.

1. Cholera is caused by a germ,
but it is nourished by filth. and
finds aready home in weakened
and enfeebled bodies. ('leanness
is a matter of first importance.
Keep clean if you would keep
clear of cliolera~not only clean in
your person and clean in your life,
but clean in your dwelling from
cellar to garret, clean in your back
yard and alley. (‘lean out your
privy and bury its contents, and
then make the vault wholesome
and sweet by (lissolviiig three
pounds of copperas in a pailfull of
boiling water and dash this into
the vault so as to wet the walls
and thus destroy all foul odors.
Plspecially look to your well and
see that no filth can flow or soak
into your well. If in doubt about
the water. boil it before you use it

.and thus kill all germs.

2. ('.s*cplr1.i)i, ll‘/l()l(‘.\'())Ill‘, 71ufrz'-
itious foorl. Avoid tainted meats
and decomposing vegetables~~~wilt-
ed and niildewed food of any kind.
Use food fresh and sweet fi-oin
nature’shand. Well ripened fruits,
tomatoes, etc.. especially if well
cooked, are good. The same may
be said of all garden vegetables
when well cooked. Raw ci1ciiin-
bers I leave alone.

‘ 3. Be of;/oozl t.’()Il.I‘((_I]I’. Nothing
[depresses the system like fear, and
fit is the weakened and depressed

i system that is most liable to chol-‘
The story of the Turk who.

,era.
linsured his life is a good illustra-
,tion. A Turk visiting Paris iii-

sured his life for a large sum.
‘Returning to Constantinople he
3 was seized with the plague and his
Efriends told him he would surely
jdie. He replied he had provided
;'against such an event by insuring
‘his life in Paris. He knew the
1 company was perfectly responsible
land his life was safe. He recov-
f ered.
Don’t give way to fear, or get
{up a panic, but bravely meet your
 fate, for safety lies along that path.
, 4. 1)0n’f doctor to keep well.
‘ Drugging to keep off sickness kills
lmore than it helps. Let stimu-
ilants of every kind alone. Avoid
‘spirits and fermented liquors.
iHabitual drinkers furnish a large
lbody of victims for cholera. Be
,'temperate in all things.
I 5. Avoiil ncerl/ess e.np0sure to
; the rliscose. Humanity and Christ-
l ianity alike demand that the sick
be nursed and the dead buried.
But it is reckless to needlessly ex-
pose one’s person to the disease.
Some doctors say the cholera caii-
not be carried by the air, and is
always taken into the body by
something we swallow. But that
is an unproven assumption, and it
is not wise to risk life upon an hy-
pothesis. Do your duty but take
no needless risks.

Agricultural College.

 

BRAZILIAN AGRIClfLTl'R{

EUGENE DAVENPORT.

in this peculiar country to discover
that it is a region by nature adapt-
ed to agriculture, but inhabited by
a race with no love for the calling
-and with a distinct aversion to all

the United States, with a greater
range of latitude and elevation and
a proportion small though it may
be of wonderfully productive soil,
it is capable of producing large
quantities of nearly every valuable
food plant known to man.

But her methods are not those
of intelligent, industrious people,

I

 

It requires but a short residence‘

improving as the world improves.
On the contrary. her agriculture is
built upon and about the institu-
tion of slavery. And now that
this institution is abolished, agri-
culture seems to have lost both
foundation and prop. The agri-
cultural facilities are the blunder-
ing creations of the ignorant slaves.
unadulterated by any perceptible
leaveii of superior intelligence. but
crystalized by time and thought-
less practice into unchangeable
method. almost hereditary instinct.

Few of my readers will under-
stand the force of what is meant
when I say that the practices of a
country ('1'. c. a people). cannot be
changed. They certainly caiiuot
from without when they have once
settled into this petrified condition.
Internal causes may exert an in-

tluence to break them up. and new’

methods may spring up from with-
in. but from without’ m-rcr.

I knew a wealthy farinei-of Chili.
owning lill,0llll acres of land, who
would like to have his oxen yoked
by the necks. To draw him out
I said, " \Vhy don’t you have them
yoked  you desire?" Said he,
"Probably your short experience
has already taught you what mine
long ago taught me »—.i/on cr//H
(7/zr/Ii;/1' f/Ic prrlcffccs of (I II‘/iolc
com:/r]/. If you expect to have to
do with them at all, you are obliged
to take them as they are, 'make the
best of a bad state of affaiis. and
mo/.'c I‘//c )'I’('()I)l[)I’)I.\‘I3 lo/r cnoug//I
so I/icrc is (1 mr1r_4/in of pro/i/."
In this little circnnistanee I give
the gist of the whole South .-\mei‘i-
can problem. and of the problem
of ignorant labor evei'_vwliere.

The money of Brazil has been
made either from her mines or her
soilvinostly the latter and mainly
by unrecoinpenseil slave labor.
Now that the slaves are free and in
a country where a mininiuin exer-
tion will supply the bare necessi-
ties of life. they are thrown back
upon the country an ignorant. idle,
dirty burden.
hand, the methods of the planter
have been so crude and wasteful
while labor cost him nothing for
the slave must raise his own living
in addition to the service rendered
the niast.er—~tliat he now finds it
iinpiissible to pay even the paltry
wages of 30 cents per day, except

5

clearing land. and the agriculture I

is always that of pioneers.

\\'hen a new piece is to be clear-
ed it is cut about two feet above
the ground with a long handled
knife called a force, and aftera
few days burned over. Only the
larger brush and small trees escape
the tire. These are drawn for wood
and burned "full length.” Then a
tool. by courtesy called a plow. is
drawn about among the stubs by
a span of mules weighing about
($00 or 700 pounds each. The plow
is not capableof "cutting off" over
six inches of furrow. but the fur-
rows are generally two or three
feet apart.—— The field is usually
plowed two or three times in (lif-
fereiit directions. always in little
short narrow lands. "cry few
barrows are used. Often 21 brush
is drawn over the ground, but
generally a gang of about ten men
go over it with heavy hoes weighing
eight or ten pounds. and nioving in
a line across the field, and all after
culture is done in the same way.

ln this manner are raised ~—cof-
fee in the highest and reddest lands;
next in order of clioice and profit
are cane. corn. cotton. beans. man-
dioca. rice and a variety of vege-
tables. \\'he:it_. oats. barley. rye
and potatoes are possible only in
the extreme south or the higher
elevations.

(lf fruits, the 0I'.'lll_}_{('. banana.
and pineppple are about equal in
favor. and all grow wild though
not native. The lime. lemon and
grape are cominon and thrive well.
The giiziv.-I is native and more
coinnioii than our elderbei'ries.
Neither apples, pears. cherries,
plums, or any of our small fruits
are raised, though the strawberries
are known to do well.

Horses are used only for riding
or for carriages in cities. iullocks
and mules do the labor. l’igs are

{in high favor and fatten on corn

Upon the other?

in the coffee fields, and make‘

enough to pay the labor. So, since
the abolition of slavery, Brazilian
agriculture is “up a stump” so to
speak. Labor has been the busi-
ness of the slave only, and is re-
,garded everywhere as the badge of
I poverty, a measure to be resorted
?to from dire necessity.

Tlledgiioraiit, treacherous, filthy iii-

;‘wealthy man positively will no/,
3 labor at all and the poor man will 7
not till compelled by hunger or;

other force. And the cry goes up
lfrom all Brazil——“Give us labor-
lers.”
fgration is courted, till the country

lis flooded with a host of poverty,

jstricken laborers who will not
i labor. Coolie importation is talked
lof.

l“contract system,” but anybody

and raw cane more rapidly than
any I. have ever seen. Nothing
eats so much there as liere, and I
am satisfied thata Yankee could
make pork in Brazil for a cent a
pound.

Very little milk or butter are
used. liaboringpeoplelivealmost
excliisivcly on beans and rice, eat-
ing great qnaiitities of raw cane.
llealtliy people add meat, and all
drink liquor and collee and smoke
to excess.

Of the wonderful resources of
soil and mine and the natural
beauty of the country under proper
management. no language can ex-
press too much.

But that it is cursed l)y its idle,

habitants and their religion, I
never knew an Englishman or an
American to question. Neither

1 did I ever know one who could dis-

The latter would be under the’

lWl1O is acquainted with the con-.
l

gditions down there knows that this

1 1S but an innocent name for practi- ,
I . . i
ll cal slaveryflall this in a country ‘
{where not one in ten can read, and .

{not one adult

lenougli to buy food to last himself
Ealone through one of our winters.
' would write the truth in full

:18 the condition of labor and of

l find one who desires to better his
condition.

little to say. Like all slrwe
methods they are those of hand
labor almost entirely. The uni-
versal practice is to abandon the
land after one or two crops, and
shortly it is covered with a thick
growth of bushes and coarse grass
in great variety. It becomes then a
‘rotation between crop and wilder-
ness, and at any given time a
majority of the country is in the
latter condition—picturesque at a
distance, scraggy and forbidding
close at hand. The rapidity with

forms of industry. Larger thairwvliicli a cultivated field will revert

to jungle is astonishing. The most
stubborn roots and grubs are
never subdued during the period of
cropping, and on abandoning but
a short time elapses till they spring
up and cover the soil completely,
for vegetation is practically con-
stant, being hardly checked in
winter. They are therefore always

ficultural country, and it is rare toi

Of fmmillg methods there islnext State Grange that the fees

in five is worthl

_ , _ cover or suggest relief, but all who
Italian or any other imini-*‘

have seen this fair country and its
blot will say, “How long, ()li
Loi'd, how long?"

llroorllrmrl, jllic/I.

 

NOTICES.

Our State secretary sends in the
following notice which she re-
quests us to call to the attention of
Patrons:

Patrons will please notice that
the residence and address of the

. Secretary of the State ('rrange has

been changed from i\Iarcellus to

~ Ann Arbor, \Vashtenaw avenue,
lstrength on this point if it would.
5 be believed, but I feel obliged to‘
{stop fai' short of its limits in orderi
;to be respected for veracity. This;

Mich.

Secretaries are especially re-
quested to bear this in mind in
buying money and express orders,

and see that they are made paya-

{laboring people in this great agri-3

ble. at Ann Arbor.
Further, it is necessary in order
that your subordinate Grange be

;entitled to representation in the

and dues for the quarter ending
March 31,1892, are paid. Please
be sure that your Grange holds its
receipt for that quarter’s remit-
tance. J ENNIE BUELL,
Secretary.

 

Patrons will please take notice
that the address of the State Lec-
turer hereafter will be Ypsilanti,
No. 222 Summitt street. I partic-
ularly call the attention of Lectur-
ers of Subordinate Granges to this
as the reports for September are
now in order, and I sincerely hope
a complete list to report from to
Bro. \Vhitehead.

A. J. CROSBY, Ja.,

Lcctu rer.

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THE GRAXGE VISITOR.

SEl"I‘ l§.\IBI£l{ 1.3. 1892.

 

Ladies’ Deparfmenf.

THE MOI)I~IL H['SB.-\.\'I).

Most. wives will end their story with:
" Ah well. men arc but human."

I long to tell the secret of
A truly happy woman.

Through all the sunihine~lighted years.
Lived now in retrospectiou.

My husband's word brought never tears.
Nor caused a sad reflection.

Whats-‘er the burdens of’ the day.
Unflinching. calm and ste-zuiy.
To hear his part— the larger half-

I always find him ready.

House-cleaning season brings no frown.
No sarcasm. pointed keenly:

Through carpets up. and tacks head down
He makes his way serenely.

Our evenings pass in converse sweet,
Or quiet contemplation,

We never disagree except
To “ keep up con\'er2~ntion."

And dewy mom of rarlizint June,
Fair moonlight of Scptember.‘

April with bird and brook stunt-,
Stern, pitih-ss Ilecr,-iii|u=r—

Eucl. seems to my adoring (-50.:
Some new grace to xliscow-I‘.
For he nnclmnging through thr- years.
Is still my tr-ndcr lovcr.
So life no shadows hold. though ‘we
lluw rt-uclu-(l thc sidc thnt':~: sluzuly:
My lilisbniirl? ()hl H drl-urn is he.
And l'n1 u llialtlflll lady.
ELEANOR M. In-:.\‘.\‘r, in the L(uIi'c.s' Ilomc
Journal.

IN THE tll{.\N'I) C.\l\'0.\'.

 

The strongholds those of those strange, mighty

gods

Who walked the earth before man's feeble race,
And, passing hence to their unknown abotlcs
In farther worlds. left here theiruwful truce.
Turrets. and biittlements. and topling towers,
That spurn the torrent foaming at their base,
And pierce the clouds, uplifting into space.

No sound is here. save v\'lu-re the river pours
Its ice-born flood, or when the tempcsts sweep
In rush of battle. and the liglituings leap

In thunder to the cliffs: no wing ontsprczul
Above these walls, lone and untenantcd

B man or best-xt,—hut where the 4-nglc soars
Above the crags.—and by the gates they guard.
Huge and as motionless, on either hand,

The rock-hewn sentinels in silence stand,
Through the long centuries keeping watch and

ward.

Up from the shecr abysses that we trend,
Wherein pale Shadow holds her mystic swny,
And night yields new-r wholly to the day.

To where. in narrowing light for overhead.
Arch cupping arch and punk to peak is wed,
“'9 gaze. and veil our eyes in silent awe.

As when Jehovah's form the prophet HHVV.

INA II. (,‘ooi.imi'rii, in Sc-pteinbr-r ].imn'nwlt'.s-.

 

HOME .-\Ml'Sl‘I)lI‘l.\"I‘S.

Is there onc word in the whole
English vocabulziry that incaiis so
much to us, or tlist sounds so me-
lodious in our ears as hoinc? (‘cr-
tainly nonc superior. \Vhy are
the thoughts of going home nearly
always such pleasant ones? I think
there must be some attraction there
to account for this. No place do
we feel the protection, freedom and
refuge that #1 bright pleasant home
affords us.

The ways of the members in one
household arc apt to run in the
same channel, to a great extent,
and it is for this reason that we
feel like a cat in a strange garret
when we come in contact with
strangers, until we become accus-
tomed to their ways.

‘V6 should make our homes as
bright and cheerful as possible, for
if the attraction at home is over-
powered by that abroad it is almost
sure to produce evil. If we would
have our young people grow into
industrious men and women we
must set them a good example, and
keep them under our own influence
as much as possible. The man or
woman who does nothing but loaf
or visit, accomplishes no good what-
ever in this life, and I doubt not
the seed has been sown in child-
hood. Seemingly harmlcss visiting
while young dcvclopcd the lazy
street loafer. and the gossiping
gadabout.

The mother who can serenely
walk out of her home for an ‘even-
ing of pleasure, sending her cliil-
dren to a neighbor for protection,
may spend a charming and restful
evening herself, but if she could
look behind the scenes at her i1eigli-
bors, she might not be quite so well
contented with herself.

An interest should be taken in
children’s sports. Sympatliize
with their little sorrows and show
them how to be happy without
constant visiting or having visitors.
There is so much done for the in-
struction and pleasure of children
at present, that parents who are
not embracing such opportunities
are greatly in the wrong. Litera-
ture for children is a great improve-
ment over the exciting tales of the
past. There are many beautiful
pictures, each a story in itself,
which will entertain a child at al-
most any age. Instructive games;
and innumerable other amusements l
which will instruct as well asi
amuse, can be purchased so reason-
ably that they are within the reach
of the modest income. While
there are many of these games, ,
there are, also, those which give no ’
instruction and produce harmful
influences. Among the latter are
the euchre cards, which I am sorry
to say are so frequently used in our
homes for an amusement or pas-
time. It has been said, “ allow
your boys to play them at home

and they will not be so apt to play
abroad or to enter a saloon for that
purpose.” Although this may be
truc to some extent. I would not
recommend them as a home amuse-
ment for this reason. Their namcs
are so closely mingled with gamb-
ling. and their use is but a waste
of valuable time which might be
improved by some game from which
more benefit can be derived, for
instance geographical or historical
games. Some would say these are
too dry for amusement, if so. there
are many other more lively ones,
that have a clearer record than
cards. therefore, would be more
desirable. (,iHI11(‘S arc only one
ninong the (llffc1‘eiit homc zun1ise-
mcnts.

It is a good plan to select some
book, and let all In(‘I1]l)6i':~2 of the
llO11>‘t‘ll()l(l take turns in reading
aloud from this each evening. I
would not udvisc onc howcvcr to
select such books as l’eck’s Bad
Boy or dime novels for this pur-
pose, but the works of some good
author. There arc many books of
good clmractcr which will afford
amusement as wcll as interest to
all. ‘Vs often open our homes for
social amusements such as teas,

parties and Socials. In this way
we learn how to entertain. which,
in another sense, is to amuse.
Girls, do not be so taken up with
your fancy work, or some novel,

your brothers when they come in
for the evening, or they may seek
amusement elsewhere and perhaps
get into bad company.

There are many other little home
amusements, which I have not yet
mentioned. A playful kitten, or a
mischievous little dog, will make a
grcut deal of sport, and in time

i one will become very much attached
‘to the-m. Another, is the stories
which we get our grandmothers to
tell us of the past.
There are many ways to make :1
home bright and chcerful, which
will be of lasting benefit to us. and

will help us to love home, parents. ‘

brothers and sisters better than
all the world besides.
VIOLET VAILE.

,'l‘0 THE LADIES (IF THE GI{.\l\'Gl'I.

 

‘l MRS. 11. M. KELLOGG.
3 Your editor kindly invited me to
say afcw words to you through

ithe columns of your valuable State’

;paper. The Grange has been con-
isidered 9. very conservative organ-
j ization, but I see by the advanced
lposition taken upon the leading
,issues of the time that you have
,;‘lcarned that conservatism is wrong
jwhen the thing conserved is
‘wrong, and that the only right at-
,titude towards any wrong is that
g of uncompromising hostility. Wle
iare learning that there are not
lonly theories and principlcs, but
conditions and systems that are
not right-, that economic questions
3 are also moral questions. and that
{every loyal citizen should take an
isctive interest in everything that
; concerns society; that “ each 1nan’s
weal should be cvcry man’s care.”
i This growing brotherhood of man
jwill some day blot out all those
{things which endanger society or
‘ injure the individual. A legalized
{liquor traffic will then be a thing
fof the past. The government will
inot then be a partner to the degra-
§ dation of the people. \Vc profess
3 to believe that virtue and intelli-
, gence are essential to the perpetu-
fity of free institutions and then
{license 250,000 open saloons to
;produce vice, ignorance and pov-
lcrty. “'9 assume to value life and
it-hen voluntarily sacrifice 100,000
{lives annually to the demon of
5 drink, selling not only the bodies
ibut the souls of our brethren for a
jprice not large enough to pay the
4‘ expense which the traffic causes the
, community, thus robbing the many
to enrich the few and taxing the
l people to support the robbers; and
j this we call statesmanship.
’ VVe complain of hard times and
pay out $1,000,000,000 for that
which debsses and despoils~money
worse than wasted. VVe declare
that all men are born free and
equal and then legislate in the in-
terest of the few and against the
many; while aided by such laws
one-seventieth of the people pos-
sess seventy per cent of the wealth
of the nation. ‘V6 assert that the
consent of the government is essen-
tial to just government and then
refuse to one-half the people the
right of consent in government.
We permit the most ignorant of
immigrants to have a voice in gov-

‘that you have no time to amuse

crnmcnt and withhold this right
from intclligcnt Aincricnns. You
may ask what has all this to do
with tcuipcrance? and I will answer
" much every way.” The temper-
ance reform, the labor movement
and woman suffrage are so corre-
lsted and interdependent that they
rise or fall together and upon their
solution depends the future of our '
country.

Thcre can be no permanent. set-
tlement of the labor question while
the open saloon bribes voters and
corrupts politics, nor will the sa-
l0OI1 bf‘ Suppressed until the IDOTIII
and intelligent womanhood of the
land are permitted to lend tlicii‘
influence forits suppression. Here-
in desr sisters of the Grmigc lies
your duty and your opportunity to
so champion these 1‘l:Ff01‘Dl!~' in your
lioincs, in the community and in
the Gimigc. by essays, discussions
und song, that the wn\'cs of iiiflu-
cncc enlarging as they go on. shull
unite with thosc of other organiz-
ations and so liastcn thc day of
the triumph of right and thc over-
throw of wrong.

]om'(1.

THE ART 0|-‘ RI-I.\I)l.\'l:‘r.

[For the Vi:-:i'roi<.]
Conversation is the natural mode
of expression. From the time that
the child lisps its first monosyllable I
it endeavors to add other words to I
its vocabulary that it may express its
wishes and thoughts to those with
whom it associates. As years roll
on its associatioiis and compan-
‘ionships enlarge and expand, this:
desire becomes definite and the
endeavor of childhood becomes the
study of mafurcr years. For isf
therc a greater accomplishment ,
than being capable of c.\’p1'cssing
our thoughts in simple, Ct>111p1'(:‘—:
hensivc languagc?
Elocufion or reading iclatcs to
the manner or style of spcaking.
Thus as we are able to apply the
natural simplicity of our conversa-
tion to that of our rcmling or reci-
tation, we are capsblc in that degree
of approaching thc true art of read- »
~ ing. “'9 do not admire. the affected .
‘airs of our friend who invciglcs 3
him or herself into believing that;
jthese same detestable. for they are:
jdetcstable airs, add u charm toj
,their individuality. Then Whyl
jsliould we sanction, and indeed Wei
}do not, the superfluous ranting of,
jthe so called " elocutionist?”

,lto appreciate the recitation of the‘
lfriend who has availed herself of‘
jthe opportunity offered,
 cured the assistance of some teacher
fof this branch of art.

x
l
I

ing and weight if not graceful. On
the other hand. if tltt‘lgt‘Sl\1l'(* be 21
nicchmiical onc it is inclined to bc
self-conscious if not devoid of
meaning.

To be sure there arc details, the
phrasing, emphasis, modulation,
time, ctc., but if we begin with the
true basis—~ soul, the mechanical
part cannot and will not be wholly
wrong. Through too careful atten-
tion to meclianics many :1 student.
in this as well as othcr arts, has
become 21 mcrc machine and lack-
ing soul; luis wondered at his fail-
ure of achieving success.

 

MACK! .V.\(‘ TH I-I IlE.\l"I‘II-‘[' l..

From thc first moment that thc
traveler gains El glimpse of the
rugged sliorcs of )luckiiiuc l.~;l:1nd
until hc reluctantly turns, his c_\'¢-.4
from the fading vision. hc is ])()>‘‘
scssccl with an ct-static f<-cling of
rcgsrd and uttuclnncnt to the his-
toric plncc. Just what clcincnts
tl1crcii1'ctl1ut make up thc cuusc
for this ft-cling. one cannot say.
And surely. one docs not cure to
be too siinlyticsl nor too critical.
Sufficient that he is churnicd. Yet
he can spprccintc in fl nicasure
the influenccs that play about his
soul, without trying deliberately to
classify them.

And the natural beauty of the

, place certainly claims his homage.
The ver ' 8.11‘ whether it be gentle
. 7 P?)

from the “ sou'west ” or fierce and

f threatening from the “ nor'wesf,” is
,bracmg, invigorating, energizing,

and sets one’s senscs alert and rc-

ceptive to all the beauties of nst- 
ure, history and lcgend that are in I

store for him.

Then the water, blue, daik, deep,
restless; sometimes dancing joy-
ously in thc morning sunlight,
again breaking angrily at tho fcct
of a bold cliff, yct in all its moods
inspiring. To him who holds
coinmunion with the wavcs, fhcy

gdo indccd speak a vurious lan-
guage, and

nowhere more dis-
tinctly than here. I
that one day, when the wind was
blowing strong from the south-
west, I stood on s wcstcrn point of

the island. looking off up the‘

Straits till they were lost in Lake
Michigan.
they rolled in, bore tales of many
a ship they had stranded in the
days gone by, of many a human

We often wonder why we failed  At an opposite point of the island. i thhlg 11101‘9 than 300 h“9t-

oii a beach which the wind did not
touch, I stood that same day. The

santly purled and lapped the

rcmcmbcr :

The white caps. asi

lutcd by flic inodcru rcl2itor.<, they
tiikc you back to those dim days
whcn tllc rcd mun ulonc was iiinstcr.
You urc lctl to fccl that he must
linvc loved thesc rocks .‘l1l(lWfl\'t‘S
and woods as you do today. And,
colored by such fancies. his life
looks happier, gentler. and better
than history would sdmit,pcrlisps.

Thus nature, history. legend.
combine to entrance.
words complete-ly fail to describe
the fa-cling.< and aspirations awak-
encd by an scquuintmicc with
")I}1(‘l{l]lH<‘, the Iicuutiful."

K. L. B.

 

.VIl~I.\.\'l'Rl.Vt-I THE (u‘R.\.\'l| FALLS
(IF I..\I£l{.\l)0R.

At St. Jol1n'.<. Newfoundland,
wc hud provided our.-sclvcs with
se\'«-ml bull:-‘ of stout liucn cord
with which to incnsurc thc hcight
of thc full, if thc situation should
bc found suitublc. l“ortunutcly,
nlongsitlc thc chute just above the
brink of lhc main C¥llIll'fl(‘t, we
found H floor of rock of the smnc
slope. about Ill) bclow the hori-
zontul. Along this it xvas possible
to go. but with sonic peril. nearly
to the cdgc over which the strcaiu
plunges in its final dcsccnt. I"astcn-
ing 8. hcavy billet of green fir to
one cud of the cord, the weight
was carried and thrown down on
the surface of thc rock to the brink
of the fall, the cord being paid out
from the upper end of the slope.
A knot was made in the cord to
mark the distance to the edge,
and the billet was sllowcd to fall
over the prccipicc into the chasm.
Montsguc, having clinil)c(l along
the bunk at the edgc of thc cunon,
was holding on by the trunk of 8.
‘tree, from whichln- could see when
the block of wood struck the water
below us the cord was paid out by
me sbovc. Thc instant of contact-
‘was plainly visible to him. and I
was equally scnsible of it. The
cord was now drawn up ovcr the
edgc and carefully 1]1t‘f1S11I‘(‘(l with
:1 tupe line. The wholc length paid
out was 505 feet, thc part which
nicasurcd to slope was 180 feet,
leaving for the height of the main
fall below the chute 3310 feet. Al-
;lowng for :1 few degrees dcviation
from the perpendicular, and for a
islight stretching of the cord,
ithougli this last was probably
‘ counteracted by wetting, the height

 S1011] whose requiem they had sung 1 of the fall may be considered some-

The
jvcrtical height of the chute, about
 feet, added to the other Incas-

and se-;water was never still, but l11(:€S‘lureI-Dent: 1h9«k9S the (“Scent from

 the head of the chute to the surface

But did wefsmooth limestone boulders which[0f the Wat“? hi the Chasm, flh011l3

{pause to think why we were unap-  had descended from their original ,* 345 f98t—O- 44- ]\—"‘7W-*'l0’la 1." The

l preciative?
for was therccitation a mere me-J

ressing ripples of the lake. It

VVILS the fault ours,  homes to bathe forever in the car- 3 0(’"?lm“.'/ /'07‘ S€Pf€"'lb""-

 

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I

jchanical opeintioii, simply arepeti-  was an immortal youth that spoke E THE NOBLI-IR 'l‘lll.\'(iS 0]-‘ TH E

=tion of words, with no care as to;

the recitcr, that she “knew it byl
liesrt" and that was all that was,

sn affected msnnerism? ,
Therein lies the fault of many;
reciters, they imitate rutlier thung‘

loses all its spontaneity, conse-5
qucntly we instinctively feel that.
the fault is ours, that we are notl
capable of appreciating this art. 
If the individual reciting will}
feel that he is expressing his own i
i rather than another’s thought, and 3
jfeel this forcibly each time it is
jrecited the recitation will never,
; lose but will gain interest. '
‘ Many amateurs feel that the one 
,important part of their training,‘
llics in gestures. If they only
,'know “ how to make the gestures”
“their happiness is supreme, and
‘when believing they have gained
,'this knowledge they overwhelm us
with such a. multitude of motions
that we are lost in the action and
‘can scarcely comprehend the sub-
ject matter that these same gest-
ures are supposed to emphasize.
Please do not misunderstand me,
and infer that no importance should
be attached to gesture, for it is
really essential, but it is the ex-
cessive and meaningless gesture
that should be condemned. Feel
the subject matter, do not begin
by analyzing how you would act,
but how yon would feel under the
existing circumstance, then if the
emotion be intense and sincere,
and if your body be the complete
slave of your emotional or will
power, be assured that not only
your hands, but your whole being
will give expression to the thought.
_In speaking through the emotions
the action becomes wholly uncon-

scious and will at least be of mean-

here—spoke of the legends that

‘ the thought conveyed; with it seem-  cluster about “Arch Rock,” spoke 
llllg consciousness on the part offof Indian braves who wooed and}

Indian maidens who were won

along these shores; spoke. of wars, . _ , _
:iiecess;u'y~-- perhaps there was slsolstrifes, conquests by white n1zi1i,Cllfl1l1CS and penny-a-liners. It is

and dark man. Here the age.
Yet in joyous glee they sung of the
the present and of the future. and

the notes of their song, inspiration
flowed in and played about his
heart as did the wavelets about the
rocks.

The very appearance of the
island is romantic. If you did not
know its name or its story you
could not, if you would, avoid the
feeling of romance that envelopes

;it. Rocky, bold, everlasting, it is

one of God’s monuments which
marks the death and change that
ensue under His guidance; or bet-
ter_. one of God’s temples where
the reverent soul can and must
worship. The odd shapes of the
notable rocks, gigantic and almost
unexplainable, add a feeling of awe.
One pauses before “Sugar Loaf” or
"Arch Rock” and involuntarily
exclaims, “God has Wrought here.”
The woods, too, are beautiful, the
walks and drives superb. Here
age, youth, childhood, and all that
love can congregate and be satis-
fied. And then the views! Oh,
artist, where is thy genius? Ah,
how paltry thy talent! You can
color, you can shade, you can use
all the art of your noble calling,
but you can not transfer to your
canvas this clear, pure air, nor this
romance of story, nor these higher
longings of the soul, engendered
by such sights and sounds.

Of course the history of the
island is interesting‘ and adds to
its charms; you feel that here were
enated heroic scenes. And yet the
legends are even more entrancing.
Indistinct as they are and muti-

j A.VIEItICA»‘1' S'I‘.\l1‘rE.
“'9 want pot-try upon thc stage.
?I’octryl The stage is for Poetry.
lIt is not for nierclmiits and ine-

 for Poetry! The stngc should not
j’ be for temptation, froin the (lt,‘llV~
jcrniice of which we pray in the

create and the dramatic selcctionfto him who had the ear to catcliil1101'11hl.‘-5 &11d“'hl‘3l1“"-’ W“1'l5 lhthe

lcvcning; it should not bc for the

‘idiotic laugh and the imbecile ap-
plause; it is not for the (l1‘11I1kl1I'(l

,and the wanton: it is not to be
 shrieked at today and to be ssluimcd
lof tomorrow; it is not for gymnas-

itics; it is for the gracious, the
igmceful, the thoughtful. the gen-

l tlc; it is to send us home with bet-

ter thoughts and better feelings,

Jwith 8. lesson learnt by example
,and with food for pleasant retice-
3tion. It is for Wholesome mirth or
‘for such stirring tragedy as will
‘ fire us to nobler deeds, or for such
3 potent example as will sicken us of’
levil doing. That is the stage as I
Sunderstsnd it and as I would strive-
} for it. The bane of the American
ldrama is the cheap theatre; and if
my protest can be heard and, being
heard, be deemed a rightful pro-
,test, all men will stay away from
;it, henceforth forever.-F1'0m
“Plain Talk on the Drama,” by
R1'cha-rcl Jlfcmsficld, in North
American Review for September.

The decorations of the buildings upon
the West Michigan Fair Grounds, (Com-
stock Park), will be very expensive and
elaborate this year, under the directions
of a skillful and experienced decorator,
the same that is making Washington
beautiful for the G. A. R. encampment.

Among other attractions at the Grand
Rapids Fair. Sept. 19th to 23d, will be
the large display of Shetland Ponies,
(32) thirty-two and less inches in height,
two are but (28) twenty-eight inches
high. These will be driven every day
singly, in pairs and teams of four. The
children will be delighted with them.

And these-

 


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“ Tiii: BUYERS’ GUIDI.”

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Nearly a million households use it
as a reference book.

A million purchasers learning how
to make four dollars do the work of
five.

Sent only upon receipt of I 5 cents
in stamps to pay the postage. (550
pages, 30,000 quotations, weight two
pounds.)

 

THE GRANGE VISITOR.

College and Station.
S)Il'T I.\' wiii:.ir .L\'l) o.i'rs.

A Bulletin of very great interest
to farmers has just been issued by
the Micliigan Experiment Station.
concerning Smut. ‘Ye make liberal
extracts so that those of our readers
who do not get the bulletin may
have its benefits. If you desire
the bulletin itself address the
secretary of the College for bulletin
No. 87.

.\ii:THon or I.\‘i‘E(‘Tio_\’ 01-‘ \\'1Il5.»\T

AND OATS.

The spores (seed of the sniut)
attach themselves to the kernels of
wheat or oats and are sown with

should be removed and dipped into
cold water: if ]I(’]I)?I' 1.35 they
should be left in fifteen minutes,
or even longer if the teinperatiire
falls below 130 F. \\'lien taken
out dip in cold water.

The liundreds of experiments
conducted at Kansas. Indiana and
other e.\'periment stations with
treated and iintreated seed sown
side by side have shown the prac-
tical value of this method.

l’rof. Swiiigle and Prof. Arthur
tell me that the farmers who have
tried it in Kansas and Indiana are
enthusiastic in its favor. Had all
the farmers of Michigan treated
their seed last spring. there would
have been saved to the State more
than a million of dollars. The

7

1))‘(')1M’I‘l]/ tester} um] mu)"/rm] flier-
momc/crs which we will send by
mail to farmers in )1ich.. at cost
price (251. Wego to this e.\'tI‘fl
trouble lioping that it will be of
some help to the fariiiers.

\\'ith a good tliernionieter there
will be no dittieiilty in following
the directions given above; the
smut will be destroyed and the
seed uninjured.

In conclusion let me say that
we shall be pleased to answer any
questions regarding smut or do
anything else in our power to help
rid our crops of this destructive
disease which is costing our far-
mers much more than is generally
known even by the farmers them-
selves.

th,.m_ \Vhk.n flu. k,,1.m.] nf “~1,.,m farmers who raised 20 acres of oats .<i’.\i.\i.—\in‘.
M‘*f~"FG0-\1P3I<Y W-\I\’D & C0-. ‘or oats germiiiates the smut “hh St1'”“'a llmllll-‘I111!-I -)0 lH1Sl1t‘lS 1. The loss to Mieliigaii this year

in to n6 Micliignn Avenue,

CIIICAGU.

TJTI-'iiF|C|Al.T DlF\’ECTORY}S

Qflicers National Grange.
l!I.As'ri«:i:—J. ll. BHIGIIAM , _ . _ _ _ ,_
OV'1is“HvIilR.\M ll A\\'KlNh',Hawkinsvillt-,Al:i. ‘

    

   

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,and receive smut.

TbKETEE$

spores also germinate and enter
the young plant, growing and sub-

sisting on the inside of the })lHllt.'l)u5he]S ‘lf Oats-

iiiitil finally, when the headappears,
it is smut instead of wheat or oats.
It has cost nearly or quite as much
to grow the atfected plant as a
healthy 0114-. “Ye ask for bread
Certain con-
ditioiis of soil or weather may be
more favorable to the growth of
_ smut than otlicrs, but let it be dis-
? tiiictly understood that its presence
1 is not due to any condition of soil
lor weather. \Ve sow smut and
,5 we reap smut. lii the case of oats

per acre. received but ~17). in
other words the farmer loses lull
This is a low
estimate for in no case wliere far-
niers actually counted the sniiitted
stalks did the per cent fall l)t'l()\\' 5
and in many cases it rcaclied 2‘ 1,

The loss on the College farm this
yeai' will not be less than Wit) bush-
els. The cost of treating is very
‘slightcompared with the damage
jdone by the sniiit. Three persons
{ta boy or girl to regulate the tem-
iperature of the water. one man to
.do the dipping. and another to
prepare the grain for dipping and

in the out crop alone caiised by
smut will i-.\'ceed .,\‘l,()t)I),1)Ut).()() and
this is a low estiniate.

‘.2. The smut ot' oats and the
stinking smut of wheat are parasitic
plants.

5;’. The :~€])n1‘t'.~'« of tliesv siniits at-
tach tlieiiiselves to the kernels of
oats or whi-at and are sown with
them.

4. The spores gerniinate at about
the saine time the $('(‘<l geriniiiates
and in some way enter the young
plant and live upon it until, tinally,
the head of smut appears.

~; 5. lioth ol‘ these sniuts can be
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;witli the naked eye iiiiless tlii-re
yareniany together, but they are
I tln-re ready to grow when the oats

‘cold water should be arranged on
.one side of a post equally distant
from it in the following inaniier:

134 or 1535 when the seed is put
in. The seed should be taken out
in 10 minutes if the tenipcratiire

‘ 15-iuauu  . «truest ':1.‘Se'a':‘r iv-‘BI

  
 
 
 
     

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X’ X’ HHRTIERS "'Fmdefmkh”m’ hmmmi Greatest Di5‘=°"°'Y K”°W“ ‘°" ‘h°  effective way of bringing the spores 3 . minutes or even a little longer if
Committee on Womnns Work in the; cure of I E‘ t. t ‘ ltat _.t1 H X 71 1‘ t‘ 1 1 l ‘ ‘ H ‘I 11 f H  ‘I V V
range. _ _ ,H0G CHOLERA and 0 511111 r 111 0 (O1 _C V51 1 1(. \\ It :1 ; I H V... t lt ttdllptflflllllc s ion ( a M on _._
MRS. L. A- HAWKIN-9 —-—--H=“VkmfiV1“.<‘~ .A1fl- . ’ . and oat seed. A single kernel mav ? E If \ / ..°$ l3-it) . 1
. ii '4. ’ ll .‘ 1 , ancoiiver. asi. , '. .‘   , . ‘ ‘ H S U .‘ ‘ ‘ '. ‘
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Oflicers Michigan State; Grange. g HUNDREDS on THEM. Wittaclieil toit yet not l)o0l)S('~l1‘\‘(*(l.] mm ;t},.. ‘\‘at(il- S},,,,up1 },,,. 139 (H. 14”» _
Masri-:iz—THOS. M.\Rh‘ _______ _. lerrien (‘eiiter __0 _ _ 3 _ 'i V V . ' , ‘ , .. ,, i N22 V , , ., , ., ' , ‘
.OvERgE].~_“_)_{_ T_ (",()[,Vl-I ______‘_ V V___,l’u,l.inyr;«y  Mr G G smkctee ESYv:::“'ig3rédCh°(l:,;3Ci,,9c? 0| ,  tllreslllll-L: Ina(1l1,n( bl Conn S H (JHO (‘Dd of 8 019 Should 1)“ “ 1” n the oath ‘Ht l)u_t 1” ‘ind they
,l;“°T”“"“’{"1;7'(‘-,{‘8;7BY' ‘“" ""Z”“§‘,“ ‘ whiciliiediwo boxcstoa yearling colt, brought hun-g ready means of carrying the smut P 4' ‘should be taken out in 11) minutes :
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‘medicine. WILLIS ROBISON. il)e(‘11 found that these R(ll1e1‘l1l.(_§l('8” he hed t" the l’0h‘ 50 lhlll it

Neverwas known tofail;S§li§eonl{)§ur:‘:;:_r:%iyvf:i2 ‘,1)01.€,s Ina‘, bL,ki]1(,d 1)‘. dipping. . Wlll (-01116 (ll1~(i(-tily O\v¢:1- tlllex lug-tt',.l(\s
t'oldw'it(-r ~ £$::I!r§li1?iC]!l<'-"\0gg€s‘:":T':l".‘s‘:¢§I,l‘(“5°d‘;,5 P°"g‘h'°‘3h°“5- l the seed iiito hot water for a few "5 lht‘ "1311 ill ‘flit? “ml of the pole
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. I ‘ C ' I ‘. r. A ‘ I ' ; ., ' . ’ ' - .‘
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TRi2:.isiiar.ii—l'2. A. STli’()Nt‘r 
SECRE"rAiiY—Jl£.\'.\'lE l1Ul-ILL _ ._
GATF. l\'i-:i~:i’i<:a—GF.(). L. (‘;\Rl.I L
(‘nuns -MRS. W. Ii. \\’lil(i‘ll'l‘..

‘if the teinperatiire is not below _
135/ 1“. If below 135 1‘l.Zlttll(' .7
end of 10 minutes, they should l)t‘
left in 17> minutes unless the tem-
perature falls below 131)’ it“. when
they should be left. in a little long-

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Write for prices_on gold pins badges, working V I
tools, staff mountings, seals, ballot boxes and any
other grange supplies.

, , Probably it will be found best to I
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Address MISSS’ec'.]f,1:’,§‘c{,1f3S‘t3aI,feE(I;,[,;;,,,6_ 1 sufficient to raise the water to 145° ‘

ANN ARBOR, MICE. 7 or 150 ” Fali., and then add cold

water to reduce it to 134’ or 135“

GERMAN“ ' $.32,-:.:‘.':.s.':.I.i**:.:.‘:a::.-.%;.§.:ai:2*.;..:‘::‘:‘3.i.. F~ when the seed is Put 

 AND of rooms in the country, and a large, wide-awake  (til the end  fen min utcs the
COW iiii>:i2iiitiiiig(iiiiiiifiil‘iii!;i§lénl{il:.'3§i]1‘f,T‘El;figfggffflgj temperature of the w(dc:1' has not
POWDER 231%) 3 rd;%g;‘:fbt$’of:9 Sewbere until you have sent been reduced below 133“, the seed

should be removed and dipped into
cold water. If below 133” F, it
should be left in fifteen minutes or
even longer if the temperature
should fall below 130° F.
FOR OATS.

The treatment is essentially the
same for oats except that the
temperature of the Water in kettle
No. 2 should be 139° or 140° F.
when the oats are put in. If at
the end of ten minutes the temper-
ature is not below 135° the oats

 

Is of the highest value _to horses, cattle, hogs. and
poultry. It assists digestion and assimilation
and thus converts food into muscle, milk and fat
which otherwise would be wasted.

MORTIIVIER VVHITEHEAD Says; “ Ger-
man Horse and (Tow Powder pays many times its
cost in keeping all kinds of farm stock in good
health. I have used it for years on my farm, buy-
ing a barrel at a time.”

It is manufactured by Dr. L. Oberlioltzer’s Sons
& Co., Phoenixville, Pa.. and sold at

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B0395 “60h>5 in h“h‘- 8° Per P°“hd beans, cabbagés dried fruits pbultry game veal‘
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By ALBERT STEGEMAN. Allegau. Mich. low, honey,_ beeswax, broom corn, feathers, gin-

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seng root, cider, vinegar, flour, buckwheat. etc.
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Eifliiiinn & to

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and shippers
3449 Cottage Grove—Av.

Chicago, Ill.

.J. C. Arthur 7‘/.,, and Kellerman

and Swingle a much larger increase.
The farmer will find more time to
treat his seed in the winter but in
this case care must: be taken to dry
it thoroughly. If treated just be-
fore sowing the seed can be sown
broadcast without the expense of
drying sufficiently to store. Bags
and dishes should be scalded be-
fore the treated grain is handled
in them.
THERMOMETERS.

It is ditficult to secure reliable
thermometers, that do not _need
testing, for less than _~‘51.50.
Cheaper thermometers are Just as
good if they have been properly
tested and marked. We have
made arrangements with Prof.
\Voodworth of the Physical De-
partment by which we can secure

scale which represents his final
decision; flavor, 55; grain, 25; so-
lidity, 10; color, 10. Furthermore
he has decided that the use of but-
ter color shall be optional with the
representatives of each breed on
the test committee. The scale by
which cheese will be judged is as
follows: flavor, 55; texture, 25;
keeping quality, 15; color, 5. The
same condition as to coloring ap-
plies. The Holstein-Friesian peo-
ple have signified their acceptance
of these conditions and have for-
mally pledged twenty-five cows for
the test.

Do you like Fast Horses, or to see them
go‘? Witness the fine races upon the
track at Cornstock Pakr, at the West
Michigan Fair, Sept. 19th to 23d. This
is the best regulation track in the world

and records will be broken here at this
Fair.

 

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Revised List of Grange Supplies GQ}_l‘1G SOU/PH 1 _ \'0- “W0 4lN0-78 the h9tl5le th‘? Sack may ('°ht*hh 1 heads destroyed by Smilt d0e:qH"10t  a different species from the “high
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, signature of its Masteror Secretary. Grand Rapids‘, IN‘ | 7 »” ,0 ,'"é’0é Illfly t‘S(‘8.pL-‘ trefltlllelll. D11)  191 113. III‘& _y 8 €X])€t3 e( )y It p tl(,lll:_’, 7
ggcrcelain balilllotinarhles.verlmmlred-.— .550 73 Kalziniazoo, Ar ,_ _ 8 . I2  3 in wheat into kettle No. 1. lifting it , siniitted heads with sound ones. I At .61“, I.(,C,,nt (.”nf(,1.(,m,(, of rep
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t , I ., )8I'( ozen. .. eeping cars or 0 0s ey an . ac inaw on -, V-r ; _ _ ) ’ _ I , ' . - , _ I ' - ‘ . ‘ . _ l ‘_ ' . . ‘
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”é()l;:1api3ai'c1il(¢:ez;3ri_&;i.t_h_,.______ in N5‘ t:>.1)lng cars, l’I'dH( dpll s o iicago. on I erhaps ' thfgre IS no better -“vgyy ‘ 1)I'€Se11t€(l l)) l 18 p91 cento bII111l.‘t8.( ‘agreed upon: flavor, 60; grflln 30;
G25C§l-Wfi <io(zlqu___,___l_ _  2% NSl2eping cars, Grand Rapids to Cincinnati. on than to lift it out and plunge it in oats that can be seen. These expei'i- 3 C010,. 10 “rhethel. 0,. not buttel.
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O;aeIl11TIe1g§)ggl€hal‘Tl?§c:acl137€C pelirnlfiiiiziiiiiiili  5 N<(>,F;5‘d“9,‘14dailr south of Grand Rapids. Nos. 59‘ 9131 l3hh9S- Th“ Should he ment‘5h‘l1wbeatt3Oeht1e"s1{%y‘m(%jColor should be used was left the
Rt al ,7tl.i edition (witlicom inei ie-rees), . an ai y. _ _ ‘ ' ‘ ' _ y C 1 -- can-19 on ) ( 1 eren ; - A _- - ,
iasil: ezclll per dozen _____ ._ 5 2 '15 All other trains daily except Sunday. coutlmled ten or fine?“ m1”“teq* "7?’ .01 “lte 3' . f y d M jtest coinmittee to decide. Neither
Rituals, 5tl1dBgl‘8B..B8t0f)1 1 so .. L_. LO(.KWOOI_), according to the tenipei-ature of : scientists to admit 0 any on as , this nor the dlsposmon of the but
Rituals, Juvenile, single copy 15 G. P. 6; T. Ag t, Grand Rapids. tl t _ 1 then d ut to i to the Lce,\.tI.a increase” beyond; ’ . .
Rituals, Jl1V8_nlle, per set _______ _. - 1 50 1'3 W3 91 ah‘ Sprea 0 ' ' J . ‘ . . . ,ter color question was satisfactory
 Lii§€»_'_'_-  dry‘ A Second persml Should islmply destmymg the Vlslble  to the Holstein-Fricsian people.
Digeéi)t0%fks1aaWsandRu1iDE8 ......... -. gr; r_egulate the temperature of thegsmtlt _ fr I After further consideration Chief
sampie pac1ieiéé'é616ife'r‘a'£i ature.____ is 1 the Water and d" h°th‘hg 9159- l Jensen found an mcrease O 9 /0’ Buchanan announces this new


8

THE GRANGE VISITOR .

SEPTEMBER 15. 1892.

Notices of Meetings.

KENT POMONA.

The next regular meeting of
Kent County Pomona Grange will
be held at- Whitneyville Grange
Hall October 5th, 1592.

 

Arrangements have been made
for Sister Mayo to make a week’s
trip of lecture and inspection work
in Oakland county, visiting Farm-
ington the 19th, Birmingham the
20th, Pontiac the 21st, Rochester
the 22d, ()rioii the 23d, and Oxford
the 24th of September.

 

The next meeting of Manistee
District Pomona Grange No. 21
will be held at Pleasanton Grange
hall on the first Tuesday in October
at two o’clock p. in. All fourth
degree members in good standing
are cordially invited.

B. ],)EEf\', Sc(:rcf(u';/.

ST. (TLAIII ['())l()N_»\.

The St. (‘lair (,‘ounty Pomona
Grange No.12 is to be held at
Grove Grange Hall Septeinber 21.
\\'ill be opened in the fourth
degree at 10 o’clock a. in.

Music by Fremont Center Grange.

\Velcome Address by Bro. IV. B. ‘
Campbell, ‘V. M. of Grove Grange. *

Response by Bro. Green of‘
Fremont Center Grange. 5

Music. 3

Reports of subordinate Granges. ;

Essay, “Faith, Hope and}
Charity,” Sister Bradshaw of:
Grove Grange. l

Discussion, “District Schools
Thirty Years ago,” opened by Bro. I
T. Martin, followed by others. ‘

Music. '

Select reading by Sisters Ter—‘
peiiiiig, Minnie Martin and Mc-[
Luce. 1

“\Vhat Laws should Congress
enact for the future \\'elfare of our
Country ‘:"’ by Bros. Terpening,
Quail and Lamb.

Music.

Recitation, by
Martin.

Discussion, “\Vhich pays best,‘
to send milk to (‘heese Factory, or?
to make Butter in the months of,
July and August?” by Sisters"
Stotfer, Holley and Beard. ‘

Music. ,

“Farmers Institutes; are they;
useful‘? if so, how should they be.‘
conducted and supported,” by
Bros. Beard, Campfield and
Mitchel. 

Question: “How shall We enter-,
tain Visitors at our homes,” Sisters Q
A. K. Gardner, D. Beard and?
Campfield. j

“Public and Farm Roads; howfi
shall they be made and repaired,” ‘
Bros. Kerr, Little and Maynard. .

Essay by Bro. Snider, Jeddol
Grange. 

All fourth degree members are?

invited. 

By order of Committee. g

l

COUNTY POMONA. l

l

The third quarterly meeting of 

Bro. Andrew 

BERRIEN

B€1‘1‘i€11 County P01110118» Grange ‘ Grange he had buttoiilioled every l 100 live active members, if it were

will be held with Lake Grange inj
their new quarters at Baroda onl
Tuesday and \Vednesday the 11th
and 12th days of October.

Patrons. here is an opportunity of
giving Lake Grange a housewarm-
ing in their new home. An exten-
sive program is being arranged and
it is the design to make this the
most enthusiastic meeting of the
year. Program published later.

W. J. JONES, Lecturer.
per R. V. CLARK.

Bro. Clark says further—

MR. EDITOR: Our worthy lectur-
er, W. J. Jones, was stricken with
paralysis last May and is now at
Battle Creek for treatment. He is
slowly improving. At his request
I am arranging the above program.
This will explain to you the situa-

 

tion. Bro. Jones cannot attend to
it. His left side is paralyzed.
R. V. C.
SAD NEWS.

Brighton, Sept. 8, 18.92.

On Thursday evening, Aug. 25th,
Bro. Frank McClements was drown-
ed While bathing in Hicks’ Lake.
He was in his 22d year. Through
his death the Grange loses a
worthy member, his parents an
affectionate son and the community
an honest and exemplary young
man. Yours Fraternally,

F. DEAN,
Secretary Brighton Grange.

 

If you are a Patron you
ought to have the VISITOR.

HILLSIDALE P0.\l0.\'.\.

Hillsdale Pomona held its Sep-
tember meeting with Acme Grange
on the 1st. After the opening
exercises and roll call which showed
most of the otlicial members pres-
ent. reports of Granges were called
for which showed 417 members in
the county in good standing, with
three not represented. Most. if
not all of the Granges reported
were in good working order. The
rest of the forenoon was given for‘
remarks for the good of the Order
and general discussion. ‘

lVoman’s aid societies were or-
ganized in Acme. and Adams
G ranges and are doing a good work.

Brother l)resser, l’res. of Hills-
dale County Agricultural Associa-
tion, wishcd to call attention to our
county fair to be held next month.
The association is making an
effort to make it the biggest and
best fair ever held in Micliigaii.
Three car loads of exhibits from
the Statc Aricultural Collegewould
be there. and Vick would have a,
greater display of vegetables and
flowers than last year. He wished
the Subordinate Granges to talk it
up.

Brother Coleman of Ohio was‘
called on.

Bro. Coleman: “Ohio Graiiges‘
are stronger in material if not in
numbers than ever.” ,

Bro. Haiigliey: “ There has:
been a thorough weeding out l:Ol
their advantage in strength.”

Bro. VanArsdale: “ Had not ‘

‘ heard much about trusts and syn- I

dicates of late. He wished to have ‘
them discussed.”

Sister Nokes: “ \Vhat about the

lsyiidicates pasturing our public

lands of the west to the detriment
of the farmer‘.’”

Sister Hunker: “ Go for them
with war clubs, and you can pound l
the life out of the biggest abuses.
that ever existed with the clubs of

‘ votes.”

Sister Hunker thought that we
ought to have more than one chil-
dren’s day in a year: and what;
about Juvenile Granges? Sister.‘
Nokes had received no communica-
tion on the matter from our State
autliorities. !

Bro. Dresser: “Apply to our

‘State Secretary and you can get’

full directions.”

Sister Phillips of Likleyisl
Grange: “There is a dearth of}
children in our Grange, and it;
would be difficult to form a juven- 
ile Grange there.”

Bro. Van Arsdale:
hundreds of them
School at Coldwater. Any one can }
have one by going for one. Goz
and get some and then there woii’tl

be a dearth.” 

Bro. Nickles: “ The brother}
don’t believe in home industry.”
Bro. Van Arsdale ( with a pair of ‘
twins): " My record goes back onl
the brother’s statement.” [An up- ,1
roar.:| l
Bro. Dresser: “\Vould like tol
send a good list of subscribers to
the GRANGE Yisiroiz. In

“There are,
at the State‘?

his ,1

member and had got the VIsITORl
in every house that was represented
in the Grange, with the money for
it.”

Sister Nokes: “ The VISITOR
has improved wonderfully of late
and it ought to be in every family
in the Grange.”

Bro. Haughey: “ There is a
good deal of complaint about the
VISITOR not coming regularly, by
members of our Grange.”

Bro. Dresser: “ It is not the
fault of the editor, but of the mail
service, and a cent postal will bring
another copy.”

Bro. Van Arsdale: “ Of what
politics is the VISITOR?”

Bro. Dresser: “ It has no poli-
tics, but is fair to all parties.
There is not an article from one
side without a reply from the other,
and it has published the platforms
of the whole four.”

Adjourned for dinner, of which
there was an abundance and of the
best It did not look as if we were
in the midst of hard times. The
good sisters of Acme know how to
cook but notwhen to stop. At one
o’clock called to order.

Brother Cooney gave the wel-
come address, spoke of the unity
of the Grange and a good time
near at hand. Said that Acme did
not want to kill us with kindness
but to come just as near to it as
possible and let us get off alive.

Sister N okes responded. “ It
was the second happiest day of her
life; her surroundings and it being
the twenty-fifth anniversary of her

.country making over-production,

I extravagance and live as we used to

regard for the spiritual.

wedded life made it so. Pomona
was carrying golden sheaves from
one Grange to another, and we
should carry them to the legislator.
In after years we regretted more
what we did not do than that we
had done.

The regular progam as publislicd
in the \’IsIToR was then called and
well responded to. with the addi-
tion of Miss May Carter with
selection from \Vill Carleton and
little Miss Mumford with the “ Fel-
ler with Hay seed in his Hair, and
Parson Brown.” These additions
to the program were well received.
But to single out any one as excel-
ling would hardly be just. All
made good selections and they were
well reiidei'ed. The pieces were
largely of the temperance charac-
ter and well calculated to cultivate
teinpcrance sentiment. int we
had the dramatic, pathetic and
comic, and we all chccred and
laughed and wept together. The
essays will be sent to illv \'isi'i‘oi:
for publication.

Disciissioii — "\\'hat is the Cause
of the depression in Agriculture‘.'”

Sro. Haughcy: “It was first
the opening up of our western

and secondly our extravagance.

‘ There were more sugar-coated cakes

now on the table below than there
were in all Hillsdale county forty
years ago, and as in this so in all
other things, we were aping the
rich. Cut down our expenses, stop

and there would be no complaint
of hard times." I

Bro. Van Arsdale: " High prices
for manufactured goods and inon-;
opoly was the cause of depression.” 

Bro. Dresser: “ Ten years ago I
paid over $200 for a binder; last year i
got a better one for a little over
$100. So much for high prices.
One bushel of wheat today will
buy more of almost anything
than it would ten years ago.”

Bro. Mumford: "It is under;
consumption that causes depres-
sion.”

Exercises were cut short to give j
time to give the fifth degree to}

: seven fourth degree members. This 

was quite an interesting 8X(:‘I‘ClS€.[

Music throughout the exercises5
was abundant and of the best, both 
of instrumental and vocal. ,=

The melodies were not confined 
to Grange songs but took in the”
sacred and at times one might‘
think he was in an M. E. campy’
meeting. God bless Acme for her}
At the,‘
close we all felt it was a day well 5
spent, full of pleasure and profit.§

Acme is situated in the extremel
southwest corner of Michigan, andf
its Grange material is drawn from 3
three States, and this compound ofl
\\'olverine, Buckeye and _Hoosier,§

l makes a mixture that the alchemist l 55- Clair Rl"°' and Succeed“ in getting
- , , t

never dreamed of. And when they
get it all together they call it
Acme, which means the top of all
I believe.

They claim to be the best Sub-
ordinate Grange in the State. This
might be conceded. as they have

not for a few others disputing the
claim. IV.-ii. Kiiiisr.

 

A QYERY ABOUT BANKS.

Shelby, Aug. 24, 15:02.

GRANGE VISITORVVVG read with
much interest and profit D.
Strange’s article on Banking.

For the information of myself
and others, Mr. Editor, I should be
pleased to have Mr. Strange ex-
plain the process of National Bank-
ing.

If a company of gentlemen
wanted to start a national bank,

1. \Vhat steps would they have
to take?

2. \Vhat interest do the banks
pay?

3. \Vho pays the interest, and
why?

4. Are the bonds at premium
and who pays the premium.

5. If a company wanted to start
a national bank in Oceana county
with $100,000 capital what amount
of bonds would they have to de-
posit?

6. What would the enterprise
pay, probably, 2'. e., what interest on
investment?

T.

Grand Ledge, Mich., Sept, ’92.

1. Procure a copy of the banking
laws which gives full details. After
perusal you will probably con-
clude, as does a bank just now or-
ganizing in this village, that the

PRESSES OF ROBERT SMITH & CO.,
LANSING, MICE.

profits from circulation are so
questionable that they believe a

savings bank promises better re-,
If you still choose to or-‘

turns.
ganize 8. national bank proceed

under the guidance of a competent ;

attorney and others having prac-
tical knowledge and experience in
the business.

2. From 2’,2I to ~1’,i.' per aiiiiuiii,

but the government tax on circu-

latioii,etc., makes them net less
than 1?}.

3. We, the people. hired large:
sums thirty years ago to prosecute .

the war. issuing our bonds promis-
ing to pay with interest annually

1

at from 5 Q. to 7 —,—?‘,,—’/7 . These bondsl
we have called in and issued others ‘

in their stead, paying only 23} or
-1,’).
interest until we tax ourselves to
pay the entire national debt. \\'e
pay this interest when we buy to-
bacco. liquor or imported goods.
If we buy .—\inerican goods we pay
not to the goveriinient but to
nionopoly.

4. Two per cent bonds are at

\\'e must continue to pay7

E Nine people killed and 40 injured in a
‘ wreck on the Fitchburg road in Massa-
- chiisette.

, Abram S. Hewitt has donated Plum
. Island for use as a detention station for
 cholera cases.

‘ Nancy Hanks has now a record of 2:07
:on a regulation track and of 210.314 on a
‘ kite-shaped track.

 The quarantine regulations at New
. York are all that has kept cholera from
*our midst. Several ships have arrived,
l having cases of cholera on board. but no
cases have appeared as yet within our
1 borders.

The VlSl’l‘OR will get to you

-until April 1st '93, if you will
just hand us a quarter.

 

 

“'lll'l'l-I Ll-I.-\l) FOR F.-\lt)ll'Il{S.

Orungc ("o., l'!.. Sept. 2, 189;’.
l)i:.\i:lii:o'i'iii:i:s: The lngersoll Liquid
Rubber Paint put on my building ten
years ago is still looking well, preserving
its hard coating intact. without that dis-
agreeable chalking and rubbing oil like
whiting which occurs with the best.
white lead, in a short time. Farmers
use Ingersoll‘s Paints, they are the best.
‘ and you can buy “direct" at lowest
. wholesale prices. l“'raternall_v _vours,
‘ J. Si-i:.\'ci~;i. lI.\('l{l-1'I"l‘.

;Ninety thousand dollars is the

 under the supervision of men who
; have proved their efficiency in ‘

par while -1 per cents are nowi (See adv. Ini:£*|“b‘0ll'5 1’fliHtB- HIM
worth Ill}; to ,llS,'i, but as -1 perl

cents will in a few years be paid otll

at par they are no more desirable. 1,

will net no better returns than 2.’

per cents. The purcliaser pays the J Ffl\'0 |'it(§

l ' u

5. Thisdepends upon the amount  IJIHCS
of circulation they would issue.
Twenty-two thousand five hundred l
dollars is the minimum and for this
they deposit $25,000 in bonds.

, premium.

to the Suninier
Resorts

:I11EI.\’iI]1llI11 and requires $100,000
§ deposited.

ii. I will answer to a cent if "”'.” ‘

oi’ Nortlicrii

will tell me what the €‘11lE‘1'pI'lSel ' 0 -
,will pay if I invest >3l(),U(l(l in It: dllclllgllll
fruit farm. All depends upon the‘
‘ location, the man and the manage- ' V y_
,nient. Fruit farms have yieldedj 'l:l€.\_\ lCl:.s"I41 (“I’l‘\
1 larger profits than bank stock ever‘ l‘.‘l"‘ "A. '- ")5

.-~> ,_. _ _ V , , (ii.\i:I.i«.\oi.\
did. I‘1111l tainis have also more l.|.;vr(,_,-I‘-lgy
. frequently proved failures because li.»\ Y _\'lvl<Z\\' V
they are not so generally started -‘I-\"'\_"-\-‘Q I-"'--‘V-\"

' and 'l‘l{.v\\ Iultslu l{.\\

RESORTS

maiiagenicnt. ‘
DAMI-:L S'rRA:<c.i5.

 

CHICAGO

NEWS NO'l'ES. .
— - - and WEST MICHIGAN
MlCllI(':;\N. 
Local option won in Van Biiren county. ‘ DETROIT
Jesse B. Hamilton drowned himself in ‘
Grand River at Lansing. Mentally un—  LANSING
balanced. ‘ and NORTHERN
Three prisoners attempted an escape
from Jackson prison and two, refusing to I RAILROAD

halt‘ were shot‘ ‘ The West Michigan is now in opera-
The lumber schooner City of Toledo , tioii to liay View, and is the
was wrecked on Lake Michigan and her ‘ ON” ALL RAIL “NE To GHARLEVNX
crew of seven lost. I
Through sleeping and parlor car ser-
vice from Chicago, Detroit, Lansing and
Grand Rapids to Petoskey and Bay View.

THE SCENIC LINE

Over forty miles of beautiful lake and
river vie\vs north of Traverse City.

Twelve companies of state troops will l
escort the governor to the dedicatory ex-
ercises in Chicago, October 21.

Six Chinainen made a crossing of the

0 Battle Creek among friends. Six more
the next night were captured.

The huge steel freight steamer West-
ern Reserve broke squarely in two on
Lake Superior and went to the bottom.
Twenty—seven lives were lost, including
the owner and his family.

The Labor Day celebrations in Mich-
igan were notable. Detroit, Grand Rap-
ids, Muskegon, Kalamazoo, Jackson,
Flint and Lansing all had large parades.
At Lansing there were thousands of peo-
ple, the largest crowd ever seen there,
and the procession was said to be three
miles long, and was one of the tinest
sights ever witnessed in the capitol city.
In every respect the celebration was a
success.

Try it when you go north this summer

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THE
GRANGE-
VISITOR

Terms Liberal

NATIONAL.

George William Curtis is dead.

Minister Egan is expected home.

Daniel Dougherty, the famous orator,
is dead.

John G. Whittier passed quietly away
in his eighty-fourth year.

Zimmerman, the cyclist, made a mile
in 2:06 4-5 on a regulation track.

The Odd Fellows hold a conclave at
Portland, Oregon, beginning the 19th.

The Charles VV. Wetmore, the famous

“whaleback,” was wrecked on the Pacific
coast.

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