“THE FARJIIER IS OF MORE CONSEQUENCE TH./1iV THE FARM, AND SHOULD BE FIRST I.Z|IPIf0I7I.*ID” VOL. XVIII. N0. 18. LANSING, MICHIGAN, SEPTEMBER 15, 1893. THE INHERITANCE TAX LAW. l . _ I ' 3 j ment of said tax, one of which he? S t' f te n "d f th lb k ' h’ ' ' I shall send to the State Treasurer, iCOll§gtlf))III ocfmthd t!I1);‘.O V1 es or e A an In W lch every deposltor Is at A F ll E.‘ I t' I)’ "t. A tl ' - i . , . “ ‘P “'3 1°“ 3 1 ‘ “ “"9 [whose duty it will be to charge the lurer of any county, if he has reason 9 only to its own stockholders. 1 Senator Doran. We are glad to present the fol- lowing explanation of the leading features of the new Inheritance Tax Law, by its author, Senator Doran. ‘treasurer receiving the same withi lthe amount. The ‘tate Treasurer | ishall also seal the receipt so sent l ihim with the seal of his oflice and] {countersign and return same to the i iexecutor or administrator sending. I same. No executor or administrator to believe that my tax is due and i unpaid after the refusal to pay the same, shall notify the prosecuting} attorney of the county in writing] and he shall apply to the probate ; court for a citation and the levy i and determination shall conform‘ The Grangefavored the bill andiis entitled to a final settlerrveiii and to the practice in the probate will now be interested to note pre- ' discharge from an estate 0,, ,-mm}, ,cOm.t_ cisely the provisions of the law as passed. Grand Rapids, Mich. .-1ug.31, 1893. To THE EDITOR or THE Games VisiToR:——I shall be pleased to re- spond to your request to explain some of the workings of the in- heritance tax law. I do it the more willingly for your paper, as you were so liberal in extending me assistance in the passage of the bill. The law is not aimed to reach the poor, but to collect taxes from the class of per- sons who- can best afford to pay them, and at a time when they will feel it the least, as there are no class of persons who are more will- ing to pay than the persons who re- ceive large amounts without any labor on their part in the earning of the same. MAiN PROViSlONS. The law provides for a tax of 5% ‘on the personal and real property in excess of five hundred dollars of all persons who transfer by will, or by deed, grant, bargain, sale or gift made in contemplation of the death of the grantor, vendor, donor, or intended to take effect in posses- sion or enjoyment at or after such death, and such taxes shall also be imposed when any such person or corporation becomes beneficially entitled in possession or expectancy to any property or income thereof by any such transfer whether made before or after the passage of this this act, except when the property passes to the father, mother, hus- band, wife, child, brother, sister, wife or widow of a son, or the hus- band of a daughter, or any child or children adopted as such, in con- formity with the laws of this State, if the decedent, grantor, donor or vendor or to any person to whom any such decedent, grantor, donor or vendor for not less than ten years prior to such transfer, stood in the mutually acknowledged re- lation of the parent or in any lineal descendant of any such decedent, grantor or vendor born in lawful wedlock, when they are residents of this State, or when the property passes to the direct heirs above enumerated. When the deceased was a resident of the State there is no taxes on the real estate, but a tax of one per cent in excess of five thousand dollars on the personal property after paying the debts: THE MEAT OF THE LAW. In other words, residents'of the State who die leaving real and per- sonal property that go to direct heirs, pay no taxes on the real estate and none on their personal property, except the same exceeds five thou- sand dollars after the ayment of their just debts, when it exceeds five thousand dollars there will be a tax of one per cent. Taxes to collateral heirs and to non-residents of the State are five per cent on all real and personal property in excess of five hundred dollars. Section three provides that such tax shall remain a lien upon the property transferred, and that the administrators and executors shall be personally liable for such tax until payment; the tax shall be paid to the treasurer of the county in which the probate court has jurisdiction. The county treasurer taxes are due under this Act un-i less he has produced the necessary i receipt from the county treasurer endorsed by the State Treasurer, except the bond has been filed for the payment of the tax as pro.& vided for by section seven of this‘ Act. :viiscELL.s.NEoUs. Section four provides for a dis- count if paid within six months of the accruing of the tax, interest to be charged if not paid within eigh- teen months at the rate of 8% from the accruing thereof. In case of necessary litigation or unavoidable gdelay interest to be charged at six 3 per cent from the accruing thereof. Section five authorizes executors and administrators to sell enough of the estate to pay the taxes if there is not enough money on hand. If a legacy or property be not in money the tax shall be collected up- on the appraised value thereof from the person entitled thereto before the delivery of the same to him, and the tax to be a lien upon the real property until paid. ' Section Six providers that in <:c.....~ !any tax is paid out of an estate and valid debts should be proveii after such payment, the same on satis- factory proof is to be refunded and applied to the payment of the debts, provided the application to refund is made within five years. l Section seven provides for allow- 4‘ ing a bond to be given any person 3 or corporation beneficially interest- led in any property chargeable with ‘a tax until the person beneficially interested shall come into actual possession and enjoyment thereof. Section eight provides for taxing attempted evasions of the law. in the shape of property bequeathed to executors in excess of legal com- mission. Section nine provides that if a foreign executor, administrator or trustee shall assign or transfer any stock or obligations in this State standing in the name of a decedent in trust for a decedent liable to any such tax the tax shall be paid to the treasurer of the proper county on the transfer. No safe deposit com- pany, trust company, bank or other institution, person or persons hold- ing securities or assets of a decedent shall deliver or transfer the same to the executors, administrators or legal representatives unless notice of the time and place of such in- tended transfer to be served at least five days prior to the said transfer, on the county treasurer and the county treasurer person- ally, or by his representative shall have the right to examine said such delivery or transfer. to serve such notice or allow such examination shall render such de- posit company, trust company, the payment of the tax due upon said securities or assets. basis of the tax. the same. securities or assets at the time of Failure bank or other institution liable for Section ten provides the probate court that shall have jurisdiction. Section eleven provides for the appointment of appraisers by the probate court to fix the value as the Section twelve provides how the appraiser shall proceed to appraise Section thirteen provides for the determination by the judge of pro- bate as to the value of prop- Section fifteen provides for the, issuing of receipts by the county i‘ treasurer upon the paymriit of the ‘ ax. Section sixteen provides the fees of the county treasurer, which arel, one per cent. ‘ l Section seventeen provides thati the State Treasurer shall furnish i books and forms to judge of l probate court in which names, place of death, estimate of real and} personal property of every dece- ; dent, names and place of residence 1 of the heirs, legatees and devisees, . etc.; also the amount of property as } shown by inventory in probate l court. 2 Section eighteen provides for the . furnishing of reports by the register , of deeds and judge of probate of i the different counties quarterly to: the State and county treasurer. Section nineteen provides for quarterly reports under oath of the county treasurer to the State. Treasurer. ‘ Section twentff provides that all taxes are to be intoixthe State 1- :3‘ _.._ "37 K -.A I._;’_#_"__--_-‘LA ‘L fund. " “ BENEFiTS. Section twenty-one defines the words or terms used in the act. I estimate that by the provisions of , this bill at least two hundred thou- } sand dollars should be collected each year and paid into the State Treasury for the benefit of the general fund, thus decreasing the State taxes that are to be levied that amount and proportionately reducing the amount that the farmer, artisan, mechanic and laborer has to pay the tax collector each ear. The act took effect August 27, 1893. ‘ Very respectfully yours, 1 PETER DORAN. I I .-~ --_.n-.\... ‘:1, THE LOAN ASSOCIATION. An Outline of the Plan of a Building and Loan Association. HON. C. A. GOWEB. Up to a very recent date it has not been supposed there was any- thing of interest to farmers in the building and loan plan of investing and borrowing money, and, as at first organized, building and loan associations were adapted only to the needs and conveniences of labor- ing men in cities, where a large number could easily get together once a week and draw lots for the priority of claim to their united contributions to a common fund. But, in the evolution of the build- ing and loan idea, we now have as- sociations which not only can, but do, meet the demands of the farm- ing community, both as an avenue for profitable saving, and as an easy method of paying off a mortgage. The fundamental idea of a building and loan association is that of co- operation. The merits of co-opera- tion, as applied to ordinary busi- ness, have been so thoroughly dis- cussed during the past few years, that they are well understood by every intelligent citizen. It is only the public. shall give the administrator or executor two receipts for the pay- erty to be taxed. SHARES. ; The shares of stock in most such l associations are $100, and parties; becoming stockholders subscribe for one or more shares, paying for the same by regular weekly or monthly installments. These pay- : ments are. continued until the amount paid in on each share, with earnings, equals $100, then stock sli..«:_eholder is paid the par value or his stock. The money thus paid into rue association is loaned to‘ other members of the association and tl1e.~‘¢:' loans in turn are paid back in regular Weekly or monthly installments. The advantages of this plan of handling money are but recently, beginning to be appreciated by the public. A man who has $1 or no immediate use, does not ordi-5 narily know of a place where he can put it so that it will imin-ediatelyi The chances are, indeed, that while he is_wa1t1ng for an opportunity to use it to a good advantage, he spends it for something that he could have done without. If, how- ever, he Joins with 1000 or 5000 other men, each of whom has 231 or -$5 to invest, they, together have a sum of money which can be loaned to advant am .— ‘. ' -"“. 9-1".--"R. mg an loan association furnishes means for doing just this thing. Moreover, the association provides experts in every department of the work of making loans. So that in the examination of titles, making out of papers and the like, there is no possibility of making fatal mistakes which so often occur when the work is entrusted to parties not skilled in such matters. INTEREST. The amount of interest one is to receive is always important to be considered, and experience has shown that, through the building and loan association, investors do derive much larger returns, in the way of interest, than when they loan money in the ordinary way. As has been well said, “it is not how much a man earns that makes him rich, but how much he saves, coupled with the judicious invest- ment of these savings.” The build- ing and loan is the most profitable plan known for systematic savings. It offers to its shareholders the choicest security,—first mortgages WHOLE N0. 426. could pay a few dollars each month The treas- i stockholder, andwhichloans money i without feeling it. Philadelphia. which is known as “T_he‘City of Homes,” is where the building and loan association first started in the United States, and it is said that over one-half the homes of that city have been built through the instrumentality of the building and loan association. OF HELP TO FARMERS. We have remarked that the , !biiild' dl l h .1S said to have matured and the" mg an Oanp an ad not been considered as being of interest to the farmer, but, by the advent of the “National Building and Loan Association,” the needs of the farm- ing community are adequately met, as was not the case with associa- tions which were purely local in their character. lVhile the farmer does not, as a rule, find it convenient to make payments weekly or monthly, be. cause the returns from the sale of f$5 in his pocket, for which he has , farm products do not come in regu_ larly. as do the wages of the labor- ing man_ or the. salary_ of the clerk or public ofiicial, it is altogether lbegin to draw good interes‘. ancl‘feasibleforthefarmer,when he does ‘where it will be perfectly secure. have the money, to make payments in advance of such amount as will carry h:;s_ stock to a date when he Wlll be liable in ‘new: cilier ‘avail- able returns. Lansing. SELLING FOR CHEESE. J. H. TANNER. send milk ti) 5 e-ii-.;.=:.’.‘°§m“:-ti’-‘,7, "is a question often asked in this section where factories are numerous. Our answer is, yes, if the business isgconducted in a proper manner. VI itli prices of dairy products as compared with prices of other farm produce, I believe there is no branch of farming that brings as good returns as a dairy. For by keeping cows and feeding all of the fodder and grain raised on the farm we are not only well paid for the same but are able to keep up the fertility of the soil without re- sorting to the use of commercial fertilizers. As we have patronized cheese factories the past eight years and have been well pleased with the result, we of course favor that way of disposing of the milk, as it can be done with less labor and ex- pense than by making into butter at home, and brings the average farmer better returns. The first thing essential to suc- cess in dairying is the proper selec- tion of cows, and the second pro- per care of the same. I would not advise a beginner to start with recently, however. that this idea, as applied to'financial institutions, has been worked out into such shape as to command the confidence of The building and loan association is practically nothing on real estate. The laws of the State allow it to take no other security. The shareholders in a. building and loan association are stockholders in a co-operative bank and share alike in its profits. The stock and securities of a building and loan association are absolutely exempt from all taxes, township, county or State. The larger the association, other things being equal, the more eco- nomical will be its management, therefore the more profitable to the stockholders. FOB BORROWERS. We have spoken thus far only of the investing members. The man wishing to borrow is perhaps more interested than the investor in the building and loan.plan of doing business, because it is by this means that they are enabled to pay off mortgages on their homes which they have been striving in vain to do by the ordinary methods, or to undertake the building of a home which they would not other- wise think possible. Very many who could never save up $400_or $500 to pay off a mortgage, if it a large number of cows, as there is more or less knowledge of the busi- ness that must be gained by expe- rience. A great many men have made a mistake by overestimating the capacity of their farm and keep- ing more cows than could be profit- ably kept. These men will say that dairying is not a profitable business, while if they had kept a. smaller number of cows and given them a better chance, they would have been better pleased with the result. Moline. This is a time for specialties. In every line of business the man who has a good specialty stands the best chance of success. profitable specialty in the live- stock business, and one that is not overdone, is the breeding of high- class dairy cows for family use. In every town and village can be found buyers who are willing to pay ex- ceedingly good prices if they can procure really good cows for home use.——Farmers’ Home. Times like these breed cautiousness. A farmer whose poultry is in the basement of his barn sends us word that even the hens I more or less than a co-operative were all to be paid at one time, are laying low.—Bu_flaIo Courier. cf. PHE GRANGE VISITOR. 2 SEPTEMBER 15, 1893. 1 . . . lthat the grape growing industryl greeable odor oi the vapor makes ; seenliedclear todme(t)hat it couldfbe lf A course of néanual traipirgg on here should be apermanent one. ,it easy to tell W en it is present orivast y improve . ne reason or‘; arm or in gar en canno 6 so Formerly apples constituted nogabsent. ,requiring some manual labor inleasily and pleasantly managed asa ‘small source of income here, butj Agricultural College. [connection with a course of study 2 course of pract1ce_in shops for_the Ilof late the trees have not borne‘, lis this. If a student performs nojdegr'ee' of mechanical engineering, ‘-heavily, andhthis year it isf worse ‘L MA1\'1'AL L A130}; 51' AGRICULT- §labor diilrlipg llltfl colltege cqurs1e,blielb1pt 1% is p1‘ai31tlC8.l)li‘.fi thle shqp ltl18.11€V€l'.1 ere being very ewap- [TRAL COLLEGE-S_ is not i e y 0 re urn o a ort e s u ent as a re n1 e p ace 0 ples indeed in this vicinity this lwhen he leaves the college. Field and Siock. FRUIT IN VAN BUREN. EDITOR GRANGE V'isIroR— cheerfully acccede to your request tofurnish you some notes relative to The ,‘ work, rain or shine, and is not ex- A fruit in this locality. The interest veal" the trees. however are look centers chiefly in grapes’ for -they 9 in well better than they did a are the chief crop grpwn in_ this im- ye?” ago’. néefilate V1cim§y' dhofifhh a1_n(%1?:(s),t ' _ Otllgf crops are good, though End fhvetgfiil fihlx ell) 1SgaI],dV loaihi ‘ lust at present Corn’ etc ’ me Suffer‘ _ to ' ,V ‘y __ ~ , '. . . in which peaches and grapes tlour- mg from “am 0f(§mi])' L m,T0\,_ ish admirably. In fact the land ‘ " ‘ ‘ ‘ is adapted to all kinds of fruits grown in this latitude; berries of all kinds, pears, apples, etc. . Formerly peaches were a leading staple and our station acquired an excellent reputation in Chicago and other markets for the superior ghalltfi of Eh: peaC11esi11::?sp§):3~tack of stored grain that has been roni ere. u-severew the yellows brought d1scourage- ‘ fying “vhile the Hessian fly’ the ment to the growers, and the greater .Wheat midge and a few other in_ Cerghhltly Of ‘:>’11"’£Il)etgl‘°(ViVi11;tgI_)hEt1:"sectslesswellknownhave infested gra ua y cause in. in 1 ' . Lawton. l.\'Sl-ll"l‘S IN S'l‘0l{El) GRAIN. PROF. A. J. COUK. The farmers of Michigan have fruit raising. Peaches are still grown here in considerable quaii- tity, but much less than they were years ago. There will be a good crop this year; shipments have al- ready begun, and will aggregate many thousands of baskets before the season is over. especially if in a rat-proof granary, 5 it was wholly free from risk of in- . jury. The reasons for this exemption are not far to seek. The fact of our severe winters undoubtedly had much to do with this fortunate riddance. Most of these pests of GRAPES GO0D- ;stored grain are natives of warm Grapesarecomingforwardfinely;‘climates and cannot endure our they are unusually large and ad-‘S€Vt‘I‘8 001d, and S0 Whlle they vanced for this time of the year. plague the T1191‘?-‘ S0Uth‘-‘1,'I1 f81'm€1'i The Crop promises to be much in ; they are not likely to disturb the excess of former ye3_rs_ Not only peace of our liusbandmen in the that there is a greater area, owing ‘ 1110“? 1‘l.‘~,-’01'0h5 Cllmate Of the to the fact that new vineyards;1l0I‘lh- have come into bearing, but also_ CAUSE. that there is 3 DJ-“Ch g1'eal*31' Crop Again these insects have a round upon the vines than common. All of habits’ from egg through 131-V33 varieties promise well, a large yield ‘ and Uupa, to mature insect when and of unusually good quality. the ggas are again 1aid_ If the Thus far, there is not much appear— ‘bin 0,. granary has grain in sight 31396‘ Of the black hots W_hl-Ch last at all seasons there will be no hin- year made serious inroads in tlleidrance to the easy reproduction fruit I F‘ ' _ and rapid spread of these destroy- A 800d deal OI altehhoh has ers. In late years our Michigan enjoyed a freedom from insect at-5 . remarkable and exceedingly grati- ‘ . . rain in the field, it has generally, supplant 311 Others In the hue of ‘ Seen felt that once in the barn and‘ Q PROF. w. J. BEAL. l [Read before section I of the American Q ball better than most of his asso- I Association for the Advancement ‘ of Science, at Madison, Wis..1893.] lathlete who can jump, run, kickgposed to mud or sunshine. lvault, row, swim, skate, or throw a ' lciates and neighbors delights in ltliese sports, while the man who is The tasks can be more easily defined and perhaps his success more easi- ly gauged by some standard. It is needless to say that the examina- Compulsory manual labor for ‘ unsuccessful in these things makes A tion for testing the proficiency in wages has been tried more or less‘ ’by many schools and colleges of. ‘this country, but by none perhaps, ihas it had a longer and more‘ lthorough trial than at the Michi- ,gan Agricultural College. A pro- ‘ vision requiring it was made in the 1 ‘state constitution before the col- manual labor of the students, for wages, for twelve to fifteen hours per week. I must make this ex- ception, viz.: Since the establish- ment of a course in mechanical engineering, eight years ago, although students of that course have all been required to labor in the shops for eight hours per week, , work, as it is all educational in its lnature. Since my first connection with the Michigan Agricultural College in 1870, I have uniformly been one every way the practical or indus- trial side of the agricultural course, indoors and outdoors. For eleven years I had charge of the horticult- ure as well as of botany, and dur- ing that time half or more of the students were assigned to me for they have received no pay for the i of the most tenacious of the mem— g bers of the faculty to uphold in little effort and never eviiices much interest in his own efforts. The young man who can liar- ness a team just properly, turn a straight and even furrow, shear a sheep quickly and to perfection. ‘build a good hay stack, mark out the land for corn, and run a culti- lege was established and since the j vator so near the straight rows 1 3 first class entered in 1857, thirty- j that scarcely a line is left uiiculti-: six years ago, the practice has been 5 vated, will be proud of his achieve- steadily maintained of requiring ments. He will economize time l and strength, but make a success.‘ of his work. So in the numerous details of work in horticulture, where much required for excellence; while he who lacks training and success in manual operations dislikes the .work wherein he displays that lack of skill. The same is true in the a thorough training under the eye of a skillful teacher the young per- son becomes proficient in certain directions he enjoys his studies. TO LEARN FARMING. We suppose a course in an agri- cultural college is to lit a man for farming in some of its numerous ldepartments, but no matter how ,well he understand the theories of ;the subject and the sciences per-5 §taining thereto, he is not likely to: class room and laboratory; if after! farm labor should not be oral nor in writing but consist in actually performing many tasks assigned for the test. The (I/Ii'<'u_go l}i'.v/>u/r// .\£l_\'.~’ that lljaliiiar lljortli Boyeseii li:i~ been given a pjioiiiiii— ent pjlace on the pjrograiii of the cjongiess of l1L1ll101‘$ to be held in Cjhicago very :~‘l‘lOl'[l_\'. Self-Saci'itice~‘* So Timkins lias run a\vn_v with Gra_vir.are'< wife—and he W118 :1 friend of Gra_viii;ire’sI" ‘-' He ninst have l)een."-14‘/'e. No people ever. made any mon:*_v swap- ping griints.—-ljzz/[a.< .\'c::'.~‘. mechanical skill and alertness are 3 All those who wish to purchase pure- bred stock of any description, will find it to their advaiitage to correspond lwith some of the following well- known breeders. PROFIT MEANS MUITDN l MEANS “'c (an fiiriiisli .i:i}'[liii:g _\'Ull \\/Zllll .\:lr4‘>{)~l1lrL‘ Shc-:p line. in the \\‘riIc, or conic, 0:‘ l‘(1fl|. HERBERT “I )[I".\lF()RI), .Vl0.~‘vo\v. .‘[l(3l|. EUGENE F IF IELD ' BAY CITY, MICH Suizccss-ir to .\IliIlRII.L \‘V FIFIELI) Ilil'l’il'[cX' .Lnd Brccdcr of 7 HEREFORD CATTLE oversight of their work. Duringlengage in the business unless he that period and ever since, I have 2 3150 P955955 3 good hh0W1€‘dg_‘3 Of giwn a good deal of attention tolh105‘_h_1hd5 Of mahhal 0P91'3_h0h-‘3 the subject and I assert that therelP91'tfl111111F-' t0 fflrmlhgv and {f he has been no one thing at the COL : ventures to engage in the business lege which has been the cause ofi“'1lh011_t possessing this manual so much trouble as the compulso1'y'}l93t91'1lY he Wlh h3"e many?‘ hard been Shieh lhiS_y95”s Cohhllehclhg T farmers have hesitated to sell their 931'lYat0 Spraylhg the ""195 Wlthlwheat, because of low prices, and the Bordeaux lhhithres ahd Prob‘ so the wheat bins have held out a ably With C0115id%1‘ab13 adhahlage constant invitation to wheat loving But .ven whei'e,?-kines havenot been , insects, to Stop and dine_ F01‘, " .01’ C“ “ -" . l ' . _... L -- «uh-ut. L — ci i_i— 1 Ian. .u‘..‘v*t.r-. '->.»7i-“~ 1“ at-0 ' 1 .. % at q Y ‘I 1 1 R] i “(:7 ‘I - _~1__ L-L I. . u. L4 (.444 1 s.\ ‘. .. 4 - :’.,_".\n , Ix-vunilr t\_. 0 the r°t- hhe lhhhh l‘l‘a'°,_h3‘h9“ in the bin only a few months atiing these difliculties, most last year were l\iagara ‘ 1 _, «most, usually only a few weeks,jti1ne will come when compulsory Wordfilli E(“°1“C°r%i Iiarly X 1£t.°’'1i ‘ and often but a few days. \Vithin work for pay will be abandoned.” §:::]1:15e\:e*11l:p3t- Tlillewaacltl ffellélfi pie last tliree or four years ‘many see nq‘r_eqson to change my opin- in one 10éa1ity(-)1_ an0t.hH_ r _)1llS haie not known vshat empt1- V ion. vit i numerous .l?I'18.lS. by Concord is the leadiw kind ll???) §i."“.i§l'.. lléls f§§l1..“3§‘§.l1ée" («Ellieriiefliieileiiiilliifil’ "ffriflotlii 2-,~__ ‘ (-3 'H""' irsic ‘ -i(1C11 S-1 ?=’1'°“'hv but many Othe" "anehes previous to last winter, doubtlesslreniain. Ienuinerate some oftliem: ha‘? been la1"c~’eI3' Set and sohle Ghexplaiiistlieé factthat many fai'mers,l 1. It is often very difficult to them art‘ heft‘ to Sta)‘ O““~’1'5: as I know by frequent letters ask- find profitable work at some thohgh much 1_a“d“d~ do hm p1'°“* ing for advice, have suffered not a 3 seasons of the year. deslmhle Oh 3131- ‘ little, and several have become, 2. The interruption of two short paid labor, especially where the DIFFICi_'}¢’_l_‘IES. MAY BE OVERDONE. It does look as if the business of .sei'ioiisly alarmed by the devasta- vacations in the growing seasons ‘ tions of insects in their wlic-at bins. interferes with plans for contiii- j row to hoe, and very likely become students engage at ordinary work. §d15C‘0“1'3ged and 50°he1' 01” late" l abandon the farm because his train- » ing was unsymmetrical and incom- Twelve yeai's,a9‘f5.‘I stated in the l plete, ‘ _ _ Tu inukc the must of niaiiualh heh9V9th91labor in an agricultural course it should all or nearly all be per- formed with a view to acquiring .skill and not to the immediate ltinancial returns. Skill, in most lfarm and garden operations, may } usually be acquired in many direc- ,tions if instruction is given and 1 accompanied by necessary practice. jThis practice is as much a neces- fsary part of a thorough agri-‘ fcultural education as are the 3”“ SHROPSHIRE SHEEP Choice stock of liotl: zil 1ll)lL‘. (_‘o:‘rc~;vo:i Int’ -':ilc. l’ricc.-' rc.ison~ ':' ~ulici‘.cd. ‘ HIt&H-(‘Ii.\SS .~‘}ll{()P.\‘llll{l-1.5‘ AT .\I'l‘Tl0N‘ I I shall offer 100 imported one and two-year- ‘ old Ewes. and 40 imported and home-bred rains at : auction on Thursday. Sept. 21. 1593. These sheep are all rec’ rded. both in England and Anierica, . are close to the type of the best of the breed. and i are royally bred, coming from the flocks of ‘ Bowen—Jones, Berry. Inge. Minion. Biittar and ; Evans. This sale is a regular feature at THE > WILLOWS, and not a closingont sale. {Liinch : at 11:30.] Sale at 1 o'clock. THE \VILLll\\'.\', Paw Paw, Mic-li. J GEO. E. BREGK, Prop. ESPRINGDALE FARM E LANSING, MICHIGAN , JAMES M. TURNER, Prop lShoi-thorn and Hereford Cattle =C1yc1esdale and Standard-Bred 3T1-otting Horses, Shetland Ponies i ':gi_d_Shropshire Sheep 3 FOR SA E&._._¢ ,clinics for the young surgeon,§ or the practice with test tube and JOHN BOWDITCH Hillsdale. Michigan . . _ , The wee wheat beetle describediuous care of pieces of land. -937 t f - t1 1e ist t1 . £:1:l€§.d%I::€sTtj?éy l;j::i.1:_e1t)eL:lI-101:3: I and illustrated in the Report ofl 3. Students all work at the same ‘ 20$-’:§t Sus,.0:,f alzecctilorlln Cuttii 3,1113 H- H- HINDS so large”. in New York, Ohio, and p the State Board of Agriculture for 5 time of day, beginning at one ‘ reagents for the student of plant 7 S“““°“’ M°“‘°“‘1”‘ °° elsewhere besides Michigan, that “MM Of one cannot but apprehend that the production will exceed the con- sumption. But as with other crops and other kinds of business it must be the survival of the fittest. That is, in those localities where the conditions, soil, topography, trans- portation facilities, markets, etc., are the most favorable, the business will hold on, while in others, less advantageously situated, there must be ultimate failure. Failure to profit will be followed by discour- agement and neglect and final abandonment of the vineyard, thus leaving the field clear to those who are more fortunately placed, The tendency in farming, as in other things, is in the direction of spe- cialties. Those who make a spe- cialty of any line of work come to understand it thoroughly, and in an emergency can withstand great- er pressure than can others to whom the occupation is only inci- of this destruction, and grainlthere are often too many of them tmoths. which spin extensive webs to work to advantage. They seldom 5 in the bins and granaries, are a not 3 complete jobs they begin and thus insignificant second, as the larva,§lose interest. ja small caterpillar that resemblesl -1. As the numbers are large, lthe coddling moth larva not a ; there have very seldom been 1 little, not only eats the kernels but enough skillful foremen, so that :mats the grain and causes it toqstudents get intoprimitive methods : spoil. of work and form bad habits. ‘ I have often thought that, in the 5. As the student receives pay ~ long run, he who sold his produce he is expected to earn something, as soon as it was ready for mai'ket.aiid this often leads the foreman was the gainer. In theconsidei-atioii 3 to keep a man working at what he of the question in future, one ofjcan do best, as is the custom in the arguments that should have‘most factories, instead of frequent- weight is this very strong likeli- I ly changing the kind of work that hood that insects will attack and l the student may gain skill in many seriously injure grain that is longgdirections. Besides he almost stored in one place. The samealways prefers to work at what he argument will hold against keep-lcan do best, thus ensuring the ing clover hay in mow or stack over‘ highest rate of wages. His senti- the second season. lment is “Put me anywhere that I REMEDY. gniay perform good work, then I In case insects attack wheat in; ‘shall get the highest wages.” the bin, and it cannot be marketed? 6. Students are much more sen- sitive about receiving less than the l 1889, p. 150. is the cause of much i 0’clock p. m., and on this account? histology. The hand is trainedl with the eye and the mind, each helping the other, and without both l the young person is not well qual-l‘ itied for success. If a candidate is found already skillful in some kinds of work,j I should by all means passhimiwme for accordingly and not compel him to , catalog‘ 13,-,-mm. pig, repeat the work as a condition of; F. 1:. BAKER, Detroit. attendance. I should permit ori°9 3"“ B'°°k- even encourage him to acquire 9 0 . . . a akland Poultr Y r . this skill elsewhere than at the, E f h t h. 13 31: ed: ds - - . s o ' c 1 college: durulg Vacatlons or before 5 Rodlxgs. RI-)SedC0lXII)g I¥l(I’lIltE'. land‘rSingleyIll,%‘fiil1i ;- . :3 n Lezhon . $l.‘l0t $1.50. Wli‘t, w - ente11ng' In cash 3 Oung men have g ddlitvds and LiglJtSBrahinas:)$1.50,Mamrndth Brdiige never engaged in farm work, I , Tt§keys,§2.20 Dei‘1s;lx.dPdb h_ h _ ‘ ' , ' . H!" 5 1'98 3 , - should insist that they acquire , ,,,,g,i,,dpu,,m 800;”) $0311 yasigglélfizarglggpsi skill in certain operations common i P'9'"‘“fi’}}‘g;§ll)§lf'f‘{j§‘f§‘f}‘fl to farming before entering tliei college or in vacations early in the | COLBY STOCK FARM. c0ur5e- : Rambouillet Sheep. Galloway Cattle, and Peg. For example, every student be- ; cheron Horses. All stock pure bred and regis- fore graduating Should be at least gored.‘ Tvgo .Pel‘CIl{18l'Of‘Il Stallions for sale at a - - - - i . rin Seed, faii'ly_good at milking cows. but, “$3,655 LjgF_y:I3;_G, WLBY’ MICH” this simple operation need not be; V or L. B. TOWNSEND, IONIA. MICH. taught at the college, any n1ore§M. H. W ALWORTH Shorthorn Cattle ‘ American Merino and Shropshire Sheep BLACK MEADOW FARM. Standard-bred Trotters Sliortliorii Cattle SllI'0p.\'llll'(‘ Slivep than arithmetic is taught there.. dental. So it is with grape raising. at once, there is no better remedy} We here are making the business than the use of bisulphide of car-‘ HILLSDALE, MICH BREEDER or maximum rate of wages than they _ _ _ So with numerous other sorts off are in receiving low marks for labor. a specialty. A large portion of'bon. This liquid is thrown onto‘ the people are engaged in it. Much the infected grain, and covered at? of the land in this vicinity is de- once with an oil cloth or buffalo dtth' .Th-d'- ’ "- - .5. .;:.:;:.:i::: .. .:.;::.;. ¥3?§.':°.?§t‘”;‘.?.Z’:““.?i.,Z§‘.l§‘;§“§1.°..‘i . on. th°,;r‘ab°*g b‘“,°S“**‘,‘3 tion of the industry. The fruit passing off. As these vapors arelggggfiefsgf Ilgcittagioiga :1. gxagglaej roduced Es of téie best quality. heavier than air they sink and de-{tions even the oncor s raised on tl1€“StI'0y all the insects in the bin.% ' hills near this town are another‘The point to observe is to confine? 7' TOO Often he feels that he grape from Concords that are geii- the Vapors to the close proximity erally produced; they are of such ‘ of the grain, else so much will be superior excellence. Our facilities required as to be expensive. Again‘, for shipping via the Michigan Cen- . the vapor is very inflammable and; recitations in the class. They often stoutly question the judg- VALUABLE NEVERTHELESS. . ment of the foreman in placing an ‘ ,accomplishes little and is working‘ -gmerely for the name of the thing. It is too much to expect a I college course to include the teach- ‘’ ,ing of all the elements of the, handicraft of agriculture. If stu-1 dents desire to work for pay, and? work can be supplied, let theml, work and be rewarded accordingl this should not be required. l, LABOR EXAMINATION. 1 l You will conclude that my plan lwould be to exact of every tral R. R., and the T. &. S. H. B. ‘explosive, and so no fire, lightedgdifliculties of management, thelcourse, without exception, to pass R., and Lake Michigan are good, match, lantern or lighted cigarlpresent system of requiring laboria most rigid examination in the l and we have the city of Chicago must enter the room till thorough l as now carried on at the Michigan lvarious parts of farm and garden and the other great cities andgventilation removes the vapor. §Agricultural College is far better work, not expecting him to receive stu- i Notwithstanding the defects and 3 dent who enters the agricultural S H B 0 P S H I R F 0 R 793 ESSEX, Vllllllllll AND SUFFDLK SWINE Also American Merino Sheep of choice quality SHROPSHIRE HALL to their skill and faithfulness. But; STOCK FARM Has now on sale 5ORegistered yearling Rams. 25 Registered yearling Ewes, also imported Ewes and Rams. 159$ importation to arrive I in July. ‘ , L. s. DUNHAM, (‘oncor-cl. )Iii-Ii. l . . . . Imported. Registered and lnregistered l References: ex-Gov. Winans and C. S. Gregory, , Banker, Dexter, Mich. l Choice Yearling Ram and Ewe Lambs for sale towns of the growing northwest fori Such removal will be rapid upon 4 than, no manual training during ; pay for work while learning how I Terms r8880nab‘l;9AI¥ell&a}l_‘f fifRf(l')elsg.l1t or a market, so that it would seem . ventilating the room and the disa- l the college course, but it has long: to perform it. I express. P. 0. DEXTER. MICK. '6 ‘r . _v.._.___. -4- __... __:.. ' SEPTEMBER 15, 1893. __ __ . ., .........___... ...__................_....................._V__ ._..w...s... ..,, _- -.. . . .- THE GRANGE VISITOR. 3 PATRONS' PAINT WORKS have sold Ingersoll Paint to the Order P. of H. since its organization. House Paints and Cheap Paints for Barns and Out- buildings, 10,000 Farmers testify I/O their merits. Grange Halls, Churches, School Houses, Dwellings, all over the land, some of them painted 15 years ago, still looking well. prove them the most durable. AINT MICHIGAN PATRONS “Buy direct. from Factory” at full Wholesale Prices and save all Middlenien's Profits. O. W. INGERSOLL, Prop. Oldest Paint House in America 241-243 Plymouth-st., Brooklyn ORKS Ingersoll’s Liquid Rubber Paints Indestructible Cottage and Burn Paints Salnple Color Cards, “Confi(lentlal“ Grange Discounts, Est mates and full particulars MAILED FREE. \Vrite at once. Brain Work. CONDUCTED BY “TYR-0.” Open to all, Contributions and solutions solic- : ited. Address alllmatter concerning this depart- ment to F. ARTHL'R l\‘lE’l'(‘Al.F, Sorta Acwonrii, N. H. VII. ORIGINAL PUZZLES. .\'o. _?2.—Diamm1d'. 1. A letter. 2. Afabric of silk or wool with rib- bed surface. 3. To answer. 4. (J/H5.) Repetition. 5. Folded backward. vi. A copy. 7. f0ld- 3- A A suthx forming nouns of ii, A letter. Cimxs. word of no meaning. 0. action. to. A long space of time. /“o.t‘/‘Dru, .'lIii.c.x-. ,Vu. 33,- 7‘mi1.~‘j=o.citim1. Two nei hbors, who long had been scvered By fisputc o‘cr a dock of gcesc. O‘er a PRl.\lAL of wine endinivnrcd To ratify terms of piece. Each FINAL all words in wrath spoken, Each granted the otlicrk deinand: And oft touched their glz. . Of renewal of fric-ndshi1‘s band. Too oft! For their spirits were heated V spirits imbibed‘ l r'IIr’W'«' The S-:IlllL‘ old dispute was rcpcated, And they parted worse foes than before. [~‘j,»/,]'_«, (Min. I.oi (I'm:/v,l 7. To make close. Bru1__g-‘nr, Pu. T. llit\'KER. _\'n, 35_—(’//uriIiI’r'. The I-’RI.\lE was a TOTAL ll‘.:ll‘., indeed. And ex er appeared to be in nccd, _ llis coffers though were filled with gold, Not any were FINE to make him see That it were better that he should hr: More frce with his \\'c:llth so old. lle‘d go without food from morn till night And tlicn from his neighbors get a bitc To save :1 nickle or two: ‘ _ A pitiful ‘ight for one to l\(‘.ll0ll1. Yet once so different I told, Era: he so sordid grc. . Iz‘;'mrA"/:i'11, .\'. 1’. Z-\1D-"u .\'u, _3’(1.—Lr_,'{ Ii"/.ImI11"r7I}I'. Town of .~‘\ustri:i-lIuiig:iry. ‘L’. A sliglit fevcr. ((‘iwl.) 3. To inclose. 4 Iiurnyshes with new i~.iasts. :. An abridgctl form of stiitirig 21 serics of svllogisins. I». Obtaincd by violcncc. 7. Town of Egypt. 1)()7!'Il.‘ i. A letter. 2, A musical s_vll:iblc. 3. A bnv’s nickname, 4. To stray. 5. A goilduss. 0. Dcstitiition. 7. Fights. (/-’.l ‘U 0l‘S0r\'<'d- (05-~‘.'> .’1i'rm.- ; I. 0 Schi . 10. Einplovs. (_()i'.~.) ii. A veteran. 32. A r on of degree. 13. A letter. _ 13-/10,1, 7‘.~,.-, G. \\ iiizz. SOLUTIONS TO BRAIN “FORK. No. l5. No. 16. B . F MAR COS MILES SOUTS MONISTS SA NN UPS MINISTRAL CONSTRAIN BALISTRARIA FOL‘-NTAINPEN RES'l‘RAIl\'T STURIONES STRAINS SPANNED SARNS SIPED LIT NES A N No. 17. No. 18. P M PAS MA S MA RTS ’ TAR’-I-‘S MARRIED TERTIAN PARDONERS MARTINMAS PA RROI‘ GR BEN M A RTINGALES STINGIEST STINGAREE SEE HESS SAMARES DRESS NALES SET SEE N S No, 19. N0. ‘30. P A HAP ALT CARES ALTOS CENTRES ASTERTS HAN DICAPS ALTERNATE PARTICIPIAL ALTERNATIVE PERCIFO RM TORNARIAE SEAPORT STATION SPIRT STIAN SAM EVE L E But for the “word of no meaning," No- 32 would be a very neat affair. ‘V6 trust our solvers will excuse us for admitting it. “ Cleopatra” and a :6 months’ subscription to the VISITOR for the first best lists of answers to puzzles published in September. Contest closes October 10. Tyno. THE NEW YEAR. Another New Year now we see. 'Tis eighteen hundred ninet_v—thrce: And if we look with careful eye, Our daily tasks we may espy. And if we would be great and \vi.~‘e, Improve each moment as it fiics: Devote each leisure hour we find. To study, and to improve the mind. Injanuary, we may find . Full manv an hour, to store the mind With useful knowledge, and to make Our plans, our future course to shape. For February, much the same Asjzinuary we shall Cl£l.1ll‘,;' VVith banks of snow and winds so bleak, \Ve gladly near the fireside keep. In March, the days are l(:llgCl'l_<:l'lll'lg; And we begin to think of Spring, With all its cares (and pleasures too), For summer brings much work to do. Warm April showers brin forth the leaves Upon the plants, and shru s, and trees; The flocks, and herds, now roam at will, To pluck the herbage from the hill. Bright May, in orgeous colors dressed, More beautiful t an all the rest; _ ls crowned with flowers, a queen might Weill’. And with their fragrance fills the air. June, month of roses; lovelyjune, Thy fleeting hours will pass too soon, With all thy wealth of emerald green, And birds in all their beauty seen! July the golden harvest brings; The voices of the reap”? ""8 With merry shout o’er lllll, and glade While low the golden grain is laid. Au ust completes the ivorkbegun, With harvesting and threshing done; The fragrant hay, secure from harm, Awaits the winter’s cold and storm. Ln- ; Tlic Europciin , The ripened fruit September brings, And many other offerings; \Vhich God our i\Iaker has designed, Tobe a blessing to mankind. October sees the fruit and corn Stored up in cribs and cellars warm; The withered leaves are scattered round, In wild profusion on the ground. l l l l l ‘ November casts the last brown leaf - Upon the ground, in silent grief That winter's snows so soon are seen, In place of summer’s brigliest green. l l l December comes with hoary head 1 Reclining on his snow ' bed. l The last sad remnant 0 his race, 1 He dies and others take his place. l l Farewell, old year, farewell to thee; _ Then eighteen hundred ninety-three, -, No more can claim, on history’s page“ The last date of our Savior’s age. Then we-’l.l bid adieu to the old year, , And o'er his memory drop a tear; l Thcn turn with yoy to greet once more, 1 l A new year’s day, in ninctv-four. And thus our lives like the new year, Are filled with hopes. and memories dear: And when from earth we’re called away, i .\Iav we greet with joy the endless day. —-Mas. A. C, I.A\\’I{E_\‘Cl-Z. 1 l'.\'ION PICNI('. :The Patrons of Lenawee and Hillsilale ‘ (‘oiiiities hold their Annual V [uioii Picnic at Bair- . beese Lake. The union picnic of Lenawee and Hillsdale county Granges was ?held on August 29, at Bawbeese, tpark, Hillsdale. There were pres- 1ent, among others, Bros. White- jhead, Horton and Butterfield. The Vilheatlanil band and Fruit Ridge glee club were on the ground. 3 Both Granges were Well rep1-esent- * ‘ed, estimated attendance being over 1,000. The program as pub- lished was excellent and Well car- ried out and gave universal satis- faction. \Ve were all “ Jolly Farm- I ers" and there was lots of music in the “ Old Tin Horn” that day. Bro. Hutcliiiis’ paper goes to the ‘VISITOR. THE niAsTE1>.’s ADDRESS. Bro. Horton, State Master, made A an impressive address on the T “ Benefits of Farmers’ Organiza- tions.” He said: “ "We live in an age wonderful for its achievements ; in science, arts and inventions. ‘and in all departments of educa- tion, and of improvements in all business methods. ‘Vs have resell- ed a liigher plane in all the walks of life. How has this condition of things been attained? By con- ,centration of thought, efiort and action, a combination of forces. Personal effort is limited; not so with combination of intelligent ef- fort. And this is a law recognized in the lowest as Well as in the highest forms of government, and even in all animal creation. And indeed there is no such thing as‘ absolute ' We are all in everything more or » less moved and influenced by others. ‘But never before has combination ibeeuutilised as at present. Now ,in a year is accomplished by com- ; bination of effort what Would take lan age by unorganized individual gelfort. Those of like occupations l combine and that which was a pigmy yesterday becomes a Hercules to- day. The most powerful organiza- tions are those of the greatest con- centration and the strictest disci- pline. The individual that is left out goes under. “ The conditions of the times de- ‘mand a. farmer’s organization for mutual good and self defense. His wishes must be regarded and his voice heard and influence felt in legislation and congress, and this can only be accomplished throu h organization. 0 “ e cannot rely upon the press for information or to secure our ends in legislation, it is too one- sided and unreliable. But farm- ,ers’ organizations become schools ;and places of discipline for the lvery ends we seek, and they will :also ive us all the advantages of lsociaT culture enjoyed by our city cousins. They are places where the college graduate can utilize his Greek and Latin and himself re- ceive intellectual culture. “If the farmer neglects these opportunities his interests will be disregarded by others and legisla- ted against, then complaint will be ,useless. Such an organization lshould not be confined to sect or lace. “The Grange is the only such organization of 8. national char- acter that has stood the test; of time; great and grand, but not as great as it would be if farmers all | realized their opportunity and tobeyed the call of duty.” BRO. wH1'rEHEAD’s SPEECH. Mortimer Whitehead, National l ,Lecturer, spoke on the “Object of 3 1 the Grange and What it has accomp- l llished.” He held the audience lwith marked attention for nearly 3 l two hours, and as a popular speaker ? lhe is rarely excelled. Among other l_ things he said: “ Places far re- ? moved were bound together by this ;great organization. li “ It was not antagonistic to other icallings but sought to build them i up. “ It was a school, and outsiders; ‘could see by the program and ex- } ercises of the hour what it is ac- V complishing. ‘Grange meetings, small and great, , . were held in the Ynited States last , year and an idea could be gathered ,of its results. It was a permanent organization I and ranked with public schools and churches. One million such j “The old idea was muscle; the ~ new idea was brains. “ The old idea was to educate one I ;now and then to make sharp laW- 5 yers and to fill professions. The }new idea is to educate all. The I IGrange has a stump speaker forg every stump in the land. “ The old way was every individ- ual for himself. The new way ‘is organization, combination. The :old Way will do no longer. The A only way bad organizations can be * iovercome is by good ones. ;individual cannot do it any more ~tha1i Mrs. Partington could sweep the tide back with her broom. “ If farmers do not organize they . lwon’t have as much sense as the 3bootblacks of New York, or the gheatlien Chinese, or the birds or. jeven the donkeys. for they Will: ‘form themselves ‘utc a ring with; jheels out for Se! protection when * attacked yr;-‘I"fl“."35ists. “ The Grange educates for pro- . ducers, for business, for speakers‘ ;and orators and legislators; it geducates the higher manhood and ‘teaches him his rights and duties . as a citizen. “There is not a single measure. ‘that it has asked for in the last fourteen years but What it has se- cured. And they are secured now .9. great deal easier than they used ‘to be. They have learned to come ‘down almost like Crocketfls coon without firinrr. ; “The railroads were supreme‘ ‘passage and freight. We secured fthe interstate commerce law, and’; l with it a decision from the supreme l court that will stand for all time,— , creator. Railroads must submit to the will of the people. ‘ saved to the people three hundred and thirty millions of dollars in ltwelve years. “ It secured the passage of the oleo-margarine law for the north, and the cordage and baggage law for the south. “ It secured the law to stamp out pleura-pneumonia, and a. commis- sion to secure better sale for our produce abroad. “For fourteen years it labored to secure a Secretary of Agricult- ;ure.. It succeeded, and today the iinterests of agriculture are on a lpar with any other department of lour government. “It is now Working for an anti- option law. It will be secured, and the great gambling den wiped out. Those who voted against it We have on in string, they are spotted. “ A Chinamau learning of us thought he would make a corner on rice in China; at the end of one Week his head was chopped off and the corner busted. That is the way they do in China. with their ras- cals. There has not been a bank failure there in four hundred years. We have political heads to look after.” A resolution was passed looking to the permanent organization of counties of Branch, Hillsdale, Jack- son, Lenawee, and Williams 00. of Ohio, for the purpose of holding an annual union picnic. W. KIRBY. 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All parts arc tiitcd so :icc=.u'atcly that tlicsc macliincs arc abso- lutely llOl>Clt‘>> and as easy running as tine adjustment and bust lnC(‘ll.ll‘llC.’ll skill can produce. .\'o expciisr: or tiiiit: is spared to niakc them pcrfcct in cvcry rcspect, as cvery iiiacliiiic pzisscs a rigid Izxtra attaclmicnts in a vclvet-lincil case. scnt frcc wi’.l'. cacli macliinc: I Tucker, l Rulller with sliirring plziic, I llcuinicr Sct (4 widtlis) and l’»iuder. l 1}. idci‘ (Fool and Slide), l TllTL‘7l1l Cuttc-r_ Each lll:l\‘lllllt‘ is siipplicd with thc folln\Vin_g' zitlditioiial ;iccc.~‘~ci'i<.-S: I llcniincr Jllltl Fcllcr (one piece), ii .\'ci.-dlcs, In Bo ibins, l Scrcw-Driver, Oil Can tilled with oil, Cloth (’i:m;_rc and Thumb Screw, and :1 Book of Instructions. pose of :1 competent teacher. The Bal:incc~\\'liccl and many of the fine parts arc lllL‘l\'t'l']\lIlil_‘Ll, with other parts illlCl_\'{‘ll2llllCl1.‘(l Tlic Book of Instriictioiis is profusely illustratcd. and iinswcrs the pur- ’ and ornamented. giving it a rich appearance. The improvcd autmnatic bobbin winder is so sinipli: zltzit a child can casily opt-rate it—windin«_r the thread automatically on the bobbin as evenly and re-«vi irly as the thread on :1 spool. This valimlvle iumoyance resulting iile the machine is in motion, which is common to maiiv machines, is entirely obviatcd. ' A self-setting needle and self-thrcading cylinder siiiittlc arc used in the “ Columbian” high arm - sewing nizichincs. They are so simple that any one can can L':l:~ll}' operate them in .i few minutes’ time, as our Il'lSll".lCll0l‘l Book is full_v illustrated, slimving how to do all kinds of fancy work with attach- ments. The self-tlii‘c:uling shuttle is so simple that with two motions of the hand lizxckwzird the shut- tlc is threaded. The (lri\‘i!i_g-\\'liecl on this machine is aduiittcd to bc the simplest. casicst running and most con- venient of any. The macliinc is sclf-tlireiiding. has tlic \‘Cl‘_V bcst tension. and is madc of tlic best matcrial. with the wearing parts hardcncil, and is tinishud in :i supv.-rior style. It has veni-e-re(l cover, drop-leaftahlc, 4 end drawers and center .\‘win;; drawer and finish:-il in oak or waluut woodwork. Price ill(‘l'.1l_llllLY one year’s subscription $21. fl’L‘lf_”lll slatioii if diffcrcnt from pnstullic address, Scnt l7:.'II‘<:l_:!l‘.‘t, clmrgcs prepaid. Give iiauie of \Ve prepay the f1'cig‘l1t. Tho Mai-liilic is Sl1l1)|)C(l subject to _voui' npprnvzil, and if not entirely satisfact0i'_v will be l'(‘tlll'lle(l AT OUR EXPENSE Gould flnuthinu be fairur? abstract lDdiVl(l11&1ity- and Ch8.l‘g€(l. Wlflflll pleased £01‘ 171‘ IS ‘\r_‘I{1€ANTED FOR TEX 1"EA_‘I{S_ Address, with the money, GRANGE VISITOR, LANSING, MICH. G. BYRON STONE AVERAGE .-\IlOL'T SE\'E.NTY ACRES EACII. B ff ll .’ l g barns, f 'tful 0 clards, ' ' - inciiffliiinfryngdllidhlalloiises and rclliurcliesl, fhriv- ll2ln(l’Sr(;§llL: icityl, pro\1'e thle . "t fth ol. cscioos ant co- . _ pl€'2elS:lpl‘l-:1 iirz excellent. Oats, clover, ‘ C7‘ sheep, potatoes and fruits for general farming; corn, hay and rich pastures for dairying and stock raising, have made maii_v farmers well off; others are rospering, and so can you. Unim- proved l£lnKTS, valiiilble timber lands, partl im- proved farms, and farms highly improve , and Oliver, Eaton Co., Mich. I make a specialty of Castrating the Ridg- choice citv property for sale for really low prices. For samples of descriptions of such property as vou may desire and fuel able to buy, please address (fO()K‘S REAL ESTATE AGENCY, Mt Pleasant. Mich. Ill6 llflllll-M606 lléil’ll68S 00.. OF STZINTON, IVIICI-I. E. D. HAWLEY, Pres. WM. H. OWEN. Trees. 0. MOORE. Sec‘1/. Retail their own make of goods at TL’/I0/€.\‘(1/€ frire \Ve make a spccialy of $20 double team work har- ncss and a $10 single harness. \Ve guarantee satis- faction, and prepay freight on five sets. By per mission we refer to Hon. H. 11.1-Iinds, of Stan- ton. AGENTS WANTED In every Grange throughout the United States. Write at once for full particulars. Address FRATERNITY FINE ART 00., P. O. Box 1572, BOSTON, Mass. flu reply to this adv. mention this paper. INGUBATORS & BR0llllEll8 Brooders only $6. Beat and cheapest for raising chicks ; 40 first premiums; 811)) testimonials; send for catalogue. 6.8. SINGER, Box 537. Cnrdlngton, 0. ling Horse, and Spaying the Kicking Mare. I Castrate Colts without the use of ropes, cords, clamps or fire irons. Spay all kinds of domestic animals, Capon Fowls; Dehorn Cattle, File Horses’ Teeth and I will go any distance provided a club of sufficient size is secured to pay me. I guarantee satis- faction in all cases or no charges. Write for circular. 3 TON $35.0thaulzeI.-. , -"unstable! (IN TRIAL-FREIGHT PAID-VIARRANTEII asaaon & THOMPSON. Binghamtan. II. I J. C. GOULD, Agt., Paw Paw, Midi. For Sale! A LARGE Peach and Plum Orcliard In Oceaua County, near Shelby. 160, 120, 80 or 40 acres. For terms and particulars address THE GRANGE VISITOR, Lansing, Mich. 4 a ran GRANGE VISITOR. SEPTEMBER 15. 1893. THE GRANGE VISITOR Published on the 1st and 15th of every month. Kenyon L. Butterlleld, Editor and Manager, LANSING. MICH.. To whom all uxchanxee. communications, adver tieing business and subscriptions should sent. Oliire, Room 19, om State Building. TERMS 50 Cents a. Year, 25 Cents for Six Months. In Clubs of 20 or more 40 cents per year each. Subscriptions payable in advance. and discontinued at expiration, unless renewed. §‘Remittances should be by Registered Letter. Money Order or Draft. Do not send stamps. Entered at the Postofiice at Lansing. Mich., as Second Class Matter. Grange Headquarters At the “'orltl’s Fair, Chicago. Rooms 9, Io, [Iv Live Stock Pavilion, nezir southwest corner of the Implement Department, Agricultural Building. Miss Alina Hinds, Ofiice Secretary. Call there for all information of interest to Patrons, and for :1 badge of identification. A IVEEKLY VISITOR. It has been in the minds of many friends of the VISITOR, for a long time, that it should as soon as possible be made a weekly paper. The arguments for this advance- ment are numerous and plain and need no repetition. Suffice it to say that such a movement would mean a great step of progress both for the VISITOR and for the Grange of Michigan. While the circulation of the VISITOR has been constantly and steadily gaining since its removal to Lansing, thanks to the hearty aid of many Patrons, the executive committee has not felt that the list is large enough to warrant any change of the kind mentioned. But in response to inquiry from Worthy Master Horton, the mem- bers of the committee have ex- pressed themselves willing to vote to make the VISITOR a weekly paper, as soon as the list comprises 5,000 paid up subscriptions. On the strength of these replies, we have undertaken our fall and winter campaign and will aim for nothing less than the making of the VISITOR a weekly. It may take a few months, it may take many months, but we shall not give up pushing things until we get what We are after. Now, as always, we must rely on the Granges to act as agents. To give additional incentive to them, we have decided to let the cam- paign take the form of a contest between the Granges of the state. As a “starter” we have sent to all the Granges in the state circulars describing our plan, and asking that agents be elected at once. VVe trust that this will be done. We are aware of two things that will hinder this work. One is hard times; the other, that Patrons do not usually get “down to busi- ness” until later in the season. As regards the first we allow two six- months’ subscriptions to count as much as one full year subscription. As to the second we shall make the contest as short and sharp as pos- sible. There is no use in letting anything of this kind drag. We trust that Patrons will real- ize the importance of the step we are taking and will fall in line to our aid, as they have done many times before. We are not prepared to announce premiums as yet, but will try to do so in the next VISITOR. Below is the circular sent to the Granges: THE GRANGE VISITOR A WEEKLY PAPER. Lansing, Sept. 8, 18.93. Worthy Master: Many Patrons desire to see the VIsIToR make its visits every week. No doubt many advantages would result. Among them are: 1. More news; probably the market reports. 2. Get better and more profitable advertising, 3. Help to get subscribers among those not members of the Order. 4. Create new interest in the paper. Make a better paper all around. 5. All this would help the Grange. The trouble has been that the Execu- tive Committee have not felt that the‘ list of subscribers is large enough to 3 stifled. ;have remained without form had make the VISITOR a weekly as soon as the list reaches 5,011) ACTUAL PAID-UP SUBSCRIBERS. This means about 1,500 new names. But we are going to have them. After consultation with Worthy Master Horton the following plan has been adopted. I. We must rely on the Granges for help. We know from the experience of be the last spring and summer that Patrons are our best workers, because they are interested. II. We desire and urge each Grange to appoint a VIsIToR agent at this meet- ing, who will take charge of the canvass. III. We propose to make this a CON- TEST among the Granges. Briefly stated the plan is as follows: 1. Our object is 5,000 names on our list. 2. The Grange getting the largest number of new names before the close of the contest will have free a large flag or a prize of equal value. The second best will have a smaller flag or its equivalent. 3. Each Grange in that county from which the largest numer of new names is sent during the contest will receive a prize. _, 4. Each Grange receiving no other prize, and which sends in more than five new names, will receive a prize. 5. Complete list of prizes will be announced later in the VISITOR or by circular. 6. A new name will mean one not on our list August 1, 1893, or later. 7. In each issue of the VISITOR will be published the list of Granges sending in new names, with number sent to date. Thus each Grange will know just where it stands in the contest. NOT ES. 1. Two six months’ subscriptions will equal a full year’s subscription, and will be counted as one new name. 2. Agent should be selected at first meeting after this is received. 3. He should keep accurate record of names sent. 4. Contest opens Sept. 11. Probably close in December. 5. “Work” the fairs. Send for samples. 6. If anyone says hard times, ask him for a six months’ subscription—25c. 7. Please have this read in Grange. 8. Begin now. Push the VIsIToR. You will be interested in page 7. Ask us some questions about loan associations. Read about “a huge meeting” up in Oceana. The teachers and Patrons work together for good to both. Kalkaska postofiice gets 35 VIS- ITORS regularly. Not many offices in southern Michigan can beat that. Send in lists of names to whom you wish sample copies of the VIS- ITOR sent. You send the names, we do the rest. Bowne Center Grange, No. 219, has appointed as VISITOR agent Bro. A. Clarke, and will enter the contest for first prize. Who next? Senator Doran’s explanation of the inheritance law will interest all our readers. It was one of the measures advocated by the Grange last winter, and it is due in no small degree to their efforts that it became a law. GRANGE CON TESTS. Grange contests may be made valuable helps in waking a Grange, but care is needed in conducting them. They must not be overdone lest there be a relapse into a worse condition than before. A contest should be so arranged that the result will be a steady, healthy growth, after it is over. Above all, is contest should never seek num- lbers merely. Quality is above quantity, in the Grange as else- lwhere. A contest is valuable lchiefly to make a start in work. } There ought always to be enough ienergy left to keep right on gworking. 3 WHY? Mothers and fathers are often worried into bearishness by the un- l ceasing questioning of their child- ren. But it is a trait to be guided land not to be quenched. For by lit and because of it have worlds i been discovered, inventions made, ,philosophies constructed. The new world would still be forest had itlie spirit of investigation been Our machinery would ; the word why been bereft of power. warrant such action. But in response}All down the ages have earnest V’ lettem ‘mm W°"‘hY Mast“ H°”°” 3 men asked this question of nature , l y the majority of the committee have expressed themselves willing to vote to I of history, of religion, of science, of art. And the answer has come in our modern civilization. Do not drown the whys of the children. THE FINANCIAL END. The Grange has a mission to farmers from a financial stand- point. That is not now its greatest work, but is important. While some of the older members of the Order in Michigan, remembering perhaps the rock on which the old ship once struck, are not favorable to the introduction of financial schemes, there is a growing feeling among the younger membership that at least the matter should be agitated. The form which these ideas takes seems to lie along the line of an insurance and beneficiary organiz- ation within the Order. It is urged that such a plan would appeal es- pecially to the younger members, to the young farmers who are struggling for home and compe- tence and who, while thus engaged, wish to make provision for acci- dent or death. Insurance has been tried by the Grange in several states, and with fair success. We suggest that lect- urers make this one of the lead- ing subjects for discussion this fall, so that all Patrons may have an opinion on it. FARMERS’ LOAN ASSOCI A TI ON S. Something more than a year ago, Bro. J. H. Brigham, our National Master, said to the editor of the VISITOR that he believed that a possible form of relief for the farmers of our country might be the offering to them by the Grange of the privileges of a farmers’ loan association. Shortly after that time he appointed a committee of the National Grange to make a. study of the subset. That com- mittee repor-ttl _‘;f,-élie last session of the National Grange, and in this issue we publish a part of their report. ‘Vs also publish an important article on the general plan of loan associations. It is written by Hon. C. A. Gower of Lansing, and will give to those who are not acquainted with the workings of such associations an accurate idea of them. If there are any points not fully understood, Mr. Gower will be very glad to answer them through the columns of the VISITOR. This article and the committee’s report will furnish all with a fair idea of the subject. Let us dis- cuss it in Grange‘ and see if we think it will be feasible and helpful. DE LE GA. TES T0 STA TE GRANGE. The time is near at hand for the selection of delegates to the next State Grange. It is perhaps unnecessary to say that the delegates should be the very flower of the Grange. Patrons are sufficiently interested to see to it that going to State Grange is not a reward of desire, but of merit; that a brother is not elected merely because he wants to go, but because he is especially fitted to go. We do wish, however, to make a plea for the younger members of the Grange. We do not want to see a State Grange entirely of young people, but we do most de- cidedly desire to see a. larger pro- portion of them than common. The Grange needs their enthusi- asm, their eagerness to work, their inventive skill. One of the serious problems the Grange confronts today is how to supply the places of the old Grange “war horses.” So many brothers and sisters who have served the Grange nobly for years, are passing out of active life. The ranks must be filled and with young people. Then send a good proportion of young Patrons as delegates to State Grange, that they be interested and instructed in the great work before them. COLLEGE EXTENSION. University and college extension work, of which we hear much, is a move of the centers of higher education toward the masses. For- merly these institutions have held the attitude of calling to their bosoms those devotees of learning whose ambitions, means and earn- estness were sufficient to impel attendance. The newer movement reverses the process and sends forth itinerant teachers, that per- chance they may find many along the highways and byways of com- mon life and may call them to the feast set at Learning’s table. In other words the endeavor is to hold classes in cities and towns on various subjects of higher edu- cation, to which shall come many who cannot attend college, but who are eager to learn. This movement promises much good. Apparently, however, in these plans of our universities, there is no particular provision for the farmers of our land. They try to reach working men and other dwellers in cities, but the move- ment does not as yet include the rural classes. But nevertheless there is a real college extension movement on foot, for the benefit of farmers. The idea of our universities was anticipated by our agricultural colleges years ago in the formation of farmers’ institutes. These carry the work of the colleges and sta- tions directly to the farmers. In later years short courses have been held at some colleges and are really a. form of extension work. And now we have the reading courses, illustrated in Michigan by our own Farm Home Reading Circle, which carry out the extension idea still more minutely. VVe fear that many farmers, and some of the agricultural colleges as well, do not fully appreciate the importance of this work. Great as is the work of the colleges in graduating young farmers, it is necessarily limited in its results. Even if our own college graduated each year two hundred students, and if all of them went back onto our Michigan farms, they would be but “ as a drop in the bucket.” The colleges and the farmers must make the most of the reports, the bulletins, the institutes, the read- ing courses. These form a large and growing part of the true work of the colleges, and must necessa- rily be important factors in the solving of the problem of agricult- ural education. BEAUTY ON THE F.4RM. So many people see only the cords of wood in a beautiful forest, the dollars to be harvested out of a field of waving gi‘ain—and a sun- set they never observe. Such peo- ple call lovers of the beautiful dreamers and think them soft- headed. Farmers live in the very bosom of nature and yet too many never feel her heart throbs. “A yellow primrose on the river’s brim, A yellow primrose is to them, And it is nothing more." Not perhaps that farmers err more than other human beings in this respect, only that their oppor- tunities are better. For while they live a life of toil, Over their heads, and under their feet, and in the air they breathe, are,‘ messages of beauty. City people often long in vain for these things that farmers have every day, but too seldom appreciate. Everywhere, when men come to their senses in the mad rush they pursue, they seek once more the quiet beauty of the hills and streams they heartlessly ig- nored in their younger days. We talk of beauty as if it were unusual and only for the few. VVhereas we miss living truly just so far as we miss being beautiful in thought, deed and speech. Nature teaches us our best lesson. She is beautiful always, in some form. In the life of spring, in the death of autumn, in summer and in winter, there is always some- thing to admire. Thus she reveals man’s destiny. In the millenium all things will be beautiful, because perfection always is beautiful. Then there will be the perfection of beauty, physical, mental, moral; and man’s externals will correspond to these attributes, for in the aggregate man reflects his character in his surroundings. We shall not see this millenium, but we can aid its advent. Let us get it firmly fixed in mind that amid all the struggles for bread, amid all the turmoil of life, we have still the privilege of seeing and en- joying the beautiful. Soon the forests will be dressed in their gorgeous autumn robes. Mothers and fathers, teach your children to look upon these gar- ments as God given, as a part of the loving Father's plan for man’s joy. Teach them nature’s beauty in leaf, flower, hill, dale, cloud, and sky. Teach them to look through these and beyond them to the beauty of the love and care of the One who made all so beautiful. GRANGE INSURANCE. The annual meeting of the New York State Central Organizations of Co-oper- ative Fire Insurance, was held in Syra- cuse, Feb. 16, 1893. The meeting was well attended, being represented by about fifty companies, and was very interesting. Matters of great importance were discussed and satisfactorily dis- posed of. All of which goes to show the usefulness and need of ‘continuing the organization. The secretary's report shows a steady increase in the number of companies an aggregate amount carried by them in this state. Whole number of companies reported was 90, carrying $140,000,000. Seventy- nine companies have sent complete re- ports (a complete report is one that has been sent for three years, so that com- parison with stock companies can be accurately made) with average aggregate risk of Sl18.4l8,6OT. on which the loss and expenses have been $588,029 for three years on 79 companies, showing an aver- age loss of $4.06 on -31,000 for three years, a saving to policy holders of co-operative companies in the state of about 34 per cent , which amounts to about $302.92-1, all of which goes to prove that co-oper- ative insurance is a success, and that farmers have the ability and may organize for business purposes with suc- cess if properly managed on business principles. The Hon. A. C. Bundage was elected president, and J. H. Theall secretary and treasurer, by a unanimous vote. The next annual meeting is to be held in Syracuse.—Leonard Gage in The Husbandman. T0 BENE FIT FARMERS. We are informed that the last Indiana legislature undertook to amend the laws permitting building and loan associa- tions to do business so that farmers could share in their benefits. These associations were started chiefly to aid mechanics and townsmen who draw cash salaries at regular intervals. The dues and interest moneys were to be paid weekly or monthly. This did not suit farmers so well as they must depend upon sales of crops for funds to meet such dues. The law allows quarterly, twice a year or yearly payments, which are far more convenient for farmers. The extension of this principle of co- operative investments and loans to rural neighborhoods would be of great benefit to those who live on farms.—Rural New Yorker. BEWARE OF OINTMENTS FOR UA- TARRH THAT CONTAIN MERCURY, as mercury will surely destroy the sense of smell and completely derange the whole system when entering it through the mucous surfaces. Such articles should never be used except on prescrip_ tions from reputable physicians, as the damage they will do is ten fold to the good you can possibly derive from them. Hall’s Catarrh Cure manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, con- tains no mercury, and is taken inter- nally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. In buy. mg Ha.1l’_s Catarrh Cure be sure you get the genuine. It is taken internally, and made in Toledo, _Ohio, by F. J. Cheney & Co. Testimonials free. afield by Druggists, price 75c. per It is said that 1,500 acres will be planted to cucumbers about Highland, Oakland pounty, next season. The crop yield is _rom 100 to 250 bushels per acre and sell. mg at 45 cents they beat wheat as a cash producer. at -V Kr SEPTEMBER 15, 1893. [HE GRANGE VISITOR. 5 GENERAL NOTICE. SEcRE'rARv’s OFFICE, Ann Arbor, Sept, 9, 1893. According to the books of this oflice the following Granges are entitled to send delegates to the County Convention, to be held on Tuesday, October 3, 1893, by vir- tue of section 3, Article 4, By-laws of Michigan State Grange; Allegan-2 Representatives, 37, 53, I54: 247» 24% 296- 335- 364. 390. 407. 520. 669- Antrim—I Rep. 470, 676, 691. Barryel Rep. I 27, 256, 425, 472, 648. §enzie—I Rep. 503. errien—2 Re .1 , o,- ,So,S1,8 , I2 , I88‘ 382' 693. P 4 4 43 4 3 Branchwi Rep. 88, 96, I37, 152, 136, 95, Calhoun——I Rep. 63, 66, 129, 200, 292. Cass—I Rep. 291, 42, 695. Charlevoix—1 Rep. 689. Clinton—2 Rep. 202, 225, 226, 358, 370, 439. 456. 459. 659, 677- Eaton—1 Rep. 67, 134, 360, 619. Genesee——I Rep, 387, 694, Grand Traverse-——I Rep. 379, .169, 663. Gratiot—I Rep. 307, 391, 521, 5oo. I-lillsdale—2 Rep. 74, I06, 108, 182, 269, 273. 274. 236. Huron——1 Rep. 666, 667, 668, 678, 680. Ingham—1 Rep. 241, 262, 289, 347, 235. Ionia——I Rep. 185, I92, 270, 272, 64.0. ]ackson—I Rep. 45. Ka1aska—-1 Rep. 674, 664, 697. Kalamazoo—1 Rep. 8, 11, 16, 24, 49. Kent—3 Rep. 19, 39, 63, 110, 170, 174, 175.219. 222, 337. 340. 348. 563. 634. Lapeer—I Rep. 246, 448, 607. Len_awee——2 Rep. 167, 212, 276. 277, 279, 280. 383. 384. 509- Livingston~i Rep. 336, 613. Macomb—I Rep. 403, 657. Manistee—-I Rep. 557. Mecosta—I Rep. 362. Montcalm—-1 Rep. 318, 441, 650. Muskegon—-I Rep. 372, 373, 585, 546. NeWa.Vs0—I Rep- 494. 495. 545- Oceana——1 Rep. 393, 406. Oakland—1 Rep. 141, 245, 257, 259, 267, 283. 443- Ottawa-——2 Rep. 30, I12, I13, 313, 421, 453» 639. 653- Otsego——I Rep. 682. St. Clair—I Rep. 491, 528, 4.63. St. Joseph—1 Rep. 22, 178, 215. Saginaw—-I Rep. 574. Sanilac-I Rep, 417, 549, 566, 654. Shiawassee—1 Rep. 160, 252. Van Buren—2 Rep. 10, 32, 60, 158, 159, 346. 355. 610. Washtenaw—-1 Rep. 52, 56,68, 92. Wayne—1 Rep. 268, 367, 368, 389, 618, 636. Wexford—i Rep. 633, 690. By the neglect of some secreta- ries, quite a number of Grranges stand now upon our books disfran- chised. We shall add to the list all that may report up to the last moment practicable, and delegates duly elected, who at the convention pre- sent a receipt for dues for the quar- ter ending March 31, 1893, should be allowed to participate in the work of the convention. Pomona Granges will bear in mind Article 1. Section 5 of P0- mona Grange By-Laws which reads: “ Each Pomona Grange shall be entitled to representation in the State Grange by one brother and his wife, if a member of a Pomona Grange, but each Pomona Grange shall bear the expenses of representatives so sent by such Pomona Grange.” J ENNIE BIIELL, Secretary. MICHIGAN STATE GRANGE, § NATIONAL GRANGE MEETING. STREET, 5. . 'a.shington, D. 0., September (I, 1893. DEAR SIR AND BROTHER—II1 accordance with the provisions of its constitution and the resolution adopted at the session of 1892, the twenty-seventh session of the Na- tional Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry will be held in the city of Syracuse, N. Y., commencing on “the first Wlednesday after the second Monday in November” (15) at eleven o’clock a. m. The sessions of the Grange will be held in Alhambra hall. Accomodations for the National Grange have been secured at the Vanderbilt Hotel (as headquarters) and Globe Hotel, at the rate of $2.00 per day each, including heat and light. By order of Executive Committee, JOHN TRIMBLE. Secretary, National Grange. OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, 514 F ' GRANGE LOAN ASSCJCIATION. —————. ‘Quotations from the Report of the Committee of the National Grange on this Subject. Co-operation has attained an inter- national character. At the great national co—operative festival held at the London Crystal Palace last month, fully 30,000 people were present, including delegates from continental Europe, as well as from all the large English cities. This festival was of special interest to farmers and those interested in farming for two different reasons. Co-operation has extended rapidly among farmers, even to a greater extent, during recent years, than among laborers and the pop- ulation of cities, who appear to be some- what contented now that they have established co—operative stores for cheap- ening the necessaries of life. Efforts to induce manufacturers to adopt co- operation have not been successful. but it is claimed that its success among farm- ers has done much to prevent their tendency to migrate to towns. Through co-operation they secure cheaper prices for their implements, oil-cakes, feed stuffs and fertilizers, and the gigantic co-operative festival just held is but the forerunner of an extended system to be adopted by the English central chamber of agriculture. Many fraternal associations have sprung up, based upon some form of life insurance and have attained large membership. Many of our states main- tain Grange Fire Insurance Companies, which are of wonderful aid to the farmer. The neighboring state of New York has been notably successful in its mutual co—operative companies of all characters. Perhaps the most marked illustration that this country can give, is in its build- ing and loa associations, which are quite genera y distributed thoughout the large towns and villages. OF HELP IN TOWNS. The state of Connecticut has 16 of them. Maine has 33,. and other states in like proportion, all of which have greatly contributed to build up the towns in which they are located, and beyond this have aided the builder, generally a wage earner, to erect and pay for a home from his limited income. teaching him the value of small savings. These organizations having difierent forms of association for their detail, are all similar in one respect, the object being to provide a systematic plan for safe and profitable investments of the savings of their members, and to accu- mulate a fund from which, in turn, to loan to members of the association when in need, thus enabling them to secure homes, and to free mortgaged homes by the payment of small amounts in regu- lar installments. The committee, to whom this subject was submitted for consideration, would respectfully report that they have, since they were named in August last, been carefully considering the matter. Correspondence has been established with many associations, the oflicial heads of which have been interviewed as well as the members, books submitted for ex- amination, and as much information ob- tained as it is possible to do without the practical experience which comes from membership. GOOD FOR FARM ERS. The committee perceive that great ad- vantages can come to the members of our Order of Patrons of Husbandry by ac- cepting a plan similar in its general as- pect and conditions to this building and loan association. They would therefore recommend that the National Grange approve of the idea of the formation of savings and loan associations throughout the states. each one to be in accordance with the laws of its state, and confined to small localities to encourage small savings among the farmers, and aid them by small loans when needed, the secre- taries to report to the Secretary of the State Grange, he to the Secretary of the National Grange. This, of course, would not be compulsory, but simply for mutual exchange and information. They would further recommend that this National Grange appoint a com- mittee to formulate a plan, with all necessary blank forms for the informa- tion of associations of this kind, and re- port the same to the next session of the National Grange. The committee see in this subject a purely co-operative plan, which will se- cure to members of the Order means to gradually escape from their mortgages and to build up their homes from the small savings which are now neglected or unnoticed because of their minuteness. In connection with this subject they are lead to believe that in most sections of our country there is an unemployed capital existing in small sums, which, if it can be brought together, will, in the aggregate, reveal an amount which will gradually lighten the mortgage burden now existing, and beyond this, aid those who have small savings to securely place them where they will be earning a suit- able profit beyond the aid they give a needy member of the Order. Fraternally submitted, Gso. AUSTIN BOWEN, J. D. CLARDY, A. P. REARDON, J. B. LONG, O. E. HALL, W. A. GIFFORD, N. J. BACHELDER, AARON JONES, E. W. DAVIS, Special Committee P. of H. Loan and Investment Association. MISTAKES. [Extracts from a paper read b M. F. Carleton at the Farmers‘ Institute he d at Memphis, Mich.. Feb.16.1893.l Mistakes are occurring every day. They occur more or less in all classes of society, and with all persons young, old, poor, rich, no- ble and ignoble; none is always ex- empt, but all are alike liable to make them. They are sometimes comical in their results, and often serious to those who make them, and very often to others. Some occur through carelessness and thoughtlessness, others after close and serious study, and may be termed errors of judgment. It is a mistake to worry and fret over matters that we cannot help, because it only makes us and oth- ers miserable, and accomplishes no good result. If matters go wrong that we might make go right, it is folly to grumble and growl about them. It would be more to the point to set about removing the difficulty, and get rid of the cause of the trouble. It is a mistake to expect or wish even, that all should think alike in all matters, for that would be con- trary to the design of our Maker. If all had the same idea of color, and color was regulated accordingly, there would be‘ no variety, and beauty would be destroyed in same- ness. Again, each would want to know just what his neighbor did and no more. Thus the spirit of inquiry and search for greater depths of knowledge would be checked, and if a. certain mean to accomplish an object fails, it would be a failure for all time, thus progress would be checked forever. It is a mistake to consider a thing impossible of accomplishment be- cause we cannot see how it is to be done. When Columbus had em- ployed all the arguments he could command, to induce those who had the means to assist him in carrying out his idea of discovering a new and shorter route to the Indies, he produced an egg, and asked those with whom he was pleading to make it stand on the small end. They tried and failed. He took it and putting it down hard enough to break the end a trifle, it stood, thus conveying to their minds his idea of leaving the hitherto traveled course and breaking a new one. And thus it has ever been since the creation. There have always been failures innumerable before suc- cess was finally reached. There have alsoibeen many successes far in advance of even the theorist’s ideas. Their ideas have been con- sidered visionary, and they them- selves looked upon as crazy or foolish, but now we realize that the world owes much of the blessings it enjoys to these visionaries. It is a mistake to expect to under- stand all things. Experience proves this. One may study medicine and practice it all his days and still will have to acknowledge that he is far from knowing all about it. One may study mechanics and work at it a life time and still be in great ignorance even of its principles, let alone the application of them. The farmer, born to his profession, bred in it and spending his full three score years and ten in study of and labor in it, is In,gi'e than surprised to find how little he knows of the power that produces his crops, and gives him large ones, under what seems to him unfavorable circum- stances, and failures where he cal- culated all things in order for large ones. And thus it is, we are sur- prised to find how little of the world we know, or of the matters pertaining to it. It is a mistake to impugn the actions of others. How often we hear A say of B, I would not have done so. The question is, how does he know whether he would or not. There is a motive governing all the actions of man, that may be good or bad. A man’s inten- tions are what he should be praised or censured for. It is a mistaken ideathat all that is necessary to make a good farmer is a good, stout, healthy frame. The fact is that brains are just as essential in successful farming as in any other profession. It is a mistake to expect to make anything by feeding scrubby stock, either for milk, butter or beef. It is a mistake for farmers, or any other persons, to go in debt for anything, except perhaps it may be the necessaries of life. Many a farmer has been ruined by going in debt for machinery before hav- inga place to care for it when not in use, the costliest of such being housed under a tree or in a fence corner. It is poor economy for a farmer to burn “fresh”' wood, that is, to have to stop and cut it every day, especially in the busy season, when he should be doing something else or resting from the toil of the day. Besides, it is so much better for the wife to have dry wood at hand when she needs it. It is a mistake to neglect little things. It is the collection of pen- nies that makes dollars and so on up to thousands. The basket is filled with grain, fruits or vegeta- bles, slowly but none the less surely. A drop of water at a time will eventually fill the bucket, and a leakage of a drop at a time will as surely empty it. The field is plowed furrow by furrow, but will AI-I-ICE CARRIAGE CO" CIHCINKATI, OI-I10. , 5 V ' 3’. ' Al§.\'?;Ii~.«;=g;'fi <3‘ 0 C K F’ V’ 'I"'~ 1 ~74-\."7a’L‘“*"3tV , n years, and our 3493“ ‘ turers in the world that s O recognized manufactiirers for the above organizations. mammoth display at the Wnrld‘s Fair. in Chicago. The only I113-nufac‘ QUE J, (‘S . ' ‘ F 0‘. You should order no B U G G I ES, C A R R I A G E S. c WAGONS or HARNESS ‘ 080 from any one until you have seen i 0 ourNewGrand Catalogue foi-l893,which is mailed free to any address. It shows over one hundred new styles. with prices of vehicles _« ''A‘'Qrade.s4-o. O /_ ranging from $30 upward, and Harness from $5 upward. ,. ’ Our goods are strictly hand-made and fully warranted for two Spiral Springs are warranted for 12 years. VVe are Examine our ell their entire output direct. to the consumer. ‘_ ,; ALLIANCE CARRIAGE CO.s,.§.:?.§S;{::‘.‘}€i:1$'.:‘:*::’:;...Cincinnati, 0. surely all be plowed if the work is continued. A single nail picked up and put into the pocket, thought- lessly perhaps, may supply the place of a broken buckle tongue and much valuable time be saved, and perhaps a serious loss averted. A board or rail or post supplied where another is broken or decayed, will often save a crop or other property from damage or total destruction. It is not a good plan to wait un- til a job is commencedbefore count- ing the cost; better look after the price of everything necessary first and then size up your pocketbook or bank account. Don’t make haste to get rich. If you don’t succeed in finding a bonanza, don’t sulk and fret about it, but remember that it is the slower growing trees that are the hardiest. The rapid growing timber in summer yields quickly to the frosts of winter. Whatever you undertake to do, do with a will, though progress may be slow. This question of little things is of much moment, not to the farmer alone, but to all. “Pay little debts, the larger ones will look out for them- selves," is a motto adopted by many successful men, dud a good one for us all. Don’t forget the little acts of kindness, the kind words; they go far towards human happiness. It is a serious mistake to wait until the horse is stolen before locking the stable. In other words don’t wait until your work is driv- ing you before doing it. Antici- pate what is to be done and have everything prepared and ready for work when needed. Put tools in order, mend breaks in them before they are wanted for use. VVhen you think of a tool that you will need, make a note of it, so that you can procure it without having to go on purpose to get it. A few moments of thought will often save many steps and much inconven- ience. It is a mistake to leave tools just where they are used, or put them away broken and unclean. Have a place for everything and insist on things being put in their places. It will not take so much time to do so as to hunt for them when out of place and for the time perhaps lost. There is no place where a place for everything, and everything in its place, counts for more than on the farm, and next to this is doing work at the proper time. The farm is a poor place to carry out the sayings or advice of Josh Billings, “Never to do any- thing today that you can put off until tomorrow,” and that other one, “If you have anything to do before breakfast, eat your break- fast before you do it.” It is a very pernicious doctrine to preach that honesty is the best policy. Much better to preach be honest because it is right. Never promise a reward to a child as an inducement to do right. Rather teach it to do so because it is right, which should always be rea- son enough. The hope of a reward for doing a piece of work, or for doing it within a certain time, often stimulates the zeal with which one works, but should never be the sole motive. “ Plow deep” is a motto that if followed literally, often is amistake. The soil should be understood thoroughly in order to know just when to plow deep, which many have learned to their cost. Good people often err by being too strict with their children, de- nying them pleasures at home that their youthful natures crave. Many a child has been driven from home and ended a miserable life in some penal institution, who might have been an ornament in society and a comfort to his friends had he been allowed to enjoy amusments at home. It is very much better to have one’s girls and boys playing checkers or cards in presence of the family than in some cold barn, shed or saloon. Parents will lose nothing if they take a little inter- est in these games with their chil- dren, if it does take a little of their time. The harm is not in the cards or checkers, or ball or bat. Recognize the fact that your child requires amusement, and instead of denying it, encourage, direct and control, in a manner that will in future years be remembered with pleasure. “ Do your best to make, of all places your chil- dren may visit or call, Home the most pleasant and happy-—the sweet- est and best of all.” A HUGE MEETING. Grange and Teachers’ Meeting in Oceana County. The Oceana State Teachers’ In- stitute closed with a great meeting of the teachers, Grangers, and fruit growers of Oceana and Newaygo counties. It was one of those feasts thatis good for the soul, and that makes one glad that he is per- mitted to live amid such scenes and in a locality where such meet- ings are possible. The Patrons from Hesperia drove through the heavy, dusty reads, a distance of from 20 to 25 miles, to attend this meeting. Free dinner was served at Hedges’ hall. After dinner the people gathered at the opera house, which was soon filled. After a song by the Cranston choir, Neil McCallum of Hesperia, gave a very interesting and in- structive talk on “ Apple Culture.” Mrs. Mary Robertson of Hes- peria read an exceptionally fine paper on “ Home Influences.” After another song Mr. F. N. Jones of Flower Creek gave a very interesting talk on “ How grading the farmers’ schools makes the education of farmers’ children gen- uine and cheap.” O. F. Munson of Claybanks then read a paper on “ How the reading of good literature makes the education of farmers’ children genuine and cheap.” These papers were followed by interesting talks by D. E. McClure and H. R. Pat- tengill. After another song by the choir, Mr. A. L. Scott of Hesperia treat- ed the subject, “ The farmers’ ene- mies,” in his usual clear and forci- ble manner. Insects, boards of trade, grain gamblers, traveling agents, all got their just dues. Wm. Barry led in the discussion and advised farmers to work to- gether against these enemies. Mr. A. Adams then read an in- teresting paper on “The future of peach and plum culture in Oceana county.” Mrs. Tibbits then recited an original poem, which was the sub- ject of much praise by all who heard it, especially when one stops to consider that she is aged and blind. After another song the meeting adjourned, formed in companies and visited the various peach or- chards around Shelby and feasted eye and appetite on the abundance of luscious fruit. At 7:30 P. M., the meeting was again called to order by president McClure, and after a piece of music by the choir Major Geo. W. Wood- ward gave an address of welcome, after which Hon. Henry R. Pat- tengill gave an address, “ The wealth of the nation lies in her homes, farms and schools.” Words would fail to add anything to the praise of this address. It is simply sufficient to say, that it was one of the best ever delivered in this county. All sang “ America,” and the great meeting was at an end, but the influence which it had upon all who were present will continue to live far into the future. 0. F. M. You help the VISITOR; that helps you, because we can keep improving the paper. THE GRANGE VISITOR. SEPTEMBER 15, 1893. I Woman’s Work. ‘hot, and its appearance will be1againsttakingcoldmustfollow any To take a hot I our wives and our children, andl desirous of getting rich? Do we DAN’S WIFE. Up in ciirly morning light, . $\\'t‘(‘]1lIlL'. dusting, “ S(’t[1llg"!‘!_‘_{llI;” Oiliiig all the household springs, Sewing buttons, tying strings, [likely to be more or less shrunken Zwarm treatment. ‘and purplish, indicating a dimin- bath for the purpose of breaking lished activity of the circulation in up a cold and then to go out into the skin. This condition is likelylcold air or to sit in a draught, is . to occur in the later stages of severe i to invite a fresh cold which will be ifebriledisease,especially in typhoidflikely to be worse than the first. our neighbors as well. ‘not too often‘ see men bow down “'9 are told to earn our bread 1 before the god of gold with all l11S by the sweat of our brows, but we , iron chains, chains that sometimes are not told to toil all our lives long crush out all the better impulses to lay up a pile of filthy liicre forzof the soul, leaving only the some body else to have the hand- lsordid desire for gain. Telling Bridget wliut to do, Mending rips in _lolinii_v's slioc, Running up and (l0\\’ll.IlH.’ stair, Tying baby in his chair,_ Cutting meat zind spreading bread, Dishing out so much per head. Eating as she can, by cliancc, Giving husband kindly glance; Toiliiig, working, busy life,~ “ Sinzirt \V0ll‘l‘.ln, D:in’s wife.” Dan comes home at full of night, Home so cheergul, iiciithaiild bright, Children meet iin Ilt t e < oor. Pull him in and look l’lll‘l1k()’£!'§ M W'f> . ‘k. “how the wor‘ as gone.‘ “ II§\iF;h(llIiL‘S wiih us zit liomel" Supper (loiic—-I):in reads in case: Happy Dun, but one to please? Children must he put to l\cd—d All their little pr‘.l\'t.'l'S are szii ’. Little shoes are placed in rows, Bedclotlies tucked o‘er_1itt1c toes; Biisv. noisy. wcziriiig life,- ' Tired woniim, D;in’.~ wifu. Dun rciids on, and falls asleep,- See the woniiin softly creep: lfever in the second or third week. ,‘It also occurs in rheumatic fever. 1 and in typho-malarial fever, also Esometimes in erysipelas and other lfebrile disorders In such a case, {the application of cold would not only demand circulation of the skin lstill further, and so increase the l rise of temperature in the interior 1 of the body, but it might do serious j and even permanent or fatal injury, ‘by producing an intense degree of jcongestion in the liver, lungs, .nerve centers, and other internal 1» organs. A short, warm bath, spong- :ing the surface with hot water, the ‘;application of fomentatioiis to the lspine, a large liot enema, and in 3——H1~:LEN N. MANNING in Farm- =er’s Review. A PLEA FOR FLOWERS. [ Extracts from a paper read at Memphis Institute ,Feb. 16, 1593, by Judge Harris of Port Huron. I You will say perhaps that there is no use in growing flowers, they don’t pay. And what of that? Is the great end and aim of life to make money? Is there no other : worthy object or purpose in living? }A thing of beauty is a joy forever. and most people love to see flowers: I have been surprised many a time as I traveled the country or wander- ed through the streets of the city Bubv rests at last, poor dear. Not :1 word l1Cl’l]C:IY[ to cheer: ML-nding—b:iskct full to top, ‘ ' i shirts. and little frock: 'ind wciiry lirziin, Tired cvcs . Side with tlzirtiiig. ugly pain- " ‘.\’t-\'v.‘r mind. ’t\\'ill puss ;iw.i_\':" She iiiiist work but iicvcr phi)‘: (‘loscd piano. iiniiscd hooks. Dozic [lie \\'iilk.< to cosy nooks. Briglitii:-ss faded out of life,~— i S:iddcned woiiiiin, Diin's wife. l'pst.iii's. tossiiig to iiiid fro, Fever holds the \\'oiii:ui low; (‘hildrcn wander free to play. \Vlicn and where they \vill tmi:i}‘l Bi'itigct loitt-rs—diiiiicr‘s coltl, s ziiixions, L’i'0>.~ and old; House. i screws .’li'c out of pl.icc, Liirking one dear, piiticnt face: Ste.i. severe cases, best of all. the hot t f 1 . h ,1 ‘ blanket pack. afford suitable means agesegrggvllégng aWC.1€i:,?i aerp(jaC§“;:§: l £01‘ bringing the blood to the 3.1"‘ met with where flowers were grown ; .3092 and thus mcleasmg the 911m‘ lin profusion, what a bower of , ination of heat and lowering the beauty it was when compared with .‘t”,‘,3l?,9mture‘ . lplaces where there were none! ~ Dome years 8.‘-pro thtiwmtell was i A little ground, a little labor and icaufd to S9‘? a_ lime glrl Oftfqur , a little expense will wreathe a home lgeais sufleiing rorgi an a_cu e in-tin a Crown of glory’ making glad , ectious disease. he child wasinot only the hearts of the Owners ‘found unconscious: had been in a; but every passer by state of stupor from which it could_ My little garden. has (fiven me not b9 raised! for Sewral hours and those arbiiiid me a bworld of Its face was pale; bi'eatliinglieavy, ‘ pleasure My Wife is the mmmgm. the skin cold, andthe child seemed the boss: 0} it so that I takgbué it’) be in 3 State of almost‘ complete = little credit to. myself on account collapse, from the intense poison- l of it but We have the flowers ling occasioned by the ptomaine l Léstspring she Obtained’ aS'Often WIN IF YOU CAN. ‘»\'in if \oii Can, Go ziliciul. work with it ‘.\'ill. Ruin the Tilft‘ like it lllllli, .\'i-vcr kccp still Till \'ou‘vc g.iiiicd the tlziyg ‘i'n'.i'll tiiid the best plziii \\'lit-ilier iit uork or pl;i\‘, is to win if you can. Yrs, win is the word. Tlioiigli it's spelled with 1ltrcclv.".‘.cr~. Yet you ciuinot zifforil To L‘ll;1ll'_'t‘ it for better, Tlicn work with zi vim, Strive while you Cllli To kw.-p thin-_(s iip triiii, And win if you can. Be linricst iind upright, \\'ork with :i will, Strive with your iniglii Your plzicc to fulfill: Do your work well. \\'ork with it plan, Let t'\ crvtliiug tell, And \\iiii if you Can. Never siiy fiiil, But to in’ it is plziin, I (1 ‘ ir work be liulc In's:iiisliiiic or min. In the Gruiigc or at linizic (lil suit 01‘ on lzuid, . l.ikv.* :i (log with his bonc, llold f;i.~t if you ciin. —Ei.izAiii~."i ll Drr.=.':\'i.\'--. (‘.mn1'v1:, HOW TO GIVE _\ PACK. Altliough cold baths and cold packs were used very freqiiciitly in the early days of the water cure nioveinent. they areused sparingly now. and water treatment as a rule, means "warm or hot water. A blanket pack which envelopes the Whole body is a general treatment which is sometimes made to take the place of a full bath. It is a good treatment in the commence- ment of a fever to induce perspira- tion and break up the attack and also during a fever as a means of reducing temperature. In the cool stage, a hot blanket pack should be used and in the height of fever, a cool blanket pack. As it is some- times a nice point to determine which form of treatment will pro- duce the most favorable results, I will quote a professional opinion given by the editor of Good Health in a recent issue: “ \Vhile cold water is useful as a means of reducing a high tempera- ture in fever, there are many cases of fever accompanied by a high temperature, in which the use of cold water must be forbidden as not only harmful, but actually dangerous. It is not very diflicult to distinguish between cases in" which cold water may be useful, and those in which it should not be employed. It is only necessary to remember that in fever there may be, and usually are, two forms of disturbance in relation to the heat functions of the body: The rise of temperature, or fever, may be due either to an increased pro- duction of heat, or a diminished elimination of heat, or to both these causes combined. When excessive heat roduction is the cause of the rise off temperature, the skin will be found hot and flushed, and the patient’s temperature will remain above normal notwithstanding this fact, and even in the presence of profuse perspiration. If the rise of temperature is due in whole or in a large part to the diminution or elimination, the surface of the skin will be cold, or at least not ‘peculiar to the disease. Notwith- ‘ staiidingtlie temperature was found lto be 104.5“, no antiphlogistic ‘ measures were employed, but in- , stead. the child was enveloped in a ‘_woolen blanket wrung from water as hot as could be safely applied, wrapped outside with moist blank- ets, then wrapped in dry woolen blankets. and left in the pack thus applied for an hour. At the end of this time a hot enema was ad- ,-miiiistered, and fomentations were applied to the spine, A profuse perspiration appeared; the temper- ature rapidly fell, so that at the end of two and one—half hours, it had nearly reached 101:, and in a lfew days the child was well. If 3 the mistake of applying cold water had been made, the child would . doubtless have been buried instead. The writer has observed many sini- * ,ilar cases. in which the application }before, a few ounces of sweet peas. I They were carefully planted, early, gin good rich ground, and a plain 1’ cheap trellis rigged for them to run ion, and for three months or more ‘;our garden and our home was jfragrant with the odor of sweet ,peas, and our neighbors’ homes l were odorous too from the same lfountain. Verily, it is more blessed :to give than to receive. l A neighbor’s daugliter, a maiden, ;was upon her dying bed, and every day a bunch of sweet peas or a 1bouquet of pure white lilies or an ;elegant rose found its way to her lbed to cheer lier dying moments l and to remind her of the beautiful 3 beyond. She crossed the dark river. land on the day of her burial, as if ion purpose for ‘fffit event, a large , red rose came out, and it was laid ion her pillow by her cheek, lielp- i ing to make her gloriously beauti- ling of after we are gone. HOW TO DO IT. And but little of the real work of growing flowers need be on you men. Encourage your wives and? your daughters and your sons, to? grow them. Set apart for them what , ground they want. Put it in good? shape. Let them have moneyf enough to buy a few plants and al few seeds. Furnish papers and! magazines that tell how to grow. flowers. Subscribe for “Success with Flowers,” a little magazinei costing 25 cents a year, (I am notl agent so you will not think I am i seeking to make a raid on yourl pocket books) give them all the‘ aid you can in the growing of know there will be beauty all around you and bouquets on the table and on the mantle and in your sick room if you happen to be sick. Possibly you will be too far gone in your thick-skinned hardness to enjoy these things, and this reminds me of a picture I saw in my younger days. It was the picture of an o liayseed striding over a flower bed which his wife or daughter had managed to get started. He was apparently one of the kind that sell from their farms all they can, what they can’t sell they give to the pigs, and what the pigs woii’tE In this busy land merchants rush to their homes, swallow in great haste their meals, then back again to their stores for fear of losing a customer. Lawyers, doctors, farm- ers and mechanics live in this whirl- pool of haste, and we women are not exempt from it. Many farmers’ wives are toiling their lives away that they may be able to add a little to the pile for a rainy day, not realizing the fact that if age should find them in wealth and luxury they would not enjoy it if they smothered the nobler aspirations of the heart in their all absorbing work. It is a God-given privilege to be fable to work, and we who work lknow how labor sweetens rest, but fl°“‘”S« and the next thing youiit should notbe the highest aimof " éour existence—this iiever-ending grind of toil that we may accumu- l late wealth. There is a higher and zholier end in view. It is not all lof life to live. If business men ‘ would take more time for the inno- cent enjoyments of life there would lbe fewer broken down men in our §la11(l; men bent and gray before ; their time.‘ If fashionable women ; would spend less time at their mir- frors and more of it in the cultiva- tion of mind and heart, there would jnot be so many “wrecks” in soci- =et . If farmers and their wives would i of heat. or some of the means above l eat they live on. He did not be-ltmake Way for more home amuSe_ “eve in flowers In the pictufelments for their children there there was’nt a tree or a shrub in , would be less leaving of the farm Sight Save under his feet: and heiand flocking to the cities for em- was taking Special Pains to tmwl l ployment by the youth of our land Over that flower bed made andlVVe must take time to live in this winked bygilits “ilifegor his dajfigllfterv fast age. to live, in the highest sense W10 seeme 0 ale as ml“ 0 “nlof the word, in the enjoyment of eye for beauty as his brutisli nature ; those tvllings for which the noblest would permit. I always felt as f part of On? being yearns though I wanted to thump such ai When business men as a class ilearn to begin each day's labor by man. He wasn’t of as much use on earth as one of his fat Pi-35' l asking the blessings of a kind Fath- T.hey "Quid be eaten! but 3,5 or 1 er upon their work, and then trans- h1m'_W‘3H—men are not Cimmbalsi l act their ‘business with an eye to and such a man isnit fit to have 8‘ the rights of God an(l their fellow- Wlfe or 3' daughten men the most successful business Do any of You refuse to set apart l era in American history will have for your wives or your daughters a S been ,.eached_ “when farmers I,e_ out of Y0“; acres f°r them to grow their homes, instead of so much flowers 013- D0 you reins?‘ to make work, when through the heat and the ground deep and rich. Do you i the toil of the day they think of refuse them Plants and Seeds or l the pleasant home and dear ones few feet or 3 few rods of groundalize the need of more culture in ~ suggested, has been a most efficient 3 means of lowering high tempera-3 ture.” A few general directions as to‘ -‘the method of giving a pack: Thej temperature of the room should be il)+:‘lW(*€l1 T0’ and 75‘ F. Prepare ~ the bed by spreading over it a; heavy comfortable and inside that, ’ Ia woolen blanket. Let the patient fbe disrobed and wrapped comf0i't- I ‘ably iii a blanket while wait- iing. Take a woolen sheet, dip lit in very hot water so that it shall . ibecome thoroughly saturated ex-; ficept at the ends. It can then be iwrung very dry by keeping hold of the ends—two persons will do it to the best advantage. Spread this upon the bed, let the patient lie down upon it and wrap this and the other covers quickly and snugly over. If it is to be a sweating bath in breaking up a cold or in the first stages of a fever, place rub- lber bags or bottles filled with hot water at the feet and along the body. A compress wrung from ice water should be placed on the patient’s head and frequently re- newed. The pack should last from twenty to forty minutes, or until free perspiration is induced. Then begin to lighten the covers and re- move the hot appliances. When perspiration is considerably dimin- islied. gradually and carefully sponge the surface with warm water to which a little salt has been ad- ded, or warm witch hazel may be ; used i:istead. Only a small por- tion of the body should be uncov- zered at a time and the drying ofl’ ‘and rubbing should be very thor- ough and then the part wrapped in a warm, dry flannel blanket, re- ;moving of course the wet one by degrees. If the patient is strong enough and a spray attachment is convenient, a brief spray, quickly followed with a dry rub and warm clothing, may be substituted for the sponge bath. Water drinking should be very copious during the continuance of the pack, preferably hot water. By these means the skin and other excretory organs will be excited to ful even in death. Why, it paid for the work I had done in raising those flowers, to have them used to cheer her last hours and to adorn her for the tomb. DOES IT PAY? Did it pay to grow those flowers? I would not have done it for money, and I would not have been without them for money. Verily it paid. And a bed of pansies, what a thing of beauty with all its rich elegant variety of colors; and abed of zinnias, gorgeous as a. peacock’s plume; and the dainty little daisy, peeping out of its bed of green, makes one think of an angel’s eye; and the stately. queenly rose in all its almost endless variety. How can people live without the rose, and the peony‘? I hav’n’t adjectives enough to go around but it don’t matter, for flowers are all in the superlative degree anyway. And even the despised sunflower has a place in my garden, for I love to look on its rich golden color and see it outstare the sun. The gorgeous dahlia, the modest frag- rant pink, the crocus breaking through the ground even before the snow is gone, the gorgeous aster with its multitudinous colors, the stately tulip, the morning-glory full of glory indeed, and the delicate, pearly white, deliciously fragrant little lily of the valley must not be overlooked. And lots of others more numerous than I can tell, any one or all grown with but very little trouble but paying richly for a good deal of trouble. All these toil not neither do they spin but even Solomon with all his good clothes could never match them. And it’s a world of pleasure to give awa flowers. Almost every day the littfe urchins in my part of town want a posy. I recollect one day a little fellow sung out to me, “Please, Sir, will you give me one of those double sunflowers?” Of course I responded and handed it to him over the fence, and to see the smile on his face widen out in- to a broad grin paid well for the big sunflower. Then why don’t we grow flowers, flowers to gladden our own hearts and the hearts of increased activity. Precautions the money to buy them with? Shame on such a manl AS AN I)I\'ESTM1-INT. Wliy only a few days ago I was reading of a miserly landlord with proper season he always made it a his tenants and encouraged them to grow flowers and shrubs. did it as a business investment. It added to the value and attractiveness of his places and gave him a better class of tenants. With him, flowers paid. But whether they pay or not in a money point of view, they do pay in a higher and nobler sense. They make us wiser and better. They give us pleasure that money cannot give. It’s not allof life tolive nor is it all of life to grow flowers, but it is a very pleasant part of it. Then grow flowers on the farm, in the cities, in the villages, where- ever there is a patch or even a flower pot of earth. Make pleasant, cheerful, joyous, your surroundings and your homes. Make glad with the sight of flowers the hearts of your neighbors, your friends, the Wayfarer passing by, even the hearts of your enemies, if you have any, and in this manner heap coals of tire on their heads. One lady said that she had never tried coals and that didn’t work. I wonder if she had ever tried flowers. _ Make happy all around you, friend or foe, for I know of no higher, better, holier aim in life than to make those around us happy, happy, happy- TAKE TIME TO LIVE. [Read at Wheatland Grange] In reading the opinions of for- eigners on our habits as a people, we Americans discover the fact that we are looked upon as an intel- ligent, thorough-going nation, but we are also considered a very spec- ulative, money-loving people. We are judged by Wall street, by our Vanderbilts and Goulds; in fact, the many are judged by the few. But are we not, generally speaking, becoming altogether too several houses to rent, and at the‘ point to send niaiiure and seeds to ; He‘ of fire but she had tried hot water: waiting their coming, when they Ithank their God as they return at 1 evening that their lot is cast in this glad. free land, then indeed will their home coming bring happiness. Buthow may we farmers’ wives arrange matters so that we may have more time for the improve- ment of our minds and those of our children? The washing and ironing must be done, and the house must be kept clean, and the baking and boiling and stewing must be attended to; then there are little stockings to be darned, and the little jackets must be mended, and ohl how busy it keeps us. But sisters, the fault lies to a great ex- tent at our own doors. We must learn to economize time; and to do this, we need not let our children go with uncombed heads, nor treat our husbands to undarned stock- ings or muddy coffee. We can make our clothes and those of our children with a view to the ironing. We can dispense with a few of the furbelows. Let good sense, the neatness and fit of a garment and the harmony of colors make up for the lack of tucks, ruffles and puffs. We may also keep our houses ‘neat and clean without becoming mere machines. Why, there will be stoves to polish, and floors to ‘scrub, and furniture to shine, long l after our tired hands are forever at 1 rest. *, Let us get more good books for ‘ ourselves and our children. These gbook treasures which they collect ‘, through life, one by one, like mile lstones along the way, will be more =, precious to them in after years than ‘gold or jewels. And as each day : dies l “ The night shall he filled with music, ‘I And the cares that infest the day, . Shall fold their tents like the Arabs, l And silently steal away V J ENNIE OAKS. Church’s Corners. The revenue of the United States is now falling short of meeting expenses about $300,000 a day, so greatly have our imports declined since the depression began. 2: Baby Ruth has a ' te . R Mrs. Cleveland has dflsggflstedullfllfdmsiaiig a name she would like for the chi1d_ W. I D. ii. sieimm.-_ _____ __ SEPTEMBER 15, 1893. EHE GRANGE VISITOR. 7 7, Is a book containing illustrations, prices a.no descriptions of 30,000 articles in common use, a book that will show youlat a glance if you are paying too much for the goods you are now buying, WORTH ANYTHING TO YOU? is it worth the 15 CENTS in stamps re- quired to pay postage or express charges on a copy? THE BUYERS GUIDE AND CATALOGUE ( issued every March-and September) is the book we are talking about: you are not safe without a copy of the latest edition in the house. MONTGOMERY WARD 8. co., I I I to I I6 Michigan Ave., Chicago- In writing mention THE (issues VISTI08 OFFICIAL DIRECTORYIGRAND RAP|DS and Oflioers National Grange. M.As'rER-—J. H. BRIGHAM ........ _.Delta, Ohio Ovii:izsir.nB-E. W. DAVIS ____ _.Santa Rosa, Cal. LEOTUBEB—MORTIMER WHI'I‘EH_EAD _______ -. 1618 . St., N. W., Washington, D. C. S'1'EWARD—A. . PAGE .... _.Appleton City, Mo. Ase"r STEWABD-0. E. HALL_._..Pawnee, Nab. CHAPLAIN-CHAS. MCDANIEL, New Hampshire TREASURER-F. M. MCDOWEL-Penn Yan, N. Y. 8icoiziii'Ai~iv——JOHNTRIMBLE,Washington. D.C GATE KEEI-‘ir.n~W. H. NELSO.\',_,__..Tenness_ee CEBES—MRS. J. H. BRIGHAM _Delta, Ohio POMONA—-MRS. E. BOWEN. _ _ . ____.Connecticut FLonA—MRS. E. P. WILSON __._.Missiesippi mm Ass’r Sri«:w’i)—MRS. NIB. DOUGLASS._ Sherborn. Mass. Executive Committee. LEONARD RHONE__Center Hall. Pennsylvania J. J. WOODMAN _________ _.Paw Paw. Michigan X. X. CHARTIERS ...Frederickshurg, Virginia Committee on Woman’s Work in the Grange. MRS. H. H. WOODMAN...Paw Paw, Michigan MRS. C. ELECTA BOWEN, Woodstock, Conn. MRS. E. W. DAVIS, Santa Rosa, California Oflieers Michigan State Grange. MAS’I‘EB—G. B. HORTON__ _ .Fruit Ridge 0VEBSEEB—M. 'I‘. COLE .__Palmyrs _Ypsilanti S'rir.wAiii>——A. P. AY .................. __Arch1e Ass"r STEWABD-J. H. MARTIN, Box 442, Grand 7; Rapids CHAPLAi.\'——)[ARY A. MAYO ____ “Battle (Yreek TREASURER-E. A. STRONG ________ ,_\'icksburg SEoBE'r.uii'—JE.\“.\'IE BUELL ________ .Ann Arbor GATE KEEPEB—_GEO. L. C-Al‘lLISLE._Kalkas_ka (‘.iiiiii:s—MARY L‘. ALLIS Adrian FLOBA—MRS SARAH A. ST. (lLAIR..Biitternut Poiuo.\:~.—.\IHS. A. A. LEIGHTON_ _.Old Mission L. A. S'ri«:w‘n—MRS. J .H. MARTIN Grand Rapids Executive Committee. J. G. RAMSDELL, Chn ......... _.Traverse City _I{. D. PLATT . . . _ . . . . . . . _ _ _ . _ _ . . . . ..Ypsilai1ti THOS. ____Berrien Center W. E. _____ “Goldwater H. H. ._.. Stanton B. H. _____ ._Shelby PERRY MAYO _____________________ __Battle Creek G. B. HORTO.\', . . ____r it Rid e JENNIE BU LL. i E‘ 05°10 i m 3 Committee on Woman’s Work in the Grange. Mrs. Mary Sherwood Hinds ............ ..Sta.nt0n Mrs. Mary A. Mayo ......... .. _..Bat_tle Creek Miss 0. J. (‘arpenter.____.._.__...__. Duuondale General Deputy Lecturers. MARY A. MAYO____ ___________ _.Battle Creek HON. J. J. _ _.Paw Paw - ___ (‘olilwater ..l}attle Creek Berrien (‘enter JAso'.\' woonimy. _.__Paw Paw . . ASK . . . _ . _ . . . . ..Lansing C, L. WHITNEY _____________________ __Muskegon County Deputies. (\t\\'u:iil, .\ZlIl‘lill Cc. _Blo0ini .;'Lllll\‘, .-\ll - " _____.. LIIIII, lie. _I)o\v.. 5, I’-;irr\' ion City, Bruiicli .Buch:iii.1n, Burris.-ii _St. johns, Clinton “ _B:i.ttle Creek, C:illioun “ _,Cli:irlevoix, Cl’l:IrII:\‘Ol.Vi “ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ "Cassopolis. Cu» “ __I.2insing, Eaton ____Alma, Griitiot “ John P:-issinori:_ Plushin , Genesee “ E. O. Ladd__,_()iil Mission, Gran Trzivcrse “ l\Irs_ E. D. .\'okcs_____\\'liczitliind, I-Iillsdiile “ D, H, English _____________ __Cli2imller, Ionia “ Fitcliliurg, Iiigliiiui “ Duck Lake, jiickson “ _ _..Rockford, Kent “ craft, Kulziin-.i7.oo “ _K;ilk2isk:i, Kiilkiiskzi “ Hiram Bradshziw Vortli Brunch, Liipcer “ Fred Dean _______ __ _Brighton, Liviiigstmi “ E, VI, A1lis_____ ____Adri-.in, L€:n.’lV\‘t:l: “ Gen. II. Lester___., _,.Crystiil, I\lontc:,ilin “ D R. Vaxi Aiiiberg_____Bc:ir Luke, Miiiiistee “ (I I5 is It It A. D. Bank... Isaac Russell,_. J. T. Cobb__ James Grease Jessie E, \\ illiuins ____ __Big Rapids, .\Iccost:i “ . S. Lawsoii,,__ _ _ _ _ “Disco, Mzicoiiili “ VVill G. I’."iris'h__ ___Fl:it Rock, Monroe “ _R:i\'enii:i, Aliiskegriii “ _,ASlll1IIld, New:iygri “ IILl(I.\‘I)I'I\‘lll{:, ()It;i\\'a “ __Sliclliv, ()L Ina “ rnon, Sliiiiwi ‘cc “ _II2irtsuff, St. Clair ,Centervillc, St. _lo.-epli “ T. F. I{odgers_. W’, \V, Carter. Robert Alwartl R. H. Taylor D. l\Iurliii_. n F’ 5 O E '3 c \Vm. B. Lan Ile Geo. Edwur S___ __,_.Birch Run, Sziginiiw “ M, C, Kerr ____________ __C:'IrS()n\‘1llf:, Silllllilll “ Helen A. Fisk: ____ __L:i\vreiicc, V-.in Biircii “ lohn E. Vvilcox .......... __l’lymoutli. Wayne “ John A. .\IcI)oug‘.il _Ypsiliinti, \V'.islitcii;iw “ R_ C, Norris ____________ __C:l(.lIIIllC, \\’c-xfurd “ Revised List of Grange Supplies Kept in the office of Sec‘y of the Michigan State Grange And sent out post-paid on receipt of Cash Order, over the Seal of a Subordinate Grange, and the signature of its Master or becretary. Porcelain ballot marbles, per hundred ..... _.$0 7:’: §“"*‘“’....,?°‘§.“§:’.i ———————————————————— ~ « ' S I’ , _ ‘ _ _ _ _ _ _ . . . _ . . . _ . .. I'rea“zurer’s orders, bound, per hundred.___ _ _ Seci-etai-y’s receipts for clues, per hundred... Treas_urer’s receipts for dues, per hundred. _ . A plications for membership. per hundred. _ vipithdi-awal cards, per dozen .............. .. Dimits, in envelopes, per dozen, ... . . . .. By-Laws of the State Grange, single copies, 10c;per dozen__._ ...... ., ........ “ Glad Echoes," with music, single copies, 3 - d ____________________________ __ G,2§°ng.§“ii9i3$3s, single co 5', 400; per dozen 4 opemng song_L_ard, 2c eac ; 159 per 50: l00.. Rituals, 7th edition (with combined degrees). Zsceach-perdozen......_,_ ‘ Rituals, sch deizree._set of nm ilpguap, guvenlie, sgprgggpopy-. . , nvem 9. ------------------ -- Nlitligesto delinquent members, per 100.. . . . . American Manual of Parliamentary Law____ ' out oi Laws and Rulings ............... -- Ro boo 9 €388 ‘J5?’-'$‘ifi‘§$23 - $533885‘-°£§ Sam I '"'Ia'é6-<3§r§€f€i§'IiteE€riiéf..I _ Wilt: I8: 1::-Ices_on gold pmghbadges, working tools, stafi mountings,seals, b °"“" “mg” °“‘iii’ii§'§' JENNIE BUELL, Bec'y Mich. State Gran e. ANN Anson ion ot boxes andany Address Indiana Railroad Aug. 27, l893.—-Central Standard Time. GOING NORTH. No. 1 No. 3iNo. 5‘=:~:o 7 l I 1 ’ l I I _ _ iP.i1..ii.lA.ii.EP.M.‘;A.. Mackinaw City. Lv.____} 9 00 V T 40 1 50 1 Petoskey ...... __ 10 30 9 15 I 3 00 1., Traverse City ___ 11 05 -I 25 I 1. P. ).i.. ; (‘adillac ______________ __ 2 30 1 20 . 6 I5 I '7 30 Grand Rapids, Ar ..... _.‘ 6 30 5 15 ll0 40 ; ll 50 Grand Rapids, Lv ____ __l 7 00 ti 00 ill 20 E 2 00 Kalamazoo, Ar. ____.,__f S 5018 00 312 55‘ 3 -I0 Kalamazoo. Lv..__ 8 55 5 8 05 i ____ _.l 3 45 Fort Wayne, Ar... :12 40 ill 50 ‘ A it 7 Fort Wayne, Lv __ E 1 00 jll 10 1 5 . i ,,,, _. 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Ask for pamphlet, or send to the manufacturers. l(".olIe.gz and Station. l ‘The Professors at the Michigan Agricultural - College have kindly consented to answer in their ldepartnients, all important questions asked of l them through the Visrron. THE MICHIGAN COLLEGE. ' Interesting Notes Couceriiiug the Work in Various Departments of our own College. FAR-.\I DEPARTMENT. Silage cutting began September ,4, and 35 acres have been put into jthe silos. The early cutting was :partly due to the coiiditioii of itlie corii from the droutli. Some ‘ on low ground had also been touch- ed by frost. Two acres of a ,soutliei'ii dent variety known as -Mammoth White Surprise, went about 14 tons of fodder to the acre, actual weight. The farm is testing about a half dozen varieties of silage corn. All the corn is drill- ed 3 ft. 8 in. apart, two kernels in asmut afforded a good object lesson in favor of the hot water treatment. In sowing a field of oats last spring one end was sowed broadcast with meat. The other end was drilled with oats, dried after similar treat- ment. There was not quite enough ,seed to sow the field, a strip being ‘ left in the center, and for this were I taken untreated cats from the bin. 1 When the oats were grown this ‘strip was easily discernible, there . being from 8% to 12% of smut in lit, while the ends Were practically i free from it. I ference. - i There are more students on the; llabor roll of the farm than for - ‘some years before. ' There are 15 acres of rape on ;tlle farm that is in good condition 3 considering the dry weather, espec- ’ially that on muck land. About 150 lambs will be purchased soon ‘ them on two months. Prof. Mum- ; ford says they will be expected to gain 20 ‘pounds apiece in that time. There will soon be provided ; work in dairying for students. The idepartment o\i'ns1~l:iiiioii;_r other Iappliaiices, a DeLaval baby sepa- rator and will fit up a room espe- ‘ cially for dairy purposes. ‘ The department begins the new "year with almost a new corps of : workers, Prof. Clinton D. Smith, I formerly of Minnesota, is professor of a.gricultui'e; Mr. F. B. Mumford, assistant agriculturist of the ‘station here, has been promoted to - the assistaiit profcssorsliip of agri-, ‘culture; Mr. A. T. Stevens, a mem- iber of tlielast _;Il‘adl1B.tlI1g class, i was appointed to Prof. Mumford’s : former position. , BOTANICAL DEPARTMENT. Dr. Beal attended the meetings iof the American Association for the Advancement of Science and. iiknierican Society, for the Promo- jtion of Agricultural Science, and iread papers before both bodies. ’ “Methods of killing quack grass,” “Mixtures for lawn grass,” and . “ Manual labor at agricultural col- leges,” the latter being found in another column of this paper. The department is working away at the smuts. The beneficial re- sults of hot water treatment for out and barley smut has been shown by the killing of practically all the smut in specimens which had been artificially infected to the amount of fifty per cent. In corn smut a new line of treatment has been begun. To date there is no known remedy for corn smut. The treatment being pursued is merely in cutting out the smut as it appears. ent season’s work being but a be- ginning. The herbarium is now in good shape; 7,000 species were added this last year. It is the best herb- arium in any agricultural college in the country and is the best in existence in this country west of the Alleghanies, with the possible exception of the one at the Shaw gardens, St. Louis, Mo. VVhen it is remembered that an herbarium the importance of such a valuable one as this can be appreciated. CHEMICAL DEPARTMENT. Dr. Kedzie received the follow- ing letter from a fruit grower, and he kindly sends the letter and his reply to the VISITOR for publi- cation. It may be of interest to a place, 18 inches apart in the row. 1 A11 accidental experiment in out‘; _ _ , cauie at the time the College was taking , ,a vacation to visit the World's Fair,; the wet oats, after hot Water treat- 4 As between the two‘ ,ends there was no perceptible dif- . It will take several ‘ years to arrive at results, the pres-; lmany of our readers. The letter : and the answer explain themselves: Prof. R. C. Kedzie, Agricultural College, i Mi'ch.: , DEAR S1R—I send you by express to- , 1 day a box of soil from a field that fails to , 1 grow a crop of fruit. It has been treated ‘ as follows: It had grown large crops of straw-‘ i berries, etc.. until about four years ago. I set a man to put unleached ashes on it, directing him to put on at the rate of a hundred bushels to the acre. They were iinleached and very strong. being from ‘ town furnaces, beech and maple. I sowed ‘it to buckwheat and had an enormous crop which I plowed under and sowed to ‘ rye this made ii wonderful ,9:rowth and set strawberries in spring and they failed, later in the season many died out-right.‘ One year ago I planted to turnips and had an immense crop. This spring I set to strawberries and they are doing nothing. many having started well and I then died. It has been kept cultivated and ; the ground moist. Last winter I put on ‘ at the rate of one hundred loads to the :acre of rotted manure and gave a top l dressing after plants were set. Land by ithe side of it is doing splendidly, the j_ latter having same manure last winter. « ‘Will you kindly tell me what is the, I trouble? DEAR SIR -«Your letter and box of soil ; hence the delay in this matter. Mr. I Rossman has just completed the analysis :,of the soil. which shows a rich soil—~too ‘ rich apparently for your strawberry ‘ plants. A manuring of 100 bushels of = hard wood ashes per acre. followed by ; 100 loads of manure, seems excessive for 1small fruits. The large crops of grain u and turnips show what the land can do , with such gross feeders. If you will 1 raise corn or potatoes to tone down your § land you can probably get strawl)eri'ies ; to thrive, unless some insect or fungus is , at the bottom of the trouble. The difficulty is quite unusual, but }apparently you have fed your land too richly for the best results in fruit grow- ing. Yours truly, R. C. KEDZIE. HORTICULTUR.-XL DEPARTMENT. Prof. Taft arranged with six fruit growers. last spring, to exper- ‘iment with fertilizers and fungi- lcides in growing grapes, peaches. and plums. The results are not . all in yet, but probably the fertil- izer experiiiients will not be so ‘is’: lslto Pflstllre Off the T3139: 1e’1"i11.&.”ivali1able because of the drouth. ‘The spraying of peaches for leaf ‘curl was entirely effective. For rot of peaches and plums. and for the shot hole fungrus of plums, ~ which has destroyeii so many trees ‘ ‘ in this state, spraying was effective Fif put. on in time. Various fruit gi'owei's, some of. them skeptics iii the matter of. »sprayin§_:, have tried it for leaf curl and are now convinced that it is the tliiiig, liaving obtained good results in spite of the dry weatlier. It has been clearly shown that strawberry leaf blight can be pre- vented by spraying. There are in the state about 100 1 testing stations for strawberries, I raspberries, apples, peaches, plums, . iclierries and peers. Some of the I-newer and iintried sorts are sent to these growers about the state for trial. Results are reported to the college. Much good is expect- xed from this line of work. * GENERAL. The total number of students enrolled is 235. Of these 85 are freshmen, and of the freshmen 50 are in the agricultural course. Artificial stone walks are being laid. $3,500 were appropriated for the purpose by the last legislature. This sum will build about half the amount required. . There will also be built a hospi- ltal, to cost $2,500, and a foundry, l to cost $1,500. l This year the college gets $19,- EOOO from the general government, :under the last Morrill act. It is l worth While to note that the people ' of this state pay for nothing at the ,college except for buildings and repairs; “Uncle Sam” does the rest. ; PROFESSOR SHAW. l Prof. Thos. Shaw, of the Onta- rio Agricultural College, and one of the contributors to the VISITOR, has accepted the position of Pro- fessor of Animal Husbandry in the Minnesota Agricultural Col- lege. He has been but five years at Guelph, but has in that time done much for the interests of the college and Ontario agricult- lure. The college has grown ‘materially in numbers, and the ex- lenlarged and improved. Some of lP1'of. Shaw’s most valuable work has been done in connection with l the study of rape culture. He was la pioneer in this work, and his in- vestigations were considered of such value to the farmers of this ithe authority in preparing 3. bul- fletin on the subject. 1‘ VVe wish Prof. Shaw every suc- cess in his new field of work. EIGHTY NEW S’I‘RAWBEI{IlIES. [Bulletin 100, Michigan Station] ‘ In the preceding notes many varieties are spoken of as promis- ing except that plants rust badly. The Bordeaux mixture is an effect- .1lFtl1'tEIIlt‘(ly for this disease. Va- rieties which uiider ordinary con- ditions rusteil so much that but a. sniall portion of the crop ripened properly, were sprayed in the fall, early in the spring and again after blossoming, and were almost free from rust. So the fact that a vari- ety, otherwise good. riists badly is not so serious a fault as it would he ‘did we not have so simple and ,eEectu-al a remedy available as the §Bo1'deau:\' mixture. ‘ sL'.\IiIARi'. , The following grouping shows, in 3 a small space, our opinion of the ‘varieties tested here the past sea- ‘son. GROUP I. I Varieties possessing points of excel- ylence superior to those of the average gberry and which seem deserving of a . place among the best sorts. Clyde. No. 1 Allen. Weston. l Greenville. No. 2 (Feicht). Yankee Doodle. i Leroy. No. 3 (Stayman). GROUP II. Varieties having many points of merit gbut requiring a further trial to deter- lmine their place: f Afton. Gypsy. Pawnee. 4 Beauty. Huntsman. Sineltzer's Early 3 Belle of LacrosseLeader. Standard. ‘ Heverly. No. 3 I Belt). Stevens. I Brunette. IN .21(‘ameron).Swindle. , Clark‘s Early. N '26 {Little}. Toni Walker. Fairm-ount. No. 6 (J. 8.). Williams. ! GROUP III. Varieties possessing some good points, but of medium merit only: Accomack. Leviathan. No. I (J. S». Alabama. Little Monroe. No. 3l Thompefn l Bickle. Lincoln. No 77 '[‘homps'n . Uameronian. Jones Seedling. No. 18. Little. 1. Cheyenne. Katie. No. 42. Little. ‘ Clark’s seedling.Magnate. .\'o. 2. J. S. ' Duttsr Mystic. Odessa. (rlenfield Neptune. Ohio Monarch. Harmon No. 3 Allen. Primate. Hattie Jones. No. :3 Feicht. Southard. Hermit. No. 6 Cameron. Surprise. Iowa Beauty. No.13 (‘ameron.Westlawu. IIROUP. IV. \ arieties having little or no- merit: Ualifornia. E. P. Roe. Nigger. Dayton. Estelle. No. 1 r'Engle.l Dr. Moraire. Hyslop. No. 31 llayne:-i. Boy vs. Fzirni. \\'e often come across The follow. ,ing well-meant but not very Well- ‘ coiisidered advice: “ Try and keep the briglitest of the boys on the farm. It will afford plenty of ex- ercise for his brain and for all the knowledge he can accumulate.” The latter seiiteiice is iiiidoubtedly true eiiougli, but is the first always sound? We think not. Every boy, bright or dull, lias his destiny to fill. He may not at first strike out on the l‘l}_fllt track, but sooner or later he must drift into it, and if it is not to be on the farm, the giiiore inducements you hold out to , keep him there the longer will he ibe in finding it. He may be ever so lbright, and yet not suited to be a fifarmei-. Farmers as well as poets I are born to their calling. There is isome one thing a boy can do better i than anything else, and he will not ‘be content until he finds his place. Woe to the man that is out of gplace, whether it be what is called I a high or low one; and we believe I that if he does not pursue the call- ‘ing for which he is suited in life, he must begin to Work out his des- ‘gtiny iii anotliei-——for no one else l can do his task or act as a substi- itute in his place. Find out the lbent of your boy if you can, and ,smooth the way before him. Don’t 5 make 8. drudge of him for the sake I of keeping him on the fai'm.—-llIir- 5‘ ror and F(n'mei'. = Every one who has the care and :cleaning of horses realizes the an- noyance that comes from wet and dirty animals, resulting from lying down where there is an accumula- tion of urine and iiianure upon a tight floor. To remedy this a very good Way is to make the floor of strips instead of plank or cement-, as is sometimes the case, and in such a manner as to prevent the escape of urine. We have seen it recommended to use strips of inch board six inches wide, setting them on the edge and keeping a space betweeen each two strips by pieces of lath, so there will be no retain- ing of water on the floor. Instead is the b0tflY1iSl1’S“I‘9f€1‘311C6 library,” % perimental work has been‘ greatly ‘ of using inch stuff, we would make the strips at least two inches wide, %and believe there will then be no ;obstacle in the free passing of the I urine. The floor will then be kept lldry and there will be less danger lof a horse lying down in urine, as imay be the case on B. tight floor country that our department oflwith the bedding kicked away.~_-__ agriculture went to Prof. Shaw as l Germantown Telegraplz. Nofices of’ Maeiings. CLINTON POMONA. The next meeting of Clinton Pomona will be held at Elsie, Sept. 27. The pro- gram follows: VVelcome address, Master Grange. Response, Bessie Andrus. Paper, Jas. Jewett. Remarks, Mr. Meacher. Paper, Lecturer Elsie Grange. Song. Selection, \V. T. Tillotson. Paper, Vaiion Botsford. Recitation, Mrs. Jewett. of Elsie HURON POMON.-\. The date of Huron county Pomona Grange will be changed to Oct. 5, on ac- count of date of Huron County fair being changed, which would bring the Pomona on the last day of the fair. The place of meeting will be as heretofore stated at Col- fax Grange. Mas. R. NCGENT, Srrrr/iIr_1'. NEWS NOTES. The total amount of State taxes in Michigan for 18:03 is 31.931.214.69, or 1.7 mills on the dollar. * *2: At the recent labor congress in Chi- cago. Richard T. Ely of the State Uni- versity of \Visconsin, spoke of the state ownership of railroads. He strongly de- clared that the government purchase of the railways of the United States is a practical reform. The purchase would give the property far greater value than the government bonds issued to pay for them. because the consolidation of the roads would at once increase enormous- ly their value. *** The home rule bill passed the com- mons by a vote of 301 to 267. The clos- ing scenes were marked by a great ova- tion for Mr. Gladstone. In the Lords the bill was thrown out by a vote of -119 to 41. This is the end of the agitation for the present. Probably an appeal will be taken to the country soon. In many circles the vote of the Lords is taken to portend their ultimate overthrow when thp] people come to express their own wi . =1: * 4: The European situation has taken on its annual warlike spirit. VVhether any trouble will come cannot be presaged. The aggressions of France in Siam have stirred up the English, and the pa- rade of German soldiery in the city of Metz, in the former French territory, is sort of a red flag affair. Russia and Germany are having trouble with their tariffs and Italy hates France. The G. A. R. had a. successful reunion in Indianapolis. Capt. Adams of Massa- chusetts was elected commander. The ranks are beginning to thin. the death roll is growing longer, and before many years the Grand Army will be but an. item in history. * Probably the most important congress of all those held at Chicago this summer, is the congress of religions. It is the first time in the history of the world that such an event has taken place. An effort will here be made to show that all religions can in some degree unite upon the essentials and need not quarrel over the non-essentials. >l< >l< The congressional situation remains unchanged. The senate still delays. the silver men seeking to force acom— promise measure by their policy of delay. Meantime business is picking up, with the Sherman law still in op- eration, and a tariff revision commit- fee at work. These things seem to show that neither in the purchasing clause nor in the tariff agitation. can be found the sole causes of the hard times. CROP REPORT. Lansing, September 8, 18.93. The drouth now prevailing in southern Michigan is without a. parallel. There has been no general rain since about the 22d of June. Light showers have afforded only temporary and local relief. The average total rainfall in J une was below the normal, and there was afurth— er deficiency in July. Complete returns for August have not yet been received, but the weekly bulletins of the State weather service indicate that the aver- age rainfall for August was about one- half the normal. At Lansing an accurate record of rain- fall has been kept at the otfice of the State Board of Health since and includ- ing 1879. This record shows a total rain- fall in July of this year of 0.98 of an inch, and in August of 0.73 of an inch. 9. total for the two months of only 1.71 inches. The least amount recorded for the same months in any former year was 2.61 inches in 1887. The average for the two months in the fourteen years pre- vious to 1893 is 5.91 inches. Compared with this average the deficiency in 1893 is 4.20 inches. At the State Agricultural College in .1864 the rainfall in July and August amounted to 1.65 inches. The least amount recorded for the two months in any year since 1864, previous to 1893, is 2.39 inches in 1887. The severity of the drouth has been greatly increased by bright sunshine. There was very little cloudy weather during July and August. The percent- age of sunshine is uniformly reported in excess of the normal. Of course it follows that crops of all kinds have been seriously injured. Corn is being cut to save the fodder. The po- tato crop will be light. Meadows and pastures are dried up, and in many THE GRANGE VISITOR. cases are believed to be ruined. Clover sowed this year, except in the most favorably located fields, is entirely killed out. Ploughing for fall wheat, except on the lighter soils, is practically impos- sible. It now seems probable that the wheat area of this State will be greatly reduced, on account of drouth as well as low prices. Threshers' returns of about 65,000 acres of wheat threshed, secured by cor- respondents. show that the average yield per acre in the southern counties is 15.77 bushels. in the central 14 bush- els, and in the northern 11 bushels, in- dicating a total yield in the State of more than 24,000,000 bushels, or 15.33 bushels per acre. The total number of bushels of wheat reported marketed by farmers since the August report was published is 1,248,- 869. Of this amount 519,709 bushels were marketed in July but not reported until late in August, and 729.160 bushels were marketed in August. Adding the amount now reported marketed in July to the amount previously reported for the twelve months ending with July. gives a total of 14,822,056 bushels mar- keted in the wheat year, 1892-3. JOHN W. JOCHIM. Secretary of State. A NOTABLE ADDRESS. The fourth annual auction sale at the Willows stock farm. Paw Paw, Michigan, is to be held this year on Thursday, Sep- tember ‘.‘1, at which time 100 imported one and two year old ewes and -10 im- ported and home—bred rains will be offered. These are all high class sheep, recorded both in England and America and guaranteed breeders. Before the day of sale the ewes will have been bred to some of the best rams of the breed, and these sheep are now drawn and es- pecially reserved for this sale, which will be held inside with comfortable seats and arrangements, The 1893 feature of this sale is to be the presence of Mr. J. Bowen-Jones of Ensdon House, Shropshire, England, who is the president of the English Shropshire Society and one of the most eminent and successful of English farmers. He is a man of broad culture and every inch the gentleman. He con- ducts a farm of 700 acres, on which are 600 registered Shropshires and 100 Herefords. The annual expense of this farm is over $10,000 and is conducted so as to make it financially successful. Mr. Bowen—Jones is a member of the county council, a position of considerable importance, and also a member of the executive com- , mittee of the Royal Agricultural Society {of England, which conducts the largest agricultural show in the world, At 10:30 o‘clock Mr. Bowen-Iones will address the visitors for an hour upon “Stock breeding in England,” and as this is and has been for many years the foundation of English agriculture and the only thing that has saved it from decadence, the address given by this gentleman should be of more than usual interest, and all breeders of live stock and representa- tives of agricultural papers are invited to be present. For full particulars as to sale. catalogues may be had on application. A REVOLUTION AFFECTING READ- il-JRS THROL'G}IOU'l‘ THE WORLD. A subject which has received much discussion in all parts of the country during the past month has been the pos- sibility of the The Cosmopolitarfls suc- ceeding in its new move of selling the magazine. unchanged in size and even bettered in quality, at the price of twelve and one—half cents, instead of twenty-five cents, as formerly. The August Cosmo- politan. for instance. was illustrated by a long list of famous artists, including Rochogrosse. Hamilton Gibson, Guilloti- net, Keinble, Schwabe, Saunier, Good- hue, Meaulle, Alice Barber Stephens, and the late \Vilson de Meza. The publish- ers in part explain how it is possible to keep up a pace of this kind by their an- nouncement that the Christmas edition will exceed 200,000 copies, and that in consequence of these large editions, they are obliged to raise the advertising rates from $200 to $300 per page—fifty dollars per page more than has ever been charged by any of the leading magazines in this country. This move of The Cosmopoli- tan would look as if the American people had been quick to appreciate the effort to furnish them a magazine of the high- est class, at a price so unusual and so small as to be almost nominal. Criminal History of Ten Years. “ In the Gloaming.” v “ Silver Threads Among the Gold.” “ My Grandfather’s Clock.” “ White Wings.” ' “ Annie Rooney.” “ Down Went McGinty_” *‘ Comrades.” “ Ta—ra-ra Boom-de—ay.” “ After the Ball." Ici. “ Daddy Won’t Buy me a Bow- wow.” 9 F5.“ >'-":"'?“.".“I" — C /zicrzga Record. ‘* V5/hat can I do for you P” he asked of the caller. “ I came to collect for the ven- tilating fan we put in for you." “ Oh—er; I see. I’m sorry, but we are not cashing any drafts at present.”— I'Vtz.\‘/zinglon Star, His First Restaurant Dinner.~Waiter——- “Yourlre not gwine t’ forgit de waitah, sah ?” Silas’ I-Iaymow—“ Not much. I never forgits a face after I've once seed it. If yer ever up near Bristol drop in. I’ll be glad to see yer.”—Puc/I-. Trials of the Middle Aged Beau.— “ Why are they not married?” “ She ob- iects to marrying him till she is older.” “ Doesn't he agree to that?” “Yes, but she objects to waiting till he is older.- L1’/e. ]ohnnie—“Mam ma, Are twins doubles or halves?” Mamma—“ Why, doubles, of course, darling. brother Tom, two whole dear bovs? You are not half boys. Haven’t you two round curly heads?” _]ohnnie—-“ Well we may be doubles on heads, but we’re halves on apples.”—Harfer’s Taung People. Aren’t you and your’ 2 Rooms with THE GRANGE. Address, TVVENTY IVIINUTES RIDE FROIVI THE NO OTHER BUILDING VVITHIN PLENTY ()F FRESH AIR. @ ANOTHER OUT IN PRICES. Rooms with 1 double Bed, double Beds, $1.00 per day, 25 Rooms with 3 double Beds, $1.50 per day, 25 :Cents each person. FAIR BY 500 FEET. Meals 25 Cents. ELECTRIC CARS. NO DANGER FROJI FIRE. QUIET AND COOL. If the Railroads won’t do it the Grange will. SEPTEMBER 15, 1893. The World’s Fair Grange Corner of 93d Street and Saginaw Avenue (519 93d St.), South Chicago. 5 C-TS. FARE. $0.75 per day, 37%,; Cents each person. Cents each person. Suit of seven rooms (seven beds) furnished for housekeeping. $5.00 per day. HOW TO REACH From the Fair grounds take a Grand Crossing & South Chicago Electric Car on Stony Island Ave. at 64th St. Fair gate. off at Burnside or Grand Crossing, and take Electric Car to South Chicago. Southern R’y, get 05 at South Chicago station, and walk four blocks west on 943d St. If coming in by Mich. Central R’y, get If coming in by Mich. Em (J. DUNNIN3, 519 9311 St. cor. Sagiiiaw Avc., South Chicago, III. A GLIMPSE AT THE WORLD'S FAIR. The passenger entering Chicago from the east by any of the MICIIIGAN CE.\"l‘RAL trains will observe, after passing Kensing- ton and Grand Crossing, that the tracks are gradually elevated until, from a point of view some twenty feet above the level, he sees to the right an assemblage of domes, towers and spires rising above the trees between the railroad and Lake Michigan. These are some of the colossal and mag- nificent palaces of the VVorld’s Coluinbian Exposition, far surpassing, not only in niirn- ber and magnitude, but in beauty and ar- tistic harmonv of design, any assemblage of buildings that the world has ever before seen. First to be noticed and directly in front of the railway station where the MICHIG.-\N CENTRAL trains will enter the Exposition, rise grandly the four square pavilions of the Administration building, crowned by its great dome, 200 feet above the ground,—— “almost as lofty as that of St. Paul’s in London,” says l\Ir.<. Van Rensselaer, “ and almost as graceful in outline as that of the Florentine Cathedral.” In front of it stands the magnificent bronze fountain by .\Iac- Monnies, facing the great basin in the cen- ter of the great court, upon which front the Agricultural building and Machinery Hall on the south, and the palaces of Mines and Mining, Electricity, and of Manufactures and the Liberal Arts on the north. The domes and towers of these buildihgs may be seen in the distance, and particularly the grert arched roof of the last named building, the large--t in the world. It cov- ers an area of more nan thirty acres——three times that of the largest building of the great Paris Exposition of 1889. As the train approaches more closely to the grounds. the Transportation building is clearly seen to the left of the Administra- tion building. It covers, with its annexes, fourteen and a half acres of ground, and its massive arched doorway,elaborately decor- ated and known as the “ Golden Portal,” is one of the most striking external features of the Exposition. Next to the left is the llorticultural Building, a thousand feet in length, and with a central pavilion, under the glass . dome of which is grouped the finest known collection of bamboos. tree—ferns and palms. Northward, and still nearer to the train, is the \Voman’s building, a chaste and noble structure, first of all to be completed, and the architect, artists and decorators of which were all women. It will be filled wtth the fruits of the genius, skill and labor of the women of all nations. Crossing the Midway Plaisance, which connects Jackson Park on the east with VVashington Park on the west, and in which are located a section of Paris, a street of Cairo, Irish, German, Austrian and Turkish villages, a Dutch East Indian set- tlement, ice, sliding and spiral electric rail- ways, and numerous other interesting feat- ures, of some of which the traveler may get a glimpse as he dashes by. On the right, grouped at the north end of Jackson Park, are the various State and Foreign buildings of diversified architecture and representing an expenditure of millions of dollars. No passing glimpse of the VVorld’s Fair, however, nor the most detailed and glow- ing description that can be penned, can give any idea of its surpassing size and extent, the splendid harmony of its design, or of its rich artistic sculpture and decorative features. Nothing but frequent visits and careful observation can do it. But while every passing traveler will surely resolve upon this, he will also surely be thankful that he is journeying upon the MICHIGAN CENTRAL, the only Eastern line that gives him such a passing view, or that takes him directly by and in full view of Niagara Falls, the great natural wonder of the world. SITRPRISED AND PLE ASED. June 3. 1893. Ma. 0. W. INGERSOLL: I painted a good residence with your Ready Mixed Paint and I must say I was happily surprised at the excellent, beau- tiful gloss ithad. I have followed paint- ing many years, never did a job that gave better satisfaction than that did. I feel perfectly safe in recommending your paints to all customers who intrust their buildings in my care. Fraternally yours, G. S. TAYLOR. [See Adv. Ingersoll’s Liquid Rubber Paints.—ED.] “ The Silver Problem” discussed in the September number of the Nortlr American Review, by Andrew Carnegie, whose arti- cle will be entitled, “ A Word to Wage Earners,” and by Sir John Lubbock, M. P., who will write on “The Present Crisis.” salted Butter M21kCl'Sl Should know that the first-prize butter at the leading Conventions has been SALT. preserves and holds the flavor of good but- ter longer than any other salt. from hard and flinty substances and always dissolves just right. The leading butter makers are using it and praising it. It will pay you to fall in line. Packed in 280 lb. barrels— 224 1b., 56 1b., and 14 lb. bags. Sold by all dealers. DIAMOND CRYSTAL SALT C0., sr. CLAIR. MICH. with DIAMOND CRYSTAL It is the purest salt made. It It is free .4. GRANGE TDIERECTORY. "““'l’-11;‘.1313:‘sf.3L‘?..l'i§Z‘I..§‘i-‘$iT..f‘¥ll2liff’ FfW01'1l39 Lines A H. R. EAGLE & 00., Farmers‘ Wholesale Supply House, 68 and '70 “';i_lmsli Ave-.. Chit-ago. Szivc iiioiic_v on cvcryiliiiig. Si-nil ~i.\ C{‘l1l.\ for full C2l[:llO_‘_f\!(:. The Smith Implement A: Buggy (‘o.. 22 and 24 East 3d St. Cincinnati, 0. has a contract with Grange of Ohio and Indiana to supply their state and furnish goods at wholesale rates when the order comes under the seal of the Grange. We extend the same invitation to the Grange of Mich- igan. Write for catalog and prices. A. R. HICKS 6.’ (#0., PALMYRA, N. 1'. are the official fnrnishers of badges. working tools. seals, staff mountings, and all supplies. Illustrated catalog on application. Send orders to Jennie Buell. Secretary, Ann Arbor, or direct to Palmyra, N. Y. Special inducements all the time P| A,E,° S S:-nd for Catnloguei, (it:-.. Dirgct ‘ ‘ 'ea\'er Organ " ’i2uio o. Factory, York, Pa. Place seal of your Grange on your letter paper, or send trade card to secure benefit of special manufact- urers’ prices direct to Grangers. EUMBE cE(T.iWOODLEY, 242 South \\'ater Sf., ('liit*a_L-:0. Ill. \\'linIu.~iile I.iniil~er llt‘llik‘l'. Solid its i‘orrc.I< The Ionia district fair association holds its fair Sept. 26—29. This fair is in a rich district and has a large attendance. “ If you will allow me to interrupt you a moment,” called out a solemn-faced man in the audience, “ may I ask what position you take in regard to the binomial theo- rem P” “ It’s athievin’ conspiracy between the gold bugs and the Colorado mine own- ers!" thundered the orator, his eyes flash- ing fire, “ and I’m ag’in it."—C/n'cago Tri- bune. to the Summer Resorts of Northern Michigan TRAVERSE CITY ELK RAPIDS CHARLI-ZVOIX PETOSKEY BAY VIEVV l\[ACI{INAC ISLAND; and TRAVERSE BAY RESORTS 1 4-’ ‘ CHICAGO 5" and WEST MICHIGAN RAILWAY DETROIT LANSING and NORTHERN 4 _ ~ RAILROAD ; The West Michigan now in operation to Bay View, is the ONLY All RAIL LINE T0 GHARLEVDIX Through sleeping and parlor car ser- vice from Chicago, Detroit, Lansing and Grand Rapids to Petoskey and Bay View during the summer months. THE SCENIC LINE ’ Over forty miles of beautiful lake and’' 1 river views north of Traverse City. Send a stamp for new Summer Book... TRY IT WHEN YOU G0 N0ll’l‘ll THIS SUMMER: FRANK TOWNSEND, GEO. DEHA\'EN, Agent, Lansng,. Gen’l Pass’r Agt., Grand Rapids. AJAX DYNAMITE l FOR STUHP BLASTDWG. We are bound to introduce our AJAX in your locality. and to do so will sell CHEAP. Goods guaranteed. No better sold. Try us on prices. Ajax Dynamite Works, BAY CITY, Mich. OMPLETE MANHOOD AND HOW TO ATTAIN IT. for our It-ooneyiuns'tratli3:‘i°" "ecu tron blllhefl. ERIE MEDICAL co.. BUFFALO. x. 7. E rnnssns or nonnn-r sun-It 9: co.‘ LANSING, KICK.