“THE FARJIER IS

 

 

0 'iiIoRE CONSEQUEITCE THAN THE FARM, AND SHOULD BE FIRST IMPROVED.”

VOL. XIX, N0. 12.

LANSING, MICHIGAN, JUNE 21, 1894.

STATE DEPARTl[E.\"l‘S.

Brief Description of the Work in Several
Departments of the State Government.

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dcpnriiiicnt .\'hich we lizivciilrczidy Llt*.\CTllWL'ili1‘. this $(:1"lC.\ of 
articles. \\ - >ll(lll he _'.{lll(l to reply in the 111:5’. of our 11IIlllI_\', 1
through the \'isiToi<.]

Insurance Ilepartment.

The insurance department was establisli-
ed in 1872. It nas supervision of fire, life
accident, and fraternal insurance companies
doing business in the state. All such com-
panies must comply with the state laws be- 1

of the companies are made by the depart-
ment as to financial standing as well. Also
an examination of ex h company organized 1
within the state is made each year. Of 1
those organized in other states but doing
business in this state, the certificates of .
the insurance departments of those states
are usually accepted in lieu of examinations.
Fire companies whose capital is impaired 1
15 per cent can not do business in 1\Iichi- 
gan.

There are now doing business in this
state 123 fire and marine companies. Of f
these, four are Michigan companies, 86 from 1
other states, and 23 from foreign countries. 
There are also 65 mutual fire insurance ;
companies in Michigan. Of what are call- 1
ed straight life insurance companies there 1
are 37 admitted to business, only one of
which is a Michigan company. There are
19 casualty companies. Of 48 assessment
life insurance companies, five are Micliigan
companies. By the act of 1893 fraternal
companies were brought under control of 1
this department, and  of such have worn-
plied with the law and made reports. ,

During 1893the tire insurance companies ~
wrote risks amounting to $319,845,173, re-
ceived as premiums $4,745,837.73, and in-
curred losses to the extent of $3,400,617.42.
The life insurance companies in the same 1
time issued policies amounting to 823,211,-
508.89, received premiums aggregating
$1,094,313.28, and paid losses to the amount
of $1,200,787.60.

Each insurance company from another ;
state, doing business in Michigan, must
pay an annual tax into our state treasury,
based on the amount of premiums received 1
by that company from their Michigan ,
business during the year. The tax is 3 %
per cent for fire and marine companies,
and 2 per cent for life companies.

The department of insurance collects 1
these taxes and turns them into the state
treasury. During the past fiscal year the
amount of these taxes, including a few hun-
dred dollars in fees, etc., was $212,040.99.

EXPENSES.

Disbursements for 1893:

1

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1

fore beginning business, and examinations 
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Printing and binding .____._.._ .__....__.__ H.776 19
Stationery and books _____ ._ 362 7"»
Express and telegrams __ ._ 151 Lb
Postage and miscellaneous 268 3") 1
Commissioner __________ __ . 2.000 00
Deputy , _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ . . _ _ . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .. 1.500 (J0
(‘nief clerk _______________________________ _. 1,030 00
Extra clerks ______________________________ .. 641 67

$7 750 2’

and banking departments are appointed by
the governor.
Railroad Departnieiit.

The duties of the railroad commissioner
are partially what may be termed police
powers. He is expected to see that the
railroad laws are enforced, and is given
considerable discretion in his work. His
time is spent quite largely on the road.
He inspects each road once a year, going
over it with a view to examining tracks,
bridges, stations. platforms, out buildings,
culverts, cars, appliances, etc. This in-
spection is made with the officials. The I
mechanical engineer also inspects inter-
locking crossings, switches, and safety
appliances.

The commissioner endeavors to enforce
the laws relative to whistling, whistling
posts, crossing signs, fences and cattle
guards. He orders farm and resident
crossings, tells how a highway crossing
shall be made, also how street car and
railroad tracks shall cross, can order the
protection of gates or flagmen at crossings. .
He also enforces laws regarding theheat- 1
ing and lighting of cars; can order a
heater removed if objectionable; no de- A
vice for heating or lighting can be adopted -

~ In 1893

1 railroad niip of the state each year.

' of labor, homes; etc.

‘~ among the railway employés.

without his approval. Can compel logs
and lumber to be loaded safely, and can
order trees near the track removed. In
cases of transporting Texas fever cattle
through the state, he is the police officer

v in enforcing the law.

Railroads report receipts and expenses,
under oath. On the amount of gross earn-
ings is assessed the specific tax, which is
collected in July of each year. This
assessment is made by this department.
these taxes amounted to

$893,762.01; in 1894, $802,606.91, showing

' a falling ofl’ of $91,155.10.

The commissioner is chairman of the

‘ railroad crossing board, and of the railroad 1

He issues a
Rail-
road acc. dents must be reported to his
office wthin twenty-four hours.
EXPENSES.
The salaries are:

and street crossing board.

 
  

Commissioner _____________________________ __ ~25-00
epiity ___________________________________ ,_ 1.500
Mechanical engineer ______________________ _. 1.500
(Tlerk ______________________________________ _. 5-10
$b,Z'll0

General expenses for the year ending

October 1, 1893:

Printing and binding _____________________ .. $781) 1:’.
lncidentals ................................ .. 90 10
Postage __________________________ __ _ 53 00
Express _______________ __ 233 14
Telegraph and telephone 54 30
Traveling expenses____. 653 26
Stationery ___________ __ 171 Oh
Maps ______________________________________ .. 238 50
Ollice library ............................. -. ~19 00
$2,332 08
Salaries ___________________________________ .. 6.340 00
Yearly cost of departrnem ________________ __ $8.67: 08

Labor Bureau.

The labor department largely maps out
its own work. Eae:l;- year it makes -9 »-;‘f.;~.,

= tistical report relating to some phase of

labor. This year it will get the condition

of farm laborers, both male and female, j

who will be canvassed as to condition,
nativity, wages, social surroundings, hours
Also the products
of the farm, methods, profits of farming
with present prices, will be ascertained.
Last year the iron mining industries were
investigated, including pauperism, strikes,
free and prison labor. Building and loan
associations were considered to a limited

extent.
About 10,-

I 000 individual eniployes were canvassed

as to wages, nativity, hours of labor, and so-
cial conditions. Practically the same ques-

 tions were asked of the corporations, in a
general way, to see if they corroborated the

reports of the employés. Two years ago
the matter of farm mortgages was enlarged
upon. In other years prison labor,

j woman labor, building trades, farm mort-
3. gages have been treated. In general all
. labor interests, and anything in those
, lines out of the ordinary, are subjects for
' investigation by this department.
, is an annual appropriation of 88,000 for

There

1 this work, and this amount allows of but
 one line of investigation each year.

Factory inspection, laws for which

A passed last year, was given to this depart-
7 ment, and 84,000 a year was appropriated
1 for the purpose.
1 dangerous machinery, fire escapes, eleva-
~tors, sanitary arrangements, are looked

The safety of employés,

after, and necessary appliances are ordered
to be put in, and watch is kept to see that
the orders are obeyed. The state is di-
vided into five districts, with an inspector
in each; and inspectors are kept in the field
most of the time. They receive three dol-
lars a day. Mechanics are usually em-
ployed. Inspectors make full weekly
reports of work.

Investigations of the bureau are de-
voted more to organized labor, as that is
the easiest to get at. Canvassers are

1 employed to collect statistics personally.

EXPENSES.
Salaries are:

 
  
    

Commissioner__-____,___..___ __,____.._._ $2.000 00
Deputy ___________________________________ .. 1,500 00
$3.10 ()0

Other expenses:
Printing ______________ __ $3.601 9%
Stationery _____________ __ 30.’ b5
Traveling..._ 1,184 05
Posta e,,.__,__________ __,_,_ __,__. 4617'»
Sundries (express, etc.)_ 840 814
Clerks _____._____________,_,___.___. _,.. 2.67518
Canvassers ________________________ __ _ 1,049 1.5
I j.._._m
$10,115 60
Salfiies _________________________________ ._ 3.500 00
Factory inspection ______________________ ._ 4,000 (10
Total expenses for 1893 .............. _. $17,615 60

The chief work, however, was done ‘

E.

WHOLE N0. 444.

The report of Commissioner Robinson , appear to think that farming may be uns-
; dertaken and carried out successfully by
1 any man who has a little physical strength

for 1893 was very large and cost more for
printing and distributing than the reports
usually do. The salaries of commissioner

1

and deputy, and the cost of printing, bind- ~

ing,!and general supplies, is provided for
aside from the $8,000 mentioned above.
The expenses of factory inspection are
paid, and expenses of inspectors, printing,
postage and ofiice furnishings for local
oflices, out of the 84,000.

with, do it, and then tell about it.”

Banking Department.

 prop to support.

left; that he may fall back 011 agriculture
when everything else fails, and be an easy
Nothing can be further

‘: from the truth. It is mind, or the exercise
, of it, that leads to success in agriculture,
1 and it is not too much to say that the more
A cultivated mindwthe mind that has been
1 subjected to the best training and discipline

In the words of the commissioner, “ We ‘
decide what to do, make tools to do it 1

—is the one that will accomplish the most
on a farm.
There is another reason why the farmer

1 should be educated, or another way that an

The banking department was established .

in 1889, in response to a sentiment from
the banks themselves. The state banks

1 formerly, reported but there were no means

of verifying the reports, and it was thought
that a supervision somewhat similar to

C that exercised over national banks would

be an advantage. 1Vhen the law went
into effect 80 state banks filed certificates.
There are now 18-1.

The supervision of this department ex- ; - - - -
~ the country, in agricultural communities,

tends to: 1. Personal inspection once a

year of each bmte bank‘ This is thorough 1 district school open only apart of the year
5 ‘ I

and complete.. 2. Reports, quarterly at
least. of condition of bank. 3. Reports
of earnings and dividends twice a year.

in the state are received.
EXPENSES.
Salaries are:

     

Other expenses:
Examining banks ______________________ _. $2.t_';§3“1) 17

  
 

Printing. postage, etc. ._..___.__....__._... 73
33.362 20

Salaries __________________________________ -_ 6 400 UU
Total _________________________________ .- $9,762 20
Received fees ................... __ 7,9112 55
Expense of department _________________ _. $1.839 155

Fees are charged annually for examin-

ediication may be a great help to a farmer.
Most farmers lead monotonous lives, com-
paratively lonely. The farmer has less di-

‘ version than any other laborer on the face

I of the earth.
: towns his duties keep him at home.

Even if near cities or large
But

 if he has an education, he has something

- information always at his disposal.

to draw upon in all lonely hours, a fund of
And

this fund not only cheers him and helps

' him up, making him broader and more use-

‘ farmers we might have!

ful in the days to come. In many parts of

there maybe few school privileges. The

is all that is provided in some places
Here the educated father or mother may

By courtesy reports from national banks j supply some of the educational facilities

lacking, and in any case supplement public
instruction with home instruction. This
suggests an iniportant topic. If children
could be educated on the farm, if their in-
terest in agriculture might grow with their
interest in books what a crop of educated
But children are

‘ sent to the city for their education and

this often if not generally spoils them for
a farnier"s life. They delight to return to
the farm in the holidays but having a taste

3 of the city are eager to get back to it.

Education in any department of life is a

, factor that pays for the farm, the farmer,

ing banks at the rate of 1-100 of one per .

cent on‘ assets.

THE EDL'(‘A'l‘El) 1:‘.-IRDIER.

The object of a general education is to

develop and to train the mind without 1

regard to the subsequent employment of it.
It is true that the man who intends to
practice law or medicine may take studies
or follow courses of reading while in col-

but generally the process of education is

- simply to prepare the mind to cope with

whatever may be presented to it in the
course of life. A young man just out of
college returned to the farm, and a neigh-
bor exclaimed, “ 1Vliat's the need of a man’s
going to college to learn to raise potatoes?”
He might as well ask wliat’s the need of a
man’s going to college to learn to amputate
a limb, or to make an argument in court!

As already stated education is merely
preparatory. It supplies a mental factor
that enables the possessor to work to
greater advantage, Whether he served as
lawyer, physician, or farmer. But to re-
turn to potato raising. The progressive
farmer does not merely drop a potato in
the earth, keep down the weeds, and dig
the increase in the fall. That would be
raising potatoes as the Indians raised corn.
The question is, how can the potato be
treated to bring the largest returns? And
it is no fool question. It has taxed the
minds of some of the best thinkers in the
country, and thethinking of these men
has resulted in more general good than all
the meetings of the fudge school of phil-
osophy. Now, it is reasonable to suppose
that the man who has been trained to rely
on mental as well as on physical force may
evolve something out of potato raising
that may accrue to his own and to other’s
advantage. The educated mind, whether
educated in college or elsewhere. is pro-
gressive and is not content with present
attainments, but is ever reaching out for
better results in whatever course interested
or directed. A knowledge of Latin or

; Greek may not help potato culture direct-
ly, but the discipline of mind necessary to

learn these languages may lead to an im-
provement of the crop. Many persons

‘the farmers family and the farming
‘ community.
I. B. Aims.
Danby.

In a good year the (le- 
partment will probably be self sustaining. 3

F.-\R}IEIlS' CLUB PICNIC.

The Iiigham County Fai'mei's’ Club had

1 an enjoyable picnic at the Agricultural

_ , ; Pattengill and J. H. Shaffer.
lege that may contribute to the final result, 1

College Saturday, June 16. Music was
furnished by students’ orchestra and quar-
tette, and speeches were made by Hon.
1Vm. Ball, Judge Chatterton. Hon. C. A.
Gower, Hon. O. )1. Barnes, Hon. H. R.
A. F. \Vood,
President Gorton, Prof. Smith and Col.
Ives also made brief remarks. It was a suc-

. cessfiil picnic in every respect.

BI{0'[‘lI I-IR FARDIEIR.

IV‘/117 /i’z}/trfzr, _'lln‘//.

You can do no better thing for your fam-
ily and coimnuiiity than to organize a
Grange!

Please talk it over with your neighbors.
The State Grange will render you all as-
sistance needed.

Please favor me with a personal letter on
the subject.

I hope to hear from you soon, and will
gladly answer all questions relating to such
a move. »

Yours in the interest of farmers.

GEO. B. HORTON.
Jlastcr of State Grcmge.

HOW’S THIS.’

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any
case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's
Catarrh Cure.

1”. J. CHENEY & C0,. Props. Toledo, 0.

‘We the undersigned have known F. J. Cheney
for the last 15 years, and believe hnn perfectly
honorable in all business transactions and finan-
cially able to carry out any obligation made by
their firm.

\Vest iv Truax. \Vholesale Druggists, Toledo. 0.

\Valding, Kinnan it Marvin, \Vholesa1e Drug-
gists, Toledo, Ohio.

Hall's Catarrh Ours is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of
the system. Price 75c per bottle. Sold by all
Druggists. Testimonials free.

The VISITOR will describe the work
of each State institution in Micliigaii,
with cost of lllllllltzllllillg‘ it.
able inforination t'or voters.

Invalu-

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THE GRANGE VISITOR.

JUNE 21, 1894.

Field and Sfock.

VALUE OF THE BABCOCK TEST IN
DAIRY.
PROF. CLINTON D. SMITH.
. II.

The usefulness of the Babcock test has
but begun for the ordinary private dairy-
man when by its use the herd has been
culled of animals that were not paying for
their keep. He needs its watchful care all
through the processes of creaming and but-
ter making.

After the milk, fresh from the cow, has
been received into the dairy house, there
are but two avenues of waste that need to
be guarded to prevent the escape of the
butterfat; the skimmilk and the buttermilk.

If an accurate statement could be ob-
tained of the amount of butter thrown to
pigs in the skimmilk in this state alone,
the figures would astonish the dairymen
and drive them into more careful methods.
It is safe to say that over one-half a pound
of butter is thrown away in every hundred
pounds of average skimmilk. Before the
invention of the Babcock test this waste
went on unchecked because unknown.

Having recognized its depleting pres-
ence, the wise dairymaii is now studying
means of prevention. If he still clings to
the old fashioned shallow pan, he sees to
it that the milk is strained as soon as pos-
sible after milking while still warm, and
that the pans are set in a milk room at an
even temperature of about 60” and free
from drafts, and skimmed when they begin
to lopper in spots on the bottom of the
pan, or say after 36 hours setting.

VALUE OF THE SHALLOW PAN.

THE

Experience has shown me that butter of
most excellent flavor and keeping qualities
can be made with the shallow pan. Neither
need there be any greater loss of butter in
the skimmilk than where cold deep setting
creameries are used. In fact as autumn
approaches and the cows begin to get well
along in their milking period. I believe that

"the milk will cream even more thoroughly

in the shallow pan than in the creamers.
Care must be used in the skimming, and
the test should occasionally be applied
to the skimmilk to see that its freedom
from fat indicates that all the conditions
for thorough creaming have been complied
with.

\Vl1ere creainers are used greater care is
necessary in observing certain well defined
rules, or the test will show that fat is being
wasted in the skimmilk.

The milk must be placed in the creamer
while still warm from the cow: the water
in the creamer must be below 50:, prefer-
ably below 45°, and sufficient ice provided
to insure a low temperature for at least elev-
en hours. When these conditions are ob-
served the test will show little loss of fat
in the skimmilk so long as the cows are
comparatively fresh. Toward the close of
the milking period, however, the milk yields
its cream with less readiness and greater
and unavoidable wastes must be expected.

These wastes are almost entirely done
away with by the use of the hand sepa-
rator.

WASTES IN CH['R.\'ING.

It is, however, in the more intricate
processes of churning that wastes are likely
to occur and where the test should be
brought into constant requisition. If the
dairyinian is wise he will test his buttermilk
frequently. A loss of more than two-
tenths of a per cent is suspicious and
should lead to a careful investigation all
along the line until the mistake is found.
It may be that the cows are fed some prod-
uct like gluten meal which makes the cream
churn with difficulty, or the cream may not
have been sufficiently ripe, or churned at
too high a temperature. The test will
show when an error has been committed
but it cannot point out the exact location
of the fault.

\Vhile the test is thus useful in many
ways to the private dairymaii it is abso-
lutely indispensable to the modern well
equipped creamery. Milk used to be con-
sidered milk, no matter what its quality,
but in these modern times as great a dif-
ference in value is discovered in the milk
of different cows as in the wool of different
sheep. The scales can tell the varying
quantities of milk supplied by the differeiit
patrons of the creamery, but it remained
for the test to point out the equally varying
qualities. Now a man, whose cows yield
milk so rich that one hundred pounds of it
make five pounds of butter, refuses to sell
his milk at the same price per hundred as
does his neighbor, the milk of whose herd
will not produce three pounds of butter per
hundred. '

The application of the test is so simple,
easy, and inexpensive that its universal
adoption in our creameries is certainly of
the near future. Many creameries are de-
terred from adopting the test by a fear of
its imagined cumbrousness and the amount
of work involved. Briefly stated the meth-
od of its use is as follows:

HOW TO TEST.

As many quart fruit cans with covers are
provided on shelves in the room near the
weigh can as there are patrons delivering

milk at the creamery. In each can is a
small amount of the mixture of bichromate
of potash and corrosive sublimate used in
the test of cows. After the patrons’ milk
is dumped into the weigh can the creamery
man takes a sample of it and places it in
the fruit can having this particular patron’s
name on it. The next time the same pa-
tron brings milk to the factory another
sample is placed in the same fruit can, and
so on for two weeks, or in cool weather for
even a month. The chemicals prevent
souring or decay and the mixed sample in
the fruit can is a true representation of all
the milk the patron has brought for the
time. '

This fruit can sample is then tested in
duplicate by the Babcock test and an accu-
rate determination can then be made of the
exact amount of butter fat this patron has
brought to the creamery, by multiplying
the number of pounds of milk he has
brought by the per cent of fat so determ-
ined.

TO GET men iIAN’s SHARE.

Suppose now that the same thing is done
with the milk of each patron and the same
determination made. Add together the
pounds of fat delivered by all patrons and
you have the total pounds of fat taken in
by the creamery in the given time. Turn-
ing now to the regular account books in
which the financialinatters of the creamery
are kept, the total expenses of the cream-
ery for the given time, say a month, in-
cluding the cost of making at so much a
pound of butter sold ifa stock company,
or all expenses for fuel, oil, wages, packa-
ges, repairs, and outgoes of all kinds are
added together and taken from the total
receipts from the sales of the butter made
in the same period. The remainder is the
net receipts which are to be divided among
the patrons to pay for the butterfat each
has brought.

Divide these net receipts by the total
number of pounds of butterfat furnished
by all the patrons put together, the quotient
will be the price per pound to be paid for
the butterfat. Multiply the number
of pounds of butterfat furnished by
a patron, as found by the test and scales,
by this price per pound. The result is the
amount of money he should receive for his
milk.

No other method of paying for milk has
yet been invented that gives equal justice
to all patrons regardless of the quality of
milk furnished.

Fortunately the test has already been
adopted in nearly every creamery to keep
watch of the skimmilk and buttermilk, and
that maker is ashamed where either shew

a greater per cent of fat than two-tenths'o1"'

one per cent.

In this way the test is helpful to the
buttermaker from the beginning to the end
of his work, and is proving one of the most

beneficent. dairy inventions of recent years.
.»lgr1'r1//f1(r¢I/ C 0//vgt’.

LARGE VS. SMALL FARMS.

HON. L. 1). WATIUNS.

At your request I will furnish a few
thoughts on this subject. I do this because
I have the highest regard for the Grange
and its honest, manly work, as well as its
stern denunciation of that parasite of the
Department of Agriculture, Morton.

You are aware of the fact that owners of
large farms seldom if ever care to reply to
such statements as “ Ten acres a.re enough,”
“ A little farm well tilled,” etc., and such
old saws as that of the farmer who divided
and re-divided his farm among his sons
until he had but a small acreage left,———still
each remnant produced more than the orig-
inal whole. The press has for years quo-
ted as, object lessons, the sayings and suc-
cesses of such well-known farmers as L. B.
Pierce, John M. Stalil, \Valdo F. Brown, T.
13. Terry, and others, implying that they
could not have succeeded upon a large farm.
N ow I am personally acquainted with most
of these men, and if I am any judge of

farmers, they would have made national .
reputations on one thousand acre farms. 
There is, I believe. a saying that a man’s ‘
success in any business is as to his brain 5

0 t1’ ' th ' ‘ ‘ . .
He “Hi; In 6 conslderatlon 5 and a Democratic administration all com-
stood, and that is that the growing of fruits  lflncdi Could not hmn-‘.1 1t a.b9ut' The.Cau.Se
1 lies deeper than party politics, and it will

capacity.
of this subject should be distinctly under-

or garden truck, alone, is not farming.

A farmer may include small fruits or 1

vegetables in his rotation of crops, or may
use as a side crop, and should, of course,

not make these a specialty.
I shall not attempt to defend the utility

of small farm work.
I commenced my present occupation in

working a seven hundred acre farm on-

shares, at the age of nineteen, and have so
far succeeded in making farming pay that
I think I may rightly say that today I own
one of Michigan’s large farms. Nor has
my ideal limit in size yet been reached, and
I have, in 1893, added 350 acres to the home
tract. Still I may be in error. I will,
however, make a few statements that may
contain the real meat of the nut.

A COMPARISON.
1. \Ve will start with a farm of one hun-

dred acres, the income from which has
enabled the owner to build good suitable
buildings, well furnished, to meet all need-
ed family expenses and to add to the sur-
plus fund a goodly net profit each year.

2. Let us add to this 100 acres another
100 acres of exactly the same quality of
land and crop it just the same. I ask,
would not the net profit of the second hun-
dred acres be greater than that of the first
by the sum of all family expenses, wear

of buildings, and interest on value, insur-
The coni- ‘

ance, taxes, etc., on the same?
bined 200 acres can be worked with very
little additional outlay for machinery,
teams, or labor, thus lessening the cost of
production on each 100 acres.

3. Let us go back once more to the initial
100 acres and place it in contrast with a
farm of 4.00 acres. If each is fenced into
ten fields of equal size, for regular rotation,
in the first of ten acres and in the second
of forty acres each, you will find that there
will be exactly one-lialf as much fence on
the 100 acres as there is on the -100. Thus
the amount of ground covered by fences
on the two farms is much greater in pro-
portion on the small farm, and much land
is rendered practically useless. Also, a
very heavy loss is incurred in time and
labor occasioned by the almost constant
turning in plowing, harrowing, reaping,
etc., in the small fields.

STILL LARGER FARBIS.

Let us glance at the possible advantages
of a farm of from 1,000 to 2,000 acres or
more. -

1. A great saving in cost of all machinery
purchased.

2. The economical use of labor and its
continued application to one class of work,
as in all great industries and manufactures.
Also in the greater amount of work which
phe same amount of machinery will accomp-

ish.

3. Finally, may we not say that there is
nothing of precedent in history that gives
to us any foreshadowing of what the future
of agriculture will be‘? The outlook now
seems to incline towards the absolute neces-
sity of concentration of farms, even of the
largest, into still larger farms or corpora-
tions. The best appoiiited farms cannot
go on long, as they have done, under cir-
cumstances as grievous as those of the last
year, and the future outlook is very un-
promising. Vast areas are constantly being

opened up to active cultivation by rail- ‘

roads and labor saving machinery, on every
continent, the products of which cause in-
tense competition in all markets and the
result will be the “survival of the fittest.”
W,ill it be the small or the large farms?
AFFECT ON THE BOYS.

I will ask you to ponder over one more
problem. Is it the constant statements
implying that only small farms can pay;
that in farming there is no room at the
top, etc., that drives our brightest young
men and women from the farms‘? They
will never choose agriculture, or any pro-
fession. if it only promises a life of toil
without promise or hope of bettering their

intellectual and financial condition, and of ,
E cultural purposes are now about exhausted,
 and duringthe next decade relief will grad-
5, iially come about.

finally reaching a prominent position of
honor among their fellow men.
I hope that the readers of the GRANGE

VISITOR will carefully consider these state-  _
. changing as the farmer becomes educated.
j A more diversified system is followed, so
E that the failure of one crop does not now
‘ work so disastrously as in the past.

ments as a skeleton of arguments which
they are to use as their judgments dictate
in their conclusions. I write them entirely
in the interest of farmers, one of which I
have been for forty-five years.
.1/zzz/r/zv.~‘lrr'.
A(J'rl{I(.'UL'l‘['RAL DEPRESSION.

The (‘aiise and Cure.

APOLLOS S. LONG.

The widespread and unparalleled de-
pression in agricultural pursuits behooves
us to look well into the causes that have
conspired to bring about the present state
of affairs. That, knowing the cause, we
may intelligently set ourselves to effect a
cure, or at least to ameliorate as much as
we can, and give all-healing Time a chance.

It would be the height of folly to attrib-
ute the present condition of the country to
any one cause. “Tariff,” “ Free coinage,”

require more than a change of administra-
tion to restore confidence to the country.
One, or all of the above may combine to

have his gardens and orchards, but he does . aggmvatt‘ the evil’ and the settlement of

tariff and currency questions might be a

a long step towards a return of prosperity.

and profit of either small or large farms, ;
because I have had no personal knowledge ‘
I

IiI.\IIGRATION.
One of the chief factors in the problem

' is the large number of immigrants who

have during the last decade landed upon
our shores and sought new homes in the
far west, where with the uncounted acres of
virgin;soil and their economical and thrifty

habits, they at once became producers and I
conipetitors of the less careful American '

farmer. The immigrant accustomed to the

most frugal living consumed very little 7
that he did not directly produce, and all ‘

his surplus helped to swell the already too
full supply. To add to the difficulty the
immense number of acres brought under
cultivation in the west were devoted almost

exclusively to wheat, then the chief depend-
ence of the farmers in the older states, and
the result was just what might have been
foreseen, the price declined until the older
lands could no longer produce the cereal;
yet from force of habit and a hope that
prices might eventually improve, they
still annually helped to swell the surplus
that poured in from the broad acres of the
Dakotas.
TRA1\'SPORTATIO.\’.

, The transportation companies. quick to
 take advantage of a favorable opportunity
’ for gain, by excessive freight rates still
further cut down the price to the producer,
while the boards of trade in the cities, by
fictitious sales of unlimited amounts, cre-
ated the impression that the surplus was
greater than it really was, and so forced
prices lower until the greater part of the
harvest had passed out of the hands of the
producer into the hands of the gamblers,
who could raise or depress the price to suit
themselves, by buying or selling millions
of bushels of grain that never had and
never would be produced.

WHEAT AS A uoxizi’ cnor.

Again, wheat was depended on so ex-
clusively as a money crop that its failure,
or a drop in the price below a certain point,
left the producer without a crop he could
turn into ready money, with which to pay
the interest on a mortgage, or to buy tools
and necessaries. Moreover by continually
_ producing wheat year after year he rapidly
exhausted the available supply of plant
food contained in the soil, suitable for that
particular grain, and the yield steadily de-
clined. The farming was not diversified
enough, and when the chief crop failed
there were only two courses open; to sell the
farm, or borrow money at ten per cent iii-
terest, and give a mortgage on the land as
security for the loan. Many chose the lat-
ter plan as the lesser of two evils. Some
of the mortgages were paid off, and others
have been dragging along for years, taking
every cent of profit from the farm to keep
up the interest. In other cases, still less
fortunate, the interest has accumulated un-
til the debt has become equal to the depress-
ed valuation of the farm, which has to be
sold for what it will bring, while the farmer,
perhaps old and broken by years of toil, is
turned adrift to gain a livelihood as best

he may.

A GROWTH OF DIFFICULTIES.

The trouble has not come about sud-
denly, but has been the growth of years,
and in the same gradual way relief must
come. Time changes all things, andwith
our rapidly increasing population the law
of supply and demand will bring brighter
times. In the future the majority of the im-
migrants will find homes in the cities andbe-
come consumers. \Vith the depression, and
caused by it,tliere has been an influx to the
cities from the smaller towns and rural dis-
tricts, so that while the larger cities have
grown with unprecedented rapidity, many
of the farming communities in the middle
states have actually lost in population.

The free public lands suitable for agri-

The methods of farming are steadily

_ With
improved machinery and better education,
more intelligent methods are followed and
greater success attained.

LEGISLATIVE HELP.

Some kind of a law should be secured to
wipe out the fictitious sales of the neces-
saries of life. The gambler in grains should
be suppressed as well as the one who loses
or wins by the turn of a card; the methods
and results are essentially the same in each
case.

The immense trusts, that are simply
combinations of capital to throttle compe-
tition, should be put down with a strong
hand; they are a menace to our republican
institutions, And the railroads, that have
become so arrogant, should be regulated
by law, even if the state has to assume coii-
trol of the main lines.

\Vith the above disabilities wiped out,

~ the problem can be satisfactorily solved

without the aid of any land loan scheme
or kindred visionary project.

In the past farming has been a question
of brawn; in the future it will be brain that
wins. With our agricultural colleges and

‘ experiment stations scattered all over the

land, managed by specialists, it is coming
to be understood that brains are a valuable
adjunct to the physical powers in farming
as in other pursuits. The farmer of the
I future, instead of seeking to acquire more
' land will study how he can make each acre
produce more, and yet keep it at a high
state of fertility. To the enterprising, pig,
gressive farmers, with plenty of push, the
outlook is bright, and the years will bring

l to such an abundant reward for their toil.
Eula» IC‘aj>t}/3.

 Drop out the middle men. \Ve are buy-
! ing our commercial fertilizers through the
j State Grange.——H0mce True, South
* Turner, ]|Ie.

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JUNE 21, 1894

 

THE GRANGE VISITOR.

    

3

Woman’s Work.

HOME FROM SCHOOL.

Now here I am in the good old place—
Yes, little mother, I’m here to stay,
Let me hold your hair against my face,
And kiss your cheeks in the dear old way.
Just look at me hard—I’m well and strong;
Just feel my arms-—they’ll stand theltest;
I’ll go to the kitchen where I belong;
You go to the porch and rest.
Now hear, little mother. you dear little mother,
Sit under the vines and rest.

I liked iuy teachers; I liked my books;
I had my share of the pranks and fun;

But my heart came back to the sweet home nooks,
And rested with you when the day was done,

I used to think what you had for tea;
just what you were doing and now you were

dressed;

And somehow or other it seemed to uie
You didn’t take half enough rest.

You sly little mother, you spry little mother,
I’m going to have you rest!

Dear little mother, it brings the tears
\V'henever I think what I’ve let _voii do!
You've planned for my pleasure years and _vears—
It‘s time I planned a little for you.
So drop that apron and smooth your hair;
Read; visit or knitAwhzit suits you best;
Lean back in your chair, let go your care:
And really and truly rest,
You neat little mother, you sweet little mother,
just take a vacation and rest.
—E/u/orzz Shula lfzu/1.<l¢"zu1.

.L\'NOl'NCE3IEN'I'.

‘V9 have concluded our arrangements
for the furnishing of children, working
girls and women, and invite your atten-
tion to the following. And we would re-
spectfully recommend Patrons to send to
the nearest railroad point that we mention
in order to save transportation expenses.

For working gii'ls, and women with
babies, address Miss Emma Silver, VVilcox
avenue, Barclay street Detroit, Also Mrs.
Anna Bryant Gillett, secretary of the-
Young IVomen’s Christian Association,
Jackson, Mich. F or little girls, Miss Alex
Sibley, 402 Jefferson avenue, Detroit.
For boys, James T. Sterling, 71 Fort street
west. Detroit. For children of either sex,
Mrs. Jane M. Kinney, North Street, St.
Clair county, Michigan. Also M. Allida
Eastman, Grand Rapids, secretary Cliil-

. truth and untaught homely sense of a prac-

exist in one who at heart is sound and well
meaning. It is at such times with her as it is
in early spring when the sun leaves a few
knolls and hummocks bare in a cold stretch
of snow. The bright mossy spots betoken
what lies beneath if one could only uncover

it how much more is it true of today.

Her helping girls were a constant worri-
ment to her with their slow stupidity. The
untidy methods of one in particular, who
had lately been employed by a neighbor’s
wife, tried her, and the unsuspecting iieigh-
bor’s kitchen management was thereafter
held by Mrs. P. in the most scathing con-
tempt. Her tongue, says the author,
“ whenever a damsel came within earshot,
seemed to take up the unfinished lecture, as
a barrel organ takes up a tune, precisely
at the points where it had left off.”

Mrs. I’owser’s power of speech was her
most distinctive possession. Her rector
once said in the privacy of his own room,
that it was like a new set razor. Keen as it
was it seemed to have cut awaymuch of the
superfiuity of language and left the plain

tical, not overly sensitive, mind. Such na-
tures one not unfrequently finds among the
unlettered common people—diamonds in
the rough—tliat might have been polished,
but cut right and left as they are.

Mrs. Poyser put into words upon oc-
casion what some women grope dimly about
for years to find and having found, either
have not enough courage to express or dis-
cretion enough to smother. She was a wo-
man who concerned herself with her hus-
bands business, and in the dairy capacity
hers was a large part of the farm work.
They were tenant fai'mers under the land-
lord system and had their grievances to l
bear from those above them. One day in
presenting their wants to the prospective
heir to the property, in the hope of his in-
tercession, she thus summed up the farm-
er’s calling: “ Not as I wish to speak dis-
respectful 0’ them as have got the power
i’ their hands, and it’s more than flesh and
blood ’ull bear sometimes, to be toiling and
striving, and up early and down late, and ‘
hardly a wink when you lie down for think-
ing as the cheese may swell, or the cows
may slip their calf, or the wheat may grow
green again i’ the sheaf; and after all at

dren’s Home Society. And for those
living nearer to Chicago, address Mrs.

Belle Royce, Baroda. Mich., stating your ‘

wishes, and she will be able to provide for
you from that point (Chicago).

Now Patrons we have done the best we
could for you, and it now rests with you to
make a restful happy outing for some
needy one by applying to the persons
above named.

“ Whatsoever ye do unto the least of
these my brethren, ye have done it unto

me.
Mxiir A. Mayo.

 

Ll-I.~\VES FROM OLD OAKS.

OLD OAKS F..xr:ii.

June 1.9.—Adain Bede, one of George
Eliotis genius sparks, has kept my lamp
burning for the past few evenings. I fin-
ished it tonight. Its characters have pos-
sessed me. Sweet Dinah,Adam the manly,
gentle Seth, and incisive Bartle Massey are
more real to me than some of the people I
say I “know ” simply because I recognize
their flesh and blood faces.

There are characters in novels, as figures
in pictures, that of themselves are worthy
of careful note, but that are yet so over-
shadowed by more prominent personage-s
that one often misses putting their whole
value on them. Such is the character of
Mrs. Poyser in this story. She stands out
of the front row, but is so precisely drawn
as to be a total delight in herself, and her

vivacity radiates so that even the best of ;

the chief actors would be much the worse
but for her presence.

Like every one of us. Mrs. Poyser ob-
tained her identity by contrast; first of all,
by contrast with her husbaiid——a mild, sub-
stantial tenant farmer of England in the
days of about 1S00~a man who loved his
pipe and peace as a respite from toil faith-
fully performed.

Very different, indeed, was his wife in

disposition, although for work she mated ,

him well~soinetimcs overmated him.

In spite of her asperity, for she was a
tart woman. the (lisinterested reader can
hardly accord in the scl1oolmaster’s sour-
isli opinion of sturdy Martin Poysci"s
spouse that she is “A terrible woman—

made of needles, made of needles; but .
Martin,” he added, “ likes the needles, God ,
bless him. He’s a cushion made a purpose ‘;

for them.”

One of those scrupulously careful house- ;
kecp+ers--a Very )Iartlia——»lier housewifely ,
faith rcposed in the virtues of “ elbow pol- ‘,
ish,” and her shining tables, spotless floors 3

and burnished pewter bore testimony‘ to
her truthfulness when she “thanked (xod
she never had any of your varnished rub-
bish in her house.”

Mrs. Poyser’s nature was of the sort to

“ hunt dirt,” restless, on the alert for it and I
that with a fluent, shrewish tongue in high I
For this good woman indeed bore -N
traces of kinship with Socrates’ sorest attlic- ‘

activity.

tion. But occasionally she is surprised into

giving glimpses of such tender mother love ;

and of such genuine kindnesses as can only

; tii’ end 0’ the year, it’s like as if you’d been
; cooking a feast and had got the smell of it
1, for your pains.”

l Mrs. Poyser’s views on marriage were en-
!‘ tirely characteristic. “Ahl” she would
‘ say, “its all very fine having a ready-made
rich man, but may happen he’ll be a ready
made fool, and it’s no use filling your pock-
ets 0’ money if you’ve got a hole in the cor-
ner. It"ll do no good to sit in a spring
cart 0’ your own if you’ve got a soft to
drive you; he’ll soon turn you over into the
ditch. I allays said I’d never marry a man
that hadn’t got brains; for where’s the use
j of a woman having brains of her own if
she’s tacked to a geek as everybody’s a
laughing at? She might as well dress her-
self line to sit back’ard on a donkey.”

I udge from this that she ascribed some
capacity to her own husband’s brain, but
she never uiinecessarilly bestowed approv-
al upon anyone. Neither did she enlarge
upon this virtue in her better half, for one
day at a great feast, when asked if she did
not think Mr. Poyser’s response to a toast
a good one, she answered evasively, “ Oh,
' sir, the men are mostly so tongue tied you’re
forced to partly guess what they mean, as
you do wi’ dumb creatures.”

She never, indeed, missed her opportuni-

ty of venting a special spite, apparently so,
upon the opposite sex. Of a certain coii-
ceited man she said: “ He is like a cock
who thought the sun had risen to hear him
crow.”
‘ Bartle Massey, the schoolmaster, whose
greatest antipathy was a. female, was driven
fairly off the place once in an encounter
with Madam Poyser. “ Ah! ” said Bartle, ‘
I sneeringly, “the women are quick enough-
‘ the-y’re quick enough. They know the
rights of a story before they hear it, and can
tell a man what his thoughts are before he
knows them himself.” ‘

“ Like enough,” said Mrs. Poyser, for
the men are mostly so slow. their thoughts
i overrun ’em, an’ they can only catch ’em by
the tail. I can count a stocking-top while a
man’s getting’s tongue ready; and when he
outs wi’ his speech at last, there’s little
broth to be made on’t. It’s your dead chicks
take the longest hatcliin’. However, I’m
not denying the women are foolish; God
» Almighty made "em to match the menl’,

The author has made this character the
the mouthpiece of some sayings true
enough to pass into proverb. I copy here
only a few: “ You make but. a poor trap
to catch luck if you go and bait it with
wickedness.” “The smell 0’ breads’s sweet
t’ everybody but the lvaker,” she replied to
3 a courteous compliment upon a drink from

WHAT SHALL WE READ!

Miss EMILY GANDER.

If it was true in Solomon’s time that
there was no end to the making of books,
And
of these books what to read and how to
read it is a question not only for the farm
woman, but for all laboring women of to-
day as well. '

The query is, What we shall, can, or
will read to obtain the greatest benefit from
i .

We doubtless will continue to read the
the county paper from title page to finis.
The benefit derived from the thorough
reading usually given this sheet, is a ques-
tion which I will not try to answer save by
quoting from a lecture I once heard, “That
it is vaporous.”

Thoreau portrays our restless craving for ‘

news in this way. After at nights sleep a
man arouses and says, “ Pray tell me any-
thing new that has happened to any man
anywhere on this globe ;” and says further
that almost the last scrap of important
news we have received from England was
the revolution of 164.9. Thoreau represents
one extreme, mankind in general represents
the other. \Vhat we can read is often as
important to us as what we shall or will
read. We may be so controlled by time or
circumstances that we must read what we
can, rather than what we would.

READ THE visiroii.
As good Patrons of Husbandry we will

read our GRANGE VI.\‘I’l‘OR, thus keeping ;
alive and in good condition our feeling of

VVe all

unity with others of our order.

should realize the importance of this, and ;
I wish that every Grange in the state would ‘
provide each family within its membership
with the paper, thus insuring asupport for
it that it does not now have, but which as

the organ of our order it surely deserves.

There’ should be no question about this
that we will. one and all, read our GRANGE
Visiroii, and the best other reading matter

we can obtain.

The dissatisfaction so often expressed re-
garding the results of our reading has its
foundation laid, I believe, at the time when
we laid aside Mother Goose and similar -
rhymes and sought other works. Light lit-
erature very naturally was all we could di-
gest and if we were not led almost uncon-
sciously from that to something higher. we
came sooner or later to care for nothing
For if the child is not led, surely
he will not force the way himself to that
That teacher
in our schools has performed a noble task

else.
which is not easy at least.

‘who has led or inspired, some, if no more

of her pupils to care less for story books
and has awakened in the restless mind a

desire to learn to care for something else
PARENTS SHOULD CHOOSE.

Some parents seem to be very careful

that no one “impose upon ” their children

yet will never give a thought to the wrong
1 imposed upon them by the books furnished

them to read by so called friends. Parents

if you do not know what your children are
reading, and supply them with ‘proper read-
ing matter, be assured that some one else
will and it may not always be pure and en-
And the impress upon the
mind of careless reading of carelessly se-
lected books is deeper than many people
Again the habit of con-

noblin g either.

seem to realize.
stant and promiscuous reading so injure

the powers of concentration that it may
come to a condition of almost uselessness.

For several years I had an opportunity
to watch the books taken from a township
library and I believe that my testimony is
but that of others who have had similar
The number of novels
taken outnumbered other works at least six
I noticed that the average reader,

opportunities.

to one.

' old or young, could scarcely be persuadec

to read anything but works of fiction.

to do so, some may not find there iist wha
they want. At any rate some of our niim
her will not take the course.

A FEW GOOD BOOKS.

me to see.” He recommends Gibbon’

Eliot.

‘ hcr immaculate dairy.” “If you could

I make a puddin’ wi’ thinking o’ the batter, I

I it ’ud be easy getting dinner.” “There"s
folks ’ud hold a sieve under a pump and
expect _to carry away the water.”

Rrrn L. REsTLY.

F1-\v fzirin pzipcr.-' in tlic countr_v luivc
‘ as lwiglit \\'oni:»ui’s pzigc as this one.

No Patron can :i.l'l'or4l to do witliollt
tlic \'ISI’l‘()l{.

the Air,” or other works by the sam
i author.

which he may be capable.
Each will find in a book that wliic

\Ve have, no doubt, an excellent course
of reading prescribed in the Farm Home
Reading Circle, but many cannot take it,
many more will not, some for one reason
or another may not see their way clear to

And those of us who will continue to
read in the old hap-hazard way may learn
something from Professor Drummond, who
says, “ Ruskin taught me to use my eyes,
and I owe much to Ruskin for teaching

Rome and Butler’s Analogy to develop
concentration; also a good novel occasion-
ally, and speaks particularly of possessing
those of that remarkable writer George

For want of a Ruskin if you can get
them just try Thor-eau’s “Walden,” or
Olive Thorne Miller’s “ Little Brothers of

Emerson’s Essays have been rec-
ommended for mental discipline and cer-
tainly the average reader will find it.
necessary to use his power of concentra-
tion if he gets from them all the good of

interests him because it answers to some
need of his being, and some writer has ex-

pressed the possibilities of our finding the
value to us of the book We read in the fol-
lowing lines:

"For whether books be meadows fresh and
green,
Or whether they but cultured gardens be;

Whoever Wanders through them still must

glean _
Only such flowers as he has eyes to see.”

Emerson says that “A true aspirant
therefore, never needs look for allusions
personal and laudatory in discourse. He
hears the commendation, not of himself,
but more sweet, of that character he seeks,
in every word that is said concerning that
character, yea further, in the running river
and the rustling corn.” ‘

And of the books we read we are benefited
by them in just the degree in which they
respond to the higher demands of our
minds. And that book is good for us that
after having read it we feel has added to
~ our growth intellectually, morally, or
spiritually. Simply reading and approv-
ing such a book does not seem suflicient to
me. It should be read, studied, digested,
till the substance has become a part of our
very natures. If it brings us nearer the
l “ character we seek” the more should this
be true.

i One good book thoroughly read may be
3 more beneficial to us than half a dozen
l, superficially read. Let us be sure of the
book, then work to glean the best there is
‘~ in it, for it will be to us a heritage of
which adversity cannot deprive us, that
will be acompaniou in hours of solitude,
' amusement in (lays of sickness, and a

E comfort not to ourselves alone but to our

3 friends as well.
 Adrian.

W'l‘hi>: ;.iT.}}1§_ii..iiii;s,.Iii"I

Sl'.\'.\'Y BANKS.

Spring had come and outdoors was just
looking beautiful once more, but the warm-
est days had not yet come.

We had found such a charming spot by
the little river. It looked as if the sun had
taken a special interest here. How fresh
and green the trees were! How new the
soft grasses and little spring flowers!

The sun gilded the water so prettily and
the trees bent over to make the charm more
perfect by lending their shadows, while
the sky lovingly folded all this beauty.

It was one of the charming bits of nature
we sometimes find so perfect of itself that
we must take a long breath, enjoying with
all our might.

I can see it so clearly now. almost feel
, the sunsliiue and shadow of it, although
it has been a long time since Louise and I
used every day after school to involuntarily
. walk there to enjoy its beauty. VVe called
it Sunny Banks. and it seemed quite to
belong to Louise and me.

One day Louise sait , “Oh, let’s bring
’ our luncheon and have a picnic some
Saturday, just you and me.”

The very next day being Saturday, we
’ need not wait longer. So arranging
where to meet the next day, we departed to
our homes in high glee over the prospect of
our picnic.

But speaking of it at home mamma dis-
missed the subject by saying it was too
early for a picnic; the grass was damp and
it might rain any minute. I took care she
should not forbid my going. I said no more
’ about it. But next day I met Louise. I
had put my lunch into my basket and I
told myself mamma would not really care
about this kind of a picnic. IVe chose an
old bent tree with very low branches to eat
our lunch in, and what fun we had arrang-
ing ourselves among the delightful old
twists in them.

We had eaten the most laborious part of
our luncheon and were just enjoying the
grated chocolate and sugar, when a little
raiiidrop daringly tried to enjoy it with me.
Then we caught several in our hands, and
before long they were scattering themselves
all around us and dealing the water all
over.

\Ve did not seem to mind; we were some-
what sheltered by the tree. But now the
wind blew so wildly it quite shook our tree.
\Ve were laughing and being merry in spite
of the weather, when we heard somebody
call to us. VVe looked in the direction of
the little house of the milk woman, the
only one near, and there she stood calling
and waiving her hands frantically at us. It
was thundering now, and with some dith-
s ciilty we heard her say, “Come from the
tree. Come quickly from the tree.”

\Ve ran to her little shed near the house
to watch the storm. The woman came to
us. “Don’t you know a tree is the last
place to get in a storm‘? \Vhy it might
have been struck by lightning,” she said.

Louise looked at me and we smiled. It
I seemed quite unlikely that just the tree we
i were sitting in woirld be struck, just as it
l, had seemed unlikely the day before that it
‘ll would rain this day. of our picnic.
, That minute the liglitning was so bright
L we put our hands to our eyes. Something
l near us cracked. We looked, and there lay
ii our tree splintered to the ground.
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deciding we did not know what was best

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.THE GRANGE VISITOR.

JUNE 21, 1894-.

THE GRAEQII VISITOR.

Published on the first and third Thursdays of every month.

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LANSING, MICH.

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Order or Draft. Do not send stamps. _
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later than the Saturday preceding issue.

Entered at the Postofiice at Lansing. Mich" 88 -‘39C011d
Class Matter.

@"Ni~:x'r ISSUE JULY 5.

 

0U—RI WORK.

The following has lVEL‘l\ xiiijyrtivcd by the .\t:itv_.- C-T’-1“£IL‘_ -_‘-‘_-1
fa-H, >.,_._uc,,,L-M of the objects the briiiige of _\[1ch1g.in Lis in
view and the spcciiil lines along which it purposcs to work.
We liope everv Grunge in the stutv: will work C;.1I‘llL'Sll_\’ in all
thc\'c tlepurtnicnts, so that by :1 more uzptcd effort we shiill
n aidlv increase our numbers, cxtcntl our_intlucnv.'c. and attain
xndrc find more complctclv those ends which we seek.

out OHJEC 1'

i‘ the Orcr-ini7'ition of the Fzirincrs for their own Improvement
s _. N.. . . ' { ’
Fin:inci:ill_v,.\ocially, .\‘le_nt-l1l_\- -‘WY-‘ll}‘~ , I‘ _d_ I _“ur_ h‘
\Ve believe that this iinprovemcnt can in .ii,,t u e.. L L
h :l it: . .
brimizt) lB)?‘\\'lLlCl‘ imlivitliuil studv zinsl gerleffll Cl|5C'-15510“ Of
tl]e.l\\L\:ln€s-5 side offiirming.-.iml l\f)lnt.' ltcL‘pl|l€-
(1. ) By co-npcnitinn for nmincinl 1!(l\:llll.2'lEL‘.
2. (u.) 'Bv . . ,
moegher of -farmers with farmers, Llntl of fzirincrs with peop.e
~'* ~ .
of other occupations.
.) Bv striving for zi purer manhood.
-. " - > _:il brotherhood. _
1“: liz“i‘‘I‘;\'“stii(l\‘iii«r and promoting the iiiiprovemcnt Of (‘UT
district schools. ‘ _ _ _ , I ‘ _‘
(5,) By patronizing and aiding tlic .\;{Y‘lt\ll[L1:l'(I1£ 
. - ' ~ , ' . ‘ . . 1 ' ' ) s‘ ‘ -
].4xpm-1”.“-nt ,\t.|ttoiis in tl‘lt_lI‘ lcgitiniite \\ or
\ estigiititin, pr'.1ctIc‘.I.l cxperiniuit.
Suffsl By ninintiiining itndzittcnding fzirmcrs’ institittcS:lr€1_Ul-
. 2 - , -  .- .- ‘- ' ; ;' * rcu sting
mg in the Reading Lirclc. tin‘-Alb1IhIl‘K‘1L‘{;Vl;;fi‘:l:::§‘:11 ‘erg for
hlwrziries‘. buying more and Vtttrt‘ nu.-“ "s - l«l
th: h((::n)c'B\. djffugiutr 1 knaivlcdgc of our civil institutions uri-I
teiichiiig the high tlutics of Cltl/.l.‘X‘l>lll[l.

:1 nolwlcr ivomanliootl,

L‘.l'l(l education for rural pur-

(IL) By denuintling the enforceu\ent.of existing stntutcs. zind i

luv discus-i r Z1tlVOL‘(l.Iln" and trving to sccurc such other stutc
'ind ii'itioii:i luws us shall tend to'thc gent-z'.'i‘. justice. 1)r:>!““5.
and inor'.ilit_v.

 

Politicians are making hay.

 

Don’t neglect postal jottings.

 

Are you keeping up F. H. R. C. work I

this summer?

Please be  t1uestions about
the state departments.

Notice the advertisements
educational institutions.

frequent social gatherings. ‘-mil ll“-‘ min.‘-‘.'1l”.£ ‘

of several ,

Every Patron should have the history of 

See the advertisement.

the Grange.

There are still a good many Patrons who
tlorflt take the Yisiroa.
to do. i

If any Grange has not received its full
amount of premiums ordered. please noti-
fy us at once.

 

Only eight days more to get subscrip-
tions at our special offer. Don’t forget to
get them right away.

Has your Grange discussed the matter
of nominating I.'nited States
in state convention.
once.

state departments and institutions for her
civil government classes next fall.

Maybe that blight‘ that is troubling your
apple trees is bife. See if you can find any
brown worms with yellow stripes, working
on the foliage. Then read Prof. Taft’s
reply to a query regarding canker worms.
It is on page six.

Many will read with interest Mr. Wat-
kin’s article on Small vs. large farms. “'9
hope the question will be fully discussed in
the VISITOR. His intimation that small
farms and meagre returns may be respon-
sible for so many bright boys leaving the
farm, is especially worthy of thought.

Men who succeed in mercantile life do
not sit on the counter and chew words
with their neighbors. Can farmers expect
to be any more fortunate‘? Yet we have

heard of farmers who would sit on the a

fence an hour at a time and talk hard times

vator stood idle.

 

A N ANNO I 'NC E J! E N T.

Mrs. Mayo has an important announce-
ment on the woman’s page of this issue.
The arrangements for securing children
and working girls from the cities are prac-
tically completed, and the work is now in
the hands of the kind-hearted Patrons of
the state. We know that you will not be
appealed to in vain. VVe know that the
hearts and homes of as many of you as can
feel it possible and prudent to do so, will

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10“ know W lat ' of friends attended the funeral and he was

‘, county died Friday, June 15.
3 noticed in these columns, he has been poor-

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open freely to these more unfortunate
ones. May you welcome them heartily;
may you help them by your courage and
cheer; and may they go back to their
homes with new hope in the future and
new faith in God and man. And may you,
in your turn, grow more to appreciate your
own blessings and have a more open mind
to the misfortunes and failures of the many
world-weary souls that plod their dark Way
along year after year.

AUGUST PI CNI CS.

Branch county is preparing for an
August picnic. They expect to have
Brother Messer with them, and with char-
acteristic energy promise him a big audi-
ence. There are still some counties that
should have one of these picnics, or should
combine with some other county or coun-
ties in securing one. Select a place that
can be made permanent, and calculate to at
least inaugurate the picnic this year. No
time should be lost in getting the prelimi-
nary arrangemeiits made. Let up make a
strong pull together in building up this
August picnic plan.

DO NOT FORGET

that the delegates to state conventions
from your county should understand that
you want them to vote in convention for
nomination of senators, even if the com-
mittee did not embrace it in the call. It
has been held by some all along that the
Republican committee had no authority to
include this in their call, and that the con-
vention would have to decide it. At any
rate that committee did not put it in the
call, but if the convention chooses to take
the step it can do so. Members of the
Grange who belong to that party should use
their influence with delegates so that if
possible the reform shall be taken up by
their party. The Democratic and People’s
parties are already pledged to the plan,
but the Republican party has yet to act.

A (-‘:R.\Nl) 1’.\'l‘RON GONE.

Brother John H. Forster of Ingham
As we have

ly for some time, but his last illness began
about three weeks ago. A large gathering

laid away in the churchyard of the little
chapel which he had erected close by his

‘= home.

3 scent.

\Ve quote a short sketch of his life from
the daily press, and give a brief character
tribute by Dr. ll’. J. Beal, who knew him
well for many years.

John Harris Forster was born at Erie,
I’a., May 2H. 1822, being of Scotch-Irisli de-
He was a member of the Michigan

1 engineering society and commenced work

senators .
It should do so at *

as a civil engineer as early as 1844, and was
on the great lakes survey. In 1846 he Went
to the copper regions in the Lake Superior

l country, and in 1840 resigned from the sur-

1 maining in that country until 1855.

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mu     X   1.2. .;f:.‘.‘.’:.;’...°.i..‘;%Ii:‘..- ..f.%E‘;‘?.‘.".;§1‘i.‘l .31.

so as to preserve these descriptions of the j

Mexican boundary line. After finishing
that work he went to Alta, California, re-
He
then returned to Michigan, rejoining the
lake survey at Detroit.

Mr. Forster was married in October,
1355, to Martlia, youngest daughter of
John Mullett. then a resident of Detroit.
In the fall of 1860119 was appointed super-
intendent of the Pcwabic and Franklin
mines in Houghton county and managed
these institutions for five years, building
them up and putting them on the list of
dividend paying mines. Mining was then
in its infancy. In 186-1-5 Mr. Forster was
chosen to represent. the whole upper penin-
sula in the state senate. He declined a re-
nomination as political life was distasteful
to him.

I11 1874, much broken in health by early
privations and hard work, and with a crip-
pled leg thrown in, Mr. Forster retired to
his farm in this county, having accumulat-
ed a fortune sufficient to make himself and
family comfortable for life.

Mr. Forster was an honored and active
member of the Michigan pioneer and his-
torical society, and in 1892 contributed a

_th _ hb While the plow or mm 5 long biographical sketch to volume 21 of
W1 9. neig or, ' - ’

that society’s publications, from which the

; following paragraph is taken:

“ The writer’s life on the farm has been
exceptionally blessed, his work agreeable.
The fact that he has become a Patron of
Husbandry adds to his pleasures, perhaps
usefulness. It is better to Wear out than to
rust out. And one of the compensations of
his old age is the privileges he enjoys as
an enrolled pioneer of Michigan. In pi-
oneer and historical work he finds much
comfort. He is proud of Michigan, proud
of his pioneer brethern. But his heart is
saddened by the thought that so many of
his comrades have answered the last ‘ bugle
call.’ VVhen called himself he prays that

he may be able to answer cheerfully, Here!
Ready.”

On account of failing health , Mr. Forster
relinquished a profitable position as mining
engineer in the northern part of the state,
and soon decided to make his home on the
estate where he lived for the rest of his
life. The subject of/this sketch was no
ordinary man. He considered well the
many sides of whatever he undertook, and
was eminently successful. He liked his
farm and everything pertaining to its
interest, often remarking that he never
enjoyed himself so well in any other busi-
ness. He took genuine satisfaction in the
care of his stock, his trees, his garden, in
marketing his Jersey butter, and was
especially gratified because it was worthy
of the highest price. Nothing could tempt
him to abandon the farm.

At one time a stockholder in a western
mine called at his house, and taking him
for a little ride, soon began: “ Now let us
talk business; We have a big mine in Colo-
rado that is very rich, and we have decided
to offer you $10,000 a year to become its
manager. As your health is restored, of
course you will accept.”

Mr. Forster spoke of his farm and told
how nicely he was situated, and how happy
he and his wife Were. “VVhy, I can’t leave
this place and go out there. I have my
Jerseys to attend to. I have a nice field of
carrots, and another of rutabagas, and there
is my meadow and my sheep, and every-
thing is in good shape. I can’t leave all
these attractions to become manager of a
mine.” The offer was positively declined,
much to the surprise of the solicitor.

He was long ago and ever afterward in
good demand to occupy a prominent posi-
tion on the program of farmers’ club,
Grange, or institute. His papers and dis-
cussions were original, racy and full of
good suggestions. He began this kind of
work in the Ingham county farmers’ club,
but not long after joined the Grange, as he
saw it offered a broader field for usefulness,
that there was more good to be accomplish-
ed, especially in influencing legislation.
At one time he invited the county Grange
to hold its annual festival on his farm.
For some years he was chaplain of the
county Grange.

He took great interest in education, es-
pecially in that sort which was best adapt-
ed to the farm, and he was the means of
inducing quite a number of young men to
enter the Agricultural College, where he
partially supported them with money. He
placed great stress on trained labor and on
laboratory work combined with study and
technics. and could not see why every
student should not choose to become a.
farmer.

On several occasions he performed good
service for the college, by setting forth its
needs to members of the legislature. On
his way to town or on returning or at pub-
lic gatherings he often called on his friends
at the college, and was ever solicitous for
what he believed to be a wrong policy, and

a

manifest in the institution.

course and thereby the college became
weaker by sustaining two courses in place
of one.

Those who knew him will miss his gen-
ial presence; the college has lost a true and
able friend, the Grange a strong and faith-
ful advocate, thc community a wise and

kind counsellor.
W. J. BEAL.

SPOKES FROM A “'llEI'IL.

EDITOR Y1siroi<—June is the mouth of
roses. It is also the month when the
sturdy farmer sets forth and works out his
road tax. After the roads are nicely
settled, he draws loose gravel on the hard
surface, or scrapes the sod into the middle
of the road, or, horror of horrors to a
wheelman, plows‘ it up from fence to
fence! I presume that-, take it all in all,
the season thus utilized for road making
may be the best for the farmer. But 1
know of a few very practical and success-
ful road makers who do not touch the road
in spring, except to scrape a very little
perhaps, and to fill up holes. In the fall,
perhaps late in October, they do the regu-
lar road “work.” They tell me that this
plan is very satisfactory.

Road machines are a very fine thing.

fitted to manage them properly are born,
not made. I firmly believe that on light
roads they do about as much harm as
good. As many of them are used, they
scrape the sods, silt that has washed down,
and loose fine dirt generally into the
middle of the road. I really don’t see how
such stuff ever will make good bottom for
roads, and I don’t believe it does, either.
One practical farmer tells me that he goes
over the road and scrapes the gravel back
into the center of the road; then turns
the scraper outward and scrapes the sods
and loose dirt away from the road. He
gets the pike, and does not deposit enough

I roads.

rejoiced at the many signs of progress ,
He ever re- 1
grct-ted the opening of the mechanical dc- ,
partmcnt, believing that it turned the 
attention of young men from the other g

But it requires a man to run one, and men *

, together in the month of

on the sides to interfere with the drainage.
This looks more sensible to me.

But the crowning anomaly in rural road
making is that of plowing up the road. If any
man on earth will tell me one good reason
for plowing up a well traveled road, I shall
be his debtor immensely. I had supposed
that this practice was ancient, but I find it
is‘done right here in Michigan, today. I
can conceive of exigencies when in recon-
structing a poorly worked piece of road, it
might be wise to begin at the beginning,
and begin by plowing. But to plow up a.
good solid road seems to me to indicate a
very “backwoodsy ” sort of makeup.

There is nothing that delights some
farmers more than to see a weary cy-
clist pushing his Wheel along over some
of these June roads that have just been
“improved.” You can fairly hear them
smile as you plod by. But I don’t see
anything funny about it. I usually in-
cline to judge of the character of a com-
munity by the rapidity with which I can
get by their houses and farms. Of course
this isn’t perfectly just. But I can't help
it very well. If I can spin along over
good roads, I always feel that I’d like to
shake hands with the people, and get to
know them. But if I have to take to my

V feet to get me along, I can’t help feeling

that nothing short of a flag of distress
would tempt me to tarry in that land.

I doi1’t believe that this road question is
purely a local matter. Some people talk
as though, if they kept their road in shape
to suit themselves, no one else need object
to_ its condition. But a road is a public
road and the public consists of anyone who
wants to go that way. And if I am draw-
mg a load of wheat, or going for a doctor,
or buggy riding for pleasure, or astride a
bicycle for business or fun, I believe I have
some right to expect a fair and decent
road. Cities compel good sidewalks with-
in their limits, and you and I from the
country can use them as freely as anyone
else. They are for the general good.
Why won’t the same thing hold for country
roads? Of course I think that justice
should be done in dividing the cost as
evenly as possible among those benefited,
and in being economical.

And now, Mr. Editor, you will readily
see that I don”: know anything about
That's why I have a right to
“kick.” But I believe our present road
laws can be improved. It ought to be a
crime to spoil a good road. Men ought to
be compelled to keep improving the roads
toward some economical standard. I am
no macadam crank, but I believe in pro-
gress. And I am free to say that my
observation does not enable me to truth-
fully proclaim that we are progressing
very rapidly in these lines.

A. RAMBLER.

AUGUST PICNICS AND HUN.
JIESSER.

As I have stated before, I believe the
members of the Order of Patrons of Hus-
bandry in Michigan can do no work which
will benefit and add character to the Order
more than to establish, in several favor-
able localities of our state. permanent
assembly grounds where the members and
friends from adjacent counties can come
_ August, and
through the aid of our best speakers pro-
claim to the world our principles, our
progress, and our plans for the future.
Such gatherings are noticed by the entire

ALPHA

; press of the country. and the greater the
‘ event the more extensive the notice and

comment. Such public gatherings are
healthful to the Order in many ways, and
I hope that steps will be taken by counties
and unions of counties to establish at least
a dozen of these assemblies in Michigan.

To aid in the work the services of Hon.
Alpha Messer of Vermont, the present
lecturer of the National Grange, were se-
cured early. He comes to Michigan
August 20, and expects to stay two weeks.
He should be brought before large out-
door audiences every day of his stay. He
is an able speaker and a sound and logical
reasoner on all questions affecting farmers’
interests. All Grange and farmers’ pic-
nic managers should write me at once for
terms and dates. The expenses will be
light.

G130. B. Hosrox,
Ilfaster lllichigtm. State Grange.

)1.-LRRY THIS GIRL—S0.VIEBODY!

MR. EnIToR—Ist:1incd a blue silk dress with lemon
juice; what will restore the color? I am making lots
of money selling the Climax Dish \\'asher. Have
not made less than 310 any day I worked. Every
family wants :1 Dish \Vasher, and pay $5 quickly
when they see the dishes washed and dried perfectly
in one mimztr. I generally sell at everv house. It is
easy selling what ever_v family wants t-o buy. I sell
as many washers as my brother, and he is an old
salesman, I will clear $3,000 this year. By address-
ing  H. Nolen, 60 W. Third Ave., Columbus, Ohio,
any one can get particulars about the Dish VVasher,
and can do as well as I am doing,

Talk about hard times, you can soon pay off a
mortgage, when making $10 a dav, if vou will only
71'!”/5': and why won’t people trv,' when thev have
such good opportunities. ' '

MAGGIE R.

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JUNE 21. 1894.

THE GRANGE VISITOR.

   
    

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The becfure. Field.

WORTH PRESERVI.\'€r.

We continue to publish replies to our
questions to lecturers, and invite further
answers.

1. How often do you meet‘? On what evening and
at what hour? At what hour do you usually
close?

‘ 2. Do you have a literary program at each meet-
lflg? Please name a few topics that you have re-
cently discussed with profit.

3. How much heed does your Grange give to
the strict enforcement of parliamentary rules?

_ 4. Does degree work occupy a prominent part
m_your Grange work‘?

0. How frequently do you have public meetings?
DO you ever hold meetings where your friends who
age not Patrons are invited by your members?
W hat IS your opinion of the value of either of these
kinds of meetings?

6. VVhat plans have you for increasing your
membership?

CHESHIRE GRANGE NO. 520.

1. _We meet twice a month, on Saturday
evening on or before the full moon, and in
the afternoon two weeks from that time.
This is done to accommodate the older
ones who do not like to be out dark nights.
The hours for meetings are 7 and 1 p. m.
We usually close at 9 and 4 p. m.

2. We usually have a literary program
of select readings, recitations, and some
quotations for discussions.

3. But very little, as our Grange does
not like too much restraint.

4. When occasion requires we confer
tlée degrees, but make no particular note
0 it.

5. VVe have public meetings three or
four times a year and then we have meet-
ings when our families are all invited.
Our experience is that when we have a
public meeting and a dinner we have a
house full, otherwise not so many.

6. Our plans are so ditferent from most
Granges that perhaps it is better not to
mention them at this time.

Mas. G. W. LEWIS,
Lecturer.

EATON RAPIDS NO. 360.

1. We meet on or before the full of the
moon each month, in the evening on Sat-
urdays, and two weeks after in the after-
noon, so as to accommodate all. Meet at
7 and 2 o’clock, and close at 9 and 4.

2. We aim to have literary work at every
meeting. Have had contests and now have
divided the Grange into three sections with
leaders who furnish entertainment alter-
nately, two meetings apiece and then change
leaders. Nearly all topics are covered in
our discussions.

3. VVe consider that one of the very im-
portant things in Grange work is the dis-
cipline, it is worth very much to us.

4. Too prominent, I think, although we
initiate in classes and try to make it as brief
as possible.

5. In the winter season we hold our day
meetings at the members‘ homes in the form
of a social meeting in the forenoon, taking
our dinner, and invite those whom we think
would make desirable members, and some-
times have a short program.

6. The answer to number five seems to be
the best plan we have ever tried. \Vould
say farther that if every member would try
to make every meeting such a grand success
that all the members would not only think
about it but talk about it to their friends,
it would do more than anything else to add

members.
F. A. OSBOPN.

TRAVERSE NO. 379.

1. Every alternate Saturday at 1 o’clock
p. In. Close about half-past three. 2. Yes.
Topics, The reading habit; What shall we
eat 1’ Shall we have a workshop on the farm‘?
The culture and care of all crops are dis-
cussed in their season. 3. None. 4. Yes.
5. None. 6, None.

E.\I_\I_sI MCMULLEN.

YPSILANTI. N0. 56.

We meet the first and third Saturday
afternoons of the month, from 1:30 to 4
o’clock, always closing promptly. Topics
that have drawn out considerable interest
are: “Can Michigan farmers continue
Wheat raising with profit?" “Feeding
milch cowsg” “\Vhat shall the children
read?” “ \Vhat has been the effect of the
demonetizing of silver on the business
world ‘P’’ '‘ How much work shall the farmer
put on his dooryard ?” “Legislative appro-
priations for public institutions.” The
members are now exchanging questions for
discussion. Each gentleman was assigned
by lot a lady, and each lady was assigned
agentleman to whom to give a topic or
question for a paper or talk in the future.

JENME BUELL.

ROCHESTER NO. 257.

Once in two weeks Saturday, from 2:30
to 4:30 p. m. 2. Usually a short program.
Topics are,. Annexation of Canada to the
United States; Current events; Officers’ sal-
aries, etc., recitations and songs.  Quite
close to parliamentary rules. 4. Only when
initiating. 5. When installing officers and
council meetings. Don’t think they do
much good. Have heard guests boldy ex-

, cumulation.

claim when asked to join, “ What’s the use!
We get into your big times anyway!” 6.
None whatever, except to live our princi-
ples. ‘
Mas. J. J. Suoox.

ALAIEDON NO. 289.

1. Every Saturday evening. Call to order
as soon as there is a quorum present after
7:30. Those not there have to work their
way in. Close about ten. 2. Yes. Order
of sessions is: Business meeting, 30 minutes;
recess 30 minutes; degree work, program,
or reading of papers balance of meeting.
3. A good deal. We practice some of the
rules every night. A member out of order
is called down. 4. Yes. We have con-
ferred one of the four degrees at nearly
every meeting this year. 5. Socials or
open meetings once a month. Most of the
outsiders come more through curiosity
than anything else. We have obtained
some new members in that way. 6. Open
meetings and solicitations by our members.
Keeping our work and doings before the
people through the county papers.

Miss GRACE OLns.

FARMERS’ LOAN ASSOCIATIONS.

The following is from the report of the
committee on Investment and Loan
Associations of the National Grange:

Resolved, That a standing committee to
be known as the Committee of Investment
and Loan Associations, shall be appointed
by the VVorthy Master of the National
Grange, and similar committees shall be
appointed by Masters of State Granges, in
their respective State organizations. These
shall be annual appointments till further
action is taken by this body.

It shall be the duty of these committees,
and especially so of the National commit-
tees, to further investigate this subject, to
organize companies, and test the matter by
actual and practical business forms, and
report to their respective Granges, during
the annual meetings thereof.

As there has been from time to time
considerable inquiry by interested Patrons
as to the progress we were making, the
following brief outline of the method of
forming an investment and loan association
is presented,—- further methods of perfect-
ing the details, the proper wording of
receipts, certificates of stock, rules, regula-
tions, by-laws, etc., to be had upon applica-
tion to State or National committees:

To form an association, let any specified
number of Patrons meet, elect a president,
a secretary and treasurer, and a board of
directors. Adopt a set of by-laws and rules,
for government, which should define the
duties of the officers, when meetings shall
be held, fix rates of interest, amounts of
deposits, full value of shares, date of their
maturity, character of securities, etc., open
books for deposits, receive the deposits
from all, look for a borrower, investigate
his security and transfer the money to him.
VVhen a number of meetings ha.ve been held,
the deposits made at each will amount to a
considerable sum. This can then be in-
vested in upon real estate owned by some
member of the association who has complied
with the articles of the by-laws regulating
the same. Oftentimes borrowers are will-
ing to give a. small premium for the money;
many associations auction it oif to the
highest bidder, thus adding a little to their
fund. Fifteen men thus meeting monthly,
paying in 3'35 each, which cannot draw
interest while in the pocket, gives the
sum of $75, a respectable amount to loan,
and at once capable of drawing interest at
full rate. The 122 payments credited on
the depositors’ books show at the end of
the year an aggregate of $900. The interest
account earned by this sum, credited to the
depositors, and f11_rther augmented by the
little premiums and fines, give our little
company which started with nothing the
respectable capital of 5950. Thus the
association has helped each of the 15 men
to save $60 cash, and its earning of $3.33.
This surely is not a large sum, but multiply
it by 10 years of faithful savings it carries
it into the hundreds and transforms the
spendthrift into a respectable land owner.

Of the benefit and practicability of such
associations your committee are entirely
satisfied, and hope in the future to see the
members of our Order deriving benefit
therefrom, in the double form of the saving
habit formed, and the resulting cash ac-
Among civilized nations we

I are regarded as an extravagant people.

This is one of the conditions of a new
country where the speculation in land and
all aids to national development give ample
opportunity for quick accumulations; but

; these conditions are slowly passing away
.: and the more saving methods of the older

countries must take their place. Agricult-
ure will be the first to see this change, in
fact, it is seeing it already, and it is well
for the farmer to realize the situation. The
scheme of savings and loan associations is
not, however, offered as a panacea for all
monetary conditions of these future times,
but simply to rank as one of the many little
aids that already aid Patrons in saving the
hard-earned income of the farm.

The Derrick Oil C0,, sell oils to members of the
Grange at wholesale prices.

CALIFORNIA MIDWINTER EXPOSITION.

In the City of Palms.

There could have been no better selection
made for the Mid-winter Exposition than
California, and no place in California
superior to its metropolis.

Our midwinter is the beginning of spring,
and the harvest of our citrus crop of oranges,
lemons and limes. Truly is the state then
golden, for meadow and hillside and farm
are painted as with a yellow brush. Our
western state has won the title of “golden”
through the coloring, for nature painted
its surface before the adventurous miner
dug the golden metal from its bosom. The
California poppy,delicate and richly yellow,
dominating to such an extent as to permit
no rival to outshine it, has been selected as
the state flower, and its lesser companions
of the sunflower family paint yellow the
patches the poppy has apparently passed.

All winter the visitors to the fair, save
the few rainy days, have appeared in sum-
mery clothing, spring bonnets, parasols,
and russet shoes. And the rainy days,
though apparently under the control of the
management, have regulated their visits, so
that the Midwinter Fair has had almost a
rainless winter.

What has been pleasant, however, in this
regard for the visitor and the pleasure-
seeker,has been bad for the country farmer,
for without rains in March and April much
of the California crop, especially in the
southern valleys, will be a failure or nearly
so

The day your correspondent took as a
typical day to observe the various exhibits
and attractions was the 19th day of May-
a day set apart for the Knights of Pythias.
It was indeed a day of sunshine and flowers
~—as much of one as the other. One almost
needed snow shoes to navigate through
layers of roses a foot deep. 30,000 roses
on the big net before the Administration
Building; 200,000 of them on the Avenue
before the Santa Barbara Building. The
men on the floats in the parade threw
flowers by the armful i11to the crowd and
answering volleys came from numerous
other points.

The platoon of police at the head of the
procession seemed to be riding on horses
built of roses.

Everything was roseate, and the gay
dresses of the oriental visitors mingling
with the festive decorations lent an addi-
tional vividness to the whole scene. This
was, of course, an unusual demonstration,
but they have happened all winter.

Wlien one sees, at Christmas, callas,
geraniums, fuschias and roses of all kinds
blooming in the open air in profusion, and
knows from earlier experience that his
friends afar are fearful of blizzards and
cyclones and s1Iow and ice, and are by com-
pulsion shut indoors, he can begin to appre-
ciate some of the luxuries of spending a
winter in California.

But in my ecstasy over the winter climate
Ihave forgotten the Fair. It is wonder-
ful! Begun last fall and a veritable exl1i-
bition in January strikes one with an ad-
miring astonishment that is exhilarating
constantly. How was the ground graded-
the buildings c0nstructed——the exhibits
placed—everything in so short a time?
There is a pluck and a quick action among

our enterprising citizens here that puts ;

castles into shape at once. Much of the
material and many of the exhibitors and
concessionaires from the Columbiang Exhi-
bition at Chicago are to be seen at Sunset
City, and if one wishes an object lesson on

_the products of California—natural and

cultivated—he will get it here within one

enclosure.

Everything in California has a tinge of
the mammoth variety. Even the rainfall

goes beyond inches, and some localities 5

have as much as seven feet of rain in a
season.

At the parade spoken of above, there
were more than 20,000.000 of roses used.

In the northern California building I noticed ;

a grape vine 42 inches in circumference,
and Surprise oats 8 feet high ‘J0 days after
sowing. In the San Joaquin Co. exhibit

is a combined harvester operated with 26 
horses and 4 men that cuts, threshes and 

bags 40 acres a day!
Humboldt Co. exhibit through a redwood
tree 14 feet in diameter and sees solid
planks from the same wood 77 inches wide
and 25 feet long. In the mining exhibit
one sees a facsimile globe gilded represent-
ing the gold out of the state from 1848 to
1893 of $l,248,272,935.

From the southern part of the state
there are pyramids of oranges and lemons
and pre-historic elephants built of walnuts.
San José has a prune horse, and Sonoma
county a prune suspension bridge.

There are specimens of coal and tan-bark I

from the north, borax and varied colored
granite from the southeastern part of the
state, asphaltum from the south, basalt
blocks, particularly from Sonoma county,
with which most of the streets of the city
are paved, and slate from Sierra county for
roofing. ’

Specimens of fruit that are of such huge
dimensions are exhibited in all stages green,
preserved, pressed, dried and canned.
Towering pyramids of olive oil, ceilings of

One enters the‘

l

pam pas grass and cellars of wine-hogsheads,

casks_ and bottles, so that one is lost in the
seemingly never ending exhibit. 
The site for this grand Exposition was

, tendered by the park commissioners and- is

a portion of the Golden Gate Park. For
its age I confidently believe is not duplicated
in the wide world. This pleasure ground
alone, without the attractions of the fair,
would pay one well for a visit. In the
midst of this beautiful park about 250 acres
have been set apart under afclosed fence.
VVithin this enclosure are 247 buildings,
built in the most approved style and with

architecture that is ornate and unique. The
grand court tower is a reproduction of the

one produced at Chicago. In the central

court is a mammoth fountain whose sprays

and jets are illuminated with ever changing

electric colored light, and from the Fine

Art’s Building, built after the architecture
of the old style adobe missions, can be

heard the chimes of the bells. In the

eveninga wonderful effect is produced by a

grand electric illumination of all the build-

ings. There are the streets of Cairo, Mid-
way Plaisance, the Esquimaux Village, with

its little urchins clad in skins, the In-
dian Villages, with native tribes on exl1ibi-

tion, the Hawaiian and the famous

burning volcano Kilakua. The South

Sea Islanders, Ceylonese and Siamese are

of interest among the concessions. Boone’s

arena gives a fine exhibit of wild animals

and their performances. He has one

angry lion named Parnell that has up

to date, from the opening of the Exposi-
tion, killed a man, a bear, and a dog. The
’49 Mining Camp is among the concessions
and a reproduction is given here of the life,
scenes and incidents of the early history
of California and the time of the discovery
of gold.

The whole Exposition is all that is
claimed for it and its success has far exceeded
the most sanguine expectations of its pro-
moters. It is a general outline of the
entire state of California, with its produc-
tions, agricultural, mineral, and animal,
and with a view of the Pacific slope con-
densed. It teaches practically what could
not be learned by theory perhaps in several
generations. No one surely can regret, be
he traveler or resident, the fact that he has
visited the IVIidwinter Fair at San F ran
cisco, and those who have seen it regret
that they cannot stay longer or that it
should be closed so soon.

W. F. Araas.

Sm: /“nz»z;.-'.~‘m, Cm‘.

SILVER.

Somerset, :7’1urc,1.S’91’.

EDITOR VI.<IroR—It strikes me that this
would be an opportune time if space will
permit to discuss the silver question
through the columns of the VISITOR. It
seems to me that it is a question of vital
importance at the present time, not only to
the farmers of Michigan, but to all Ameri-
can citizens, and to humanity the world
over. \Ve shall soon be called upon to se-
lect men to represent and make laws for us
in our national congress. A representative
of the people, if honest, desires to carry
out the wishes of his constituents as far as
possible.

Now if the citizens of Michigan are in
favor of the restoration of silver to its old
time position as a basis of our monetary
system on an equality with gold, it is high
time to make the fact known.

\Vas not the act of 1873 in demonetizing
silver by our government a great injustice
to a great majority of American citi-
zens, especially to the debtor class? Take
from the foundation of the-monetary sys-
tem of the world one-halfof its support, must
not the world’s commodities depreciate in
value correspondingly, or one-half? Has
not the price of wheat and wool, two of the
most important products of our Michigan
farms, already reached that point?

The gold standard people point with con-
tempt to the low price of silver. Now has
silver depreciated in value or has gold ap-
preciated? IVill not a pound of silver to-
day buy as many products of the fa1'm,
factories, and mines as it would ten, fifteen
or twenty years ago? Has not the so called
depreciation of silver been brought around
by unjust legislation against it? lVas it
the best thing for the president to do to veto
the so called seigniorage bill? I fail to
see the policy of our government keeping
piled up in its vaults great stacks, hun-
dreds of tons of silver bullion, dog in the
manger fashion,refusing to use it or let any
body else use it. Better be dumped in the
depths of the Atlantic ocean.

VVould like to hear from other readers of
the VISITOR on the subject.

Respectfully yours,
F. HART SMITH.

[We should like to have brief expressions
of opinion from our readers. We have
not space at this time to accept long arti-
cles on this question, especially as it was
so thoroughly discussed last year. But we
shall hope for brief, concise statements of
opinion.——E D. ]

Patton's Oil VVoi-ks, Derrick Oil Co., Titusville, Pa.

Derrick Oil C0.,Titt1s\'ille; Pa. See ad.on page S,

   
   
  
  
   
  
     
 
 
  
    
   
 
  
  
      
 
   
  
 
 
  
  
    
   
 
  
  
  
  
 
 
    
 
 
  
  
  
  
  
  
 
  
  
   
  
   
  
  
  
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
  
  
 
  
 
  
 
   
 
 
  
  
 
 
  
   
  
 
 
  
  
  
 
 
  
 
   
  
   
 
 
  
  
  
 
 
 
 
    
 
 
  
  
   
       
 
      
    
        
      
      
         
     
      
      
        
    
      
       
       
    
       
          
       
    
     


  

THE GRANGE VISITOR.

 

JUNE 21, 1894.

ATRONS’

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 to 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 Middlemen’s Profits.

0. W. INGERSOLL, Prop.

Oldest Paint House in America
241-243 Plylnouth-st., Brooklyn

KS0.

Ingeiso1l’s Liquid Rubber Paints __
Indestructible Cottage and Barn Paints

Salnple Color Cards, “Confidential” Grange
Discounts, Est mates and full particulars
MIAILED FREE. Write at once.

MICHIGAN STUCK BllEEDEllS.'1€o||e§.e and station-

 lllose who wlsh to plllcllase pure" l The Professors at the Michigan Agricultural
bred stock of any description, will find ii§§§%'f.n‘£“§§e§€£‘il§ a‘Z.‘i’.‘.3Ee?.‘se‘t’i.e‘.?. €i‘.’§.‘?.‘.’."§l. Elli
it to their advantage to c0rrespond;"'lSll°“'

with some of the following well»

known breeders.

H. H. HINDS

IT DESTROYS THE ORCHARDS.

i EDITOR V1s1T0n—I have received
the following letter, which I am

the number of insects that arelproduction of butter-fat has been?
fpresent. Coal tar has been usedlexceeded, there has been a loss in.
?for this purpose, but the printer’sl,live weight, and when the butter-I
"ink is preferable, as the tar may l fat has fallen below this rate there4
;injure the trees. lhas been a gain in live weight. ;

ARSEN1-rEs_ ‘  Individual exceptions to this

; “when the Worms are not nume1._  general rule show that while some ‘

ions the arsenites can be relied on S cows may return 3 llalldsollle llmllt

; to destroy them and its use should  2: :l:f;l1:1f?:S‘lS” Zilgilliv l}l]l:13l' glcficfiegullél i

no A No. 1 FARM
' HARNESS

Made of t'irsl~class stock and
\v.’I.'rfll‘iicil. and all Hund-
llade. \\’c rPia|l all our

‘(ivy ! Hfirllé,-SS} at wliolcsale pi-ices‘
‘ i ' .: §‘.‘.‘.'.'.:..'‘i’‘l'I..i"';i.‘Zl§’£fe§’‘;a?a‘§

- ~ )‘ V. Write for Catalogue.
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faction
--,... ,,,,._.,.,_..‘ STANTON, MICH.

 

Stanton, Montcalm Co
ni'L'|.‘(lL:l‘ of
Shoi-thorn Cattle
American Merino
and Shropshire Sheep

. A. II. \V.—\RliE.\':
Ovid, llit-li.
Breeder of IMPROVED‘
‘»l*~ ’(‘HESTl§ll \\'lllTF. SWINE
And Lincoln .’~'1ieep. A choice lot of stock
for sale at farmers‘ prices. Breeding stock all

recorded. Reduced prices on fall Pigs. Write.
or come and look me over.

    
 

If you “Hurt Fir.~'t-(‘hiss

MERINO SHEEP

0
WHITE BRONZE TURKEYS
tired from prize \\’lllllL‘l'.\, of tho Diirk l’ii'oii/.c. :11 tli_i-
Indiimzi ;iiid .\licliig.ui Slzitc Iii" ~, :li.<n at tho Tri-
Stzuc l“;iii' :11 Tolcilo. _ ii (‘llil get lll\'ll1 of
C. M. i=i:i.Lo\\°.s. .<..iim-. I\[ii-Ii.

Hillsdale County llcril
Polaiiil China S\\'l]1£‘..<w\
Choice stock for sale at reasonable
prices. and Gmzranteed as Represented.

JNO. BOWl)I’l‘(‘H,

Hillsilale. Mich.

 

 

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v:urd>, L’l.iiiip~, oi" .‘ii'L: iro;i~_ \\'i'iY.c f\)1'Cil’(.‘l'.l:ll'.

   

GOEE AGAINS
THE GRAIN

To buy a buggy that looks good for a few
weeks, then begins to shed its aim.
\\'l:en you buy a DEAL BUCIGT) you
can count on durable finish rind permanent
paint. Paint u<ed on ‘cm is the best, and
put by a process which insures perma-
nency of COl')f and finish.

J. J. DEAL &. SON,
Jonesville, Mich.

The Peoples’ Savings Bank,
OF LANSING MICHIGAN.
CAPITAL, 150.000.00.

- .. HSIEAD BLO"l'. LA‘.\'Sl.\'('.
°‘“°’~5~‘: i:‘i>..i.\'i.'i.i.\“s‘i‘.. .\'()KTll lcixsixo.

UFFIClil{.‘i.
\Y. J. HEAL. Presiileur.
A. A. \\'xLisi:a. V ice President.
4,3. ll.(JS1H.\‘I). (‘zisliieiz

We transact a general banking business. In‘
our savings til-lpHl"tll'l(>,‘L\[ we receive deposits of:
one dollar or over and pay interest thereon if left
three months or longer at 4 per cent.

In our commercial department we rs-cvive ac-
counts of inercliants and hiir-iiiiussinsii. We ls!-IIIE‘ i
interest bearing I‘(*I‘illlC£<l.h',*S of ileposit If you
have any banking business come and see us.

CARPENTER ORGANS

are strictly Hi;-;h-Grade Instruments. andl

sold at L()\V P]{l(}J~I.\', quality considered,
for lfa.-/Ii or InstIIII)nr:nl.~:. and delivered at
your home, freight paid. Send for catalogue of
new designs to

E. P. CARPENTER (.‘0.\II’.-XNY,

Home office: liP..—\.T’I‘LEB0l{(), VT.. U.  A.
Western Office: J. Howard Foote. 207 and 209
Wabash Ave.. (Ihicago. lll.

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“ BUY Yong ‘OILS

[:,.,,m gnt{_yrn_a;f, m:xnul‘i.r'vim-rs Illl‘I}ClZ, AT
\VH(;[_p;;-; 51,14: pmi ‘Est .\lar‘lll'.iI3 Oils :0 [0 2150
per gallon; (‘_vlinrl(»-r this £50. In 34710 D9!‘ 8’?-ll!-_1.i:
deiiverel. S'l"lll(‘l'I.Y lll(,i‘H (ill.-\.l»E. Satis-
facfinn gii;iriii.1e<-<1 \\'a are the only M.—\.\l -
FA<:'i‘i‘i:i:i.-S 1if()llSlIl iiiciizmm.

DL"l'll0l'l‘ OIL CO., Detroit, Mich.

1 The Life History of the Canker Worm.

I llll"'e 5.-’§l’3Yl5ll bl'0Wus llelllly ll'3«ll5' Q an application of the same material,

l \V0I‘H1S at 01100 l3€‘.llu t0 f9€(l- lvll‘ ‘ if it has rained in the meantime

,ii_arrow yellow stripes along tlieioftén appeal. they can do great
‘sllles of llle ll0lly- Tllele are Slxlharm before the poison could take

rear end of the body, and froml.

‘ of llolll two to Slx lllclles “ml llllle ‘ lime should be added, after it has
- on their Chrysalis form, from which - been Slacked and Stmined_

, less has a spider-like appearance.

be of American origin and was ob- ;th(,y did not Spray

' proportionto the thorougliness with «

‘by trapping the females as they:

]with a brush, and when it becomes

lnot be neglected, even if the bands,
are used. In fact the trees should 1

glad to comply with:

L. Ii’. Ill/“f, A_;rri(1t]f1n'z/Z C0/Icgr, fliir/1.‘ _
\\’ill you kindly give me through the . be sprayed for the Scab andc.o(lh11g ,

GR.\.\'c.i: Visiron, :1 history of the (life and a moth at the Very time it will need i

habits of the canker worm which is estro_v- . - V _ ‘

ing the foliage of many orchards in this ‘ to be applled for tlle_C8‘lll‘el Worm’ j

,.iCinit,._ 2: * >l< so that no extra application will be

necessary for that insect.
' FOR APPLE SCAB.
There are two insects that are For the apple scab the trees

C0l11m0ul)’ lillowu 35 Gaul‘-81‘ _W01'mS7 3 should be sprayed with Bordeaux
Wlllcll leselllllle eacll other lll llab' 3 mixture just before the flower buds

lls llllll gellelul 3PP9a1‘311C9a bullopen, and if Paris green is added

slllllel 5ll‘a’llll.‘:" lll lllellf lllllllilllgsfat the rate of one pound to two
. and in ‘Elle 5935011 lll Wlllcll the P91" Q hundred gallons. it will destroy the"
1fecllusectsllppeulaOuebelllgkllowlll oung worms when they begin to

as the "fall” and the other as tll8lfeed_ To be effecmal the trees
“ Sllllllg” Cullkul W0l'l11a from the l should be thoroughly sprayed so
fact tllat they allpeal‘ at those 593' ‘ that every leaf will liave a coating
50115 , ; of the poison. For the scab and I

The male ulollls Of bolll Specles I codling moth the trees should have i

Palelll “'lll§§5 ‘Vlllcll ll3"‘3 ll Splelllllwithiii a week after the blossoms
Of about 0119 lllCll- Tlle felllllles . have fallen, and this will suffice to

from lvlle .‘—?l'0llull-. crawl up lllelthat escaped the first application,
'0I‘uDkS Of the W695 aull lay '0ll9ll'jor that hatched after it was made-
eggs in clusters upon the brancl1es.:‘AS ,1 rule’ it W111 pay to make a.

‘Al30ul llle llule the l9u"'€S 0P9uu;tl1ir(l application at the end of ten

the eggs llulclla llull llle Y0llug:(lay's or two weeks and especially

leSS Cllecliell lll tllell‘ l”u"llg9S. tlley ; this should not be neolected. The
Wlll 50011 Slllp llle ll'*‘95 of lllell l arsenites alone willbdestroy the
f0llui—§9- Besllles leelllug Oll the f worms, but if the worms have been 1
apple, they are found on the elm, =_ Very numerous it would pay to
llllssvmollv l3lllllla‘~'ll9l'l'Yv and °tll9l'5- 3 band the trees. as rains, at the time

The larvzc reach their full size in , the a,.St.niteS ’should be Put On,
froin four to five weeks, when they I might prevent their applimtions O1.
‘Vlll be ll'0lll l'lll'e9‘l0llll‘ll5 of lllllwash them off before the insects‘

llllcll to ‘lll lllcll lll lell.‘—‘"tll- Tlleylcould be killed; besides, with the

are of a grecuisli brown col01'u'1tlil1a1.,_,e number of the Worms that

legs at the front and four near the  effect‘
, _ M Even if the Bordeaux mixture is
their method of walking they areinot used for the Scab’ the Paris

known as measuring or lllcll WOl'l;!1S.g1.9en Should be employed for the
W hen they reach their full S1Z€,€c0d1ing moth and Canker w0,.m_-

‘they let tlieniselves down to tlieixot less than one pound to 200

glolllul by lllealls of ll 5lellder,gallo1is of water should be used,

. llll'l‘<'ul “llllcll they Spllla 01' they I and to prevent it from burning the‘

llllly Crawl llowll llle tlllllll" Tl-ley  foliage and to stick the poison to
then enter the ground to the depth the 1eaVeS_ two 0,. three pounds of‘

tlley emerge 3:“ llle Proper tlllle llll The arsenites have been used for
lllfll‘ Plfllecl l?l'lll- , jtliis insect for a number of years

The female is about oiic-tliird of p and . when properly applied are
an 1DCl1 in length, and being w1ng- ; enfiwly effectuap Some persons,
. re ort that the do not kill the
The ‘5llllll‘il"“i°l'lll ls Supposed to wd)i'ms, but it zvill be found that
_, the trees
5el""3ll ‘ls long 380 at least as lbllli l tlioroughly, or that the poison was

lslllce Wlllcll llme ll’ has llppellredlwasliecl off by rain. Another ap-

llt.Varyl_llr‘~’ lllte_l'Va,lS and 35 lts Pill"  parent cause of failure is that the
“Slims lllcl'e8;se(l ll gradually lllsfi worms do not feed while the
apl’“are‘l' Lll.ll“SS meillls. are em‘  weather is cold and wet.

ployfid that Wlll hold ll‘ ln cllecllfl In the above remedies the fruit
it will spread through the orchards  ,_,1.0We1.S of Michigan have in their
‘lull fitlllll llle t‘l"ees- , billlle °l'Cll3'l'_dS,lia11(ls the means of holding in
lllay= lowelelr *“11t1"—‘.Y esfape lts I check this troublesome insect,
l'“‘.'“g‘~‘.S wlllle the liollage lll those i which will soon spread to all sec-
a(l_]o1i11i1gw1llbeentirelydest-royed.itions and consume the foliage of

‘ . ‘ " I I l
lllls tlollblesollle lnS"°t Call 39 the orchard and shade trees unless

kept in check by either of twolsteps are taken to p,..t,‘.em it

methods, which will be reliable in; L R‘ TAFT_

. l__/,rI'i:‘1([/1u'zz[ Co//vgv.

which they are employed. One is;

Bl'LLE'l‘[N .V0'l‘E.'.

crawl up the stems and the other is ‘
by thti use of al-senites to destroy - TRENCH SYSTEBI \VITH POTATOES. ,

the larvae. When they have up-, ‘ _ “f"’ . ‘ ‘
peflred  1&1-gt: nunlbers in an J1I(LllI8Blll[Cfl7l.‘Ib 1S(111eSl31011—i

‘orchard both IIl(i'fil]S can often be able Wll<?‘lll€l' the results Obtlllllell

employed to zidvriiitage. About the‘ }Vlll .lllSt_ll_Yll1e 9Xt1'u l3l30l' ll1V0lV9ll_ ~
middle of October tie a band of lu l3l'3~CllClu‘=" the '51't’Dl'l1 Sy_5lelIl Ol

t,-(11-1-¢3(1 paper, fi\'e or six inches inpotato culture. In our trials the

width around the trunk of the trees, ‘ Past Sellioll llllpllcute lots lll ‘fiery

after first reiiioving the rough, dry lllsluuce P1'0tluCt‘»(l C0utl'3»(ll0l0T)'

bin-};_ results.

. » -. < 7 . - .
Tl” l)lll3ll3R“ l*\l“ . MIL-K CAPACITY or COWS.

Upon this apply pi'inter’s ink. r—4
Olzio Bull(?l[iz.—~-Tlie results of

dry rciiew the application. As 21 our study of the comparative pro-

ruha Hill‘? in a week or IP11 daysiductive capacity of different cows

will be sufficient, but careful watch j are as follows:

sliould be kept that the iiisects do 1. Wlhen fed a ration composed

not collect lll sufficient numbers to of about one-fifth to one—f'ourtli

bridge over the ink. If at aiiyigrziiiis and the remainder coarse

time (lui'iii<_: the Winter the grouiid } foods of good quality, our cows and

thaws to the l(l(lpl,l1 of two iiiclies tliose of several other stations have

the ink should again be flp1)llt:*Ll,‘pl'O(lL1Ct*(l an average of about three

and iii the spring they will l1l‘(3(li€l.ll(lOIlE—i‘lflvl1 pounds of butter-fat

freqiieiit attuiitibn until the buds to each hundred pounds of dry

have opeiiml. The iiecessity of, matter in the food, besides making

applying the ink can be judgedla small gain in live weight.

from the condition of the ink and 2. In general, when this rate of

I Now, in conclusion, I think that I
~may say that this experiment indi- 

‘ale Wlllgless and ultel’ '9lllel'.5,~’lll.‘~_5l(lest1'oy all of the canker wormsislolls expressed lll Pl'9Vl0uS bulle-

itime immemorial, the importance:

‘science furnished the explanation, ‘

:experience11adPr0"ed thaw cr0p:BENillll HARBUH EULLEGE ll NUHMAL

of grain or any non-leguminous,

. some way, not yet fully understood,

can grow in soil absolutely devoid
‘ of nitrogen, provided the other nec- .

3 ash and phosphoric acid to ensure:

  
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
  
   

ter-fat and increase of live weightl

are counted at full value.

i Stop Thief!

EFFECT OF FOOD ON MILK.

New I{(unpshi2'e BulIcii'n.——l

 

Any one whose Watch has a

cafes: l
That the first effect of an in— 
crease of fat in a cow’s ration is tot
increase the per cent of fat in her
milk; ’
That with the continuance of b0W<ring).Wi1l W’-V91’ h3V€ 0C-
such a ration, the tendency is for‘ 1 casiontousethistime-hon0red
the milk to return to its normal . cry_ ]t is the only bow that
COIT(l1i1iifO‘oIlfe increase in fat is not l carmcft be twisted Off the Case’
due to the oils, but to the unnatural  and ls _found only on J35’
cliaracter of the ration;  BOSS Filled and other watch
That the results in this experi-1 cases stamped with
merit tend to confirm the conclu-§ this trade mark  
Awaich case openei-,wliich will save your

finger nails, sent tree on request.

Keystone Watch Case Co.,
PHILADELPHIA.

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tins from this station, that the com- _
position of a cow’s milk is determ-'
ined by the individuality of the '
cow. and that although an unusual,
food may disturb for a time the 1
Composition of the milk, its efllecti
is not continuous.

 

FAIR
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and mm Illplonni for Ba .
- Slrt-nzzfll ziiivl (‘lu-:un:<-
.'ii.-gi-ii iii llll‘*l‘ V(‘l:l'
l7t'l’llF,l1lilllll'l‘('l [oi

       
 
   

 

i\l0i'f7z C'ar0lin(L B1iZZcf1'i1.—F1'om T

of plowing under green clover has I
been understood and practiced by‘

li‘I' ll .
. . . ‘Ti, 0.
intelligent farmers. Long before "

Founded 1586. incorporated 1591'.

. , BENTON HARBOR. I\lICH.
Plum? f0ll0W1Dg 3 CTOP Of Cl0V91'a l1\'i_\'Ti{ x'ic.\R ormvs si-:i*1‘. 10, 1894.

peas’ or vetchesplowedlj1n(:leryle1d' l Classical. ScViIeIiiIfif(ib),U§l?i:§c(?IlIfifii:rii:i-cial, Elocu-
ed far more than a similar crop :

tion, Art, Normal, Kindergarten, Preparatory.
folloWii1_!-I a non-legllminous cr0P- :Sl’lil'l.ll- 5lxl°‘°“ ”l‘°“le“°°‘l lellcllersvall

1 V i » v i x '  .
Even the roots and stubble of a ; liwlllllf ccfillgiiion of Pliysical and
lei-§u1ul110u5 (‘TOP Pl'0W<_l ulm0S'E 8_S T _Iiip\'_u'T_\i;i;5_Iiiyguiifzigfiizsfnfifiigifiiiics, voice
valuable as a good coating of o1'di- l“l“"*‘l

Apparatiis making and Experimentation for
nary stable manure. The explai1a- Fliilaacliers and otheii£s. t__ IT ' _
U011 of thls fact as furnlshed by .ic“i...i.’l“§s’“.‘~i.‘.‘...‘i’é‘.‘.‘.§._.§f’E’i§.‘i§:.i"i1.nl.§’§l2i§?”g'

science is that the legumines are in i llll'.l‘"n38 l*"11‘"‘3‘l ll-V ll,l°l‘ll>’3'% Universiw
\\ ellesley. Northwestern, ( ornell in all courses.

_ _ _ . Deliglitfiil Location. Lake Side Sum_mer Re-
specially adapted for liarbormg 111  exlrelneli ll”ll9"“9- ll" Dar-
llleu‘ 1_’0°lS 9116 0‘ more SD90,“ Ol tlllti..l. lIlilit‘l'.lilll‘.. i. .ll.. Pll. IL. l‘l'ill4'ip:1l.
bacteria which absorb and l1X the
free nitrogen of the air and give THE HISTORY 01' THE
this to the host plant. If any one Patrons of Husbandry.
Wlll go into a field—a poor or sandy ——-
field is best—and carefully dig or
pull ups. vigorous plant of the cow-
pea’ Soy pea, 01- vetch, he “in find li:i.~ pl1\L‘L'(l‘.l.lllllllt'(l .<iippl_v of rho :il‘O\'L‘ \\'0i‘l\‘, in
the roots nlore or less  COV_ ‘ this liilicc, for salt, The book coiit;iiii.< }ll I\:l%t‘\‘)

. . i.~ priiitcil on }_gouil pxipci‘, wlll l\()\l|‘lll, Llllll l‘l.l>’
ered Wlth Small “varli/'llke nodules’ .<c\'cr.il illii.~tr:ifioii~'. it i.\ :i lvi~mi'_v of the (lrdcr
These nodules are the dwelling from :\'v- io l‘7_§.
places of the nitrate-forming bac-
teria. Experiments at this and
luany other experlnlej-It statlolls On i‘ci‘:;ip'. of Liic :ilm~.'c |ll’ll'l_', :1 CH1\_»' will be htflll
have shown that leguiriiiious plants _ by mm to -.11.‘ p;i.i'i_\* ...A.i.~.-M.
.'\(l(ll’L‘.\’.\

JOHN 'I'R[.VlI}l.I'}. Sei~rctai‘_v,

51'! l" St. .\'. \\'., \\':i.~‘liiiij,:tmi. I). L‘,

BY 0. ll. Klil'.I.l-LY.

Tlic lixcciitii cCoii1iiiiticciiftlic N:itii>ii:il (}i‘;1i‘.<,fc

 

Price per Copy, 75 cents.

essary elements are supplied. For;

most soils, potash and phosphoric ' I
acid are all that need be supplied. . GRAND RAP!Ds and_
Indiana Railroad

Hence, if we supply sufficient pot- ‘

June 3. 1891.-——(‘ientral Standard Time.
GOING NORTH.

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iiiine, we can draw upon the free" __ fV°'  N0‘ 5lN° 7
nitrogen of the atmosphere for the iiincinnati, L, _______ __ 131.1,’ ‘:53: ,  
nitrate-5_ EXpg1'i[11ent5 havg shovvn Rlclulmllll ------------ -- 7 35 1% 012 3-Ii. . . _ _ . ..
that one acre of lucerne may furn- Em-t “jayne.Ar ....... .. 10  :z'é5' 2'65‘ ____,:
ish us with forty-tliree dollars‘i‘;‘§i.§,,l:,:§,§f’ji,I§_‘: 55  ff 2?,
worth of nitrogen; one acre of red 1 dlgk   j 13 
clover fifteen dollars Worth; one _ __ l.a_. M.l
acre of COW_pea vines tWenty_f-we 3 Grand Rapids. Lv .......... .. 10 3:»  4 40 ; 4 50
dollars W01-th_  (‘adillac .................... __ 2 15 ,‘ %,1%5I0
‘ Traverse City. 1 :30
Pt-.'tOdkey.__. 3 55

 

A iiiost ll1lp()l't(\nt paper of Grczit pi‘:icti-
cal intcicst to tliinkiiig men of all shades Mackinaw, Ar 
of opinion is Ilamliii Gzii‘l:1iid’.~' plain, "'GOING‘_'S“6UTH
.~'ti‘aightfoi‘\vai‘d exposition of “The Single __-m___m'

 

 

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Tax in Actual Operation iii New Z‘:-uluiid,” Mackinaw City Lv  
iii tlnijiiiic .»ln'/M. Mi‘. Gzlrlziiid 5 paper [>9mgke_,—_,__ _ 9 15 . 3
on the single tax in operation is an import. Traverse (_‘iLY. 11 ‘"5 g 4
ant coiitribution to the litcratiirc of the Fmmlac  6
land qiicstion. Other iiiiportzmt pzipcrs (,',,..,_ud1m'i,’i[;',{’A,-_ _ :,  10

are: “ The Xzitioiiulixution of l'3lccLi‘icit_y," (fraud Rapids. Lv_
bv Rabbi Solomon Scliiiidlci" " The Full l‘.“l‘“llaz°"' Al’-—~

' ) n ’ . ., halamazoo, lJV._
of l>:ib_vlon, :1 poem, by jziiiics (J. Llurk; i-m(,a,m >____V__
‘‘ Election of l’ostiii."i.~'tci'.< bv the l’coplc," Fort \Va_vna, Ar.

 

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bv Ilon \V:lltCl‘ Clark Iii. 1), of mo ¥;vrPV"&:'§\°»l-V 5

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S1lp€l‘1l)l‘ bench of .\Ol‘[ll L:ii'ol1ii:i; “ llie (~,,,,c‘;’§§,’f§{,_ A,__ ____ __y 9 , ‘_ lg

Sixth S:-iisc, and llow to Develop it," by __fi_ _ in .7 r. M. P..\I.

) ' ‘ . . - . . , . . . , . .', _

i.[iCi.l...i .~‘..‘1iZ‘.: iliiéi-aliiiétllfililii.i§iili..:ffi§'ii; N:T'l$“E.?.fE €f.;5...i“i{.f3il§£.“l“” ‘““l “l“°l‘l‘““" °”
and “ The llighcr Criticism of tho lIcxa— Pa_rlor car to Mackinaw on .\'n. 5 from (grand
tcuch," by Prof. L. \V. Batten, an eminent ll’,:ll';g5'i G d R . , .
Episcopalian scholar. Elbert lliibb;ii'dc0n- N‘, 4_p Hg cam‘ mu amds to Uncago’ °ll
tributes :1 valuable paper on the .\. l’. A N0- 4 ll8ilYE0|1tl10l"GfB11Il 1laDif1[i-

inoveiiiciit, in wliicli he points out the end All Olllel tmllls ‘lally 9{‘.°"Elt %l(l)l(‘lj‘l1.5v'V00
of this movement. G. P. & T. .Ag:t, (fraud R81'ii)ds.

  
  
 


 

JUNE 21, 1894.

THE GRANGE VISITOR.

   

GRANGE DIRECTORY.

Patrons Will Find Tliese Firms Reliable and

Can Get Special Prices From Them.

Brain Work.

I

gcarried on single handed?

CONDUCTED BY “NANCY LEE.”

The Honey Creek Grange Nurseries have
been under contract with the State Grunge of Ohio
for over ten verirs, and have deiilt extensively in
Indlilntl and i\lichig:in also. Special prices sent to
anyone under seal of the Grzin c. Gi\'e us It t1’1=ll-
\\'e can save vou money. A dress _

Isiuic Freenian & Son, Rex, Ohio.

PATRONS' OIL WORKS. DERRICK OH. 00.
F. G. BELLAMY, I"rop‘r. Titusvllle. Pli-

Liibricating and Burning Oils of the highest
quality, at wholesale prices. Try our Elite _Burn—
ing Oil, made specially for family use. Write for

prices. Address DERRICK OIL (‘0.,
Tihisville, Pa.

THE NEW REGUIATIIIN BADGE

Adopted by the National Graiigfl -VOVV 24-
12593, is manufactured by
THE \VIIITEHE.—\l) & IIOAG C0.,
Newark, X. J.,

Under contract. with the Executive Committee
of the National Grange. Sample 59115 W an-‘Y
Secretary under seal of Grange, free of charge.
Write for catalogue.

OFFICIAL DIRECTORY

Oficers National Grange.

— . . BRIVHAM ________ ..D lta. 01 i0
f>1$§§§:nnJ—di W. nivis ____ __Santa iiosa. Cigl.
LEc'rURE3—ALPHA Ml1‘.SSEB_-..l’.ochsster. 
S’l‘EWARD—M. B. HUNT ..---M?-"18
Ass'T S’1‘EW.\BD—A. lll. HELCHER Rlll([)fje_ISl_aD(l
CE i>LAis—-S. L. WlLSON____  ississipm
TsiiAsUnEs—M1zs. F. M. MCDOWELL____N. 
SECRET.-\BY—JOI’IVNTRINIBLE,“‘a5l11£lgt°Fw D-(I,
GATE Ki-:i:i>Es—VV. 11.. HAI§BAU(JH. ,..Missou_ri
CERES—MRS. M. S. RIIONE .__..Pennsylvan1a
EOMONATITIS Minnesota

Loi:A—- . . ., --- V ',
LADY ,—\_ss'T STi::\v‘n—MBS. AMAXN DA HORTO{\
Michigan

Executive Committee.

 

. Brnu£‘[1'I1. .V. 1'. 7..\l"lI_\.
lI?:E§).\'}.IxI1J%_F(‘£iIflI“(1)S1\(‘)I‘Z\,.Center H811. Pellllg.-Vilrglliig .\'....~, 151;-mo.—li’.~:‘_[Mm/1/mlriv,
' ‘ ' ‘ ‘ ' ""‘ "" ‘""' ' ‘ ( Ackorsz I. Ahzintlonuient(7I'*.v.). 2. X kind of
J.   — - — - - — — — — “Paw Paw’ Mlchlgan Silk dOJ,_ 3_ '1‘,1k”,,__: i”_ 4‘ 'pje,,5i,,L,_‘ 5_ Those

Ofllcers Michigan State Grange.

MAsTE3_G_ B, HORTON _________ "Fruit Ridge
OvEizsEi:n——M. T. cons _. .--Pa1_m.m!
LEc'1'mzi:n—A. J. CROSBY. J3. --Yvsllanll
STEWABD-A. P. GRAY ———————————————— -3-—“,"°h‘°
Assn‘ SrEwAsD—J. H. MARTIN, Box 442,é(:i1;)ii1L1iE
. . —MARY A. MAYO ____ _.Battle Tree
g§iiI§dia:n—ia:. A. STRONG. --.Vicksburs
SEonE'min'—.lENI\'lE BUELL._.: ....Ann Arbor
GATE KEIr.i>i:R—GEO. L. CAHLIbLE,_Kalkaska
CEB1:s——MARY c. ALLIS dnan
FLo8A—-MRS. SARAH A ST. CL.-\IR_.Butt‘ernut
PoxoxA——Ml{S. A. A. LEIGHTON.__O1d Mission
L. A. STiz:w’n—MBS. J.H. MARTIN Grand Rapids

 

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,. (.‘entei‘invs. 1:. Reziclics. I3. Pmpliets. 14. Sin

J. G. RAMSDELL. (‘I111 —--TraVerSe.1(“lt5/I 0ffci'in_<r '. 1;. A posture (:7/'.~'.). in. A giant king
H. D. PLAT?“ ..-_--YD(9:‘ 3?” of Hiis l.l\\' (Sm)!/1). 17. A letter.

THOS. MAlib , .Berr1en Id 9“ 9‘ It lulu I/mm‘. .V. :7. C.\l.\'l.\'.
W. E. WRIGHT - B» ta (vffetglg .»lnI':/mrw, .\'. 3'. Ri«;_\i.\i<iJo.
,IéEIR&R¥£‘iY()(§" 3 esfiejby No, 10l.—.S'://mm-.

F.  REDFER. _l.Iaple_ Rapids I oft rcineuiher mothcr'.~'. PRI.\IE

RTON _F!‘ult~ Ridge It tzistcd good in ho_vli:md's tiiiie.
G- 8- H0 ' g Ex Oliicio - - . . .
JENNIE BUELL' ____Ann Arbor :l_lie Iiiterii;itioii:il _v_<)u mus >L‘cl»\
in th _H‘iiuinii1iu’ or ;'Il’(,‘>'.\'r1IIl]QE[\l\%ll.ll the beak).
' rk 0 ic ens iier o ten US the <.. 3 i
committee on Woman 8 W0 And is off for (,‘:iiiiid:i with ‘.1 dzish,
Grange‘ 'I‘l1ciii1:il»riLl_;-‘ed for l“OL'l{ you \\':uit

M,-5_ Mary A. Mayo _.___ ............ --Batu? Creek "Subst:in<'cs, white pnl\'crulunt."

Mrs. Mary Sherwood Hinds . ...btant0I1 This “dost enliven" obsolete.

Ml.s_ Belle Royce _ , _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ . . . . . . - - - --B31‘-lda I trust you will no troulvlc meet.

General Deputy Lecturers.
MARY A_ MAYO _________________ __Battle Creek

  
  
 
 
    

 

  
  
  
   
    
   
 

“Qiitcstine” he defines it iniiid,
HON. J. J. WOODM -~-‘Paw Paw For the lxise \voi'd _vou’d l)e[T.cl’ look about
HON. C. Gr. LUCIE... E. (/(i\1d(V3V3tel1!' \Vel)ster says, ’tis “ casting out.”
HON. ¥EE(t)1;YM1\lIfi{\é0- B«en*},f:n°(.e§§°§,r Irwm, Pu. D.\.\:. I). Lvox.
N ‘_ __ . .
JISSON WOODM-\.‘« .. ....PIa:W £51: PRIZES.
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6' E'a,AHf‘1I»f§E'Y _____________________ __Mnskegon ‘* Broken Wings,” by bchubiri, for hi-st
' ' - complete list. Two 6 months subscriptions
County DepI1t1eS- to the Defrmt 1’1zz:/cr for two next best
D H S,c,,b,,,5 ______ __ _A__,»‘\[\\-nod, Antrini 0. lists, and 2 G. VVhizz puzz1er’s directories
of v_ Nash____,,____.3l00l1ll"%f<lillC-1«’\f£°§§1{‘l fij awarded by lot. Solutions must reach us
E. B.BR*=)'“‘;1d5- -------- '73,I,‘\".‘1li',‘,‘,,'  .. not later than Iuly 16. Open to all.
80. owse ____ ._. _ :5? *
< . ' ' ‘ - {ranch “
James 13- 5‘“‘“'~‘ -L““’“ U‘-" I - .. CIIAT.
V. Clark ___ , _B‘uch:in-.in, Berrieii H ' . .
VV. Ennei-t___ _....1bt-CJ0li‘I1S.Cg1‘I}:1t:2 “ One year ago since our m_vstic friend
l\‘Ia '3-$1130-— -—g,‘]‘n;_,:‘_0’i';“ bh,u‘_‘k\,"0i,( .. T_vroinaugurzited this department. How
”‘- ." ----- - ‘. .. 5.’ i I -v  “ does this issue com are with an ' of our
E_ B_ \\ ,1,-L1v__ __(,h.irlc\oix, (.'ll.II‘lL\‘I)l‘.\‘ K I .‘ P . ' _\
?l»;;iixi()1\Igl(l;:‘x]'. 1_§I.t;)I:<>I\{\‘-l1l§€1(«1If. K: ppstl issges.‘ tAn_\; pei‘son_ l‘BdC€1\'lngb11 cokpy
- -  - ‘ ‘ ."« .‘ - .. 0 tiis e :11‘ men isinvitc to cu 'cri e
Isaac Russell ,_ _ , , _ ,_Alni.i, (yinitiot P 5 5 W

John P-.issuiore,__. Flushing, Geiiesee
E O. L:idd.___Old Mission, (inind 'I‘r:i\‘erse
xi,-5 E. D. .\'okes_____\\'he:itl;ind, llillsdiile
R  nm“-n_____ _S id BC‘.l.Cll, lluron “
D. H, English ________ __ Chiindler, I4)lllCl “
F' “-_ }I,,\.u,g __________ __Fitchl)ur5_{, Inghum
j ‘A. Coiirtright," ,Duck Lake, Jackson “
Hobert Dockerv _Rnckford, Kent “
James Grc:isen,'_ alkuskii, K-.ilk:isk2i 
Hiram Brzidsli-.iw_ l\0r_th I5filIlCl}»_I«*‘l?'~*‘7 H
flliriglitiiii, Li\'iii§_{stnii
___,Adri:ui, Len:i\vee
Crvsuil, .\lun1c'.ilin “
Bear Luke, .\I-.inistee “
“Big Riipids‘, .\lec0.~t:i “
_____l)isco, .\I:ic0inl) “
_Fl:it Rock, Monroe
,l{:i\'enn-.i, .\luske,«_§nn
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Fred I)e:in,_
E. \‘f. Allis
Geo. ll. LcstA:i’___.
D. R. \':in Anilier;_{_
Jessie E. \\ illiiinis
. S. Lmvson ,_
\Vill G. Pairish.
T, F. Rodgers
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HolIertL:*:)l\\iIird-__ lluilsonville, ()[[1l\\’1l “
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Veriion, $lii:1\\'.'i> Ac
_ _ _ _ _ ‘_II1ll‘I.<\lff, St. Cliiir “
Ccnterville, St. _lo‘sc[)l1 “
Birch Run, Suginiiw
_(.':irsonvi‘.le, Snnilxic “
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D. .\lurlin _
A. \V. C:inl'icld_
\\'m. B. Lzingl
Robert 'l‘reh_v

.\I. C. lxer
Helen A. P u.
long ]5_ \\'ilcn.\'_____ ‘
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Revised List of Grange Supplies

Open to all.

Street, Detroit, .\Iich.
BR.-\I.\' \VORK, XXIV.
(tick nii<Tiir>.\\‘.)
1,',t.~—.S'z/mire.
2. .Vlincr:il pitch. 3. A spe.'ii‘iii:in,
4. in ; roper nuuic. 5. I’. 0., Kean Co.
PA. 0. .\n cssentiiil iiigrcdiciit. 7. \\'."i_v5.
ll’/n/w /lm/.<-‘, .\'. ’}. Gu.\.\'i'ri; l’os'i«:u.
.\'n. I5j.—D[rm1n/Iii.
i. ;\ letter. J. Overcoiiic by liquor (<7/I.~‘.). 3. .~\
t1lpcl’lC:'I1/.). ;. Illiuuinzited ([’ur.-‘l. 5. Ancient

 

   
 

city of l’;Llc-stine (-.\'mI'r/1). I). A writ to stay pro-
cceilizigs (I.  7. .~\ rzirc llllllCI‘1l.l. -S. Disposes
in order (_z-/. ) u. (‘cz't:i§n illllslflll conipositioiis.
io. I.n[tie _lu.slin (l’. 2. D.) ii. A letter.
/?.'/to/1, Tm. G. \\'niz;5.

A7». 1504;,-~ll.z/f .c./mrru.

i. One who cxpoumls the Scriptiire verse by
verse. .2. Uvi-rpowcrculhy l‘lr)l>L‘ (H/Nu). 3. llillf
tones. 4. One who works for 21 ('ert:iin portion of
Llienre. 3. Bruises (0/'.~‘.). o. Stole. 7. Not-.35. 3.
liiglitli snnof Jzicoh (.9;/I1‘///). .\‘vnihuls of t;illu-

riuin. 10. A force 01‘ n;itur.Ll power. ll. A letter.
ll‘/11’/r Ilrmxr, A’. 17,-’. C.\L\‘l.\'.
I. A letter. 2. Mi.\'L_wl t_\'pe. 3. Bug. 4. lielzited

in verse. 5. Ishlnds in the Iiidiiin Arcliipelzign,
(/31'/.). h.A noisy tulkcr. 7. Scottish poetcss, i705-
iS2_;. ‘S. Keh:ir:it, l\l:i<_:nnli;i, Asia (Iii/.). 5). The
colnriug inzittcr of .s:ind:1l \v.iml. io. .\Iii.~.inj_{s.
ii. .\d:'g:Il'Llllllt.'.~'S (ur".~.l.
I:’1'I1;'//ilzrlluw, .V. I‘.
.\'n_ 1_;.S’_—D.>/(Hr r/mrmfr,
0 dour, 0 dcgir, I’vc riikcd my l’lll.\IE,
To get up suxnethin-_r; sniurt this time,
Toseud _\'mi, N c_v Lee:
llut find ni_v FI\'li is good for iimiglit,
And not with ;.:r:irul iv
.\'uv:h :is the \VIlOI. 5 'h(

But grcetiii-_:s for the LAST I'll send,

And limp:-. returns‘ of ALL will blend
\\'ith future time:

A FIRST in i\I_vsticliood is dear,-

I pr:i_v ynu, tzike in_v uie:inin_-,5 clezir,
Dczith we decline.

F R .\‘_\'TZ.

 

  

I who refine inc-tzils (<N"<.). Brings from obscurity. 7.
l\Ius'cle.s. N‘. Tliings that llllllie hlzick. 9. Persons
who execute quit cliiinis.
l)H\\'NI 1. A letter. 2.
4. A small fish. 5. Quoits. 6. Desks (H/*.~'.).
Full (m/(.~'.). ‘. A .\lediterr-.inc:in wind. n. Sc' -
men who quit service without permission.
l)es‘ti'u\'\:r.s' (m'v.v), ll. Gzillops. i2.l’ierccs.
Excitcs. I4. 'l‘i'csp:isscs'. i_;. A nieudoiv. 16. A
(ireelidiplitliong, i7. ;\ letter.
I’izr1' .s'i.i.', I//. I\IvsT.\o‘ooL'E.
': l. l)cp:ii'turc (:2/v.¢.). 2, .\I:ikin uuid
_,. Uniting closely. 4. Glziss vesse s. 5.
u in hziwks. 13. Certain pluiits. 7. Forest
._. l{c\'c-rsiuiis. 9. Those who .1hlior.
Do\v.\': 1. A letter. .> .\IllSlC."ll note. 3. A piece
(n[v.~.) 4. Courtship. 5. Experieiiccs. 4;. To turn
zisidc. 7. l’. 0. Hunt (.'0., Tex. S. (‘rlziss vessel.
-9. Tlinsc who seek to nhtziin, in. Aiiieiulers. ll.

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II:ili:in Uilfllllllll now we view
Born i7\‘021iid died in si.vt_v~two,
In Illiiiglisnii the \‘l-‘.\ N Illlkl

contribute and solve. Send us 25 cents
and receive this paper for eight months.
This is a special offer and holds good until
July 1. R:-mardo, Calvin, and Mystagoguc
rhomboids are very fine, but unfortunately
they are almost identical, such things
will happen. Dan. I). L_von‘s eight letter
square is :1 beauty; we can use a good many
of that size. R. 0. Chester, Remardo,
.\l_vstagogue, Proteus, Folga, and all others
who have not been solving for Brain \Vork
of late, can make us happy by sending solu-
Lions to this issue. A great many excel-
lent forms intended for this issue were
crowded out on account of space, they will
appear later. All send solutions.

NANCY LEE.

CORPORATE POWER.

f_I{c:iLl zit zi re;5ul:ii' lllL‘(,'[lnf._' of l):l\'lSl‘\ll‘_'__{ Gr:-.n_<.{e,
No. :45, by l-3.}. l5i'_relu\v.j

WORTHY MASTEIi——The subject
for discussion today is as follows:
“Corporate power is greedy, ag-
gressive, increasing. What shall
we do to make the beast tractable?”
Assertions are sometimes much

Kept in the office of Se-c‘y of the
1

Michigan State Grange

And sent out post,-paid on receipt of ("ash Order.
over the Seal of a Subordinate Grange, and the
signature of its Master or Secretary.

Porcelain ballot marbles per hundred. .$0
Secretary’s ledger.
Secretary‘s record.
Treasurefis orders, . rm
Secretary's receipts for dues, per hnndr
Treasnrefls receipts for dues, per hundred
A plications for membership. per hundr
ithdrawal cards, per dozen ____ __
Dimits, in envelopes, per dozen._. __ _ .
By—Laws of the State Grange, single _
10c; per dozen.__._ .______ ,_ .. ,___._... .1... 70
" Glad Echoes," with music, single copies,
25¢; per dozen... ........................ -- 3
Grange Melodies, single copy, 40¢; per dozen 4 00
Opening Song Card, 2:; each; 759 per .70; 100.. 1 85
Rituals, 7th edition (with combined degrees).
@250 each ‘LPN ‘M1511 ----------------------- -- 2

  
   
 
  

  

 

Rituals‘ 5; degree,_set of nine ...... _. .._ 1 89
gimaig, Juvenile, single copy .............. -- 1-?
Rit.uals,Jl1V€2n11evPe‘' 59” ------------------ -- 1 50
Notice to delinquent members. per 100-. - - .- - 40
American Manual of Pai_'liu.mentai'y Law____ 50
Di est oi Laws and Rulmflfi ——————————————— -- 
g':,,,lptl(:;;as<;I{§§e'c_oopemtive literatu.re._.__ 18

' f 'ces on gold pins badges, working
,,,Z’,,§f‘,,f’,,,‘f’;',,‘,’.',"un.i._.gs, seals, ballot boxes and any
other grunge snpphes. J ENN IE BUELL

I S .' .
Address M 8 ANN Anson, Mien.

Wed the great refineries and pipe

, more easily made than proven. Be-
 cause some corporation has carried
lto a successful conclusion some
Egreat enterprise and made 8. fair
lprofit thereby, to call them greedy
{and aggressive is rather severe to
lsay the least. W'lio alone could
have built our great Pacific rail-
road by wliich we can reach Cali-
fornia. in five days-—and by which
We can bring the luscious fruits of
that golden state to our eastern
markets while yet they are fresh?

\Vh0 alone could have establish-

: lines of the Standard oil company
land put into our markets water
white oil for nine cents ‘per gal-
lon at retail?

VVho alone could have gotten up

Contributions and solutions de-[
sired. Issued the first and third Tliursdziys of each
uiontli. Subscription 50 cents per year. Address
all puzzle matter to ’l‘iio.\iAs A. .\IlI.L;\R, goo, izth

 

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$90 ?

remember when some of these arti-
cles were made in what we would
call today “One horse concerns,”
and cost from one to two hundred
per cent more than now. My friends,

necessity.
ADVANTAGES.

his one horse shop and often mak-
ing only 3. comfortable llV‘ll1_.‘_I, there
comes the characteristic demand
from the American people for a
cheaper ai-ticle,—sometliing forless
nioney—wliich can be produced
only by manufacturing on 8. larger
scale; hence a number of one horse
shop owners combine, and buy a
1,000 horse power steam engine,
and a. corporation is formed, the
factory startecl, goods are turned
out for from 25 to 50 per cent less
price; the stockholders make more
money than when working alone,
and the American people get their
goods cheap. Who shall say that
large manufactories which cheapen
everything to the consumer are not
beneficial? Is it not possible, or
even probable, as we witness the
greater prosperity of others, that
our own envious or jealous dispo-
sitions prompt us to make unchar-
itable expressions? Fellow Pa-
trons, let us be reasonable, and if
there is good in anytliiiig let us try
and see it. Look at the almost
superhuman efforts of the railroad
companies to accommodate the mul-
titudes desirous of attending the
world’s fair last year. True, they
expected to reap a. rich reward.
Do not we, as individuals, expect
the same if we do some great work?
True, through the carelessness of
their employee many lives were
lost, and hundreds maimed and
crippled for life; and though we
were horrified at the time by the
number and magnitude of the ac-
cidents, as We now look back in our
cooler moments and consider the
thousands and thousands who trav-
eled over the railroads, the great
wonder is that so few accidents oc-
curred. Generally, I think the
oflicers tried to do their duty, but
do our employes always do as We
order them? How often do We find
some farm implement smashed, or
a valuable horse ruined by care-
lessness nearly bordering on stu-
pidity? True, they combine to
raise rates and thereby increase
their profits. Pray, what have we
been doing all these years through
the combination of Granges but to
raise the profits of the farmer?

NOT ALL PROFITS.

Worthy Master, the money that
railroad companies receive is not
all profits. “Ye can see in almost
any newspaper we take up, an ac-
count of some railroad that has
gone into the hands of 3. receiver;-
and quite frequently an account of
a train wrecked by villains for
plunder, or gone through a. defect-
ive bridge into a. river with many
lives lost, which must be paid for,
together with the loss of cars and
bridge. ButI may be told that
these roads only cost the stock-
holders about the value of their
rolling stock, that government and
towns through which they pass
gave them a. bonus sufficieiit, in
many cases, to build the road.
True, and almost universally the
lands through which they pass
have more than doubled in value
and the towns trebled in popula-
tion.

THE TROUBLE.

Friends, I am not saying rail-
roads, telegraph snd express com-
panies, as well as hundred of man-
ufacturing establishments are not
monopolies; but if they are who
has made them such? The very
people who are crying out against
them. How? By electing men as
our law makers who are directly or
indirectly interested in all of these
enterprises. Who granted to the
money kings those millions of acres
of land through which our Pacific
railroads pass? VVho issued Uni-
ted States bonds to help build those

and carried on the great fair held
l in Chicago last year—that great
leducator to all mankind the world
over—and a thing of great interest
and beauty to all who beheld it?
How many of our large agricult-

,ing along and dare not undertake

roads? Who is today shilly shally-

to collect even the interest on those
bonds? Who, at the behest of
Wall street, issuedinterest bearing

corporations are sometimes born of =

\Vhile the poor man is running:

Iural implement manufactories arelliave been issued and paid out to
Wherelthe starving thousands for public,
fa self binder is turned out and put ;' improvements?
on the market for $95, 8. mowing f the telegraph and express compa.n- * _ _
machine for $35, a farm wagon for  ies the privilege to charge twice ilweell Cflplllll 3T1dlflb01‘l13Sd11’€0ted
$45, and our carriages, so set upon 3 the worth of their services? , , _ _
springs and upholstered that to J are today sitting in their comfort- . §’V19ldX Problenl ,OT1g1m?«ledl3TIs’9lY
{ride in them is like sitting in a ;' able seats in VVashington, dallying  111 3§§Y1C111tU1'3l C1FCl9S.,1‘G 113? been
cushioned chair, for from $40 to  along, doing nothing apparently  taken up by PT0g1'9551"9 '°h“1k‘31'S

'l‘.\XATIO.\'.

‘Who grants to [From )I:lster'.s: :l(l(ll'l:5.<, Cnnn., Suite (}i‘;ixigc.]

The frequent (listurbance be-

Xvhofniucli investigation to this un-

{but trying to perpetuate themselves 5 and ESSOCIMIODS, and is today the

, Worthy Master, you and I canfin place and power, while nearlyjsublect Of tl10USl1ti113lm05t 9‘'91'}’

fall business is at a standstill andifimte from Mflillt‘ t0 C&1if0I‘I1i3«-
,-‘thousands are being fed by Chm-itygw‘ There is no denying the fact that

i Let me tell you Wlorthy Master

government itself is today the
greatest monopoly existing in this
country, and will continue to be
until the laboring men of this na-
tion sliall demmul, with a big D, a.
fair share of the profits of their
labor, and when men are elected to
legislate for the greatest good to
the greatest number; and when
ours is made 8. government of and
for the people, then, and not until

then, will the beast become tracta-
b e.

 

HI LLSDALE I’0)[()N.\.

Hillsdale Pomona Grange held
its June meeting with Jefferson
Grange on the 7th. There was a
large attendance full of enthusi-
asm and good feeling. The reports
from subordinate Granges were
good as far as heard from. An
open session was declared for the
afternoon. The time was given
to the Worthy Lecturer. After
the welcome address by Sister
Bowditch and response by Brother
Hauglieyfollowedmusic,1'ehea1'sals,
select readings and discussions.
The discussion on “What benefit
are license laws to country peo-
ple? ” was opened by Brother Van
Arsdale. He did not confine him-
self to the liquor question, but
took in the license system in
general as conveyed in charters
and legal regulation of trusts, coin-
bines, syndicates, boards of trade,
etc. He made some strong redec-
tions as to the crookedness in

our government officials which
brought out a lively tilt with

Brother A. J. Davis and others.
No bad blood.

Next followed a discussion on the
topic “Is it desirable to increase
the salaries of our state officials?”
Brother A. J. Davis: “To cut
down the salary of officials has a
tendency to keep out of official
position our best men at 2. loss to
the public. VVe have an example
in our judges. A too small salary
keeps out of judicial position our
best legal talent and leads to
continual legal blunders and ap-
peals to the supreme court. The
cost to the people in the end is

grea.te1' than at greater salary
would be. I think we should give

a sufficient salary to secure the
best and then make them earn
it." Brother Edwards: “Itliink
that the present salary is all that
our OlIlCl8lS earn, and all we
can afford to pay. That of the
governor might be an exception.”
Brother Moore: “Salary should not
be made an inducement for office

seekers. The honor of the office
should be sufficient, patriotisni
should do the rest. It was a.

question with the founders of our
government as to whether the
people would not be better served,
without an official sa.lary.”
Brother Van Arsdale: “Salary or
no salary the slate is made up
for the next twenty years. WW3’
need not be afraid of our oflicials

starving. A poor man cannot get
there any way. Ofiicials buy their
way in. Our governor must be

a banker and pay 3. thousand
dollars for campaign purposes.”
Brotlier P. Davis: “Let us givel
sufficient salary, or they will steall
or stay at home.” Brother Moore:
“It is almost impossible for a
poor man to get ‘a nomination
now, no matter What his qualifi-

j capital, wlierever it exists, seeks by

and Patrons, that the United States 501319 11193135 to amid Paying its

ishare towards the support of gov-
geriiment, either by direct equivo-
lcation (the Saxon word is lying),
gor the enactment of such laws as
yescape or reduce it, as our “Invest-
Iment Tax Law,” wliicli enables the
icrafty ones to sneak out from lion-
 est respoiisibilities.

 This subject has been before this
1 Grange the past few years, and has
fbeen frequently discussed, and at
3our last session 8. committee was
 appointed to have the subject under
la(lVlS€lll(:‘I1l'., and from them we
lsliall soon expect a report. Dis-
! cussions and resolutions are educa-
’tional only, and accomplish noth-
ing towards the changing of con-
ditions. It is time for this Grange
to foriiiulate a. plan for placing the
subject before the next legislature,
and suggest a method for a thor-
ough and complete revision of our‘
whole taxing system.

A (‘Ol'.\"l‘l{Y SCHOOL CO)[)IE.\'CE-
)IE.\"l‘ IN 0(‘EA.\'A COIXVTY.

lVe wish every friend and every
enemy of the country schools could
have been present at the commence-
ment exercises of district N0. 4,
Elbridge, Oceans. county.

There were three graduates,
young ladies, whose essays could
not be surpassed in any city school
in the state. Kitty Starr, Belle
Sayles, and Ella Benner composed
the class.

The school room was beautifully
dressed for the occasion. Henry
“lillmon, the teacher, who had
worked so faithfully with the class
the past year, was happy, and ex-
hibited psrdonable pride in the
grand success crowning his efforts.

The district board was there,
some of them for the first time in
years perhaps. The people of the
district were there, and the people
of adjoining districts until the
house and school yard were filled to
overflowing. The children in the
lower grades were there, children
who are to go through to future
commencements.

Commissioner D. E. McClure
opened his address by saying “ The
first schools organized were organ-
ized by farmers for the education
of their cliildren.” He spoke earn-
estly for the advancement of the
country school. He said: “ All
educational reforms; all permanent
growth to farm and home must
come tlirougli liigliei‘ ideals planted
by education; that the farmers’
school is the most important factor
in our educational endeavor.”
Great good must come from such
educational meetings. They are
an uplifting force in our civiliza-
tion and we say God bless, God
speed them.

V. E. C.

(r‘E'I"l‘ING RID OF (‘AXAIJA THISTLE.
Get the lend well set in clover,
and the richer the better. Let it
stand until just as the thistles be-
gin to show bloom, then mow it,
beiiig sure to cut all thistles. It
is well then to apply some plaster
to start a quick growth of clover.
lVhen the clover is up 3. good
groivtli, say at the middle or last of
July or first of August, plow the
field and be sure that it is all
plowed. Don’t cut the clover, but
plow the whole grouiid, having a

 

cations. and it would be no better
if the salary was raised.” Brother:

Haugliey: “ The salary of the}
secretary of state should be 
raised, $800 is not enough.” 3

Brother Cousins: “The secre-,
tary of state and superintendent
of public instruction should have
more.” Brother Phillips: “ The
governor has enough.”

Jefferson Grange is one of the
strongest Granges of the county.
This is largely the fruits of the
cooperative plan. In this Grange
it has proven a wonderful success.
It imploys three agents. Brother
A. J. Davis’ time is nearly all
taken up in this business. About
nine thousand dollars worth of
nierchandise has been purchased

gold bonds when greenbacks should

during the year. VV. KIRBY.

‘all the grass under.

chain on plow, if necessary to put
Roll at once,

and harrow so as to cover all the

thistles. Keep the field well culti-
vated all the following fall. Every

= time R thistle shows go over it with
* some broad toothed cultivator hav-

ing the teeth sharp, and in two
days after follow with hoe, cutting
ofi the head of every last thistle.
Follow up till late fall, then in the
fall plow the field and you will have
the best of all fitted fields for barley
or oats, and if the work is thorough
I will give a dollar apiece for every
thistle that ever shows again, un.
less it comes from the seed.———J. S’.
I/Voodard in TV/isconsz'n Farmer,

 

All kinds of oils furnished to members
of the Grange by Derrick Oil Co.,Titus-
ville, Pa.

  
 
   
  
 
  
  
   
 
  
 
 
 
 
  
  
    
    
    
   
  
  
 
 
   
 
  
 
   
  
  
 
  
 
 
  
 
  
  
  
  
  
  
 
 
  
  
 
   
  
   
  
 
  
  
 
   
  
     
   
   
   
   
   
  
   
   
 
 
 
  
  
  
  
   
 
  
  
 
  
  
    
    
   
  
   
   
  
  
 
 
  
  
  
  
   
  
        
   
   
    
  
  
   
  
      
   
    
   
  
     
    
   
      
 

    
    
   
  
  
  
   
   
   
   
  
  
  
  
  
  
   
   
  
   
   
    

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THE GRANGE VISITOR.

JUNE 21, 1894.

Our offer

is good only

one week more.

8 months

for 25 cents is .

I
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l

I
1

the offer. ,

i seriously ill.
, Girard, is also quite ill.

The last chance

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Grange News.

Correspondents, and all Patrons indeed, are re-
quested to send us postal cards giving some news
jotting,—anything of interest to you. It will inter-
est others. Please also send short answers to
some or all of the following questions. Help us
to make this the most valualvle cohiinii in the 'is-
ITOR.

1. How is your Grziiige prospering?

.2, Have vou many young pco le?

3. \\'liat do iiiitsidcrs think 0 your Grange and
its work?

4, \\'li;it diil'icultics do you meet.’

5, \\'liat are your prospects?

H, \\'hat is uiost iiccdeii iii (ii‘;iii_«_re work in your
vicinitv?

7. III \\'ll1lt \\'I\\' .ll'L‘ _\'(ll.ll" lllCll'll‘€l'S HIOST liencfitetl
by bcloiigiiig to the Grange?

)[i(-higaii.

OB ITUARY.

At the June meeting of Lenawee Pomo-
na Grange resolutions of respect were
passed on the death of Sister Martha Dan-
iels of Onsted Grange, and Brother Rein-
mington of Macon Grange. The latter was
a charter member of Pomona and for 15
years faithfully filled the ofiice of Chaplain,
seldom missing a meeting. His influence
was on the side of right, and he gave much
character and strength to the growth of the
Order throughout the county.

POSTAL JOTTINGS.

Mrs. Mayo goes to Lenawee County for
few special Grange visits on the 23th.

11

j Lenawee county Grange held a very
4 successful meeting with Palmyra Grange
,' on the 7th inst.

i Fraternal Grange is waking up. Two
5 initiations were made last Saturday, and :1
good dinner enjoyed by a full house.

Sylvan Grange will discuss the matter of
an August meeting. and if decided favor-
ably a big joint meeting will be held in
M_vers' grove.

Brother A. R. Bonney of Gilead. is very
Brother Geo. A, Russell of
Both are proiii—
inent Branch county Patrons.

I
I The Tri-State Grange .\:ssembl_v to be

held at Bawbeese park in Hillsdale county
August 2:, is assuming grand proportions.

I Railroad excursion trains at very l0\v rates

, have been secured on the five different
; lines that center at the assembly grounds.
5 Hon. Alpha Messer, Lecturer of the Nation-

 al Grange, will be one of the speakers.

closes July I.

We want some

more Patrons.

Make hay

while the

sun

shines.

Also get sub-

scriptions when

the offer is

so low that we

almost give

the paper away-

4

 At a meeting of the Detroit and Bay city ‘

; council held at Rochester, Oakland county,
3 about :00 persons were present June 7.
. The resolutions of \\'aslitenaw Pomona
3 Grange relative to the nomination of lfnited
; States senators in political conventions met

‘ a heartv a )roval several ersons s ieakincr ‘
. - . ~ , P 1 o 1
_j upon the question; and was endorsed by a ‘

l unanimous vote with order that notice be
 sent to the cliairmaii of the state legislative
‘ committee.
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5, Ata meeting of Calhoun count_v Pomo-
j na Grange, June 14, the following resolu-
, tions were adopted:
3 [Pam]:-mi’, That we are in favor of the
3 election of United States senators by the
i people, and favor an amendment to the
‘l constitution providing therefor, but until
l favor the following:
i /i’i'.~'nI:'m1, That we earnestly urge upon
{the state state central committee of each
‘ and every party the incorporation in their
f. call for their next state convention the
j nomination of United States senators who
l are to be elected by the coming session of
j the legislature.
j \V. S. Sinoxs, Levi,
 Grattan Grange held children’s dayJuiie
I 2. The day was warm and pleasant, which
T was just the thing to bring out a crowd, as
j it proved to be. We thought we had had
1 a large attendance before, but this year
I capped the climax. There were live schools
; represented. The exercises were
; which spoke well forthe instructors. Some
 of the exercises would go ahead of anything
§ we ever saw before for such “ little tots,”
3 and we think all enjoyed it. \\'e had our
,’ dinner at noon, The children were served
 first. 120 were seated at the llrst table, and
; 70 or more at the next, and of both young
j and old there were nearl_v 400. So you
f can judge whether we had a crowd or not.
1 \V'e think our children’s day a grand suc-
j Cess_ .\c_\"r K.'\'I‘E.
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At the last meeting of llrancli county
Pomona Grange, held at liatavia Grange
hall June 7, L. M. Marsh, chairman of the
legislative committee presented the follow-
ing resolutions which were unanimously
j adopted:
 \Viir.i<i-:As, \\'e believe it to be to the
best interest of the people that the United
1 States senators be elected by a direct vote
‘j of the people; and
', \\'iii-:RE.\s, To accomplish this end it
ll requires a considerable length of Lime; and
_ \Viii-:Ri-;As, We think it would be a step
E in the right direction for the different po-
7, litical parties to nominate candidates for
j United States senators; therefore,
, lr‘r.vn{zv'zl, That we request the chairman
i of the state central committee of the differ-
‘, ent political parties to incorporate in their
j call for the coming state conventions the
3 nomination of such candidates.

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Cascade Grange, No, 63, isin good work-
iing order, holding sessions Saturday 1:30
2 p. m., every four weeks and on Thursday
3 at 7:30 every four weeks, so we have meet-
 ings every two weeks. This arrangement
 accommodates those who cannot conven-
§ ieiitly attend in the daytime as well as those

who cannot well attend in the evening. Our
, meeting June 2 was at 1:30 p. m., and the
; following subjects were discussed some-
: what. “Should men have a knowledge of
j housework?”
j other side was discussed. “Should women
, have a knowledge of outdoor work on the
j farm P”

1, discussion and the aflirmative of each ques- ;

j tion seemed to have the lead, and the mem-
5 bers appeared to enjoy the discussion verv
. much. '
“ VVhy do millers become rich while

. farmers become poor?” was also discussed
‘ somewhat. Also “ Who makes the profit?”
‘ Millers buy wheat in Ada at 48 cents and
retailers sell Graham crackers at 10 cents

held May 24’ and 25, with Tall-
.,n1adge Grange, was 3. very pleas-

,such an amendment can be obtained we‘

nice, .

At the previous meeting the If

These questions excited quite a‘

per pound, an advance of nine and one-fifth

cents on one pound of wheat. ;

The prospect for a crop of wheat is poor l
this year, far below the estimate by “ crop j
report." 

Noxious weeds received some attention
and it was reported that the red root has a 
very firm hold on the farms about here. ‘i

June 1.1,tl’l we discussed “ Should not the
tariff be arranged by a commission, and ’
taken out of the hands of congress?” and
“ Coxey's army.” The subject of trade

arrangements was also taken up. i,

Danby Grange, No. 185, have made a i
practice to observe children’s day ever since .
there was a day set aside by the Grange ‘
for the children, and this year was by no
means an exception.

Two years previous to this it has rained
all day, and no doubt had a tendency to
make the audience somewhat smaller than
it would have been had it been pleasant,
but this year it dawned bright and beauti-
ful and remained so all day.

The hour decided on for the exercises to
commence was 10 a. m., and when the
time arrived about 300 had gathered at the
hall.

There was a literary program, previously
prepared, consisting of recitations, dia-
logues, and songs, and closed with a flag
drill called “Crowning our hero," all very
nicely rendered by the children, after
which we had the pleasure of listening to a
very fine addres; by the Hon. J. J. \Vood-
man of Paw Paw. '

If Brother ‘Woodman thinks as he speaks,
and no doubt he does, he thinks agriculture
ranks among the highest callings of this
world. He also asserts that the Grange is
the oldest and the only farmers’ organiza-
tion in the world that has made a success
of their undertakings. The influence of
the Grange is stronger today than ever be-
fore, notwithstanding it is over a quarter
of a century old; and is solid as a rock finan-
cially. It is the only organization in the
interest of the farmer that has a national
voice.

After the exercises the chairman of the
day invited every one present to stay to
dinner which was all in readiness in the
upper hall. There were enough eatables
present to feed all and some to spare.
Some made the remark that they never ,
saw such a place for “victuals” as Danby.
After dinner the children were all treated
to candy, peanuts, and lemonade.

There was an invitation extended to Port-
land Grange to join with us on children"s
day and was readily accepted. I take this
wa_v to thank them for their presence and
aid to help us pass the day more pleas-
antly. Thus closed one of the days in the
history of our lives too bright ever to be for-
gotten.

Mas. A_\ii:Li.\ PEAKI-2, Cm’.

“cWES'l‘ERN POJIOMA GRANGE.

The meetiiig of Vliesterii Pomona,

ant, and we hope profitable one.
After the welcome from the worthy
master of Tallmadge Grange,VVest-
ern Pomona-.’s worthy lecturer took
charge of the meeting. The fol-
lowing subjects were brought for-
‘ ward for discussion: “How to keep
the boys on the farm,” by Brother
llfoodard, of Tallmadge; “Care of
orchards and how to grow better
fruit,” by Brother Thomas lV'i1de,.,
of Ottawa Grange; “ Education the
cure for intemperance,” by Sister
Martin of Ottawa Grange; “ \Vhat
can we do to keep up an interest in
the Grange,” by Brother Tucker,
of Tallmadge Grange.

There was much interest shown‘
in the discussion of every subject.
r Sister St-auffer of, Lisbon Grange.
read an esssay, and I think by the
way it was received that Pomona,
members and visitors know how;
to appreciate a good paper when
they hear it. All who have ever
been to Tallmadge Grange know
that we did not lack for music,
both vocal and instriimeiital when-
ever called for, and that was quite
often. The subject of “ VVhat kind
of an education shall we give our
girls, professional, musical or prac- 2
tical?” by Sister Smith, of Tall-3
madge, was the first on tliei
programme for eveiiiiig. This led l
to quite a lengthy discussion, fol-=,
lowed by " Corn culture,” by 3
Brother Hayes, of Tallinadge. l
These were all the subjects taken;
up during the meeting. Do notj
think that this was all. Yonshould j
have heard the recitations that thel
young people favored us with, not.‘
only in the evening, but tliroughi
each session of the meeting. Tliej
morning session was taken up with 3
the regular routine of business. j
Brother Wells, of Herrington,l
spoke of the offer of Ottawa andi,
VVest Kent Agricultural Society to}
the Granges for the best exhibit at g
the county fair. Those presentj
thought the idea. a good one, and‘
would advise each Grange to bring‘,
the subject before its nJ€H1lJ(:‘I‘S,',
with the View of working for the}
prize. Our next meeting will bel
held with Olive Center Grange, the ,
fourth Thursday and Friday inj
‘August. ‘
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tice" written respectively by Governor
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of Nebraska, which appear in the June
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Our naval policy is one of the leading

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» of Providence and an honest farmer, after

the forms of law had failed to reach the
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Louise Stockton begins a strong story,
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