VOL. XX, N0. 1. “THE 1+1 'HMER is or no/er.‘ ,'o.x'sEoUEN: ‘ __._- ._ eé\ l'..ti.\’SING, iiicii l)E(.‘LARA’l‘ION 01*‘ PUB POSES Of the Patrons of Husbandry. Adopted by the National Grange at its Seventh Annual Session Held at St. Louis, Feb- ruary, 1874. PREAMBLE. Profoundly impressed with the truth that the National Grange of the United States should definitely proclaim to the world its general objects, we hereby unan- imously make this declaration of purposes of the Patrons of Husbandry: GENERAL OBJECTS. 1. United by the strong and faithful tie of agriculture, we mutually resolve to labor for the good of our order. our country and mankind. 2. VVe heartily endorse the motto, "In essentials.uiiity; in non-essentials. libei'ty; in all things. charity. " SPECIFIC OB.lEC'I‘S. 3. We shall endeavor to ailvaiice our cause by laboring to accoinplish the follow- ing objects: To develop a better and higher manhood and womanhood among ourselves. To eii- hance the comforts and attractions of our homes, and strengthen our attachments to our pursuits ;to foster mutual understanding and co-operation; to maintain inviolate our laws, and to emulate each other in labor, to hasten the good time coming. To re- duce our expenses. both individual and corporate. To buy less and produce more, in order to make ouri e . — ‘elf-sustaii':inu ms 1- -* .,.,., . _., . -" of. '1!‘ (IR/=£\.4‘..'lJ.‘l_' . , : 13'. less if. it-»‘ ‘:‘w.=i n .s'?’!‘7V and worrl. To systematize our work, and <,-,aiculau. ALA‘ telligently oii probabilities. To disco1iii- tenance the credit system, the mortgage system, the fashion system and every other system tending to prodigality and baiik- ruptcy. We propose meeting together, talking together, working together, buying togeth- er, selliiig together, and, in general, acting together for our mutual protection and ad- vancement, as occasion may require. We shall avoid litigation as much as possible by arbitration in the Grange. We shall constantly strive to secure entire harmony, good will, vital brotherhood among our- selves, and to make our order perpetual. We shall earnestly endeavor to supress personal, local, sectional and national prejudices, all unhealthy rivalry, all selfish ambition. Faithful adherence to these principles will insure our mental, moral, social and material advancement. BUSINESS RELATIONS. 4. For our business interests, we desire tozbring producers and consumers, farmers and manufacturers, into the most direct and friendly relations possible. Hence We must dispense with a surplus of middle- men, not that we are unfriendly to them, but we do not need them. Their surplus and their exactions diminish our profits. VVe wage no aggressive warfare against any other interests whatever. On the con- trary, all oiir acts and all our efforts, so far as business in concerned, are not only for the benefit of the producer and consumer, but also for all other interests that tend to bring these two parties into speedy and economical contact. Hence we hold that transportation companies of every kind are necessary to our success, that their inter- ests are intimately connected with our in- terests, and harmonious-action is mutually advantageous, keeping in view thefi first sentence in our declaration of principles of action, that “Individual happiness de- pends upon general prosperity.’’ ‘ We shall therefore advocate for every state the increase in every practical way of all facilities for transporting cheaply to the seaboard, or between home producers and consumers, all the productions of our country. We adopt it as our fixed purpose “to open out the channels in nature’s great arteries, that the lifeblood of commerce may flow freely.” _ _ _ ~* We are not enemies of railroads navi- gable and irrigating canals, or of any corporation that will advance our indus- trial interests, nor of any laboring classes. N 531".‘ 5 tioii.-,4, nor Il()D1i]’iif1l.¢. ._ l‘].' ,., <-xi hurl 7I.";tl E‘ l’.l-f*‘_l'.’’;7', ; In our noble 0i‘(lcI‘ there is no core‘ munisin, no a,<,:r-arianisin. We are opposed to such spirit and ma agement of any corporation or enterpris as tends to oppress the people, and r -'f_ , thorn of their just profits. VVe are .. tyranny of monopolies. removed by common consent, and by enliglitened statesmanship worthy of nineteenth century. We are opposed , excessive salaries, high rates of intero.-:4 3 and exorbitant per cent profits in t:'a-M49 ‘s ' “I or" «Jr ‘UIHIS )l3 statutory OlIlCt‘I'B. L .. .. an.-vn ' w. 1 should be made such, and should be re- upon the same basis so far as taxation and ~ supervision and other legislation is con- ' quired to give bonds. Supreme court. The act of the last leg- islature requiring the justices of the supreme court. to live in Lansing, has resulted in clearing up the cases then before the court. If further re- lief is needed it seems to me the most practicable plan would be to limit the cases which may be appealed to the supreme court, under some proper safeguard. Farmers’ institutes. The following reso- lution, which was unanimously adopted at the last. meeting of the State Grange, meets the views of a. very large majority of the farmers throughout the state, and is heartily recommended for your consideration: “ We advocate that the state appropriate annually the sum of $5,000, or such amount as will be suflicient to hold a two day insti- tute in every county in the state where the agricultural interests are sufficiently im- portant to demand it. VVe believe the suc- cess of the institute is greatest where local interest is the greatest. We therefore sug- gest that the law require the formation of county institute societies, under whose auspices the institute shall be held, and whicl “all provide local speakers to oc- cupy flbullt one-half the time of the insti- tute, and for local institutes.” State horticultural society. This soci- ety has done valuable work, and its needs should receive careful attention. The Chickamaugua and Antietam com- missions have done their work as required. It is not yet completed. Labor strikes. The recent strikes in our state show that the militia may be depended upon in cases of emergency. The Michi- gan national guard and naval brigade are in good order. Organizations of labor. This question is very pertinent. What can be done to prevent these strikes? Labor organizations have done much in educating and aiding each other in time of need. Arbitration, compulsory or voluntary, is proposed as a remedy for the existing evils, but neither of these seems to meet the requirements. There is now ample legal machinery for voluntary arbitration. Compulsory arbi- tration will only be establishing another court or courts. Under existing circum. stances it would seem wise and just to pro. vide for the organizations of corporations of labor, with as much power and no greater liability than is imposed on corpo- Continued on page 5. I sheep good care if we would hope to secure even a moderate profit, we do not ins_t1‘.11C't anyone. In other wor(ls. "good care _1S H very variable and indefinite term. .<1Il(‘.(‘ ,.;_ N. “_\TES_ what one man would deem good Carl’- T. another would deem extravagant or waste- Field and Stock. .VIl('HlG.\N AS .\ [DAIRY S'l'.\'l‘l'I. Mucjl has been written in Om. ,,g,.i(.u1t_ ful,wh1le still another would declare he was ural journals about Michigan as a fruit growing state, a wheat growing state, and a wool producing state; but since wheat has declined to forty-live cents per bushel, and wool to ten cents per pound, the tillers of the soil are beginning to look around to see whether there may not be some other branch of farming in which they can en- gage that will remunerate them better than to continue in such business. .\iAiti{ETs. First. then, let us consider the question under discussion from the standpoint of ~ location. Our proximity to good markets is one thing very much in our favor. With ‘ Detroit, Grand Rapids. the Saginaws, and hosts of smaller cities right in our very midst, the larger part of the product of the Michigan dairies can be best disposed of Within the limits of our own state, and ou1' direct and fast transportation lines crossing ‘ the state in every direction furnish the best facilities for getting our surplus off. There is a constantly increasing sentiment among the people of the cities that they must have their butter delivered to them fresh from the churn, and without intervention of the common groeerymen or other persons, and While the aroma of a pure article. is plainly observable. nEsoi'nCEs ()ur iiatiiral resources are also among the best. Michigan pastures can be mad<-:- to produce the best grasses, and our springs and lakes furnish sweet and wholesome drink for the herds. There are certain conditions siirroiind- , ing a new country which are not favorable to the business of dairying. such as allow- ing the cows to gi'aze on varied iierbage, weeds and plants havin_<_: peculiar and pung- ent flavor, which always makes trouble for the producer; but these conditions are fast disappearing before our fenced fields, per- manent pastures, and a knowledge of the fact that the cow cannot accomplish the impossible feat of producing pleasing flavors, in paying quantities, from rank. promiscuous, unselected herbage or stinted rations. DAI. RYING A BITSINEHS. Another important feature which we think is necessary to the proper develop. ment of dairy interests is, that it must be reco_<_-'ni'/.ed by our farmers as a business, out as an inc'iC1eii‘u of fniiniiig. and ‘we. BC c all around us evidences that they are doing this now. There are qualities denianded in the individual as well as in the soil, climate, etc. A man may be able to drive a yoke of oxen with a goad stick to perform more 5 work than they would naturally perforin, « ' V l or niaylm he might get more cg’-_:~5 by spend- 3 ing his surplus time chasing a fiock of he-HS around the premises, but not so with the cows. Patience and perseverance are two of the ' prime qualities necessary for success here, and these we have, in fact after looking the ground all over I am convinced we have all the requirements demanded. THE PROSPECT. With Canada on the east and \Visconsin on the west, both of which are acknowl- edged leaders in this industry; with a dairy school at the Agricultural College already in shape to help us, with a state organiza- tion that only needs the co-operation of the dairymen to make it a. power for good; with a dairy commissioner to fight our legal battles for us; with the splendid ex- ample already before us in Lenawee county and other districts, who shall say that Mich- igan may not be noted for its dairy pro- duction as well as its fruits, fine cattle, and forest and mine products? ’ The Michigan dairyman’s association will meet in old Lenawee county February 5, 1895, and there will be on exhibition prod- ucts of the dairy and implements of most modern and approved make to assist the manufacturer in turning out, in all its ex- uisite beauty, this most sensitive and healthy of all the productions of the farm. Our Lenawee county meeting is sure to be a huge success. .71! 011'/1e. WINTER CARE OF SHEEP. HERBERT W. MUMFORD. We are led to offer a few suggestions on this subject, for on every hand the prevail- ing opinion among farmers seems to be that the sheep will not pay anyway under resent conditions, and therefore they con- clude they cannot afford to give them good 9 I am willing to stand corrected if I car "11 error but my logic_ has always been, allln lsmallerl the margin of possible profit t Eh any farming operation or live stock W1 ement the more necessary it is to malfag our most careful study and pains- befijow devotion to every detail which ta. Efafiect the final profit or loss, which glgure to follow our every movement. Yet pracfit-all_v starving his sheep. It is a fri-quent oceiirrence that wliilu sonic men are liberal with grain and hay, they apparently overlook and iiegli-i‘-t those pliysical conditions which are at all times , Yl1E11lE1f_I(‘lll(‘Ill of; iieci-ssai'\' to .~'llt'(‘('.%.‘~‘flll ' sheep. The Iltl('k iiight and day. 5 severe (‘()l(l :itiiio.<.pln-i't-. , nienf. careful about the slit-.i-pi’ l1'(‘(‘()\'(‘l' from its effects. .l.7roni i-.\'t’1‘(‘l>‘t'. any <_iil)<'1' f':ii'ni aniiii;il.<. slit-ep in winter. .-lvIU.s‘C()I(‘. ‘ Fl{lE.Vl)l.\' l’t|l\"l‘S T0 l’l'I.\('ll t-‘l{t)V'l'l'IR.S‘. 1 'i‘ii<:,-.~‘ -I-itm\'I.\‘. l’<~i'liaps inor. lie has bought. and prove st-ctlliiigs or varieties _vou donlt I lll{t‘.(l() not get iliscoiimgcil and grub them out. for you cannot afford the loss of your 3 loth of Septcinber. limb. or enougli to form a perfect. head. If you do not know how to bud employ someone. who docs. make a pear-li bud live. even with an uii- (‘_\'1)“l(‘]l(‘(‘(l budder. lilirst get a small shary 1\ckef knife, cut your bud stick. trim C ‘ bud oiic- inch bud. and en. - «-' ...i.~erIJii_g' the 1‘- through the bud sin . ‘N from the stick the wood iniisi oc re. ‘. . .\\l from the bud bef'ori- lieiiig iiiserted info the 1 _i ~ . | ‘ . 1‘ -,u()i,oi2}siics poAo.id \';zi .9111 two to three lll(‘ll(‘S froin the body of the free. The bud must be firnily tied, press- should be made comfortable It is quite a common mis- take for farim-r.-' to shut the sheep up close I in a warm. tight barn during the niglit, and then .'. from whom It is very simple to \ leaves. comnicncc to cut r,‘}"H11' L. . THE GRANGE We are careful . not to c.\'])(2. so i_t-cling that farmers and those who have given the matter fliou;_:ht will surely ’ ‘ 2lL{l‘t't‘ with me that time and money spent » free. the limb to be biidded not more than ‘ 7 ;_ ,,,.,...,—_s,-cg‘.-3>.g»».,r..;....—.t. ...- -.. ,1 ..._ VISITOR. I 0 _ . l . ’-st of them would be glad ifa law was 4 passed that would result in the annihila- yon of the narrow fire wagon for hauling 2 ‘L’1!Fl(ls. i'A\.'oi:Ai;I.i: Ti) \\'ll)E 'i‘inEs. So far as I have been able to get an ex- ’ ‘ow tire wagon used for hauling loads, i s with favor. All money receivetl ; ' this source. of coiirsc. would be used ‘ nprove the highway. Tuch a law certainly would be jiist and f, air. for it. would simply force those. who 9 fnjiire the roads in the manner referred to. i 7_o make good the damage done by them. led the question most decidedly in favor ;'f the wide tire. \\'ith our district tax and 3 lf”$()I1l(‘. donations. we were able to grade and clay about one-half mile of very sandy "oad. All but two who assisted in hauling he clay used the wide tire. iienced dumping the clay at a pointon the ‘oad nearest the pit. so it was necessary to ,=‘ draw the loads over the newly made road. V" THE INJURY BY .\'.\l{l{t,)\\' 'l'IltE.H‘. xyiigtins being drawn over it, but would be \l1'¢‘l\'Vll on the narrow tire. It is a fact that .‘;his piece of road would have been kept. in ;_,'ood condition all siiiiiiner and fall with a small outlay of work. could the narrow fi1'e\vagoris been kept off from it. \\'ifh i their use it has been almost. iiiipos.‘e(l ford . H E l-‘.\ VORS lNS'l'l'I‘["l‘l*IS. i I ~;I<‘ni'i;on (’iRANGR Visironz 3 T7;iv‘i1iir l)t‘(‘.Il asked to expiv.-ss Ii1_V \’i<‘W-S to enligliten the f’ai'nii~r by iiieaiis of insti- , totes is of the ;_§1't‘flfi‘Hl possible benefit. in;_rtlit- bark down on the bud so as to l niake it unite with the inner wood of the ti'ce. The tie can be inzidc with twine. raflia or strong rags. The tie must he removed from ten to twelve (lays after the tree budded, and the next spring the limb must be cut off just. above the bud. If they are big trees some of the old wood should be left on the first year. For if all was cut it would make the flow of sap too great for the bud and perhaps kill it. \Vhat limbs that are left can be top-worked the next year and you will get a perfect shaped head and a well formed tree. After the limbs are cut back to the bud in spring sprouts start to grow. They must be rubbed off so that all the sap is forced into the bud. If well cared for they will bear peaches the second year. Planters caught with worthless trees by this method can convert them into first- class varieties. If not done the same trees would surely find the brush pile. Agricultural College. WIDE TIRES FOR WAGONS. WM. GODSMARK. EDITOR GRANGE VISITOR—VVl1en 1 see a man digging up the roads, by hauling a heavy load on a narrow truck wagon,I feel much as the inveterate swearer did when the boys,hoping to provoke him to his best efforts along the line of profanity, removed the end board from his wagon box when he was hauling a load of cider apples up hill. VVhen the old man reached the top and saw his apples distributed all the way down the hill, he surprised the boys by simply re- moving his hat and saying: “Boys, there is no use, I can’t do justice to the occasion. ” The road question seems to be growing in interest in this section. The problem how to get good roads and keep them in repair is surely a hard one to solve. In m opinion, if some plan could be settled upon that would result in the wide tire wagons taking the place of the narrow ones now in use for hauling heavy loads, a long stride would be made towards the and de- sired. A large majority of the farmers with whom I have talked agree that if all would use the wide tire, the roads that are good could be kept in repair with a small outlay of work, and those that are poor when we say it is imperative to give the would be even bettered by their use. The To make them more .H‘ll1‘(‘E‘$%>‘l:I]l. longer stead of two. To do this a liberal appro- priation of say ten thousand dollars should be made to carry forward this work. liacli county should be organized with president, secretary and executive committee of say four live active members. If this plan is followed out, help may be secured, from the Agricultural College or elsewhere, thus getting together the most active men that can be. obtained, who are full of informa- tion. By all means, fellow farmers, let us push the istitutes. Very respectfully, SILAS iVIooDv. Forest Hill. 'l‘RIBULA’I‘[0NS or A NUl{SP.RYM.\N. P.. M. KELLOGG. We had a large delivery of nursery stock in our little city the other day, and we took a stand on the outside to watch the operation. The agent seemed to be a care- ful man, and had taken the trees out of the boxes and quickly heeled them in so the roots were exposed as little as possible. The parties who were to receive and pay for them soon began to arrive on foot, in buggies and wagons. Sometimes the purchaser was there in person; others sent the wife, and sometimes the boy came. The bills were ready, and soon the agent was jumping about lively to get each party their bundles, and they were quickly dumped into the Wagon or carried of in the hands. Some threw a little straw over the roots; others had a blanket thrown loosely over them, but not one in the Whole lot had made proper provision to keep the roots from the bright sunshine and drying win(ls. CARELESSNESB. Two hours later, many of the bundles were laying unprotected _in the wagon on the street, while their _owners were doing their trading or enjoying the po- litical harangues and neighborhood gossip on the sidewalk, and nearly all started homeward merely bunclnng tht? 31539-W upon them more closely. It might be interesting to have followed them clear through to their final disposition. It is s fe to say some remained in the wagon til next day; others were thrown on the pression from the f211‘ll1(‘I‘.~‘« and business nien. the plan to levy a inoncy tax on each v I have had an expeiieiicc in road‘ making 3 i ‘die past siimincr, which, in my mind. set- i We com- i » \\'liat I wish to make clear is found in “,be fact that this newly made road would be ' nicely packed and put in good -'sliapc for ‘ '-.__’jc. by ii few of the lozuls on the wide tire . -':.'eff_\' tlioroiighlv dug up by the two loads ‘ Often we would hear the renizirk. “What = 3 is tlie iisc of working togef, the roads in 2 has 1 secnii-(l todo but little good. llud that law 2 institutes should be held, say four days in- ; little about the mfichoke. ? some may think that I am coloring this JANUARY 3, 1:495. roots, where they remained for days and often weeks till other work was disposed ' of; the ground plowed and fitted or small ; holes dug in the grass of the old orchard ; where they were to take the place of other trees which had died out from the same neglect. Depend upon it, half the stock cannot survive such treatment. and next " year that poor agent will be savagely dealt ‘ with and held responsible for every fail- ure. People seem to have an idea that a tree never is injured or never, never can be killed after it leaves the nurseryman; at least their treatment of them seems based on that idea. It is the easiest thing in the world to tell whether a tree is dead or the roots lifeless when delivered. Cut into them and if the bark is fresh and reason- ably moist and bright to the wood, and then properly imbedded in moist earth, it is sure to live, but every moment that it is exposed and left in a drying wind. the chances are multiplied against it. The roots of a tree injured by exposiiru are always sliriveled and dry; aml the center devoid of sap. Examine them care- ~ fully before receiving them and see to it i that the injury is not done to them after- . wards. If they are supplied with wet straw, , and closely wrapped with an old blanket ~ or oilcloth to exclude eiirrents of air, tlii-_v can be carried any distance safely. \Vlir-n the tree is dormant, its blood (sap) circu- ‘ lates whetlier its roots are in or out of the ground and only needs moisture to live on like a liibernating animal. As long as there is fat on the ribs, air to breathe and sleep, the bear fioiirishes, but when active life returns, food must be fortht-oming oi' it will quickly perish. l{O(Yl‘H .\Il'.\"l‘ NOT lilC liXl‘().s‘l'Ih. \Vhen the roots of a plant or tree bet-oine very dry. the sap bet-oin»-s waxy and fills ; the grain in the wood like a V.'ll'l]lL-dl, so that l the impediment rein:»iiiis to bother the [ sapcirciilatioii to such an e.\'t:-nt that l doubt if it ever regains the same vigor of the tree inwl-.ic|i athriftygrowtli has always been maintained. The removal from the j nursery to the final home is tho critical ‘ time in the history of the tree. That there are niirserymcn by the hundred who grow trees to sell cheap. conducting their busi- ness as downright swindlers, cannot be denied; but it is equally true that a large majority of niirseryme11- are conscientious and solicitious for the fullest success of all the stock sent out, and look carefully to the best interest of their customers. They know how to handle stock and would not permit such gross carlesssness, and in nine times out of ten an investigation will show jflle failiires. arise _fro."‘. the r"..r:ij_-—-:,',‘:= j slovenliness of planters. Iomfu. A l{’l‘l(7ll0Kl*lS. J, H. \':'t.\‘ NPISS. .lli. Farmers as a general thing know very And perhaps article by saying that I believe that in a few years the artichoke will, to a great ex- tent, take the place of corn; and I will in this article prove my point. Four years ago I purchased one peck of seed. and from the seed raised nearly 75 bushels of fine artichokes. I commenced feeding to my young shoats, and was sur- prised to see them grow and do so well. I was so well pleased that I fed them all they could eat, and in a very short time they were ready for the finishing process, which was a few bushels of corn. My pigs did so well that I began to feed to my milch cows, andin a short time noticed an increase in quantity of milk, and also in general health and looks. I began then to think that the artichoke was good for everything, and began to feed to my horses, which would eat them in preference to grain. In a little while they began to look sleek and feel good, and thus I was convinced as to the worth of the artichoke. CULTURE. Cut seed one eye on a piece, plant one or two pieces in a hill, fourteen or eighteen inches apart, in rows three feet apart, cul- tivate as you would corn. As freezing does not hurt them they can be left very late or all winter, or turn hogs in and let them do the digging. I generally dig as you would potatoes and place in a cellar where I can feed all winter to my stock. Occasionally I am asked, How do you get rid of the seed which is left in the ground? My answer is, they do not bother me. This year I grew potatoes on my artichoke ground. Of course they made their appearance, but the plowing and cultivating of the potatoes soon put a stop to the career of the arti- choke. Artichokes are profitable, because three bushels will plant an acre, and if it is good corn ground well tended, you will et from 600 to 1,000 bushels, which will tten from 40 to 60 hogs, with a. few bush- els of corn to put on the finish. MARKET. As yet there is no demand, only as seed.’ I have sold to a great many of my neigh- bors and have sent some out of the state, and all who have tried them intend to make ground with a little loose dirt put on the the artichoke a general crop; and why not? Newayga. --_«— ‘-u-..>- r-.»-.».a;—.»=.u->...a:.-.x...-4,,,,;,‘,(-.,,¢,,».w1H.« _ ,_ ,,,,_,.,,.¢.m«..-..s._v 4... ..-'.i.;-I¢\lA‘V\v r... . . .. --» .~.» -4. JANUARY 3, 1395. . - .,e...ao,v,~1WQx,-p,‘-visas.»-t-..u...-...... ..,.,,,._, H ,, THE GR.-L\’-GE VISITOR. Woman’s Work. S0‘l\'GS OF SI‘}VE.\'. Seven Times One. Exultation. 'l‘here’s no dew left on the daisies aml clover. 'I‘here’.s no rain left in heaven: I've said my “ seven times" over and over. Seven times one are seven. I am old, so old, I can write a letter; My birthday lessons are done-, The lambs play alwa_1 s, they know no better: They are only one times one. () moon! in the night 1 have seen you sailing And shining so round and low; ' ‘ You were bright! ah bright! bilt your light is tall- ing- You are nothing 11ow but a bow. You lncoii, have you done something wrong in heaven That God has hidden your face? I hope if you have you will soon be forgiven. And shine again in your place. 0 velvet bee, voulre a dusty fellow, You’\'e pouidered your legs with gold! 0 brave marsh inary buds, rich and yellow. Give me your money to hold! () Columbine, open your folded wrapper. Where two twin turtle—doves dwell! O cuckoopint, toll me the purple clapper That hangs in your clear green bell! And show me your nest with the young ones in it: I will not steal them away; I am old! you may trust me, linnet, linnet— I am seven times one today. —f7z‘(lu Ingr/12:1’. INFLUENCE. Influence, in its general sense, denotes means, power, and is known by its effects. There is an influence that comes from every home, every organized body, for good or bad, and has its effect upon chil- dren, upon society. No one lives to him- sclf alone. V\'e live surrounded by others, from whom we are constantly receiving, and to whom we are continually giving; that which helps to make us what we are, intellectual and accountable belngs._ _L:p- oii Whom does the greater responsibility rest? It is hut the young man that sets up these places of iniquity, the saloon, the ambling room, and other places of vice. It is those that govern society, that govern homes, that are older, that by virtue of the experience that time and age have given them should ever build for the lasting good. I do not suppose that the boy ever lived that planned to be a drunkard, a gambler, or be dishonest, but he is ever receiving i.L.,L .1.1.:..t., mglrnc him what he is. ‘'51:: l)’_(_lI.‘-'l' ‘ I ' it bad they are his m:_ist».., :{.v:mt- if good his virtues bccol.-. .~ ham or light and gloi‘y‘to‘L‘1ln1s_ei1,'1-is ¢,.‘m1(1_,,;~_’ and to 1:.‘-l that he (50l’!]t‘:» in 1:11;. '- Y - -v -- .' ..:_In'.. mice that the surroiinding_s of home be pleasant. Here the first impressions on children are made, if for the beautiful, the useful, the true, it will help overcome the temptations that come in after years. When the mind is fillcd with good there is no room for bad. _ _ , Farmers and farmers’ wives, beautify our homes, make them attractive; let mor- ality, temperance, and kindness reign. Many men of distinction have come from homes of toil and self-denial. To the farm- ers we look for the wielding of great power for the nation’s good. There is plenty of room at the bottom of the ladder, and if We live true to ourselves we cannot help but succeed. ‘.. .-;.'_.,--.- - Mas. A. Daro. Ivlarzvlri Grange. SOCIAL UI.'L'l‘Ul’.li. Written for Kent County Grange. held at Sparta, by M. F. Bradford. Culture of whatever nature implies work or care in some line, either mentally or physically. Social or iiloral culture is the progressive influence of mind upon niind to\i1iii‘d improvenicnt, and while it is our duty as fellow beings to cncouragc and help each other i11 .ll1_ii1gs pertaining to physical sustcnaiicc, it is also our duty to seek to elevate and refine the mind. First ~ ' well b ' rcadin\'- (‘1‘lt\‘(l as llus lfllglllllil bv Qlu-1-11 \’i1-torill. .~'«ll<)\\‘l]l_;‘ bcyolld :1 doubt that .'t‘1'\'t*(l i11 ills}.-'11is1-. 'l‘l11- st-r\'ic1-.< of ('l:1r:1 Piarlou. l)oroil1y |)i.\. and l111111li'1-«ls of other noblc wolncu \\‘1~l‘1- as \;1l11:1bl1- as any 1'c11d1-r1-d by any ('oll1lIli>'.1'm/wu/ . r . THE SA N!) PI PI‘) HS. Children, did you ever see a b'andpiper? No! \Vhat long legs it has for such a lit- , tle bird! Yes. Why do you suppose he has such long legs? To wade with? Yes. Mr. Sandpiper lives by the side of a great piece of salt watcr called the ocean. The land that is close to the water is called a beach. It is sometimes rocky, but where Mr. Sandpiper lives it is sandy. He is not very sociable, for he and his wife and the babies live where there are no other fam- ilies of Sandpipers very near them. Mrs. Sandpiper makes her nest near the beach. One day the whole family were on the beach, running up and down, and the father and mother were scratchiilg in the loose sand and getting worms for the baby band- pipers and for themselves to _eat. Every time one of the little Saiidpipe-.i's_calle_(l, the father or mother put a_WOl'lIl 1 10 1’tS open riiouth. But the babies wanted so much food, that after a while, their mamma thought. they had better learn to catcll wmms for themselves; so she called them and showed tlu-in how to scratch up the ~ sand, and how to catch the worms when they were in sight. The Saiitlpiper family were having a very‘ good time eating and playing, when suddenly they saw some men coming. Each of these. men cairicd a gun. Then Mamma Sandpiper was frightened aild ran to her nest, and the baby Sc')llld- pipers hid under her wings. But 1 apa Sandpiper was afraid that the men would find them, and what do you suppose he did? He made believe that. he was hurt, and, with his wings (l1'00p1D}-,5, 1'3" 3-19“?! before the men to make them follow him; but he would not let them get near enough to fire at him. So he led them along farther and farther from his family, till he thought the men were far enough away; then he hid from them, and after awhile, when he was sure they would not see him, he went back as fast as he could to the other birdies, who were very glad to see him. safe and well, and thanked him for saving them. What do you suppose they said? “_Peep, peep,” Yes, that lS]11Bt what they did say. Then they all went back to the beach, but they did not see the men again.-Josephine Jarvis, in the 0hild’s World. ('l.YTII'i. (‘lytic ivas :1 bi-zulliflll uyillph who lived aluong the woods and si'tc2111l.<. Ilcr _1.:oldcn hair was the colorof th1- cmvslips in the brook. and hci‘ i'ol1c\\':1,~' it pnlc }_-"1'1-1-11~ zi color she loved lwi-1111.~'c it l11-lo11}_:1-1l to lllt' _\'111111}_1‘ lc1l\'1-.<.:111d to thc 5_-'l‘:1.s.s in thc .~'pi'i11_<.:. 57111111-ti111<~s slu-.~';1t i11 thc 1111-;1dow b1-si\.,, 1. 1 ill}, ‘1- 1: facc from cast io “ml, lhi.~- 1-1-1 _ H. “/71 the (7I12l(1’.s- ll'01'l«/.” l’l"I/Ill l1\ll 11-:11]:-is ul 'l‘111-.(}1<.\.\'«.1- \'1s11o11 .111- 111\i1cdto('on— t1'1b1.t.- 11114‘. -1-ml solutiolis to llll\ ah-p.11't1111-111. .-\1l\‘-'-I‘H\\:~lI.«~r. liu-1'. 1'1il., 1i|1. -lip. l'1p,pl11:-L, luck;lli11t,l111t. No. .-11. 'l'111 r‘,.;\_\-1,. \-'._\-.11.”, {\o. .-1. I’onti:l1', St)I.\ HRS .\NI) l‘Rl'/.I.beforcyo11r 1-it-s. 27.~—lJ1'u1um/ii. 1. A lt‘ll(.’T_ z. A metal. of the I11.-lul. ;. A letter. 3. A 11111.si1‘.1l i11.~t1'u1n1-11t. p. I’:1rt PR IZIC5. S1-e l.1st (}1¢.\\‘<;1«. \'1.s1'1‘o1t for pri/.1‘x. Till": l\l1\II. Ii.-U}, Allsivcrs to p117./.‘1es ill this 1111u1l1l-1' ot (§l(,v\.\1.I- \‘1.s;i'I‘o1( 11111.strt-;1rll1in-11ot llltei‘ Il1:111,I;11111:11v 1;. 1\'o', \\'ill not f~l)lIlC olourrc:1d1-r~;t.1li(-:1li\'clyi11l«-1'1->ti11 this d1-p:11l11u-11:. S1-11d us .~<1111n- [ill//lL'.~ (sec l.1\t ll\lll1l>L'T for ptl/4“\VI. (lair pri/.e.s :11'L \vo1'tl1\\'ork111-,1,fo1‘,:11:1l\\’1- \\ill 111.1i\c il11111l-I,-lit-1‘,:1111l milk‘! 111or1: pri/.1-s :1.s .~t’o11:I~ our liiinds ~»lI11\\' us 1l1:1l they :11‘(- in- lt‘l'\‘.\iL‘(l in tliislh-p;1rl1111-11!, No\\- lcl 11s l1'11'fro111:1il. N.-\,\'c\' L1-:1-1. It is not wise to pile up too great an amount of vali-iablc stuff in one biiildiiig, lest by accident the wholc go up in smoke. —F(1.7‘-n1e1"s Honle. Don’t depend too i11uch on how someone else has done. Study your work and plan to the best possible advantage, study your own conditions and determine from them whether some other plan will do better than your own.~-—-J. N. S]l(’])(!/)"(f. One of the greatest troubles many of our farmers have is lack of available work- ing capital. A farmer should arrange to pay cash down and do business in the best way the same as other business men. He cannot afford to do otherwise, no mat- ter how much in debt or poor he may be. He must pay sometime, and he had better borrow money at six or eight per cent, if necessary to do business on in a business like way, rather than pay soms 25 per cent for the money eventually, as many do by buying on credit, or not having money ready to take advantage of good opportu- nities.——T. B. Terry. -'-~ --~ - "‘v-.884-.'.:L'nnSL.no.:..é_~‘;. 1.; I ‘.1 5).» ’)Jvl'17‘¢.-1911153-c««t‘;l1.'»m-like ‘».’H$,'.‘-1 ><' . , 4» '-~ ‘cup 1 * . .. ......A....._._..-...,- , ..._.,.......-.——~-- — THE GRANGE VISITOR. JANUARY 3, 1895. THE Giuiggg VlSITOR.; Published on the first and third Thursdays of every month. Kvn_vmi L. Buttertield, Editor and Manager. LANSING. MIUH. To WIivIl.'i all exchanges. communications. ailvi-rrii-Jim: hHHi- noes and subscriptions should be sent. Uilice, Rooiii 19. Old Stilts Building. TEIKRIS 50 Cents ii Year, tleiits for Six Months. In Clubs of 20 inure 40 (Smith per Year cat-Ii. Subscriptions payable in advance. and (Ilfic0ntlI1l1°.!lI at expiration, unless renewed. $‘Raeuiittan<-es should be by Registered Letter. Money Order or Draft. Do not send stamps. E§"To insure insertion all notices should be mailed no , later than the Saturday preceding issuc. Entered at the Postotlirse. at Lansing. .\Iich.. as iecond (‘lass Matter. @"l\'i:x'r ISSUE JA1\‘I,7AB\' 3. OUR WORK. Thc folhiwiiig ll:I‘~ been approved by the State Grange as_:i fair statciiitznt of the olujccts the (iraugc of Micliigaii has in view, and the .~|)(;Cl1ll lines»; along wliicli it proposes to work. \Ve hope cvcry (iraugc in tho state will work cnrucstly in all effort we shall rapidly iiicn::i.sc our uumlvcrs. extend our intlucucc, and attain these tlcpartiiieiits, so that by a more united more iind 'HIru'(: complctcly those cntls which we suck. l)I.'l{ UH} I'IC’l‘ is the ()r_-_:.iuizatiou of thc l*‘:iruicr.~' for their rm ll Illlpl'0\‘¢.‘ll‘lCllI Financially. Socirillv. .VIcntall_v. Morallv. \/Ve believe that this iniprovi-iiiciit ‘can in largo iiicasurc be brought :ll|0lllI ) By wider iudiviilual study and ;_'t‘llL'l'5ll ilisciissitivi of itzigc. . l'l_\' frcqiicut social gatlii-i‘iug. , togctlicr of f:KrIl1i.:l’\' with I1|Tlll(.‘l’.\. and of fiirivicrs with iii.-oplc of other occiipiiliuns. (5.) By .%angerz" All of those faithful Patrons whose voices have been heard in so many parts of our state liavc consented to report for active duties in the field,also some new faces will be presented to Grange audicnccs this year. Make arrangements early and re- port to me. A strong pull altogctlicr will make the year 1895 prominent in Grange progress. GEO. B. HORTON 'I‘0 UNl'I‘l'll) SI“.\’l‘ES SENATORS. GENTLEMEN——I have the honor to sub- mit, for your careful consideration, the following report and resolutions, from the Committee on Agriculture Of the National Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry. adopted in its twenty-eight annual session, held in Springfield, Illinois, November 14 to November 22, 1894. I am, faithfully yours, JOHN TRIMBLE, Sccreturiv/. Brother Aaron Jones, Chairman, read the to low- ing report, from the Committee on Agriculture. which was adopted: W On‘/Iv 11,115!’ 1‘: Your Committee on Agriculture, to whom was referred the resolutions appended hereto, offered by Bro. C, H, Knott, Worthy Master of West Virginia State Grange, have considered the same, and concur in the resolutions, and recommend their adoption. Respectfully submitted. AARON JONES, C/uzirmaoi. 13¢-sol:/ed, That the National Grange, in the twenty- eighth annual session, at Springfield, Illinois, urge upon the United States Senate, the importance to agriculture of promptly passing the Hatch Antl- Option bill, which has passed the House of Repre- sentatives, and is now before the Senate. Rcsolwri, That a copy of these resolutions be sent to each senator by the secretary of this body, as soon as possible after Congress assembles. The difference between a. robber and a Napo'eon Of finance, says the Teams 11'u.1'm and Ranch, is the former simply loot sone passing train, and the latter steals the right of way, road-bed, rolling stock, and franchises. $100 REWARIJ, $100. The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all its stages and that is Ca- tarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure now known to the medical fraternit . Catarrh being a constitutional disease, requires a constitution- al treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken intern- ally, acting directly upon the blood and mucuous surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the found- ation of the disease, and giving the patient strength by building up the constitution and assisting nature in doing its work. The proprietors have so much faith in its curative powers that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure. Send for list of Testimonials. Address, F. . CH-ENEY & CO., Toledo, 0. @"Sold by Drug ats, 75¢. -t ,....-.~.m~::».:mv-s"ar&ae>c-2. “ » ; ‘ ’ A 2"?-ARY 3, 1395. THE GRANGE VISITOR. I5. H. R. (-2. PR}-l’l"l‘Y G00!) TESTIMONY. The other day we chanced to fall in with Mr. J. H. Brown, associate editor of the Michi'g(i1i Farmer. ‘We knew that Mr. Brown had expressed himself as very fav- orably inclined toward the Farm Home ’ Reading Circle, and in the course of the -conversation the following talk occurred: “Mr. Brown,I understand you are quite enthusiastic about this course and its value to the farmer and his family. What do you think about it?" “It is one of the best arrangements I have yet seen. I tell you these ‘home readings’ are a wonderful power for good. They were primarily intended for those farmers who had no opportunity to secure a liberal education in their youth, who, although having always lived on the farm, felt that they were deficient in knowledge of many things that directly concerned their vocation. In fact, they realized they had a very limited knowledge of sci- ence as applied to practical agriculture. “Such has been my position. Deafness precluded my securing even a complete -common school education. I made a great effort to pursue a special course of study at our State Agricultural College. After a single term’s work, I came home discour- aged. The Chautauqua Literary and Sci- entific Circle had been organized a short time before. I sent for circulars, secured some of the books and began reading.” “How did you manage to find time for reading?” “This was what bothered me at first. I finally settled on reading forty minutes each day, during five days in the week. Many times I started to retire at night, tired out; and yet I soon found out I could sit up forty minutes longer— and did, many tinies. “I soon learned to systeiiiatize my time. Not a moment was wasted in sitting around the village grocery or otherwise fooling away precious moments. I never left the house without putting something in my pocket to read or study when at leisure. WheneV*er I had to wait, even for a minute or two, I had something to read. “I followed the four years’ course of reading in the C. L. S. C. and ‘graduated.’ ‘The diploma given me personally by Hon. Lewis Miller, president of the C. L. S. C., was prized inst as much as though it was a I . , ‘ -. x.« ."~'( <',Lu’idI‘S [0 htugx -it ixiu harm .l:iC‘X.’.le Reading Circle m.i:x~~ E-;-Jiuy. It is j;.i.~.t what our fa'1lI"[!1¢‘-Tr‘ = " “.~~I‘o one car 1"-M. <-ni'efully’a single boil in ’ the course \x'it=.iei:t feeling a"ir~’r irpaid — for the time spent. The books are sold at a low price, to readers only. “When possible, it will be a splendid thing for our various farm organizations to take up this course as a ‘circle.’ More in- terest will be aroused, and the enjoyment in asking questions on what we have read, the quizzes, etc., will tend to more thor- oughly impress upon our minds the topics and subject matter of each meeting and program.” “How did you secure'_so niany;books for your library?” “Some of my whisky and tobacco money secured these. I mean, by this statement, that some of the money that some other boys usually spend for tobacco and whisky, I used to purchase many of these books. I now have about 450 vol- umes. Some were secured by canvassing for other books until I had money enough to purchase what I wanted.” “What do you think of the interest in the F. H. R. C.‘?” “It is growing rapidly, and many letters have reached me this winter asking some question regarding the books, required reading, etc. Prof. Mumford is doing all he can to advance the work in his depart- ment. He is a very efficient secretary, and takes a great interest in the circle. We are fortunate in having so good an official and co-worker. The college faculty and the State Board of Agriculture builded even better than they knew when they arranged this course for the intelligent and progressive Michigan farmer and his family. ’ ’ MICHIGAN STATE ASSOCIATION or FARMERS’ CLUBS. Highland, M ich., Dec. 24, 18.94. 11 l in eting of the Michigan Stz’ite6AasIe]i:<1.']i:tione of -Farmers’ Clubs will be held at the Capitol building, in the city of Lansing, on February 5 and 6, 1895. An excellent program is being prepared, extended notice of which will be published later. At this meeting the entire constitu- tion and by-laws of the association will be subject to amendA:ieIéIs’BIBDy Secretary. C0-OPERATIVE TRADE UNION. Fruit Ridge, Mz'ch., Dec. 24, 1894. t 1 meeting of the Co-oper- atir££?I‘i:de%fii1ciln of the Patrons of Hus- bandry will convene at Hotel Imperial, Chicago, at 10 a. m., Tuesday, January 8, 1895, for the purpose of making the tem- porary organization permanent. and to en- act the essential rules and regulations, and . to commence at once the proposed work of making trade contracts for the benefit of the states represented in the union. Each of the middle and western states are invited _ and urged to send a delegate. Fraternally, ' G. R. KEILL. President, . Wu'L'erly, Mo. GEO. B. HOI{TON, Secretary, Fruit Ridge, Mich. A IHIEP QUl'1.5"l‘l0i\'. EDITOR GRA.\'oE Visi'roR—-I have been much interested in the articles on taxation in the VISITOR. I, too, have read and studied the subject considerably, and find it a deep and important question. The author takes the same view in his articles that I have always taken, that many, I might say nearly all, of the super- visors really perjure themselves, either be- cause of their own perverted reasoning, or in response to the popular demand in their localities. What the state’s rights question was in the nation, the illegal taxation is in the townships. And the wonder to me is that men of otherwise unsullied character may be so warped as to defy the law in making assessments in the manner that they do. It seems to be the general practice in northern Michigan to assess property at one-third of its cash value, instead of its full cash value as required by law. One county I heard of in which the supervisors agree to assess at 60 per cent of the cash value, and even assess money and other such property at the same rate. Not only is this a direct and flagrant violation of the law, but it lessens the selling chances of any given piece of property. AN INSTANCE. The author speaks of the practice of assessing the property of non-residents higher than that of residents. Bad as it is, it is a common practice. Take for in- . stance, two pieces of farming land on oppo- site sides of the road, each containing 80 acres. The soil and surface, as well as im- provements, being equal in each; all else being equal, should they not be valued for assessment the same? And what shall we say of the supervisor who says one piece shall be assessed at a certain valuation be- cause the owner lives on it, and the other shall be assessed one or two hundred dol- In?-ti vnnvn l‘inp9i1co the nwngr “Veg in an_ ; -— - -:%...i.c.i 1-~ :.~,.—.ciibe . rth if>‘.l_£i\l(}. The Illilref :-fliniiimi 1* he to assess the p“ ?:‘ $5~'.,"..~ '.;:i€l tli:._: ; _ .- iiri of $1,200, 01' S-100. Thus the resident pays but four dollars while the iion-resident pays five dollars on property of equal value. But the adherents of this system say that if the non-resident does not like it he can appear next year before the board of review and swear down his valuation. He goes before the board, and is calmly asked if his place is not worth $500, or whatever sum it is assessed at. Of course he cannot truthfully say no, so the only way for him to do is to pay his tax under protest and appeal to the courts. It is not that his valuation is too high, but that it is proportionately so. Another point is, if a man has $3,000 in cash, all but $200 of it must be taxed, not as being one-third of $3,000, but in full; while if he buys a farm for $2,000 of it, and lays the rest out in improvements the chances are he will be assessed about $800 to $1,000. jg « ‘ ‘ All this is the outgrowth of a morbid sentiment of the people, for which the law is in no wise responsible. But one law at least needs some further legislation. ONE CHANGE NEEDED. There is a law allowing a supervisor to exempt the property of people who “in his opinion are not able to contribute to the public expense.” The law in the first place is open to grave abuse and should be made explicit. There should be a limit to the amount of property so exempt, say not more than 40 acres of land or the usual $200 in money notes or other personal property. I know one case in which a man who had 160 acres of good land and a large quantity of salable timber exempted be- cause his health was poor, although he had sons almost grown. In another case an old man who had some $400 in money and notes and whose income was greater than his ex- penses was entirely exempted. In fact I do not believe that property should be ex- empted at all, but if‘a person is unable to pay the burden should be borne by the entire township. Usually more than 50 per cent of the taxes are for school purposes. Suppose a school district is assessed at $10,000 and a piece of property valued at $500 is exempt- ed,the entire school tax must be spread on the remaining $9, 500, making considerable difference in the rate while $500 out of a township is not felt so much. Besides the exemption is made by a township officer, who may not be a resident of the district and thus not feel the difference. Thus the consequent increase in the rate of the dis- ...‘ 1.. ' trict isa kind of taxation without repre- sentation. In the article of October 18 Mr. Wright speaks about the pension exemption. I may be wrong but it looks to me as if the meaning of that clause was to prevent the taxation of ’ ' ' * - . an antlclpatfd P9{1‘510n- The 1 with present problems of the social and pensions rccciv- I not pensions received from thcl language of the law is able” United States. For instance, A has received but has no other property. also receives a or $144 per year. The 8144 would be “pen- sions receivable” and would not be taxed. but the 3500 would be treated as personal He property or pensions received and after de- ' ducting $200 personal exemption. would be assessed for $300. Traverse City. THE GRANGE VISITOR AND El)l‘CATI01\'. There is no more potent educator in the state than an enthusiastic, progressive Grange. The organ of the Grange is the GRANGE VISITOR. This intelligently edit- ed paper is the mainspring of strength to Grangerism. What a blessing it would be if this paper could be a visitor to every farm ‘_nome, to every country school in Michigan. In the life of the Grange political parties have come and gone, so- cieties have flourished and died. The Grange is the best friend the farm, home, and school has, if we will make it so. What is it that kills the farmer, the farmer’s wife? What is it that sends the country boys and girls to the city to look up enter- tainment? Isolalion. In education the social factor stands higher than sub- jects of learning, than methods of teaching, than the teacher himself. \Vliy? Because it is the refiected light of cliaracter upon character. The farmers a.re not a class, but they are the bone and sinew of our great American family. Isolation means rust, decay, death. The mingling, fusing, and blending give personal power, and make the public school a tremendous force for the upbuildiiig of democracy. There- fore we should keep in the midst of life, and not isolate ourselves. “Character grows in the stream of the world’s life.” The Grange calls the farmer, his wife and children, from their isolation. It teaches them wisdom, develops their powers. The VISITOR is the declaration of inde- pendence of the farmers. It is the medium whereby an exchange of thought and V ‘nail. it E 1: =.- bcsi. medium I: }‘<'>«irm .02: “ . I ...., upon . 5,,-, '1: .1? . ',* : ~~si pm r;.-in W110 mus‘ J {V _-. syiupaiuy for their best friend, mon school. \Vhat say you brother, sister commis- i)flel.‘~) to getting the Visiroa into the hands of your teachers, the homes of your patrons? “.‘iu-'s- D. E. MCCLURE. MORE FARMERS’ INSTITUTES. EDITOR GRANGE VIsiroB—This being the proper season of the year, it might be well to speak something of the farmers’ institute. This is becoming one of the best, if not the very best means to educate the farmer. It is to the farmer the same that the teachers’ institute is to the teacher; and judging by the interest taken at such gatherings, they are taking advantage of the opportunity to get all the benefit that is possible for them to get. But one thing I regret is, that this state is away behind much newer and poorer states in this work. Considering the im- portance of agriculture in this state, it is the poorest provided for by legislation of any industry we have. Even the mining industry has its mining school, carried on at a great expense to the state. We have the agricultural college, but that does not touch direct as the insti- tute does. What we want are more insti- tutes conducted by able instructors, sent out at the expense of the state. There should be one held in every county in the state where agriculture is of any import- ance, and all the better counties should have two. Now, I am going to offer a resolution to our farmers’ institute this coming winter, asking our state senator and representative to use their influence in procuring an an- nual appropriation of $l0,000, for the maintenance of institutes in this state; other states have such an appropriation, and why not we? This is the reason that we are behind. I would like such a reso- lution introduced at every institute, and each legislator furnished with a copy. And then let every reader send a postal card to his legislator, requesting the passage of such an act, and by the time they have received a couple of hundred thousand of these cards they will begin to think we ~;_, ..’. ..'. ' ’ ieacli-=.r.<-1, if ihpy will ‘ the com- « want something. You must remember they ‘ will not pass such a law without asking for it. I. N. COWDBEY. Ithaca. Renew your Subscription. THE NEW ERA. ‘Some time ago we mentioned 1!. book with the above named title and said we 3 should take occasion to quote from it later.‘ In it the author, Dr. Josiah Strong, deals inrliistrial world with a view to finding their solution. He has much to say of the ._ ,' general unrest and discontent everywhere accumulated .‘ v «' : " - - 59900 of mom?) from P99510115 ; felt, but particularly among artisans and . farmers. pension of $12 per month . He writes: “Democracy necessitates popular education, and popular education multiplies popular‘ wants. If the man have the same wants as the few. they will demand the same means of gratifying those wants. To give the poor the same wants as the rich is to create an iiicvitable de- mand for substantial equality of condition and to stimulate discontent until such equality is secured. " ‘ ‘ We may have social revolution, we must have social evolution. Social systems are never invented,they are evolved, they grow out of what has pre- ceded. The social changes which are sure to come will doubtless be great, but they will be natural—the effect of causes long antecedent; hence the importance of com- prehending as far as possibleexistiiig con- ditions and tendencies. ” He sees in our couiitry the nation that has profited by the errors and progress of the past nations an(l predicts for it a grand future if the right course is taken soon. Now is a crucial time, out of which shall grow “the new era. ” "Anglo-Saxons, far better than any other race, have solved the problem of uniting individualism with or- ganization;” but, he goes on to say, this orgaiiizatioii is still selfish, it has not yet been touched by the spirit of the golden rule, that must, finally, be resorted to before the full benefits of the blessings of brotherhood are accoiiiplislied. Two chapters that are of special interest to us and might be road with profit by all our readers, are on “Popular Discontent’ and the “The Problem of the Country.” In the first he says: "The causes which have produced the discontent of the farm- ers—the changed methods of production, the great increase of agricultural products, the existence of mortgages, and the exac- tions of railways and middlemen—all are likely to continue for some time to come. No doubt the condition of the farmer --«.4-1.*+k»-.-~—~~-1-* .11}; I. ., 1 ~~ \ . i.. H.» . 2 .. .lF irnpi'o\enie'it or c<'~vi=’l,’.£..m.i '~-igh which woman can z=pc.':‘--‘ in her l iui.-. net:-ii '¢1CC'JlHf\2J.IlL’L Ir -‘=i"i‘."-:.'«'lII.’~_' blis- (:UIl’l3€*i11’[(‘Jl).1"l2'l,<_"‘ the £1-‘i.’-1; '-. '.vv.~ not infer that f""ii'e impr-;.. \ -t. v-i. " ., , .2-.." '4 V (9 “H. -‘ ~12 ' __._, ;.L- . ...r.\,uniuii L». Country people have the problem to meet of the depopulation of rural districts. As a result, roads deteriorate and residents are moved farther and farther away from towns; decrease in population and poor roads mean depreciated property, multi- plied mortgages, more sherilf’s sales and everything on the downward grade; weak- ened churches and impaired schools fol- low. Undesirable immigration and grad- ual degeneration are apt to ensue. This is not true in all rural localities, but so prev- alent is it, and backed by such unquestion- able statistics, that our author writes: “We must expect the steady deterioration of our rural population, unless effective preventive measures are devised. How to devise such measures is the problem of the country.” Continued from page 1. rations of capital. Create them as a body corporate, which may make contracts and enforce them and be empowered in turn to sue and be sued. Geological survey. This should receive the attention of the legislature, as should the state pioneer society. Election laws. I am in favor of an amendment to the law providing for count- ing the vote at intervals during the day. The municipal commission will report to you the results of their labors, This is a matter of great importance. I believe a constitutional amendment should be sub- mitted restraining the legislature from hereafter enacting special municipal char- ters. Building and loan associations should be subjected to some state supervision. Conclusion. You are charged with vast responsibilities. You are to legislate for two and a quarter million of people, with as great a. variety of interest as any equal number of people in the world. You are to provide for institutions which have cost the state more than ten million dollars, and the maintenance of which costs a. vast amount every year. Every institu- tion, every interest, and every class of our people demand careful consideration at your hands. The same rule in expenditures should govern you that governs expendi- tures in private business affairs. What is worth doing at all is worth doing well. The more promptly and thoroughly your work is done, the more hearty will be the we}; come and approval of your constituents. Joim T. Bios. TH E JANUARY 3, 1395. I‘ GRANGE vrsrron. AINT’ MICHIGAN PATRONS “Buy direct from Factory” at full \Vhole.snle Prices and 4. . ATRONS ORKS. PA'l‘RONS' PAINT WORKS have sold Ingersoll Paint to the Order 1’. of H. since its organization. House Paints and Cheap Paints for Barns and Out- buildings, 10,000 Farmers testify to their merits. Grange Halls. Chmches. 5011001 Houses, Dwellings. all over the land, some of them painted 15,1/uur3——J. H. MARTIN, Box Q4Z,R(§l'a}‘li(g . . . I ‘ , 1 Sister Curtis: This is a solemn 1 (‘»HAPLAIN——MAllY A. MAYO..._._Battle cfmk ‘ process in the soil, as well as add- ?ing a new forage crop of even ‘greater feeding value, than the red clover. But it is stated by Prof. ,Tracy, director of the agricultural jexperimeut station of Mississippi, jt-hat after repeated trials, he is Qsatisfied that the crimson clover 3will not succeed in Mississippi, 7. Roots made more gain than‘ either straw or ensilage. ; 8. As the amount of grain fedj increased the growth increased, ' and the cost of the gain decreased. 9. Steers bought at 2 cents and fed in the manner indicated during the winter, cannot be sold at a inor anywhere in the Mississippi‘ 1' valley. If this proves correct, the , states west of the Alleghanies will,l profit in the spring for less than 3 cents. HORSE FEED. question and should be discussed! calmly. Public spirit is the king; upon the throne, and laws must be; created that will be enforced. Brother Bagley: In this country people will drink in spite of anyl law, and there is no country on the face of the globe where laws are so little respected. In heathen China, if there were a law againsti the sale of liquor, it just wouldn’t§ l‘izEAsuEsn—E. A. S’l‘R()NG_... :lEoizia:'rAin'-JE.V.\JlE FlUELL.__. GATE KEEP:-;R—WM. ROBEIITSO (‘.sizns——M HS. MARY ROBER I HON ..Hesperia FLoizA~—-MRS ES'l'ELLA BUELL .Uniou City PoMoNA—MliS. JULIA M(‘.(‘l.UBE .... ..l'lhelby L. A.S'ricw’D—MliS. J.H. MARTIN Grand Rapids Executive Committee. J". G. RAMSDELL, Chn___.__..... . D. PLA’I'l‘ 0. G. w. E SEE“ 0 53 V11’. .. ._.M%pie Rfipéds . . .', - -- ruit i JENNIE BUELL, l 1”‘ °‘1‘°"‘ l ____Ann Arbf‘): ,be sold and that would be the end 1 Committee on Woman's Work in the AT3‘lose a crop which has proved of Frtm anti-trust manufacturers direct. I _ _ - - WIlOLi}£SAIzEll’lliI()%aj.l I}ilracltiin1?OilszlItq2.’ic'1[leSl3lmable value eastward. But (pm, 3,119,,“ Agricultural(:o1legeExperin1ent 0111- 117 5991115 11919 115 11“’e 1111151; M G"“’g°' B r a on; 1 imer is;--c oi’-cpergn 011:; - - ‘ - - ' ‘ ' 1 _ _ A, ~ ________________ _ lo 1; elivired. s11Ric1'Lv HIGH GRADE. ti§—jt11ere 18 8-Il0’011eI‘ l€g11m1D011S Plant s““’°“'1 1‘iC°g111Ze the 11111101” tmfllc 35 3 i‘1§§,1l‘l§,’.'gi....,’§lfZ,d Hinds _________ ._'fEfs°t.m"€§n i‘X9M1?1'§_t119 0313' M-‘N11’ vvhich can use successfully as The expel-iment station has necessary evll and try to make and . Mrs. Belle Royce . . _ . . _ . . . . _ . . . . . . . . . . . . . _.Baroda U I S 10 ]g3I]- l _ _ _ ' ' _ I DETROIT OIL CO” Detroit, M1,,1,_ , a supplementary crop to their red issued bulletin No. 36 on the “Rel- e11,f‘,11'ce 11"” that W111’ 1“ p9'1.t’1 G°n°m1 Deputy L°°tIu'eI‘s- 1010,“, whlch has long been of the “five vahle of Com and 0815 for mitigate the evil that is done by It. 1 MAR! A. MAYO .................. ..Battle Creek z . , . . - - . - = HON. J. J. W()0DMAN._ ____ _, 15 00 T0 15.1000 ,1 wEEKigreatest value in the South. I Horses.” The experlment IS Pe1‘113P5 11 117 W919 1113119 e11l'11"e1y . HON. (LG. was _ _ _ . _ _ . . . . ..Coldwater $ ‘ ' ' ‘ l th “th 1 f d f 11 . free it would not be so freely used. 1 H0N- PERRY MAYO ——--Battle Creek can he made working for us. Of Special interest 1 mean 6 coW"peB’. e C over 0 Summe up as 0 OWE‘ .1 - I HON. THOS. MARS._ Jierrion Center illld value to all farmers. S van; hours can he used j the South_’’ Experlments that have 1 In experiment 4-W0 15 3 1:1-‘alt of human nature to . JASON “TOODMANH ' ‘--' aw P.aw to good advantage. I~ Kw--¥'Co-.Philu--1’n-' - - ' ’ “ . 11 d 1 that 11' 1, 1 1mrdtA. D- BANK--—-——» ----Laneme [been made with this plant on the sets of horses, one get fed a gram 9311195 _Y 95 T9 W 10 3 _ go. L. WHITNEY ..................... ..Muskegon The PS0 185’ Savi S Bankfheavy clay soils of the northern ration principally of corn and the 10 °bt11111v and to not C1119 P31't1°““' County Deputies. P ipart of Ohio, show that for a. soil other a. grain ration principally of 13113’ f_°1' W111117 C1111 be had °11e“P1Y 3. \St.cl}1]lJ1n> _____ um._.._Ai3<1od.A1fintrixxu Ca. ;- - . . I _ _,';_ ___ _ oominriic, c zn “ oF LANSING MICHIGAN. , improver and a forage crop, it pos- oats, the horses sustained their 01' 9115115“ R_ 1;, xJ;,.oi.i ______ _,*i..i..n.i, Ilcfzle -« CAPITAL, 150,000.00. MEAD BLOCK, LANSING. °1’1"°“"-1 FRANKLIN S‘l‘., NORTH LANSING. sesses a value at the north, only sec- . 0nd to what it has in the south. weight the better on the corn ration. 2. The feeding was divided into Part of the time one Brother Gill: I think a law should be made that would compel] the man who sells the liquor to§M Geo. Bowser___. James D. Studlcy R. V. Clark”, J. VV. Ennert_ ,__,Do\vling, Barr “ Union City. Branch “ -_Bucli:in:in, Bcrricn “ THE COW pEA_ fi\vB p€l'IOdS. I d Ina and be res on ible, _:1 A l\]I‘ayo I 11. Cl‘L'(‘l((,:]ClllllOlll’l W I BE“ P‘::1:;f,‘;‘?:s' The increasing culture of this llglfile vtV_as fed in eaizh set and parp 13311351 Cfilimegeiommitted I13}, amen ‘ \C\l'§i'ni' _cii.irriZ;ivili§Zciiziiizégif .. - ' - v .. ' . ‘ ’ . ,2... , . ' Ab; '\l'll ___ ___ )o\v:i inc, 2:.‘ “ A"A'WILBdBhV3§nlll?i3lddii]§iiier ‘plant 15 deslmeq to Work 8' com" 0 e lmel two I1 every ‘penot under the influence of liquor F-11‘-“$511031:--— °“11"Pg1‘15»1‘5“‘l<:*1 “ " ' ‘ ‘ iplefe revolumon 111 the Systgm of save one the C0111-f€'(l set dld the ' Isaac Russcll____ ____ __Alma,Grati‘ot " ‘Tm We transact: a general‘ iiiiirilfirg‘ éravinwes. Iirl our savings department 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 receive ac- 1 counts of merchants and business men, We issue 4 interest bearing certificates of deposit If you 1 have any banking business come and see us. l LARGEST LINE Made in the World. c£g1"iCi1ftl1I‘6 in tho south, and it will prove 8. boon to dairymen especially, much further north than it has hitherto been used. But it must be borne in mind that these legumes, while of great value in fixing nitrogen in the soil for succeeding crops, are, if the growth V , lfication in the decomposing vege- l table matter will be greatly pro- ' 1 moted by the presence of an excess of the manufacturer that has spent thousands of r of in the Soil_ dollars fighting combines. The wise farmer, the coming “legume far- better. 3,.-.-_-..._-_t" 3. The feeding value of the ra- tions seemed to vary directly as the amount of digestible matter that each contained. 4. A nutritive ratio of 126.9 did better than one of 1:6.2. 5. To sum up the three experi- produced more gain than oats, wheat or bran, and mixed hay. VISITOR QUESTIONS DISCUSSED. Still, would such a law be en- I"o1'cetf? After some further discussion, Brother Brinkman ofiered the fol-{ lowing resolution which was adopt- { ed by the Grange: RESOLUTION. V WHEREAS, We deeply deplore l saloons shall be entirely open to; the public gaze, that all screens be; done away with, and all saloon‘ keepers or other persons selling liquor, be held responsible for all 1 D. H. English_-___ _Flus'iiin , Gem;-see “ john Pzissniorc _____ __ Ladd____Ol(l Mission, (irrnt 'l‘_r:u'ersi: “ M'rs, E. 3. l‘\VOKL‘.‘iA,_ . ‘.".1".‘.5‘lv11"3'L_- 11111-"d"'~1.-K -~.-if ' ‘- R_ A. Brown Sand Br-iicli, Iliiron 3 ' ,__,Clv:indlcr, Ionia. “ ___Fitr,liliurg, Iiiglmiii “ __Duck Lake, Jackson “ , __I{ockford, Kent " _ alkiiskzi, Kalkuska “ Vorth Brunch, Liipccr “ Fred Dcan___ Brighton, Livingston “ E. V/. Allis", _ “Adrian, Lciiziwcc Geo. H. Lester _____ __ ___Crvst2il, Montcalm “ D. R. Van Amberg F. \V'. lIii.vcns_.._. J. A. Courtright Revised List of Grange Supplies Kept in the oflice of Sec'y of the Michigan State Grange ALL srnsihilims,-lion srm. IS all removed, rapid exhausters of ltllllents, We findi F1I(‘iSt,_ t1131h(1111‘111g the misery and suffering caused by If-sgic his 31:15:33}; ‘(I PerDetua.l& Large Bale, I llle mineral elements 0f P1331 10011 e éummer com 311 “mot 3' were the drinking and selling of liquor; VVill‘ G. Pm-i.sh___ _i{_‘l<‘l:it llocllcl, l\1lkoii’roc :2 f>l>ev:§i.' H°{§§.f‘.f,‘,‘;‘.’.‘.§ 1 111 the soil, such as lime, phosphoric not 5.0 good aS.°‘.1t5» Wheat 91116‘ C10" and w,liv.R<:‘li15‘l:iifff ifI_1f§iii§ii{ii,_N‘l§v§§i§i; -1 glpgalggsate-. Write 1°’ , acid, and potash, particularly lime 11:91 m'ma1nta"1mg the Wiflght Of WHEREAS, We feel that it cannot:*,§;),{érf;{'§1;§;;;,: A-:,,},,1:§1;§f}1j;f’3‘g[§?;§; I _, )-‘A![01'SMl<‘G. C0,, Chic.-ngo,lll. ,and potash. It IS evident too, that _9rSeS’ second’ .that duflng the be wholly prohibited at present; = R. ii. Taylor ,_ _{/_:__Sll(:l2¥],v‘()sc'l_Il.fl: :: 1 9 1 the more luxuriant the growth of “mtfzr C0111” and t1111,°'°11Y‘11‘,1 115117.911 Therefore, It is the view of this; Rj x,‘l'1,"”'"'*‘ _‘;r.".5.’,'."...-Z.,'§li‘c-iifii» 1: , ARE You OPPOSED To TRUsTs- ,tl1‘es_e plants,the greater the amount $515.05.‘ S_’fL'1°Ver5m}: t1én1‘1)thy1I_1n11‘t"(11‘ Grange, that a high l1cense_ 'lEl.VV',1,1;';J1,‘)‘L'_r1f;,.1r“;:‘,:';,5‘1_° _,,§;‘C’,‘,"{1,‘,';,,f‘-s,{;,’,*’,f1’,1,‘, .. * W111 you Back 1110511 111111 Fight []1e111?f,of nitrates they are able to fix in t%1aI,‘E13§r.1e’V:f1g “.1 orsgs» t'111' v with certain rules and pi-ov1s1ons‘M ' _;‘§,;.:l.::i:s~ii\1?l,nsfifiigéis :1 ,1 Eve“, Famnersays Yes. the SOll, and if they are turned com Wh1:'a-‘.36 0;eb5Il;:11D!§n?inmi:1;1(11111111:r duly attached and strictlyenforced, i,,2,,E\_ 1%-;1I,,),,,,_,_]_,,_Y,:i1f1K3,.wi:;)m.:‘,:.; 2: - Then buy your lunder entire, the subsequent nitr1- v V , 3’ would be preferable, viz.: That all 1,1’. lg.’&m§S_‘1*1lf1*_:::__11—C;u,,,1uc, -“.m,;rd ,. I. -.11 THE WHIPPLE HARR~0“' 00-: 31391-,’7 W111 see that his 501115 well (Discussion repoiilfiiliioliiy. iiiilcliiil D' Law‘ Old damages done through their sell- And sang cg; iiosft-p2éidbondriI»lceatiepE,c1‘fmb‘ash nglédtelslig . . . . . . . . i 1 , St. Johns, Mich. gsupplied with these mineral ele- At the meeting of Peninsula ing it. _ t.’,’,;§.‘,,,“,.,.,*.‘.‘.’. §fia3tl,31(-)(r)rS:cretary,ge ""’ ""’j'm—‘*“_"" "" ments, which these plants consume Grange No, 663, held Nov, 24, 1894, The following amendment WES Porcelain ballot marbles, per hundred ..... ..$0 75 .3 Wl{[PPLE’S SUPPLEMENTARY 150 igilpidfiy. 1-fIe bwill £68.88 to the liquor question was discussed o1fere:l1by;Birgth§11'B(aJ}gley and was %$::t't::,'yyi:Ii$.%§,?(l1:%(;:::é::::%:£:éé: g 0 o - itrou e imse 3. out t e nitro- in compliance with a request made rise a op e y e range: _ masurerjsor era. tuna .per mil} rd.e.&... 35 AdJuStab1e Ide Tlre lg-en, which costs so much to buy by the editor of the GRANGE VIS- But ultimately to do away with % ~_ FOR F 1 R1" WAGOVS ;_1n the_market, when .he_knows that ITOR. The following is a synopsis all taxes on the manufacture, sale Wlgfhgfayvul cards‘ De, ,,0m,__1f° 25 *1 ‘ /___x ‘ ‘ ‘ ,_there is such an unlimited supply of the principal points of the dis— and importation of l1quoi‘s,thereby [l3>;1_xi1;ge;x1)«;r11fB105iJt§1r1«e I5; £g;:ns-mg,e- ’ 25 S " " ‘ln the 8.11‘, which the clover and cussion: glvlng the pllbllc the _b€1l61§13 01 at _.10c:perdozex,n,..._..h. .... ..,-...,...1 ..... 75 ‘ , peas will get for him practically Discussion was opened by least using a pure article, instead T,151,;1‘;1p§f1,1§’§‘j,1,_f1‘_‘__11‘11f’1fj_f’111“f_’f_ff’fi‘f’f‘;300 -...-...._,,-r~ -«awn-« -.. -..-you ..-a.—uw1 .. 00 buys a complete set (including the $ 10. tightener T) of STEEL TIRES 41/, ' b wide warranted to carry 4,000 lbs., éfifitegan be’ put. onto the wheels of any farm wagon over the narrow tire, and can be attached 1- detached by one man 1n twenty minutes. In 3,.d,,,ing give dinineter of wheels. Address E. E. WHIPPLE, St. Johns, Mich. *****'k***'A"k*‘k'k**~A'***k*~k**** * p . -. iicuiiiimisg "free of cost. Two Ohio farmers, 1M1-. John Gould and Mr. Alva lAgee, have been much pleased lwith the benefit the southern pen 1 has been to their land, and it is to Ebe hoped that others in that lati- ftude may test the value of the Qplant. 5 W. F. MASSEY. S’l‘EE]{ FEEDll\'G. I 1[Press Bulletin, The Agricultural College of Utah]; Bulletin No. 35 of the Utah Ex- iperiment Station treats of 1, the ‘value of straw as a substitute for ‘hay_; 2, short spring periods of grain feeding; 3, relative value of ensilage, roots and straw as condi- ments; 4, value of different grain rations. The following facts are brought out in the bulletin: 1. Steers fed on mixed hay alone for 112 days gained 1.09 lbs. per day each. 2. Steers fed straw and hay Worthy Lecturer E. O. Ladd, who read a selection entitled, “The Old and the New,” showing the differ- ences in the manufacture and use: of strong drink in olden times and the present. In speaking of laws existing at the present time, he said: 1' Is a law against selling liquor of any real value‘? Is not even a license law better than a strict prohibitory law? Brother C. L. Whitney once said, -that in his lecturing tour through the state of Kansas, he saw more down- right drunkenness, and whisky obtained on the sly, than one would see in twice the same time in our own state of Michigan. Existing laws of our state, well enforced would be as well as more stringent ones not enforced. Brother Dana: Is the license law a benefit to the Grange or to farm- ers in general? I think it is not a benefit but a curse. of the vile poison now in use. By Madison Graiigc. \Vhat restrictions shall be placed upon immigration and when shall we begin to restrict? Discussion opened by Brother L. F. Allis, who believed in demanding that all immigrants who do not know how to read and write, and do not possess one hundred dollars, or its equiva- lent, should be debarred from our shores. Brother J. W. lVoolsey thought a man might be an inde- pendent skilled workman, and yet not possess one hundred dollars. R. A. VVoolsey thought we had too many skilled workmen now, for we had nothing for them to do. Brother E. W. Allis thought that as after coming here the immi- grants received from us all that made life to them, we ought to receive something from them in v return for all this. Brother L. F. Moore gave sta- I Grange Melodies, single copy, 40¢; per dozen 4 00 E Opening Song (‘ar . _ 1 Rituals,7t.hedition (with combined degrees), Z d, 2c each; 75c per 50; 100.. 1 35 25c each - per'OL'T SEVICNTY ACRES E.-\CII. D-‘ F‘ =.:aaassss$s=8:.' Beautiful homes, large barns. fruitful orchards, neat country school houscs zuid churches, thriv- ing villages and ii handsome city, prove the rospcritv of the people. The schools and col- cgcs of Mt. Pleasant are excellent. Oats, clover, sheep, potatoes and fruits for general farming‘ corn, hay and rich pastures for dairying an stock raising, have made many farmers well 03; others are rospering, and so can you. Unim- proved lam s, valuable timber lands, partl im- proved farms, and farms hi hly improve , and choice city roperty for sale or really low prices. For samp es of descri tion’s of such pro rty asavou may desire and eel able to buy, Igase ad ress CO0K’S REAL ESTATE AG-EPNCY, Mt Pleasant, Mich. ii _ Sister Leighton: If parents _ _ a Year and gin, E_—:—°1‘11'h°e"":2Itia |e* Wlth gram, gained .78 lbs. per day don’t want their children to fre- tistical report of criminals on $We Mint Mew mm General Aggnxupelflggi bus, I ,,,,_,,|:,%,,,,,,,,i_;‘,1,,r_;n,,,,],,l,:-,‘,i_,_,, ieach for 33 days. Steers fed on quent saloons they should be care— Blackwell s Island giving itlge p_er- ge,1;§1e,.:§n, to ilmlei aptd appointagents o’n flu. new Diinb .,-arm: are. or ' u ica ions. u pa icu arsgiven on app cation. ‘trawl: :t"VV‘g|:I;°Plg::;lt:,°'3<“1*1:‘:n'f,P5:f; * ucerne and straw for days ful at (1 never set the example centage of forelgners or 0 Orelgn f you apply please send references. and state busi- o . - n . ‘I - .. is‘£'i.‘i2’i‘.lc"..‘i.“.i".‘s‘§"2.’§..'i"§.l‘.L;.i’T'e.‘&»T‘3°i§.l.I‘é'£‘i‘i’t . W. e*i*i'******‘k*********i"k* gained practically nothing. Steers themselves. Help to shut them up fed on red clover and straw for 23 if possible. parentage. L. F. Allis presented the fol ness experience, age, and send photograph. If you I cannot travel, write usf r terms to ocal canvass- ers. Address 5. I. 81: L 8: Co., Philadelphia, Pa. O crops of onions and potatoes were i Jiplaiitgd on"lighter soils, did not ' apt to glut the market, ._JAlfiiiA’aiz 3, 1396.: lowing resolution which by iinani- mous vote was declared to be the voice of the Madison Grange on the immigration question. RESOLUTION. Resolved, That a consular inqui- sition be made at the home of the immigrant, and that all criminals, paupers, or undesirable immigrants be rigidly excluded. That a prop- erty qualification of one hundred dollars be required, and that these laws be passed as soon as congress can reasonably do so. EMILY GANDEB. NOTES. I wonder how many of the farm- ers of the state have the experi- ment station bulletins. ’I‘hey are of inestimable value, and every progressive farmer who expects to “ keep up with the procession” should read them regularly as they are issued. Michigan, in its early days, was noted for its great extent of swamp lands. The immense number of acres of tamarack swamp was then considered almost worthless, except for the timber, which was of no especial value. What a change has come. Now these swamps, cleared and drained, are becoming the garden lands of the state. They will in years to come, when the increased population of our cities creates a demand for market gar- dening, be the most valuable part of our farms. THE Low LANDS. When these low lands are well drained, the porous nature of the soil soon carries off all surplus rain- fall; and it takes a very dry season indeed to wither vegetation where water stands only a few feet below the surface. While the uplands during the unprecedented droutli of the past summer were parched and dusty, vegetation on these low grounds was green and luxuriant. Of course all crops will not suc- ceed equally well on these swamp lands, hence the value of the re- cent bulletin in regard to the man- agement of such soils, and the crops best suited them. During the past season our best grown on muck lands, where they ve excellent yields, while those produce half‘ a crop. Our farmers are only just begin- ning to understand the value of their swamp lands, and theirsuita- bility for certain crops. lVith the increasing number of canning fac- tories, and the ever-growing de- mand for canned fruits and vege- tables there is opening to the en- terprising farmer a new industry that has heretofore been monopo- lized by the market gardener near the large cities. Many of our farm- ers would find it more profitable to raise onions, tomatoes, cabbage or potates on their low grounds, than to devote all their energies to wheat, corn, beans, etc. GOOD FRUIT. More fruit could be raised on the uplands. Good fruit will not be The peo- ple want the best. He who sets out to supply their wants will find it profitable. It’s the wormy, scab- by, small half ripened fruit that don’t pay, and becomes a drug in the market. It costs more to pro- duce a bushel of first class fruit than one of inferior quality, but it sells best and gives a larger profit to the producer. _ The growing popularity of the short term dairy class at the agri- cultural college is encouraging. The young men who are anxious to inform themselves on this im- portant branch, are to be our suc- cessful farmers of the future. Dairy farmin is both pleasant and profit- able. nstead of the rush and overwork in summer, and slack in winter, it gives steady implement the year round without rush or stagnation. ' 2 The open and pleasant weather of late November and early December gave opportunity to the forehand- ed fagrmer for many things that are usually put off till spring» thus 31V- ing the good manager a chance to et his work along and be ready or early crops as soon as the sea- son permits. ~A well planned cam- pgign, with careful ajatention to ' ' lf the batt e. details 18 ha APOLLOS Lone. Eaiou Rapids. 11___.Wha.t makes that hen in your J. Ferd cacti. so loud? Wigway.——Oh, thefve just laid a comer-stone across the THE. GRANGE VISITOR. A TALK WITH THE BOYS. The Gazette has asked me for a ,short talk with the boys; and I § have decided to talk with them on ithe use of leisure. The subject may not seem to be a very import- ant oiie, and yet I regard it as im- portant enough very often to ex- plain the secret of the man who succeeds, as well as that of the man who fails. A man is success- ful not so much because he works harder or works longer than the man who fails as because when he begins his work he knows what to do and how to do it. This all im- portant knowledge is generally are often spoken of as times of leisure. LEISURE. siderable part of every year, per- haps even of every day, during which a man or a boy seems to hive little or nothing to do. At such times there is some tempta- tion to linger about places of re- sort. Farmers’ boys are apt to while away a good deal of time without accomplishing any very definite result; but occasionally there is one who prizes these leis- ure moments, turns them all to his own advantage, and iii the end se- cures his reward. It is in this Way that he becomes so perfectly familiar with even the minutest details of the industry with which he is connected as to give him a prominence that is speedily recog- nized. In this manner also he ad- vances into the less frequented paths of knowledge and broadens his intelligence in a variety of ways. He thus obtains that habit of intellectual enterprise which makes him dissatisfied with know- every object with which he has to deal. It is this kind of intellectual enterprise which has given the so- called self-made men their promi- nence in the World. THE USE OF LEISURE. The farmers’ boys have long evenings at home. These evenings are very often passed with no ad- vantage in the way of self-improve- ment; but a boy’s chance of suc- cess in life depends very largely upon his economical use of his winter evenings. It is of the utmost importance that he should acquire an enthusiastic interest in some worthy object. If he is to be a farmer he should learn all he can in a systematic way in regard to the several branches of farming. This can be done partly through the newspapers, but still more systematically and satisfactorily through the books that have re- cently been written on the various interests of agriculture. How plants grow, what chemical changes take place in the soil, just what it is that makes clover so valuable a fertilizer, just what particular soils need in order to keep up and even increase their fertility, the part played by nitrogen and carbon and other ingredients—these are all subjects entirely within the com- prehension of every enterprising boy. Then there are a thousand questions in regard to the breed- ing and feeding of animals. A hundred subjects will suggest themselves to any boy who is de- termined to know all he can of whatever comes before him. HARD WORK. By an industrious use of his leisure every one of these subjects and a score of others may be com- pletely mastered by any intelli- gent farmer’s boy before he is twenty-one. Go without a hat, if it is necessary, in order to buy the best book. The outside of the head is of far less importance than the inside. Every boy should make up his mind that success never comes by chance. In more than ninety-nine cases out of a hundred great success is reached only in the way I have pointed out. It is first of all by a deter- mination to do something and be somebody, and then by a will strong enough to take possession of every leisure moment to fit one’s self for accomplishing what is desired. LACK OF INTEREST. In the farmers’ institutes I have often been distressed to see how few farmers’ boys seem to have any interest in the subjects there discussed. Whether a boy is to be a farmer or not, so long as he is on a farm he ought to be interest- ' to ake the neigh- thailnig ::§,f,,:°§:_'i§Pa$dd;iia Record. acquired during the moments that; In every vocation there is a con-' ing less than everytliing about lsuccess, and he ought to ‘seize levery opportunity to increase his ‘intelligence on every subject that ‘comes within his reach. There is ; no success for the man who dawd- lles. If a young man is really fambitious and determined to suc- iceed he ought to make up his mind :_to know as much as anybody :knows of everything he has to ideal with. The young man who lstarts out with such a determ- lination will be sure of success, for lhe will be fitted for every emerg- lency. He is the man whom every- f body will want and everybody will‘ lcare for.—Pres. Charles Keizrlal ,iArlams in Breeders’ Gazetle. l’LU'l‘O(,‘RAC\'. (Read at Windsor Grange by Brother C. S. Torrey.) By the courtesy of our worthy lecturer I have been assigned the subject of “Plutocracy,” which I define to be a government of the rich, by the rich and for the rich, and am requested to give some thoughts that have occurred to me by reading, study and observation, on its influence upon us asa people. In ancient times, as history iii- forms us, mankind was divided into tribes or families, the chief or patriarch of which claimed for the tribe or family all the lands over which they roamed; and each mem- l ber was bound to obey their com- mands. In course of time these chiefs claimed as their own the lands of their tribe, and claiming to be divinely authorized to rule over those who had hitherto willingly yielded them obedience, they as- siimed titles of nobility correspond- ing to the extent of country and {numbers of the people subject to lthem, and, claimed the absolute riglitto dispose of the persons and property within their douiains as they pleased. Occasionally a peo- ple, under the leadership of some bold, clear-headed man who vent- ured to dispute the divine right to govern of these self-styled kings, would overthrow their aristocratic rulers and organize a republic or government of the people, by the people, and fo“ “M "°'>!‘l°. Wlii"-l1 they styled a 9 i.i\3CI'HCy. ambitious and iiiiscrupulous mei. would soon Si"Cll1‘t‘: place, and by control of ‘he v'ea.:li oi country ant. own-.uall_y by force reduce to subjection all within their borders, and following the examples of their former rulers, proclaim themselves chosen of the Deity to rule over their fellow men. Such is in brief the history of nation after nation that has flourished for a brief period, fallen into decay, and finally disappeared to be remembered only in history, and their people robbed of all that rendered life worth living for be- came an easy prey to their more powerful neighbors. THE VOICE OF FREEDOM. From the earliest periods of which history gives us any knowl- edge there has been a constant struggle of tho common people against the rich and _powerful for a fair share of the necessities and comforts of life, and there is not a right which the industrial classes of the world enjoy today that has not been wrung from their oppress- ors by force. Less than five hundred years ago there was not a laboring man nor woman on the face of the earth who were not bought and sold with the land they lived on and were held to be the personal property of their rulers as much as cattle and sheep. Within the last fifty years nearly one hundred millions of people who have been held in slavery generation after generation for hundreds, yea thousands of years, have been set free. The aristo- crats of the old world were amazed at the declaration of our fore- fathers a little over a hundred years ago, that “All men are created equal, are endowed by their Creator with the inalienable rights of life, liberty and the pur- suit of happiness,” and have not to this day ceased to wage an unre- lenting opposition to those declara- tions. A PRESENT DANGER: Should we then dismiss from our minds all fears that we ourselves, our nation, might ever be reduced to the condition from which these peoples, have been so recently freed? Within the memory of the most of ‘you here presentgicial ed in every means of the highest legislation has built up the; nds superior craft .‘3u\."\/J .li.‘{"CI5"=‘.,' ., .1, .', -‘ «Erl- as its inevitable consequence has re- duced to poverty a thousand men for each and every millionaire thus built up. Under the dictation of great corporations, composed iarge- ly of foreign aristocrats, our government is today engaged in bonding our people, in what the landholders fondly hope will be a perpetual bondage. Twenty years ago one of our great parties enact- ed laws under which today another is putting into operation the origi- nal design to confer upon these power to control the market value ,of every product of American industry. To the thoughtful stu- dent of history, we have already entered upon, and are now rapidly moving along the same road that leads to serfdom for the masses of the people, that has been followed by scores of nations that have pre- ceded us. The repeated declara- tions of eminent leaders in these efforts, that wealth must and shall control, and if necessary for its purposes, the right of suffrage shall be restricted to those possess- ing great wealth, should arouse every lover of equal and exact justice, in our country to the danger that confronts us, and let us hope that rising above all par- tisan prejudice, they will, ere it is too late, stop all further move- ments in that direction and place impossible limits on the concen- tration of wealth, in the hands of individuals aii(l corporations, and effectually arrest all efforts to build up an aristocracy of wealth in our country. The memorable wiii'niiig of our noble iiiartyred president, Lincoln, against the croacliineiits of concentrated wealth should Ctlllsk’ every voter to care- fully consider the consequences of his political action, and he should ever hear in mind that iiiaxiin handed down to us by our revolu- tionary fathers that "Eternal vigi- lance is the price of liberty." VISITOR QUES'l‘IONS l)lS(‘.USSEl). By Alumini Grange. ‘.““*~vm Vmm~m2- At the last two t) jquc.-:...m -'\«,;‘. tlis<:ii;-‘sex’ at ’s'o*r=.c l0"!’-H- .-~.~_~.d with .0. j.-.'.;.l. d:'«.. . ‘ " ; .-z- . .-2«'stobetlieop.nii.: i: "l: ‘l ‘i i ‘ '- ;-":"""‘I1l} license Lg. ‘- - ‘ D- pressing, or even controlling this business in a satisfactory mminei, and that there might be some other way of handling this great public nuisance. \Vliile many seem to think that prohibition is the one thing desirable, nearly all admit that they want a prohibitory law with more prohibition in it than most such laws appear to have. It was suggested that to let the state become the agent that sup- plied the “personal liberty man” his drink, as is done in South Carolina, was better than our sys- tem of license; for then the liquor would be at least pure. It was thought by some that the enfranchisement of woman would go a long way toward settling this question in favor of morality and better order. Brother Utter suggested low license, and that the business of selling be confined to bare rooms, with the scantiest of furniture; and that card playing, billiards, and other games of amusement be en- tirely prohibited in buildings where liquors are sold. It was further suggested that if the custom of treating could be eliminated from the business. it would greatly reduce the consumption of liquors and certainly reduce the profits of the venders. There are also those who believe that education is the main factor in solving this question, and so long as many_of of the leading men in public life frequent and patronize these places, so long will this business be looked upon as reputable. Public senti- ment in any community very near- ly makes the law for that locality. ‘ - H. W. CRAWFORD. ORDERING AGAIN. Livingslon Co., 1tIiclz.,.May 5’, 1894. Ma. 0. W. INGERSOLL2 DEAR SIR—l'IaVlng used fifteen gallons of your Paint three years ago, and it giv- ing the best of satisfaction as regards dura- bility and color lasting qualities I have concluded to order again, and I know that every one after their first trial of your paints will do the same as I have done (order again). Yours truly, F. A. BARTON. giant corporations the unlimitedl THE “ BALTIMORE PLAN” OF OUR? RENCY REFORM. The Baltimore plan proposes to amend the national bank act so as no longer to require government bonds as security for circulation, I but provides a safety fund instead; jto allow banks to issue circulation lto 50 per cent of their paid-up, un- impaired capital, and. in an emer- gency, 75 per cent. All notes of failed banks are to be redeemed by I the government, as under the pres- ent law. A guarantee. or safety fund, equal to 5 per cent of the outstanding circulation. is to be accumulated and maintained by V gradual taxation upon such circula- ftion. From this fund the govern- !ment is to redeem notes of failed banks. The government also re- tains a prior lien upon the assets of failed banks, including stock- holders‘ liability, as now provided by law, in order to replenish this safety fund and protect itself against possible loss. Pract-ic.ally, the only change is to substitute a giiarantee fund for government. bonds as security, the other changes being inciileiilal. The details are open to disciission and improve- ment. but I believe the principles to be right. Just such a law as the one pro- posed by the I.’-altiinore bankers is now in successful operation in the Dominion of Canada, except that the Canadian law allows circulation 4 4 I i and the government assumes no responsibility for the redemption of failed banks’ notes beyond the ap- plication of the 5 per cent fund. The law has proved eiiiiiiciitly suc- cessful and szitisfactory in (Iaiiada. In the light of these facts no one can dispute the safety of the plan. —— --l. II. Ilcp/)m'IL in Hie ])(’('(’)IIf)(’7‘ F(n'2I)i1. REAR ('..\LVl']S ONLY FROM i BEST COWS. TH E Where a number of cows are milked it will always be noticed that some one is the best of the lot as to the amount of milk produced, or the length of profitable flow, or J , i "L. ‘. -"1.-ii,;l‘. l, 4. fair v v: 2 pix-i’-5. lj, " f out ifliie best -is in ’.'l‘.: 1 ea? ;' ‘re . I '-«L .' y - ‘ ’ V ' ‘ L. scendrn - I ‘» they .. _‘ z « : below in appearance what might be expected from the dam, or grand dam. Further inquiry might bring out the information that no male was kept for service on the farm. Also that no good sire could be procured, or that it was too far, or the service fee was too high where a desirable sire was kept. This is a short-sighted policy, and one which the progressive farmer will avoid. Don’t use the nearest scrub when time is pressing, but keep a male in your own barn, se- lected especially to supply the kind of animals you want to have and such as you can take pride in showing your friends. The best way is to patronize the best sires within reach, and go with cash in hand. All calves from the poorest cows should be killed at once and may be fed out to fowls. Unless you have a surplus of milk and cannot make a good use of it in some other way do not grow up veal calves. Where milk will sell for a fair price the calf will soon eat its head off. Better sell it to the hens for eggs and chicks.—F. E’. Emery, Agricullurist, N. 0. Experiment Station. AGE IMPRO YES IT. T/re Toullfls Companion is soon to enter upon its sixty-ninth year of publication,and as one says who has been aconstant reader of its columns for more than thirty years, “It has steadily improved each year.” Its articles cover the whole field of life and ex- perience furnishing a vast amount of val- uable and entertaining reading of a char- acter not found elsewhere, and of so great a variety that Tim Companion interests alike each member of the family, The Prospectus for the volume of 1895 announces an unusual array of attractions; fourteen serial stories, a wealth of short stories, anecdotes, humorous sketches, ad- ventures, science and home articles, timely editorials on all important questions, and more than two hundred original poems of the highest class. Full Prospectus and specimen copies sent free on application. New subscribers who send $1.75 now will receive the paper free to January 1, 1895, and one year from that date. It comes every week. Finely illustrated. THE Youi'n’s COMPANION, Boston, Mass. Clara.—]ack intends to have everything his own way when we are married. Clara's Mamma.—Then why do you many him? Clara.——To relieve his mind of a false im- of millionaires in our counttéy, and a[lSee Adv. Ingersoll’s Liquid Rubber P nts.-—ED.]. pression. lo the par of uniinpaired capital, , 8 THE GRANGE V ISITOB. JANUARY 3, 1395. Noficas of Meetings. l I l Berrien county Pomona Grange will, BERRIEN POMONA. hold its annual meeting at Berrien Centre . Grange hall, the second Tuesday and \\'ed- * nesday of January, 1895. Opening at 10:30, a. in. The election of officers and other,‘ measures of importance makes urgent ‘ need that every fifth degree member be present. I most earnestly urge you to be, present to share in the work of this session \V. L. K.-‘\NE, S1'('y. ‘ KENT POMONA. l The next session of Kent county Grange will be held with Rockford Grange on Wednesday, January 9. io a. m. The offi- cers of the Grange will present their an- nual report. The installation of officers will occur in the afternoon session to which the public are cordially invited. \VM. T. Aimriis, Lrr/ru-rr. w'I'S FERN I’Oi\l()N A. The annual meeting of \Vestern Pomona Grange will meet with Ottawa Grange at Herrington,on the fourth 'l'hursda_v and Friday of January, for election of othcers. I'K()(}RA.VI. The future of this Grunge, wlizil. shall it be? .\vIr.~. Price. How can \ve best interest outside fiirincrs in the Graiige and increase our iiiciiibi-i'.sliip? Mansur Smith. The farnicr's home and how to make it happy. Hrs. II. Austin. Is it advisable fora young man to run in debt for two—thirds of the value of AI farm with the present prices of land and farm produce? Iidwin Fellows Of what value to the farmer is xi classical college education? John \V. Kelly. Are there any hard times for the farmer? (E. B. Smith. W inch is subject to the greater hardship. the farmer or professional man? M r. Sweet. Does it pay the farmer to use ironiniercial fertil- izers.’ Thos. “Wilde. >353 Of what do the real luxuries of life consist? .\‘l rs. S. Stauffer Mus. E. A. Gii.i.i-:Tr. ALLE(iA.\' I’O.\'IO.\' A . The Pomona Grange of Allegan county will hold its annual meeting with Rural Grange, \Vayland, January i7, I895. It is expected that it will be an important meeting, with election and installation of ofiicers. Fifth degree conferred in the evening. The hospitalit_v of Rural Grange is well known. All fourth degree inciti- bers are cordially in vited. BY ()Rl)l-ZR or CUM. HARRY L‘OUI\'TY GRAN(iE. Special meeting of the Barry coiinly l’o— mona Grange will be with Prarieville Grange on Friday, January ii, 1895, for the installation of officers and such other business as may come before the meeting. Dinner at 12 o’cl0ck,—oysters furnished by county Grange. Afternoon session opened in the fourth degree at 2 o’clock sharp, with the following program: Siiigiiig by Prairicvile Grange choir. .~\ddrt-ss of welcome, blaster Priiirievillc Grzingc. Rt-spoiise Brother R. (J. Norton of Oraiiigeville " LLIC. Singing by the Grange. Installzition of ofiirers of :;Q_iiqtv__§;‘r'i, ng‘.__R-eppizt of delegate from State Grange. Music. Recitiifioii, ‘Sister Lib II(ii!ev- well. Select reading, Henry Bowman. Question. \Vhat is the benefit of the a rricultural fair to the farmers of Barry county? Bros. John Daiwson. Chett Honeywell, Ilon. A. C. 'I‘ownc. Question, Should we encourage the effort Plilvftirlli by the schools of Barry county, in their displziy at ‘our county fair? County lecturer Sister I$r(i\vticll, I)i'l). D. C. \V:irner. Question. Is ‘Ii. :id\‘is;ibl_t- to urge the necessity of erectiiig‘ it siiitaliic buildm_i_{ on our fair rounds for the schools of llarry county.‘ All iiieiiiierszire invited to speak. l’rogr;uii bv l’l‘:tl- r icvillu (irziiigc. Qucstioii box; li-t it lie well tilled. GEO. R. Bo\vsi;R, /.rr/. PK i1lI{AN(1‘rE G.\TIIEI{I.\'(i‘rS. years to come without any dire or final ca- tastrophe. As a game, politics in this coun- try could not well be improved. There is more uncertainty, gamble and scramble with us in one election contest than all the , effete nionarchies put together can show in a whole year. The reforms needed in our )0llllC8.l ‘machinery to make government y and for the people possible are direct leg- islation by means of the initiative and refer- endum and proportional representation that iwill leave no body of voters practically disfrancliiscd. as under existing gerryman- < der rule. NEW YORK TRIBUNE. The enormous circulation of the THE New YORK TRIBUNE, now the largest of any political weekly in the United States, undoubtedly did much to influence the country in the late campaign. liaving sharpened its arrow and spear afresh, Till-2 Ti