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VOL. XX. NO. 2.

' fast
The Tide of Affairs.
l~‘l~2I's'.-\'l‘()Itl.»tl. r:i.i:cTio:\'s.

NllHl6l‘()".S senatorial elections are no”

occurring, and in many instances there  A

dissatisfaction with the i'esults on the
part of the people. Apparently the senti-
ment toward popular elections of sena-
tors is growing more and more pro-
nounced. Even politicians are coming to
wish that this reform might be acconi—
plished. VVhether true or not people feel
that legislatures are practically bought for
senatorial purposes.

THE LEXOW COMMITTEE.

The now f:1lIl()llSL(3X()W committee has
finished its work of investigation into the
conduct of the police force of New York,
and the people begin to realize the extent
of the corruption that exists in that cit.y.
The demand now is that prosecutions
should be begun and the offenders brought
to justice. It is also demanded that further
investigation be inaugiiiated in other de-
partments of the city government.

THE (‘URRI-1N(‘Y.

It looks as if the (,7levelan<l——()ai'lisle
currency bill would have hard hledding
in this congress. It is unsatisfactory to
many Deiiioci-ats, and is likely to be op-
posed by the Republicans, for political
reasons if for no other reasons. Senator
Teller made a strong silver speech last
week, urging that there is no use in
itt-telilplulllg financial legislation without
hisiioring silver. lle said that neither of

.tiie7gi'ea*. parties, nor the Populist party.

would alone settle the »,ui'i-eiicy question.
It “.'I?H:'-l l‘.:i\"' to come _"u-xvi-' the ax-mused

sentiiiieiit of the whole peolg
V \. \

Two FRIE1\'D.\‘ or THI~1‘i .-\I{MF.I{.
It
Hatch of Missouri was defeated last fall.
He has been a constant, persistent, and
consistent friend of the farmer, and has
done more for them in congress than any
other one man. It is now reported that
.5‘g-natoy \\'as_hburn. of Minnesota, whohas
been leading the anti—option fight in the
senate, is in danger of defeat by (iovernor
Nelson, \vlio has recently announced his
candidacy.

Legislation.
of Pennanent Legislative (‘onnnittce at
State (iiuiige.

VVORTHY MAs'ri:ii AND l’A'i‘i:oxs or THE
MicHioA.\' STA'ri~: (inA.\'oi~:: The State
Legislative (.l()l]11!)lll.e€ offer the follow-
ing report for your consideration:

Report

I. T.-\XA'I‘l()l\'.

At a recent meeting of the Fariners'
National Congress, held in Parkersburg,
W. Va., a paper was read on “Farniers
and Taxation,” by a delegate from the
state of New York.

This pa er “pointed out that farm land
paid niuc more than its just share of
taxes," and “the discussion brought out
the fact that there was no similarity or uni-
formitv in assessment in the various states.“

This” fact shows the necessity for all far-
mers’ organizations and associations_taki_ng
up an(l thoroughly discussing the taxation
question in all its phazes, but especially as
related to the taxation of farm property:
for as National Master Brighaiii well says
in his annual address, "The farmers realize
as never before that self help is their only
hope. "

From quite an extended coi'respondei_ice
with Masters of State (iranges on taxation
of farm pro erty in their state, the fact is
further emphasized by_a large majority of
the replies received from State Masters,
that in their opinion _ farm property in
many states of the Union does bear an un-
just ‘proportion of the burden of taxation
as compa1‘e(l with other fornis_of property;
and the ostensible reason. given for this
fact is that farm property lies open to view
where it can readily be seen and assessed,
while in many cases personal property
largely eS03P95 ta,x3t‘°'." . .

After some deliberation and examination
of the Michigan tax lawof 1893, it_ is our
opinion that if its provisions are faithfully
and conscientiously carried out by all su-
pervisors and assessing oflicers, _it will in
the main give an equitable distribution of
the burden of taxation; excepting certain

‘*5 .."‘,.'.‘-1‘ ,-,

'i‘las.-‘cs of pr‘.
.1 . .

Late along lines of railroad, such as th ,
l’ullman (‘ar (‘oinpan_v. Blue Line Freight,.

' etc. » 1‘ .
But in order to make the tax law in 

I . .
sucli legislativ

was unfm-tuiiati». tha. C(;I';,-_".':-.ai::l'H‘.n -

 ‘t. a.
‘_-,1, _(‘ll.~\RL()’l”l‘E,

‘erty doing business in the

l.\!l£-’. efficient, we reconnuend that seciion

‘ li"i()fS2].I(ll:i.\'l£l\V bcsoaniciidedas to put all

parties under oath \vlieii their pmperty i.~
listed and assessed, and where in scctioiz l.‘
of the tax law it says the super\ isoi' “may” I
in his discretion put any party under oath.
instead thereof insert the supei'visor “shall”
put all parties under oath when taking.‘
their assessment.

ii. l’URE F()()D AND DAIRY LAW.
In view of the fact that there is a grow(
ing interest in dairying at the present time‘
throiighont our state, and as the present,
pure food anddairy law seems not sufficient: ‘
_v stringent for the proper protection of
the dairy interests, we reconiiiiend that the
present. law be so amended and strength-
ened by legislative enaetiiients as will fully

protect the dairy interest of our state

against all other imitations of pure butter l

and cheese. and all ailiiltei'at.ions_of
products. _ V

And we would give the pure food and
dairy coniniissioner more ainple police
powers, if needed. so he can take samples
of any article of food found upon the mar-
ket aiid examine the same as to its co:n.)o-
sition or constituent elenicnts: and also for

dairy

the protection of consumers, evnpower him ,

to inspect all biitte'x.' and c‘/"'-"se, factories in
the state as to their 13!" ’
work and i,-le:inliiiess-———- -- -- —-niseg.-,

Vte ll(‘1't‘l)\'‘:lShcn.icit., ., the hm-i;itii)ns

in the state. ‘to  x -i -' o-
of \\'lmt Has Been l’i-iii" inn)"

-ishoil Thus rm-. _I’I"W;t“»‘
=rv in‘-

, u

call y and :: .
dustry of ‘-l°“t““ . ,
,m,,e 1),,“oiiijmgyti-‘Jill S'l‘il.‘_’,"‘».\x §\'(“Nll:‘Il:'slv”-,‘_Q ‘
nia'rgarine, butterin'e and filled chelse, or
any other method of iinitating or adulter-
ating dairy products.

“ie favor the passage of the (irout bill
now pending in the I’. S. congress, and
designatedas Iloiise Bill No. 712.3, and en-
titled a bill "To make oleomargariiie and
all other imitations of dairy products. sub-
ject to the laws of the state into which
they are ti'aiisported."

'2.-t)l{lIl_‘_" is now

III. S'l‘A'l‘E (SRAIN 1NSl’l§("I‘l().V L.-\\V.

\Ve favor the enactment of 21 state grain
inspection law which shall by :i practical
method protect the grain growers of the
state against the system now in pi'actise
whereby iliffereiit grades of grain are mixed
and inanipulated. thereby lowering the
grade and in consequence thereof the price
paid the producer is less oftentimes bv
several cents per bushel than he is justly
entitled to receive. Such a grain inspcctioh
law is now in force in the state of Missouri
and in some other western states, and we
are informed gives practical results to the
grain growers in those states. Vlie believe
such a law would tendto enhance the value
of Michigan grain in the markets outside
the state, as their grade has suffered from
the system of mixing and grading now
practised. In line with such a grain in-
spection la\v we hereby heartily endorse
the following resolution, passed bv the
Faiaiiers‘ National (Tongress at its “recent
session:

“]i’«<s-o/aw/, That all grain and seedsto be put
upon the market shall be graded accordiiig
to quality by a sample of a legal half
bushel, and that no smaller quantity shall
be a lawful sample, from which such grade
shall be determined, and that the Congress
memorialize the legislatures of the various
states to enact laws to secure that end."

IV. STATE INSTITUTIONS.

We feel that the Patrons of Michigan are
oireatly indebted to the editor of the

ISITOR for the clear knowledge he has
given us the past suniiiier of oui' State in-
stitutions.

VVe may say with the VISITOR, from one
point of view, Michigan has provided ad-
mirably for her unfortunates, and the cost
to the State is not perhaps greater than the
costin many other states, but from the
point of view of the mass of self-support-~
ing taxpayers, who are called upon to sup-
port them, it is undoubtedly true that the
standard maintained is greatly in excess of
what they can afford for themselves.

To criticise in any way the great state

.\IICHI(} A ,

2‘ ’..lllll']lSl](3(l.

methods of i

,.-,¢...=af_icn

.IA.\'['ARY 17, l.\5i.‘.,

educational institutions has been hitherto
deemed little short of sacrilege, but
 believe the growing ('.\’:1ctions‘ ‘
‘f these institutions dciiiand our
‘ttention.
, l The promise has always been that as the
;,nuiiiber of students increased in such
,;.schools the relative expense would be di-
_ _ This has been the theoretical
:principle inaintained by both school
boards and heads of the several in-
_St~itl1ti0ns but in practice the cost
.;»per capita to the student. and to the
,"_.-gfstate for instruction has constantly iii-

serious

’§Eici'e:iseil.
5,1,’ We may as well. therefore, abandon the
sCh()I)e to economize through the enlarge-

ment of these State institutions, and ask
at the hands of our legislators careful in-
"quiry into the causes which have eiigen—
rdcred such lavish increase in the expenses
"ness enterprises of all kinds have been so
5, managed as to steadily and persistently re-
. duce expenses and cost of product.
(Jert-ainly justice demands this since for
the great majority the primary schools are
l the only ones they can or do attend.
l‘ All of which is respectfully submitted.
,5 .INo. K. (iAMl’]SEI.I.,
I (il~)(). McI)oi:oAi.i..
§ Iinxnv I). I’i..ii"r.

7. ( It///r//4/i//cc.

Farmers’ Institutes.

E. The following is that part of the repor-
fiof the pe.rinaiient cominittec on edii-

‘ of the State (irangc which
to farmers’ institutes. We

ficelzites

.,n‘. (,,c»l~,-Qhall publish the remainder of the report.
. . \ ..‘‘-.O_ 171‘. I

'- " 'l*’zii‘iiieiC- l1!.~'I.i.I::l’.:.'~ .-mi‘ c-l(ll‘l}1‘i‘~...1..'.-'1‘--.-u),t.,\_
nized as a most valuable means of e.duca—
tion. For twenty years the influence of
these gatlierings has ipiickeneil thethought
and elevated the purposes of Micliigan
farniers. The continuance of these insti-
tutes held at state expense for the benefit
of its agricultural interests and the educa-
tion of its farmers is assured. The only
questions are: Ilow many shall be held?
llow shall they be :iri'anged and conducted
to insure the greatest results from the
money invested!
o'rii nu s'rA'i‘i~:s.

\Ve last year called your attention to
“the fact that although Micliigan was
among the first to establish this s_vsteiii of
instructioii_, it has failed to hold its place
at the front. several states surpassing it
both as to the number of institutes and the
aniountappi'opriated tlierefor.“ The un-
favorable compai'ison is rendered more em-
phatic by the progressive. system, liberal
appropriations, and careful, systematic
nianagenieiit in other states. This year
Michigan, with about $‘_’,<NlH available for
this purpose. holds nine long institutes.
New Yoi'k appropriates -$li';,UU(J annually,
and holds from 125 to 1.30 institutes. \\'is-
coiisiii holds loo this winter with a fund of
$l2,INN|. ()liio cxpeiids a little over $1“.-
HUU on 1.34) institutes. Indiana with -*i4:‘»,i)4)i)
holds an institute in evei'_v county in the
state.

ix .\lI(‘HI(;.A.\'.

“ie would not in the least belittle the work
of the past along this line in our own state.
Splendid results from the effortsaiid means
expended liavebeen realized. But we be-
lieve the time has come for a broader,
more liberal, more economical because
better conducted, system. The importance
of our agricultural interests as the basis of
all material prosperity, and the position
of our state at the very front in ediicatioii—
al progress in other lines, demand such an
advance. Nor is this demand the mere
iniaginings of theorists. No complete
record of applications for institutes has
been kept, but the number has been more
than double those granted. The only
reason a iiuich largei' number was not re-
ceived is the well known fact. of the use-
lessness of such application.

OUR SYSTEM NEEDS REVISION.

1. Our institute system needs revision.
At present it has no responsible head, no
“central manageinent”. The arrangement

of some 3

and control of institutes are very properly

Tl//2‘ £112.11. -1-\'/) s///2/'/./2 /:/<3 /«'/12x1‘ /-1//vm l'l:'/I.“

WI l( )l.lC .\'(). lbs.

in the liands ofthe state

board of agri-
culture.

But this board has charge of

‘ other and more important niatters in the
1 .-\'gl'l(‘lllllll':ll (ollegc and l‘..\'l)(‘l'llIl€I]l Sta-
, tion. llhe first step should be the appoint-

1

l

l. . . . . .

i of these institutions, while ordinary blisi- 5
l

ment bythe board of a siiperintendciit or
directorof institutes. with full authority
to arrange places and dates, secure speak-
ers, etc. Such an officer has been found to
be a iiecessity in every state which has a
satisfactory institute system. Much ex-
pense and much valuable time can be saved
by a careful and judicious lllt1ll:l}_"(.‘lIl(‘!lt of
preliniiiiaries, possible only to one who
has made a study of the sanie. If our in-
stitute systein is to be enlarged and ini-
proved, no more economical investment
can be made than by providing for such an
officer. In Ohio the secretai'y of the state
board of agriculture has this authority, and
this might be a wise plan in our own
state if the duties of the office will per-
init;oi' the cliairnian of the board coin-
iiiittee on institutes might be enipowcred
to perform this work.
T00 i‘i~:w i;r:.\'r:i‘iTi«:i>.
2. Our institutes benefit too siuall a
number. Either we have too many at
state expense, or not enough. Their ob-
ject is the enlightenment and elevation
of the whole body of farniers. The in-
struction given is supposed to be within
the coinpreheiision of all who attend them,
that they may be inspired to greater
effortsaiid helped togreater success. Their
great value is in the uplift given those who
are able to be prcseiit. It is the only
means of special instruction the state can
offer to the great niajority of farmers,
upon whose success as a class so ll‘.ll(‘ll of
the public welfare depends. But under the
pi'esen_t( systein orig.‘ V '4. _siiia.ll p_er_cent of our
““‘“ 1"‘. ““““‘° "‘1tI2*"'1~-trio ‘rao'iii.\~4 oi” this ii-
fluencein any one year. iiei the sy.-mix
be extended so that the great majority
may. b_v dlie effort on their part, be bene-
fitted, or ccase holding at public expense
these nieetiiigs for all, but within reach of
so few.
on: iucc-.»)i)ii~;xi>,i'i‘ioN.

\\'e thcrcforc advocate that the state ap-
propriate annually the sum of five tlious—
and dollars, or such an aniouiit as will be
suflicient to hold a two day institute in
every county in the state where the agri-
cultural intcrcsts are sufficiently iniport-
ant to dciii:iiid it.

\Ye believe that the greatest good will
result where local interest is the greatest,
and that such interest will be increased by
some form of local organization. And we
suggest that the law rcipiirc the formation
of county institute societies, under whose
auspiccsthe institutes shall be held. and
who shall provide local speakers to occupy
about one half the tiiiicof the institutc, and
for local cxpcnscs.

And now in conclusion we ask that you
take as the w:ir cry» -—thc shibbolcth of this
advance. oiii' ll1Ulli)——".v\ farnicrs‘ insti-
tute iii cv<-,r_\' agricultural couiity." lict us
erect this standard next week in every
county hcrc rcprcseiitcd and by it stand
until victorious.

.l. \\'r:ns'i‘r:i: Ili"i'ciii.\'s.

.\l..ii<i' Siiiimvooii IIi.\'i)s.- (,‘oinniitt‘ec.
K I-1.\'Y().\' IA. lil"l"’l‘l-IR]-‘ll-11.1),

City Corruption.

I)r. l’arkhurst. who has acconiplished
such a great work in bringing to light the
corrupt practices in the city of Ne\v York,
has returiied from a i'cst among the Swiss
mountains. Ilc is again after the criminal
element of New York. and his vigorous and
energetic nieasures proniise such a cleaning
out of the rottenness as that city has not
known in many aday. His efforts seem to
have been a stimulus to the civic federation
in Chicago, which has just taken steps
toward crushing out in that city the gamb-
ling element. (i‘ranibling rooms have been
raided, and a number of their tables and
devices to catch the unwary have been de-
stro ed in the street. Our centers of pop-
ulation‘ seem to breed all sorts of corru -
tion. 1 There is more to be feared from 13E
corruption in cities than in anything else
which threatens the liberty of the republic.
Farrn and F'1'rr3s2'de.


THE Gisiiinen VISITOR.

iii’  and Stock.

Spraying vs. the Birds]

R. M. Kl-II.I.()(}G.

A large elm tree re:1clies 11p to the \vi1i-
do\vs of our Io1ii:1 s:1nct11111. :1iid we l1:1ve
spent an l1o11r watcliinglittle hirds hopping
along through its hr:1nchcs. scanning every
piece of h:1rk and crevice in search of eggs
and the larvze of insects. livery 111i1111te or
so their sharp little eyes would inakc :1
“l'lI](l.“ and they enjoy :1 feast.

Several years ago the rohins :1i1d other
birds wei'e vei'y thick on o11r farm and
wasted our herries until they stirred 11p
o11r wicked heart. and the shot g1111 was
hrouglit o11t :111d 11sed too freely.

It has retpiired several _ve:1rs to work 11p
courage to inake :1 p11hlic confession of l1av—
ing committed so heinous :1 crime. a11d we
would l1:1rdly do it now. were it not for
the conviction tl1:1t while the slaugliter
then was in :1 sort of retail way. it is 11ow
hecoining wholesale :11id universal.

I§ll(l).\' l)l.\'.-\l’l'I‘I.\l{l.\'t;.

\\'ho l1:1s not noticed the disappe:11':111ce
of the little hirds from our fields and her1'_v
husliesf Surely o11r little f1'ie11ds :11'e leav-
ing 11s and not only they. h11t i11any of our
insect friends who d:1ily feast on the iii-
sects that dest1'o_v the productsofour lahor.
'l'l1edilige11t:1nd uiitiring search of these
little birds in the old el111 set us to think-
ing tl1:it whether or not we weie not pois-
oning more of our friends tl1:111 e1iemies'.
Surely it is that there is :1 r:1pid i11cre:1se
in noxious insects. and the time is alread_\'
here when the cl1:111ces for :1 paying crop
hang very largely on the tliorougliness
with which \ve spread the deadly poison
over the foliage of trees. vines. hushes. and
pl:1i1ts. Nothing escapes. lCve1'_vtl1ing has
its enemies. It cannot he denied tl1at the
precious little soiigsters who so delight 11s
:1re eating the poisoned insects and pick-
ing it 11p on foliage :111d h:1rk. :111d are r:1p—
idlv heing sent “wliere the good hirdies
got" and we t11rn longingly to the chemists
and il1<]llil'L‘ if something c:11111ot he pro-
d11ced that will kill the iiisectsaiid sp:1re 11s
o111' featliered friends. for we c:11111ot sp1':1_v
everywliere. \\'ho is prep:1red to say the
clover insects. scale. and wecvil.a11d a long
list of in_iurious insects. once unknown to
11s.hut now so geiier:1l. are 11ottl1e direct re-
sult of this wholesale distrihution ofpoisonf

\\'e c:1i111ot stop spr:1_ving now. The
whole co1111try is heiiig denuded of these
little "soul eliarniers." and wl1:1t tl1e_\' form-
erlv so gladly :111d freely did for us (so
nuicli hette1' than we c:1n possibly do) we
must now do for ourselves.

(‘annot our e.\'periment stations inaug-
urate :1 series of e.\‘tensive experiments that

shall result in the '~-vi zliple . 1)1'mlIgA-1471111 of
 ilne inn-~31 i-\-1.1--...:.m rt,-tl1:1t.siia1’i :11‘:-1111111-
l.

11 this result and restore the espiilihrium
of hirds :111d c:1rnivoi'ous insects which shall
hold in check the borers :is well as root :111d
leaf eating hugs!

Imiio,

Care of Stock.
1. N. cowoiiizv.

Away hack in the year 1837. when I was
:1 little, hey. we moved to this. then :1 new
county. just orga11i7.ed. from the state of
Ohio. “'1'. generally speal<ing. had very
poor conveniences for the care and comfort
of 11111‘ stock. and eve11 for ourselves. for
that i11:1tter. I remember well how the
stock had to lie o11t in the cold snow dur-
ing the winter. with but little l1:1y and no
grain to feed them. often l1:1vi11g to cut
down trees for them to browse. hy w:1dii1g
around through the deep snow. \Yesoi11e-
times cut marsh li:1y fortlieni to e:1t. and
this being of the eo:11'sest kind. and not
properly cured, was. at best. very poor
feed. ), those were l1:1rd days tli:1t can
never be forgotten. :11id how we longed. :is
well as the cattle, to get :1 first glimpse of
the leek in the spring. In those d:1ys win-
ter set in earlier and l:1sted longer in the
spring than it does now.

VVell. those times have all given way to
better times. with large \var1i1 stables. with
plenty of feed. with many convenieiiees we
never dreaiiied of then. Yet. we h:1ve
some farmers who do not st:1hle their stock.
even in these enlightened times. h11t let
them lie o11t doors with no protection. save.
perhaps. :1 straw stack, or the warin side of
:1 rail fence. Ilappily, l1owevei'. this cl:1ss
of fariners is becoming quite scarce.

(‘RU ELTY TO AN 1 MA L\‘.

Then we l1:1ve another cliiss. andl am
sorry to say they are in the iiiajority. and
I sometiines think they are almost. if not
fullv as cruel. perhaps, not conscious of it.
as the first class mentioned. who stahle
their stock during the cold nights, and turn
them out day times, even if it be down to
zero. and let the )()01‘ things stand out all
day shivering in t e cold and snow, with no
place to drink except from a frozen hrook
or pond, in many instances having to go
far down an icy lane, if they go at all, to
drink from a hole cut in the ice. These
are the farmers who rim out of feed, and
will surely be seen early next spring going
from place to place getting a little hay,

I place to stay :11 night.

straw. or cornstalks. to help them out until
the grass gets just big enough to live on.
How many times have I he:1rd fariiiers
sav. at times when they were in town. and
the weather cold and storniy. "I must go
l1oi11e:111d put in my c:1ttle. for they have
heen o11t ever since early this morning."
tattle sutl'er more hv heing out day
times. for the re:1son they l1:1d :1 w:1ri11
’)1'otl1e1' farniers.
this does not p:1y. I know from expe-
rience. I havehec1itl1ro11gl1alltl1ese1liti'e1'—
ent \v;1\'s of c:11'il1g' fol‘ .s't(1('l\'. It X'(*,1llllI‘(.‘.s‘

JANUARY 17, 1895.

of p1'ot1_t. and has :1 contempt for .~31l]:]ll
economie._s. lie remarks that Aiiiericaiis
are very ]ealous of their individual lihertv.
and very niuch inclined to group tl1e1i1—
selves in assoc-1:1tions. :11id notes the exist-
ence of state :11,-*ric11lt11ral societies. state
hureilus. hoards r1f‘;11_»-I-i,.”hm.(.. with (.(,”m\.
:11_1rl townslnp >'t>(‘l(‘ll(‘>'. :1u.\'illiary to tliose
Hi Sttltcs‘. organizations in aid of special iii-
d11str1c._s. and ftiiumiilirovcnicnt of hreeds of
domestic :111i111:1ls. such education;1l oi-1.-;mi_
zations :1s farniersi institutes. e.\'peri'n1e11t
>'t:Itlol1.~'. and the more general associations.

' ’ ' 1 - ‘ -1 ‘.1 . '. . ..‘ ‘ '
_1ust so n111cl1 food to keep 11p the :1I]lIl12tla-dlh (II.1n_::<.s. lll( l1lllll(‘l> all1:11ice. agr1c11l—

heat.

After this is supplied. the (.‘.\'t1._ll()hlll‘2ll 1‘<>H}_'I'esses to oppose the e.\':1ctions of

feed goes to iuake milk or p11t on tiesl 1c1)a1t(1i'i111:1lia_ri_es i11 tradeof inonopolists :111d
Stock kept cold. even tl1o11gl1 kept tror.ll1e!l1eme1p1:11t1es:111«lahusesoftransport:1tion

the wind. I't'(ll|ll't‘.~' more food. Yo11 kno‘
tl1es:1vi11g. that :1 cold winter reapiires al 11
of food: not so if.\‘o111'st:1hle is \\':11‘111. Two
(lUll.‘ll'.\‘ worth of tar paper will save i11:11 y
dollars in one cold winter.

Ihave in the p:1st p11t111_v cows in t c
stahle in the evening. their teats all dra\\ ii
11p hy the cold. and when I-would go
milk get :1 fe\v little sti'ea111s of co
milk. and then wo11ld have to wait sot’
time hefore the milk wo11ld hegin to tlo '
t). I guess more of you l1:1ve heen guillly
hesides me.

IC.\'ICIl(‘I.\‘l‘].

l’»ut. some say that stock i1111st l1:1ve e.' ‘A;

ercise: and toget it must he t11rned o
evcr_vd:1y. Now. Mr. liiarmer. how wou
yo11 like to he compelled to stand o11t :1l
d:1y sliivering 11p close hcside the l1o11se for
exercise. just because yo11 were in tlie
house all night 5
w:1_v :1 cow exercises after heing turned 1,! 
on :1 cold d:1_v is to get on the warniest sic-t-,1
of :111_v ohject she can tind. and there stanl
sliiveriiig. dr:1wi11g herself 11p in the :s'l1l:lll*'
est hunch she can. to :1void the piercing
wind.

I haveonly one cow now. h11t what is
gootl f11t‘(1l1(‘ is g‘o1i1l for :1 dozen. 1‘ll1('
does not get out of her stall :1t all. \\'ate1'
is carried lo her fresh from the well. all
she wants to drink. She st:1_vs' there per-
fectl_\' l-ontented. lies down and gets 11p
when she wants to. ll:1s all she wants to
e:1t. but none to waste. ller food consists
of hay occasionally. :1 bundle of oats every
other day. three peeks of mangels ever_v
d:1_v. :1nd:1ll tl1e sweet corn on the stalk
she c:111 e:1t three times a day. This m:1,v
st-ein to some e.\'ti':1va<_-':1i1t feeding. h11t she
gives c11o11gl1 111ore milk to well p:1y for
the o11tl:1_v. I hought her f1'esl1 the tirst of
last May. She gave then ahoiit 21 qiiaiits
of milk :1 day. She went tl1ro11gl1 all that
terrihle dry time last summer without tlle
least shri11k:1gc in her milk. :1nd now .31.:
cold stormy days she sta_vs in her comfo1"1-
ahle stall. without the least idea of :1 cold

storm raging outside. pe.rfectlv clean  ’-.\'i'
,..11H__1,1,,_,,I.._. .....1,....i .11.‘ _._1sii.‘-_, in‘ .p1:'1r‘1'.a 1,-11

milk :1 day after heing milked for ne:1rl\'
nine months.

l\'l-Ilil‘ 1.\' '1‘n1~: r..\1:.\'.

'I'l1is need not lie 1-oiitineal toone 1-ow_
but is applicalile to any lllll1ll1(‘I'. I used to
keep tivcorsi.\' cows. :11id kept them in
the stahle with the ('.\'ccptioI1 of t11i'11—
ing them out to water. I now think this :1
Iiiistake. llettcr l1a\c:1 well in the harn.
so they can he watered iii the stalls. How-
ever. I think it would he very cruel to
have them fastciicd in the s't:1ncl1io11s all
thetimc. lint if yo11 have douhle stalls
five or six feet wide. with two cows to each
stall. tied with :1 rope sotlicy c:111 l1:1ve
some liberty. your cows will enjoy it :111d
lie there t‘ll('\\'llig‘ thc ll‘ c11ds. even though
the weatlier o111'side, he :1 howling‘ hli'/.zard.

liy doing as above you will A have done
your duty to your stock. vo11 will rest
hettcr yourself at night. vou. will not have
to doctor for the “hollow horn" or “wolf
in the tail.“ -

Ilhrrcri.

Agriculture of the United States.

Uliserralinns 1-fa Fri-ii:-h Author.

I have received from the author. Mon-
sieur I‘). Iiavasseui'. ineiiiher of the .\'nc/.-/w
A‘?/1/‘H/l(I/I 1/‘ .l.(//‘/'1',‘//,1’/(/'1: (if I“1';1n(~(-. “:91”.
her of the institute :1i1d niany other le:1ri1ed
»~‘0t'i(‘ti<‘-s‘. :1 volume of :1ho11t five hundred
pages. tre:1ting statistically and pl1ilosoph—
ie:1lly of the present aspects of .\merican
agriculture.

Ilisohservation has been extensive. his
grouping of the main facts and features of
our :1gricult11re com]ireliensive, and his de-
ductions re111:1rkahly accurate. The dis-
tinguishing aspects of our rural economy
are clearly seen and truly portrayed. I

MAN Y A.\‘.\‘( l( 'IA'l'I().\'S.

One of the first. peculiarities noticed is
the ainhitioii and deteriiiiiiation of the
small farniers to acquire land, to hiiild a
home. to attain :1 higher plane of living, a.
better farm equipnient. oftentimes enter-
taining e.\'t1'av:1gant ideas, :1nd assuming
risks of indebtedness. lie partakes of the
tendency of the Ainerieaii in other ind11s-
tries to economize in expensive lahor, oh-
tain large production easily, and make a
fortune quickly. Therefore he rarely fer-
tilizes his soil, and is recklessly prodigal
with his minor products, burning his straw,
Wasting his coarse flax fibre, and destroy-
ing his forests. He disregards the margins

If _vo11 will notice. the.

('l1ill'}_"t‘>'. 21>‘ Well as to encourage 1111ison.-1111‘
.~'ec1li'c co-ope1':111o1i in ente1'pi'1ses for the

l :1111('lio1':1tion of :1g‘1‘ic11lt11r;1I1-on1li11'I1',‘,g_

1.\'r1.1'1~:.\'c1: oi='1‘111~:<;1 \'v;i.;_

{eferring to the extent . fed ‘i11ll11ence bf
the l’atrons of IIll.s‘l1:1it<l1"l'. lie credits "([1,-_
tliishodytlie creation of 1l1c liiter-.\'t;111'
(‘on1n1erce (‘o111mis:sio11 and
()f('$_‘il1'o:11l taritl's. \Yhilc iutertlii-ting po-
li .c:1l or religious disciission. it recently
denizinded for the ag1'icult11r:1l lahorer the
.~f*.11e protection accoi-dcd to the artisan or
factory operative. protested against the
donation of puhlic lands to foreigners and
corporations. :111d favored the increase of
:1grie11ltural colleges and experiiuent sta-
tions. and governmeiital prohihition of
spec11lation injurioiisly :1tl'ectingtl1e prod-
ucts of farius. Ilc also refers in det:1il to
the more 1'adic:1l n1e:1s11res proposed hy
other o1'g‘:miZ:1tio11s.

l.\Il‘l.l<l_\lIC.\"l'.\.

Ilc gives 111ucl1 attention to :1gricult11ral
implcnients :111d niacliines. traces 111i1111tel_v
the progress of invention; refers to the
early development of the reaper. wl1icl1
attracted liuropcan :1tte11tion:1t the London
e.\'l1ihitio11 in 15:31. where it had nothing
to fear froi11 the linglish who had more
than ten _vears of precedence in this line of
invention. l'p to the time of the war of
the rehellioii. fariners in New lingland

l1o11gl1t their land too 1'o11gl1 and rocky for
s11cl1 1nacl1iner_v. which has been in use in
so111c p:1rts of the Soutli scarcely two ye:1rs.
though in the \Y(‘.~t it has had an enormous
e.\'tension and universal use for tliirty years.
The progress of invention is t"aced to the
exliihition of 15713 :1t l’l1il:1delpl1i:1 and on
to that of ('hi4:1go. where the complicated
:i11d ingcnioihtartnihiiied liarvester. capable
of c11tt111g per \\‘(.‘(?ill1g‘3l1\' acres of grain iii
:1 d:L.\'. irftl to $4-7 ller ..sidc of the latest ini-
p1'o\'(‘)1{l1U w:1y from $l5~)111'poses. such as
harves'.1ver:1ge of -$4“. :1111:)ot:1toes. l111l|i11g
1-it-L-_,-( ticular talent h:1ve heen‘ions forh:1r—
vesti mucli as $l'_’.'» per week, cultivating.
Ilc’, I i"?Y>“. oftopics :1nd t-‘re iiyis have pt»

1

'c11l!'ai’ i‘:i{-.111irs ioi‘ U11‘? I:‘1|'11'ic.11‘1.u1 111 ‘Le.

c11lt11ral implements. in the el:1stic and re-
sistiiig tiher of their liickory and other
woods. :111d that while in appear:1nce deli-
cate :111d frail. they :1re cl1z11':1cterized hy
strength :1iid nice adapt:1tioi1 to their uses.
a fact which accounts for an a111111al (:_\'por—
t:1tio11 ai11o1111ti11g to millions of dollars.
Especial reference is niadc to the va1'iet_v
and excellence of .\111eric:1n windmills. Ilc
notes the ohvious fact of wasteful neglect
in the winter c:1re of f:1r111 ii11ple111c11ts and
111:1cl1ii1es. 'l‘his perfection of implements.
he holds. iiiakes good tillage possihle. wl1icl1
benefits the wo1‘k111:1l1. the fariiier. :111d the
farin. a11d contrihutcs prominently to the
pi'og'1'css:1?1<l prolits of .\n1eric:1n agricul-
t11rc.
Mll:I(‘l'l.’l‘l'l-:.\l. l£l)l'i'.\’l‘l()_\'.

.\ coiisise yet full account of 11111’ means
of agricultural educationscolleges :11id ex-
pc1'i111e11t st:1tions——-is given. with the opi11—
ion that these institiitions. the great agri-
cultural associations. farmers‘ institutes.
the ('l1aut:111qu:1 nioveinent. and that of
iiniversity e.\'tensio11. contribute greatly to
the iiicrease of theoretic :111d practical
knowledge of agricultiire.

I“.-\ Ii .\I \V.-\( 9 ES.

()f farni wages. he sa_vs that the .-\meri-
can farm l:1horer is still opposed to the in-
troduction of niachines. fearing diiniimtioii
of work and reduction of \v:1ges: yet. as
else\\'l1e1'e, f:1rn1 wages l1:1ve increased. In
1.\'!i‘_’ wages. without l)(|:l1'(l. :1vei':1ged 515.130
per month (in the Middle States $2:%.1$2,). :1iid
the Aineriean worker. in farm or f:1ctor_v.
enjoyed geiierally :1 larger salary. and his
scale of living :i1id relative independence
were greater than tl1:1tof the Iuuropean
l:1l111i'er. He gives. :1s :1 fair comparison.
:in estimate of 1241 francs per month for
tl1ei'ar1n lahoi'er in the Middle States. so
francs as the mean wages of the "ouvries“
of'Fraiice in summer. without ho:1rd. and
16 francs for the l:1hoi'er in India. also
without ho:1i'd. _

The example of the l'nitcd_ States. he
avers, as that of other countries, proves
that wages are not necessarily a mere
function‘ of suhsistenee. Agricultural
wages have been stationary. according to
oflicial statistics. for the past ten years, yet
the prices of farni prodiicts have very nia-
terially diminished, and wages have the
benefit of the difference. ‘The cost of ali-
mentary supplies, of fruits especially, is
lower in California than in other states, yet
wages of farm labor are higher. It is de-

the 1'c<l11c1iti11\‘

I‘\

l sirable. doubtless. that .»\meric:1n fariners
should have good remuneration for their
products: yet is it not 111ore important. he
:1sks. to the lahorers. :11id still more to a
de111oci'atie republic. that the l:1horer should
receive wages that permit his 111ainten:1nce
on :1 high level!

I'l'l§l.I(' l..-\.\'l),~'.

.\ chapter upon the p11hlic doi11:1i11 traces
the coloiiization :i11d settlement of the dif-
ferent regions. reviews the land laws from
the organi'/.ation of the government. :111d
e11l:1rgcs 11po11 the "l1o1nestc:1d" idea.reco_1_-—
ni'/.ing in these various laws for alienating

j.tl1cp11l1lic lands" the double thought of oc-
c11p_vi11g productivel_v the soil and consti-
tilting :1 dciuocratic society l>.'1se1l upon
petite culture. Ilc sliowstlie p1'odigalit_v
of the government in alienating the l1eri—
tage of the .\meric:1n people and giving
‘ l:1I'_I_1'c tt‘:i1'ts to lliose powcrtilll :1ssoci:1tiol1s,
oii'1*e 1':1il1'o:1ds. as well as to 1-i1iy_1-11s and
:11‘ d foreigiicrs. over-s11pplying the land
rns1'l\'ets:1111l 1'ed11ci11g land v:1lucs.

.\l( )l('l‘t i,\( ; I-IS.

H: Ilc considers in much detail the question
of indebtedness :11id111o1'tg:1ges. shows the
extent of debts h:1sed o11 lauds. l'e<'og'l1iZ1‘.s'
the f:1ct that it is :1 necessary condition of
the prevaleiit furor for l:111d speculation. as
well as of the strong desire for l1ome—
111:1ki11g. 'l'he first cl:issco11t1'il111te to the
111ohilit_v of lauded property. which is
greater in this than in anv other countrv:
the second increases hy its operations the
11:1lio11al wealtli. I11 :1 co1111t1'v where l:111d
is more ah1111dant than monev. it is :1dv:111-
t:1geo11s to tl1e11:1tioi1:111d toltlit‘ i11divid11:1l
to make it e:1s_v for the laboring man to 111--
quire l:111d. and to him the n1ortg':1ge he-
comes :111 instr11111e11t of credit. $1 hetter.
:111d perhaps the o1il_v g11:1ra11tee he can fur-
nish for deferred pa_v111e11ts. 111 this sense
tl1e iuortgage is :1 condition indispensahle
to tl1(‘pi'og‘i'('.ss' of eoloiiizalioll and culli-
v:1tio11 i11 .\meric:1.
lle states that the alienations of p11hlic
l:111ds. under the liomcstead l:1w. have
:1111o1111ted to 1:13 millionsof acres in 2.3
_ve:1rs'. a11d that the tot:1l :1lienations since
l.s1i‘.1 have hce11'_".1.3111illio11 acres. lluring
I2 y(-:1rs past: i
.\lillioI1s
Years. :1c1'e.s.
1--.2.  11.11
l‘.l.(l
‘_'1'.,h‘
;-1..i
21.11
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.\lillion.s

Years. .'11‘1‘cs.
l“*\. . . . Ill
l“l¢,_.....,. '
l‘fltl...  . '_.
t~‘.|I.. ... . 11,:
l\5‘Z...._..  I’.,'
l‘~$'3l.. .. l.

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Famous Farmer Boys.
I!

laugh at tliv.-“'.'.11i111<'l_\' \'irt11es of home lii'.-.
liut it is well sometimes to look at tl1c list
of gm-at incn who/have heen chosen hy the
people for the great olliccs of the natioii
Ilo\v many of them ca111e from the farn
:1nd were early in life familiar with wood
hills and cultiv:1ted fields?

77:: /171/z.w/.2 ('/I‘_// 7'/mix s.-iysz “.\'earl
three fourths of our hcst men c.-uue f1'o1
the tillers of the soil. For e.\'ample. [All]
coln. Hrant. (iartield. ll:1111lin. (ii-ecley.
'l‘ilden.('level:1nd. llarrison. ll.-iycs. lilaine.
and 111a11_v otl1ci's almost as conspicuous in
current events or living nicmory. .\1uong
jo11r11:1lists. lle11r_v \\'attcrson spent his
early life in rural l{cntuck_v. and .\lur:1t
IIalste:11l was horn and lived o11 a f:1r111 in
Ohio. \\'. ll. \'auderhilt was born in :1
small New .lerse_v town. and e:1rl_v e11g:1ged
in the husiness of ship cliandlcry. Jay
(Gould spent his early _ve:1rs on his f:1ther's
f:1rn1 in New York state. \\'l1ittier :i11d
Ilowells spent their youth i11 villages. the
for111er dividing his time hetween farm
work :11id studies. Follow o11t this list
for yourself, :1nd see l1o\v long it will he-
(‘(1llH'.“

Farming as a Business.

'l‘l1e life of a farmer has often heen called
:1 life ofdi'u1lgery. 'l‘here is noocc11pation
that has :1 larger ratio of inspiriting lahor
to one whose t:1stcs :1re in l1ar111o11_v with
rural life. The weak point in .»\1uerican
farming has heen the lack of appreciation
of the eipiipnients necess:1ry to :1 sliccessful
career. Too i11:1ny men have been willing
to he thieves of the soilis re.~o11rces that
they might swell their hank accounts. To
the young man or woman. fai1'ly well ed11-
e:1ted. who will :1dd some technical knowl-
edge of o11r special schools of agriclilture to
their reipiirenients. there is no more promis-
ing field of enterprise than farniingz but to
insure that satisfaction in its prosecution
wl1icl1 makes any occiipation enjoyable,
husiness spirit ii111st he put into it and toil
1111ist he sweetened hy an appreciation of
the attributes which make rural life at-
traetive.—( '/ms. ll’. (:'(//;/z'w/r/ In gill//(W/"('l,‘(I]l.
( l/I/’(‘-\‘l’ 1l[((d‘("/‘.

The world is full of wrecks. “What:
might h:1ve heen” is the inscription over
niany a doorwa_v. And the secret of the
failure usually is that this man would not
pay the price. The law is inexorable; yet
it is not unkind unless we disobey it.
Obedience to the law brings an immediate
reward in a realization of growth, and an
ultimate reward in 9. large measure of
attainment.

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'l‘herc :1i1.l'“a.11e people foolish enough to


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JANUARY 17, 1895.

 

THE GRANGE VISITOR.

     

YWemaas  Ylomx.

Songs of Seven.
Seven Times Two—RoI11an1-e.

You Bells in the steeple. ring. ring. out your clianges.
How many so ever they be.

And let the brown m1-a1low-larkis note as 111- ranges
(‘ome over. come over to 1111-.

Yet bird's clean-st carol by fall or by swcllimz
No magical S(‘X1.'~‘(,- convevs.

And bells have forgottt-n their ol11 art of telling
The fortune of future days.

“ Turn again. turn again." once 1111-_v rant: C111-1-rily.
VVl1ile a boy list!-111.-1111111110:

Made his heart yearn aizain. nuisinq so w1-:1I‘i1:~'
All by hi1nsL~1l'o11 a stone.

Poor hells. I forgive you; your good 1l.'1ys ar1- 1>\'1-1'.
And mine. they are yet to 111-:

No Iistciiiiig. no longiii-.5 shall a11gl1t.:111'.:l1ttliscoverz
You leave the story to 1111-.

The foxglovc shoots out of the gr:-1-11 inattn-11 111-111111-1'.
Prepariiig 111.-r hoods of snow;

She was idle, and slept till the su11sl1i11_v \v1-111111-r:
0. children. take lo11L:t1>;,'ro\v.

I wish. and I wisl1tl1:1ttl11- spring would :.{1‘11\\' l':1.~11-r.
I\'orlo11Lz sum1n1-rbi1l1-sol:1t1-2

And I could grow 1111lik1-1111: fox«_:lov1- a1111 :1st1-r.
For some things are ill to wait.

I wait fortl11-11ay \vl11-11111-arl11-arts shall 1li.~‘1'11\‘1-1‘.
\Vhil1-, 111-ar l1an11s are laid on 111)‘ 111-1111:

“ The child is a won1a11.tl11- book 111:1)‘ 1-l11s1- ovz-1'.
For all the lessons :1."1: said."

I wait for my st’11ry—tl11-,l’)ir1ls cannot sing it.
.\'oto111-,as 111,-, sits on 1111-11-1-1-;

The hells cannotrin1.:it,h1itlo11:.: _\1-ars, 0 111-1111: it I

Such as I wish it to 111-.
—-.l1=:.\_\' lN1.l-Jl.11\\.

The Beautiful in Farm Life.

There is some 1l:1nger tl1:1t f:1rn11-rs n1:1_v
he1-o111e so intent on inaking their l:1n1ls
pay :1i11oi1ey return tl1:1t they will lose
sight of 111111-h tl1:1t is heautiful in 1-ou11ti'_v
life. It is 11111 :ill of life to he ahle to say
:1t the end of tl1e_1'c:1r tl1:1t ‘there is :1 good
111:1rgin on the riglit side of the farni
:11-couiit. This is :ill riglit. of course: we
are on the farin as :1 hllsiiit-ss. \Ye ouglit
to 11se our host effort to n1:1l<e it pay. llut
it will i1ot do to 111:1kc 11111111-_\' the sole oh-
ject of our l:1hor. This is especially tr11e
if we have 1-l1ildre’11. Tohend every 1-11-
ei'g_\’ froin 1l:1ylig11t to 1l:1rk. froin wcckls
en11 to week's e111l. and from o11e _vc:1r‘s
heginning to anotlier. to the g1-tti11g of
inoney, is11e111111':1lizi11g to the f:1r1111-1', to
his wife. and 11o11hly so to his 1-hil1l1'en.
Life's hegiiiiiiiig is :1 inost i111po1't:1nt 1.-_1':1.
If to the young it he1-loud1-d hy tl1e glooni
of :1 l1o111e where the only ohject in living
is to get 1non1-_v. the sl1:11low 11:11-1ll_v c\'1.-1'
lifts. The whole life will he llI1f_*‘L-11 with
the i11ei11or_\' of those e:1rl_v days upo11 the
farin.

That is one great 1'1-:1so11 why so n1:111y
leave the farni. Tlieir lives in tlie old
hzniie were :1 1-1-:1sel1-ss _1_-'ri111l. u11r1-lic\'e1l
hy anytliing \\'11l1,'lit()llt‘ll€1"l 11- t1-nder si1le
of nature. \\'hat, then, sl1~.-- .=1 \ve do to
ren1e1ly this! Suppose the 11o11se is 11111
and _vo11 are not able to !1uil1l anotlier.
lleautify it as 111111-11 as you c:111. Set 11111
trees :1ro11111l it. clear away weeds, tunihle
down fences. and :1ll iiiisiglitly objects.
Let grass grow greeii :11i11 frcsli :1ho11t it.
Plant flowers in ple:1s:1nt places. And so
all over the farin. It will cost only a
little time to inake it look hc:1utiful. I11-
side, make the house lioiiielike. II:1ve
hooks a1111 papers; 11i11sic if _vo11 ca11 :1t1'ord
it: :1t eventide let there he :111 ingatliering
of all the c11il11re1i. Read :1lo111l to tliein.
:1n11 li:1ve them read also. leone of tl1e111,
and have :1 sh.-1i'e in all tl1:1t interests them.
Study natiire with tl1e111.

How many know the i1:1i11es and habits
of the hirds which flit :1ho11t in the s11111-
mer.’ \\'ho of us can tell the nanies of
the flowers which spring 1111 ever_v\vl1ere
on the farinf This 111:1y seem to some far-
mers all “nonse11se“. Froni s11ch :1 11e-
cision I most earnestly :1ppeal. The little
lives intrusted to 11s are the most precious
of all Go11‘s gifts to 11s. It lies in 11111-
power to 1lwarf them or unfold :1nd re:1cl1
heights of success we ourselves may never
attain. \\'e have no right to ent:1il upon
our children the heritage which many par-
ents do when they teach them to hate f:1rm
life. There is no place on earth w11i1-11 is
nearer to nature’s heart than the farin.
‘Ye ought to love it and teach our chil-
(lren to love it, too. Farm life pays if it
leads him who follows it one step higher
than he was :1t first. No matter whether
he die rich in money or not, if :1t last our
friends can say of us that we loved na-
ture's God and pointe11 the way 11p to Him.
——C'n/c1m'1)2‘s 11):!‘/-1,11 117»;-/(Z.

Cultivate Flowers.

lYhile the residents of the country live
in the midst of nature's adornments, they
should not permit these to repress the c111-
tivation of those things that minister to
our hiorher tastes.

V1-Iithin a few years the use of flowers
has grown enormously. Every occasion
from the cradle to the grave is marked by
evidence of this kind. Very often the re-
lations between two ersons are such that

‘flowers are the on] t ing that may be sent

with propriety. hey may re resent large
value to be sure, but a Va ue t at is entire-
ly lost with their rapid fading. The same
mone put into an article whose value
Woul not be so fleeting would never be

- sent b a cultivated man or accepted by a

refine and right-minded Woman. It may

1

he lai11 1lown as a general rule that it is al-
ways in good form to send flowers to any
one with whom pleasant. friendly, and so-
cial relations exist. On the other hand. it
mav he said with truth that flowers are
1-arielv other than accoptalile. — Lu/I11,-.-'
//ri////1' -/III//'/It//.

How My College Training Helped Me
In The Kitchen.

If any of you liave heen 11-ft 1111_1tl1ei'l(-ss
for :1 St‘-£15111]-\'()ll have surely realized the
alinost :1hsoli1t1- iiecessitv of knowing some-
thing of liouseliold (‘L‘t)l'l()lll.\'. 1 1-ertaiiily
rc:1liz1-.11 the fact this s11111111cr when mother
left for :11: 1-xt1-111 lc1l visit to the w1,-ste1"11‘c11:1s’_t.
:1111l l1-ft 1111-. in part. 11o11sc—ke1-per. ll1ei1 it
was that I was i111presse1l with tl1c_ true
worth of the work we pe1'for111e11 i1_1the
l{i1cl]cn l;1l1or:1tory. 1111111-1't11c sup1-rvisioii
of Mrs. K1-1lzi1-: :1111l also of the l1,-1-turcs1_111
liouseliold 1-co11o111_v. 111-live-rc1l hy her in
the 1-lassi-oo111 1-:11-11 n1or11i11g.

To h:1k1- good hr1-ad and p:1st_r_v. to pre-
pare :1 1leli1-:111_- dish of any k1i11_l. oi’. 111
gc111-1':1l. to cook :111 edible 1111-:11. is 2111 :1rt
that is :11-11uir1-11 hy 1-xpericncc :1i11l stu1l_v.
just as 111111-11 as to h1-conic :111 1-xlpcrt inu-
sician 111-111:1nds pr:11-ticc and sp1-1-1:11 :1ppli-
cation to that art.

\\'c l1-:1r111-11 that to he :1 good cook re-
1p1ir1-s "inucli tastiiig and no wasting.
:1111l 5ll:ll{(*H])(‘2ll't‘ says: "The hcst cooks are
tl1osc that lick the niostz“ so o11r tasting
may sin-1-lv 111-, forgiveii us. We were
l2lll._S_"ll1ll()\l t11111a1\'1- th1-111-st ycast. hake
tl11- hest hre:11l. :111d the host i11o1lc of put-
ting togetlicr tl1c ('1)l1S1ltll(_‘lIl.\‘()f :1 c:1k1-‘or
any otl11-r fori11 of past1'_v. l'n1ler o11r 111-
strut-tor's dire1-tion. we l1avor1-11 t111- soups
:1111l fri1-11 the 1loug11nuts a111l p1'1-p:1rc1l the
v1-g1-t:1hl1-s for th1-t:1l1l1-.

i\\'c 1e:1i'n1-11 not only l1ow to s1-t 1111- table
nic1-lv. h11t also l1ow to he waiters. \Y1l€ll
we s1-1'v1-11 in this 1-:1pz1ci1_\' we \\’1.'I'c S111‘
tioncd wh1-i'1- w1- could hcst see wl11-11 any
p:1rtic11l:1r thing w:1s1l1-sirc1l. :1111l :1tt1-nded
to this want as 1p1i1-kly :1111l :1s 1p1ictl_v as
possible. \\'1- hrouglit to tl1ct:1hl1_-.tl1c dif-
ferent courses as they w1-rc to he s1-1've11,
:1111l it was 11ot long 1-rc we 1lis1-ov1-r1.-11 that
waiting upon 1111-tahlc \v:1s:1ls1) :111 art ac-
1p1i1'cd h_v c.\'pei'ie11c1-.

(i11111lf11111l., properly pr1-pai'1-11. is 1-o111111-
1:iv1:totl11- l1c:1ltl1 :1111l goo11 spirits of 1-vci'y
i111livi1l11:1l. :1111l 111-re i11 our ow11 1-ol|1-g1-. i11
1111- kitclicn l:1hor:1toi'_v. isjust tl11.- pl:1c1- to
:1c11l1ii‘1,- :1 l<11owlc1lge11fl1ous1-hold1-conoi11_v.
—---/1'/'1/r‘/1 .\'1-1'/'r.\'f /I/1 I‘://I.\'l‘.\‘ [I/;1(/I/.\‘//‘/‘I///'.\‘f_

Electricit; ~—: the Kitchen.

.\ S111-\‘1-y of \\'l1:lt [Ins Hes-11 l‘1':11-ti:-a1l_v
.isl1e1l Tlius I-‘:11’.

‘\'(‘0lU])-

lilectric ~—.,-okiiig is now 1'()lllll1: into
:1 1-o111111ei'1-1:11 stage. \\'1- nuist. of co 'se,
in ’cle1't1'l1' l1e:1ti‘11;;7. '..1‘=1r-i L’: .' .1l'.' ‘.111-
waste i11 1-o11ve1'ting the coal at the central
station into h1-:1t 111111 the heat into steani
:1111l the steam i11tocui'1'ci1t. :1i11l the inci-
dental heat losses of linetr:1ns111issio11. liut
let 11s suppose we :1i'c waiting for :1 siinple
hre:1kf:1st. and score 11ow11 the itcins rolled
11p on o11r :11-1-o1111ts 1-urrent hy Chloe. in
the kitclien, while slie is 1-o11v1-rting the
raw 111:1terial of the hutclicr and grocer in-
to a i11:1iiuf:1cture1l pro1l111-t that will meet
the approbation of o11r palates.

First let 11s suppose she is operating the
coal range. Item: one h11n1lle of ki1i11—
ling to start her tire. 2 cents: item: one
half of 1l:1ily 1-oal outgo (one ton pei'
month), 1l1t'ellt.s'2t()t:ll, 12 cents. Let 11s
tlirust o11t of view for the present why she
uses so 111111-11 coal. reiiieinhering only the
c:1r1li11:11 :11111 iniperious fact that she .1 gets
aw:1y with one ton of coal in one inonth to
operate her range, for which our goo1l c:1sli
falls with :1 cold, dull plunk into the pock-
ets of the 1-o:1l h:1rons. Now let us use elec-
tric utensils for the saine work. \\'e :1i'e
11:1vii1g chops, soft hoile11 eggs, gri1l11le
cakes a1i11 coti'ee—:1sii11ple, wholesonie an1l
frugal 1liet if Chloe c:1i1 1-ut1lown the heat
tai'itl'. \Ye will tirst heat two quarts of
water, which will fix inatters for the coflee
ai111 the eggs; item: -lainperes :1t 1 111 volts,
ten minutes, 1 1-2} cents.‘ Item: Cliops,
T aiiiperes at 1141 volts for ten minutes. 
cents. Item: 1.’) griddle cakes, .3 aniperes
at 1111 volts for ten minutes, .1 1-3-1 cents,
making the aggregate cost for heat 4 2-?»
cents, :11 the end of which time otf goes
the current :1111l the current :1n11tlieFex-
pense stops.

The figures here used are h:1se1l on the
use of the cotfeepot, hoiler :1n11 griddle,
electric utensils, a1i11 are siihstantiallv cor-
rect. Their iinport is simply this," that
there are two sides which must he consid-
ered in the iiiatter of electric heating.

There are wastes, of course, h11t ‘where
in human experience are there not ?——hut
they are otfset by correspon1ling wastes
under any other system of heating. Our
kitchen range sends n111ch of its heat up
the chimney; that is a necessary waste for
which Chloe is not to blame. But the
range fire takes time to get under way; it
requires kindling, or something which is
tantamount in outlay thereto; it must be
maintained practically all day (and some-
times all night), and then Chloe drops in
with her personal equation as uncontrolla-
ble as characteristic, and for easy manage-
ment keeps a roaring fire all day and keeps

 

the janitor husy :it the coal hiii.
we must look at the matter as :1 question
of all day or all week etliciency, or rather
111€fl}<'1€I11‘_v. :1n1l liere is where ele1-tri1-
heating gets in its line work. It 1loes all
its work 111111-kly :1n1l well. The kev is
turned, when. presto! tliiiigs begin :1; siz-
zle, so that its wastes are active onlv while
the <'f’0lx’lI1g opei':1tio11s are in full li1l:1st.
It is 1-oi1i111o11 for sonie people to cry
1lown gas as :1i1 1-xp1-iisive fuel. For soine.
purposes it is. lint with Chloe :it the throt-
tle it 1-a111lis1-1111111 coal hy;1Iil11-1':1l 111argi11.
and L-le1‘ti'i1‘ll.\’ 1':1l1 f11ll1)\\':1s:1 1'los1-. st-1'1i1I11l.
while in the 111:1tt1-r of1-o11veni1-111-e tl11- l:1t—
ter stands l1c:11l a111l sl11111l1l1-rs :11111\‘e :1]!
other 1111-tl1o1ls. (lthcr inci1lcntal ol1's1-ts
}lll}_Tlll 111- 11ot1-11. such as the 1-1-nt1‘:11iz:1tio11
of t111-111-:1t :1t t111- 1-.\':11-t spot wl11-r1- it is
w_:int1-11. No wast1-s in 111-ating 11p :1 h1'oh-
1l1i1g:1gi:111 outfit. such :is :1 1-:111,1_-1-. wl11-1~1- ;1
.‘~'lll:.lll on1- will 1l11:1s\\‘1-ll. The oven 111--
scrih1-11 will furnisli for $1 1-1-nts tl11- 111-at
iieccssai'_v to s1-nd to 1111- tahlc :1 tiv1-—po11111l
roast of 111-1-f i11 t11i1'ty-liv1- 111in11t1-s. oi’ :1
twelv1-—po11n11 tui‘k1-y in forty-live 111in11t1-s:
that is to say. the currciit is tlowing for
those p1-rio1ls:t111- actual h:1l<i11_1_-1 or ro:1st—
ing go1-s on l1111g1-1'. 111-1-:111s1-. :1ft1-1' tl11- ov1-11
is 111-:1t1-11 to 31111111-,1_r‘1'1-1-s or 1n111'1-. as 11--

. ‘l“l1't‘<1. th1-1-urr1-11t 111:1)’ 111- cut 1111' and 1111-

proccss of 1-ooking will conti11111- until 1111-
roast is 1lon1-."

It is not s:1f1- to turn 1-l1-1-tric 111-:1ti11}_-‘
§tl11\\'11_. (live it :1 1-l1:111c1-.hy:1ll1111-ans. an11
«in spite of the 11111111-ro11s losscs with \\l1i1-h
it is cl1arg1-11 it 111:1y:11't1-1' all prov1- :1 good
11111111-stic l1:1111h11aid1-n.~/1'/» r-//-/«-:// /1’:-1'/1 H‘.

The Pay of Journalists.

111 New York (‘i1_v. tl11,-s:1l:11'i1-s:1r1.- l1igl1—
_-1' tl1:111 :111ywl11-re else. p:1rtl_v h1-1-:1us1- of
the superior st:1n11:1r1l of p1'oli1-i1-11c_v. an1l
partly 111-cziuse the cost of living is g1'1-:1t1-1'
1111-1'1-tl1:1n in :111y otl11-r |:1rg1-i city‘. ()111-
e11itor-i11-1-l1i1,-f has 1111- san11- s:11:1rv' as 1111-
p1'esi1l1-nt of the l'nit1-.11 >'t:1t1-s. >'.‘{11_o11o p1-r
_v1-ar. :1n1l o1l11-rs from 5111.111!!! to $12.-
llllll. o1'111o1'1- than 1111-111111-rs of 1111- 1-:1hinct.
i\l:111:1gi11g 1-ditors :11'1- paid froni >410“ to
515111101‘ \\'1'1-1x’. 111' :1 111-111-1' 1'o111p1-11s:11io11
than that of st.-i1:1to1's :1111l 1'1.-111'1-s1-11t:11iv1-s
in 1-o11_1_v‘i'1-ss. lC1lito1'i:1l writcrs gct froin
$511 to $7.‘. as :1 rul1-. and iii 1-:1s1-s of rare
ability as much as 1111- :1v1-r:1g1- s:1l:11'y of :1
111:1i1:1gi11g 1-ditor. t‘it_v 1-ditors 1'1-1-1-ive
fi'1>111»$1ioto$T.'> p1-1' w1-1-11'. :1111l i11 :1 fcw i11-
sta111-cs $1011. The pay of 111-ws 1-1li1o1'sis
:1ho11t 1-1p1:1l to that of1-it_\'1-1lito1's. l.it1-i'—
:1r_\'. 1111-:1t1'i1-:11. and 1nusi1-:1l critics :1v1-1':1g1-
$7111 per wt-ck. (‘opy 1'1-:11lci's:1i'ep:1i11f1'o111
$11) to $1.7 p1-1' w1-1-11'. 111-po1't1-rs 1-:11'11 all
_lhc w:1y fro111 $1.? to $1311 per w1-1-11'. with a11
i1vci':1ge of $411. and sp:11-1,--wi'itei's of par-
tic11l:1i' t:1l1.-nt 11.-ivc h1-1-11 k11ow11 to 111:1l<c as
much as $12.“: p1-r wcck. thougli tl11- limita-
~"-?>'1 of11-pi1's :1i11l the pr1-ssure of con1p1-ti~
tion usually keep their i111-omcs down
:1i'o11111l those ofthc 111-st paid 1'1-poi't1.-rs.
T111-re :1rc sonic \\‘i'i11-i‘s for s_v111li1':1t1.-s of
newsp:1p1-rs. 1111-11 with 11111111-s that liavc :1
1-1-rt:1in valuc. wl1o1-arn f1'11111-$.".,111N1t11$13,-
H1111 per _v1-:11‘: :1111l tl1cr1-:11'1- oth1-rs of tirst—
class 11-1-l1i1ical 1-:1p:11-ity in \':1i'ious lines
whose s:1l:1ri1-s 111-1-:1si1>11:1ll_\' re.-11-11 $71.11‘ '1 1.
The p:1_v of all 1-lasst-s of jou1'11:1lists :1v1-1'-
ages 111 per cent lower i11 lil‘1)11l\’l_\'ll than in
I\(‘\\' Y()l'l{ (ll1_\'."-( '1//;/1//in //1‘///‘IV /lV/'//_1/ /in
./1///I/II;-lq /‘1//-Hm.

The Nicaragua Canal.

(hie of thc tirst 1p11-stions to secure :1
hearing upon tli1- 1'1-:1ss1-111hling of congr1-ss
in l)1,-c1-111111-1'. was that of the status of the
1i1uch-h11fl'1-t1-1l i\'i1-:1ragu:1 canal project.
The canal has :1 stauncli :1111l patriotic dc-
fender in Heiiator .\lo1'g:1n. To spc:1k in
general tcrins. :i1i1l not to enter 1'11-.rc upon
the 1lis1-11ssioi1 of details. it would sccin :1
clear proposition that the political :1n1l ti-
n:1ncial :u1t11ority:1111l control of the l'nitc1l
Statesigov1-rn111c11t ought to 1lomin:1tc the
at1':1irs of the .\'i1-:11':1g11:1 1-:1nal. It is tr11c
tl1:1t .\'ic:1rag11:1 is not :1 portion of the 17111-
ted b't:1tes: :1n11 _vct in :1 v1-ry i111port:1nt
sense any 1lecp-water channel :1cross (‘en-
tral Ainerica would constitute :1 most essen-
tial part of o11r n:1tio11:1l coast lin1-. ling-
lan1l‘s int1-r1-st in the S111-z canal on :1ccou11t
of her hold upon In1li:1 has :1 very shadowy
v_:1li1lity in the nature of things. when coin-
pared with the proprictyof :1‘ f11ll control
by the L'iiite1l bftates of the .\icar:1gu:1 ca-
nal. For, after :1ll, Ii11lia isa great Asiatic
eiiipii'e pertaining in no way to the integ-
rity of the United Kingdom of (ii'1-at Brit-
ain and Ireland, and probably destin1-.11 in
the early future to resuinc the autonoiiiy
which British conquest has s11spen1le11. The
control of the IV ic:1ragu:1 canal might hetter
he co11ipare1l with that of the Irish Chan-
nel as forming an essential route between
parts of one sovereign state.—F;-um, “T /1e
T/Le I’/-mg’/-¢».s-s of Me I171/-/1!" in ./1uz111u-g/
R1-micz/.1 of I31-z:z'e211.v.

A man oucrht to be more than his bi1si-
ness. He s ould count for something in
the community by reason of his sound
judgment, his weight of character, his ub-
lic spirit.—-ll'2f:s-co-7185711 Journal of E aca-
tion.

V1-'ithout ability to express thought edu-
cation is weak.——J[z'.s-s Lat/17-op, Grand

Rapids.

5'11 that  .

: :1lo111l i11 his great strcngtli.
f strong. 111111-1-113" 111- roared. "I

The Juvenflea

The Wind and the Sun.

T111- hlustcring wind was stalking 11p
:1111l 1lowi1 :111 open 111-ld o111- day. 1'1-joiciiig
"()h. I am
l1i'1-atlic.

' :1111l the gi-:1ss1-s bow down h1-fo1'1- 1111-. I

. sti'oii;I. too.

wavc my l1:1i11l :111d the 1'1-1-ds :1111l 1111-
h11sl11-sh1-n1l or s11:1p. I c:111 111-1-2111 even
1111- stout t1'1-1- hr:1111-111-s 1111-1-1-lv hv takiiig
hold of 1111-111. 011. yes. I lain. strong-,
Who is stro11g1-1'!" 1 I

.\s 111- stopp1-11 :1nd his rough. ro:11'i11g
toncs 1111-11 away :1 g1-nilc voice said: "1 am
l’1-rliaps st1'o11g1-i' than \'11||;
who l\'ll1)\\'.~‘f" '

"Wlio is that." ro:11'1-1l 1111- wind. “It is
1. 1111- suii." s:1i1l 1111- s:1n11- mild \'11l1'1‘.
"Y11ll.~1l‘11l1}_"l" .~:1i1ltl11-wi111l. “You. with
_\‘ou1' soft w:1_vs and g1-11tl1- s111il1-sf (‘an
you i11o\1- 1111- 111igl1t_\' win1ln1ills{ (‘an
you with :1 f1-w tou1-111-s i':1is1- 1111- wild
w:1\‘1-s upon 1111- o1-1-an! (':1nyo11 111-121111111-
sti'1 111g oak. th1- l{lll;_"11f 1111- f111'1-st!"

"l:1111st1'o11,«_-‘." said 1111- sun :11_-':1i11. ‘'1
can do n1:1ny tl1i11;_rs111:1t you can 11ot do.
Shall we try -.1111‘ st1'1-11_1_»'tl1.’ Yon1l1-1' 1-on11-s
:1 t1'av1-ll1-1' w1-.-1ri11g :1 111-:1\‘,v 1’l11:11\'. 1.1-t ll.\
s1-1- whicli of 11s 1111: for1-1- him to l;1\- i1
:1si1l1-:1111l :11_11'1-1- that 1111- o111- \\1111 does it
sliall 111-1-:1ll1-11 1111- st1'o11g1-1'."

The wind could not 111-lp 1_v'ivi1ig :1 p11-:1s1-11
wl1istl1- at this 1-:1s_\' task. for 111- tliought
that 111- should pi'1>l1:1l1ly_1_1‘1-1 tl11- t1':1v1-111-ris
cloak 1111' hy o111- strong glist.

"Yo11 n1:1_v 111:1l<1- 1111- lirst trial.“ s:1idtl11-
sllii.

.\w:1_v w1-nt 1111- wiml. 111- 1111-1 1111- trav-
1-l|1-r111-:11'tl11- n1i1l1ll1-oftl11- li1-l1l and 111-g:111
to tug at 1111- 1-111.-111. ltll:1pp1-1l:1h11ut:1lit-

tl1- :1111l thc t1':1v1-ll1-1' f:1st1-111-11 it 111or1-
s1-1-111'1-l_v. Tl11- wind 111_1_r_1__r1-11 again :1111l
l1ow11-11 I11-1'1-1-ly. Th1- t1'av1-ll1-1' took 1111-

(‘1l}_"('s of 1111- 1-lo.-111' i11 l1isl1:1n1l.s:1n1l w1':1pp1-11
it 1-los1-ly about 111111. .\}_-‘:1i11 1111- \\in1l
pull'1-1l and pulled a11d 111g,-_-1-11. The hot-
ton1oft111- 1-loak 1111111-1'1-11. hut 1111- 111:111
only 111-ld it 111o1‘1- .-11111 l1111l'1- 1-los1-ly :1h11ut
l1i111. “\Ylio would l1:1v1- tl111ll_5_"1ll 1111-11-
was sucli :1 wi111l to1l:1_\' S" .~.'lltl tl11-t1':1v1-111-1'.
:1.s 111-sl1'l1g_1_3'l1-11 o11.

Tl11- wi11d k1-pt t1'yi11_1_-' for son11- ti1111-. hut
without s111-1-1-ss; and 111- w.-1s1p1it1- l'1':11l_\'l11
givc 11p wl11-11 1111- sun 1-lai1n1-11 his turn.

“I 1lon'ts1-1-l1ow_vo111':1111lo :1n_vtl1i11g at
11113“ said 1111- wind. "for 111_v :111gri1-st l111\\'ls
:1nd 111_\'1'1111gl11-st pulls l1.-1v1- only n1:1d1- l1i111
hold l1is1'lo:1l\' 1111- 111o1'1-ti_1_-'l1ll_v."

"1 had not 1111-:111t to try that v\:1y." said
1111- s1111. ".\11g1-1' :1111l 1'o111_»'l1111-ss :11'1- not
what 1 shall 11s1-.“ T111-n 1111- sun sn1il1-11
down upon 1111- t1':1\1-ll1-1'. Not :1 s1111i11l
w:1sl11-:1i'1l. hut softly. s11-:11lil.v. sil1-1111.1‘.
1111- sun k1-pt sl1i11in_1_1'. Tl11- t1':1\'1-ll1-1' who
l1:11l 111-1-11 using all his st1'1-11gtl1 to 111-1-p his
1-l11:1k:11-out 111111. now‘ found 1111- air 111111-I
again. :111d w:1ll\'1-1l on 111o1'1- 1-asily. Soon
111- loos1-111-11 his hold of tl11- 1-lo:1k. T111-
sun kept on sl1ii1ii1}_-' softly. s11-:1dil_\' :111d
sil1-11tl_v :1111l tl11- tr:1\'1-ll1-1' h1-g'a11 tothink his
1-l11:1l(t1111 tl1i1-11. so 111- u11f:1st1-111-11 it :11111
tl1r1-w it op1-11. Still th1- sun 111-pt o11 shin-
ing. soft ly. st1-a1lil_v. sll1-11tl_\‘.

.\t l:1st tl11- tr:1\’1-ll1-1' said. “l1owsl1*:111g1-I
.\lit1l1- whilc :1go l 1-ould not hold my
1‘l11:ll\’t1>1) 1'los1-l_\'. and now I :1111 gl:11l to
throw it otl'1-11tii'1-l_v.“ So s:1yi11g. 111- took
1111' his 111-:1v_v 1'l11:1l\' :1111l sat 1low11 1111111-1' :1
t1'1-1-1111-ool hi111s1-lf i11 1111- s11:1d1-.

.\nd 1111- wind s:1w :1111l :11-k11owl1-1lg1-11
tl1:1ttl11-,g1-i1i:11 sun \\'as ind1-1-11 pow1-rful
a111l had won tl11- titl1- of "thc .stl'11i1f_r1‘l':"
for without 11ois1-. witl1o111 hlustt-1'. witl1o11t
:1i'1g1-1'.tl11:s1111 had su1-1-1-1-111-11 in 111aking
t111-tr:1v1-ll1-rt:1k1- 1111' his 1‘l1):il\' wl11-11 tl11-
win1l h:11l found it i111]1ossihl1-.----/1’:fu/M /»_1/
/:I////.//.// /I/I///a\'.\'/I/I /.//  ‘.(l!//'/I/‘N TI’/II‘///,‘.

Puzzles.

[ .\ll r1-a1l1-rs of T111-1 (i11.\.\'1;1-: \'Isi'1*oi::1r1-invitn-111111-1111-
trib11t1-:1111l s1-1111 solutioiis to this 111-p.'1rt1i11-111. .\11Ilr1-ss
all co1111111111i1-,atio11s r1-l:1t_in1..' 1_o 111127.11-s to 'I'l1o1na< _\. .\lil-
lar. ."1l1Ul2tl1Str1-,1-1, I):-11-on. .\I11'l1i1,'a11.|

Solutions to piizzlcs 1)1-1:1-111111-r 311. l‘~‘.11.
24. Day-li;zl11. 271. po111l1-r.

soi,v1-;i1s.
t‘o1npl1,-t1-, ()liv1-r 01111-13:1. I111-on1pl1-t1-. tirace l§;111k..-11111

No. ".111, Zl'l)I'tl.

D1-X11-1'.
213’ - /.'rr)1’.1"I:'11/'1/.
I11 man. not in ba_\'.
111 111-ar1.no1.i11 1r;1.v.
I11l\lay.11ot111.l11111-.
I11 y1est1-r1la,\'..z1111l in tune.
F1n11so1111-111111-.' 1.:oo11to1-at.
(}r1Im/ /\’11/1111.1. M. I’.
24).-~-I‘/1!/f .\'1[mIr1'.
1. An aniiiial. ‘_‘. Sc:-nt. :4. Spoil. 1. 01111-st.  A
l1-tn-1'.
(}11_grz’/1171-11. (1'1~:<1RGE.
30. —.S'.1/mrr’.
1. To pull. 2.’. A liquid. 25. Good to eat. 1. Pariitlise.

Answers must reacli us by February 17>. l.\9.'1.
PRIZE (WJNTEST.

For the largest and best h:«_1tcl1 of new puzzles r1-1:1-iv1-11 by
us before March 1 we will 1.:1vc“ Allan‘.-1 Wife," by Hag-
1;ar1l.

MAIL BAG.

All 1-ca11ers of this paper are invited to compete for prizes
as ofi'e1-ed above. We hope you will make a success of it.
so let all compelt.

OLIVER OMEGA (N. 0. La.) tlianks, for list. (‘an‘t you
send some medium sized forms for this department ‘.’ Try
and see if you can’tget all the N. 0. puzzlers interested in
this department. .\'Axcv LEE.

According to the report of the Agricul-
tural Department the adulteration of food,
drinks and druos of the country amount to
15 per cent. ‘he annual expenditure for
these things is estimated at #136,? 60,000,000,
and 15 per cent of that shows the consu-
mers are paying over $1,000,000,000 :1 year
for the privilege of injuring their health.

It is Worse than robbery.——Det7-oit Journal.

  

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THE dfifillldfi WISITQR

CHARLOTTE, MICH.

The Ollicial Organ of the Michigan State Grange.

Published on the First and Third Thursdays of Each Month

EDITOR :
Kenyon L. BUTTERFIELD, Luvsma, MICH.

§“’To whom all exchanges and all articles for puhliczftion
should be sent.

MA.\'AGERs AND l’nIsTEIzs:
PERRY «G Mcekarn, CI-uIR1.orrE, MICH.
To whom all subscriptions and advertising should be sent.

TERIVIS 50 Cents a Year, 2.‘; Cents forsix Rloiitlis.
In Clubs of 20 more 40 (joints per Year each.

Subscriptions payable in advance, and discontinued at
expiration. unless renewed.

§'Reinittances should be by Registered Letter, Money
Order or Draft. Do not send stumps.

@'To insure insertion all notices should be mailed no
later than the Saturday preceding issue.

Entered :11 the Postoflice at Charlotte. Micli., as Second
Class matter.

‘£’vE"'NEx'r ISSUE Fi:ni1L'.1nv T.

OUR WORK.

The following has been approved by the State (iraiiuc as
a fair statemeiit of the objects tlio(ira1i;ze of Micliigaii
has in view, and the special lines along which it proposes to
work. We hope every (iramze in the state will work
earnestly in l these departinonts, so that by a morc
united effort we shall rapidly increase our niiinhr.-rs.
extend our influence, and attain nioro and more coinplcte-
ly those ends which we seek.

UUR onJE('T
is flio Organization of the Farmers for their own lu1provo-
ment. Financially, Socially, M1,-iitally, lllorally.

VVe believe that this iuiprovcineiit can in large nit-asiiro
be brought about:

1. (a.) By wider individual study and general dis-
cussion of the business side of farming and home kc:-pinir.

(b.) By C()~O])(‘|'£lll()ll for financial advantage.

2. (a.) By frequent social Lratlir-riiiizs, and the llllllL{ll|l£.',’
together of farmers with farmers, and of farmers with
people of other occupations.

(b.) By striving for a purer Inanliood, a iiobler woman-
hood. and :1 universal brotlicrhm .

3. (a.) By St1l(l)'llll.‘,' and proinotinpz the iiuprovcinciit of
our district schools.

(b.) By patronizing and aiding the .\L'I‘lCllll'1ll‘Hl (‘ol-
leges and Experiment Stations in their 11-gitiiiiatc Work of
scientific investigation, practical cxpcriiiir-iit. and educa-
tion for rural pursuits.

((3.) By inaintainingz and attending farmers’ iiistitutl-s;
reading in the Reading ('ircle: I-stahlisliiiiu and using
circulatiiig libraries; buying more and better iiuigaziiics
and papers for the home.

4. la.) By tlilfiisiiig a kiiowlcdge of our civil institutions,
and tcacliiiig the high duties of citizenship.

(b.) By demanding the ent'oreenient of L'xl.<flll_L' statutes,
and by discussiiig, advocating. and trying to sccurt-, such
other state and national laws as shall tend to the general
justice, progress and morality.

A Word From The New Managers.

The undersigned, with this issiic, :1ss11i1ic
the business in:1n:1gcmcnt :1nd publication,
for the State Grange, of the \'isiToi1 for
the term of two years. It is :1 fact known
to iiicmbcrs of the (ir:1iige that the Yisiron
for some time has not been paying (5,\'])(‘I1.\'—
es. No one c:1n assuiiie :ill the l:1bor i11ci-

. dent to getting o11t :1 newspaper in which

they l1:1ve no pcciiniary iiitcicst. without :1
g11:1r:1ntcc from those in whose interest the

iapcr is run. :1nd such :1 gu:1r:uitcc we
liavc. "The laborer is worthy of his hire,"
and we have :1 conti':1ct gu:1r:1ntccing our
pay whether the paper is prosperous or not.
But the point we wish to imprcss upon
each member of the grangc in this state,
:,1i1(_l11pon friends of the cause in other
states. and upon f:1rincrs and the friends of
farnicrscvcrywlicrc, is this: \Yc propo.~,:c
to use our very best efforts to make the
Visiroit sclf—s11pporting. the s:1iiie:1s though
it were our own property. “'iih this
:1ss11r:1iicc on our part wli:1t m:1_v we not
re:1son:1blyexpect from you! You num-
ber I-3,5111), we number only :1 singlc firm.
It yo11r paper, the oiiicial organ of the
i'eprcsent:1tivc men of the best class of
people on c:1rth—the very backbone of our
nation. Are you going to let gm/2' mm.
[I(I/I4’/‘ run bchind! The writer has li:1d
thirty years of active farni life :1nd h:1s
been :1 nicmber of the (‘xrange for twenty
years. He believes with the utiiiost con-
fidence that the 3,500 present siibscribers
will rally as one iuan to the support of
their paper. See to it that your subscriptions
do not expire. lf yo11 h:1ven't anything
yourself to advertise, ti'y :1nd get someone
else to do so. It. is the best :1dvertising
medium for price charged of :1ny paper
piiblished. The price of the VIsiToi< will
remain as lieretofore, 51,! cents :1 year.
strictly cash in :1dv:1nce. To clubs of
twenty—tive or more, sent at one time, 411
cents. Let us be generous, each to the
other. Send in your cash promptly and we
will gu:1ra.ntee that your VIsiToi1 for 1895
will be better than ever. Be sure to look
at the date after your name on the l:1bel—
it indicates the time to which you have
paid. VVe send this copy of the VISITOR
to many whose time has recently expired.
If we do not hear from you before our
next issue your name will be dropped, as
it is absolutely essential that this small
price he paid in advance. Are you willing
to co—operate with us in o1ir efforts to make
the year 1895 an auspicious one for the
Grange and for its org:1n—the Visiroit!
Let us all join together

“For the cause that needs assistance.
For the wrongs that need resistance.

For the future in the distance.
And the good that we can do.”

Are you all ready’!
Fraternally and Faithfully Yours,
PERRY & MCGRATH.

Special Notice.

Hereafter please direct all subscriptions,
advertising, and other business, to GRANGE
VISITOR, Charlotte, Mich.; and direct all
matter intended for publication to K. L.
Butterfield, Lansing, Mich.

THE

“'h:1t are you living for!

The f:1riiier who l:1bors for money alone
is to be pitied.

A bill has been introduced in the legisla-
ture providing for “the vacation of ceme-
terics." “'e didn't know before that ceme-
teries ever took :1 v:1c:1tion!

The work of the (irr:1nge consists in sub-
serving the best interests of the f:1rmer,
tin:1nci:1lly, socially, mcntzilly, morally.
“'ill you join in the work!

“'c love to say that if :1 poor iii:1ii is
good he is _i11st:1s good as :1 rich man. ‘
Do we also feel that if :1 rich man is good
he is just as good as :1 poor m:1n!

If the training of children received as
iii11cli scientific :1t’tcntion from parents as is
given to the reiiring of fancy stock :1iid the
tr:1iniiig of trotting liorses, we would be :1
hcalthicr. better. wiscr, :1nd li:1ppicr people.

The (irange is bro:1d. It tries to re-.1ch
out tow:ird every side of :1 ni:1n‘s n:1t11i'e.
It's too bro:1d for some people who c:1n't
see around the edge of :1 silver doll:1r, and
for other people who want. nothing but‘
:1n otlice.

s

Anarcliy does not consist in c:1rryiiig :1
red flag. The essence of :1n:1rchy is the__
disobedience :1nd disregzird of l:1w. The
:1n:ircliist does not need to have 2111 1111-.

 
    
  
 
  
   
   
   
    
  
  
  
   
   
  
   
   
  
 
   
   
   
   
 

GRANGE VISITOR.

already acquired 11 national reputation in
certain lines of work. The zirticle on
Weeds is an entertaining and thorough
discussion of the many phases of :1 question
too seldom discussad in farm papers and at
fzirniers gatherings,

“ e are very fortuinite in having articles

they will be fully :1pp1'eci:1ted.

 

A Word to Patrons.

The VIsIToa is still your paper. It is
still ownetl by the State (lrange. It will
continue to be conducted on (ii-unge line,‘-_
It is to be even better as :1 (lrange p:1pcr
than it has been in the past few ye:11's.

The Visiroit therefore cl:1ims your sup-
port iii subscribing for the paper :1nd in
securing new s11bscribei's_ in and out of the
(irzinge, bec:1usc.

1. It is your paper.
are resposiblc for it.

2. ‘No l’:1tron can :1tl'ord to live without
re:1ding :1 good (lrziiige paper,

3. The Visirou the best (‘irzinge paper
in the country.

4. ltneedsyour support. You would be
s11i'prised to know how iii:1ny l’:1trons there
are that neglect to support the Visiroit.
who are absolutely inditi'creiit to its fzitc.
As :1 matter of fact the (irange of Michi-
g:1ii would soon be :1 sickly :1tl':1ir if the
Visiroit should cease public:1tion. Thero-
fore please renew now if your time is out.
:1iid get :ill the siibscribcrs you can, "for

You o\v1i it and

pronoiinccablc name :1iid possess wild eycsg. the good of the ()r1lcr."

and talk like :1 lun:1tic. He may be
“one of 11111‘ lczuling citizens," and his
oflc1iseiii:1_\' consist in pzirticipziting in
mob l:1w or in defying the pl:1ii1 intent of
the l:1w. But he /um :1n:1rchy, :1iid he
should be scnt to the patriotic liospiial foi'
the treatinent of :1n:1rcliy. It's :1 coiitagioiis
disease :1n_d needs heroic trcatiiieiit.

A Tribute.

lll an article quoted from the ('mmt/'_I/
//«x/N‘/wmr/u, printcd on page two, is :1
tribute to thc (iruiige that is of especizil
value bcc:111sc it comes from an intelligent
:11id uiibinscd sourcc. \Ye conimciid the
entire :1r’1icle to our rczidcrs, :1iid we es-
pecially (-2111 the attention of reiiders not
menibcrs of the (irange to what is said
of the l’:1trons of l'l11.sb:1l1d1‘y. It's true.
everv word of it. ' .

" .4 - .- .--...._sA — M
Harvest.

If you have tittcd the l:1iid, :11id sown
good seed, your (irange liarvcst is at
h:1nd. Now is the feast of ing:1tliei'ing.
Are you to attend the feast, in your
(irzuige! The next three inonths will
i11e:1surc your work for the your probably,
zit least the crc:u11 of it. But doubtless
you don‘t need urginot. You :1re proba-
bly :1w:1ke, eager for ziction, :1nd:1re pl:1n-
iiing for :1 successfiil winter's work. llereis
hoping you iiiay plan wisely :1iid execute
siiccessfiilly.

Are You Neglectful?

llave you begun the Farni Home Read-
ing (‘ircle yet! This course is for you.
So are the long winter evenings for you.
Put the two together :1iid you h:1ve—
what! opportiiiiity, opportunity to learn,"
to progress, to grow. No young f:1rmer
can :1tioi'1l to miss this course, and some
older ones might profit by re:1ding in it.
Take it 11p :1lonc, or form small circles
and then read sop-.1i':1tely :1nd come to-
gctlier to discuss what you have been
re:1ding. Lecturers, use the F. H. R. C.
books on your prog:uns. by having repoi't.s:
and discussions on cei't':1in assigned chapters
in various books.

Two Splendid Articles.

“E3 w:1i1t to call attention to two :1rticles
of especial value that appear in this issue.
One is by Mr. C. B. Collingwood of Lans-
ing, on “Agi'icult1ire in the desert.” Mr.
Collingwood is :1 gradiizite of the Michigan
Agricultural College, has spent :1 number
of years in the southwest as :1 chemist in
the experiment stations, and as will be
observed is :1 writer of great Vigor and
interest. This article is the first of a num-
ber that have been promised us by promi-
nent graduates of our Agricultural College.

The other article is on the “Injurious
elfects of weeds,” and is Written by Mr.
L. H. Dewey, :1 botanist in the department
of agriculture at “Washington. Mr. Dewey

For Investigation.

“'e li:1ve an article in this issuc, of
intense interest to friends of tcinpcrancc:
it is, “Local option in llillsdzile county.“
The question, Does loc:1l option work! is
:11iswcrcd. togcthcr with rcplics to v:1rious
other queries. On the wholc, the lottcrs
are very f:1vor:1ble to local option.

The Visiron bclicves most tlioroughly
in tcinpcrancc. believes in tciiipcmiice
lcgislatioii. believes that the qlicstioii is
of vast iiiiportaincc, believes that the liquor
men :1re :1w:1.k[c ‘ll1(l that the teiiipcraiicc
people are 1i,.'c:11'ly zisleep. And we have
wondered if nothing more c:1ii be done
for tciiiporziiice tli:1n is bring donc to1l:1_v
in .\licliig:1n.

' I11 'n1:'1ttcrs of this kind it is :1lw:1ys
wellso have facts :11 hand bcforc:1ny-
Lind it \\'(>11l<l se‘ciii
as if it would be :1 wise me:1sui'e for the
legishiture to :1utlioi'i7.e the appointnieiit
of :1 coiiiinission. who should investigate
the shitistics of liquor selling in :1ll its
ph:1scs:1nd i'cs11|ts, in Michigan; the rcl:1tion
of liquor to crime, ins:1nity, ctc.: and the
v:1rious incthods in vogue in the world
for liq11oi' control. \Yh:1t does the
Grzinge think of this ine:1ns of getting at
the facts in this question. and of stirring
the people to the real condition of things!

. I n 5 o
ltliiiig‘ else 1.~v’":S'v>l1c.

For Immediate Action.
In aiiother column we give the f11ll text
of the f:1i'111ci's' institute bill. Mr. Lindcr-
man is strongly in f:1vor of this iiic:1s1ir(-.
The Board

of Agriculture believe in it, the governor

and will push it in the house.

endorsed its idea in his iiiess:1gc, :11id the
State (irange passed upon exactly the
points incorpor:ited in the bill. It is :1
simple :1i1d conserv:1tive niczisure.
Now for action. Every (ir:1ngc in
Michigan should immodi:1tcl y pass resolu-
tions f:1voring this bill and forw:1rd :1 copy
of them to your own representative, :1nd :1
copy to Hon. A. T. LlIl(lCI‘lIl1l.I), Lansing.
Mich.

leading farniers who are not Patrons, :ind

Get 11p petltions also, signed by

send to your represent:1tive and senator.
And last but not least have your leading
members write personal letters to the same
parties.

Now Patrons, don‘t delay :1 moment.
Bring the niatter 11p at your next meeting,
and act. The farmers are very modest in
their request for farmers‘ institutes, and if
you do your duty there is no reason why
Michigan can not have an institute system
that will be 9. credit to her intelligent farm-
ing population.

Don’t delay because you think it will

pass Without oppoition. Thereare, unfor-

is also a graduate of the M. A. C., and has

tunately, legislators who oppose anything

of such high merit as tlicse. :1nd we hope 3

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progressive. “'h:1t the intelligent legis-

lator wants to know is that the people want
this iiieasiire, and will vote for it.

Pour in your resolutions and petitions
and letters.

Beneath the Dome.

In this_co]uuin we dcsigii to intuition and discuss those
iiicasiircs iiitroduced into the lcizislatiirc that we believe
will he of most iuiportance and inter:-st to our readers. If
M1)‘ Of our road:-rs desire to l1a_vc the provisions of any bill
that we do not iucntion and will let us know their wislics.
we will oinli-'\v0r to not the iiiforinatioii.

Thc first wcck of thc scssioii of the legis-
l=lll1I'C. hcprcse1it.:1tivc Kcmpf of Ann Arlror
iiiti'o1l11cc1l :1 resolution dcsign:1tuig that
thc lcgislatiirc should decide who of their
ciiiploycs _should rcccivc extra pay. and the
ziniount of tl1cs:11nc. We have bcforc incu-
tioncd the :1bs11rd pr:icticc of voting c.\'tr:1
1”‘-ll “1 “I0 close of thc scssioii. This reso-
lution o_ught to pass. ln our judgnicnt the
clerk of thc housc :11id thc sccrctary of the
scnalc 1lcsc1'vc niorc than tlircc dollars :1

K ' ’ ‘ . . . ' .
<l.1_\._ lint thcii pay sliould bc h.\cd:1t the
bi-ginning ot the scssioii.

“'1: l1:1d iiol (‘.\'])t‘('l(}(l that thc lcgisl:it11i‘c
would take o11r scnsiblc :1<lvi1-0.‘.-111d cut
down thc numbcr of iiicssc-.i1gci's, jziiiitors,
ctc. Thcy h:1vc not <lol1eso_:1t any rate,
:1nd thcrc is 1-vcn:in iiicrcasc. ()fico11rsc
thc p1‘css1ll'c for otticc is trcincndous,-—
pcrsons :1w:1_v from thcc:1pit:1l have no idea
of it. But th:1l's :1 poor cxcusc after all.
Thc wholc .-zystciii of lcgislzitivc employ-
ment :1iid c.\’p(-iiscs might bc 1i\'oi-lmiiligll
with profit.

Aiiotlicr invcstigzition that could bc iii-
:111gur:1tcd would be oiic ‘looking into the
systciii of cniployincnt in the capital. iii-
cluding numbcr cniploycd in (‘:l(‘ll depart-
ment. n:1turc of work. hours of labor,
s:1l:1rics paid. coiiip:1riso1i of s:1l:1rics for
siniilar cniploymcnt in busincss liouscs. etc.
It would be bcttcr to begin licro than to
begin with tho j:1nitoi's. who iicvc1'tl1clcss
get :1bou’1 twice what thcv could bc cm-
ploycd for. .

’tcpi'c.<e11l:divc Foster of Lauising has :1
coiistitutiolial :1n1cii<lin1-nt pi-oposcd, coii-
ccrning the s:1l:1rics of stulc otlicials. He
would n1:1l\'c the following cliangcs:

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statutc at,...  . .~l‘¢1.o11o
Land ('oiiiiiiissioiicr.. lam :-l¢;:,ooo
.\ttor1i1-y (iciicral . , . . . . . . . .. ..'I~.\Uil $2.5!!!
Siipcriiitoiiilciit of l’uhlic lnstiuLt1oii..... .$llllIU $2.111)

This nieets our ideas pretty closely ex-
cept that we would put the supci'intond-
cllfs s:1l:1l‘_\' at is-1',.3ll1l, .—\no1licr proposition
is to take the whole s:1l:1i'y question out of
the constitution. “'c do not favor this at
:1ll. “'0 shall t,rc:1J, this subject at more
lcngth :11 :1 later dzitc.

l{cpi'csc1it:1tive Ililton h:1s:1n import:1nt
bill compelling r:1ilro:1ds to scll .'»oo mile
books for $lH.lNl. Tlicsc boolis :11'c good
to bc:1rci', :11id thus ti':ii1sfcr:1b|c, and good
till iiscd 11p. All 1'cs’tl'ictlol1s are done
:1w:1_v with, and the book bccoincs in all rc—
spccts :1 first-class ticket.

llon. l*‘i':1nklin “'clls :1nd llon. L‘. J.
.\lonroc have becn appoiiitcd 1iiciiibc1'sof
the Board of Agriciilturc. .\lr. “'ells has
been on the bo:1rd 22yc:1rs.:1n1l the College
is fortuiizite in still posscssiiig his thorough
knowledge of the collcgc :1nd his symp:1-
thy with its ziiins. Mr. .\loni'oc :1tten(led
the collcgc :11id though hc did not gradu-
:1te,hch:1s kept in touch with its work.
He is :1 bro:1d man of great business ability,
and will :1ddiii11cli strcngtli to the board.

l{cpi'csc1it:1tivc (Tl1:1n1bcrl:1in, the “tall
pine of (iogcbic," has :1 proposed constitu-
tional aiiicndniciit providing that nicnibers
of the lcgislatiirc be elected for fo11r years,
:1nd half choscn :1t (':1t'll bicnnial election.
He also proposes to tix :1 “luinp Slllll" :is
pay for legislators. “'0 doubt if the
first proposition would bring about any
great good, for now each legisliiture is
composed of :1 working force of old iiieiii-
licrs. “K1 endorse the latter proposition
however. “'12 believe it is more sensible,
and -might tend to shorter sessions. At
least the people would be better satistieil to
have it that w:1y.

Rcpresent:1tive Linderni:1n of Muskcgon
county has introduced :1 bill providing an
:1ppropriation for f:1rn1ei's’ institutes. The
bill is drawn in h:1rmony with the action
of the last State Grange on this subject,
and with the recominendzitions of the gov-
ernor in his recent message. “'e give the
text of the bill in full.

A BILL To AUTHORIZE THE sTATi-: BOARD or AGKICUL'
TUBE To iIoLn INsTITuTEs AND To E:-1TAEI.Isn COURSES or
READING AND LECTURES FOR. THE INSTRUCTION or cITIzENs
or THIS STATE IN THE VARIOUS BRANCHES or AGRICULTURE
AND MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TnEizEros.

SEC. 1. The pen le of the state of Michigan enact :
That tbe State Boar of Agriculture is hereby authorized
to hold institutes and to maintain courses of reading and
lectures for the instruction of citizens of this state in the
various branches of agriculture. The said board shall
formulate such rules and regulations as it shall deem
proper to carry on the work contemplated in this act, and
may employ an agent or agents to perform such duties In
connection therewith as it shall deem best. _

SEC. 2. When twenty or more persons, residents of
any county in this state, organize themselves into a s_ocI_-
ety to be called the county farmers’ institute society
for the urpose of teaching better methods of farming,
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» and regulations furnished by the State

JANUARY 17, 1895.

THE GRANGE VISITOR.

 

ness connected with the industry of agriculture
and adopt a constitution and by—laws a reeable to rules
fioard of Agricul-
ture; and when such society shall have elected such
proper officers and performed such other acts as ma)’ be
required by the rules of said board. such societ)’ Shall be
deemed an institute societ ' in the meaning of this act:
_Provided, that not moret an one such institute society
In any county shall be authorized by this act: and. PW‘
vided further that any existing organization approved by
the State Board of Agriculture shall he considered a 182811)‘
organized Institute Society under the terms of this a‘ct.v

SEC. 3. In each county where an Institute Society
shall be organized under the provisions of this _act, the
State Board of Agriculture shall holdone annual institute.
two days in length. at such place in the county and at
such time as the said Board may deem 1.-xpetliynt. and
shall furnish at least two speakers or lecturers with all ox-
enses paid to be present at all sc,ss-ions of the_ institute.

he (Tounty Institute Society shall I>|“'Vi‘l(‘ 3 -‘U"‘*l’1‘' 1”“
for the institute, furnish fuel and liglits and 11115’ GU10!‘
local expenses and shall provide speakers who shall
occupy one half the time of thc institute that is given to
set addresses. . _ _

SEC. 4. If the funds appropriated by this act will per-
mit, the said board of agriculturc shall hold a niinibe-r of
four day institutes. at slich placcs and times as said board
may determine. at which the primary objcct shall he to
furnish a school of instruction in practical £IL!l'l(‘llll'lll_‘(é. .

SEC.  The State Board of .-\_i.'ric1iltiirc shall maintain
the course of reading known as tho Farm Home _l{1-,a1Ii1iL’.'
circle, and may expend. from tho inoiicys Ei]I]1I‘n]1rlllil*ll ll)’
this act, a sum not to exceed two huiidrcd dollars for cach
of the two years for which the appropriation is inadc. ft)!‘
the maintenance and extension of said coiirsv. ’

SEC. 6. For the purposes iiiciitioncd in the pn-cl,-1liii;.:
sections. the said Board of Agriculture may usc said sun:
as it shall deem proper. not cxccediiig fivc Tll(Ill.<£llI(l' dol-
lars in the year ending June :50, ciglitcr-ii hundred ninl-ty-
six and live thousand dollars in tho ycar cndii1:.,' Junc 34).
1897. and such amounts arc licrcby appropriated from tho
general funds of this state, which said .-uni shall ho annu-
ally included in the state taxes apportioncil by tho and-
itor general on all the taxahlc prop:-rty of thc state. to be
levied, ass -d and coll:-ctcd as arc other statc taxc.s.'and
when so :1. ssd and coll:-ctod to be paid into th1- gciicral
fluid to reiniliiirsc said fund for tlw appropriations niadc
by this act.

 
 

Another bill that we li:1vc not room to
discuss in this issue is the pure food bill.
introduced by Rcpicsciitiitivc Rcdfcrn. of
Clinton. It is one of the inost important
questions that this scssion will bc callcd
upon to decide.

Seiiator Mcliiiligliliii, of I)ctroit. li:1s :1
caliciis bill that is rcpoi'tcd:1s vcry slI'il1-
gent in its pi'ovisions. “'1: shall look it
up for our i'c:1dci's latcr.

Grange Visitor Entertainment.

‘T6 are sure that all our rcadcrs will be
glad to see that the paper is still the
(ii1Ai~.'<;i-: Visi'i‘oi:, our papcr, :1nd every
column bristling with some of the priiici-
pics that are the foundation stones of our
Order. lVc:1ro also sure that. those in
whose li:iiids its welfare was placed, have
done the wisest, the bcst. Tlicy havc done
their part, will we dooursf

OUR I’.-\l{'I‘.

lVh:1t is our part! 0111' part is to take
the papcr. It must be in cvcry (irangc
family in the state, and not only that, but
it must go out to tlioseoutsidc the ()rdc1‘ as
a Grange inissioi1ai'_v. Ilow shall the paper
he placed in cvcry l’:1ti'oi1‘s familyf There
are two ways to do this. lst, by each
fzimily subscribing and p:1yii1g for it them-
selves; 2nd, when they cannot be induced
to do this, or where they deem it :1 better
method, by taking suliiciciit money from
each suhordin:1te (irangc ti'e:1s11i'_v to place
it in every (irangc f:i1i1ily rcpresciitcd in
their (image.

.A (‘IIANCE FUR \V()_Rl\'.

How shall it find its way outside the
Order! Tliose who feel able can send one
or even two copies to friends or i'eI:itivcs
who they think would :1ppi'cci:1tc it; by
canvassiiig for it the saine as other news-
paper agents; and by each (irainge raisiiig
means to send it out on its mission of
knowledge and good will to all f:1i'mcrs.
Right here is work for ()llI' wom:1n’s work
coiiiinittees. “"0 would inost earnestly,
yet kindly and g'l'2lClUl1Sl_\', urge that this be
the first work entered upon by the newly
appointed cominittecs. You ask how shall
it he done? This is not possible for us
to dictate, nor would we wish to. Each
Grange knows its own resources better
than any one can tell them.

‘HOW’ TO I)0 IT.

lVe know some (irangcs that possess
musical ability suflicient to only announce
that a concert will be given at their hull
and they can for two hours. sing to :1
crowded house. \Vith :1 small iidiiiittance
fee they can clear ten or fifteen dollars.
Another Grange has drainatic tal-
ent, another social talent, and the
variety of these socials is m:irvelo1is;
some serve :1 blue tea, some coffee and
doughnuts, some :1 regular meal at regular
rices, and some an oyster supper at :1
little larger price. The skill and ingenuity
of three bright women acting as :1. wonian’s
Work coniiiiittee who shall have chzirge of
this work for the coming year are suflicient
to warrant :1 success.

OUR FIRST BUSINESS.

VVe have scores of letters asking “\Vh:1t
would you have us to do? lVe have been
appointed, now just say the word and we
Will take up any line of Work.” VVhat
better work for the Order can we assume
than to make our paper self-sustaining, and
it can be done by increasing its circulation.
So we earnestly entreat you to set about
this at once. Give an entertainment of

I some kind, let it be known just what it is

for; let it be what you can do best, and
with the proceeds scatter the paper as
Grange seed. There is plenty of fallow
s0il—-there is not a farmer’s famil in our
whole state but needs the lig t and
knowledge that its pages contain.
MARY A. MAYO.

I-lustling For Institutes.

Editor GRANGE Visiroiiz-—M_y special
purpose in writing you at_this time, IS to
report progressive action in our county as
to the question of farmers’ institutes. Last
S£1tlll'(laV afternoon I attended installation
services‘:it Twelve Cornerts Grange, and I
had my "little banner" with me, with ‘_‘A
farmei-s' institute in every county’ in-
scribcd tliercon: and the large hall full of
Patrons took :1 dccp interest in my report
of the iiitcrcst this question created at the
St:itc(ii‘:1i1gc. anda resolution was unani-
mously passed h_v :1 standing vote that “we
urge our mcmbcrs of the legislature to
grant the z1ppropi'i:1tion asked for b_v the
i\'t:11c (irangc :1nd rccoinmcndcd by thc
(iovcriioi'."

In the cvcning I was at l’c:1rl (irangc
whcrc inst:1ll:1ti(i1i was had and initiation :1iid
-.1 li:1i'vcst feast following, with about one
hundred Patrons prcscnt. fllltl 111)’ "llltle
banncr“ was thcrc and the sainc rcsollltioll
in regard to the :1ppropi'i:1tioi1 was passed.
Tucsdziv and \\'edncsd:1_v of this week We
held olir annual meeting of licrrien county
(irangc :1i1d I :ind i11_v " littlc haiincr" were
il1c1'c‘an<l got the sainc cn<lorscmcnt. glad
I proposc to kccp the " littlc l1:1iiiiei' on
the outcr wall until an iipproprnition is
grantcd suiiicicnt "to hold f:1rinci's‘ insti-
tutcs in everv county.“

Il(,'l, the Visi'i‘o1< p:1ss the word down the
linc and let l’:1trons bc s’tirring until the
lcgisl:1iurc Iicars fi'oin cvcry subordinzitc
:1nd coun1_\' Iiraiigc in the state.

Fi':1tcrii:1lly.
l\'. L. KA.\'i«:.

Topics for February.

A meeting with the poets. One or two
pocts should be selected for the meeting,
and the exercises should consist of several
rccitatious from poems of authors selected
and each member should give :1 quotation
from the same author. A short list of
American poets is given, others can be
added; \Vhittier. Holmes, Longfellow,
Saxe, Carleton, Poe, Lowell, Bryant, Al-
drich, and Riley.

Potato culture, best home and market
varieties; fertilization, cultivation.

Strawberry culture; preparation of
ground: best varieties; cultivation.

\Vhat has science done to aid the farmer?

How closely should the farmer and his
family conform to the rule“ of society in
matters of dress and ;".’:nni‘.il appearance?

Can and shoulrl 1:1: United States pro-
Cluce the sugar \'.n1ch is conszizned by its
population?

\Vhat can the Grange do to promote the
interests (‘I aiiiiciitiire in this countrxv?

To what txteiit is the farmer justified in
voting for village improvements?

Construction of farm houses; sanitary
arrangements.

Construction of barns. Are basements

desirable?

\-Vhat can we do to make our homes
more attractive?

I-low shall we conduct our Grange meet-
ings so as to make them of interest and
profit to all the members?

To what extent should a farmer become
a politician?

V’Vhat can we do in winter months to ad-
vance the spr1ng’s work on our farms?

VVhat small fruits can and should be
raised on our farms? "

Fifty years of progress in the United
Statescoiiipared with the progress in other
countries during the same time.

Incidents in the life of Washington, with
songs and recitations of a patriotic nature.
All members in costume of “ye olden
tyrne.”

Vi/ashington as a citizen, soldier, states-
man and farmer.

Association of Farmers‘ Clubs.

The Michigan State Association of
Farmers’ Clubs will be held in the capitol
building in Lansing February 5 and 6, I895.
The following is the program:

Afternoon session. February 5. 1 o’cI.ock.
Appqintmeiit of committees; general business
meeting.

Evening session. February 5. 7 :30 o’clock.
Address of welcome by’Governor Rich ; response.
by Angus Templeton. vice president of the
lngliam county Farmers’ (‘lub; president’s an-
nual address. Hon. Wm, Ball, Webster Farm-
ers’ (‘lub; discussion of the president’s address.
onened by Hon. M Rumsey of Leslie and
Wm. P. Johnson, of Milford F. (7.; paper. “Ben-
efits of the Farmers’ (‘lub to the farmer's fam-
ily," Mrs. R. F. Jolinstone, “Beatrix,” Detroit;
address. “The value of organization." Hon. (‘.
A. Gower, Lansing: discussion, opened by Hon.
(1. W. Young, Paw Paw and Antwerp F. f‘., E J
Look, Maple River F. C.

Morning session. February 6. 8 o’clock.
reports of committees; election of oficers: ad-
dress, “The proper relation of the state associ-
ation to the legislature." Hon. A. N. Kiininis.
Jr., Argonaut F. (‘..: discussion opened by G.
Ho t. Saline, F. C. H. D. Wetherby, Liberty.

..; address. “Do the graduates of the agri-
cultural college becoine practical farmers?”
Hon. Daniel Strange; discussion, 0 ened by
B. F. Peckham, Parma, F. 0., Byron Thompson,
Stockbridge, F. C.

A fternotm session.Februa'ry 6.1 :30 o’clock.
address. “Needed reforms in state legislation."
Hon. J. T. Campbell, Mason: discussion opened
by Ken on L. Butterfield, Lansing. J. T. Dan-
iells, sex F. C :address, "What shall be done
with the t_rainp._"Col. L. H. Ives Iizfhain county
1:. C.; discussion. opened by  . Goodrich.
(Joiicord F. 0.. George Cowden, Oxford F. C.

.

‘'‘scl'1ool with thcir world widc famc.

State
ALBERT in-:i'o.

Issues.

‘ion asked me sonic time ago to give my
news upon the question: "Is it possible
to elect :1 state legislziture upon state is-
sues?”

It was the intention of the founders of
our governiiicnt that the scveml statcs coiii-
)rising in the aggregate the nation. should
ave delegated to them cach in its scp:1r:ite
capacity the right. by 1:-‘1_ri_q]ation. to rcgu-
late their own domestic atI‘:1ii's. with cer-
tain l"eHt1‘lL‘.tl()n.\' placcd thcrcon by the con-
stit11_t1on of the I nitcd htatcs. such as for-
bidding :1 st:1’t_c to cntcr into :1 ti'cat_v. :1lli—
:1ncc or conicdciatioii: grant

lcttcrs of ;

nizirquc or rcprisiil: coin moncy: cmit hills ‘

of_crcdit: makc aiiything but gold or silvcr
coin :1 tcndcr in paymcnt of debts: pass any
bill of :1tt:1indcr: laws imp:1i1'ing1lic obliga-
tion of coiitracts: grant any titlc of nobilitv:
or dciiy lhc right of cili7.clls of thc l'nitcd
States to votc on accouiil of l':l(‘('. color. oi-
previous condition of scrvitudc. Also thc
gcncral govcriimcnt 1'csci'\'cd thc right of
laying :1iid collccting :1ii cxciso duty on :11‘-
ticlcs iinportcd from :1 forcign country: to
control and regulate thc postolliccsi and
iii:1il i'outcs: to own :1iid control thc public
lands not ccdcd to ilic salcs or otlicrwisc
disposed of.
Wtllili FUR Till-1 i.i:<;isi..\'i‘l'i:i-1.
The only act that thc lcgisl:1turc of- :1
st:1tcpci'forinsof :1 i1:1tion:1l cl1:1r:1c1c1'. is
thc clcction of l'uitcd Shitcs sciiators un-
der rulcs prcscribcd by lhc constitution.
\\'ith this cxccption. the lc_gisl:1turc of :1
‘state is clcctcd wholly upon st:1tc issucs.
I*ivci'ytl1ing pci't:1ining to thc govcriimcnt
and well being of :1 sl:1lc~-~its tiii:1nci:1l. lls
moral. its cduc:1tioi1:1l wclfarc. dcpcnd
"izirgcly upon wisc :1i1d judicious laws
cnactcd by thc lcgislaturc. It has within
its proviiicc thc powcr to ciicouiagc :1i1d
stimulate the m:1tci'ial prosperity and wcll
being of :1 suite: to sllppi'(5ss :1nd puiiisli
crime: to rcgulatc and coiiirol cvcn to its
aimihilation. thc grcatcst of all c\'ils--—-tlic
liquor tratlic: to prolccl thc pcoplc from
imposition in allowing the s:1lc of :1dullcr—
atcd food: the p:1ss:1gc of laws govcrniiig
our grcal citics:111d municipal corpor:1iions:
the fostcring care of our cl1:11'i1:1hlc.
bcncvolcnt. and cducationiil iiistitiitions.
the pridc of our grcal. cominonwcaltli2 thc
substaiitizil improvcmcntof i'o:1ds and high-
ways: laws looking to thc protcctioii of tlic
widow :11id orpli:1n: woman sutl'r:1gc: rcgu—
lating tlic right of francliisc to forcigiicrsz
guarding and c:1riiig for thc cducalioiial
systcin of the state. from the country
school to our gi':i11d liiiivcrsity :11id iiorm:1l
The
tax l:1\v.siiccd :1 thorough ovcrliauliiigz :1
more thorough compulsory cduczitioiial
i~’._\'Si0lll is nccdcd. Thcse and m:1n_\’ ollicrs
arc “state lNSll(‘.\‘" and in thc clcction of :1
lcgisl:1tui'c. thequ:1lilic:1tion of its mom-
hcrs upon tlicsc issiics should be p:11':1mount
to :1ll otlicr (‘()llSl(l(‘l':lll()IlS. “Ihat we nccd
is intelligcnt, coiisci'v:1tivc lcgisl:1tion,look—
ing to the intcrcst of all the pcoplc regard-
less of party or party lincs. The pcoplc of
.\lichig:1n cxpcct and havc :1 right to dc-
iiiand of the prcscnt lcgisl:iturc the consid-
cration of "state lS.~‘ll(.‘>'“ and state isslics
only.
.»\('().\'l)l'l'l<)N .\'()'l‘ A 'i‘iii~‘.oin'.

“It is :1 condition and not :1 tlicory that
coiifronts" thc lcgislaturc at Lansing this
winter. So far as party is conccrncd it is
p1':icticall_v :1 unit. which f:1ct_pl:1ccs gi'c:1tcr
responsibilities upon it than if the piirtics
were nc-.1rly cvcnly dividcd. Thcrc per-
haps was never :1 lcgislziturc :1sscmblcdiii
the state that ])()SS(3SS(‘(l gi'c:1.t.cr opportuni-
ties for giving us good and wholcsoinc legis-
lation upon “state isslies." :1nd none that
ever assuincd grcatcr i'csponsihilitics_ in
_nici'iting the expression of con_tidcncc 1111-
posed upon it by the people of the state,
than the )rescnt one. It is not the quan-
tity but t c q11:1lity of the work donc that
gives chiirzictor to :1 lc.gisl:1tivc session.
“hat is needed is :1 short. crisp. business
session, confined to such statcissiics as may
be required. then adjourn, :1nd the people
will say. "\Vcll done, good and faitlitiil
servants."

Morcnci.

Masters and Secretaries.

“'e have waited :1 little in order that
the Granges throughout the state shall
have elected and in_st:illed their new mas-
ters before presenting to tlien_1oui' request
“'13 feel sure by the time this .lSSll(3 will
have reached them they will be in working
order. \Ve h:irdly feel that we need but
call your attention to the appointing of
your coinmittees on woni:1n‘s work. The
work effected through these coinmittees
this last year was inost s:itisf:ic't0ry.  e
know it has been rather an innovation,
something out of the ordiiiai'y, but no
longer is it an experiment._ The woman s
Work in the Granges of Michigan has come
to stay. Your state committee is power-
less without the subordinate committees.
Masters, will you name them? There is
much that is lanned, much that is needed
to be done. hall we do ‘ll’/Q _

We have as our associates the coming
year the same staunch workers as we had

last. Sister Hinds, with her large heart and
fertile brain. we are glad to tell you has re-
gained her health and strength. and is
ready and anxious for the work. Sistcr
Royce, with her years of experience as one
of the best. teachers in the statc. stands
ready to iiso braiii :1nd pen for the good of
the Ordcr. \Vill the sccretziry of cacli
(irange forward to me thc i1:1mc of the
cl1:1irin:1ii of thc woin:11i's work cminiiittce
as soon as appointcd. with the postotiicc

ziddressf .\l.\m' A. .\l.n'o.
Buttlc Crock.



M(i’l"l‘()—“ Bog/1'11: kccp at it."

More Good Words.

Thc following:11'c among lciicI's rcccivcd
from rciidcrs of thc Farm Ilomc Iicading
(‘irclcz '

I gladly :1\’:1il 111_\'scli' of thc opportuiiily
of cxprcssing my s:11isf:11-tioii with the
l“:1i'in Ilomc licailing ('il'clc. :111d will
gl:1dl_vgivc my intlucncc in its fzivor. In
this 1'c:1<li11gcolirsc thcrc is lunch to :1id
thc fzirmcr in thc pursuit of f:1r1nin_g as :1
livcliliood and in it too is an clcmcut of
liappincss.

If lhc whole family cngagc in lhc course
the youngcr ones will bccomc cntliusiasiic.
not only in thc rc:1<liiig. but also in thc
\':ll'l(‘ll opcrziiions on thc fariu. for thi-
rcasou that tlicy will 11n1lci'st:1i1<l lll:ll1V of
thc wl1_\'s:1i1d wl1ci'cfoi'cs that bcforc wcrc
lo lhcm l:1l1oI' without rcason.

'I‘l1c_\'oui1gcr incmbcrs of 1hcf:11uil\‘ will
cnjoy the l't'tl(llllf_{‘ and lhc c\'cnii1_<_rs will
lind lhcm :11 homc plc:1s:m1l_v occupicd
1':1ll1cr than ruiming :1imlcssly about thc
iicigliborliood, soinclinics in good and
soinctimcs in qucsliomihlc so:-ict_\'. I wish
cvcry l.:ll'lll(‘I'..\' f:tlllll_\’ in thc statc would
take up this coursc and rcad with tl1cdcli—
nitc purposc of passiiig the cx:1n1in:1tio11.~.
and :11 lliccnd of lhc coursc rccciviiig :1 di-
ploma.

It is not ncccss:1ry lo plc:1d lhc cost of
books for thcy arc not coslly. and cvcry
family can szivc cnough for books if tlicy
will plan for that and dcny lliciiisclvcs
some of the tliings lhcy buy that arc of
traiisiciil worth.

'I'l1ci'c arc llircc of us loi'('il1l, so wcl1:1\'c
:1 "cil't'lL‘“ of oui' own. “'0 arc 1'c:1di11g
the books of the lirsl your. and hope to
linisli the first _vc:11"s rcadiiig by the timc
lhe year is out. \\'cscl1loi11 find time for
rcading during the day, cxccpt on-c:1sion—
ally :1 storiny day. If cach rcad scp:11'atcly
of course some time could be found by
each in the dzlyiimc, but wc1'c:1d cvciiiiigs,

taking turns in rcadiiig. (hie will read
one cvening what wc considcr :1 lesson

long enough for profit. The ncxt cvcning
anotlicr will ask sonic questions on the
previous lesson to bring out :1 syiiopsisof
that rcziding, and will then read :1uothcr
lcssoii of sutlicicnt lciigtli: and thc ncxl
c\'ciiing:1iioilicr will ask the qucsiioiis and
do thc reading. and so oil-~—:1n<l wc tind
it ci1tci't:1iiiii1g as wcll as iiisliwiclivc. “'1:
iicvci'i'c,:1d S:1tui'd:1y cvcning. for that is
the night of the iiioctiiig of the Iicngal
(ii':ui_gc.:mdsome of the fzlmily usually
attend. Sonic iimcs our rciidings are in-
terfered with by \‘isitoi's, or whcu the cm-
iiiiigs are short and thc farm work prcssing
and bodily fatigue too great for rc:1<ling.
it is deeined wisc. to lct the rc:11ling go by.
though with much rcgrct. Ilopilig ihcsc
fcw lines will help somc one or more to
decide to take up the Farm Ilomc I’ic:1diiig
coursc, I :1m 'I‘1'ul_v Yours,
E. N. h"i*i:\\'.—s.i11>.
Fuwlcr.

From what I know of the coursctliink it
very good; don‘t sec what we can gct hotter.
Most of my knowledge is gained by c.\'peri—
mice, which is costly and slow but sure.
.\'ow I am reading h:1.pli:1z:1rd ‘likc. \\'h:1t
I have done toward the circle is as follows:
I have I):ll'lltlll__\' read Stewart on “Feeding
aiiiiiizils," and Beal on “(il':1.sses of .\'orth
Aiiicriczi.“ both very good. llavc gained
much from them; they are rclizible. not
like my neighbor, who said when I cut up
my corli. “So Frank it‘s not too green,"
but when I husked it, I found out my mis-
take.

Time for re:1dii1g—tli:1’1's about the best
way I can spend my time. \\'hyf ic-
c:111se its progressive and I)l'()ilt1ll)l6 all
:irouiid. I am 2.5‘ years old and interested
in anything toward progression. \Vo1ild
be pleased to hear more about the circle.

FRANK Ii. RAUGH.
Niles.

$ioo Reward, $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-
tarrn. Haws Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure
now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh. being
a constitutional disease. requires a constitutional
treatment. l:lall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally.
acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces
of the system. thereby destroying the foundation of
the disease. and ziving the patient strength by build-
ing; up the constitution and assisting nature in doing
its work. The proprietors have so much faith in its
curatiiie powers that they otter One Hundred Dollars
for any case that it fails to cure. Send for list of tes-
timonials.

Address. F. J. CHENEY dz 00.. Toledo, 0.
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THE GRANGE VISITOR.

 

I
Injurious Efiects of Weeds. b1(1ii'.H1\Iariy a1fai'nieti"s_: jftflck ajidliiients from
s on (ers are aine :i.nig as tie

~ ~   IPA T- .. .
m“T"‘RH' m“‘”"“ L S D} R result of liftincr the corner of the‘

the soil 5

- ' 1 ; T’. 1' ix. ” 7
‘““‘T of A‘ R“ “T R harrow to let the weeds out. \\ hen l of the crop there

the crops are harvested 3. large I wczitlicr.
share of the cost must frequent-
ly be charged up to weeds. How
dis:1grccable and tedious is the l:1- H11) so tliicklv as tochoke the crop:
bor of hunting potatoes in :1 wccdy E It is :1 i'e11i:ii'k:1blv

potato patch, or cutting. husking 3 field in which zit lens
:1nd picking 11p corn in :1 wet. lof the area is not
wecdy cornfield! In the gr:1iiij weeds or plants

\\'ill the extra l:iboi' spent in the
suppression of weeds really p:1__v 1_n
practiczil f:1riiiing. or is wccd eradi-
cation i1icrcl_v :1 chiii1c1'ic:1l lllC()l’)'
to be :1ttciiiptcd in przictic by the:
rush cnthusi:1st or the fancy gard-
cncrf l\'ill it pay to cultivate
tliorouglily :1 s11i:1llci' :1mount of

t five per cciit

occupied by
wcll nigh worth-
p:1stu1':1gc. -\ pi':ic1ic:1l
of one acre in every tweiity is

1 . . . . .
lllml no d:uii:1gc will be cziuscd byl:1g:11iist:iburdockin cutting :1i'ound loss
1thcm.oristhcrciiiorcproiit 111cult1—;1hc held. or against a bull thistle

v:1’1i11g:1ll the hind one has timc to  in cuttiiig wl1e:1tontlic new ground. ipci-i:1ll_v b_v d:1ir_v1ucii. with \\'l1o111

jclnince with the grain. have comcj

good p:1sturc l

lcci't:1inl_v worth coiisidcriiig. BS-l

Sl'l’l’LEM r:.\"rA1-11"‘

is sometimes equal to the cost of

imperfectly titted land and :1 con-

sequent im erfection in the crop.
The plow, h

clogging With weeds, results not

t:1i1icd in spitc of tlic wccdsf \\'ill

the ro:1<lsidcs :111d in w:1stc pl:11-cs,
or is tl1cd:11i1:1gc c:1uscd b_v lhcir
sccds sc:1’1t<-riiig‘ :1bo11ttl1cf:11'111 lcss
lllzlll would be the cost of thcir
c1':1dic:1tio11f Thcsc :1rc pcrtiiiciit
,(jll(‘>‘ll(Jll.\' :1nd do11btlcss’1lic_v oft:-11
lurisc in llic 111i11d of thc c:11'cful.
‘c:1lcul:1ti11gf:11'i11cr who must count
the cost of cvc1'_v opci':1tioi1 involv-
i1ig(-xti':1 l:1bor. All i1iquii'y in-
to Ihc cl1:11':1c’1c1' :1i1d :1mou11t of
;d:1111:1gcs c:1uscd liy wccds will bc
i1cccss:1i'_\' in lII:ll\'lll;_" 11p tlic itcms
of :1 profit. :111d lossziccount bctwccii
wccds :1llowcd to grow and the l:1—
bor 11cccss:11'_v to c1':1dic:1tc tlicm.
Tlic following :11i:1l_vsis iiidicutcs
o11l_v tlic \':11'ious w:1_vs in which
wccds c:1usc direct or indircct d:u11-
:1gc. Tl1c:1ctu:1l :ui1ou11t of d:11u-
:1gc in <loll:1I's :11id cciits will l1:1vc
to bc cs1i111:1ic<l for c:1cl1 iicld :111d
g:11'dci1 st-p:11':1tcl_v. lll(5' csti111:1tc lo
be b:1scd on the cl1:11':1c1c1' :111d
:1bu1id:11icc of ihc wccds :111d the
kinds of crops to bc rziiscd.

\\'lCI<Zl)i\' ,\.\'l) l.l\'l'I .\"I‘()('l\'.

.\l:u1_v wccds :1i'c injurious to
livc stock in lll(' pzisturc :111d on
’1l1ci‘:111gc, Tlic bursof the b11i'-
dock. cocklcbur. w:1tc1':1vc1is. :111d
otlicrs of si111il:11' cl1:1r:1cici'. disfig-
urctlic111:1ncs:111d tails of liorscs
zuid cziusc much :1111ioy:i11cc if not
pcr111:111c11t llijlll'_\'. The b:11'bcd
:1w11s of wild b:11'lcy. nccdlc g1':1ss.
:11id wild o:1ls produce :1 f:ir i11o1'c

gums about the tcctli. c:u1si1i_<_-' 11l-
ccrs in thc j:1w bones and b_v pc1ic—
mitiiig the mucous 111c111b1':1iici1i
tlic ii:1s:1l p.‘1ss:1_<_-'csoi' cvcii workiiig
imo thc wool and pc1ic’11':1ii1i_<_r llic
skin of sheep. .\l:1i1_v sliccp. cnlilc.
:11id liorscs. :11'c killcd by thcsc
b:l1'bcd :1wiis cvcry _vc:11' zuid l111ii-
(ll'('(lsjlll()l‘(,§ :11'c pci'1i1:111<-iitly iii-
jui'cd.- Tlic wild b:1rlc_v l1:1s :11-
1'c:1d_v bccii iiiiroduccd into Michi-
g:111.:111d only c:1i'cful wutcliiiig‘ :1i1d
prompt c1':1dic:1tio1i c:111 prcvciit its
bccomiiig :1buiid:1nt. Tlic loco
wccds :11id .~‘(‘\'(‘l‘:ll spccicsofpoisi>11-
ous pl:u11s justl_v rcgurdcd as no.\'—
lolls wccds because of their poison-
ous pi‘:1pci'1ics.111:1_v bc cl:1ssc.d with
wccds injurious in tlic p:1s1ui'c.
The loss of live stock known to be
c:1uscd by c:1ii1ig poisonous pl:ints
has bceii cstiiiizitcdzit scvci':1l thous-
:11id liczid c:1cli _vc:1r. and of the still
gi'c:1tcr loss :1tti'ibul.cd to uiiknown
c:u1scs.do11btlcss :1 l:1i'gc propor-
tion is 1'c:1lI_v due to poisonous
pl:1iiis. In connection with phiiiis
poisonous to live stock. mention
1u:1y be 1u:1dc of those poisonous
to liu1ii:1n beings such as the poison
ivy and poison s1ui1:1cli cziusing
p:1iiiful:cr1iptioiis of the skin. :1iid
the thorn apple, poison lic1ii-
lock and licnbanc which oftcncnuse
d with when eaten.

TALVTEI) MILK.

A very dis:1grce:1ble and soii1c—
tiiiies d:1iigei'ous injury to live
stock products is found in the
tainted milk of cows th:1t h:1vc li:1d
access to wild onions, leeks, or
iiizindrzikcs. The penny cross or
French weed not only injures the
milk but also the flesh of the uni-
iii:1l. \\'ool is d:1iii:iged to :1 con-
siderable extent by burs of the
burdock, cocklcbur, s:1n<lliui',l’:ii'a-
guay bur, wild carrot, liound's
tongue and nuiiierous other spiny
seeds and seed-fruits. \\'hcn c1ilti—
vation begins weeds are encoun-
tered zis hindrances in every oper-
ation. In some regions rank grow-
ing weeds such as high water :11-
der, great rag weed and Russian
thistle have to be cleared off from
the land before even the )l0VV can
be started. The cost of this labor

plowing. VVeeds cause imperfect
Work in the lowing, resulting in

arrow, and cultivator,

it pziv to d(-s1I'o\' the wccds :1lo11g

plow. :1nd t:1ki11g the cli:1i1ccs tl1:1tj:1nd li:1lf an hour must be spent in
"1 l"“-"1 *1 l"”'l1=ll (T011 Wlll bt‘ 0b- j i'(.-pairs when cvci'_V1iiiiiutc is l:1dcii

with :1 golden v:1luc. Mowers. :1nd

;g'1':1ss:1iid gi':1in-were to be cut.

\\'l'IlCl).\' IN (ll{Al.\'.

This cii’1:1ils:1co1ist:iiii :iddc<l di':1ft.
:111d whcrc there is :1lic:1\'_v growtli
of low weeds in the wl1c:1t or outs,
the draft
gi'c:1tcr than it would bc_ in -clc:1ii
g1':1i11. i\'c.\‘t to rough l:1nd. weeds,
are the b:1nc of modern l1:1i'vcsti1ig
1i1:1cl1i1ici'y. Rccls. clcv:1to1' belts.
binders :1iid bumllc-c:1i'1'ic1's that
will liziiidlc wl1c:1tor o:1ts to per-
fection, bi'c:1k, clog, or refuse to
work when bull tliistlcs, burdocks
:1i1d bind weeds are ciicouiitcrcd.
After the grain is cut the weeds rc-
t:11'd the curing, llius ciid:11ig'crii1g
the crop by coiupclliiig its expos-
ure to the wc.:1tlicr for :1 loiigcr
time than \\’()lll(l‘0lll(fl‘\\’lH(3 bc 11cc-
cssz1i'y. Their d:1'1u:iging wciglit is
also felt cvcry timc ill(5i_i'l’:lll1 is
li:1ndlcd. from the time the sl1c:1vcs
are placed in the shock until 1lic_v
:1rc fed to the tlircsliiiig 111:1cl1in(-.
l‘l\'(‘l) wliilc the gi':1iii is bciug
tlircslicd the wecdsoflcii l:1_v l1c:1v_v
tribute on v:ilu:1blc time. :is :1 this-
llc or dock or wccdy wct buiidlc
of outs, jcrkcd from the fcc<lc1"s
liuiids, si1:1pstliccoiu-:1vcs or c:111scs
lthc c_vliiidcr to luiiii with :1 bcnl
tooth. \\'ccds :1rc11s11:1lly rcspoi1si—
blc for the l1c:1liiig or moulding of
_<_rr:1in iii the stuck or mow. :11id also

scrious i11ju1'_v b_v wo1'l\'i11gi1ito tlicltor thc iuost, dis:1grcc:1blc p:1i't of

l.\'Jl7llY T1) I1.-\l\'l).

.\l:1i1_v of the items thus far gi vcn
:11'c often left o'.1‘[_of tl1cc:1lc11l:1tioii
ciitircly in csti111:1ti1ig thc d:1111:1gc
c:1uscd b_v wccds. The iiiju1'_v to
lulitl. g1'owi1ig c1'(ops:i11d crop prod-
llcis, is usu:1ll_v coiisidcrcd. but
coiicci-niiig tl1cinj1ii'_v’1o l:1i1d thcrc
is :1 wide difl'c1'cIicc of opinion.
Sonic mcii cvcii :1dvoc:itc tlic grow-
ing of wccds to plow uiidcr for
grccii 1u:11iu1'c. \\'ecds u1:1y sonic-
times be bc1tci'tli:1ii notliiiig. for
they aid in the foi'i11:1tion of humus
and they rcturii to the soil ilic clc-
iiiciits that tlicy li£1vcl:1kc1i froiu it
to buildup their own st1'11ct11i'cs.
A pl:11it to be really v:1lu:1blc for :1
grceii m:1nui'c crop, howcvcr. must
either have :1 deep root systciii to
bring 11p from the subsoil elements
that are l)C_\'()l1(l the i'c:1cli of ordi-
1i:1r_v crops. or they must be so con-
stitutcd as to obtain nitrogen di-
rectly from the air :uid store it in
:1 form :1v:1il:iblc for future crops.
They should also be plants of
sucli cli:1i':1ctei' that they may be
rezidily killed by cultiv:ition and
their seeds should be short lived
in the soil. \Veeds are generally
l:1ckiiig in the first two cli:1i':1ctcrs.
:1nd their want of the last two quali-
ties are the very cli:ii':1cters consti-
tuting them troublesoiiic weeds.
A g1'e:1t many weeds belonging to
the class known as tuiiible-weeds
are blown :1w:iy from the land
where they grew and are ususilly
banked up along the fences and in
hedges where the hind enriclied by
their decziy can not be used. In
all cases however weeds t:ike from
the land nourishiiient and iiioisturc
that might far better be :1.pp1'Op1'i-
:ited to more v:1lu:1ble crops. If
this were not the case, :1 crop of
rzigweed, docks, or wild carrots
should be inserted in the regul:1r
i'ot:1tion to take the place of clover,
corn or potatoes.

INJURY TO GROWING CROPS.

The direct injury to growing
crops is plainly evident am is gen-
era. ly admitted, though often to :1
less degree than the facts seem to
warrant. VVhen the cultivator is
sto ped With the corn only knee
hig , is the resulting crop of stunt-
ed stalks and nubbins in place of
cars to be char ed to the drouth,
the want of cu tivation, or to the
weeds that have shaded the corn

cspccinlly i'c:1pcrs:1nd bi1idcrs.li:1vc ’

‘to be iii:1dc stronger :1nd liczivicrl
,lli:11i would bc1icccss:1i'y if onlv?

the (‘Wit ,,,(.,-(jcm U, tj,,.(,_\.j,i,m._ .l‘lll(.‘ soil 11c:11' the su1'f:1cc. tzxkiiig
1 ' I
~ j1.1,c best and l'l'.,'llUs‘l clciiiciits that

‘every sip1:1i'c rod of :1v:1il:1blc p:1s-
;t111':1gc is :1
jl:lIl(‘(".

I now iris l)n,\'l-Z.

l\'ecds iiijurc gi'owi11_«_r crops in
‘tlircc w:1_vs. Tlic_\' crowd out olllcr
j])l:1i'1ls by 1:1king the spzicc that
jotliers would o<-cuptv. livcii sm:1ll
jplzints, 21s the d:111dclio11 :u1d sl1cp-
jl1ei'd's purse. (1cclIp_\’ with thcir
jsprc:1dii1g' root lc:1vcs sp:11-c ciio11<_rl1

is “fie” S0\'(I1':ll fim(.“.jt(11' scvc1':1l stools of wlu-:11 or outs.

§lC:1cl1 i1idividu:1l burdock or bull
{1l1isilct:1l<csll1e sp:1cc that niiglit
jl1:1\‘c bccn occupied byscvci':1l usc—
Jful plants. while some wccds. sucli
':is the o.\'-eye d:1is_v. br:1cicd plun-

t:1iii.:1nd (':1ii:1d:1 tliistlc oftcii grow

in such dciisc colonics :is to ('ll()l\'('
=out :1ll othcr pl:11its over :1 consid-
lc1':1blc:11'c:1. Most ticld crops iiccd
izill thc sunlight tl1c_v c:1i1 gct for
j})I'U])(‘I' dcvclopniciit. :11id whcn
:sl1:1dcd by wccds lll(‘ll' dc\‘clop-
jis1'ct:i1'<lcd. The l:11'_x_r1-1' wccds :1s
iiiidividuuls ll:llll1‘:lll‘\' c:1usc tlic
lgi'c:1lcst i11ju1'_v in this lIl:lllll(‘l‘. but
loflcn (‘UlIl]):ll':lll\'('l.\' low wccds
?st:11'vc out :1 crop of yo1111<_»‘ pl:1iits
lb_v sluittiiig otl‘ tlic light. :1s:1tl1ick
lgrowtli of i':1gwc1~(l. so1'rcl.orpigcoii

g‘1':1ss in tlic wl1c:1t stubblc dcs11'o_vs
ftlic sccdliiig1-lovci':i1id g1':1ss. Thc
ltliird :u1d oflcn the 1-l1icfi11ju1'_v lo
l_g'1'o\\'iii_1r crops is c:1uscd b_\' ilic
.roots of tlic \\'c(-ds :1pp1'opi'i:1ti1ig
,in thc soil the clcmcnts uccdcd b_v
gtlic g'1'owi11g' crops. .\ll cl:1sscs of

wccds. lzirgc :11id si1i:1ll. :1rc guilty
of this kind of 1'obbc1'_v. Thc
:s111:1ll uiidcrliiigs. likc ('lll(‘l\'(‘l]\\'(,'(‘ll
l:u1d spccdwcll. livc o1itl1cc1'c:1u1 of

 

lslm1'.l_tl go to the iiourisliiiiciit of
_vou1ig '-,:|:1111s. li:11'gcr wccds, like
(Tumitl.-1 thistles, liorsc-iicttlc. :111d
.mj]]\»w:_i(x:]_ witli c.\'1c1isivc root s_vs-
j[(3]1]s [;1[\'(~lfl1(- CU.\‘ll_\' f(‘l'llllZ(.’l' illill
h:1s l)(‘(:1]j)l()\\'l.‘(l uiidcr for corn.
whczit and other crops.

w1«:1«:1is 11.\1<1~:o1< 1«‘1‘.\'<:1.
\\'ccds :i1'c oftcii hosts for fungi

111:1ttcrofp1'i111c l111po1'— ,

JANUARY 17, 1895.

. l\'hent.he''gr:1in:1nd :1 coiisequent reduction
richest half acre in the field is left

out in cutting the grain, is the loss

‘ in the iiiarkct price. The sum total
I of the loss caused by this last. iteiii

due to the wet l :1lonc, woiilddoubtless be sufficient

or to the _:1buiid:ince of j :1i11ount to pay for :1lii1ost coiiipletc
jweeds that. being given an even‘

,c.\’tcr1iiin:1tioi1 of sonic of the worst
wecds.

“ wi-:i:1)s vs. 111-:1*1"1‘.iT1o:\‘.
l The wccds on :1 f:11'11i1iotoi1l_v in-
jjurc the crop :111d crop products,
gbut also the 11i:11'kct \':1luc of the
‘fill’!!! itsclf. z111d:1lsoto :1 :-1-1-tain
lcxtciit. tlic rcput:11io11 if not even
thc cl1:11':1ctc1' of the fziriiicr. A
:1‘-:1s11:1l observer. ]):ls.\'lll_<_{' :1 wccd_v
;t:1r111. ii:1tur:1ll_v thinks of the one
rcspoiisiblc :1s :1 c:11'clcss:111d thrift-
§lcss man. His uciglibors, whosc
jl:1bo1'iousl_v clc:11icd ticlds ;1i'c sown
jwllll the sccds of wild lettuce.
j111ill(wccd :11id. tliisllcs. blown from

jlllls \\'cctl_\' f:1r1u. oftcn think of thc
jfziruicr :1s so1uctl1i11_<_r worsc tli:1n
jc:11‘(*lcss :111d tliriftlcss. If the fur-
j‘lll(‘I' himsclf is :1 lliiiikiiig 1111111. his
ll:-l1:11':1ctc1' :111d sclf-1'csp(-ct must
ls11tl‘c1' us lic I'('<'(1}_»‘1iizcs the fact
tliut he is kiiovviiigly ullowiiig :11i
j111_|111'_v1ol1is fcllow u1:ui that it is

lliis dullv to :1vc1'1.
ll'41.sI11’ng/lmi. I). F.
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llzipids.

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on \\'o111:in‘s \\'nrk in the
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Mrs. ll:-llc llo_vc1-... .. . ..li:11'od:1
(iv(‘l|t'l':Il IN-pliiy l.¢-t-11111-1's.

Z\l:1r_\' .\ .\l:1_vo. . . . ._ . .. .l€;1Hl»- (‘rock

that :11'c iiijurious to c11lti\':1tcd
plzuits. The wild lclillcx-. l1:11-bors
:1 fu1igus1h:1t is vc1'_v desti'ucti\'c
to culti\':1tcd lcttucc. Hl1cpl1c1'd's
pursc and licdgc 111usl:1rd:11'c liosts
for thc slime mould c:1usi11g club
1'oo1.\\'lilcl1 is so dcsl1'l1clivc to (‘:1b-
bngcs. turnips. :11id their :1llics.
l§l:1ckbc1'1'_v :1iid 1':1spbcr1'.v brizirs
are often infested with tho 1':1sp-
berrv rust which :1tI.:1cks the culti-
v:1tcd vzirictics with disiistrous re-
sults. I11 i1i:1iiy iiistmices these fun-
gus disc:1scs could be controlled
with coi1ip:i1':1livc ezisc. if tlicy wcrc
confined to the cultivated plzuits of
thc g:11'dcii, but so long :is the wild
plants are allowed to grow :1nd
li:11'boi' the discuscs when they are
s’1:1i1ipcd out in the g:1rdcii. so long
iii11y troublc be expected from this
c:1usc.
I.\'.I1'11i'

'l‘() (lK()\\'IN(l (,'I{(')l’.\‘.

The injury c:1uscd by wccds to
the products of crops is oftcii
sc:11‘ccly lcss than the injury to_thc
growiiig crop. A few weeds 111:1
ton of h:1y reduces the ll1:ll‘li(,'l v:1l-
uc of the loud. \\'ecds in tlic'p:1s-

of forage pl:1nts. It liiis been esti-
ii1:1tcd tli:1t the hay produced in
this co1iiiti'v cxcliisivc of the for-
age obtuincd from >:1sturcs_ and
grazing lands is wort :1bout -Will",
om 1,111 111 zinnllzllly. If the loss
caused by weeds could be obviated,
these figiires would be incre:ise<l zit
least. live per cent. The d:111i:1gc to
clover seed and grass seed czuised
by the presence of weed seeds may
be approxiiiizitely 6Sl3llll£1te(l by
noting the difference between the
market prices of ordinary seed and
the fancy cleaned seed. The real :
damage is often even greater than
even these figures indicate, since
the injury to the land caused by
ignorantly or carelessly sowing the
uncleaned seed often exceeds the
value of the crop obtained. All
of the cereals are injured more or
less by the presence of weed seed
which must either be cleaned out

Grange Melodies,     
Opening Song Card, 20 eac 1
Rituals, 7th 9

Rituals, 5th degree, set of nine.. .. .. .. .. .. . .
Rituals. Juvenile, single copy.. . .. ..  
Notice to delinquent members, per 100... . . .
American Manual of Parliamentary Law.. 50
Di est of Laws and Rulings....   
Rolbooks..'. . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . ..
Sample package co-operative literature... .
Kelley's History of the Grange . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

ing tools, stall’

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llo11.('.Ii. l.111‘1-..,.... ..   ..('ol1l\\':1t1-1‘
lloii. I’:-r1'_\' .\I‘1_\'o....  .. .l§:1tll<- 1'rm-k
lloii. Tl1o111:1. .\ . .. . ..lI:-rrir-ii('1-1111-r
.l:1.-on \V'oo«ln1:-.11.. . .  .. . . ._ ..  .. . l’:1w l’:1w
.\. l).  l.:u1~i111:
('. L. \\'l1it1u-)'......... ..,....\lll.~l~\'l‘L{UI|
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('. V. .':1. .. .. . liloo111i1i;.:d.'1l1-. .\llI-::;111
ll. l§. ll:-,vnold.~....   .. luluud. lit-nzio
(icor;,'<- l§ow.~1-1‘. _ .. ..  .. . l)o\vli11;:. l$:1i'r_v “
J:1111<»s l). Sriidlugv . . . . ..l‘11io114'it.v. ll1‘.'1i1cl1 "
' - " ..lilI(2ll1ll11lll. lil‘l"l'll'Il
J. “V. l‘I:i1i<~sI . ..., .1\'i. Jol111s.(‘li1ito11
.\l:1r)‘ .\. l\I:1)'o_,. . . ll:1tll1- ('1':-:-k. (‘ullioiin
\Villi:ii11('l:11'k ,. . .( ‘l1:irl1-voix. ('li:1rlI-voix
la‘. B. \\'z1rtl.... ....,1‘li:11'lcvoix. |‘l1:11‘l1-voix
.\lir:11i1.\lill1-1' . . . . .....l)o\v:11:1:1c.1':1<s
F. H. 0.-l)orii.. 11111 lizipids. Iinton
l.-11:11‘ Riisscll . . ..  .. ..\lm:1. (1'r:1tiot
John l’:1ss1i1o1'1- . . .. .. .,..l’l11.~'!1i11;:, (it‘I1(‘>'l‘l‘
E. 1). [i:11l«l.,.()ld .\li.~sio11.(ir:1nd 'l'r:1v1-rsc “
Mrs. E. D. .\'ok1-s.....Wl11-:1tl:i1ul l'lills1l.'il1- "
R. .\. l}ro\v1i....  S:11id ll1~:i<'l1,H11ro1i
l). H. lC1i1:lisli.. .. ..('l1:1mll1-1'. loiiin
l“. W. llzivcns . . . . . . . . . ..l"ir<'l1b11r;:. lnuliziui
J. A. ('o1irtriglit. .  .. Duck L:1ko-.J:ick.~o11
Rob:-rt I)ockv>r,v. . ....Rockfor1l. Kl-iit "
.l:111iv-slim-:ic1-11 . . . . . ..K:1lk:1<k:1, K:ilk:1sk:1 "
llirziiii l€i':ids|1:1w.. ...\'or1l1 l‘ll‘illl(?ll. Lap:-cr "
Frcd I):-:i11. . .. .. ......Bi'i1:l1tomLivingston "
E. W. Alli.~'.. ..  ..  ....\dri:1n. Lciimvcc “
G1-orgn H. L1-sh-r . . . , . . ..1'1~y.-1:11, Moiitciilni "
l). R. Van .\ii1bc1'1:....l5v-ar Lzikc. l\l:1ni.~tcc “
J1-. '1- li. Williz11i1s....Bii.: Rapids, M1-co.-"ta “
L:i\\‘soii . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Disco. Mzicoiiib “
. ..Fl:1i Rock. Monroe “
.l{:iv1-niizi. Muskngon "
...\si1l:i11d. .\'+-wnygo "
.....Ypsil:111ti. ():ikl:1nd “
...H1i1lsoiivillc.Ottawa “
. . . . . . . . .Sl1clb_v. OCHIHIB "
\'nri1on. >'l1iaw:1ssc(~ “
.......\voca.St.('lair “
(‘1-iitorvillc. St. Joseph "
Rob:-rt Tn-li_v. Birch Run. ,:i1i:1w
M. ('. ' .. ('.'1rsoiivillo. Szinilzic “
H1-lcii .\. Fiske , . . . . ..L£l\\'l‘(’llCl‘. \':1n Burt-ii "

   
  
 

   
 
  
 

    

     
    
     
   

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_\.' w. ' .
Wm. B. L:11u.:lc_\

tui-e1-educe the :1v:1il:ible product .1111.” 1-1. Wilcox..........Plyn1o11th.Wayiic 

John .\. l\IcDoii:.z:1l.. ..‘1'psil.'-inti. \V.'1str-naiv “
R. t’. Norris . . . . . . . . . . . . ..(':idill:ic. W1-xford “

Revised List of Grange Supplies
K1.-pt in the ollice of Sony of the

MIUH IGAN STATE GRANGE

-ind sent out post-pziid on receipt of cash order,
over the Seal of :1 Huhordiiizitc Graiige, and
the sigiiature of its Master or Secretary.

Porcelain ballot marbles. per hundred. .. . .$1J 7:’)
Secretary's lczlgcr.  . 245
Secretary's recoi-d.... ..    ., .
Treasurcr’s orders, bound, per hundred. . . . 35
Secretary's receipts for dues, per hundred.. 35
Treasurer's receipts for dues. per hundred.. 35
Applications for membership. per hundred 5U
Withdrawal cards, per dozen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Demits. in envelopes, er dozen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
By-laws of the State arrange, single copies,

        

1Uc:pcrdozcn..., . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . .. 75
‘Glad Ecl(liO8S," with music. single copies,
25c;per ozen.....

ition (with combined degrees.)

3
4
:75c per 50; 100 1
25c each: per dozen.... .. .. §

51559?

Write for prices on gold pins, ha 5, work-

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and any other Grange sfipsglifisxxlagdmss L, 
Ann Arbor, Mich. ' “

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mem_,_New York Time‘ from the sun and taken nearly all

at considerable expense, or cause
of the moisture-and fertilizing ele-

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JANUARY 17, 1895.

THE GRANGE VISIT

   
   

OR.

Agriculture in the Desert.
0. B. eoi.i.i.\'1;woon.
Some one

the desei't.

this coiintry.

\Vest of the Rockies :1i1d east of conditions of such :1 region. ()iie
the Sierr:1s there is :1 vast extent of 5 c:11i often h11_v for speculation )lll'—

country ne:1rly one third the area
of the l'nited >'t:1t.es \vliicli is to:1ll
intents :1nd purposes :1 desert.
Here we have :1 million square
miles, only :1 fraction of which will
ever come under cultivation: hut if

one percent of this should he re-A

claiiiied it \vould he :1 territory
larger tl1:1n the st:ite of .\l:1ssacli11—
setts and c:1p:1hle of producing the
iiiost astonishing crops. At pres-
ent this whole region supports
ahoiit one :1iid one q11:1rter millions
of people, one fiftieth of o1ii' popu-
lation. (ilne per cent hi-ought 1111-
der irrig:1tion :1nd intense c11ltiv:1-
tion would undoubtedly s1ippoi't :1
population of seven millions. of
people. How l:1rge :11) area will he
subdued is :1 question which only
the future c:iii answer.

Ill.\"I‘()1{Y OF THE (,‘()l'.\"I‘l{Y.

This frontier country has li:1d :1
peculiar history, which might he
divided into three periods. l*‘irst.
the buffalo :1nd the Indi:1ns reigned
supreine. The hutl':1lo :ire gone
and the Indi:1ns reduced to :1ii 11n-
i1nport:1nt factor. Se:-oii1l. the

ieriod of mines :1iid mining.
llhird. while the mining  still :1ii
iinportaiit fe:1t11i'e comes the :1gri-
cultural period. For every lndi:1ii
that l1:is heen killed it li:1s cost :1
good niany thousand dollars: for
e:1cli doll:1r in gold which li:1s heen
dug it has cost something over two
dollars :1nd one li:1lf. \\'hat will
he the:1gric11lt1ir:1l record!

It is ahout this time of year
th:1t the irrig:1tioii proinoter places
his enticing :1d\ertiscn1ents reg:1rd—
ing a sure road to wealth. lle tells
you of :1 verit:1hle paradise which
needs oiil_v :1 inininiuni of indiistry
and money to iiiake one e\'crl:ist-
iiigly rich :1iid happy. ()1ir winds
are cold and piercing. :1iid the
agent tells 11s of :1 dry. hraciiig
cliiii:1tc \vl1ere living is easy :1iid d_v-
ing is ditiicult. :11id iii:1iiy :1re look-
ing toward this promised land.

I ‘Ii.-\\\'B.-\( ‘ Ii .\'.

\Vh:1t :1re the dr:1wh:1cks to this
e:1rtlily p:1r:idiscf First the co1iii-
try e:1ii he c11ltiv:1ted only h_v the
use of w:1ter. :1iid the water supply
is e.\'c1-edingly limited. Irrigation
is e.\'peii.sive :1nd c:1ii only he ac-
coinplislied liy coi'poratio1is which
invest a large aniount of capital.
These corpor:1tioiis :1re doing liaisi-
ness for wli:1t there is in it. :1iid in
order to get it o1it often sell two or
three times :1s much l:1iid :is they
have water with which to supply
it. The difference ht-tween the
:1iiio1int of w:1ter which :1 conipany
gu:1r:1ntecs to supply :1iid what they
act1i:1lly deliver can only he deter-
mined hy personal inspection.

Second :is to the q11:1lit_v of the
water and its etlect on the soil. In
many p:1rts of this region the w:1ter
contains so large :1ii :1iiio11iit of salty
ni:1teri:1l tli:1t its contiinied use will

iroduce the most serious results.
These results are shown in the so
ealled:1lkali soils, which cont:iiii :1n
ainount of salty 1n:1tter harniful to
plant growth. In all of this region
the rainfall is insiithcieiit to wo1'k
the salts out of the soil :1iid the ad: led
amount of salt supplied in the
water acciiiiiulates hy ev:ipor:1tioii
near the surface and heconies :1
a serious menace to plant growth.
There are other questions which
one should consider, hut tliesetwo.
the amount of water to he furnish-
ed and its cliaracter and effect on
the soil. must he carefiilly studied
by onewho would huy land in a
country whose conditions are en-
tirely novel to him.

There are portions of this desert
where good land with ample water
can be purchased and it is here
that irrigation is a success. On
such farins larger and better crops
can be grown than anywhere else
in the world. The hay crop is
made largely from alfalfa, four or
five crops of which can he cut in
one season, giving a total of seven
to nine tons of hay per acre. All
the grains except corn make a good
crop; as a rule sorghum grows and

in writing on thej
snakes in Ireland coniinenced hy;
saying “There are no‘sn:1kes in?
Ireland.” I)CI'll:l1)>'§'()llCXp(f(‘tll1Ct():t‘llltlll'C in the desert where the
say that there is no agriculture inj’w:1ter is :1h11iid:1iit :1iid of good

I
:iri'igated fruits :1re :1 success.
(‘ARI-1 :\'i-:i:ni~‘.ii.

onc. liowevcr.‘

. were disposed toiii:1ke it so. I
one yc:1r in studying the pec11li:1r }m\-9 lived less than three

proliihitory law went into etl'ect.

hoses :1iid he sliccessflll 011 =1 F W11 The vells and dr1ink:1rd songs arel

‘:1cq11:1iiit:u1cc. hut if ht‘ l-' 10 llV“ lie:1rd no iuore ontlic highway l:1tc
lthere :1nd iii:1l<cfar1iiiiiga liusiiicss at nip-]i1_

huy an irrigated f:1riii hcforc he ,s:iI’(‘ :1nddisgr:1ce_ depreciating the
‘tliorouglily 1iiiderst:1iids the coi1di- . ' '
ltioiis.
hring 11p :1 poor f:irii1 hy rotation ,~ vanislied.
:1iid ii1:1nuriiig. hut to hring up :1’
desert, f:1ri1i without w:1tcr '

The liaunts around sa-
loons where the worst element coii-
I-‘ =1tgreg:1tcd :iiid where it w:1s disa-
llu1)t'l<‘>‘>‘ 1:1-‘l\1 grec:1hle for women to pass at :1iiv

I h:1\'0 <le\‘ot<'d 1u0>‘t Of tlll-*' time. :1iid ahsolutely dangeroiis
sketch to the drawhacks of desert without :1 guard:1fterdai'k.:1re now
f:1rii1inghec:11ise I helievetliereart‘gto :1ll :1ppear:1nces :is quiet :1iid
iii:1iiy who liave heen hliiided l>_\’~‘_.v;if(- as ;m_\- place in :11:-1-in,-_
iiiisleading :1i1d lying :1dvertisc— Th:-, 1-1-yr:-1111:-,1)f>E7,.‘i111ifm7 1i.-mm.
iiieiits :1iid :1re prepariiig to invest ml]:-.-tr-(L, 11,,-{to the r-oum_y_ “-119”
inoiiey without slltiiciwt iI1\'(‘>'ti;:':l- spread over its :1ssesse1l \':llll:1tio1i,
tion. almost drops out of sight. :1iid at

Irrig:1tion l1:1s:1grc:1t f11t1ire.h1it },(_-.1 is hlood money. The l:1w
tlierc are ui:m_v \v|1o;\\’ill;1>:1_v :1 hi}: woi-ksgrczitinconveiiieiiceto drink-
price for their exp:-i'ieiice. The 9;-_e-_ Iknow of sonic old “so:1ks"
f:1rinersof .\li1-liigan c:1ii well :1ti'ord “-hen the luw went into efim-t win,
,to let tll(:iI' l('.<.~‘ ll:l1)])ll.\' l(N‘=lt(’(l got up :11id went to places niore
neighhorsof the senii-arid I'(‘}_’l<m i1gree:1hle to their t:1ste,—ourconi-

p1'(-ss on to the llIiL'()Ii(jll(‘I'(‘(l pliiiients to lienawee county.
desert. The l:iw is hated II)’ the salooii-
I-""""”‘Y/' ist :1nd he sits 1inc:1sy under it. If

he d:1res to sell :it all. it is :1t coii-
tiii1i:1l ll:lZ:ll'(l.{1l]()llt,l{l\\' :1nd criiiii-
1i:il. with high tines :1nd the peni-
,.\'one are hetterinforiiied as to teiitiary just hefore him. liet 11s
the workings of proliiliitioii in keep the law :1nd spread it :ill over
Ilillsd:ile county. tli:1ii (ItIi(‘l:llH1tll(* state. W31. I{i11nr.
whose duty it is toenforce the law. 11"U-*‘<"Il¢’-
:1iid those who come in contact
with it. Iseiid tothe \'isi'roi1 :1
report in hrief of :i1i interview with ‘V111. Kirhy. Dear Sir:—lI:iving
(luy .\l.('licster. pi-oscciitiiig:1ttor- placed in my l1:1iids s.ever:1l ques-
ney: .\'pencer I9. liisliop. ex—pros1-- tions asked hytlie(ti:Ax1;i«: \'isi'i‘oi1.
cuting attorney. wliose term of I will t1'y to :1iiswer them as well
oliice c.\'tendcd under the workings =|>' I H111 uhlt‘.
ofhoth high license :1iid pi'oliilii- 1- "lllllilt l>‘ l‘>F~‘ of
tioii: ltcy. (i. S. I?-r:1dley. secret:1ry lH!<lt‘1' luttll Ujitlullfii

How Local Option Works in
Hi11sda1e.,Cour1ty.

llll. I§l{.\I)I.liY ‘S I.I-I'l"l‘I£l{.

l'(‘\'(‘llll(‘

yields better than corn. Fruits of
all kind flourish according to the

of county l:1w and order league.’ 111 15*“, “)0 lll'>'t .\’<‘=H' Hf llllh
:1iid ch:1irni:1n of lli'os:,-c11tiii_L” eoi1i—llicense. there were tifteen saloons
mittce. wliose report in writin1_rI in llillsd:1le county. that p:1id :1
send in full: ‘W. ll. (iier. justice 131-‘ Hf $7-5“". 0110 llillf Of \\‘lll('h
.,f11K.},(.m.(._ j,(.f.,1.L.“-jH,,,, 3 l:l['g‘(x went to the gt-nei‘:1l county fund.
per cent of the liquor cascs come; the other to the cities which con-
:u1d.\_ F, l)wight. :1 lawyer of tainedthcsaloons.’ ()fco1ii'sc. this
coiisiderahlc practice and jii'1ii1ii- reveniie under loca. option is lost.
n1-nee, \\'itli11.:-ox.-1-ptionof )1;-_ This answers the aliove question.
('liestci'. :1ll weretogctlier when iii— hilt there is :1notlicr side to the
“.1-‘-i(.“-ml‘ \mmn._,. fm. (..,n\.(.“inu~ picture. asopen. uni'esti'ictcd sale
of court. ii of liquor resiilts in :1 v:1st :1i1io1ii1t

(Q. Is the ly1'(yltilDIAt(.‘I'.\' l;1wditli— of crime in the couiity. increzising
cult to 1-iiforcef the taxes. resulting in cii-llcss

.‘i. S. 1). l’iisliop,--~11 is no hrawls. :1iid peaceful den1or:1liz:1—
more ditlicult to eiiforce tli:1ii:1iiv ‘IUIL Stilll-*‘tl<f>‘ t‘\"<’l')'\\'ll(‘!'<‘ ;_"<> 10
otlirr l:1w :1g:1i11st criiuc. .
otlicials are ('(jll:tll_\' iiiclined to 111- hi;:‘l1 licence» that .s:1loons are not

force it. regulated. the saloon k1 epers
Q, '\‘\ ha: 35 to .;>xp1-nee-:1 to tho hreak every ph:1se ofthc law. sell-
county.’ mg on the Saliliatli. selling :1fter

A. 5. I). liishop. ---Its 1-iifor.-o- hours. selling to drI1nk:1rds and to
liieiit need he of no e.\'p¢.'Iise to the mlIWI's---—t.1i :lll_\'l)od_\' tllilt lltlfi lllt‘
couiity. I'i(“.'(‘llll(' from lines 1-:1ii‘,111011<’,\'t'<1l' it.
he inade to p:iy all (’_\'])(‘l].<1t*.\‘. 2. "How does the ii11mher of

Q. \\'h:1t as to rcxeiiue from li— iirrcsts for di'1'.iikeiii1css and crinic
ccnsef due to that compare with nuniher

.-\. \\'.}ll. (tier.----Tl1:1t ofcourse ”ll,<lli‘l' ll<.'<‘11SC5"‘
is lost to t ie county. I ic following stateiiiciits will

Q, Is it true as \\';|,\' 1-1-pm-1i‘»(t_ show somctliing in this directioii:
“"1: =1 <'<'1‘!=”"1>Ws‘1'11~n.!=et ~~m- \V'liiil1-lii\i1i. ..  .'.'.'-1%.". 
iiier for violation of Inc liquor l:1w -~ -- ‘ ' 
(.(,_\vtt}-1(.(.‘,un1.\. $'~,”H{ , ‘ ‘ (ll‘>tl.J:ll‘,‘.’,‘f'(l....   (‘i

A. (;,_ y1_ (‘]”.l¢u.1.__,“ mium lhe rein:1miiig ones are untried
have cost :it the outside $:‘..’i< 1, ,5 it" till“ ‘l=1,\'-

I). l‘il.~'.liUl).—-Flf.'\lll'(‘ it as l1i_J‘li as w""l" N” °"“""" ‘““"“' “N1 ‘’I’“‘’’' "t 1*”:

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_ _ _the first year of local option.. I.\
you can and \'(;u («an tnlukc It “U51 \\l1ole .\o.of(‘oi1vi(7ti1ins...,...  . . T
' _‘ .  '1 \ V. . . “ “ ‘ zieqiiitted by 1 ie jury..._ ,.  2
(H (1 3.3‘ ll l.  I‘ . l)\\ l}_'lll.-rill IN f p -' (ll.\'(‘llHY.‘}_’(*,ll.l),V' the court for iii-
an <‘-\=l.£:I<*1'=1U<>I1  an .-in-11 .-1«»m-.- .1-..*.’::'.:;::.{;:::.:;€ ::::;:'.:':'.';.::::;:.:::.1'f%fff"  1
are. got 11p hy the saloonists :1iid “

.-\s far as my
ohser\':1tions go. the l:1w is :1 suc—.
cess. or might he if the otlicials

. inilcs
from the city of lI1llsd:1lcsiii1-e the:

The hr-_-wery that stands .
lie will 1i1:1ke :1 great inistake to jugt in 1}”. (..p_,.(. (,1 1110 (.11)-_ an (.‘H._ :

V v:il1ic of property all ziround it. is‘
In the rum hvlt _\'0l| W11 y closed 11p :1nd its hitter fumes have‘

if 1]”. show tli:it nothing is g:1iiic1l froinj

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latitude, but from the oranges ()fj(llSCllSSL‘(l there was no difference t(':lI1l€ into the treasiirv. hut under
.Yenna to the apples of llontana ; in views ex iressed. though it isliut local option the tines ai'e much
jfair to say t at (i. 31. Chester was , larger. :1iid when the l:1w is prop-
lmore reserved and less positive.‘
_ ‘and it is said hy those who should hut it would pay all its own om-
This is the hriglit side of :1gi'i-1‘-n.,“—_ that he is not in S)-1m,m1,V ‘ '
lwith the proliihitory features «Liv
jthe l:iw. and would of choice i1i:1ke
But the truth is tliatgiqiiality :1iid the soil is :1d:1pted to no :11-1-(tats []n(l(l1' it,
it is there in :1 very lively form and ‘irrigation. No
hids fair to he aililtist iiiiport:1iit‘should invest money in desert agri-
factor in the economic wealth of.culture until he li:1s spent :it least

lay.

Let me quote from :1 letter re-

ceived from :1 prominent l:1wver in
\':1nlh1rei1 co1iiit_v. (). \\'. ‘Row-
land. lle says: ".Vootl1c1' criii1-
1ii:1l statuteis hettcr enforced. ()f
fco11i'se it is violated. so :1re all
.Nt:1tutcs enacted for the punisli-
ment of crime. hut the violations
.»are growing fewer in numhcr."

I.incoln ll. Tit1is_
:1ttuI‘iiey of \':uil’iurcn co1Int\‘.
says under date of April ‘_':}_ l.\",f4;
,"To say that liquor is not sold in
‘this county would he nonsense. for

:tlH‘l'<‘ IS. and people will get driiiikz
hut driiiikeiiiicss is way down. the
reports of wliisky men to the con-
trary not witlistaiiding. I :iiii in
:1 position to know wliat I speak.

she nunilier of drunks :1iid assault
:1iid h:1ttei'_\' cases hrouglit liefore
the court since loc:1l option was
enforced up to the li:1iidle has
dropped oti' over .311 P01‘ (-pm_

"You ask how it conipares with
other c:1ses on the c:1lend:irf It is
the only l:1w that is self-sustainiiig.
In :1 iii:1tter of dollars :1iid cents we
get enough out of the tines :1iid
costs to pay tlieotlier fellows‘ hoard
who go to j:1il :1iid the cost of
their suits. " \\'h:1t c:iii he done in
\'anl’»ureii county c:1ii :1nd ought to
he done in llillsdale county.‘ “'1-
hope to re:1cl1 that point. i

-l. “.\hi11liei‘ of arrests for vio-
l:1tion of local option l:1w. also 1111-
der license."

I li:1ve covered this in what I
liavc already said. hut will add:
"'\\'e have six iartics just p11t 11n-
der arrest. with six more all ready
for arrest. ” i

.3. "l’rosecutionsfors:1n1e:con-
yictions: 1'ost:1s coniparcd with
saine under license."

It will lie
qlltnstioii
otliers. (In the Hth of May. I1\‘.l-l.‘
our people voted on loc:1l optioii;
the second time :1iid it was carried. 1
Hiiice that time. 11p to within :1 few;
days of the present. there were;
only two or three cases. one con-y:
tirined by the supreme court. and}
thc man spent tio days in jail. Thel
other case went througli the cir—l
cuit court all right. hut l1:1s heen‘
c:1rricd to the liigl1ei' court on
soiiic teclinicality in the proceed-‘
iiigs.

(hie man l)(‘ft|I'(‘ <'(iIl\'l(‘ltE<l canic
11p :1iid paid his fine of $2.31 1. “'1-
coiitideiitly expect the higlicr}
1-o11rt's1lccisioi1 in our favor. and?

this will hring11siiiproh:1hly52.311‘
more. If so. this will prohahly
more than pay all costs of court. 1
The e.\‘:1ct cost I :1iii

not :ll1l(' tol

i.L‘iv1- for i'e:1sn11s li<'foi'c stated. vi7.:"

liquor suits are not kept cntirelyi
distinct from other violations of
l:1\v. “Ye had :1 l:l\\’_\'(‘l' :1ttei1ipt to
get at e.\‘act costs diiriiig the pend-
ing oftlic loc:1l option question.j
hut he gave it up. s:1yiiig he collltlj
not separate the itcnis. I wish I.
could give you more 1-_\':1ct ilf_"lll'(*.\"
on this point. hut I :1iii satistied it
would show iiiost forcihly in favor
of loc:1l option.

(1. ".\l1-tliods of
law."

These are endless. livery trick
possihle hy the lawyers for the sa—;
loon men is resorted to. every tcch-1
nicality is iiiagnitied into the larg-
est proportioiis. cases are carried,
to the supreme court until it would}
seem as though tli:it court must he--5
comeperfectly disgiistcd. In the:

1‘\.‘lIlll]g' the‘

ile .\o. of parties zirrcstcil lliiil‘-.l.\l#'.ll|-ti.’
- - _ . drunk in  
um”. fillnllmflllyll-‘Ii-\' IHl' 21 ])lIl'})().*2(‘. Whole No. :1rrcste1ll'or saint: in 1.-1£1:§.'... .   I
There is no 11.-se chasing down these Froin the above it will he easily l
lies; while you :1re ch:1siiig down seen which l:1w was hest enforced
one they will spring :1 dozen more :1iid which tended most to retriilate
011 ,Y”'1- “- 11- (ii<.‘1'.-—lt is not and restrict the s:1les. It wdll he
true that the sanie iiidivid11:1l can noticed that there were only four
iii:1kc the same e.\'pense the second arrests for drunkenness in it 1892
time. The next time he will go to siii1ply'hec:11ise thedriinkenness did
Ioiii:1iiiste:11l of ho:1rding o11t his not appear. K
tllncat the <founty‘s expense. 3. “Has the cost of jail and

(-2- A1'0.1l_1tjI'1‘r any less arrests county lioiise heen less under loc:1l
under prohihition_ for driinkenness optiont" Also costofprosocutioii
and crimes coiiii1i1t.ted while under for crimes cominitted under influ-
the influence of liquor. than under eiice of liquor!
high license! A. (i. M. Chester This is :1. question quite diflicult
-—-I think there _are less.  l). to answer directly. VVe have tried
_li1shop.-—lhere is no way of tind- to sift o1it from the records of the
ing out hut hy going to the records, county the cost of liquor suits sep-
excepting hy what we  VVe arately, but cannot do it, from the
809 less. _ _ _ fact that when :1 check for cost is
. Q. Does prohibition ‘sentiment presented to the treasurer, it is not
interfere wit getting a jury! A. always made ele:1r what is the exact
(fr. M. Chester.——If the juryinan cause. For example, there might
has been an active prohihitionist he be an “assault and battery,” ball
is rejected as prejudiced. But due to liquor, but it does not so
there IS not so much trouble in come to the treasurer; so in a

Vney for defciisc :1ckiiowledges that

.Veyli:11't case carried up. the attor-

lie has no hope of savingliis client.
h1it that client has money. so the
case goes up. proh:1hly to stave oil,
result as long as possihle.
Again. there is :1ii_v :1iiio1ii1t of;

pci'jury aiiiong witnesses :1iid j1i- ‘
rors. l’erj11ry is notorious in liquor
suits. In some c:1ses atteinpts.
have heen niade to get i1i:1ii1 wit-E
nesses to le:1ve the county. liiquorj
has heen shipped in here in harrels:
:1nd hogsheads. l:1hele<l“l1:1ii1s" etc. 1
Sonic. is shipped to :1 station scver- 1
al miles away :ind

drawn :icrossi
the country after d:1rk. In one in-_l
stance lately reported to me, :1 man 
is bottling in his harn-~a man‘
comes in. stamps his heel on thel,
tioor and lo! a hottle is let downl
from a|iove—no person appearingl
as salesnian. Drinkers 1is11ally call 
for “ginger ale" when they wishl
beer, or “shorts" when they wish

whiskey. In one case I was told

that there was a counter, but no

this wayas there was.’ murder case, &c,
While these questions were freely Under high license very few fines

  

bottles appeared behind it,
1

could anyt ng be seen if one were

erly enforced. I li:1vc no douht~

proscc11tiii_<_- ‘

to I s:1y to you :1iid:1ll others that»

. sinoking.

‘to come and see him.

I been struck and siua:-lied in.

I he seeined to smoke.

to step liehind the har-siinply
passed up through :1 trap door,
when wanted. ete.. etc.

'1'. “I’roh:1hle decrc:1seot' liquor
<‘oiisuined."

With regard to this we li:1vc no
iiie:11is to detc1'iiiiiie the facts. for
under loc:1l option everything is
concealed as far as possililc. The
presuinption is that :1 much less
:1iiio1111t is consumed. -\ largc 1111111-
her of people will not p1ircli:1se
liquor if they niust "sneak " around
to secure it: with open saloons
they will walk right in :1nd drink.
.\ person came to llillsdale soiiie
months ago :1iid met the saloon
keeper ne:ii'liis li:|1‘l\‘1l1i1il‘:Ill1l said,
"How is hiisiiicssf" The re ily
was. " iad. had. loc:1l option has
knocked us in the li(‘:l(l.". .-\ s:1looii
man whom we have in jail :1w:1it—
.ing his trial. told inetliis forenooii
lthat if we had waited two days
longer he would li:1vc left town. as
he could not ii1:1ke it pay enougli
ito support his f:iii1ily. Tlicse little
lthings suggest that loc:1l option is
jnot the liappiest st:1tcoftl1iiigsfo1'
lthcir hiisiiicss. The :ii'i'1-sts receiitly
‘made. :iiid several others in pros-
pect. will send consteri1:1tion into
the r:1nks of the saloonists :1i1d
their friends. for we hope to get
two convictions out of each 1':1s('~—
one for keeping :1 pl:1ee where
liquor is sold. the other for selling.
I think we li:1ve :1 good l:1w :1t
present. hut it needs some cli:1iiges
to secure the hest results. (hie is
:1 "searcli :1iid seizure" clause. To
treat :1 iii:1ii with liquorsliould suh-
ject the ii1:iii who treats to the
penalty of "giviiig :1w:1y“ liquor
now in the |:1w. I am inclined to
think that this might he c:1rried as
the law now st:1iids. At any rate
I would like to sccit tried on. .\I_\'
letter is :1lrc:1d_v very long. :1iid I
li:1vc not :11iswcred:1ll the questions
as miiiutel_v:1s I could wish. \\'hen
court records are 11i:1dc lll()l‘(‘(‘.\:l(‘l.
then we c:1ii tind out hcttcr: until

"l'v"(‘1""‘»‘l lllill llll-‘ltlieiii11:1ii\' dcsii':1hlc dat.-1 c:1iiiiot
runs into some of thelieohtaiiicd.

Yoiirs for tempci':1iicc.
ltiav. (i. S. liI{.\I)|.l-LY.
Hills:/rill‘.

HOW GRANY BECAME A Sn’. JKER.
An Incident That Calised the General to Be
()\'('I‘“'Il€Ilnl’lI \\'itli Cigars.

“My fatlier, ” said (,,‘oloii<-l Graiit,
“tried to sinoke while :1‘1~\‘i'est l’oiui3,
but only because it was :1g.'1inst the reg-

1 ulatioiis, and then he didn’t succeed
1 very well at it. He really got the habit:

from siiiokiiig liglit ci;_;':1rs and cigarettes

, during the Mexican war, but it wasn’t

a. fixed habit. “'11:-ii he left the army
and lived in the country, he snioked B.
pipe—not. iii:-essziiitly. I don’t think
that lie was very fond of toliacco then,

' and really there was always :1 popular

iiiiscoiiceptioii of the aiiionnt of his
But he went on as a light

.sn1ok<-1', :1 c:1sii:1I siiioker, until the day

of the fall of Fort I)oi11-lsoii. Then the
guiihoats liziyiiig been \Vo1's't4'rl so1iie-
what. and Adiniral l“ooto li:1vin;.: been
wouiidcd, he sent asliorc for my father
lilzitlier went
ab(.:1rd. and the adniirzil, as is customi-
ary, had his cigars passed. My father
took one and was siiioking it when he
went asliore. Tlnrc he was met liya.
staff officer, who told him that there
was :1 sortie, :1iid tho riglit wing had
Th:-11 my
father started for tho scciie of opera-
tions. He let his cigar goout iiatiirally,

1 but held it hctweeii his tingzers. He rode
§ hither and you, giviiig orders and direc-

tions, still with the cigar stump in his
hand.

“The result of his 1-.\’crtioiis was that
Fort Donclson fell after he sent his ines-
sage of ‘uiieonditional surrender,’ and
‘I propose to inove iniiiicdiatcly upon
your works.’ \Vith the 1i1essa;.re was
sent all over the country the iiews that
Grant was smoking t’l1r< iuglioiit the bat-
tle when he onlyhad carried this stump
from Foot:-‘:’s flzigsliip. But the cigars
began to come in from all over the Un-
ion. He had ll,000 cigars on hand in a
very short time. He gave away all he

‘ could, hut he was so surroiindcd with
; cigars that he got to sinokiiig them reg-
-‘ ularl_\‘. but he never smoked as much as

He would light a
cigar after ‘breakfast and let it go out,
and then light it again, and then again
let it go out and light it, so that the
one cigar would last: until lunclitiine. ”
—From an Interview With Colonel
Frederick D. Grant About His Father
in McClure‘s Magazine.

 

Supposing a Case.

Manager-—Tliis new play, I expect,
will be a big success. In the first act
you appear as a beggarly clerk in a dry
goods establishmeiit, kicked about by
your employers and the floorwalkcr and
contemned by the customers. Then three
years elapse between the first and sec-
ond acts and
ctor—You wouldn’t mind paying
my salary in advance for those three

years? I’m awfully short.
Manager-—I ought to have said ‘are
supposed to elapse.’ You can suppose

nor i you got your three years’ salary in ad-

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THE GRANGE V ISITOR.

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JANUARY 17, 1895.

llaticeysél llmeeeings

G RATIOT P0310)’ A.

‘The next session of tiratiot county Pomona ,
Gran e will he held with Arcada Grange Satur- ,
dfiy. ebruary 9. All fourth degree members-

are invited to he preseiit at the business meet-
1ng_in the forenoon to aid with their culuisnl in
laying out the field forlccturc work. _\fteruooii
and evening sessions public.

E. FRANKLIN. Ll-(‘tL1rl‘I‘.

REST i>o.\io.\‘.\.

The next Kent (‘ounty Pomona (ii‘:iiig- will
be held with ('ourtland (iraiige February oin-
nieiiciiig at 10 o’clock a. in. Morning . . on
will be devoted to hiisiness of the (irniigc. . and
will the oflicr-rs who were not In>‘fi1ll(‘II at Rock-

time to be installed at the
PI‘UL{I'£llIl for the aftvrnooii is

3: soiig. ('ourtlaIid (iraiiqr: l'Iioir: ad-,'
dress of welconii-. Mast:-r t‘ourtl;iiid (ir:iii;.'.e. W. I .
- I representatives

H. Myers, Jr.; responsr-,inaster Poiiioiia (lrang ,
soiig.Brother and Sister Mortimer .\ustin; “( ‘an
our >'_VSlf‘IIl of farniing be cliaiigml so as to .
cure more rest. for the farnier?" Brotlic-rs Jain
Martin and M. A. Norton: recitatioii. Sister
Mertic Preston: fiiriiil-rs’ grievziiice.-. BI‘UlIlI‘.l' H.
(‘. Denison, Sister F. R. Keecliz select rt-:idin,~.:.
Sister I’. (‘. Giles. song, Brother and Sister
(ileorge Hunting: Fariiier.-" hlessiiigs, Sisters
Robert Dock:-ry and Jami-s Martin. Brother A

H. Foster: recitation. Brotlu-r (ii-orgv Davisi.

song, (‘ourtl:ind (iriiiigi-: Progrs-ss of the world.
Brothl,-rs E. R. K01,-ch and Arthur lilshy. Sisters
M. H. Foster. Martha Berry and Sarali .\iidrus.
All prcseiit are iiivitcd to take part in the dis-
cussions and contribute with songs. sp:-.i-cli-
es or rccitations to inakv our II)l‘(‘lll]L{ pl:-asant
and profitable. .\n evi-iiiiig so ion will be held
if there are any who wish to take the tiftli de-
gree. (‘arriages will meet the train at Rock-
ford to take all to the (irange who prefer to go
that way. Please write Brotlu-r Robert Dock-
ery, Rockford, that they may know how niany
conveyances will be required.
Mus. WM. T. _\r>.t.\is. Lecturer.

 

()lil'l'U.-\R\'.

Died, John Danville, a worthy
niemberof Pomona Grange No. 21.

Brother Nathan VVinslow, an old
and honored member of \Villiam—
ston Grange N0. M5, recently
passed away. The Grange mourns
his loss keenly and extends sym-
pathy to the bereaved family.

Sister Julia Bailey Remington
died in Ionia, Nov. 4, 1894. In
her death Kent county Grange has
lost one of her most loved and
cherished members. She was
prominent in Grange work in Kent
county till she moved to Ionia,
where she has lived for the last few
years. She was a charter member
of South Lowell Grange, in which
Grange she ably filled the office of
lecturer for several years. She
was elected to various officies in
Kent county Grange and was for
two years Pomona of the State
Grange. VMIICH a delegate to the
State Grange she was chairman of
the committee on education. and
those who listened to her able re-
port, will be pained to know that
her voice is forever stilled. She
was above the average in intelli-
gence and education.

How cornforting the thought
“That she is safe with Him who bath the pow-
Olcfliiain and sin and death.
Forever with her (iod and Savior hlcst.
To rest, sweetly rest.“

HI l.l,Sl)Al.l-I PO.\ION.-\ (LR.-\N(;I’,.

The January meeting for install-
ing officers of Hillsdale Pomona
Grange was held on the 3rd at
Adams Grange hall. V-Ve were
favored with the presence of Bro.
Horton, master of the State Grange,
who officiated, and brothers Davis,
Walworth and Travis, delegates to
the State Grange.

I think we never had a more
practical and profitable talk on the
Grange and Grange work than that
given by Brother Horton after in-
stallation. Of course much of that
which referred to field, degree and
unwritten work of the Order is not
reportable. He looked beyond
mere forms and ceremonies which
so often are little understood and
lightly appreciated, to the spirit
and substance within, and all that
was weird and mystical vanished
and the realistic was complete.
We were at once at the old home-
stead in the fatherland, around
which clustered the affections of
childhood and lifelong associations,
a place by these made sacred and
on which no one had a right to
trespass. There was the gate and
path and sty over the hedge and
we were in the fields among the
flocks and the herds.

We were reminded that no one
could become proficient without
drill. What drill in the manual of
arms was to the soldier, drill in the
ritual is to the Patron. And it was
only by this drill that the real ex-
cellence and beauties of the Grange
could be brought out. It was the
life of the Grange and always be-
comes attractive when rightly used.
Strong Granges are always profi-
cient in it, and it has tided many a
weak Grange over dangerous
places. Unlike farmers’ clubs and
similar organizations the Grange
through a more perfect organiza-
tion has become a concentration of

':‘to endorse by resolution

I

;power. This is manifest by the
‘janxiety of papers to get the re-
;ports from National and State
:Granges.

Through the advantages gained
by the Grange, farmers now are
‘.Slll)J6Clf to political preferment and
;are just as apt to be struck with
fllightning as any other class.

i The best results from open meet-
ings are to be secured by inviting

lthose who would be likely to be—,

‘come useful members rather than

‘opening it indiscriminately to tlief .
ent seemed to enjoy themselves

‘public.

“vie should stand by our state
J who advocate
fGrange principles and not neglect
, in our
lSubordinate Granges and forward
‘petitions sent to us for that pur-
pose. Let us not forget this ad-
monition.

The next meeting of Pomona
will be at Brother \\'alworth’s
residence three miles east of the
city of Hillsdale. on the first Thurs-
day of February.

\V.\i. KlRl’.\'.

\\'()OI).\IA.\' UR.-\I\'(LI£.

VVoodnian Grange, No. 610, held
a closed installation on Saturday
evening, Jan. 5, with Brother Kirk
as installing officer. \‘Vorthy Mas-
ter Charles Adams and \Vorthy
Lecturer \’\'in. G. Adams were re-
elected for another year. After in-
stallation we all sat down to a
bountiful repast, the best the ladies
of our Grange knew how to pre-
pare, of which all partook with the
heartiest enjoyment. Under the
head of suggestions for the good of
the Order, the new W'orthy Mas-
ter, Overseer, and Lecturer all de-
livered short addresses, after which
the \Vorthy Chaplain, who was
delegate from our Grange to the
State Grange, gave us a detailed
report of his visit, and the proceed-
ings of the State Grange, lasting
one hour and fifteen minutes, to
which all paid the closest attention.
He gave us some stirring words,
words of cheer and advice, and
entreated us on the beginning of
this new year to be more earnest
Patrons than we have ever been
before.

There was a time during the
last summer and autumn months
when the outlook for VVoodman
Grange was very dark indeed, but
our Grange ship has passed over
the shoals, and, though there was
a time when it seemed as though
we could feel her keel grating on
the bottom, we are now gliding
into deeper water and everything
is smooth and fair before us, and
the prospect now is, that in one
year from today we will have one
of the most flourishing Granges in
VauBuren county.

Wu. G. AnA.\is, [M-2‘//I-.r,-,

H [TRON l’().\l().\'A.

Huron county Pomona Grange
held its annual meeting with Colfax
Grange Dec. 13, and elected the
following officers for the ensuing
year: W. M., Duncan McKenzie:
O., Joseph Donaldson, L., W’. D.
Burhans; S., R. Niigent; A. S.,
Geo. Pangnian; Ch., H. L. Watson;
Treas.. John Nugent; Sec., Mrs.
R. Nugent; G. L., Albert Pang-
man; Ceres., Mrs. S. S. Donald-
son; Pomona, Mrs. Hunt; Flora,
Mrs. McKenzie; L. A. S., Angie
Eccles. There were three subordi-
nate Granges represented. Al-
though Colfax Grange did not re-
port favorably, there were enough
of their members present to enter-
tain Pomona in good style as the
tables at dinner and supper proved.
Verona Mills and Wadsworth
Granges were well represented and
reported favorably. VVe were
sorry our meeting happened to be
while the State Grange was in ses-
sion for it deprived us of having
our delegates with us to give us a
report of that session, but if every
Granger would read the VISITOR,
they could get quite a report. I
hope for the benefit of the Grange
in Huron county that every Granger
may read the Worthy Master’s ad-
dress, and say amen to that part of
it that says “we want no cliques
nor clans in the Grange.” The

these hard times. If the Grange
lives through it, it is worth stick-
ing to and we are determined to
have it do so in Huron county if
possible. We have decided to hold
a county picnic in June, and have
appointed the following committee
to formulate a plan: John Hunt,
W. D. Burhans, Lester D. Mc-
Kenzie, John Nugent,  F. Wager
and D. Buchanan. The evening

shoe pinches tight enough during

‘session was given over to the
Iworthy lecturer._ Sister Hunt
Eread an essay on “Woman’s influ-
ence in the home and surround-
iings.”

fby Sister Lizzie
’ard Panginan.
\Villiains. The lecturer furnished
some good questions.

and instructive, and everyone pres-

ininiensely. Sm}.

A SL'I\'l’ RISE.

On the evening ofJan. 2, 1895. a
number of VV. S. \Villiams’ many
friends gathered at his home, and
a very enjoyable evening ensued.

It was a surprise for him and his
new wife, and complete in every
respect. The spacious parlors
rang with merry laughter, as all
took part in the games of younger
days.

At eleven o’clock supper was an-
nounced and all repaired to the
dining room, where the tables
loaded with “goodies” were in
waiting to refresh the “Band of
Grangers,” after which the games
were resumed until the late hours
compelled them to bid Mr. and
Mrs. VVilliams good night.

G. A. VV.

Kent county Grange held a regu-
lar meeting at Rockford on Jan. 9.
The forenoon session was devoted
to the regular order of business in-
cluding the annual report of the
overseer and secretary. About
fifty partook of the bountiful din-
ner which the ladies of Rockford
Grange prepared.

The afternoon session was open
to the public, and about 75 Patrons
and friends were present, when
Brother Robert Dockeray, past
master of the Pomona Grange, in-
stalled the officers for the ensuing
year. Mlusic, recitations, readings,
and discussions filled up the time.
Resolutions on the death of Sister
julia Remington were passed.

Committees from each Grange
representative district in the county,
consisting of at least six members,
are to be appointed to visit the dif-
ferent Granger-‘., in their own or
other districts and report at each
meeting of the county Grange. It
was suggested} that each Grange
have a Grange calendar hanging in
their hall upon which are the dates
of the different Grange meetings
tlirought the county.

The next meeting will be held at
Courtland on Feb. 6, 1895.

Si:cRi‘.'i'ARv.

Liberty Grange, No. 391, has
voted $2.00 for the V1:-i1'i‘oR to be
sent to persons outside the Order.

E. F.

January 3, Brother George Mc-
Dougall installed the officers of
Fraternity Grange and gave the
report of the State Grange. Sister
McDougall reported the social
features of the State Grange. Our
next meeting is an ‘‘application’'
meeting.  K. C.

H Il.I.Sl)ALF. l’( )M OS A.

llillsdzile l)()lIl()n‘.L (irziiige held
its llcceniber ineeting at thcfi. A.
R. hull, Hillsdiile, on the 43th.
The following oflicei-s were elected
for the ensuing year; Master, R.
Strait; Overseer. M. \Viilwoi'tli;
Lecturer, N. I. Moore; Stewiii-d,
(‘. G. l’er1'in: Asst. Steward. S.
1*}. llaiiglieyg (.‘lizipI:iin, IV. Kir-
by; T i'e:isi11'ei‘, A. Edwiirds;
Se<-i'eta.1'y, I-V. Huiikei-2 (hitc-
keepei-, (‘. St. John: Ceres,
Mrs. M. E. Phillips: Po-
mona, i\li's. E. VV-.ilwoi'th; Flora,
Mrs. H. Hunker: Lady Asst.
Steward, Mrs. C. Haughey.

The Secretary’s report showed :1
iiieinbership of over ninety. If our
Ti'easure1"s report was correspond-
ingly favorable we would consider
ourselves fortiinate. But alas,
alas; the hard times have made
theniselvcs felt even in Poinon-.1.
But yet we have legislzition to look
after, and we cannot afford to neg-
lect it. The repeal of a. single law
passed by ourlast legislature would
save to almost any rural coniimiii—
ity the cost of sending our accred-
ited delegate to the State Grange.
Brethren and members of Pomona,
turn out in mass to our installation
and please come prepared to re-
plenish our treasury.

The delegates of our county were
instructed to use their influence to

secure the’ repeal of the law in

It was a good production.

5 Recitations were given by Brother;
Hunt and Sister Murry, and songsi
Donaldson, *
;Brother Bigler and Brother Rich-‘
Reading by Sister’

Altogether ,-
;the program was very interesting;

‘of the opportunity to cast a vote

j Worn - Out Lands

quickly restored to fertility by

They are sent free.
dollars. Q}; R_\1_.\};

the use of fertilizers containing

A High Per Cent. of Potash.

Full description of how and why in our pamphlets.

It will co?! _vou nothing to read them, and thev will save you

K.\Ll \\'ORKS, 93 Nassau Street, New York,

- HE most successful farmers and gardeners
buy their seed directly from the growers; for
this reason we raise lar ely the most risky

kinds, especially Cabbage an
latter is extra tine this season.
tains more varieties of vegetable seed, and none more
of the new that are really good—see outside cover
for an illustrated selection from our new special-
ties, which we will sell at half rates. Cataloguefrec.
J. J. H. GREGORY dc SON, Seed GI-owen,

Onion Seed. This
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now buying,

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illustrations, prices and

descriptions of 30,000 articles in common use,
a book that will show you at a glance if you
are paying too much for the goods you are

WORTH ANYTHING TO YOU?

Is it worth the 15 CENTS in stamps re-
quired to pay postage or express charges on at

THE BUYERS GUIDE AND CATALOGUE ( issued
every March and September) is the book we
are talking about: you are not safe without a
copy of the latest edition in the house.

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look as well as possible, and cost as little as possible. It, is its light.

and strong as stu-l can iruike it.
If you can find It ricketyjoint,
or a. weak spot in it. we'll pay
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passer] by our last Ic;:isI:iturc. I

The meet,in,c_r for the iiistzilliiig ofl
officers was held zit Adiuiis (il':lllg'(‘j
hall on 'l‘liiii's<Izi_\f. -liiiiiiuijv II. !

VVM. Kiicnv. 
I-‘ltA’l‘I-1l{,\'I'l‘Y oim.\‘(;i«:. I

Tlicrc has been an
iimouiit of interest in the llle(:‘tl1l;_>'>'
of Frziteriiity (i1'iiii;_rc, No. .32,
since the i-ounty inccting in (Ii-—
tobcr. ()ui' \V()1'lll_\' .\l:istcr is
:iIw:i_vs present, and has ii _<_rood
word for eucli zifteiidiuit. Our
\\'oi'fliy Lectiirer has ii \\':i_\' of
iiiukiiig us believe that he rciilly
expects just the work he .l1:i.~'
phinned for us at the pi'e\'ious
ineetiiig‘. lle has not yet tl('t]lIll'€II
the habit of f()1',¢_i‘(§llll)g'. An cxtrii
meeting was held the >'e('()ll(I week
in i\'oveinbei'. the occusioii bcin,t_r il
lecture froiii Sister M:i_vo. I be
lieve that all went Iiome with more
love for our (lrder, more faith in
our work as f:ii'iiiei's, and more
iuixious to hear her zigiiiii.

At our i'et_ruIzi1' lllt.‘(:‘1lll;_" the next
week (an open one), All’. (iibbons
of the ll/«'««/u}/I/u /‘I//‘/uw/‘ was pres-
cut and ,<_r:ive us ii very iiisti'i1cti\'c
paper on the present way of grad-
ing wheat in Michi,c,rzni, \\'l1l(‘l‘1 our
(i‘ii':iiige asked to have published.
Everv farnier would do well to
read his article and then petition
the lcgislai.tui'e for bctter_ laws.
An open meeting was held l\.ovein-_
her 27, for it general discussion of
the telllpelfllilce question. All
seemed anxious for a prohibitory
law in Michigan, and will be glad

unusu:iI

to that effect. Rev. Hill of the M.
E. was present, also Mr._ Norton of
Verinoiit, who gave an interesting
account of the working of that law
in his state. He counseled
patiencel and pe_i'set\l']e1'an::ie, and
I‘OIIl1Se( success in e en .
P MRS. J ENNIE FLETCHER. .

Branch county Pomona Grange,
No. 22, held their annual meeting

. at Goldwater Grange hall, Jan. 10,

c TUMORS and SKIN DISEASES
 scieiititicnlly treated and cured.
N0 KNIFE. '

made these dis»
eases ii §l)8ClBlt for the last. twenty- . . .
Dr. L. I . la‘-rat. gny, B0 Shllllto I ce. Clnelnnllfl. 0-

GRAPE

W Id, S II F nits. II at nnriullod
neiivl-lied Jndltlaket trrvooseherry 31 Fl Clll'Pl||t~
Catalogue/rec. G-eo.t§..losnelyIliF'° °'|I!IaN-Y-

A No. I FARM
HARNESS

Made of first-class stock And
» warranted, and all Hund-

llnde. we retail all our

flnriics: at wholesale prices

and ship anywhere on up

proval and gunnntea sat}:

faction.

Write far “nhlogno.

IIIIID IIIDE HIRNESSGO
smarou. mcu.

IIATOII GHIGKENS BY STEAM
4 WITH THE MODEL 6.
EXCELSIOR INCUBATOR.
 Thousands in Ruc-

cessful Operation.
SIMPLE, PERFECT,
‘SELF-REG UL.-I TING.

Lowest priced
First class , ‘ Send6c.for IllIu.Oa og.
Hatchet made. (‘irriulnn Free. 9
E0. ll. §'l‘AlIl..‘| I410 ‘I 22 8.61!» .‘ll..QuIII(-.v.lll.

elected for thc ensiiiiig _Vt‘:ll‘2

Master. D. D. Buell: Overseer, VV. A. Lott;
Lecturer. W. E. Wright; Steward. E. A. Brown:
Asst. Steward. R. (‘. Ostrom: ('Iia_nlain. (‘. C.
Sears; Treasurer, S. E. Lee; Set-'y. Sister I. A.
Martin; Hate Keeper. I. E. ('orl(-ss: Pomona,
Sister Minnie Russell : Flora, Sister Flora Sper-
beck; (Teres, Sister Nettie Allen: Lady Asst.
Steward, Sister J. F. Button.

During the year lh’S)J:. I23 ap-
plications for ineinbership were re-
ceived; ninety of this number have
been initiated in the 5th degree,
making 21 membership of 192. Our
retiring niaster, A. L. Smith, in-
stalled the oflicers. A committee
was appointed to make arrange-
ments for a faruiers’ institute to be
held at (‘oldwatcr this winter, con-
sisting of Brothers VV. E. VVright,
A. L. Smith, and IV. S. Mowry,
Sister D. D. Buell, and SisterE. A.
Horton. The next ineetin Wlll he
held with Girard Gran e, eb. 14.

Mas. I. A. ARTIN,

Secretary.

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