The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1872-09-19

Grange of Iowa took prompt action IN the
| matter. and in short time hundreds OF re-
sponses were received soliciting direct trade
with the Oranges, and giving their wholesale
terms or rates of discount. Others declared
that as soon as they could honorably release
themselves from existing obligations they
should seek this system of exchange.
retary of the State Grange addressed conf
Dental circular to the Secretary of each subor-
dinate Grange, giving the names OF the hrms,
price, &c. The members of their Oranges then
gave orders to the Secretary of their Grange
for such articles as they desired to purchase
When the Grange had been thoroughly can
yassed, these orders were sent to the Secretary
of the State Grange.
When the orders were all in from the differ
ent Oranges, they were classified and forwarded
to the parties who had made the best offers tor
the various articles.
Special rates for transportation were then
arranged, and the result of this fist expert.
ment was that the members promptly received
the articles ordered at nett saving OF from 70
to 40 per cent. from the regular trade price,
to pay. -,
fit of cooperation. and it perhaps sufficiently
illustrates to you this beneficial feature OF the
order.
Oranges in the east can in like manner deal
direct with Oranges in the west and south for
such products rs the former consume and the
latter produce, as corn, wheat, pork, beef &C.,
to the great material advantage of both par
ties
But the greatest and most bene6cient work
of the order is the delivery of the agricultural
producer, and incidentally of all other classes
of producers and consumers, from their present
HELPLESS, impotent and deplorable bondage to
the great grain elevator, warehouse and trans
portation monopolies.. =
Another of the practical benefits that the
order will confer upon agriculture is the tacil-
tiles that it will afford to its members to pro-
cure, experiment with and exchange new and
improved varieties of seeds.
The importance of this subject is not only
not properly understood, but is not dreamed OF
generally among farmers, though through the
experiments instituted and encouraged by the
Agricultural Department it is annually attract
ing more attention.
For many years past, the American farmer,
in every section of the country, has observed
that the average product per acre Of all the
staple grains has been steadily diminishing in
quantity. It is now an ascertained fact, that
the principal cause of the deterioration is the
slight attention paid to the selection and re-
newal OF seed. Farms that formerly yielded
80 to 40 bushels of wheat now can be made to
Weld only II to Is. As shown by the last ag5-
ricultural report, the production of wheat IN
the United States for the year preceding was
224OOO,OOO bushels, being an average of II
ITO bushels per acre. :,
A variety of wheat has been imported and
largely distributed by the agricultural depart
ment which, sown upon the same land, and
subjected to the same cultivation as the general
crop, has produced an average yield OF 70
bushels to the acre. If the entire acreage OF
the United States had been sown with this
wheat with the same result, the product would
have been an increase of 237 ,466, 600 bushels,
giving an increase in money value of $751;
1000.
The productions of oats for the same year
amounted to 254 $3.50, 900 bushels, and average
of 26 CLIO bushels per acre. A variety OF oats
has been imported and largely distributed by
the department known as the excelsior oats,
which have produced the astonishing results OF
from 40 to 80 bushels per acre. Taking the
average as 40 bushels, and supposing the entire
acreage of the United States to be sown with
this seed the result would be an increase OF
137, ,256 900 bushels, which, at the average price
of 55 cts, would represent money value OF
$75, $780, Here, then, is an aggregate of
over $412, 100000 year that might be saved,
or rather by which the wealth Of the farmers
may be increased, by procuring the best seed.
Is not this subject worthy of your careful at
tention2
How, it may be asked, can this result be
brought about by the Oranges better than by
individual effort? answer, first by arousing
attention to the importance of the subject by
discussions in and correspondence among the
Oranges; second, instead of waiting to receive
a pint package from the agricultural depart
ment let the members of different Oranges
consolidate their orders and purchase direct
from Scotland or other places of production in
Europe. In this way they may receive the
best seed grain in such quantities as desired, at
the actual cost of importation and freight,
which, in most cases, will not exceed twice the
price of common and inferior varieties here
THE SoUTH.-The Southern people are CIV
ing much attention to agricultural and mechan-
ical fairs. They have learned that the surest
way to prosperity and power is through, the
stimulation of industrial enterprises. They
- +, br,od n nd fertile domain and thew now