, 1874-12-05

UNE: SATURDAY DECE1
ina. Twenty years ago. Il waa common prac-
tlco with ths fartnors Of llia county to hegin
planting corn April %, lut now few think Of do
Ing SO boforo May 3, ton days !ator. ,rl,on all
and il wss ili}oiit e not Into our wootisud ai On
aedount OF Tho bad ronGH but nor there Ii lIttle
complaint On TINT scorc. Wo havo had a very
tne autnn to do farnl- work., md yoe tito closing
IL rather al]ion. ThiH wll have tho effect 10
draw mora frooly OIL the fods'cr-rcsoryo, Oh tho
pnsttirage iB cut of for tho prarout.
Tn CORRESPONDENTS.
1t 10 curious how lottors accumu1ntc Nllen ono
Is uot promp. Il, lisposlng, OF tl.em... Many 10
BY printing. them Or writing privato answer
But thoro Ia another claes that aro l.tt, by for
future uHe. tho subjects to bc written up nt the
proper time; but tho proper timo Inen not COMO.
hnyo boon replied to incidentally. To-day have
boon Hortipg tIoue out, and making 3 noto OF
those TINT nend attontton hereaftor;, 80 every
pernon who has supposed his or her letter lost,
and DO sBBurcd that they havo not bccn forgot
ton, Thcro nro many lottors In regard to thU
now order Of middlcmou,-thc
disASuE sELItHa AND PURCHASING AGENTS.
to say, III too many instances without duo regard
to tho rlghta of ALL. TAero iH much to DO aaid
on both edes Of this question, aud prcfor to
watt and lot tho now gyatosn provo itaof. which
It must 90 ~ short TINA OF fail. No doubt that
many Of tho Grange agsn.a will provo both
honest and capable. At tue Bamo time. thoso
arc q lnrgo ntimbo1 OF such agents that have
beon helocted that havo neither experience nor
integrity t. commend thom aud llavo boon
manuge to got votcu by tI'nt Of A,portr,nlty,
hhl thuH fotut themselves nl1 D oontldItlE people,
Evcty perbon WHO l.aB occasion to usa n,1 agent
should look to 1t that tho porson l,aH b,,siness-
experience. md that lle makes prompt roturns
and, as rNlo llo will be better fcrvetl by aon,o
well-cstablishoti bsiness-!louHe than to put lIts
goods into tho hands OF SOME person of whom
ho Knows little. X ANAL por cont Of these now
mou aucsocd III building up now busncss. but
this rlllo may not provo as lnexornblo With tho
Granger HI With nnJ other class. In fact, NO
aro havlng proof OF thle too often already, to
shms our eyoH against this oit-lepoatod result.
Thus far the State and County Aeonts Of tho
FarmarB' Asuoeiatlou, TINT started of 80 grandly
two years ago at Bloomington,
HAVE AocoMrLrHHED nut LITTLE
which littlo is growing beautifully loas. while
very little modification, mud thore ia httlo fcar
Of any nlnterial disturbance. Not long since, /
WIN ltBtenlug to llalf~a.dozon mon talking over
this matter Of buaiuoss. They all agreed that it
was desirable to havc ono great supply store
at the conuty-soat. where goods could
be purchased at netcost. t.-somothlng on the plan
OF tho Zion Purchasing Agency Of the Mormons.
But one Of tcir number suggested that this
store must purchase All tue farmers' eggs, butt
tor, hams, poultry, potatoes, and vegetables.
Tho moro they discussed tito matter, tho mora
was it apparent TINT one store OF this kind for
farming population Of i1.o00 would haro To 10
very lasge. aud they would havo to employ near
ly all the dealers aud clcrkn now engaged to do
the work, aud, ns tlcao must all hc paid, there
could bo no great gain. / concluded t,ss tlley
vera loai,,g faith In this system Of Corporation
for farnlera' storc and, tho moro TINT 1t Is ill.,
Eestigated, the less attractive it will appear.
1t il we'll to talk tlleso thugs ovor, to acc II
there aro not somo leaks that may bc stopped.
a. year ngo, my tloo1-bell was wrlng aailr by
so31E BENEVOLENT PERSON,
who desired to do tho Graugers good: but,
judging from their absence this year. auppouo
they laye mt met rith aa much encouragement
aa they Anticipated; honce their disappearance
to so,ao other iield Of useful employment. At
first. this county presented m inviting field 10
this olasa OF men, as no county took moro firmly
to the Farmers Clubs but, Fortunately, they
made no great noso to olaugo tho order Of
business aud then our courts Ind sont several
per1ons to Joliet for doing our farmers in
tho way Of hayforks and certain patont games;
md to-day this whoio class of benevolent mon
NtoleHalo Erceor and dcaler in ,cheap dry:gootaa
have not wholly abandoned us but thoy lind 20
litslo encouragement TINT thoy hnvo not pressed
snlcs. Our Would-be leading Grapgols luye
gyeu their ororts to politics, seeing that hi'sl-
ucsa was taking carc Of itself; aud in that
innocent amusement they became TO absorbed
TINT ell other things Aayo been left to prosper; ;
and, though crops azo light, We hear 1ittle CON-
paint ot hard timed.
Snow has bocn falling for SOME days, and IL
now about G or inches deop,-an unusual
quantity for tho seasou in fac, it le eoldo' thai
no have as much during any pRrt Of tho Wlutor.
Farmers will talio
COOP CARE or THEIR FODDER.
them. Tha corsl- fodder il filled With tho castings
Of chnch-bugs, aB il shown By tho dscolora-
tion Of tho ineido Of tho sheath OF tho blades !;
and This is q acrious drawback on its value, rs
tho inaects havo .abstracted tho, glnin
md thus cssoncd it's yulue. Cattle that
should hayo at least ono foedang Of laT
daily. III addition. Enrly in tho fa considerable
complaint was made III regard TO tito bad effects
on Atocls that fo.i OIL tlloso ohiuch-buG coru-
! way,-prohabty on account Of the Gold weather
destroying tho inaect, O. driving it to the
ground; but we should keep q good look-out in
timo TINT it docs not reduce or stock too lnuc
aa at hos. tue fodder Is lesa nutrtivo tnn USUAL
DISTRIBUTING rnuIr rnoI CHICAGO.
6ome parties at Hanton Harunr aud other
frut-poitlts in Michigan hayo conceived the plan
Of maHiug Chicago tho central point from which
to Distribute frllit Tho machinery for tiis ia to
be commercial aEcnry Of frnit-dea!ers aud
ochardlnts that 8llall control all the poiu:s TO
Which s,ipmen.s Of fruit eau la mede. Tho
o,chardjBt Is to be put in possession IF tho conf
1nercial standing Of all theza dealora, aud, it llo
prefort, he may slip direct to any Of them or.
c may ah.;, to ccT!aiu houses i'll Chicago, aud
they mako tho distribution This, it is supposed.
vii! keen prsces as fair average, aud prevent u
+ glut il tho lnariat.
II is proposed to charge tho orcbartlist a5 as
prelim!uaEy Lee 10 put the plan into operations
Thua far tho plan has met viii. little response.
olnnge in their relations to their agents. who
lave served them 70 wf for tor the pas n'u aud
is m,sc!,, II a.y, IN advance OF tint p,,r-
sued at preyent. The, The trui.FFowess 3e; Ct Aton
in the propor distribution Of their fruit tlan the
Micligan growers. who have slpped nlu!nly to
Chicago. aud allowed the surrounding points to
dsaw from tha. QUO great centro. This has
proved to bc the truo policy; and, as n general
thing, all growers, after thoy have a'pp1.ed
nil their local customers, ap tho surplus to tho
grand centre.
Bnt this is only partial remedy, and Nc
NEED SOMETHING BEYOND I'll
in s1,ort " ,n,,Yt tnyn n0o ElaN by Which all