Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1874-01-30
COOPERATION IN THEGRANGE
from the Pacific Rural rress. I

ton" against us, and for their own ag
grandizement. We must meet these
men on their own ground, fight them
with their own weapons, less their dis
honesty and oppression.
But this is not our sole object, OF
should not be. 1 shall leave the more
direct consideration of the pecuniary
advantages of our association to 9th.
ers more competent, and confine my.
self to that of few things for our OWL
general improvement.
The Oranges have taken the place
of "Farmers' Clubs, . in which was dis
cussed all things pertaining to the
soil, the products thereof, and their
conversion into money, money-nsoncy,
the sign of property and prosperity.
The combination, elimination and
dissemination of our experience and
observations, as agriculturists, should
certainly occupy much Of the time OF
our Oranges. Let every one bring his
mite; let every Brother or Sister tell
his or her successes or failures; much
is to be learned from the latter-a
chart of shoals and sands which we
should avoid.
My present essay shall be chiefly de-
voted to some of the means by which
we may aid each other. All which
beautifies and renders home pleasant
and endearing; all which refines the
taste and gives pure pleasure is use
full. The unitarian who confines his
idea of the useful to POUNDS, shillings
and pence, makes god of mammOn,
and knows not true enjoyment Of the
good things, which our one, true and
beneficent God has placed within the
reach of all who will obey His laws.
Tie beautiful of rural life is ever
aseful; let us cultivate it around our
hurucs, ana i1aKe hnmo tae aoarcst
spot Oh earth; make our wives, our
husbands, our children, prefer home
to all other places.
How may we, the Patrons Of Hus-
bandry, contribute to this end by CO.
operation! Has Sister rare plant
let her propagate it and divide with
her Sisters; has a Brother rare or
superior fruit or grain-let him do like
wise. BY cooperation of the Sisters
of our Order, throughout this State,
each and all may in a short time, with
little expense, possess every beautiful
plant of our prolific soil and balmy
CLINE. So with the Brothers; let them
exchange vines and trees, grain and
grass; let us be one family!
But these material things should not
be all that we should exchange. Let
us exchange our experiences-our
thoughts. Has a sister found su-
perior method Of making bread or but
ter, or of preserving fruits, let her,
thr, ugh our organization, share her
knowledge with her Sisters, for it has
been said that, '9the nearest road to a
husbands heart leads through the
I, as man and a husband,
must deny this; yet every husband
should be taught by his wife to prefer
her table to that of any other. Sisters,
make home q charm; not only by
beauty, smiles, kind words and kisses,
but bv material things which mans
grosser nature demands. Let the
Brothers also share their experiences,
and render due aid to Sisters in beau
tifying their homes; let us study the
chemistry, the anatomy, the physiolo-
gy of our trees, vines and plants, and
the results of our otser-
vations.
The modes and extent of beneficial
cooperation are without limit; but
shall here call attention to the inter-
change of books and periodicals. We
will say that A takes the Rural Press,
B the Granger, G the Agriculturist, D
the Scientific American, etc.; let us
have hall, . room Of our own, and
after the primary reading of our jour-
nails, instead of sending them to the
wastes paper basket, bring them to
our reading room; thus, for the cost of
me, we may have the reading Of q
lozen publications on useful subjects.
BY cooperation we can soon have q
library; one a. useful in all respects
Is if personally owned, yet having
,ost in the aggregate, more than many
# us could individually afford. This |
asst idea l take from the communica- |
ion of "Kennett,n in q late number !
# the Granger. Having just borrowed
me idea, win borrow another from . |
sister. It is drawn from her plants
Of plants, placed in water and
! warm atmosphere; some send forth
lelicate leaflets and fragile, but form
70 roots; they soon perish. Others
end out leaves aud roots, and are soon
It to plant in Mother Earth, quickly
hereafter rewaryling her labor and
are with Q rich display Of verduse and
loom.
1 wish that time would permit me to
opy her language, but her application
,as, that the Grange must n0t Be all
,aves and perfume; that it must take
GOT, then send forth things Of beauty 4
, charm the senses aud purify the !,
cart; else, like the tender leaflets and /,
pdcvsaoPsd aowU bsae a hg not i