The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-04-08
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R. D. B. Barber, of Darwin grange,
Fayette county, Ind, thus sums mp the
benefits Of the order to the farmers IN
that locality during the past year:
There is 8 better feeling among the
members socially, and all seem to'see tie
necessity of getting cut of debt. TIE
community generally are In better con-
dition financially than they have been
for years. There is also a disposition
on the part of merchants to force col
lections, which viii result IN benefit to
the membership, for they now see that
the sooner we get to the cash system the
better for us. Our grange has saved
on what we bought. Part of the mem
bers sold their hogs last year in one lot
and made ninety cents on the hundred
men that rode through the country
cursing the grange.
Mr.. Z. @. Postell, of Madison county,
Miss, In letter to the New York Farm
ers' Club. saws that cribbing is occa-
stoned by whisky, horses addicted to it
having contracted the habit at cross
road drinking establishments, by being
tied to posts or fences long after the
hours for feeding, and becoming impa-
tient at the protracted stay of their
masters, who are seen through the
cracks of the Lighthouse drinking so
frequently They bite the rail, imitat-
ing the gurgling sound of the imbibers,
and In the act swallow wind and become
fond of it. Plenty of proper food
given to the animal at regular intervals
is the only remedy.
II. D. Court. the well known breeder
of Chester White swine, of Battle
Greek, Mich, writes the Prairie Farmer
that he has found a teaspoonful of pull
verified copperas, mixed with an equal
quantity of sulphur, fed in the nights
meal, for three days, is an effective
remedy for kidney worms in swine.
Sometimes a longer treatment is
necessary. Symptoms of disease
lameness in the headquarters like weak
ness IL the back.
the grange movement, as it is termed,
has in a comparatively short time
brought about the most extensive and
beneficial reforms known In the history
of the world. 1t has struck q death
blow at the credit system; it has brought
the farmers and manufacturers, bankers,
dealers, mechanics and artists face to
face driven off the unwaTy and annoy
ing Spectator has encouraged wide
spread social, outstanding and famil-
lar interchange among farmers, the
neglect of which had well-nigh lapsed
into degree of Indifference bordering
on stoicism. The great compact awak-
ems in the social circle pleasant and
kindly voices and throws over all the
halo Of lasting virtue. - Southern
Agent.
Let each grange require every mem
Der to plant out one or more fruit trees
or grape vines (Which duty might be
held as debt against the member until
the proper season occurs). If the Gus
tom is permanently fixed, there shall be
as many fruit trees set out as there are
meetings of the grange, it will convert
even the fence corners into places of
profit, and supply an immense amount
of fruit to the country without feeling
it pecuniarily or otherwise. On old
fields where scarcely anything else Will
grow, peaches and grapes, plums and
cherries may be made to yield in pro-
fusion. By all means, the fence corner rs
around the farm should be devoted to
this purpose. At present, they are
usually given mp to briers and bushes,
and form uncouth borders to our farms.
Grange exchange, or sale days, are
what the patrons IN some of the states
are now proposing; that is, they pro-
pose to establish regular market days at
stated places, for the sale of stock,
grain, and produce generally. 1t is a
good idea, and is already successful In
many localities.
1t is held that a grange cannot surren-
der its charter SO long as nine men and
four women, members thereof, vote
against so doing.
The Farmers Fire Insurance Co., OF
Minnesota, which practically is under
the direction of the g1ange, reports
most favorably upon the business done
in 1874.
The growth of the patrons through
out the south is remarkable. In Ala.
bama there are now reported to be 64I
oranges, with 80, 600 members; in Flor.
ida, 10S oranges, with $500 members
in Arkansas, 521 oranges, with q, OOC
members while in other states there
are also numerous lodges with large
membership.