Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1875-12-09

What are our Oranges doing in this direc-
ton? Have they thought of library, or
do they take the best periodicals of the day 4?
There is no time to idle; farmer can util- |
ize every moment. The Oranges may make
questions of Importance to farmers In this |
the library would be found eminently useful, |
and the necessity of careful study at night
would be more appreciated.
Samuel Sinnett, of Muscatine, Iowa. in
wrdng to the Westea7, Rural on the subject
of Farmers Improvement Meetings, etc.,
says:
Il thought would offer a few suggestions
on this subject, and give you an insight into
what we, in this part of the world, have
been about. These Farmers Meetings are
no new thing in this county, but our Farm
ers' and Mechanics Institute of last winter
was decided improvement on all that pre-
ceded it. [ will give you an outline of our
plan and subjects for discussion, so that other
communities wishing to adopt our course
can act intelligently. The institute was
called and held under the auspices of the
and held three days, commencing February
I'd. We held our meetings in the Court
House. Our subjects were always opened
by an address of not to exceed half an hour,
and then the subject was open for general
discussion. 1--WE secured board at the va
Gus hotels at seventy-five cents and one dol
lar per day. The inaugural address was
given by the President of the County Coun-
Gil, and then the subjects were taken up
agreeable to the printed programme: Ben
efits of Corporations; Practical Education
of Farmers Sons and Daughters Plain and
chards and Small Fruits State and County
Fairs; The Relation of Politics to Labor;
Legitimate Taxation; Farmers and Me
chanics' Savings Banks; The Currency, or
| the Influence of the Present Financial Policy
on Agriculture; Dairy Products and Stock
Raising; Woman's True Position in Society,
and Her influence in the Grange Room; Are
| Tariff Laws Injurious to Agricultural Inter-
ests? Fireside Literature, and Purity Of the
Press.
/ To discuss these various topics, we invited
all the principal speakers and politicians of
the county, as well as mechanics but the
politicians generally kept clear of us, as that
kind Of a thing don't suit them. They pre-
fer making speeches just before election,
when party spirit is aroused and mems pas
| sions take control of their Judgment and
when lie well told and closely stuck to wilt
answer their purpose better than the truth.
The discussion Of such subjects by the farm
ers and mechanics, in a calm and deliberate
manner, does more to diffuse general and
practical information than anything ever
saw tried. [ what more profitable manner
can few days be spent in the coming win
/ ar, and what a source of pleasure such a
reunion of the farmers and their wives and
daughters from all parts of the county would
be, and with what pleasure we look back on
the friendships andintimacies formed during
the Institute week!
| We did not confine ourselves to the speak
men as S. M. Smith, and others well and
prominently identified with the farmers
movement in the west. We have not yet
arranged for our Winter Institute, but are
determined to hold one, and would here
say, let every county in the west, hold a
similar institute. Prepare a programme to
suit the views of your committees, procure
a good presiding officer that has nerve
enough to put down every intemperance in
language, and at the same time stimulate the
/ speakers to action. You will soon learn the