Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1877-07-12
PATRONS OF HUSBANDRY.
GRANGE ITEMS.

Vermont is the banner state III New EH-
glal d with its 200 flourishing Oranges. Green
Mountain Grange l, was the first Grange
organized there.
The Grange is of a soboliierous nature.
The main stem springs from a compost OF
correct principles, but shoots and suckers
have grown out that prove to be injurious.
and should be Topped off.-Lou;susRe Couv-
Ter Journal.
The Son of the Soil says: The appoint
ment of Major w. II. Harris as Bonde
Agent of the Patrons of Husbandry in
Louisiana, is one that will give great salts
faction to the members of the order, not on
ly of this State, but of the entire country.
The Stubenville, Ohio, wool-house under
the control of the Patrons is a tirst-class
success. The Treasurer reports: "The
demand for sacks has been so great that we
have been unable to keep up the supply.
The buyers are offering five cents more than
week ago."
Saws an Iowa Granger, I think that the
Oranges should be run more in the interest
OF education, that the farmers, as a class,
may be educated UP to the higher standard
of manhood, and think, investigate, and act
independently for themselves and not look
to Others to dictate for them. [ find men
occasionally in the Grange that are only
periodically in attendance. When they want
something through the Grange and the
Grange is not ready to grant their request
they become chronic grumblers and say the
Grange is a failure. Let the watchword be
Observation-Disclosures Union.
The Southern Plantation says: We make
the suggestion to every master who wisher
TO revive the interest of his members, and If
he will adopt it, we will guarantee his sue
cess. The plan is simple, efficacious, and
costs only a little exertion. Go to see every
member Of your Grange and get him to take
a good agricultural paper. You are a sub
scriber, of course. Take your copy with
you and show it to him don't leave him
till he has given you his subscription. At
the next meeting of your Grange read, or
cause to be read, some article in the paper,
and get up a discussion Of the views which
it presents. AS sure as you can get your
member to reading and thinking, and talk
ing about the subjects discussed in a good
agricultural paper, thst SO sure will you find
their interest increasing.
The Witheville District Grange, Virginia,
has adopted the following resolutions:
Resolved, That we hereby reatiirm one of
the fundamental principles Of our order,
that the Grange is not a political organi-
Zaticn.
That we will not countenance or support
any member of the Grange who is seekinp,
or shall seek political preferment by reason
of his belonging to the order, and that any
brother or pretended Granger who, in any
manner, violates the spirit Of this resolution,
should be expelled from the orde-.
That we note with pleasure any encour-
agement given by any Of the Southwest
Virginia papers, and that hereafter we will
give our support only to those papers that
give respectful recognition to the existence
of our order, and such support and encour-
agement as Is given to other institutions Of
the country.
Says the New York World: The Execu-
tive Committee of the State Grange has
called a convention of Patrons to meet at
San Francisco Suly 10, to determine what
legislation is needed by the producers of the
State. The following are some of the ques-
tions that will be considered by the conven-
ton: "The unequal assessment Of improy-
ed as compared with unimproyed land !"
'the repeal of the law taxing growing
crops y !" changing the revenue laws so that
all taxes and licenses due the state, county
or municipal governments may be paid in
silver, currency or gold, ut the. option Of the