The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-02-14
Committee on Agricultural Journal of
fered the following majority report: .

Committee on Agricultural Journal Of |
fered the following majority report: -21
To the Master of the Texas State Grange:J 10
10 We, your Committee on Agricultural
Journal, beg to submit the following re-
port: go. ,-...f ..a.r,...... 49,.
Recognizing the importance and inf1u-
ence of the Press and the great need of a
more thorough dissemination ofoagpicul-
tural information, and the great need of
education on the part of, members of our
Order, we therefore. recommend that this
Grange name some Journal identified with
the interest of the people of Texas and
ther7 Order within her bounds, and after
receiving propositions from all who desire
to become the official organ of the State
Grange. Of Texas, and the exponent of its
principles, would most respectfully sub
NIT that the best interest of the Grange
would be subserved by the acceptance of
the proposition made by Bro. j. w.
Downs, of the Examiner and Patron, and
therefore recommend that the Examiner
and Patron be declared and continued the
official journal of the State Grange of
gTexas.r9+3r bsgrszs ,cE rorieq III -...
/ We most respectfully submit that we
having carefully examined The PATRON
OF HUsBANDRY, published at Columbus,
Miss, as well as the Examiner and Pa
tron, of Waco, and believing them both
to be sound educators and exponents of
the principles of cooperation, and we
therefore recommend that the members
of the Order subscribe for them and that
| as body the State Grange do all in it's
power to increase the circulation of each
of them. ...r..o.f.,.o.a g.. -.
By way-of giving to the
wants of our Order in relation TO our Of
| fetal journal, we recommend. that it be a
Jealous Grange paper, advocating the
| Grange interest in all its features and un-
der all circumstances, as well as an ,agri-
| cultural journal III. MITCHELL &
Ea.- ~-e s.. s4arrsr - E. r. SMYTHE, s1-
-----1- RS. SNEED, Tn.
/ ssI .uaa If a R..CANFIRLD, D, as
| -.-1 H. .:..f-0I |. CaCARTER.
| T. A. PERKINS.
7llr D., - :. l,1.l1,I p t-.51,Iir-L PIE
~ - 'Deeittalriip 'ieeiAti any sueoh u u
hllail', ollereo the 1olloWlng minority re-
| port as a substitute for the majority re-
| port:
| The undersigned members Of vour
/ Committee on Agricultural Journal re-.
spectfully ask to submit the foIowino
minority report: ,slfe Tr,a --l, agrr.. -
Understanding. as the COMMITTEES. did
that its work. was TO secure the Order Of
Patrons of Husbandry the benefits of a
paper devoted 5entirely to the good Of the
i 1causea ar, efficient educator in GRANGE
doctrines: adisseminating first.c class agT;1
cultural information and a bold and non!
| partizan friend of, the right and opposer of
the wrong. the committee adopted and
laid down the following points as the char
! acterizing features which the journal we
would recommend should possess: q
r I. It must be Jealous GRANGE paper.
! advocating its interests in all its features.
2. 1t must be first.class agricultural. -
4 . a, In noliticslit n,ist he ;ndenendent,
Efeatlessly EXPOSING wrono and defendin,;
r;obt. - -, ..,fl+ a. .
Believing as we do. that = naner of this
character would meet the wants of Texas
Patrons # was readily adonted Nv the
! committee AT a s,fbseuuen rneetino tbe
/ third cbaracterist;cga above was stricken
out and the Waco Examiner and Patron
/ accepted exactly on the terms named in
the last contract, thus leaving the Orde,
I in the hands of a partizan paper. withou,
anv assurance on the mart of the Exan3i.
ner and Patron that, the paper would fill