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The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-10-23
Labor Song.
AIR" Tramp, Boys, Tramp, etc.

AIR" TRAMP, Boys, Tramp, etc.
Come, We honest sons of toll,
And We tillers of the soil,
And We workers in the factory and mine,
Soon a brighter day shall dawn
For the sturdy men of Drawn,
When the golden sun of liberty shall shine.
Chorus:
Cheer, boys, cheer, the good times
coming;
Soon We'll see the happy day,
When the man who earns the pelf
Shall enjoy it all himself,
And with no one in the worldSto say
him nay.
In the better time to be,
When all men are truly free,
And the tyranny of privilege is DER,
Then all honest working men
Shall enjoy their rights again,
For Kings and Dukes and Lords shall rule
no more.
ChoruS-Cheer, boys, cheer, etc.
We will have no Boards of Trade
In our markets to parade,
And corner up our stock of bread and meat;
In the happy coming time
Idleness will be a crime,
eat.
CAorns-Cheer, boys, cheer, etc.
Every one shall have his own,
And the sharper and the drone
Will have to work or seek another home.
There will be no room for knaves,
Princes, paupers, pimps or slaves,
When the workman's year of jubilee shall
come.
ChOrns-Cheer, boys, cheer, etc.
Then the Bank and Whiskey Rings,
Cotton Lords and Railroad Kings,
All the cheating, thieving, ranting, canting
crew,
With their parasites will go
To their quarters down below,
When the long defrauded Devil gets his
due.
Chorns-Cheer, boys, cheer, etc.
II. Randall in Irish World.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-10-23

announcement would be sufficient
to convey a complete idea OF its
quality and the iiberality with
which the delicious viands were
dispensed. The most perfect order
and system prevailed throughout
the entire day, not a thing occurring
to mar the pleasure of the occasion;
Such a feast of reason and flow OF
soul" is rarely enjoyed.
The County Grunge, after trans,
acting the usual business adjourned
to meet. at Oak Grove, on the Ist
Thursday in January, 1881.
The 9th day of October, 1880,
will long be remembered by all
who participated in the festivities
of that memorable occasion, and |
close this imperfect sketch by ex.
pressing the hope that great and
permanent good was effected and
that the noble people around Co
ker's Chapel may have many happy
returns of their joyous festivities.
Fraternally, CEREs.
County Home, October, 1880.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-10-23
NEW ORLEANS MARKET.
OFFICE OF
The Southwestern Cooperative
Association. II. of H.;
NV ORLEANS, October 20, IS

NEW ORLEANS, October 20, 1880.
COTTON-New Orleans quotations:
good ordinary, S1ac.; low middling, Io1ac;
middling, II14c. good middling, II7sc.
Nezv Orleans Futures: October, 1898;
November, 1865; December, 1868; jan
uary, 1914; February, 1888; March, .o3.
New York Futures: October, 1884;
November, 1854; December, 1904; Jan
nary, II.o5; February, II.2o; March, 80.
BAGGING-Dom. jute, pounds I272c.
iron ties, arrow, s. 80.
COFFEE-Fair, 1870; good, I61ac.;
prime, nc.
FLOUR-Medium, S. CO., family,$5 So;
choice, S. $3.50.
PROVISIONS-Mess pork, full weight
$40; clear rib sides, $4,000; clear sides,
o@eAc.
SUGAR-In barrels, white clarified,
9I 70 If1i5y" yellow clarified 9@97<' OF
MOLAS SES-City refinery, fair, 4oc. :;
prime, 53c.; choice. sc
: RICE-Choice, 6@61ac.
MACKEREL-No. jim barrels, 5000;
halves, $4.75; quarters, $3.50.
COAL OIL-In bbls, nc; cans, 18@
2oc.
s. SALT-Coarse, 81 os; fine, 81 IS.
sCANDLES-Full weight, I2Rc.
White, 5S@6oc.
CATTLE-Grass fed, choice, $3o@35;
good fat, $24@26; fair fat, $I2@IS.
Fraternally, T. J. CARVER,
General Manager.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-10-23

the duties of a husbandman :,
Burns the plowboy, afterwardi, Was
National bard of Scotland ' The
Burns himself has left evider.A And
he composed some of the we mat
gems of his poetry while eno.n arrest
rural pursuits. 1t would rs u
volumes to enumerate the nobl .4uire
who have recorded their ~. ulen
appreciation of rural life and a1.'
prise. Washington was ever e u
enamored for the sickle than u q
sword, and unhesitatingly prone. .a'
ced agriculture the most beaI% In'
the most healthy the most usofyy'
the most noble employment Of ~
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-10-23

The credit system is an evil that
must be abandoned by all good Pa
irons. One other important rule to
cooperative success that is of equal
importance is, you must remain uni
ted, act together as one man, allow
no little difference to divide your
harmonious feeling and your united
action: which prevents success. Pay
no attention to the grumbler with
out cause, but work together to
make your own effort success.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-10-23

in this (1afayette) county, | Ind
them in full sympathy and co,ope-
rating with the Cooperative Asso-
citation in Oxford. and ready to Co
operate with the Association IN New
Orleans. Fraternally,
w. MAXWELL.
Abbeville, Miss, Oct. s.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-10-23
Mr.. Robert Hall. the leadin,

Mr.. Robert Hall, the leading live
stock salesman of London and Liv-
erpool, said in recent speech in
Toronto, that he preferred to have
hogs straight on the back, with
good, short noses, well formed jowls,
and well formed back of the jowls.
Length was desirable in a pig for
the English market, because it af-
forded large amount of good
mixed bacon. The taste for bacon
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-10-23
Mystery of Fertilization,
WHAT WE KNOW OF GLOVER

WHAT WE KNOW OF GLOVER Al
A. FERTILIZER.
Discussing the mysteries of fetl
ization, the american Cahigaa
thus alludes to experiments viii
clover:
For the last forty years there b s
been no article known to agrcI-
turists which has so largely claimed
the attention of the man of science
or indirectly that of the farmer
has nitrogen. Theory and practu
alike have confirmed the opirDH
that there is no more important de
ment either in the vegetable or an
imal kingdom, than this; and I'd
how, or in what manner, or in whi
kind of combinations, il enters lH
the Vegetable kingdom, we knot
no more than we did when the d
quiry first began. We can discour
eloquently about the fertilizing qua
tiles of Peruvian guano, but to te
how its fertilizing qualities Deepen
upon the amount of nitrogen TIA
enters into the plants we are yet
the dark. We know that clover
wonderful fertilizer, that 1t leave
large amount of nitrogen in tn
soil, in its roots and scattered
leaves; but whether it did not &C
cumulate the whole from the 50
and present it to us in new CON T
pounds or, through its leaves, Pre-
senting substances to the nitTo5eS
in the atmosphere which wogI
combine with it so that it could
carried to the soil, and be made
advantage to other vegetation
are to-day as ignorant as we were
hundred years ago. But this we
know, that one kind of vegetata
does furnish and prepare food %
another kind, and in this way
find the practical value of altefn'l
ting crops.
Mr.. Lawes, in 1873, experimess,
ed with barley and clover. ~
sowed half field with barley 'lY
out manure, which had bee' ny
in that crop the three pre- pre-,
years, and fortified with aI' bssn
manures; the other bali hao o ~,
sown to clover the year preV.SSs
The yield of barley was 3 push md
to the acre, and clover ; tons s,-
as pounds per acre. The neHl! LIZ
the whole field was sown to par
without manure. The halt p.
ously in barley gave 324 oUsu'J
the other half after clover gave
bushels per acre. Thus we see U.S. on
after taking off a very valuable ' f'l
of clover he had increased the II
tility of the soil to almost dOuV
that of the half which had oeen
barley. Now, without entering
to any speculative theories OF WIZ
this amount of fertilizing nls'e
came from, we have the facts WIZ
we can not ignore that by tne -,
of clover the crop of barley IN.
vastly increased. Nor can we vs. S.r
out presumption say that TINS ,rsd
tility was the result of nltlOs .r.|
which the clover collected any n "rc
than it was the result of Phosp,p..i. o
acid and potash, which it haO ,S !"
collected,-for unless there "" soi
already accumulated in the d
these two principles equivalenn,t j
the acquisitions of that amour" r,ia
barley, it would have been ~ M
that the soil obtained throusn II
clover the necessary amount Il S.csl
trogen. Mr.. Geddes, of Onont ss
New York, fertilizes to greS ,.rks
tent with clover. His best u, ID
crop is wheat; his fertlliH'' .,,f
clover is gypsum, and his :
furnishes fertility for bis whs'
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-10-23

Keep a diary. Enter in it daily
observations, results of experiments,
the returns from sales, the date of
birth of stock-in a word, make a
brief history of your farm and stock
business. 1t will be pleasant to re-
fer to years after, and will be at the
end of the year good source from
which to draw balance sheet.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-10-23
TEXAS.
Appointments of Worthy Master
A. j. Rose, OF the State Grange.

will meet the Patrons of Husbandry at
the following times and places:
Pamela county, 18TH and Goth. Refer to
]. M. Dobbins, Sugar Hill.
Cherokee county, 18th. Refer to J B.
Long, Jacksonville.
The meetings should begin by 10 o'clock
A. NJ. A full attendance is earnestly de-
sired. Farmers, Patrons, this is your or
ganization; it is the only one that we have
ever had. Will you aid in building it up?
It's principles conformed to and carried out
by you will Tighten your labors and even
tually make you independent.
A. ]. ROSE,
Master of the Texas State Grange.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-10-23
Bolivar, Tenn, Sept. II.

Editor Patron. The rain did not
prevent good meeting near Boil
var. Since then my labors in the
interest of cooperation have been
continued along the line of the Gen.
trail Railroad on both sides to Able
vile, Miss. Many farmers and mer-
chants along the route have prom
ised business to Mr.. Carver. There
is constantly growing interest and
enquiry on the subject. And though
many Oranges have ceased to work
in this section, yet no member has
lost faith in the principles taught by
the Grange, and they are as deter
mined as ever to carry them into
practice. -
Hickory Valley, Tenn, and Mich
igan City, Miss, will have co,opera-
ton in due time, and merchant at
Grand Junction has determined to
help the farmers start it at that place.
AS far as have met the farmers
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-10-23

was changing in England. More
lean and less fat was now desired.
To obtain pork CT fine flavor, pigs
should have vegetables IS well as
corn to eat.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-10-23

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Cotton on hand ........... ........So bales.
The careful. reader will see that such
items as by the regular mode of doing bust
ness are never returned to the patron go to
his credit in general account by our meth
cd, viz: loose cotton, cotton samples, re-
bates on storage and on insurance, ETC., and
these items in anything like large bust
ness are enormous. l will name the item
of storage. The usual charge for storing.
weighing and drayage of cotton is 75c. per
bale. Many commission merchants do
not pay over 40 cents for what they charge
the consignor IS cents, thus making clear
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-10-23

Ohio has o77 Oranges with
membership of over 10000. Still
the enemies of the Order claim that
the Grange is dead.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-10-23
The Far mer and the Railr Dad

The farmer, in the paper,
Read the editorial mentions,
That the public welfare rested
On political conventions.
But the trees had leaved and blossomed,
- IL 7---- s~"tirusd growing;
All the sprouts of corn were starting,
And the farmer went on hoeing.
The wheat grew ripe and yellow,
And the corn was nicely growing;
The farmer smoked his pipe in peace,
And bout his turnips went on hoeiug.
All this time the railroad men
Were busy shaping things POLITICAL
Why, apparently no one knew
The farmer least of all was critical.
For the earth was filled with plenty,
And the time was past for hoeing,
Markets everywhere were bare
Surely prospects now were glowing.
But when the farmer shipped his grain,
Little caring, little knowing,
What freights were charged to market it
1t left truly sorry showing.
The price was high, but SO were freights:
Instead of rich, it left him owing.
Then wroth the farmer he became:
Quoth he, what is the use of sowing?
We laws must have to fair decide
What share the carrier, what the grower.
But when he came to get his laws
He found twas quite beyond his power
The railroad men had busy been
Shaping and moulding things political:
The reason now quite plain TO all
The situation somewhat critical
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-10-23
g4s 3}atron of Htusbaadqg.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY.
PRICE OF sUBsCRIPTroN;

One copy per annum, $1.oo.
Postage free. Money should be sent in
registered letter or By P. o. money order.
Address, w, II. WoRrHINGToN,
Columbus, Mississippi.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-10-23
The Sou thWestern Cooperative
Association.
LETTER FROM THE GENERAL
MANAGER.

LETTER FROM THE GENERAL
MANAGER
SOUTHWESTERN COOPERATIVE Asso'N,
Office As Carondelet Street,
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 30, 1880.
Editor Patron: AS many Patrons do
not understand our manner of doing bust
ness, / beg to make brief but comprehen-
sive Statement through your journal.
First. Under our charter we are doing
general commission business, conforming
to the Rochdale plan. We receive all ar
t;~lae nc r--I--- - -~---:e---~~--t Srabr ac-
ing cotton, sugar, molasses, etc, cha' shis
~, ~. usual rates of commission as
regulated by the Cotton Exchange, viz:
~ per cent. We fill orders for supplies
for retail cooperative stores and for indi-
vidual patrons, charging the same per cen
tage. Our sources of profit then are the
commission charged, and all rebates on
storage of cotton and insurance, all cotton
samples and loose cotton, which in large
business amounts to great deal.
The easiest way to illustrate this is by
quoting from our first Report wherein we
declared dividend of so per cent, exchang-
able in stock. This dividend was declared
mainly to show to our friends how the bu-
siness operated, as we could not have de-
clared one if the salaries of the President
and General Manager had been taken out,
as the following extract from the Preface
to the Report will show, to-wit: "The ex-
q penses deducted from the gross earnings
do not include salaries of the President and
General Manager, as no salaries have as
yet been declared by the Directors" The
following from the first Report, will give
the method of doing the business
REHABILITATION
RECEIPTS OF COTTON AND OTHER PRO-
Season OF 1S76-7........ 295 bales cotton.
Io77-o......... 1892
FIour........ ...........,.. So sacks,
........ ........ 81 barrels.
Smaller consignments not enumerated.
PURCHASES ON ORDERS.
1904. 10 July I.............--...$I3,797.79
1878. 10 July I.................. 34oo986
GROSS EARNINGS.
COMMISSIONS, 1867.
On chases................$ 3I2 20
On Sales COttOn...... ...... 337.72
- 65o.3I
COMMISSIONS, 1878.
On Purchases.......-. ......$I ,I6o.42
On Sales Cotton...... I,242.57
- REBATES.
On Storage. 4o4.oo
On Insurance, not return
70 able until September.
"CITY CROP"
Cotton Samples-36o lbs.
at 2c..~..................S 32.4o
Loose Cotton-o27 pounds
at S1ac.................... $3.50
-3,o 1908. 80
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-10-23
MORAL,

1t farmars as a class will not take
an interest in public affairs, they
may expect to be preyed upon by
the railroads. Is it not about time
that the farmers, who constitute by
tar the largest single interest in this
country and whose productions are
the basis of all our prosperity, should
have something to say about the
amount they are taxed for trans por-
tation? In England, the Farmers
Alliance held the balance of power
at the last general election. What
is to prevent their organizing in ev
cry Assembly and Congressional
district here, and take an interest in
politics which would not only pro-
tect their own interests, but be an
efficient check upon the encroach-
ments of corporations, which have
been SO great of late that all patri-
otto citizens must view their increas-
ing power with alarm ?-DaiIy
Crabhfc.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-10-23

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Dividends to Stockholders..... $4,000
/" Non Stockholders 73o7
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-10-23

profit of * cents reY bale on this item
alone. In business of 100000 bales, this
iter7A would make to the house clear profit
of $4,000. To this must be added other
perqusites, which the following taken from
a letter from this city and published in
your paper, Nov. s, 1879, will illustrate:
"In response to an enquiry made by
friend, .sWhat advantage is your co-opera-
tive system over the old method?" we Illus
trate by one example: A regular house in
this city, receiving over 10000 bales last
season, saved in loose cotton, pickings and
Office samples, asa bales; at $40 per bale,
the amount would be $Io,I6o. Under the
old method, there is no way to distribute
this surplus to the customers. On our plan,
This large amount would go TO the credit
of the Association, and in the distribution
of the dividends would be divided amongst
the customers.
In handling 10000 bales of cotton, the
following would be the results:
Commissions on 10000 bales, say 10000
On orders for supplies. say $25o,-
900, at u per cent.............. o,25o
Loose cotton and samples, 25o
bales at $40 per bale. ............ Io,4oo
Rebates on insurance $500
Rebates on orage..................... 1900
$95,I5o
Deduct estimated expenses fcon-~
Quoting the business............. Io,Iso
80
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-10-23
$3,658.59
EXPENSES.

$3,658.59
EXPENSES,
Two seasons, not embracing SAL
aries of President and General
Mahager,...... ...... ............... 2,Io4.I7
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-10-01
H.ERGENNEN.

Hon. j. d. Smith and wife are
absent on visit to Providence, II. /.
The welcome rain has filled wells
and cisteIns with water and all hearts
with thankfullness.
Hon. A. 7. Smith was the orator
at large and enthusiastic Republican
rally at Crown Point, N. Y, last Fri
day.
Saturday last was like fair day
here. The streets were crowded the
stores were running over and trade
brisk.
Mrs. Chas. ii. Bissell of Chicago
who has been spending the summer il
Vergennes, left for Philadelphia or
Friday of this week.
Jesse Grandey, youngest son o.
Geo. w. Grandey, has been appointed
a page in the senate chambers at Mont
pelier by Sergt. Phinney. fol
the ensuing session of the legislature
Jesse can fill the bill handsomely.
Lieut.. Chas. A. Booth and family
who have been enjoying four months
visit among relatives and friends here
left for home Friday. He is the son of
Col. Booth; he hus been stationed on the
western frontier, since he left West
Point. This is HIS first visit home for
four years.
The Champlain Valley agricultural
society are to have three.day's fair al
Vergennes, October 5, and z,
the last day being devoted to displays
of stock horses and exhibitions of speed
for which several noted trotters are to
be entered. Senator Edmunds and
Congressman Joyce are expected to de-
liver the addresses on the second day
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-10-01
BRIET'(lL.

The Academy numbers fifty-sis
scholars.
Elder Bosworth has newly painted
his house.
Preaching at the M. E. church nexl
Sabbath.
Arthur Hill has gone to Massa.
chusetts to work on the railroad.
Our district school in the village
has eighty scholars.
Quite number of our citizens went
to Montreal on the excursion.
Preaching at the M. e. church last
Sunday by Elder Parker.
Wallace MCGEE is painting Calvin
Myers new house.
IN. p. varney expects 10 move into
his new house about the first of October.
Mrs. Kent, mother of DIR. E. NJ
Kent, was buried Wednesday.
The rain this week has raised the
river SO we have revival of business
at the shops.
The aqueduct water on Pleasant
street has become so impure as to be
unfit for use.
Rev. S. Knowlton, of New Haven.
preached the funeral discourse of Mrs
Kent, assisted by Rev's. Gardner and
Hall.
Bristol is having rest from the
excitement of bolitics. "Let us have
peace"
Mrs. Metcalf of Castleton is here
on visit among her friends. Her hus-
band, Rev j. W. Metcalf, is expected
next week.
Mrs. G. w. Parmelee of Philadel-
phia, Pa, has been in town visiting
friends.
The recent rains has started IN |
business again at the shops of the Bris.
tol Mfg Co.
The time of the Sunday morning
service at the M. E. church is changed
from 1880 to 10:45 O'Clock.
M. p. Varney is building n nicket
and board fence around his new resi-
ience on Church street.
Mrs. Osgood, widow of the Rev.
W. b, Osgood, starts for over the Lake
in few days, to visit her friends.
Milo Varney of the firm of Varncy
Bros, is again confined to the house
~ sickness.
&C. ID. Mathewson and wife celebrat-
ID their wooden wedding last week
Tuesday evening, and large number
If relatives and friends were present,
md good time was had.
In noting improvements in town we
MENTION among others, G. f. Smiths
rooms, which he has re-
emily enlarged and improved to quite
IN extent. In looking over his place of
BUSINESS we notice his increased facili-
les for doing work, and the splendid
pecimens of his art on hand. Charley
; tip top good fellow as well as
i've business man.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-10-01
CORNH ALL.

"A delightful rain, which all were
glad to welcome.
The potato crop is turning ont bet
ter than was expected,
Farmers are putting in winter
grain quite extensively,
Onion men are feeling quite well
over the prospects of good prices.
-Rollin Foot's new house is nearly
completed and is fine looking one.
DR.. Hamilton leaves town this week
to return to his medical studies, as he
had not finished his course before he
came here.
The musical people of this town
contemplate having a singing school
here this winter, to be conducted by
Prof. A. w. Barnard.
Mr.. Charles Bond aud wife from
Pitsfield, Mass, former resident OF
this town, is visiting his aged mother,
who is very feeble, and friends at the
old homestead.