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The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-04-16
FROM TESsTsSIPPE.
Clay County.

Edftor Patron: l think il has
been about twelve months since I
wrote you, and thinking you and
tina readers Of our paper would Ike
T. hear 81 what we are doing as a
Grange and a. an Association I will
give YOU few facts. Our Grange.
No. AZ, IS doing well, receiving
new members and restoring old
ones
Two years ago we started a CO.
operative store with capital Of
$24o- The business has increased
gradually and 50 has the capital.
and we have now on hand stock
worth Sz,O75. On last SATURDAY. we
declared dividends as follows for
TIE first quarter, 1881: IS per cent
On trade, 10 per cent accumulation.
and 2 per cent interest on capital.
We give members Of the Associa-
t19H full dividends on trade, and
Patrons not members half dividends.
To make it palmer 10 some OF
your readers ] will cite ny own
c2ses / have one share. &. traded
during the quarter S96.G5: that at
II per cent makes $3.50, then 10
per cent accumulation, Or profits. on
others trade, in proportion to shares,
makes 20 cents more: then count
the interest at the rate Of 10 per
cent per annum gives ri cen IS
more, making the total amount
3I6.IT that | have saved by trading
with the Association.
The farmers must be told and
shown the facts to appreciate the
necessity of cooperation. Let out
siders and minded Changers
grumble about the sI.2o a year but
the figures are against them, for |
have received enough hack in one
quarter of a year to pay my wife's
and my own dues for nearly seven
years.
Wishing The PATRON great sue
cess, | close hoping TO send you
70 subscribers, when our Grange
meets on the first Saturday in Nav.
Fraternally, r II. PAYNE.
Sloan, April 7.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-04-16
Agriculture az a Profession

The following address was deIiv-
cred BY J. L. Brown, Secretary Of
Kansas Grange, No. 1892, Illinois.
On Wednesday evening, February
3. 1851, before the GIenwood Lit
erary Society. on Agriculture as a
Profession.
M President. Ladies and Gentlemen:
Having been placed upon the pro-
Crane for an Grafton, I 10 not deem
It necessary that I should make anv
apologies for attempting to address
you upon the subject named by our
worthy President, for you are all
farmers. or farmer sons and daugh
ters, and consequently are. or ought
TO be. interested in a1v thing that
tends 70 elevate YOU as class and
/ hold that this cannot be accom-
p.iehed in any other way except
through the influence Of a proper
education; hence my object in ap-
peariHg before you tonight is TO
arouse thought in Your minds in re-
gard TO your interest. I propose
following this address with another
upon the necessity of organization
for the purpose Of advancing the in
terest Of our profession. Washing
ton has Sid that agriculture IS the
most noble and useful pursuit Of
man" and | NAV add that It is the
oldest, and that its votaries have
been the least progressive in
thought. Men tell me that thew
haven't time to think. that thew
have to work too hard. I observed
the fact; these same fellows take
time to think while they are work
ing so hard, how they can best ac-
cumulate gold, and how to manage
to keep it SO that it will benfit them
selves and families least, Poor
slaves they don't seem TO realize
that there is anything else to live for
but to heap up wealth. They don't
seem to know that thew have i'm
mortal minds to erain. We have
these fellows everywhere, and thew
are in the deep ruts worn by their
fathers, dragging after them Their old
A harrows, and wooden plows. and
speak of the splendid progress of
education in the DAYS when they
studied '+readin', swritin' and sarith-
netic." They boast of only having
gone 70 school two or three months.
and now point themselves out as
Of the splendid progress
Of the age in which they live: yes,
i've, FOR they don't live in the splen-
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-04-16
TrichEnos sis

According 70 the report Of The
Sanitary Committee OF Massacha'
sets. II appears that Of 2,7oI Pg
examined during FIVE months nole'
than IA. OF nearly s per cent con
tanned trichinR. The animals cant
from different and distant regions
but the majority were from Toe
Western States The same repo
aEfi-r1s that rats are affected VII
trich;nosis at Boston 70 I much Ia
ger extent than I'D Germany. "
iftv-oue rats caught in Bosi'l
slaughter house thirty Presen'''
t-ichinR On the other hand, tWfl
~ eight fowls fed in the ESTABLISH
nent were found 10 he hea'ul
Forty rats taken in another la'E7
slaughter house al contsined tIi'
ia9. but Of sixty found N dltiei5
stables only SIX were thus afieo'
In France little consideration n'1
until lately. been given TO the Oh,
ger OF trichinR in imported PIa
AT LYONS. however, inspection y,
been commenced. and has qullAl
borne fruit. An enormous cona-I
Fnent Of lard, amounting. It IS "a
To Il tons. was lately receive. .
LYONS from New York. VI ~!
soecinenS examined inmediate
after arrival three were found 70
Infested with trichin9. Al D!it
Iona SIX cases of death from us
nosis haue occurred in three u1oH'
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-04-16
Cow Peas.

We viii close this hastily prem
81 article by one word in favr4
the well known COW peas, h9pr,
~ a word IN season 70 euconrsssl
more extensive plant and renoyau
Of worn out lands. No one need
sigh for red clover when We hlu
80 exec substitute in the COW
pea
The price Of seed the present SEA
son may deter many from plantr.
Iarg=Iy. bat in the language Of Oh
Of our neighbors. we worId no,d
without them even if we had TO pay
twenty dollars per busheL Til
high price. however. viii doat
less have this good effect. II MAJ
be the. means Of Impressing on d
minds Of al the necessity Of savirI
an abundant supply Of seed, thertb
heading of 81 rings or combni
tons who yearly. cudeavor to con
troll the market for this indispena
be production. In another arhch
On the subject OF forage plants Y
viii e1deavor % give the exon
eace Of friends who are now tes.-
various species OF grass and his
Landed fodder plants
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-04-16
The Educated Negro.

A gentleman in North Ca1O.lI
illustrated TO me very forcioly
danger 10 the colored man OF o'e
education. He said an old ne
man came to him about I'VE y'.
ago and said: Il have ely
which l would like TO have yoIs
vest for me-" a few days an
ward he returned and said ina
white clergyman had told him -
the only safety for the coioTeu =.
was in education, and thar nd
his duty to educate his sons
sent both of them away 10 seng
and spent the sI, 900 on their euu, =
o Both hesn returned ~
saJ have r worthless louns
ever since. One of them ran ." :.
to escape criminal prosecution ;o
the other is often seen ""'
along the cotton fields with an =
br over his head, talking =
fat mother and sisters. az,
the prk to support bin n
ness. philadelphia Press
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-04-16

a week o Two 20 III. =
gase t. fszi s,s ar MIN. ms
ire condition ard pros..c,' #
nzrket r. cox Dess. Tb.d d,
ti37s lhes pr f5rra astss Woe
t1en reziz e, DriSes - nNs
ADVANCE sbo1- ssr--., aafog
= oae doll ga 71.hs o. Gems
anlsF toc1 5ses Eere "a :. ~ 81
= e AMI s-r-a or loads =, '''''s
= zErlve. Tbs estl5l-,hs5 - !"
vance d q cents. All ave. I'd
ln1las L 2 is Ei.b 49,. ee
a. sell 1g-@r rates : ~ n all
FTs czr l5als 70 arrive as,,
al 10 bags sp7s a. sag :"
the 70 siag q t5=s= trades INC
ben refused % z round Isf. en- aa'
holding fin =. go 'a
Tie TeDzsk - chs-ss
market : not with e9. sgFr,;-l De
Dlznstio1- TIE receipt, ~. 4
tbs rear are f1Hy 1000 h., g
bind sane time last T-75s+ 9
most ordinary circumsts-,S, '
amount q peas taken IN -. q
ket during Z season for sc-n,l ''''
Sumption has hitherto bean -. w
= 90 or 5000 bags ard 80 &c
prices have been CHEAP the Co.. -
ption has reached 10000 bs,.
The receipts 70 date S.,
cover 1900 bags against abor. :.
ooo bags same time last wear T. r
several weeks past We have ~
careful inquiries resDecti7g h
amount OF the stock n the go -
and vet 70 come forward. n I,..
portions OF the producing rs,;. |;
no crops Of peas have been -
This i true of eastern Ge9-y;, :,
North and South Carolina vI..
the farmers are 70 dav buvi1g ,s.f
having male practically a t9,sl f,5
ure in their crops
No doubt the present spDrs,,
ton Of the market Is due 10 the b.,
mentioned What further n
provement : 70 take place can ~,
be coljecru-ed- II 1871. with
crop aggreEsting % 900 to ;;or
bags. the market went to g. 1.
busheI. without al planters bs,,
supplied. Really this looks Ikea,
other year OF the same kind.
In the cow pea growing dis.-;r
the scarcity Of peas : said to h,r
been chiefly caused By the fnc-eus
acreage in cotton. but the d;s,9-.
agement OF low prices last year. a.
drouth this wear. have also had
large influence on Pr0duc.ion-y
o. Times
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-04-16

There's fortune CT before =. ooss 5
WEI sex ! 6zF D. dzTs
Ard & sc st-iTe and 2es s@FeFe-
Iaiu meet - on tfe WaT
WA .g5.fsf brow ard stslEsrt arm.
wee se-sst : far ard near.
.. r-rAr IL Or courage al.
3. stg7x- AID Perserers-
Wa sonest trusA and good st7zt hearts.
Naarev-r w- raay roam.
No tn3-as gassa - ragged To-1
81 "a e. ST ~ ZONE
So 75la witE head =ith hezrt and hzna-
.ad drive despair zwzTs
Fer bitter t5T11es a-e coming. tFl~1oss
Wen work and win tEe dzF-
T..su courage, boys the 6zy All cone
70 s9ofhs ossr toil and pain.
Wfs-n Ezopsncss shall srnlie On Is
And Il aur Dwellings rein:
Ard NJ saaH live 70 5.-s> Inc hour
sc st-oye % wia ire a.;
50 s-1ne wiu oar eFf3-t- cTcsghs
A15 meet rs on tFse wv-
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-04-16

The friends Of THE Patron in
Texas are keeping up their good
work, daily extending its circula-
ton and increasing its capacity for
good, effective service. We have
been surprised as well as gratified
by the strong support that has come
from Texas this year, and we prom
ise our good friends over there that
We will continue to work for the
cause in their great State " tn 4 zeal
that shall know no abatement.
In Arkansas, Louisiana. Ternes-
see and Georgia, the circulation Of
The PATRoS Is increasing more
slowly, but II IS losing no ground in
those States, while here IN AIississiD-
pi Il has lost considerably since the
first Of the year. We cannot under
stand Why 50 many Of our friends in
this State have quit working for the
paper We have q programme for
the summer campaign that must re-
suit IN much good TO the Order
IN the South, but our plans and our
efforts are seriously crippled BY the
inactivity Of our friends in Nfissfs-
sippi.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-04-16
NEW ORLEANS uARKET.
OFFICE OF
The Southwestern Cooperative
Association. =. Of ~.
NKZ OLEAGs. april q 7

NKw OLgAss. april . 1881
COTTON-8a-ket s-17. Sz1es 17-a
bzles. Ordsaa-y. 65zc.. god ort5ae-s
SIC: I3z rr1s5f1ing 9szcc mid .z-z.- fe5sz-
good rsi6dIsng. II -. rrsi5dal-sz Ez5r-rz1>..
Eea Cyksc1s Faka1>s- A7-f1 70 70.
Ma e. % June 70 81 July Iocz- A.
gasts f1-657 September. 1922 C1tobzr.
9e6
gAGGTNG-DuI. Dom. fs.4. ~ ~.
F7hc-e lbs, EE1Zc-s zrroH t5es- <E-6s pe-
coFFEEFafr, Is1za; good, -.
FLOL R-Fzncy. s6-zs, chos9e. Sex.
family, 3 5og5-6s; treb5le extra za7s@
MESS PORK-we qs9.= Oh 81. ard
neE. sI7-co-
LARD1Refo nc Il -5erc-e. On
joa5inz o-5ers dealers ~ higher prices.
Lard n small pzckeg-s = caosed ~ -
Izc- advance on prizes ue-rzoze5
SCGAR-Tn hh5s-. En5-e clarified. q.
OF white szlc-- Eei-O7g Clarified, So.
oDen kettle tie
HOLASSES-In barrels. Fair. s4c.
prime &c. czoice- zEc
RTCE-F~i1e- 61zc- choice. tie
HACKEREL-So- T. 55.s- - half
s4JoDe gre- = =. kits g5z--
Z p Witt 6-c-- Yellow. fzc-
HAY-Prme, sz5gzs- choioe- sz7-so
: ts7.
SALT-Cozrse. sloz. sne. SIX
FRUITS AND -l-oeatfo-s
are fou rouat l61s- Sicily oranges cho1ce
are selling n SAG per box co1oz1E-s. r
eaca- Tevzgoaz zI-o-5s- T-c-- sz=I-=5 Do
$50 Texas Perz1s- Io<zE-c- according %
szz@s Legion c1--01- z---- cEczCe C5-5lr
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-04-16
From the Master sf the Florida
Nf@le Grange.


! Edfk0y Pntron. As N evidence
Of the prosperity and solsdity Of oar
our Order We point 10 the increased
Interest that = manifested IN the
publication of the different Grange
/ papers. They are the great edu-
Gators o. cur land. While We nav
often fee weak II our numbers be-
ing decinazted and looking ar0uad
"a noting the careleesgess Of the
actual members IT our Order in
many places. We only have 20 turn
70 Grange paper, when Il q glance
We see ine faithful still bending
their energies to accomplish the
Du s6iHg up d principles
Too many Of the Old leading
members have grown cold and
CARELESS Of the Grange interests IN
tlziE osvn Subordinate Grange
the same tine tiieY are q good
Grzngers - ever tf7ey were. they
HeglecF their Grange meetings. they
Do not talk about ttle Grange a
much - tney did IN former times.
when they kept II uppermost IN
taeir mind: they don't talk about i
TO their children around the Ere
SIDE. 70 their reighboTs and other.
q they did. There are q large
numbe- II Florida VINO would Join
the Grange IF the Gil members
would only encourage the Grange
D. attending regularly 70 their
meetings / know i because there
are farmers and young people who
tel. me 90 Tbs state q things
must exist however. until more Of
Is become better disciplined. Pcnc
tuality II every thing 5asgrez sue
cess Insures combination II effort.
t1is the meetings IF our Oranges
are well calculated % teach b
DuaCtual AZ our meetings. pUnctuaI
IN paying cur Gues, pu1ctazl II dis
charging orr obligations one 10 ar
other and Z new era would dawn
upon our agricultural people But
when We want every body that
owes Us 70 be DanCtuaI and we are
uo-spunctual . those We owe. then
there / 4 wrong. an obstacle placed
n the way Of others. The way T.
do thing Is 70 do i. The business
man that succeeds brings every
thing he does, and every body he
Eas any thing 70 do with. down 70
business IT once. The Hon, A. H.
Stephens SAYS, sathe masses are
growing poorer and poorer This
IS too true; and it i because Of the
want If organization, combination.
puactuality.
BY proper combination. with the
facilities offerc.i the farmers Of tie
South, in less than ten wears. they
could manufacture every bale Of
upland cotton raised bv them. The
profits, it Is said, are not IL growing
the raw material, but in unarufac-
ture. The farmers say they have
not the capital: / say they have al
the capital they ever VIII have. and
more too, until they change their
general mod4s oberandi. The mus
els Of the farmer is sufficient CAPT
I'll, properly directed. 70 accomplish
tire above result. II can be done
q easy or easier than the plan Il
getting supplies through our mid
clemen 20 run our crops. The
money our farmers pay TO middle
men n five years. over and above
cost prices for supplies, would build
ali the factories we need 70 manu-
fscture our cYCuS Of cotton and II
the farmer does not build and run
these factories he viii never be any
better of BY them being in the
country among Us. If anything he
VIII be worse of.
FraternalIy. WM. II. WILsox.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-04-16
How Long to Keep sheen.

Maj. L. {. Bryan, of Georgia.
writes in his Southern Trainers
Monthly, that there are few animals
kept on the farm which, in their
prime pay as well as do sheep. and
there are very few, if any others.
upon whom old age has such a
damaging effect As the sheep IS
much shorter lived than any other
OF our domestic animals, il is not
strange that many farmers attempt
to keep them too long. AT ten
years of age horse is in his prime.
and the cow is then as good as ever.
with the prospect of remaining so
several years longer. but the sheep
IS very old when it reaches the age
of ten, the natural limit of the term
o. its life. After reaching this age.
sheep are very likely to be injured
by the light exposures which would
d. young animals no harm. They
more. lab to be attacked BY
d IS. and if they live they will
be /. ely to produce less wool and
smaller lambs than they had done
previously. We do not think it
pays, except, perhaps, in special
instances, to keep sheep after they
are six or seven years old
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-04-16

Il live in settlement where I am
the only one who takes an agricul,
tural paper. The rest study politics.
and instead of getting a living from
the soiI by cultivating they mort
gage it. My farm, with one or two
others, is all that remains for miles
around not mortgaged.''
Thus speaks an Illinois cores
pondent TO the Indiana Farmer.
That man tells in a short sentence.
what keeps SO many farmers noses
on the gIindstone. They spend
their time in studying pot-house
politics and voting to put profess
ional office hunters in Office. Let
them study half as diligently politics
from a farmers stand point. and
the evil complained of will soon be
gin to mend.-Dirigo Rural
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-04-16
Worthy Master w. w. Dupree.

Worthy Master w. w. Dupree,
Haywood county, Tenn, sends US
good words and cheering news
from his section:
"Our Grange, Hatchie, Cog, is do
ing very well, having applications
at every meeting. | enclose club
for THE PATRON, and will send
others as | get them. It is surpris-
ing to me that every farmer in the
South does not drop all other papers
and take our own Grange papers"
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-04-16

The littIc cooperative store re
Gently established n this county Is
succeeding finely, and IS do6ng good
n drawing The attention r. farmers
TO the practical workGag 81 The sys
tern and - getting tbs0 eal ted IN
the Grange Mary Mo seGI IF
when they thought she Grange
would not pay vii now reeara
when they see II does Day,
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-04-16

We invite the attention Of far
mers to an article from New Or
leans journal showing the CONNER
clal value Of and growing demand
tor COW peas, Farmers viii find it
always 10 their inserestto give their
attention to the cultivation Of this
most valuable crgD.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-04-16

The State census of Mississippi.
which was taken simultaneously
with the Federal census, shows
nearly the same population, the va
ration being only few thousand.
The total number Of electors in the
State are 24o,727, divided as fol-
lows: whites, IIo,IT3: colored, I3o,-
COZ.
The recent earthquake at the is
land of Scio in the Mediterranean
sea was very destructive of life and
property. No less than 5000 were
killed and $1,000 wounded out of
population of $1,000.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-04-16

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Scienc7, always ''1z = 81
re al y ADVANCING 1,id
5ng iz@ ans ever iesot -
her assistance 70 an t''ii'S l'lsl aei''i~
70 improvement, ID iolge1 >e7 Li@5
rance J" -1lAl - -
anJ Fepuisel' d - III 'i'ei-y 'H1
case.
Scientific men now have a wide
field OF usefulness opened up 10
them, and strong inducements are
offered for them 20 devote their
time and talents 10 those subjects
ich give such golden promise OF
reward, not only in enOlunents but
also in honorary distinction.
The conditions which affect sue
cessfuI agriculture are 80 varied,
the prime pies involved are 50 occult
and the field 80 wide and extensive,
that there i no department OF na-
turaI science which NAV not yield
valuable information and instruction
70 the tillers Of the soil.
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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-11-25
THE REPORT IN THE STAR route CASE.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23.-The acting At
tOrney General makes public, reports sub
mitted by A. NJ. Gibson, Special Attorney
for the United States in the Star service in
vestigation, who says for manifest reasons
it would not be proper to disclose all the
facts discovered by the investigation pur
sued by the representatives of the two de-
partments, or to indicate tithe Of the evi-
dence which must be reserved for the
courts. The document, nevertheless,
would fill columns in newspaper.
1t exhibits the dealings, chiefly with
the administration contract office, dur
ing the term of General Brady. The
report says that 100 witnesses were
examined, having personal knowledge
of the facts and statements, These
witnesses were under oath, and included
sub-contractors. superintendents, drivers,
agents and other employees. The contractors
have been interrogated and dispositions
taken. The result is mass of evidence
accompanied by explanatory reports of the
inspectors, which fill several thousand
pages of legal cap. The department has
also been mlnutely examined and
this great work has required months of
the most arduous work on the part of In
spector P. Fl. Woodward, myself and the
officers and clerks to whom the Depart
UlenC dSSlSneu lHlS uuty. nave eAdAaineu
all this evidence, weighed it carefully, and
in many instances heard and read oral and
written statements of CONTRACTORS or, their
attorneys, and cannot resist the convection
that in almost every case the allowance
for equipition was fraudently, collusively
and corruptly obtained.
The report thus continues to the close
regarding Brady, finishing as follows:
s'That there has been ineffciency, direl
iction to duty, and still graver shortcom-
ings in the administration of the Sixth
Auditors office, and that gross abuses and
corruptions in the conduct Of the contract
Office of the Postoffice Department in the
past would haye been impossible had the
Auditor of the Treasury for the Postoftice
Department vigorously executed the law
with an honest purpose to correct the gla-
ring wrongs and bring justice to notori
Gus wrong.doers.