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The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-08-20
JOin the Granaa

"ofe are many out OF the GRANGE
whom, IT you should ask to ioin t5e
Grange, would ask. Whv2 -,
them why. Toawork for ono an.
other s interests, bear burdens give
.estlmony of its usefulness. grow n
to be better man and wo,a
'Grangerism is social, cumulative
economical, aud an organization OF
any KIND is indispensable to con
serve It's purposes. Without union
or resource, little can be done or en-
Joyed, and all farmers are Grangers
IN one sense of the word. and vi nv
nave so great an luminosity to the
Order? asa
Selfish persons seek isolation; the
generous join hand in hand to do
heavy work for the lost. Shirks
dislike Changers, but still they will
try to steal crum bs which Graneers
nave scattered, or suck a little nur-
ture from Changers planting. They
OFTEN excuse themselves by accus
ing Changers of faults they do not
nave to cover the real cause.
Grangerism is characteristic
which denotes farmer from a rail
road man, and it's use to save the
world a necessity. 1t would be
wrong to nurse a Grange hall for
its own sake as it would be foolish
to build mill to conserve it itself
The Grange is for work; as means
to an end; an army of consequence
sacrificing itself to win.
1t is every farmers imperative
duty to be a Granger and to work
IN the Grange and put all possible
vlgor into it that may secure the
farmers power and influence.
Grangers are armies and every
Granger should enter the ranks for
higher authority OF the farmer and
report for duty-Spirit Of Kansas.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-08-20

Ono who has TILED the soil for
forty years, and meanwhile ac-
cumulated a competence and given
his children a good education, says
his experience has taught him these
things: I. One acre of land, well
prepared and we'll cultivated, pro-
duces more than two which re-
ceived only the same amount of
labor as one. 2. One cow, horse,
mule, sheep or hog well fed, is
more profitable than two kept on
the amount necessary to keep one
well. g. One acre of clover grass
is worth more than two of cotton
where no grass is raised. 4. No
farmer who buys oats, corn, wheat,
fodder and hay, as rule, for ten
years, can keep the sheriff away
from his door in the end. s. The
farmer who never reads the papers.
sneers at book farming and i'm
provement, always has leaky roof,
poor stock, broken down fences and
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-08-20
Successful FARMING can meyer he

Successful farming can never be
realized in the absence of a deliber-
ate plan. No other business sue
ceeds without it, and there is no
known reason why farming should
be an exception. These are the
days, and especially the evenings.
when the tiller of the soil and the
breeder of cattle, sheep and horses
is at liberty to sit down with him
self and study the situation. Now
is the time to mature his plans for
the next seasons active campaign
to map out, not only in his mind
but on paper, the distinct outlines
of the years work; to study the
needs of one field over another, that
all may advance harmoniously in
productive progress; to decide what
he will plant and sow, what he will
take up and what he will lay down;
how he will proceed with manures
and commercial fertilizers, and
where it may be better to pillow un-
der crop of clover; how many
head he intends to carry into the
fall, and how many to winter; about
the Improvement of his breeds, ia
king all the different branches of his
industry into single view, he must
be incapable of comprehending af-
fairs about him who does not feel
stimulated by his rehections.-lHas-
sachuSefkS PlouoHman.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-08-20
Saving Seed.

Thousands of farmers have this
year learned pretty dear lesson in
the matter of saving corn for seed.
Winter came upon us so suddenly
and severely in November that it
caught much of the corn in the field,
and doubtless it had injured the
germ, in many cases, before the'ears
were housed. In other, and perhaps
most, cases the shelter and after
treatment given the grain were in
sufficient, giving neither opportu
nifty to complete the ripening pro-
cess nor sufficient protection from
the intense cold. As consequence
many planters have had much de-
lay and extra labor in securing a
stand of corn, and few fields present
uniformity of appearance which all
desire and which in some years is
so common.
In view of this unpleasant expe-
rience it will be we'll to arrange to
avoid its repetition as far as posi-
BILE. BY marking for seed those
ears which are the largest and ear
Hest we both secure the best speci
mems, and give them the longest
time to come to maturity. These
are considerations of the first inn
portance. When such seed is fully
ripe, SO far as that condition can be
secured in the field, it should be re-
move to a building in which it will
be safe from the attacks of insects
and vernin, and not exposed to ex-
IRENE heat and cold. These essen.
tials can, perpaps, be more gener-
ally found in the dwelling than in
any other building on the farm An
old farmer, the owner of an old
fashioned house, told us that after
much sad experience he had fallen
into the custom of putting his seed
corn, selected as above spoken of,
upon rack which he had made
near the ceiling of his kitchen,
where the mice could not trouble it
or the cold affect it, and where he
could readily examine it when he
desired to do SO.
These reasons and suggestions
concerning seed corn are in place
as to saving all other kinds of seeds.
The earliest and best should be ia
ken in every case, and not the latest
and most unstable. Each variety
should be clearly marked, so that
there may be no doubt as to its
name when the planting season
comes. Then in bags or boxes, as
the nature of the seed may suggest,
each kind should be kept by itself;
and receive an occasional inspection
when one has leisure during the
winter. Observance of these few
and easy particulars will prevent
many losses and provoking disap-
pointments; and in many instances
make ready for the planters hand
better seed than we can buy.-Far
mcY'S Friend.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-08-20

Somebody,-if we knew who,
would give due credit, writes thus
tersely and truthfully of newspapers
and their worth to the world: "The
value of newspapers is not fully APP
preciatec, but the rapidity with
which people are waking up to their
necessity and usefulness, is one of
the significant signs of the times.
Few families are now content with
a single newspaper. The thirst for
knowledge is not easily satiated,
and books, though useful-yes, even
absolutely necessary in their place,
fail to meet the demands of youth
or age. The village newspaper is
eagerly sought for, and its contents
as eagerly devoHred. Then comes
the demand for county news, state
news, national and foreign news
Next to the political come the lit
erary and then the scientific journals
Lastly, and above all, come the NOR
al and religious journals. This va
riety. is. demanded to satisfy the
cravings of the active mind.
Newspapers are also valuable to
material prosperity, They adver
tise the village, county or locality
They spread before the reader ;
map on which may be traced char
acter. design and progress. If ;
stranger calls at hotel, he first in
quires for the village newspaper; i
a friend comes from distance tn
very next thing after family greet
ing, he inquiries for your village 0
county newspaper, and you feel dis
comforted if you are unable to tln'
a late copy, and COMPOUNDED if yol
are compelled to say you do no
l take it.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-08-20
FROM ALABAMA.


Editor Patron. | wish to have
your atteation upon a subject that
mas impressed my mind as being
one OF considerable importance to
The farmers of the South.
The farmers pay out for their
plowS and other agricultural i'm pie
ments annually an enormous sum of
money that could be saved. The
cooperative stores, under the Roch-
uaie plan, have undoubtedly proved
10 De a success. Why should we
not have factory to manufacture
our leading agricultural implements
established on the Rochdale coop
TIatlVe plan! | think it could be
uohe very easily, and that it would
prove to be immensely profitable to
farmers. ID a.e.s -r -.. -,
Gay, within the States of Texas,
a arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi,
tennessee, Alabama, Flor d., South
C@ollna, North Carolina and Geor-
ga we have an average ofrfoo Sub
c-Olla'e Oranges to the State, 35
.@'ners to each SubordinateGrange,
making $1,000 Grange farmers
w %i'Illn The States mentioned. Now,
a,l oI these farmers have to buy-one
VI more (say) turning plow every
w. os'I' ana ne pays at least So profit
VI. saCh turning pillow, (say nothing
VI other implemeuts.) Now by
tSo sil investing, say $3.50, through
ta asLl respective Oranges, in an en-
S S'PIlSe of this kind, capital of
t-'ooo could be raised and fac
tbey,, 0! sufficient capacity to supply
S le,il with their plows, &c, could
W. bss'arted. Then make strictly cash
f'a'ISacuons, and as the co-opera-
a.; e stores are managed so manage
S enterprise.
Iet gu think upon this subject and
trr ~, Us hear from you through our
Snu,nPef, The PATRON OF HUs
BANDRY. -
com n5ne say that under the present
ro' "u.'lon of the farmers of the
duhtry it is impracticable to un-
bnt axe a such an enterprise as this,
ems NJ, Is We are annually paying this
oi ;;o''nous sum of profits to nonop-
ers eve, Who are expressing the farm
I'm, %ha gobbling up their earnings,
oay MS hugely advisable to avail
an Eve lives OF the advantages OF such
al enterprise.
Grs,lt not the purpose of the
ma ase to labor for the~advance
Oh Is OF agriculture, the good of the
',' our country and mankind. !.
yien, would like an exchange OF
snb;a s Oh brother Patrons upon this
Fect' through THE PATRON.
HtSaller,nally, A GRANGER.
''0O0ken, Ala. July So -.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-08-20
The Good OIL Times.

1t sounds very poetical to say
"the good old times" but if we
should be strictly truthful, having
an eye upon the actual rather than
upon the sentimental, we should be
more inclined to designate them as
1.-The mean old tines especially if,
by some powerful freak of nature,
we should be taken up and set back
among the days that fell to the lot
of those who were men and women
when our grand parents we've little
children. 1t is no wonder that Ben
iamin Franklin, with his phrophetic
vision, wished it had been his destiny
to have been born two or three CEN
turtles later. Think of the journeys
then requiring days, that may now
be accomplished in as many hours,
and with far more comfort. Think
of sitting in church winter after
winter without the cheerful light of
a fire, save that which was kindled
in the imagination by the glowing
eloquence of the preacher, as he de-
scribed the torments of the damned
Think Of paying forty or fifty dol
lars a year for a newspaper, and
think, also, of the beggarly little
sheet and all its meagre qualities!
Think of living without friction
match in the house, or tooth brush,
or a carpet, orgaslight, or furnaces,
or a sewing machine, or doing with
out overshoes and umbrellas, and a
thousand other things that we call
necessities. 1t is startling to con-
slider the multitude Of things, small
and great, that we possess, which
contribute to our comfort, our ease,
our welfare, our enjoyment, that
were utterly unknown to our limo
cent grandfathers, and never could
have entered their dreams. The
spirit of progress consults our con-
venience and multiplies advantages
in every direction, enhancing the
charms of FIFE, diminishing its pains,
and inviting us to come, welcome
and enjoy its innumerable gifts.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-08-20
The Curse ofPolities

The Rev. T. Dewitt Talmaoe
IN a sermon prea ched recently from
the text lob XIV. s, Fire shall con-
sumo the tabernacle of bribery
said: -
bribery begins in the money
subscribed for election expenses.
BY the time our great gubernatorial
congressional and presidential cleo.
tions are over the land is drunk with
bribery. | pity that little orphan
5000 wandering about the streets
OF Albany and finding no parent
age. 1t strayed off from a family of
big brothers, who ought to take care
of the founding laid at the legisla-
tors door. What striking phenom-
enon! Among the millions of dol
lars expended in the last fifty years
only So 900 was miscarried. 1t
shows that if there was no God and
no judgment day, the safest bust
ness in the United States is bribery.
what other great enterprise, what
other business involving millions of
dollars can be carried on for ten
years with only a loss of s. 900.
"All this contention for the spoils
of office, which kept the Senate of
the. United States for four months
playing the fool, and the last one
month has made the private parlors
of the Delevan House the center of
National interest, is only another
nj ne If h,Il t.
bribery in cash paid, but bribery in
the way of Office promised. You
help me into office and will help
you into another 1t is often true
that by the time a man is sworn in
he has pledged all the patronage of
his office. The trouble comes from
his unwillingness or incapacity to
deliver the goods he sold the first
Tuesday in November.
''The machinery of bad American
politics just now consists of 900
wheels, but the cogs of these wheels
plav into one great wheel; and that
wheel has crank on which is the
hand of Satan. Revolution is Just
head of us, and pray God it may
be peaceful revolution We must
have the emancipation of American
labor from the curse of monopoly.
9oH and | are paying the board,
and washing, and cigars, and wills
key bills of the legislators of the
State of New York, while they are
lowering over the spoils of office.
and no one supposes that the fifteen
or twenty candidates over whom
they are contending are the only
men fit for the United States Sen
ate."-Ex.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-08-20


s The following is another proof
how monopoly, while imposing
burdens. also evades its just share of
responsibility. The Standard Oil
Company owns several hundred
thousand dollars worth of"portable
property in Pennsylvania every
day in the year, but it has ex-
cused itself from paying taxes there,
on the ground that it could only be
taxed in another State where the
corporation was formed and has its
head "a uarters. The Auditor Gen
eraI of Pennsylvania, in April last,
presented a claim amounting to a
| iitdeover 100000 for taxes reach
mo back to 1872. 1t will now come
before the courts. One thing is sure
this giant monopoly will not cheer
fully or Voluntarily contribute taxes
to the State from which its supplies
of oil chiefly come, and in which
State it has, through its rebates or
freights and other workings witt
railroads, crushed out hundreds 0
smaller companies who did pa,
these taxes L
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-08-20
MISSISSIPPI.

Amite county,. R. Galtney, T. P. Street,
FL. H. Rateliff, j. E. Webb, j. L. Wilmington,
Liberty.
Attaila--A. T. Middlebrook, Kosciusko.
Calhoun. H. Allen, Banner.
Chickasaw-S. L. Wilson, Houston.
Choctaw---W r Love, Chester.
Claiborne--T. J. Ably, Hermanville.
Clarke-J. G. Macarthur, Meridian.
Clay-Robert Hardy, j. o. Young, r. H.
Payne, Silaom.
Coahoma-Dr. ]. A. Peace, Clarksdale.
Copiah-J. F. Sexton, E. B. Conn, Crystal
Springs.
franklin. g. King, Little Spring.
Hinds-L. F. Afford, Jackson.
Jasper-W. E. Smith and F. NJ. Moseley,
Montrose.
Jeffelson-Joe D. S. Davenport, Fayette.
Kemper-J. G. Macarthur, Meridian.
Lafayette-Dr. II. R. Brennan, Taylor's
Depot.
Lawrence-J. C. McLaurin, Mount Zion.
i,incoln-S. J. Hodges, Summit; DR. NJ
Grafton, D bennett, Brookhaven; Rev g P
Douglas, Wesson. Hs ~
Leake--W. A. Patton, Oklahoma.
Lowndes-A. P. Leech, Columbus,
Madison--W. b. j. Barnett, Camden.
Montgomery--B. B. Taylor, Duck Hill.
Monroe-S. a. M. Saddler, aberdeen.
NeS0ODd--J. W.
Decentralization Cooper, Decatur.
Noxubee-H. M. Hunter, Macon.
Oklibbeha-Isaiah Medley, Double Springs.
Panola-G. f. Scott, Water Valley.
Pike. NJ. Causey, McComb City.
Simps on--J. C. McLaurin, Mount Zion,
Smith,. P. Segrist,. Morton.
Union-W. A. Funk, New Albany.
Warren-D Fl Alverson and w E Gibson,
Vicksburg. 80 3f
WiIkinson-C. Netterville, Woodyiile. 8Ts
Winston-M. G. Gage, Louisville.
Yalobusha-W. L. Woods, Water Valley.
NNESSEE-DISTRICT DEPUTIES
EAST TENNESSEE. asg
Dr. J. P. Rhea, Island Mills.
A. 4. Naf, GreenegilIe.
W. G. Wilson, Athens. + sa.
MIDDLE TENNESSEE.
Elihu Wells, Oak Hill.
NJ. r. Elliott, Saundersyille:
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-08-20
.,,SSISsIPPI STATE GRANGE
Secretary's Office.

Editor Patron. Win you please
II the attention, in your valuable
"a, of the different Cooperative
Ps'..ociations to the following reso
i h passed by the State Grange
~ is last meeting, to wit:
Pesolved, That each COOPERATIVE
association in this State forward to
tbe Secretary of the State Grange
- once. its name and number, and
hat the Secretary be req uired to
mort such list at each meeting of
~. .bp Mississippi State Grange, in
o-der that each Association NAV
tnow the name and address of the
ntber Associations and thereby en-
courage correspondence between
them.
would suggest that they report
tbe names of officers also. ss
But one Association has as vet
reported to this office, and that is
the Bowling Green Association. To-
r,ted at Durant, Holmes county.
Miss. l hope that the others will
rpnort as soon as their attention is
called to it, so that may prepare
nv list for the next meeting of the
State Grange. HELEN A. ABLY,
Sec'y Mississippi State Grange.
Hermanville, Aug. I. aH##E
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-08-20

Senator Jones, of Florida, in a
speech lately in Philadelphia, used
the following words: Depend on
it, gentlemen, we are fast approach
ing the time when all the conserva
tive powers of society will be
called into requisition to uphold
and preserve the principles of
this great popular Government.
The vast increaee of population,
and the growing disparity be
tween large accumulated wealth
and the condition of the labor
ing masses in society where all
are political equals, makes it impor-
tant that the masses of our people,
and those whom they look to for
guidance and counsel should be
qualified to explain and compre-
bend the rights and obligations at
tsched to us as citizens and men.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-08-20
The Rate at which Trees Grow.

When timber planting is in order,
as it most certainly will be in a few
years, it will be desirable to know
the rate of growth Of different trees,
in order to know what will grow
rapidly and be serviceable in short
time. Observation tends to show
the growth for twelve years is as
follows: White maple, one foot in
diameter, twenty feet high; ash, one
foot in diameter, twenty feet high;
white willow, one and half feet in
diameter, fifty feet high; yellow will
low, one and half feet diameter,
thirty-fve feet high; Lombardy
popular, ten inches diameter, forty
feet high; blue and white ash, ten
inches in diameter, twenty-five feet
high; black walnut and butternut,
ten inches in diameter and twenty
feet high.-Ex.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-08-20
GRANGE DI. ECTORY, 1850.

NATIONAL GRANGE.
MASTER. J. Woodrnan. of Michigan.
Overseer-Put. Darden of Mississippi.
Lecturer-H. Eshbaugh, OF Missouri.
Assistant Steward VIM. Sims, Kansas.
Chaplain-S H. Ellis, Ohio.
Secretary-W. NJ. Ireland, Washington
City.
fTreasurer-F. NJ. Mcdowell, N. Y.
Gate Keeper-O ,Dinwiddie, Indiana
Ceres-N1rs. IL. II. Woodman, Mich.
Pomona-Mrs. M. l.. Darden, Miss.
Flora-Mrs. E. NJ. Nicholson, n. ].
y l.. A. S.-Mrs. VIM. Sims, Kansas.
Executive Committee-Wm G. Wayne,
New York; d. Wyatt Aiken, S. Carolina.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-08-20
A Vegetable Diet for Children

In recent article, DIR. T. S.
Clouston, lecturer on mental dis
eases in the University of Edin-
burgh, says:
"My experience is, that the chill
dren who have the most neurotic
temperments and diathesis, and who
show the greatest tendencies to irri-
liability of brain, are as a rule, flesh
eaters, having craving for animal
food too often, and in too great
quantities. | have found, also a
large proportion of the adolescent
insanehad been flesh eaters, con-
suming and having a much craving
for much animal food. l have seen
change of diet to milk, fish, and
farinaceous food produce a marked
Improvement in regard to the nesv-
Gus irritability of such children.
And in such children, | most thor
oughly agree with DR.. Keith, who,
in Edinburgh for many years, has
preached an anti-fesh crusade in
the bringing up of all children up
to eight or ten years of age"
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-08-20

If the Order is true to its own in
terests, and is willing to follow the
advice of its able leaders, there is
nothing in the way of legislation
that is wanted to advance the inter
ests of the farming community that
our lawmakers will long dare to re-
fuse. We should continue to de-
mand in trumpet tones of the Gov
eminent to appoint Minister of
Agriculture, with seat in the Cab
met; it is high time that the chief
interest and industry of the country
should receive this recognition at
the hands of the general Govern
ment- Farmers Friend.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-08-20
CT. LOUIS BRANCH
~ OF THE
SOUTH WESFERN CO.OPERA.
TIVE ASSOCIATION,
DIR. VIM. MAXWELL, President,
62I North Fifth street,
ST. Louis, Mo.
ST.. LOUIS, April "a, ISS

Our WHOLESALE PROVISION
STORE is now open in this city, Office as
above.
one thousand Shares have been sub
scribed and paid in. With this sum, S 900,
we begin the new enterprise.
AS soon as 5000 more is paid in we will
open in New Orleans.
We shall need a capital of $4,000 to OPP
crate both establishments. 1t is only for
the Brotherhood to will it, and the amount
will not be long coming. Send your sub
scriptions to T. J. Carver as heretofore.
Ali orders and communications intend
ed for ST. LOUIS must be addressed to DR.
Maxwell as above He will be assisted by
Bro. Ben. Folkes, late of Warren county
Miss. VIM. MAXWELL, Pres't
T. ], CARVER, Gent Manager.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-08-20

Here is something for all good
Patrons and citizens TO think about,
and ask who is to blame. A COR
respondent Of a leading daily paper
says: l attribute the fact of Cons
gressmen and Senator's in many ca
ses selling their vote for money, to
the fact that nearly all the reputa-
bic talent is hired by business con-
Germs and corporations, and very
common stuff is sent to Congress.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-08-20
GEORGIA


Banks county,. D. Gunnels, Banksville.
Bibb-William Davis, Macon.
Campbell. S. Dodd, Fairburn.
CIarke-B. F. O'Kelley, Athens.
Clay-P. B. Hobbies, Cotton Hill.
Clayton-L. D. Lee.
Cobb-D. W. Orr, Acworth.
Dade-W. A. Chambers.
Dawson-H. S. Jay.
Decatur county-W. Berrie Mcdaniel, Glen
Julia, Florida.
Elbcrt-H. R. Deadwyler, Doves Creek.
Early-V. II. Armstead, Cedar Spring.
Gordon-O. II. Davis, Sugar Valley.
Harris-J. A. B. Dozier, Cataula.
Harris-Major Finn Harget, Mountain Hill.
Hart. z. Brown, Bowman.
Henry-T. E. Brown.
Lowndes-Wm. Zeigler, Valdosts.
Madison. B. Eberhart, Point Peter.
Miller-T. NJ. Brown, COlquitt.
Mont somery---S. Fl. Clark.
Ogiethorpe-J: w. Martin, Point Peter.
Polk-W. Everett, Rock Works.
Pulaski-W. S. Lancaster. ..
Quitman-G. P. Doz;er, Hatcher's Station.
Randolph-W. F. Davis, CoIeman's Depot.
Spalding-H. T. Patterson: I.
Telfair- McRae.
TerreIl-W. S. Martin.
Thomas-Dr. J. P. Turner, Boston.
Walker--N. A. Keown. U
Washing ton-W. J. Henderson, Davisboro.
WiIkinson-J. NJ. Langford, Gordon.
E. TAYLOR,
Secretary State Grange.
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ALABAMA STATE GRANGE.
q s&ar-R nr, q In=;n CaI.

Master-Ben. c. Harrison, Selma.
Secretary-Wm. Jos. johnson, Choctaw
Corner, Clarke county.
Executive Committee-A. V. Gardner, Sell
ma; 5. A. Sparkman, Flint, Morgan county;
L. ID. Cory, Mulberry, Autauga county.