The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-11-05
Number Fl.

| The Committee on Education.
through its Chairman Bro. Fergu-
son, made the the following report:
Worthy Master: Your Commits
tee on Education beg leave to sub
NIT the following as our report:
That the Educational work must
be carried on more rapidly within
and without our gates. Education
isone of the most important objects
of our Order. In fact, education
and cooperation are the funda-
mental objects of the Grange and
We would recommend that Subordi-
nate Oranges petition their Repre-
sentatives to make some provision
to have the Elementary Principles
of Agriculture taught in our COM
mon schools; and would also recon-
mend Subordinate Oranges to get
up Agricultural libraries and to
read Agricultural and Grange pa
| pers, which exercises are well cal
culated to promote such practical
education a. is absolutely essential
to success, without which inteIli-
| gent organization and co>opera-
ton are impossible and without
| these our movement is a failure.
w. G. FERGUSON,
ID. ID. SPURLoCK,
J. 0. HURT,
Adopted. Committee.
Bro. CLANCY, from Committee on
Transportation, presented the fol-
lowing report:
To the Worthy Master and Mem
bers: Your Committee on Trans
portation would most respectfully
submit the following report, to-wit:
After a careful consideration Of
the subject we are of the opinion
, that positive action on the part of
the State Grange at this time Inad-
visable and ineXpedient, and rs an
advisory measure we would recon-
mend to the Grange aud farmers
throughout the Stale to look well
to their interest in this important
matter in selecting their Represent
atives to the State Legislature, as
this grave and most important subs
iect will properly come before that
honorable body for consideration.
All of which is respectfully submits
ted for your consideration.
R. G.. CHANEY,
@. II. THOMPSON,
EDWARD TERRY,
Committee.
Report adopted. ... .....
Bro. Spurlock presented the fol-
lowing report on insurance:
Worthy Master: Your Committee
on Insurance having had the same
under consideration beg leave to
submit as our report that we deem
it unnecessary for the State Grange
at its present session to take any
action in the matter.
Respectfully submitted
D. ID. SPURLoCK,
j. o. HURT,
Adopted. Committee.
Brother CLANCY presented the
following report on Industrial Uni
versity:
Worthy Master: Your committee
appointcd to investigate the matter
of the Arkansas Industrial Unlver-
sity would submit that it is the
sense of the committee that the pur-
noses of the establishment of the
University are not being carried
ont. This was intended TO be an
Agricultural institution but instead
it has been made Classical school,
and little or no attention seems TO
be devoted to the subject of agricul-
tnre, and this only in theoretical
way. We therefore recommend the
following resolution:
ResoEued, That the Board OF
Trustees of the Arkansas Industrial
University are respectfully urgeo
TO take steps to make practical agri-
culture prominent feature 81 INC
institution in order to carry out lis
original design R. G. CHANEY'
Adopted. Cnair'na"
Bro. J. L. Davis, Chairman OF the
Committee on Corporation, pre-
sented the following report:
Worthy Master: Your Committee
on Co operation would beg leave to
recommend that as the spirit of CO..
operation is the true and only spirit
that should attract all farmers, and
really is the only plan by which we
can reasonably expect to accom-
plish any great undertaking, and
as all the great monopolists are SO
well organized and work on the
principles OF cooperation, that we
! initiate their example and organize
and cooperate for our own protec-
/ ton, and as a means OF getting our
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