The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-04-15
lars for the purpose of keeping lee
turers in the feld.-PcnnsyI0auia
Farmers Friend
Farmers Papers.
Dirigo Rural, Maine.

DlrlgO RuraI, Maine.
Statistics show that fty-two per
cent, of all the people of this great
country are actual farmers; and
vet, what portion of this class take
sufficient interest in their own well
fare to subscribe for and read a
farmers papers that merely dis
course Of growing crops, raising
stocks, domestic affairs, etc, but
such as in addition to these neces-
sary qualification, have ability and
enterprise, and above all are in full
sympathy ruth country interests As
it now is the country almost exclu-
sively patronizcs, reads and as a
matter of course, follows the teach
ings of the press of the large cities,
a press whose main support coming
from trade and commerce, is always
alive to the particular interests of
the city population aDd is the speci-
al exponent of their views.
And as these papers, mostly, ad
vocate the claims of one or the 9th or
of the political parties, the respec-
tiveparties to which they incline are
interested, active and pertistent in
extending their circulation. Only
last evening we were shown a letter
from one Of the prominent political
men OF this country to leading
agricuiturist of this State which
said that arrangements had been
made to furnish a certain Now
York paper to the people of the ru-
raj towns, in clubs, at nominal
price appealing TO him as party
man to use his superior influence tC
have this journal extensively and
generally circulated among the
farmers of Maine; the writer re-
marking that the paper named bad
very we'll conducted the "farm de-
partment."
Thus the country people are
cheated and led away from their
own interests. They are offered a
Iage paper at small price which
they are perhaps induced to take
to the exclusion of the paper thai
is working for the farmers with al
it's might. Farmers become enlis-
ted is some partisan scheme, whose
best fruit, to them can be but
ashes on their lips, and yet they be-
come so absorbed by desire to win
that they forget their own inter
ests and neglect the paper that
would gladly be their faithful ally
and if fairly supported a powerful
auxiliary.
In 1910 the Jews called a coun-
Gil at Craco. Their object was to
consult upon proper methods to ex'
tend their dynasty. "All methods
are vain" pronounced one, "whie
the press is not in our hands" To-
day they own the London Times,
the London Daily Telegraph with
it's circulation of 100000 copies
and journals in every commercial
city in Europe; twelve in the Uni
ted States, including the great city
papers with immense circulation
and influence. Politicians under
stand the value of the press and dc
not fail to use it. In each of two
congressional districts in this State
during the last campaing over go
900 copies of a single political paper
we're gratutouslv circulated.
AS rule, the superior influence
or power any person or class o
persons possesses is acquired on )
by close application to a purpose
and held by what is called gooC
management; the means they have
is made to produce other means
And the bership OF the Order
generally in this state has looked
to those in authority to use th'
funds placed at their command Il
promote the Interest of the Grang
and many have advocated a NOR
| extensive circulation of grange pa
pers in the belief that such cours
would tell for the Order in an in
creased membership, which woul'
of course increas the receipts an!
hence be paying investment. w
have never asked or desired an
gratuity for the DIGRo RURAL, ye
we have confidently hoped that tn
powers that be would conclude tha
it was wise to expend portion o
the funds in their keeping for
certain number of copies of the pa
per to be distributed where the,
! would exert salutary infuenc
among those who should be with u
We have been roady to furnish sncl
| papers at price but little or moth