Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-04-16

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some of the heaviest taxpayers IN the
township. Harry Stambaugh vas
elected President of the mseting and
introduced the Doctor He stated
that he came to tell all about the
Grange All people who are direct
ly Interested IN the cultivation of the
soil are welcome TO membership
The Grange may properly be call
ed school where members meet to
transact business, discuss questions
relative TO their calling. engage in
reading, defamation, and enjoy mu-
sic. There are 400 oranges with a
membership OF l1.000 in this State
Three dollars is the admission fee for
a man. and one dollar for woman
with dues that amount 10 SI1O per
year. In a single year farmers who
have machiEery 10 buy may save S75
to 500, or more. Eight men and
four women are required to organize
a grange The meetings are secret.
or more properly, private, not oath
bound, and political discussion is
forbidden. In telling what subjects
may he discussed ii a grange the
Doctor spoke Of manure. barn yard
manure is the best. The liquid from
= barn yard is the strongest fei tiiizer
for plant food. and 1t should be kept
from running to waste The pastur-
ing OF cattle on the fields is n mis-
take. they can he fed tc greater pro
fit in the barn OF barn yard. The
poorest Of land can be brought to
state Of profitable production without
great cost by the use of green ma
nure or fertilizer. The North Caro-
lima pea is the quickest green fertili-
zer, pillow the ground in the spring.
SOW 1t TO the pea, and when the plant
has reached its growth pillow down,
SOW again, and again plow down, and
IN that way the ground viii speedily
be filed with plant food. Turning
clover is n first-rate way to fer:ilize.
but the pea grows where the land Is
too poor to grow clover or other
grass. II lime, which is not ma
nure in itself, can be used. ali the
better, the lime forms a chemical
combination with the vegetable
matter IN the soil and IN that wsv
plant food forthe cropsi produced by
lime. Many of this fertilizers are not
worth buying, such of them rs tho
State Board Of Agriculture havo pro
nounced good eau be relied on. Salt
la good for certain kinds of plants, it
is good for asparagus, and at certain
stages of growth of wheBt it may be
good. in Bradford and Columbia
counties he knew of several wheat
crops that we're destroyed by ssit
that was sowed on the wheat when
the roots were too young. He talk
ed about the keeping OF cows for
milking purposes, aud gave his eX-
perience. from herd of 26 cows that
he had as dairy COWS. The lean cat
tie, Alderny, and SO forth for milk.
and the Short Horn for flesh. The
grange, ne thought, should discuss
the tariff question. They should
discuss the question OF taxation, To-
cal and State, as the laws stand TO
day the tax laws are unequal, the
farmers pay annually in this State, S2S,
100000, while the other interests pay
only $1,000, 900. Elect farmers aud not
lawyers and bankers to the Legisla-
ture, and have the taxes equalized
From the question as to what gran
gers should most discuss, the lectur-
er proceeded to tell them how much
cheaper they can buy through the
grange organization. There are large
stores in Pittsburgh and Pbiladel-
phia, through which they can buy at
wholesale, and manufacturers prices.
Organs, pianos, and machinery they
can get at greatly reduced prices
The grange makes conflict ~ith no
other business it simply protects, its
own interests. After the Doctor had
finished his lecture he requested
that questions should be asked him
Wellington Smith asked for more in
formation as to how the grange can
buy machinery SO as to sell it cheap
er than agents. In substance the
Doctor stated that the manufacturer
has his price for every machine, a
gents must pay him that fixed price,
but when the machine is sent into
the hands of of State and local agents
it has price placed upon it by the
manufacturer to cover all the salary
or percentage of the several agents
The business houses in Philadelphia
and Pittsburg buy in large quantities
from the manufacturers at first prices
and the pay ofagents not being added
to the machine, it is easily seen how ths
granger receives machinery at cheap
er rates than from agents. Fir
Smith stated how he had heard su
gar quoted at lower rates than mar
ket prices, and could not understand
it. Calder could not quite see through
it, 1T might be to catch flies, sugal
is sold at such a close margine tha
sometimes a salesman Will put it be
low market price to draw custom
Down in Linglestown q store keepe,