Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-01-03
The County Grange.

The county grange met at Higginsville, last
Tuesday. Owing to the very %unpropitious
weather the address Of Col. 81. c. Chiles
upon the causes of depression In agriculture
was not delivered. The old officers were re-
elected. jackson Corder, Esq, is master.
and Mr.. Jonas T. Ferguson secretary.
The remaining business Of the grange was
the consideration and adoption of the follow.
ing:
Your committee to whom was referred q
report OF business for the action Of this
grange with reference to recommendations Of
the state grange, beg leave to report, viz:
Resolved. 1st. That this county wants a
deputy lecturer to visit each and every sub.
Ordinate grange in the county and revive all
dormant oranges by lecturing and missionary
work.
Resolved, I'd. That H. c. Chiles be elected
said deputy, and a committee be appointed to
notify him.
Kesoi, ed, 30. That we recommend to each
and every subordinate grange to solicit sub.
scriberS to our organ; we deem 1t the duty Of
every patron In the county to subscribe for
said paper, and we urge rs soon as practical,
that 1t be made q weekly instead Of q month.
ly.
Resolved, Alb. We concur II the resolution
Of The state grange with reference to educR.
ton, viz:
AhCSoiVClp AuAL Su0 Slal6 HTdukG TS0OQQs
mend the subordinate oranges to use their
influence In enforcing the paramount neces-
sity of the education of the farmer, both for
creditable citizenship, the exercise of his
legitimate influence and for the more sue
cesstul prosecution of his art.
Resolved, That we note with regret the
limited patronage given the rural press, the
limited farm libraries In farmers hands and
the meagre patronage of our agricultural
colleges; colleges that make the greatest ip-
dustrial educational movement of this or any
other age; and We express the hope thai our
State Agricultural Colleges, and experiment
al station Will be sustained; and we hereby
recommend to young men proposing 10
pursue farming. TO acquire an industrial
education ample to fit them for honorable
citizen,hip and to fit them for its successful
prosecution.
Resolved. That We regard the social aud
material position Of farmers rs bound w to q
greater degree in the industrial educational
problem, more than any other factor that
influences farming, aud that inaslnuch rs the
prosection Of larm methods chespens the
1000 OF oil citizens. thereby encouraging all
other Industries, that we ask the state 10 in
clade elementary instruction In agriculture
among The common school studies In rura
sections; and We recommend that n commit.
tee be appointed 10 ,ay tie matter before our
members of the legislature. VIM. Beattie,
Jas. T.. Gladdish aud J. q. Worthlnxton were
appointed 10 said committee.
Resolved. 9th. We agrees in the resolution
referred to US by Brother Waters, viz:
whereas. 1t becomes more and more EVIL.
dent that ON account OF the frequent OCCUR.
renee III cO.cailed formers practiced In option
dealings, ourtexchanxes and b. ards Of trade
are nothinR tut a gambling system in the pro
ducts OF the farmer, and 1t robs them OF lhei,
Just dues for their labor; and.
Whereas. We feel it u duty We owl
70 ourselves and families u, Patrons of HUI,
oandry to u xe this county grange to %
operate In Urging our member OF the lexisla.
ure to do xil they can To legislate against III
such swindlinx operations;
Resolved, We he, i and must have legisls.
Itlou by state and national government &c
prohibit speculative gambling In farm pre-
ducts; aud We recom mend that the Same bs
laio before our members Of the legislature b.
the above committee.
Resolved. 9th. That we consider II the dut,
OF every patron to palroni5e our co-opern
tive store AID thereby build up our grange IL
Resolved. 7th, That we heartily concur ir
The re>oluttoDs of the national grange In ref.
erence 10 the appointment OF \ COMMISSIONS
Of agriculture, and that IT shall be especially
the duty OF the masters OF subordipats
oranges In this county to get signers to tn,
memorials to the president as soon as The,
come to hand.
AL OF which "a respectfully submitted.
!, W. L. CANNON,
-. J. WATERS, }Com,
J.G. WoRrHINGTON.l