Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-08-13
TEXAS CHANGERS.
Confirmation Of the State Convention
at MarehalI- Reports Of he
Lecturers.
President Dinwiddie OF the a and M. Col
isge Gives az Interesting Account Of
That Institution.

grange met ana was opehtu III iVih
Grand Master Rose presiding. The lee
turers' reports we're read and referred I
special committee. The reports OF tn
various lecturers were, In the main, yer
encouraging for the progress and success
of the order The lecturers all alluded &
the fact that the wonderful prevalence 0
the Farmers alliance through the stat
had appeared 10 retard the progress o
the grange, but all were frm in the belle
that the ultimate result Of the Farmers
alliance movement would prove highly
beneficial TO the success Of the Patrons
OF Husbaudry. The lecture system OF The
grange will evidently be enlarged aDo
made more efficient IN the future. IL /.
the strong arm OF the ORDER and II
properly encouraged and sustained Will
work wonders In extending grange prln-
ciples and work. The lecturer Is the
evangelist OF the grange gospel, that pro-
poses 20 break off tho shackIes Of .lgno.
rance and proclaim new and better life
for the toiling husbandman.
Marlin, Falls county, was selected as
the place of holding the next state grange
on the second Tuesday In August next.
Various resolutions and petitions were
presented aud referred TO the committees
on the various topics 10 which they be-
longed
A communication was presented from
the mayor and citizens, offering an eXcur.
sion TO the members OF the grange. The
communication was read, the offer ac.
cepted aud the time fixed at p. IN. to-
morrow.
committee was appointed to notify
the mayor and citizens Of the action OF
the grange.
The grand master then called for candi-
dates for the fifth degree. Ten names
were presented and 8 p. m. designated us
Inc time TO confer said degree and also to |
verify other departments Of grange work. |
The grand master announced that a lodge |
OF sorrow would be constituted to-mor-
row IN memory OF the Patrons OF Hus-
bandry deceased during the past year.
PRESIDENT DINwIDDiE's TALK
According to appointment, at 3 p, m,
In The OpGra-bouse, fair audience
greeted President IL. II. Dnwiddie of
the Agricultural and Mechanical college.
The speaker In q plain and Instructive
address, gave brief history of the A.
and NJ. college from its FIRST organization,
showing clearly the difficulties 1t has
labored under, the opposition Il has en-
counterod and the mistakes ITS managers
nave made. The speaker then with
force and earnestness gave an
account of It's reorganization. nm.
der which 1t is now operating.
He said under its present reorganization
II has steadily prospered and is now
evidently measuring up to the kind and
amount OF work that its founders have
right to expect and require, President
DlnNlddie then gave a brief account of
the work accomplished during the last
snd Its prospects for the coming year.
He especially called attention to the fact
That the workshops were prepared to fur
nlsh bench and working tools to hfty
students AT once; also the iron working
shop was we'll prepared with machinery
and tools for efficient work. The grad
usting class of last year built steam
engine IN full and put II ON exhibition,
a perfect piece OF machinery for practical
work.
In the agricultural department Presi.
dent Dlnwlddle said that longer time was
required TO make this department what
1t should bean efficient auxiliary in the ,
promotion OF the best forms and methods /,
OF agriculture He said 1t could not DO
made to present publicly the same ell
cheney as the mechanical department
docs, but II Is now developing very fair =
results, considering the means Il has at /,
command. One drawback Co this de- s,
partment he said was the change
of professors, THIS he hoped would
be avoided In the future
The object Of the department. he said, y,
wa. TO teach young men the best and ad.
yauced methods OF agriculture, IN such
way as to send them back to the farm ,
armed and equipped for more Intelligent )
and more profitable work. The farm was : !
now supplied with good machinery and
with fair lot Of improved stock aud can !.
be made success In It's teaching and In
Its financial results, President Dinwid-
die especially commended the A. :.
Nj. college to the patronage
OF the Patrons of Husbandry as
cmphatIcally their college in all It's de.
partments No tuition was charged and /,
the boarding department was designed to :
be conducted on cash basis. IL was
only Intended to be self-supporting. The ~
whole expenses OF student were sl6O y
per year. Books and clothing would
cost, with proper economy, $25, making
the total expense Sl75, which was cheaper !
than any other institution OF a similar
character In the South, The next term
many applicants could not be accommo-
dated, The college was full last year.
The committee on agriculture presented ?
their report, which was read and adopted. r.
An important feature Of the report was o
the object of self-supporting agriculture.
Any system Of agriculture that draws it's
supporters in whole or In part from dis
liant state or foreign country was at the
mercy OF middle men and the import aud 5
tariff, leaving but little
profit for the producer. No system could a
po entirely Independent and self-support-
ing, but the nearer the farmer approaches
This standard the greater the probabilities i
)t success. The state OF Texas Is espec- n
ally favorable TO this independent, self. p
agriculture, The climate and b
SOIL render Texas peculiarly adapted TO b
diversified farming, ana the committee n
urge the farmers ali over Texas to try d
MS variety cropping, which would pre- r
vent failure Of all crops in any one sea- l.
'on, as the kind Of weather that would a
'ut one crop short would but increase the I
held OF another. The committee especially q
irged the culture OF grasses, as an Inn d
,ortant but much neglected source OF I
wealth, Grass, and OF necessity inn ii