The Portland daily press., 1889-12-18
THE PRESS.
WEDNESDAY MORNING. DEC. IS.
GRAND MASTER Robe TO THE GRANGE
CONTINUED FROM THE FIRST rAeE.l

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and more printable crops. The secret of success,
OF tne New england farmer whether he lives IN
Msine OF massachusetts depends upon the skill
anu inteneci SHOWN IN management. No cons d
GRAFTON i more important than correct knnwl
edge OF the peculiarties and adaptablities Of the
most profitable crops. farmer often invites
failure, Nhtn he plants corn upon hard rock,
soil. Great care should be exercised to reduce Il
every practicable way the Improvdent EXPENSE n,
the farm. Everything should be handy Tor tbf
work TO be performed, and the crops TO be har
vested. The barns should be as near the fields
as possible. the land should b. fertile or made
fer ile., The proper understanding of what com
mereial ingredients enter into plant growth il
necessary so that If wanted they ran be purchased
at the cheapest wholesale market. Fertilizers
should be well considered, and should be USED by
such formula as Will hest satisfy the condition
Of the soil. We pay out thousands of dollars fol-
fertilizers, that D light be manufactured at home
at reduced lates by purchase at the wholesale
market. The practical use of ground bone, mu.
rate Of potash, sulphate ofammona and nitrate OF
soda should be understood by the farmer and
the articles should be tept in his storehouse
State of Maine IS the ability OF the farmer to dc
his own wtfk. IL he cannot do this. and is either
by choice or necessity compelled to hire all his
yearly account that bis profits are all absorbed In
the wages which he has paid out Another ele
ment OF success depends upon whether the farm
er Is satisfied, and, PEI haps more than that, ever
IN love with bis employment. II the farmer con
cluues 10 follow any specially In farming raising
horses, cattle. sheep husbandry, horticulture. OF
eultiyatlng berries and small fruit il is equally
important for success that he should be welded
70 the special pursuit which he chooses to follow,
~ would be lncon, istent with success and good
management While farmer is eng ged In hOrtl
culture for livelihood, 10 be constantly longing
for thoroughbred cow or fast horse, and thus
neglect his particular industry or calling. The
profits and pleasures of farm life should not be
measured by the results which follow bad manage
met. We should not be disturbed by the finan-
low fancy farming as recreation. 1t is not ey
cry snip even with good cap ain that makes a
proSperosus yoS age II Is not every shoe factory
or manufacturing industry however we'll managed
tnat declares dividend. IL is not every profess
sional man or political adventurer that reaches
inc a1 goal q MS ambition. How many, disasters
the most enterprislng firms, drifting along the
WHO current OF business life and Speculation.
ne isfmer hardly ever falls in his Legitimate
may beset him. Ninety per centum of our farm.
mers are financially successful. This presents
parison with the actual percentage of failures in
mercantile and other business pursuits. Mercan-
tile agencies show that only 0 per centum of the
whole thus engaged escape financial embarrass-
ments. But farming as well as any other busi.
ness when neglected is recorded failure. We
complain that the profits of the farm are too
small. sometimes IL is our own fault, and when
that Is sO the remedy is 70, nd in changing the
conditions and circumstances which invited our
past failure. have frequently heard it said in
that, IF farmers worked each day as many hours
as merchants and mechanics they could double
their profits, aud their complaints thereby woui
be grou dlessn / do moi take any stock in its
general application, for no class of men work
harder o. more hours than the intelligent New
ENGLAND a farmer. Il Is not 10, but oftentmes 10
son etlmes neglect their farms for other ventures
The excitement OF party politics, the Improbable
GOSSIP s ana conversation Of the country store
This is lost time. The nearer the farmers of
Maine become associated with and follow the
quailncailons and examples of cur early ances-
tors the larger will be the developm, Mt of farm
life. The same frugality, energy self reliance.
Independence foresight and labor, supplemy nted
by me possession and assistance Of the marvellous
inventions OF farm implements and The tested re-
suits OF experimental and scientific agriculture
give the fame Of this period advantages which
tne -ar'ler nusDandman never dreamed of. ano
cannot t IAN 70 secure Tor him generous and hoH-
oraDle livelihood, in that vocation which alone
clothes and feeds mankind.
HOME FARM
There are many compensaiions not altogether
OF financial cnaract. that are intimately asso-
ciated with the surroundings of farm life which
are OF so fully enjoyed by he followers az any
other pursuit. There is holy inspii alton which
saTT1u9 ms me ancestral home farm The incl
lectlons, Inc family history. the natural scenery
OF rocks a. trees and brook each tells its own
sac sacred story It Is the place where the best
sacred q emories o parents, sisters aud brothers
sun ilDger, where perhaps the character of the
spOnsibiliiies and most honorable position in our
naiin. and The disposition Of The bright girl was
toTmt by the heroic ana brave muther, neces-
sary preparation 10 served as matron for a true
family home. The model farmers home is 4 per
iect hitting schoo for al aud all of tie re ,pons-
Dlliles and duties OF active life There is holy In
SEPARATION around the natural surroundings of
model farmers home. Who ca ever forget the
Inc gap III the distant hills ere the glorious orb
q DAY at arly dawn has so often greeted us and
tne western View when at evening twilight we
have seen IL sink Iih its golden beauty In The
western SKY. leaving behind the same extended
Deallliul anorama of m untain, hill and culti
waited helds? These eDtOyments of sight and
pleasant memories on the old h. me farm do NOT
represent financial profit, but they furnish the
er entered for taxation upon the assessors lnyen
tory OF the ropeity of the dear old farm
WHAT HAS THE GRANGE DONE?
Ou' declaration III purposes, our objects, our
principles and our public acts are known Of all
men,: The position which the range has taken
on all questions of public and political policy, and
they do not necessarily involve partisan poll
ties, are freely published and circulated in the
There is no farmer SO contracted and limited in
his ideas but must admit that agriculture has sep
arate and drculiar interests which bel ng alone to
that pursuit and that national and tate legisla-
tion may be used for its protection and advantage
or may be and is used as hndrar ce to its ad-
vancement. Concentration Of sentiment of the
farmers ON all great questions of public policy
through organization is the only reliable and pow
erful auxiliary 10 bring about successful results.
powerful aud success full agencies in securing for
the American farmer many of the public laws
Which have recently passed our natl, nal Congress
and our State legislatures. The interstate com
merce law, which brings the great railroad trans
Portation interests of the country under the regu-
lation and restraints of national law in the inter
ests of Just and equal rates of fare and TRANSPORTS
ton, never would have cen enacted but for the
continual demand, influence and efforts of The
patr5ns OF Husbandry the oleomargarine law,
and unadnlterat+ food are part of the iriumpls
OF Grange principles. The national appropriations
for agricultural experimental stations, by which
each State In this Union receives its equitable
share, have contributed much In furnishing desir-
able inforn alton ana scientific knowledge in every
ton is public necessity for scientific agriculture
winch increases and e. la ges the diguity or the
pursuit and adds much to the profit Of the farm
The Agricultural College is a NATIONAL and Stale
Institution. and Its proper ends are a, plished
WHEN agriculture and its methods are taught. We
have shoots for our lawyers, colleges for our doc
TORS. commercial academies where the laws and
principles which govern trade and commerce are
Taught, schools OF technology for special training
now, The same kind of system is demanded thai
snail q axe a school for the farmers, a practical
aRricutul al college from which should graduate
well trained husbandmen and matr"Ds. The re-
cent recognition OF the high and important mission
OF progressive agriculture by placing its inter
ln the hands of a separate and distinct national
bureau and making its head a member of the
Cabinet OF the President of the United States is
work of our organization. While we have an in
telligent and efficient agricultural leader at the
national capitol, my only regret is that the Pres
dent did no confer the honor upon some one of
the distinguished leaders OF our order, which
would nave been just recognition of our efforts
and suitable and proper testimonial of the agr-
cul ural achievements of the Grange for the bene-
pf OF the WI ole country, for which all of its men,
bers would have been grateful
While the Grange has accomplished mnch In the
way of reform, much for Tie interest of the agIi
cultural masses, we have only made a commence
nent. New public questions are continually being
thrust upon us which require deliberaiiOn and
cnssion. ldleness and indifference are sure to
plunge US into danger and the carrying of bur-
dens, which vigilance, the price of liberty and the
key 10 success, can avert. The burden of unequal
taxation must be equalized.
TRUSTS.
1t cannot have escaped Your notice that the
gigantic grasp and greed of corporations and the
money power of the country, embrace and hold
into the ust and consumption of the American
family. Trusts a. formed with large sums al
money, which purchase and holn with the power
OF monopoly our Kerosene, tea sugar. coal, beef,
cattle. agricultural implements, and nothing es
capes. The public is held at the mercy of mel CEN
airy human nature. To whom must the people
look for redress If not to the organized effort of
Tue Tree ma independent yeomanry of the land
The legislative bodies Of The country must repre-.
sent the unalterable determination ana will of
the people Good and true men must be elected
TO office laws must be passed against wicked com.
binations and trusts which are the robbers of the
people. Bribery and corruption In elections must
be severely punished, and the executive arm of
the government by the aid of the judiciary pade
10 carry out the sovereign will and laws If a hon
e people. The Grange teaches u that fai m rs
should come 10 the front OH all questions of poliii
BAL economy and public nOcy, and cor slider well
how every public mtRSure bears upon the great
of The American farmer. In our business
ffdx xffallf fa,ts an.