Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-10-01

with another season for active work
opening before the patrons Of Maine, |
cannot refrain from urging upon you the
importance OF commencing at once &C
tive preparations for II campaign which
shall be fruitful in years TO come. The
tssues of the past are with US. and the
possibilities of the future are almost
without limit Il we grasp the work OF
,oday with firm hand and yield moth
ing Coming to the Grange Halls after
the busy season OF the past few months,
with the lessons Of the year fresh in
uind. it seems AS though the work for
the winter might easily be mapped out.
No organization Il self supporting. 1t
rests upon the faithfulness and earnest
ness OF the individual member lt
requires hard work on the part of all to
maintain an existence that Ia worth liv-
irg, and it Is equally true of organlla
tions The grange that Is worth having
i the one whers sacrifices are made, and
where each member ia doing his or her
whole duty
In my intercourse with the patrons OF
Maine, | have seen 40 much accom-
plished, and such grand results flowing
in want a. this time to urge stiIl
greater activity, that the next six months
NAV find the order on still higher
ground Maine has been blessed with
good harvest this year, and the duty Of
the patron Is to study the problem that
il may ne utilized to his highest good
rhe great problems of production aud
economical consumption are still un-
solved ! rejoice that, as an order, 80
much patient investigation has been
given these questions because of the fact
that these farms are ours Ia cultivate
they must also he madC remuueratlve
To ssist in this work, the grange was
instituted and graudly has IL held to its
purport Because the question i not yet
settled b. cause q combination of cirUum-
stances still renders necessary the great
est activity Of brain and body, | urge up
on you brothers and sisters, that the win
ter Campsign be arranged with the
thought Of solving as far as possible,
these questions that the membership
be aroused to the Importance of the in
Production of still more exact business
methods that the value OF the farm
products by fixed by careful series of
experiments that the future fertility of
the farm, be increased by the consump
ton of the greatest possible quantity in
the barns, and the complete utilization
Of the wastes that the profitable feed
ing nt grain be determined by accurate
tests. and that all these be made ub
iects for earnest discussion, in order
that the grange may h. of real benefit
to it, members
Passing to the home and the soris cir
Gle there is here the same call for active
work, for patient investigation and dis
cussiou thankful for what the farm
houses of Maine are to day. there Is need
that they be improved, that their n6u-
enCe may still further CounteraCt tender
cies of the times We shall hold to the
old hearthstone "a We make 1t bright,
warm aud sunny. We shall hold to the
old farm AS we bring into prominence its
true worth financially and socially, and
we shall best fit the Young people for &C
| tive duties, in Whatever sphere they may
place themselves, by using the grange to
| strengthen the social qualities, and draw
| families into closer relationship. The
work of the coming winter then should be
| to determine the lines Of successful in
| lustry aud to settle as far as possible the
great problem of profit and loss to cult
waite broader charities, truer spirit of
unse Il shness. a greater love for home, r
| better realization of the duties, relations
| aud obligations resting upon each mem
Der of the family and beyond. by and
through the introduction and careful
study of good books stimulate q love
for readiug which will always insure
sweet compsni nship- This is the work