Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-10-21
POMONA GRANGE MEETING
Held With Protective Grange Tuesday.
Addresses by state Master Messer and
President II. vi. Arms OF Springfield.

Addresses by State Master Messer and
President II. VI. Arms of Springfield.
The Windham County Pomona grange
held a successful and interesting meeting
with the Brattlebore grange on Tuesday.
There was the usual morning session, fol-
lowed by dinner, and in the afternoon the
program consisted of addresses, interspcrs-
ed with selections by the grange choir Al
pha Messer, state MASTER and II. NJ. Arms,
president of the Vermont Dairymen's as
ISOLATION. were the speakers. Lecturer
G.. w. Pierce presided and introduced the
various speakers with few well chosen
words.
O. r. Ware welcomed the visiting mem
beers, and said that the motive of the county
meetings is to talk together and devise
means for mutual improvement. The
! farmer should be a thinking man. There
are great issues and he has certain rights
concerning them. Union of thought and
education are necessary if he wishes to
maintain these rights by legislation.
O. r.. Chase of jacksonville was to have
responded, but was absent, and Mr.. Pierce
called upon Wallace Allen of Jacksonville
| in his place.
After music by the choir Mr. Messer
spoke upon the Relation of capital to
labor" Mr.. Messer pronounced this the
most important question of the day and
called attention to the vast concentration
of capital during the past % years, some
for good and some for bad. No reasona-
bic man has any desire to antagonize capt.
tai, vet the best developed people are those
where wealth is most evenly distributed.
An even division would not be desirable,
and cannot be brought about, because some
| are born financial leaders. Referring to
the antagonism to capital, he mentioned
strikes and cited recent incidents where ar
bitraton had failed. He showed that a
large number of strikers are foreigners,
and stated that 100000 immigrants come
to this country every year, 300, 900 of whom
are not desirable. Legislation with regard
to immigration, then, might be a remedy
for strikes.
Leaving the more general part of the
subject, the speaker came to the relation
of labor to the capital of the farmer, and
by way of illustration spoke of abandoned
farms" There are two causes for them, he
said. First, Vermont people are wanted
elsewhere to build up the nation. In the
West and South Nermonters are at the
head. Then there is the drain from the
farms to fill the mills and factories. Farm
labor is scarce in Vermont. We should
have some means whereby reliable labor
can be obtained, and bill has been drawn
to be presented to the legislature, author.
iZing the establishment of a state labor
bureau This would call in outsiders who
want work, and they, in time, would un-
doubtedly settle on the abandoned land.
H. NJ. Arms gave bright and interest
ing talk upon 1.-The Vermont farmer"
He paid a warm tribute to the farmers and
said there were two views that could be
taken. Looking back, we find that farm
products used to bring high prices, and
that help was cheap and plenty. But even
now we are not so poor as we think. we
want more than formerly. The other view
is more important. Looking ahead, the
question is what the farmer can be. Sue
cessful farming requires more knowledge
than any other occupation, and the farmer
of today must be intelligent upon subjects
, aside from farming. With regard to sue
cessful farming, he would not recommend
that any farmer devote all his energies to
: any one speciality, especially if his farm is
| a small one General farming pays best,
but he would recommend that every farmer
should have some speciality to carry along
with his other work
? Take horses. Boston uses 10000 horses
every year, and horsemen like to buy Yer
mont horses Better sell the horses,
2 though, before we have any idea that they
have got speed. Dairying is another branch
2 To make il a success, we must get rid OF
worthless COWS. Know the amount of grain
| consumed by each COW and the actual yield
r of every cow Farmers who do not take
pains to find out about this are often de-
1 ceived as to the relative value of theil
S cows. Farmers ought TO compete foI prizes
l.. u ...Vnf oil
the worlds prize and there are to be cash
prizes for the best dairy products at Chi
T. cago. The products are to be sent there
o in new special car, with the state sea
painted on the. outside, together with thu
inscription, vermont dairy products.
: We have the belt and we should keep il.
I Every farmer should keep few sheep
Q Even if wool is low in price, there is NJ
5 better food i'm the world than mutton. A
man had recently bought large tract o
e land in Maine and is going into the sheer
), industry extensively.
It About management, Mr.. Ames said W,
don't pillow our land often enough. "FeeC
e your land and it will feed YOU" Four
+ fifths of our farmers ought to use NOR
d capital and more fertilizer. If necessary
y cut down the farm, hire less help and us'
o more fertilizer. Many could, with advan
IS tage, throw away ndil tnelT hoWlAS'
f. f. Ward of Guilford led the genera
n discussion that followed. Mr.. Pierce sal,
2 that in the grange women had equal right
s with the men, and presented Mrs o. I
Ware, who said that the ladies have equa
g rights-in the labor part of it. She thel
" showed in pleasing and positive way tina
she believed thoroughly in woman's rights
Is She said she believed she could mark
= cross where she wanted to- Education TO
S. the farmer was important. How can W
, reach those not interested enough to com
" out to farmers meetings?
,e When Mr.. Arms began his talk he sal
1t that those who speak on farming usual
,r don't want anybody to see their farms
Is But, he said, there is only one man her
he who has seen my farm, so l am all right
lie That one man, who was G. II. Underwood
,e of Westminster, now 'gave away Nj
Arms and told some interesting facts abou
his farm.
The next county meeting is to be held a
~ Jacksonville.