Evening journal., 1909-12-14
CHANGERS
ASSEMBLE
S. H. MeSSiCk, Worthy Mas
ter, Urges Organization and
Advanced Education For
Rural Residents
SECRETARY WEBB
REPORTS INCREASES

annual session here to-day at the New
| Century Club, with members present
! from each county. Timely topics were
| discussed by s. VI. Messick. of Bridge
Vile, worthy master of the State
Grange, and Wesley Webb, tho secre-
tary.
Necessity Of Organization.
Speaking Of the necessity OF farmers
organizing I'm oranges, Worthy Master
Messlcl1 said:
During the recent special session Of
Congress for tariff revision, the great
financial organizations sought revi-
sion; so did the farming and other
| interests; and Il was claimed that re-
vision as they desired II WAS promised
in the party platform. Whether cor
rect or not 1t is commonly understood
that organized capital pulled together.
broke the great political party lines,
and got about what 1t wanted; the
other interests got disappointed. II IS
reported that President Taft admitted
IN a speech in, Minnesota that the
schedule on woolen goods was bad.
but that the woolen manufacturers
were so strongly organized that any
attempt to lower the duties would have
resulted in tho defeat OF the whole
bin"
Mr. Messick spoke at length Of the
forty-third annual session of the Ma
tional Grange at Des Moiues, which he
attended. He urged the grangers to
support the National Grange official
paper. Mr.. Messick urged advance
ment along all educational lines, and
dwelt upon the necessity OF the best
teachers for the schools. Continuing,
he said;
In our order we especially advocate
for our agricultural and Industrial
college that practical agriculture be
taught in their courses Of study The
civil engineering and the mechanical
and electrical engineering courses in
Delaware College have been for years
well equipped for successful work, and
the training In these departments is
thorough, and students who graduate
from these courses are prepared to
accept engagements in professional
work with promise OF rapid advance
ment. These departments have been
| developed in advance OF that Of agri-
culture; first, because they were more
easily equipped with the limited means
at the disposal OF the management,
much OF the machinery having been
/
second. those departments have been
selected by students because they
gave promise 10 those who should COM
plete the coure of immediate and re-
munerative positions. But thanks to
| the State for the use OF a suitable farm
and for a liberal appropriation for
its equipment. the agricultural end of
the work is now becoming more sys-
tematized each year and the agricul-
tural courses In general are gradually
gaining more force and added dig
nifty A greater number Of students
have registered for agriculture this
year. and a number of others have. ]
am Informed, expressed themselves as
regrotting that they did not take some
| of these courses With the develop
ment of plans already inadequate 1t
may be reasonably expected that there
will be much less difficulty to induce
the young men of the state 20 avail
themselves of the opportunities that
agriculture presents. The professors In
charge OF the department are men of
acknowledged ability; men Of enthus-
iasm and love. for their work.
The State Board of Agriculture is
attempting to do fol the farmer what
alone he cannot do for himself In the
eradication Of anthrax, range mango,
hog cholera, bovine tuberculosis, and
other dangerous diseases of live stock;
I'm observation OF experiments for the
control of insects and funEus posts,
and giving information for their con-
troll; I'm experiments 20 renovate run
down orchards; i'm advertising the pro-
ducts OF our soil as they approach
maturity for the purpose of securing
purchasers therefor and also 20 at
tract homeseekers to the advantages
and opportunities that may be found
in our State. and In various other
ways 10 promote the agricultural in
terests Of the State.
"The Farmers Institutes are grow
ing In usefulness and popular favor
and they are thus rejecting the in
creased intelligence OF the farmer The
requests for meetings are beyond tho
ability Of those I'm charge of then
to supply with the present funds, anC
believe that increased funds fol
their use placed at the disposal Of thI
state Board OF Agriculture to be ap
piled where They would bring the bes
results. could be judiciously expended
Domestic Science.
what a combination OF educationa
forces the Delaware farmer has at hi
command, all seeking the prosperity o
farm life. II win be observed. however
that but little or no special provision i
made for the scientific training Of home
makers. our Declaration Of Purposes nd
vocates for our agricultural college tina
domestic science and all the arts whic
adorn the home be taught IN their course
OF study Some of our sister states hav
schools OF domestic science which open nj
an ever increasing interest for foods an
their preparation and what It means Il
sustain human life. with scientin
knowledge or tho things that pertain L
the home there Is less contempt for III
kitchen and the student receives an I'm
telligence and culture not inferior to tina
received from the study OF the stars
though this is good"
Mr.. Webb Reports Advances.
The report Of tho secretary, Wesle
Webb. was as follows:
AT the last report. fer the year endln
September 80. 1909, there were 81 subor
dinate Oranges in the State. with a tots
membership Of 1892 am glad to say tina
not one OF these oranges has fallen by N
way during the year and thirteen grange
have been added 70 tho roll. These IN
clude four new ones as follows; Deiawar
= No 4e, Blackwater No ~, ST. George
!. No lS. and Farmers No. ~. and the 10
= lowing dormant oranges that have bee
= rcorganizcd by state Orrauizer Brofhe