Year: 1873

dlings pass over this, the bran being the
tally ground wheat which are ct the SAINT
time carried away clean. When this il |
again put through the stones, it produce
the whitest and most nutritious of -four
almost entirely free from bran.


Since the first purifier was completed
many others have been made, and somi
have been imported from France, until
now very few Of the large merchant milf
of the North West are without them. Most
OF the flour from Spring wheat is now made
by two grindings ; the first time the stoned
are not set very tightly together, and thd
product is all similar to the middlings \
of the old process. This is then purified
and the second grinding makes. frst-class
-four. Gov. Washburn, who was here the
other day, told me that, besides incre>sine
the amount Of -four made from given
quantity Of wheat, the grade Of the aoul>
was so much raised by the new process
that it brings one dollar a barrel more in
the market than that made from Spring
wheat in the old way. The millers are
now reaping the most of the benefit Of the
use Of the purifiers, but they must, before
long, divide the profit with the farmer, and
give AAA 3AeoseA AcAoeASe pI1Cc AOT ND
crop.


Last year great deal Of wheat in this
State was allowed to remain in the stack
all winter The cold weather set in unu-
sually early, and prevented many farmers
who were negligent from threshing their
grain before spring, and much OF 1t was
badly damaged. The lesson of last year
will not be thrown away, and, stimulated
by the present high price, 1t is expected
that nearly all Of the grain OF the State
will be in the elevators before the snow
flies. The 100000 received for the
wheat crop will tell more for the prosperi-
ty of the State than would twice that
amount dug out of the ground in the shape
of precious metals.


GOOD RESULTS OF GRANGE MEETINGS.


While riding over the country the other
day with leading Granger, he called my
attention to the wheat stacks that we saw.
There" said he, pointing to row of
| stacks that stood up straight and trim,
were we'll capped, and in every way calcu-
lated to allow the grain to dry while it was
protected from the weather, "there are
the stacks of Granger. Those over yon-
der, in which the bundles are thrown to-
gether hap-hazard, belongs to man who
is not a Patron. He thinks that he will
thresh out his grain soon, and that it is
therefore unnecessary to take pains in
stacking. But something may happen to
prevent this, and the stacks may remain
for months and the grain be injured. The
Grange teaches the farmers that it always
pays to do their work we'll, and it is max
ing better farmers than we ever had be-
fore"


The Order, as have said, has paid much
attention to the cultivation of the kindly
social relations of it's members. The North
Star Grange of this city may be taken as
an example. It is composed Of farmers
and their families from this and two ad-
joining counties, and its membership is
more than 100. Once in two weeks from
40 to rs of these people gather in COM
Portable hall in St. Paul. about noon, and
spend three or four hours in the discussion
| of questions of interest to the farmers; !;
they form clubs to obtain magazines and
newspapers at reduced prices; they coop
crate in small way for the purchase Of
implements; they enjoy social hour with
their neighbors, and they have banquet
to which each one contributes a share in
the shape of cooked provisions. The far
mer and his family have a holiday, and
they spend it in such way as to make
them better farmers, and their wives better
housekeepers.