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VOLUME 1.
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Official Organ of the Patrons of Husbandry.
Reports from Arkansas represent great in
jury to crops from continued drought.
The Illinois Industi jjjT University is pre
paring a nuißcunf*Kt the. agricultural and
horticultural ofmat Htnte.
to have been damaged this
locusts #2,000,000, and Minnesota has
suffered from the same, cause #300,000.
Samples of Michigan winter wheat are
being prepared in glass cases by the Detroit
Board of Trade, for shipment to London,
Liverpool, Dublin, and Glasgow, for exhibi
tion on change, in those markets.
In the entire South —the greatest cotton area
of the world—there are but 187 cotton mills,
with 487,629 spindles, while in the little State
of Rhode Island there are 126 mills, with over
1,000,000 spindles.
Four Royal Academies of Agriculture have
been established in Germany. The theory and
practice of farming are taught in these colleges
in a two years course, at #4O per annum for tu
ition->| u j; ~
The -yabamij Patromtof Husbandry pro
pose, as a means to prevent thieving by ne
groes, that all merchants sign a pledge to re
ceive no corn or cotton until December Ist, and
no cotton even after that date, either in seed or
lint, unless with the written permit of the land
lord.
Oxford Grange, Tennessee, has organized
a company with ample stock for tanning
hides, and expects to extend its enterprise to
the manufacture of boots and shoes. Lafa
yette Grange contemplates the building of a
cotton factory, and is raising a capital of
$50,000 for this purpose.
The Indiana State Fair exceeded in in
terest the expectations of its most sanguine
friends. The exhibition of live stock sur
passed anything ever witnessed iu that State.
One hundred additional stalls were required
for this department. The Norman horses
constituted a most interesting item. The
displays of short horns, hogs, sheep, and
poultry, were superb.
It is a strange fact that the nearer one comes
to a city, the more delightful he finds the gar
dens. The fact is, the denizens of the city ap
preciate thepleasure afforded by ivy, and shade
trees, and flowers, while the farmer does not.
The latter looks upon his land as something to
scrape a living from, and chops down the grow
ing shade.tres for cord-wood. With a few
days extra trouble each year, our farmers could
live in homes embowered by roses and ever
greens and surrounded with flower gardens.
Farmer, make home beautiful.
Bee Culture.—ln a word, if you desire
to have your bees thrive and prosper, keep
them well from w!ml and wet and cold ; de
stroy their enemies; and let them enjoy a
sufficiency of food gotten by their industry;
and if there be a want in some, timely supply
them, and doubt not of, by God’s blessing on
your endeavors, the increase and prosperity
of your bees.— Purckas.
Messrs. Stewart & Wood have an ad
vertisement in this number of special interest
to Patrons. The r large and varied assort
ment, and the reputation of this house for
cheap prices and honorable dealing, commend
them to general favor. The celebrated May
flower Cooking Stove is a specialty in their
business.
Special attention is invited to the.advcr
tisement of the great Furniture Emporium of
M. T. Castleberry, which appears in this issue.
This enterprising house possesses the character
of perfect reliability. Persons desiring articles
in their line need not hesitate to send orders
by mail, or otherwise ; they will be fairly and
honorably dealt with.
A particularly interesting feature with tlite
house, consists in the fact that extraordinary
inducements are offered to Patrons. Read
the advertisement and note its liberal offers
’ in detail.
A Valuable Paper.
The Prize Essay on Diversified Farming,
from the pen of our distinguished fellow-citi
zen and devoted Patrons, appearing in the
present number of this paper, is replete with
forcible and interesting reasoning and facts. It
should be read, re-read, and preserved for still
further reading. This is not all, its sugges
tions ought to be observed by the farmers of
the South, for they will r>. vec' realize the full
measure o) prosperity and i impendence until
adopt the policy he commends.
Salem Grunge.
We have received certain resolutions passed
by Salem Grange, Pulaski county, which are
presented by request of that body for the con
sideration of the various Granges throughout
the country.
They first resolve that all men and women
Bhould pay their just debts to the extent of
their ability.
Secondly, that a failure to do this should,
upon convictiou, be considered good cause for
expulsion from the Order.
They then recommend the adoption of this
rule by all Granges in Georgia or elsewhere.
Lastly, the publication is requested in the
Georgia Grange and all papers friendly to
the proposition are invited to copy.
We presume that the foregoing is an assault
upon the. Jaw of flmnratead and Ecceiuptims-,
and that the object of the Grange is so prevent
its members of availing themselves of these
legal provisions to avoid the Sir debts. It is,
perhaps, well that the subject should be pre
sented to the Granges in order to elicit public
sentiment.
“A Patron” contributes an article in which
he advises the establishment of a “Grange
Bank” based upon English capital secured by
mortgage on real estate of the stockholders. He
proposes that this enterprise shall be the result
of the co-operation of members of the Order in
Georgia. We are not prepared to endorse this
feature of the plan which would encumber, by
mortgage, the realty of the Patrons of this
State ; and it will be difficult, we think, to in
duce that class of our population to embark in
an enterprise that is attended with ho many
uncertainties as Banking ; especially when it
must be done at the cost of an encumbrance up
on their homes. Our advice to every farmer
is, to avoid sui h encumbrances with the strict
est jealousies.
Great Discovery—Bradley’s Patent
Enamel Paint.—We call the attention of our
readers to the advertisement on our eighth
page, of this most valuable discovery, retire'
Rented by Mr. C. P. Knight, of Baltimore.
We know Mr. K. personally, and can say
with truth, he is no humbug and his paint is
just such as we know to be reliable. We have
seen it tried with the very best results. If the
Patrons of Husbandry desire to use an article
cheap and good, we advise them to correspond
with Mr. C. P. Knight, 93 West Lombard
street Baltimore.
Clothing.—Now,friends and patrons, ifyou
desire to be comfortably clothed this winter,
with the very best fabrics the country can af
ford, and at the lowest prices, we certainly
would advise you to call and see Eiseman
Brothers, No 55 Whitehall street, Atlanta, be
fore purchasing elsewhere. Read their adver
tisement “To the People,’' in this number, and
go directly to the house where yuy can not fail
to be accommodated
Be sure to read the advertisement of that
progressivecs'ablishment, The Franklin Steam
Printiug House, from which it will be seen
that all kinds of Book and Job Printing can be
executed in the latest styles of the art, at cheap
est rates, and with dispatch. Read the adver
tisement and give that establishment your pat
ronage. You can not do better.
:—a—
The first annual exhibition and tournament
of the Tennessee Sportsmen’s Association will
be held at the Memphis fair-grounds next
week. Cash prizes to the amount of one thou
sand and seventy-five dollars are offered for
setters and pointers in bench shows and field
trials and premiums in the shooting tourna
ment.
Mt. O. C. Christian, of Oglethorpe county,
has a stalk of cotton eight feet high and eleven
feet across.
FRANKLIN PRINTING HORSE, ATttNTA, GEORGIA, OCTOBER, 1874.
Our Grange Picture.
We present in the present number a beauti
ful engraving showing the interior of* Grange.
It might be offered in compliment to the skill
and taste of the artist by whom it was produced,
or as a mere indication of the arrangements
and scenes that meet the eye within the secret
precincts of the Order. While either of these
would be legitimate, a higher object inspires
us, looking rather to the great organization il- <
•lustrated, than the mere act of illustration.
This picture represents an institution—<
organization —composed of a noble clasß of our
citizens in every section of the Union, who sif
ter long oppression, in which unequal tribute
has been exacted, have risen, with firm resolve*
to assert and maintain their rights and their
interests.
It represents the organization of the agricul
turists of the Republic; the men on whose
annual industries the existence, the indepen
dence and prosperity of the whole mass of our
population depend.. It represents, also, the
association of this class, and indicates eo-opera
iion in all that pertains to their usefulness, their
independence, and their protection against the
non-producers of the world.
Century after century has drawn its slow
length along, and the great interest of agricul
ture leaned only upon the individuality of
each of its respective millions. Almost every
other pursuit was aided, advanced, and pro
tected by the methodical union of its members*
The mechanical arts, mining, and mercantile
interests, the professions, have all been repre
sented by one or more organizations, which
have proved their support and protection
against the cupidity of rival industries. On'y
those who cultivated the soil were left to operate as
an unorganised and undisciplined 'mass.
Happily for this class, they have at last seen
the folly of their course : have recently cast
off the ruinous habit of centuries ; and to-day,
in every neighborhood of the Republic, the
splendid exhibition of an organized and associ'
ated husbandry is presented. Like magic,
thousands have perceived the wisdom and ne
cessity of this policy, and are now rendy for
action —not to oppress those who may be ri
vals—-hut to shield themselves against inequi
table exactions. Hundreds of thousands have
stood between the producers and consumers,
and have fattened and feasted on the tariff of
commissions extracted for unnecessary agencies
put of the pockets of the producers. Now,
tbess “middlemen” are bidden to stand aside,
ffile producers and consumers meet face to
face in the act of exchanging produce for cash.
For this purpose the friends of agriculture
h*?e inaugurated direct trade between the cot-
A*jelds of America and the factories of Eu-
Kpp This is a grand achievement, which
IgjuKciane have been laboring in vain to ac
complish for the last half century.
’ i ’This engraving, as stated, also illustrates the
llfsociction of the agricultural class, in which
detail of their great interest are talked
over in friendly companionship and discussed
n ff-e spirit of general advancement. Experi
failures, successes, are promptly report
er for the common good, and not as before
time, left to rust in the brains of those who
worked them out, or dragged to public observ
ance by monthly publications. Anew era of
friendship, communion, and progress has
downed upon the agricultural population of
ifie country, arid we feel like exclaiming a g
we write—all hail! to the happy day of our
deliverance.
We could continue to discant upon the great
advantages which will follow our organization,
but we forbear. Look within the precincts of
onr picture Grange, and behold how good it is
for brethren and'sisters to act in unison. See
how well adjusted its several appointments,
and realize the benefits which have, and will
result from the harmonious workings of our or
ganization.
Here is an Irish gentleman’s letter to his
son in college: "My dear son —I write to send
you two pair of my old breeches, that you may
have anew coat made out of them ; also some
new socks which your mother has just knit by
cutting down some of mine. Your mother
sends you two pounds without my knowledge,
and for fear you may not use it wisely I have
kept back half and only send you one. Yonr
mother and I are well, except that your sister
has got the measles which we think would
have spread among the other girls if Tom had
not had it before, and he is the only one left.
1 hope you will do honor to my teachings ;
if not you are an ass, and your mother and my
self your affectionate parents.”
The protested bonds of American railways
amount to $335,295,688.
,BEFORE THE RAIE.
We knew it would rain, for all the morn
A spirit on slender ropes of mist
Was lowering the golden backets down,
Into the vapory amethyst
Of marshes and swamps and dismal fens ;
Scorohing the dew that lay in the flowers.
Dipping the jewels out of the sea,
To sprinkle them over the land in showers.
We knew it would rain, for the poplars showed
The white of their leaves, the amber grain
Shrunk in the wind—and the lightning now
Is tanglsd in tremulous skeins of rain !
—•—•
International Exhibition, 1876.
The Exhibition will be held at Fairmouut
Park, in the city of Philadelphia, and will be
opened on the 19th day of April, 1876, and
close on the 19th of October following.
The ten departments of the classification
which will determine the relative location of
articles in the Exhibition,—except in such
collective exhibitions as may receive special
sanction, —and also the arrangement of
names in the catalogue, are as follows:
1. Raw Materials — Mineral , Vegetable, and
Animal.
2. Materials and Manufactures used for
Flood, or ire the Arts, the result of Extractive or
Combin iifg processes.
3. Textile and Felled F'ahrics; Apparel,
Costumes, and Ornaments for the Persgn.
4. Furniture and Manufactures of general
use in construction and in dwellings.
6. Tools, Implements, Machines and Pro
cesses.
. 6. Motors and Transportation.
K *7. Appae*, >vs rnf the increase
and diffusion of knowledge. *
8. Engineering, Public Works, Architecture,
etc.
9. Plastic and Graphic Arts.
10. Objects illustrating efforts for the im
provement of the Physical, Intellectual and
Moral Condition of Man,
Applications for information, space, and
negotiations relative thereto, should be ad
dressed to the Director-General, Interna
tional Exhibition, Philadelphia, Penn.
Farmers Should Grow in Knowledge.
We clip the following important suggestions
from an exchange and commend them to our
farming population. Tilt re is too much truth
in the charge, that many of this class Lave
been negligent in observing details. To such
we trust this paragraph will come as an awak
ening influence :
His eyes should be opened. It is the season
for the closest observation and study. Not a
tree or plant but will repay looking at, and
he should see what he looks at. It should
teach him something. There should some fact
become fixed in his mind each observation.
Every bird that sings, and insects that flutter
in his path, should attract his attention and
his thought. It will be promptly answered,
that the farmer and fruit-grower has no time
for these observations. But lie will have time
if he takes it. He will find the habit of ob
servation, if once established, will not interfere
with his work. The plants which spring up
and thrive under his cultivation are important
integers in this sum of observation and growth
Daily life should add to daily growth in knowl
edge of everything about us that ministers to
onr comfort or profit. Too much practical,
technical, and critical knowledge of the habits,
growth, natural history and functions of plants
cannot be obtained by the man whose prosper
ity is dependent upon their successful produc
tion. These objects should be as well known
as the alphabet—as easily read at the different
stages of growth, and their condition as surely
interpreted.
We commend the following to the con
sideration of Georgia Granges:
It would add greatly to the interest of
Grange meetings, if each Grange would se
lect some subject for discussion, which could
be participated in by the members. Let a
standing committee be appointed to report
at each meeting a subject for discussion at
the next. Then let several members of the
Grange be appointed to discuss it. After
those appointed have concluded their re
marks, let the subject be open for general
discussion. We suggest the following per
tinent subjects: 1. Advantage of education;
2. Deep ploughing; 3. Care of farm stock
in winter; 4. Fencing; 5. The stock law;
0. Farm machinery ; 7. Farm labor, how
to hire it; 8. Our pork, beef, wheat, and
cotton, how ahall we market them to secure
the greatest profit to the farmer, mechanic,
and laborer; 9. Is this a good corn country T
10. Fine stock, the most profitable; 11. The
grasses; 12. Immigration; 18. W here to buy
ne stock; 14. For success in fanning, theory
and practice must be combined.
The Southern Farmer says: "Sweet potatoes
should be dug at the first appearance of frost,
before the vines are killed, well dried and
stored, not too compactly, in a place completely
sheltered.” *
Tbc Simple Secret.
Twenty clerks in a store, twenty hands in a
printing office, twenty apprentices in a ship
yard, twenty young men in a village —all
want along in the world and expect to do
so. One of the clerks will become a partner,
and make a fortune; one of the compositors
will own a newspaper, and become an influen
tial citizan ; one of the apprentices will be
come a master builder; one of the young vil
lagers will get a handsome farm and live like
a patriarch—but which one is the lucky indi
vidual ? Lucky ! There is no luck about it.
The thing is almost as certain as the rule of
three. The young fellow who will distance
his competitors is he who masters his business,
who preserves his integrity, who lives cleanly
and purely, who devotes his leisure to the ac
quisition of knowledge, who gains friends by
deserving them, and who saves his spare mon
ey. There are some ways to fortune shorter
than this old, dusky highway ; but the staunch
men of the community, the men who achieve
something really worth having, good fortune,
good name, and serene old age, all go in this
road.
SONG OF THE FLAIL.
In the autumn, when tho hollows
A' 1 are filled with flying leaves,
And the colonies of swallowß
Quit the quaintly stuccoed eaves,
And a silver mantle glistons
Over all the misty vale, ■—
Sits the little wife and listens “
To the beating of the flail,
To the pounding of the tiail ,
By her cradle sits and listens
To the flapping of the flail.
The bright summer days are over,
And her eye no longer sees
The red bloom upon the clover,
The deep green upon the treeH ;
Hushed the song of finch and robin,
With the whistle of the quail;
But she hears the mellow throbbing
Of the thunder of the flail.
The low thunder of the flail—
Through the amber air the throbbing
And the reverberating flail.
In the born the stout young thresher
Stooping stands with rolled-up sleeves,
Beating out hiß golden treasure
From the ripped and rustling sheaves :
Oh, was ever knight iu armor—
Warrior all iu shining mail—
Half so handsomoe as her farmer
As he plies the flying flail,
As he wields the flashing flail ?
The bare-throated, brown young farmer,
As he swings the sounding flail ?
All the hopes that saw the sowing,
All the sweet desire of gain,
All the joy that watched the growing
And the yellowing of the grain,
And the love that went to woo her,
And the faith that shall not fail—
All are speaking softly to her
In the pulses of the flail,
Of the palpitating flail—
Past and Future whisper to her
In the music of the flail.
In its crib their babe is sleeping,
And the sunshine from the door
All the afternoon is creeping
Slowly round upon the floor;
And the shadows soon will darken,
And the daylight soon must pale.
When the wife no more shall hearken
To the tramping of the flail,
To the dancing of the flail—
When her heart no more shall hearken
To the footfall of the flail.
And the babe shall grow and strengthen,
Bea maiden, be a wife,
While the moving shadows leugthon
Bound the dial of their life :
Theirs the trust of friend and neighbor.
And an age serene and hale,
When machines shall do the labor
Of the strong arm and the flail.
Of the stout heart and the flail—
Great machines perform the labor
Of the good old-fashioned flail.
But when, blessed among women,
And when, honored among men,
They look round thorn, can the brimming
Of their utmost wishes then
Give them happiness completer ?
And can ease and wealth avail
To make any music sweeter
Than the pounding of the flail ?
Oh, the Bounding of the ul!
Never musio can be sweet cv
Than the beating of the flail!
Victor Hugo has written a letter declining
an invitation to attend the Peace Congress in
Geneva. He says peace cannot be established
until another war has been fought between
France and Germany. He points to the exist
ence of the deep and undying hatred between
the two countries and declares that there will
be a -duel between the principles of monarchy
and republicanism.
Let the article of ‘ Richmond” be mad and*
considered, that the practaoaL effects of pur Or-.’
der upon our jSnanoial prof peritymay be ob*
served and realized at tbeir first dawn.
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