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Subscription and Advertising Kates.
The Georgia Grange, representing and advocat
ing the interests of the Patrons of Husbandry in this
State, already numbering a membership of forty thou
sand, aud rapidly increasing from day to day, presents
to every class of our citizens, both in Georgia and else
where, one of the most efficient and valuable advertis
ing mediums in the land. It will circulate in every
county in the State, and will doubtless come under the
eyes of a hundred thousand persons. All interested
should not fail to take notice of thi^aet.
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square each insertion.
Eight lines make one square. Large cuts and heavy
lettering double price.
All transient advertisements must be paid in ad
vance ; regular advertisements quarterly.
Terms of Subscription.
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Address letters and communications to
GEORGIA GAANGE PUBLISHING CO.,
P. 0. Drawer 24, Atlanta, Ga.
A factory in Massachusetts makes annu.
ally, $75,000 worth of shoe strings.
The Des Moines Oil Mill loaned 12,000
bushels of flax-seed to farmers last Spring, and
will receive in return, 36,000 bushels.
A steamer has been fitted up at Montreal,
with stalls and all necessary conveniences for
the transportation of animals across the Atlan
tic.
The committee appointed by the Governor
of lowa to investigate the damages from the
grasshopper, in that State, report that all the
counties can take care of themselves except
Kossuth and Emmett.
It is reckoned by good authority that the
wheat crop of Great Britian of the present
year, will exceed that of last year 24,000,000
bushels. The quantity required from foreign
markets will probably not exceed over
72,000,000 bushels.
Masters and Secretaries should not neglect
to inquire at their resp etive post offices for
letters addressed to their Granges by name
and number, or numbers alone. We know
that much matter is so sent, and unless
special call is made much of it will never
reach its degtitSation.
i g c has been particularly happy
in Vailing the whole family—father, moth
er soil? and daughters. I’bis makes the
Grange a hOine-'tbe social feature which
has contributed so largely to the almost mi
raculous growth of the Order.
Philip's Southern Farmer speaks very
highly of samples of anew kind of cotton
known as “Six-Oaks Improved Prolific.”
The staple is said to he long, strong and
exceedingly fine and silky; it does not ad
here to the seed with such tenacity as
ordinary cotton, etc.
The same paper suggests that the proper
time for Fall ploughing, is while the vegetation
is green. When this is done, decomposition
is more rapid, and the manure produced more
nutricions to the soil.
In the American Woman’s Home an ac
count is given of the profit of bee raising as
an occupation of a woman. As an illustra-*-
tion it cites the case of a lady who bought
four hives for $lO, and who, after having
sold twenty-two hives and 420 pounds of
honey in five years, was offered, at the close
of that period, $1,500 for her stock.
The Burlington and Missouri River Rail
road and Union Pacific have each donated
$5,000 for the relief of sufferers from the
grasshoppers; the Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy Road and the Chicago and North
western transport all supplies free of charge
—and Jay Gould has given $2,500 for the
same relief object.
Exaggerated.—lt appears that the ac
counts of the ravages of grasshoppers in Kan
sas, have been very great exaggerations. It is
said now, that what is known as the Chinch
bug has done more injury to the country
than the grasshoppers. The drouth which
continued eleven weeks, helped greatly the
work of pestiferous insects, but all these causes
have produced less disaster than was laid to
the grasshoppers alone.
Can You Beat it?—The champion cow
of the season turns up in Washington coun
ty, Tennessee, where she has given the im
mense yield of 2,040£ pounds of milk in
thirty days. The animal is of Ayrshire
breed, and the smallest amount of milk given
by her in a single day was found, by acurate
weight, to be fifty-seven pounds.
The Grange Fleet.—The Pacific Rural
PreiS says that three ships, loaded with
Grangers’ wheat, have passed the Golden
Gate and are on their way to the markets of
the Old World :-l. The Star of Hope,
2,000 tons, loaded by Dixon Grange; 2 Sea-;
ton, 1,500 tons, loaded by Stockton Grange ;
3. The W. 11. Grace, 3,100 tons, loaded
by several different Granges. Other vessels
were loading.
At the request of the Ladies’ Memo
rial Association of Augusta, Hou. A. H.
Stephens will deliver a lecture for the
benefit of the Association on his re
turn from Congress in March next.
It is with pleasure that we publish in this
issue, the resolutions of the county Council of
Granges of Wilkinson county, in which they
recommend subcriptions to the Direct Trade
Union, and the shipment of the present cotton
crop direct to Liverpool through the agencies
of the Union.
This movement in behalf of direct trade has
been conceived and inaugurated by the long
continued efforts of some of the most gifted men
oLGeorgia, and the true friends of the great
interests of agriculture. It is an enterprise
strictly in behalf of the agricultural class, and
there prompt appreciation of its benefits and
their patronage arc all that is need to make it
a n eminent success.
Our Paper.
We trust it will not be offensive to
the modesty of our brother Boon, of
the Banner Grange, to publish an ex
tract from a private letter of his, with
out his knowledge or consent:
“ I wish I could induce every Patron in this
county—yea, every Patron in the State—to
take The Georgia Grange. Every one
ought to take it; its columns are full of in
valuable information to Patrons. They should
subscribe for it, read it, and then hand it to
their neighbors who are not Patrons, and, my
word for it, it will very soon make Grangers
of them. I wish you much success in publish
ing the neatest paper ever published in the
State of Georgia.”
This is encouraging to our pride, and
we assure our brother he has our sin
cere thauks, and we intend to try al
ways to deserve his encomium. The
Georgia Grange is a specialty —de-
voted to the cause of Patrons, in full
and publicly-avowed sympathy with
every Grange enterprise, and the hearts
of its projectors beat in true unison
with the interests and welfare of Geor
gia farmers. Besides, the paper has
never cost the State Grange one nickel,
and has safved it, in actual cash, hun
dreds of dollars. It will he the medium
of communication of the Georgia State
Grange, Georgia State Agricultural
Society, Direct Trade Union aud Bu
reau of Agriculture. Patrons and
farmers certainly feel an abiding inter
est in these enterprises. We are, how
ever, not discouraged. We know you
will subscribe for our— your —paper just
as soon as you have the money to spare.
Why, the time’s coming when you’ll he
“ out of the fashion ” if you don’t take
The Georgia Grange.
The Social Feature.
In studying the principles taught by
the Grange, no one can help but be im
pressed with their peculiar adaptability
to the farmer’s family. Surely some
good angel must hake guided the hand
that penned our ritual, and presided
over the deliberations when it was de
cided that the doors of the Grange
should be open to our ivives and daugh
ters. The number is~fegion of secret
orders conducted exclusively by men,
and very few it expedient
to invite woman to a seat in their coun-
cils. But the Grange has been pecu
liarly happy in thus uniting the whole
family —fathers, mothers, sons and
daughters. This makes the Grange a
home. This furnishes the social feature
which has contributed so largely to the
almost miraculous grotvth' ef tbe Order.
The interest taken by woman in the
Grange movement; the charm, the en
nobling and refining influence which
her presence exerts in our meetings,
prove the wisdom of this beautiful
feature of our Order. “ The women are
the best men in the Grange,” says a
brother from the South, and the North)
East and West say the same. The
reason why the women so love the
Grange is plain to be seen. Hitherto
the farmer’s wife and daughters have
lived in comparative seclusion. No
class have been so ignored, so left out
in the cold by society, as the women of
the rural districts. Her life has been
one of toil, week in, week out, with
little of change or recreation to cheer
or encourage her. But the friendly
Grange comes in, and, once a week, in
vites her to lay aside her household
cares, don her prettiest robe, cull her
choicest flowers, bid a short adieu to
the kitchen and the cellar, and, wear
ing her pleasantest smile, take a re
freshing ride to town, and join her sis
ters and brothers, her neighbors and
friends, in song and chat and friendlv
greeting. Here the wife forgets for
the hour the long days of toil, the long
nights of anxious watching and care of
her children, and in the pleasant inter
change of sentiment, in the cultivation
of those social qualities so essential to
our happiness, she lives anew life; her
heart is stirred with anew motive for
action. She is made happier, wiser and
better. She returns to her home with
a lighter heart, and takes up the duties
of life with a stronger resolution and
more cheerful mind. Anew world, a
brighter and better life is open to her.
Henceforth it is not all toil, and worry,
and mend, and stitch, in hopeless seclu
sion. She steps upon the platform by
the side ofjhusband in the drama of her
life, and a beautiful rainbow of prom
ise spans her sky in the future.
Grand mass Meeting.
There will be a mass meeting of
Patrons in the city of Atlanta, Wednes
day night of the approaching Fair week.
Able speakers will address the meeting.
Come one; come all. Object: “Good
of the Order”—hence, good of the
cownlrj.
Louisiana Sufferers.
Elsewhere will be seen the total
amount which has been forwarded to
our distressed brothers of the West.
The result of this, the first appeal made
to the active .benevolence of our Order
in Georgia, is worthy some passing
comment. Out of the six hundred and
thirty Granges then organized, only
sixty-one responded to this demand of
charity. We are well aware of the pe
culiar hardships and privations by
which our farmers are encompassed,
and God knows we would not add one
solitary pang to their already lacerated
hearts, but, fellow-Patrons, this is not
a cheering record for the number of
Granges organized. We trust you have
“ rendered such assistance as they ”
were in need of, so far as “ you ” were
able and the interest of “ your family
permitted.” The good Patron “dis
penses charity,” and is always glad
when able to help the needy, for it is
an admonition of higher than Grange
authority ; and we are taught the prom
ise of gathering again “bread cast upon
the waters.”
Norman Horsf*.
The importation of Norman horses and
mares to Illinois, is regarded as a movement of
great importance. The necessity for improve
ment, even of our best stock of horses, is ap
parent. These horses, now being introduced
from Europe, possess every feature which
adapts them to the necessities of the public.!
They are large but systematical —capable of
drawing extraordinary draughts, and yet lythe,
nimble, and reliable for the saddle, or light
conveyances. Added to these features, we
should not omit the very important one of do
cility, which is possessed by them in a remark-
able degree.
The stock-raisers of Illinois seemw!de-awak
to this item of advancement in their pursuit,
and are proud of what they have already ac-’
complished.
At the recent annual State Exposition, held
in Chicago, thirty of these imported Norman
animals, and a number of their colts, were on
exhibition, exciting universal admiration of
those who were present.
The chief importer of this stocky is a Mr. M r
W. Dunham, of Wayne, DuPage county, 111.
We take the following from the Prarie Farmer,
published at Chicago, the 10th inst. :
| “Among the number of those that particu
larly attracted our attention, we mention Mon
arch, imported 1872; his wonderful style, ac
tion, and symmetry of form at once attracts the
attention, and marks him a peer of his race.
He was sold to Sam Chamberlain, of Gereseo,
IJI., for $5,000 in 1874. Success, the patri
arch of the stud, being the first horse ever im
ported direct from France to the State of Illin
ois. He is perfectly white, with a mane nearly
four feet in length. He is notone of the largest
sized horses, weighing, when in fair OomlfttjsJJ*
1,700 pounds.
“Asa breeder, Mr. Dunham considers him
Unsurpassed, and states that since January 12,
1874, nearly $30,000 worth of his colls havfc
been sold; and that the average price of the
entire number of his get has been over SSOO
each, many of which were sucking colts two
and three ycrs old, of which the owner cer
tainly ought to feel proud. We also noticed
Gollossus, imported in 1873, and sold to Daniel
Dunham, of Wayne, 111.; Duke of Burnay,
imported 1873, now the property of Simon
Ruble, Beloit, Wis. ; Herculeas, imported
1873, now owned by G. Bates, McHenry comi
ty, 111. Leviathan and Rover, imported Au
gust, 1874, are large, powerful made horses of
uncommon bone and great substance. Mr.
Dunham also showed several imported mares,
among which were Empress, imported 1873,
weighing, when in good condition, over 2,000
lbs. She had a colt (this colt has since died)
by her side seven months old, weighing 1,050
lbs., and is thought to be the largest colt, of his
age, ever bred in this country. Gem, imported
1873, with colt five months old, 680 lbs. Pride,
imported 1873, three years old, weighing 1,650
lbs. ; Blanchi, imported 1874; Princess, im
ported 1874, are all rare specimens of the breed.
We were pleased to learn that the energy dis
played by Mr. Dunham, in collecting stock for
exhibition in this city, lias met with its merited
reward. He tells us his sales, while here, have
amounted to $34,600.”
All observers of the stock of horses raised in
the Southern States, must be impressed with
the importance ofintroducing improved breeds.
We are distinguished for negligence in this
particular, and we are excelled only by Mexi
co in the production of degenerate specimens
df this species of animal.
Every other interest and industry seems to
oommand more attention than ever before in
our history. Improved agricultural products,
hogs, cattle, sheep, goats and fowls are sought
for with zeal and care—but we are paying no
regard to the questidlk of improved horsß.
Will not some Granger, who possesses the re
quisite means, help us out of our present con
dition by doing for Georgia what Mr. Dunham
has done for Illinois ? Judging from the esti
mate of his sales at the Chicago Fair, we pre
sume his enterprise has met with a large re
ward, and we believe that simiTar results would
he realized here by any one who might follow
liis example.
Hymeneal.
Married, at 9 A. m. on the 19th inst., at the
residence of the bride’s father, B. W. Brown,
Esq., of Hayneville, Georgia, by Elder B. F.
Tharp, Col. Eden Taylor and Miss Sallie H.
Brown.
The above announcement heralds an event
b;' which two noble hearts have been made
h tppy. The groom is well known and esteemed
a; the efficient Secretary of our State Grange,
w rile his bride is the much admired Lady As
st tant Steward of Haynesville Grange, of which
hi r father is Worthy Master. The officiating
m hister is a member of Perry Grange.
Though thorns may spring and thistles grow
To bffght earth’s beauteous flowers,
Ahd sorrow’s cruel mantle throw
A gloom o’er life’s brtght hours,
May Heav’n the twain thus joined as one
From ev’ry ill now sever,
And bid their happy hearts live on i
In life’s pure bliss forever.
Lnccrne, Alfalfa or French Clover.
We take the following from the October
number of Philips' Southern Planter. A small
personal experiment with this product, justifies
us in commending it to our readers as most
valuable. There is no plant which yields so
largely and so promptly, or that contains a
greater percentage of nutrition. For milch
tows it is {Secularly adapted, producing more
butter than red clover, or any of the grasses :
“California has given this forage plant a
development never previously attained. It
has been known over two thousand years, and,
where it has succeeded, no other food plant has
proven its equal. We have seen it grown for
thirty years on pine land, on the same spot in
Alabama, but it was kept well manured, being
the margin for flower beds in a garden. The
difficulty in growing this plant is during the
first year. Its growth is slow at first, and the
indigenous weeds and grasses are apt to choke
it out. We had it drilled and kept clean the
first year, and after that the frequent mowings
will keep down the weeds. Once established,
all that is necessary is to keep the ground rich
and the quantity of feed froduced will astonish
the incredulous. In lattitude 32 degrees, we
have seen it, in March, fully two feet high and
in bloom. In that latitude and on suitable
soil, we believe it can be cut the first of April,
June and September, and probably the fourth
time. With a full stand and rich soil, it pro
duces from six to eight tons per acre.
Prepare land with a one-horse plow, running
*&ree or four inches deep, and subsoil as deep
Irs possible; give a top-dressing of four or five
hundred pounds of oil-meal, harrow weir, sow
fifteen pounds seed per acre, harrow again and
'then sow two hundred pounds of plaster, and
it will, perhaps, obtain such a growth by spring
that it will have nothing to fear from native
weeds and grasses.
Interesting Correspondence.
State of Georgia, 4
Department oe Agriculture, >
Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 21, 1874. )
Hon. T. J. Smith. Master, and Eden Taylor,
Esq., Secretary Georgia State Grange P. of U.,
Macon, Georgia:
Dear Sirs and Friends. —You are
eoguizant of tke fact that tlie last
Georgia Legislature established a De
partment of Agriculture for the State
of Georgia; and that, in conformity
with this Act, His Excellency, Governor
James M, Smith, has appointed the un
dersigned Commissioner of Agriculture.
It becomes my duty to organize said
Department ah initio. This will require
time and patience. I must necessarily
make haste slowly, and hence too much
must not be expected of me early in
the action. My duties will be very nu-
merous, arduous and responsible. I
am of your household, and consider tlie
Patrons of Husbandry the right arm
of the Department I now represent. I
not only earnestly invite, but confidently
expect, your full support and co-opera
tion, and that, too, of all the subordi
nate Granges, and of every individual
’Patron of the (State. It will he ;
liarly pleasant to me to have any and
all of our noble Order to confer with
and advise me upon anything pertain
ing to our great agricultural interests,
This State Department has its mis
sion. The Georgia State Agricultural
Society has theirs, and, not least, the
Patrons of Husbandry have theirs.
We must have full and cordial co
operation. This t earnestly invite and
cordially promise. Our hopes, our
aims, our ends, are one.
I have appointed Col. T. C. Howard,
Clerk; J. Henly Smith, Statistician,
and P. H. Mell, Jr., Chemist, to tbe
Department.
Wth high consideration and kind
regards, I am, very truly, your friend
and obedient servant,
■ Thomas P. Janes,
Commissioner of Agriculture.
Brother Patrons of Georgia :
We cheerfully commend the above
earnest circular of the Commissioner of
Agriculture to.your most serious at
tention and consideration. We trust
you will give this brother Patron that
active sympathy and assistance which
the magnitude and importance of his
new and untried field demands. Let us
never be laggards in lending encour
agement and support to this grand en
terprise for developing the wonderful
resources of our native State.
T. J. Smith, M. G. S. G.
E. Taylor, Secretary.
Secretary In Distress.
Will somebody anybody who
knows any member of Laurel Grange,
please request the Secretary of that
Grange to send the State Grange Sec
retary a list of the charter members,
and by whom and when organized.
The State Grange Secretary has written
all over Laurens county for the above
information, and hasn’t found out even
whether the Grange is located in Lau
rens county or Okefenokee swamp.
Well, it’s right funny to the Secretary
(when he isn’t in the “dumps”) to think
that Masters organizing Granges will
suppose the National Grange Secretary,
or any other man, can guem who are
Master, Secretary and members of
same.
H. B. Patterson, broker, has Jfailed
in New York.
MlNsiisMppS State Grange.
The annual Convention of Mississippi Stale
Grange met on the Bth i list., at Jackson. Gen.
A. J. Vaughn, Master, presided. There was a
full attendance of officers and members. An
appropriate address was delivered by Gen.
Vaughn, who resigned his position, owing to
engagements that conflicted with its duties. W.
L. Williams was elected Secretary. The an
nual addresses were delivered by Col. L. O.
Bridwell, on th 9th. An address on immigra
tion was delivered by Col. T. Ik Stockdale.
It should be known to the Patrons tiiat
one of the principal planks in the platform
of the Patrons of Husbandry is to buy only
for cash. Wo acknowledge that there may
he, and are, many cases in which it will be
found a great trial to abstaiu from buying on
a credit. We know that many a luxury,
and even some of the necessities of life, will
have to be dispensed witli for the time, fo r
the want of cash to buy them, but, brother
Patrons, believe us, it is better to do so, and
thus pave the road to prosperity, than to
persist in remaining in debt.
How Count}' Taxes fan be Reduced.
Under this head a correspondent of the Sa
vannah News sends a communication, from
which we take the following suggestion:
From $1,200 to $2,400 taxation (in some
counties more) can be saved to each county by
a repeal of the present jury compensation sys
tem and a re-enactment of so muchof the old law
in force before and during the war, which re
quired a fee of three dollars paid by the plaintiff
and charged in the bill of cost against the
losing party. This fee was promptly paid to
the clerk of court and furnished the only fund
out of which juries received pay, and in most
of tlie courts they were handsomely remuner
ated for their services, receiving from two to
eight dollars a day.
The old law required this fee only in cases
where a verdict was taken, but to make the
compensation of jurors safe, it could be applied
to judgments by the court and judgments by
default, and if the fee of three dollars is not
sufficient to pay jurors, raise it to such amount
as will give them a reasonable compensation.
I want to see the juror paid for his services,
but do not think it right that tlie law-abiding
citizens should be taxed to meet the expenses
incurred by those who, for various motives,
seek or are forced into the Court-house to ad
judicate their private business or criminal con
duct. Let those who prefer and enjoy the lux
ury of a suit at law foot tlie bill. They who
dance should pay the fiddler.
Louisiana Sufl'erer*.
Macon, Ga., Sept. 23, 1574.
liditors Georgia, Grange Pi ease announce
the following additional donations to Louisiana
sufferers since last report, to-wit:
Eatonton Grange. No. 87 $ 9 45
Eucola Grange. No. 409 7 75
Total. sl7 20
From Goodman’s X Roads Grange, No. 318,
I-received $5 donation which has been re
turned to said Grange, as 1 was notified a
few days after reception of the same, by brother
N. D. Wetmore, Agent, that the Louisiana
| sufferers needed no farther aid. Below will be
found an account of my stewardship. In con
clusion, I will take this method of re-echoing
our sincere thanks to those Granges which re
sponded to tVu* oali oi distress.
E. Taylor,Scv’y,
Covington, Ga., Aug. 28. 1*74.
h. Taylor, Sec'y Georaia Slate Grange, Macon:
Dear Sw.—l have examined the statement
ffom the Secretary’s office of the State Grange
of Louisiana, as to money turned over by your
self to the suffering brotherhood of that State,
and find the following to be the collections and
disbursements from your office:
Mav 29 00
June 12 102 15
June 25 108 00
August 13 95 80
Total sl2l 95
l~ behalf of the Executive Committee, I
thank yoU tor the pfolltpt, clieel’ftll and disin
terested services you have rendered us 12 me
call for help from our suffering brotherhood,
and to the brethren of Georgia we are under
many obligations for their ready response to
our request, thereby saving us the necessity of
drawing on our Treasurer.
L. F. Livingston, Ch’n Ex. Com.
New Orleans, Aug. 19,1874,
Brother E. Taylor, Macon, Ga.:
Dear Sir—Your letter of 7th inst., enclos
ing $96 80 was received on the 13th, but the
multiplicity of duties that hare crowded upon
us has prevented my replying sooner. The
receipts from you are rs follows :
May 29, slls oo
June 12 102 15
i line 25 108 00
August 13 .. 96 80
Total 8421 95
On behalf of the Patrons of our State, who
have been relieved by the donations received
through you, I take this occasion to express
my heartfelt thanks for the generosity of the
brethren of your State. Yours fraternally,
N. D. Wetmobe, Sec’y.
For the Georgia Grange.]
County Council of Granges.
Irwinton, September 34,1874.
Resolved, That the County Council of Wil
keraon county, Ga., urge and impress upon
every member of our Order, in this county,
to subscribe for one or more shares in the
“District Trade Union” which is now com
plete. Also, that all the Grangers of this
State, who can conveniently, are recom
mended to sh p all, or at least a part of their
cotton crop of this year, directly to Liver
pool, through this “Union.” We further
recommend the subordinate Granges in the
different portions of the country to organize
shipping councils, or associations to enable
them to make shipments in larger bulk, to
oar Agent Charles H. Olmstead, in Savan
nah, and to euable them to buy and ship salt
and other articles in larger quantities, which
will prove of great advantage to producers.
3. Resolved, That we recommend all who
may be unable to make shipments to Liver
pool this season, to ship to Taylor & Will
inghan, Macon, Ga., or to Charles 11. Olm
stcad, our Agent at Savannah, where they are
not otherwise obligated.
W. M. Whituurst. President,
J. Fountain, Secretary.
The Nebraska Agricultural Society
offered , sixteen farms as premiums.
The editor of the Plattsmouth Herald
took the first farm for an article on the
“ Resources of Nebraska."
OFFICIAL.
Circular No. 2-1
State of Georgia,
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE,
Atlanta, Ga., October, 1874.
To the Agricultural Societies of Georgia :
The Commissioner of Agriculture for the Sfate
most earnestly invokes your co-operation in his
efforts to advance the interests of the farming
public of Georgia. I shall be pleased to receive
from your Society any facts, experiments or pro
cesses, by which you have beuefitted yourselves,
that a knowledge of them may be more widely
distributed through the agencies employed by
this Department. Particularly do I wish to have
the results of your experience of the value and
availability of negro labor as now employed by
us. I would be glad also to receive any valuable
seeds of recent introduction, which auy of your
number may be in possession of, that they may
be widely scattered over our State. It will afford
me great pleasure to reciprocate this favor by
sending, in return, anything valuable of the sort,
which we ourselves may receive from time to
time.
Regarding a permanent and active organiza
tion of our County Agricultural Societies of vast
moment to the cause, I shall be pleased to hear
from your Secretary at auy time of your num
bers, times of meeting aud general prosperity,
and also of the results of any experiments which
may be instituted for the benefit of our planting
and farming interests by members of your body.
I extend to each and every one of your Society
a cordial invitation to call at tins Department
whenever it may be convenient.
I have the honor to bo your obedient servant,
THOMAS P. JANES,
Conmnisioner of Agriculture.
Circular No. 3.]
State of Georgia.
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
Atlanta, Ga., October, 1874.
Pear Sir— You have, no doubt, bad your atten
tion called to the law passed at the last session
of our General Assembly creating aud organizing
a Department of Agriculture for Georgia. I
need not say, to an intelligent observer, that the
Bcope of this law is of vast breadth, and the sub
jects included are so multitudinous that no sin
gle intellect can extend over thorn that amount
of oversight and investigation which will result
•n speedy reforms and ameliorations. It is my de
sire and purpose to gather in, as far as possible,
the varied experiences of representative and in
telligent workers in the field, both of practical
and theoretical agriculture. To combine success
fully these experiences would be equivalent to
the creation at once in this State of such a body
of agricultural economy and practice as would
delight and astonish the country. May I not
have from you the promise of what aid your own
daily business routine will supply, as well as such
help and suggestions as your mature reflections
can supply, in advancing the great interest over
which I have been called topreside. Any thoughts
on a better system than the ono now adopted in
our husbandry—any experiments establishing
principles—in short, any facts tending toward a
more successful cultivation of our soil, or a more
perfect utilization of our boundless but too neg
lected resources, will be thankfully received at
this department I cordially invite you to call at
this office when it nny, l>e convenient for you to
do so. I am, ,jvy truly, your obediont servant,
THOMAS P. JANES,
Commissioner of Agriculture.
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State of Georgia.
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE,
Atlanta, Ga., October, 1874.
To the Patrons of Husbandry in the State of
Georgia :
The General Assembly of the State has wisely
and patriotically evinced its concern for the great
agricultural interests ©f Georgia, by the creation
of anew department in her Government, the
exclusive duty of which is to promote and extend
by all proper means the prosperity of our Hus
bandry.
As Georgia has manifested her solicitude in
behalf of the great and sustaining industry of our
beloved State by this important step, is it notin
cumbent on tli& farmers and planters throughout
our entire community to second, by a zealous CO
operation and by all the resources at their com
mand, this noble effort of tire State Government?
We feel that it is a most reasonable service to
expect from the tillers of our soil, that the arm
of this Department should be strengthened by
those for whose interests it was creaked.
I, then, make this appeal to the Brotherhood,
that you will take the earliest opportunity to
place yourselves in corfospohdunce with this
office, exchanging with us valuable seeds—giving
us notice of important inventions in labor-saving
machinery—supplying from time to time correct
statistics of local crop transactions—such as the
breadth of surface laid down in our various staple
crops. In short, without attempting an exhaus
tive enumeration of topics, upon which we would
bo pleased to hear from you, we ask you to send
us all information in your possession, of experi
ments, failures in methods of culture, and all
things in the practical workings of your own
fields, which might be of value to others. If we
can gather here in tliis Department as into one
grand reservoir, all the rills of valuable facts and
experiences which the individual lives of the
Patrons of Husbandry in Georgia are hourly
furnishing, we could place the Agriculture of this
State by the Bide of that in the most advanced
section of the world. I invite each of your body,
whenever it may he convenient, to call at tliis
Department.
I have the honor to ha your obedient servant,
THOMAS P. JANES,
Commissioner of Agriculture.
Georgia State Grange.
Secretary's Office, )
Macon, Ga., Sept. 23, 1874. j
To Masters, Secretaries and Treasurers :
In forwarding any fees or dues to this office,
or that of Treasurer of Georgia State Grange,
send by registered letter, postal order or express.
Two or three Granges have lost the dues for
warded by ordinary mail, and there is no redress,
aud we would be glad to save loss, trouble and
probable suspicion. E. TAYLOR, Sec’y.
Georgia State Grange,
Secretary’s Offich, I
Macon, Ga., October 19, 1874. f
Orange Councils:
As frequent enquiries are made to this office
for names aud addresses of Secretaries and Mas
ters of Grange Councils, by Patrons and Grange
Conucils in the West and elsewhere, for the pur
pose of inaugurating direct business relations,
said officers will please forward their names and
addresses to this offioe. Fraternally,
E. TAYLOR, Secretary.
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