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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. Our advertising rates are as follows: Two Dollars per 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. One Year f 3 ?® To Clubs of ten and upwards oO 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. | Circular No. 4.] 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. 5