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fanner. Whenever w. go to a town where there is a grange or 

 some other like organization, we see the ladies coming in, and find 

 a higher order of intelligence than elsewhere. Every farmer ought 

 to belong to the Grange. Every other branch of industry has an 

 organization, then why not the farmers, and I know nothing better 

 than the Grange. 



Mr. Stevens. — The grand old State of New York leads all 

 others in granges, having more than 62,000 members. 



Question. — What 'will " kill out " horseradish ? 



Mr. Lillie. — The only way to kill all obnoxious weeds is by 

 cultivation. Do not allow the plant to breathe; cut it off every 

 time you see it above ground. 



A Farmer. — Will we have to sit up nights to do it? 



Mr. Lillie. — No, if you will work during the daytime. 



Question. — How can we best dispose of quack grass ? 



Mr. Smith. — Mr. Cook of Denmark, kills out quack grass on 

 his ground by plowing, then following with the cutaway harrow 

 till the ground is well fined. Then a sown crop is put on. After 

 that is taken off, winter wheat is sown, which smothers out the 

 quack. 



Question. — To what extent would good roads benefit the farmers 

 of Niagara county? 



Mr. Rice. — That is a question for you farmers to decide. 



A Farmer. — It is a question of vital importance to the farmers 

 here who have to haul so much fruit and cabbage to market, or to 

 the railroad, and the farmers should take into consideration these 

 points. The time saved in this transportation and the greater 

 amount they can draw, will soon more than pay their share of the 

 cost. Good roads will also benefit our cities and villages, which, 

 as a rule, are in favor of having better roads, and willing to pay 

 their share of the cost. 



Mr. Rice. — A few years ago the good-roads question was much 

 discussed in some parts of New Jersey, but the farmers op- 

 posed it. Notwithstanding all that, many miles have been built, 

 and now the farmers are tumbling over one another to have more 

 of them — they having found that they can haul enough larger 

 loads and make more trips, to more than warrant the expense. I 

 am in favor of good roads, and am of opinion that sooner or 

 later, we are going to have them all over this State. Westchester 

 county has appropriated money enough to build two lines of roads 

 each 12 miles long. Yet we have farmers living on parallel 

 roads a short distance away who are opposing the move. Some 



