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FARMERS INSTITUTES ETC. 



Granges and members in all parts of the state should take a deep in- 

 terest in the success of Farmers' Institutes. Attendance and participa- 

 tion in proceedings should be the rule. Institute and Grange work are 

 of the same and each will benefit the other. 



The Farm Home Reading Circle should not be neglected. Its utility 

 in the work of disseminating useful knowledge in unquestioned. 



Granges should not neglect to provide members with books through 

 the Traveling Library system. The State Librarian will furnish all need- 

 ed information on application. 



Farmers' Institutes, Home Reading Circles and Traveling Libraries are 

 all children of the Grange, and as such should receive parental care and 

 support from all our members. 



AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. 



The farmers' school, the State Agricultural College, is growing in 

 practical usefulness each year. New lines of work are being taken up 

 in accordance with the changes that take place in our agricultural opera- 

 tions, and the advanced ideas of our farm people. Co-education, the es- 

 tablishment of which, at the college, was accomplished through Grange 

 agitation and influence, is a success. Instruction in butter making and 

 the recent establishment of a short course in cheese making, with the 

 assistance of scientific appliances, are in answer to the demands of the 

 increased dairy interests of the state. There is already a demand for 

 butter and cheese makers, skilled in the use of recently invented scientific 

 utensils, and holding diplomas from these dairy schools. 



The plan adopted by the college, whereby the results of all experi- 

 ments are seasonably sent out to all farmers upon application in bul- 

 letin form, is commendable as being the most practical method for 

 thorough and direct dissemination of these findings. Every Grange in 

 the state should receive regular supplies for distribution among mem- 

 bers. It is plain to see that the college is growing in favor among 

 farmers. This will doubtless result in increased attendance and greater 

 usefulness. 



ELECT U. S. SENATORS BY DIRECT VOTE. 



Our demands for the election of United States senators by direct vote 

 of the people should be continued without discouragement. Final suc- 

 cess in work for other reforms proves that in time the people will suc- 

 ceed in having this healthy reform adopted. The questions of justice and 

 clean government are back of this movement. To realize that men are 

 nominated or defeated in primary caucuses and nominating conventions 

 that lead to the state legislature, at the dictation of a candidate for the 

 Lnited Statees Senate, entirely disregarding State legislation and fitness 

 of men, is too near one-man power to be long tolerated by the American 

 people. In a country like ours, where the voice of the people is the power 

 supreme, we may rest assured that this change will come. 

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