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from entering more deeply into this important subject, we 

 present the following recommendations as being of im- 

 portance to the welfare of the Order: 



1. We recommend that the Master of the State Grange 

 be kept in the field as a Lecturer during the coming year, 

 and that we request him to spend as much time as the 

 circumstances of the case may seem to demand; and we 

 recommend that an increase of salary be made to him in 

 the sum of $300; and we guarantee his necessary travel- 

 ing expenses when not procurable from other sources. 



2. We recommend that the Secretary of the State 

 Grange have published a monthly bulletin as an official 

 medium of communication between the Executive office 

 of the State Grange and the Subordinate Granges of the 

 State, one copy of which shall be sent, free of charge, to 

 the Master of each County and Subordinate Grange of 

 the State, and that said copy shall be considered as the 

 property of said Grange, to be kept on file among the pa- 

 pers of the Secretary, and the official matter contained 

 therein to be read in open Grange. It shall be furnished 

 to members of the Order at forty cents per copy — the ex- 

 pense of publication to not exceed fifty dollars per 

 month, to be paid out of the treasury of the State Grange. 

 We believe that if this measure be judiciously carried 

 out, it will be soon self-supporting, and, if thought nec- 

 essary, can be made a source of revenue to the State 

 treasurv. In view of the extra labor thrown upon the 

 Secretary, we think that some extra compensation should 

 be given — the amount we leave to be determined by you. 



3. We do most earnestly urge upon the various county 

 organizations that they avail themselves of the provision 

 made in our By-Laws, at this session, for the appointment 

 and compensation of County or District Lecturers. Let 

 there be more earnest work in this direction, and we can 

 but believe that good, both to the State and Subordinate 

 Granges, will result. 



4. We ask our Master to use all honorable meana to 



