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THE LANCASTER FARMER. 



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the acquisition of knowledge and of retainlnj; it 

 than in impartiufr it to our associates, and that 

 grange meetings affordeil an excellent opportunity for 

 doing this. 



Anna Ilolstcin, of Montgomery county, read an 

 essay on "Wotnan's Work in tlie (i range." 



Past State Master V. E. Piolell discussed the rela- 

 tions of the Grange to ccrporations. He said the 

 Grange grew out of a necessity for some association 

 by wliich the interests of the agricultural class might 

 be preserved. Twenty-live out of tlie fifty millions 

 of people In our county are directly interested iu 

 agriculture, yet we have almost no voice in legisla- 

 tive bodies, where corporations are regulated. He 

 thought the corporations had too much power. They 

 must be regulated liy law more efl'ectually. Trans- 

 portation com panics sliould only be allowed to charge 

 what would be a fair compensation, and not "what 

 the traftic will bear." Effective laws have been es- 

 tablished in Illinois and even iu Georgia, where the 

 railroad companies are reciuircd to post up their 

 rates of freight and fare in their station houses. He 

 wished it understood that the patrons made no war 

 on associated capital, but demanded their rates 

 without unjust discrimination. 



The courthouse was crowded with citizens of Wil- 

 llamsport and farmer from the vicinity. 



The Proceedings on Thursday. 



On Thursday the Secretary made his report 

 ehowingover .351) active Granges Iu the State and 

 about 12,1)00 members. 



The I'ark Hotel has ample accommodations for 

 entertaining the entire State Grange, as well as af- 

 fording a suit.ible place for meeting, and nearly all 

 the members availed themselves of its hospitality. 



The citizens of Williamsport have shown a lively 

 interest in making our sojouru here as pleasant as 

 possible, and through their iustrumentality and the 

 kindness of Superinteudont Neilsou, of the Elmira 

 Division of the Northern Central Railway, a free ex- 

 cursion was tendered members to the dairy farm of 

 Judge Smith, several miles south of the city, where 

 the Cooly system of setting milk is being tested in 

 connection with the soiling method of keeping cows. 



The representatives in attendance from Lancaster 

 county are John H. Epiar, of Conoy Grange, No. 

 •97, and W. P. Bolton and wife, of Fulton Orange, 

 No. 66. The State Grange adjourned at noon on 

 Friday. 



I as follows : President, George A. Gcyer; Vice Presi- 

 dents, M. L. Grider, Charles Lippold; Recording 

 Secretary, J. B. Ijichty; Corresponding Secretary, 

 Josej)!! R. Trlssler: Treasurer, T. Frank I'^vans; 

 Executive Committee, Dr. E. H. Wilmer, John A. 

 Schum, J. B. Long, Wni. A. Sclioenberger, J. A. 

 Stober. 



Miscellaneous Bus'ness. 



Charles E. Long offered a resolution that exhibi- 

 tors from a distance ''rawing |ircmiums be paid 

 first. Carried. 



A resolution was offered instructing tlie Secretary 

 to notify members who have not paid their annual 

 dues to do so by March first. Carried. 



The new president, George A. Geyer, assumed the 

 duties of Ills i)Osition. 



On motion, the old Executive Committee were in- 

 structed to hold over until after the exhibition. 



The Secretary stated that ^.50 entries have already 

 been made, an<l a good many more are expected. 

 The Lancaster county exhibitors have not come out 

 so strongly. Tliere will be 200 entries of pigeons. 

 The variety of birds is much larger than last year. 

 Rhode Island, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, 

 Canada, Ohio and Delaware, will be represented. 

 One exhibitor has made :!5 entries. On the whole, 

 the prospects for a successful exhibition are very 

 good . 



On motion, the meeting adjourned. 



THE POULTRY SOCIETY. 



The regular niontlily meeting of the Lancaster 

 County Poultry Association, not having been held 

 on the first Monday of the month, as is customary, 

 was held Monday mornijig, January 9, 1781. 



The meeting was called to order by President 

 Tshudy. 



The following members were present : H. H. 

 Tshudy, Lititz; J. B. Lichty, city; George A. Geyer, 

 Silver Spring; T. Frank Evans, Lititz; F. R. Diffen- 

 derfer, Charles Lippold, Charles E. Long, city; J. A. 

 Stober, Sehoeneck; John A. Schum, W. A. Schoen- 

 berger, city; M. L. Grider, Mount Joy; J. B. Long, 

 city; T. D. Martin, Lititz; Dr. E. H. Witmer, Neffs- 

 Tille; J. A. Garman. Leacock. 



The minutes of the last meeting were read and ap- 

 proved. 



J. B. Lichty gave notice that he would offer an 

 amendment to the Constitution providing for the an- 

 nual election of the oflieers of the society in Feb- 

 ruary of each year, instead of in January as now. 

 Treasurer's Report. 



T. Frank Evans read his annual report, by which 

 it was shown there is at present in his hands the 

 sum of .3:0.23. 



The President appointed Messrs. Stober and Lone 

 to audit the Treasurer's accounts. This was done 

 and they were found to be correct. This report was 

 received and the committee discharged. 

 Election of Officers. 



H. H. Tshudy withdrew from the candidacy for 

 President. An election being had, the result stood 



THE LINNiEAN SOCIETY. 



The annual meeting of the society was held at the 

 residence of Mr. Chas A. Heinitsh, East King Street, 

 on Thursday evening, December 20, 1881, and was 

 well attended. The president. Prof. Stahr and the 

 secretary. Dr. M. L. Davis, in their cliairs. 



As the proceedings of the Society are generally 

 published in three diflereut newspapers, they are 

 usually not read, unless to correct errors. After the 

 customary opening and collection of dues, the fol- 

 lowing addilions and donations were made. 



Library. 



International Scientists' Directory for 1881-3, 434 

 pages, demi octavo. 



Anmial Report of Ooinmisxioncr of Patents, for 

 18S0, 4.'!0 pages quarto. 



Alphahelical list of Patentees and Tniientors, Janu- 

 ary to June, 1881, 2.5s pages quarto. 



Proceedings of Acadeniij of Statural Sciences, for 

 June and July, 1881. 



Catalorjne of the Fungi of the Pacific Coast, 46 

 pages, raed. octavo, from Califoruia Academy of 

 Natural Science. 



Nos. 21, 2-.', 2'i and 24, Official Gazette of United 

 Stales Patent Office. 



Lancaster Farmer, for December, 1881. 



Four Book Catalogues and sundry Circulars. 



One Envelope, containing 19 Historical and Bio- 

 graphical Scraps. 



No additions or donations were made to Muscictn. 



The Curators reported '2,.500 plants added to the 

 Uerharium of the Society during the year 1881; also, 

 1,000 specimens of minerals; 100 Indian relics; .50 

 Historical specimens; 150 Entomological; .300 in Pa- 

 leontology, and 101 in Mammology, Ornithology, 

 Ichtheology, Keptilia and miscellaneous. 



Total over 4,100 added to the museum. 



The Kibrarian reported 160 books, pamphlets and 

 serials to the Library during 1881, besides a large 

 number of catalogues and circulars; also, .'>7 envel- 

 opes containing 500 Historical and Biographical 

 Scraps. 10 original papers were read during the 

 year. Since the organization of the society, 566 

 original papers were read before it, only '.JO of which 

 were published. 



The Treasurer reported the receipts, including the 

 balance on hand last January, for the year $41.90, 

 and the expenditures $.!'?. 14 leaving a balance in 

 the Treasury of $18.75. The whole amount of cash 

 received by the society during 20 years was $1268.86, 

 and the expenditures the same, less the balance now 

 in the Treasury. 



Papers Read. 



Prof. .Stahr read an interesting paper on the 

 swarming of the "Brown Ant," (Formica liufa) 

 early in the month of November last. This was 

 some weeks later than the usual period of swarm- 

 ing, but then past season has been rather extraordi- 

 nary for Its mildness — causing many trees to re-blos- 

 som, and in some Intanccs to bear a second crop of 

 fruit. As there was no weather during which ants 

 could not have swarmed at their usual period 

 (August and September), the question might well 

 arise, "Did the same colony swarm a second time, 

 as the apples, pears, cherries, &e., blooms. 



Prof, lluthi'on read an illustrated paper on a spe- 

 cies of fungus {Coprinas Comatns) which sprung up 

 in hie garden on the night of November :id, 1881. 

 This was another illustration of a relarded warm 

 season, and the effect of such weather, among the 

 subjects of the animal and vegetable worlds. The 

 fungus alluded to was one of the edible species, and 

 was fully ten inches in height. 



Dr. jV. L. Danis, the chairman of the Committee 

 on the state of the Society," appointed at the last 

 meeting, read an Interesting paper, full of good 

 practical suggestions relating to the welfare, the 

 progress, and a greater enicicncy of the Society, and 

 the manner in which this could most probably be 

 effected . 



The secretary read a paper from Mrs. Gibbons on 

 some of the peculiarities in voting on questions, 

 brought before societies iu Ireland, and on the conti- 

 nent of Europe. She observed that at a conference 

 held last summer at Cologne, the president "gene- 

 rally or always" put the affinnatii'e only. At a 

 meeting of Teachers iu Ireland, the chairman put 

 the negative only, and if no one voted "no" he would 

 declare the motion "passed unanimously." 

 Elections. 



Mr. H. M. Herr was balloted for and unanimously 

 elected an active member of the Society. 



The annual election of officers resulted as follows: 

 President, Prof. J. 3. Stahr; Fice Presidents, Profi. 

 T. K. Baker and J. H. Dubbs: Cor. Secretary, Dr. 

 Knight; Hec. Secretary, Dr. .M. L. Davis; Treasurer, 

 Prof. S. S. Rathvon; fAbrarian, Mrs. L. M. Zell; 

 Curators, S. S. Rathvon, C. A. Heinitsh, Jno. B. 

 Kevlnski and Wm. L. Gill. 



New Business. 



Being the annual meettug, and reports and elec- 

 tions, occupying the time, no business other than 

 the ordering of bills reported to be paid, was 

 brought before the .Society. 



Kxtract from a Report on General Finance. 



"We have tabulated these financial statistics of the 

 Society merely to show by comparison with other 

 associated enterprises in the city irnd county of Lan- 

 caster, what a little wheelbarrow we have been push- 

 ing forward during the last twenty years, when ac- 

 cording to the magnitude of the subject, we should 

 have been enabled to drive a "six-horse Conestoga 

 Team. 



"It would be quite safe to say, that such a collec- 

 tion as the society possesses, could not now be made 

 for ten times the amount it has cost us: and this 

 fact should stimulate a desire for its preservation 

 and perpetuation, among the intelligent and moneyed 

 citizens of Lancaster: for, extinguish this institution 

 and its museum, and such another nucleus could 

 not be formed again for fifty years to come. No 

 future scientists would feel encouraged lo begin such 

 a work again. The public seems to have very little 

 comprehension of its magnitude, especially since 

 more than one-half of it is necessarily packed away 

 in drawers and boxes. Indeed, there are people who 

 seem to think, that we are in some way, pecuniarily 

 enriching ourselves." 



After a very pleasant meeting, and a general in- 

 terchange of sentiment, the society adjourned to meet 

 on the last Saturday in January, 1882. 



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