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SATURDAY, NOV. 13, 1875. 
TROUBLE ABOUT THE GRANGE. 
It la out strange that the sudden success and 
rapid growth of the Grange organization should 
be the occasion of dissensions. The wonder 
would bo if there were none. The Grange now 
wields a power which its founders certainly 
could not have expected within the few years 
since the drat meeting was held. Then it was 
the weakest infant already lt| is a giant, and 
wields an authority which thousands of good 
men begin to dread. In the West, whore the 
Orange is oldest and most Influential, this feel¬ 
ing is strongest, and II- Is manifested In a gen¬ 
era) desire to simplify the Ritual, dispense with 
the machinery of the Order as far as possible, 
and leave only so much of an organization as 
will hold farmers together for social improve¬ 
ment and the material advantage secured by 
purchasing at Grange rates. These social aud 
material advantages are surely sufficient to 
guarajtee the perpetuity of the Grange. If It 
falls it will undoubtedly be from attempting 
too much and organizing a central power which 
will become first independent of the people and 
finally regardless of t heir rights and Interests. 
To guard against this it has been proposed in 
some Western paperi to do away with the Na¬ 
tional Grange altogether and relegate all power 
to the subordinate G ranges and their individual 
memberships. The Elmira Husbandman ievery 
decided in opposing this view, which It attempts 
to ridicule, aud probably its feeling is shared by 
many members of the Granges, especially in the 
Eistern States. 
The Rural New-YoRKKR, not beingah organ 
of the Grange and only interested tn its success, 
as it is In everything which affects the welfare 
of American farmers, is possibly all the bettor 
able to look at this subject impartially. To 
our view the arguments of Western men are 
sound. No one wants to’uelittle the Grange; 
but its greatest danger consists In having too 
much power and attempting too much work. 
The temper ol tin public mind is Increasingly 
against centralization of power, not only In 
Government but in everything else. Whatever 
becomes too powerful, whether au individual, 
a party or a society, is watebod with anxiety 
by a people w ho have learned to be jealously 
careful for the preservation of their liberties. 
To give the Grange movement a permanent 
hold on the affectioue of American farmers, it 
must not be made an organization whose vast 
power a few leading men can wield for their 
personal advantage. It was with wise fore¬ 
thought that the originators of the Grange pro¬ 
vided against its ever becoming political or par¬ 
tisan. Could they have foreseen that the Pa¬ 
trons of Husbandry would in a few- years num¬ 
ber a million and a half of the most intelligent 
men and women in the country they would 
liave known wheu such time came that the 
simpler and less pretentious the organization, 
the less apt It would bo to arouse bickerings 
a d jealous its. and the more certain to endure 
as a perinaueut and berjefloent influence in 
American Social and Rural Life. 
RURAL NOTES AND QUERIES. 
pf. V. Hinte Dairymen’* Association.— The 
Fifth Annual Convention of this Association 
will be held at the Court House in Norwich, 
Dec. 8th and 9th, 1875. The Executive Com¬ 
mittee Issued the following programme of the 
meeting: The Convention will be called to 
order for preliminary business at H A. M., 
Wednesday, Dec. 8th. Opening Address by the 
President, X. A. Willard, at 2 P. M. The fol¬ 
lowing gentlemen will read papers, or speak on 
the topics specified : — Prof. J. P. Roberts, 
Agricultural Department Cornell University. 
Subject—“Breed and Food.” D. w. Lewis of 
New York. Subject —“Commerce,” E. W. 
STEWART of Live Stock Journal, Buffalo, and 
Lecturer at. Cornell University. Subject—“The 
Cow and her Management.” Prof. L. B. Ar¬ 
nold, Secretary American Dairymen's Asso¬ 
ciation. Subject—“Milk.” J. 8. Van Dozer 
of the Husbandman, Elmira, N- Y. Subject— 
“ What Further Improvement in Dairying,” 
Dr. E. G. Crafts of Binghamton, N. Y. Sub¬ 
ject—“ Practical Observations in Soiling Milch 
Cows.” Wm. Blanping of IJawleyton, N. Y. 
Subject—“ How can we Advance the Standard 
of Dairy Products." Hon. Harris Lewis of 
Frankfort, N. V. Subject —“ Bread and But¬ 
ter." Ausburn Towner of Elmira Advertiser. 
Subject—“The Humorous Side of Butter and 
Cheese." L. fi. Hardin of Louisville, Ky., has 
been invited to give an address on hts improved 
system In Butter Making. After each address 
time will be allowed for discussion of the Sub¬ 
ject. Beside the topics alluded to, members of 
the Convention may present any proper sub¬ 
jects for discussion. 
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Unwise censure or Fnrmers.— The Editors of 
the American lAgrlculturist go a long way 
out of their usual course to chastise the farm¬ 
ers of a Tennessee Grange who have had the 
audacity to make some investigations as to the 
origin of smut in wheat. These farmers didn't 
know any better than to examine tbe grain In 
the fluid and learn what they could by personal 
observation, whereas our neighbor kindly ex¬ 
plains Uiat they ought rather to have betaken 
themselves to the hooks, and It refers to one 
published in 1805—or exactly seventy years ago. 
This advice is doubtless well meant, but we 
think it decidedly mistaken. It is well to have 
original Investigations although the conclusions 
reached may be erroneous and run counter to 
received opinions. One or the other must give 
way, and we have faith that truth will triumph 
every time. Only think bow it would have 
sounded if the Tennessee Giange bad appointed 
a committee to investigate tbe cause of smut, 
and after deliberation It bad merely recited 
something ihat somebody had published sev¬ 
enty years before. A great deal too milch of 
this business is done in some Agricultural pe¬ 
riodicals; but we really did not suppose that 
they would publicly recommend this style of 
solving Important practical questions. 
Isn’t the Agriculturist making a mistake in 
exposing its absolute faith in printed matter 
that has had the luck to get within covers? 
Suppose the farmers of the country should take 
a notion to buy these books and take their 
chunksof wisdom unadulterated from the orig¬ 
inal sources. What would the editors and 
publishers of that very bookish monthly do in 
such a case ? 
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Largo Sales or Short-Horn Cattle.—We learn 
from the Livingston (N. Y.) Republican that on 
Monday, Nov. 1st. Mr. J. W. Wadsworth of 
Gencseo, sold his entire herd of Short-Horn 
cattle, numbering twenty-six, to Mr. H. P. 
Thomson of Thomson, Ky., for $40,COO. It is 
composed of bulls, cows, heifers and calves, 
all of the purest blood and not surpassed by 
any of equal size in the country. Mr. C. F. 
Wadsworth retains his herd and will continue 
breeding as heretofore. Th. Livingston Repub¬ 
lican says the above sale is the largest but one 
private sale ever made In the United States. 
— The Lexington (Ky.) Dispatch of Oct. 30 
reports a sale of Short-Horn cattle belonging 
to Messrs. Ayrks, McClintock & PAYtoc, at 
Paris, Ky., bet. 27- A very large crowd was in 
attendance. Eighty-two females brought $34,- 
095, averaging $304.69, and 17 bulls brought 
$4,280, averaging $231.80—total, 99 head for $29,- 
205, averaging $295.61 all around. This Is the 
last of the great series of sales for tbe fall, 
though throe small .ones are yet to take place ; 
1,075 head have passed under the auctioneer's 
hammer, bringing $458,677 aud averaging $426.08. 
With tbe trotters sold and the private sales, the 
amount will closely approximate $535,000. 
Complaints of Deranged Malls.— The New¬ 
burgh (N. Y.) Home Farm aud Orchard thinks 
the fast mail not a success, even iu its boasted 
superiority of speed, at least for localities near 
New York, and says: “ Already the local mall 
tratns'are deranged beyond ccnceivable remedy. 
Tbe New York dailies by mail are not so regu¬ 
lar as formerly, but the mail agents claim im¬ 
munity from blame on tbe plea that it is impos¬ 
sible to perform their work in the time al¬ 
lowed between the stations. The paper mails 
are carried past tne small towns to be re¬ 
turned to tbelr places later In the day by a 
slower train, Tbe only people accommodated by 
this fast mall train are the publishers of N. Y. 
morning papers and the dealers; and the whole 
arrangement is a covert attack upon the exist¬ 
ence of the dallies on the route, outside ol New 
York, at the expense of the geuer&l govern¬ 
ment.” It is doubtful whether the fast mall 
will he continued. Railroad men believe It 
will be dangerous during the winter when the 
rails are frozen, and in spring when frost has 
unsettled the road bed. Besides, the Pennsyl¬ 
vania Central carries passenger*, and this causes 
dissatisfaction to Vanderbilt, who is under 
contract to carry nothing but the mails. 
The Gulf Stream Refrigerator Dairy Room, 
patented by Prof. J. Wilkinson of Baltimore, 
Md.,—an occasional contributor to tbe Rural— 
and advertised iu this paper, Is highly com¬ 
mended by those who have it in use. We have 
several letters before us which speak of It in 
the most flattering terms. For instance, Mr. 
John I 1 . Sager nT Chester Co„ Pa., under date 
of Oct. 27, 1875, writes to Mr. W/lkiNSON:— 
“Having had a full season's experience with 
your Gulf Stream Refrigerator Dairy Room, 
which you built for roe, I write to say it has 
proved a perfect success. Wo have never made 
butter with such satisfaction as since wo have 
been using your Patent Dairy Room ;” and the 
remainder of the letter is equally compli¬ 
mentary. Mr. Wm. S. Taylkr, writing to Prof. 
W. from “The Elms, Burlington, N. J., Aug. 
22(1, 1875." says: "Your Patent Dairy Room 
works like a charm, summer and winter. Our 
butter has been uniformly good ever since we 
have used your Dairy." From all which testi¬ 
mony wo infer that Prof. Wilkinson has 
« struck He ” In his invention of tbe Gulf Stream 
Refrigerator Dairy Room, and therefore con¬ 
clude that it. is a safe thlng-to commend to our 
readers and the public generally. 
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Wheat Crop or Russia.— The wheat crop of 
Russia is less than the under average crop of 
1874, and the quality Is peuerally unsatisfactory. 
The shipments since September 1 from that 
country have been moderate in consequence of 
the unsatisfactory prices r ITered lor wheat: 
many of tbe llu^Un dealers In breaitatuffahave 
detained their barge* on their passage along the 
rivers from the interior, and arc selling their 
wheat to millers or warehousing It till next 
unlng in anticipation of bettor prices then, 
w hich w ill very considerably reduce tbe quan¬ 
tity of w heat to be exported from that point 
before the close of navigation this autumn. 
The free sales by English and American farm- 
ers,hotii having short orops of wheat, have kept 
the English market s supplied at low price* thus 
far. These supplies are already diminishing 
and holders of Russian w heat will reap the ad¬ 
vantage In the higher prices which will prevail 
before next harvest. It should be made the 
duty of American consuls In grain-growing 
countries to supply our producers with early 
and reliable data as to the condition and yield 
of foreign crops. Ay it la, American farmers 
only learn the facts alter It Is too late for them 
to get any benefit from the knowledge. Under 
tbe present and all prev ious systems our foreign 
service, both missions and consulship^, is a 
fraud on thelpeople. A few men gel high sala¬ 
ries iu sinecure offices where nothing is done 
and no real service is expected. 
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The Orleans Co., N. Y., Apple Crop—Not¬ 
withstanding the general scarcity of apples 
this year the Lake Ontario shore region has a 
very fair crop. The following from tbe Orleans 
Republican will be Interesting “Despite all 
that has been said or written, the prospects 
now are that Orleans County will ship as many 
apples this year ms In former seasons. -While 
many orchards have borne little or no fruit, 
others hate produced double the amount and a 
superior quality. It Is yet too early to form 
anything like a correct estimate of the crop, 
but enough lb known to w arrant us in making 
tbe assertion wo do. More apples will be 
bought at Medina this year than last. Albion 
and Holley buyers will take iu about the same 
as last season. It must be remembered that 
mure buyers have, In anticipation of a short 
crop, been at work in the lake-shore towns than 
for years past, buying up w hole orchards by the 
score at $3 a barrel, and thus keeping the fruit 
from our regular commission merchants. Last 
year the apple crop of this County was, so far 
as could be known, 228,484 barrels, at an average 
price of $1.95. This season the price has not 
been lower than $2 50 a barrel, and $3 has been 
paid for almost all of ths good, sound va¬ 
rieties." 
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How They Missed It.—Yes, aud miss it every 
week. IVhat? Why, the Rural— those people 
who neglected to subscribe this year. We are 
In frequent ieccipt of letters from persons wb j 
aver that they “missed It." by not renewing 
their subscriptions, ami dolefully telling how r 
they regret the same. &cre, for example, is a 
note from a junior in Central New York, who 
addresses us as “Kind Sir,” aud proceeds in 
this style“ We have been subscribers to the 
dear Rural for many years until this year, and 
we have heen so lonely wit hout its welaome 
visits. There 16 not any one near us that takes 
it, so I have not seen one of your papers for a 
long time, nor any of the cousins' let ters. I am 
going to try to take it agaiD, and ask tbe neigh¬ 
bors to do ao. Send me some specimen num¬ 
bers and I will see what can be done." 
That is the right, way to do. Form a club 
among your neighbors, which will not only 
benefit them but enable you to secure a free 
oopy or valuable Premium. And by the way, 
now is (Tie licet time to act in that direction. 
A Gain for the Pacific Rural Press. — Wo 
learn that Prof. Edward J. Wickson, tbe ac¬ 
complished Agricultural Eiitor of the Utica 
Herald, has accepted a position upon the Pacific 
Rural Pre3? and will soon leave for California, 
taking up bis residence in San Francisco. Prof. 
WiCKSON is a scientist as well as an able and 
experienced journalist, and the dairy interest 
In the East will thus lose one of its most prom¬ 
inent co-workers. He has for some time past 
been President of the Utica Dairymen’s Board 
of Trade, and he will be greatly missed at our 
Dairy Conventions, at which, as a speaker, he 
has for several years taken a leading part. Cali¬ 
fornia is fortunate In securing tbe services of 
Prof. Wickson, and while we regret his loss to 
the East, our best wishes go with him to the 
Pacific Slope, where wo trust ho will meet with 
the success which his learning and talents so 
eminently qualify him to attain. 
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Deatli of a Pioneer Womnn.—The pioneer 
women of Western New York are passing away. 
The latest is tbe death, Nov. 4th, of Cynthia 
Olmsted, wife of Col. Wm. Olmsted, at the 
residence of her husband in Le Roy, aged eighty- 
nine years and six months. She was born in 
KIllingworth, Conn., and removed to what is 
now Le Roy In 1806. She was one of the famous 
Bergen colony at that time. There was only a 
foot path between Black creek, near Bergen 
and Le Roy. Her husband then settled on the 
farm upon which he now lives. She was a 
quiet, unassuming woman, possessed of the 
best traits of character and domestic virtues. 
She leaves surviving her husband and six 
children. 
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Sanctum Personal.—We were right glad to 
greet. Brother A. B. Crandell, the Agricultur¬ 
al Editor of the Tribune, who called at the 
Rural Sanctum a few days ago. He bad re¬ 
cently returned from a rurai rustication in the 
West, and was evidently in good health and 
spirits. It is not often that “We, Us A Co." 
of the Agricultural Pres* find time and oppor¬ 
tunity for so long and pleasant an Interview as 
wo enjoyed with our young friend. The well- 
filled Agricultural department of the Tribune 
Indicates that it* editor does not devote much 
t,imo to interviewing, and hence his call was 
the more highly appreciated. 
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Poot-nnd-Mouth Disease.—From The London 
(Eng.) Farmer of Oct. 25, we learn that the Foot- 
and-Moutb disease amoDg cattle Is spreading 
thioughout. that country. During the three 
months ending Oct. 17, it Is believed that more 
than half a million animals were attacked. In 
some counties there la a decrease of the disease 
but It Is rapidly increasing in others. These 
factshavo much importance to American Dairy¬ 
men, Farmers and Stock-breeders. 
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English Barley Market.—Barley Is advancing 
iu the English market. There as well as here 
much of tbe barley Is stained aud in England a 
great portion is unfit for malting from having 
been “grown” in the field. “ Feeding barley " 
Is plenty and the price is low; but evidence 
accumulates that good barley must advance in 
price. i 
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BUBAL BREVITIES. 
IN Massachusetts farming land* tn 1850 were 
worth $32.49 cents per acre; iu 1860 $36.91; In 
1870 $43.65; or in gold $30.24. 
“Well’s Every Man His Own Lawyer.” no¬ 
ticed In our last issue, is now Included iu the 
Rural's Book Liat, and furbished, postage 
paid, at only $2.25. 
Recent experiments prove that coffee can be 
raised in every portion of California, where the 
soli Is congenial. Snow does not appear to 
materially Injure the plant. 
The Grangers’ Bank of California, as we learn 
from the Pacific Rural Press, has passed un¬ 
harmed through recent fluaucial difficulties on 
the Pacific coast, and now, us we learn by the 
the same Journal, It has declared a dividend of 
of 7?i percent. 
Tue American Farm Journal, Toledo, Ohio 
is decidedly reTrigeratSve in stealing—beg par¬ 
don, appropriating—both illustration and des¬ 
cription of Solatium Macrautbum from a recent 
number of this hebdomadal. We are sure 
Brother Nasby was not at home when that 
murder was perpetrated. 
The Annual Meeting of tbo National Grange, 
which is to be held at Louisville, Ky., on the 
17th Inst., will be attended by W. A. Arm¬ 
strong, Sec'y. of tbe N. Y. State Grange, El¬ 
mira, N. Y., and likewise by Lecturer Ingke- 
soll, Chaplain Oils, Treasurer Ufa i> and Sec¬ 
retary Naughton, ol Knickerbocker Grauge, 
No. hot, of New York City. 
For the best bread to be made and baked by 
a bacdeLor a Cauadiau Agricultural Society has 
offered a prize.— Exchange. 
Why should an Agricultural Society offer re¬ 
wards lor breadmaking by bachelors? It had 
much better keep to Us proper function of en¬ 
couraging husbandry. 
BUSINESS NOTICES. 
BRIDE & CO , 
769 Broadway, N. Y.. want agents for the best money¬ 
making article In the world. Send for particulars. 
“Home, sweet homo." is much sweeter where 
Dobbins’ Electric Soap (.made by Cragin A Co.. Phil¬ 
adelphia, Pu.,) is used. Labor, c'.othea aud temper 
are preseived by its use. Trial shows lta merit. 
Have your grocer get it. 
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Coughs ntid Colds are often overlooked. A 
continuance for any length of time causes irrita¬ 
tion of tho Lungs or some chronic Throat Disease. 
“ Brown’s Bronchial Troches ” are an effectual COUGH 
Remedy. 
