368 Wisconsin State Agricultural Society. 
was expecting another position which, if he gets, will be a per¬ 
manent one for many years to come. He was expecting to leave 
the Western Rural. Whether he has taken that place or not I do 
not know. In regard to the project of Mr. Orledge, I have noth¬ 
ing to say. I don’t know but the gentleman whom he has in view 
would be just as good as Mr. Morrow. He may be better. If we 
can have a paper that is purely and exclusively devoted to agricul¬ 
ture, I would be willing to take it. I would be in favor of one, par¬ 
tially, mainly, devoted to agriculture, and the balance to something 
else if we cannot do any better. I would prefer a purely agricultu¬ 
ral paper. I hope something may be done before we leave—I don’t 
mean officially, but in our individual capacities; take some steps 
that will help to start a paper. I, for one, am willing to pledge 
myself for ten or fifteen subscriptions to start with. 
Mr. Clark: What I conceive to be a perfect agricultural paper 
is one that should treat upon something besides planting corn, sow¬ 
ing wheat, and digging potatoes. We, as farmers, have other interests 
as well as producing crops, the transportation question, or other 
questions which are incidental. Politics should be treated in an 
agricultural paper. The Western Rural, which I am taking, takes 
that course. It treats fearlessly, openly, these questions, and such 
a paper as that is what I should like to see established in this State, 
not controlled by any party, but going against any thing they think 
is wrong and against the interest of the farmer. I am not con¬ 
nected with any paper, don’t wish to take an agricultural paper 
that is tied to any party, but I want an open, fearless, independent 
paper, that will attack monopolies whenever and wherever they 
exist. 
Mr. Akdersok: I am one of those who felt very sorry when Mr. 
Morrow told me he was going to accept a position and give up the 
Western Farmer. He was somewhat to blame for not receiving 
better support from the farmers of Wisconsin. The truth is, this 
paper never did come out and support us against monopolies. 
One of the firm had been a railroad-man for twenty-five years. I 
know a farmer’s club in this county where there was a number of 
subscribers. The members read an article in this paper which 
caused them to withdraw their support. If that paper had been 
wholly with the farmers of this State, the subscription could have 
been doubled. I made a proposition to Mr. Morrow which would 
