Oliver Kelly
Innovation and industry produced special equipment to plow the dense soil. The new equipment was expensive. Many farmers went into debt to afford equipment and depended upon abundant harvests. Commercial farm activity eventually took hold in the West. The businesses supplied the necessary equipment and told the farmers what to plant. These large businesses tried to control the price and supply of wheat, corn, and other crops that could be grown in the dry conditions. Local groups of small farmers began to socialize and learn from each other. They began to form clubs and became known as grangers, taken from the Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry, an organization founded by agriculturist Oliver Hudson Kelley. The word grange means "farm building" or "a place to store grain." The Grangers became more politically focused in response to corporations who tried to monopolize railroad use and warehouse space to store goods prior to movement. The Grange members operated cooperative stores and mills in an effort to gain more control of the prices of their goods.
The Founders of the Grange were: Oliver Hudson Kelley, William Saunders, Francis M. McDowell, John Trimble, Aaron B. Grosh, John R. Thompson, William M. Ireland and Caroline A. Hall.
Oliver Hudson Kelley
Oliver Hudson Kelley
He was the American agriculturalist who founded the Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry to improve the lives of farmers.
Oliver Kelley
national grange
In the 1870s, US farmer's wives and their husbands joined the Patrons of Husbandry, the Grange, which sponsored dances, fairs and lecturers who talked on just about any subject. It was a social organization for farmers. In the 1880s, new groups like the Grange mushroomed all over the nation. The largest became the Southern Alliance. Both the Grange and the Alliance were supposed to be non-political and were dedicated to taking women from their "enslaved role" into full participation in the agrarian movement with men. The Grange soon began to get political. It attacked the railroads for exploiting farmers, and elected politicians sympathetic to farmers who worked to regulate fares. The Supreme Court struck down the "Granger Laws" which were used to regulate the railroads, and the Grange and Alliance fell apart. Co-ops began to take the place of the Grange, and began to operated on a nonprofit basis, allowing farmers to pool their resources to purchase items more cheaply and to operate Credit Unions (membership of farmers) that acted like banks but more sympathetic to the farmers plight.
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National Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry
The National Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry; or better known as the Grange
The Patrons of Husbandry, also known as the Grange, was founded by Oliver Hudson Kelley in 1867. It was established as a fraternal organization to promote the interests of farmers and rural communities in the United States.
He was the American agriculturalist who founded the Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry to improve the lives of farmers.
He was a founder of the National Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry, the central influence in the Granger movement of the 1870s.
The organization of the National Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry happened first. It was established in 1867 as a social organization for farmers and later became involved in advocating for agrarian reforms. The Interstate Commerce Commission was formed in 1887 to regulate railroad rates and practices. The Populist Party was formed in 1892 and reached its peak during the election of 1896, but the party's formation occurred after the National Grange's establishment.
Ezra S. Carr has written: 'The Patrons of husbandry on the Pacific coast' -- subject(s): California State Grange, Agriculture, National Grange, Nevada State Grange, By-laws, Societies
The Grange, officially known as the National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry, started out as a social outlet and educational forum for isolated farm families in the United States. It was founded in 1867 to promote the interests of farmers and their communities through cooperative efforts.
Thomas Clark Atkeson has written: 'Semi-centennial history of the Patrons of husbandry' -- subject(s): National Grange
The Grange.(1867- "patrons of husbandry"- helped farmers form cooperatives and pressured state legislators to regulate business on which farmers depended.)
The Grange.(1867- "patrons of husbandry"- helped farmers form cooperatives and pressured state legislators to regulate business on which farmers depended.)
Well its definitely not "patrons of husbandry and the grange."