MICHIGAN STATE GRANGE. 341 



REPORT OF MICHIGAN STATE GRANGE FOR YEAR ENDING 



JUNE 30, 1903. 



OFFICERS OF MICHIGAN STATE GRANGE FOR 1902-1903. 



Master — G. B. Horton, Fruit Ridge. 



Overseer — N. P. Hull, Dimondale. 



Lecturer — Mrs. Frank Saunders, Rockford, R. F. D. 



Steward — T. E. Niles, Mancelona. 



Assistant Steward — Wm. Robertson, Fremont. ' 



Treasurer — E. A. Strong, Vicksburg. 



Secretary — Miss Jennie Buell, Ann Arbor. 



Gate Keeper — G. A. Whitbeck, Montague. 



Ceres — Mrs. Annie R. Jones, Lapeer. 



Flora — Mrs. Virginia Halladay, Clinton. 



Pomona — Mrs. Delia Proctor, Dansville. 



Lady Assistant Steward — Mrs. Mary Robertson, Fremont. 



EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 



F. W. Redfern, Maple Rapids December, 1903 



E. A. Holden, Lansing " 1903 



Emory E. Owen, Lapeer " 1903 



Thos. Mars, Berrien Center " 1904 



A. E. Palmer, Kalkaska " 1904 



M. T. Cole, Palmyra " 1904 



T. H. McNaughton, Ada " 1904 



G. B. Horton, Fruit Ridge; Jennie Buell, Ann Arbor, Ex-Officio. 



Since the last report was made Micliigan has entertained the National 

 Grange at Lansing, in November, 1902. A large and profitable gathering 

 of representative agriculturists came from all parts of the country and 

 strengthened the interests of the farm and the bond of fraternity exist- 

 ing among its people. Michigan now ranks second in Grange member- 

 ship in the union and is being looked to as a leader in certain pronounced 

 methods of progressive Grange work. 



The year in this state has been characterized by a strong forward 

 movement in the organizing department. The conditions in agricul- 

 tural communities for combining forces for effective service have seldom 

 been more favorable. One hundred and twenty-eight new Subordinate 

 Granges have been established, fifteen dormant ones reorganized and 

 three county Granges organized. This work has not alone followed the 

 development of agriculture in the upper counties but many of them have 

 been organized in old farm sections of the state. 



