MICHIGAN STATE GRANGE. 319 



MICHIGAN STATE GRANGE. 



Report of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry in Michigan for the year 

 ending June 30, 1904, 



OFFICERS FOR 1904. 



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. 



Chaplain — Perry Mayo, Ceresco, R. F. D. 



Treasurer — E. A. Strong, Vicksburg. 



Secretary — Miss Jennie Buell, Ann Arbor. 



Gate Keeper — G. A. Whitbeck, Montague. 



Ceres — Mrs. Anna R. J. Wilson, Lapeer. 



Flora — Mrs. Virginia Halladay, Clinton. 



Pomona — Mrs. Delia Proctor, Dansville. 



Lady Assistant Steward — Mrs. Mary Robertson, Fremont. 



EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 



P. W. Redfern, Maple Rapids December, 1905 



E. A. Holden, Lansing " 1905 



Emory E. Owen, Lapeer " 1905 



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. 



During the year the growth and interest in the organizing of farmers 

 for self improvement and betterment of their conditions has gone 

 steadily on. The movement seems to stand on a firmer basis and to be 

 making a healthier advance than in the early days of farmers' orders 

 when they made a mushroom growth good but for a brief time. 



There have been 74 new Granges organized, 13 dormant ones reorgan- 

 ized and six county or Pomona Grange's formed. 



The summer rallies held in August were attended by many thousands 

 of members of the order and reached a large number besides of the 

 farming class not yet enrolled in organized work. These rallies are made 

 the general disseminating points for distributing organization seed. 

 Sociability is cultivated, one's acquaintance with people is widened and 

 friendships are deepened and cemented closer by the leisurely outdoor 

 assembling of many together. 



