THE GROUNDSWELL. 



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A HISTORY 1 



OF THE 



ORIGIN, AIMS, AND PROGRESS 



OF THE 



FAKMERS MOVEMENT: 



EMBRACING 



AN A UTHORITA TIVE A CCO UNT OF FARMERS CL UBS, 



GRANGES, ETC.; A FULL DISCUSSION OF THE 



TRANSPORTATION QUESTION AND OTHER 



GRIEVANCES; AND A HISTORY OF 



INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION IN 



THE UNITED STATES; 







TOGETHER WITH 



SKETCHES OF THE LIVES OF PROMINENT LEADERS, 



Etc., Ktc., Etc. 

 BY 



HON. JONATHAN PERIAM, 



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Editor Western Rural : First Recording Secretary of Board of Trustees and Superintend 



of Agriculture, Illinois Industrial University ; Vice President Illinois Mat 

 f Agriculture ; Secretary Northern Illinois Horticultural Society for 1S72 ; 

 President Chicago Agricultural and Horticultural Society, organized 1557; etc. 



ate Board 

 First 



Illustration*, 



CINCINNATI : 



E, HANNAFORD & COMPANY, 



CHICAGO : 



HANNAFORD & THOMPSON, 



SAN FRANCISCO: F. DEWING & co. 



1874. 



