CONTENTS 



CHAPTER I 

 FUNDAMENTAL CONDITIONS 



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THE AGRICULTURAL SITUATION (BY SECTIONS) 3 



FARMERS AND RAILROADS 9 



FARMERS, MERCHANTS, AND MANUFACTURERS 16 



FARMERS AND FINANCE 19 



AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AND PRICES 24 



FARMERS AND POLITICS 34 



SOCIAL AND INTELLECTUAL. CONDITIONS 37 



CHAPTER II 

 ORGANIZATION 



ORIGIN OF THE PATRONS OF HUSBANDRY, 1867 40 



EARLY YEARS OF THE GRANGE, 1868-71 44 



RAPID GROWTH OF THE GRANGE, 1872-73 52 



THE ST. Louis SESSION AND THE CULMINATION OF THE ORDER . .' 63 



DECLINE OF THE GRANGE, 1875-80 69 



OTHER AGRICULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS 73 



CHAPTER III 

 THE GRANGER MOVEMENT AS A POLITICAL FORCE 



INDEPENDENT PARTIES 80 



THE GRANGE AND STATE LEGISLATION 102 



THE GRANGE AND NATIONAL LEGISLATION 108 



CHAPTER IV 

 GRANGER RAILWAY LEGISLATION (ILLINOIS) 



EARLY AGITATION AND THE LAW OF 1869 124 



THE CONSTITUTION OF 1870 126 



THE LEGISLATION OF 1871 131 



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