50 THE GRANGER MOVEMENT 



Kentucky, and Kansas. 1 Thus it will be seen that on January 

 i, 1871, the order was in actual operation in nine states instead 

 of fifteen as stated in Kelley's circular and that in Minnesota 

 and Iowa alone had it shown any signs of the rapid growth 

 which it was soon to experience. As yet Minnesota had the 

 only active state grange, though temporary organizations had 

 been established in Illinois and Missouri. 



During the year 1871, the order continued to flourish with 

 the most vigor in the states of the North Central division; 2 

 especially in Iowa, where a state grange was organized on Jan- 

 uary 12, 1871, with representatives present from eleven subordi- 

 nate granges in six different counties of eastern and central Iowa. 

 Dudley W. Adams later master of the National Grange when 

 at the height of its prosperity was elected master of the new 

 state grange and General Wilson became its secretary. The 

 work of organization was now taken over by the state grange, 

 several local deputies were appointed, and by April 22, 1871, the 

 number of granges in the state had risen to thirty-seven. On 

 September 14, 1871, the state grange held its first regular session, 

 which was a marked success, and at the end of the year the state 

 headed the list with one hundred and two granges. 3 In Minne- 

 sota the order did not fare so well; the state grange met for 

 its annual session in February, but not more than six or seven 

 new granges were organized during the year. 4 



Wisconsin, Indiana, and Illinois were coming to the front, 

 however. In Wisconsin, the first grange was organized in 

 Adams County on January i, 1871, by Deputy Burnham, and 

 was followed by nineteen more in Adams, Sauk, and Waushara 

 counties. On June 12, 1871, the state grange was organized 

 at Plainfield. This fair prospect was blighted by dissensions 

 between the deputy and the officers of the state grange, with 



1 Kelley, Patrons of Husbandry, 209, 243, 254, 261, 273, 278-282, 286, 291, 293-296. 



2 The expressions " North Central," " North Atlantic," " South Central," etc., 

 are used in this book in the same sense as in the reports of the United States census 

 bureau, to cover certain defined groups of states. 



3 Kelley, Patrons of Husbandry, 294-296, 305, 310, 314, 323, 326, 333, 338, 341; 

 Prairie Farmer, xliii. 124 (April 22, 1871), xliv. 44 (February 8, 1873). 



4 Kelley, Patrons of Husbandry, 317. 



