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means may be accomplished that which exists through- 

 out the country in all other avocations and among all 

 other classes combined co-operative association for indi- 

 vidual improvement and common benefit. 



" Among the advantages which may be derived from 

 the Order are systematic arrangements for procuring 

 and disseminating, in the most expeditious manner, in- 

 formation relative to crops, demand and supply, prices, 

 markets, and transportation throughout the country ; 

 also for the purchase and exchange of stock, seeds, and 

 desired varieties of plants and trees, and for the purpose 

 of procuring help at home or from abroad, and situations 

 for persons seeking employment ; also, for ascertaining 

 and testing the merits of newly-discovered farming im- 

 plements and those not in general use, and for detecting 

 and exposing those that are unworthy, and for protect- 

 ing, by all available means, the farming interests from 

 fraud and deception, and combinations of every kind. 



" We ignore all political or religious discussions in the 

 Order; we do not solicit the patronage of any sect, 

 association, or individual, upon any grounds whatever, 

 except upon the intrinsic merits of the Order. 



" The better to secure greater benefits to our mem- 

 bers, we desire to establish Granges in every city, town, 

 and village in the United States." 



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The Order consists of a National Grange with its 

 headquarters at Washington, D. C., as many State 

 Granges as there are States in the Union, and an inde- 

 finite number of Subordinate Granges. The names 

 and addresses of the officers of the various State 

 Granges have been given. The officers of the Na- 

 tional Grange are as follows : 



