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CHAPTER XXXI. 







LEADING GRANGERS. 



DUDLEY W. ADAMS, 

 Master of the National Grange. 



THE Master of the National Grange is the presiding 

 officer of the Order. His duties are thus defined by 

 the By-laws of the Organization : 



It shall be the duty of the Master to preside at meetings of the 

 National Grange ; to see that all officers and members of com- 

 mittees properly perform their respective duties; to see that the 

 Constitution, By-laws, and Resolutions of the National Grange and 

 the usages of the Order are observed and obeyed ; to sign all drafts 

 drawn upon the treasury, and generally to perform all duties per- 

 taining to such office. 



He is chosen by the National Grange, by ballot, and 

 his term of office is limited to three years. He exer- 

 cises a general supervision over the Order, and his 

 duties are by no means as light as some persons seem 

 to think. The position is one of very great responsi- 

 bility, and calls forth the exercise of executive abilities 

 of a very high class. The Master must be a man of great 

 firmness and force of character, fertile in resource, pos- 

 sessing great tact, and, above all, must be a practical 

 farmer and thoroughly devoted to the interests of the 

 class for whose benefit the Order is working. 



These qualities are happily united in the present 



