O the "Old Guard" of the Michigan State Grange; 

 to those still living and in memory of those who have 

 passed beyond: 



VlJo Jonathan J. Woodman, Cyrus G. Luce, Thomas 

 Mars, George B. Horton, Mary A. Mayo, and others of 

 the leaders of a quarter century ago: 



I sat at their feet as a young man fresh from col- 

 lege; under them I took my most valuable graduate 

 course; from them I learned the character of the 

 American Farmer of the best type, his problems, his 

 aspirations, his faith ; from their plans and labor for 

 the upbuilding of agriculture and farm life I gained 

 the desire to see the rural problem as a whole and to 

 discover the fundamentals of its solution : 



(II' O them and their many loyal and earnest contem- 

 poraries I dedicate this effort to express my convictions 

 concerning the ultimate welfare of the American Farmer. 



THE AUTHOR. 



