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Husbandry, Patrons of.
Public attention was much occupied in 1873 with the subject of cheap transportation along the courses of commerce from the Western States to the seaboard.
Congress decided that the national government, under express provisions of the Constitution, had power to regulate commerce carried on by railroads.
On March 7, 1874, a bill was introduced, and passed the House of Representatives, for the institution of a board of commissioners for the regulation of such commerce carried on between the several States.
In that movement a new organization, known as Patrons of Husbandry, appeared conspicuous.
It was a secret order, established for the promotion of the varied interests of agriculture, and had then become powerful in numbers and in influence.
It was divided into local associations, called granges.
There was a central, or parent, organization at Washington, known as the National Grange, and State granges were formed.
The membership consisted of men and