GRANGERS
\ɡɹˈe͡ɪnd͡ʒəz], \ɡɹˈeɪndʒəz], \ɡ_ɹ_ˈeɪ_n_dʒ_ə_z]\
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The popular name for the "Patrons of Husbandry," a secret association devoted to the promotion of agricultural interests, organized in Washington, December 4, 1867. By the end of 1875 it numbered 1,500,000 members in every section of the United States. Its organization was somewhat similar to that of the Freemasons, but both men and women were admitted to membership. Though fundamentally non-political, it exerted considerable political influence in its contests with railroad corporations for cheaper rates.
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See Patrons of Husbandry
By John Franklin Jameson
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