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- The below comments were copied from this web page:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyjeffer/05graind.htm
"NOTE: The national Grange, officially called The Patrons of Husbandry, was founded in 1867. By 1875 there were 850,000 members in more than 21,000 granges throughout the United States. The grange movement lost many members in the 1880s, but began to grow again in the 1890s, and built a large membership based on its social, legislative and educational programs. A fraternal order with its own secret ritual, it was based on equality of men and women. Women could hold any office, though the four posts of Flora, Ceres, and Pomona, representing godesses of flowers, grains and fruits, as well as Lady Assistant Steward, were reserved for women. In 1905 Jefferson County had 34 Granges. These were organized under the county, or Pomona Grange, which in turn, was subject to the State Grange.
Directory and Program of Jefferson County Granges, 1905 published under auspices of Jefferson County Pomona Grange, 151 pages indexed. This booklet is part of the collection of Northern New York Agricultural Musem at Stone Mills, NY,and is used with the gracious permission of Marguerite Raineri, Director."
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