USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The first successful national farming organization was the Order of the Patrons of Husbandry, better known as the Grange, founded in 1867. Oliver Kelley was an active leader in local agricultural circles who was dedicated to the idea that the area’s farmers benefited from each others’ experiences.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Patrons of Husbandry, or the Grange, was founded in 1867 to advance methods of agriculture, as well as to promote the social and economic needs of farmers in the United States.

Detailed explanation-3: -Former Minnesota farmer Oliver Hudson Kelley founds the Grange, which became a powerful political force among western farmers. Though he grew up in Boston, Kelley decided in his early twenties that he wanted to become a farmer.

Detailed explanation-4: -What drew most farmers to the Granger movement was the need for unified action against the monopolistic railroads and grain elevators (often owned by the railroads) that charged exorbitant rates for handling and transporting farmers’ crops and other agricultural products.