The Louisiana cotton-boll. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], Attakapas, La.) 1872-1883, 1874-02-04
PATRONS or HUsBANDRY.
Prcacn' Strength and Condition Of tN
Order.

Prcacnt Strength aud Condition Of tNo
Order.
Tho secretary Of tho National Grnnrc
| Of the order Of tho Patrons Of llun.
bnndry of North America has issued
| his monthly bulletin for tho pnat month.
| II shows the number of Ruborolngtn
grnngca nnd organizing deputies IN
onch state up to January I. Th" bull
otin is nddrcRRcd to eaCh member, nnd
II nlppoeod to bo strictly confidential,
na it ia believed that most of the mod
inga md work OF NIL kinda cnn h0
ahroudcd with aocrccy So nsroly the in
fluCuCc of the grange can have effect.
Tho following ia tho prca"uI HIrongtI
Of tho order: Alabama Suhordnm"
grnnFoa, 3Gi; dcputieH. D. hrlnnanr :
Subordinate granR"a, III; deputies, IT,
California Subordinate Ern KcH. j"H.
dopuficp, %. Floridn Subordinate
grang0a, 20 dcputiea, &. t"orgIn
Subordinnto grnngCa. i3T. Illinois
Subordinnto grnngca. N2i. doputioH II
Indiana Snbordinnto RrnnE"a, &G'.
deputies, 81. Iowa HuburduniN
grangoa. 1876; dcputioa, ~, knnao"
Subordnntc granRoa, 770; deputies,
II. Kontucky- Subordinate grnnH"n,
~; dcputioa. % Louialann -Sub"r
dnnto grnngoa, 30; doputIcH. ,. Mniuo
Subordinate Grnngoa, |; doputloa, !.
Mnrylnnd-Su Subordinate RrNnpcR, II.
doputioa, I. Massachusetts, Huhor,Il-
noto grnngca, -, dcpuiioa. 6. Nichr-
-Hubordinnto PrnuRoH, l60: depi
tioa. 9. Minnesota - Subordlunl"
grnngca, 400; dcputIGH, n. Mia7ia-
i. Il d.
utica, 81. Mimouri-Suhordiu
RrnnRoa, 1.302; doputios, o. NobrnRkn
Subordinate grnnRoH. $40; drputl"o,
39. New I!ampahro Subordmn'"
grnngoa, II; dclmtieR, t. Now Jorncy
Subordinate granRea, 30; doputica -.
Now -Suhordinnto Rrnngoa. 20.
doputioa, ~. North Carolina Suhor-
dinnto grangca, I20; dcpWicH TO-
Ohio Subordinate oranges, 203; doPU-
tioa, ~. Oregon Subordiunto granger,
81. doputioa, ~. PonnRylvnnin-Suhm-
dinnto Rraugoa, 58; deputies, 80, South
CarolinN-Subordiunto granRoa, 206,
deputioa, /. Tonncasoe- Subordinnto
grangca, 3O2: doputicp 81. Texas
grangeH, 81; deputIoa. /,
Vermont -SubOrdinntO Rrangea, -;
deputies lG. VirRinin-SubordIdRi"
IL; deputlea, /. West Nlr-
Subordinate grauRoR, 27; dcpu-
lies, &. WiHconain-NubordiuNtoRrnngca
$50; deputies, II. Colorado Subord1-
nato grangos. 4; deputies !. Dakota
grnnRoR, 80; doputlea, &.
WaRhugt RrnnRcn, e,
ieputiea, 3. OanadR-Subordlnnto
grHugeR, Z.
During the years 1872 and 1873,
| ,225 subordinate oranges were organ
Hed. Tho total number Of subordinate
up to date is i0,Ol5: reported
75O. 1915.
The National Grange has been organ
zed since 1867, and tho seventh annual
meeting will be held ut 81. Louis, Mo,
in February next Tho fret yo1r of the
there wore 10 grnngGH, nil
in the West, and now they Rre in every
state excepting Rhode Island md Dole
ware. From December | to January
,he number Of grnnRoa increased from
I. .574 to i0,0l5, and membership from
543, 125 TO 751, l25.
Il II will be aeen by the above bulletin
lint the order has grown with great
'npi lity in the former slave states, es-
pecinlIy those in tho farther South.
enough it's largest mombor-
Ihip il in South Carolina, 80 far as tho
south ia concerned. The lRgeat num-
Der of organized oranges are found III
Kansas, according to population, whllo
iowa and Missouri give tho largest per
,antage of membership.