Talk:National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry

message: Removed bit about "Battle of Grange Farm" - see outline history of English suffragettes. HJMG 18:41, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
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message: I rewrote this article and added a lot of information. What do you think about changing the title from "The Granger Movement," which refers to a specific period of time, to "The Grange," which refers to the organization?
sounds good!  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 137.164.230.17 (talk) 19:04, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rewrite 

message: I noticed the following statement in this article: "In addition, every position of elected leadership is open to all members, and several can only be held by women."  It seems to me that the second part of this sentence contradicts the first.  Can someone who knows the answer clarify whether every position is open to all members or whether, on the contrary, some are open only to women.  Thanks Richquaker (talk) 19:00, 11 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Good point. I've rewritten this sentence so it makes more sense. Compuandy (talk) 07:25, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Seeming Contradiction 

message: The decline of the Grange is mentioned 3 times in this article. This is a waste of space I am removing two of the mentions.
American has been changed to US to make text adhere to international standards.
The Grange is not the oldest agricultural advocacy group.  It is the oldest national one. There are many local ones that predate the revolutionary war.
Not all teens (13 year olds) were allowed to join the Grange.
Added more cross references
The cooperative extension service was not formalized in the 1870's.
Added additional information from the text, the origins of the patrons of husbandry.  Especially information pertaining to the tour in the south.
JMfor2001 (talk) 19:00, 7 July 2012 (EST)
Removing this line..
 During the Progressive Era of the 1890s to the 1920s political parties took up Grange causes. As a consequence, local Granges focused more on community service, although the State and National Granges remain a political force.
This is what really happened....
The 1890s to 1920s the National Grange was in decline.  For the first time the Grange had to compete with a similar organization, the farmers alliance.  As the farmers alliance grew, many Granges closed and converted into sub-alliances.  A grave mistake was made in 1897 when the state master from Wisconsin made allegations against and pushed for an investigation into actions of the state secretary from South Carolina.  Though the allegations were false, the damage was done and the already troubled southern Grange states fell into rapid decline. This action contradicted the Grange as the great experiment which brought the North and South together and even Oliver Kelley is noted to have said this is not what the Grange was supposed to be.  The only southern state to successfully maintain any Grange presence throughout these years was the state of North Carolina. In the 1930s the Grange made a rebound to again become the dominant agriculture organization as the Grange successfully organized farmers adversely impacted by the Great depression.  During the 1940s many leaders within the Grange left to go fight the war, upon their return other, less qualified, officers had taken up positions in the Grange. After returning from the war many farmer veterans and leaders left the Grange and joined the Farm Bureau.  
The Grange as a community service organization is a contentious stance which is often pushed when someone outside of agriculture gets elected into a leadership position in the Grange, or if a local Grange becomes surrounded by urban encroachment. The Grange is much better known for its agriculture fairs and other agriculturally related events.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1004:B05A:CBE7:4933:87D7:466C:8A8D (talk) 01:40, 19 August 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Removing Redundant Information

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