What were the goals of the grange?

to increase crop profits for farmers

to raise cattle

to create more jobs

to financially assist the government

to create rights for women

The formal name for the organization was the Patrons of Husbandry, which Oliver Kelley founded in 1867. The movement began in Minnesota where Kelley lived; however, it quickly spread throughout the United States and to Illinois in 1868. One of the Grange's goals was to buy new farm machinery at bargain prices.