PATRONS OF HUSBANDRY
\pˈe͡ɪtɹənz ɒv hˈʌsbəndɹi], \pˈeɪtɹənz ɒv hˈʌsbəndɹi], \p_ˈeɪ_t_ɹ_ə_n_z ɒ_v h_ˈʌ_s_b_ə_n_d_ɹ_i]\
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A secret association formed at Washington, December 4, 1867, for the promotion of agricultural interests. It somewhat resembles the order of the Masons. By 1875, it numbered 1,500,000 members in every section of the country. Though not intended for political purposes, its aim to cheapen transportation involved it in a quasi-political warfare with railroad corporations.
By John Franklin Jameson
Word of the day
basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).