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When [[Harry Truman]]'s Secretary of Agriculture Charles Brannan in 1949 proposed a plan of direct assistance to small farmers, he justified it by reasserting the importance of the small family farmer as the foundation of American democracy. However in the Grange small farmers opposed the plan because it too closely resembled welfare and would undermine their self image as independent [[yeomen]] and successful entrepreneurs. Brannan sought to protect the small farmer against competition from the large companies, but the plan was not accepted by Congress because farmers self-image would not allow for welfare.<ref> Karen J. Bradley, "Agrarian Ideology and Agricultural Policy: California Grangers and the Post-World War II Farm Policy Debate," ''Agricultural History'' 1995 69(2): 240-256, [http://www.jstor.org/stable/3744267 in JSTOR]</ref>
When [[Harry Truman]]'s Secretary of Agriculture Charles Brannan in 1949 proposed a plan of direct assistance to small farmers, he justified it by reasserting the importance of the small family farmer as the foundation of American democracy. However in the Grange small farmers opposed the plan because it too closely resembled welfare and would undermine their self image as independent [[yeomen]] and successful entrepreneurs. Brannan sought to protect the small farmer against competition from the large companies, but the plan was not accepted by Congress because farmers self-image would not allow for welfare.<ref> Karen J. Bradley, "Agrarian Ideology and Agricultural Policy: California Grangers and the Post-World War II Farm Policy Debate," ''Agricultural History'' 1995 69(2): 240-256, [http://www.jstor.org/stable/3744267 in JSTOR]</ref>
==See also==
* [[Farm Bureau]]
* [[Yeoman]]
==Further reading==
==Further reading==
* Barnes, William D. "Oliver Hudson Kelley and the Genesis of the Grange: A Reappraisal," ''Agricultural History,'' Vol. 41, No. 3 (Jul., 1967), pp. 229-242 [http://www.jstor.org/stable/3740337 in JSTOR]
* Barnes, William D. "Oliver Hudson Kelley and the Genesis of the Grange: A Reappraisal," ''Agricultural History,'' Vol. 41, No. 3 (Jul., 1967), pp. 229-242 [http://www.jstor.org/stable/3740337 in JSTOR]
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