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J. P. Robison; Pennsylvania, H. N. McAllister; Rhode Island, Geo. F. 

 Wilson ; South Carolina, T>. W. Aiken ; Tennessee, Hunter Nicholson ; 

 Texas, Wni. J, Hutchins ; Vermont, Crosby Miller ; Virginia, Thomas 

 Branch ; West Virginia, A. Martin ; Wisconsin, Hon. G. W. Hazleton ; 

 District of Columbia, Chalkley Gillingham ; Department of Agricul- 

 ture, Wm. Saunders; Utah, James McKnight. 



Eecording Secretary. — R. F. Johnstone, of Michigan. 



Beading Secretary. — C. W. Murtfeldt, of Missouri. 



Corresponding Secretary. — J. R. Dodge, Department of Agriculture. 



The business committee, consisting of one from each State represented, 

 made a preliminary report, recommending four topics for consideration, 

 viz : 1. The expediency of seeking further land-grants from Congress in 

 aid of industrial education ; 2. The expediency of establishing experi- 

 mental farms and stations; 3. The propriety of modifying the military 

 instruction given in the national colleges of agriculture and mechanic 

 arts; 4. The best methods of co-operating with one another and the 

 Department of Agriculture. 



A paper was j)resented by the Commissioner, suggesting action of the 

 convention, as follows : 



The act of July 2, 1862, is an earnest expression of Congress that a 

 scientific education is essential for development of agricultural knowl- 

 edge,' and evinces the determined purpose of the Government, through 

 the agency of State legislatures, to establish institutions of learning, 

 where the youth of the country may be trained and properly fitted to 

 elevate the standard of active, practical life, and secure for it the in- 

 creased fruits of skillfully directed labor. It becomes those, therefore, 

 who are directly interested in this subject, to take active measures to 

 second the effort, and make use of the measures which have been adopted 

 by Congress for their benefit. In the prosecution of this object, it is 

 manifestly the duty of individuals interested in its promotion to examine 

 the subject, and i^oint out the detailed processes by which the design and 

 bounty of Congress may be made most available. 



This convention, composed of such as have taken an active part in 

 the prosecution of agricultural study, has been convened to consider 

 this. That the points which necessarily i)resent themselves may be 

 duly considered, we jiresent the following resolutions: 



Resolved, That it will greatly conduce to the successful operations of 

 agriculture throughout the world, that its operators should have the 

 light of scientific knowledge to guide the work. 



Resolved, That we recognize in the act of Congress of July 2, 1862, 

 the foundation upon which may be organized and built colleges and 

 schools, where the scientific principles and knowledge of agriculture 

 may be taught, and that it is our anxious desire and duty to foster and 

 encourage them in the work of educating farmers. 



Resolved, That in the establishment of agricultural colleges and 

 schools, their organization should embrace the following principles: 



1st. They should be distinctively agricultural in their government 

 and teachings; that while no branch of learning shall be excluded, 

 whether it bo the knowledge of language, of mechanics, or military 

 tactics, yet the main design shall be a knowledge of all tliose branches 

 of natural and exact science and practical skill which peculiarly belong 

 to a finished agricultural education. 



2d. That in any such college or school, actual manual labor should be 

 practiced and taught. 



3d. That females, as well as males, may be admitted as pupils. 



Resolved, That horticultural and agricultural societies, and agricultural 



