THE GfcOttNDSWELL. 



spread, and how eager all who are within walking or riding 

 distance of the meeting will be to join in the work. 



Thus Clubs may be instituted in every school district in 

 the land, accomplishing great present good, and exercising a 

 powerful influence upon the rising generation. And it will 

 not be long until every man, woman and child will look for 

 ward to the day of meeting as a holiday, and a time of social 

 enjoyment and improvement. 



The first thing, of course, after organizing, will be to form 

 a constitution under which to work. 



The following is a simple, and yet comprehensive, consti 

 tution. It has been adopted, with slight modifications, by 

 some of the most energetic and influential clubs in the West. 

 The Club should meet on a fixed day in each month at the 

 residence of one or another of its members. 



MODEL FOR A CONSTITUTION. 



I. This organization shall be known as the County 



Farmers Club, No. . 



II. Its object shall be the improvement of its members in 

 the theory and practice of Agriculture. 



III. Its members, additional to its original number, shall 

 consist of such persons as shall receive a two-thirds vote for 

 admission, and pay the sum of one dollar, and such ad 

 ditional annual sum as may be annually fixed by a two- 

 thirds vote of the members. 



IV. Its officers shall consist of a President, Vice-Presi 

 dent, Secretary, Treasurer, and Librarian (who shall consti 

 tute the Executive Committee, etc.), and the Chairmen of 

 Standing Committees. The officers shall all be elected an 

 nually. 



V. Its meetings shall be held monthly, and at such other 

 times and places as the President may deem necessary to 

 promote the aims of the Society. 



