THE GROUNDSWELL. 



CO-OPERATION OF CLUBS. 



One of the objects of designating the Clubs of a district 

 or county by numbers is that it paves the way to co-opera 

 tion. The several Clubs will thus be enabled to meet to 

 gether each year for the discussion of matters of general in 

 terest, and to elect delegates to attend a yearly State Con 

 vention. These, again, can elect delegates for the National 

 Convention, or Congress, which should also meet yearly. 

 The Club may also have a local name, or a name indicating 

 its special work, if any, such as Stock Breeding, Husbandry, 

 Pomology, or General Horticulture, etc. At the yearly 

 meetings, all these various branches of Agriculture should 

 meet on common ground the interests of the whole being 

 identical. 



The meetings being held at the homes of the several 

 members in succession, the Club will have a pleasant visit, 

 and an opportunity to inspect the various systems of agri 

 culture practiced. The comments elicited, and the general 

 interchange of opinions, will be valuable and instructive to 

 all. They will create and elevate taste, and tend to improve 

 and simplify many of the processes of the farm, besides 

 being the means of cultivating the social refinements, and 

 the harmony of purpose so indispensable to the well-being 

 of every community. 



FORM OF ILLINOIS FARMERS CLUBS CONSTITUTION. 



Subjoined is given the form of Constitution and By-Laws 

 for Farmers Clubs, as adopted by the Illinois (State) Farm 

 er s Association. They are simple and practical in their 

 construction. 



