208 THE GROUNDSWELL. 



Hon. W. H. Foote, of Mississippi ; W. M. Lawton, Esq., of 

 South Carolina; Hon. B. Compton, of Maryland; Hon. 

 Mark A. Cooper, of Georgia ; Hon. D. F. Kenney, of Louisi 

 ana ; Hon. Asa Hodges, of Arkansas ; Hon. Lee E. Shry- 

 ock, of Missouri ; Hon. F. Watts, of the District of Colum 

 bia; and General C. H. Dupont, of Florida: Secretary and 

 Treasurer, Charles W. Greene, of Tennessee. 



A Virginia Tobacco Barn. 



President Spurr, in his circular address, stated the object 

 of the association to be to hold consultations upon Agricul 

 ture and kindred interests, ignoring all partisan politics ; to 

 represent, in a general head, the local organizations ; and to 

 co-operate with these in promoting the general welfare. The 

 Association recognized the fundamental principle that agri 

 culture being the foundation-stone of -our prosperity as a 

 people, the farmers of the country should have proper rep 

 resentation in the councils of the State and Nation ; and it 



