336 BOAKD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



REPORT OF DELEGATES TO THE FARMERS' NATIONAL 



CONGRESS. 



Sioux Falls, S. D., Oct. 1-4, 1901. 



Hon. J. W. Stockwell, Secretary, Massachusetts Board of Agri- 

 culture. 



Sir : — The delegates from Massachusetts in attendance 

 were John G. Avery, H. P. Howland and Noah Sagendorf 

 of Spencer, and R. G. F. Candage and Sallie C. Candage 

 of Brookline. 



The Congress convened in the auditorium at Sioux Falls, 

 Oct. 1, 1901. The president, R. G. F. Candage, called the 

 Congress to order at 2 o'clock p.m. Prayer was offered 

 by Rev. J. N. Hutchinson of the Sioux Falls Presbyterian 

 Church. Addresses of welcome were made by Lieutenant- 

 Governor Snow on behalf of the State and Judge H. H. 

 Keith and others on behalf of the city and people. Re- 

 sponses were made on behalf of the Congress by Hon. J. 

 Sterling Morton of Nebraska and ex-president B. F. Clayton 

 of Iowa. 



The president read his annual address, which is included 

 as an Appendix to this report. The following essays were 

 read and discussed at this session of the Congress, viz. : 

 "The State department of agriculture, its mission and 

 organization," by Professor Hamilton of Pennsylvania ; 

 " What shall we do with our surplus products?" by F. B. 

 Thurber of New York ; ' ' The Nicaragua canal : its import- 

 ance to the farmers of the south and west," by Col. Harvie 

 Jordan of Georgia; "The irrigation of the west," by 

 Pres. J. W. Heston of South Dakota Agricultural College ; 

 " The truth about the oleomargarine business," by Chas. Y. 

 Knight of Illinois. This speaker took the ground that the 

 business from beginning to end is a fraud ; fraudulent in its 



