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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Sec. 4 — The annual meetings of the society shall he held at 

 the city of Washington on the first Wednesday of February, 

 in each year, when all the officers of the society for the ensu- 

 ing year shall he elected by ballot. The Executive Committee, 

 however, shall he competent, with the approbation of the so- 

 ciety, to appoint occasional meetings to be held at other 

 points. Fifteen members shall constitute a quorum for busi- 

 ness. 



Sec 5. — This constitution may be altered at any annual 

 meeting, by a vote of two thirds of the members iu attendance, 

 provided not less than fifty be present. 



At 7 o'clock on the evening of the same day, the 

 Convention re-assembled. Very soon afterwards 

 the committee came in with their report. It ar- 

 gued for the propriety and necessity of protection 

 of the agricultural interest equally with the other 

 great interests of the country, and had for its con- 

 clusion the recommendation of the establishment 

 of a Department or Bureau of Agriculture by Con- 

 gress. 



Upon this a long and animated discussion took 

 place, in which so much warmth of manner and 

 feeling was at length manifested as to excite fears 

 that the harmony of the meeting might be dis- 

 turbed. Gentlemen from nearly every part of the 

 Union took part in the discussion. The point of 

 difference was, whether the Convention should 

 memorialize Congress to establish a new Depart- 

 ment in the government, viz. : a Department or 

 Agricultural Bureau. Under this question many 

 of the important political topics were introduced, 

 such as the tariff, homestead bill, the naturaliza- 

 tion laws, and Canadian reciprocity bill. 



[At this moment Mr. Webster entered, when 

 the whole Convention cheered with great hearti- 

 ness, while he was taking his seat. He took 

 George Washington Custis, one of the Vice Pres- 

 idents, and the nephew of the first President, by 

 the hand, and said in an audible voice, "The Far- 

 mer of Arlington."] 



After a good deal more discussion the following 

 resolution was unanimously adopted ; viz : — 



Resolved, That this Convention respectfully re- 

 quest Congress to take action upon the subject of 

 agriculture, and afford such efficient aid as in their 

 wisdom shall be best calculated to advance the 

 great interests of that branch of industry. 



Votes of thanks were then passed to Prof. 

 Henry for the use of the hall, and to the officers 

 of the Convention; mutual explanations were 

 made and the utmost harmony and brotherhood of 

 feeling were restored. 



It was voted to invite a co-operation from all 

 the other kindred societies and institutions of the 

 country. 



OFFICERS FOR THE PRESENT YEAR. 



PRESIDENT : 

 MARSHALL I\ WILDER, of Massachusetts. 



VICE PRESIDENTS: 



Ezekiel Holmes Maine. 



G. W. Nesmith New Hampshire. 



Henry Stevens Vermont. 



li. V. French Massachusetts. 



.Insiah Chapin Rhode Island. 



S. D. Hubbard Connecticut. 



Henry Wager New York. 



Thomas Hancock New Jersey. 



Frederick Watts Pennsylvania. 



Peter F. Causey Delaw'are. 



W. 1). Kowie Maryland. 



G. W. P. Custis Virginia. 



Henry K Burgwyn North Carolina. 



John Witherspoon South Carolina. 



Thomas Stocks Georgia. 



Richard Jones Alabama. 



Alexander II. Bequees Mississippi. 



A. B. Roman Louisiana. 



Frederick Kensman Ohio. 



Robert Mallory Kentucky. 



John Shelby Tennessee. 



John L. Robinson Indiana. 



Stephen A. Douglas Illinois. 



R. Atchison Missouri. 



T. U. Flurnoy Arkansas. 



James L. Conger Michigan. 



Simmons Baker Florida. 



Thomas A. Rusk Texas. 



W F. Coolhaugh Iowa. 



James D. Dotv Wisconsin. 



Killhurn W. Boggs California 



J. F Callan District of Columbia. 



S. M. Bainl New Mexico. 



Alexander Ramsey Minnesota. 



Joseph Lane Oregon. 



Joseph L. Hayes Utah. 



EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: 



C. R. Calvert Maryland. 



James A. King New York. 



Alfred L. Elwin Pennsylvania. 



W. B. Newton Virginia. 



J. D. Weston Wisconsin. 



CORRESPONDING SECRETARY : 



Daniel Lee Georgia. 



RECORDING SECRETARY : 



Robert C. Walker Pennsylvania. 



TREASURER : 



William Selden Dist. of Columbia. 



DELEGATES TO THE AGRICULTURAL 

 CONVENTION. 



Maine. — Nathan D. Appleton, Amos Pickard. 



New Hampshire —John II. Steele, G. W. Nesmith. 



Vermont.— James Meacham, Henry Stevens, E. Seymour. 



Massachusetts— Marshall P. Wilder, Seth Spmgue, Beij. 

 V. French, John W. Proctor, Justus Tower, William Park- 

 hurst, John A. Nash, Benjamin Wheeler, Artemas Lee, John 

 Itaynolds, William B Calhoun, John Davis, Charles Allen, 

 John Brooks, Harvey Dodge, Paoli Lathrop, Simon Brown, 

 Zeno Scudder, Benjamin P. Waters, William Sutton, Daniel 

 Kimball, Daniel Adams, George T. Davis, Elisha Mack, F. K. 

 Whitaker, Elijah Perry. Mr. Calhoun, in behalf of the Mas- 

 sachusetts delegation, presented the name of Daniel Webster 

 as a delegate. 



Connecticut.— A. Sherman, Isaac Toucey, Norman Porter, 

 S. D. Hubbard. 



Neiv York. — Henry Wager, B. P. Johnson, L G. Morris, C. 

 M. Saxton, Dr. A. T. Watson, Ralph Lockwood, J. A. King, 

 William Kelly, J.G. Floyd, Josiah Sutherland, Jedediah Ilors- 

 ford, J. L. Moore, Dickerson. 



New Jersey. — Edward N. Dickerson, Thomas Hancock, 

 Reading W. Black. 



Pennsylvania. — Frederick Watts, A. L. Elwin, Clayton B. 

 Rogers, G. J. Ball, J. Porter Brawley, P. B Saveny, A. S. Ro- 

 berts, James Gowen, Wm. Stavely, A. R. Mcllvaine, W. .les- 

 sup, James Mills, Robert C. Walker, George H. Bucher, Lu- 

 ther Reilly, J. W. Howe, A. P. Wilson, Theophilus Henn, J. 

 C.G Kennedy, Jesse George, Jacob Grundy, David Derickson, 



Delaware. — C. P. Holcomb, T. Jenifer Adams, G. P. Fisher. 



Maryland.— J. G. Chapman, Charles B. Calvert, Geo. W. 

 Dobbin, Alex. Kilgour, Edward Stabler, David Brumbaugh, 

 Gen. IL S. Stiles, Geo. W. Hughes, J. H. Luckett, Samuel 

 Sands, Wm. Whitelock, J. Merryman, Jr., John Lee, O. Hor- 

 sey, Geo. S. Hollyday, Ramsay McHenry, Lecompt, 



Oden Bowie, A. B Davis, Richard J. Bowie, Augustus Shri- 

 ver, James B. Grayson, Richard S. Mercer, Gideon Brantz, B. 

 A. Cunningham, B. I. Semmes, Wm. G. Bowie, James Mulli- 

 gen, Thomas Markoe. 



Virginia.— John A. Throckmorton, Jas. E. Wharton, Dr. 

 Richard C. Mason, Dr. Thos. Nevitt, Chalkley Gillingham. 



North Carolina- — Henry K. Burgwyn. 



Georgia.— Dr. D. Lee. 



Louisiana. — L. Y. Lusk. 



Mississippi.— Jacob Thompson, A. F. Peguees. 



Ohio.— Fred. W. Green, Alfred P. Egerton, Norton S. Town- 

 shend, W. F. Hunter, John Welch, Lewis D. Campbell, Jo- 

 seph Cable, John Johnson, John A. Warder, E. Newton, John 

 L. Taylor, D. K. Carter, Hiram Bell, W. Mather. 



Kentucky —Humphrey H. Marshall, Gibson Mallory. 



Tennessee John Bell, M. P. Gentry. 



