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veterinary science, forestry, surveying and 

 gardening, and teachers in each of the vari 

 ous branches. Besides the State Agricultural 

 College, with 70 different teachers, and taking 

 two years for its course, they have a lower 

 class of schools for the poor, occupying only 

 ten months. He returned thanks for admis- 

 sion to the meetings and for all the friend- 

 ship extended to him in the United States- 

 He hail spent three months here, one-half in 

 the exhibition and one-half traveling through 

 the country, and J^d always been received 

 most kindly ; and he felt it a duty to express 

 his thankfulness for the courtesies extended 

 to him. 



The subject of agricultural education was 

 further discussed by Messrs. Stockbridge, of 

 the Massachusetts Agricultural College, Mi- 

 mer, of Illinois, Kennedy, of Pennsylvania, 

 Tichenor, of Alabama, Williams, of Iowa, 

 and Riley, of Missouri. 



The following gentlemen were unanimously 

 elected honorary members : Prof. Thomas 

 Segelcke of Denmark ; Prof. Jay me JBatalha 

 Reis, of Portugal ; C. Rovere, of Portugal ; 

 A. Caubert, of France ; James Pt-rrault, of 

 Canada. 



The committee on resolutions made their 

 report, and after discussion the following 

 were adopted : 



Concerning Agricultural Statistics Pre- 

 sented by W. C. Flagg. 



Resolved, That a committee of three be 

 appointed with the power to appoint sub- 

 committees in the several states and territor- 

 ies, whose business it shall be to secure uni- 

 form legislation in the several states and ter- 

 ritories on the subject of the collection of 

 statistics ; and such additional legislation by 

 the United States as shall give full and relia- 

 ble information in regard to all branches of 

 agriculture. 



[J. R. Dodge, of District of Columbia : T. P. 

 Janes, of Georgia, and Alfred Gray, of Kansas, 

 were appointed the committee.] 



Concerning the Rocky Mountain Locust 

 Presented by C. V. Riley of Missouri. 



WHEREAS, The people of some of the West- 

 ern and Northwestern states have again been 

 afflicted by the Rocky Mountain Locust 

 Scourge, and 



WHEREAS, The devastation of this insect 

 form a most serious obstacle to the settlement 

 and welfare of much of the country between 

 the Mississippi and the mountains, and these 

 devastations have become a national calami- 

 ty, and 



WHEREAS, There is much to learn of the 

 native breeding places of the pest, and some 

 hope that by more thorough knowledge of 

 those native breeding places, and of the 

 causes of the migration therefrom, we may be 



able to prevent the invasion of the more fer- 

 tile country to which the species is not indi- 

 genous ; therefore 



Resolved, That it is the emphatic opinion of this 

 congress that some action should be taken by the 

 National Government that will have for its ob- 

 ject the palliation or extinction of this crying 

 evil. 



That we consider that Congress owes it to the 

 people ef the West to take this matter into con- 

 sideration, and we call upon the next National 

 Legislature to follow the example of other na- 

 tions under like circumstances, and appoint a 

 special commission for the thorough investi- 

 gation of the subject. 



That the passage of some such bill as that in- 

 troduced during the last Congress by Senator 

 Ingalls, of Kansas, while contemplating the in- 

 vestigation of a few other insects of national 

 importance, such as the cotton worm of the 

 South, would have been of vast moment to the 

 people of the South and West, and would have 

 brought about the needed investigation into the 

 locust question. 



A SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE. 



Presented by Bev. A. Martin, of Georgia: 



Resolved, That it is the opinion of the National 

 Agricultural Congress, that the agricultural in- 

 terest of the country is one of, if not the most, 

 important in the Union ; and should receive the 

 fostering care and protection of the Government. 



Resolved, That we urge upon Congress the jus- 

 tice and the wisdom of creating a position in the 

 Cabinet upon an equal footing as to rights, priv- 

 ileges, &c., to be called the " Secretary of Agri- 

 culture," whereby the interests of agriculturists 

 may be fully represeated and consulted, as well 

 as the Monied, War, Naval and other interests 

 less important than agriculture. 



Resolved, That we suggest to the state and 

 county agricultural societies throughout the 

 Union, that they petition Congress to this effect, 

 to wit : That the agricultural interests be repre- 

 sented in the National Cabinet, and by a suc- 

 cessful farmer. 



Resolved, That the Secretary be instructed to 

 forward a copy of these resolutions to the Pres- 

 ident of the United States Senate and the Speak- 

 er of the United States House of Representa- 

 tives, with the request to lay them before the 

 bodies over which they preside. 



UNIFORMITY OF WEIGHTS, MEASURES AND 

 MONEY. 



Presented by Dr. A. L. Kennedy, of Penn- 

 sylvania: 



Resolved. That the season of an International 

 Exhibition is an eligible one during which to 

 arrive at a general agreement on the subject of 

 a uniform system of weights and measures, and 

 one monetary unit ia the United States. 



Resolved, That a committee of one from each 

 state here represented, be appointed to corre- 



