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Stockbridge, of Massachusetts ; T. T. Smith, 

 of Minnesota ; C. V. Riley, of Missouri ; Hon. 

 Moses Humphrey, of New Hampshire ; J. V. 

 D. Duryea, of New Jersey ; X. A. Willard, of 

 New York; A. J. Dufur, of Oregon; Dr. A. L. 

 Kennedy, of Pennsylvania ; Col. S. E. Cham- 

 berlin, of Virginia. Adjourned. 



8 P. M., BKLMONT HOTEL. 



The President stated he had -received from 

 H. Bowlby Wilson, of New York, a paper on 

 ** Money considered as an industrial tool." On 

 motion the paper was referred to the com- 

 mittee on resolutions. 



Hon. Alex. Delinar, of Philadelphia, who 

 was to have addressed the Congress on " The 

 Grain Crop of 1876," stated that the paper he 

 had prepared was largely statistical, and that 

 instead of reading he would ask leave to print 

 it ; but consented to give the substance of 

 the paper in extemporaneous form. The 

 thanks of the Congress were tendered him. 



The question of publishing the proceedings 

 of the meeting was then discussed, and on 

 motion of Prof. Roberts, of New York, it was 

 resolved that each person who had presented 

 a paper should be permitted to publish it in 

 such periodical as he might desire, and that 

 he be requested to furnish each member of 

 the Congress a copy at its expense. Ad- 

 journed. 



THIRD DAY. 



JUDGES' HALL, 10 A. M. 



Resolutions by Dr. Kennedy, of Pennsylva- 

 nia; and Prof. C. V. Riley, of Missouri, concern- 

 ing the Rocky Mountain Locust, were psesent- 

 ed and referred to the committee on resolu- 

 tions. 



Invitations to visit the special agricultural 

 exhibition in the Kansas and Colorado build- 

 ing, and that of the department of agriculture 

 in the Government building were accepted, 

 the visits to be made during the noon recess. 



Col. Thomas Clairborne, of Tennessee, de- 

 livered an address on " Our Southern Agri- 

 culture," for which the thanks of the Con- 

 gress were voted. Extended discussion of 

 the agricultural capabilities of the South was 

 participated in by Messrs. Davie. of Kentucky; 

 Tichenor, of Alabama, and others. Adjourned. 



3 P.M. 



Prof. Townshend, of Ohio, in behalf of the 

 committee on nominations, reported as fol- 

 lows : 



The committee impressed with the energy 

 and courtesy of our present President, Wil- 

 lard C. Flagg, of Moro, 111., unanimously re- 

 commended his re-election. 



For vice-Presidents see list. [Printed in the 



list of officers.] 



Our present excellent Secretary George E. 

 Morrow, for various reasons, which to the 

 committee seem sufficient, declines a re-elec- 

 tion. The committee have the pleasure to re- 

 commend Horace J. Smith, of Pennsylvania, 

 whose work in this grand exposition is a suf- 

 ficient guarantee that he is eminently the man 

 for secretary. 



Your committee recommend Ezra Whitman 

 of Baltimore, for treasurer, and that Presi- 

 dent, Secretary and Treasurer act as Execu- 

 tive Committee. 



For the next place of meeting we recom- 

 mend Chicago or Baltimore. The time of the 

 meeting to be published by the president. 



The officers recommended by the com- 

 mittee were unanimously elected and the 

 president and secretary elect briefly acknowl- 

 edged the honor done them. 



The question of the place for the next 

 meeting was then taken up, and Buffalo, At- 

 lanta, Nashville, Chicago and Baltimore were 

 suggested. Chicago was finally fixed upon. 



Mr. Davie, of Kentucky, suggested that the 

 time of meeting be fixed at the same date 

 with that of some other large organization. 



Pres. A. S. Welch, of the Iowa Agricultural 

 College delivered an address on " Agricul- 

 tural Education or the True Work of National 

 Industrial Schools." At the conclusion Mr. 

 Davie, of Ky., moved that the thanks of the 

 Congress be extended to Pres. Welch for his 

 able address, which motion was unanimously 

 adopted. 



Ex-Secretary Morrow reported the expen- 

 ses of his office and that of the president for 

 the past year as $43.75 and that he held $2 of 

 the funds of the Congress making the balance 

 due $41.75 for which an order on the treasurer 

 was ordered to be issued. He also reported 

 the receipt at this meeting of $92, being $3 

 each from 30 members and $2 from another. 



An address was then read by Prof. Norton 

 S. Townshend of the Ohio Agricultural Col- 

 lege on "Agricultural Education," and the 

 thanks of the Congress were extended to him- 



The topics of the addresses of Pres. Welch 

 and Prof. Tewnshend being under considera- 

 tion, Prof. Thomas Segelcke,of the Royal Ag- 

 ricultural College of Denmark at Copenhagen, 

 was called upon. He said that they had but a 

 small country, but their agricultural college 

 had been established 20 years, and he thought 

 their people were well pleased with the re- 

 sult. The two principles of practical and 

 theoretical instruction should be combined. 

 They have five departments of agriculture, 



