dustry, now looming up in so vast proportions. 



On the 15th instant there will be assembled in 

 the Judges Pavillion the Second Annual Con- 

 vention of the American Forestry Association, 

 and in their name, and by authority of their 

 president, I invite you to attend. 



I will not further occupy your attention 

 whilst others better able to interest you are 

 present. If I shall have said a word to excite 

 pride in our common pursuit, my object will 

 have been accomplished. 



A brief response was made by the president. 



On motion a committee of three, on creden- 

 tials, consisting of Col. Thomas Clairborne, of 

 Tenn., Dr. Thos. P. Janes, of Ga., and Prof. 

 N. S. Townshend, of Ohio, was appointed by 

 the president. 



Vice-president, J. R. Dodge, of the District 

 of Columbia, having taken the chair, the presi- 

 dent delivered the annual address, entitled 

 " A Retrospect of American Agriculture."* 

 On motion the thanks of the Congress were 

 tendered for the address. 



Remarks concerning the objects of the Con- 

 gress were made by A. J . Duf ur of Oregon, 

 Lewis F. Allen of New York and Mr. Hawley 

 of New York. 



Mr. Bev. A. Martin, of Georgia, presented a 

 series of resolutions in reference to a Secre- 

 tary of Agriculture, whereupon, on motion, 

 it was resolved that a committee on resolu- 

 tions be appointed to which the resolutions 

 just presented and all other resolutions, ex- 

 cept those relating to routine business be re- 

 ferred. Adjourned. 



The Congress met at 8 o'clock P. M., in the 

 hall of the Belmont Hotel. 



Joseph Harris, of Rochester, N. Y., delivered 

 an address on " The Outlook of American Ag- 

 riculture." Remarks complimentary to the 

 address, and suggested by it were made by 

 Messrs. Allen, of N. Y,, Davie of Ky., West, 

 ot Oregon, and others. 



The president announced the following 

 committee on resolutions : Messrs. Welch, of 

 Iowa, Roberts, of N. Y., Martin of Georgia, 

 Whitman, of Maryland, and Woodward, of 

 Pennsylvania. 



The Secretary, Prof. Geo. E. Morrow, of 

 Iowa, delivered an address on " The Objects 

 and Work of the National Agricultural Con- 

 gress." A discussion of the subject was par- 

 ticipated in by Messrs. Allen, Hawley, Rob- 

 erts and others. Adjourned. 



*This address and others presented will follow 

 the general proceedings. 



SECOND DAY. 



The Congress was called to order in the 

 Judges' Hall at 10 A. M. 



In the absence of the author, the secretary 

 read a paper on * American Agricultural 

 Literature," by Dr. E. L. Sturtevant, of Mass. 



Hon. J. R. Dodge, Statistican of the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture of the United States 

 read an address upon " The Uses of Agricul- 

 tural Statistics," for which the thanks of the 

 Congress were tendered. 



Resolutions in reference to the census 

 were presented by Horace J. Smith, of Penn- 

 sylvania, and referred, under the rule, to the 

 committee on resolutions. 



Hon. Thos. P. Janes, Commissioner of Ag- 

 riculture of the State of Georgia, read an ad- 

 dress on " Agricultural Reform." The thanks 

 of the Congress were tendered for the ad- 

 dress. Adjourned. 



3 O'CLOCK, P. M. 



The committee on credentials reported, 

 presenting the names of delegates, &c. 



Delegates, &c., Accredited to the Na- 

 tional Agricultural Congress. 



From ALABAMA. Dr. J.T. Tichenor, President 

 of the Agricultural College of Alabama, Auburn. 



CALIFORNIA. John H. Gardiner, Rio Vista. 



CONNECTICUT. T. 8. Gold, Secretary of the 

 State Board of Agriculture, West Cornwall. 



DELAWARE. D. J. Murphy. Newark Grange, 

 James McKane, Newark Grange, William Dean, 

 Newark Grange. 



DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. J. R. Dodge, Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture; Judge J. W. Gray, Pres. 

 Potomac Fruit Growers' Association ; Dr. J. E^ 

 Snodgrass, Secretary Potomac Fruit Growers' 

 Association ; Chalkley Gillingham, Potomac 

 Fruit Growers' Association ; Dr. George Gross, 

 Potomac Fruit Growers' Association. 



GEORGIA. Dr. Thos. P. Janes, Commissioner 

 of Agriculture, Atlanta ; J. S. Newman, Dept. of 

 Agriculture and Secretary State Horticultural 

 Society, Atlanta ; Prof. P. H. Mil, Jr., Chemist 

 Dept. of Agriculture, Atlanta ; Col. T. J. Smith, 

 Master State Grange, Oconee ; Hamilton Yancey, 

 Col. Geo. W. Adams, Bev. A. Martin, Dahlonega, 

 Col. Geo. R. Black, Dr. H. H. Cary, La Grange, 

 all from the Georgia State Agricultural Society ; 

 Col. W. T. N ewman, Georgia State Grange ; Col. 

 T. G. Holt: P. J. Berckmans, Augusta. 



ILLINOIS. From Illinois State Farmers' Asso- 

 ciation : Hon. John Wentworth, Chicago ; Jona- 

 than Periam, Chicago ; H. D. Emery, Chicago; 

 Milton George, Chicago ; Thos. McD. Richards, 

 Woodstock; Hon. D. J. Pinckney, Mt. Morris; 

 M. B. Lloyd, Orion ; Lewis D. Steward, Piano ; 

 A. J. Alexander, Oilman ; Gen. L. F. Ross, Avon ; 

 A. C. Hammond, Warsaw; Maj. E. A. Giller, 

 Whitehall ; John W. Hunter, Owaneco ; Geo. W. 



