from each of ten states, and J. B. Killebrew, as 

 Secretary, and F. H. French as Treasurer. Both 

 of the latter were from Tennessee. The meeting 

 was spent in organizing, and adjourned to meet 

 at St. Louis, in May, 1873, having first appointed 

 a committee to attend the meeting at Slema, 

 and to propose a consolidation of the two or- 

 ganizations. 



In October the Agricultural Congress met at 

 Selma. The attendance was not so large as at 

 the previous meeting. R. J. Spurr, of Kentucky, 

 was elected President, and Charles W. Greene, 

 of Tennessee, Secretary. The proposition for a 

 union of the two organizations was favorably 

 received and the Congress adjourned to meet at 

 St. Louis. 



May 27, 1872, the two societies met at St. Louis 

 and continued in session four days. The two or- 

 ganizations were made one under the name of 

 the "National Agricultural Congress." Some 

 17 states were represented. Addresses, some of 

 them of great interest, were delivered by Maj. 

 T. W. Woodward, on the Influence of Forests on 

 Rainfall ; by Com. M. F. Maury, on Science Its 

 Applicability to Agriculture; by Prof. J. B. 

 Turner, on Education of American Farmers ; by 

 H. N. McAllister, on the proper Spheres, Objects 

 and Duties of Agricultural Colleges in the Uni- 

 ted States, &c. John P. Reynolds, of Illinois, 

 was elected President. Vice Presidents were 

 chosen from 40 states and territories. Charles 

 W. Greene, of Tennessee, was made Secretary, 

 and Lee R. Shyrock, of Missouri, Treasurer. 



The second meeting of the National Agricult- 

 ural Congress, or the fourth counting from the 

 original meeting, was held at Indianapolis, May 

 26-30, 1873. No set addresses were made. Twenty 

 or more states and territories were represented. 

 The Congress was welcomed by Gov. Hendricks 

 and the Mayor of the city. The topics of Trans- 



portation, Agricultural Colleges, &c., were dis- 

 cussed and made the subjects of formal reports 

 and resolutions. Gen. Wm. H. Jackson, of Ten- 

 nessee, was elected President, and Charles W. 

 Greene, then of Tennessee, but subsequently of 

 Illinois, and now of Indiana, was re-elected Sec- 

 retary. 



The third, or fifth meeting was held at Atlanta, 

 Georgia, May 13-15, 1874. Some ten states were 

 represented. Addresses were made, or papers 

 forwarded, by the President ; by J. R. Dodge, of 

 the Department of Agriculture ; by Pres. A. D. 

 White, of Cornell University ; by J. B. Killebrew, 

 of the Tennessee Board of Agriculture ; by W. 

 C. Flagg, of Illinois ; John A. Warder, of Ohio, 

 and others. President Jackson was re-elected 

 President, and George E. Morrow, of Wisconsin, 

 Secretary. 



The fourth, or sixth, session was held at Cin- 

 cinnati, Sept. 22-24, 1875. Only five or six states 

 were represented and the members were mostly 

 new. Addresses were delivered by J. B. Kille- 

 brew, of Tennessee, Dr. J. M. Gregory and W. C. 

 Flagg, of Illinois, and papers were submitted by 

 Col. Edward Daniels, of Virginia, and others. 

 W. C. Flagg, of Illinois, was elected President, 

 and George E. Morrow, re-elected Secretary. 



This brings us to the date of the meeting 

 whose proceedings are given herewith, which 

 is the fifth of the consolidated societies or the 

 seventh dating from the Augusta meeting. 



The Augusta meeting's proceedings were pub- 

 lished in a pamphlet of 21 pages ; those of the 

 Nashville meeting in a pamphlet of 26 pages ; 

 those of the St. Louis meeting in a pamphlet of 

 84 pages ; those of the Indianapolis meeting in 

 the Farmers' Advocate, of Jackson, Tenn.; those 

 of the Atlanta meeting in the Rural Sun, of 

 Nashville, Tenn.; and those of the Cincinnati 

 meeting, in the Cincinnati dailies of that date. 



