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of the number of our political confederacy are represented in a con- 

 vention, the design of which is national. 



3d. That any gentleman having communication ready to present'in 

 relation either to agriculture, horticulture, or silk culture, be requested 

 to read, or hand it in to be read, for the general information. 



4th. That a committee of three be appoinled by the president, 

 whose duty it shall be to prepare and submit to the convention, such 

 resolution, and an address, as this convention will see fit to put forth 

 to the world ; which, among other matters of interest to the agricul- 

 tural portion of the United States, shall urge upon our government to 

 adopt the recommendation of our " Father Washington," before his 

 children grow so old that they forget ever having had such a parent ; 

 who, with the best interests of his children at heart, urged the esta- 

 bhshment of a *' Home Department," devoted to agriculture in all its 

 branches. 



5th, That a standing committee be connected with the Farmers 

 Club in New-York, and a corresponding committee of one in each 

 State and Territory, be appointed to collect information to be laid be- 

 fore future meetings of this convention. 



6th. That members from each State be requested to give such in- 

 formation as they may be able, in a condensed form, in answer to the 

 following questions, recommended by a committee of last year's con- 

 vention : 



QUESnONS. 



1. Where the system of improvement has not been adopted, what 

 diminution of crops per acre has taken place in your district, or within 

 your knowledge ? 



2. What is the average size of farms in your county ? What pro- 

 portion is m wood, what arable, what meadow, what exhausted, what 

 at present incapable of tillage, from want of drainage, &c. ? 



3. WHiat crops are raised by you, and in your neighborhood ? What 

 average yield is obtained ? 



4. What is your method of cultivation ? 



