uSrifional Wine- Growers' Association. 



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NATIONAL WINE-GROWEEtt' ASSOCIATION- 

 OFFICERS, ETC. 



-THE CONSTITUTION, 



For some time past it has been con- 

 templated by the leading wine-growers 

 of the country to form a national societ}', 

 similar to the American Pomological 

 Society'. It was expected that this 

 would have been done at the last meet- 

 ing in Philadelphia, but the time — the 

 wine-making season — was found unpro- 

 pitious to get the wine-growers together. 

 Correspondence has been going on, and 

 a meeting was held in this citj' last 

 week, when an association was organ- 

 ized and a constitution and by-laws 

 adopted, which we give below. There 

 is a decided impetus given to grape and 

 wine-growing throughout the country, 

 and much good is expected of this asso- 

 ciation. 



We give below the names of the offi- 

 cers elected for the ensuing year, among 

 whom will be recognized the names of 

 some of the leading wine-growers of the 

 country : 



President — K. A. Thompson, of Ohio. 



Vice - Preside7\ts — William Griffith, 

 Pennsylvania ; G. F. Underbill, New 

 York ; J. Sackstetter, Kentucky ; Geo. 

 Husmann, Missouri ; Theo. Engelman, 

 Illinois ; G. W. Payne, Tennessee ; A. 

 N. Young, California ; Col. J. H. War- 

 ing, Ohio. 



Secretary and Treasurer — William 

 Stoms, Ohio. 



The following resolution was offered 

 by Mr. Thompson, and unanimously 

 adopted : 



Resolved, That in The Grape Cul- 

 TURiST, SO ably edited by our brother 

 and co-laborer in the vineyard, George 

 Husmann, Esq., of Missouri, we recog- 

 nize the friend and assistant of the vine- 



dresser and wine-maker, and cordially 

 recommend it to all grape and wine- 

 growers. 



CONSTITUTION. 



Article 1. This Association shall be 

 called the American Wine -Growers' 

 Association. 



Art. 2. The object of the Association 

 shall be the development and encourage- 

 ment of grape and wine-culture through- 

 out the United States. 



Art. 3. Theofficersof the Association 

 shall consist of a President, one Vice- 

 President in each of the wine-growing 

 States, a Secretary and Treasurer, who 

 may hold both offices. The President 

 shall be a wine-grower. 



Art. 4. The Association shall have 

 power to alter or amend this Constitu- 

 tion, to make by-laws, to regulate the 

 time of meeting, and generally to do 

 such things as may be necessary for the 

 well-being of the Association. 



BY-LAAVS. 



1. The first meeting of this Associa- 

 tion shall be held at a time and place 

 to be designated by the President, and 

 thereafter annually, the time and place 

 to be designated by the Association. 



2. It shall be the duty of the Presi- 

 dent to appoint an ad interim commit- 

 tee in each wine-growing district, and 

 it shall be the duty of said committee 

 to visit the vineyards in the vicinity 

 during the growing season, and report 

 upon the condition of the same at the 

 next meeting of the Association. 



3. All members of this Association 

 shall be proposed b}^ some member, and 



