THE LANCASTER FARMER. 



III. 



The National Agricultural _Congress. ,„ 



Tlio fiftli annual session of tlio N'ational Airrii-ul- 

 tural Conffri'ss will U: lield in llii' Jiiilffcs' Pavilion, 

 Iiitcrnatiiinal KxliiljilionCJmniuls, I'liilmldphia (Kvp- 

 niiis Session at Hi-Inu)iit Hotel), on Tnesilay, Wed- 

 nesday and Tlnirsday,fcptenilier Ititli, i:;tli and 14tli, 

 IS'C, coinmeneinK at 10 o'cloek, A. M., on Tuesday. 



All A<,'ricultural Societies, Agricultural IVriodi- 

 oals, Ai;rienltual Colleires, Boards of At;rieullure, 

 Oranges, Fanners' Clubs, or other orjanizations 

 whose olijeet is the promotion of agrieulture, are 

 invited to semi delesrates ; and all ])ersons desirin;.' to 

 promote the olijeets for whieh the Congress is insti- 

 tuted, are earnest lyreciuosted to atteud and participate 

 iu the deliberations. 



Believing that the time Is come when the nffricul- 

 tnre of the United Slates nuist lie studied and 

 tonsidered as a whole, and liy a cuniparison of tin' 

 eapal)ililies and conilitions of widely separatc<l 

 regions, in order to fully luuUu'stand in what manner 

 the interests of each and all nuiy he liest promoted, 

 we appeal to the aLrrieulturists of every seelion of 

 the Union, and to all who are workiiiir for their wel- 

 fare, to gather together inthist'entennial year of our 

 Nation's history, and, in the birthjilaee of .\merican 

 national .''reedom, to counsel together and to give a 

 new impulse to the agricultural progress of our 

 country. 



Societies, etc., .^ending ilelegates are requested to 

 communicate their appoiiitnu'ut to the Secretary, at 

 Iowa .\gricultural College, Ames, Iowa, previous to 

 September 1, and after that time to liim at the Bel- 

 mont Hotel, 41st and Oregon streets, Pliiladi'liihia. 

 where delegates on their arrival are invited to call 

 aud report. 



W. C. FLAGG, President. 



fl. E. MoitRow, Secretary. 



The Belmont Hotel, corner of 41st and Oregon 

 streets, and convenient to the Exhibition Grounds, 

 will be the headquarters of the Society ami tlie iilaee 

 where its erenUi'j meetings will be held. Delegates 

 desiring rooms arc reriuested to notify the proprietors 

 ill advance. 



OKDEU OF nrSIN'ESS. 



Tiiculay, September V2lh, 10 P. .V.— Call to order. 

 Prayer. W 



Address of Welcome, &c., by Dr. Chas. R. King, 

 President Philadeliihia Society for Promoting Agri- 

 culture, and Biu'iicl Landrcth, Esq.. Chief of Bureau 

 of .\gricuUurc. International Exhibition. 



Response by President of the National .\gricultnral 

 Congress. Appointment of Committecon Credentials. 



Address — " -Vmeriean Agriculture," by the Presi- 

 dent, W. C. Flagg, of Illinois. 



y> r. .1/. — Report of Committee on Credentials. 

 Election of Members. Piiyment of Dues. Appoint- 

 ment of Committees. Address—" ObjccLs and Work 

 of the National Agricultural Congress," by the Sec- 

 retarv, (J. E.Morrow, of Iowa. Discussion. 



8 r. M. — Address — "The Outlook of American 

 Agriculture," by Joseph Harris, of New York. Dis- 

 cussion. 



Wednesdny, Sepfemher V.th, 10 .1. .If.— Reports of 

 Committees. "Agricultural Statistics," by J. It. 

 Dodge, Statistician Departmentof Agriculture, Wash- 

 ington. 



Address — " American Agricultural Literature," by 

 Dr. E. L. Sturtevant, Massachusetts. Discussion. 



S P. -1/. — .\ddress — " American Live Stock Inter- 

 «?sts," by L. F. Allen, of New York. Discus.sion. 



Address — " American Dairying," by X. A. Willanl, 

 of New York. Discussion. 



S P. .v.— .\ddress— " The World's Grain Crop of 

 ISTIJ," by Hon. Alex. Delmar, of Pennsylvania. 



Thiirsihty, September Hlh, 10 .4. -V.-.Vddress-" Our 

 (irain Fields," by Alfred Gray, Secretary Kansas 

 Board of -Agriculture. Discussion. Address — "Our 

 Southern Agriculture," by Col. Thomas Claiborne, 

 of Tennessee. Discussion. 



;j p. .V. — Election of olliccrs for ensuing year, and 

 fixing place of annual meeting. "Agricultural Ed- 

 ucation," Address and Discussion, Prof. A. S. Welsh, 

 Iowa Agricultural College; Prof. N. S. Townsend, 

 Ohio Agricultural College. 



S P. M. — "Agricultural Organizations and Co-op- 

 <^ration." ,\ddress and discussion. Thos. P. Janes, 

 < ommissioner of Agriculture, of Georgia, will ad- 

 >lress the Congress upon Agricultural Reform. 



So far as tiiiie will permit, other appropriate topics 

 will be discussed. Brief addresses are expci'tcd from 

 a number of gentlemen « idely known in agricultural 

 circles, from their oUicial positions and writings. 



Some time hack a man of notoriously bad charac- 

 ter, residing in a village, wished to emigrate. To 

 obtain assistance from the Emigration Commissioners 

 one must have a character, and the man accordingly 

 asked one from his neighbors. Everybody was anx- 

 ious he should go, and everybody therefore certilied 

 to his excellent reputation. No one was more aston- 

 ished at this result than the man himself, and, after 

 looking at his ccrtificatr, with Its long list of signa- 

 tures, " Well," said he, " I had no idea I was so 

 much esteemed in the ucighljorhood ; I think I shall 

 «tay." 



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"God's Promise/' 



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irvrry j.atr-m (if itii* I'lii-r. It i- .n-wn of 



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80 inTnc hill Ix'i'ti ihi- dcQittiid on tho Niitlonnl Art Co. Tor formrr Prrmlum Kn(rftT|nc*. nnd na unlrfrtal 

 the rc'^uiMi tlmt Hu'lr »i>rkt r^hmiM n^l he eftiiflried 10 aiiT ODf i'a|»T, tliiK the Cotnpnnjr h»»p dotrrmlnM to 

 niiiki; -MJOUS IMtoMlSK" tho crownliiR trliimiih of iholr nrt ptiMIc«tl..n., anil bn\'- •i-n.llly rrf.iird all 

 otfvTS f<ir it9 r>xclii«ivc rniiiri'l ttr niiv om* paprr, In ord<T that iho h<'tt*T i*Ia«* uf ncoipaiM-ra f<-iipr«lly ni»y 

 b« bi-nflfltM lo hPinK ahlfl l^ ndv^riiiio It aa th« lait artd li''*t I'remluiii Clft t-f ibr Notloicl A-i <*'.. M-noi 

 th« annouuMuiMit i* iiia<tc that arraiiKcmi'Uta bav« bctMi made which secure u> vwtj reiuivr of ibU paper a 

 perfect copT of thU I«t.-«t, lAmctt, and best Amoricnn nrt piiblicailon. 



Thf only ri'-niiretiK-nt I'xiirtcd U, that ftn-h rntuivr iball cut out the fcitlnwlnn Prf'Tnlnm r-t-rilflcati*. ihow 

 ins thai l( ii sent in hy n bona fi<if pntroii of (blx pnpcr. IrtRether with V6 c«UtJ, the af-ina) coal of |tn<iax<i, 

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 frrry copy i» warranlr.d in r^-irh it* drutimtlinn uninjured. Any copy Hint ■hoold Imt broken In ifMnantU- 

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 |intinc ri-lurti p'-tlnitc ou [hi' ricture. 



Cut out tlilN t'crlint'utt.' and tV>rwur<l to the NATIONAL AUT CO. for ri-dpruptlon. 



1( U worth (10. ' 



DPrMlll EJI PC DTI riP ATC "" receipt of thU Premlom Ortlfleau. lAnlber with 

 rnCmiUlfl t/CnlinUHIL.. Ji f-tus lo pay coii..f t.,be, po*i>tfe. and pa.'kli.|. w« 



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Thi" Ocrtiflcate U ?Ood until October ij, 1^76. after which 10 ccnta ftddlllonal will be charted. Vo 

 Cfpv will be sent Without this CerilOcate acPi.nipanl't th.- tud-r. t<» niu.it u» Ihnt tou «r«- a bonn Jtde 

 pnttou ofibia pitpor. [Slgocd] NaTU)N.\L ART CO.. 230 Walnut Street, tlocluiiati, <»blo. 



NOTE THESE INSTRUCTIONS. ^!:.i::ts;';;;ss^;-;;:,i?^i^::,ait;S: 



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 wiso persotii who are not nubscrlheM niiicbt reap Itie benetii* Inieuditl solely fi.r ibe patron* of lhl« paper. 

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 out at OOM and deDding it In for redemption. Addre»i all CerHlicaiea lo the Natlonai Art Co.. 730 Walnut 

 Btrevt. ClDcluaatt. Ohio, aud yoa will receive bj rciuro mall Ibe largeHt aud haodaoiueil Premium Pal&Ung 

 TOU erer saw. 



AWARDED THE HIGHEST MEDAL AT VIENNA. 



51 fT rp 



591 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, 



(Oliiiosit.- MetropiilitiUi Hotel) 

 MANUFACTURERS, IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN 



CHROMOS m FRAMES, 



STEREOSCOPES and VIEWS, 



ALBUMS, GRAPHOSCOPES AND SUITABLE VIEWS. 



PHOTOGHAPEIC MATERIALS. 



\Vf nre He;i'l'iu;irterH lor evcrj-thini^ in tlic ^\ay uf 



Ste^sQptico^is & E3,gb Lanterns, 



}V-iii;» MiUiufiU'tiirei's (if tin.' 

 Ml<*ro-Soioiitili<* I^aiifcrii. 

 Hteroo-I'anoplifon, 



l'iiivor?«ll.y Klorooptinin. 



A4lv4*rti*(orM'' ,Slt'rro|>llcon, 

 Arlo|illcon. 



School Lantern, Family Lantern, 



People's Lantern, 



Each stj'le beiuf; tbe best of its clasa iu the market. 



Young Stallions by "HONEST TOM" and other 

 First-Class Draught Sires, for Scle. 



.\t ihr :;iitli Aiiiinul Mn'iinK "I Hi' 



LYTHAU and KIEEHAU AGRICULT^SAL SOC'T, 



Ox \VEI>Ni;.SD.\Y, S:tl> AIorsT, 1-.T6. 



MESSHS. LT7CAS & CO. 



Of thf llfiiositon,', Liverpool, havf \teon innlmclod to SELL 



liY AUCTION, Oh tilt' Shinv I>ay iit Lytliani, uear 



I'rfBtou all lioiir 1»> tuil liMiii l.iMTiMMil;, 



FIFTY TO SEVENTY DRAUGHT STALLIONS, 



Conii>riHiu(? P'oalu, Yi-arlint's. Two Year OMp mid Three 

 YVar OldB, many of them liy tbe rilelmiled Sire. " IIONKST 

 TOM," tbe iirojjerly of "The Kylde Carl Horse llreadlUK 

 Improvement Coiuiiany," and coiiMidercd the N-Ht Cart Stal- 

 lion in tbe world. Koala pot l>y him aell readily at jCI'Nt 

 each, and a Thi^e Year Old by him haa r«cutly hfeu auld 

 for X6U(). 

 ".'C'atalopuea fonvanled to i>artleB Reiidiug their addr*«8 lo 



77-u Messrs. LUCAS & CO., Liverpool. 



Peabody House, 



COR. OF LOOWST AND NINTH STS., 



PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



f'alaloinics of Laoterus aud Slides, nitta directions for 

 using. Bent on applicatiou. 



Any euterpriainff mat) can make money with a Magic 

 Lantern. PX^L'ut out thia advertiflemeut for reference. 



8-G-6 



SKND 25c. to a. P. nowr.I.I, * CO., New York, for Para- 

 l>blet of liH) imgeR. contaiiilnK liataof 3,0i)0 ucw8i)apert, 

 aud entinjates showing coat of advertlaiug. 



Convenient to all placea of aninaement and car liliea in 

 the city. Xo ciianRet* to anil from the (.'eiitennlal groiiuda. 



Col. WatHon, i»ri>ltrletor of the Hknrv liuirKK, (.'iuclDUati, 

 for the pant twenty yean*, and i)re*ent proitrletor, haa leaaed 

 th6 honae for a term of yeaix, and hah newly funiinhed au<l 

 fitted It Ihriiuiih'iHl. He'will keeji a Ktrictly limt-claiia houae, 

 and haa acco'injnodatiou for Mm gueata. Temia, only fS 

 l)er day. 



No bar haa over 1>epn kept In Ibe Hrkbt House, nor will 

 any be kept at the I'K^nonv. S-6-6 



X>UBLIC SALE BILLS 



KUllltKAl, KSTATKlill rKK.So.NAL I'UoUEKTY, 



Printed eipedltloualy aud cheap at the olBeeof 

 THE L-VNCASTER 



FABUEB. 



