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education," by Hon. W. M. Leggett, dean of the Minne- 

 sota School of Agriculture ; and at the evening session Mrs. 

 Edwards of Minneapolis spoke on "Intensified farming," 

 in which she compared American farming of large areas with 

 that of the compact methods employed by the Chinese. The 

 papers were able and instructive, and elicited hearty re- 

 sponses from the delegates. 



The evening session was wholly given to reading and dis- 

 cussion of papers, at which there was a large attendance of 

 delegates. 



Wednesday, Sept. 1, 1897. 



The morning session was taken up with the election of 

 officers of the Congress for the two years ensuing. 



President, Ex-Go v. W. D. Hoard of Wisconsin ; secre- 

 tary, John M. Stahl of Chicago ; treasurer, N. G. Spalding 

 of New York ; first assistant secretary, D. O. Lively of Fort 

 Worth, Tex. ; second assistant secretary, George A. Stock- 

 well of Providence, R. I. ; and third assistant secretary, 

 Alexander Dunlap of Manistee, Mich. 



Vice-presidents were chosen, one from each State ; from 

 New England, as follows : Maine, W. H. Moody ; New 

 Hampshire, J. W. Lantrom ; Vermont, G.J. Spear ; Massa- 

 chusetts, R. G. F. Candage ; Rhode Island, George A. 

 Stock well ; and from Connecticut, J. H. Hale. 



Senor Romero, Mexican minister at Washington, made a 

 brief address, setting forth the advantages of Mexico as an 

 agricultural country. He said that a pound of coffee raised 

 in Mexico cost ten cents in silver, and it would sell for fif- 

 teen or twenty cents in gold ; and he predicted great results 

 from the development of agriculture in his country in the 

 near future. 



Senor Sateldo of Venezuela also made a pleasant address, 

 in which he congratulated the American farmer upon the 

 approach of better times, higher prices for farm products 

 and increased demands for them from foreign countries. 



Resolutions were reported and adopted, as follows: "In 

 favor of a United States commission to investigate and 

 report the feasibility of larger markets with China, Japan 

 and neighboring islands for our bread stuffs;" "Recom- 

 mending the establishment of government postal savings 



