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of every captain of our vast mercantile marine, and the agents of 

 our immense commerce in every land. And it would have the power 

 not only to concentrate at Wa'^hington all these good things, but all 

 manner of accurate information relative to their origin, qualities, and 

 modes of raising and utility; and diffusing all this in the m.ost au- 

 thentic manner among our farmers. And by establishing appropriate 

 premiums for excellence, in every branch of the farming and garden- 

 ing pursuits, the highest spirit of emulation would be produced. 

 Such a department would attract the eye of every cultivator, and 

 cause him to feel that noble pride \vhich of right belongs to his ines- 

 timable labors. Such a department would employ clerks acquainted 

 with foreign languages — a constant correspondence would ensue be- 

 tween it and all important agricultural societies, and with all the go- 

 vernments of the earth. Its questions would be promptly and au- 

 thentically answered from China to Great Britain, and from Russia 

 to New^-Holland; every facility would be given to the transportation 

 of plants and animals to our country, from all foreign lands. 



The sovereigns of Europe would cheerfully lend their aid in all 

 this; for they all feel now, more than has been felt by their prede- 

 cessors for the last fifteen centuries, the surpassing importance of the 

 agi'icvlture of the world. They all feel that the glory of nations, 

 their virtue, and their high agriculture, are three ijiseparable Jads ! 

 HENRY MEIGS, of New-York, 



Chairman of the committee. 

 (Signed) — H. A. S. Dearborn, Roxhury, Mass. 

 A. P. Bye AM, Kentucky. 

 MosES B- CoE, Mew-Jersey. 

 Martin Ellsworth, Connecticut. 

 Isaac H. Tiffany, Montgomery co., JY. Y. 

 James Darrach, Coldenham, Orange co., JY. Y. 

 Wm. J. Gilchrist, Saratoga, JY. Y. 

 Peter H. Brink, Suugerties, JY. Y. 

 Jacob D. Van Winkle, Bergen, JY. J. 

 Jenison S. Ward, Gloversville, JY. Y. 

 Dr. L. a. Smith, Essex, JY. Y. 

 Dr. R. T. Underhill, Croton Point. 

 (Signed,) H. A. S. DEARBORN, 



President of the Convention. 



H. P. Byram, of Kentucky, ? Vice 



John Ogden, of JYewark, JYew-Jersey, ^ Presidents 



J. C. MuNN, of JYew- Jersey 

 D. J. Browne, of Brooklyn 



J. C. MuNN, of JYew- Jersey, } ^ , . 



^,^ ^„ ^ ^ T T i Secretaries. 



