1873.] 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
NEW JERSEY. 
Burlington Mt. II.illv Oct. 7-8 
Cape May South Seaville s.-j.t. 9-H 
Cumberland Bridgcton Sept. 17-18 
Hunterdon Flemhiglou Sept. 23-25 
Sangerfleld i Mar-hull Wrteraile Sept. ltt-17 
ViueJand Cumberland Co Sept. 10-11 
NEW YORK. 
Antwerp Jefferson Co Sept. 3-5 
Booneville Oneida Co Sept. 10-12 
Camden Oneida Co Sept. 10-12 
Cattaraugus Randolph -. 
Chautauqua Jamestown Sept. 16-19 
Chemung Elmira Oct. a- I 
Chenango Norwich Sept. 24-20 
Columbia Chatham Sept. 16-18 
Columbia Hudson Sept. 30-Oct. 2 
Corning Steuben Co Sept. 24-26 
Cuba Allegany Co Sept. 30-Oct. 3 
Delaware Delhi Sept. 30-Oct. 3 
Duchess Washington Hollow. .Sept. 16-18 
Duchess Euetorn Amcnlu Oct. 7-9 
Erie White's Comers.. Sept. 30-Oct. 2 
Garrattsville Otsego Co Sept. 9-11 
Genesee Batavia Sept. 17-1S 
Gowanda Cattaraugus Co Sept. 25-27 
Greene Cairo Sept. 24-25 
Hammond St. Lawrence Co Sept. 25-26 
Iroquois Versailles Sept. 15-19 
Jefferson Watertown Oct. 7-9 
Lenox Oneida Sept. 30-Oct. 3 
Lewis Lowville Sept. 16-18 
Monroe Rochester Sept. 16-19 
Montgomery Fonda Sept. 17-19 
Niagara Lockport Oct. 2-4 
Northwest'nOnondaga.Bildwinsvillo Sept. 16-1S 
Orleans Albion Sept. 26-27 
Oswego Mexico Sept. 16-18 
Oswego Falls Oswego Co Sept 23-26 
Otego Otsego Co Sept. 16-19 
Otsego Coorierstown Sept. 23-25 
Oxford Chenango Co Sept. 21-26 
Queens Mineola Oct. 1-3 
Rhinebeck Duchess Co Sept. 9-11 
Sandy Creek, Richland, 
Orwell Bovlston Sept. 11-12 
Saratoga Bailston Spa Sept. 9-12 
Schenectady Schenectady Sept. 9-12 
Schenevus Otsego Co Sept. 15-17 
Schoharie Schoharie Oct. 6-8 
Seneca Seneca Falls Oct. 7-9 
Steuben Bath Sept. 25-27 
St. Lawrence Canton .Sept. 17-19 
St. Lawrence Gouverneur Sept. 9-11 
Suffolk Riverhend Oct. 1-3 
Ti.„-a Hillshoro -.Sept. 10-13 
Tioga Oswego Sept. 16-19 
Tompkins Ithaca Sept. 23-25 
Ulster. Kingston Sept. 17-19 
Waddington St. i.awrence Co S.-pt. 9-11 
Warren Glen's Fulls Sept. 9-12 
Washington Sandy Hill Oct. 7-10 
Westchester White I\..i— <^'F'- «« 
OHIO. 
Allen Lima Sept. 30-Oct. 3 
Ashtabula Jefferson Sept. 9-11 
Athens Athens Sept. 24-26 
Auglaize Wapakoneta Oct. 1-3 
Belmont St. Clairsville. Sept. 17-19 
Browu Georgetown . . Sept. 2- 5 
Brown Riplev Sept. 23-26 
Butler Hamilton Oct. 7 
Carroll Carrollton Sept. 30-Oct. 2 
Central Mechanicsburg Sept. 9-12 
Champaign Urbana Sept. 30-Oct. 3 
Clarke Springfleld Sept. 23-26 
Clermont ..Boston Sept. 9-12 
Clinton Wilmington Sept. 16-18 
Columbiana New Lisbon Sept. 23-26 
Coshocton Coshocton Sept. 23-26 
Crawford. Bucvrus Sept. 30-Oct. 3 
Darke Greenville Sept. 23-26 
Deliance Defiance Sept. 23-26 
Delaware Delaware Sept. 30-Oct. 3 
Erie Sandusky City... Sept. 30-Oct. 3 
Fairfield Lancaster Oct. 15-18 
Fayette Washington Sept. 3-6 
Franklin Columbus Sept. 16-19 
Gallia Gallipolis Oct. 1-3 
Geauga Burton Sept. 23-25 
Greene Xenia Oct. 8-10 
Guernsey Cambridge Sept. 10-12 
Hamilton Carthage Sept. 3- 5 
Hancock Findlay Oct. 1- 4 
Hardin Kenton Sept. 80-Oct. 3 
Harrison Cadiz Sept. 30-Oct. 3 
Highland Hillshoro ... Sept. 24-26 
Hocking. Logan Oct. 9-11 
Holmes Millersburg Oct. 1-3 
Huron Nor walk Sept. 9-12 
Jackson Jackson, C. H Sept. 34-36 
Jefferson Smithville Sept. 24-26 
Knox Mt. Vernon Sept. 23-25 
Lake Painesville Sept. 16-18 
Licking Newark Sept. 30-Oct. 3 
Logan Bellefontaine Sept. 30-Oct. 3 
Lorain Elyria Sept. 16-19 
Lucas Toledo Sept. 24-26 
Mahoning Canfleld Oct. 7-9 
Marion Marion Oct. 8-11 
Medina Medina Sept. 24-26 
Meigs Pomeroy Sept. 5-6 
Mercer Celina Oct. 1-3 
Miami Troy Oct. 1-4 
Montgomery Dayton Sept. 33-26 
Morgan McConnellsville..Sept. 30-Oct. 3 
Morrow ..Mt. Gilead Oct. 1-3 
Muskingum Zanesville Oct. 1-3 
Noble Sarahville Oct. 8-10 
Ottawa Port Clinton Oct. 7-9 
Pataskala Pataskala Sept. 34-26 
Paulding Paulding Sent. 16-19 
Perry Mew Lexington Sept. 17-30 
Pickaway Circleville Sept. 16 19 
Portage Ravenna Sept. 23-35 
Preble Eaton Sept. 30-Oct. 8 
Putnam Ottawa Sept. 24-26 
Richland Mansfield Oct. 7-9 
Ross Chillicothe Sept. 9-12 
Sandusky Fremont Oct. 8-11 
Scioto Portsmouth Sept. 16-18 
Seneca Tiffin Sept. 24-26 
Shelby Sidney Sept. 16-19 
Stark Canton Sept. 80-Oct. 3 
Summit Akron Oct. 7-10 
Trumbull Warren Sept. 16-18 
Tuscarawas Canal Dover.... Sept. 30-Oct. 3 
Union Harysvilie Sept. 17-19 
VM1 Wert Van Wert Sept. 25-27 
Warren Lebanon Sept. 10-12 
Washington Marietta Sept. 17-19 
Wayne Wooster Oct. 7-10 
Wi lliams Bryan Sept. 16-18 
Wood . Tontogany Sept. 30-Oct. 2 
Wyandot Upper Sandusky Sept. 23-26 
OREGON. 
Albany Sept. 23-27 
Linn 
PENNSYLVANIA. 
Berks Reading Sept. 16-19 
Bucks Newtown Sept. 24-25 
' Inester West Chester Oct. 8-11 
Doylestown Bucks Co Oct. 7-10 
Lehigh All on town Sept. 30-Oct. 3 
Montgomery Ambler's Station Sept. 16-19 
Northumberland Turbotville Oct. 1- 3 
Oxford Chester Co Oct. 1- 3 
Union Agricultural Burgettstown Oct. 7- 9 
SOUTH CAROLINA. 
Barnwell Baruwell . 
Pccdee Cheraw . . . 
Nov. 24-26 
Oct. 16-17 
TENNESSEE. 
De Kalb Smithville Sept. 24-27 
Haywood Brownsville Oct. 1-5 
Henry Paris Oct. 23-25 
Hickman Centerville ... Oct. 14-17 
Humphreys Waverly Oct. 14-18 
Jefferson Chestnut Grove Nov. 7- 8 
Lauderdale — - — Oct. 27 
Tipion Covington Oct. 14-18 
Washington Jonesboro Oct. 1-3 
W. akley Dresden Oct. 1- 4 
Western Jncksou Oct. 28-Nov. 2 
TEXAS* 
Gonzales Gonzales.. 
.Sept. 30-Oct. 3 
VERMONT. 
.St. Johnsbury. 
Caledonia St. Johnsbury.. Sept. 33-25 
Chittenden Essex Junction Sept.. 16-18 
Leamville Morrisvillc Sept. 17-18 
Ludlow Windsor Co Sept. 16-17 
Wardsboro' Wardsboro' Oct. 7 
U... !.;..„. — -.ja-ot — ii ii i niumj ccpl. 17-1S 
Windsor Woodstock Sept. 23-25 
VIRGINIA. 
Lynchburg Campbell Co 
Oct. 31-34 
.Sept. 3- 3 
9-13 
1- 3 
Salem Salem 
WEST VIRGINIA. 
Berkeley Co Marti nsburg Sept 
Monongohela Vnl Morgautown Oct. 
Wood Parkersburgh Sept. 23-26 
WISCONSIN. 
Adams Friendship Oct. 1« 2 
Buffalo Alma Sept. 18-19 
Columbia Columbus 
Dane. .. Madison Sept. 16-18 
Dodge Juneau Sept. 18-20 
Fond du Lac Fond du Lac Sept. 10-12 
Grant Laucaster Sept. 10-12 
Green Monroe Sept. 16-18 
Green Lake Ber in. Oct. 7-9 
Jackson Black River Falls Sept. 16-18 
Jefferson Jefferson Oct. 1-3 
Kewaunee Kewaunee 
Lafayette. Darlington Sept. 25-27 
Northern Oshkosh Sept. 29-Oct. 3 
Outagamie Sept. 17-19 
Pierce Prescott Sept. 18-19 
Portage Amherst 
Racine Burlington Sept. 10-12 
Ripon Fond du Lac Co Sept. 15-17 
Rock Janesville Sept. 9-13 
Sauk Baraboo Sept. 16-18 
Sheboygan Sheboygan Falls 
Vernon Viroqnn Oct. 1-3 
Walworth... Elkhom Oct. 1- i 
"The Farmers' Movement."— "The Farm- 
ers' War." 
In an article last month upon the Patrons of Hus- 
bandry, we omitted to state, as was our Intention, that 
the Granges are quite distinct from the Farmers' Asso- 
ciations. The Granges are in a manner secret organiza- 
tions, while the Associations are open ; the membership 
of the Granges is confined to those who pursue somo 
branch of husbandry, while the Associations are 
open to all who choose to join. By the constitution 
of the order political discussions are excluded from 
Granges, while the Associations are made with an 
avowed political object. While it often happens that per- 
sons belong to both these organizations, the two should I 
not be confounded. One can hardly take up a paper j 
without seeing one of the headings given above. The ' 
movement is especially active in the Western States, 
and those participating in it are in "dead earnest." It 
means primarily and principally not only a protest 
against the general management of the railroads over 
which the farmers send their produce to market, but an 
actual revolt. While the platforms and resolutions at 
the numerous meetings denounce various public abuses, 
the main point in them isan unconcealed hostility totho 
" railroad monopoly." The war Is fairly opened in Iowa, 
where the Farmers' Anti-monopoly State Convention 
have nominated a State ticket. The movement hus now 
become highly interesting, not only to producers but to 
consumers. If the movement has no other effect than 
to make farmers do their own thinking, and to make 
them see that whatever abases exist are largely due to 
their own indifference, it will do great good. We say 
" their own indifference," for it has been too much tho 
case that farmers (and others too, for that matter), havo 
voted for whoever was put up by the party to which 
they belonged, withont considering whether they were 
voting for the best men. Hence we find purely agricul- 
tural districts represented in legislatures by lawyers, 
merchants, and those who get their living by politics — in 
short, by anybody but farmers. 
In most legislatures every interest has many and able 
advocates except agriculture, and this, the greatest of 
all interests, has but few if any. If anything is done 
for agriculture, it too often comes as a concession. 
Whether the present movement accomplishes all that 
is hoped for it or not, farmers will hereafter take a more 
intelligent interest in local and state elections, and will 
assume that influence among the law-makers that their 
needs require and their numbers and importance de- 
mand. So far as these associations look to the general 
good— not of agriculturists only, but of all, for we are 
all members of one body politic- so far are we in hearty 
sympathy with them. There is great excitement ; the 
long pent-up feeling is now having sway, aud words of 
moderation will scarcely be heeded. Still we would 
say that denunciation of one's opponents never helped a 
cause. Some of the platforms and resolutions that have 
been sent to us are bittefalmost to vindictiveness. The 
case seems to us as one calling for calm argument and 
the overwhelming logic of statistics and facts rather 
than for denunciation and vehemence. While our agri- 
cultural friends are wasting their strength in their vio- 
lent resolutions their opponents will say but little but 
be quietly at work, and only show their strength on the 
nay or election. As we reach our readers but once a 
month we can hardly take an active part in this inter- 
esting contest. With the belief that much good must 
ultimately result from a united action of the farmers, 
we hope to see Farmers' Associations and Clubs all over 
the land. The objects of these will, of course, differ 
with the locality, but in any case their discussions are 
likely to be upon matters that affect them most nearly, 
be it railroads, fertilizers, or what not. As a specimen 
of the resolutions passed by the farmers at the West, wo 
give the following from the proceedings of the farmers 
of Poke Co., 111., which are much more carefully con- 
sidered and quiet in tone than many that have reached us. 
Resolved, That we will support no man for office who 
is not, and who has not been, in full sympathy with the 
leading interests of the producer and manufacturer, es- 
pecially as opposed to those who support monopolies in 
any form. 
Resolved, That onr candidates must be men of integrity 
in every respect, with no entangling alliances that can 
in any way turu them from the paths of duty to the whole 
body politic. 
Resolved, That the doctrine of vested rights nnder which 
railroad corporations claim exemption from Legislative 
control belongs to a past age and despotic rule, and as it 
can not exist without infringing on the rights of citizens 
generally, it has no legitimate place in the jurisprudence 
of a free people. 
Resolved, That many of our public officers arc now re- 
ceiving enormous salaries for their services dispropor- 
tionate to the rewards of labor in the industrial pursuits 
of the people, tending to habits of extravagance at vari- 
ance with republican simplicity, increasing the burdens 
of taxation, aud creating an aristocracy which will sooner 
or later undermine the liberties of the pe-oplc; and we de- 
mand a reform in that direction. 
Southern Cow-Peas at the Worth . 
— A correspondent in Western New York writes : "Would 
not the southern cow-pea do well here 1 I sowed a 
package of seed this spring received from the Cultivator 
office, Athens, Ga., but not a seed vegetated." — You 
probably sowed too early, before the soil was warm 
euough. Wherever good crops of clover can be grown it 
is not probable there is much to be gained by introduc- 
ing the Southern pea into our Bystcm of rotation. But 
it is a matter upon which we need experiments. 
