ICE SIX CENTS 
>11 1»ER VEAU. 
T. Mooue, in the office of the Librarian of Congrem, at Washington.] 
should he such only as the call named, to 
•wit:—Those from State Agricultural uud 
Horticultural Societies, Boards of Agricul¬ 
ture and Agricultural Colleges. Professor 
How man of Ky.. was elected temporary 
Chairman, and Rev. Mr. Caldeu of l a. 
Secretary. Then began the struggle for the 
admission of delegates from Societies not 
included in the call. Dr. Lotuno is a pon¬ 
derous body. Ho represented the Now 
England Ag. 8oc. ITis voice absorbed all 
other voices, which seemed only to swell the 
volume of his own. He tortured the Com¬ 
missioner by asking for a list of the Sooie- 
| tics to which the call had been sent. He 
[Entered according to Act of Congress, 
♦ the interests of Agriculture” as they might 
Itfg “deem expedient.” There was a goodly 
gathering from nearly ail the States in the 
—~ Union. We soon learned that the Commis- 
rrYTIAM sioner was lixing things so as to run the 
d to know whether, having come with 
; of the New England Society in obe- 
> to the call, he and his colleagues 
;o be left out in the cold ; if so, he in- 
upou knowing why. There was a 
iscuBsion or colloquy upon the sub- 
esidting in a call of the States, and the 
ites present from the different States 
jded with their names and those of 
•ganizatious they represented. 
At the Department or Agriculture, Washington, 
D. C., Fab. 15, 1872. 
We attended this Convention, called by 
the Commissioner of Agriculture, of dele- 
o-it.es from State Agricultural and Horticul¬ 
tural Societies, Boards of Agriculture and 
Agricultural Colleges, “ for the purpose of 
conferring upon subjects of mutual inter¬ 
est.” and “ to take such action in regard to 
