The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-04-05

-..as.rs % ne Agricnl0Fal Meet
sesnrAay, April 3D. 1885,
..,,o.pce,of the call hsrssofoss pablished
-..,iue 70 recognise the Des noius'
Agricultural Society. Or to form nsv
49," , n..esr Of Tie iarmess and oshsss
sos'- /, - saises, 80 IN Nsssoa Hall. b
. "a a noeioa Of n. W. RsAinson
go 0s c4rAes ~ eanss % he CAair and
$50 s.rpsa appointed Secretary.
s' !. 4. ,uee.ssioa Of the Chairman, NJ. WIN.
$3.50 briefly stated shs object Of the meet.
:, !. ~ ~ ]. nia he signsrs Of The eall-farn.
:. ..sA..ies II tAis eouaty-feeliag
:" =. 49,. !. .hs s.hjses and recognising the
~ =, Is. esssaisasion andsupport Of an /.
.. ...;.ult.rsl Society, issusd che call
-. s.d hen pabsshsd. There had been
=. r.o., Cos.sy Agricultural Society, but IN
:. .,,;,;o. Of ,hs sigsers to the call and Of
/. ....l,r s,ss Society was dead. This meet
-. called for the purpose Of resurect-
4. M, Society or forming . new one, -
,ss.Ss deemed best
-. .s.tiae vas further addressed BY the
c..;,..a Il. ". Starr, Esq, Judge Hall, n.
: R,o,uos, ESQ.,, and others. when. on mo-
-. Il. Chair appointed ,. G. Hall, r L. sar-
u. p,..r.s woodward . Committee on |
S-..,,,;o.s ard Constitution, TO report 1t half
PIT one selssk :.
On notion, G. q. Lane, Esq, was added 70
/ H. Cemnittss.
rSe ressne then adjourned until half past
/ 60 O'Clock 7. =. II
The meeting reassemblsd pursusaw TO adj
;.u,puept, when the Committee on Resolutions,
!, their Chairman, Judge Hall, reported the
allowing Resolutions:
Resolved. lst. That whilst Ne admit that
|n,r,ofors the Cosaty Of Dss Aoines has NOT, /
= ber Agricultural capacity, presented to the G
>sn her true character - an Agricultural d
rsansy re believe that true spirit in fact ex. 4
8 With our Agricultural operatives, and that )
ropes exertioa will devslope the actual re-
Ssrsss Of the County.
n. That We recommend thorough Agricul- y
nj equalization in Des Moines County to EN-.
scs every township of the County.
a. That with the aid Of the laws now in
he in aid Of Agricultural interest in Iowa, We
I've no hesitation in stating that proper as r.
Ecasien can be formed upon the basis of the h
. thas will give permanency and stability TO e.
Agricultural institutions; therefore, Re n,
kdvsd, That We adopt the Constitution of the
n MONIES Agricultural Society and renew the
Essisation IS then adopted, and We hereby III
&tdge ourselves to maintain and keep up an "
Asricul.ural Society in Dss Noines County un- al
X aid organization. VI
eth. That 70 agree to obtain sufficient num- tv
sr Of signatures Of the citizens Of this County CO
) petition requesting the County Judge to nj
nbscribe one thousand dollars to the stock of te
" Society, to enable the said Judge SO to do re
edsr iAs provisions Of the Law. ct
The motion to adopt the Resolutions was die.
assed At great length BY Aessrs W. +. john VI
=, Ball, Starr, M. Lane, N. w. Robinson, nj
Dal Thompson and Others The Resolutions =. =.
Dsfe then adopted. 10.
xr Starr offered the following, which was
icped: IN
Resolved, That it 10 the opinion of the Ag- pc
cultural Society Of Des Aoines County, that ar
= besi interests Of Agriculture in Iowa vi
: not require State Fairs to be held annual. I'M
- WIG PViut IN tuo 0tAtee out tOet any 0UC0 | Vi
Engagement for State Fair is necessarily in
a'snisDs to the mass Of the people Of the ar,
he At large, and therefore the very object Of vi
State Fair 10 defeated; whilst We believe that va
the State were divided into convenient dis "b
'cts, each district would bring out the whole II.
lhoition Of .he stock and products Of the en- an
V district We therefore recommend to the ba
ate at large the district system for State Fairs Sol
10 motion Il was resolved, that when this Til
'etng sdjou.n il will adjourn to SATURDAY,
Esd DAT OF APRIL, inst, at 10 o'clock A. III
and that the Secretary Of this meeting give ST.
nice Of the adjourned meeting in the county IA,
PmL pr
VI motion, il was ordered that the proceed 19
2 OF this meeting be furnished to the news o.
pen Of the County for publication and the
etirg adjousnsd. W.
CALVIN GANAGE, Pres't. Th
GEO. SKYDRp. Sew tba