Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-03-01
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Union AND AMERICAN
FARM AID GARDEN.
UNITY OF ACTION AMONG AGRI-
CULTURISTS.
To the Press Throughout the United


% the Press throughout the United
states and Territories;
The duty Of transacting the business OF the
National Agricultural Association dd interim
devolves, by the Constitution, upon the Pres
tdeut and Secretary. Our first and greatest
duty,unquestionably, is to make knowntOt the
people throughout the length and breadth
of our land the existence Of such an or
ganization; its purposes and objects; the
time of meeting; the basis Of representa-
ton and such other matters as may be OF
general interest to the farmers and agricul-
tural associations throughout the United
States. There is no method by which this
can be done so efIectually and so quickly $
bv and through the press; and we trust that
we are not asking too much Of it to aid us
In an enterprise so praisewerthy, SO patrl-
otto. and fraught with possibilities for good
40 immense, widespread, and Of such
transcendent importance to the highest IN
Eerests of the country.
culture guarantees animpro7ement III every
other industrial pursuit. The business OF ag-
riculture lies at the foundation Of all others,
and unless the farmers are prosperous other
classes can not be, for the material Of art
must OF necessity be supplied by the pro-
ductien ofnature. ANY organization,t there
fore, that looks to an enlarged and progress
sive development Of agricultural science and
n diffusion of agricultural facts and an ele-
walton of agricultural industry, is of general
and permanent benefit to the entire coun-
trv, The objects of the National Agricul-
tural Association are:
/. To protect this leading industry from
unjust Determinations in the legislation OF
the country. All other arts and trades have
their organizations, and their voices are
needed in our legislative halls. The farm
srs of the country have no perfected ma
tional organization. Instead Of joining
their united energies to effect deliyerance
from those evils that have oftentimes sorely
oppressed them, they have preferred TO work
singly pulling In various and often opposite
directions; neutralizing the power of each
other and producing state Of rest and in
activityby the exeEion of equal and opposing
forces. In this way they have in a
large measure nullified their influence and
Importance. One ofthe leading objects Of
object of the Association is to
csntralize and consolidate this power,
90 that it may be used at any time
that it may be necessary for the protection
and defense Of the pursuit Of agriculture.
2. To collect and disseminate informa-
ton pertaining to agriculture, and to act
conformity with, and as an assistant to, the
Agricultural Department at Washington.
s. To awaken among farmers a class
spirit which induces cooperation and associ-
ated effort.
4. To dignity and popularize the bust
ness of agriculture, by showing its impor-
tance and usefulness to the country; by
making It a desirable field for educated
young men to enteE by holding forth its
past history, its splendid promises, its many
advantages, its independence, its iberaliz-
ing tendencies, its conservatism, its COM
parative freedom from failure and its
heslthful and invigorating influences
l 5. To create unity of aims as well
as Noncert of action in reference to those
measures calculatedto insure efficiency and
to secure the development Of this great ma
tional pursuit; also to consider question:
affecting its commercial relations and the
means of transportation, and to take such
steps as may be necessary and proper to pro
tect it against the influences Of the great
accumulations OF capital in commercial cen.
tres, guarding it against the evils Of such
aggregated capital, against heartless speculs
tors and great corporations.
BASIS OF REPRESENTATION.
The Constitution provides that each State
and Territory shall be entitled to ttOo dele
gates, to be appointed by the State Agricul-
tural Society or Association, if there be sucl
An organization; if there is not, then tht
Governor of such State or Territory shal
appoint its delegates.
Each Agricultural College in the United
States, organized in conformity with tho
aw of Congress of 1862 made for tina
purpose, shall be entitled to one represen
tative.
That each regularly organized Agricultu
raj Society, of fifty or more members, which
shall have contributed to the funds of thi:
National organization, proportion to thei
representatives, shall be entitled to one rep
resentative.
Delegates, in all cases, shall be activt
members Of some agricultural organization
they shall present credentials under sea
from their respective constituencies; thei
certificates shall state the bodies represent
ed. and the number OF members in each.
DUES.
At a meeting Of the Executive Council
Of the National Association upon the ad
iournment of the convention, it was, OIL
motion, resolved that each agricultural or
oanization in each State and Territory o
the United States, upon the payment to tn
Treasurer of five dollars for the first ift.