Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-06-06
NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL CON-
GRESS.
R1Rsr nAY,s PROCEEDINGS.


The National Agricultural Congress began
its second annual session at indianapolis ON
the 2Sth of May. There were one hundred and
fifty delegates present, representing ninety
societies in twenty-three States and Colorado
Territory The President, Mr.. Reynolds, OF
Illinois, being absent, Mr. A. M. Garland, OF
the same State, was chosen to preside. AT the
afternoon session, Governor Hendricks was
introduced, and delivered an address of well
come to the delegates, assuring them that the
State of Indiana extended to them and the
cause they represented hearty wacome and a
helping hand He said the people of
the State "are largely interested in mechanics
manufacturing, and mining enterprises, but
their permanent interest is in agriculture, and
their sympathies are earnestly with you in all
your efforts TO promote the dignity ana IN,
fiuence and the prosperity of the farming and
planting classes" In behalf Of the city,
Mayor Mitchell next addressed the convention,
welcoming the members to the city's hospl-
tality.
All the conclusion of the Mayors remarks,
President Sullivan, of the Indiana State Board
Of Agriculture, welcomed the associations In
behalf of that body.
General Jackson, of Tennessee, returned
thanks for the Congress. He remarked incl
dentally that they were not to fight railroads,
which depended upon agriculture as agricul-
ture depended upon them, but they would de-
mand that the railroads should have no more
than their rights and that by extortion they
should not Cypress the agricultural interests
of the country. Applause They should do
away with middle-men, and bring the produc-
ing classes in closer contact with the carriers.
After the appointment OF the regular Com
mittees the Secretary submitted the third an
nual report from which ii appears there are
| 10000 societies in the country, two-thirds of
| which were organized during the past six
months. An saverage of forty members to
each society would make 100000 farmers,
| banded together for mutual benefit. That
was simply the beginning of the movement.
Societies having fifty members were entitled
to one representative in the Congress. Many
societies, being in their infancy, had no repre-
sentatives this year, but would next. The
societies met with due regularity, and the CO.
operative idea was being experimental upon
in many places.
Resolutions were introduced and referred
declaring that all effort on the part OF the Or
ganization of any class to increase or decrease
the value of labor or the products OF labor are
Injurious in their influence ard against the in
terest of farmers; that the eight-hour law
passed by Congress, being disturbing ele-
ment in the management of the business of
the whole country, ought to be repealed in
dorsing the efforts being made to secure ad-
ditional aid from Congress in behalf
of Agricultural Colleges established by
the iand-grant of 1862; approving the
Morrill, bill, and providing for a
committee to memorialize Congress on the sub
ject, and promote it in such manner as they
thought best.
Professor Reilly, State Entomologist of Mis-
souri,, spoke on the cotton worm, which, in one
week last year, destroyed $40, ,0O0, 900 worth of
cotton. He felt quite assured that Paris green
would clean out the pest, as it had destroyed
the potato beetle. The mineral mixed with
thirty parts of -four would be effective, and
twenty pounds of Paris green, at twenty-five
cents pound, would do for several acres. 1t
could also be applied in water.
Adjourned