, 1877-09-28
Third Days Proceedings Of the
National Agricultural
Congress.
u'ho Government Called upon to
Foster All Kinds Of
Industry.
Interesting Paper on Agricultural Edu-
cation in Bavaria.
prof. Rllcy's Essay on the Rocky Mount
ain Locust


yenefi seS,e!"", o.t,,, ..'. -. NV ",u'! tae'le,
tbe ho'' - swing -no'|o. ~ e.. emo ena'9' "no
about twenty ue'eRates present. lae hfst paper
Of the dny ON IA bureau OF Industry was
,eal t,y Mr.. ]. r. dodge. of Washington.
Az p oy.on'aS t,rt,,an en' .,'.. ss ~ ~ isse
Goset"'''ehs eAs"usu ~ lnet t'lan VIC .hefo
gathering Of taxes or the conservation OF tho
neaee. In his opinIon thcro was no danger of
thIa country being governed too much, and tic
oa@'3 cs. ",-.s'," w. .u'".ea ;.
for. uoFesn"e"b A'fea"y pSotccta tho
nfety Of tho ocean erave'ar, and there
etemB no reason why Government atd to COM
Ss.ec Hs. .tonIh mt Ia pivcn. f,nr a,1ronco,,
"s.,focturc. If woo,ens. cuttcrv mi t,,o..s
manu'aetus % "o''e"'' ."'.e'J' a'a 0'ass-
ware eon" "ot n"'e bo aston'shcu ana alarmcu
foreign competitors at tito late international
.1-but for tho Temporary emtorro on foreign
MI ,. nmr,rn ths mai nftonr soas. ,n,,..
eupa' ,M,..' "u.'e -. . -. .sst,. !s"'o' ""s"
full aM'ily 70 eo'npcte Is fcal'zed, as IL A.
tolute free trade will become the highest form
.tnrntcctfon. surI, IL therasc IN Great Hrf.otn
.."s roInoa Il. su,ron.orr .hsa.,a.,, ". ~
7men sa.I.u ,..c 'n p'su'aes 'u!o"ea tae
mot, @t'' ~ g,,ins %rA'oIsn sna " .c,,pn uspaess0b
ns,,one circumstances must ever decide
w. nn,,cv In ,hts rcvar,1 and nona h,. rh,,n.
MvJ ,."i ~.a.,... H. III, s,n. ,,,o. s p'o
sop,'ea. aneo','s a.. VIII "' neos =" 'nasA'ole ,uio,
Of everlasting protection. Ten millions spent
snnuoliy, apparently sotcly fur TIC benefit Of
commerce, Il really devoted to tho general vol
isrr. An apparent advantage to manufacturers
,.amp,.an ,a M o{ agricultural prolacts, thus en- en-
hruclug ther market price. Had tho Sonth
never prospcred In cotton production New Eli
ranl would never havt become rich tn It's man.
ufaetures. The growth Of tho sugar nnnufac-
tn I onfa1nua nff0ri& 1Alt,r 49,
tn,tntos and maehtnlst In Massachusetts. These
industries have reciprocal interests, and q blow
dealt TO enc affects the other. Kural pro<luc-
ffons
CANNOT nm LIMITED
without advancing the cost Of manufactures.
ii bas often been asserted In commercial palcrp
that thu National Department OF Agriculture
hss no right to exist It is narrow and stupid
commerce cannot properly 10 accortleA TO agri.
tuiuse. II foreign t3ogern1ncnts, liberal or
autocratic, encourage rural Industry by tho COLI
Nructon of dykes aud Irritating canals, By re-
VI schools, aud other direct and incidental aids.
rhy nny mt tho Government Of the United
States do tha sansc} In tile past half century
ouIy ttihe over &, ,000,000 ha4 been cxpenlesl
Agricultural Division Of tic Patcut Ofllce.
ID one wear the appropriations for commerce
have been three titnEs ~ great. Twenty-onc
yeats aro tho cultivation Of sorghum raa intro
auecd by tho department, mud It's value has
eseragcd g, coo, cog per hnnum ever since, Or
tlS9,010.000 iu all. BY q change Of seed Of 4
Blngle cereal In one Western State, tho increase
Ii quantity OF product, without addition to the
nra cultivated or the LABOR bcstowed, hns added
I'M single county in siddlc State single
quart VI seed wheat has rcyolutionized It's wheat
growing IN aye ycnrs, and has adicd thousands
toit available wealth. Admitting that the dis
mar fh
utterly indefensfh1c, It can still hn shown that
the good lo,,c by tho. judEciolts distribution OF
she remaining Mnlcty has moro than repaid tho
coat Of the whole.
In coacluelon, tho speaker demanded tho
creation Of Department Of Industry, which
shoald he considered as the peer OF any Of the
DrpaEtmcnts, and st,oufd 10 supplied With
,nk au sa Of III. Hsf .S S ,hs
psescut Agricultural Department, aud all kin
dTcd subjects. Economic nlcteoroIoEy, tho
commercial distribution of agricultural proluo-
Hons, the ecf.als, and a't other branches OF III
ofnatu,al ycso,,rrcs should Ge Gathered untierthe
tbetcrtng wing Of thl. department. America
Is far bebind other tatlous IN this regard, and
ths s1prnditure of e4'ooo'o0o IN such depart
1ar purposes in France. Austrja, or Hunrary.
and would rcaujro ta1 Of isss t1tau ono eii,n1en
per eaptta per nnnrin,
,o,s nn notion =, the thanks Of Tho Congress- we're
was requestud 10 ursnaru = taeruor,ai to Con.
gress etnlulyIny his views,
AdnIct,t. TIME IN nAvAnrA.
Tho next nasMr ~. on ~ a,s,,arste ..corr, ~
"Acrlcuitura Etlr,r"tton IN R"yass i nr"narcti @
bY irof. Iioi,ert " Wnrsrr ~ n thc ,1!,tsar.iu
Of Cineinnslt, which was fsai i'v i.is fnthcr Ht,
John 4. War,ier, Of OfIo! Th3 assayixt
spent eousiderah,o ti,nn IN "U asrn:5ns uspa5.st
aud doyotcd .nart ',Mu a,t,,tt"n on1'"a1y, ~ ~,
c.!ucatlnunI fystcm ~ that ca,,,,,rv rtuco,int o
i. conlnnisorv. nn1 svarx "hiIi ~, ,t"iusx .Sn
ugo ui yenr. bns ~ ~ VI sso
There nnd in tile more nd @ anccI densri,aenis ..
the chilli I'M. IN ott"ni "r.M 81. p* " ~
After this tho Htnta 1,rnv1o. xchnni ~ :. .nrt -
culture and c.,u,stry. n wIi.t, % S"xs .,nnt,xs.,
GU farms ear sftruT ~ ,.;,f .tn'n. s.pHoy3,an
In teao schoois ia kstrrd ~ H. ,s.',,
to count "a II snnt IN ~. "pnw ns nv .,'ss vnas
OF military serytc. mis- e hcinn 'ts.a, omu y."1
instead u ti,rra psnfs Vs.IExr VE os,nanaea ;,'a!,
very iull orcpnnt ~ tho .y"t.,, I.'',r,,s,i
md p1ea,leti for M ndo,tinn ~ ~. n,to.i.is'
modified 4. might l., m'.r.sa,v i, ~ pm, p.Mm.,
tho United Statcs. liz y, ~ IN M rshn15.
with tuition irey. t,r n.uriy ~ IL ,shssh n."c,;s
al instruction 10 ali hTn,,i,os r,n'.lt ~ ~ ,.,,a.
Prof. Leyt ktock1rhi". ~. Hs..s,1,s,s.,,.
rleultnTal College, ru,,ynty.i ssr. .r..t ~
ference between Eayarin and ~. i1,t,.s, s,,tn.
and failed 10 Tee hnw ~. .". sS S'sstu SI'4t1ai