New-York tribune., 1879-12-12

against rings who did not pray day and lf 10 a abe
to get INTO one" resolution Wac iacn adopted N
letter wa rrssi from President Hascs. IN Which re-
greing his ability 10 be present, he stat's tai D.
in and svm' athizes heartily WIN any movement
having fr lis Object the advancement OF Tie asicH
TIE Commit. .cr on Nominations then reported ihs
names Of permanent officers of The socict J"hn hcr
fimau. OF Mar land, CHOSEN Dre~iCrni, ana l. -
1ownsneud Of Oho. senior cegresidont In ih- hi
OF yice-nresdens from the different afes "eie the
names Of senators Jones. of Nevada snd Davis o. west
virginia; Governor Drew. or Fi0r'fa, Cs-lu- N Cav
Ia~soa yoser,. ~ WI ,n"n~ thc twenty.
one directors were Ex-Governor hmyfh. II NeT-h3in-
OF Iowa. President Hayes and Marshan +. WILDER lot
Massachusettsl elected honorary MEN oef- nnd
the session adjourned AT sn 0senu-ur meeting ~ tne
directors. Rowland Hazard Of Rhode Island. ap-
pointed treasurer ana J. H. Real secretary.
TIVE MEETING N THE AFTERNOON.
At the afternoon session, ID. O. Nils. o. California.
andsevrrai other prominent Western who bad just
arrived In the city were present. Prof. { '. Riley, OF
Washington. reads paper on Agricultural Advance
ment in the United statcs-" tie gave interesting
summary OF the work being for the announcement
OF Agriculture by the Governments Of Great Britain,
France and Germany each OF which countries he had
resided The result Of hls observations wa the eonvc-
ton that ful appreciation u science aud scientific
methods was AZ tbe bottom Of success in Aricr turti
matters IL then referred 70 fhe Amercau Agiic tuidi
Department. whirn he called expensive ami inrc eni
The Agricultural Department wls esfgb shed in ls"9.
as a division oi the Patent Olhce. ana continued
untl l-b. Before l~S4 the appropriations had nor eN-
ceedcn $4,000 in any year. -nre toe Change INTO
pnrate dep rfnrut service had especially detero-
rated. II was doubtful wheifcr making fhe C0mnis-
siOner member ~ the Cabinet would make any im-
provcmrnt The spe ker advocated the li introduced
by Representative Fort and before TIE House Com
mitt,e Agriculture. especially its provision Tor tue
formation of 4 National Board.
Two or ;hreo persons the audience then spoke on
the same subj and others followed with discussion
% pcuru nusumonia affecting the cattle o; The United
states The result ~ tire debTse "a resolution to
send al To Congress tie subject o. prevent
the further spread OF the disease. Professor W o.
AtTdtrr of Wesleyan University. spoke on the " Appi-
cation OF Science Agriculture lie alSO compared the
systems OF Government control IN agricultural matters
m thi- country and IN others. Germany, he -ad, had
nnmner Z experimenting infm- partly seif-suUnrtng.
A an example 81 scrnce applied 10 agriculture by
tic Germans, he produced German farmers almanac
containing, beside the facts usually found In diaries.
many tables OF scientific OF value farmers such
as toe amount OF seeds required o the acre %
produce fair crops. the nutritve Qualities or different
KIN Of food CATTLE and the Effect the soil of
administration Of the sta.e Agricultural DepsT ment OF
Germany, that 81 fns country was unfayOrably men
Toned. The principal expense 0f the department iu this
country, he said, printing reports and sending out
seeds IL makes small approprai for scientific III
vlstiga iOns mo important subjects connected WIN
agriculiuri III interests
Durla the meeting letters read from seth Green
and Others. L. Announced that TIE address wilcn
Dr. LOrng had intended reat before tie convention
would De delivered thr Dairy Far at rle American
nsuiufe Tomorrow, the Let day II the convention,
Professor X. A. Willard, OF N-w-Ylrk. and Professor
George H. Cook, oi NewJcrsey. VII! deliver addresses