Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1882-12-28
AGRICULTURAL.
inaugural Session OF the American
Agricultural Association at
!, Chicago.
FULL REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS.

a natloDal convention OF aRricultuflsts
under the auspices Of the American
Agricultural Association, held it's inau.
gursl session at the Grand Pacific Hotel,
Chicago, commencing at noon on the 18th
inst. About $50 representatives were
present from all parts Of the country
among them many prominent men.
Shortly after IL o'clock President
Sprague called the meeting to order and
introduced Mayor Harrlson, who spoke
the words Of welcome. Hon. ]. F. Kin
ney, Of Nebraska, responded. The
president Of the convention, Hon. N. Y.
Sprague, of Vermont, then delivered an
address, in which he said that good,
wide-awake, practical farmer Is neces-
sary in every community; the govern
ment is in the hands OF the non -produ-
Ger, who overlooks the needs OF the
country: the internal revenue tax, war
measure, almost eighteen years after
the close of the late unpleasantness,
remains III force, a blot upon the
nations record, but our late elec-
tions will force the repeal o. this and
other Objectionable measures, as they
should have been years ago. He also
spoke of the vote of New York freeing
the Erie Canal to competition with the
Mississippi and stated that when the
latter great artery Of trade was properly
cared for by the government, the prob
lem Of regulating railroad charges would
be TO great extent solved. He said a
federal law was needed regulating inter
state commerce TO remove the evils Of
inharmoniouS state Legislation; the inter-
ests Of the farmers and railroads are
identical; railroad abuses should be rem
edied by cooperation in intelligent
measures; the telegraph system of the
country should be in the hands of the
government; abuses of adulterat.on of
produce should be remedied, and the
perpetrators of the wrongs should be
brought to justice as enemies of the
humLn race.
The following officers we're elected:
Pres,d1,t-N. T. Sprague, Vermont.
Vac Presidents Sidney Root. Georgia; John
W. Pierson, Illinois; J. c. Stevens, Maryland
Alfred Mitchell, New York; Christ Hartman,
Nebraska; II. x. Slayton, New Hampshire; n.
s. Townshend, England; Seth Terry, Colorado
A. II. Brintnall, OntarIo p. l.. Kmball, Yer
mont; Bartlett Woods. Indiana; J. l.. Ferguson,
Missouri.
Secretaries Maj. Il. d. Torrey. Wisconsin
d. II. Wheeler. Nebraska; T.. W. Perry. Illinois.
A communication WAS received from
Amos Stoofler, of Waynesboro, Pa, in
reference to evaporated fruit, which, he
said, was worth from 200 TO 400 per
cent. more than the same fruit sun OF
oven dried, the labor Of preparing the
fruit (the greatest item) being the same
IN both cases.
Gen. W. W. Burns, read a paper on
the Preservation Of Moisture for Sea
sonable Rainfall" He explained the
beneficial effects of forests and called
upon the government to plant trees
along the edges of all streams.
Hay formed the topic Of an in
teI esting recital of individual experience
by Mr. Wesley Redhead, 6f Des Moines,
Iowa. A spirited discussion on the rel
ative value Of wild and cultivated
grasses ensued Ill which Messrs. Fergu-
son. of Missouri, Curtis, of New York,
Pierson, of Illinois, aud Judge Kinney,
of Nebraska, participated, Hay has de
throned cotton and corn, and now reigns
as king 1t was asserted.
In the evening Mr.. Burrell, Of New
York, spoke upon the subject of dairy
ing and cnsilage. He dcplored the man
ufacture Of skim milk cheese, and said
that every pound OF common cheese sold
prevented the sale OF ten times that
amount of good cheese. He related his
experience with ensilage, and described
his method in building the silos. His
were twenty-five feet deep, lined with
concrete, aud had a capacity Of twelve
thousand tons. He raised an average OF
twenty-nine tons of pressed ensilsge to
the acre. Messrs. Smith, of Iowa.
Burnham and Furness, of Nebraska,
each took part i'll the ensuing discussion.
On the 18th inst. Ezra Whitman advo-
Gated the construction OF the Maryland
ship canal; q. T. Allen expatiated on
the meat resources of Nebraska. 4
spirited discussion on the tariff question
was had. The subject OF ensilage was
thoroughly discussed. Vice President
Puliord explained his methed of build
ing silo. His was 20xl6 feet, and 20
feet deep, lined with refuse marble, the
bottom filed in four inches deep with
gravel. The corn was sown twenty five
| kernels 10 the foot, and averaged 81
| tons of ensilage per acre. A foot pei
day was added every day in the silo, un,
til it was Tiled. A pressure of one hun,
dred pounds to the square foot was put
upon the epsilage to exclude the air.
While his father thought 1t doing well tc
keep cew from one acre Of land, he
could easily keep seven COWS from one
acre.
On the l4th a resolution was intro
duced calling upon congress to wider
and deepen the Illinois and Lake Michl
gan Canal, and also to construct the
Hennepin Canal, so as to permit the
passage of boats of heavy tonnage. The
afternoon was mainly spent in discussing
the project of great national agricul
tural exposition in 1888, and a committee
was appointed TO select the time and
place OF such exposition. In the even
ing, j. G. Stevens, of Ohio, spoke on
"Sheep Husbandry," and F. ID. Coburn,
of Kansas, on Hogs with Streak Fat
and Streak Lean"
On the 18th inst. a committee was
appointed TO draw up resolutions on the
sorghum interest. Apaper on "Under.
drainage" was read by Mr.. Blinkens.
| uolicI, VI cuus'N lNuuid. Seu. IsduLl
made a short speech in favor of reduc.
tion Of taxation on home industry. Mr.
j. s. Norton. of Nebraska, ,ltook excep,
tions to Gen. Raum's speech and advo,
Gated free trade. Judge Kinney Offered
a resolution which was adopted, protest.
ing against taking off any duty on i'm
ported wool and wooden goods. Ad
dresses we're delivered by HenryJ. Phil
pot, of Iowa, on Farmers Markets,
Congressman Stevens, of New York, snt
Prof. johnson, of Michigan, on En-
silage," and Prof. Vanburen Denslow
of Illinois, ON the "Wool-Growing In
terests Of the United States" The
question of protection and free trade
crept into the discussion Of the last sub
ject and created q. stirring debate, OF
which it was evident that the farmers
we're radically divided. A resolution
was passed calling ON congress to legis
late for the suppression Of pleuro pneu
monis in cattle.
He Killed His Grandmother.