New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-02-03
n1ccrssING AGRICULTURE.

The sessions Of the National Agricultural Con-
vcnton were continued at the IIranu eH,r di
Yesterday n r. SpraCue. of Vermont, prcSdlng'
The meeting was opened with discussions on nSl
culture based upon paper written Uy sem Gleen'
recommending the Government TO stock the WatcIs
of the Yellowstone Park with fish, was ad"P'ed.
4 resolution was also passed unanimously eAPresain5
regret at the death of President uarei, Wiz WIZ i A.
favored the work of the association. PROFESSOR At
thur L. Perry. OF Williams College, AodreSs'u 'Iio
convention on THE Tariff as especially bearing Oh
The ineffective tarifi the speaker SAID, was an oh
st2clc 10 the success of the agricnturst, compel.
ing the farmer to pay more than Is rght l0l mIa
he BUYS and to receive less than Is rlgnl LOT NHau
he sells He cited the case of the tarlit on tOh ~
affecting cotton ties in the South, anu saiu
If caused loss Of 81 100000 to southern ldhEi
i'm The wear 1850 H also declared that the Mchlhey
bill in Congress was simply an attempt on Ie ar
of Tie mOnoposts of pennsylvania 10 r"lSo 'N0
tariff on iron. A., ie,, favor
ing revision of the present tariff laws ny Con-
I'll 7 Kmbau Director General of the Atlanta
FImosifi,n n. followed with an address on the EX-
position and what it had done for the SouIh, tic
SAID that the Southerners were oeelhhIhe ~ IT,
assert the elements OF manhood winch hdl iIi
characterized them and were gathering up the sea-
tered FRAGMENTS of their former prosperity nc
Exposition had driven ont the last -
tIge OF sectionalisln, ana inc PooPio common
heritage and hopeful of glorious destiny.
Nothing gave more hope for the agricultural future
q the South. Upon the agricultural
depended every other interest. a great auNant%ge
of the Exposition was IN bringing INC cotton
planter and manufacturer togethcr so tdS W IN
could be seen in all stages from the seeu 10 INC
finest fabric. t, i,
Grains and other food products were sIowh III III
such quantities and of such superior qualtS % ~
Justify the remark of a Commissioner OF AGllcul.
ture that the Northwest won d have TO iceu SOM
Of the Gulf States: but soon they would consume
and compete with it for market for the surplus
I'm spcaLing of education Mr.. kimbal SAID:
TODAY the facilities are greater than ever PC
fore in Southern history, and the progress OF hoeral
ideas has created demand for popular education
greater than the means of the people can supply.
So il is that, while the South has learned many
lessons from the Exposition abons lnVeh-
tions and new implements and their uses
the lessons are in vain unless education comes
as n handmaid to their eager industry. lhrice
blessed will be he who opens to them the way TO NJ
teectual growth in this feryent season OF agrlcul-
turial and industrial progress
4 paper was read by Byron ID. IlalStead on
Weeds" followed by an address on the " Sugar
Be,tr hy DR.. Robcr Gr!Inslaw. Professor W HIS
=. Hazard gave description Of the farmers NC III
the Channel Island. Other papers were read on
Sugar Cane" 1.-THE Dairy" and Improved CAT
tie Cars" by ia. hedges of StLouls., A.AWlllard
of Little Falls, ~ Y. and james Montgomery. a
committee of fifteen appointed To arrange lot
a national fair and to report TO the directors OF toe
association To-day the convention as "A bOdy VIII
visit the farm Of Theodore A. Havcmeyer.