Rensselaer Union, Volume 5, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 April 1873 — National Agricultural Congress. [ARTICLE]

National Agricultural Congress.

President's Office, Chicago, March, 1873. Tho next, being the second meeting of the National Agricultural Congress, will be held at Indianapolis, Ind., commencing on Wednesday, May 21, 1873. The necessary local arrangements for the occasion, it is now understood, will be ample and complete. By the constitution of this body, each State and Territory is entitled to two representatives for every State organization engaged in fostering agricultural pursuits. The United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural schools and colleges, with an endowment of not less than $20,000, and Agricultural and Horticultural societies of not less than fifty members contributing to the support of this Congress, are entitled to one representative each.

In urging the appointment and attendance of delegates as thus provided for, very little needs to be said. The purpose of the organization is to afford an opportunity, annually, for an interchange of views and opinions upon all subjects affecting the interests of Agriculture and its kindred industries, and to promote concert of action among those engaged in these pursuits, in all matters relating to them and of national importance. The advantage to be derived from such a medium, even in ordinary times and under ordinary circumstances are quite apparent, and now that the public mind is thoroughly aroused to the necessity of considering with the greatest deliberation many questions touching the industrial interests of this country, there is feood reason to expect a very full representation. No similar body has ever ;assembled in the United States upon whose action rested a more serious responsibility than will rest upon the action of this in many important respects. I hope it will be the pleasure, as it certainly is the duty of every organization entitled to participate, to avail itself of the privilege. The constituent bodies which have appointed or may hereafter appoint representatives will please notily the Secretary, Chas. W.'Green, of Jackson, Tennessee, who will in due time advise them of thfe subjects to be presented for consideration at the meeting.

JOHN P. REYNOLDS,

Pres. Njjit'l Ag’l Congress.