CO-OPERATION OF CLUBS.

One of the objects of designating the Clubs of a district or county by numbers is that it paves the way to co-operation. The several Clubs will thus be enabled to meet together each year for the discussion of matters of general interest, and to elect delegates to attend a yearly State Convention. These, again, can elect delegates for the National Convention, or Congress, which should also meet yearly. The Club may also have a local name, or a name indicating its special work, if any, such as Stock Breeding, Husbandry, Pomology, or General Horticulture, etc. At the yearly meetings, all these various branches of Agriculture should meet on common ground the interests of the whole being identical.

The meetings being held at the homes of the several members in succession, the Club will have a pleasant visit, and an opportunity to inspect the various systems of agriculture practiced. The comments elicited, and the general interchange of opinions, will be valuable and instructive to all. They will create and elevate taste, and tend to improve and simplify many of the processes of the farm, besides being the means of cultivating the social refinements, and the harmony of purpose so indispensable to the well-being of every community.

FORM OF ILLINOIS FARMERS CLUBS CONSTITUTION.

Subjoined is given the form of Constitution and By-Laws for Farmers' Clubs, as adopted by the Illinois (State) Farmer's Association. They are simple and practical in their construction.

ILLINOIS FARMERS' CLUB CONSTITUTION.

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CONSTITUTION.

I. This organization shall be known as the ers' Club.

Farm

II. Its objects shall be improvement in the theory and practice of Agriculture and Horticulture; to promote the moral, intellectual, social, and pecuniary welfare of its members, and by active and cordial co-operation with other Clubs, and with its County Committee, to assist in carrying to a successful issue the object of the State Association.

III. Its members, other than the original ones, shall be elected by ballot, and all members shall be subject to pay an initiation fee of $ -, and, thereafter, such sums as shall be necessary to defray the expenses of the Club.

IV. Its officers shall consist of a President, Vice-President, Secretary, Corresponding Secretary, and Treasurer, who shall jointly constitute the Executive Committee, and shall be elected annually.

V. Its meetings shall be held monthly, and at such other times as the President may deem necessary for the good of the society.

VI. This Club shall become auxiliary to the County Association, whenever it shall be formed.

VII. This Constitution may be amended at any regular meeting, by a two-thirds vote of the members present, said

amendment having been proposed in writing at a previous meeting.

BY-LAWS.-1. The President shall, when present, preside at all meetings of the Club and Executive Committee.

2. The Vice-President shall, during the absence or inability of the President, perform all the duties of the executive officer.

3. The Secretary shall record all the proceedings of the Club, and the Corresponding Secretary shall conduct its correspondence, and maintain an active correspondence with the County Committee, and other Clubs of the county and

district.

4. The Treasurer shall receive all moneys paid into the Club, and disburse the same only on the order of the President and Secretary.

5. The regular meetings of this Club shall be held on the day of each month, at

The order of business shall be:

o'clock.

1. Reading minutes of last meeting.

2. Reports of Special Committees.

3. Unfinished Business.

4. New Business, Essays, Discussions, Reports of Standing Committees.

STATE ORGANIZATION-CONSTITUTION OF THE TENNES SEE FARMERS' ASSOCIATION.

As Societies increase in the towns and counties of a State, a general organization will be required. Below is appended the Constitution and By-Laws adopted by the Tennessee Farmers' Association, containing many excellent provisions, which may be modified to meet existing wants. This form may also be easily altered, so as to adapt it perfectly to county organizations. The Constitution is as follows:

STATE ORGANIZATION.

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CONSTITUTION.

I. We, the Farmers of Tennessee, in Convention assembled, in order to form a more perfect union, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do establish this State organization, which shall be known as, and styled, the TENNESSEE FARMERS' ASSOCIATION.

II. Its object shall be the promotion of the moral, intellectual, social, and pecuniary welfare of the farmers of the State.

III. Its members shall consist of delegates from the

various Farmers' Clubs, Granges, and Agricultural and Horticultural Societies of the State, each of which shall be entitled to at least one delegate, and where the number of its members exceeds fifty, to one delegate additional for each one hundred members or fraction exceeding half that number. The members of the State Bureau of Agriculture, also the President and Professors of the Agricultural College of the State, shall be, ex-officio, members of this Association, and from counties, or from civil districts, in which no form of farmers' organization exists, farmers not delegates may be admitted by a vote of this Association. All members shall pay an annual fee of one dollar.

IV. Its officers shall consist of a President, and a VicePresident from each Congressional district of the State to be nominated by the delegates therefrom; of a Secretary

and Treasurer, and these officers shall constitute the State Central Committee of this organization, with power to appoint an Executive Committee of three from its members; also, of a County Committee of one from each county in the State, to be nominated by the delegates from each county. Said officers shall be elected annually, and serve for one year, or until their successors are chosen. This organization shall meet annually, at such time and place as the Associa tion, or, in case of its failure to designate, the State Central Committee may determine. Special meetings may be called by the Executive Committee.

V. This Constitution may be amended at any annual meeting by a two-thirds vote, provided said meeting be composed of delegates from one-half of the counties which are members of this Association.

BY-LAWS.-1. The President shall perform the duties of presiding officer, and have power to call meetings of the State Central Committee.

2. The Senior Vice-President shall, in the absence or disability of the President, perform the duties of that office. It shall be the duty of each Vice-President to secure the organization in each county of his district of a Farmers' Association, to be composed of delegates from the various Farmers' Clubs and Granges in the county, and of such other persons as the County Association may determine to admit.

3. The Secretary shall, under the direction of the Association and committees, open and maintain an active correspondence with the Vice-Presidents and County Committees, furnishing them with forms and Constitutions, and other documents and information to aid them in organization, and performing such other duties of correspondence as may be assigned him. He shall also keep a record of the proceedings of the Association, and of its Central and Executive Committees, and may be paid such compensation for his services as is found expedient and practicable.

4. The Treasurer shall hold the moneys of the Associa tion, and disburse them upon the written order of the Presi