This paper proposes a reflection on the influence of the National Society of Agriculture in the implementation of technical improvements in the agriculture and in the modern sugar mills in the "Primeira República". In analyzing the speech of rural rallies, assemblies and agricultural exhibitions organized by the SNA or the manifestations of farmers, technicians and statesmen in the various studies published in the period, we see that the Society could be defined as a disseminator of ideas center of agricultural modernization, advocated by so-called "progressive farmers". Thus, emphasis was placed on the ideas raised during the First National Congress of Agriculture. In this sense, it attempts to show the influence of the principles of association and what their role would be after their suitability by the owners felt the need to modernize agricultural production, deploying a hand-free labor in the post-abolition and stop the action of speculators. Furthermore, we look into the decisions on the so-called "progressive farmers" to renew the plantation, through new methods of cultivation propagated by agronomic institutes, model farms, schools practices, among others. The objective of this communication is to relate the ideas advocated by the SNA and so-called "progressive farmers" and his role in "crisis" sugar industry in Brazil.
Agriculture National Society; First Republic; Sugar Industry
