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to them. If you lay in one side of the manger a lot of the 

 best hay, and in the other side a lot of the poorest, you will 

 very often see the animal, of its own accord, turn from this 

 sweet, fresh hay, to taste of another kind, which is not so 

 pure, which enables him to assimilate the food he takes of a 

 better kind in a way of which we have very little idea. This 

 is true, not only of onr cattle and horses, but of poultry. Do 

 not feed your poultry with any one thing, but give them a 

 choice ; throw them something different from what you have 

 been accustomed to give them, and if you find that they eat 

 it with avidity, contrive to feed it to them. It is equally 

 true with regard to ourselves. There are times when we turn 

 from the richest and most delicious viands, to the old-fashion- 

 ed rye-and-indian bread and find it a more delicious morsel 

 than the finest bread that was ever made in any of onr res- 

 taurants. The stomach is a curious organ, and we mnst 

 study more thoroughly its physiological action if we would 

 feed our animals in the best and most successful manner. 



I desired to add my testimony to what has been said on the 

 points to ,which I have referred, and I hope that the farmers 

 here assembled will, without accepting the dictum of any- 

 body, think these matters over, try experiments for them- 

 selves, and if they find they profit by it, let them goon in the 

 way that has been indicated for us. 



On motion of Mr. Robinson, a vote of thanks was passed to 

 Mr. Gould for his presence, and for the interest which he had 

 added to the meeting by his lectures and addresses, and the 

 Board then adjourned sine die. 



