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4. Which for milk ? 



5. Which for work? 



6. At what age is it best to have heifers come in ? 



7. At what age should a valuable bull be put to service?. 



8. What is the best mode of treatment for a calf the first year? 



9. By what rules are you guided in selecting breeding cattle? 



10. What is the best mode of feeding cattle in winter? 



11. What in summer? 



12. How would you feed milch cows to obtain from them the most 

 profit? 



13. Have you any reliable rule for selecting cows for the dairy? 



14. Have you any reliable rule for selecting cattle for the stall? 



15. Have you ever tried any experiments in feeding cattle of any 

 kind ? if so, please state what and the result ? 



16. How long should a cow go dry before calving? 



17. Is maturity of breeding animals essential to success in rearing 

 first class stock ? 



18. What effect would poor keeping have on a breed of cattle after a 

 few generations ? 



Paoli Latiirop, 

 Charles K. Tracy, 

 John Brooks, 



Committee of the Board. 

 Boston, March 1, 1859. 



This committee, at the annual meeting", submitted the fol- 

 lowing 



REPORT 



ON CATTLE HUSBANDRY. 



The committee regret to say, that of more than one thousand 

 circulars sent out, soliciting information upon this subject, only 

 seventeen have been returned with answers to the questions 

 proposed. The committee regret this neglect of our farmers to 

 aid in collecting much needed information. The State lias 

 expended a considerable sum of money, and the Board a larger 

 amount in gratuitous labor, but they have failed to a much 

 greater extent than they should have done, for the want of 

 support from those for whose benefit the desired information 

 was Sought. We have gained some knowledge, and it becomes 

 us to be thankful for a little and hope hereafter to get more. 



