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ancestors had been badly fed and badly treated, would require, 

 to keep their organization up to its highest point, which might 

 be very low in the scale of organic expansion. 



Bulls that are kept for the purpose of breeding, should be fed 

 during the season in which they are put to cows, on nutritious 

 food of a more concentrated nature, than at other periods of 

 the year. The food which would be most suitable for the dairy 

 cow, would not be most suitable for the bull, at the period 

 referred to, as it would produce an enlargement of the abdo- 

 men, and otherwise unfit him for the purpose for which he was 

 required at that time. We would also recommend that the act 

 of milking be performed with great caution, or the quantity 

 and quality will be inferior. The milk should be drawn quickly, 

 and not a drop should be left. "Whatever is suffered to remain 

 in the udder will be reabsorbed, and no more will be generated 

 than is necessary to supply the quantity withdrawn. There is, 

 therefore; a double loss by the neglect, and of the best milk^ 

 too. 



HORSES. 



WORCESTER WEST. 



Report of the Committee. 



Your committee have endeavored to attend to the duty 

 assigned them. They suppose the society intend to award the 

 premiums to those horses that best perform the tasks most 

 frequently imposed upon them, that best discharge the most 

 important functions for which they are most usually kept. The 

 horse is one of the most useful animals for the wants of man. 

 He is his attendant in peace and in war, in prosperity and 

 adversity. He carries him to the nuptial banquet and to his 

 last home. The cultivation of the horse in his highest capacity 

 is probably one of the most important considerations which 

 should engage the attention of this society. We have presumed 

 to say, that that horse which, in a light carriage, with a beauti- 



