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and the profitable pursuit of an industry that supports all 

 others, and has for its foundation the fertile earth. He has 

 made his sure promise of the seasons in their turn, the never- 

 failing recurrence of seedtime and harvest. 



The meeting was then adjourned sine die. 



Immediately after the adjournment of the public meeting, 

 a meeting of the Board was held, at which the following 

 votes were passed : — 



Voted, That the cordial thanks of this Board be tendered 

 to the Franklin County Agricultural Society and the Green- 

 field Farmers' Club, for the assistance they have rendered, 

 and the hearty co-operation and sympathy they have mani- 

 fested, in connection with these meetings. 



Voted, That the Secretary be instructed to memorialize 

 Congress, in behalf of the State Board of Agriculture, to 

 take efficient measures to eradicate the disease known as 

 pleuro-pneumonia. 



CATTLE COMMISSIONERS' REPORT. 



To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth 



of Massachusetts : — 



The Commissioners on Contagious Diseases among Cattle, 

 in presenting their annual communication, are gratified in 

 being able to report that no case of contagious disease 

 affecting our neat-stock has come to their notice during the 

 past year, and it is believed that none have existed. In 

 consequence of the prevalence of contagious pleuro-pneu- 

 monia in adjoining States, there has been a feeling of unrest 

 and apprehension on the part of stock-owners and the com- 

 mission ; and we have at different times been notified by the 

 proper authorities of supposed cases of the disease. Exami- 

 nation, however, proved them to be simple pneumonia or 

 tuberculosis. That there has been an outbreak of this con- 

 tagion during the year in the States of Connecticut, New 

 York, New Jerse} r , Pennsylvania, and Maryland, that it has 

 made fearful ravages in some, and that it yet exists there, is 



