4t2 State Board of Agriccxtuee. &c. 



food not onlv results in a direct waste of material, but 

 endangers the health of the digestive organs of the animaL 

 All the necessary constituents may also be present, and in 

 jnst the right amount, and vet, as in over ripe grass, be so 

 locked uf> and unavailable as to defy the powers of the 

 digestive organs to digest and assimilate them. 



ZOOLOGY AJiTD VETZELNAJET SCIEN'CZ- 



We should know something of the anatomy of our 

 domestic animals, and of the functions of their organism. 

 We should studv those hvodenic laws, bv the observance of 

 which, onlv. we can maintain in them the most perfect 

 health and vigor of constitution, or restore them to health 

 when diseased. "VTe should consult their natural history and 

 habits, in determining the amount of exercise which we 

 should give them, and the kind and degree of protection 

 which thev require. The hoi^e, the cow, the sheep, the 



sw:: -^ c„ rt, every variety of farm stock needs its peculiar 



care. 



ESTOMOLOGT A5T) OHJOTHOLOGT. 



The fermer has many natural enemies to contend with, aa 

 weU as friends to aid him. Bis orchard, garden, meadows, 

 his grain and potato fieldsswarm with insect life, many of 

 which prey upon his crops and often ruin his hopes of suc- 

 cess. He has also numberless forms of parasitic life to con- 

 tend with. He should study the nature and habits of all 

 these, and learn how he can most effectually avoid or destroy 

 them. In the feathered tribes he finds industrious workers 

 which aid him in their destruction. He should observe the 



