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want, is the continuance of the old farmer's household from 

 generation to generation in' the same family, because it is a 

 place worthy of preservation for its conditions of high physi- 

 cal, intellectual, moral, and social life. 



Adjourned to Thursday at ten o'clock. 



THIRD DAY. 



The meeting was called to order at ten o'clock ; and a vote 

 of thanks was passed to the agent of the cotton-gin manufac- 

 tory, and to the superintendent and others connected with 

 the Bridgewater Iron Works, for the invitation to visit their 

 respective establishments, and for the courtesies extended to 

 the members of the Board and others during the visit this 

 morning. 



The CHAiRMAiSr. At a meeting of the members of the State 

 Board of Agriculture, held this morning, a vote was passed 

 tendering their thanks to the officers of the Plymouth County 

 Agricultural Society, and also to the citizens of Bridgewater, 

 for the courtesy they had extended to the Board, and for their 

 attendance on the meetings generally. 



It only remains for me to announce that the presiding offi- 

 cer of the day is Capt. Moore of Concord. 



Capt. Moore. Gentlemen, the first business is a lecture 

 by Mr. J. W. Sanborn of the New Hampshire Agricultural 

 College. 



ANIMAL GROWTH AND NUTRITION. 



BY J. W. SANBORJJ. 



Farming may have some truths of universal acceptance 

 that are axiomatic in their nature, but principles of general 

 acceptance among farmers it has few or none ; yet laws un- 

 deviating govern in each department of husbandry. Those 

 tliat control the growth and nutrition of animals are as 

 undeviating as those that hold the earth in its courses. I 

 feel confident, that, if the known laws and accumulating facts 

 that bear on animal growth and nutrition were applied in 

 Massachusetts, the annual saving would rise above millions 



