DIGEST OP STATE REPORTS. 



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As tlie tal)le stands, it will be seea that the digestive organs did not fully adapt them- 

 eelves to the work required of them until the second period, when the best results were 

 obtained. It was undoubtedly a mistake to put such young animals at once on a full 

 feed of raw meal. They should have been fed smaller amounts for several days before 

 commencing the experiment, to give their digestive organs a chance to adapt them- 

 selves to the new situation. Another singular fact was obtained in tabulating the iirst 

 period of feeding of the animals over six months old. If the first week of feeding is 

 omitted from their record, the results for the second, third, and fourth weeks would 

 show that 18.58 pounds of meal were consumed for each 100 pounds of live weight per 

 week, and that 4.57 pounds of meal were required to make a pound of increase in live 

 weight. 



The average amount of meal consumed per week for each 100 pounds of live weight 

 is shown to be greater for the period of 3 weeks than for the period of 4 weeks, 

 while a larger amount ie required to make a pound of increase. The first week of the 

 experiment the digestive organs of these older animals appeared to be capabl© of assim- 

 ilating all the meal consumed, while at a later period they showed that they had been 

 overtasked, so that with an increased consumption of food (showing no impairment of 

 the health to aftect the pppetite) they were unable to assimilate and lay up in increase 

 as large a proportion of their food as they did during the first week. The fourth pe- 

 riod is not included in the general average given at the bottom of the table, for the 

 reason that in all of the experiments the last period of feeding shows a rapid decrease 

 in the amount of food consumed, and a corresponding increase in the amount of meal 

 required to produce a pound of increase in live weight. As the averages during the 

 periods of profitable feeding were thought to be of the greatest value, they were there- 

 fore inserted in the table. 



The incorporation into the Michigan State Agricultural Society of the 

 Northern Michigan Agricultural and Mechanical Society was effected at 

 Lansing on the Gth day of February, 1873. Mr. George W. Griggs, of 

 Grand Bapids, was elected president. In his inaugural address he 

 said: 



A State society should have a State policy, and one embracing the whole State and 

 every interest of that State. Michigan has a diversified industry, and all her industries 

 sliould be encouraged. Her mines and lumber cover a large portion of territory. Her 

 wool products now rank third among the States. Her stock interests are of growing 



