98 Colcord's System of 



found in the stomachs of cows just slaugh- 

 tered, nothing there but the forage, without any 

 acid or bad smell in it. It was exactly as you 

 stated it ; and we found the beef was fat and 

 well mottled. But what I want to say is that 

 the later animals that I have slaughtered from 

 your farm are quite an improvement upon that 

 one. Your last ones shrank but 33 per cent, 

 in weight. They were very fat, and tallo\ved 

 quite light. The meat w r as unusually well 

 mottled with fat, and sold for first quality. 

 You know I look over your cattle once or 

 twice a week, and what surprised me was how 

 that forage can make 'the change. The hair 

 on the cows becomes soft and smooth, the 

 skins become fine, soft, and slippery. The 

 cows are gentle and very quiet. In fact, I go 

 into no barns where I see results equal to 

 yours; and the changes go on so rapidly, after 

 they get into yours, that I hardly know the 

 cows. There is no doubt that your forage 

 and the way you feed is the best thing yet to 

 get the best beef. 



J. PEMBER. 



MEDFIELD, MASS. 



