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5th. The proportion of indigestible woody fibre in decorti- 

 cated cotton-cake is very small, and not larger than in the best 

 linseed-cake. 



6th. And lastly, it may be observed that the ash of cotton- 

 cake is rich in bony materials, and amounts to about the same 

 quantity as is contained in other oily cakes. 



Now, after all the scientific investigation which has been 

 bestowed upon it, resulting in all cases so strongly in its favor, 

 and after the approval of so many practical men who have used 

 it satisfactorily and with economy for years in feeding it to all 

 classes of stock, it seems to me we have a right to infer that its 

 failure to produce satisfactory results in particular cases may be 

 ascribed to over-feeding — to feeding in too large quantities. 

 We know very well that any rich food, like Indian meal, for 

 instance, when injudiciously fed, will prove too stimulating and 

 injure the animal. But this is not the fault of the article, but 

 the necessary consequence of want of judgment and care. 



EVENING SESSION. 



TRhe Board met at 7 o'clock. The chair was occupied by Hon. 

 E. W . Bull, who stated that President Clark, of the Agricul- 

 tural College, who had been announced as the speaker for the 

 evening, had been detained by his duties at the College, and 

 that his place would be supplied by Hon. Levi Stockbridge. 



ADDRESS OF MR. STOCKBRIDGE. 



Gentlemen of the Board, — I desire to ask your attention to 

 the few remarks which I may make as a plea for the agriculture 

 of Massachusetts, and for the agricultural education of the 

 farmers of Massachusetts and the Massachusetts Agricultural 

 College. You are by law the overseers of that institution. 

 Being connected with it temporarily, as one of its officers, I have 

 been upon the ground ever since the first blow was struck the 

 present year towards putting up the buildings and getting the 

 institution in order for the reception of students ; and I have 

 been, to say the least, a very attentive observer of all that has 

 taken place there. I can, therefore, speak of the facts as many 

 others, who are equally interested but who were not upon the 

 ground, cannot speak. 



