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has brought in the clover and other rich forage plants, and 

 my cows have had that to eat which is rich with those 

 elements that go to make bone and muscle and rich milk in 

 generous quantities. Outside my barn I have a cistern 

 with a liquid measure capacity of two hundred and forty 

 barrels. From under the line where my cows stand, a 

 trough leads to the cistern. The liquid contents of this 

 reservoir I sprinkle over my land with a wagon fashioned 

 after the manner of a sprinkling cart. I believe this invest- 

 ment will pay handsomely, for I have faith to believe it 

 will increase the productiveness of my land ; and it is faith, 

 supplemented with work, that makes farming in Massachu- 

 setts pay equally as well as anywhere else in this country. 



Mr. Clemence's essay was discussed by several members 

 of the Board. Mr. Newhall of Conway gave his experience 

 in the warming of water for cows, which confirmed the 

 views expressed in the essay. Mr. Bowditch of Framing- 

 ham stated that his herd of twenty cows had given two 

 hundred pounds of milk extra per week after using water 

 warmed up to eighty to ninety degrees, and the increase in 

 butter yield was in like proportion. President Goodell 

 stated that the results of careful experiments by Professor 

 Alvord of the Maryland Experiment Station, formerly of 

 the Massachusetts Agricultural College, showed the same 

 results as those from Mr. Bowditch's experience. 



