30 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



The facts are, that the calf was carried to Westou on the 

 night of Nov, 21, and was kept two weeks and one day, between 

 the two cows. On the 12th of January one of them coughed 

 several times when I was present. Mr. Jacobs, who had the 

 care of them, stated that she had coughed considerable for some 

 days. On the 17th he informed me that the day before, the 

 other cow first showed the same symptoms of illness that the 

 calf did, and was quite sick. The present symptoms are, Jan. 

 18ih : the animal stands with the head drooping, the hair 

 standing up, coughing almost incessantly, considerable loss of 

 appetite, and on being turned out of the cow-house to drink, is 

 hardly able to move so great is the debility. It will be seen 

 that forty-two days after the removal of the calf and but 

 fifty-seven from the time of its being first placed with them, 

 before vinmistakable symptoms of thoracic disease wePe present. 



To sum up, it is probable that at least, four if not five of the 

 animals exposed, took the disease. I am not so presumptuous 

 as to pretend, in all cases, to' diagnose the disease in question, 

 and he must be an expert in pathological anatomy who, as Mr. 

 Lincoln states, decided on the examination of one specimen of a 

 diseased lung with contagious pleuro-pneumonia, " that there 

 was nothing abou.t it that he should not expect to find in an 

 acute case of lung fever." E. F. Thayer. 



PUBLIC MEETING OF THE BOARD AT GREENFIELD. 



The meeting of the State Board was held this year at Green- 

 field, December 13, 14, and 15, and was very well attended, not 

 only by the members of the Board, but by the farmers of Green- 

 field and vicinity. His Excellency, Governor Andrew, occupied 

 the chair during the first day. 



The sessions commenced on Tuesday afternoon, December 13, 

 at Franklin Hall, where the opening address was delivered by 

 Dr. LoRiNG. 



ADDRESS OF DR. GEORGE B. LORING. 



Gentlemen : The success which attended the first meeting of 

 the Board, for the purpose of lectures and discussions on agri- 

 cultural subjects, held at Springfield last year, established the 

 propriety of such exertions to diffuse agricultural knowledge 

 throughout the Commonwealth. We had the pleasure of listen- 



