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hundred and forty-four dollars, which will be seen by reference to the 

 inventory annexed. ••' 



The stock on the farm December 1st, consisted of eight oxen, sev- 

 enteen grade cows, one Hereford cow, one Jersey cow, one Devon 

 cow, one three-year old Hereiford heifer, one two year-old Hereford 

 bull, one Hereford heifer calf nine months old, one Jersey heifer one 

 year old, one Jersey heifer calf nine months old, one Devon heifer 

 one year old, one Devon heifer calf nine months old, one grade 

 Devon heifer calf ten months old, one grade Jersey calf nine months 

 old ; in all thirty-three head of horn cattle, and we have also five 

 horses. There has been fattened and sold to the institution within 

 the year, four oxen and seven cows, and one cow has been lost by 

 sickness and death. The committee have purchased within the year, 

 six oxen and one horse. The number of swine on the farm December 

 1st, of all ages, was 79, valued in the inventory at 8742 ; number of 

 hogs sold of all ages, during the year, 9G. The food given the swine 

 besides the swill from the school, amounts to $98.40 for the year. 

 For the amount of sales and purchases the committee refer to the 

 account of the Board with the Commonwealth. f The Hereford stock 

 on the farm continues to manifest its ability to withstand our climate, 

 apparently coming to maturity earlier, and therefore better for beef, 

 and quite as good for the yoke. The committee have purchased 

 standing grass for hay to the amount of $80, and have paid out for 

 pasturing'$90.84, and have received for pasturing $10.50. 



The committee, in February, March, April and May last, made 

 experiments in feeding six cows, with a view of testing, so far as 

 trials so limited in time can test, the comparative value of the food 

 made use of. The details of these experiments are seen in the fol- 

 lowing tables, and show first, that two and forty- six hundredths per 

 cent, of English hay daily, on the live weight, will keep cows in 

 present condition. The second trial shows that shorts, compared 

 with English hay at $15 the ton, are worth for feed $27 the ton. 

 The third trial shows that meadow hay and corn fodder, as iised in this 

 trial, compared with English hay at $15 the ton, is worth three and 

 eighty-four hundredths dollars the ton, or a fraction more than one- 

 quarter the value of English hay. The fourth trial is between shorts 

 and Indian meal, and shows that if shorts are worth $27 the ton, 

 Indian meal is worth $40.54 the ton. The fifth trial shows, that 

 Indian meal at $46.54 the ton, equals carrots at $3.78 the ton. The 

 sixth trial is between meadow hay and corn fodder, and English hay, 

 and shows that English hay at $15.68 the ton, equals the meadow 

 hay and corn at $3.84 the ton — nearly the same result as shown in 



♦ See Appendix, [C] t See Appendix, [E.] 



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