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cold to which they were exposed, the average of which could 

 not be given, had an important bearing upon the amount of 

 food required for the support of the cattle, and the uses to 

 which that food must be applied, the committee did not doubt; 

 and adjudged that they had been furnished in this case with 

 all the information of which they could have availed them- 

 selves, that the omission could not have had any influence in 

 their decision ; and that they would therefore receive the state- 

 ment as a substantial compliance Avith the conditions imposed 

 for the trial, and consider it accordingly. 



The committee would fail in the discharge of their duty, did 

 they omit to express their strong disapprobation of competitors 

 assuming to decide whether the regulations of the society are 

 judicious as applied to their case, and non-complying with 

 such rules as they do not approve : that is a question not sub- 

 mitted to them ; they should strictly comply with all the re- 

 quirements, and furnish the desired information to be used in 

 such manner by the judges, as in their discretion they may 

 think proper. 



The duty of the chairman was very easy, as the decision of 

 the committee was made without the necessity of an expression 

 of an opinion from him. He would, however, add, that he 

 fully concurs with them in the result to which they arrived. 

 He was charged by his associates with the duty of expressing 

 to Messrs. Demond and Dodge their thanks, and those of the 

 society they represent, for the time and trouble they have de- 

 voted to the attainment of information which they believe to 

 be highly valuable to the agricultural community, and from 

 which they hope that these gentlemen will derive benefits 

 which will more than compensate them for the inconvenience 

 these experiments have occasioned them. 



In relation to the relative value that straw, turnips, carrots, 

 and Indian corn meal, bear to good hay, the committee have 

 preferred to use the tables adopted by distinguished writers on 

 agriculture, than to rely on their own opinions. They are, 

 however, strongly impressed with the belief that in this case 

 the value of carrots and corn meal, particularly the latter, is 

 estimated too low, and this opinion receives confirmation from 

 the result of the experiments of the Hon. John Brooks. Had 



