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informs me that the milk of the cow eating carrots was in- 

 creased one quart, or more each day — on no day less than a 

 quart, and on some days a little more ; that the cow having 

 hay alone, constantly eat up her whole allowance, and the one 

 having carrots uniformly failed to do so, and this was the case 

 with both cows while having the carrots ; that each cow, when 

 deprived of the carrots, at the close of each trial, fell off in her 

 milk below the quantity given at the commencement, occa- 

 sioned, probably, by their becoming dry preparatory to having 

 their next calf, which is expected with both, about the first 

 days of June next. 



Having thus obtained the testimony of two witnesses, (that 

 the use of carrots will not only tickle the palate of a pet 

 cow, but if administered in ordinary doses will increase the 

 quantity of milk, and diminish the quantity of hay necessary 

 for food,) whose competency to testify on this subject, will not 

 be questioned, I will here rest the case, repeating, that I have 

 much regretted the publication, in the apprehension, that it 

 might have the tendency of deterring many from growing root 

 crops for the winter food of their stock. 



This difference of opinion furnishes evidence of the impor- 

 tance to the farmers of Massachusetts of having a school and 

 farm, where all similar practical questions can be settled under 

 the direction of a Board of Agriculture, to be established, as it 

 is hoped, by the present Legislature. 



J. W. L. 



Worcester, Feb. 17, 1852. 



