ABSTRACT. 



MASS. SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING AGRICULTURE. 



The return of the doings of this Society consists only of the fol- 

 lowing statement, which is published entire. 



The undersigned, as Recording Secretary of the Massachu- 

 setts Society for promoting Agriculture, in compliance with the 

 requisitions transmitted to him by the Secretary of the Com- 

 monwealth, respectfully reports ; 



That, at the monthly meeting of the Board of Trustees of 

 the Society, held in January last, the Committee on Premiums 

 made a report, offering premiums as heretofore on various modes 

 of culture, on stock, on inventions, on farms, and a premium 

 for the best essay on diseases of animals, which report was ac- 

 cepted. The offer of a premium for the best essay on the dis- 

 eases of animals was subsequently modified. 



The subject being discussed, it appeared that this department 

 of medical science had been little regarded in this Common- 

 wealth ; that if an animal became sick, or was wounded, 

 regular practitioners were not usually summoned, and the farmer 

 had to depend upon any one in his neighborhood who had ac- 

 quired a reputation, by some little experience, for skill in cases of 

 diseased animals. It was therefore voted, that Dr. Warren, one of 

 the board of trustees, be authorized to offer pecuniary aid to any 

 student of medicine (whom he thought qualified for the pur- 

 pose) to assist him in completing his education abroad, upon the 



