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which he asserts that entire reliance cannot be had on the pro- 

 geny of a breed by crossing, until the fourth, and, in sheep, the 

 fifth generation. The same volume, page 331, contains a detailed 

 account of a most extraordinary English cow of the Sussex breed, 

 which, in five successive years, yielded 24,428 quarts, exceeding 

 an annual average of 4885 quarts, and a daily average of thir- 

 teen quarts for 1825 successive days. 



By the report of the committee on the diseases of animals, it 

 will be seen that the Trustees have authorized the importation 

 of a manufactured figure of a horse as large as life, showing the 

 relation and action of every joint, and all the muscles, nerves, 

 arteries, &c. as well as the larger organs, and also a complete 

 skeleton, prepared in Paris, of both the horse and the cow. 



Those portions of Mr. Phinney's monthly reports, stating the 

 sickness and death of one of the most valuable imported cows, 

 and the long-continued sickness of one of the bulls, with the 

 great difficulty he had in obtaining aid and advice, confirm the 

 judgment and foresight of the committee in thus laying the 

 foundation for veterinary instruction in this Commonwealth. 

 Respectfully submitted. 



BENJ. GUILD, 



Recording Secretary of the Massachusetts Society for Pro- 

 moting Agriculture. 



Boston, December 31, 1846. 



Report of the Examining Committee. 



The committee appointed by this Board, for the purpose of 

 examining the cattle imported by this Society, and recom- 

 mending the best course to be pursued for their preservation and 

 increase, have attended to that duty, and beg leave to report 

 that they have visited Mr. Phinney, at Lexington, (in whose 

 charge the herd has been placed,) and found the animals in 

 excellent order, giving evidence of care and skill in their man- 

 agement. 



