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tures, and will probably be ready to give them the next winter. 

 They have also requested Dr. Brooks to select, and bring home, 

 all such works as may be useful for the breeding of horses and 

 cattle, and the treatment of their diseases. 



In behalf of the Committee, 



JOHN C. WARREN. 

 December 24^A, 1846. 



On the Introduction of a New Grass. 



The Committee to whom was referred the letter and commu- 

 nication of P. L. Simmonds, Esq., a corresponding member of 

 the Society, resident in London, report : — 



That the interest manifested by Mr. Simmonds, in the pros- 

 perity of the agriculture of Massachusetts, is highly appreciated. 



Mr. Simmonds' s communication mentions a species of hardy 

 grass, called Angola grass, suitable for fodder, cultivated in Bra- 

 zil, and which has lately been introduced into Ceylon, which he 

 thinks might be advantageously cultivated in Massachusetts. 

 The Committee are fully sensible of the importance and ne- 

 cessity of obtaining fodder more succulent, and abundant, 

 than the natural grasses afford, and on inquiry they find that a 

 quantity of the seed of this variety might probably be procured 

 without much delay or expense, and they accordingly recom- 

 mend that a sufficient quantity of the seed be procured, in order 

 that a fair experiment may be made. 



E. PHINNEY, 

 D. P. KING. 



November lith, 1846. 



Extracts from Mr. Phinney's Monthly Reports. 



The Ayrshire cows and bull are all in fine health and con- 

 dition. One of the cows, "Charlotte," was not in calf when 



