ANNUAL REPORT—INDUSTRIAL NEEDS. 
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That shelter from severe cold is a positive saving of food, 
which besides supplying the wastes of the body and building 
up new tissues, is also the source of animal heat—is the fuel 
by which the creature is warmed ; 
That opportunity for a retreat from the intense noon-day 
heat of summer is likewise important, since the animal is thus 
protected from the too stimulating or over mastering influence 
of the sun’s direct rays. 
That different kinds of animal food are adapted to different 
ends, some more directly affecting the growth of muscle, oth¬ 
ers producing fat, others increasing the flow of milk, and so 
on; 
That regularity and moderation in feeding and watering are 
essential to health; 
That perfect health and bodily vigor cannot be maintained 
without moderate daily exercise; 
That quiet, comfort, whether in sleeping or feeding, con¬ 
duces very greatly to health and is especially necessary to 
such animals as are fattening or producing milk ; 
That the temper of an animal is scarcely less susceptible 
than that of a child to the influence of kind and generous 
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treatment. 
Another important industrial need of Wisconsin is 
A MORE RATIONAL PRACTICE IN FRUIT-GROWING. 
Towards this our State Horticultural Society and the agri¬ 
cultural societies have made important contributions. 
It is less common than it used to be to see a new apple- 
orchard planted on low, rich and moist land. The sad expe¬ 
rience of the many who at first tried that, under the supposi¬ 
tion that the better the soil the better the fruit, and the more 
of it, has not been without good result to those who have 
come after them. It is also much more common in these lat¬ 
ter days to find our farmers seeking information from our own 
exoerienced fruit-growers as to the hardiest varieties. A few 
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