(15) of food for animals, but that, the subject being- followed up along- its various ramifications, the men in the dain- department can state accurately the amount of milk that food will produce when fed to the cow. This may appear somewhat exaggerated to the practical farmer, but it is true nevertheless, and it all g-oes to show that farming- may be made a science and a fine art instead of a mere experiment with the chances ag-ainst successful results.