f)4 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



rookoned at two gallons, but thev are strons; measure. I never 

 have weighed m}' milk, but Mr. Cobb says a can of milk will weigh 

 twenty-three pounds. 



I was running an Ayrshire herd, but I am passing over to the 

 Jersevs. 



EVENING. 



A. O. Ingeusoll, Esq., member for the county, presided and an- 

 nounced that Prof. Balentine, who was expected to speak, was un- 

 able to be present, and that the Secretary would open the discus- 

 sion. 



ECONOMICAL STOCK FEEDING. 



Sec. Gilbert. Prof. Balentine was placed upon the programme 

 to present the subject of economical feeding in its scientific aspects. 

 While I feel obliged to bridge over the chasm occasioned by his ab- 

 sence, I do not in any sense attempt to fill the place, but will in- 

 troduce the subject and let others participate in the discussion. 



Following the exercises of the day, the subject of economical 

 feeding is an important one, for the profits which we have claimed 

 to be possible in feeding the farm products to stock are only possi- 

 ble through economical methods in feeding. And tliese economical 

 methods are based, as is every other department of agriculture, up- 

 on scientific facts. 



Some one has defined science as refined common sense. Whether 

 that be a correct definition or not, it is a fact that the greatest 

 profits and the best results are secured where the individual prac- 

 tices conform most closel}' to the well-known facts which have 

 become accepted and established scientific truths. So there is a 

 science of feeding ; and as we adhere closely to its teachings, so shall 

 we find our profits enhanced. In presenting the subject it does not 

 become necessary to use any scientific terms ; still it is in a measure 

 necessary to introduce something, by way of illustration, which per- 

 haps is not so familiar to us as some other terms and some other 

 facts. I know of no way to present the subject intelligently ex- 

 cept by the use of such technical terras as represent the idea we 

 wish to convey. 



