; But, Seer the excessive value, which is generally 
admitted, of cottoh-seed meal, and which, for total value, stands 
highest in the group of mill products, it will be seen by the above 
table that it is surpassed by the average of hays, straws and green 
_ forage, cotton-seed meal being worth for food and fertilizing 
material 125 per cent more than it costs, while the average coarse 
e foods of the farm, even at liberal prices, are found to furnish an 
a amount of food and fertilizing material worth 131 per cent more 
: 
_ than their average cost. 
oy It seems clear, therefore, that $100 worth of good hay will, 
upon the average, furnish half more digestible food than will $100 
__worth of mill feed upon the average, and in addition the hay will 
furnish, upon an average, ten dollars worth more of fertilizing 
¥ material than will the average $100 worth of mill feed. 
In the case of the straws we find, upon an average, that $100 
furnished by $100 worth of average mill feed, and, in addition, 
_ thirteen dollars worth more of fertilizing material than will the 
$100 worth of average mill feed. 
____-'The practical conclusion is, that for twenty-five years, at ieee 
i hay and straw have been worth, as sources of animal and plant 
food, at least twice their market prices, and, if to anybody, to the 
farmer himself, who has animals and fields both needing those 
supplies of food. 
i But, unfortunately, the above conclusion is only true upon the 
condition that the farmer always has animals worth feeding, 
which in the case of our cows is far from being true. In fact, if 
we leave out the manure as a product, the full value of which is 
thirds of our dairy cattle must be regarded as not worth, in the 
value of their product, the food they eat and the expense of caring 
for them; but, as this is equally true when the more expensive 
mill products are bought and fed such animals, the only pos- 
i sible way by which profit can be assured is by careful testing and 
5 the selection of the better animals and weeding out of all those 
__ individuals proven to be worthless; and there are, perhaps, few 
farmers having a herd of a dozen cows who may not find certain 
ones which are absolutely not repaying them for their food 
and care. 
worth will furnish more than twice the amount of digestible food 
to be taken into account, it is beyond question true that two- 
