8 THE FEEDING OF ANIMALS 



influence of the various foods upon the quality of the 

 product, especially dairy products, has in recent years 

 become an important matter. These and related problems 

 confront the stockman and dairyman, and they demand 

 for their wise solution more than what is ordinarily 

 designated as practical experience. The investigator 

 who shall successfully inquire into these matters must 

 possess scientific qualifications of a high order; and the 

 practical man, who, in a business way, conforms his 

 methods to the highest standard which scientific research 

 has already made possible must be familiar with the 

 knowledge fundamental to the feeder's art. 



