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cnemistry; (2) an industry and patience that are untiring; 

 (3) a fidelity that is unswerving; and (4) an innate love 

 for the work. 



The feeder who has some knowledge of animal physi- 

 oiogy is better qualified to adjust the foods fed to the 

 needs of the animals than the feeder without such know- 

 ledge. He will understand better the necessity for main- 

 taining relative adjustment between the proportion of con- 

 centrates and bulky fodders fed. He will also have a more 

 correct idea of the treatment suitable for ailments and 

 diseases not sufficiently important to call . for the skill of 

 the veterinarian. Some knowledge of chemistry will 

 prove valuable in the compounding of the food factors 

 of the ration and also preparing them for .feeding. This 

 - does not mean, however, that some men are unable to 

 make their mark as feeders without such knowledge. This 

 has been done in instances not a few. But it does mean 

 that, other things being equal, the feeder possessed of the 

 knowledge referred to should succeed better in his work 

 than the one not possessed of it. 



The successful feeder must be a man of industrious 

 habits. His work, like that of woman, is in a sense never 

 done. Her ministrations to the needs of humanity are 

 never ending and his likewise to the needs of the live stock 

 which he feeds are continuous. Giving food and water to 

 the animals which he has in charge, though an important 

 part of his work, is by no means all of it. The necessity 

 for attentions in various ways is ever present during his 

 waking hours, and at certain seasons, as when animals bring 

 forth their young, giving these attentions frequently de- 

 prives him of his accustomed slumbers. 



In no line of work is fidelity of greater importance. 

 This is owing to the ever present necessity of furnishing 

 the animals in charge with food and protection. In some 

 lines of work the neglect of one day may in a considerable 

 degree be made up the next, but in caring for animals it 



