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Milk, cooling of, important 51, 161 



— effect of breed upon the quality of 60 



— effect of feed upon the quality of 72 



— effect of nervous irritation upon 68 



— effect of temperature upon quality of 51 



— for feeding calves 169 



— infection of, from diseased cows 24, 156 



Milk Inspection at Creameries 144 



— in Maine 197 



Milk, keeping qualities of, how controlled 23, 49, 148 



— law in reference to composition of standard 197 



— laws in reference to 197 



Milk Pails 158 



Milk, precautions for cleanliness of 23, 26, 28, 51, 148, 157 



Milk Production, too much attention given to 165,185 



Milk Sanitation 151 



Milk Selling at Creameries 138, 140 



Milk, souring of 50 



— sterilizing of 51 



Milk Supply for Boston loi 



— for New York City loi 



^lilk, tainting of, how caused 50 



see also Bacteria. 



IMilk Utensils, proper care of 24, 28, 51, 158 



Mixed Feed, cost of protein in 133 



Mixed Feeds 36, 39 



Moisture, form of, desirable in soil 16 



— how to increase the capacity of the soil for 16 



— in soil, loss of, by weed growth 16 



— loss of, from soil, by capillary attraction 16 



— necessity of, in plant growth 15 



to the potato plant 15 



— retention of, in soil 16 



by drainage 13 



by tillage 16 



see also Cultivation, objects of. 



Molasses as a Cattle Food 2>7 



Mourning-cloak Butterfly 213 



Mulching of Orchards 295 



National Apple Day Pom., 24, 2^ 



National Dairy Exhibit. See Dairy Husbandry, exhibit of. 



National Flower Pom., 26, 27 



Nitrate of Soda as a Fertilizer 17 



Nitrification in Soils 20 



Nitrogen, acquisition of, from the air, by plants 20 



see also Bacteria: — Nitrification; — Soil Inoculation. 



