CONTENTS. 



Steaming food Preparing food for steaming Ensilage for milch cows A sufficient supply of 

 pure water Kind treatment Harsh tones almost as abusive as blows and kicks No man guilty 

 of either should be allowed the care of cows Thoroughbred and native cows compared Grade 

 cows from thoroughbred stock Driving cows from pasture Milking Study the disposition of 

 cows Gentle manners in the milker The Milk maids of Holland Milk pails Sore teats Clean 

 liness essential Taints and odors Keeping milk sweet The best pasturage Shade in pastures 

 Milk houses Ice in milk houses First requisites of a milk house Ventilation Dampness How 

 removed Butter as an article of food BTJTTEU MAKING Methods of obtaining cream Large open 

 pans Closed pans Deep setting with Cooley Creamer Shallow setting Centrifugal system of 

 raising cream The Danish machine The Fairbank system Various other systems Butter mak 

 ing from sour cream Butter making from sweet cream From milk Different varieties of churns 

 Churning Temperature of cream Time required for churning Butter granules Absolute 

 cleanliness Working butter Butter workers Salting Packing Rancidity in butter Adultera 

 tions in butter The making of Oleomargarine or &quot;Counterfeit butter&quot; should be prohibited by law 

 in every State English butter making French butter making Butter yields Creameries The 

 best quality of butter will always command the best market price CHEESE MAKING Factory 

 cheese Farm cheese Varieties of cheese Different methods of cheese making Proper tempera 

 ture of milk essential How to prepare rennet Quantity and quality of cheese Imperfect sep 

 aration of whey injurious to the quality of cheese Cause of floating curds Prevention 

 Implements required in cheese making Addition of cream or butter to the curd Cutting the 

 curd Salting the curd Salt as an agent in ripening cheese Checks acidity How to distinguish 

 good salt Curing cheese Heat in curing rooms The cheese fly Boxing and packing cheese for 

 market Profits of the dairy Inauguration of the creamery Stock fanciers and the good they 

 accomplish. 177 



Sheep. 



History of sheep husbandry Wide distribution throughout the different zones Indispensable to civ 

 ilized races of men Uses Mutton Wool Improvement of the land Varieties Long woolcd 

 breeds Improved breeds The Merino Oxford Downs Southdowns Ilampshires Shropshires 

 Cotswolds Leicesters Border Leicesters Lincolns Caraman or Fat-Tailed Sheep Dorsets 

 Cheviots Black-faced or Heath breeds Native sheep Cross breeds and grades Improved Ken 

 tucky sheep Breeding Period of gestation Management of lambs Recuscitating chilled lambs 

 Disowned lambs Raising by hand Docking Castrating Feeding Weaning General Manage 

 ment of sheep In Summer Winter Sheep folds Food Salt Water Shade in pastures Sep 

 aration of old and weak sheep Good sheds a necessity Exercise Washing Shearing Packing 

 the fleece Ticks and lice How to determine the age of a sheep Sheep as fertilizers Wool and 

 its uses Sheep ranches Value of the Collie-dog to the sheep-raiser Goats often used as leaders 

 and defenders of the flock Most extensive flocks in the world Profits of sheep raising Wool- 

 eating Cotted wool and its causes Diseases of sheep and their remedies Good care a great pre 

 ventive of disease. 258 



Goats. 



The Angora goat Importations into the United States Its successful rearing limited to a few individuals 

 in this country Prospects of the industry for the future The Angora of ten improperly confounded 

 with the Cashmere goat Characteristics of each Description of the Angora The products 

 Habits and general management Prolificacy Period of gestation Care of young kids Food for 

 goats Coarse herbage preferred by them Their native habitat to be considered in their management 

 Shearing goats Preparation of mohair for market Diseases and parasites of the Angora goat. 



it, 347 



Alpacas. 



Native habitat Domestication Attempts to introduce them into the United States Results Causes 

 that have hitherto contributed to the partial failure of the enterprise Value Quality and value of 

 the alpaca wool---Size of the alpaca Adapted to endure cold more severe than in most parts of the 

 United States In raising them their natural life and habitation should be considered Probable 

 success, of the Industry in the United States if properly conducted. 355 



Swine. 



Their use and value Origin of present breeds The wild boar The old English hog Chinese Nea 

 politan iThe&amp;lt; old Irish or &quot;Irish Greyhound &quot; hog Varieties of swine under domestication Im- 



