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Section LIV. Dairy cattle ....... 295 



Section LV. Sheep . . . . . , . . . 299 



Section LVI. Swine 303 



Section LVII. The management of poultry . . . 306 



Section LVIII. Breeds and varieties of chickens . . . 310 



FEEDING LIVE-STOCK . , 314-322 



Section LIX Principles of feeding animals . . . .314 

 Section LX. Calculating rations for live-stock . . .318 



DAIRYING 323-329 



Section LXI. The production and care of milk . . . 323 

 Section LXII. Making butter 326 



MISCELLANEOUS 330-340 



Section LXIII. The cattle tick 330 



Section LXIV. Farm implements and machinery . . 3^33 

 Section LXV. Earth roads 338 



APPENDIX i-vii 



Fertilizer equivalents ........ i 



Some fertilizer formulas ........ i 



To destroy insects iii 



To prevent or decrease diseases of plants . . . . iv 



To measure grain approximately . . . . . iv 



Dimensions of one acre ........ v 



State Agricultural Experiment Stations v 



School gardens ... o . . . vf 



INDEX . ..... . ix-xiv 



