TABLE OF CO^J-TEXTS. ix 



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Cost of Hauling Farm Produce in the United States i6o 



Labor Done by one Horse on Canals, Railroads, and Turnpikes i6i 



Labor Done by Team in Plowing i6i 



The Effect of Wide ^^'agon Tires 162 



Average Quantity of Stone Required to Keep Roads in Repair. 162 



Interior Dimensions of Farm Buildings 163 



Recipe for Whitewash 163 



Table of Cut Nails 164 



XII. HUMAN FOODS. 



Composition of Human Food Materials 165,170 



Percentages of Nutrients, Water, and Refuse in Food Materials. 169 



Pecuniary Economy of Food 172 



Amotmts of Nutrients Furnished for 25 Cents in Food Materials 173 



Dietary Standards 175 



Summary of American Dietary Studies 175 



Diagram of a Good Steer's Carcass, as Cut Up and Priced in 



Eastern Markets 176 



Diagrams of Cuts of Veal, ]*Jutton, and Pork 177 



Live Weight and Dressed Weight of Steers of Different Breeds 



and Ages 178 



Proportion of Beef to the Live Weight of Cattle 17S 



Comparative Results Obtained with Fattening Animals 179 



Live Weight and Gains Made by Swine 179 



Proportion of the Various Parts of Cattle, Sheep, and Swine 180 



PART II. DAIRYING. 

 I. DAIRY COWS. 



On the Origin and Characteristics of the Different Breeds of 



Dairy Cattle 183 



I. Jersey Cattle. By the Author 183 



II. Guernsey Cattle. Prof W. H. Caldwell, Sec'y 186 



III. Holstein-Friesian Cattle. S. Hoxie, Supt igo 



IV. Ayrshires. C. M. Winslow, Sec'y 194 



V. Shorthorns as Dairy Cows. J. H. Pickrell, Sec'y 196 



VI. Red Polled Cattle. J. McLain Smith, Sec'y 199 



VII. Devon Cattle. L. P. Sisson, Sec'y 202 



VIII. Dutch Belted Cattle. H. B. Richards, Sec'y 204 



IX. Brown-Swiss Cattle. N. S. Fish, Sec'y 206 



Yield of Milk and Fat from Dairy Cows 208 



Results of Tests of Dairy Breeds Conducted by American Ex- 

 periment Stations 209 



