CONTENTS 



Preface * 



I. A Model Dairy Farm I 



II. Importance of the Dairy 21 



III. Physiology and Secretion of Milk 23 



IV. The Future of Dairying . 27 



V. Dairy Breeds 31 



Jerseys, Guernseys, Ayrshires, 



Holstein Friesians, Shorthorns. 



VI. Selection of a Breed 56 



VII. The Dairy Cow and the Dairy Sire 63 



VIII. Dairy Standard 69 



IX. Feed of the Dairy Cow 73 



X. Care of the Cow 80 



XL Milking 83 



XII. When to have Cows come fresh 87 



XIII. Feeds and their Value 90 



XIV. Care of Milk 93 



XV. Device for Ripening Cream 104 



XVI. Churning 112 



XVII. Marketing Dairy Butter 118 



XVIII. The Dairy Barn 122 



XIX. Silo and Silage 132 



XX. Miscellaneous Topics . . . 136 



XXI. Necessary Appliances v 143 



XXII. General Hints , , .... 156 



XXIII. Dairy Remedies . . . . 164 



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