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CONTEXTS 



CHAPTER PAGE 



XVIII. A Few Common Ailments of Cattle 158 



XIX. The Dairy Barn and Other Buildings 162 



XX. How to Produce Clean Milk— Milking Machines 169 



XXI. Buying and Selling Dairy Cattle— Fitting for Sale 175 



XXII. Herd Improvement — Keeping Production Records 183 



XXIII. 

 XXIV. 



XXV. 



XXVI. 

 XXVII. 



XXVIII. 



Table I. 

 Table II. 

 Table III. 



Part V. The Feeds 

 Better Dairy Farming Through Better Feeds 



The Composition of Feeds and their Manorial Value 189 



The Dry Roughages 197 



Alfalfa. Red Clover and Other Legumes 198 



The Xon-Legumes 207 



The Succulent Roughages 209 



Silage, Pasture, Soilage, Roots, Other Succulent Crops. . 209 



Corn and Wheat and Their By-Products 221 



Other Grains and Their By-Products 226 



Oats, Barley, Buckwheat, Rye, Rice 226 



The Oil Meals and Miscellaneous By-Products 232 



Appendix 

 Analysis of Feeds and Computation of Rations 



Analyses of Feedingstuffs 238 



Morrison Feeding Standard for Dairy Cows 241 



Weights of Various Concentrates 246 



NOTE 

 We have worked up a careful index. Reference to it in the back of the 

 book will enable readers to find things quickly. As an aid to cross reference 

 the paragraphs have been numbered. Bold-face numbers found in the read- 

 ing matter refer to paragraphs containing additional information on the 

 same topic. 



