CONTEXTS 



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Introduction. The General Problems of Dairy Farming vii 



Part I. Feeding for Milk Production 

 Better Dairy Farming Through Better Feeding 



CHAPTER 



I. Feeding the Dry Cow — The Importance of Minerals. ... 1 



II. Feeding through the Lactation Period 9 



III. Feeding on Pasture 23 



IV. Feeding Calves 30 



V. Feeding Yearlings and Two-year-olds 46 



VI. Feeding for Official Records 49 



VII. How to Buy Feeds 61 



VIII.. The Co-operative Purchase and Distribution of Feeds. ... 70 



Part II. The Cow 

 Better Dairy Farming Through Better Cows 



IX. The Ideal Cow 82 



X. Purebreds or Grades 92 



XI. The Leading Dairy Breeds 98 



Holstein-Friesian 98 



Guernsey 104 



Jersey.." 107 



Ayrshire Ill 



Brown Swiss 114 



Milking Shorthorn 114 



Part III. The Bull 

 Better Dairy Farming Through Better Breeding 



XII. The Ideal Bull 117 



XIII. Buying a Pure Bred Bull 121 



XIV. Feeding, Developing and Exercising the Herd Bull 132 



Part IV. Dairy Farm Practice 

 Better Dairy Farming Through Better Practice 



XV. Good Breeding Practices 136 



XVI. The Control of Tuberculosis 144 



XVII. Abortion and Other Diseases Interfering with Breeding. . 154 



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