INDEX 



Abortion, 154-7 



bull as a factor in, 156 



causes of, 154 



feeding in relation to, 155, 156 



losses from, 154 



prevention of, 155, 156 



spread of, 155 



veterinary service for, 156 

 Accredited herd plan, 148 

 Advanced registry. 49 

 Advertising and marketing milk, 173, 174 

 Afterbirth, removal of, 7, 157 

 Alfalfa, as a soiling crop, 203 



enrichment of soil by, 197 



how to get a stand of, 198 



inoculation for, 199 



lime for, 199 



meal, 203 



seeding, 200 



silage, 203 



soil for, 199 

 Mfalfa hav, 198-203 



as a feed, 9, 202 



curing, 200 



cutting, 200 



grain mixtures for, 3, 13 



yield, 198 

 Alsike clover, 205 

 Analvses of feeds, table of, 238 

 Ash in feeds, 191 

 Ayrshire bulls, 113 



cows, 111 



Babeock test, 185 



Barley and its bv-products, 228-229 



feed, 229 

 Barns, 162-8 



arrangement of, 163 



building on paper, 167 



covered barnyard for, 163 



facing cows in, 165 



light in, 165 



location of, 165 



plans for, 162 



remodeling, 167 



ventilation in, 165 

 Beet pulp, dried, 17, 57, 237 

 Bloat, 159 

 Breed, associations, 95, 96 



choice of, 94 



magazines, 96 

 Breeding, 136-143 



community, 113 



heredity a factor in, 138 



inbreeding, 140 



line breeding, 140 



points for success in, 94 

 Brewers' grains, 228 

 Brown Swiss cows, 114 

 Buckwheat, 229 



middlings, 229 

 Bulk, 11 

 Bull, age to begin service, 133 



Ayrshire, 113 



Bull, buying, 121-131 

 community, 124 

 exercise for, 134 

 feeding, 132 

 for a grade herd, 128 

 grain mixture for, 133 

 Guernsey, 106 

 handling, 133 

 Holstein, 103 

 housing, 135 

 impotence, 135 

 improvement with, 132 

 Jersey, 110 



Milking Shorthorn, 116 

 purebred, value of, 92, 118 

 the ideal, 117-120 

 tvpe, 129 

 value of, 118, 132, 136 



Calf meals, 38-43, 75 



how to feed, 42 



proprietary, 39 

 Calves, 30-48 



birth, treatment at, 30 



birth weights, 30 



cleanliness in feeding, 34 



dehorning, 36 



dried milk for, 43 



feeding on pasture, 47 



grain for, 32 



hay for, 32 



ideal, 35 



lead poisoning in, 44 



pens for, 33 



raising on calf meal, 38 



raising on skim milk, 31 



raising on whole milk, 31 



raising with limited use of milk, 

 38 



scours in, 34 



silage for, 33 



teaching to drink, 30 



turning to pasture, 46 

 Carbohydrates, 190 

 Cellulose, 190 

 Clean milk, its production, 169-174 



cooling, 170 



essentials for, 169 

 Cleanliness 



in feeding calves, 34 



in producing milk, 169-72 

 Clipped oat by-product, 227 

 Clover, alsike, 205 

 Clover, and timothy, 204 



as a feed, 205 



culture, 203 



harvesting, 204 



in rotations, 204 



red, 203-205 

 Cocoanut oil meal, 235 

 Cod liver oil, 52 

 Community breeding, 143 



bulls, 124 

 Computing a ration, 242 



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