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INDEX 



Co-operative distribution of feeds, 70-81 



benefits of, 78, 81 

 Copra oil meal, 235 

 Corn and cob meal, 221 

 Corn and its by-Droducts, 221-223 

 Corn feed meal, 222 

 Corn fodder, 208 

 Corn germ meal, 222 

 Corn meal, 221 

 Corn silage, 213, 214 

 Corn stover, 208 

 Cottonseed, 232 

 feed, 233 

 hulls, 232 

 meals, 232 



feeding of, 233 

 Cows 



amount to feed to, 17 



breeding efficiency of, 140 



buying and selling, 175-182 



capacity in, 82, 85 



conformation of, 83-91 



feeding at calving time, 6 



feeding on pasture, 6, 23 



feeding while dry, 2 



fitting for sale, 180, 182 



fitting for show ring, 180 



front quarters of, 83 



grain mixtures for, 2, 13, 24, 51, 55, 74 



ideal, 82-91 



individual feeding, 18 



kind wanted by buyers, 175-178 



middle of, 85 



milk veins of, 89 



minerals for. 3, 16 



on test 



feeding at calving, 53 

 fitting rations for, 51 

 grain mixtures for, 55 

 handling at calving, 53 

 hay for, 57 



method of feeding, 55, 56 

 minerals for, 52 

 pasture feeding, 58 

 quarters for, 60 

 roots for, 56 

 silage for, 57 

 purebred, sale value of, 94 

 purebred, superior production of, 92 

 purebreds or grades, 92-97 

 rear quarters of, 85 

 selecting for breeding, 139 

 standard weights of, 82 

 temperament of, 91 

 training for show ring, 182 

 type of, 86 

 udder of, 86 

 vital organs of, 84 

 water for, 20, 60 

 Cow-testing associations, 183 

 Crude fiber, 190 



Dairy improvement clubs, 186 

 Dehorning calves, 36 

 Digestibility, 12, 61, 193 

 Distillers' grains, 223 

 Dried skim milk for calves, 43 

 Dry cows, feeding, 2 



minerals for, 3 



on pasture, 6 

 Dry matter, 189 

 Dry period, length of, 1, 50 



Drying off the cow, 1 



Exercise. 21, 134 



Fats, 190 

 Feed records, 184 

 Feeding standards, 241 

 Feeds, feedingstuffs, 



buying, 61-81 



buying according to market, 65. 66 



buying for cash, 64 



buying in quantity, 64 



chemistry of, 189 



composition of, 189-193, 238 



co-operative distribution of, 70-81 



digestible nutrients, 242 



digestibility of, 12, 193 



high protein. 12 



low protein, 13 



manurial value of, 193-196 



measuring value of, 192 



medium protein, 12 



proprietary, 67 



saving money in buying, 65 



tables of analyses, 238 



with public formulas, 69, 74 

 Fitting cows for official test, 50 

 Flaxseed, 234 

 Flies, 27 



Flour middlings, 225 

 Foot rot, 159 



Garget, 158 



Gestation Table, 141 



Gluten feed, 223 



Gluten meal, 223 



Goitre, 192 



Grain mixtures, amount to feed, 17 



cost of, 12 



for bulls, 133 



for calves, 32 



for cows in milk, 13, 24, 51, 75 



for cows on test, 55, 56, 74 



for dry cows, 2 



for young stock, 32, 48, 75 



with alfalfa or clover, 13 



with mixed hay, 15 



with pasture, 24 



with timothy, 14 

 Grange League Federation Exchange, Inc., 72 

 Guernsey bulls, 106 



cows, 104 



production, 105 



type, 105 



Hay, 197-209 



alfalfa, 198-203 



alsike clover, 205 



computing amount in mow, 208 



cowpea, 206 



curing and harvesting, 200, 201 



for calves, 32 



for cows, 3, 9, 57 



legume vs. non-legume, 197 



mixed, 207 



pea and oat, 206 



red clover, 203-205 



soybean, 206 



timothy, 207 

 Health, an essential for the herd, 144 

 Heifers, feeding of, 46-48 



when to breed, 48 



