INDEX 



249 



Herd improvement by keeping records, 183-8! 

 by weeding out poor cows, 187 

 individual records essential for, 183 

 Holstein bulls, 103 

 cows, 98-103 



conformation, 101 

 milk system, 102 

 type, 99 

 Hominy feed, 222 



Inbreeding, 139, 140 

 Indigestion, 158, 159 

 Iodine, 192 



Jersey bulls, 110 



cows, 107-110 

 milk, 109 

 type, 109 



Lead poisoning, 44 



Legume hay (see clover, alfalfa, etc.) 



importance in ration, 9 



manurial value of, 194 



vs. non-legume, 197 

 Lice, 160 



Light, importance of, 21, 165 

 Lime, commercial sources of, 5 



in rations, 4, 191 



vitamine aiding assimilation of, 4, 20 

 Line breeding, 140 

 Linseed oil meal, 232 



Malt sprouts, 228 



Mangels, 220 



Manure, care of, 164, 193 



value of feeds for, 193-196 



value of urine as, 193 

 Mating, 140 

 Milk, cooling, 170 



fever, 8 



flavors and odors in, 171 



Guernsey, 106 



Jersey, 109 



marketing, 173 



production on alfalfa and silage alone, 15 



tanks, 171 



testing for fat, 185 



veins, 89 



vitamines in, 20 



weighing, 142, 185 

 Milking machines, 171 



individual records with, 172 



labor saved by, 171 



money saved by, 172 

 Milking Shorthorns, bulls, 116 



cows, 114-116 



dual function of, 115 

 Milking, times a day, 22, 142 

 Minerals in the dairy ration, 3, 16, 191 



for cows on pasture, 25 



for test cows, 52 



proprietary, 16 



source of, 5 

 Molasses, beet, 236 



cane, 236 



feeding value of, 236 

 for test cows, 57 

 how to feed, 237 



Neighborhood breed clubs, 186 

 Nitrogen-free-extract, 190 



Non-legumes, 207 



Oat feed, 227 



groats, 227 



meal mill by-product, 227 

 Oats, 226-228 

 Oil meals, 232-236 



Premature birth, 154 



Production records, 183 



for determining breeding value, 187 

 for herd improvement. 187 

 increased sale value by, 188 



Protein, 189 



importance in ration, 11, 191 

 quality of, 190 



Rations, how to compute, 242 

 Records, feed, 184 



official (see official records) 



production (see production records) 

 Red clever (see clover, red) 



dog flour, 225 

 Register of merit, 49 

 Regularity in feeding and milking, 21 

 Rice, bran, 230 



feed, 231 



polish, 231 

 Roots, 17 



feeding of, 220 



for test cows, 56 

 Roughages, dry, 197-208 



succulent, 209-220 

 Rye, 230 



middlings or feed, 230 



Salt, 16 



Sanitation, 144 

 Scours, common, 34 



white, 35 

 Screenings, 224 

 Silage, 209-216 



as supplement to pasture, 25 



calculating amount required, 212 



computing amount in silo, 214 



corn, 213 



crops for, 213 



for calves, 33 



for test cows, 57 



from frosted corn, 214 



how preserved, 209 



importance in ration, 10 



legume, 215 



substitutes for, 17 



sunflower, 215 



year-round succulence, 212 

 Silos, capacity, 212 



filling, 213 



size, 212 



types, 210 

 Skim milk for calves, 31 

 Soiling crops, 219-220 



planning for, 219 



with pasture, 25 

 Soybean, 235 



hay, 206 



oil meal, 236 

 Sterility. 157 

 Straw, 208 

 Summer dairying, 28 



Teat troubles, 160 



