INDEX 



Aiton's opinion of dairy stock, 199 io» 



Albuminous substances, value of as food, - on 



American cattle, origin of, 50, 51, 53, 54, 5o, 60 



American cheese, oic" qcS 



Analysis of milk v . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • —216.397 



«« " cheese, 268, 269 



M " hay and grasses, . . * 390 » 379 



" " cotton-seed cake, 127, 128, 197 



" and value of manure, 1 98 > 398 > 401 



Animals, large and small, oin'JS'lll 



Annatto for coloring, ^ DU » ^ 0i » ®^° 



Artificial shades in pastures, • • '' '. ?* 



Ayrshires, as dairy cows, 11, 17, 19, 22, 2o, 75, 77 



origin and points of, 11, 12, 14, 16, 22, 23, 25 



« yiefdof. . 18,19,20,25 



Barn, plan of a, 150,151,153 



" cellar, convenience of, 1^* 



" temperature of for cows, n'o^Q^i 



Bean-vines, value of, • • }™> 3 ™> 3 71 



Beauty of stock, 28,36,41,72,73,104 



Berkshire swine, crosses of the, 36 2, 363 



Boussingault's equivalents, 12a, 126 



Breed, meaning of the term, ni go 



Breed, an element in judging dairy cows, o«i 



Breeds, some must be kept pure, 3 ^1 



Bull, selection of for breeding, 62, 63, 66, 75, 77 



Butter, origin of, 21 < 



" not made by the early Jews, ~|7 



" from cream first skimmed the best 218 



« making of, .... 220,221,228,229,230,232,302,309,320 

 « modes of churning, .... 225,226,228,232,309,311,318 



« salting of, ... 238, 321, 386 



" composition of, 121, 239, 379 



" producing localities, 392 



M quantity of milk to make a pound of, 382 



<< qualities of, 239, 391, 409 



" worker, 226, 231, 235, 236 



" from poor and rich pastures, • • 391 



" use of the sponge to remove butter-milk, ...... 231, 2o4 



« fatoroilof,. 239,240 



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