To FIRST EDITION. 



do not pretend to fill a "long felt want" by publishing 

 this little book. Indeed, I realize how absurd it is 

 for a man who denounces the so-called "general pur- 

 pose" cow to the dairymen, to publish a small "gen- 

 eral purpose" book. 



Nevertheless, I hope many private dairymen as well as 

 creamery men will find pointers in it which will make it worth 

 their while to read it. 



If I only succeed in making the reader eager for more in- 

 formation s I shall have accomplished one of my purposes, and the 

 other, to make some money for myself, I trust a quick sale of this 

 edition will realize. J. H. MONRAD. 



September, 1899. WINNETKA, 



To SECOND EDITION. 



Five years in this age of continuous inventions make it 

 necessary to change and add a good deal to the first edition. 

 Though I have been asked why an illustration of a Danish Cream- 

 ery was used instead of an American one on the front page, I 

 have retained it in order to induce other States to follow, as Min- 

 nesota has, the Danish plan of having good permanent brick 

 buildings with cement or flagstone floor. J. H. MONRAD, 

 JANUARY, 1905. 173 Chambers St., New York. 



To THIRD EDITION. 



I find but little to change from the second edition ; the great- 

 est progress in the dairy appliances has been in better and more 

 sanitary manufactory. As to the art of buttermilk, there seems to 

 have been a tendency to aim at quantity rather than quality, which 

 I must warn against. J. H. MONRAD, 



JANUARY, 1910. COPENHAGEN, O, DENMARK. 



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