INDEX. 



Aiton'8 opinion of dairy stock, 13, 14, 19 



Albuminous substances, value of as food, 122-128 



American cattle, origin of, 50, 51, 53, 64. 55, 60 



American cheese, 260 



Analysis of milk, 216, 397 



'" butter, 239, 379, 409 



" cheese, 268, 269 



" hay and grasses 390,379 



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



" and value of manure 198,398,401 



Animals, large and small, 10, 111 



Annatto for coloring, 250, 251, 328 



Artificial shades in pastures, 1 35 



Ayrshires, as dairy cows, 11,17,19,22,25,75,77 



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



yield of, 18,19.20,25 



Barn, plan of a, 150, 151, 153 



'* cellar, convenience of, 154 



" temperature of for cows, 154 



Bean-vines, value of, 139,370,371 



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



Berkshire swine, crosses of the, 362, 363 



Boussingault's equivalents, 125, 126 



Breed, meaning of the term, 49 



Breed, an element in judging dairy cows, 91,92 



Breeds, some must be kept pure, 361 



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



Butter, origin of, 217 



** not made by the early Jews, 217 



** from cream first skimmed the best, 218 



" making of, .... 220, 221, 228, 220, 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 



** 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 , 234 



" fat or oil of, 239, 240 



