INDEX. 415 



Milk, specific gravity of, 203, 209, 210 



setting for cream, . . 205, 207, 222, 223, 225, 228, 232, 234, 308 



effect of climate on the quantity, 207 



treatment of, .... 207, 208, 212, 219, 221, 223, 295, 302, 308 



adulterating, 208, 209 



ice-creams from, 214 



of spayed cows, 215 



measures for, 216, 296 



room, 221,222,231,383 



testing the quality of, 149,209,211,376,397 



feeding fur, 66, 114, 115, 117, 123, 127, 129, 131, 132 



greatest yield of on grass, 123, 124, 132, 137 



Milk-fever, symptoms and treatment of, 275, 276, 277, 278 



Milking, manner of affects the yield, 145, 146, 147 



** women best adapted for, 149, 295 



in the Dutch dairies, 295 



qualities, artificial, 9,68,136,148 



Milk-mirror, transmission of the, 66,67,68,70 



form of the, . 24, 65, 66, 67, 69, 90, 91, 93, 96, 97, 99, 101 



" explanation of the, 65 



Milk-pans, forms of, 223, 224, 296, 306 



Milk-yoke, use of the, 295,296 



Milk- veins, size of the, 88,104,106,110 



Millet, culture and value of, 189 



Mixed food, conducive to health 121, 143 



Moist and succulent food, .... 117, 122, 127, 133, 136, 139, 144, 387 



Native or grade cattle, 14, 49, 50, 64, 56, 60, 61 



Nitrogenous substances, value of, 122, 128, 381 



North Devons, origin and qualities of, 44, 45, 47, 76 



Nutritive value of articles of food 125,126 



Oakes cow, yield of, 72, 73 



Oil-cake, value of, 127 129, 381 



Origin of breeds and races, 9 



Parmesan cheese, mode of making, 266, 360 



Parturition, treatment at, 131,273,274 



Pastures, different qualities of, 391 



Patton stock, 35 



Philadelphia butter, quality of, 230, 234 



Points of a dairy cow, 21, 22, 47, 61, 64, 73, 80, 86, 88, 110 



Pork, best quality of, 362 



Practice in judging stock, 80 



Principles of breeding 23, 32, 58, 61, 62, 69, 71, 74 



Puerperal fever, treatment of, 275, 276 



Purgatives in use for cattle, 281 



Rape-cake, value of as food, 381,391 



Red water, treatment of, 285 



Regularity, importance of, 117, 119, 133, 137, 143 



Relative size of male and female 16,62,70,71,862 



Rennet, how prepared, 247, 248, 249, 259, 332, 349 



use of, 255, 257, 332 



Rings on the horns, 81 



