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Value of equipment; such as barn, silos, milk house, milking utensils and 

 power (21, 27). What other improvements or equipment are necessary 'I 

 Study of individual cows with score card (6-12). Value of registry of 

 merit records for cows (10). 



Feeding the Producing Cows (19, 2:3). — Working out a balanced 

 ration. Compare different systems of feeding. Home mixing of feeds. 

 Making use of farm grown feeds. Composition of different feeds. Impor- 

 tance of succulence, salt, and water. Suiting feed to the season. 



Cleaning Barn and Care of Manure (19, 20). — Best forms of bed- 

 ding. Use of absorbents. Frequency and methods of removing manure. 

 Manure values. Methods of storing manure. Taking directly to fields. 

 Contracting manure produced in this project. Stalling cows or keeping 

 in sheds at different times, seasons, climates. 



Cleaning Cows Before Milking (25). — Importance of purity of 

 milk. Effect on health of cows. Method of cleaning cows. 



Keeping Cows Healthy (22). — Diseases of cattle. Prevention, 

 symptoms, treatment. 



Daily Milking (19, 20). — Methods of hand milking. Cleanliness in 

 milking. Suits. Hands. Stools. Dust in air. Flies. Milking machines. 

 Milk pails. 



Determining Yields (18, 28)/ — Value of weighing and sampling. 

 Methods of determining production. Testing. Record keeping. Registry 

 of merit for pure breds. 



Care of Milk (25, 26, 28, 29). — Straining, cooling and aerating. 

 Methods of holding until delivered. Separation of cream. Washing utensils. 



Feed and Care for Dry Stock and Heifers (19, 23, 24).— Ration 

 compared with production ration. Value of sire from Registry of Merit 

 cow. Age for hreeding heifers. Season for freshening. Care at calving 

 time. Dehorning heifers. Culling dry stock. Study of production records. 



Feed and Care of Calves ( 24 ) . — Care of very young calves. Getting 

 calves to eat grain and hay. Skim milk supplements for breeding stock. 

 Treatment to prevent herns. Fattening calves to be sold for veal. Dis- 

 posal of best males. Registration of pure breds. Diseases of calves. 

 Symptoms, prevention, treatment. 



Keeping Feed Records (19, 23). — Uses of such records. Weighing 

 and measuring feeds. Calculating costs of rations. Simple methods of 

 recording weights. Cost per animal in monthly summaries. Annual 

 cost per cow. Cost of rearing calves. 



Financial Record of Project- — Values of herd and other equipment, 

 at first and last of year, compared. Depreciation on certain parts of 

 the equipment. Value of products during the year. Livestock sold. 

 Labor cost for year. Feed cost for year. Net returns. Labor income. 



Project Report- — This should consist of two parts: (1) Full financial 

 statement including the points above mentioned. (2) Write in narrative 

 form a full story of the procedure and the results. 



