432 



INDEX 



Breeds of cattle, Jersey, home con- 

 ditions, 74 

 improvement from within, 



75 

 improvements needed, s;? 

 introduction to America, 79 

 Island type, 80 

 origin, 74 



plan of registration, 76 

 register of merit, 8.5 

 score card, 86 

 Eed Polls, 100 



advanced registry, 101 

 body characteristics, 100 

 dairy characteristics. 101 

 home conditions, 100 

 introduction to America, 



100 

 official milk records, 103 

 origin, 100 

 score card, 103 

 Shorthorn, 117 



advanced registry, 120 

 body characteristics, 118 

 dairy characteristics, 118 

 importation to America, 



118 

 origin, 117 



record of merit list, 120 

 Breeds, origin of, 27 

 a cross, 29 

 a grade, 29 

 common stock, 29 

 elements of dairy type, 31 

 present day breeds, 28 

 pure breeds, value of, 28 

 Brown Swiss, the, 108 

 Butter, commercial grades of. 358 

 Butter making, see Dairy butter 

 making, 346 



Calves, dairy, raising, 248 

 age to breed, 262 

 age to separate, 261 

 blood meal, 258 

 bone meal, 259 

 bull dairy development, 263 

 calf meals, 256 

 calf scours, 217, 257 

 calves suckling, 260 

 cost ot raising, 263 

 dehorning with caustic, 260 

 eggs for calves, 258 

 fall vs. spring, 249 

 feeding, 250 

 general rule for feeding, 250 



Calves, grain for calves, 253 



hay for calves, 254 



importance of raising, 249 



influence of early feeding, 261 



nature's way, 248 



order of feeding, 255 



pasture for, 255, 263 



raising calves without milk. 255 



removing from mother, 250 



rest, 25'.) 



scours, calf, 217, 257 



skim milk, 253 



sucking, 260 



veal calves, 248 



water for, 259 



whey for, 257 



white scours, 217, 257 

 Calving time, 225 

 Care of cream on the farm. 340 



cleanliness, value of, 340 



cream ripening, 342 



delivery, 341 

 Cattle, early use, 23 



evolution, -i~> 

 Centrifuge, the, 325 



care of, 326 



speed of, 326 



temperature of, 326 

 Certified milk, production of, 278 



standards for, 278 

 Change of routine, 175 

 Chapped teats, 215 

 Cheese, 367 



cottage, 372 



farm dairy, 367 

 Child labor, 16 

 Clarified milk, 393 

 Clean milk production, 267 



barn, the, 269 



certified milk, 267 



cooling, 272 



flies, 270 



milkers, the, 267 



pails, the, 268 



shipping, 273 



stools, the, 268 



strainers, the. 269 



water, 272 

 Common ailments, 189 



actinomycosis, 209 

 distribution, 209 

 location, 210 

 treatment, 210 



bloating, 215 



