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INDEX 



Dairy herd, first year's record, 162 

 flies, protecting against, 166 

 food effect on test of milk, 163 

 fountain, private drinking, 173 

 gestation period, 154 

 getting most from cows, 177 

 giving the cow a rest, 157 

 hard milkers, 172 

 kicking cows, 171 

 large vs. small pasture, 164 

 leaking teats, 172 

 light, 186 



manure an index to feeding, 159 

 milk fever, 161 

 milking before calving, 159 

 milking machine, 169 

 milking methods, 167 

 muslin curtain, 186 

 naming the cows, 172 

 number times to milk, 162 

 pasture, large vs. small, 164 

 pasture, supplementing, 166 

 period of greatest yield, 162 

 preparing for record, 158 

 private drinking fountain, 173 

 protecting against flies, 166 

 putting onto fall basis, 157 

 routine, change of, 175 

 salt requirement, 174 

 short pasture, 165 

 sucking cows, 171 

 temperature, 186 

 time to freshen, 154 

 turning onto pasture, effect of, 



164 

 ventilation, 182 

 watering, 173 



Dairying, the why of, 3 



Dairy score card, 275 



Dairy testing associations, 148 

 number of, 150 

 result of, 149 



Dairy type, elements of, 31 

 capacity for food, 31 

 constitution, 34 

 dairy temperament, 33 

 femininity, 36 

 food, capacity for, 31 

 mammary development, 36 

 temperament, dairy, 33 

 triple wedge, 36 

 type essential to economy, 42 



Dehorning calves, 260 

 cows, 170 



Difficult churning in winter, 356 



Drought effect on milk, 164 

 Dry milk, 409 

 Drying off the cow, 158 

 Dutch Belted, the, 127 



Early use of cattle, 23 

 Energy in milk, 404 

 Evaporated milks, 409 



Farm dairying, 291 

 Farm milk house, 293 



construction, 299 



ice house, 300 



location, 298 



requirements, 293 

 Fat globules, size, 388 

 Fat yield, estimated, 426 

 Feeding in winter, see Winter feed- 

 ing, 225 

 Feeding standard, 232 

 Fertilizing value of plants, 8 

 Flies, protecting against, 166 

 Food values of milk, 401 

 Foot and mouth disease, 204 

 Foundation stock, 138 

 French-Canadian, the, 123 



Garget, 213 



General rule for feeding, 239 

 Gestation table, 155 

 Glassware, cleaning, 329 



testing, 415 

 Goats, milch, 131 



breeds, 133 



dairy type in goats, 132 



goats, maligned, the 131 



milk composition, 136 



milk records, 134 

 Gouda cheese, 367 

 Guernsey, the, 62 



Haecker's feeding standard, 232 

 Herd management, see Dairy herd 



management, 153 

 High-priced lands, 19 

 Hostein-Friesian, the, 46 

 Homogenized milk, 397 

 Human food production, 3 



Ice cream, 375 

 Ice house, 300 

 Income, direct, 17 



indirect, 17 



regular, 16 

 Infants, milk for, 406 



