TABLE OF CONTENTS 



I. INTRODUCTION ....... . . 1 



II. ORIGIN OF DOMESTICATED CATTLE ..... 9 



III. THE DAIRY TYPE ........ 17 



IV. HOLSTEIN-FRIESIANS ........ 27 



V. THE CHANNEL ISLAND BREEDS . . . . ... 42 



VI. AYRSHIRES .......... 63 



VII. BROWN Swiss ......... 74 



VIII. MINOR DAIRY BREEDS DUTCH BELTED, POLLED JER- 



SEY, KERRY, FRENCH-CANADIAN .... 81 



IX. DUAL-PURPOSE CATTLE ..... . .87 



X. STARTING A DAIRY HERD ....... 107 



XI. SELECTION OF THE INDIVIDUAL Cow .... 116 



XII. How INDIVIDUAL SELECTION is MADE .... 132 



XIII. SELECTION OF THE HERD BULL ..... 154 



XIV. CALF RAISING ......... 174 



XV. CALF RAISING ......... 191 



XVI. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE DAIRY HEIFER . . . 203 



XVII. ^MANAGEMENT OF DAIRY CATTLE ..... 210 



XVIII. ""MANAGEMENT OF DAIRY CATTLE (Continued) . . . 229 



XIX. WATER AND SALT REQUIREMENTS ..... 241 



XX. THE SOILING SYSTEM ....... 248 



XXI. s FEEDING FOR MILK PRODUCTION ..... 254 



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