INDEX 



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Jersey Cattle, characteristics of, 46, 

 49 ; conditions in native home of, 

 43 ; families of, 52 ; importations 

 of, 45 ; origin of, 42 : records, 

 49, 53; Register of Merit for, 51, 

 52 ; scale of points for, 54 ; regis- 

 tration on Jersey Island, 44 ; 

 types of, 47, 48. 



Jerseys, Polled, 84. 



Kerry Cattle, 85. 



Lice on cattle, 335. 

 Linseed meal, composition, 278 ; 

 characteristics as feed, 290. 



Maintenance ration, Armsby's Stand- 

 ard, 280. 



Mangers for barns, 308. 



Manure, amount voided, 4, 316 ; 

 composition from different animals, 

 317 ; distribution of fertilizing 

 constituents in, 317 ; handling 

 of, 320; preservation of, 319; 

 value of, 4, 316. 



Marking systems for cattle, 211. 



Milk, cause of secretion, 130 ; bitter, 

 227; bloody, 226; fat content 

 influenced by condition of cow, 37 ; 

 importance of rich, 133 ; skim 

 milk, composition of, 178 ; yield 

 and richness as influenced by age 

 of cow, 148. 



Milk fever, air treatment for, 236; 

 apparatus for treating, 237; how 

 recognized, 236. 



Milking, before calving, 233 ; influ- 

 ence of period between milktngs, 

 221 ; Hegelund manipulation in, 

 222 ; hard-milking cows, treat- 

 ment for, 224; methods of, 219; 

 the heifer, 218. 



Milking machine, 221. 



Milk sheets, 138. 



Milk solids, amount produced by 

 cow in year, 6, 7 ; per cent in 

 different breeds, 33, 49, 58, 68, 

 95, 101. 



Milk tubes, 221, 225. 



Milk veins, 23. 



Milk wells, 23. 



Molasses feeds, use of, 291. 



Nitrogen free extract, 275. 



Oat and oat products, composition 

 of, 278 ; characteristics as a feed, 

 289. 



Pasture, turning on in spring, 254 ; 



feeding grain on, 255 ; provision 



for periods of short, 257. 

 Pink eye, 335. 

 Polled Durham Cattle, 104. 

 Polled Jersey Cattle, 84. 

 Protein, 275. 



Rations, calculation of, 274, 280; 

 palatability of, 284 ; order of 

 feeding, 284 ; for high-producing 

 cows, 285. 



Rations, suitable for feeding, 271 ; 

 calculation of, 280. 



Records, summary of Experiment 

 Station records, 108 ; form for 

 daily, 138 ; for yearly, 143 ; 

 methods of keeping, 136-146. 



Red Polled Cattle, 97; characteris- 

 tics, 100 ; origin of, 98 ; records 

 for, 101, 102 ; score card for, 102. 



Salt, amount needed, 247 ; necessity 

 for, 246. 



Sampling milk for testing, 140. 



Score Card, 26; Ayrshire, 70; 

 Guernsey, 61 ; Holstein, 38 ; Jer- 

 sey, 54; Red Polled, 102. 



Selection of cows, 116 ; by type, 21 ; 

 importance of rich milk in, 133 ; 

 by test, 133. 



Self-sucking cows, 228. 



Shorthorns, characteristics of, 94 ; 

 dairy records of, 95 ; in England, 

 96 ; origin of, 92. 



Silage, composition of, 278 ; for 

 summer feeding, 259 ; value of, in 

 ration, 268 ; characteristics as a 

 feed, 288. 



Soiling system, advantages of, 248 ; 

 crops for soiling, 252 ; increased 



