CONTENTS 



Xlll 



CHAPTER 9 



CONDITIONS AFFECTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF DAIRYING 



Cattle and grass, 202 Topography and climate, 203 

 ! jocation of beef and dairy cattle, 204 Relation of trans- 

 portation to dairying, 208 Other adjustments due to 

 ransportation, 213 Marginal regions, 214 Effect of dis- 

 ance to railroad, 214 Soil arid climate as determining the 

 and of product, 215 Kind of product and season of pro- 

 luction, 215 Animal unit defined,'218. 



Questions and problems ....... 



Collateral reading .... .... 



CHAPTER 10 



SYS-I EMS OF FARMING ON DAIRY FARMS ..... 



Crops for feed: Corn silage, 221 Soiling crops, 223 

 iloots, 223 Legumes, 224 Pasture, 224 Home-grown 

 irain, 225. 



Cropping systems for dairy farms : Principles of a good 

 Topping system, 225 Examples of rotations, 226. 



Cash crops and feed raised : Feed and cash crops, 227 

 \.ll feed purchased, 228 Nothing but roughage raised, 228 



Roughage and grain raised, 229 Roughage and cash 

 'rops raised, 229. 



Management of manure : Amount of manure produced, 

 :!3Q Fertility of feed returned by cows, 231 Losses of 

 manure and their prevention, 232 Value of manure, 234 



Value of manure depends on the rate of application, 235 

 -Value of manure depends on the crop on which it is 



applied, 238. 



Questions and problems ....... 



Laboratory exercises 



PAGES 



202-220 



219 



220 



221-239 



238 

 239 



CHAPTER 11 



METHODS OF RENTING DAIRY FARMS ..... 240-245 



Cash rent, 2*40 Share of crops, 240 Share of receipts, 

 240 Examples of rented farms, 242. 



Questions and problems 245 



Collateral reading 245 



