TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



PART I. THE DAIRY HERD. 



Page. 



Chapter I. Dairy Farming a Profitable Business... 7 



Chapter II. Evolution of the Dairy Cow 9 



Chapter III. Selection of Dairy Cows n 



Chapter IV. Selection of Dairy Sires 17 



Chapter V. Building Up a Dairy Herd 20 



Chapter VI. Breeds of Dairy Cattle 25 



Chapter VII. Feeding the Dairy Cow 33 



Chapter VIII. Silos and Silage 52 



Chapter IX. Method of Keeping Herd Records 60 



Chapter X. Milking 68 



Chapter XL Herd Management 73 



Chapter XII. Rearing the Dairy Calf 82 



Chapter XIII. Dairy Barn 86 



Chapter XIV. Handling Farm Manure 101 



Chapter XV. Pow.er on the Farm 106 



Chapter XVI. Diseases and Ailments of Dairy Cattle.. no 



PART II. MILK AND ITS PRODUCTS. 



Chapter XVII. Milk 123 



Chapter XVIII. The Babcock Test 135 



Chapter XIX. Bacteria and Milk Fermentations 146 



Chapter XX. Sanitary Milk Production 155 



Chapter XXL Farm Butter-Making 165 



Chapter XXII. Farm Cheese-Making 187 



Chapter XXIII. Starters 193 



Chapter XXIV. Soft and Fancy Cheese-Making 199 



Chapter XXV. Cooling and Aeration of Milk and 



Cream 205 



Chapter XXVI. How to Secure a Good Market 213 



Chapter XXVII. Marketing Milk and Cream 217 



Chapter XXVIII. Ice Cream Making 228 



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