CONTENTS. XI 



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Calving cow, and its needs; Calf feeding; Artificial means a mistake 25 



Eations and feeds; Use of cob meal and corn in preference to whole ear 

 corn; Advantages of certain cotton-seed meals; Influence of feeds upon 

 butter and milk 26 



Influence of certain feeding stuffs upon the flavor of butter; Importance 

 of the influence of inorganic substances on the quality and quantity of 

 milk; Henneberg and Stohmann's experiments 27 



Influence of fodders upon the flavor of milk; Theoretical considerations; 

 Elimination of milk from the blood; Elaboration of milk from the 

 colostrum 28 



What milk in reality is; Importance of the composition and size of the 

 milk glands; Abnormal development of the udder not a sure indication 

 of the possibility of an abundant flow of milk 29 



Advantages of albumin; Amount of digestible protein needed; Effect of an 

 increase in the amount of fat of a ration on the flow of milk; Wolff* on 

 this subject 30 



Experiments f Kiihn and of Weiske; Essentials for successful dairying; 

 Shelter, and its importance; Amount of air required 31 



Comfort and ease for the cow; Stables; Breed and kind of cow; Cows 

 should have a trial; Continued attention; Kindness 32 



Feeding; Time of feeding; Successful cossette feeding; Excessive feeding; 

 Difficulties in feeding 33 



Stable feeding and exercise; Feeding with a view of butter production; 

 Feeding according to records; Question of labor 34 



Bacteria; Water in feeding; Influence of water upon food consumption ... 35 



Influence of water on protein consumption; Water drunk and its influence. 36 



Effect of water when given in excess; Loss of water per diem; Diarrhoea 

 caused by excessively diluted rations; Essentials of good water; Salt ... 37 



Mistake in starting a dairy; Co-operative methods; Calculation of rations 

 for milch cows; Preliminary remarks 38 



Manurial value of the droppings; Difference in opinion as to standard 

 rations 39 



Composition of one hundred rations for dairy cows in different parts of the 

 United States; Requirements of American cows as compared Avith 

 European 40 



The standard adopted; Advantage of the use of special tables for com- 

 puting rations for farm animals; Faulty rations 41 



Composition of ration Xo. 1, fed to California dairy cows; Composition of 

 ration Xo. 2, fed to California dairy cows 42 



Manner of calculating a ration; Composition of suppositions ration for 

 dairy cows 43 



Modification of above ration; Further modification of above ration 44 



Sheep feeding; General considerations; Impulse to sheep raising in the 

 United States given by beet pulp utilization 45 



Importance of having the ewes well looked after; Advantages of com- 



