•' The first farmer was the first man, and all historic 

 nobility rests on possession and use of land." 



— Emerson. 



LIPPINCOTT'S 



FARM MANUALS 



EDITED BY 



KARY C. DAVIS, Ph.D. (Cornell) 



PROFESSOR OF AGRICULTURE, SCHOOL OF COUNTRY LIFE 

 CBORGE PEABODY COLLEGE FOR TEACHERS, NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE 



PRODUCTIVE DAIRYING 



By R. M. WASHBURN, B.AGR., M.S.A. 



PROFESSOR OF DAIRY HUSBANDRY, UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA; FORMERLY PROFESSOR OF 



ANIMAL AND DAIRY HUSBANDRY, UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT; ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, 



DAIRY HUSBANDRY, UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI; STATE DAIRY AND 



FOOD COMMISSIONER OF MISSOURI 



