INDEX 



429 



Common ailments, bloating, causes, 

 216 



symptoms, 216 



treatment, 216 

 chapped teats, 215 

 cow pox, 213 

 ergotism, 207 

 foot and mouth disease, 204 



causes of, 205 



diagnosis, 206 



prevention of, 208 



symptoms, 205 

 foot rot, 208 

 garget, 213 

 infectious abortion, 194 



cause of, 194 



manner of dissemination, 

 195 



mode of infection, 196 



prevention and treatment, 

 198 



symptoms, 196 

 inflammation of udder (mam- 

 mitis), 211 



symptoms, 211 



treatment, 212 

 lumpy jaw, 209 

 milk fever,. 200 



cause of, 200 



prevention of, 203 



symptoms of, 200 



treatment for, 203 

 ring worm, 220 

 scours, white, 217, 257 



cause of, 217 



prevention, 189 

 teats, chapped, 215 

 tuberculosis, 189 



bacilli found in milk, 189 



cause of, 189 



communicable to men, 189 



method of distribution, 192 



nature of, 189 



symptoms, 190 



tuberculin test for, 192 

 warts, 215 

 Community breeding, 141 

 advantages, 143 

 associations, 143 

 disadvantages, 144 

 Composition of feeds, 417 

 Composition of milk and its prod- 

 ucts, 412 

 Cottage cheese, 372' 

 Cow as a food producer, the, 3 



Cow vs. steer in food production, 4 



Cream, care and ripening, 340 

 grading, 341 

 ripening, 342 



Cream separation, 332 



variation in cream test, 333 

 variation in skim milk test, 334 

 weight of cream per gallon, 339 



Cream separators, 332 

 centrifugal, 332 

 efficiency in skimming, 333 

 speed effect on fat loss, 333 



Dairy barn, features of, 179 



cork bricks, 179 



creosote blocks, 180 



dimensions of stalls, 187 



facing of cows, 181-182' 



floor material, 179 



hay storage, 179 



light, 186 



manger, 188 



ventilation, 182 

 Dairy butter making, 346 



acid test, 363 



butter, composition of, 357 



butter, market classes of, 358 



butter, overrun, 356 



causes of difficult churning, 356 



churn, the, 347 



collection of cream, 346 



coloring, 348 



composition of butter, 357 



fat test, 363 



making, the, 348 



market classes of butter, 358 



moisture test, 365 



salt test, 365 



selling, 355 



tests in creameries, 363 

 Dairy herd management, 153 



acres required per cow, 165 



breeding, 162 



care after calving, 160 



change of routine, 175 



cow's bed, 170 



dehorning, 170 



dog, the, 176 



drought effect on milk, 164 



drying off cow, 158 



first vs. last milk, 168 



first year's record, 162 



flies, protecting against, 166 



food effect on test of milk, 163 



