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INDEX 



Dairy herd management, fountain, 

 private drinking, 173 



gestation period, 154 



getting most from cows, 177 



giving the cow a rest, 157 



hard milkers, 172 



kicking cows, 171 



large vs. small pasture, 164 



leaking teats, 172' 



light, 186 



manure an index to feeding, 159 



milk fever, 161 



milking before calving, 159 



milking machine, 169 



milking methods, 167 



muslin curtain, 186 



naming the cows, 172 



number times to milk, 162 



pasture, large vs. small, 164 



pasture, supplementing, 166 



period of greatest yield, 162 



preparing for record, 158 



private drinking fountan, 173 



protecting against flies, 166 



putting onto fall basis, 157 



routine, change of, 175 



salt requirement, 174 



short pasture, 165 



sucking cows, 171 



temperature, 186 



time to freshen, 154 



turning onto pasture, efi'ect of, 

 164 



ventilation, 182 



watering, 173 

 Dairying, the why of, 3 

 Dairy score card, 275 

 Dairy testing associations, 148 



number of, 150 



result of, 149 

 Dairy type, elements of, 31 



capacity for food, 31 



constitution, 34 



dairy temperament, 33 



femininity, 36 



food, capacity for, 31 



mammary development, 36 



temperament, dairy, 33 



triple wedge, 36 



type essential to economy, 42 

 Dehorning, 



calves, 260 



cows, 170 

 Difficult churning in winter, 356 

 Drought effect on milk, 164 



Drying off the cow, 158 

 Dutch Belted, the, 123 



Early use of cattle, 23 



Farm dairying, 291 

 Farm milk house, 293 



construction, 299 



ice house, 300 



location, 298 



requirements, 293 

 Fat globules, size, 408 

 Fat yield, estimated, 424 

 Feeding in winter, see Winter feeding 

 Feeding standard, 232' 

 Fertilizing value of plants, 8 

 Flies, protecting against, 166 

 Foot and mouth disease, 204 

 Foundation stock, 138 

 French-Canadian, the, 127 



Garget, 213 



General rule for feeding, 239 



Gestation table, 155 



Glassware 



cleaning, 329 



testing, 413 

 Goats, milch, 131 



breeds, 133 



dairy type in goats, 132 



goats, maligned, the, 131 



milk composition, 136 



milk records, 134 

 Gouda cheese, 367 

 Guernsey, the, 62 



Haecker's feeding standard, 232 

 Herd managenaent, see Dairy herd 



management 

 High-priced lands, 19 

 Holstein-Friesian, the, 46 

 Homogenized milk, 397 

 Human food production, 3 



Ice cream, 375 

 Ice house, 300 

 Income, 



direct, 17 



indirect, 17 



regular, 16 

 Infants, milk for, 405 



Jersey, the, 74 



Lactometer, the, 389, 390 

 Lumpy jaw, 209 



