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nervous condition of the cow. A good dairy- 

 man will always treat his cows kindly, will not 

 be boisterous while handling them, or will not 

 excite them in any other way, will feed them 

 regularly and provide shelter for them. He 

 will remember that besides being one of his best 

 friends, the cow represents so much capital 

 invested, and that abusing her will very mate- 

 rially affect the dividends that she will be able 

 to pay him. 



EXERCISES 



1. How many pounds of milk solids in a hundred 

 pounds of milk? How much water? 



2. "Which breed probably produces the greatest 

 amount of solids per hundred pounds of milk? 



3. How many pounds of solid food are produced by 

 a cow giving 25 pounds of milk daily? This is equal 

 in dry matter to how many pounds of beefsteak ? 



4. About how much solid food matter is produced by 

 a cow giving 10,000 pounds of milk in a year ? 



5. This is equal in total food matter to how much 

 beef? How many yearling steers would be necessary 

 to equal in beef the food products of such a cow ? 



6. Do you weigh the milk of the home herd? 



7. Do you know how much food material each of 

 your cows produces in a year ? 



LABORATORY PROBLEMS 

 I. To Determine the Per Cent of Solids in Milk 



1. Carefully weigh 100 grams of whole milk into a 

 weighed dish. 



