CONTENTS 



Introduction 6 



Introductory — Dairying and Permanent Agriculture 8 



PART ONE— FEEDING DAIRY CATTLE 



I. The Composition and Selection of Concentrates 13 



II. The Manurial Value of Feeds lb 



III. By-Products Used in Feeding Dairy Cattle 19 



IV. The Selection and Value of Concentrates 23 



V. Forage Crops for Roughage 27 



VI. Curing Hay Prom the Standpoint of a Feeder 30 



VII. When to Cut Corn For Silage 34 



VIII. The Ideal Ration For a Dairy Cow 36 



IX. Feeding in Summer 40 



X. Succulent Feeds to Supplement Pasture 42 



XI. Molasses as a Feed 45 



XII. The Feeding of Lime and Phosphorus to Dairy Cows 47 



PART TWO— ADVANCED REGISTRY FEEDING 



XIII. Fitting a Cow For An Advanced Registry Test 53 



XIV. Feeding For Advanced Registry Records 66 



XV. Feeding Test Cows at Cornell University 60 



XVI. The Rations Fed Some Famous Cows 70 



XVII. Feeding For Long Distance Records 83 



XVIII. Summer Rations for Semi-OfCicial Cows 85 



XIX. Feeding Pat Into Milk 88 



PART THREE— FEEDING CALVES 



XX. Raising Calves on Whole and Skimmed Milk 91 



XXI. Raising Calves on Substitutes For Milk 95 



XXII. Feeding and Management of Yearlings and Two-Year-Olds 97 



PART FOUR— MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES ON FEEDING 



XXIII. Feeding Dry Stock 101 



XXIV. Feeding and Care of the Dairy Bull 104 



PART FIVE— THE SOURCES OF FEEDS 



XXV. The Sources of Feeds 107 



XXVI. Concentrates Derived From the Corn Plant Ill 



XXVII. Barley and Its Products 118 



XXVIII. Rye and Oats and Their Products 121 



XXIX. Wheat and Its By-Products :.. 127 



XXX. Buckwheat and Its By-Products. Rice and Its By-Products. 



Sorghums and Millets .• 132 



XXXL The Oil Meals 136 



