[Illustration: THE FAMOUS JERSEY COW “EUROTAS” (2.454). (_Frontispiece._)] KEEPING ONE COW. BEING THE EXPERIENCE OF A NUMBER OF PRACTICAL WRITERS, IN A CLEAR AND CONDENSED FORM, UPON THE MANAGEMENT OF A SINGLE MILCH COW. ILLUSTRATED. [Illustration] NEW YORK: ORANGE JUDD COMPANY, 751 BROADWAY. 1884. Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1880, by the ORANGE JUDD COMPANY, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. TABLE OF CONTENTS. Absorbents in the Stable, 14, 17, 19, 26, 55, 75, 80, 94, 99, 127 Accounts, Dr. and Cr., 11, 31, 38, 45, 111, 113, 131 Ailments, 28, 89, 115 Alfalfa Clover, 97 Cut six times, 98 Artichokes, Jerusalem, 64-77 Feeding, 69, 75 Nutritive Value of, 75, 76 Barley as an Autumn Crop, 107 Barn—See Stable Barre System of Feeding, 105 Butter, 14 Buying Feed, 78, 93 Brewer’s Grains, 9, 109, 130 Calf, Care and Disposal of the, 12, 21, 27, 28, 57, 62, 71, 89, 119 Rations for, 21, 28 Scours in, 28 Teaching to Drink, 12, 22, 28 Clover, White and Red, compared, 104 Corn (Indian) for Fodder, 12, 17, 20, 25, 29, 31, 44, 60 Compost Heap, 19, 81 Cow, Care at Calving Time, 21, 27, 41, 50, 72, 83, 87, 114 Carding, 37, 56, 84 Drying Off, 14, 37, 87 Fat at Calving, 110, 114 General Treatment, 9, 17, 30, 37, 50, 96, 98, 119 How to Select a, 80 Kept in the North, 9 Kept in New York, 78, 99, 123 Kept in the South, 25 Kept in the Eastern States, 35, 92, 103, 110 Kept in the Town, 108, 130 Kept in Ohio, 53 Kept in Pennsylvania, 16, 64 Kept in Indiana, 119 Kept on Cape Cod, 92 Kept in California, 97 Kept in Connecticut, 110 Points of a Good, 9 Rations for, 29, 30, 37, 43 Stabled in Town, 108 Yield of Milk, 15, 42, 57, 72, 114, 132 Cow Doctors, 89 Diseases—See Ailments Draining Land, 125 Drouth, Effects of, on Milk, 39 Dry Fodder for Winter, 87, 108 Dung Heap, the, 125 Ellsworth’s, System of Feeding, 105 Exercise, Need of, 81, 109 Fastening for the Stable, 63 Feeding, System of, 18, 27, 29, 37, 43, 83, 103 Fertilizers, Commercial, 47, 59, 117, 118 Food, Am’t Required for a Year, 10, 64 Daily, 106 Garget (Inflamed Udder), 89, 115 Grasses, Mixed, as Soiling Crops, 103 Grass Seed Mixtures, 103 Ground Feed, Bran, 37, 87 Cotton-seed Oil Cake Meal, 29, 44, 87 Corn Meal, 37, 57, 59 Ground Feed, Oats and Peas, 10 Hay, 30, 82, 100 Hay Tea, 28 Hungarian Grass, 108 Land, Area Required, 9, 11, 16, 22, 47, 64-65, 78, 82, 93, 99, 106, 117-118, 125