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Milch Cows and Dairy Farming: Comprising the Breeds, Breeding, and Management, in Health and Disease, of Dairy and Other Stock, the Selection of Milch Cows, with a Full Explanation of Guenon's Method; The Culture of Forage Plants, and the Production of Milk, Butter, and Cheese: Embodying the Most Recent Improvements, and Adapted to Farming in the United States and British Provinces. With a Treatise upon the Dairy Husbandry of Holland; To Which Is Added Horsfall's System of Dairy Management — John Shaqi

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Milch Cows and Dairy Farming: Comprising the Breeds, Breeding, and Management, in Health and Disease, of Dairy and Other Stock, the Selection of Milch Cows, with a Full Explanation of Guenon's Method; The Culture of Forage Plants, and the Production of Milk, Butter, and Cheese: Embodying the Most Recent Improvements, and Adapted to Farming in the United States and British Provinces. With a Treatise upon the Dairy Husbandry of Holland; To Which Is Added Horsfall's System of Dairy Management

Name: Milch Cows and Dairy Farming: Comprising the Breeds, Breeding, and Management, in Health and Disease, of Dairy and Other Stock, the Selection of Milch Cows, with a Full Explanation of Guenon's Method; The Culture of Forage Plants, and the Production of Milk, Butter, and Cheese: Embodying the Most Recent Improvements, and Adapted to Farming in the United States and British Provinces. With a Treatise upon the Dairy Husbandry of Holland; To Which Is Added Horsfall's System of Dairy Management
Author: Flint, Charles Louis

Flint, Charles Louis

Cows; Dairying

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  MILCH COWS
  AND
  DAIRY FARMING;

  COMPRISING

  THE BREEDS, BREEDING, AND MANAGEMENT, IN HEALTH AND DISEASE,
  OF DAIRY AND OTHER STOCK, THE SELECTION OF MILCH COWS,
  WITH A FULL EXPLANATION OF GUENON’S METHOD;
  THE CULTURE OF FORAGE PLANTS,

  AND THE PRODUCTION OF
  MILK, BUTTER, AND CHEESE:

  EMBODYING THE MOST RECENT IMPROVEMENTS, AND ADAPTED TO
  FARMING IN THE UNITED STATES AND BRITISH PROVINCES.

  WITH A TREATISE UPON THE
  DAIRY HUSBANDRY OF HOLLAND;

  TO WHICH IS ADDED
  HORSFALL’S SYSTEM OF DAIRY MANAGEMENT.

  BY CHARLES L. FLINT,
  SECRETARY OF THE MASSACHUSETTS STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE; AUTHOR OF
  “A TREATISE ON GRASSES AND FORAGE PLANTS,” ETC.

  LIBERALLY ILLUSTRATED.

  BOSTON:
  PHILLIPS, SAMPSON AND COMPANY,
  13 WINTER STREET.
  1859.

  Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1858, by
  CHARLES L. FLINT,
  In the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the District of
  Massachusetts.

  Stereotyped by
  HOBART A ROBBINS,
  New England Type and Stereotype Foundery,
  BOSTON.

  PRINTED BY R. M. EDWARDS.

  ~TO~
  THE MASS. STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE,
  THE
  MASS. SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF AGRICULTURE,
  AND THE VARIOUS
  AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES OF THE UNITED STATES,
  WHOSE EFFORTS HAVE CONTRIBUTED SO LARGELY TO IMPROVE THE
  DAIRY STOCK OF OUR COUNTRY
  ~This Treatise,~
  DESIGNED TO ADVANCE THAT HIGHLY IMPORTANT INTEREST,
  IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED,
  BY
  THE AUTHOR.

  CONTENTS.

  PREFACE.                                                           vii

  CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY.--THE VARIOUS RACES OF PURE-BRED CATTLE
  IN THE UNITED STATES.                                                9

  The Ayrshires -- The Jersey -- The Short-horns -- The Dutch --
  Herefords -- The North Devons

  CHAPTER II. AMERICAN GRADE OF NATIVE CATTLE.--THE PRINCIPLES OF
  BREEDING.                                                           49

  CHAPTER III. THE SELECTION OF MILCH COWS.                           79

  CHAPTER IV. FEEDING AND MANAGEMENT OF DAIRY COWS.                  113

  Soiling -- Milking -- The Barn

  CHAPTER V. THE RAISING OF CALVES.                                  155

  CHAPTER VI. CULTURE OF GRASSES AND OTHER PLANTS RECOMMENDED FOR
  FODDER.                                                            169

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