The Complete Grazier and Farmers' and Cattle-breeders' Assistant: Forming a Compendium of Husbandry

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C. Lockwood, 1900 - Agriculture - 1086 pages
 

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Contents

Of Grazing Cattle
154
Summer Soiling of Cattle
160
Of Winter Box and Stallfeeding Cattle
169
XIL Of Artificial Food for CattlePreparation of Food
198
Of the Sale of Cattle
224
BOOK THE SECOND ON THE ECONOMY AND MANAGEMENT OF THE DAIRY I Of Milch Kine
239
Of the Pasture and other Food best suited to Milch Cows
247
Of the Situation and Buildings proper for a DairyDairy Utensils
258
The Secretion of Milk
271
Of the Management of Milk and Cream and the Making and Preservation of Butter
295
Of the Making and Preservation of Cheese
318
On the Produce of a Dairy
345
The Factory System of DairyingHome and Foreign
350
ON THE BREEDING REARING AND MANAGEMENT OF HORSES
367
BOOK THE FOURTH
465
BOOK THE FIFTH
529
BOOK THE SIXTH
545
BOOK THE SEVENTH ON THE BREEDING REARING AND MANAGEMENT OF POULTRY CHAPTER PAGE I Domestic Fowls
591
The Breeds of Poultry and their Characteristics
597
Housing of Poultry
610
Hatching and Breeding
617
The Rearing of Chickens
629
Feeding and Fattening
634
Diseases of Poultry
640
ON THE CULTURE AND MANAGEMENT OF GRASS LANDS I On the Size and Shape of Fields
791
On Fences
793
On Pasture Land
805
On Meadow Land
810
On the Culture of Grass Land
819
On Haymaking
830
On Stacking Hay
840
On Ensilage
842
On Impediments to the Scythe and on the Eradication of Weeds
849
On Paring and Burning
861
On Draining
863
On Irrigation
876
On Warping
887
ON THE CULTIVATION AND APPLICATION OF GRASSES PULSE
893
On the Corn and Pulse Commonly Cultivated for their Grain
942
BOOK THE ELEVENTH
997
On Artificial Manures
1011
On the General Application of Artificial Manures
1018
On the Application of Lime Chalk Marl c
1024
Dairy Cow Calendar
1039
Sheep and Lamb Calendar
1045
Horse Calendar
1053
Summary Calendar of General Farm Work
1068

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Bibliographic information

TitleThe Complete Grazier and Farmers' and Cattle-breeders' Assistant: Forming a Compendium of Husbandry
AuthorsThomas Hartwell Horne, William Youatt, William Fream
EditorWilliam Fream
Edition14
PublisherC. Lockwood, 1900
Original fromUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
DigitizedFeb 27, 2015
Length1086 pages
  
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