Cowphilosophy: The Art of Practical Dairy Practice [Cow Philosophy] (Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged)

283 pp. Red boards. CONTENTS: Foreword: A Dairyman Writes a Book; Selection of Dairy Cows: Selection for Dairy Type: Dairy Type - Capacity, Mammary Development, Constitution, Dairy Temperament, Breed Character; Selection through Records of Performance; A. R. vs. Herd Test Records - Cow Testing Association Records; How Much is a Good Record?; How to Evaluate Records; Selection at Overbrook; Selection of the Breed; The Five Major Dairy Breeds: Ayrshire, Brown Swiss, Guernsey, Holstein-Friesian, Jersey; Selection for Health; Vaccination--Strain 19, for Bang's Disease Control; Health Factors in the Selection of Breeding Animals; Breeding Better Dairy Cattle: Intensifying Desirable Characteristics: Pedigree of Dunloggin Deubler, Pedigree of Essex Mistress Sweetie; The "Proven Sire" School of Thought; The Cross-Breeding School; Few Further Thoughts on Cross-Breeding; The Herd Sire; The Proven Sire vs. the Young Sire; Selection of a Young Sire (Bullphilosophy): Stick to Family Bloodlines; The "Ideal" Bull: The Dam, The Sire, The Bull Himself, Buying the Bull; Artificial Breeding; Some Further Thoughts on Artificial Breeding (1948); The Sire Index; Index and Other Comparisons (1948); The Proven Bull; Bell Farm Suzone--A Practical Example; The Female Side of Better Breeding; Summary; Feeding Dairy Cattle: General Feeding Considerations: Water, Protein, Carbohydrates, Fat and Fibre, Mineral Matter: How to Feed Minerals, Vitamins: How to Supply Vitamins in Ration; Roughage and Succulent Feeds; Pasture; Practical Feeding Practice; Drying the Cow Off; How Long Should a Cow Be Dry; How to Dry a Cow Off; Feed and Care of the Dry Cow; What are the Needed Health Factors in Feeds?; Feed and Care at Calving Time; Feeding Through the Lactation Period; Grain Feeding; Summer Feeding; Roughage Supplements for Pasture; What Feeds Shall the Dairyman Buy; Cost of Feeds; Providing the So-called Quality Factors in Feed; Experience at Overbrook in Providing the So-called Quality Factors; Ten Years of HIR at Overbrook; Calf Raising: Feed and Care of the New Born Calf: Milk Substitutes for Young Calves, How to Feed Calf Pellets; Feeding Program Summarized; Common Calf Ailements: Calf Scours: Remedy - Pneumonia; Feed and Care of Heifers; At What Age Should Heifers be Breed?; Dehorning Calves and Heifers; Daily Care and Management of the Milking Unit of the Dairy Herd: Provide Cow Comfort: Treatment of Common Indigestion, Cowpox, Bruises and Udder Injuries, The Medicine Chest, Keep Herd Records, Breeding the Herd, Sanitation; Care of the Herd Sire: The Bull Pen, The Feed; A War-Time Philosophy; The Pure Bred Industry; The Herdsman's Corner: The Farm Medicine Chest, Drying Off a Persistent Milker, Prevention and Care for Congestion in Udder at Calving Time, Strengthening a Weak Quarter, Broken-Down Udders, Calf Feeding, Calf Pneumonia, Calf Diarrhea, Artificially Heated vs. Unheated Calf Barns, Feeding Bred Yearling Heifers, Housing Bred Heifers, What Age to Breed, Best Quarters for Aged Bulls, Feed for Aged Bulls and What to Avoid, Cost of Raising Young Bulls and Methods Grass Silage, Chopped Hay vs. Unchopped, Cattle Lice, Itch, Ringworm, New Wrinkles.