Excerpt from Cattle and Dairy Farming, Vol. 1 Bull Ifive years old. Owned by Mr Stab], of Altenau, on the Harz Cow 611 years old Owned by M1. (3101114151101. Of Clausthal, on the Harz 227 Cow. Seven to eight years 0111. Owned by Mr. Bohnhorst, of Clausthal, 011 the Herz. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Excerpt from Dairy Farming It is fitting that the first book of the series Should deal with what' is probably, the most important source of income of American farmers, dairy farming. As population increases we must of necessity depend more on dairy products and less on beef cattle. The best methods of producing beef are very different from the best methods of producing milk. Many farmers who once kept beef cattle are changing to dairying. For such farmers a study of dairying is of particular importance because it will bring to them in formation that has been worked Out by long experience in dairy regions. Even in the old established dairy regions the changes in prices of land, feed, labor, and dairy products and the increasing importance of manure for growing cash crops, make a study of the principles of dairy farming of prime importance. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Better Dairy Farming: The Breeding, Feeding, Handling and Care of Dairy Cattle XII. The Ideal Bull XIII. Buying a Pure Bred Bull. XIV. Feeding, Developing and Exercising the Herd Bull. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The Book of the Farm, Vol. 1: Detailing the Labors of the Farmer, Steward, Plowman, Hedger, Cattle-Man, Shepherd, Field-Worker, and Dairymaid The young farmer, left to his own guidance, when beginning to learn his. Profession, encounters many perplexing difficulties. The difficulty which at first most prominently obtrudes itself on his notice consists in the distribution of the labor of the farm and it presents itself in this way He observes the teams employed one day in one field, at one kind of work, and perhaps the next day in another field, at a different sort of work. He observes the persons employed as field-workers assisting the teams one day, and in the next, perhaps, working by themselves in another field or elsewhere. He observes those changes with attention, considers of their utility, but cannot discover the reasons for making so very varied arrange ments not because he entertains the least doubt of their propriety, but, being as yet uninitiated in the art of farming, he cannot foresee the pur pose for which those labors are performed. The reason why he cannot at once foresee this is, that in all cases, excepting at the finishing Operations, the'end is unattained at the time of his observation. The next difficulty the young farmer encounters is in the variety of the labors performed. He not only sees various arrangements made to do the same sort of work, but various kinds of work. He discovers this differ ence on examining more closely into the nature of the work he sees per forming. He observes one day the horses at work in the plow in one field, moving in a direction quite opposite, in regard to the ridges, to what they were in the plow in another field. On another-day he observes the horses at work with quite a different implement from the plow. The field-workers, he perceives, have laid aside the implement with which they were working, and are performing the labor engaged in with the hand. He cannot comprehend why one sort of work should be osecuted one day, and quite a different sort of work the next. This difficulty is inox' plicable for the same reason why he could not overcome the former one because he cannot foresee the end for which those varieties of work are performed.' No doubt he is aware that every kind and variety of work which are performed on a farm, are preparatives to the attainment of cer tain cr0ps but what portion of any work is intended as a certain part of the preparation for a particular crop, is a knowledge which. He cannot ac quire by intuition. Every preparatory work is thus perplexing to the young farmer. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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