City Milk Supply (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from City Milk Supply Dairy cattle and the dairy farm 94 Origin of Domesticated Cattle - Introduction of Cattle into America The Dairy Type - holstein-friesian - Ayrshire - Brown Swiss - The Chan nel Islands Cattle - Guernsey - Jersey - french-canadian - Dual-purpose Cattle - Shorthorn - Choice of Breed - Importance of a Purebred Bull - Im portance of Testing Cows - Cow-testing Associations - Sheltering Cattle Types of Barns - Basement Barns - Loft Barns - Shed Barns - Double Stabling Barns - Combination Barns - Round Barns - Barn Construction Necessity of Good Planning - Plan of Round Barn - Plan of Rectangular Barn - Barn Floor - Platforms - Alignment of the Animals - Stall Partitions - Gutters - Alleys - Walls - Stanchions - Mangers - Milk Room - Office Dressing Room - ceilingmlighting - Ventilation - Ventilation by Windows - The King System - Canadian Experiments - Rutherford System - Ven tilation by Pierced Walls - Ventilation by Curtains - Watering Cows Care of the Manure - Litter - Vermin and Flies - Mosquitos - Milk Houses Ice Houses. 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.