PREFACE. 



observations, writings, and publications of others, both 

 abroad and at home, perhaps more experienced than 

 mysel To such, I feel largely indebted, and give my 

 acknowledgments. But those observations have been scat- 

 tered in such fragmentary and miscellaneous ways, as to 

 be beyond the reach of the inquirer, without more labor 

 and expense to combine them into accessible form than 

 can well be done by the mass, or even a few of those 

 seeking them. 



I trust that here may be found embodied all those various 

 materiel which will prove acceptable to the wide spread 

 community interested in the breeding and improvement of 

 our herds, and that they may be benefited by my labors. 

 With this trust, the following pages are submitted. 



LEWIS F. ALLEN. 



BUFFALO, N. Y., 18G8. 



