PREFACE. 



written in plain, every-day language are very ancient 

 and, therefore, have not the information contained in 

 modern books, which may be based on the vast ad- 

 vance which has been made in scientific breeding, and 

 on the great discoveries which have been recently made 

 in medicine and surgery. 



It has been my aim to give the average stockowner 

 the information that he must necessarily be continually 

 seeking, in language so plain, that any common school- 

 boy can understand it. I have, therefore, avoided tech- 

 nical terms wherever possible. 



Another reason which has impelled me to arrarge a 

 book relating to diseases of animals, is the fact that in 

 a large extent of our country, the services of an educa- 

 ted Veterinarian are difficult to obtain by the average 

 stockowner who resides, for the most part, at a con- 

 siderable distance from large towns, and even when ob- 

 tainable, it will be only at a considerable expense, be- 

 sides the loss of valuable time in checking serious dis- 

 ease and thereby avoiding a part of the losses which in 

 the aggregate, are enormous. A recent bulletin issued 



