IV PREFACE 



by no fewer than three Royal Commissions within the 

 last fifteen years, has been fully dealt with, and the 

 means by which this scourge may be most effectively 

 combated have been duly set forth in the following 

 pages. Abortion, which is another source of disastrous 

 loss to cattle-breeders, has also been dealt with, and 

 full directions are given as to the best methods of 

 preventing this plague. New chapters on Milk Fever, 

 Diseases of the Udder, etc., have also been added. 

 The sections relating to Horses, Sheep, Pigs, and 

 Dogs have also been most carefully revised in the 

 light of the most recent discoveries of Veterinary 

 Science and Practice. The book has all along 

 been designed to be a popular manual of Veterinary 

 Practice, and is as free as possible from scientific 

 technicalities, the author's expositions and instruc- 

 tions being expressed in language that can be 

 easily understood by any intelligent stock-owner. 



