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TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE 



The translation of Klimmer's admirable work on Veterinary Hy- 

 giene and Scientific Feeding of Animals was undertaken at the siig.- 

 gestion of the publisher, Mr. Alexander Eger, with the hope and belief 

 that in doing so the translator was rendering a real service. 



While some of the ideas and practices outlined in this work do not 

 entirely fit into the economy of our own country and many changes 

 and adaptations might have been made and served a useful purpose, 

 the translator believed that a practically literal translation of the work 

 as offered by the author would be not only more interesting to the 

 American student but really more instructive. 



A comparison of the careful and painstaking methods of the German 

 people and their continual efforts to economize, with our own char- 

 acteristically wasteful practices, even though conditions prevailing 

 with us are entirely different, cannot fail to have a wholesome in- 

 fluence. 



The translator has therefore confined himself to adding only here 

 and there a few words of explanation which he believed necessary for 

 clearness, either in the form of footnotes or remarks in parentheses in 

 the text. 



The translator wishes to express his sincere thanks to his friend, 

 Dr. J. R. Mohler, Chief of the United States Bureau of Animal In- 

 dustry, for reading the manuscript before its submission to the printer, 

 making valuable suggestions in the arrangement of the text and add- 

 ing instructive footnotes. Dr. Mohler's suggestion that the extensive 

 references to technical literature which are appended to most chapters 

 in the original German edition, be omitted, was also followed. It was 

 mutually agreed that since this would be of value only to students 

 familiar with the German language the original work of Dr. Klimmer 

 would be available to them for such references. 



The translator wishes further to express his appreciation to the 

 publisher, Mr. Eger, for his patience in overlooking the many annoy- 

 ing but unavoidable delays in preparing the manuscript and reading 

 the final proof of this translation. 



Paul Fischer. 



Bartow, Florida. 

 February 10, 1923. 



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