LIVE STOCK HANDBOOKS. 



ThB Stock'breoder's Library. 



This series covers the whole field of our British varieties of Horses, Cattle, 

 Sheep, Pigs, etc., and forms a thoroughly practical guide to the Breeds and 

 Management. The volumes can be had separately ', each is complete in Itself. 



I. — SHEEP : Breeds and Management. 6th Edition. 



By JOHN WRIGHTSON, M.R.A.C.. F.C.S.. President of the 

 College of Agriculture, Downton. 



With 23 FulUpasre Illustrations. 



Contents — Effects of Domestication — I-ong and Fine Woolled Slieep — British 

 Long-woolled Sheep — Border Leicesters — Cotswolds — Middle-woolled — Mountain or 

 Forest— Apparent Differences in Breeds — Management — Lambing Time— Ordinary and 

 Extraordinary Treatment of Lambs — Single and Twin Lambs — Winter Feeding — 

 Exhibition Slieep— Future of Sheep FarmiMg — A Large Flock — Diseases. 



II.— LIGHT HORSES : Breeds and Management. 

 5th Edition. 



By W. C. A, BLEW, M.A. ; W. SCARTH-DIXON ; Dr. GEORGE 

 FLEMING, C.B., F.R.C.V.S. ; VERO SHAW, B.A., etc. 

 With 28 Pull-page Illustrations. 



CoNTENT.s — Thoroughbreds— Hackneys — Cleveland Bays and Yorkshire Coach 

 Horses — Arabians — American Trotters — Hunters— Hacks— Pontes — Asses and Mules — 

 Management — Diseases and Injuries. 



III.— HEAVY HORSES : Breeds and Management. 



4th Edition. 



By HERMAN BIDDELL ; C. L DOUGLAS; THOMAS DYKES ; 

 Dk. GEORGE FLEMING, C.B., F.R.C.V.S. ; ARCHIBALD 

 MACNEILAGE ; GILBERT MURRAY, and W. R. TROTTER. 

 With 29 Full-page Illustrations. 



C9NTENTS— The Shire Horse— The Suffolk Horse— The Clydesdale Horse— The 

 Breeding of Heavy Cart Horses for Street Work —The London Work Horse in Street 

 and Stable— Farm Management of the Heavy Horse— Diseases and Injuries to which 

 Heavy Horses are liable. 



IV.— CATTLE: Breeds and Management. 6th Edition. 



By WILLIAM HOUSMAN. The VETERINARY SECTION by 

 Professor J. WORTLEY-AXE. 



With 33 Full-page Illustrations. 



Contents — The Ox, Wild and Domesticatki> : (i) Original Species — (z) The 

 Park Herds — (3) Changes under Domestication. Anciknt Hokned Breeds : (i) 

 Scotch Highland— ^2) Welsh — {3) Kerry and Dexter— (4) Devon and South Hams — 

 (5) Sussex. Improved Horned Breeds : Longhorn — Shorthorn — Hereford— Ayr- 

 shire. Polled Breeds : White Polled — Galloway— Aberdeen-Angus — Red Polled. 

 Channel Islands Breeds : Jerseys — Guernseys. Management ; (i) General Manage- 

 ment — (2) Dairy Management and Records. Diseases of Cattle, Index, etc. 



v.— PIGS : Breeds and Management. 4th Edition. 



By SANDERS SPENCER, With a Chapter on the Diseases of the 

 Pig by Professor J. Wortley-Axe, and a Chapter on Bacon and 

 Ham Curing by L. M. Douglas. 



With 20 Illustrations. 

 Contents — Breeds of Pigs — Scales of Points — Selection of the Boar — Management 

 of the Boar — Selection of the Sow — Management of the Sow— Mating— Management of 

 Young Pigs — Exhibition Pigs — Breeding Cross-breds— Housing Pigs— Experimental 

 Pig Feeding— Pig Census and Value— Diseases of the Pig— Bacon and Ham Curing — 

 Index, etc. 



3/6 each, by post 3/10; or the set of five volumes, if ordered direct 

 from the ofTice, carriage free, 17/6. 



VINTON & COMPANY, LTD., 

 8, Bream's Buildings, Chancery Lane, London, E.G., England. 



