PREFACE. 



In the preparation of this work the motives of the 

 author have been other than those of profit or popularity. 

 A ^Yorthier object, one of broader and deeper purport, will 

 perhaps manifest itself in, and grow out of, its careful 

 examination and use — that of enabling the many thousands 

 throughout the country, who have devoted less attention 

 and fewer years to the subject, to reap the benefit of his 

 experience. That much study and practice are essential 

 to a work of this description, all will concede; for injury 

 and loss to an incalculable amount must necessarily result 

 where these are wanting. It is, therefore, because of his 

 uniform success as a veterinarian, and his abiding interest 

 in the noblest and most useful of animals, that the author 

 has consented to publish The American Horse, and 

 Cattle and Sheep. The amount of care and labor 

 expended upon it will be amply remunerated in whatever 

 of suffering is alleviated, and improvement effected, in the 

 treatment of the animals named in its title. 



The reader will find the book throughout to be truthful, 

 concise, and clear — free from any literary nicety or labored 

 effort — frowning upon the destructive and injurious system 



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