8 PREFACE. 



bees or of poultry, will find in this work hints and instruction 

 of the most valuable kind, and which, if properly observed, 

 will save to him in a single year many times the cost of this 

 volume, in the economy of feeding, and in the increased value 

 to him of the products of the animals kept. 



It is intended to be a hand-book, in which can at any time 

 be found the practical directions of men of the largest expe- 

 rience and of the closest observation in its several departments. 

 Such a work it is believed cannot fail of being equally accept- 

 able and useful to a large class of readers in every section of 

 the country. 



