P EE F A C E. 



The immense advantages derived from tlie subjugation to 

 our use of tlie Domestic Animals are perhaps not fully appre- 

 ciated. Let any one carefully consider the valuable services 

 rendered to civilized man by the horse, the ox, the cow, the 

 sheep, the pig, the domestic fowl, and the honey bee. Let 

 him take into view the labor they perform, the food and 

 clothing, the comforts and conveniences which they supply, 

 and he will at once see the importance of the subjects oi this 

 manual. 



On each of these subjects carefully arranged treatises are 

 given, showing the best breeds of the several animals, the true 

 methods of breeding, feeding, breaking, working, fattening, 

 etc., the various diseases to which they are subject, and their 

 remedies and treatment. The matter is derived from varied 

 and reliable sources, from the latest and best European and 

 American writers, the object being to condense the most 

 useful practical information within the shortest compass, and 

 to so arrange it that any thing sought for could at once be 

 found. 



Every owner of a horse, a cow, or a pig, or the keeper of 



