FRERACE. 



IN THE PREPARATION of the second edition I have aimed to use to 

 best advantage the valuable suggestions of my co-workers in other 



states, who so warmly endorsed the first edition by promptly adopting 

 it for text use, and the no less valuable hints from farmers and stockmen 

 who so kindly judged my work from their own standpoint of practical 

 value on the farm. 



From the few who harshly criticised 1 have also learned, and the critics 

 may be, therefore, thanked for giving aid, although not so intended. 



To the personal friends who have given their encouragement and aid in 

 the prosecution of my work, I can only offer my sincere appreciation, and 

 express the hope that what 1 have accomplished may, in measure, meet their 

 honest approbation. 



COLLEGE-STATION, TEXAS, 



JANUARY i, 1893. GEO. W. CURTIS. 



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