ORIGIN, HISTORY, IMPROVEMENT, DESCRIPTION, CHARAC- 

 TERISTICS, MERITS, OBJECTIONS, ADAPTABILITY, ETC., 

 v. -... OF EACH OF THE DIFFERENT BREEDS, 



WITH 



Minis on Selection, Care and Management, Including 



Methods of Practical Breeders in the United 



States and Canada. 



SUustratefc. 



GEO. W. CURTIS, M. S. A. t 



DIRECTOR TEXAS EXPERIMENT STATION, AND PROFESSOR OF AGRICULTURE 

 IN THE AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COILEGE OF TEXAS. 



Second Edition Revised and Enlarged. 



1893. 



THE RURAL PUBLISHING COMPANY, 

 NEW YORK. 



