TO THE 



MEMBERS OF THE VETERINARY PROFESSION AND 



STOCK BREEDERS 



IN ALL ENGLISH-SPEAKING COUNTRIES, 



THIS CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS THE 



IMPROVEMENT AND PERFECTING OF A 



VERY IMPORTANT BRANCH OF VETERINARY AND 



AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE, 



AND THE 



PRESERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT 



OF A 



SOURCE OF NATIONAL WEALTH, 



Js reepcrtfulb lUcbicateii bg tl)c Author. 



Regent's Park Barracks, London, 

 November, 1877. 



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