DISEASES 



OF 



DOMESTIC ANIMALS. 



Domestic Animals lessen the solitude and retirement 

 of the country. They please us with their gambols when 

 young, and by their actions in raaturer life. They fur- 

 nish the means of improving the soil, and perpetuating 

 its fertility ; and we are gratified with our sovereignty 

 over them. 



The Horse greatly adds to our pleasure and our 

 profit by his labor in the field and on the road, and his 

 fleetness in carrying us from place to place. He aids in 

 keeping up a communication with distant sections of the 

 country, and serves as a necessary part of the cement 

 of civilized society. He administers to our health, as 

 well as to our pleasure and general welfare. He often 

 evinces great sagacity, and a strong attachment for his 

 master. 



Neat Cattle contribute largely to the blessings and 

 comforts of life. The strength and patience of the ox in 

 the plough and team, have greatly contributed to the 

 wealth and happiness of the husbandman, in every age 

 of the world. The cow has strong demands upon our 

 gratitude. Her milk furnishes subsistence to a great 

 part of mankind ; and its products in cream, butter, and 

 cheese, form agreeable parts of the sustenance and 

 luxuries of our table. A pustule upon her udder sup- 

 nlies a matter, which, when introduced into the human 

 system, defends it from one of the most fatal and loath- 

 some scourges that ever afflicted mankind. Their flesh 

 affords an agreeable nutriment ; their tallow serves as a 

 substitute for the sun, and enables us to prosecute our 

 business during a part of the long and dreary night . Their 

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