FOREWORDS. 



A POPULAR Handbook devoted to the Breeding, l^earing. Feed- 

 ing, Care and Management of the Horse, adapted to the needs 

 of Small Holders and Horse^keepersi generally, has been re- 

 peatedly asked for by the readers of " Farm and Garden," 

 and, in order to meet this demand, we decided to include 

 the present volume in the series of Handbooks now being 

 issued from the office of the above-mentioned journal. 



This Handbook has been written by a thoroughly competent 

 expert on all that pertains to the Horse, and what he has 

 to say, tlierefore, in tlie following pages, is the reflex of excep- 

 tional experience and observation. In the various chapters 

 he has carefully and consisteaitly borne in mind the require- 

 ments of the several classes of Horse-breeders and Keepers, and 

 the information imparted will, consequently, prove invalu- 

 able alike to the Small Holder, Farmer, Contra^ctor, Horse- 

 owner, Carter, Waggoner, or Carman, Groom, or Coachman; 

 in fact, to everybody who owns or is responsible for the care 

 and management of a horse of any type. 



The existing works dealing with the breeding, care and 

 management of horses are mostly too technical, too bulky, and 

 too expensive to meet popular requirements. The present 

 volume being of handy size, and inexpensive withal, as well as 

 teeming with sound, practical advice, conveyed in simple, lucid 

 language, should meet with popular favour at the hands of 

 all who are interested in horses. The Small Holder especi- 

 ally will find the author's remarks on foods and feeding of 

 inestimable value. A p-ood many of the ailments of horses are 

 due to injudicious feeding with unsuitable foods, and hence if 



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