Manual of Farm Animals 



A Practical Guide to the Choosing, Breeding, and Keep of Horses, 

 Cattle, Sheep, and Swine 



BY MERRITT W. HARPER 



Assistant Professor of Animal Husbandry in the New York State College 

 of Agriculture at Cornell University 



Illustrated, decorated cloth, I2mo, 545 pp., index, $2.00 



(The Rural Manuals Edited by L. H. Bailey) 



The author discusses in this work the general care and man- 

 agement of farm animals rather than the breeds. However, a 

 knowledge of the latter is not altogether excluded since it is 

 necessary in treating of the care and management of farm 

 animals. 



The method is here adopted of freely inserting pictures of 

 good animals of many breeds, with liberal legends, letting them 

 run as a minor motive throughout the book. By this plan the 

 reader will take away with him some of the main characteristics 

 of the breeds with little effort on his part. The book is a man- 

 ual, and therefore considers common practical matters in much 

 detail. 



These practical problems, which confront the stockman 

 whether he be the owner of few animals or of many, have long 

 needed to be systematically and authoritatively treated. 



In this practical guide on the choosing, feeding, breeding, 

 care and management of horses, cattle, sheep, and swine, is 

 contained that information which hitherto the animal owner has 

 had to cull from numerous sources. By calling attention to the 

 diseases and ailments common to farm animals, the book shows 

 the reader the importance of securing reliable aid when the 

 subject is beyond his knowledge or skill. The work is invalu- 

 able as a practical guide in raising farm animals. 



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