PART IV. 



Hygiene and Medicines. 



CHAPTER I. 



THE HYGIENE OF DOMESTIC ANIMALS. 



Hygia^^ of the Horse. Food — Drink — Cleaning — Ventila- 

 tion — '' Condition Powders J' 

 Disinfection — Receipts for Disinfectants. 

 Hygienic Rules in the Fattening of Animals. 

 '^ Cattle Powders J ^ and " Condimental Foods.^^ 

 Diets for Fattening, 



The purposes for which domestic animals are kept differ 

 widely when we consider the horse on the one hand, and on 

 the other the steer, cow, sheep and hog. The former is 

 prized for its capacities for speed and transportation only ; 

 the latter chiefly as they furnish food to man. Hence, the 

 hygienic treatment of the two classes materially differ. It is 

 alike, however, in this respect, that is, that it is designed in 

 both cases to obtain, at the least outlay of care and money, 



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