PREFACE 



LARGE class of people, by force of 

 circumstances, are compelled to treat 

 their own animals when sick or dis- 

 abled. Qualified veterinarians are 

 not always available; and all the 

 ills and accidents incident to farm 

 animals do not require professional attendance. 

 Furthermore, the skilled stockman should be 

 familiar with common diseases and the treatment 

 of them. He should remember, too, that the main- 

 tenance of health and vigor in our farm stock is 

 the direct result of well-directed management. Too 

 frequently this is neither understood nor admitted, 

 and an unreasonable lack of attention, when 

 animals are ill or indisposed, works out dire mis- 

 chief in the presence of physical disorder and in- 

 fectious diseases. A fair acquaintance with the 

 common ailments is helpful to the owner and to 

 his stock. This leads to health, to prevention of 

 disease, and to skill in attendance when disease is 

 at hand. 



The volume herewith presented abounds in help- 

 ful suggestions and valuable information for the 

 most successful treatment of ills and accidents and 

 disease troubles. It is an everyday handbook 

 of disease and its treatment, and contains the best 

 ideas gathered from the various authorities and 

 the experience of a score of practical veterinarians 

 in all phases of veterinary practice. 



C. W. BURKETT. 

 NEW YORK, June, 1909. 



