PREFACE. 



The writer has had frequent occasion to notice the 

 want of some handy book embodying the principles 

 necessary to be understood in order to secure improve- 

 ment in Domestic Animals. 



It has been his aim to supply this want. 



In doing so he has availed himself freely of the 

 knowledge suppHed by others, the aim being to furnish 

 a useful, rather than an original book. 



If it serve in any measure to supply the want, and 

 to awaken greater interest upon a matter of vital im- 

 portance to the agricultural interests of the country, 

 the writer's purpose will be accomplished. 



