Vi PREFACE. 



in which the volume has now been further revised and modified in 

 Mr. BEAR'S hands, so as to bring it in all points fully up to date, and 

 so that it may worthily maintain its position in the Agricultural world, 

 are particularised in the succeeding Preface : and while recording their 

 thanks to Mr. BEAR and those who have co-operated with him, the 

 Publishers feel assured that, as thus revised, the COMPLETE GRAZIER will 

 have a new lease of the great and world-wide favour which it has so 

 long enjoyed, as presenting, in Dr. Fream's words, " a faithful mirror of 

 progress and a reliable record of modern practice."] 



THE last edition of THE COMPLETE GRAZIER, published in 

 1900, having become exhausted, it has been deemed desirable 

 to revise the work thoroughly for the new edition now 

 demanded. 



The sections relating to the several classes of Live Stock, 

 Dairy Farming, Poultry, Veterinary Science, Agricultural 

 Chemistry, Statistics, and certain Farm Crops, have been 

 greatly modified, and partly re-written, in order to bring them 

 into line with present-day knowledge and practice. Know- 

 ledge has greatly advanced, and some farm practices have been 

 considerably modified, since the close of the late Dr. Fream's 

 labours in editing an enlarged and practically new " Youatt." 

 More or less extensive alterations, therefore, have been made in 

 all the above-named sections. On the other hand, the sections 

 relating to Natural History, in which Dr. Fream was parti- 

 cularly pre-eminent, it was found might be left almost intact, 

 as they appear to be in no need of substantial revision, and 

 the present editor was reluctant to make any alterations not 

 absolutely necessary in the admirable work of his predecessor. 





