PREFACE. 



In consequence of the urgent solicitations of 

 numerous farmer friends that I should, for their 

 benefit, and that of thousands of other farmers and 

 stockmen in the United States, publish my twenty- 

 five years' experience in the treatment of horses and 

 cattle, I have undertaken this work, especially on 

 account of my new discoveries in the treatment of 

 some diseases, by which they have greatly bene- 

 fited, such as the discovery of the true nature of 

 that very fatal disease known as "Milk Fever." 

 The theory which was taught and written on this 

 subject, namely, Parturient Apoplexy or Conges- 

 tion of the Brain and Spinal Cord, is not correct, the 

 disease being purely of a nervous character, caus- 

 ing a partial paralysis of the spinal cord and brain, 

 and when treated accordingly the majority of cases 

 recover. This has been of great pecuniary value, 

 as thousands of valuable cows die annually from 

 this disease, and as this work gets into the hands 

 of the greater number of farmers and dairymen it 

 will be a saving of thousands of dollars to them. 

 My new methods of treating "Fistula of the With- 

 ers," "Poil Evil," and all kinds of wounds from barb 

 wire, will be worth ten times the price of the book. 

 Also my experience in the care of horses' feet, and 



