AMERICAN CATTLEj 



Their History, Breeding, and IVIanagement. 



By LEWIS F. ALLEN, 



Late President New-York State Agricultural Society, Editor "American 

 Short-Horn Herd Book," Author " Rural Architecture," etc., etc. 



Notices by the Press. 



We consider this the most valuable work that has recently been issued 

 from the American press. It embraces all branches of the important subject, 

 and fills a vacancy in our agricultural literature for which work the author, by 

 his many years' experience and observation, was eminently htted. . . it 

 ou-ht to be in the hands of every owner of cattle, and the country, as well as 

 individuals, would soon be much richer for its teachings.— Jot^ma^ of Agri- 

 culture, {St. Louis.) 



The lar"-e experience of the author in improving the character of Ameri- 

 can herds adds to the weight of his observations, and has enabled him tx) pro- 

 duce a work which will at once make good its claims as a standard authority 

 on the subject. An excellent feature of this volume is its orderly, methodical 

 arrangement, condensing a great variety of information into a comparatively 

 smallcompass, and enabling the reader to find the point on which he is seek- 

 ing light, without wasting his time in turning over the leaves.— iV. Y. Tribune. 

 " This will rank among the standard works of the country, and will be con- 

 sidered indispensable by every breeder of live-stock.— iVac^ica? Farmer, {F/Ma.) 

 We think it is the most complete work npon neat stock that we have 

 seen, embodying as it does a vast amount of research and careful study and 

 observation.— Wisconsin Farmer. 



His history of cattle in general, and of the individual breeds in particular 

 which occupies the first one hundred and eighty pages of the volume, is writ- 

 ten with much of the grace and charm of an Allison or a Macaulay. Ins de- 

 scription of the leadiiig breeds is illustrated by cuts of a bull, a cow, and a 

 fat ox, of each race. The next one hundred pages are devoted to the sub- 

 ject of Breeding. This is followed by chapters on Beef Cattle, Working Oxen, 

 Milch Cows, Cattle Food, Diseases, etc. The arrangement, illustrations, an- 

 alytical index, etc., of the work are in the best style of modern book-mak- 

 ing. — New-England Farmer. 



The work is one that has been long needed, as it takes the place of the 

 foreign books of like nature to which our ftxmers have been obliged to ref?r, 

 and furnishes in a compact and well-arranged volume all they desire upon this 

 important subject. — Maine Farmer. 



Whatever works the stock farmer may already have, he can not afford to 

 do without this. — Ohio Farmer. 



It is one of the best treatises within our knowledge, and contains infor- 

 mation sound and sensible on every page. — The People, {Concord, N. H.) 



The object of the work, as stated by the author in his preface, " is not only 

 to give a historical acccount of the Bovine race, to suggest to our farmers and 

 cattle-breeders the best methods of their production and management, but to 

 exalt and ennoble its pursuit to the dignity to which it is entitled in the vari- 

 ous departments of American agriculture." From the little examination we 

 have been able to give it, we can not recommend it too highly.— Ca«acZ:f 

 Farmer. 



Considering that there are some ten million milch cows in the United 

 States, and nearly a thousand million of dollars invested in cattle, the magniv 

 tilde of this interest demands that the best skilled talent be devoted to the 

 improvement of the various breeds and the investigation of the best method 

 of so caring for the animals as to gain the greatest profit from them. This 

 • volume vrill give the farmer just the instruction which he wants. — N. Y. Inde- 

 pendent. 



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