PREFACE. 



The value of the horse stock of the United Kingdom, 

 constituting so large a proportion of the national wealth, 

 is a sufficient inducement for a study of the causes 

 which deteriorate the standard of excellence. These 

 causes lie in the prevalence of disease, the severity of 

 which an intelligent system of management is calculated 

 to reduce, and in many cases prevent. 



It is the object of the present treatise to render this 

 proposition generally acceptable. 



The call for a new Edition of the three volumes 

 (including the present) forming The Farmer's Library, 

 within twelve months, has enabled the Author to make 

 further alterations. The part including the Varieties of 

 the Horse, with his Management, already copious in 

 detail, has been carefully revised, and the text largely 

 augmented. 



The subject of Remedies is discussed in a separate 

 division, as fully as the available space will admit, 

 supplemented by ample directions concerning the doses, 

 and forms of combination to be observed in their use. 



Subsequent chapters are devoted to the Diseases of 

 of the Horse, their Nature, Causes, and Treatment. 

 They are replete with information, given in simple style 



