RURAL HAND-BOOKS. JYo. 3. 



DOMESlTiTTmALS: 



A POCKET MANUAL 



OF 



Cattle, Horn, anb Styttp ffushnkg; 



OR, HOW TO BREED AND REAR 



THE VAEIOUS TENANTS OF THE BAM-YARD : 



EMBRACING 



BISECTIONS FOB THE BREEDING, BEABING, AND GENEBAL MANAGEMENT OF 

 HOB8E8, MTTLES, CATTLE, BHEEP, SWINE, AND POTJLTEY ; THE GENERAL 

 LAWS, PAEENTAGE, AND HEBEDITAEY DESCENT, APPLIED TO ANI- 

 MALS, AND HOW BREEDS MAY BE IMPEOVED ; HOW TO IN8UBB 

 THE HEALTH OF ANIMALS; AND HOW TO TBEAT THEM 

 FOB DISEASES WITHOUT THE USE OF DBUGS ; 



BY THE ATTTHOB OF 



"HOW TO DO BUSINESS," "THE GARDEN," ETC. 



Our power over the lower animals, if rightly exercissd, redounds to their elevation and hap- 

 piness no less than to our convenience and profit. THE AUTHOR. 



Yorfc: 

 FOWLER AND "VS^ELLs, PUBLISHERS, 



No. 308 BEOADWAT. 



1858. 



