THE CAT 



CHAPTER I 



GENERAL MANAGEMENT 



Housing, or the Cattery Bedding Washing Preparation 

 for Exhibition Transit by Train Disinfectants and 

 their Uses. 



Housing, or the Cattery. 



UNDER ordinary circumstances the cat takes up 

 its abode in the family circle, sleeping either in or 

 out of doors at night though it must be confessed 

 that it is an undesirable practice, and to some 

 extent unkinr 1 to allow cats to roam about out of 

 doors all nignt. Such leads to fostering the roving 

 disposition, and, once acquired, a cat is seldom 

 much use for the destruction of smaller vermin 

 within the house. Moreover, it has a detrimental 

 influence in other ways, such as the contraction of 

 mange, distemper, and too frequent gestation. 



When a number of pedigree cats are to be kept, 

 the erection of a cattery, either in or out of doors, 

 becomes essential, but it is much preferable to have 



