AUTOBIOGRAPHY 



Dr. A. H. Hartwig, the author of "Rural Veterinary Secrets," was 

 born on a stock and dairy farm in Watertown, Dodge Co., Wisconsin, 

 where he had a good opportunity to study the natural habits and wants 

 of ailing farm animals. 



He received his preliminary education in the public schools and 

 Northwestern College of Watertown, Wis. At the age of seventeen he 

 expressed the desire to study veterinary science and become a veterinary 

 physician and surgeon. However, as his services could not be spared 

 on the farm at that time, he was obliged to abandon the idea, at least 

 for the time being. When twenty years of age he entered the short 

 course in Agriculture of the University of Wisconsin, under the direc- 

 tion of Dean Henry, it being the second and third year of the existence 

 of that course. Dr. V. T. Atkinson, the first State Veterinarian of 

 Wisconsin, gave a course of lectures and demonstrations in veterinary 

 science. These lectures and demonstrations proved of particular in- 

 terest to the young agricultural student, and again he was inspired with 

 the determination to take up this interesting study, but neither the time 

 nor the means to further attend college could be spared. 



After concluding his university studies he returned home and de- 

 voted most of his time to breeding draft horses, coach horses, and 

 dairy cattle. In 1892 he made a tour through Europe. There he vis- 

 ited the various veterinary colleges in the Old World. On his return 

 he brought with him an importation of Oldenburg coach horses. His 

 experience in stock breeding convinced him that a knowledge of vet- 

 erinary medicine and surgery would be of great benefit to himself and 

 his community. He again determined to become a veterinarian and 

 then actually entered the Chicago Veterinary College, from which he 

 was graduated in the year 1895. 



After graduation he entered upon his practice as a veterinarian 

 in Watertown, Wisconsin, and adjacent community, which he suc- 

 cessfully continued for twenty-seven years. During this time he held 

 various important positions in connection with his profession. He was 

 president of the Wisconsin Society of Veterinary Graduates; secretary 

 of the Wisconsin State Veterinary Society; State Veterinarian of Wis- 

 consin ; Veterinary Editor of "Hoard's Dairyman" ; publisher and pro- 

 prietor of "The Farmer's Veterinary Advisor," and at the present time 

 is Veterinary Inspector for the United States Bureau of Animal In- 

 dustry. While editor of "Hoard's Dairyman" he discovered the Air 

 Treatment for milk fever, which is now used the world over and is 

 saving the lives of thousands of valuable farm animals. 



The experience thus acquired he is now giving to his fellow 

 farmers and stock owners in the form of "Rural Veterinary Secrets." 



