ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. 



This book has been developed to its present form under in- 

 fluences that have been very favorable to it and the author 

 feels that these should be fittingly acknowledged. Prom its 

 inception, some ten years ago, these influences have been so 

 encouraging that it becomes necessary to give tangible evidence 

 of them, and consequently the work had to be published with- 

 out any thought of filling the traditional "long-felt want" 

 which is so frequently the source of authorship. Previous to 

 attending the Ontario Agricultural College the writer had a 

 very limited knowledge of any phase of live stock work but a 

 deep love and active interest in animal life, centered chiefly 

 on horses, made the instruction from such teachers as Prof. 

 Wm. Brown, Dr. F. C. Grenside and Prof. J. W. Robertson, a 

 genuine pleasure. After graduation, three years of editorial 

 management of the Canadian Live Stock Journal offered un- 

 usual opportunities for analyzing the ideals of the best Cana- 

 dian breeders, to whom unlimited appreciation is hereby ten- 

 dered for a foundation which could hardly have been laid 

 without more than usual co-operation from them. With the 

 acceptance of the Chair of Animal Husbandry in the University 

 of Wisconsin, a wider field was entered upon for deeper study 

 and investigation. Stock judging was made a leading feature 

 of the course, and with the development of ideas a new system 

 of instruction was evolved. The writer is vastly indebted to 

 Mr. R. B. Ogilvie, formerly proprietor of Blairgowrie Stock 

 Farm, for not only directly assisting the development of this 

 department at the University, but also for the results from 

 frequent visits and conferences at Blairgowrie, through which 

 a much stronger grasp of the essentials of horse judging was 

 obtained. For many valuable observations on the qualities of 

 draft horses the writer finds himself also greatly in the debt 



