VI INTKODUCIORY. 



we conceive tliis gives the work a decided advantage 

 over any previous American edition. 



"We are enabled to point with much pleasure to the 

 illustrations in our volume. They are much more com- 

 plete in execution than tliose of any other similar Amer- 

 ican publications, and are decidedly superior to those 

 ,>f the late English editions of Touatt. They are fully 

 equal to the original English cuts. 



The present abridgment has been carefully prepared 

 by a distinguished and well-known American agricul- 

 turist, whose writings have been extensively read 

 throughout the United States, for years. The pelimi- 

 nary chapter in relation to the breeds now in the United 

 States, was complied by Henry S. Kandall, Esq., it be- 

 ing thought that this would be much more valuable to 

 the American reader, than Mr. Youatt's first chapter. 

 We believe that the author has been fortunate in the 

 execution of his task, and we present the work to the 

 public in the confident belief that we are rendering a 

 valuable service to an important department of Ame/'- 

 can Agriculture. 



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