THE AUTHOR'S PREFACE 



As far as the author has been able to ascertain, no 

 book has yet appeared on this continent that treats 

 specially and in order]}^ sequence of the Management 

 and Feeding- of Live Stock. Several books have been 

 written which ably discuss the subject of feeding in a 

 general and also in a scientific way, and in these more or 

 less attention is given to the management of cattle. But 

 the information thus given, valuable as it is, is more or 

 less fragmentary and incomplete. That there is room for 

 such a book, therefore, and urgent need for the same, must 

 be conceded by all who have thought upon this question. 

 In the hope of meeting such a need, this book has been 

 written. 



It has been the aim of the author, while writing it, 

 to cover with some minuteness the whole ground relating 

 to the feeding and management of cattle from birth until 

 disposed of. The discussion of the principles that relate 

 to feeding has been purposely avoided, since, in the book 

 " Feeding Farm Animals," issued in 1907, that phase of 

 feeding has already been discussed. Effort has been cen- 

 tered upon the actual processes that relate to feeding cattle 

 and upon the preparing and administering of foods. It 

 has also been centered on the details of management that 

 must be observed by the growers and feeders of the various 

 classes of cattle who hope to attain success in their work. 

 It has further been the aim to discuss the subject in an 

 orderly manner, and in the discussion to express thought 

 in language simple and as free as possible from the use of 

 technical terms. The degree in which these aims have 

 been attained must, of course, be determined by those who 

 may have deemed the book worthy of perusal. 



Thomas Shaw. 

 St. Anthony Park, Minnesota. 



