CONTENTS. 
L—THE HORSE. 
A Historical Sketch—Range of the Horse in Reference to Climate—Effects of 
Climate and Food—Varieties or Breeds—The Race-Horse- Origin and 
Characteristics—Half-bred Horses—The Arabian Horse— Wonderful Gene- 
alogies—Description—The Arabian “Tartar’—The Morgan—Opinions in 
Reference to the Morgans—Sherman Morgan—The Canadian Horse—The 
Norman—“ Louis Philippe’—The ‘Cleveland Bay—The Conestoga—Tho 
Clydesdale Horse—The Virginian—Wild Horses—American Trotting Horses 
—Points of a Horse Ilustrated—Color, and what it Indicates—Common 
Terms Denoting the Parts of a Horse—Stables—Stables as they are—Situation 
of Stables—Size—Windows—Floors—Draining—Racks and Mangers—Ven- 
tilation of Stables—Warmth, etc.—The best Food for Horses—Work and Di- 
gestion—Bulk of Food—Quantity—Water—-General Management of the 
Horse—Air—Litter— —Grooming—Exercise—Vices and Habits—Restiveness 
—Backing and Balking--Biting—Kicking—Running Away—Rearing—Over- 
reaching—Rolling —Shying—Slipping the Halter—Tripping—Hints to Buy- 
ers—Warranty—Form of a Receipt Embodying a Warranty - Wha: a War- 
ranty Includes—What constitutes Unsoundness ...........2....--06- Page 9 
IL.--THE ASS AND THE MULE. 
Why the Ass has been Neglected and Abused—Eastern Appreciation—The 
Ass compared with the Horse—The Ass in Guinea and Persia—The Mule— 
Adaptation as a Beast of Burden—Trade in Kentucky—Use on a Farm— 
How to have large and handsome Mules....... shins hela Nrecenalaiii coeeees 45 
TI.—CATTLE. 
Historical Sketch—Breeds—The Devons—New England Cattle—The Hereford 
Breed—The Sussex Breed—The Ayrshire Cattle—The Welsh Breeds—Irish 
Cattle—The Long Horns—The Durham or Short-Horned Breed—Alderney 
or Jersey Cattle—The Galloway Breed or Hornless Cattle—Other Polled 
Cattle—The Cream-Pot Breed—Points of Cattle—General Manag t of 
Cattle—The Cow-House Feeding--Rearing Calves—Milking—How to Esti- 
mate the Weight of Livestock........-..-- sss eeeeee cere eens gale eraiaretersis'ste 49 
IV.—SHEEP. 
Characteristics of the Sheep—Mutton—Breeds in the United States—The Na- 
tive Breed - The Spanish Mcrino—American Merinos—Saxon Merinos—The 
New Leicester Breed—The South-Downs—Mr. Taylor's Facts and Figares 
—The Cotswold Breed—New Oxfordshire Sheep—The Cheviot Breed—The 
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