Books on Rural Affairs. 



HISTORY OF POLLED ABER- 

 DEEN OR ANGUS CATTLE. 

 Giving an Account of the Origin, Impbovembnt, 



AND ChABACTEKISTICS OF THE Breed. By JAMES 

 MACDONALD, Editor ' Irish Farmers' Gazette,' Author 

 of ' Food from the Far West,' &c. ; and JAMES 

 SINCLAIR, Sub-Editor 'Irish Farmers' Gazette.' 



Illustrated ■with numerous Auimal Portraits. 



Large orown 8vo, 12s. 6d. 



The Field.—" The endeavours of Messrs Maodonaldand Sinclair 

 to popularise the main facts which are known as to the Aberdeen 

 cattle, should receive wide attention from others besides those who 

 are already breeders of the variety, for the principles recognised by 



the book really concern all lovers of cattle In iine, this is a book 



for cattle-breeders to buy and to study. Chap, xvii., on the man- 

 agement of breediiig-herds, and upon sound principles of breeding, 

 is alone worth, to a breeder, many times the cost of the volume, for 

 in it the very best practice is concisely and clearly stated." 



THE HORSE OWNERS' SAFE- 

 GUARD. 



A Handy Medical Guide for every Man who owns 

 A Horse. By G. S. HEATLEY, M.R.C.V.S. 



Crown 8vo, 5s. 



YoBKSHiRE Gazette. — "We have here concentrated together 

 nearly all the ailments and infirmities to which that noble and useful 

 animal, the horse, can be subject. Our author first gives under each 

 heading a description of the special disease, and then he prescribes 

 the proper treatment to be observed. All this is done as free as 

 possible from technical phrases, and in language that the most simple 

 can ixnderstand. 



THE STOCK-OWNERS' GUIDE. ^ 



A Handy Medical Treatise fob every Man who 

 owns an Ox or Cow. By the Same. 



Crown 8vo, 4s. 6d. 



Faembes' Gazette. — " Mr Heatley has produced a work that will 

 prove of the highest service to stock-owners. The arrangement is 

 admirable, and the various diseases are described in clear and simple 

 language. " 



