PREFACE. 



From the author's experience as a practic- 

 ing veterinarian in the rural districts and from 

 the reception of his articles pertaining to the 

 cow by the readers of the largest and most 

 influential dairy and farm papers in the United 

 States he was convinced that there was a 

 great need for a book dealing with the proper 

 care of the cow in health and in sickness. 



The aim of the author in preparing this vol- 

 ume was purely an educational one and it is 

 hoped that none of its readers will be led to 

 believe that he desires to impress upon them 

 the fact that they can successfully and profit- 

 ably prescribe for their cows during sickness, 

 but rather that realizing the nature of those 

 conditions that commonly affect their cows 

 that they will whenever possible secure pro- 

 fessional aid. To be forewarned is to be fore- 

 armed, and truly the cheapest thing that you 

 can purchase when you have a valuable cow 

 sick, is the advice of a reputable veterinarian. 



If the author is successful through the me- 

 dium of this volume to enable some few owners 



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