AMERICAH €ATTLE^ 



Their History, Breeding, and Management. 



By LEWIS F. ALLEN, 



La^a President New-York State Agricultural Society, Editor "American 

 ^ Short-Uorn Herd Book," Author Rural Arcliitectui'e," etc., etc. 



Notices by the Press, 



We consider this the most valuable work that has recently been issued 

 from the American press. It embraces all brandies of the important subject, 

 and mis a vacancy in our agricultural literature for wiiich work the author, by 

 his many years' experience and observation, was emmeutly htted. . . It 

 ouo-ht to be in the Hands of every owner of cattle, aucl the country, as well as 

 individuals, would soon be much richer for us ie-dchmgs. -Journal of Agrt. 

 culture, {St. Louis.) 



The larc^e ex:perience of the author in improving the character of Ameri. 

 can herds adds to the weight of his observations, and has enabled him to pro- 

 duce a work which wih at oace make good its claims as a standard authority 

 on the sabject. An excellent feature of this volume is its orderly, methodical 

 rrino-ement condeii^ino- a great variety of information into a comparatively 

 malfcompass, and eaitMin - t.ie reader to find the point on which he is seek- 

 ing light, without wasting his time in turning over tne leaves.— iV. Y. Tribune, 

 " This will rank among the standard works of the country, and will be con- 

 sidered indispensable by every breeder of live-stock.— P/\7CZ:^cjZ Farmer \Phila.) 



We think it is the most complete work upon neat stock that we hava 

 seen, embodying as it does a vast amount of research and carelul study ancj 

 observation.— Wisconsin Farmer. 



His history of cattle in general, and of the individual breeds in particular 

 which occupies the first one hundred and eighty pages of the volume, is writ- 

 ten with much of the grace and charm of ah Allison or a INiacaulay. His dCi 

 ecription of the leading breeds is illustrated by cuts of a bull, a cow, and a 

 fat ox, of each race. The next one hundred pages are devoted to the sub. 

 ject of Breeding. This is followed by chapters on Beef Cattle, Working Oxen, 

 Milch Cows. Cattle Food, Diseases, etc. The arrangement, illustrations, an- 

 alytical index, etc., of the work are in the best style of modern book-mak 

 New-England Farmer. 

 The work is one that has been long needed, as it takes the place of ths 

 foreign books of like nature to which bur formers have been obliged to ref^r, 

 and furnishes in a compact and well-arranged volume all they desire upon thia 

 important subject. — Maine Firmer. 



Whatever works the stock -farmer may already have, he can not afford to 

 do without t\A^.—Ohio Farmer. 



It is one of the best treatises within our knowledge, and contains infor- 

 mation sound and sensible on every page.— People, {Concord, N. R.) 



The object of the work, as stated by the author in his preface. " is not only 

 to give a historical acccount of the Bovine race, to suggest to our farmers and 

 cattle-breeders the best methods of their production and management, but to 

 exalt and ennoble its pursuit to the disrnity to which it is entitled in the vari- 

 ous departments of American agriculture." From the little examination we 

 hp^-e been able to give it, we can not recommend it too 'bl^j.— Canada , 

 Farmer. 



Considering that there are some ten million milch cows in the ITnited 

 States, and nearly a thousand million of dollars invested in cattle, the maeni^ 

 tude of this interest demands that the bf^st skilled talent be devoted to the 

 Improvement of the various breeds and the investis-ation of the best method 

 of so caring for the animals as to gain the greatest profit from them. This 

 volume will give the farmer just the instruction which he wants. — N. T. Ind^ 

 pendent. 



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