PREFACE. 
The immense advantages derived from the subjugation to 
our use of the Domestic Animals are perhaps not fully appre- 
ciated. Let any one carefully consider the valuable services 
rendered to civilized man by the horse, the ox, the cow, the 
sheep, the pig, the domestic fowl, and the honey bee. Let 
him take into view the labor they perform, the food and 
clothing, the comforts and conveniences which they supply, 
and he will at once see the importance of the subjects of this 
manual. 
Ou each of these subjects carefully arranged treatises are 
given, showing the best breeds of the several animals, the true 
methods of breeding, feeding, breaking, working, fattening, 
etc., the various diseases to which they are subject, and their 
remedies and treatment. The matter is derived from varied 
and reliable sources, from the latest and best European and 
American writers, the object being to condense the most 
useful practical information within the shortest compass, and 
to so arrange it that any thing sought for could at once be 
found. 
Every owner of a horse, a cow, or a pig, or the keeper of 
