Excerpt from Live Stock and Dairy Farming: A Non-Technical Manual for the Successful Breeding, Care and Management of Farm Animals, the Dairy Herd, and the Essentials of Dairy Production This book is written for amateur as well as professional livestock and dairy farmers. It makes a popular appeal to all men engaged in animal and dairy husbandry. Ages of farm experience have given us a vast store Of practical knowl edge Ou the raising Of crops and animals. This knowledge is scattered through many volumes on different phases Of the subject, in experiment station bulletins, agricultural journals and encyclopedias. The important facts on which the most successful livestock and dairy farming is based are here brought together in orderly and readable form. Not only are directions given for the management and care Of farm animals but the business end of the problem is fully discussed, showing why some achieve success and why others fail. The subject-matter is arranged in several parts Of a number Of chapters each, and by referring to the Table of Contents any subject may be quickly found. Each department has been prepared by a specialist in the subject presented. The name Of the author appears at the beginning of each chapter. Those unacknowledged have been prepared by myself. The illustrations have been secured from many sources. Due credit has been given these. Special acknowledgment is due the publishers of this volume and the other volumes in the series for its conception, and for many helpful suggestions in the presentation Of the subject - matter. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.