Excerpt from The Texas Stock Directory, or Book of Marks and Brands, Vol. 1: In a Series of Volumes, Designed to Embrace the Entire State In bringing before the public this the first Volume of the Stock Directory or Brand Book, we deem that a few words are called for by way of apology. Circum stances over which we have had no control have retarded the publication of the work several months beyond what was at first anticipated. We presume that we need hardly say that those hindering circumstances grew out of the war by which our country has been so fearfully convulsed up to Within a very short period. And while it is true that to this cause is mainly attributable the delay in the appear ance of our work, there were found other difficulties which had to be overcome. 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.