Domestic Animals / History and description of the horse, mule, cattle, sheep, swine, poultry and farm dogs; with directions for their management, breeding, crossing, rearing, feeding, and preparation for a profitable market; also their diseases and remedies. Together with full directions for the management of the dairy.

Richard Lamb Allen

INTRODUCTION.

INDEX.

CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY REMARKS GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF BREEDING, NUTRITION, MANAGEMENT, and c.

CHAPTER II. NEAT OR HORNED CATTLE.

CHAPTER III. THE DAIRY. Cows for the Dairy.

CHAPTER IV. SHEEP

CHAPTER V. THE HORSE.

CHAPTER VI. THE ASS, THE MULE, AND THE COMPARATIVE LABOR OF WORKING ANIMALS. THE ASS

CHAPTER VII. SWINE.

CHAPTER VIII. FARM-DOGS.

CHAPTER IX. POULTRY.

Changes to the text (correction of typographical errors) are listed at the end of the book.

INTRODUCTION.
INDEX.
CHAPTER I. Introductory Remarks—General Principles Of Breeding, Nutrition, Management, &c.
CHAPTER II. Neat or Horned Cattle.
CHAPTER III. The Dairy
CHAPTER IV. Sheep.
CHAPTER V. The Horse.
CHAPTER VI. The Ass.
CHAPTER VII. Swine.
CHAPTER VIII. Farm-Dogs.
CHAPTER IX. Poultry.

DOMESTIC ANIMALS.

HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION

OF THE

HORSE, MULE, CATTLE, SHEEP, SWINE,
POULTRY, AND FARM DOGS.

WITH DIRECTIONS FOR
THEIR MANAGEMENT, BREEDING, CROSSING, REARING,
FEEDING, AND PREPARATION FOR A
PROFITABLE MARKET

ALSO,
THEIR DISEASES, AND REMEDIES.

TOGETHER WITH
FULL DIRECTIONS FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF THE DAIRY.

By R. L. ALLEN,
AUTHOR OF "COMPEND OF AMERICAN AGRICULTURE," ETC.

NEW-YORK:
ORANGE JUDD, 41 PARK ROW.
AGRICULTURAL BOOK PUBLISHER.
1865.

Entered according to an Act of Congress in the year 1847
By RICHARD L. ALLEN,
In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.

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