The History Treatment And Diseases Of The Horse Embracing An Account Of His Introduction And Usein Various Countries With A Treatise On Draught And A Copious Index

Author : Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330254608
Total Pages : 603 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (546 download)

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Download or read book The History, Treatment, and Diseases of the Horse written by Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-02 with total page 603 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The History, Treatment, and Diseases of the Horse: Embracing an Account of His Introduction and Use in Various Countries; General Management Under All Peculiar Circumstances; An Abstract of the Best Veterinary Practice; Useful Medicinal and Other Recipes; Articles of Food, Etc;, With a Treatise on Draught The Farmer's Series will consist of Treatise supon subjects most inter, esting to persons employed in the various branches of agriculture, and to those, generally, who reside in the country. It naturally begins with considering the Animals which constitute the most valuable part of the farmer's property their origin; - their different breeds; - their structure; - the most economical, and profitable, and humane method of treating them; - and the art of rendering their services more extensive and permanent, and their health and comfort more secure. It is hoped that these volumes will contribute to the amusement, the improvement, and the profit of the farmer and the cottager; and better the condition both of himself and of the animals intrusted to his care. They may afford him a pleasant companion at his winter's fire-side, - a useful counsellor when employed in the labours of his station, - and a help to raise his mind to a serious, but delightful contemplation of the objects which Providence has spread around us for our admiration and our use. Under this first great division will be considered those animals which aid tho power of man - the horse, ox, ass, mule, dog - those which supply food and clothing - horned cattle, sheep, swine, goats, poultry, rabbits, bees - those which are hurtful - the fox, weazel, rat, mole, insects. In treating the subject of domestic animals, their history, various kinds, structure and habits, feeding and treatment when young, management when worked, and diseases, will be sucessively considered. The General Principles of Agriculture will form the other great division of this series; and under this head will be treated whatever relates to tho nature of soils and manures - the rotation of crops - farm buildings and machinery - sheep farming and dairy-farming, so far as these may not have been considered under the head of sheep and cattle - potatoes and spade husbandry - wood and timber. There is a class of subjects which, though not exclusively interesting to country people, belong more to them than to others; brewing, baking, washing and bleaching, land-measuring, road-making, bridge-building, quarrying, lime-burning, &c. These will be discussed in treatises occasionally introduced in the progress of this series. At the head of those animals which have been domesticated by, or rendered useful to, man, - whether we regard his noble form, his great sagacity, or the manner in which he is connected with our profit and our pleasure, - stands the Horse. 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.