Large, vintage guide to the husbandry and veterinary care of horses, cattle, sheep and pigs.  Illustrated with several plates including a few in colour:

Modern Practical Farriery, A Complete System of the Veterinary Art as at Present Practiced at the Royal Veterinary College, London

by W. J. Miles

Including Practical Treatises on Cattle their Management in Dairy, Field and Stall by John Walker; Pasture Grasses and Forage Plants by Samuel P. Preston; The Practice of Sheep Farming by Charles Scott

and The Diseases of Cattle Sheep and Pigs by J. L. Lupton.

Published by the Gresham Publishing Company. No publication date given.  (most likely early twentieth century).

Contents:

Div I:History of the Horse; Varieties of the Horse; The Horses of Britain; Breeding for General Purposes; Horse-Breaking; The Paces of the Horse; Buying a Horse; The Age of the Horse; Horse-Law; The Stable; Stable-Management; Stable Vices; Vices on the Road; Riding; Driving; Treatment of a Horse on a Journey; Anatomical, Surgical and Veterinary Plates.

Div II: A Compendium of Veterinary Knowledge: The Structure and Anatomy of the Horse; The organs of Circulation and Respiration;Organs of Digestion; Horse Medicines; Diseases and Injuries; Operations, Instruments etc; Shoeing and the Various Forms of Shoes; The Race-Horse and Hunter.

Div III: Cattle Their Management in Dairy Field and Stall; Pastures Grasses and Forage Plants; The Practice of Sheep Farming.  The Diseases of Cattle, Sheep and Pigs.

Large Hardback, Over 620 pages, 26 cm by 31.5 cm.

Good Condition

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