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FARM LIFE SERIES
THE FARMER’S VETERINARIAN
By Charles William Burkett
HANDY FARM DEVICES AND HOWTO MAKE THEM
By Rolfe Cobleigh
MAKING HORTICULTURE PAY
By M. G. Kains
FARM CROPS
By Charles William Burkett
PROFITABLE STOCK RAISING
By Clarence A. Shamel
PROFITABLE POULTRY PRODUCTION
By M. G. Kains
Other Volumes in Preparation
HEALTH
The Farmer’s
Veterinarian
A Practical Treatise on the Diseases ofFarm Stock: Containing Brief and Popular Advice onthe Nature, Cause and Treatment of Disease, the CommonAilments and the Care and Management of Stock when Sick
By
CHARLES WILLIAM BURKETT
Editor of American Agriculturist
ILLUSTRATED
NEW YORK
ORANGE JUDD COMPANY
1914
Copyright, 1909
Orange Judd Company
New York
Printed in U. S. A.
PREFACE
large class of people, by force ofcircumstances, are compelled to treattheir own animals when sick or disabled.Qualified veterinarians arenot always available; and all theills and accidents incident to farmanimals do not require professional attendance.Furthermore, the skilled stockman should befamiliar with common diseases and the treatmentof them. He should remember, too, that the maintenanceof health and vigor in our farm stock isthe direct result of well-directed management. Toofrequently this is neither understood nor admitted,and an unreasonable lack of attention, whenanimals are ill or indisposed, works out dire mischiefin the presence of physical disorder and infectiousdiseases. A fair acquaintance with thecommon ailments is helpful to the owner and tohis stock. This leads to health, to prevention ofdisease, and to skill in attendance when disease isat hand.
The volume herewith presented abounds in helpfulsuggestions and valuable information for themost successful treatment of ills and accidents anddisease troubles. It