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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,
NEW-YORK: ORANGE JUDD, 41 PARK ROW. AGRICULTURAL BOOK PUBLISHER. 1865.
Entered according to an Act of Congress in the year 1847
In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.
INTRODUCTION.
The object of the following work, on the History, Breeding, Management, Diseases, &c., of Domestic Animals, is to afford the Stock-breeder and Grazier a connected view of the entire subject in which he has so deep an interest. The writer has endeavored to compress within the limited space assumed as necessary to secure a general circulation and perusal, such principles and practice, and give to each that relative prominence, which it becomes the practical man to observe, to realize the greatest amount of value for the labor and capital devoted to his pursuits.
Their history is essential, as it shows their introduction into the United States, their progress during the various stages of their improvement, and the comparative value of the improved and ordinary breeds. A knowledge of the best mode of breeding and management is of still higher importance. The first will enable the breeder to preserve the high character of the animals in his hands, or perhaps still farther to advance them; while proper management and feeding will prevent that deterioration and loss from disease, which frequently subtract so much from his profits.
A larger space has been purposely devoted to the last topics, in preference to the subject of diseases, as prevention is not only less troublesome than cure, but much more economical. Feeding and management, after breeding, are really the important objects in view to the Stock-breeder and Grazier, for if these be judiciously attended to, disease among the herds will rarely be known.
The subject of animal diseases is complicated and little understood; and to be properly comprehended, requires years close, intelligent study, under every advantage for obtaining the necessary information. Nearly every disorder assumes various shades of difference, and to remove it effectually a corresponding change of treatment is required. How absurd then the idea, that a compilation of formal remedies, administered by an unskilful or inexperienced manager, will be of material service in rescuing his herds or flocks from the ravages of disease. All that can consistently be done, is to give a few simple remedies for the most common and well-known ailments, and leave to nature or a professional farrier, such as are more complex or unusual.
This work constitutes a small part of the "Compend of American Agriculture," the favorable reception of which, though but recently given to the public, has induced the writer to offer this important division of the subject in its present detached form.
New York, November, 1847
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Animals, domestic, reared in the U. States 9 their number and value 9 their improvement 10 adaptation to various objects 10 general form and characteristics 13 the lungs 14 respiration 14 effects of 17 perspiration 18 food which supplies respiration 18 circumstances which augment respiration 19 food 21 purposes fulfilled by food 22 nutritive qualities for various animals 23 profit of feeding 23 See CATTLE, SHEEP, &c.
Ass, the 181 varieties 181 characteristics 182 breeding in the U. States 182 as a beast of burden 183
Breeding--principles of 11 See CATTLE, SHEEP, &c.
Cattle--neat or horned 26 various domestic breeds 26 native cattle 27 Devons 29 short horns 30 Herefords 35 Ayrshire 38 management of calves 39 breeding 41 breaking steers 42 management of oxen 42 fattening and stall-feeding 45 Diseases 41, 50 hoven 50 choking 52 inflammation of stomach 52 mange or scab 52 horn-ail--jaundice 53 mad-itch--bloody murrain 54 hoof-ail 55 loss of cud--scours or diarrha--warbles or grubs--wounds--puerperal or milk-fever 56 caked bags--garget--sore teats--warts 57
Cows for dairy 60 management of 61 milking 61 See DAIRY.
Comparative value of oxen and horses 190
Churns 69
Dairy, the 60
Dairy--selection and management of cows 60, 61 milking 61 properties of milk 62 variations in 63 cream--clouted ditto 65 Making butter from sour, sweet, and clouted cream 66, 67 sourness of cream 68 quickness in churning 68 over-churning 69 temperature of milk and cream 69 advantages of churn'g the whole 69 cleanliness in churning 70 premium butter, how made 70 Orange county do. do. 71 Making cheese, how effected 72 creamed and uncreamed 73 buttermilk cheese 73 whey do. 74 vegetable substances added 74 preparation of rennet 75 different qualities of cheese 77 warming the milk 77 quality of rennet 78 quantity of rennet 78 treatment of curd 79 separation of whey 80 cheese, salting 81 addition of cream 81 size of cheese 81 mode of curing 82 ammoniacal cheese 82 inoculating do. 82 premium cheese, how made 83
Ducks--see POULTRY.
Farm dogs 207-214
Feeding defined 21 See CATTLE, SHEEP, &c.
Food, comparative nutritive qualities of 22 how given, purposes fulfilled by it 22 changes in 24 See ANIMALS, PRODUCTS, &c.
Geese--see POULTRY.
Guinea-hen--see ditto.
Hens--see POULTRY.
Hinny--see ASS.
Horse--the Arabian and Barb 138 the English 139 American 141 Arabians in America 139, 140 Ranger, the Barb--Bussorah--Narraganset pacers--Messenger, imported 140 Morgan horses 142 Canadian and Spanish 143 Conestoga 143 Norman 144 Cart, Cleveland bay, Belfounder 145 Eclipse, American 141 points of 146 habits 147 breeding 148 management of colts 149 breaking 150 longevity, feeding 151 Diseases 154 glanders 154 lampas, heaves, &c. 155 catarrh or distemper, spasmodic colic 156 flatulent colic 158 inflammation of bowels 159 physicking 162 worms 164 bots 164 wind-galls 165 the fetlock 166 cutting 166 sprain of the coffin-joint--ringbone 167 enlargement of the hock 168 curb 168 bone-spavin--swelled legs 170 grease 171 setons 173 founder--poison from weeds 174 inflammation of the eyes 175 stings of hornets, &c. 175 sprain 175 bruises--fistula 176 wounds--galls 176 shoeing, contraction of the foot 176 corns 177 over-reach, forging or clicking 178 the bearing-rein 178 the bit 179 stables 180 comparative labor with oxen 190
Mule, the--breeding in the U. S. 183 rearing and management 184 advantages over horse labor 185 valuable qualities 185 enduringness of 186 in California 188 economy of mule-labor 189
Poultry--their value 214 Hens--constituent of eggs 214 food 215 general management 216 the poultry-house 218 varieties 220, 221 diseases 222 Turkey, the 223 breeding and management 223 Peacock, the 224 Goose, the--varieties--breeding 225 feeding and food 225 Ducks--feeding--varieties 226 breeding and rearing 227
Sheep, the 84 uses of--importance of 85 varieties of wild--domesticated 87 native 89 Merino, the, history of 90 exportation from Spain 92 importation into the U. States 93 varieties 94 Saxon, the 96 Rambouillet, the 99 history of Merino in U. States 101 improvements of 102 peculiarities of 103 breeding 104 localities for rearing 106 South-Down, the, history of 106 Cheviot, the 109 Long-wools, the 110 improvement of the Bakewell 110 improvement of Cotswold and Lincolnshire 112 peculiarities of the Long-wools 113 importation into the U. States 113 breeding sheep 113 Winter management 116 sheep-barns and sheds 116 racks, mangers, and troughs 117 food 118 management of ewes, yeaning 119 management of lambs 119 castrating and docking 120 tagging or clatting 121 Summer management and food 121 washing 122 shearing 124 smearing and salving 125 weaning 126 drafting 126 stall feeding--management on the prairies 127 Diseases 128 diarrha or scours 129 looseness in lambs, dysentery 130 hoven, braxy 130 costiveness, stretches, poison, inflammation of lungs, rot 131 foot-rot 132 flies, maggots, gad-fly 133 swollen mouth, foul noses, weakness, scab 134 ticks, pelt-rot, staggers or sturdy 135 abortion, garget, bleeding 136 wounds 137 to protect from wolves and foxes 138
Shepherd's dog 209
Swine 192 various breeds 194 breeding and rearing 198 rearing and fattening, large weights 199 treatment of food 201 products of the carcass 202 lard oil, how made 203 slearine and oleine 203 curing pork and hams 203 Diseases 204 coughs and inflammation of the lungs, costiveness, itch, kidney-worm 205 blind staggers 206
Wild Boar 193
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