FARM LIVE STOCK OF GREAT BRITAIN.
: Our. ..Yorkshire;-correspondent :.'writes:-^'!l.;,';.'- ;p hav£ just-finished reading, a splendiqV book --:: - : , with.' the/|abpve title, i-".-, i| : lace,- 'professor:..of:-, agriculture rural;.'-'-. ;: economy in. the Tlniversity'. of Edinburgh; ...-:•■-. There is no. wonder that suchian.issue.should-.:;i,- .• have reached the .fourth' edition,' and after ■■■■••v.--the splendid- work,, I have-little .'" - .'?■: hesitation in saying'that such-a book should ".'.-.' > :be' in the Übrary-.; of every home 'and :colonial ..■" '■>-. pastoralist. It covers no fewer, than 758-' Pipages, ..including a most valuable...'index. ,' -. There; is- no phase of -live, stock hut what •is ,* dealt with in.a-thorough and practical .man- - -/.'■'. nor; and to "any man. who -wants, to. .enrich: .' * -:> his knowledge "respecting.,the. farm and.live -. stock of' Great Britain I.know nqjrork that ').*-.."' inione yolume"'so 'adequatery7cover3 : ."the en-^'j/ y tire field.'■ - Beginning- with-'.the "principles of : .-.; '.-... .breeding, several, chapters .are devoted to the .'..'; various .breeds, of.cattle, hor.ses,Vand sheep,..-■.:' and.in.a mbm'ent the reader- can-turn to any, .=.>,.■.- phase of farm, life-which he requires., -There ... ...., isialso given a.full and• practical considers- '■■','. -tion of the various ailments,of livestock,-to- > . : .., gether .with some excellent chapters on the - ..'. '. management, of .horses,' 1 cattle, and. .sheep. ;■-,' - The book is enrichedwith no fewer" tb.aii-.2i4,.. - full-page plates,-and,- with the illustration's: ..'••-. .printed on art paper, even the pictures them-'_ ,; ... a treat. .It is well printed, ;ahd;is: : .,' published, by Oliver' and Boyd, Edinburgh,-at- '-,-' I6s; net... . .-..;■:':;'-.;■•:..'': .-.' ;■ .'"'-.,'• . ~.< ■;; '■■:■ ■■',-'
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 402, 11 January 1909, Page 2
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212FARM LIVE STOCK OF GREAT BRITAIN. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 402, 11 January 1909, Page 2
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