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Excerpt from Little Sketches of Famous Beef CattleIn sketches of a number of animals like these, with so many associations connected with their various careers. It is but natural that errors should occur to some extent. The author, however, has made every reasonable effort to be careful in statement, and it is believed that these sketches can be regarded as fairly free from error and prejudice of expression.About the PublisherForgotten Books p...

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Excerpt from Types and Breeds of Farm Animals The need for such a volume as this will no doubt be best expressed by a demand for it on the part of live-stock students. The author, however, desires to call attention to the fact that not since 1888 has a volume devoted to the breeds of horses, cattle, sheep, and swine been published in America. The most recent work devoted to the breeds entirely omitted a consideration of the horse. Further tha...

Excerpt from A Study of Farm Animals During the past decade the subject of agricultural edu cation for our secondary schools and colleges has received much attention. Prior to this period a number of general texts on agriculture for schools, elementary in character, pre pared by men trained in general science or classics, were published. These texts had a limited distribution, partly because of lack of interest in the subject by teachers and ...

Excerpt from Beginnings in Animal HusbandryAgricultural education under these conditions lagged, and how to encourage interest became a serious problem with the colleges. Educators insisted that the teaching should be largely based on pure science, and it was Often difficult for the students to see the application.Recognizing this lack Of interest, a few Western colleges conceived the plan Of giving short winter courses of a popular nature, in...

Excerpt from Judging Farm Animals The study of animal form becomes an instinctive process on the part of most persons who take a natural interest in farm live stock. The form and its suitability for specific purposes is sure to cause discussion and argument, if but two parties are interested. Thus do men think themselves critics and judges of animals, even though their knowledge is based on very limited experience. There are men, however, who...

Excerpt from Indian Corn Culture In 1828 William Cobbett, a rather eccentric yet famous Englishman who for a time resided in America, published in London "A Treatise on Cobbett's Corn." Thirty-eight years later, in 1866, Edward Enfield published in New York a book on "Indian Corn, Its Value, Culture and Uses." These are the only volumes in the English language, within the knowledge of the writer, that have been written as handbooks on Indian ...

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