. The illustrated stock doctor and live-stock encyclopedia [microform] : including horses, cattle, sheep, swine and poultry : with all the facts concerning the various breeds and their and all diseases to which they are prevention of any disease, and restoration of health. Domestic animals; Veterinary medicine; Livestock breeds; Bees; Animaux domestiques; Bétail; Médecine vétérinaire; Abeilles. CATFLK, now TO lUiKKI). 629 scHsiii"'pT''"* 1)011(1 and siiii'w, imd is on tlic wliolo nioro ^gisli. The horse (»f nil work should Im ii iiioditicatioii
. The illustrated stock doctor and live-stock encyclopedia [microform] : including horses, cattle, sheep, swine and poultry : with all the facts concerning the various breeds and their and all diseases to which they are prevention of any disease, and restoration of health. Domestic animals; Veterinary medicine; Livestock breeds; Bees; Animaux domestiques; Bétail; Médecine vétérinaire; Abeilles. CATFLK, now TO lUiKKI). 629 scHsiii"'pT''"* 1)011(1 and siiii'w, imd is on tlic wliolo nioro ^gisli. The horse (»f nil work should Im ii iiioditicatioii of l)otIi llu's(> clianu'lfrisfu's. All Iiorst's have great clu^sts, and consctjuently at luiij; powiT, littinjj tliciii for Hovcro and long fontiiiucd muscular exertion. Thej must ho j,j,|(r(.(| hy a standard where muscular exertion is the important integer. Ciiltle liav«< lu'cn lired so long with reference to their bodies, as lieef or liiillv producers, that they have; hecoino so distinct fnuii the supposed wild tviH'as to jxissess but little in comnion tlu'rewith. The head, neck and liiiihs, have been refined, the lungs have less power, since it is only neces- surv that tlu-y supply sufficient oxygen to tlu; blood to keep uj) a uniform iiniiniil heat under exercise, never violent. The loin and ruuip are broad- ened, llie ribs spring out mori^ to give ca[)acity for a stomach of size to (li<'esl a largo (juantity of food. In swine the diminution of lung power is particularly seen. They are essentially slow in all their movemonte, and averse to exertion. Their forte is simply catiiig, sleeping and laying on flit. Ko one would mistake a hog for either an ox or a horse. The iiilellijreiit breetler so educates his eye and his touch, that he can distin- iruisli between animals of any given riieo as to their capabilities for the purpose intended. The external eonformation comes ut length to l)e so keenly associated with the correlated structural affinities, that he te
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