THE COMPLETE GRAZIER, and FARMER'S and CATTLE-BREEDER'S ASSISTANT: A Compendium of Husbandry. Originally Written by William Youatt. Thirteenth Edition, entirely Re-written, considerably Enlarged, and brought up to the Present Requirements of Agricultural Practice, by William Fream, LL.D., Steven Lecturer in the University of Edinburgh, Author of "The Elements of Agriculture," &c. Royal 8vo, [1],100 pp., with over 450 Illustrations. £1 11s. 6d. strongly and handsomely bound.
Extract from Publishers' Advertisement.
"A treatise that made its original appearance in the first decade of the century, and that enters upon its Thirteenth Edition before the century has run its course, has undoubtedly established its position as a work of permanent value.... The phenomenal progress of the last dozen years in the Practice and Science of Farming has rendered it necessary, however, that the volume should be re-written, ... and for this undertaking the publishers were fortunate enough to secure the services of Dr. Fream, whose high attainments in all matters pertaining to agriculture have been so emphatically recognised by the highest professional and official authorities. In carrying out his editorial duties, Dr. Fream has been favoured with valuable contributions by Prof. J. Wortley Axe, Mr. E. Brown, Dr. Bernard Dyer, Mr. W. J. Malden, Mr. R. H. Rew, Prof. Sheldon, Mr. J. Sinclair, Mr. Sanders Spencer, and others.
"As regards the illustrations of the work, no pains have been spared to make them as representative and characteristic as possible, so as to be practically useful to the Farmer and Grazier."
Summary of Contents.
Book I. On the Varieties, Breeding, Rearing, Fattening, and Management of Cattle.
Book II. On the Economy and Management of the Dairy.
Book III. On the Breeding, Rearing, and Management of Horses.
Book IV. On the Breeding, Rearing, and Fattening of Sheep.
Book V. On the Breeding, Rearing, and Fattening of Swine.
Book VI. On the Diseases of Live Stock.
Book VII. On the Breeding, Rearing, and Management of Poultry.
Book VIII. On Farm Offices and Implements of Husbandry.
Book IX. On the Culture and Management of Grass Lands.
Book X. On the Cultivation and Application of Grasses, Pulse, and Roots.
Book XI. On Manures and their Application to Grass Land&Crops.
Book XII. Monthly Calendars of Farmwork.
⁂ Opinions of the Press on the New Edition.
"Dr. Fream is to be congratulated on the successful attempt he has made to give us a work which will at once become the standard classic of the farm practice of the country. We believe that it will be found that it has no compeer among the many works at present in existence.... The illustrations are admirable, while the frontispiece, which represents the well-known bull, New Year's Gift, bred by the Queen, is a work of art."—The Times.
"The book must be recognised as occupying the proud position of the most exhaustive work of reference in the English language on the subject with which it deals."—Athenæum.