From the author's experience as a practicing veterinarian in the rural districts and from the
reception of his articles pertaining to the cow by the readers of the largest and most
influential dairy and farm papers in the United States he was convinced that there was a great
need for a book dealing with the proper care of the cow in health and in sickness. The aim of
the author in preparing this volume was purely an educational one and it is hoped that none of
its readers will be led to believe that he desires to impress upon them the fact that they can
successfully and profitably prescribe for their cows during sickness but rather that realizing
the nature of those conditions that commonly affect their cows that they will whenever possible
secure professional aid. To be forewarned is to be forearmed and truly the cheapest thing that
you can purchase when you have a valuable cow sick is the advice of a reputable veterinarian.
This book is a reprint of the original published in 1918.
