Tails of the farm – humor & tales of farm life.

CHAPTER
I.–FROM GOTHAM TO GOOSEVILLE
II.–AUCTIONS
III.–BUYING A HORSE
IV.–FOR THOSE WHO LOVE PETS
V.–STARTING A POULTRY FARM
VI.–GHOSTS
VII.–DAILY DISTRACTIONS
VIII.–THE PROSE OF NEW ENGLAND FARM LIFE
IX.–THE PASSING OF THE PEACOCKS
X.–LOOKING BACK

Sku: Adoptingfarm

Start of the book

The popularity of the dog as a companion, as a guardian of property, as an assistant in the pursuit of game, and as the object of a pleasurable hobby, has never been so great as it is at the present time. More dogs are kept in this country than ever there formerly were, and they are more skilfully bred, more tenderly treated…

Note: No illustrations, very good breed content
Contents
CHAPTER
1. General History of the Dog
2. The English Mastiff
3. The Bulldog
4. The St. Bernard
5. The Newfoundland
6. The Great Dane
7. The Dalmatian
8. The Collie
9. The Old English Sheepdog
10. The Chow Chow
11. The Poodle
12. The Schipperke
13. The Bloodhound
14. The Otterhound
15. The Irish Wolfhound
16. The Deerhound
17. The Borzoi, or Russian Wolfhound
18. The Greyhound
19. The Whippet
20. The Foxhound
21. The Harrier and the Beagle
22. The Pointer
23. The Setters
24. The Retrievers
25. The Sporting Spaniel
26. The Basset-Hound
27. The Dachshund
28. The Old Working Terrier
29. The White English Terrier
30. The Black and Tan Terrier
31. The Bull-Terrier
32. The Smooth Fox-Terrier
33. The Wire-Hair Fox-Terrier
34. The Airedale Terrier
35. The Bedlington Terrier
36. The Irish Terrier
37. The Welsh Terrier
38. The Scottish Terrier
39. The West Highland White Terrier
40. The Dandie Dinmont
41. The Skye and Clydesdale Terriers
42. The Yorkshire Terrier
43. The Pomeranian
44. The King Charles Spaniels
45. The Pekinese and Japanese
46. The Maltese Dog and the Pug
47. The Brussels Griffon
48. The Miniature Breeds
49. Practical Management
50. Breeding and Whelping
51. Some Common Ailments of the Dog and their Treatment
52. The Dog and the Law

Sku: dog-breeds

All about you and your dog

Breed information, health & related matters, driving with your dog, and more.

• Overview of Different Breeds of Dogs
• Selecting a Breeder
• Purebred versus Mutt
• Adopting A Dog – Puppy or Adult
• How to Housebreak Your Puppy
• Obedience Training For Your Dog
• Is Your Dog Fat?
• Proper Diet for Your Dog
• Canine Vaccinations Are Essential
• Dogs Have Allergies Too!
• All About Heartworms in Your Dog
• Dental Care for Your Dog
• Fighting Flea Infestation
• Your Questions on Canine Hip Dysplasia – Answered
• Travelling With Your Dog
• Some Useful Links
• Beagle, Boxer, Dachshund, Labrador, German Shephard, Poodle, Rotweiller
• Dog dental, dog diet, dogs, dysplasia, fleas, food

Sku: dogowners

Guide to how to choose, and care for a dog

This is a very popular product. Complete dog owners guide including how to pick a dog breed, how to train the dog, interesting facts about dogs, and training your dog to be the best friend you will ever have.

Introduction

Ah, the humble dog. Furry bearer of unconditional love, affection, companionship – and a rocket-powered babe magnet to boot. You can almost see your new dog right now . . . running in the sun, chasing Frisbees, doing adorable tricks, puking on the rug at 3 a.m., chewing up your entire porno collection, shedding on everything in sight . . . Still want a dog? Then step right up, you’ve come to the right place.

Contents
Decide on the best dog for you
Prepare for puppies
Make sure you can afford it
Place to pick a puppy
House train your dog
Prepare to train, and train your dog basic commands
Teach your dog fancy tricks
Emergency – swallowed objects

Sku: dog-guide

In preparing the material for this book, the author has endeavored to arrange and discuss the subject matter in a way to be of the greatest service and help to the agricultural student and stockman, and place at their disposal a text and reference book.

No photos. Includes questions to test your knowledge

1. Side and posterior view of bull showing conformation favorable to the development of disease
2. Insanitary yards.
3. Showing where pulse of horse is taken.
4. Auscultation of the lungs.
5. Fever thermometer.
6. Dose syringe.
7. Hypodermic syringes.
8. Model of horse’s stomach.
9. Model of stomach of ruminant.
10. Oesophageal groove.
11. Dilated stomach of horse.
12. Rupture of stomach of horse.
13. Showing the point where the wall of flank and rumen are punctured with trocar and cannula in “bloat”.
14. Photograph of model of digestive tract of horse.
15. Photograph of model of digestive tract of ruminant.
16. A yearling colt that died of aneurism colic.
17. Photograph of model of udder of cow.
18. Photograph of model of uterus of cow containing foetus.
19. Placenta of cow.
20. A case of milk-fever.
21. Milk-fever apparatus.
22. A case of catarrhal cold.
23. Photograph of model of horse’s heart.
24. Elephantiasis in horse.
25. Photograph of model of horse’s brain.
26. Unilateral facial paralysis.
27. Bilateral facial paralysis.
28. Skeleton of horse.
29. Photograph of model of stifle joint.
30. Atrophy of the muscles of the thigh.
31. Shoulder lameness.
32. Shoe-boil.
33. Sprung knees.
34. Splints.
35. Bones of digit.
36. Photograph of a model of the foot.
37. Foot showing neglect in trimming wall.
38. A very large side bone.
39. A case of navicular disease.
40. An improperly shod foot.
41. Toe-cracks.
42. Quarter-crack caused by barb-wire cut.
43. Changes occurring in chronic laminitis.
44. Atrophy of the muscles of the quarter.
45. String-halt.
46. A large bone spavin.
47. Normal cannon bone and cannon bone showing bony enlargement.
48. Bog spavins.
49. Thorough pin.
50. Curbs.
51. Head of young horse showing position and size of teeth.
52. Longitudinal section of incisor tooth.
53. Cross-section of head of young horse, showing replacement of molar tooth.
54. Transverse section of incisor tooth
55. Transverse sections of incisor tooth showing changes at different ages.
56. Teeth showing uneven wear occurring in old horses.
57. Fistula of jaw.
58. A large hock caused by a punctured wound of the joint.
59. A large inflammatory growth following injury.
60. Fistula of the withers.
61. Shoulder abscess caused by loose-fitting harness.
62. A piece of the wall of the horse’s stomach showing bot-fly larvae attached.
63. Biting louse.
64. Sucking louse.
65. Nits attached to hair.
66. Sheep-tick.
67. Sheep scab mite.
68. Sheep scab.
69. A severe case of mange.
70. Liver flukes.
71. Tapeworm larvae in liver.
72. Tapeworms.
73. Tapeworm larvae in the peritoneum.
74. Thorn-headed worms.
75. Large round-worm in intestine of hog.
76. Lamb affected with stomach worm disease.
77. Whip-worms attached to wall of intestine.
78. Pin-worms in intestine.
79. A hog yard where disease-producing germs may be carried over from year to year.
80. Carcass of a cholera hog.
81. Kidneys from hog that died of acute hog-cholera.
82. Lungs from hog that died of acute hog-cholera.
83. A piece of intestine showing intestinal ulcers.
84. Cleaning up a hog lot.
85. Hyperimmune hogs used for the production of anti-hog-cholera serum.
86. Preparing the hog for vaccination.
87. Vaccinating a hog.
88. Koch’s _Bacillus tuberculosis_.
89. A tubercular cow.
90. Tubercular spleens.
91. The carcass of a tubercular cow.
92. A section of the chest wall of a tubercular cow.
93. A very large tubercular gland.
94. A tubercular gland that is split open.
95. Caul showing tuberculosis.
96. Foot of hog showing tuberculosis of joint.
97. _Staphylococcus pyogenes_.
98. _Streptococcus pyogenes_.
99. Bacillus of malignant oedema, showing spores.
100. Bacillus of malignant oedema.
101. _Bacillus bovisepticus_.
102. A yearling steer affected with septicaemia haemorrhagica.
103. _Bacillus anthracis_.
104. _Bacillus necrophorus_.
105. Negri bodies in nerve-tissue.
106. A cow affected with foot-and-mouth disease.
107. Slaughtering a herd of cattle affected with foot-and-mouth disease.
108. Disinfecting boots and coats before leaving a farm where cattle have been inspected for foot-and-mouth disease.
109. Cleaning up and disinfecting premises.
110. _Bacillus tetani_.
111. Head of horse affected with tetanus.
112. A subacute case of tetanus.
113. Streptococcus of strangles.
114. _Bacillus mallei_.
115. Nasal septum showing nodules and ulcers.
116. _Streptococcus pyogenes equi_.
117. A case of “lumpy jaw”.
118. The ray fungus.
119. Bacillus of emphysematous anthrax.
120. Cattle tick (male).
121. Cattle tick (female).
122. Blood-cells with _Piroplasma bigeminum_ in them.
123. _Bacillus avisepticus_.

Sku: farmanimals

Comprehensive Chow Chow dog information ebook

All breeds of dogs are prone to an array of health problems, and so too with Chow Chows. Of them, hip dysplasia, luxating patella and entropion are the commonest. But the chances of your pup not being dysplastic or having a mild problem with it are minimized if you…

Chapter 1 – The origins of the Chow Chow
Chapter 2 – The quintessential Chow Chow
Chapter 3 – Can you get along with a Chow Chow?
Chapter 4 – Zeroing in on a Chow Chow—what to consider
Chapter 5 – Bringing your puppy home
Chapter 6 – Caring for your Chow Chow
Chapter 7 – Grooming your Chow Chow
Chapter 8 – House training your Chow Chow
Chapter 9 – Socialize your Chow Chow
Chapter 10 – The right chow for your Chow

Sku: chowchow

Starting paragraph…
The traveller stood looking from the tap-room window of the Cauliflower at the falling rain. The village street below was empty, and everything was quiet with the exception of the garrulous old man smoking with much enjoyment on the settle behind him…

Sku: whitecat

An interesting take on life
Starting paragraph exert
My father was a St. Bernard, my mother was a collie, but I am a Presbyterian. This is what my mother told me, I do not know these nice distinctions myself. To me they are only fine large words meaning nothing. My mother had a fondness for such; she liked to say them, and see other dogs look surprised and envious, as wondering how she got so much education. But, indeed, it was not real education…

Sku: dogstale

Start of the book…
Nello and Patrasche were left all alone in the world. They were friends in a friendship closer than brotherhood. Nello was a little Ardennois–Patrasche was a big Fleming. They were both of the same age by length of years, yet one was still young, and the other was already old. They had dwelt together almost all their days: oth were orphaned and destitute, and owed their lives to the same hand. It had been the beginning of the tie between them, their first bond of sympathy; and it had strengthened day by day, and had grown with their growth, firm and indissoluble, until they loved one another very greatly.

Sku: dogflanders