Beef, Mutton, and Wool

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Excerpt from Beef, Mutton, and Wool: A Practical Handbook on Meat and Wool Production for the Australian Farmer In writing a short foreword to my old student and friend, Lieut. Stanley Kelly's excellent work entitled "Beef, Mutton and Wool, " I feel sure that I will be voicing the mind of all readers of this little book when I make the only reasonable adverse criticism that can be made, viz.: that the author has not given us enough of that knowledge which he has gained from a lifelong experience on the farm, together with the unique advantages he had while convalescing in the Old Country after being wounded in the great war, to which he had gone as a soldier. This is the more regrettable, because the writer has demonstrated that he not only possesses the requisite knowledge to write a book, but has a ready and easy pen, and is able to put his theories and facts in such a way that "he who runs may read." The opening chapter on Sheep Breeding is quite unique, in that the principles of breeding are laid so bare and plain, and yet on such sound and scientific lines that the ordinary man will better understand the inner meaning of breeding, and thereby be encouraged in his work and have a fresh interest in that all important subject. The writer of this book does not suggest that as a result of reading his work farmers will become experts in the varied branches of Beef, Mutton and Wool production, but rather is his idea to give help along lines which are badly needed, and if, as a result of reading this little work, farmers and those interested receive that stimulus and encouragement which are so necessary to-day when increased production may almost be said to be the salvation of the economic world, then the writer will, I know, be amply repaid. I can only express the hope that in the near future Australian farmers will have the further pleasure of reading another and larger book, written in the same plain and practical way by Mr Kelly. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.