Animal Husbandry is planned first and foremost as a text for the basic course in Animal Industries and Farm Animals, as the case may be. It should prove helpful as a reference book for those concerned in livestock production. It is a brief and up-to-date compilation of those facts and judgements that can provide a beginning student a wellrounded and understandable representation of the scope, importance, and operation of our great livestock, packing, and diary industries. Since a lot of students key in other fields and make this their principal contact with an extremely vital field of knowledge, an effort has been made to imprison the material to the vital facts and to uphold student interest by the liberal use of pictures, tables and charts.