Excerpt from The Farmers' Cabinet, and American Herd-Book, Vol. 7: Devoted to Agriculture, Horticulture, and Rural and Domestic Affairs Private credit is wealth - public honour is security: the feather that adorns the royal bird, supports his flight; strip him of his plumage, and you fix him to the earth. Junius. 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.