VOLUMES ONE TO TWEXTY-FIVE. 



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supply of Normantly and Brittany, 99 ; 

 price and height of French troop-horses, 

 ib. 

 HoESES, on the breeding of (W. Dickinson), 

 xxiv. 255 ; the condition of land fa- 

 vourable to breeding, ih. ; importance 

 of dry subsoil, ib. ; selection of mai-es, 

 256 ; the sire, ib. ; deterioration in 

 breed, 257 ; French cart-horses, ib. ; 

 description and purchase of the cart- 

 stallion " Napoleon," 258 ; breeding 

 mares, ib. ; description and diagrams of 

 stables and fittings, 259-61 ; paving and 

 ventilation, 262 ; cause of diseases, 263 ; 

 temperatm-e, ib. ; London carriage- 

 horses, how bred, 264 ; forms best 

 adapted for draught and the saddle, ib. ; 

 position of the vertebrae, 265 ; carriage- 

 horses, ib. ; hacks, ib. ; stables and 

 stalls, 266 ; cause of the deterioration 

 of horses, ib. ; prizes and royal plates, 

 267 ; evil of handicaps, 268 ; competi- 

 tion for the lOOZ. prize at Battersea, 

 269; "blood gives pace, pace is power," 

 ■ib. ■ the Emperor of Russia's guard, 

 270 ; suggested means for improving 

 English horses, ib. ; age of cart, coach, 

 and race animals, 271. 

 , the breeding of hunters and road- 

 sters, F. E. (J. Gamgee, sen.), xxiv. 

 336 ; standard of breeding regulated by 

 economical considerations, 337; breed- 

 ing and rearing of horses best adapted 

 as hunters, ib. ; thorough-breds not 

 stout enough, 338 ; history of the Eng- 

 lish horse from early times, ib. ; rules 

 to be observed in breeding, 340 ; half 

 and three-i^arts bred animals, 341 ; 

 formation of a second stud-book. ib. ; 

 history of the English blood-horse, 342 ; 

 colonial horse-breeding, ib.; physiolo- 

 gical considerations, 343 ; feeding and 

 management, ib. ; cross-breeding, 344 ; 

 the normal standard of size and power, 

 ib. ; over-grown sires objectionable, 345 : 

 selection of mares, ib. ; half-bred stal- 

 lions as sires of breeding mares, 346 ; 

 the royal stud, ib. ; choice of land for 

 breeding, 347 ; management, 348 ; con- 

 tinental lessons, ib. ; precautious as to 

 ■food and exercise, 349; high prices 

 without strict conditions unadvisable, 

 351 ; rules for judging, 352 ; influence 

 of steeple-chasing and exportation, 



353 ; wintering of mares and foals, 



354 ; form and action, 355 ; position of 

 the head, 356 ; girth of a perfectly 

 formed Clydesdale stallion, 357 ; dia- 

 gram illustrating the horse's gallop, 

 359 ; Mons. F. Lecog's definition of " the 

 gallop" criticised, 360; Hxuui)hry on 



the human foot and hand, ib. ; the phy- 

 siology of progression, 361 ; manage- 

 ment of the feet of young horses, 362. 

 Horses, report on those at the Hamburgh 

 International Agricultural Meeting, 

 XXV. 220. 

 ' , on a farm, the breeding and manage- 

 ment of, by John Burke, jun., v. 508 ; 

 on breeding hunters, 510; the choice 

 of a stallion, 510,518; the choice of 

 the mare, 512 ; never breed from a 

 horse or mare of a bad constitution, 

 517 ; the Suiiblk punch, 519 ; the black 

 Lincolnshire, ib. ; the Clydesdale, 520 ; 

 the best age of the brood-mare, 521 ; 

 the best age of the stallion, ib. ; ma- 

 nagement of the mare just before foal- 

 ing, 524 ; her treatment after foaling, 

 ib. ; the management and feeding of 

 farm-horses, 525 ; the treatment of the 

 mare and foal after foaling, 526; the 

 breaking, 529; the hoof of the horse, 

 531 ; the stable management, 533 ; the 

 feeding, 534 ; the ill eifects of reple- 

 tion, 536 ; advantages of fresh and un- 

 contamiuated air, 539 ; profit of breed- 

 ing horses, 541. 



, on the management of farm-horses, 



a prize essay, by W. C. Spooner. ix. 

 249 ; the various breeds of cart-horses, 

 250 ; the dray-horse, 252 ; the Suflblk 

 punch, 254 ; the Clydesdale, ib. ; the 

 Cleveland, 255 ; breeding and rearing, 

 ib. ; the keeping, whether in the stable 

 or the open air, 262 ; feeding in dif- 

 ferent seasons, 264 ; use of carrots for, 

 271 ; use of linseed for, 273 ; show of 

 horses at York, 279. 



, on the mismanagement of farm, a 



prize report, by Finlay Dun, xii. 512 ; 

 insufficient or improper food, 513 ; tu- 

 bercular consumption in, 519 ; exces- 

 sive quantity of food, 521 ; overwork, 

 525 ; insufficient shelter, 530. 



the Northumberland farm-horses, a 



.small and active breed (J. Grey), ii. 

 177 ; those of the Netherlands described 

 (Rbam), iii. 262. 



, the amount of food allowed to 



cavalry horses (Lyon Playfan-), iv. 227. 



, those of Lincolnshire (Pusey), iv. 



304. 



, on the comparative advantages in 



• the employment of horses and oxen in 

 farm-work, by J. Cowie, v. 52. Sec 

 '• Cattle." 



, used entirely in Cheshire iu hus- 

 bandry (Palin;, V. S3. 



, used in Norfolk, v. 313. 



— — , expense of maintaining cart-horses, 

 by P. Pusey, i. 19. 



