INDE,X. 



THE NUMBERS REFER TO PAGES. 



ABORTION, 187, 269. 

 Absorption, 32, 57. 



Acetic acid, 138. 



Aconite, 144. 



Actinomycosis, 267. 



Afterbirth, retention of the, 174. 



Age of animals, determined by the 

 teeth, 38-41. 



Agriculturist, success as an, 1. 



Air, respired, 65; fresh, 66; tonic ef- 

 fects of fresh, 134, 155. 



Aloes, actions and uses of, 139. 



Ammonia, actions and uses of, 140. 



Anatomy, definition of, 1; compar- 

 ative, 2. 



Anodynes, 135. 



Antiseptics, 136. 



Apoplexy, parturient, 180; of fowls, 

 279. 



Arm, location of, 14. 



Arsenic, dangers in the use of, 144. 



Arteries, construction of, 99; bleed- 

 ing from, 101; distribution of, 100; 

 functions of, 99. 



Azoturia, 219. 



BACK, bones of the, 8. 

 Backracking, 162. 

 Bacteria or germs, 261; in the teats, 



94. 



Bandaging, 163. 

 Big leg, 218. 

 Bile, functions of, 54. 

 Blackleg, 263. 

 Black teeth in pigs, 229. 

 Bladder, the, 63. 

 Bleeding, when useful, 76; where 



performed, 102; how stopped, 196. 

 Blindness, indications of, 110. 

 Blistering, 151. 

 Blisters, 135. 



Bloating in horses, 210; in sheep and 

 cattle, 212; prevention of, 213. 



Blood, the, 95; clots, 96; cells, 97; 

 cause of clotting, 96; proportion 

 of cells, 97; the blood pump, 97; 

 course of, 98. 



Bluestone, 139. 



Boar's tusks, removal of, 280. 



Bog spavin, 246, 284. 



Bones, 3; quality of, 4; functions 

 of, 5; number of, 16; breakages of, 3. 



Bone spavin, 244, 284. 



Bots, 256. 



Brain, the, 104; intelligence and, 

 development, 106. 



Bran mash, preparation of, 161. 



Breathing, 158; organs of, 66. 



Breeding of animals, 70; artificial, 

 75, 187; diseases, results of, 167; and 

 immaturity, 77; male organs of, 

 70; female organs of, 72. 



Brisket, location of, 20. 



Broken wind, 221, 284. 



Bull punch, 201. 



Bumble foot in poultry, 280. 



Buttock, the, 16; the point of the, 17. 



CALF CHOLERA, 274. 

 Canker, sore mouth of pigs, 



276; of poultry, 281. 

 Capiliaries, 100. 

 Capped hock, 249. 

 Capsular ligaments, 13. 

 Capsule method of breeding, 187. 

 Carbolic acid, 143. 

 Carbon di-oxide, poisonous effects 



of, 65. 



Cartilage, 2, 23. 

 Casting the withers, 176. 

 Castration, 202; essential to success 



in, 203; of bulls, 203; of sheep, 204. 



