288 



Veterinary Elements. 



Cataract, 285. 



Cattle pasturing after sheep, 34. 



Cell, the, 2. 



Cellulose, digestion of, 56. 



Chapped teats, 279. 



Chest, boundaries of, 12; farm med- 

 icine, 138. 



Chestnuts of horses, 114. 



Chewing, time taken in, 51. 



Choking in cattle, 214; in horses, 215. 



Chyle, 58. 



Circulation, the, 99. 



Clap in stallions, 273. 



Clipping horses, 165. 



Clotting of blood, 96. 



Cock, reproductive organs of the, 80. 



Coffin joint, 15; lameness, 238. 



Colic, 210; treatment of, 211. 



Collar galls, 233. 



Colostrum, 93. 



Conformation, defects of, 286. 



Constipation, 183; in pigs, 279. 



Construction and functions of the 

 animal body, 1. 



Contagious abortion, 269. 



Contagious diseases, 261. 



Contagious eye disease, 269. 



Contracted feet, cause of, 123. 



Copperas, actions and uses of, 140. 



Corns, 126. 



Corrosive sublimate, 143. 



Cotyledons, 73, 175. 



Coupling, the, 12. 



Cowpox, 275. 



Creolin, actions and uses of, 139. 



Cribbing, 228. 



Croup, the, 10. 



Cud, giving a, 47. 



Curb, 19, 247, 285. 



Curby legs, 19, 247. 



DAIRY COW, wedge form in, 13. 

 Dam, treatment of, after de- 

 livery, 174. 



Deafness, a cause of, 111. 

 Defecation, 60. 

 Dehorning, 199, clippers, 200. 

 Determining the age, 39, 41. 

 Diagram of the teeth, 39. 

 Digestive system, the, 32. 



Discharges from the nostrils, 228. 

 Disease, due to mistakes in feeding, 



210; of germ origin, 261; of the 



teeth, 225; of poultry, 279; results 



of breeding, 174; of the newborn, 



183. 



Disinfection of stables, 278. 

 Distemper of colts, 271. 

 Docking, reasons for, 10; operation 



of, 208. 



Dose table and rules, 137. 

 Down in the hip, 16. 

 Drenching, dangers in, 67, 149; of 



horses, 147; of cattle, 149; sheep, 



149; swine, 150. 

 Dropping after calving, 182. 

 Dysentery, calf, 184, 273. 



EAR, desirable style of, 110. 

 Egg, formation and fertiliza- 

 tion of, 82. 



Epsom salts, actions and uses of, 

 140. 



Ergots in horses, 115. 



Escutcheon in cows, 112. 



Essentials to success, as a stock- 

 man, 1; in mating, 76; in castra- 

 tion, 203. 



Evolution and livestock, 6. 



Ewes, flushing of, 76; number to a 

 ram, 78; reasons for tagging, 188. 



Examination of, a sick animal, 156; 

 of a horse for soundness, 281. 



Excrement of poultry, 80. 



Excretion, 59. 



Exercise, need of, 160, 218. 



Extension and flexion, 13. 



Eye, construction of, the, 107; dia- 

 gram of the, 108; the haw of the, 

 109; a good, 110; hereditary di- 

 seases of, 284. 



FAILURE TO BREED and its causes, 

 186. 



Febrifuges, 136. 

 Feces, the, or dung, 59. 

 Feeding, horses, 51; hay, 222; sick 



animals, 161. 



Feet, the, 116; expansion of, 120; care 

 of, 123; examining of, 123; con- 



