X CONTENTS. 



PART SECOND-STOCK RAISING. 



CHAPTEE IX. 



HOUSES AifD MULES. PAGB 

 The Horsk. How to Breed— Selection of the Stud — TreHtment of the Sttid— Selection of 'ne 

 Mare— Treatment of the Mare— Care— Kindness— The Foal— How to Traia— Gentling — 

 Vices the result of Treatment— Profit of Early Training— Breaking— Rarey's System — 

 How to Feed a Horse — Stables — Grooming — Working — Kindness vs. Harshness — No Vices 

 —How to Buy a Horse — Points — How to S( 11 a Horse — Truthfulness — Duty of the Horse 

 owner — A Draught Horse — Mares rs. Geldings — Uses of the Horse — Anatomy of the 

 Horse. Diseases of the Horse — Symptoms and Remedies. Diseases of the Bodbs — 

 Diseases o' the Feet — Diseases of the Glands and Membranes of the Nose — Diseases of 

 the Eye — Dispases of the Muscles and Tendons — Diseases of the Skin and Ears — Diseases 

 of the Brain and Nervous System — Diseases of the Teeth and Mouth — Diseases of the 

 Throat — Diseases of the Chest and Lungs — Diseases of the Stomach and Bowels — Dis- 

 eases of the l<iver and Urinary Organs — Diseases of the Heart and Blood — Insects and 

 Poisons — Fractures — Shoeing — Table of Remedies, and how to prepare them — How to 

 give Medicines. Mules. Their Usefulness — Mules vs. Oxen — Mules w.Horses — Breed- 

 ing — Training — Breaking — "Obstinate as a Mule" — Fault in Training — Kicking — Kind- 

 ness — Feeding — Diseases and Remedies.... .". 265- 339 



CHAPTEE X. 



CATTLE. 

 Breeding — Crossing — Selection — Pure Bred — Adaptation. Our Dairy Stock. The Buttei 

 Dairy — Qualities desired — Quality rather than quantity — " Native Stock" — " Jerseys" — 

 Good qualities for the Butter Dairy — Great yield of "Lady Milton" — Grades — The 

 " Brittany"" Cow — The Poor Man's Cow. The Milk Dairt. Quantity instend of qual- 

 ity — Feeding aud Management — Shorthorns — Crosses — The " Sixth Duke of Thorndale" 

 — " Aurora 2d" — "The Ayrshires" — Milking qualities — "Flora" — " HonestJohn — A good 

 Cross with the common Stock — Beef qualities^Dutch Cows — "Kerry Cows"— Races — 

 Breeds — Fa*nilies — Improving — Pure Bred Males — The Family Cow — Jersey and Brit- 

 tany — The Raising of Calves — Hay Tea — Care and Feeding — The Heifer — Time of drop- 

 ping the first Calf — Feeding and General Management of Dairy Stock — Grass — Hay — 

 Roots — Wafer-steamed Food — Stall Feedint,- — Soiling — Regularity. Working Cattle. 

 Oxen vs. Horses — Training — Advantages — The Devons — Herefords — Ayrshires — Holsteins 

 — Improved Stock — How to get it — Pure Bred Bulls — Breeding Cows — Care and Manage- 

 ment — Bulls — Care and Treatment — Working Bulls — A New Plan — Rearing Calves — Beef 

 Stock — Feeding Stock — "Keep them Growing" — Shelter — Stall Feeding — Sciiling — Six 

 . Advantages— Directions forSoiling — Summer Soiling — Winter Soiling — Cutting and Cook- 

 ing Food — Six Advantages — Cheap Proces.s — Diseases of Cattle — Remedies — Diseases o( 

 Milk Cows — Remedies — Operations 340-40j 



CHAPTEE XI. 



SHEEP, SWINE, AND OTHER DOMESTIC ANIMALS. 

 Sheep Husbandry, by H. S. Randall, LL.D.— Profits of Sheep Husbandry— Sheep vs. Cattle— 

 .Mutton — Wool — Common Breeds — Merinos — Crossing — Cotswolds — South Downs — Lei- 

 cesters — Other Breeds — Points — Breeding — "None but the best" — Pure Breeds — Rams — 

 Ewes — Spring Management — Tagtjing — Lambing — Docking — Castrating — Washing — 

 bhearing — Shearing Machine — Selection and Branding — Culling — Ticks— Maggots — 

 Educating Rams — Wea.-.ing and Fall Feeding Lambs — "Well Summered is half Win- 

 tered" — Fall Feed and Shelter foi Ewes — Coupling — Herding — Winter Management — 

 Shelter — Sheep Barns — Plan for Sheep Barn — Winter Feed — Water — Salt — Exercise — 

 Turnips — Barn Management — Unclaimed Lands for Pasturage — Grass — Corn — Turnips — 

 Lambing on the Range — Shelter — Directions of Hon. Sam. P. Boardman. Diseases op 

 Bhefp. Grub in the Head — The Scab — Foot Rot — Other Diseases. Swjnb. " What are 



