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BEDDING - 354 



Wheat-straw Oat-straw- - . 354 



Barley-straw Saw-dust - 355 



Peat-moss - 356 



Mill-dust Dried Bracken Sand ... . 357 



HARNESS 357 



Bits . 357 



Bearing-reins - - . 359 



CLIPPING AND SINGEING - - - 360 



VENTILATION OF STABLES - - - 361 



TEMPERATURE OF STABLES - . 362 



SECTION IX. EXAMINATION OF HORSES AS TO SOUNDNESS 



INTRODUCTORY . 355 



PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS - - 366 



EXAMINATION OF THE EYES, NOSE, AND MOUTH - - 367 



EXAMINATION OF THE HEAD - ... 370 



GENERAL EXAMINATION - ..... 372 



ERUPTIVE DISEASES - . 374 



ACTION 374 



DEFECTS OF CONFORMATION AND DEFORMITIES - - - 375 



EXAMINATION OF THE LEGS AND FEET - - 376 



Capped Elbow The Knee The Canon - 376 



The Fetlock . 377 



The Foot - . 378 



Knee (Posterior Aspect) The back tendons and ligaments - - 379 



The Fetlock-joint - 380 



The Heels The Coronet The Sole and Frog - - 381 



The Stifle - - 382 



The Hock - - 383 



EXAMINATION OF THE WIND - 385 



EEMOVAL OF THE SHOES - - 386 



SECTION X. THE TEETH OF THE HORSE 



NUMBER AND ARRANGEMENT - 389 



Number of Teeth - 389 



Form and Arrangement - 390 



Tricks - 392 



Birthdays - - - 393 



