CONTENTS. 



rasses 



of temporary Dura- 



CHAP. IV. page 



Plants cultivated for their Roots or Leaves in 



a recent State as Food for Man or Cattle 844 



I. The Potato . . 8*5 



II. The Turnip . -854 



III. The Carrot . 862 



IV. The Parsnep 



V. The Field Beet 



VI. The Cabbage Tribe - - 867 



VII. Other Plants which might be cultivated 



in the Felds for their Roots or Leaves, as 

 Food for Man or Cattle, in a recent State 869 



CHAP. V. 



Culture of Herbage Plants . . 871 



I. The Clover Family - . -871 



II. Lucern . . . 877 

 IIL Saintfoin 



IV. Various Plants which are or may be culti- 

 vated as Herbage and for Hay . 883 



CHAP. VI. 



Cultivated Grasses 



I. Tall-growing or Hay G 



1. Tall or Hay Grasses 



tion ... 887 



2. Tall or Hay Grasses of permanent Dura- 



tion .... 889 



II. Grasses chiefly adapted for Pasturage 893 

 HI. General View of the Produce, Uses, Cha- 

 racter, and Value of the principal Bri- 

 tish Grasses, according to the Result of 

 John Duke of Bedford's Experiments at 

 Woburn . . . 895 



CHAP. VII. 



Management of Lands permanently under 

 Grass . . 901 



I. Perennial Grass Lands fit for mowing, or 



Meadow Lands . . 901 



II. Permanent Pastures . -905 



1. Rich or feeding Pastures . .905 



2. Hilly and Mountainous Pastures - 908 

 IIL Improvement of Grass Lands, by a tem- 

 porary Conversion to Tillage - - 909 



1. Grass Lands that ought not to be broken 



up by the Plough - - - 909 



2. Advantages and Disadvantages of break- 



ing up Grass Lands - - 910 



3. Breaking up Grass Lands, and afterwards 



restoring them to Grass - - 911 



CHAP. VIIL 



Plants cultivated on a limited Scale for various 

 Arts and Manufactures - . 912 



I. Plants grown chiefly for the Clothing Arts - 912 



1. Flax . . . .913 



2. Hemp . - - . 917 



3. The Fuller's Thistle, or Teasel - 918 



4. Madder - . .919 



5. Woad . . . .920 



6. Weld, or Dyer's Weed . . 921 



7. Bastard Saffron ... 922 



8. Various Plants which have been proposed 



as Substitutes for the Thread and dyeing 

 Plants grown in Britain . . 923 



II. Plants cultivated for the Brewery and Dis- 



tillery ... . 923 



1. The Hop - .924 



2. Culture of the Coriander and Caraway - 930 



3. Plants which may be substituted for 



Brewery and Distillery Plants . . 930 



III. OilPlants - - - 931 



IV. Plants used in Domestic Economy - 933 

 1. Mustard . . .933 

 2 Buck-wheat . . .934 



3. Tobacco . . 935 



4. Other Plants used in Domestic Economy, 



which are or may be cultivated in the 

 Fields . . .942 



V. Plants which are are or may be grown in 



the Fields for Medicinal Purposes - 943 



CHAP. IX. 

 Marine Plants used in Agriculture . . 945 



CHAP. X. 



Weeds or Plants injurious to those cultivated 



in Agriculture - - 947 



BOOK VII. 



THE ECONOMY OF LIVE STOCK AND THB DAIRY. 



CHAP. L Page 



The cultivated Horse . . .945 



I. Varieties of the Horse - . 950 



II. Organology or exterior Anatomy of the 



Horse . . 955 



III. The Bony Anatomy or Osseous Structure 



of the Horse - . . 952 



1. Osseous Structure of the Head . . 962 



2. Bony Anatomy of the Trunk . .964 



3. Bony Anatomy of the Extremities - 964 



4. General Functions of the Bony Skeleton - 966 



IV. Anatomy and Physiology of the soft Parts 966 



1. Appendages to Bone, the Muscles, and 



Tendons . . gsfi 



2. Blood-vessels of the Horse . - 967 



3. Absorbents of the Horse . .968 



4. Nerves and Glands of the Horse - 968 



5. Integuments of the Horse's Body - 968 



6. The Head generally - . 969 



7. The Ear - . - - 969 



8. The Eye and its Appendages - . 970 



9. The Nose and Sense of Smelling - 971 



10. The Cavity of the Mouth - - 972 



11. The Neck . . .972 



12. The Thorax or Chest . . .973 



13. The Abdomen . . .973 



14. The Foetal Colt . . .975 



15. The Foot . . .975 



V. Diseases of the Horse - . 977 



1. General Remarks on the Healthy and 



diseased State of the Horse - - 977 



2. Inflammatory Diseases of the Horse - 978 



3. Diseases of the Head - . 979 



4. Diseases of the Neck . 980 



5. The Chest . . . 98 



6. Diseases of the Skin . - - 984 



7. Glanders and Farcy ... 985 



8. Diseases of the Extremities - - 985 



9. Diseases of the Feet . . .937 



VI. Veterinary Operations . . 939 



1. Treatment of Wounds . . 989 



2. Balls and Drinks . . 939 



3. Fomentations and Poultices - - 989 



4. Setons and Rowels . . POO 



5. Blistering and Firing 



- 990 



- 990 



- 991 



6. Clystering and Physicking 



7. Castration, Nicking, Docking, &c. 



8. Bleeding . . 99! 



VII. Veterinary Pharmacopoeia . . 991 



VIII. Shoeing of Horses - . 993 



IX. Criteria of the Qualities of Horses for 



various Purposes . . 995 



X. Breeding of Horses . . 997 



XI. Rearing of Horses . . 999 



XII. Training of Horses . 1000 



XIII. The Art of Horsemanship . 1003 



XIV. Feeding of Horses . 1004 



XV. Stabling and Grooming of Horses - 1006 



XVI. Management and Working of Horses - 1007 



1. Management and Working of Race 



Horses ... 1007 



2. Management and Working of the Hunter 1009 



3. Working and Management of Riding 



Horses - 1009 



4. Horses in Curricles and Coaches . 1010 



5. Working of Cart, Waggon, and Farm 



Horses . . . ioiO 



CHAP. II. 



The Ass 



1012 



CHAP. III. 



The Mule and Hinny, Hybrids of the Horse 



and Ass . . 1013 



CHAP. IV. 



Neat or Horned Cattle . _ 1014 



The Ox - . 1014 



1. Varieties and Breeds of the Bull 1014 



2. Criteria of Cattle for various Objects an 



Purposes . . 1019 



3. Breeding of Horned Cattle . 1020 



4. Rearing of Horned Cattle . 1021 



5. Fattening Calves by Suckling . 1023 



6. Fattening Horned Cattle - 1024 



7. Management of Cows kept for the 



Dairy . . . . 1 25 



