INDEX. 



259 



Epilepsy and its Treatment, 249 

 Ergot and its Effects, 72 

 Exercise for Horses, 102 



for Foals, 



ExmoorPony, 140, 142 



Fainting from Exhaustion, 247 

 Fairs, The Principal, 21, 34, 35 

 for Buying Cart Horses, 34, 



35 



, Hacks, 34, 35 



, Harness Horses, 34 



, Hunters, 21, 34—35 



, Omnibus, 35 



, Troop Horses, 135 



, Van, 35 



Falls or " Spills," How to Prevent, 



116 

 FamHy Pony, The, 137 

 Farm Horses in Straw-yards, 41 

 Feeding and General Management, 



60—108 

 Feeding, Frequency of, 90 



, Secret of, 61 



Fermentation in Haystacks, 77 



" Fidded " Horses, 23 



Flat Feet, 33 



Flexor Tendons, Enlargement of, 



27 

 Flies, Protection from, 40 

 Floors, and Paving of Stables, 52 

 Foals and Foal-rearing, 156 — 162 



at Pasture, 164 



, Eearing of, 162 



, Eearing Artificially, 163 



, Suckling, 160 



, Weaning of, 162 



Fomentations, and How to Apply 



them, 224 

 Food, Benefit of Changing, 73 



, Condition of, 70 



, Constituents of, 61 — 66 



, Cleanliness of, 71 



, Digestibility of, 68 



, Different Kinds of, 73—82 



, Mixture of, 85 



, Nutritive Value of, 62 



, Preparation of, 83 



, Quality of, 70 



R 2 



Food, Quantity of, 86 



Foot, Diseases and Injuries of the, 



198 

 , Different Parts of the, 198, 



199 

 Forage, Damaged, 73 



, Green, 82 



Forks for Stables, 108 

 Foul Air, Evil Effects of, 43 

 Fractures, 240 

 French Asses, 185 



Martingales, 175 



Mules, 189 



Fresh Air, Benefit of, 49 

 Frog, Injuries to the, 209 

 Frost Nails, 206 



Gag Bearing Reins, 131 



, Snaffle, 109 



Galloping, 180 



General Stable Fittings, 58 



Utility Horses, 1 



Pace of, 178—182 



Giving a Ball, 223 



a Drink or Drench, 224 



Girth Galls, Cause of, 239 

 Good Action, Value of, 17—20 

 " Good Hands " in Horsemen, 110 

 Good Mouth in a Horse, 2 

 Good-tempered Horses, 107 

 " Grass Eings," 24 

 Greasy Heels, 96 

 Grease, and How to Treat it, 253 

 Green Forage, 82 

 Grooming, and its Importance, 92 

 —96 



Farm Horses, 93 



Colts, 93 



Hacks, at Fairs, 32, 33 



in Miniature, 141 



, Purchase of, 31—36 



, Varieties of, 4 — 12 



Half-bred Horses, 1, 150 

 Haltering Young Horses, 167 

 " Hames " in Harness, 124, 127 

 Haemorrhage, 235 

 " Hands " in Horsemen, 110 

 Harness Cobs, 10 



