GENERAL INDEX. 



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Dutch, 6224 ; the German, fi225 ; the Polish, 6226; 

 the Russian, 6227; the Swedish, 622S; British 

 varieties of saddle, 6229 ; the racer, 6230 ; the 

 hunter, 6232; the improved hackney, 6233 ; the 

 old English road, 6234; the Irish road or hunter, 

 6236 ; the British varieties of saddle, of more in- 

 ferior description, 6237 ; British varieties of war 

 or cavalry, 623k ; varieties of draught, 6239; the 

 black, 6240 ; the Cleveland bavs, 6241 ; the Suf- 

 folk punch, 6242; the Clydesdale, 6243; the 

 Welsh, 6244 ; the Galloway, 6245 ; smaller horses 

 of the Highlands and isles of Scotland, 6246. 



Horse, organology or exterior anatomy of the, 6247 ; 

 organs of the head, 6249; the ears, 6250; the 

 forehead, 6251; the eves, 6252; the face, 6255; 

 the muzzle, 6257 ; the lips, 6258 ; the teeth, 6260; 

 organs of the neck, 6261 ; organs of the trunk or 

 carcass, 6265; the shoulders, 6266; the withers, 

 6268 ; the breast or counter, 6269 ; the back, 6270 ; 

 the loins, 6271 ; the croup, 6272 ; the flank, 6273 ; 

 the belly, 6274; the whirlbone, 6275; the stifle, 

 6276; the fore extremities or legs, 6277 ; the arm, 

 6278 ; the knee, 6280 ; the cannon or shank, 6282 ; 

 the pastern and fetlock, 6284; the feet, 6286; 

 the hinder extremities, 6291 ; colour, 6294 ; co- 

 lour as a criterion of mental and personal qua- 

 lities, 6298. 



Horse, bony anatomy or osseous structure of, 6299; 

 bones of the head, 63U0; bones of the face, 6301 ; 

 teeth, 63u2; the trunk, 6506; the limbs, 6313; 

 general functions of the bony skeleton, 6529. 



Horse, anatomy and physiology of the soft parts of, 

 6333; appendages to bone, 6334 ; muscles, 6340; 

 tendons, 6341 ; blood-vessels, 6543 ; absorbents, 

 6352; nerves, 6353; glands, 6356; integuments, 

 6357 ; the brain, 6366 ; ears, 6367 ; the eye and its 

 appendages, 6370 ; nose and sense of smelling, 

 6379; the mouth, 6381; the tongue, 6383; sense 

 of tasting, 6384 ; the voice, 6387 ; the neck, 6389; 

 the chest, 6591 ; the heart, 6594 ; circulation of 

 the blood, 6395; lungs, 6396; respiration, 6597; 

 the abdomen, 6398 ; the fcetal colt, 6412 ; the foot, 

 6416. 



Horse, diseases of, 6422; general remarks on the 

 healthy condition and diseased state of, 6423; in- 

 flammatory diseases of, 6426 ; diseases of the 

 head, 6438 ; diseases of the neck, 6449 ; diseases 

 of the chest, 6452 ; diseases of the skin, 64V7 ; 

 diseases of the extremities, 6497 ; diseases of the 

 feet, 6517. 



Horse, veterinary operations on, 6530 ; treatment 

 of wounds, 6531; giving balls, 6552; giving 

 drinks, 6533; fomentations and poultices, 6534; 

 setons, 6537 ; rowels, 6538 ; blistering, 6539 ; 

 firing, 6542 ; clustering, 6543 ; physicking, 6544 ; 

 castration, nicking, docking, &c, 6546; bleeding, 

 6547. 



Horse. Veterinary pharmacopoeia, 6148. 



Horse. Shoeing, 6594 ; improved shoe for general 

 use, 6595 ; injurious effects of bad shoeing, 6596 ; 

 improved shoe on the present plan, 6598 ; to pre- 

 pare the foot for the application of the shoe, 6099 ; 

 shoes for the hind feet, 6600; the bar shoe, 6601 ; 

 the hunting shoe, 6602; the racing shoe, 6603; 

 grass shoes, 6604 ; frost shoes, 6605 ; high calkins, 

 6606; shoeing of diseased feet, 6607; horse pat- 

 tens, 6608. 



Horse, criteria of the qualities of, for various pur- 

 poses, 6609; of action, 6611 ; of hardihood, 6612 ; 

 of spirit, 6613; of a race-horse, 6614 ; of a hunter, 

 6615; of a hackney, 6616; of a cavalry horse, 

 6617 ; of road horses for quick draught, 6618; of 

 a dray-horse, 6619 ; of a waggon horse, 6620 ; of 

 a horse peculiarly adapted to the labours of agri- 

 culture, 6621 ; of a horse's age, 6625. 



Horse, breeding of, 6629; choosing the parents, 

 6631 ; properties required in a breeding mare, 

 6632; age proper for breeding, 6634; season for 

 the generative process, 6636 ; to bring a mare in 

 season, 6639 ; treatment of a pregnant mare, 6640. 



Horse, tearing of, 6644 ; treatment of the mare till 

 she has weaned her foal, 6645 ; treatment of 

 weaned foals, 6647 ; time for gelding colts, 6650. 



Horse, training of, 6653 ; directive language used 

 to, 6654; of saddle horses, 6656; backing, 6657; 

 teaching the different movements of walking, 

 trotting, galloping, and ambling, 6658 ; of coach 

 horses, 6668 ; of cart and plough horses, 6670. 



Horse. Horsemanship, 6671 ; manege riding, 6672 ; 

 the art of proper riding, 6673 ; use of the curb 

 bridle, 6674 ; best form of saddle, 6675 ; to mount 

 with ease and safety, 6676 ; a graceful and proper 

 scat, 6677 ; to sit a vicious horse, 6678 ; to manage 



an unruly horse, 6679 ; advantage of spurs, 6680; 

 what should be done previously to mounting, 

 6681; dismounting, 66S2; the jockey mode of 

 riding, 6683. 



Horse, feeding of, 6684 ; food of British horses, 6685 ; 

 hay, 6686; grain, 6687 ; pulse, 6685; roots, 6689 ; 

 mixtures, 6690; cooked food, 6691; quantit] of 

 food, 6692; a horse in full work, 6694; watering 

 6695. ' 



Horse, stabling and grooming, 6697; the stable, 

 6698 ; form of the rack and manger, 6702 ; stall-, 

 6703; litter, 6705; clothing, 6707; grooming or 

 dressing, 6708 ; the curry-comb, 6709 ; care of the 

 legs and feet, 6710; care of the furniture and 

 trappings, 6711 ; exercising, 6712. 



Horse, management and working of, 6714; ma- 

 naging and working race-horses, 6715 ; treatment 

 of a race-horse in low flesh, 6716; treatment of, 

 in good flesh and spirits, 6717 ; choice of a rider, 

 6718; whipping the horse, 6719; running on level 

 smooth ground, 6720; riding up hill, 6721 ; after 

 management, 6723; treatment when the race is 

 over, 6724 ; managing and working of the hunter, 

 6725 ; physicking of hunters, 67-8 ; working and 

 managing of hackneys or riding horses, 6723 ; 

 working and managing horses in curricles, (741 ; 

 working and managing cart and waggon horses. 

 6743. 



Horse of Arabia, 886. 2057 ; of India, 2058. 



Horses, breed of, in the time of Elizabeth, 227; 

 breeding of, in the time of Henry VIII., 218 ; of 

 the Cape of Good Hope, 1130 ; draught, of Clydes- 

 dale, 7842; description of, required by the farmer, 

 4833: of Egypt, 1086; of Galloway, 7840 ; of the 

 Hebrides, 7859; the Hungarian, 634; the La- 

 narkshire, 7842; of Leicestershire, 7798; of Perth- 

 shire, 7849; labour of, in a day, 3238; large, for 

 farmers, Davis's objections to, 4834 ; laws foi 

 turning, to grass in Scotland during the 16th cen- 

 tury, 229. 



Horse-hoe and drill-plough, Wilkie's, 2668. 



Horse-hoe and harrow, Amos's expanding, 2674. 



Horse-hoe for turnips, 5101. 



Horse-hoeing, 3264. 



Horse-hoes, 2665 ; the only essential, 2677 ; Weir's 

 expanding, £669; Blaikie's inverted, 2670; the 

 Scotch, 2671; the Northumberland, 2672; and 

 drill-harrow, Wilkie's, 2666; Finlayson's self- 

 cleaning, 2667. 



Horse-rake, the common or Norfolk, 2724. 



Horse-raking, 3271. 



Horse roads, 5536. 



Hortus Britannicus, the, of 1829, 1822. 



Hot water, incubation of chickens by, 7464. 



Hottentots, huts of the unimproved, 1155 ; cattle of 

 the, 1136. 



Houghton, John, F. R. S., his work on agriculture, 

 page 1207. A D. 1681. 



Hours of consecutive labour to which animals are 

 subjected, 3237. 



House-cricket, 7691. 



Housekeeping, hints respecting, 4922. 



Housing crops, 3290. 



Ruber, Francis, his work on agriculture, page 1220. 

 A. D. 1796. 



Hubrr, M., his work on agriculture, page 1220. A.D. 

 1825. 



Huber, P., his works on agriculture, page 1220. A.D. 

 1801. 



Hummeling barley, cheap method of, 2799. 



Hummeling machine, Mitchell's, 2797. 



Hummeling mashes, hand, 2S00. 



Hunger, the cause of, and means of allaying, 1964. 



Hunt, Charles Henry, Esq., his work on agriculture, 

 page 1212. A. D. 1810. 



Hunter, Alexander, M. D„ F. R S., L., and E, his 

 works on agriculture, page 1209. A. D. 1770. 



Hunting and fishing as the only means of subsist- 

 ence, geographical extension of, 1257. 



Huntingdonshire, statistics of, 7785. 



Hurdles, 5C16; ornamental wooden, 3047 ; iron, 3018. 



Hurdling oft' clover crops, 5561. 



Huzard, Jean Baptiste, his works on agriculture, 

 page 1217. A.D. 1794. 



Hybrids, 1651. 



Hvdrogen in animals, 1919. 



Hygrometer, use of the, 2419; Professor Leslie's 

 2425 ; the steel-yard, 2422 ; the hair, 2424. 



I 

 Ice, 2378. 

 Iceland, rural economy of, 566. 



