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AMERICAN FARMER'S HORSE BOOK. 



S PAGES 



Saddle-galls 240 



do. treatment for 241 



Saddle-horse, what best suited for. 516 



Sand-crack 104 



Scab from the horse's leg 570 



Scarf-skin 35 



Scaring 654 



Scratches, symptoms and treatment 



of. 217 



Scrofula 358, 369 



Scurvy of the teeth ^ 268 



Secretion defined 58 



Serum 42 



Shedding 260-263 



do. treatment during 264 



Shoeing, its origin 534 



do. a necessary evil 534 



do. Youatt's directions for. 



535, 547 

 do. preparation of the foot for. 535 

 do. preparing the hoof for.... 536 



do. putting on the shoe 639 



do. the hinder shoe 543 



do. different kinds of shoes... 543 



do. bar shoe 545 



do. changing the shoes, and 



time of wearing them... 649 



Sit-fasts 240 



Skin, function of 35 



do. diseases of 216-242 



do. of the heel ^ 220 



do. oil glands of the 37, 40 



Small intestine 63 



Snake bites 394 



Sore eyelids 174 



Sore nose, cause of 239 



do. treatment of 240 



Spanish flies 386 



Spasms, frequency of '. 211 



do. of the nerves, skin, and 



muscles 211 



do. treatment of. 212 



Spider bites 394 



Spinal column 53 



Spleen 67 



PAGES 



Spleen, enlargement of the 331 



Spurious cataract 177 



Stable management 415, 416 



Stallion, desirable qualities of, for 



breeding 440 



Stinging scorpions 395 



StiflF complaint 234 



Siock farms, fault of 468 



do. trees in pastures of, 

 and stable accom- 

 modations on 465 



do. blackberry bushes in 



the pastures of. 466 



do. small fields are better 



than large ones.... 466 

 do. colts of different ages 



should be kept in 



separate fields 466 



do. water in 466 



Stock-raising 435 



Stomach, anatomy of. 60, 61 



do. diseases of. 307 



do. size and capacity of. 307 



do. oflBce of the 308 



do. defects of the 560 



Stone-bruise, evidence of. 112 



Stones in the bladder 337 



Strangles 137 



String-halt, or spring-halt. 212 



do. seat of 212 



do. symptoms of. 213 



do. effects of as ascer- 

 tained by dissection. 



213, 214 



Stump-sucking 271, 2T2 



do. case of. 272 



do. treatment for 278 



Sulphate of iron 387 



Sulphur 670 



Sulphur ointment, preparation of... 566 



do. do. use of. 566 



Suppression of urine 339 



Surfeit 228 



do. cause and symptoms of. 228, 229 

 do. treatment of. 229 



