CONTENTS. XV 



CIIAI'II'.R XXXIV. 



Power of Man Over Horse — Laying the Horse Down — Makinp a 



Circingle with Rope — The Horse in Tronble — In Greater Trouljle 164 

 CHAPTER XXXV. 



HancUing by the Legs — Reins to Legs Better Than to Bits — Applied 

 to Kicker — Hitching Kicker to Wagon — Driving Kicker Douljle 

 — The Vicious Kicker — Kicking Attachment for Single or Doul)le 

 Harness— Halter Attachment for Kicker, Trotter, Pacer or Run- 

 away 1 73 



CHAPTER XXXVI. 

 Switcher and Rein-Catcher 185 



CHAPTER XXXVII. 

 T!ie Balky Horse— How to Treat Him 188- 



CHAPTER XXXVIII. 



Mischief in the Stomach — Too Aluch Water After Feeding — Water in 

 the Field — Too Much Water at a Time — Dieting Horses — Rest 

 When Ailing — Drenching Horses — The Horse and Injection — 



Watch the Feet— The Hay Manger— Where to Feed Grain 194. 



CHAPTER XXXIX. 



' Miscellaneous Receipts — For Colic — Flatulent Colic — Diarrhoea — 

 Scours — Scours in Young Foal — Slavering — Expttlsion of Bots — 

 Indigestion — Worms — Pin Worms— Dry Cough — Chronic Cough 

 — Bran-Mash — Cough Mash — Sprains and Old Swellings — 

 Swelled Legs — Foot-Sore Horses — Fevered Legs — Cracked Heels 

 — Removal of Warts — Body Wash — Disenfectants for Wounds — 

 Charcoal Tar — Sugar as an Antiseptic — Fence Wire Cuts — 

 Scratches — Wash for Old Sores — Wash for Mange — Grease Heel 

 — Thrush — For Splint — Itching Humor — Lice — Galls— Carriage- 

 Top Dressing — Kerosene Emulsion for Harness — Old Straps 

 Made Soft — Care of Harness 200 



CHAPTER XL. 



Questions and Answers at Farmers' Institutes — Questions Answered by 

 the Author — Hitching Horse by Tail in Fly Time — When to 

 Break Colt — To Harness and Drive the Colt — To Handle Vis- 

 cious and Tricky Horses — Why Have Horses Bad Legs? — Treat- 

 ment for Scours — Care of Colt's Feet — Cutting Frog and Sole- 

 Rasping Horn of Hoof — Spring T. vs. Straight Pasterns — Stalls 

 Check-Rein and Blinders — Why Use Over-Head Check Tight? — 

 Biting — Crowding Keeper in the Stall — Make Horse Hold up 

 H';'?-!— Preventing "Bucking" — Teaching to Back — Tieing Head 

 and T^il — The Halter-Puller — Handling the "Broncho" — Calts at 

 Weenir.g T^me— Colts the First Winter— Wild Hay for Horses— 



