XVI CONTEXTS. 



Ground Barley— Water when Warm— Raising Colts at a Profit— 



A Frightened Horse ^ 210 



CHAPTER XLI. 



Questions Answered by Dr. M. H. Reynolds — Grain Rations for a 

 Working Horse — For an Idle Horse — Hay for Horses — Kick on 

 Hock Cap — Colts Dying Soon After Birth — To Kill Lice on 

 Horses — Heaves — Cure for Poll-Evil — Colts and Lice — Oat 

 Straw for Idle Horses — Colic — Moon-Eyed Horses — Is Cob Meal 

 and Oats for Horses — Millet Hay for Work Horses — Barley for 

 Colts — Barley Straw for Horses — Should Hay or Grain be Fed 

 First? — Bleeding Tumor on Foot near Fetlock — Sampers — Con- 

 dition Powders — Watering While Warm — Ring-Bone and Spav- 

 ins — Incipient Spavin — Cooked Food for Horses — Feeding Work 

 Horses — Paralysis — Collar Galls — Mange — Stocked Legs — Knaw- 

 ing Feed Boxes — Feeding Salt — Chronic Grease Heel — Feeding 

 Mare in Foal — Bit for Hard Mouth — Lice on Colt — Sore Eyes — 

 What is the Cause and Cure — Rubbing tails 215 



CHAPTER XLII. 



Questions Answered by Dr. S. D. Brimhall — Contracted Feet — 

 Sweeney — Ring-Bone — Heaves — Glanders 200 



CHAPTER XLIII. 



Questions Answered by Dr. R. M. Dodds — Ulcerated Tooth — Puffed 

 and Swollen Shoulder — Azoturia — Barb Wire Cut — PufTs on 

 Hock Joint — Puff on Pastern Joint — Bog Spavin — Running Sore 

 on Horse's Neck — Sweeney — Splints — Scratches — Shoe Boil — 

 Wind-Galls — Warts — Grease Heel — Ring-Bone — Bone-Spavin — 

 Quarter-Crack — "Prick" of the Sole — Hoof-Bound Feet — Stom- 

 ach Worms 222 



APPENDIX. 



KINDERGARTEN WORK FOR LITTLE COLTS.— Betsy Teh 

 Used for Object Lessons — Natural Laws of Animal Life — Age 

 to Begin Training the Colt — Horse Intelligence — Horse's Won- 

 derful Memory— When and How to Begin With the Colt— Han- 

 dle the Colt All Over — Secure the Colt's Entire Confidence — 

 Educating the Colt to the Halter — Educating the Colt to Back — 

 Driving the Young Colt With Lines — Educating the Colt to Stop 

 — Laying the Young Colt Down — Teach the Colt Useful Lessons 

 Only — A Choice Vocabulary for the Colt — Specific Words for 

 Definite Actions — A Ten Word Horse Vocabulary — Confusion 

 Must Be Avoided — Make Lessons of Short Duration — No Sud- 

 den Movements — Never Frighten theColt — Use and Abuse of the 

 Whip — Never Whip and Jerk at the Same Time — Mutual Under- 

 standing 227 



