8 TABLE OF CONTEKTS. 



CHAPTER IX.— The Horse's Foot; Shoeing and Care lOc 



Anatomical Structure of the Horse's Foot. — How to Shoe a Horse. — 

 Defects in Shoeing.— Good Points in Shoeing —Interfering.— Pumice 

 Foot.— Overreaching.— CorDS.— Sand Crack.— Care of the Feet. 



CHAPTER X.— Ailments and their Remedies US 



Spasmodic Colic. — Flatulent Colic— Inflammation of the Bowels. — 

 Care of the Teeth.— Lampas.— Cribbing.— Mange.— Rat's Tail.— Lice. 

 — Bots. 



PRIZE ESSAYS. 

 CHAPTER XI.— Stabling, Feed and Care 121 



BY ISAAC FICKEL, OHIO. 



CHAPTER XII.— How to Select a Horse and Keep it 13C 



BT A. F. COLWELL, RHODE ISLAND. 



UHAPTER XIII.— Views of a Veteran. 140 



BT A. B. ALLEN, NEW YORK. 



UHAPTER XIV.— The Family Horse in the Prairie States 145 



BY FRED GRUNDY, ILLINOIS. 



