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INDEX. 



Law, Prof. James, on diseases of breed- 

 ing stock in general mare- 

 whites, or leucorrhoea, 401. 



womb, bleeding from the, 396. 



womb, casting or expulsion of 

 the, 396. 



womb, diseases of the, 355. 



womb, eversion of the, 3%. 



womb, inflammation of the, 400. 



womb, rupture of the, 399. 



wrong presentations, 386. 

 stallion, diseases Of the, 385. 



abdomen, swelling of the, 345. 



barrenness, causes of, 347. 



castration of the, 341. 



castration, bleeding after, 344. 



castration, pains after, 344. 



cryptorchtds, castration of, 343. 



dourine, 340. 



mal du coit, 340. 



masturbation, 340. 



orchitis, 335. 



penis, paralysis of the, 339. 



penis, swelling of the, 345. 



penis, warts on the. 339. 



phymosis and paraphymosis. 345. 



ridgelings, castration of, 343. 



sarcocele, 337. 



sheath, swelling of the, 345. 



spei matic cord, strangulated, 344. 



spermatic cord, tumors on the, 

 346. 



sterility, causes of, 347. 



swelling of the abdomen, 345. 



swelling of the sheath, 345. 



testicles, abnormal number of, 

 338. 



testicles, degeneration of the, 

 338. 



testicles, inflammation of the 

 335. 



tumors on the spermatic cord, 

 346 



varicocele, 338. 

 Legs and feet, 135. 

 Leucorrhoea, or whites, 324, 401. 

 Lice on colts, 324. 

 Lighting the stable, 297. 

 Limits of service of stallion, 121. 

 Live foals, percentage of to mares 



served, 123, 129. 



Live-Stock Journal (London) on Cleve- 

 land Bays, 244. 



Low, Prof. David, on climatic influ- 

 ences, 24. 



on draft horses, 257. 

 on thoroughbreds, 194. 



Mahomet, influence of on horse-breed- 

 ing in Arabia, 200. 



Male should be larger than female, 62. 

 Malformations. 329, 364. 

 Mambrinos, 208. 



Management of the stallion, 104. 

 Mange on colts, 334. 

 Mares, abortion in, 158, 172, 328, 360. 



aversion to by stallion, 121. 



attention to at foaling, 154, 176. 



diseases of. (See brood mares.) 



feeding- while suckling, 159. 174. 



how to prevent from kicking, 117. 



Mares, influence of on progeny, 143. 



means to insure impregnation, 167. 



number to be served, 121. 



suckling, food for, 159, 174. 



when in heat, 118. 



when should be bred, 118. 



when should be tried, 118. 



working when in foal, 153. 158, 172. 

 Markings from imagination, 78. 

 Mark Lane Express on Clevelands, 244. 

 Masturbation, 319, 340. 

 Milk affecting the foal, 302. 



effects of first, 179. 



for colts, 160. 



effect of on general health, 302. 



heated, effect of, 178, 302. 



increasing the flow of, 159. 

 Moon-blindness, 294. 

 Morgans, 209. 

 Mustangs, 292. 



Nearslghtedness, 294. 



Ninth day after foaling best for breed- 

 ing again, 118. 



Non-emission of semen, or "proud- 

 ness," 316. 



Northern Europe, the horses of, 185. 



Nostrums injurious. 107. 



Nubian horses, 188. 



Number of mares to be served, 121. 



Nymphomania. 323. 



(Edema of pregnancy, 327. 



CEstrum, or heat, 118. 167. 



Oil-meal for colts, 160 



Oldenburg Coach horses, 291. 



Old work or road mares not desirable, 

 154, 167. 



Opening mouth of womb, 148. 



Ophthalmia, 294. 



Oriental sires, influence of on thor- 

 oughbreds, 198. 



Orloff trotters. 226. 



and American trotters compared. 



233. 

 trotting rules, 230. 



Ovaries, diseased, 149. 



Overfeeding and lack of exercise, 112. 

 dangers from. 110. 



Paaren, Dr. N. H., on abortion, 328. 

 barrenness in mares, 321. 

 cancer of the penis and sheath, 312. 

 colt-founder, 325. 

 cryptorchids, or ridgelings, 321. 

 difficult parturition, 329. 

 excessive venery, 315. 

 external injuries to the stallion, 



310 



foul sheath, 318. 

 heat during pregnancy, 328. 

 Inflammation of the penis, 311. 

 inflammation of the testicles. 311. 

 laceration of the perinseum, 333. 

 laceration of the rectum, 328. 

 leucorrhcea, or whites, 324. 

 lice on colts, <i34. 

 masturbation, 319. 

 non-emission, or "proudness," 316. 

 nymphomania. 323. 

 oedema during pregnancy, 327. 



