INDEX. IX 



Lame horses, cause of lameness ... ... ... ... 50-56 



London Bridge jibbers ... ... ... ... ... ... 124 



Loose boxes ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 57 



Moss peat bedding ... ... ... ... ... ... 53 



Mares, treatment of during breeding and suckling 101, 102, 109 



Nag horses, special feeding of ... ... ... ... 12, 17, 28 



Nosebags, value and best way of using 28, 29, 36 



Nettle tea for horses 63 



Oats and other corn, staying properties of 25,26,27 



Ostlers' ideas of watering ... ... ... ... ... 41-43 



Oatmeal for horses ... ... ... ... ... ... 134 



Paving for stable floors 50 



Patent shoes 98 



Pair horses, training of 121 



Resting horses in stable 57-60 



Roughing ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 97 



Rugging the horse ... ... ... ... ... ... 88, 89 



Sloppy food 26, 27 



Straw for bedding 53 



Scurf, cure of ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 63 



Scraping wet horses ... ... ... ... ... ... 64 



Sore shoulders, how to avoid 65, 94 



Singeing ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 70 



Swollen legs, treatment of ... ... ... ... ... 86 



Shoeing, farriers' blundering 95, 96 



Selection of breeding stock 102 



Spoiling horses, how it is done ... ... ... ... 126, 129 



Shy horse cured 128 



Stable floors 137-139 



