Index. 229 



Consequences of an imperfect system of feeding in coal mines, 



2, 75, 76. 

 Cooked food, 18, 42, 101. 



,, does not render food more digestible or nutritious, 41. 



diseases arising from, 45, 101. 



,, is expensive, 44. 



,, injurious effects of, 18, 45, 101. 



,, not economical, 55. 



Corn, mixture of, 89. 

 Cost of feeding horses in Sheffield, 72. 



,, ,, ,, upon oats, 65. 



Cough, chronic, how caused, 22. 

 Cree'd linseed, 164. 



Cubic space required by each animal, 196. 

 Currycomb, 143. 

 Cut food promotes salivation, 75. 



,, ,, use of, 160. 

 Cutting and brushing, 213. 



DANDT-brush, 144. 



Danger of gas-brackets in stables, 131. 



, , the indiscriminate use of drugs, 1 33, 206. 

 Dealers, tricks of, 111. 

 Declivity of stable floors, 198. 

 Defects of horses, 119. 

 Deglutition, 17, 19. 

 Development and maintenance, 8. 

 Diabetes, 13, 42. 

 Digestion, organs of, 14, 108. 



,, should be in a healthy condition, 60. 



acids of, 29. 

 in stomach, 22. 

 in intestines, 27. 

 rapid in horse, 22, 56. 

 Digestive process, 26. 

 Diseases arising from cooked food, 45, 101. 



induced by the use of impure bran, 162. 

 causes and prevention of, 203. 

 produced by badly arranged stables, 195. 

 Disinfectants, 135. 

 Disposal of manure, 151. 



Do horses masticate the whole of their grain ? 56, 60. 

 Doors, sliding, 201. 

 Drain or stench traps, 198. 

 Drains in stables, 197. 

 Dressing or grooming, 104, 143. 

 Dry food, objections to, 54. 



