232 Index. 



Horse, digestive organs of, not intended for cooked or sloppy 



food, 41. 

 Horse dealing, bribery in, 120. 



shoeing in coal mines, 220. 

 Horses, defects in, 119. 

 recommending, 124. 

 feet should be dry, 212. 

 ,, their selection and purchase, 111. 

 Hoof, the, 208. 



Hours of work of pit animals, 77. 

 How to prevent cutting and brushing, 214. 

 Hunting, C., M.R. C.V.S., his determination of the proportion of 



husk in oats, 67. 

 ,, ,, his saving in the feeding at South 



Hetton, 74. 



Husk in oats, proportion of, in different varieties of, 67. 

 Hybernating animals, 35. 



IDENTITY of nitrogenous compounds from all sources, 31. 

 Ilium, 24. 



Ill effects of maize, 70. 



Importance of exercise for hard-working horses, 183. 

 ,, of grooming, 104, 143. 

 ,, of prevention, 4, 46, 203. 

 Impure bran, a cause of disease, 162. 

 Immediate objects of food, 8. 

 Incisor teeth, 14. 



,, practice of extracting, 114. 

 Indian corn, 70, 166. 

 Indigestible parts of food, 29. 

 Inflating the skin, or " puffing the glym," 114. 

 Insalivation, 16. 



Insufficient food, evil consequences of, in young animals, 12. 

 Intestines, stones or calculi in, 51, 162. 



their capacity and division, 26. 

 Injurious effects of cooked food, 18, 45, 87, 101. 



,, ,, insufficient food in young animals, 12. 



Ireland, mode of selling horses in, 124. 



JEJUNUM, 24. 

 Jibber, the, 119. 



KiDNEY-dropper, 116. 

 Kohl-rabi, 169. 



LACTEALS, or absorbents. 24. 



Lameness, foot should always be examined in, 219. 



