Index. 235 



Purchase and selection of horses, 111. 



,, precautions to be observed in, 



126. 



Purity of water, 133. 

 Putrefaction, its effects upon drinking water, 133. 



RAPIDITY of digestion, 22. 



Recommending horses, 124. 



Kectum, 25. 



Regular feeding, 23, 46, 50, 175. 



Relative proportion of heat producers in different kinds of 



food, 63. 

 ,, ,, nutritious matter in different kinds of 



food, 31, 63. 

 Ring-bones, 216. 

 Roaring or " bellans," 112. 

 Roots, 98, 169. 

 Rubber, the, 144. 

 Rules, simple, for shoeing, 208. 



SACCHARINE principles of food, 17, 28, 32, 63. 

 Saliva, 16. 



is secreted abundantly, 17. 



chemical action of, 17. 



flow of, promoted by cut and dry food, 75, 99. 



cannot be replaced by any artificial agent, 18. 



,, quantity of, an important agent in digestion, 17, 99. 



,, solvent action of, 16. 



,, general uses of, 17, 18. 

 Saving effected by Mr. C. Hunting, 74. 



,, by systematic feeding, 102. 



,, ,, by Mr. L. Scott, 79. 



Selection and purchase of grain, 68. 



,, ,, horses, 111. 



Sending for the veterinary surgeon, 224. 

 Sheffield, cost of feeding horses in, 72. 

 Shiverer, the, 116. 



Shoe, necessity for its removal in all cases of lameness, 219. 

 Shoeing, pricks and binds in, 218. 

 Shoes, their shape, 211. 

 Side-bones, 216. 

 Singeing, 152. 

 Slid ing-doors, 201. 

 Small intestines, 24. 

 Sole and frog, 210. 

 Soles, leather, 211. 

 Soundness, certificates of, 123. 



