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Index 



F 



Fall Colts, Versus Spring, Edward 

 van Alstyiie, 155 lliU. 

 advantages of, 157-159. 

 care of, 19. 

 Fairs, need of change in classifica- 

 tion of horses at, 220. 

 Farcy. See Glanders. 

 Farm horse, 129-133. 

 Farmer, Horse for the, to Breed, J. H. 



S. Johnstone, 134-140. 

 Farriery. See Shoeing. 

 Feed and Care of the Horse, F. C. 

 Minkler, 187-192. 

 care of teeth and parasites, 191. 

 conditions governing amount of 



feed, 187. 

 grain ration, 189, 190. 

 grooming, 191. 



inadvisability of too much rough- 

 age, 188. 

 salt and water, 190. 

 Feed for, the brood mare, 149. 



the stallion, 142, 143. 

 Feet, Horses', and Their Care, Dr. 

 C. W. Brodhead, 167-182. 

 anatomical review, 168-173. 

 change in, 11, 12. 

 faults of conformation, 173. 

 club foot, 173, 174. 

 crooked feet, 174. 

 flat feet, 173. 

 heredity in relation to. 177. 

 shoeing, 174, 177, 178. 

 treatment of conditions, 179- 

 182. 

 Feet of, farm horse, 132, 133. 



stallion, 145. 

 Fillies, breeding young, 17, 18. 

 Flat feet, treatment of, 173. 

 Foals, spring, 18, 19, 156, 157. 



fall, 19, 157-159. 

 Forging, shoeing to prevent, 180. 

 France, Draft Breeds of, E. S. Akin, 



71-81. 

 French Coach horse, 112-114. 

 characteristics, 113, 114. 

 history, 112, 113. 



French Coach Horse — Continued: 



registration, 114. 



utility qualities, 114. 

 Frog, paring of, 182. 



G 

 Gay, Carl W., The Standardbred 



Horse, 20-26. 

 Gelder, J., Care of the Stallion, 141- 



147. 

 German Coach horse, 114-116. 

 characteristics, 114-116. 

 history, 114. 

 types of, 114, 115. 

 Gestation, period of, 149. 

 Glanders or Farcy, Dr. C. Linch, 

 225-233. 

 animals affected by, 225. 

 cause of, 225. 

 control, 233. 



diagnosis or tests, 229, 230. 

 disinfection, 233. 

 distribution, 232. 

 how spread, 230, 232. 

 method of handling cases by de- | 

 partment, 232. "1 



post-mortem examinations, 227, 



229. 

 symptoms, 225-227. 

 Grass, value of, for young foal, 19. 

 Great Britain, Draft Breeds of, E. S, 



Akin, 91-103. 

 Grooming, importance of proper, 191. 

 Gunner type of horse, 136. 



H 

 Hackney horse, 110-112. 

 characteristics, 112. 

 history, 110, 112. 

 registration, 112. 

 utility qualities, 112. 

 Hackney Breeding in America, R. C. 

 Vanderbilt, 104-109. 

 crossing with other breeds, 107, 



108. 

 improvement of breed, 104. 

 on Pabst Stock Farm, 104-109. 

 rearing young stock, 108, 109. 

 utility qualities, 109. 



