CONTE^iTS. . 



Chap. IV. 



Page 



Plants cultivated for their Roots or Leaves in 



a recent State as Food for Man or Cattle 844 



I. The Potato 



II. The Turnip 



III. The Carrot 



IV. TheParsnep 



V. The Field Beet 



VI. The Cabbage Tribe 



VII. Other Plants which might be cultivated 



in the Felds for their Roots or Leaves, as 

 Food for Man or Cattle, In a recent State 869 



- 845 

 . 854 



- 867 



Chap. V. 



Culture of Herbage Plants . -871 



I. The Clover Family - . - 871 



II. Lucern - - . . 877 



III. Saintfoin - - .880 



IV. Various Plants which are or may be culti- 



vated as Herbage and for Hay - 883 



Chap. VL 



Cultivated Grasses - - . 886 



I. Tall-growing or Hay Grasses - - 887 



1. Tall or Hay Grasses of temporary Dura- 



tion .... 887 



2, Tall or Hay Grasses of permanent Dura- 



tion - - - .889 



II. Grasses chiefly adapted for Pasturage 893 

 HI. General View of the Produce, Uses, Cha- 

 racter, and Value of the principal Bri- 

 tish Grasses, according to the Result of 

 John Duke of Bedford's Experiments at 

 Woburn . . . - 895 



Chap. VII. 



Management of Lands permanently under 

 Grass - - - 901 



I. Perennial Grass Lands fit for mowing, or 



Meadow Lands - - . 901 



II. Permanent Pastures . - 905 



1. Rich or feeding Pastures - - 905 



2. Hilly and Mountainous Pastures - 908 



III. Improvement of Grass Lands, by a tem- 



porary Conversion to Tillage - - 909 



1. Grass Lands that ought not to be broken 



up by the Plough - . . 909 



2. Advantages and Disadvantages of break- 



ing up Grass Lands - - . 910 



3. Breaking up Grass Lands, and afterwards 



restoring them to Grass - - 911 



Chap. VIIL 

 Plants cultivated on a limited Scale for various 

 Arts and Manufactures - - - 912 



I. Plants grown chiefly for the Clothing Arts - 912 



1. Flax - - - .913 



2. Hemp - - - - 917 



3. The Fuller's Thistle, or Teasel . 918 



4. Madder - . - 919 



5. Woad - - . .920 



6. Weld, or Dyer's Weed - - 921 

 7- Bastard Saffron - - .922 

 8. Various Plants which have been proposed 



as Substitutes for the Thread and dyeing 

 Plants grown in Britain . . 923 



II. Plants cultivated for the Brewery and Dis- 



tillery - - . -923 



1. The Hop - - - - 924 



2. Culture of the Coriander and Caraway - 930 



3. Plants which may be substituted for 



Brewery and Distillery Plants - 930 



III. Oil Plants - - - 931 



IV. Plants used in Domestic Economy - 933 

 I. Mustard - - - 933 

 2 Buck-wheat - - - 934 



3. Tobacco - - -936 



4. Other Plants used in Domestic Economy, 



which are or may be cultivated in the 

 Fields - - - 942 



V. Plants which are are or may be grown in 



the Fields for Medicinal Purposes - 943 



Chap. IX. 



Marine Plants used in Agriculture . . 945 



Chap. X. 



Weeds or Plants injurious to those cultivated 



in Agriculture - - - 947 



BOOK VII. 



the economy op live stock and the dairy. 



Chap, I. Page 



The cultivated Horse . . .94^ 



I. Varieties of the Horse . .950 



II. Organology or exterior Anatomy of the 



Horse . . .955 



III. The Bony Anatomy or Osseous Structure 



of the Horse . . - 962 



1. Osseous Structure of the Head . - 962 



2. Bony Anatomy of the Trunk - .964 



3. Bony Anatomy of the Extremities . 964 



4. General Functions of the Bony Skeleton - 966 



IV. Anatomy and Physiology of the soft Parts 966 



1. Appendages to Bone, the Muscles, and 



Tendons ... 955 



2. Blood-vessels of the Horse . - 967 



3. Absorbents of the Horse - - 968 



4. Nerves and Glands of the Horse . 968 



5. Integuments of the Horse's Body - 9(58 



6. The Head generally . - - 969 



7. The Ear - - -.969 



8. The Eye and its Appendages - - 970 



9. The Nose and Sense of Smelling - 971 



10. The Cavity of the Mouth . . 972 



11. The Neck . . . 97i> 

 12 The Thorax or Chest . . - 973 



13. The Abdomen . . .973 



14. The Fcetal Colt - . .975 



15. The Foot . . .976 



V. Diseases of the Horse . . 977 



1. General Remarks on the Healthy and 



diseased State of the Horse . - 977 



2. Inflammatory Diseasesof the Horse - 978 



3. Diseases of the Head - - 979 



4. Diseases of the Neck - . 9!M) 



5. The Chest - - .980 



6. Diseases of the Skin . . - 984 



7. Glanders and Farcy - - -985 



8. Diseases of the Extremities . -985 



9. Diseases of the Feet - - -987 



VI. Veterinary Operations . . 989 



1. Treatment of Wounds - . 989 



2. Balls and Drinks - . . 9S9 



3. Fomentations and Poultices - - 989 



4. Setons and Rowels - - - 990 



5. Blistering and Firing . .990 



6. Clystering and Physicking - . 9^0 



7. Castration, Nicking, Docking, &c. . 991 



8. Bleeding . - .991 



VII. Veterinary Pharmacopoeia - . 991 



VIII. Shoeing of Horses - . 993 



IX. Criteria of the Qualities of Horses for 



various Purposes - . . 995 



X. Breeding of Horses - . .997 



XI. Rearing of Horses - - . 999 

 XIL Training of Horses . -1000 



XIII. The Art of Horsemanship - -1003 



XIV. Feeding of Horses . . 1004 



XV. Stabling and Grooming of Horses - 1006 



XVI. Management and Working of Horses - 1007 



1. Management and Working of Race 



Horses - . - 1007 



2. Management and Working of the Hunter 1009 



3. Working and Management of Riding 



Horses - . . 1009 



4. Horses in Curricles and Coaches . 1010 



5. Working of Cart, Waggon, and Farm 



Horses - - , . 1010 



Chap. IL 



The Ass 



- 1012 



Chap. III. 

 The Mule and Hinny, Hybrids of the Horse 



and Ass - . . . 1013 



Chap. IV. 



Neat or Horned Cattle - - -1014 



I. The Ox . - . 1014 



1. Varieties and Breeds of the Bull . 1014 



2. Criteria of Cattle for various Objects and 



Purposes ... 1019 



3. Breeding of Horned Cattle - - 1020 



4. Rearing of Horned Cattle - . 1021 



5. Fattening Calves by Suckling - . 1023 



6. Fattening Horned Cattle - . 1024 



7. Management of Cows kept for the 



Dairy .... 1025 



