CONTENTS. 



PART I. 



SECTION I. 



On the Stable and its Proper Construction. — Proper situation 

 of the Stable, 3. Aspect of, 3. Mode of Lighting, 4. Height of Stable, 

 5. Size of Stable, 28. Width of Stable, 5, Doorways of, 5. Stalls, 6. 

 StaUs, proper size of, 6, Setting of ditto, 13. False Bottoms to ditto, 14. 

 Hayracks, 8. Manger, 8. Head Collars, 9. Roller, 10. Pillar Reins, 11. 

 Clog, 11. Rack Chain, proper form of, 12. Gangway of Stable, 16. 

 Ventilation of Stable, 17. Mr. Watson's mode considered, 19. Drainage 

 of Stable, 20. Hay Chambers, 21. Com Chamber, 22. Loose Boxes, 23. 

 Saddle and Harness Rooms and Coach House, 25. Porch and Washing 

 Room, 26. Manure Depot, 27. Water Tanks, 27. 



SECTION 11. 



On Feeding Horses. — Preliminary Remarks, 32. What constitutes 

 Food, 32— 34. Eonds of Food enumerated, 35. Hay, 35. Chopped Hay, 

 36. Clover Hay, 37. Oats, 37. Quantity of Oats necessary to give, 38, 

 Crushed Oats, 39. Beans, Bean Flour, 40 and 41. Locust, its value as a 

 fattener, 42. Water, 43. Quantity to allow and kind of to give Horses, 

 43 and 44. Rules for Dieting the Horse, Green Food, 35. 



SECTION III. 



On Grooms, Grooming, and the General Management op 

 Horses. — General remarks upon Grooms, 47 and 48. Groom i ng 49. Stable 

 Tools necessary, 49. Cow Dujig Box, 51. Horse Clothing, 52. Linen 

 Bandages, 52. Wet Bandages, value of, 53. Duties of the Groom, 54 — 57. 

 Treatment of the Horse when Perspiring, 57. Temperature of the Stable, 



