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INDEX. 



ABDOMEN, 91. 



Absorbents, 70. 

 Absorption of fluids, 25. 



,, ,, food, 71, 89. 



,, ,, gases, 26. 



Acclimatisation, 44. 

 Adamantine clinkers, 213. 

 Aeration of water, 131. 

 Affinity, chemical, 11-15. 

 Age on plants, effect of, 108. 

 Air bricks, 204. 



Air, conductivity of, 32, 33, 34. 

 Albuminoids, 63. 

 Alimentary canal, 69. 

 Allowances to servants, 405. 

 Alsike, 62. 



Altitude, influence of, 42, 199. 

 Amides, 63. 



Ammonia, 46, 47, 259, 262. 

 Ammonium carbonate, 46. 

 Anaemia, 7. 



Analyses, chemical, 61-63, 66, 67. 

 Appetite, 104, 105. 

 Apples, 63, 169. 

 Ashes, analyses of, 66, 67. 

 Asphalt, 214. 

 Assimilation, 71. 

 Australia, 120. 

 Azoturia, 54. 



BACK, SWOLLEN, 334. 

 "Balled" feet, 264. 

 Bamboo leaves, 177. 

 Bandages, 301. 



Bandages, cotton wadding, 306, 342, 378 

 ,, , for fast work, 303. 

 ,, , ordinary flannel, 302. 

 Bare-back, riding, 394. 

 Bare-foot, horse, 345. 

 Barley, 62, 66, 69, 72, 80, 115, 154- 



158, 1 80. 



,, for brewing, 155. 

 Beans, 62, 64, 66, 72, 104, 124, 163, 



164, 389. 

 Bedding, 260-284. 



,, , absorption by, 262. 

 ,, , choice of a, 275. 

 ,, , classification of, 263. 

 ,, , combined, 275. 

 ,, , cost of, 276, 278, 282. 

 down, 276. 

 ,, , eating, 174. 

 ,, , necessity of, 260. 

 ,, on horses' feet, effect of, 264. 

 ,, , requirements in a, 262. 

 ,, , varieties of, 261. 

 Bile, 71, 86, 87. 

 Birds, gall bladder in, 87. 

 Bits clean, keeping, 246. 

 Black oil, 363. 

 Blades of grass, 63. 

 Blanketing, 292. 



Blistering and epidermal growth, 20. 

 Blood, arterial, 7. 

 , ash of, 67. 

 ,, , circulation of, 6. 

 ,, , venous, 7. 

 Bloodlessness, 7. 

 Blue Gown, 376. 



