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INDEX. 



Clipping the legs, 352. 



,, under the saddle, 352. 

 Clothes, stable, 406. 

 Clothing, 285-307. 



,, , amount of, 290. 



,, , cleaning, 366. 



,, , colour of, 292. 



,, for drying a horse, 287. 



,, , nature of, 289. 



,, , necessity of, 285. 



, objects of, 285. 



, suit of, 292. 

 ,, , too much, 288. 

 ,, , various kinds of, 292. 

 ,, , waterproof, 286, 287. 

 Clover, 62, 64, 65, 66, 102. 

 Coach-house, 247. 

 Coachmen, 396. 

 Coat, horse's, 34-36, 45. 

 ,, , shedding the, 319. 

 ,, , shortening the, 350. 

 Cob of maize, 97. 

 Cobble stones, 216. 

 Cocoanut matting, 377. 



,, meal, 63, 167. 

 Cold, horses bearing, 36-39. 

 in England, 37. 

 ,, in Russia, 37. 

 ,, weather, 15, 18, 37. 

 Colour, protection by, 28. 

 Combination of foodsj 123. 

 Commission, servants' ,'402. 

 Companionship, 2. 

 Concrete, 211. 

 Condiments, 178. 

 Conductivity, 32. 

 Congestion, 7. 



,, of the liver, 25. 



,, ,, lungs, 24. 



Consumption, 199, 200. 

 Convection, 203. 

 Corn as a stimulant, 57. 

 ,, ,, ,, tissue former. 

 ,, bin, 254. 

 ,, crusher, 254. 

 ,, dry, giving, 90. 

 ,, , effect of keeping on, 112. 



Corn for maintaining muscle, 93. 



,, for working horses, necessity of, 



118. 



Corns, 20. 



Correlation of forces, II. 

 Corpora nigra, 209. 

 Corrugated iron for roofs, 221. 

 Cotton grass, 267, 268. 



,, wadding bandages, 306, 342, 



378- 



Cracked heels, 17. 

 Creolin, 359. 

 Crimea, cold in the, 38. 

 Cubic contents of stable, 208. 

 Curry-comb, 331. 

 Cuticle, 18, 19, 20. 



DAMP, EFFECT OF, 40. 

 Dandruff, 18, 34. 

 Dandy brush, 330. 

 Dates, 169. 

 Deli ponies, 41, 42. 

 Dextrin, 69. 

 Dextrose, 5. 

 Diaphragm, 91. 

 Diastase, 69. 

 Diet, scales of, 182-185. 

 Diffusion of gases, 203. 

 Digestibility of food, 72. 

 Digestion, 71. 



,, , organs of, 69. 



,, in the intestines, 86. 



,, ,, ,, stomach, 82-86. 



Digestive power, 104-106. 

 Dirt, eating, 103. 

 Disinfection of stable, 258. 

 Disuse, 53,58. 



Door to two boxes, one, 224. 

 Doors, 222, 223. 

 Drainage, 194. 

 Drains in stable, 194-196. 

 Draught, definition of a, 201. 

 Draughty stables, 200, 201. 

 Drinking, see "water." 



, action of, 75. 

 Drinks, number of times a horse, 1 39. 



