INDEX. 



417 



Dry, giving corn, 90. 



,, hot climate, 17. 

 Drying a horse by clothing, 287. 



,, new stables, 258. 



room, 247. 

 Dung, 73. 



,, basket, 253. 



,, in skep, catching, 280. 



,, per horse, 282. 



EARS, STRIPPING THE, 336. 



Economy in food, 180. 



Egg albumen, 89. 



Eggs, hens', 63, 67. 



Electricity, II. 



Enamel, lead in, 233. 



Energy, 10-14. 



Enzymes, 68. 



Epidermal growth, 18. 



Epidermis, 18 



Epithelium, 18. 



Excretion, 9, 129. 



Exercise, 51-60, 391-395. 



,, and grooming, 319. 



,, , cleansing effect of, 317. 



,, ground, 193. 

 Evaporation, 12, 16, 34, 35. 

 Evolution, i. 

 Eyes, shade for the, 21. 



FASTING, 94, 95. 

 Fat, composition of, 4. 

 , crude, 65. 



,, in body, decomposition of, 8. 

 ,, ,, food, 118. 

 ,, ,, ,, , excess of, 122. 

 ,, ,, ,, , office of, 92-96. 

 Fatigue, 55, 59. 

 Feeding, 179-191. 



,, , frequency of, 84. 

 ,, , hours of, 1 88. 

 ,, , regularity in, 185. 

 ,, room, 245. 

 ,, , theory of, 61-127. 

 Feelers, 357. 



Feet balling from snow, 346. 



,, , care of the legs and, 342. 



,, , cleaning the, 339. 



,, , effect of bedding on, 264. 



,, , ,, ,, urine ,, 47. 



,, , greasing the, 346. 



,, , hard, 345. 



,, , not washed, 345. 



,, , picking out the, 344. 



,, , stopping the, 346. 

 Fermentation, in, 113. 

 Ferments, 68, 72. 

 Ferns, 274. 



Ferrets, stomach of, 83. 

 Fibre, 65, 73, 96-99, 109, in. 

 ,, aiding digestion, 84. 

 ,, , decomposition of, 88. 

 ,, in food, excess of, 121. 

 Filariae, 131. 

 Filled legs, 342. 

 Fillet strings, 292, 293. 

 Finnish ponies, 19. 

 Fir needles, 262, 274. 



trees, 194. 



Fire, leading horse out of, 314. 

 First principles, 1-50. 

 Fish in water, 131. 

 Flannel shirt, 33, 35. 

 Flesh, ash of, 67. 

 Flies, 289, 347. 

 Floors, waterproof, 198. 

 Food at a time, not too much, 186. 

 ,, , daily distribution of, 187. 

 ,, , effects of too much, 121. 

 ,, , objects of, 61. 

 ,, , preparation of, 114. 

 ,, , variety in, 106. 

 Floor, slope of, 196, 197. 

 Floors for stables, 210-217. 



,, , waterproof, 198. 

 Flora Temple, 59. 

 Foot, lifting up a, 309-312. 

 Forge, 248. 

 Fork, stable, 253. 

 Frogs, breathing by, 9. 

 Frost bite, 24, 39. 

 Fruit, 1 68. 



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