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INDEX. 



Vaseline, 360. 



Ventilation, 201-208. 



Vetches, 62, 65, 66. 



Vet. Surgeons and grooms, 410. 



Voice, 3, 308. 



WAGES OF STABLE SERVANTS, 



401. 



Walls for stables, 217, 220: 

 Warburton, Choppy, 59. 

 Wash -box, 248. 

 Washing horses, 322, 345. 

 Waste materials in body, 8, 9. 

 Water, 16, 53, 128-145. 



,, , aeration of, 131. 



,, as a food, 89. 



,, brush, 330. 



,, , change of, 140. 



,, , cold drinking, 137. 



,, , colour in, 136. 



,, , conditions of drinking, 131. 



,, , conductivity of, 32, 35. 



,, , cooling effect of drinking, 128. 



,, , destination of drinking, 130. 



,, , drinking muddy, 103. 

 in body, 3. 



,, for digestive juices, 88. 



, hard, 133-136. 



,, horses drink, quantity of, 138. 



,, in food, too much, 121. 



,, ,, stables, 236. 



,, , mineral substances in, 133. 



,, , necessity of, 24. 



,, , objects of, 128-130. 



,, , odour in, 136. 



,, , rain, 132. 



,, , spring, 132. 



Water, soaking grain in, 115. 

 , soft, 133. 

 ,, , Thames, 133. 

 ,, , warming drinking, 137. 

 Watering after feeding, 86. 



before ,, , 141. 

 ,, after work, 144. 

 ,, during work, 143. 

 ,, horses, 128-145. 



,, , rules for, 140-145. 

 Waterproof clothing, 286, 287. 

 Weasels, stomach of, 83. 

 Weighing machine, 252. 

 Wells, 194. 



Wheat, 62, 64, 66, 159. 

 Wheel -barrow, 254. 

 White walls, 209. 

 Wholesomeness of food, 72. 

 Wild animals clean, 317. 

 Williamson, 59. 

 Wind, cooling effect of, 34. 

 Windows, 200, 206, 224. 

 Wisping, 332. 

 Wisps, 332. 

 Wood, ash of, 67. 



,, ashes as food, 103. 

 ,, for floors, 214. 

 ,, ,, walls, 220, 221. 

 Woody fibre, formation of, 1 3. 

 Work, 10, 123. 

 ,, , food in relation to, 117. 

 ,, , unit of, 10. 



Working horses, food for, 93, 184, 

 185. 



YARD, STABLE, 249. 



Young horses, 102, 109, 118-121, 154. 



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