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INDEX. 



Horses, Conestoga and Norman . 368 

 Cart, Cleveland bay, Belfounder 369 

 Eclipse, American . . .374 

 points of .... 370 

 habits .... j; 370 

 breeding .... 371 

 management of colts . . 372 

 breaking .... 373 

 longevity, feeding . . . 374 

 Diseases .... 375396 



glanders 37* 



lampas, heaves, &c. . . 376 

 catarrh or distemper, spasmo- 

 dic colic . . . .377 

 flalulent colic ... 379 

 inflammation of bowels . . 380 

 physicking .... 383 



worms 384 



bots, wind-galls ... 385 

 the fetlock . . . .386 

 cutting, sprain of the coffin-joint, 



ring-bone . . . .387 

 enlargement of the hock . 388 



curb 389 



bone-spavin, swelled-legs . 390 



setons 



founder, poison from weeds . 



inflammation of the eyea 



stings of hornets, &c. 



sprain, bruises, fistula 



wounds, galls .... 



shoeing, contraction of the foot 



corns 



over-reach, forging or clicking 



the bearing-rein, the bit . 



stables 



comparative labor with oxen . 

 Horse-power .. 

 Horticulture defined 

 Humus defined . 

 Hydrogen described 



its uses for vegetation . 



I. 



Implements, see Tools. 



Indian Corn, see Corn. 



Indigo, cultivation of ... 



Introduction .... 



Irrigated lands, value of . 



Irrigation, where necessary 



water, best for .... 



lime for applying . 



manner and utility of 



quality of grass from . 



soils suited to . 



Kelp, described 



K. 



L. 



Sill 



3! 17 

 307 



4u7 



81 



205 

 5 

 71 

 69 

 70 

 71 

 72 

 72 

 72 



34 



Leguminous plants . . 136 140 



Lightning rods, utility . . . 255 



materials for, construction. 255 



conductors and non-conductors 256 



Lime, in fertile soils ... 28 



as manure . . . 35 38 



described .... 35 



h.ow applied .... 37 



Lime, magnesian described . 37 



quantity applied ... 38 



applied to meadows . . 38 



use on the muck-heap . . 56 

 See Soils, &c. 



Loamy soils defined ... 12 



how treated .... 19 



Locust trees for shade . . . 240 



Lucern, ashes analysed . . 32. 



value of . . . .93, 103 



cultivation . 103 



Lupin, as a fertiliser ... 67 



Lye, as manure .... 46 



M. 



Madder, its uses, soil, &c. . 206208 



harvesting and preparation . 2G8 



value of 210- 



Magnesian lime defined . 38 



Manures defined .... 30- 



organic, described . . 3049 



ingredients .... 3L 



ashes 31 



table of ashes .. 3& 



value and application of ashes 33; 



for meadow lands ... 34 



coal -ashes and sea-weed ash 34 



peat, lime . . . . 35 



great value of lime ... 36 



application of lime . . 37 



marls 38 



she II -sand .... 39= 



green sand, gypsum ... 40 



bones 41 



phosphate of lime, salt . . 42 



sulphates, the ... 4* 



saltpetre and nitrate of soda . 43 

 carbonates, nitrates, sulphates, 



&c 44 



old plaster, broken brick . 44 



charcoal, broken glass . . 45 



mica, feldspar, lava, &c. . 46 



spent-ley ..... 46 



ammoniacal liquor . . 47 



guano 47 



analysed, how applied . . 43 



soot 48 



organic manures, constituents 



of 50 



various kinds, management of 53, 68 



barn-yard manures ... 53- 

 important to preserve from 



waste 54 



long and short ... 55 

 decomposition of . .55 



liquid, how saved . . 56 



applied to the muck-heap . 57 



value of 58 



analysis of urine . . ."59 

 solid evacuations ... 59 

 poudrette, urate, night-soil . 60 

 urine, urea, treatment of night- 

 soil 61 



excrements of various animals 62 



sea-weed, peat ... 63 



manuring, with green crops . 64 

 clover, cow-pea, spurry, &c. 6566 



advantages of green manures . 67 



fallow-system, the 68 



