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of Damaged Fodder promoted ; Chaff Eaten Quickly ; Easily Dis- 

 tributed ; The Mixture Preferred; Objections to Chaff; Summary 

 — Mixing — Washing — Bruising — Grain-Bruiser — Grinding — Germi- 

 nating — Steeping — Masking — Mashing — Boiling — Steaming — 

 Steaming Apparatus — Baking — Seasoning. 



ASSIMILATION OF THE FOOD— P. 218 to 249.— Prehension- 

 Mastication — Insalivation — Deglutition — Maceration — Digestion. 



INDIGESTION OF THE FOOD— P. 222 to 228.— Founder ; Stag- 

 gers ; Fermentation ; Colic ; Causes ; Symptoms ; Treatment. 



PRINCIPLES OF FEEDING— P. 228 to 247.— Digestion influenced 

 by Work — Salt and Spices — Abstinence — Inabstinence — Hours of 

 Feeding — Bulk of the Food — Condensed Food— Hard Food; Con- 

 tinuous Use of— A Mixed Diet — Changes of Diet — Quantity of Food ; 

 Deficiency ; Excess — Humors — Plethora. 



PRACTICE OF FEEDING— P. 247 to 266.— Farm Horses— Cart 

 Horses — Carriage, Gig, Post, &c. — Mail Horses — Hunters ; Grazing 

 Hunters ; Nimrod's Mode of Summering Hunters ; Winter Food of 

 Hunters — Saddle Horses — Cavalry Horses — Race Horses. 



PASTURING— P. 266 to 278.— Pasture Fields— Exercise at Grass- 

 Position of the Head — Exposure to Weather — Shelter — Flies — In- 

 fluence of Soil on Feet and Legs — Quantity of Food— Preparation 

 for Pasturing — Times of Turning Out — Confinement — Attendance 

 while Out — Treatment after Grazing — Mode of Grazing Farm 

 Horses. 



SOILING — P. 278 to 279. — In what Cases proper or improper. 



FEEDING AT STRAW-YARD— P. 279.— Usual State of. 



SIXTH CHAPTER. 



WATER— P. 281 to 289. 



Thirst— Kinds of Water— Temperature of Water— Effects of Cold 

 Water — Quantity of Water — Occasional Restriction — Habitual Re- 

 striction — Modes of Watering;. 



SEVENTH CHAPTER. 



SERVICE— P. 290 to 361. 



GENERAL PREPARATION FOR WORK— P. 290 to 298.— Break- 

 ing, Objects of, Means employed — Inuring to the Stable, and Stable 

 Treatment — Inuring to the Weather — Inuring to the Harness — In- 

 urinsr to Exertion. 



PHYSIOLOGY OF MUSCULAR EXERTION— P. 298 to 303.— 

 Circulation of the Blood — Muscular Action — Quickness of the Cir- 

 culation — Quickness of the Breathing — Increased Formation of Heat 

 — Perspiration. 



PREPARATION FOR FAST WORK— P. 303 to 328.— Natural 

 Powers of the Horse — Conditioning, Training, Seasoning — Objects 

 of Training — Size of the Belly — State of the Muscles — Slate of the 

 Breathing — Quantity of Flesh — Agents of Training: — Physic, Uses 

 of, Effects of, a Course of, Composition of — Giving a Ball —Preparing 

 for Physic — Treatment under Physic — Colic — Superpurgation — ■ 

 Sweating, Effects of— Sweating without Exertion — Sweating with 



