Contents 



PART IV 



HORSES 



Chapter XVII. Status of the Horse Industry 

 Numbers and values — Exports and imports — 

 Horse-producing sections. 

 Chapter XVIII. The Work Horse 



Feeding — Feeding when at work — Feeding 

 when idle — Principal feeds — Influence of loca- 

 tion — Water, salt, condiments — Feeding the 

 city work horse — Feeding the driver and saddler 



— Grooming — Blankets — Care of harness — 

 The horse at work — Stables. 



Chapter XIX. The Brood Mare 



Feeding — Feed during the breeding season — 

 Feed during pregnancy — Feed during parturi- 

 tion — Breeding practices — Season to breed — 

 Heat and gestation periods — Conditions affect- 

 ing breeding — Serving the mare — Artificial im- 

 pregnation — Care after service — Signs of preg- 

 nancy — Signs of parturition — Parturition — 

 Care after parturition — Stables, sheds, and lots. 



Chapter XX. The Growing Stock 



Fundamentals of feeding — Raising the orphan 



— Feeding the young foals — Halter-breaking — 

 Trimming the hoofs — Wintering the foal — Cas- 

 tration — Feeding the yearling — Wintering the 

 yearling — Growing the twos and threes — Gen- 

 tling — Breaking to tie — Breaking to lead — 

 Breaking to work — Breaking single drivers — 

 Breaking saddlers — Special devices for break- 

 ing — Stables and sheds. 



Chapter XXI. The Stallion .... 



Feeding in the breeding season — ■ Care in the 

 breeding season — Feeding and care out of sea- 

 son — Handling the service stallion — Breeding 

 equipment — Stables and 1 ots — Advertising — ■ 

 Breeding terms and contracts. 



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