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Veterinary Elements. 



Carbon di-oxide, poisonous effects 

 of, 51. 



Carrying the young, 69. 



Cartilage, 2, 15. 



Casting the withers, 168. 



Castration, 193; essentials to success 

 in, 194; of bulls, 195; of sheep, 195. 



Cataract, 278. 



Cattle, pasturing after sheep, 30. 



Cell, the, 2. 



Cellulose, digestion of, 50. 



Chapped teats, 271. 



Chest, boundaries of, 12; farm medi- 

 cine, 130. 



Chestnuts of horses, 105. 



Chewing, time taken in, 46. 



Choking in cattle, 206; in horses, 207. 



Chyle, 52. 



Circulation, the, 90. 



Clap in stallions, 265. 



Clipping horses, 157. 



Clotting of blood, 87. 



Cock, reproductive organs of the, 

 273. 



Coffin joint, 15, 230, lameness, 230. 



Colic, 202; treatment of, 204. 



Collar galls, 225. 



Colostrum, 84. 



Conformation, defects of, 279. 



Constipation, 175; in pigs, 273. 



Contagious abortion, 261. 



Contagious diseases, 253. 



Contagious eye disease, 261. 



Contracted feet, causes of, 116. 



Copperas, actions and uses of, 131. 



Corns, 116, 233. 



Corrosive sublimate. 125. 



Cotyledons, 66, 167. 



Coupling, the, 12. 



Cowpox, 267, 



Creolin, action and uses of, 131. 



Cribbing, 220. 



Croup, the, 10. 



Cud, giving a, 41. 



Curb, 239, 278. 



Curby legs, 19, 278. 



Dairy, cow, wedge form in the, 13. 

 Dam, treatment of, after delivery, 

 160. 



Deafness, a cause of, 102. 



Defecation, 54. 



Dehorning, 190; clippers, 191. 



Determining the age, 200. 



Diagram of the teeth, 35. 



Digestive system, the, 28. 



Discharges from the nostrils.,. 220. . 



Diseases, due to mistakes in feed- 

 ing, 202; of germ origin, 253; of the 

 feet, 222; of the teeth, 217; of 

 poultry, 271; results of breeding, 

 106; of the newborn, 175. 



Disinfection of stables, 270. 



Distemper oi colts, 263. 



Docking, reasons for, 10; operation, 

 of, 200. 



Dose table and rules, 129. 



Down in the hip, 16, 235. 



Drenching, dangers in, 61, 142; 

 horses, 139; cattle, 141; sheep, 141; 

 swine, 142. , 



Dropping after calving, 174. 



Dysentery, calf, 266. 



Ear, desirable style of, 101. 



Egg, formation and fertilization of, 

 73. 



Epsom salts, actions and uses, 132. 



Ergots, in horses, 105. 



Escutcheon in cows, 103. 



Essentials, to success as a stock- 

 man, "1; in mating, 69; in castra- 

 tion, 194. 



Evolution and livestock, 6. 



Ewes, flushing of, 69; number to a. 

 ram, 71; tagging of, 180. 



Examination of a horse, 275. 



Excrement of poultry, 72. 



Excretion, 28, 53. 



Exercise, need of, 152, 211. 



Extension and flexion, 13. 



Eye, construction of, 98; scums (?) 

 on the, 09; the haw of the, 100; a 

 good, 101; diseases of the, 261, 278. 



Failure to breed and its causes, 178. 

 Febrifuges, 129. 

 Feces, the, or dung, 53. 

 Feeding, horses, 46; hay, 214; sick. 

 stock, 153. 



