Index. 



283 



Feet, the, 106; expansion of. 110; 



care of, 111; examining, 113, 114, 



276; contracted, 116. 

 Fetlock, the, 15. 



- Figging, a barbarous practice, 55. 

 Flexion and extension, 13. 

 Flushing, ewes, 69; cows, 168. 

 Foals, percentage of, 170. 



Food, how taken by animals, 2(1; 

 preparatory work with, 28; dis- 

 posal of waste from the, 28. 



Foot and Limb troubles, 222. 



Footrot in cattle and sheep, 234. 



Forging, 114. 



Founder, 207; symptoms of, 208; in 

 cattle and sheep, 200. 



Fractures, 189; method of union of, 

 181). 



Gait and slope- of shoulders, IS. 

 - Garget, 170. 



Gastric juice, 45. 

 "Gestation in animals, 60. 

 jG-inger, actions and uses of, 135. 



Glanders and farcy, 255. 



Goitre in sheep, 47, 278. 



Gonorrhoea in stallions, 265. 



Grub in the head, 246. 



Hair, 103; care of the, 105. 



- Hamstring, 2(i. 

 Handling sheep, 184. 



• Hatching or incubating tempera- 

 ture, 73. 



Hay, overfeeding with, 214. 



Hay tea, 154. 



Head, sinuses of the, 7. 



Heart, the,- 86, 89. 



Heat in animals, 67, 68. 



Heaves, 51, 62; causes and treatment 

 of, 213. 

 '- Heifers, breeding of, 71. 



Hen, urinary and reproductive 

 organs of the, 272; diseases of the, 

 273, 274. 



Histology, definition of, 2. 



Hocks, coarse, 19; curby, 239; dis- 

 eases of the, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240. 



Hog cholera, 256. 



Hoof, the, 106; development of the, 



109; ointments, 109; a good, 111; 



care of the, 114. 

 Hooks or hips, 16. 

 Horns, the, 105, removal of the, 190. 

 Horn fly of cattle, 247. 

 Horses, giving medicine to, 139; 



throwing, 1S2. 



Incubation of poultry, 73. 



Indigestion in pigs, 273. 



Inflammation, signs of, 157. 



Influenza, 264. 



Insertions of muscles, 22. 



Intelligence and brain develop- 

 ment, 97. 



Interfering, 97. 



Intestines, the small, 47; digestion 

 in the small, 50; the large, 51. 



Joints, formation of, 9, 7, 11; some 



diseases of, 177, 228, 230, 236. 

 Joint oil, where found, 27. 



Kerosene, actions and uses, 13-1. 

 Kicking, horses, 118. 

 Kidneys, the work of the, 55, 56. 

 Knee, formation of, 14. 



Lacteals, location of the, 51. 

 Lambs, goitre and, 47; constipation 



in, 174; docking, 10, 200; castrating, 



195. 

 Lameness, detection of, 27, 222. 

 Lampas, danger of lancing, 31; 



tooth troubles shown by, 217. 

 Larynx, or voice box, 61; roaring 



and the, 61. 

 Lateral cartilages, the, 106; diseases 



of the, 228. 

 Laudanum, action and uses of, 133. 

 Laxatives, 127. 

 Lice, 244; poultry, 247. 

 Ligaments, 7. 



Limbs, the fore, 12; the hind, 16. 

 Lime water and its uses, 132. 

 Linseed, oil, 133; meal in condition - 



powders, 133. 

 Listerian treatment of wounds, 185. 

 Liver, the work of the, 48. 

 Lockjaw, 257. 



