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AMERICAN AaRICTJLTURIST. 
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HINTS TO HORSE -KEEPERS. 
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A COMPLETE 
M ANUAL FOR HOES E M E N . 
the late HENRY WILLIAM HERBERT, (phase: forester.) 
There an- very ft \\- books which nil who own ur use the horse, can peruse with greater satisfaction than this. For indicating the principles which should guide one in breeding 
buying, training, and using horses, it stands unrivaled ainung American books. 
How to Breed a Hobse.— Choice 03" Stallion. 
Choice of TnE Make. 
Mutual Adaptation op Sire and Dam. 
Canadian Blood. Noeman Blood. Modern Arab 
Blood. 
Ponies— Different Breeds, Char act eristics and 
Utility. — Origin — Different Breeds— She t lands and Scots 
— QaUoways and Narragausetts — Mustangs and Indians — 
Profit of raising Ponies. 
How to Breed Mules.— Value of Mules— Their His- 
tory and Natural History— Thorough-blood wasted in the 
Dam for Mules— The Mule in the United States— Vari- 
eties of the Ass— The kind of glares to be selected, 
How* TO Birr a Horse.— Of whom to Buv ifc— How to 
Examine the Eye — Broken Wind — Roaring — Whistling — 
Broken Knees — To examine the Legs — Splents — Damaged 
Back Sinews— Spavins— Ringbones— Curbs— How to tell 
the Age of a Horse. 
How to Feed a TIorse. — Consequences of Improper 
Feeding — Different Food for different conditions — Food 
for the Brood Mare— For the Foal— For Working Horses 
—Green Food— Carrots— Corn. 
How to Stable and Groom a Horse. — Requisites 
for a good Stable— The economy of Proper Arrangements 
— Ventilation— Grooming. 
How to Break and Use a Horse.— What is required 
in a well-broken Horse— His education should commence 
when a Colt— -Bitting— Putting in Harness— How to Use 
n Horse — Travelling— Working— Pleasure Horses— Pun- 
ishment. 
How to Pnrsic a Horse— Simple Remedies for 
Simple Ailments.— Causes of Ailments— Medicines to 
be given only by the order of the Master — Depletion and 
Purging — Spasmodic Colic — Inflammation of the Bowels 
—Inflammation of the Lungs— How to Bleed— Balls and 
Purgatives — Costiveness, etc. 
Farriery, etc. — Castration— Docking and Nicking — 
Blood-letting— Treatment of Strains and Woutds— Galls 
of the Skin— Cracked Heela — Clipping and Singeing— 
Diseases of the Feet, 
How to Shoe a Horse.— Unskillful Shocrs— Anatomy 
of the Food Illustrated— The Fo< t. of a Colt— Preparation 
of the Foot— Removing the Old Shoe— Paring the Foot— 
The Shoe— Fitting the Shoe. 
Baucher's Method of Training Houses. — What 
Constitutes a Well-trained norse — To make him come at 
your call— The Philosophy of Training— Flexions of the 
,Ta\\— Flexions of the Neck— Flexions of the Croup- 
Backing— The Paces— Leaping. 
How to Ride a Horse.— The Saddle— The Girths— 
The Stirrups— Saddle-Cloths— The Crupper— The Martin- 
gale The Bridle— Spurs— Mounting and Dismount 
The Seat— The Hand: ' 
Special Cases- 
-The Legs- 
-Tue Art of Falling 
The Paces— Hints fir 
Biding with 1-..-.jk ■■ 
Ladies' Ririno — Written by a Ladt. — Learning 
toKide— The Side-saddle— The Girths— The Stirrup— The 
Bridle— The Martingale— The Bit— The Dress— Mounting 
and Dismounting— The Position— The Hands— The Leg 
and Whip— Accidents. 
now to Drive a Horse.— The Art of Drivim 
nre Driving— How to Hold the Reins — Driving 
— Pleas - 
a Pair— 
Four-in-hand Driving— Driving Working Horses— Plow- 
ing — T h re e-a-breas t. 
Raeey's System of IIorse-tamino. — Rarcy'fi System 
a New Discovery — Previous System — Principles of this 
System — Instructions for practicing Rarey's Method — To 
Si tole the Horse — To Approach the Horse — Tying up the 
Leg— Laying the norse Down — Vices and Bad Habits. 
Veterinary noMosorATiiY. — Principles of (he System 
— Table of Remedies — General Directions — Treatment ot 
a Sick Animal — Diet — Remedies for Specific Cases- 
Glossary of Diseases. 
beautifully illustrated. 
sent post-paid. 
PPJCE, $1.75. 
ORAlI^OE JXJr>I> «fc COMX'^ZVY, 345 Broadway, New York. 
