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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
19 5 
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Saunders' Domestic Poultry. 
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RMMUAL FOR HORSEMEN. 
BY THE LATE TTENTiY "WILLIAM HERBERT. 
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HOW TO BREED A HORSE.— 
CHOICE OF STALLION".— National Value of the Horse— 
The beet class of Horses the cheapest for all purposes— 
"What constitutes excellence— Blood: what it gives, 
should be on the eide of the Sire— Breed up, not down- 
Diseases and Defects Hereditary— General Kules. 
CHOICE OF TFIE MARE.— Size, Symmetry and Sound- 
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Mare— Diseases Hereditary — Condition of the Mare — 
Should have moderate work when with Foal — Foud and 
care during gestation — Health, and temper. 
MUTUAL ADAPTATION" OF SIRE AND DAM.-First 
consideration in Improvement of "cold" Blood— Rela- 
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How Remedied in Progeny— Bloods which "hit." 
CANADIAN" BLOOD. — The Canadian originally the 
French Novman— Characteristics— Hardihood— Speed — 
Mode of Improvement— Crossing with Thorough-breds. 
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Norman— A pure race— Characteristics and Points. 
MODERN ARAB BLOOD.— English and American Thor- 
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PONIES — DIFFERENT BREEDS, 
CHARACTERISTICS AND UTILITY.— Origin-Different 
Breeds— Shetl an ds and Scots— Galloways and Narragan- 
setts— Mustangs and Indians— Profit of raising Ponies. 
HOW TO BREED MULES. 
Value of Mules— Their History and Natural History— 
The Mule and Hinnev— Thorough-blood wasted In the 
Dam for Mules— The Mule in the United States— Large 
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Mares to be selected. 
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Of whom to Buy it— Extraordinary Cheapness and Ex-" 
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Points to be regarded— How to Examine the Eve—Broken 
"Wind— Roaring— Whistling— Broken Knees— To examine 
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HOW TO FEED A HORSE. 
Consequences of Improper Feeding— Different Food for 
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Foal— For Working Horses— Green Food— Carrots— Com 
—Feeding Horses in Training— AVhilc Travelling— Sum- 
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SIMPLE REMEDIES FOR SIMPLE ATLMENTS.-Causes 
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Cough— Bronchitis— Distemper— Worms— Diseases of the 
Feet— Scratches— Thrush— Broken Knees, 
FARRIERY, ETC. 
Castration — Docking and Nickluc — Blood-letting — 
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Unskillful Shoers— Anatomy of the Food Illustrated— 
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BAUCHER'S METHOD OF TRAIN- 
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