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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
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HINTS TO HORSE-KEEPERS. 
A COMPLETE 
MANUAL FOR HORSEMEN. 
By the late HENRY WILLIAM HERBERT, (frank forester.) 
There are very few hooka which all who own or 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 among American books. 
How to Breed A Horse.—Choice or Stallion. 
Choice of the Mare. 
Mutual Adaptation of Sire and Bam. 
Canadian Blood. Norman Blood. Modern Arab 
Blood. 
Ponies—Bifferent Breeds, Characteristics and 
Utility.— Origin—Bifferent Breeds—Shetlands and Scots 
—Galloways and Narragansetts—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 
Bain for Mules—The Mule in the United States—Vari¬ 
eties of the Ass—The kind of Mares to bo selected. 
CONTENTS. 
How to Buy a Horse.—O f whom to Bny it—How to 
Examine the Eye—Broken Wind—Roaring—Whistling—• 
Broken Knees—To examine the Legs—Splents—Bamaged 
Back Sinews—Spavins—Ringbone^.—Curbs—How to tell 
the Age of a Horse. 
How to Feed a Horse.— Consequences of Improper 
Feeding—-Bifferent 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 commenco 
when a Colt—Bitting—Putting in Harness—How to Use 
a Horse—Travelling—Working—Pleasure Horses—Pun¬ 
ishment. 
now to Physio a Horse—Simple Remedies for 
Simple Ailments.— Causes of Ailments—Medicines to 
he given only by the order of the Master—Bepletion and 
Purging—Spasmodic Colic—Inflammation of the Bowels 
—Inflammation of the Lungs—How to Bleed—Balls and 
Purgatives—Costiveness, etc. 
Farriery, etc. —Castration—Booking and Nicking— 
Blood-letting—Treatment of Strains and Wounds—Galls 
of the Skin—Cracked Heels—Clipping and Singeing— 
Diseases of the Feet. 
How to Shoe a Horse.—U nskillful Shoers—Anatomy 
of the Food Illustrated—The Foot of a Colt—Preparation 
of the Foot—Removing the Old Shoe—Paring tlio Foot— 
The Shoe—Fitting the Shoe. 
Baucher’s Method of Trainino Horses.— What 
Constitutes a Well-trained norse—To make him come at 
your call—The Philosophy of Training—Flexions of the 
Jaw—Flexions of the Neck—Flexions of tlio 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 Dismountin'*— 
The Seat—The Hands—The Legs—The Paces—Hints for 
Special Cases—The Art of Falling—Riding with Ladies. 
Ladies’ Reding — Written by a Lady. — Learning 
to Ride—The Side-saddle—The Girths—The Stirrup—The 
Bridie—The Martingale—The Bit—The Dress—Mounting 
and Dismounting—The Position— 1 The Hands—The Leg 
and Whip—Accidents.. 
How to Drive a Horse.— The Art of Driving—Pleas¬ 
ure Driving—How to Hold the Reins—Driving a Pair— 
BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED. 
SENT POST-PAID. 
Four-in-hand Driving—Driving Working Horses—Plow¬ 
ing—Three-a-breast. 
Rarey’s System of Horse-taming. —Rarey’s System 
a New Discovery—Previous System—Principles of this 
System—Instructions for practicing Rarey’s Method—To 
Stable the Horse—To Approach the Horse—Tying up tlio 
Leg—Laying the Horse Down—Vices and Bad Habits. 
Veterinary Homceopatiiy.— Principles of the System 
—Tallin of Remedies—General Directions—Treatment of 
a Sick Animal—Diet—Remedies for Specific Cases— 
Glossary of Diseases. 
PRICE, $1.75. 
JUDD COMPANY, Broadway, New York.- 
