1887.) 
AMERICAN AGRIcniLTURIST. 
HmTS TO 
IIORSE.KEEPERS, 
A COJIPLETE 
MANUAL FOR HORSEMEN. 
BY THK LATE IIEN'RT "NVILLIAM 11EI?BEUT. 
(khank; forester.) 
neautifully Illustrated. 
HOW TO BREED A HORSE — 
Valno of the Horse— 
ilorses the cheapest for all purposes— 
u e.\ceUeuce— Blood: what It'Vivpa 
should he ou the side of the Sire— Breed up. uot down * 
Blscoscs and Defects licrcditury —Geueral Itules. 
CHOICE OP THE ^r.\RE.—Size, Symiuetrv and RAnnA 
m”® important than Blood^olnt7of the llrood 
jiercdltary— Condition of the °Maro — 
should have moderate work when with Foal—Foocl and 
care during gestation - Health and temper ^ 
adaptation of SIHE and DAM.-FIrst 
consideration in Improvement of “cold” Blood-Rela¬ 
tive size of Sire and Dam— Defects In either Parent- 
How Remedied In Progeny— Bloods which “hit.” 
CANADIAN BLOOD. — Tlio Canadian originally the 
French Norman—Charoctcrlstics—Hardihood— Speed- 
Mode of Improvement-Crossing with Thorough-Vreds. 
^O^^iAN BLOOD.—Origin and History of the Percheron 
Norman-A puro race—Characteristics and Points. 
BLOOD. —English and American Thor- 
ongh-breds derived from Oriental Blood —are now 
BnperiortothoModern Arabs—Nolan Arab. 
PONIES — DIFFERENT BREEDS 
CHARACTERISTICS AND rTILITT.-OrIgIn-DIfferent 
Breed^hetlands amd Scoto-Galloways and Naroagan- 
_ sette—Mustangs and Indiana—^Prollt of raising Ponies 
HOW TO BREED MUXES. 
Mules— Their History and Natural History— 
The Mi:le and Hlnncv—Thorough-blood wasted In the 
Dam for .\Iule8--lho Mnle in the United States—Large 
size not Desirable— Varieties of the Asa—The kind of 
Mares to bo selected. 
HOW TO BUT A HORSE. 
Of whom to Boy It—Extr-iordlnary Cheapneas and Ex¬ 
traordinary Excellence not consistent with each other— 
Pplntstolmrcgarded-Howto Examine the Eve—Broken 
TIind—Roaring—1\ hlstllng—Broken Knees—To examine 
the Legs—Snlents—Damaged Back Sinews—Spavins— 
Ringbones—Curbs—How to tell the Age of a Horse 
HOW TO FEED A HORSE. 
Ccmseqnenccs of Improper Feeding—Different Food for 
different conditions—Food for the Brood Mare—for the 
F oal—For Working Horses—Green Food—Carrots—Cora 
—Feeding Horses In Training- IVhlle Travelling—Sum¬ 
mering Horses-The Best Method—Management of Om¬ 
nibus Horses in New York. 
HOW TO STABLE AND GROOM A 
HORSE.—Rcqnlsltca for a good Stable—The economy of 
Proper Arrangements—Ventilation— Grooming; Its ne- 
coEslty for alt descriptions of Horses— How Performed- 
Clothing- Treatment when brought in from Work. 
now TO BREAK, AND USE A 
HORSE.-What Is required In a well-broken Horse—His 
education should commence when a Colt—Bitting—Put¬ 
ting in Harness—Howto Use a Horse—Travelling-Work¬ 
ing—Pleasure Horses— Punishment. 
HOW TO PHYSIC A HORSE — 
SIMPLE RE.MEDIES FOR SIMPLE AILMENTS.-Cansos 
of AtlmciUs—.Mcdiclnc.s to bo given only by the order of 
the Master—Depiction and Purging—Spasmodic Colic— 
Inflammation of the Bowels—Inflammation of the Lnng.s 
— Ilow to Bleed—Balls and Puroatlves—Costlvenes^ 
Cough—Bronchitis—Distemper— Worms—Discuses of the 
Feet—Scratches—Thrusli-Brokeu Knees. 
FARRIERY, ETC. 
Castration — Docking and Nicking^—Blood-letting — 
Treatment of Strakis and Wounds—^alls of the Skin— 
Cracked Heels—Clipping and Singeing-Administering 
Medicines—Discuses of thoF'eet. 
now TO SHOE A HORSE. 
Fnsklllful Shoers—Anatomy of the Food Illustrated— 
The Foot of a Colt—Preparation of the Foot—Remot Ing 
the Old Slioe—Paring the F'oot—The Shoe— Fitting the 
Shoe—Nailing—Number of Nails—Diseases of the Foot. 
BAUCIIER’S METHOD OF TRAIN- 
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