The horseowner and stableman's companion, or, Hints on the selection, purchase, and general management of the horse

Contents

Peeeace

Part I

Immediate Object of Pood — Development — Maintenance — Waste or Decay — Importance of Good Pood for Young Animals — Evils of an Insufficiency 8

Oegans oe Digestion :

Enumeration— Prehension — IncisorTeeth — Tongue — Cheeks — Molars or Grinders— Pharynx-

Gullet— Deglutition 14.

Saliva — Salivary Glands — Solvent Action — Chemical Action — Quantity of Saliva — Uses and Importance of Saliva 16

Stomach :

Peculiarities in the Horse, Ox, and Man — Broken Wind, and Chronic Cough — Rapid Digestion in the Horse — Small Stomach — Necessity for Regular Feeding

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Intestines :

Enumeration and Division — Length — Small Intestines — Digestion in — Secretions — Chyle — Lacteals — Absorption and Assimilation — Capacity — Large Intestines — Division — Absorption — Capacity 23

The Digestive Peocess :

A Complex Action — Gastric Digestion — Gastric J uice— Intestinal Digestion — Chyle — Formation of Blood 26

Elementary Principles of Food :

Enumeration— Flesh Formers — Heat Producers —

Salts — Acids — Fmees or Dung 28

Essential Chaeactees of Food :

Nutritious Principles— Their Identity from all Sources — Non-nutritious Principles — Animal Heat — Necessity for Substances of a Mixed Character — Bulk or Volume 29

Eebobs to be Avoided :

Fluids — Cooked Food — Injurious effect of Common Salt — Diabetes and Albuminuria — Farcy and

Glanders 40

Advantages of Peopee Food and System . . 46

Regular Feeding 60

Calculi oe Stones:

Their Origin — Different Kinds— Frequently Prove Fatal 51

Objections to the Use of Dey Food :

Do Oats Pass Out Unchanged ? — Proofs — Necessity for Healthy Condition — Care Required in Feeding — Importance of a Superintendent 54

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PART II. Varieties of Pood: rAOB

Nutrition in Each — Maize — Oats — Cost of Feeding Upon— Measure and Weight should he Combined

Economy of Pood :

Indian Corn Injurious— Linseed— Tares— Mixtures ^

Necessary

Systems Adopted on Various Colliery Estates .

Hunting on Cut Pood Hetton System .... ^

What Constitutes a Cheap Food 81

Objections to a Change of Geain *

Bran, its Nature, Uses, and Abuses 83

Londonderry Colliery System .

Mixture— Steamed Pood— Waste, &c 85

Forms of Admixture :

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Low Rates — High Rates

Green Pood, its Benefit and Injury .... 97

Economy in Using Chaff and Bruised Corn . 99

Pea and Bean Straw 101

Saving to be Effected

PAET III.

Selection and Puechase of Hoeses : page

Tricks and Frauds of Dealers— Bribery— Warranty- Certificates of Soundness— Recommending Horses— Precautions to be observed

Early Operations in the Stable- Watering-Purity of Water — Cleanliness— Disinfectants— Lighting of Stables — Ventilation— Various Plans— Heat or Temperature of the Stable-Grooming or Dressing —Stable Tools— Washing the Legs— Bandages— Clothing-Bedding— Disposal ofManure— Clipping and Singeing t 128

Oats— Beans— Barley— Taresor Lentils— Hay— Straw

—Bran— Linseed— Linseed or Oil-cake— Maize or Indian Corn— Locust or Carob Bean-Condiments Vegetable Food— Turning to Grass — Regularity of Feeding— Feeding after Work 15 6

Exebcise

The Tuekish oe Roman Bath, and Washing Hoeses aftee Hunting 189

Geneeal Aeeangement of Stables*

Ordinary Arrangement Defective— Improvement on the Plan-Paving of Stable Floors— Drains— Declivity of Stable Floors— Wooden Floors— Their Economy — Loose Boxes 294

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The Causes of Disease, and its Pkevention :

Prevention Better than Cure 203

Simple Rules for Shoeing, and Management of the Feet of Horses :

The Hoof— Wall— Sole and Frog— Nails— Shoes— Their Shape— Bar Shoes— Leather Soles — Stopping for Feet— Foot Ointments— Cutting and Brushing —Groggy Feet— Sidebones— Pumiced F eet— Pricks and Binds — Shoeing in Coal Mines . .

Poultices and Fomentations

Sending for the Veterinary Surgeon .

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