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as smooth as possible, 1 disapprove, nevertheless, of wooden floor- 

 ii\s;s, whicli 1 have now and then seen in Stables, because, as they 

 must always be embued with urine, they must constantly exhale 

 Volatile AUkali, unless they be washed daily. 



For the reasons which have been stated, it must be pretty evident, 

 that the pavement of Stables, when constructed of convex stones, 

 (which form indeed, the ordinary kind of pavement,) must always 

 contain a quantity of leaven, (if I may so speak) sufficient to commu- 

 nicate the putrefactive fermentation to the fresh litter that is laid 

 over it. 



And for this reason, it would greatly contribute to sweeten, and 

 cool, the atmosphere of stables, if, during the summer time, the 

 pavement of the stalls were washed once a day ; and this operation 

 might be managed in such a manner, as not to dilute the urine in the 

 reservoir. The whole of the litter should be removed early in the 

 morning, and the wet parts should be carefully selected from the rest, 

 in order to be thrown upon the dunghill ; the remainder, whenever 

 the weather will permit, should be spread abroad, for some hours in 

 the open air, and turned two or three times. No heaps of wet litter 

 and fceces, should be suffered to remain in the stable, but should be 

 instantly carried away. This plan of managing litter, will materially 

 contribute to the purity of the air, and the health of Horses. But the 

 mere saving of straw, would prove to be a bad species of economy, to 

 every man, whom manure was an object to, under any circumstances, 

 and more particularly if the utmost care were not taken, that no 

 urine should run to waste, and that it should be thrown, from time 

 to time, on the manure heap, which would be the means of salura- 

 ting the whole of the straw with urine. 



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