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to the ground, and has a dry gravel floor. These 

 buildings are well supplied with windows (the 

 same as a house), and get the sun all day. In 

 these buildings we have no artificial heat what- 

 ever, and all stock, except small puppies, are 

 kept there. Our pups in the winter have warm 

 quarters until they are four months old, when 

 they are placed in the south side of the warmer 

 kennels. All puppies are kept in the cool base- 

 ment in the hot weather, and during the summer 

 our bitches in whelp are kept there also. We 

 have not any separate runs attached to these 

 buildings, which entails a much closer watch on 

 the dogs, of course, but each building opens 

 into a very large enclosure with abundant shade 

 trees, and the dogs can, if let out, have the run 

 of several acres. 



In the fall of the year we have several tons of 

 rowen (second crop hay with a good deal of 

 clover in it) put in the upper story of the open 

 kennel, and a smaller amount in the first story, 

 and during the winter a certain number of young 

 dogs that will not quarrel amongst themselves 

 are given the run of the building where they 

 burrow into the soft hay and are as comfortable 

 as can be. Particular care has to be taken that 

 they do not get any bones or any food to quarrel 

 over, or trouble would ensue right away. Allow 

 me to say that only dogs brought up together 



