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call for. In this case the floor 

 might well be made of grout, 

 since lumber is expensive, and an 

 effort should be made to build 

 permanent and durable structures. 

 If stable floors are placed well 

 up from the ground and have 

 numerous cracks between the 

 planks, they are extremely un- 

 comfortable for the animals. 

 They are, perhaps, the most un- 

 comfortable of all floors, as the 

 air finds access to the stable 

 through the floor, and it is nearly 

 impossible to keep such stables 

 comfortable in cold weather. Such 

 construction of floors is also 

 wasteful of manures, tends to 

 produce ''scratches" and other 

 foot and leg diseases in horses, 

 and is unsanitary and altogether 

 undesirable. 



Finally, it may be said that 

 when these separate structures are 

 treated in this inexpensive man- 

 ner without added basement, the 

 available capacity of the building 

 would be double that of the old 

 ones, the time of performing the 





