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 because it serves as the bed of the animals^ 

 and this litter is usually straw, stalks, leaves 

 or the like. Those substances possessing the 

 double advantage of absorbing and securing 

 the excrements of the animals^ constitute one 

 of the best manures. It is evident that the 

 value of the uniformly wetted manure is pro- 

 portional to its amount of excrements, for 

 these latter are more nitrogenous than the lit- 

 ter; the best manure is obtained by using the 

 minimum of litter, taking care to remove it 

 as soon as it becomes saturated with the 

 urine. The dung should be removed in a 

 wheelbarrow to a neighbouring department^, 

 stacked as fast as it is produced in the stalls^, 

 and the juices which flowfrom the stalls should 

 be collected in a draining-well located beneath 

 or by the side of the dung-heap ; a wooden 

 grating will prevent the passage of the straw. 

 By means of a pump, the heap can be irrigated 

 with the juic-es of the well as often as the dry- 

 ness of its surfaces requires. The impregna- 

 ted litter should be stacked carefully, and so 

 as to prevent a too active fermentation, vThich 

 will occasion a loss. It is better to keep it 

 sheltered from both sun and rain, and especial- 

 ly from contact with running waters. When 



