No. 4.] STABLE MANAGEMENT. 171 



Afternoon Session. 



The Board met at 1.40 p.m., Mr. Grinnell presiding. 

 After singing by the Oberon Ladies' Quartette, the chair- 

 man said: It gives me great pleasure to introduce to von 

 Dr. Osgood, chairman of the Board of Cattle Commis- 

 sioners, who will speak to us this afternoon on the subject 

 " Rational stable management." 



Dr. Osgood. Mr. Chairman, ladies and gentlemen : 

 Some two months ago I determined that I would make some 

 examinations to determine under exactly what hygienic con- 

 ditions our animals are kept. As a result of that work, I 

 was surprised, I might say, at the condition of the water 

 our animals drink and the air in which they are confined. 

 The examinations extended over some twenty-five farms, 

 located in fifteen different towns. 



When I noticed on the paper sent me by the secretary 

 that my subject was to be "Rational stable management," I 

 was a little surprised. My idea was to talk to you more 

 upon hygiene than stable management, as that is too broad 

 a subject to think of covering in one afternoon. I shall, 

 however, take one or two of the fundamental necessities, 

 in order that we may establish a rational stable manage- 

 ment. Those two fundamental principles, then, will be 

 water and air. 



