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position and then upon this a second layer of plank is laid, 

 painting the joints with the same composition before 

 drawing them together. Lighter floors are made in the 

 same way, using tongued and grooved flooring. 



461. Stone Floors Thoroughly durable floors for cow 

 and horse stables are made by bedding in clay rounded 

 cobble stone, 4 or 5 inches in diameter, and using upon this 

 an abundance of bedding. The uneven surface holds the 

 bedding so well that the animals are fairly comfortable 

 and neither wear nor decay will destroy them. The most 

 serious objection lies in the difficulty in maintaining clean- 

 liness. 



Where a good gutter is made behind the cows and a row 

 of cut stone 10 or 12 inches wide are set for the hind feet 

 to stand upon a durable and quite satisfactory floor is se- 

 cured. 



462. Macadam Stable Floors. A floor more even in sur- 

 face than (461) can be made out of carefully constructed 

 macadam work, such as is used in making stone roads, 

 giving it a thickness of 5 or 6 inches. Where this is used 

 there should be provided cement gutters and mangers as 

 represented in Fig. 175. 



FIG. 175. Shows method of making a macadam stable floor with cement 

 mangers and gutters. 



Before laying such a floor the ground should be shaped 

 and made thoroughly hard by tramping or ramming. The 

 crushed stone should be put on in two layers, thoroughly 

 compacting the first layer and filling the voids with screen- 



