362 THE IMPROVED ART OF FARRIERY. 



pared and laid with marl or any such matters as are 

 proper for such use, a coat or layer of litter being 

 spread out upon them so that the urine may be taken 

 up and retained in such a way as to promote the form- 

 ing it into manure ; but it is, probably, a far better 

 and more beneficial practice to have them fastened up 

 in the divisions of such sheds as have been described 

 above, especially in the nights and while eating their 

 food ; for notwithstanding there may be some saving 

 of labour in the simple yard method, there are in the 

 former the advantages of the manure being better, and 

 that of the animals being kept in more quietness as 

 well as being less interrupted and inconvenienced in 

 consuming their fodder. In either of these modes the 

 cattle should, however, be so separated and divided as 

 that those of the same ages and sizes may be foddered 

 and kept together in distinct divisions of such sheds or 

 yards, in order that the smaller and weaker may not 

 ever be injured or incommoded by the larger or more 

 powerful, as is always the case when both sorts are 

 kept and fed together loose in the same place. 



In regard to the divisions, in the simple shed man- 

 ner, and that of the shed and yard plan, some have 

 found oxen and cows to do well in those of seven feet 

 in width, each division containing two such animals 

 fastened to the sides by their necks, being thereby 

 prevented from injuring or incommoding each other in 

 the time of eating their food. For smaller stock, six 

 feet may answer very well, and perhaps less in some 

 cases. 



