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hard as possible, thus forcing them to chew it up, 

 thereby causing a flow from the saHvary glands 

 which aids digestion. 



The constant feeding of soft, sloppy, starchy 

 foods, while fattening, leaves the hounds soft and 

 flabby, and has a tendency to produce eczema and 

 aggravate mange. By baking hard and brown, 

 the hound can not bolt it, requiring crunching and 

 necessarily better mastication. It also keeps the 

 teeth clean and firm, a soft food- fed hound of two 

 years frequently having the mouth and teeth of 

 a four or five year old hound. 



The storeroom can be used for storage of 

 raw and cooked food, straw, brooms, mops, 

 shovels, etc., and should have a good-sized closet 

 for the kennelman's individual use, as well as a 

 well-arranged medicine chest. 



All four sides of the kennel should have a 

 covered porch from four to six feet wide, upon 

 which should be located the gates connecting the 

 different yards, and upon which the hounds could 

 lie during wet and rainy weather. 



If the weather is cold enough to require heat- 

 ing the kennels, which is seldom, if ever, the case, 

 a coil of steam pipe can be run through the com- 

 partments, connected to and returning the con- 

 densation to the boiler. Individual whelping 

 boxes should be placed in the breeding yard. 

 They should be thirty inches high at back, and 

 forty-two inches in front, forty-eight by forty- 



