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as on damp and muggy days it is sometimes 

 difficult to get everywhere absolutely dry 

 before shutting -up time. I need scarcely 

 say that a dog must never be slept on a 

 damp bench, even though the straw be dry. 

 It is running too much risk. A lady of my 

 acquaintance attributed the immunity of 

 her dogs from sickness to the fact that her 

 kennels were limewashed once a month, 

 which was certainly a most sensible pro- 

 cedure. If you are prepared to run to the 

 expense of sawdust, and cover your kennel 

 floors with it, you will be well repaid in the 

 extra sweetness of the atmosphere. Dr. G. 

 V. Poore, who is well known as a sanitary 

 expert, is a keen advocate of the dry method 

 of sanitation, contending that putrefaction 

 is easily attained by washing down with 

 cold water. From experiments he has been 

 able to demonstrate the purifying qualities 

 of sawdust, and those of us who have had 

 a number of puppies together know that 

 the only way to keep the place sweet and 



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