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if possible. The dirty portions are to be separ- 

 ated, the whole of the floor and drains thoroughly 

 swept out, and every portion of refuse carefully 

 removed to a manure heap at a distance from the 

 stable. 



Mangers should always be well cleansed 

 especially wooden ones after the use of mashes 

 or soft food of any kind. Woodwork of all kinds, 

 and even harness and clothing, require cleansing 

 after the existence of contagious skin or other 

 diseases. For this purpose a solution of black 

 or pearl ashes may be used, the strength however 

 being varied for the several purposes. 



For harness, clothing, and painted woodwork, 

 two or three ounces to a pail of hot water will 

 be sufficient. But to bare woodwork the strength 

 may be quadrupled. 



Besides this it is sometimes necessary to use 

 disinfectants of a special character. 



For the floors, crude carbolic acid in solution 

 may be sprinkled over the surface, and the whole 

 afterwards well scrubbed with hot water having 

 black ashes in solution. 



A solution of crude carbolic acid is also 

 eminently serviceable for the mangers when con- 

 tagion is feared. The proportions are about one 

 pound to a gallon of water in which soft soap 

 has been dissolved, with the use of large quanti- 

 ties of pure water afterwards. A grand agent in 

 the purification of the atmosphere of stables is 

 M'DougalFs disinfecting powder, which should 



