152 Stable Management. 



agents in the powder and the whole remains al- 

 most a passive heap. 



This is profitable in more ways than one. 

 While the stable atmosphere is rendered pure by 

 the use of such an agent, the air on the out- 

 side of the building is prevented from receiving 

 contaminations it would otherwise gain from de- 

 composing manure. 



The farmer also who gets it after being so 

 treated, receives much benefit in the greater 

 amount of serviceable matter which is furnished to 

 his crops. 



Manure heaps should be removed as far as 

 possible from buildings, as the putrefaction which 

 usually goes on, resulting in hurtful emanations 

 or disagreeable smells, contaminates the air of all 

 places where animal life exists, and renders it un- 

 fit to support it for any length of time in a 

 healthy manner. 



When tanks or places for manure are made, 

 care is to be observed that they are not located 

 near wells from which water is drawn for drinking. 

 If space will not admit of this being carried out, 

 the receptacle should be lined with bricks and 

 cement, to prevent the fluid portions from perco- 

 lating the soil, running along drains, and then 

 finding their way to drinking water. 



Clipping and Singeing. These are to be viewed 

 as necessary evils attendant upon the keeping of 

 horses. There are arguments to be adduced, 

 strong in their tendency towards truth, and bid 



