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Stables, cow-houses, pig-styes, hen-houses, 

 etc., should be well ventilated, and kept clean and 

 sweet ; and they ought also to be so arranged as 

 to be kept warm and dry in cold and wet 

 weather. The farmer can keep his stock through 

 the winter on one-third less food, and in an 

 equally good condition, in a good, warm, com- 

 fortable stable or out-house, than in an exposed, 

 damp, cold, and only half-enclosed out-house or 

 barn. 



Questions. How should stables, cow-houses, etc., to 

 kept? What advantage to the farmer are warm stables, 

 cow-houses, etc. ? 



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