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ments ; in order, however, that it may be converted 

 into manure Mr. Porter has a number of pigs, 

 who perform this operation in the manure pit. 



4 Mr. Dollar — who, I need scarcely say, is familiar 

 with the everyday life of the men and boys employed 

 at Kingsclere — contends warmly that every racing 

 establishment should be provided with such means 



boys' sitting-room, with dormitories over 



for promoting their habitual health and comfort as 

 are to be found there. He is severe on certain 

 racing stables within his knowledge where the "boys 

 have to perform their ablutions in the stable bucket 

 with the aid of the sponge and cloths that have been 

 used for grooming the horses," and, after contrasting 

 that with the Kingsclere system of bath rooms and 

 lavatories, takes leave of the subject in these words : 



