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with advantage, be picketed, at night, to a pole fixed 

 vertically in the ground, round which his bedding 

 should be spread. The head-rope should be attached 

 to a movable iron ring, which works round the pole. 

 No heel-ropes are, then, necessary. 



In hot, close weather, when there is no wind 

 blowing, it is, often, preferable to picket a horse in the 

 open, during the midday heat, under, a tree which has 

 thick foliage overhead, than to keep him in the stable, 

 however well ventilated it may be. The leaves of 

 trees exercise a marked cooling effect on the air 

 that passes over their surface : hence, " the grateful 

 shade." 



Poultry should never be allowed about a stable, nor 

 should they be kept near it ; for the insects that often 

 infest fowl, prove excessively irritating to the horse, 

 when they are allowed to settle on him. Kemoval of 

 the poultry will soon cure the animal attacked ; for 

 these parasites cannot live, beyond two or three days, 

 away from their proper " host." 



Disinfecting Stables. When the floors of stables 

 are formed simply by the surface of the ground, they 

 should be dug up, from time to time say, once every 

 two months to the depth of a couple of feet ; the 

 tainted soil removed ; and fresh, dry mould substi- 

 tuted. This proceeding is particularly necessary after 

 the appearance of Loodianah Fever. 



To purify metalled floors and drains, a solution of 

 1 Ib. of sulphate iron (Hind. Hurree kussees) to the 

 gallon of water may be used. 



Crude carbolic acid may be applied to the iron and 

 woodwork of the stable. 



