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matter from lawn, house, or garden, and keep it well 

 covered with fine soil or other absorbents. It is sur- 

 prising how much rich compost can be made from one or 

 two animals or even from more in this manner, and the 

 abundance of vegetables and fruit this compost will 

 enable us to grow. 



Cheap buildings may be made tight and warm in the 

 manner described for poultry-houses. A very neat ap- 

 pearance will be produced upon the sides, if heavy roof- 

 ing paper is used, with vertical strips or battens placed 

 neatly about one foot apart, and then all painted. 

 Horses and cows need a warm dry place with an abun- 



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FIG. 9 A Modern System of Ventilating Stables, 

 Poultry-Houses, Etc. 



dance of sunlight and air. One of the most approved 

 methods of ventilating stables or poultry buildings is to 

 have the fresh air come in from the outside at the sills, 

 entering the stable under the upper floor, and the foul 

 air passing into a shaft near the floor somewhere in 

 front of the animals on a level with the floor (Fig. 9). 



