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usual way, will entirely eradicate this evil. As often as 

 necessary for the above purpose, it should be removed 

 and placed on the compost heap in the yard, and the 

 stalls replenished with new, fresh earth; and if there 

 should be a sprinkling of either or both of powdered 

 charcoal and plaster of paris, mixed with it as it was 

 put in the stalls, it would be all the better, and would 

 more than doubly pay the expense as a fertilizer. The 

 muck earth, as well as the other articles named, absorb 

 the juices from whence this gas arises, and thus purifies 

 the air of the stable, and instead of being left to waste, 

 and work its worst influence on all that breathe it, it is 

 turned to a profitable account as a fertilizer. Forest 

 leaves and saw dust may be used as a substitute for the 

 above, and as forming a part of the bedding to advantage. 



It is better to feed from a rack where they will have 

 to reach up a little after their food, not only because 

 their necks will come up better, but because reaching 

 down is injurious to the knees, &c. And where they are 

 to be fed from a manger, the bottom thereof should be 

 raised as high as their knees on this account. 



In the best regulated armies of the world, the hay as 

 well as the grain, is weighed out to each horse; twenty- 

 five pounds of hay being considered all he ought to eat 

 in ttventy-four hours, on account of his health, and hav- 

 ing him fit for hard service. The horse should not be 

 fed more at a time than he will eat, to have it left for 

 him to breath'e over. 



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