CHAP. III.] MODE OF DISINFECTING STABLES. 375 



gentleman alluded to, went with his servant and 

 shot the animal; at which the venal part of the 

 periodical press set up a great clamour, from which 

 none defended him, for the transaction was at vari- 

 ance with his public professions in the House. 



Stables that have been occupied by glandered 

 horses retain a long time the taint, and the means 

 of communicating the disorder, which nothing will 

 so well remove as washing with soap and sand, and 

 scraping with sharp instruments, every part of the 

 rack, manger, and all other parts that may have 

 come in contact with the diseased horses. Instead 

 of employing soap, a cheaper process is to pro- 

 cure concentrated chlorate of soda, a quart bottle 

 full ; mix in a pail full of water, and then with a 

 strong brush or broom, immediately rub with great 

 force every part of the rack, manger, and stall, and 

 generally throughout the stable. After this wash 

 the whole with clean water; and then pay over 

 once more with a coat of the fresh mixture of the 

 chlorate of soda. The same, less concentrated, by 

 mixing a bottle of chlorate to five or six pails of 

 the water, should be sprinkled about the stable, 

 and the doors and windows left open to dry it, 

 previous to re-inhabiting with uninfected horses. 

 Lime washing is the favourite disinfecting process 

 of most country people ; it is also the most ancient, 

 and appears to us the process best adapted to the 

 Walls of the stable, if it be not employed upon 

 the stalls, rack, and manger also, previous to using 

 the chlorate of soda. 



