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against the walls, as the air gets access to each 

 truss, and especially if they are packed with a small 

 space between each truss. If placed near the wall, 

 they may, and probably will, suffer from damp, and 

 will lose condition. 



The sacks of oats should be also away from 

 the walls, and kept in regular rows on their ends, 

 and should from time to time be turned round, so 

 that it may be ascertained if they are suffering from 

 the ravages of mice or rats, or possible damp. The 

 straw should also be placed ends up in the bundles, 

 and any other forage should be similarly cared for 

 and disposed of. 



It takes very little more time to do this than it 

 does to pile the forage in helter-skelter ; indeed, it 

 saves time in the long-run, and certainly saves 

 money. Order ever was and ever will be economy 

 in everything. A well-ordered establishment is 

 always an economically managed one. There may 

 be possible extravagance, but there can be but 

 little waste ; and if this obtains inside the house, it 

 does so in no less degree inside the stable, and 

 everything goes on smoothly and mechanically. 

 But it is absolutely necessary for the maintenance 

 of good order that every detail should be carefully 

 overlooked, and no slackness allowed anywhere ; and 

 a daily visit, if only of five minutes' duration, by 



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