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It is earnestly advised that there be no 

 manure gutter, but, instead, a practical, use- 

 ful urine gutter. 



The manure gutter usually amounts to a 

 dirty, ill-smelling hole in the floor, as it Bel- 

 dom accomplishes its intended purpose and 

 is of service only to the man who removes 

 the manure, when he must take a day ofif to 

 do so. It does not deserve the name of gut- 

 ter, for it fails to carry off the contents; 

 neither does it facilitate the separation of 

 the manure and urine and the collecting of 

 the latter. Moreover it is a rare thing to 

 find a cow and a stall fitting so exactly that 

 the droppings fall directly into the gutter; 

 usually they fall on either side of it, so the 

 abolishment of the manure gutter would be 

 only a slight change of actual conditions, 

 while the substitution of a wheelbarrow in 

 place of the gutter as a temporary storage 

 place would be an improvement in the mat- 

 ter of cleanliness, and count toward the 

 prevention of an offensive odor in the milk. 



The urine gutter, on the contrary, is use- 



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