By Mr. Isaac Oldaker. 



plete, the next thing to be done is the construction of the 

 flue, P, which should commence at the end, L, of the house, 

 next to the door, run parallel to the shelves the whole length 

 of the house, and return back to the fire place, where the 

 chimney, S, should be built, the sides of the flue inside being 

 the height of four bricks, laid flat-ways, and six inches 

 wide, which will make the width of the flues fifteen inches 

 from outside to outside, and leave a cavity, t u, on each side, 

 betwixt the flue and the walls that are under the shelves, and 

 one, x y, up the middle betwixt the flues, two inches wide, to 

 admit the heat into the house from the sides of the flues. 

 The middle cavity, x y, should be covered with tiles, leaving 

 a space h k, Fig. 3, of one inch betwixt each tile, for the ad- 

 mission of the heat. The top of the flue, including the co- 

 vering, should not be higher than the brick walls that form 

 the front of the floor beds. The reason why the sides of 

 the flues are recommended to be built stronger than usual, 

 is, because they support the walk. The walk itself is formed 

 by three rows of tiles, the outside rows making the cover- 

 ing of the flues, and those of the centre row are what cover 

 the middle cavity x y, as abovementioned : the outside 

 cavities, t u, of the flue are left open, the tiles which are 

 placed over the flues being laid so as not to cover these ca- 

 vities, which allows the heat of the sides of the flues to rise 

 upwards. 



Compost for the beds. Collect a quantity of fresh horse 

 dung that has neither been exposed to wet nor fermentation, 

 clearing it of the long straw, so as to leave one fourth, in 

 quantity, of the shortest litter, when incorporated with the 

 horse droppings; then add a fourth part of tolerable dry 



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