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Suggestions In Regard to Brick Walls
and Skilled Workmen-Our First
Snow StorIus
From Our Agricultural Correspondent
CHAMPAIGN, I'LL, Nov.16, 1872.
The horse disease is the one great topic Of the
day among farmers. Will the disease reach the
country? Most undoubtedly it will. Why not :?
Are there not filthy, Il-yentlated stables in, the
country And are not our horses often over
worked, left exposed to cold currents OF air after
hard drive, and otherwise ill-fed and ll-used
It may not be SO widespread as in the city, and
many horses may escape. at least those well
cared for, for these will be less susceptible to
disease than are those more exposed to changes
Of weather.
We must consider this disease similar to the
influenza in the human subject, and treat it ac-
cording1y, not by active measures, but quiet and
warmth; warm rooms On the one hand and warm
stables on the other Our horses often take
cold by being left standing in the wind for even
short time, especially if they have been driven
rapidly; and, in this case, a slight cold will be
liable to result in the disease. With proper care,
the disease will result in laying our teams up
only for a few days,-an Inconvenience that Wo
can i'll afford, it is true, just ut this tlme-one
Of the most busy Seasons Tor their use.
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to market, arc just now actiye duties; and to
have the teams laid up, even for single week,
will put us out to m inconveDient extent. But
the people Of the city have also their busy sea-
son, and tho horse-d!sease comes IN the very
midst of It. Yesterday, an old lady suggested
that it was q long delayed punishment for the
continued abuse OF that useful servant, tho
horse. in our cities and that the diseaee would
touch the country lightly. Perhaps SO, aud tins
may BE- the proper solution at least It t. is = ny, M
lead to better treatment Of the animals in the
future. We have too many brutal
teams /; and it is a pleasure to see such men
harneesed to the dray and the truek-wagon' ana
tainly these things ought to bring reform, and
make US more careful Of the health Of those
animals that this short infliction has shown to
be so indispensable to our use.
rAnAI-sTABLES.
Soma wears since, Lad a horse-barn thut was
a bv so feet with loft overhead for the storage
of hay. This stable WAS pronounced one OF the
best in the county, for it was made OF STOCK
boards and battened, and the outside painted;
but, aftor all, it was cold, lll-Ventlated IN sum
mer, and inconvenient on account Of tho
small storage-capacity for hay. : It did not come
up to nv ideas OF warm, comfortable STABLE
Ii order to keep out the rats, and to protect the
gills from rotting, it stood on posts, two feet
from the ground; and this was another objec-
ton. as, every time the stable was entered, this
two feet Of rise had to be overcome, or, rather,
nearly three feet, for the sill and the plank floor
made it nearly three feet. There was wing on
each side, OF 12 feet,-one for constable and
the other for The storage Of Implements. This
medo the building 80 by 48 feet. The question
came up, what to do with this iil-planned stable,
not quito suitable for stable. and yet TOO
valuable to pull down. It was concluded
to raise it up and put IN brlck basement Of u
feet and to use tie whole lower part for stalls:
First, an alley Of four feet in front OF the stalls
or feed-boxes, for the convenience Of feeding
both hav and grain; then, the stalls; and, back
of them, space of 16 feet, through which 3
could be driven me oq[ }nv vas as maze goae Of
tho stalls laid on this. OF course, the stable is
entered on level with the ground. The doors
arc on rollers, and double, being five feet each
Some Of the stalls are single, and some e, double;
OF a 5ns sss saG srs sf BOARDED gh four feet s
and above this arc rounds Of hard wood
In summer, this stable is cool, as it can be
most thoroughly aired; and, in winter, it is
warm, as it can be closed, and it does not freeze
For the past seven yeara. since this change was
made. I do not recollect OF having a horse suffer
from q bad cold and we use no blankets when
about ordinary framework. We now have all Of
the old stable part which is now 9 loft Of q by
so foet, with 16 feet posts, for the main part,
which are filed from door in the side, by the
aid Of q hay-fork and hay-ca1rler. In passing
through the country, one cannot fail to see nun
| dreds Of stables that might be made valuable by
| adding basement Of brick or stone, at 3 small
cost, when We consider the advantages. Very
| few OF our hoFse-barns hare the needed space
| for the storage OF hay beBides, they are cold
aud il. ventilated. As many, and perhaps al, Of
| these buildings are susceptible Of great in
proyement. this ia most proper occasion to call
| attention to the subject.
HOW TO MAKE TIE WALLS.
| II you consult q brick1ayer how to make q
good wall for the basement OF your stable, he
viii tell YOU to have it q foot in thickness, and
to lay up in the usual manner; and that
| the cheapest manner Of doing the work
| is by contract per Thousand laid in the
| wall Few people. are aware that
there is q. small cheat IN this
| least two respectable cheats. One OF them con-
gists in using soft brick and brickbats; and the
| other is in the measure, or maaon's count. and
| this is the difference between the actual number
Of brick used, or kiln-count, and the artificial
| measurement.
In the first place, one stable wall should be
hollow, and the double wall need be only four
inches on each side Of the hollow, or what ia
| called an eight-inch wall. To make this wall
will require Il brick to each square foot OF wall.
suppose we have building 80 by 36 feet,-avery
common size for horse-barn. We then have
for the side 72 feet the ends. less thickness OF
wall, SO feet; total length, 130 feet. Now,
multiply the height Of the wall, 10 feet, in this
sum, and We have 400 square feet OF wall. We
now deduct openings for doors, 10 BY 10, make
200 feet four windows, 60 feet. Deduct this
from the above, and re have l. Gao square feet
of actual brick-work. We now multiply this by
IA, the number of brick to the square foot,
which gives us II, ego ; add for baso Of founda-
tion, $40; total, 15,0s0.
The contractor measures the outside, nor does
he allow for the openings. His measure ia as
follows, outside OF buildings Sides. ~ feet; ends
60 feet,-132 feet. Height Of wall, 10 feet; to-
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