The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1875-08-10
THE FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

Adams Express Stables in Cincinnati.
The number of horses kept at the stables
is fifty-four. Four hostlers attend to these.
Promptly at o'clock a. m. the Waterman of
the stables gives to each horse eight ears of
corn. Then, about five O'Clock, the hostlers
commence their duties. OF those under the
care of each, one by one is led to the water
ing trough and then to the urinary. This
consists of pit sunken ten or twelve inches
below the level of the basement ground floor.
and kept compactly filled with sawdust and
short shayings. And it is remarkable fact
that horse in this stable scarcely urinates
excepting at this place, especially prepared
for him. When horses come in from their
work, the harnesses are removed, and they
are then led at once to the urinary. When
fresh or green horse comes to the stable, by
being driven with some old ''stager'' that
knows the rules OF the stable, the new conner
soon learns to conform to the habits of the
older inmates.
From to o'clock each horse is taken in
hand and thoroughly curried, brushed and
cleaned: from ten to fifteen minutes being
spent by an hostler upon each horse. A
damp wooden cloth is always rubbed over the
coat of hoase after being curried and
brushed. This serves to remove all loose
dander, and to give that fine, glossy, sleek
appearance so noticeable in the animals of
this stable.
The horses are fed on nothing in the morn
ing, excepting the eight ears of corn. After
being led back to their stalls, when cleaned,
cess of curryng, brushing, and cleaning, is
also gone through with at noon and at night,
at the close of their forenoon and afternoons
work. At noon each horse is fed with half a
peck of oats. At night chopped feed is given.
This is composed of sheaf oats or rye straw
passed through a straw cutter, and then,
when wet, ground oats and corn and bran
mixed up with it, A peck and a half of this
is given to each horse. In addition to the
chopped feed the rack is supplied with eight
or nine pounds of bright, sweet timothy hay,
this being the total amount of hay which is
fed. And, perhaps, of this supply the horse
will not eat more than five pounds during
the night, finishing up the balance during
the next day. While Mr.. Bartlett is partic-
ular to give nothing but clean timothy hay
in Summer, in cold weather he is willing to
feed hay which is one-third clover.
About once week peck of oil-cake meal
is mixed up with the chopped feed, being
equal to about third of pint to horse.
This promotes the uniform good condition of
the animals. And if at any time the urine of
horse is cloudy and thickened, a tablespoon
full of pulverized resin mixed up with the
chopped feed is given him. This acts upon
the kidneys, and the difficulty is at once re-
moved.
The horses are freely given what water
they want as they come from their work, IN
less they are 'sgreen," and then care is taken
not to water or feed until they are thorough
ly cool. In few weeks, after becoming
habituated to the regimen of the stable, the
same course is then taken with the ''late
comers." Ofcourse, if horses come in over
heated, then they are not watered until
cooled off.
A very marked feature connected with
these stables is, that the air is so sweet and
fresh. And probably this is owing largely
takes place in the several stables, and that
the saturated sawdust and shavings in the
urinary itself are removed from the stable
every third Cincinnati Gazette,