New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-11-12


litter is nearly always unclean, and the
skin OF the animal Il usually 20 satu-
rated with exorement that tho odor Is
insuferable to any sensit We person.
The mere handling Of q horse In its
harness il sufficient to odorize the per-
son and the clothes to q most disagree
able extent, and the farmers house is
frequently fouled with the pungent
scents Of the stable thus introduced.
Cleanliness Is indispensable to health,
and health il indispensable for COM
fort and long and useful life. In q
pecuniary point of view this matter
looks serious when we consider
that the valve of our horses is
not far from $500, 600, 900, and Of
this large portion is yearly sacrificed
for want Of proper care. This want Of
care Is most conspicuous in regard to
the construction and management of
stables. Generally they are close and
inoonvenient. But It will be easier to
point out what they should be than to
say what they are, for the requisites of
. good stable are but few. 1t should
be dry and we'll drained. The floor
should slope littls to the rear and it
should be covered with narrow strips
having half inch spaces between them,
through which the liquids could escape.
The ceiling should be high, nine feet at
the least, and should be of matched
boards to exclude dust from above.
The light should come from near the
top, at least above the level of the
horses head, and should be abundant;
Il the window Is on sunny side. it
should be shaded by blind or shutter.
There should be ample means of VENT.
lation by openings at the bottom and
the top, covered with wire gauze to ex-
clude flies. The doors should be
double, 30 that the upper halt may be
left open at night, or they may he
made Of strips with half-inch spaces
between them, protected with gauze or
netting. The interior should be kept
whitewashed and perfectly clean and
free from vermin. All these requisites
need only attention, and cost no more
than the ordinary ill-adapted arrange
ments. The bedding should be fine;
cut straw will be found economical,
even counting the cost Of the labor to
prepare It. Saw-dust IL the best Of all
bedding, and pine saw-dust IL better
than hard wood on account of ito resin.
Gus odor and its repellant effect against
vermin.
Physical sleanliness, however, i the
great matter 70 be observed. There IL
no reason why horse-stable should
be 20 powerfully odoriferous. Nothing
% easier than 70 keep Il clean and
sweet. Aguttor should be provided to
carry Of the drainage, and . tank or
pit filed with absorbents should be
made to receive it. Once day .
few pailfuls Of water should be dashed
on the door to wash it Of. Then
sh0velul Of plaster should be scat.
tered about before fresh litter 10
spread. This will add &C least one hum
dred dollars to the value Of the manure
from . pair Of horses In year, for the
crement, and would thus all be saved,
even that portion which escapes into
the air or % carried into the house and
elsewhere By those who attend the
stables. Tho result Of this care will
b to keep the stable f. from those
odors which attract hic- = vast mum.
bers, and which have 8 ,oly injurious.
sly-irritative effect upon the eyes and
lungs Of the occupants. The nies
which infost stables are not the com.
mon house aies, g il generally sup-
posed. but . savage biting 81, called.
from it, annoying attacks, Calcitraas,
or :. tho oaussr Of kicking. = This II
its specific name, it, generic name
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