The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-04-25
HOUSING LIVE STOCK.
Proper Homes For Domestic Creatures,
From Horses to Poultry.

Proper Homes For Domestic Creatures.
From Horses to Poultry.
The stable should be built upon dry,
high lying ground and provided with
proper drainage. Great care should be
exercised in the construction of stalls.
They should be wide and spacious, slop-
ing slightly from the manger toward the
back, where a shallow gutter should be
provided to catch and carry off the liquid
excretions Of the animal, and these gut
tiers as we'll as the stalls should be kept
scrupulously clean at all times. The
surfaces (foor, wall, ceiling, etc. } should
be kept clean. Cobwebs, etc., should be
removed, managers and hayracks, if any,
should be cleaned once a week, floors
cleaned and swept, cutters, etc.. flooded
and washed, ceilings and walls swept
and whitewashed at least twice a year
and disin$ected. The old practice in
vogue on the farm Of dunging out the
stable but once in Il week is, to say the
least. in opposition to good sanitation.
The daily cleaning of the floor should
be made a rule.
Pigpens and chicken coops require
your attention. Do not permit them to
take care of themselves. Clean them out.
Use plenty Of lime in them. Do not be
afraid of the brush and broom. Keep
the trough and vessels clean. Provide
plenty of pure fresh water. Scald and
scrub your roosts, whitewash them often,
remove the manure, provide sand, lime,
charcoal, etc. Dust your floors and
troughs in pigpens with dry Stacked
lime. Give your hogs once a week a
liberal supply of limewater. Provide
comfortable places for these useful ami
mails and keep them in proper condition.
Cleanliness is the first law in nature.
II you want to achieve success in the
hennery and if you want to raise valu-
able pork, observe these rules. In order
to get the best results from your
chickens, house them warmly, give them
q liberal supply of warm, sloppy food at
least once a day. Supply them with
meat, and as already indicated, lime,
sand and other shell producing ingredi-
ents. Labor is honorable. Labor intelli-
gently applied in and about the stable is
remunerative. All these little items re-
quire your attention, and if properly OBJ
served and executed you will be aston
ished at the result.
Provide proper bedding for your larger
animals. Shake it up daily. Do not per-
NIT it to lie in Jumps and in an uneven
manner. Do not have you horses
rest on an uneven bed at night. Such
a condition is o comfortable for
the animal, and he will not be equal
to the same amount of exertion as
when comfortably bedded. The bed
should be raised along the sides of the
stall so that when the horse lies down
his back is protected from the rough
wall. AS the sharp spinous processes of
the vertebrR Or spinal column are not
covered by anything but skin, consider
able pain is caused when pressed against
the hard wood or stone. In the morning
the wet and dirty parts should be forked
out and dry bedding pressed tightly I'M
der the Manager or piled in a corner to
give the floor a chance to dry. At night
it should be spread evenly over the floor
and covered with new straw. Sawdust,
sand, refuse, peat, moss and other ma
terials are used for bedding. Whatever
the material that may be used, all the
droppings should be daily removed and
the bed kept even, dry and comfortable.
Horse World.