The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-09-30
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the matter Of stable floors does. not al
ways y receive the attention from farmers
that 1T ought to, and vet it must be said
to their credit that some farmers are! ner-
iect cranks on the subject. Board floors I
4! nave no faith in whatever, says d writer
n n New York Witness, and when ,possible
s would would never allow a horse to stand on
! ! one 9 Our plan has been to allow the
nofse to stand right on the dirt with a
sand y; subsoil hav wing two stalls, one for
.tneS snllght and one for the day-though I
am an aware of the fact that the urine be-.
comes a total waste but as we have no
use for It at present this is really, a bene-
Mt. ~ BY the Use of these stalls I lind that
e sound horse, travelling principally on
m; roads, never becomes foot;
Sore never hassl corn: and such d thing
as a fever in the foot is unknown. For
an .ursound horse, - found that the 10,
suits We're just as good. "A .kIlee=spriing
colt that at one TIME owned was kept
IN one of these stalls. ! When she first
came to the place she was very weak
forward, and after driving. her legs would
sfa kes quite a good deal It. was not long
before this colt showed an in1prov aiacnt,l
.and;When !! parted with. her aftersa year,
or two, no one could discern any weak
ness at all, sand she was, in every way
Just as good as. a sound horse. credit
all this to standing the horse on dirt. But
Tor those on the farm this would not do
as they are in need of every bit of fer
tilizing material they can get hold Of
Some have fallen back on cement hot
toms-keeping plenty of straw in these as
an yabsorbent--andsit is said by those that
have placed these cement .hoorings in
their ables that they work like charm.
Cement costs quite good deal in itself,
and placing bottom for it is also great
cost not only in MATERIAL but in !abor.
and by reason of this there are a great
many who do not figure out that the ce-
ment floors more. than. pay for themselves
III little while no matter what, the cost,
and by reason of this they do not have
one: For such as these ! would like to
tell*ofsa little article + read in the Pracs.
/ teal FARMER of a man who, 81 believe.
has solved. the problem, though Il have
never yet put his suggestion to an actual
test. This man suggests clay,4and claims
that if the. clay is Of good, stiff cons
sistency it lis imp POSSIBLE to find anything
that will serve as we'll as floor for a
stable, though the Saddition of d little.
re ther, fine gravel is "a. big help His di-
5rections are to have the mixture thor
sistency Of thin mortar and ram it down
into the floor: eight inches is none too
thick. Let it stand until it begins to
show little cracks in the surface and then,
with a rammer made Of thessend nf a.
stick of hardwood with a hole in the ups.
per end and d hnndle put in, go over ram
ming it down as hard ms possible Do
this as often as it shows any indication Of
cracking until sit is fully ahardened,ss and
you will have Il floor that is pleasant for
up or get dusty. md if you have plenty
of bedding, viii never get muddy I
should Judge That such Hs floor ri this.