. The Canadian farmer's manual of agriculture : the principles and practice of mixed husbandry, as adapted to Canadian soils and climate. Agriculture. Manual of Agriculture. 39 Fio. 7. STABLES SHOULD BE ALWAYS KEPT WELL PURIFIED. This is best effected by liberal white was! ling and the occasional addition of disinfectants, chief among which ranks carbolic acid ; moreover, the whitewash keeps a stable light. Mangers should be made so that they may be cleaned from the front and filled by the attendant without interference by the horse. Oat-boxes should be built deep, to prevent the horse casting
. The Canadian farmer's manual of agriculture : the principles and practice of mixed husbandry, as adapted to Canadian soils and climate. Agriculture. Manual of Agriculture. 39 Fio. 7. STABLES SHOULD BE ALWAYS KEPT WELL PURIFIED. This is best effected by liberal white was! ling and the occasional addition of disinfectants, chief among which ranks carbolic acid ; moreover, the whitewash keeps a stable light. Mangers should be made so that they may be cleaned from the front and filled by the attendant without interference by the horse. Oat-boxes should be built deep, to prevent the horse casting out with his nose any feed. There is only one proper way by which to attach a horse's hal- ter to manger or stall, and that is by a rope or strap running through a ring and fastened to a block just large enough to pre- vent it coming through the ring. More horses have been injured by getting their fore leg over the halter-shank, and in consequence being cast, than in any other manner in the stable. In accompanying diagram, a shows the position of the tie- rope when the horse is standing back, holding his head up high, or lying down; when the horse stands up, instead of the rope forming a loop over which he can get his foot, the weight at the end causes it to run through the ring, and keeps it straight, and at all times tightened. The feeding and management of horses, mares and colts will be treated of in a subsequent chap- ter. THE Building Timber.—Much more economy might by a little fore- sight be practised in the use of building timber than has been for- merly. For instance, in many cases the logs used for the sills, plates or beams of a barn are large enough to make two or even four pieces, had they been only sawn through the middle. Where a saw mill is not too far distant it will pay, at the present value of timber, to convey such large logs to the mill to be sawn in two. To carry a long stick, take an ordinary strong lumber waggon, attach a reach to both fore and
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