. The horse, in the stables and the field: his varieties, management in health and disease, anatomy, physiology, etc . ter pipes, jiquid manure is seldom worth thecost of removing it, and hence in them there is no choice and the whole ofthe liquids ilowing through the drains must pass off into the common here, however, a catch-pit should be provided somewhere outside thestable, without which the traps will either become clogged if made gas-tight,or they will admit the foul emanations from the common sewer if they areso arranged as to allow of the free flow of drainage from the stab
. The horse, in the stables and the field: his varieties, management in health and disease, anatomy, physiology, etc . ter pipes, jiquid manure is seldom worth thecost of removing it, and hence in them there is no choice and the whole ofthe liquids ilowing through the drains must pass off into the common here, however, a catch-pit should be provided somewhere outside thestable, without which the traps will either become clogged if made gas-tight,or they will admit the foul emanations from the common sewer if they areso arranged as to allow of the free flow of drainage from the stable intothem. Such a pit as that represented below will serve all the pui^osesrequired, and if it is regularly cleaned out once a week by the groom therewill never be an overflow, while in no case can any gas pass through it fromthe sewers. It is merely a square pit lined with brick or stone andcemented. The size must depend on the number of horses, but if made onthe calculation of one cubical foot per horse up to four horses, and half anadditional foot for each horse beyond this number, it will fulfil all the -^^. SECnON OF CATCH-PIT. conditions required. The manner in which it acts is as follows :—Theliquid drainage enters from the stable at a, and falls into the inner half ofthe pit, marked b, which is separated from the other half by an ironpartition (c). This is fixed above in a stone or iron lid (d), which, beingfitted in a frame at the top of the pit, effectually closes it except when takenup by the groom for the purpose of removing the solid contents at b. Thesides of the iron partition (c) should run in grooves cut in the cement liningthe pit, which it should pretty accurately fit, but only so as to keep all solidmatter from passing through. A space of from 2 to 4 in. according tothe size of the pit is left beneath the iron partition and the bottom orfloor, and through this the liquid passes, filling the outer half (e) and over-flowing through the pipe (/) as fast as
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