The manure is removed from stables where horses or dairy cows

The manure is removed from stables where horses or dairy cows are kept and stacked in a heap, which should be covered and so protected from the rain whilst allowing a current of air to pass over it. The floor should be of good solid and smooth concrete, slightly sloped towards collecting grids, to which all the dark coloured manure liquid will find its way, and thence through pipes to a cistern to which is fixed a good-sized pump. Where cattle is kept for fattening purposes the manure is left to accumulate for several weeks before being removed ; in this case a great deal of the liquid becomes lost, and provision need not be made for its collection. There should be separate heaps for horses and cattle. Horses are housed in as comfortable a manner as possible, but the opinions of the owners are many and varied, and these should, above all things, be carefully studied. The loose-box of 12 by 12 feet or 12 by 10 feet is naturally the best way of housing a horse, but in most stables sufficient space is unobtainable, so stalls are provided instead; that is, spaces which should be 6 feet to 6 feet 6 inches wide (although many are put up as narrow as 5 feet 6 inches), and about 1 2 feet long to the gutter. Between each horse is placed a division. Iron is claimed to be the best and strongest material for the framework, but wood is preferred by many as being quite satisfactory and easily repaired in sittt, which is a great consideration in stables removed at a distance from any large town.