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such cases the air is simply admitted between a pair of studding near 

 the level of the floor on the outside and taken into the stable at the 

 level of the ceiling on the inside as represented at A in Fig. 2. In this 





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A 



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A 



Figure 2.— Showing construction of fresh air intaljes. 



case there is represented a lid, hinged on the lower side, intended to 

 regulate the inflow of fresh air when the wind is too strong. In B, Fig. 

 2, is shown a method of building the intakes into the stone, brick or 

 concrete wall when such material is used in construction. In C, in the 

 same figure, there is shown one method of introducing fresh air into 

 an old basement stable where provision for ventilation was not made 

 for it at the time of building. In this case a wooden box flue or one 

 made of galvanized iron is carried up over the sill and then dropped 

 through the ceiling just inside the wall as shown in the drawing. 



THE SHORTHORN CATTLE. 



(Hon. B. O. Oowan, Chicago, 111.) 



I appear before you this afternoon under considerable embarrass- 

 ment ; not a personal embarrassment so much as the fact that I appear 

 here as the representative of a gentleman who is on your program 



