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Sometimes these bins are so arranged as to connect from above directly with the 

 chutes, but, as the better method requires the presence of some one in the hay- 

 loft at meal times, this is not necessary. 



The ordinary manure pit is the receptacle for more moisture than is absolutely 

 good for it. A certain amount is requisite for the betterment of the manure, but 

 if the bottom of the pit be drained the surplus moisture is easily disposed of. 

 If it may receive some light and good ventilation it will be the better for it. 



Heat f o r the 

 stable should be lim- 

 ited to the carriage 

 house, harness room 

 and grooms' quar- 

 ters. In the carriage 

 house it should be 

 so placed that the 

 radiators shall not 

 come in close contact 

 with the carriages. 



Heat, if carried 

 to the stall room, 

 should not exceed 

 the freezing point 

 by many degrees. 

 The horse, unlike 

 man, is often obliged 

 to remove his over- 

 coat when going 



out, and in any event the change from a highly heated stable to the outer cold 

 is a dangerous transition. There are those who claim that no heat at all is 

 best, but it would seem better policy to install a system of indirect heat capable 

 of raising the lowest outside temperature to 35 F. This, if properly installed, 

 could be reduced as much as desired by tempering with the cold-air supply. 



It is natural that all animals and fowls should require a certain amount of 

 fresh air, and this may be unlimited up to the point of draught. With the temper- 

 ature of fresh air at 32 F. or below, the supply for one horse per hour may be 

 limited to from 4,000 to 6,000 cubic feet; this calculation should be made outside 

 of leakage. 



Cold water should be run to the stall room, wash room, cleaning rooms and 

 grooms' quarters; hot water to the cleaning rooms and wash room. In this latter 

 case the faucet should be of the plain unthreaded type, to which a hose cannot be 

 attached; the reason for this is obvious. What little hot water is required for the 

 stall room may be gotten from the adjacent cleaning room. 



The consideration of the barn is for the benefit of the few who may desire 

 to play the farmer. The ordinary country affair of tender memory has stamped 

 its influence upon its descendant much too thoroughly to be mistaken; the wide 

 central alley, side bays and scaffold are not to be denied. The ordinary barn for th6 



Stable on the D. C. Blair estate, at Bar Harbor, Me. Living quarters above. Could be built for 

 about $12,000. Andrews, Jaques & Rantoul, architects 



