280 now TO MAKE THE FAEM FAY. 



The borse can see in the dark, but not in total darkness. 

 Nothing thrives without light. The stables should have the 

 sunlight by day, and whatever light there is at night. If the 

 best plan is adopted and the stables run to the roof, they can 

 well be lighted by windows in the roof. But, however this 

 may be, the light should come from above and behind the 

 horse. A twelve feet stable will allow of a window over the 

 door, for there should be a door, six feet wide and eight feet 

 high, behind each horse ; this door should be cut in halves, 

 both ways, making four quarters, either one or all of which can 

 be opened or closed at pleasure. They should be wide and 

 high, in order that there might be no danger of the horse 

 hitting either his head, or his hips, in going out and in; it 

 should be divided in order that in the summer the upper half 

 can be kept opened, and a draft of cool air supplied. 



The stable should be cleaned out and aired every morning, 

 and, if the horse stands in it at all during the day, at night also. 

 The manure should not only be shovelled entirely out of the 

 stable, but the floor should be thoroughly washed down with 

 water, as recommended in the chapter on manures, not only to 

 save the manure, but to save the eyes, nose, and lungs of the 

 horse from the ammonia generated by tbe fermenting urine. 

 This ammonia is the fruitful cause of many of the diseases of 

 the horse. Not only should the impure air be as far as possible 

 excluded, but the horse absolutely requires fresh air if you 

 would keep him in a state of health. This can be secured by a 

 very cheap and simple contrivance. An air-box, eight inches 

 square, should be run through the whole length of the building, 

 each end being open to the air, but protected by a screen of 

 slats or wire. This box may be about even with the nostrils, and 

 openings, an inch square, made in it in each stall. In most 

 stables the mangers are too high. The horse naturally eats off 



