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But his dominant idea being warmth, he 

 loses sight of the fact, that in shutting 

 the horse up in a close room, to keep him 

 warm, he must of necessity poison him 

 with foul air. The consequence of this is, 

 that the horse rubs himself, and tears his 

 blanket, because he is too hot, or his skin 

 itches. He kicks against the enclosure 

 to break an opening to let in the air ; he 

 loses his appetite, and he gets stiff or 

 lame, or out of condition in some way. 



Then comes veterinary therapeutics, and 

 endless contrivances, to correct what are 

 considered his vicious habits. 



The trouble is, he is trying to make an 

 out-door animal live in-doors, and that 

 without giving him decent air to breathe. 

 He supplies himself with a constant 



