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extenclino: from one end of the stable to the other, under the 

 mangers, and open at each end to admit air, and perforated 

 with holes in front of each stall, will answer the purpose well. 



It is quite as important to let the bad air out as fresh air in. 

 To effect this, a box should extend up through the loft and out 

 at the roof, like a chimney. Its open mouth should be just 

 below the joists. It should be about a foot square, and cov- 

 ered at the top, to prevent rain and snow from falling through 

 it. One of these should be placed over each stall. The im- 

 pure air rises to the upper part of a room ; hence the propriety 

 of having openings above for it to pass out. 



The upper chamber of the stable or hay-loft may be of any 

 size the owner may deem necessary. It may only have room 

 for hay, or it may be arranged for containing straw, grain, bran- 

 chest, and cutting-room. It is not necessary that it should be 

 so close as the lower story. 



If the grain is not kept in the hay-chamber above, a bin or 

 crib should be convenient to the stable. The straw for bed- 

 ding is often kept in a vacant stall. 



I regard a harness-room as an essential appendage to every 

 stable. Harness, saddles, brushes, whips, etc., can not be prop- 

 erly taken care of without it. 



There should always be an out-shed in which to clean the 

 horses. 



A chamber, with a boiler for heating water, boiling roots and 

 grain, is an admirable convenience. A well of Avater is almost 

 a necessary in a stable. The water-bucket is at once the 

 simplest and best for watering the horses. 



By observing these principles, a comfortable stable of any 

 size and almost any cost may be constructed, and suited to 

 any American farmer or horseman. 



STABLE OPERATIONS. 



In this article I shall endeavor to point out those attentions 

 which the general purpose or farmer's horse should have, in 



