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Fifth. Swing windows may be provided, 3 feet 

 3 inches high, by 2 feet 6 inches wide, but they 

 are not to be depended upon for regular ventilating 

 purposes. 



Sixth. There are two important suggestions 

 made in the report above quoted, which refers to 

 the ready removal of excreta contaminating the 

 atmosphere. The first is, that impervious paving 

 be used ; and the second, that all drainage within 

 the stable, be carried away, in shallow impervious 

 open drains, by a rapid slope, to the outside of the 

 stable. Covered drains and cess-pits within sta- 

 bles, or near the stable walls, to be discontinued. 



STABLE TEMPERATURE. 



The question of temperature should never be 

 confounded with ventilation. Fresh air is essen- 

 tial to animal heat. Horses confined in a hot sta- 

 ble, without sufficient air to breath, have staring 

 coats, and suffer cold. Adequate warmth is essen- 

 tial to health ; to secure it we must have an absence 

 of cold draughts of air, and stables should be of 

 moderate; size, so tlfat the heat within them may 

 be regulated. Remove a horse from the fields, 

 where he can move about to keep up an active 

 circulation and a proper bodily temperature, and it 

 is essential to regulate the heat of the stable in 

 which he is placed. At all events, if it is found 

 difficult to regulate the warmth of the stable, 

 horses must be protected by adequate clothing. 



The proper temperature* for a stable, is about 

 50 Fahr. 



